Recap
That night, Lilith, who was sleeping soundly in her dormitory, heard another knock on the door.
She stood up in a daze, walked to the door and was about to open it, but suddenly paused when she reached the door handle.
She asked tentatively, “Who is it?”
Through the door, Lilith heard a cold, emotionless male voice.
“I am Ji Huaizhe.”
Lilith: ……
Why are you here again? This person is so scary.
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After the door was violently broken down by Ji Huaizhe, Lilith almost cried in fear when she looked at his expressionless face.
Staring at those scarlet eyes that symbolizes death and disaster, she even forgot to take her wand and hid under the quilt in a panic.
Lilith is not a witch hunt survivor, she was just an ordinary flower girl.
After the academy was built, an old sorcerer who was out on business discovered that she had an affinity to be a witch.
As per tradition, her entire family was killed and made into a pot of broth for her, which Lilith drank before being led back to the academy.
She has been at the academy since becoming a sorcerer apprentice.
She didn’t have much practical experience and was completely beaten by Ji Huaizhe.
Chu Shici discovered one thing in the past few worlds: Zhe-ge has no so-called gentlemanly manners when it comes to fighting, nor does he show mercy at all.
No matter whether the person standing opposite is a man or a woman, as long as they are not his spouse, he will fight them with no mercy without fail.
The fight lasted only half a minute, and Lilith was beaten to tears.
She never thought this would happen to her.
The school grass, who is admired by all the boys and girls in the academy, came to her door in the middle of the night, covered her mouth, and dragged her into the woods.
She even thought that Ji Huaizhe had designs on her.
In the end, Ji Huaizhe did not touch her, but took out a ruby-encrusted dagger, put it against her neck, and threatened her to take him to the beastman tribe.
Nowadays, the royal family of Saint-Cherry is still issuing witch hunt bounties. The Sorcerer Academy, located deep in the Erya Mountains, is the last safe zone for magicians.
In Lilith’s understanding, as a sorcerer, Ji Huaizhe will not leave the sorcerer academy on his own initiative.
In view of his love for the canine people, Lilith thought that he might have wanted to go to the beastman tribe and have fun with the canines people on a whim.
This primeval forest has tall trees and thick fog and moonlight found it difficult to pass through the dense leaves, making it pitch dark no matter day or night.
Strange cries are heard from time to time in the forest, reminding visitors to be alert at all times as danger may appear at any time.
The atmosphere was too gloomy and heavy, Lilith was a little scared.
She couldn’t understand what Ji Huaizhe was thinking, and asked with a trembling voice: “If you want to see the canines, why don’t you go during the day tomorrow? What are you carrying on your back? Is it dog food for them?”
No one paid any attention to her embarrassing little joke.
Lilith stopped talking and stumbled ahead.
After walking for a long time, the little doll who had been sitting quietly on Ji Huaizhe’s shoulder suddenly asked her: “How is the vice principal?”
“She’s dead. She was eaten by the shadow.”
Chu Shici thought for a while, “Do you often sneak out of the Sorcerer Academy and go for walks nearby?”
With the knife against her neck, Lilith did not dare to lie and admitted that she had been to many places around the academy and almost walked through the entire depths of the Erya Mountains.
After listening to what she said, a small map appeared in Chu Shici’s mind.
Starting from the side entrance of the Sorcerer Academy, walking south, there is a beastman tribe.
The biggest feature of the tribe is the giant beast airship. In addition to using the portal teleportation array, most of the intelligent races in the Erya Mountains will choose to take the airship to leave the mountains.
Walking east is the Goblin Cave, where hundreds of goblins of all sizes live. Both sorcerers and beastmen looked down upon the green-skinned monsters with low IQ and ugly appearance, and had no contact with each other.
Chu Shici was not very curious about the distribution of power, so he asked other questions.
“You have been in school for so long, have you noticed anything strange?”
Lilith was about to shake her head when Ji Huaizhe behind suddenly snorted coldly. She immediately racked her brains to remember, and finally came up with a slightly suspicious point.
“There once was a senior who went out for a walk at night and that senior said that he vaguely saw a figure in the woods. The figure’s back was very similar to him. The same hairstyle, the same clothes, and even the length of the wand in his hand were exactly the same. He wanted to find out who that person was. But no matter how much he shouted, the man would not look back.
