I thanked all the gods in my mind and happily went after Piers. He was the coolest professor, as I always said.
We went to the same office that Piers took me to when I’d nearly killed that vampire. Once again, I was seated on the other side of the desk as Piers went to the other side of the room to make the tea with an electric kettle, which looked incredibly out of place, given how antique everything at the academy looked.
“Why have you joined this Academy, Kay?” Piers said as he poured water in the cup. “In the sense of what do you wanna do after you finish your studies here? You gonna be a vampire slayer?”
“I’ve always been interested in joining the MPO,” I said, completely ignoring the vampire slayer joke.
“Oh,” he said, seeming excited all of a sudden. He placed a cup of tea in
