Chapter 104 "I'm Sorry"
"Why are you back so early?" Bell heard Heda's voice and hurried over, hesitating to speak, "Outside..."
"It has nothing to do with me." Edith remained calm.
That was Shirley's fault, it had nothing to do with Edith.
Heda breathed a sigh of relief. Bell looked a little confused, but nodded. "That's good. Change your clothes quickly. The dormitory manager will probably come to check soon."
Edith hummed, quickly changed out of her robe, and put on her pajamas before the prosecutors came. She ruffled her hair, put on a cloak, and sat in front of the fireplace with her friend to wait.
"What about the other person?" The association's inspector frowned.
"In the school hospital." Edith said, "You can ask the dormitory administrator."
The man was very cautious, and an explanation could not dispel her doubts. She glanced at her pocket watch and just as she wrote down the time and Mu Lin's name in the notebook, she heard an urgent shout from outside the window.
"Found it, in the lab!"
Edith's heart tightened slightly.
Hope all goes well.
Seeing this, the woman didn't care any more and turned away.
"Who did you find?" Heda was still a little confused. "Who are you looking for so late at night?"
"It's none of our business anyway." Bell patted her shoulder, hugged her and took her to his room, "Go back to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."
As she walked away, she looked back and Edith nodded slightly, silently expressing her gratitude with her mouth.
Tonight, she still needs to be alone for a while.
......
the next day.
Mu Lin was welcomed back to the dormitory by several people early in the morning. Joyce was also there unexpectedly. She followed her to the door and waved for Edith to come out.
"It's basically confirmed that Palmer got the potion himself." She leaned against the door of the dormitory opposite, her voice a little hoarse, "You don't need to follow the rest of the investigation, but the investigation team still has some questions to ask. I'll take you there later, and you can answer whatever you know."
Edith glanced at Mulin who had just returned to the dormitory, and could only wave and say hello hurriedly, then turned around and left with Joyce.
Shelly's actions were really fast.
Edith was taken to the teachers' area, where a small office had been temporarily cleared out and at a glance, five or six people were sitting there.
She sat down in the seat in front of the inspector, with her head down, looking very submissive.
Although there was no spell to directly peer into the mind, the mage could still sense people's emotions easily, so she had to be careful with her words.
"Name?"
"Edith Griffin."
The prosecutor frowned and looked forward: "Don't be nervous, just tell me everything you know."
It's rare to find someone who gets emotional when their name is spoken.
He confirmed with Joyce next to him that it was him who was sitting there, then he looked away and made two notes with his head down: "Your nervousness will also affect our judgment."
Edith nodded and pretended to take a deep breath: "It's fine now."
The people sent this time were quite capable, and she felt that she had adapted to her new identity, but she did not expect that her flaws would still be discovered.
"Did you know in advance that Palmer used the luck potion?"
"I guessed it. She was drawn to the backlight side in the first two rounds and got a bye in the third round. Plus, her opponent made strange mistakes during the match. It's easy to feel that she used other tricks."
"Why didn't you report it to the college earlier?"
"I'm not sure. I have no evidence and am just guessing. I'm afraid of wrongly accusing someone."
It's all true.
The staff member made two notes, looked up, and his expression suddenly changed from calm to oppressive: "How do you know that the luck potion is valid for 15 minutes?"
Although Edith pulled the rope around ten minutes ago, from the way she arranged it, she clearly knew the effect of the potion. Not to mention Palmer, even the effect of the original luck potion was not disclosed to the public.
Here comes the most difficult question to answer, but she was prepared.
Edith said calmly, "Hedda told me." She was right. Fifteen minutes was indeed the data obtained by Hedda after personal experience.
"No lie." The inspector frowned. "Who is Hedda?"
"Her friend." Joyce explained simply.
Edith nodded and chose her words to say, "Herda watched every match, including Palmer's first and second rounds."
The inspector nodded slightly. This was reasonable. They also found problems after inspecting Palmer's first two rounds of competition. In the second round, her opponent was a fourth-year student ranked in the 30s or 40s. She was quite difficult to deal with. Although she kept making mistakes, she still managed to hold on until the 15th minute. After that, she stumbled three times, but still won the victory by relying on the advantage she had gained in the early stage.
If you observe the game carefully, you can indeed summarize the node of fifteen minutes.
But Edith's answers always made him feel strange, so to be on the safe side, he asked two more questions: "Have you ever taken the luck potion?"
“Never.”
"Have you ever participated in the entire process of refining the luck potion?"
"No."
It's all true.
The inspector nodded and closed the notebook with confidence: "Thank you for your cooperation."
Edith stood up at the right moment and shook his hand: "I hope my answer can help you."
