Chapter 76 I hope everything will come in handy.
Langman reacted and acted as a bridge of communication, taking the initiative to introduce to his father: "Dad, this is my friend Edith Griffin."
He deliberately emphasized the word "friend" to make his attitude clear, as if he was afraid that his father would vent his anger on the other person.
Mr. Giles was not as angry as he had imagined. He stretched out his arm and shook Edith's hand in a friendly manner: "I have heard of your great name for a long time. The young wizard is indeed the hope of the kingdom. Please take good care of Langman in the future."
Edith naturally agreed readily.
After shaking hands, she took a step back and cast her gaze towards the principal who was hiding nearby.
The other party showed an expression that said "everything is under control".
Was this a deliberate attempt to expose her to the Giles family?
After a brief greeting between the Giles family and Edith, they turned their attention back to their leader.
"According to the rules of the campus league, Giles will only face the bottom 50 players. Edith is the first place, so there is no way she could be misjudged." The speaker's tone was flat, and it was hard to tell whether he was angry or calm. "The draw may be a small mistake, but this is the biennial league of Beunius College. Those who make it to the finals will be the future of the kingdom. Beunius College doesn't take the league seriously and doesn't care about the fairness and justice it has always insisted on. Doesn't this go against the original intention of education?"
It always seems a bit low-class to come to the rescue simply because of the failure of your own child. Once the person in charge comes, he rises to a higher level and ensures that he stands on the moral high ground. Then, he changed the subject and deliberately speculated on the leader's intentions: "If you can change the lottery rules for the first round today, can you change the rules for the finals tomorrow? Why do you want to tamper with the prince's term? Can I think that you are a pro-priestess and want to use improper means to push the princess to become the heir."
"Is this the method used by the princess?"
The leader's face turned pale in an instant.
He just wanted to curry favor with the two great nobles to make his life easier, and he never thought about really taking sides!
If this crime was really pinned on him, not to mention whether he would be targeted by the prince's faction, the prince's daughter faction, who had been inexplicably tarnished, would definitely eliminate him at the first opportunity.
"I didn't!" he defended eagerly, "I just wanted to give Edith a hard time. I didn't mean to take sides. I absolutely support the Queen's idea. Whoever she chooses as the heir, I will firmly support him. I have no second thoughts!"
"I'm not a prince-lover, nor am I a princess-lover!"
Edith raised her eyebrows: Oh.
This guy is really good at asking questions.
Originally, if the leader had insisted that he had no selfish desires and that this was purely an accident, and if they were to blame the problem on the bugs, they might not be able to do anything about it. At most, they could ask the college to come forward and make a perfunctory apology.
But now he was frightened by the bigger charge and admitted to the tampering without even thinking about it.
The person in charge raised the corners of his mouth slightly, then quickly flattened it again. He turned to look at the principal who was hiding and watching: "It's not an accident."
The principal nodded and pretended to be serious: "It's not an accident, it's a problem with our management."
When the leader heard this, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes: The principal said it was a management problem, so does he still have a chance?
"I will make a public announcement briefly describing his mistakes and announcing Sen Lin's dismissal. It will be published on page 3 of the Royal Capital Daily." The principal seemed to have thought of a solution long ago. As soon as the leader admitted it, he quickly brought up the follow-up arrangements. "At the same time, we will also publicly apologize to the Giles family and write a recommendation letter for Master Giles."
The person in charge seemed quite satisfied and nodded slightly.
Although people from all the major families served in the academy, the Bo Yunis Academy was actually a fifth party independent of the royal family, nobles, merchants, and civilians. The academy's attitude was equivalent to the head of one party bowing to the Giles family, which gave him great satisfaction.
The person in charge took a piece of parchment from the person who looked like an assistant beside the principal.
"Written in advance? Not bad." He glanced through it briefly, but soon frowned: "I disagree."
“What does it mean to mistakenly match Longman Giles with an opponent that he should not have been matched with at that stage, leading to a defeat?”
This sounds like saying that Langman is no match for his opponent - although it is true.
"Change it to: 'Due to the school's operational errors, Langman was indirectly eliminated prematurely.'" He stretched out his hand, and Langman's father quickly handed him a feather pen dipped in ink, as if urging him to change it quickly.
The matter of the lottery must be concealed, and the fact that Langman lost because of his real strength must also be concealed, leaving only the mistakes of the Boyunis Academy and the result of failure. Only in this way can we single out the facts and guide others to speculate that there is a connection between the two without being accused of confusing right and wrong.
Langman can also suddenly turn from a loser to a victim.