He walked forward to see what the man looked like. As a result, when he took a step, the man also took a step, his movements were synchronized with him. How fast he ran was how fast the man ran. However he chased, the distance between them will not change.”
Lilith was thinking as she spoke: “The senior was quite serious. He felt that the person was deliberately provoking him, so he kept chasing him with his wand, trying to kill him. But until he returned to the Sorcerer Academy, he did not catch up with the other person.
This incident is regarded as a legend in the academy. Ji hadn’t come to the academy at that time, so you don’t know about it. This incident made a big fuss. Many students stayed up all night, hoping to meet someone like themselves in the forest. Even the teachers came forward to investigate.”
Chu Shici was fascinated by what he heard, “What happened later, did anyone find out? Who was that figure?”
Lilith shrugged and curled her lips sarcastically: “There was no one there! This incident alarmed the vice-principal. After being called to talk by the vice-principal, the senior admitted that this was a lie he deliberately made up in order to attract the attention of a witch. He just wanted to brag and get some attention for a while, but he didn’t expect that it would make things worse.”
Chu Shici was stunned, and even Ji Huaizhe, who had always been calm, stopped.
One person and one doll looked at Lilith at the same time.
Ji Huaizhe frowned: “Who is that senior?”
“Tom Scarman.”
This is a very common name. During the past few days at the Sorcerer Academy, Chu Shici heard at least a dozen people call someone Tom.
Lilith said that Senior Tom was imprisoned for two years by the vice-principal because of this incident and he has not yet come out.
Chu Shici was a little surprised, “Two years? So serious? The bastards who were almost beaten to death by Zhe-ge last time were only detained for a month.”
“I only know that the vice-principal decided on this.”
“Where is the solitary room?”
Lilith shook her head, “I don’t know. Only those who have been there know. In order to prevent someone from helping the erring students to ‘escape’ and cause trouble. The teachers did not tell us the specific location of the solitary room, but they said that it is not in the academy.”
Listening to her answer, Chu Shici inexplicably thought of a possibility.
He asked tentatively: “Have those students who were in confinement returned to the academy after their confinement ended? Do they look any different from before?”
“Two of my friends were imprisoned for a week for skipping class, they were quite normal after they came back.”
After Lilith finished speaking, she looked at the little doll suspiciously, “The question you asked is so strange.”
Chu Shici did not answer her.
He suspected that the senior Tom that Lilith had mentioned was not lying.
There must be some kind of secret hidden in this forest. It is possible that Senior Tom actually saw a figure that looked exactly like him that night.
The problem lies with the vice-principal, but the old witch has been eaten by the shadow. If they want to investigate now, they can only start with Senior Tom.
He wanted to ask what exactly the vice-principal had said before, which made him suddenly change his mind.
But Chu Shici was a little worried.
It makes no sense to imprison Senior Tom for two years for such a trivial matter.
He was afraid that Senior Tom, who was in the solitary room for so long, had already received his final meal quietly.
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After walking for who knows how long, Lilith stopped and pointed to the faintly flickering fire in front of her, “We’re here!”
Chu Shici narrowed his eyes and looked.
Through the dense forest, they can see a row of wooden fences and simple and rough wooden houses.
Two beastmen with wooden axes and horns were standing guard outside. At the entrance, there were several people with dog ears chatting.
Lilith waved her hand casually, “The beastmen tribe you want has arrived. Can you let me go back to sleep?”
Ji Huaizhe glanced at her coldly.
Lilith immediately changed her mind, “I haven’t seen the beastman tribe in a long time, so I want to go in with you and have a look. When you have seen enough, we will go back together.”
Looking at the beastman tribe in front of him, Chu Shici felt unreal.
He and Zhe-ge had been walking around all night last night, yet no matter which way they went, they would eventually return to the Sorcerer Academy.
Today, they took Lilith for a walk and successfully arrived at the beastman tribe.
The canine clan who was chatting at the door had his nose twitching slightly for a moment. As if they smelled the stranger’s scent, they turned around warily and looked into the dense forest not far away.
