Monster Hunting High School

"Professor Yi."

Xiao Xiao pushed open the door and politely saluted the owner of the office: "-I heard you were looking for me, I don't know..."

It was not the first time he came to the divination professor's office, but every time he felt slightly different, just like divination, every time he turned the crystal ball, the picture he saw was slightly different.

The tall bookshelves on the left and right sides were filled with various reference books, thin and thick, and the brass nail caps embedded on the spines reflected the candlelight hanging under the ceiling, like shining little eyeballs. The wall on one side of the door was hung with dense charts, and there was a large star map on the ceiling.

Xiao Xiao's eyes glanced at the groups of yarrow on the coffee table with different numbers and directions, and only stopped for a while on the ashtray in the corner of the coffee table.

There was a burnt tortoise shell in the ashtray, and the criss-crossing cracks on it were filled with a heart-warming magical atmosphere.

"Are you here? Sit down first."

Professor Yi behind the desk waved his hand without raising his head. An armchair clattered around the coffee table and ran behind Xiao Xiao, bumping into his knees.

The boy sat down.

The professor seemed to be correcting homework. Several feather pens of different colors danced around him. From time to time, they jumped into the ink box next to them and sucked two gulps of ink, which intertwined with the rhythmic rustling sound when the pen tip passed over the parchment, appearing harmonious and beautiful.

Xixi.

Three elves in gray uniforms fluttered their wings and hovered in front of the boy. One of them held a silver teapot with a slender neck, one held a white porcelain teacup, and another held a copper plate with a few sugar cubes stacked on the plate and a small copper clip next to it.

The boy took the porcelain cup and picked up a piece of sugar.

Then he watched the elf fill his cup with tea.

"Thank you." He nodded politely.

Xixi!

The elves disappeared happily in the office.

Halfway through the tea.

The sound from the tip of the feather pen stopped intermittently.

"... Actually, I should have come to you a few weeks ago."

Professor Yi raised his head, leaned back, crossed his fingers on the table, looked at the young wizard on the sofa leisurely, and said in a brisk tone: "- But you are also a fortune teller, you should know that the uncertainty of the future will only be completely eliminated after something certain happens."

This sounded a bit awkward.

But Xiao Xiao immediately understood what the professor meant.

For this world, there are countless possibilities in the future, and the probability of each occurrence is large or small. In theory, only when the timeline converges to the moment of 'now', the countless possibilities will converge into one, but in fact, there are many 'special nodes' similar to omens on the future timeline. When the timeline passes that node, the certainty of the future has been greatly enhanced and the uncertainty has been greatly reduced.

For example, the Battle of Black Prison.

Before the war began, there were countless possible outcomes: for example, the demon coalition was annihilated, or the First University suffered heavy losses, or the two suns fighting in the sky at that time - the giant bird Xizi and Professor Emma - both advanced to legends, and so on.

But as the timeline progressed, more and more possibilities were constantly narrowed - for example, Xizi missed the Xuanhuang Fruit and lost the possibility of continuing to fight with Professor Emma; Professor Emma lost an evenly matched "isotopic" competitor and stopped at the threshold of legend; for example, Zheng Qing and the black goat kid accidentally fell into the Black Prison, and the appearance of the two brought the power of the starry sky and the ancient, directly eliminating the possibility of further expansion of the war; and the sea monster king Xiangliu (now named Lalyye) successfully advanced to the ancient, giving back to the demon coalition's luck and avoiding its annihilation, and so on.

Every confirmed result is erasing the uncertainty of the future.

Xiao Xiao subconsciously adjusted his glasses.

"Did something happen?" He asked tentatively, inexplicably nervous.

Since Professor Yi talked to him about this topic, it means that Professor Yi had done divination for him. As a fortune teller, he clearly knew how precious it was to be favored by a great fortune teller. Similarly, how dangerous it was to get the attention of a great fortune teller.

It seemed that he had guessed his thoughts.

Professor Yi shook his head slightly.

"It's not what you think," he smiled gently and comforted him: "... Being able to see your future is an 'unexpected gain'. In fact, we accidentally discovered your figure when we were observing the future of others."

Others?

We?

While Xiao Xiao was quietly relieved in his heart, he keenly captured two key words-this means that today's conversation is based on someone who is related to him, and at the same time, it also means that Professor Yi represents more than just his attitude today.

The boy's expression became more serious.

His mind was racing.

"Is it Mr. Sima? My father? Um, Zheng Qing?"

It only took him three chances to guess the exact identity of 'someone' from the professor's admiring eyes, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart.

He just covered up a "streaking" scandal this morning, and less than twelve hours later, he got into trouble again!

"I noticed that you recently completed a paper on the advanced transformation of elves, and planned to publish it in the magazine "Alchemy", right?" The professor suddenly changed the subject and asked a seemingly unrelated question.

Although Xiao Xiao kept a low profile on this matter, it was not a shameful secret.

He hesitated and nodded.

"I can help you write a letter of recommendation. I believe that the quality of your paper can meet the review standards of "Alchemy"." Professor Yi made the decision for the boy in a brisk tone: "——Although I am not a professor of alchemy, my The level of alchemy is still good. The International Alchemist Conference invited me to give lectures several times, but I refused. "

Xiao Xiao certainly did not doubt the magic level of a great diviner.

"But, Professor, you..." He mumbled, becoming more and more confused as he didn't know why Professor Yi did this.

Professor Yi did not explain, but took out a letter from the drawer.

"This is a letter your father wrote to me."

He did not hand the letter to the boy, but pressed it on the desk, and simply described part of the content in the letter: "——Your father thinks that it is a waste of time for you to continue to stay in school, and asked me if there is any way for you to graduate early. "

Xiao Xiao frowned and said nothing.

"I haven't replied yet because I think your opinion needs to be considered on this matter." Professor Yi looked at him quietly: "So, you need to give me a clear answer. Are you willing to leave the school?"