Chapter 310 Faction
Declining the help from others, Cuiqiao walked to an office chair nearby and sat down. After several minutes, she finally understood the whole story from the explanations of several employees of the hospital.
"…Forget it, let's just leave it at that and pretend it never happened."
Although she knew why she was bumped into, Cuique didn't want to pursue the matter. In her opinion, the person who bumped into her was just an ordinary clerk, and he didn't do it on purpose, so she should forgive him: "You don't have to act so serious, just relax."
What she didn't say explicitly was that she had accepted this plan to enter the Magic Academy branch, so she was here to do business and didn't have time to worry about such details.
The so-called business is actually very clear: that is to adjust the security defense plan for the next assessment to a certain extent according to her ideas.
Due to procedural legitimacy, they needed to discuss the matter within the Magic Academy; due to considerations of communication efficiency and confidentiality, it was impossible for Cuique to remotely direct them to complete this task.
So in the end, she had no choice but to find a way to sneak into the Demonic Court without being noticed.
Because the people from the Magic Affairs Institute came through formal channels and reported their visit, nominally to Lunnore and the Institute for a meeting, so even the branch institute was able to verify the complete list of all the people on the trip. In order to avoid being found out later and making mistakes in the details, Cuiqiao couldn't even blend into the crowd blatantly, and could only choose this method at the suggestion of Zhehelan.
Whether it was Orizururan and the others or Cuiqiao, they all knew that they could not reveal their plans to anyone at this stage. Even though most of the clerks in the local branch were probably magical girls with no deep background or outstanding abilities—magical girls like that wouldn't end up in such a small branch—there were always exceptions, and no one could guarantee that all the employees in this branch were willing to lean towards their faction.
Not to mention that there may be people from other factions of the Institute of Magic among the branch employees. If the other party learns of the Institute's plan and informs them, they will be in big trouble.
Delphinium now knows that the five factions in the Institute of Magic actually have different attitudes on the issue of "whether they support Cornflower returning to the position of the Sapphire Scepter".
This faction that is close to the Institute is called the "Green Faction" in the Institute of Magic Affairs. It includes not only veterans of the war between the two worlds, such as Zhehelan, but also members such as Larkspur and Strelitzia who are native to Runnore, grew up in this city as children, and even experienced the war as civilians. While the employees of this faction are close to the Institute, they also have a high degree of identification with Cornflower, who was once promoted as a war hero, so there is a scene now where they are working together to plot for Delphinium to take the position of the Gem Scepter.
The Investigation Institute, which has always been close to the Green Faction, calls itself the "Yellow Faction" in the Magic Institute. The two factions frequently exchange interests and cooperate the most. This faction is also keen on finding a gem scepter for the Magic Institute. In addition, Golden Green Cat's Eye has had many contacts with Delphinium before, so it should be the first target to be won over.
As for the remaining three factions, it is hard to say that they are "friendly".
First, there is the "Red Faction" that is close to the People's Government House. It is a faction that has never expressed its position on "whether to have a jeweled scepter". Most of the time, it is unwilling to get close to any faction and stays away from it. It only appears to exchange interests with other factions when the plans and programs of the People's Government House are blocked. At other times, the magical girls of this faction are the most idle people in the Magic House.
Then there is the "Crown Faction" who want to maintain the rule of the royal court. They also want a gem scepter to completely consolidate the nobles' control over the Magic Court and drive out the other four factions. But unfortunately, in their opinion, this gem scepter should not be cornflower.
The Crown Faction was not optimistic about Cornflower, a "rebel" who dared to "anger the Queen", and was even quite resistant. In their opinion, the future Gem Scepter of the Magical Affairs Institute should be a "family member" of noble birth, impeccable in terms of bloodline, ability and will. They were committed to nominating a Gem Scepter from within their faction, and had been trying to get their candidate for the Scepter into the Queen's field of vision.
Even the Crown Faction is not the most difficult target to win over. According to what Zhe Helan described to Cuique, in the entire Magic Academy, the people who pose the greatest resistance to her becoming the Gem Scepter are actually the "Purple Faction" who are close to the Finance Academy.
Because their attitude is actually very clear, which is "The Magic Institute does not need the jeweled scepter."
Although the attitude of the Finance Institute was not like this in the early years, both the members who stayed in the Finance Institute and the Purple Faction in the Magic Institute could actually feel that the Diamond Scepter's desire for power had a significant change after a certain point in time.
Specifically, in the past twenty years, compared to other factions, the Diamond Scepter has appeared more frequently in the Magic Department, sometimes even clearly supporting the Purple Faction. And the power that the Finance Department should have is also firmly held in its hands, rarely leaking out.
Such behavior logic naturally makes the purple school magic girls have a stronger loyalty and sense of belonging to the diamond scepter. In many cases, they regard themselves as an extension of the Finance Department in the Magic Department, rather than people of the Magic Department. Therefore, what they have to do is to do their best to maintain the interests of the diamond scepter and never give it up.
For such a Finance Institute and Purple Faction, the lower-level magical girls might only feel a little strange, and at best feel that "the Diamond Scepter's style of behavior has changed slightly." However, at the level of Ozakaran and Emerald, they naturally know the reason for this change, not because "the Diamond Scepter has changed", but because "the person holding the Diamond Scepter has changed."
According to Emerald, the current Diamond is a very aggressive person with a strong desire for power. Because he has been the Scepter of Gemstone for the shortest time, he has a strong desire to maintain his own prestige and consolidate his power, so he will show full aggression to anyone who dares to challenge his authority.
In addition, in order to cover up the scandal of "Purple Diamond's defection", the royal court has never publicized the news that the position of Diamond has been replaced. Even though there are many rumors among the people, they have never officially publicized it. As a result, the name of the current Diamond has not even been announced to the public, and he can only act under the name of "Purple Diamond". Such a situation will naturally make the current Diamond, who has a strong desire for power, even more psychologically unbalanced.
——"From her point of view, a person like me who is loyal to the royal court and active can only hide behind the position of the sapphire scepter like a thief. And you, Cornflower, such a disrespectful and arrogant person wants to ascend to the position of the sapphire scepter openly. I'm afraid it's hard for her to accept it."
When talking about the current Diamond, Emerald also gave Delphinium a shot of prevention: "So, our next move is to avoid the Crown Faction as much as possible, and at the same time, we must conceal the Purple Faction. Wait until they owe us enough favors, and then use this as capital to negotiate with them. Otherwise, they will definitely come to ruin our good deeds."
It was also to guard against the possible existence of the Crown Faction and the Purple Faction in the branch that Delphinium would sneak into the Magic Institute by hiding in a suitcase like this, leaving no evidence for the branch clerks outside.
(End of this chapter)
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