Via returned to the Avalon Academy camp. In front of the maglev airship, a considerable number of teachers and students had gathered.
“Is the Lester family insane? How could they do something like this?”
“Are they mistaken? Can abyssal aura be touched so casually…?”
“Where’s the mistake? Look at Owen like this—he’s clearly fallen and become a demonized person!!”
The scene was somewhat chaotic, with many teachers and students discussing heatedly.
“Oh?”
Via had already spotted the corpse of the Four-armed Corrupted Ape.
She had guessed that these people were discussing Owen.
After all, before leaving after defeating the Four-armed Corrupted Ape, she had used the communication device to notify Avalon Academy.
Avalon Academy must have brought back both the Four-armed Corrupted Ape and Owen’s corpses.
“Via, you’re back?”
Anima noticed Via returning to the camp.
“What… what happened?”
Via put on a timid expression, clasping her hands as she slowly walked over.
“Teacher Anima, why is there such a terrifying magical beast in the camp?”
“I’ve been summoning all students to return to the camp. Didn’t you receive the notification on your communication device?” Anima pushed up her glasses, sounding somewhat angry.
“I’m sorry, Teacher Anima. I got lost and encountered a magical beast. I was running away the whole time and didn’t really notice…”
“How are you still like this?”
Anima was quite displeased. With such a major incident occurring, she was still wandering outside.
If not for sheer luck, this soft, glutinous pink-haired girl would probably have been eaten by a magical beast long ago.
“Owen is dead!”
“What? How did Owen die?!”
Via displayed an expression of extreme shock. She took a few steps forward, looking toward the area with the most people. She saw Owen lying beside the Four-armed Corrupted Ape’s corpse, no longer resembling a human.
Many students who saw this scene couldn’t stomach it and were on the verge of vomiting.
“What happened? Why does Owen look like he was infected by abyssal aura!”
“The matter is extremely serious. Owen is suspected of controlling a magical beast infected by abyssal aura, but due to his limited ability, he was backlashed and died at the hands of the out-of-control beast!” Anima said gravely. “In the previous days, you had a conflict with Owen during the assessment. Do you know anything about this?”
Many students turned their heads, looking at this pink-haired girl who seemed completely out of the loop.
Everyone suddenly remembered that incident.
After Owen had lost all face in the last assessment, he had declared in many places that he would make Via pay the price.
Could there be some connection between these two events?
“I… I don’t know,” Via shook her head. “I have no idea what Owen was trying to do. I’m not familiar with him at all—I don’t understand what he was planning!”
“Are you really completely clueless?”
Anima always felt things weren’t that simple.
“I… really don’t know…” Via lowered her head.
Just as Anima was about to say something more, another voice interrupted her.
“Teacher Anima, I think the situation is quite clear. Owen obviously wanted revenge against classmate Via, so he resorted to extreme measures—colluding with evil forces, borrowing forbidden power, turning himself into a demonized person, and controlling a magical beast infected by abyssal aura, just like those demons.”
Under everyone’s gaze, an elegant blue-haired girl spoke up.
Many people were surprised—someone was actually speaking up for Via?
And such a particularly beautiful girl at that.
Usually, no one had really noticed that there was such a person at Avalon Academy?
“Classmate Stella?” Anima was somewhat surprised.
Other students might not know, but she was well aware—this was none other than the princess from the Saint Luo Empire’s imperial family.
“Who’s Stella?”
“I remember now. In every assessment, there’s always Stella’s name at the top.”
“Oh, right! There really is someone like that. So she’s actually Stella?”
Many students were quite shocked.
Lucy’s eyes widened. She completely didn’t understand what Stella was playing at.
On the surface, Via pretended to look innocent, but inside, waves surged in her heart. This person—wasn’t she the girl she had encountered in the underground black market back then!
“Classmate Via has received education from the Holy Land since childhood. As the descendant of the Perfect Saintess, it’s impossible for her to have any ties with demons. Could it be… that someone thinks classmate Via defeated Owen and this magical beast?”
Stella’s words were very logical.
This was also what most people accepted.
Who would think that a soft, mochi-like Via could deal with a frenzied magical beast and Owen?
If she really faced them, dying a hundred times probably wouldn’t be enough.
“Classmate Stella, I understand your meaning. I just want to understand the situation in detail. After all, this is an extremely serious matter for our Avalon Academy. As the responsible teacher, I naturally need to be cautious.”
Anima replied, and her words were also directed at everyone.
“As the cradle for nurturing human heroes, our Avalon Academy will absolutely not tolerate any demonized person existing within the academy. This has nothing to do with status—whether commoner or noble, the academy will handle it impartially! We will report this to the Empire and the Holy Land, handing over both Owen and the magical beast infected by abyssal aura. There will be no concealment whatsoever!”
With things said to this extent, there was nothing more for everyone to say.
Having ties to abyssal aura was a capital crime in the Saint Luo Empire.
The Lester family was definitely finished—at best, their rights and territory would be revoked, with confiscation and exile; at worst, they would face a major investigation from the Holy Land, be branded heretics, and undergo a great purification.
Some young lords and ladies from noble families who had previously fawned over Owen now looked ugly. They were already thinking about how to quickly notify their families and cut ties with the Lester family as soon as possible.
Lucy, seeing Owen end up like this, should have been extremely happy—after all, the Lester family and her own were mortal enemies—but her mood was quite complicated.
On one hand, she didn’t understand why, even after tampering with Via’s communication device and teleportation crystal, this pink-haired girl was still completely unharmed.
She had originally wanted to put Via in danger, then make a timely entrance to save her, making Via owe her a favor so she could manipulate her.
But the plan had inexplicably failed.
Now, for some reason, Stella had suddenly decided to speak up for Via?
The young lady of the Favi family was currently quite displeased.
“Stella…”
Via directed her gaze toward Stella. When their eyes met, she was very puzzled.
Why was she smiling at her?
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