When the teachers present heard Merlin's "arrogant" speech, their expressions varied, and the atmosphere in the meeting room instantly became subtle. The deans of the six colleges all turned to look at Merlin, with different emotions in their eyes.
Baker Monroe, the dean of the Beastmaster Academy, was a tall and strong man. He slapped his thigh with a loud sound and then laughed out loud: "Haha, I like this kid!" His laughter was like the sound of a clear bell, hitting everyone's eardrums, with a bold breath, as if cheering for Merlin's straightforwardness.
However, there are people who like it and there are naturally people who don’t like it. The dean of the Fighting Academy, Wendell Clemens, frowned slightly, a look of disdain appeared on his face, and he stared at Merlin coldly, obviously disgusted with this kind of reckless student.
Merlin glanced in the direction of the student council members, then nodded to Yuna. Yuna and other student union members immediately stood up, took out a large number of paper documents from their space rings, and quickly distributed them to all the teachers present.
"All the teachers, please hold the documents in your hands." Merlin said loudly, holding a document as thick as a brick, his eyes firm and confident. "I believe everyone here knows about the fair movement that has been making a lot of noise in the Arcane Academy recently. This incident has brought a very bad impact to our Arcane Academy, mainly because of the strong dissatisfaction with the unfair treatment of students in the school."
"What's wrong with you?" Wendell Clemens snorted coldly, his tone showing obvious disdain. "You get what you put in. Don't the students understand this principle?"
Merlin looked directly at the dean of the fighting academy and sneered in his heart. He knew that Wendel came from an aristocratic family, had lived a life of luxury since childhood, and had never encountered any setbacks. He was like the protagonist of a Long Aotian novel, and had easily become the dean of the Fighting Academy.
In Wendel's opinion, it is normal for aristocratic students to spend money lavishly, while students from poor families can only blame themselves for their lack of ability.
"Sacrifice?" Merlin retorted bluntly, "I didn't see any real sacrifice. All I saw was using the family's resources to get a better life in the Arcane Academy. What kind of sacrifice is that?"
Wendell Clemens's face darkened instantly. He didn't like being contradicted, especially by a young boy. He sneered, "Those who have received preferential treatment in the academy have paid enough gold coins. What's wrong with relying on the family? If you are jealous, why not pay the gold coins as well?"
Merlin was not to be outdone. "Dean Wendell, what the hell are you talking about?"
When Wendell Clemens heard Merlin's words, he instantly became furious, his face suddenly darkened, and the magic power in his body was suddenly released. The terrifying magic power swept across the entire place, and the oppressive feeling was suffocating. Merlin felt a powerful pressure, but he did not back down. Instead, he became more determined.
At this moment, Vice Principal Jenny raised her hand and directly dispelled the magic released by Wendell Clemens, and said calmly and seriously: "Wendell, you've gone too far!"
"I'm being too much? Ha!" Wendell pointed at Merlin and said angrily, "A student dared to talk to me like that. Who is being too much?"
Vice Principal Jenny glanced at Merlin again, with a hint of warning in her tone: "Merlin, be careful with your words."
Merlin shrugged indifferently, not caring at all: "Pay attention? What should I pay attention to? Isn't what Dean Wendel said bullshit? Not everyone has a good family background like Dean Wendel, which helps him to have a smooth journey."
Merlin's voice echoed in the conference room, attracting everyone's attention. He continued, "The Arcane Academy is a holy place of learning. It is a place for students to study, gain knowledge, and change their destiny. It is not a tavern, guesthouse, or nursery. It is ridiculous to think that you can get a preferential life just by relying on the resources behind your family and enough gold coins! It would be better to only recruit noble students!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire conference room fell silent, and all the teachers were thinking about Merlin's words. Agatha Morton, the dean of the Faculty of Arts, looked at Merlin with interest and smiled slightly: "Well, Merlin, since you said that there is a problem with the basic system of the college, do you have a better solution?"
Merlin stared at Agatha with disdain in his eyes. "To be honest, I'm very disappointed with you deans. Logically, you should be the ones to think about and solve this kind of thing. Otherwise, what are you guys doing as the management of the academy? You all just guard your own academy, following an old, obsolete system that should have been eliminated long ago, day after day, year after year. It's no exaggeration to say that you are incompetent!"
These words made the teachers, branch deans and Vice Principal Jenny present a little angry and furious. They worked so hard and conscientiously to keep the college running and educate students, but they were called incompetent by a young boy. They felt very uneasy.
"How dare you!" Baker Monroe, the dean of the Beast Taming Academy, slammed the table and stared at Merlin with his amber eyes, sparks of challenge flashing in his eyes. Merlin stared back at him unwillingly, a fighting spirit igniting in his heart, as if at this moment, the conflict between him and the entire academy could no longer be avoided.
Harrington was in a good mood. He raised his hand and said, "Merlin, don't just talk the talk and don't do the work. You said we follow the old system year after year, but do you have a new system in your hands?"
Merlin wondered if he had asked Professor Harrington to act as a stingray. He nodded affirmatively and said, holding a brick-thick document, "Yes, I have it! Please look through the document in your hands. It contains the new system I want to reform - the Arcane Academy credit system!"
Credit system? Vice Principal Jenny looked at the document in her hand, and then listened to Merlin begin to explain what the credit system was.
Merlin said to all the teachers, "In the Arcane Academy, credits are not only a tool to measure students' learning achievements, but also the main standard for the allocation of resources within the academy. Credits are the academy's advanced currency unit and run through students' entire academic career. Students earn credits through classroom learning, practical tasks, test scores, and participation in various activities. Credits can be used to exchange for academy resources, improve personal status, obtain preferential treatment from the academy, etc."
"From now on, the role of gold coins in the Arcane Academy will be minimized, and the era of credits being paramount has begun!"
"If you want to have a superior status in the Arcane Academy and enjoy higher-level resources, then go get credits! Credits will determine everything for a student!"
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