Ji Huaizhe put a dagger against Lilith’s lower back and forced her to walk out of the forest with him.
When he saw the two sorcerer apprentices, although the beastman tribe was still baring their fangs, their tail behind them swayed unconsciously.
One of them, a handsome man with long blond hair, raised his head and shouted to them, with a smile that could not be concealed in his voice.
“Hey! Little magicians! Are you here as guests?”
As soon as Ji Huaizhe nodded, the blond man* ran over excitedly, grabbed his shoulders, and enthusiastically led him into the tribe.
*(Golden Retriever)
“It’s been a long time since the little mages came here. The last time I saw the little mages was the night before yesterday! My name is Xiao Jin, and my father’s name is Da Jin. What are your names?”
“You guys are so beautiful, and your eyes are so special. My mother made roast beef for dinner, and there is still a big leg of beef left! Do you want to eat together? I have cumin and chili here.”
“Look, this is a ball I made myself. It can be held in my mouth. I’ll lend it to you to play with. Please open your mouth quickly.”
“Play Frisbee with me. Play Frisbee with me!!!”
Fortunately, Lilith is a female in the eyes of these male canine beastman, and they are embarrassed to be too close to females.
But Ji Huaizhe is a man.
Chu Shici was afraid of being picked up by the over-enthusiastic canine beastman, so he climbed on top of Zhe-ge’s head to take refuge.
He lowered his head and watched, seeing Zhe-ge being surrounded by several canine beastman. The usually expressionless face was now filled with awkwardness.
A man with a husky-like coat and an airy look hugged Ji Huaizhe and wagged his tail desperately, insisting that he play Frisbee with him.
The little golden retriever was afraid that he would scare the guests away, so he pulled him hard beside him, “I’m sorry, he’s not like this usually. It’s just that he hasn’t seen anyone for a long time so he’s too excited.”
Chu Shici didn’t believe it.
He looked at the husky’s intelligent eyes and knew that this canine beastman is also not normal usually.
Next to Ji Huaizhe, a white-haired canine beastman of an unknown breed was holding a green ball in his hands and smiling brightly at Ji Huaizhe.
While wagging his tail, he handed the ball to his mouth and looked at him expectantly: “Open your mouth quickly and pick up the ball!”
Ji Huaizhe obviously didn’t know how to deal with this situation.
The canine beastman had no ill intentions at all. Ji Huaizhe was hugged by the husky, and after enduring it for a long time, he didn’t hit him, but just pushed him away.
Rejected by Ji Huaizhe, the husky held the plate again and wagged his tail at the little witch.
Lilith looked at him with disgust, thought for a moment then smiled sarcastically.
She took the plate from the man’s mouth and threw it into the woods, “Go pick it up, good doggy.”
The man hesitated a little and stopped wagging his tail. “The leader said the woods at night are dangerous.”
Lilith spread her hands and said, “Whether you want to pick it up or not, either way, it’s not my plate.”
The short-haired man looked towards the dark woods, his fear of the woods overcoming his desire for the plate.
He looked at his empty hands. The black dog’s ears drooped, his tail drooped and he became silent.
After this episode, the atmosphere was not as lively as before.
The golden retriever looked at Lilith warily, pulled the husky and the big white dog away, and distanced themselves from her.
Chu Shici found that what the novel said was correct, the canine beastman did have a very high impression of humans.
They felt that Lilith was not a good person, but they did not exclude Ji Huaizhe who was traveling with her because of this. Instead, they pulled him into their small circle.
Chu Shici recalled what Lilith and the priest once said.
The most common people sold in the slave market are the canine beastmen, and almost every rich man will have a canine slave in his home. Used for abuse, training, and as a tool to vent their desires.
Looking at the hospitable canine beastman in front of him, Chu Shici felt very complicated.
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The Sorcerer Academy has formed a strategic alliance with the beastman tribe, and plans to jointly deal with the hunters invading the Erya Mountains in three months.
Therefore, the beastman tribe is also friendly to these little sorcerers.
Ji Huaizhe and Lilith were entertained at the golden retriever’s house and had a sumptuous supper.
Because Lilith lost the husky’s frisbee, the golden retriever was a little unhappy.
In front of Ji Huaizhe was a cut beef shank, while on Lilith’s plate was a big bone.
