The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Among the attacked orcs, the most seriously injured orc only suffered minor superficial wounds.

　As for emotional trauma...

　There's no such thing as criminal liability for psychological harm on this continent—"It was just a little prank."

　She didn't say that on the spot, still giving the vice principal some face.

　Seeing that Macmillan was unmoved, Professor Sylph had no choice but to call upon the more understanding "elf princess" Lucia Artemis.

　"Did they do those things by mistake?" The elf princess asked, her eyes wide with surprise after hearing the story.

　But Dak, who knew her quite well, immediately recognized that this was her first move in "feigning ignorance".

　Clearly, it's completely impossible for Professor Sylph to find a breakthrough through Lucia.

　Even if Dark himself were to do it, the result wouldn't be any better. The things the elves did were entirely based on strict targets.

　Even if they were originally students of St. Marian Academy, at most they would have some credits deducted and be confined for a period of time.

　What's more, they were just exchange students from the Elven Spell Academy. They hadn't even taken their first class at St. Marian Academy! "Instead of thinking about how to punish the elven students who broke the rules, we should think about who leaked the information about the witch doctor's curse."

　Seeing that the situation was about to reach a stalemate, Dak deliberately changed the subject.

　But before he could finish speaking, Professor Sylph said mercilessly, "Who else could it be but Robert?"

　It seems that two years of getting to know Robert has given the professors a thorough understanding of his personality.

　Dark couldn't help but nod and say, "The probability of it being Robert is at least 86.789 percent."

　Lucia suddenly said, "How did you deduce that, down to three decimal places?"

　Dark said expressionlessly, "If the real probability is one hundred percent, you can replace 86.789 percent with any percentage less than one hundred percent."

　Lucia: "..."

　“Don’t change the subject,” Professor Sylph said, rubbing her forehead. “What I need is a solution. You should all know that if the elves’ attack on the orcs isn’t dealt with, the orcs will definitely retaliate. And after the orcs retaliate, it will be the elves who retaliate... If we get stuck in this cycle, it won’t be good for anyone.”

　Lucia pursed her lips and said, "But right now everyone outside thinks the orcs were the ones who struck first. The news that Dylan's soul was cursed by the orc witch doctor is still circulating. Under these circumstances, it's completely unreasonable to punish us elves alone."

　Professor Sylph frowned and said, "But that's a rumor. Dylan wasn't attacked by orcs. We've already confirmed that."

　Lucia's eyes widened. "How did you confirm that? I've wanted to ask you this for a while now. Do you think orcs would just tell you if you asked them?"

　Professor Sylph frowned and said in a deep voice, "We naturally have our own methods. If you have any sense left, you'd better think carefully about how you should speak."

　"Threatening me?" Lucia's eyes narrowed instantly, and a cold smile curled at the corner of her mouth.

　“Make it public and impose a three-day confinement,” Dark suddenly interjected, his voice tinged with reminiscence. “As for the orcs… it was indeed the orcs who struck first. Even excluding Dylan, another orc also committed a crime. All punishments will be settled together to ensure fairness.”

　Professor Sylph's heart stirred, and she thought of the lion-like beastman from the Knights Academy, and nodded in response.

　Rumors are the hardest things to dispel. Even if the academy were to come forward and say that the attackers of the grassland elf Dylan were not orcs, not many students would truly believe it.

　Because the college simply couldn't provide any evidence to prove it.

　However, if a genuinely guilty orc were introduced at this point, it would not only quell the elves' anger but also divert the students' attention to the lion-orc.

　At this point, she routinely announced the lion-orc's misconduct, and under the pretext of protecting the elves' mental health, referred to the elf who had been ambushed and beaten by the lion-orc as "so-and-so," without saying anything else.

　Students will naturally use their imagination to forcibly connect two unrelated things.

　—Let that lion-man bear the heavy sin! It's a perfect solution.

　However, Lucia and McMillan had no idea about this until Dark told them.

　"What happened? Who is the other orc? What did he do? You said the orc struck first. Has he already successfully launched a sneak attack on our tribe?"

