Chapter 229 Stairs
The Provost watched Hevinia's back disappear from his sight.
But he did not return to the boys' dormitory. Instead, he handed over the subsequent work to his subordinates and left quickly.
There was only one place he wanted to go.
After walking quickly along the dangerous mountain road, the Dean saw Anita standing in front of the cabin.
The latter was evidently waiting here for the Provost's arrival.
"...Anita." The Dean narrowed his eyes slightly, "It seems that the principal is still not asleep."
"The principal is very worried about what happened tonight," Anita said calmly. "He doesn't want to see the Lord's ceremony affected. So, Mr. Provost, please resolve these troublesome matters as soon as possible."
"I'm here to solve this problem," said the Dean. "Miss Anita, can you let me in?"
Before Anita could speak, Ulysses' old voice came from inside the room: "Let him in, Anita."
With Ulysses' permission, Anita moved aside and opened the door for the Dean.
The Dean of Academic Affairs entered immediately and saw Ulysses sitting behind his desk, holding a cane, with his eyes half closed, as if he had fallen asleep.
Although the Dean of Academic Affairs had many questions he wanted to ask directly, when he saw this scene, he took a deep breath and lowered his head.
"I'm sorry to disturb your rest, Headmaster."
Hearing this, Ulysses opened his eyes a little wider, looked at the Dean in front of him, and said softly: "You are still as energetic as you were twenty years ago, Raoul, and the notes have not faded yet. It is really not easy to be able to participate in two grand ceremonies in a row."
"After all, I was once your disciple," the Dean of Academic Affairs replied respectfully.
"Ah...really? I thought you had forgotten all about it."
"I will never forget your teachings and kindness in my life." The Dean of Academic Affairs said, "That's why I came directly to you tonight."
"oh?"
"If I hadn't been thinking about your kindness, I would have examined Hevinia myself just now." The Dean of Academic Affairs said word by word, "You should know what that means."
"Oh?" Ulysses asked. "What does that mean?"
"... Stop joking, President." The Dean of Academic Affairs said, "You are already this old. Everyone in this academy... no, everyone in the entire Holy Music Academy regards you as the greatest performer. You should not let this name be tarnished."
Ulysses smiled.
It was not a mocking laugh, nor was it ridiculed in any way. It was just an ordinary laugh from an ordinary old man.
But even so, this smile still made the Dean feel a little cold.
"I understand, Raoul, I understand what you mean." Ulysses tapped the ground with his cane, making a crisp sound. "You mean to say that I allowed Hevinia to kill people and steal the voice in the academy, and asked Anita to cover for me. And you didn't expose it on the spot because you wanted to save my face and didn't want me to lose my reputation in my later years... Is that what you mean?"
The Dean of Academic Affairs did not dare to reply, but the meaning implied in his expression was obvious.
"Raoul, you are always like this." Ulysses sighed softly, "Why can't you be more straightforward? Beating around the bush, looking ahead and behind, it was like this twenty years ago, and it is still like this twenty years later."
"...I don't understand what you mean."
"No, of course you understand." Ulysses looked into the Dean's eyes. "You dare not expose Hevinia because you can't be 100% sure that all this is really my instruction. Once you guess wrong, once you overturn Anita's examination in front of everyone and then find that Hevinia is fine, how will everyone look at you who has always claimed to be my disciple? Admit it, Raoul, you don't care about me as much as you say. You care more about yourself."
The Dean's expression froze for a moment. He lowered his head and said, "Is this how you have always viewed me?"
"Is there something wrong with what I said, Raoul?" Ulysses said calmly, "Have you forgotten what you did twenty years ago? If it weren't for your..."
"I have not betrayed you!" the Dean of Studies said loudly, "Never! I have always been by your side. Twenty years ago, it was the seventh tone that you lacked, not me!"
"Oh, don't be so impatient, Raoul. I didn't say you betrayed me. I know you don't have the guts to do that." Ulysses said, "You dare not disobey me, but you also dare not anger the two great masters of Taichu. So, twenty years ago, you knew that the two great masters of Taichu would do something to my Seventh Tone before the ceremony, preventing me from completing the Divine Comedy, but you didn't tell me and watched it happen."
The Dean of Academic Affairs looked very unhappy. He knew that this was an irrefutable fact, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Principal, why are you so obsessed with becoming the composer of the Divine Comedy? You already have everything, why are you still obsessed with the last step? Is that step really that important to you?"
Hearing the Dean's question, Ulysses smiled again: "Raoul, are you asking me this question as a former disciple or as the Dean?"
"...both!" said the Dean of Academic Affairs. "He was your former disciple, and he is now the Dean of Academic Affairs."
"Even the future principal, right?" Ulysses' smile faded a little. "To be honest, you came from a commoner family, and it's really good to be able to step by step to your current position. But you are too obsessed with this path, and you have forgotten the essence of a performer."
"...A performer is someone who plays a piece of music." The Dean of Academic Affairs whispered, "This is what you said in the first lesson you taught me. I also know that this is what you pursue throughout your life. I even think that this is what every performer should pursue throughout their life."
"Yes, Raoul." Ulysses nodded. "If you still remember, why did you ask such a question?"
"I just didn't expect you to go this far for it." The Dean of Academic Affairs also mustered up his courage, raised his head and looked at Ulysses, "So what is your goal? Let that guy collect all the sounds for you, and then play your "Noise" to make up for the regret of twenty years ago, or..."
"She is just a sheep you have raised. Do you intend to take everything away when the dust is about to settle? In the end... play the music for the Lord yourself?"