Although the little witch looked down on this group of canine beastman, she was not stupid enough to run wild on other people’s territory.
She pushed the bone aside, crossed her arms and snorted.
Ji Huaizhe glanced at her indifferently, suddenly raised his hand and covered her mouth with a handkerchief covered in a potion.
Golden Retriever stood up suddenly and bared his teeth at them, hesitating whether to attack or not.
Lilith was caught off guard and had no time to resist. She was no match for Ji Huaizhe, and her struggles became smaller and smaller.
After a few seconds, the potion took effect, and Lilith’s body went limp, she lost consciousness and fell into a coma.
The man with long blond hair looked at them in surprise, “Why did you attack her? Are you not friends?”
Ji Huaizhe put away the handkerchief: “No, she is only responsible for bringing me here.”
Although they still don’t understand what happened last night, the Sorcerer Academy was full of dangers, and both Chu Shici and Ji Huaizhe wanted to leave here as soon as possible.
Ji Huaizhe told them that he wanted to take the airship.
The golden retriever shook his head: “The leader said that the enemy is at hand. In order to prevent anyone from leaking the news or liaising with foreign enemies, all airships have stopped operating.”
Ji Huaizhe pursed his lips irritably: “Then how do you usually leave the Erya Mountains?”
“We don’t need to leave. Beastman are self-sufficient in the forest.”
Golden retriever thought for a while: “I heard from the leader that there is a teleportation array leading to the outside world at the Sorcerer Academy. Since you are students there, you can apply directly to a teacher to leave through the teleportation array.”
Ji Huaizhe didn’t believe in this. After coming out of the golden retriever’s house, he grabbed the passing husky and asked about it.
The man with short black hair shook his dog ears, stared at his wise blue eyes, and let out a confused sound.
Ji Huaizhe thought he didn’t understand. Just when he was about to repeat his question, the husky suddenly wagged his tail excitedly.
He grabbed Ji Huaizhe’s arm, dragged him to a deserted corner, and whispered into his ear.
“You want to take the airship? That’s great. I want to take the airship too. I know where the leader has hidden the airship. Let’s steal the airship together. If anything happens, you will take the blame! When the leader wants to find someone to settle the score with, you can say that it’s you. You stole it and it has nothing to do with me!”
“But since you are also on the airship, how can you possibly escape involvement?”
“? Ah, yes, I’m there too! No, no, then I won’t steal. That’s not right, how about you tie my hands and feet and pretend to have coerced me.”
Ji Huaizhe didn’t intend to remind him at first, but seeing the stupid way the man was wagging his tail, he finally couldn’t help but said: “You will still be punished for giving away important information.”
The husky looked at him with disgust.
“Why are you so stupid? If I don’t get on the airship, no one will see me. Who would have known that I stole it? We steal it together, and then you’ll sit alone. If I am not on the airship, wouldn’t that mean that I was taken out?”
Ji Huaizhe: ……
Chu Shici: …
Yes, a pure canine indeed.
Ji Huaizhe didn’t care about Lilith’s life or death, and there would be no danger if he left her with the golden retriever.
Husky betrayed his leader with a few words and happily took him to find the airship.
Everything Ji Huaizhe asked, he will reply. Even if Ji Huaizhe doesn’t ask, husky himself will take the initiative to say it.
Chu Shici watched the entire scene and finally understood why the beastman tribe had always wanted to remove the canine beastman from the tribe.
Ji Huaizhe asked him about the beastman tribe’s son of god.
Husky said that the Son of God was not in their small tribe, and he didn’t know much about it. He only knew that the Son of God was also a canine beastman.
Ji Huaizhe asked him again if he felt anything unusual in the woods.
The wagging arc of the husky’s tail became smaller and gradually stopped and went limp.
“About last month, I went to pee in the woods at night. Far ahead in front of me, I saw a person with the same silhouette as me. I barked at him a few times, and he did the exact same… I think he is imitating me and I want to fight with him.”
He looked around and recalled: “But he was a coward. I chased after him but he ran so fast that I couldn’t catch up. The two of us ran in the woods for a long time until I returned to the tribe and still didn’t catch up to him.