　Five question marks burst forth in an instant.

　Dark could clearly feel that Lucia and McMillan's gazes towards him had become sharper.

　However, this is not something that needs to be hidden.

　After exchanging glances, Dak and Professor Sylph recounted the lion-man's misconduct.

　It was only then that the two leaders finally learned that there was an elf in their team who had been hurt by the orcs!

　Lucia immediately became angry and asked Dark who the injured elf was.

　But Dark just shook his head, because he really didn't know.

　Lucia then asked Professor Sylph.

　Professor Sylph also made it clear that she did not know, and that since the other party chose to remain silent, it meant that she did not want to be the subject of commentary.

　There's not much point in investigating his identity now. But things are different now.

　Since the lion-clan orc is to be used as a "chicken" in the "kill the chicken to scare the monkey" campaign, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive investigation into him.

　Identifying the victim is also a necessary step in securing a conviction.

　Of course, the victim's identity does not need to be made public; it is only confirmed internally.

　"Call that little lion over."

　Professor Sylph shut Lucia Artemis up with this one sentence.

　Soon after, the lion-like orcs from the Knights Academy were invited to the vice-principal's office.

　There's a certain sense of accomplishment in visiting the offices of both the principal and vice-principal on the same day.

　The lion-orc Keyes walked into the office, his spine ramrod straight, his gait powerful and imposing, his face bearing a hint of innate arrogance.

　However, that bit of "arrogance" was meaningless in front of the vice principal of St. Marian Academy.

　Professor Sylph cut to the chase, directly pointing out his disciplinary infractions. Although Case had been somewhat prepared, he was still taken aback.

　He looked at Professor Sylph, whose tone was indifferent and whose face also showed an air of matter-of-factness, and was at a loss for words.

　He was fully armed when he committed the crime, and even the victims themselves did not see what he looked like.

　It was completely unimaginable how Professor Sylph knew about that matter. Looking at the elven leader sitting to the side, carefully scrutinizing him, Case couldn't help but feel increasingly nervous.

　Since he knew he couldn't hide it any longer, Case had no reason to continue concealing the victim's name.

　McMillan and Lucia both looked surprised when they heard the name, clearly not expecting that the victim was the elf!

　Case admitted it on the spot and was willing to accept the punishment.

　With his precedent, Lucia and Macmillan had nothing to say and could only go to find the offending elves.

　After Case also left temporarily, the vice principal's office suddenly became empty.

　Then, Robert and Witt were summoned.

　Professor Sylph directly asked them who had leaked the information about the witch doctor's curse.

　However, not only Witt, but even Robert firmly denied that he had leaked any information!

Chapter 1179 The Cake Was a Lie (4k)

　Neither Robert nor Witt were the type to lie to a professor.

　Moreover, their lies could not escape the "mind's eye" of "Fantasy Beasts: Goddess of Mind's Eye".

　But if it wasn't Robert and Witt, who else could it be?

　To be honest, the only people who knew about this were Principal Arte, Professor Sylph, Professor Mitya, Professor Harvey, Professor Cazell, Sister Carian, Lucia Artemis, Dac, Witt, and Robert.

　Needless to say, Principal Arte and Professor Sylph were there. Professor Mitya was always with Principal Arte, and Professor Harvey, Professor Cazell, and Sister Carian never left the laboratory.

　Excluding Darke himself, Witt, and Robert, the only possible leaker is "Elf Princess" Lucia Artemis.

　Lucia did leak the information, but she only told McMillan. And McMillan has been confirmed not to have leaked the information. That means all sources of information leakage have been cut off, and there's no way anyone could have known… No, wait, there's one more person!

　Dak suddenly realized that the first to know that the souls of the grassland elves were cursed by the witch doctor were not them, but the one who cast the curse!

　"The leaker is the murderer!"

　"But why would the murderer leak this information?"

　"Is it simply to incite conflict between the elves and the orcs?"

　"Isn't that a bit too... petty?"

