Tap, tap, tap, tap!

The crisp and urgent sound of high heels echoed through the corridor.

The next second.

Bam!

The tall, dark wooden door was forcefully pushed open, and a witch in a red robe strode into the spacious and dimly lit office, fixing her gaze intently on the elder wizard sitting behind the enormous desk at the room’s end; she paid no heed to the greed in the slightly moving eyeballs of the magic beast stone sculptures on either side of the passage, nor the restless aura they emitted.

The office’s owner quietly glanced at the impolite female senator.

Then turned his gaze to the previous guest at the foot of the staircase.

"—That’s it, just investigate and handle it according to the ’Regulations’."

"Yes."

The grey robe wizard at the foot of the steps respectfully agreed, bowed his head, and quietly and quickly retreated out of the room, not even glancing at the reckless intruder nearby throughout the process.

Only when the office door closed again did Elder Ruoyu’s gaze fall on Su Shijun.

"You shouldn’t have come to see me."

He sighed, touching the teacup at his side.

"Please give me a name!"

The witch slightly bowed, straightforwardly making her request without wasting words.

Both were great wizards, and legendary wizards, often needing no excessive talk to express intent—on the entire Buji Island, there were few matters worthy of the witch’s attention, and even fewer could make her rudely intrude into a legendary wizard’s office. Coupled with this subtle timing, Ruoyu knew without calculation what she wanted.

However, hearing the witch’s straightforward request, he couldn’t help but slightly frown.

"I’m not sure how much help I can offer you."

The university’s most senior vice-principal showed no anger but instead grew more gentle: "—My understanding of these matters mostly comes from an old man’s dreams in drowsy slumber, and you and I both know the least trustworthy place in this world is dreams."

"Ordinary wizards’ dreams might be unreliable, but legendary wizards’ dreams can reflect reality. Why wouldn’t they be credible?"

"A legend is just a bit higher than ordinary wizards, not completely freed from the invisible net’s bind." The elder wizard shook his head and changed the subject: "—By the way, from my hundreds of years of work experience, this matter should fall under the jurisdiction of the School Works Committee or the Professor Joint Meeting, not the Moon Council."

The witch stepped forward, unyielding: "Then you should also know, today I’m not here as a Moonlight Assembly Upper Member seeking you! I’m also a member of the school... and my husband is also a member of the school!"

Hearing those slightly piercing words, the elder wizard’s hand instinctively paused on the teacup.

Are today’s young people so reckless?

He smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Youngster, don’t be so fiery,"

His fingertips lightly tapped the desk, and a cup of warm tea suddenly appeared before the witch, along with a high-backed chair: "Sit, have some tea first..."

Su Shijun brushed aside the teacup in front of her, frowning.

"Do you think I’m just a little witch controlled by anger?" She took a slight breath, her expression growing more serious: "Everyone in the Alliance says Mr. Ruo Yu is a righteous person who doesn’t tolerate sand in his eyes. I have always believed that. But right now, I feel it’s no longer sand, but a pebble, a small mountain! You can’t turn a blind eye to this matter!"

The elder wizard blinked.

Suddenly, he smiled.

"You are a big wizard too," he seemed in high spirits today, even interested in joking with the angry guest before him: "Then you should know, the true form of a big wizard is much larger than that of an ordinary wizard, so their eyes are bigger too. What ordinary people consider a stone might be smaller than dust in the eyes of a big wizard, let alone a legendary wizard..."

This somewhat sophistic rhetoric left the witch momentarily unable to respond.

She hadn’t expected Elder Ruoyu to also play rogue.

"You are the university’s vice-principal, a legend of the Alliance!" Su Shijun quickly regained her composure, glanced at the elder wizard’s teacup, slightly intensifying her tone: "You can’t just sit in the First University’s office, drinking tea, nonchalantly ignoring someone violating the ’First University Management Regulations’!"

This was already a very straightforward accusation.

Although there was no outsider in the office at the moment, Ruoyu didn’t intend to get angry with the young lady over it—his relationship with the Moonlight Assembly had always been good, Su Shijun grew up under his watch, so he could completely tolerate her occasional tantrum.

But this did not mean he agreed with this young lady’s accusation.

"The boundary between legal and illegal is inherently subtle."

The elder wizard didn’t mention the details of the ’Regulations’, but brought up two words: "Santa is the English name for Santa Claus, derived from the Latin ’Sanctus’, meaning ’holy’; whereas Satan symbolizes Lucifer fallen, the devil... can’t you see, just a small shift in the ’n’s position turns a saint into a devil... this is how the world operates too. Devils have always walked under daylight, some people don’t recognize, some don’t care, but more people have become accustomed to it—like the exemption clauses in risk-prohibition contracts, everyone can see it, but people have long learned to turn a blind eye.

Getting back to your accusation, don’t you have a definite suspect?"

The elder wizard shrugged, not smiling.

Su Shijun remained silent.

"There you have it," Elder Ruoyu intertwined his fingers, placing them on the desk, earnestly looking at the witch below: "You know this question is hard to answer, which is why you came to me—those daring to do such things at First University, which of them isn’t a character with a deep background and immense influence? To have the whole of Qingqiu take this gamble with you, it’s very difficult. Regardless of who it is, the involvement is extensive. You can’t handle this trouble as easily as you did by crashing the Wandering Bar the previous two times."

"Whoever it is, I’m sure you know." The witch’s tone finally softened somewhat but remained very firm: "All I need is a name."

Handing over the name meant Elder Ruoyu also needed to contribute to the subsequent developments.

He hadn’t expected this girl to be so stubborn today.

Suddenly felt a bit tricky.

"Haven’t you gone to Dean Yao?" the elder wizard suddenly suggested another option: "He is the dean of Jiuyou Academy, and your relationship with him isn’t bad either..."

"Professor Yao hasn’t been at the university long enough, and his status is a bit precarious, fearing involvement in such sensitive matters, how could he easily get mixed up in it!" Speaking of that old monster, Su Shijun felt somewhat exasperated: "—The office staff said he hasn’t returned for a long time, always handling work via projection; every time I go to find him, I never see him!"

"Then why did you come to me?"

"Because everyone knows, you are the principal’s person... that’s why I’m very curious why you would turn a blind eye and ignore Zheng Qing’s plight."