Later, when I told Xiao Jin, he scolded me and told me to only pee behind the house at night and to go to the woods during the day.”
Husky’s voice became quieter as he spoke, and he scratched his short hair, “But I can’t pee unless I pee against the old tree. I told Xiao Jin, and he told me to get out. He said that if I don’t obey, I will die outside.”
“I don’t know what happened, but that day I smelled a familiar scent in the woods. Not only did the person’s back look the exact same as mine, but even their scent was the same.”
Chu Shici finds that the husky’s experience was simply a replica of Senior Tom’s version of events.
He asked curiously: “Is there anything special about the night you encountered something strange? For example, there was mist in the forest, strange sounds, or who came from the tribe during the day?”
Husky thought seriously for a long time, “No, there’s no difference from usual.”
Chu Shici didn’t quite understand.
They entered the forest yesterday. No matter which direction they walked, there was another academy in front of them.
Today they took Lilith with them and successfully entered the beastman tribe.
There are often apprentices in the academy who stay up late at night and sneak into the woods to play, but senior Tom is the only one who saw a strange figure.
Chu Shici felt various abnormal phenomena in the forest. There should be some kind of triggering condition.
Based on what the husky said, the golden retriever seemed to know something.
But the golden retriever is not as easy to fool as the husky. He even keeps this secret from his canine friend, and is even less likely to reveal the secrets to strangers.
Chu Shici was deep in thought when he suddenly felt someone staring at him.
He turned his head and was met with the Husky’s gaze.
A doll and the dog looked at each other, and the man opened his mouth expectantly, “There is a doll! I want to hold you in my mouth, please let me take a bite!”
Ji Huaizhe paused and took the doll off his shoulder and held it in his hand.
The canine beastman was acting mischievously around him, jumping up and down in front of him, “I want it, I want it! Give it to me! Otherwise I won’t take you to find the airship!!!”
When Ji Huaizhe came to the beastman tribe before, he saw normal dog people like golden retrievers, German shepherds, and Dobermans.
Enthusiastic but not impolite, at least there is nothing wrong with their brains, and they speak and act just like ordinary people.
Not this one, he’s a real dog.
Ji Huaizhe’s attention was diverted for a moment, and the husky opened his hand, grabbed the doll and wanted to run away.
Ji Huaizhe held him down and beat him, and the world suddenly became quiet.
After regaining his precious doll, he followed the canine beastman, climbed over the railing from behind the beastman tribe and slipped out.
The husky pointed to the forest ahead, “Straight ahead from here, then turn left and then left again, and you will see a big tree that I had bitten into, and then turn right…”
He suddenly paused mid-sentence, his nose twitched slightly, and he arched his body to reveal his fangs: “It’s so familiar, there is my scent in the woods!”
He paused, “It seems there’s your scent as well.”
Ji Huaizhe was stunned and looked in the direction of the husky’s finger.
Through the layers of branches, they can vaguely see two figures standing deep in the dense forest in the distance.
Chu Shici squinted his eyes, trying to see the figures clearer.
He didn’t know whether it was because the light was too dark or because he was too tired, but he always felt that the scene around him seemed to be changing.
But when he looked around, he didn’t see anything wrong.
Ji Huaizhe was not that curious. He didn’t want to know what was going on with the figure who looked exactly like him.
But the husky was impatient. He howled twice into the woods, and the figures in the woods began to howl at the same time as him.
The canine beastman felt provoked, his tail stood up, and he let out low growls from his throat.
When he was about to rush out, Ji Huaizhe grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back.
He controlled the husky: “Don’t cause trouble, go find the airship.”
Chu Shici observed for a while, then turned to Zhe-ge and said, “Look at the shoulder of one of the figures. Is there a little doll sitting on it?”
Ji Huaizhe hummed.
Chu Shici changed his posture to see more clearly.
When he moved, the small figure on the figure’s shoulder seemed to move as well.
Chu Shici tilted his head in confusion. He tried to jump twice, and the little figure also jumped twice, completely in sync with him.
He was confused for two seconds, then hesitantly said: “I jumped and he jumped, whatever I do, he does too…”
“In this case, Zhe-ge, please turn around. I want to see if the figure with the same silhouette as you will turn around like you.”
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