She felt relieved and walked out of the room with Joyce. The woman helped her adjust the badge on her chest and sighed, "Next time if you have similar suspicions, don't worry about the evidence, just report it to the college in time - if the other party is really innocent, the college will definitely not wrongly accuse her."
Edith touched her nose and said, "I see."
She looked up and asked casually, "What happened last night? You look tired."
"It's okay, Scott just ran away." Joyce waved her hand. This was not something that needed to be kept secret, and Edith was an indirect participant, so she answered very straightforwardly, "When we found him, he was sitting in the laboratory preparing medicine, and he prepared the luck potion in front of us. The wizards of the association didn't care about privacy, and urgently checked her memory without her family's consent."
Looking through memories is a very delicate and difficult task. If one is not careful, it can cause permanent brain damage to the person being looked through. In addition, there are some things that are difficult to talk about in aristocratic families. In order to ensure privacy, the kingdom stipulates that it is illegal to use the memories of nobles without reason.
But this is obviously not without reason.
"It is indeed a potion she researched herself. Professor Scott was not involved."
Edith exclaimed, "Will she use this potion to do anything bad?"
"No, I just used it for the competition." At this point, Joyce pressed his head with a headache, "Really... using such a powerful drug with such obvious side effects to fight a dispensable game..."
On the one hand, she was glad that the child did not go astray, but on the other hand, she felt speechless about it.
In other words, the "matters" with the Queen have nothing to do with Palmer...
Edith was thoughtful.
Joyce interpreted her silence as another meaning, so he stopped and patiently explained, "But don't worry, although she didn't do anything more serious, within the academy, cheating in a competition is already a serious offense."
"The college will take punitive measures for this, probably this afternoon. After all, last night's incident was such a big deal, they need to give the outside world an answer as soon as possible."
Edith suddenly felt uneasy: "What exactly are the punishment measures?"
"The details have not been decided yet, but what we know now is that we will apologize to the entire college." Joyce glanced at her, "Those who were rejected by Palmer are very angry now."
"Be prepared, there may be a chance for you to go on stage."
......
afternoon.
Edith sat numbly in the first row of the auditorium.
She said she wanted to have a good chat with Mu Lin who had just been discharged from the hospital, but she was so busy the whole day that she only saw her when she left in the morning.
She also didn't expect the college to be so efficient - Palmer's "crime" was only confirmed at midnight yesterday, and a collective meeting was held this afternoon to explain the situation. It can only be said that on the one hand, the matter was indeed a big deal, and on the other hand, the Palmer family's name was not loud enough to suppress it.
It is normal for each grade to hold a separate meeting, but it is rare for all members to gather together - even the fifth grade who were away for practice rushed back.
Joyce sat on Edith's left, and Palmer's first and second round opponents sat on her right. The rest of the association members occupied the remaining seats in the first row. She could feel countless eyes coming from behind, some on Joyce, the president, some on Palmer on the stage, and many on her.
The principal on the stage is giving a speech.
"...This happened because of the negligence of the teaching team." He briefly explained what happened, skipped the process of Palmer researching the potion on his own, and said it was "obtained through inappropriate means."
But the students in the seats obviously didn't notice this - everyone gasped in unison after hearing the words "luck potion".
"hiss--"
Edith: “…”
Why do I feel like there are a group of snakes sitting behind me?
After expressing their feelings, the students who had not dared to speak because President Walker was sitting in the front row no longer cared about etiquette and started discussing.
"Luck potion? How did you get it?"
"What's Palmer's last name? Is her family capable of getting something like this?"
“Oh my god…then didn’t the students who lost the first two rounds lose in vain?”
"No wonder Edith kept falling during the competition...bad luck can't be overcome by hard work."
"Really? Can I just be expelled from school for cheating?"
Palmer on the stage looked dazed and didn't seem to feel guilty about the discussion in the audience.
"The sequelae of the memory invasion are still there." Joyce looked in the direction Edith was looking at and said lightly, "But the dullness does not mean that her emotions have disappeared. It can only be said that the current numbness is more of a self-escape."
Edith was silent.
Palmer himself has good grades. If he studies hard, even if he cannot join the association, he can stay in the college and become a teacher in the future.
I don’t know why a Potions major is so obsessed with the league.
After the principal explained the whole story, he gestured for Palmer to come to the front of the stage. The girl lowered her head, slowly moved her body, and said to everyone:
"sorry."
"I apologize for using the luck potion during the game."
After all, she represented the family behind her, and apologizing to this extent in public was already the limit. The principal quickly took over the conversation: "In response to this matter, the college will give Smith a one-year probation and cancel his qualification for academic rankings in the next two years."
"In addition, the college will also provide appropriate compensation to the victims of this incident."
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