"No." The principal looked smiling, but his tone was not giving in at all, "Edith's victory is real. We must let her enter the next game with a clean slate."
"With the way you write, there will definitely be many people who think Edith's victory is not justified."
The person in charge narrowed his eyes.
He asked why the old man brought the other protagonist of the story here, and it turned out that he was waiting here.
If Edith was not here, he could just take a tough attitude and force the college to agree, and then pay a hush money afterwards, and no one would know the truth.
But now Edith was right in front of him. She was like a hole in a ship in the sea. Although it was small, once the evidence was preserved and publicized, she and he would be doomed to fail - he could not afford such a price.
The reputation is already determined, so let's get some benefits from other angles.
The person in charge had a spring breeze on his face and said, "In that case, why don't we go out for a cup of tea and talk about the children's problems."
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Edith finally broke away from the tense atmosphere of the game.
She patted her chest with lingering fear, looked at Langman who was obviously exhausted, and patted him on the back: "Thank you for your hard work."
As a familial heir, Langman had to grow up under such a dangerous leader and cultivate a gentle and undistorted personality. He is truly strong inside.
Langman smiled and said, "I'm used to it."
He stretched himself, with a relaxed look on his face that Edith had never seen before. "Instead, it's great that I don't have to prepare for the game anymore... I really don't like the feeling of crushing others with ancient spells."
"Now that the dust has settled, I can finally take a good rest."
"But you can't yet."
He changed the subject and said cheerfully, "You still have to attend classes, study your opponents, be an assistant to the dean, and compete at the same time - there are a lot of classes for first-year students."
Edith couldn't laugh.
Although most of the homework does not require much brainpower for her, writing it on paper is still a big project.
She sighed, "It's really busy."
"Then I'll give you some tips. At least it can save you some time in studying your opponent." Langman laughed, "Although I don't think it will be very useful."
"Alec announced that he had obtained a huge amount of research results from his parents, covering various fields and functions, and said that relying on this, he would definitely win the first place in this year's league." Like Tuttle at the time, he was the first to notice the unfair means that the other party might use. "It is said that many of the results have never been released to the public, mostly potions, followed by magic circles. Although he is high-profile, he must be very confident to say such things."
"Although I think that since it is a result that has not been released to the public, it is likely that his parents did it themselves. Judging from his parents' level, they should not be able to come up with anything that can threaten you."
Edith thought seriously for a few seconds and felt that what he said made sense.
"Okay, thank you very much, I understand."
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Before the second game, Edith completely let herself go.
Facing a person like Langman in the first round, she was forced to stay up all night in the library reading biographies, but the opponent in the second round seemed to have a low IQ and could be killed by normal performance, so it would be better to stop and focus on other things.
Edith did her homework, worked as an assistant to help Dean Keith organize the spells, and even took the time to study the magic circle from her previous life. Time flowed smoothly to the morning of the competition.
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Tuesday afternoon, practice field.
Edith stood up skillfully after hearing the whistle outside the window, took off her cloak, and folded it neatly in the corner.
"Hello everyone, nice to see you again. This is the tour guide booth, and I'm tour guide number one!"
"I'm number two."
Although No. 2 often speaks wildly, he has developed some tacit understanding with No. 1 during the short one-week competition. At least now he will no longer speak carelessly and arouse public anger.
Number One was excited at the thought of hosting another of Edith's games: "The second game here on Tuesday is our freshman Edith Griffin versus Alec Carter!
According to what we learned before the game, Alec applied for the qualification to bring ready-made products into the examination site on the grounds of physical discomfort. Later, we may see him use the already refined potions and magic circles to win. "
There was a sudden booing from the audience. Although some people didn't like Edith, cheating was more disgusting. Comparing the two, the number of people supporting Edith increased significantly.
Alec, who was at the center of their conversation, looked grim and glared at Edith viciously.
Edith still looked daydreamy and dazed.
Alec: “…”
No matter what means you use, winning is fine.
He gritted his teeth and, under the supervision of the academy teacher, picked out the only material package he could bring to the stage, feeling a little distressed.
Alec was a little afraid of Edith, so he deliberately picked the props that he thought had the greatest chance of winning. He recited the effect of the magic circle again and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was exciting just to think that he had such a powerful magic circle in his hand, and only he knew how to draw it - those ignorant classmates would definitely exclaim "Wow" out loud.
After all, this magic circle came from my father's former boss, the legendary civilian chief researcher. The other party is dead, and this magic circle is only touched by him, so it must be unique.
That’s the magic circle developed by the chief researcher!
Alec gritted his teeth and secretly put some small things into his pocket.
Hope it all comes in handy.
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