　Dark looked up at Professor Sylph, who was clearly thinking of the same thing.

　Therefore, he immediately asked, "Can we trace the source of the information?" Professor Sylph frowned and said, "Normally, we would use divination in this situation. But now... having participated in the Night of Prophecy, you should know better than me."

　Thinking of the night of prophecy, he thought of the goddess of fate. A wave of bitterness welled up in Dark's heart.

　But getting back to the main point, since we can't use divination or similar methods, we can only use traditional methods—that is, asking them one by one.

　When he thought about the human resources issues involved, Dak instinctively looked at Witt and Robert.

　But even the grassland spirit Dylan met with misfortune; could Robert and Witt withstand it?

　The fact that Robert and Witt did not leak the information slightly changed Dak's opinion of them, making him feel that they were not so untrustworthy after all.

　But now his concern is about their capabilities.

　But Vito is, after all, the destined protagonist and the future hero; surely he won't fall before encountering the Demon King?

　While thinking about these things, Dak discussed them with Professor Sylph.

　After listening to their conversation, Robert volunteered to go and investigate with Witt.

　Professor Sylph didn't share Dark's worries. She waved to the two of them and said, "Wait for the elves to arrive, then ask them first."

　Witt understood the meaning behind the words and couldn't help but feel happy.

　He actually has a bit of a "giving personality," hoping to be trusted by others and to do things for them.

　Professor Sylph's rare trust made him feel good.

　About half an hour later, Lucia Artemis and Macmillan returned to the vice principal's office with a group of elven students.

　Professor Sylph already knew a bit about the elven students who had taken action. When she glanced at them, she knew that Lucia and Macmillan were not lying to her.

　All the elven students who attacked the orcs were brought here. Lucia and Macmillan didn't seem to have explained the situation to them yet; the elves still held their heads high, their faces full of arrogance.

　They clearly do not believe that what they did was wrong.

　But since it was at the request of the fairy princess and the leader, they came.

　Lucia took half a step forward and said to Professor Sylph, "I've brought them all. Do whatever you want with them."

　Professor Sylph nodded slightly, then pulled a stack of papers from her drawer and placed them on her desk, saying, "Let's write down what you've done first."

　Lucia gestured with her lip towards the elf students.

　Although the elf students were unruly, they still picked up paper and pen and started writing quickly.

　What they needed to write down was what each person did to which orcs. After they finished writing, Professor Sylph would review it and then "sentence" them according to their actions, which was essentially a basis for determining how many days of solitary confinement they should be put in.

　Dark watched the whole thing unfold and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for the elves' decisiveness and composure.

　They never intended to hide anything from the beginning; they acted as if to say, "I did it, so I'll accept whatever punishment I'm given."

　Furthermore, upon closer inspection, it can be found that the group of elves who attacked the orcs were mostly those who had appeared in exhibition matches.

　In other words, none of them are main event competitors!

　This means that even if they are all punished, it will not affect the Elven race's (Academy Championship).

　In contrast, the orcs were quite lacking in consideration. Because Keith of the lion race was a definite frontrunner.

　Of course, Case's actions were his own, so the orc team can't be blamed for them.

　After some time, Case, having taken care of the "aftermath," returned to the vice principal's office.

　The elven students immediately showed hostility upon seeing him. But Case simply snorted and walked straight to his desk, ready to accept his punishment.

　Professor Sylph then gave him a pen and paper and asked him to write down what he had done.

　Once the elves and orcs had all finished writing, Professor Sylph collected all the "confessions" and read them one by one.

　Ultimately, Professor Sylph confined Case for five days. The elves, however, were uniformly confined for three days.

　The reason for the difference is that Case's attack was more forceful, and the elven player he attacked was indeed injured.

　Moreover, the elven player who was attacked was a pre-selected main competition participant from the Elven Magic Academy.

　However, the victim's injuries were not serious, so he was only detained for five days. After five days, he would be able to make it to the first day of the "Academy Championship".

　After the penalty decision is made, it will be made public.