Facing the Dean's questioning, Ulysses' expression did not change much. He just stared at him calmly, and then slowly asked back: "What do you think?"
"...No matter which one it is, I will not let you get what you want." The Dean of Academic Affairs stood up slowly. "The Holy Sound should not have any more divine songs, and the Lord should not grant wishes to specific people. Because this is likely to overturn the Holy Sound that has been passed down for thousands of years. I will never allow such a thing to happen."
Ulysses chuckled and shook his head. "Raoul, you have really changed. I'm not talking about twenty years ago, but even earlier, when I first met you. At that time, your eyes were very pure and shining, but now, all that is gone. What on earth has deceived you, causing you to lose even your initial purity and become a guy who talks nonsense?"
The Dean's eyelids twitched, but he tried his best to remain calm: "Even if you say so, it can't change my decision, and I will try my best not to involve you in this matter. Just pretend that I have never been here tonight, and you don't know who Hevinia is. At least tonight, she is Hevinia, and Caesar is still on the run. But what happened afterwards..."
He paused.
"Principal Ulysses, you are old. This is no longer your time."
"In that case, you should enjoy your old age and be a person who only lives in other people's memories and textbooks."
After saying this, the Dean turned and left.
Ulysses was still sitting in his original position, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
After a while, Anita came in and stood quietly beside Ulysses.
"We're almost there." Ulysses said slowly.
"Yes, it's almost there."
Anita agreed softly.
“This time, your song ‘Noise’ will surely become the greatest hymn.”
"And that child will become your best stepping stone."
Ulysses smiled at Anita and then held out his hand.
So Anita slowly bent down, half-knelt in front of Ulysses, and put her face on his hands, like an obedient sheep.
"Of course." She said softly, "Me too."
…
What is going on?
After returning to the dormitory, Hevinia immediately thought about this question.
She didn't use [Domination] on Anita, so why would Anita help her?
And judging from the reaction of the Dean of Academic Affairs, he had obviously guessed that it was him who did it. So why didn't he check it again on the spot, but just let him go back like this?
These are two questions.
However, the latter question could only be answered with a vague answer and the Dean of Academic Affairs could not be 100% sure, so he did not dare to overthrow Anita, who represented the principal, to explain it on the spot.
The main issue is the first one.
Anita, or rather, why should Ulysses help her?
And since he came to help her, it must also mean that Ulysses knew Hevinia's identity and knew it from the beginning.
But why is this?
If her "father" Ivan helped her in order to gain greater benefits for the family, then why did Ulysses do this?
Helvinia thought hard.
Then I thought that the answer should be similar. As long as we start from the perspective of "it's all for ourselves", Ulysses' motives can be explained.
His goal is also the Seven-tone Divine Comedy, and it is also for the wish of the Lord of Holy Sound.
He had failed twenty years ago, so he hoped to achieve it through Hevinia twenty years later?
Or rather...
"He wants to wait until I have collected enough before attacking me?" Hevinia whispered.
It was obvious that she was asking Bai Wei.
"There's nothing wrong with starting from this aspect." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Anyway, it's all for the Lord of Holy Sound's wish, so there's no need to think too much about the specific reasons. It's better to think about more important things at the moment."
"What's going on right now?"
"Yes, no matter what the reason is, even if that old man wants to attack you, he will do it last." Bai Wei said, "Before that, you still have two notes left. What should you do? The Dean of Academic Affairs has obviously suspected you... No, not suspected, but has already identified you. It's just that due to the pressure from the old man, he dare not act directly without evidence. But once he finds evidence, what will happen?"
Helvinia also came back to her senses.
It was just as Bai Wei said, no matter what Ulysses' purpose was, at least he was helping her tonight, so it was very likely that he would wait until she had collected most of the information before making any plans.
But the Dean of Academic Affairs is different.
Hevinia also knew a lot about the Dean of Studies.
He knew that the reason why this dean of commoners could have the status he had today was because of his identity as "Ulysses' disciple". At least he used this identity to win the support of the two great families of Taichu. That was why he had been so kind to Helvinia before. Now, even though he was very sure that Helvinia was Caesar, he did not dare to take the last risk of falling out with Ulysses.
But once he finds solid evidence, he will no longer hesitate.
Hevinia thought of the tuner whom the Dean had mentioned to her when they parted.
If he could really wake up the tuner, with the tuner's corrections, then Hevinia would really not be able to hide anymore.
Before that, the Dean of Studies will definitely be on high alert against Hevinia, and then her next actions will become more difficult.
But the Dean's voice was not the two tones that Hevinia needed.
If possible, Hevinia really wanted to bypass the Dean, because she was not very confident that she could defeat the opponent without using Baiwei's power.
And if she continued to use Baiwei's power, Hevinia was not sure how long she could hold on.
Especially due to the unexpected situation tonight, she had to use Bai Wei's power even though she had originally not planned to.
So much so that now...
"Don't worry." Bai Wei said with a smile, "You may not have to deal with that many people."
Hevinia frowned slightly, and just when she was about to ask for clarification, her vision suddenly became blurred.
Pain, severe pain surged into my brain.
Hevinia knew the price had come, and although she tried hard to stay awake, it was of no avail.
In the end, she didn't even get on the bed. She just fell on the table and fainted.
But after a few minutes, she woke up again.
"My body has already reached this point."
Bai Wei looked down at his slender hands and chuckled.
"Well, it seems I should hurry up... before she completely collapses."
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Summary: "I have walked on thin ice all my life, adhering to my vow to remain pure, and I have never broken it!"
"...You asked them what was going on?"
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