Chapter 132: Stepping Down

Chapter 132: Stepping Down

The headmaster felt a chill up his spine as he faced the gaze of the three pillars. 'Fuck!'

Just as the student prefects had their monthly stipend of a hundred spirit stones per week, and the junior and senior professors had their own salaries, the headmaster also received his fair 'compensation' from the academy's coffers.Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

Of course, what he got was far, far better than anyone else in the academy, even the pillars. After all, if not for Aurora's overwhelming strength, the headmaster's position was actually superior to that of a pillar, and strictly going by the hierarchy, she should be listening to his orders.

But as it often is in the world, the strong don't need to follow the rules of the weak. Aurora would only be bound to follow his orders if she herself felt like it, or if she was forced to do so by someone stronger than her. Since neither of these was true, she would, of course, do as she pleased.

On the other hand, he had to follow her orders and advice whenever she put them forth, because her strength was superior to his own.

Technically, there was no loss of face for him as the headmaster to be following Aurora's orders. After all, the pillars were the senior-most members of the academy, and could have easily taken the headmaster position for themselves if they wished. Not to mention that the position of the headmaster was also decided by votes from the pillars.

All three remaining pillars seemed to have decided on it already. Even if he protested, they could still revoke his headmaster position. In that case, it was better to step down gracefully.

Anyway, a pillar also received about half the compensation that he used to. It wasn't too bad, though it will surely hurt his growth in the long term.

The black haired man couldn't help but lean back on his chair with a sigh. "Who will take up the headmaster position, then?"

Evelyn had, of course, stayed in her room for the day along with her friends, and also implored Amber to do the same.

Since her teacher hadn't told her what the situation was going to be like, the pink-haired girl was of course worried that something could go wrong, and they would be caught up in the mess. In that case, it was better to stay in a position where Aurora could quickly find them.

Not everyone listened to her as obediently as Amber, though, and while Evelyn was still waiting for her teacher to return, the ash-blonde finally returned.

"Why are you out, again? Didn't I tell you to either wait with us here, or stay in your own room?" Evelyn couldn't help but frown as Cecilia slid past her with a sheepish grin.

Evelyn blinked. "I-Is that so? Maybe I had a bad impression just because of one incident, and he's actually not bad But it's also possible that what I felt was right. I'll talk to Aurora anyway. She must know something about him, at least, though she may not be personally familiar with the guy either."

Cecilia nodded. "Right, that would be the best. Honestly, I still can't believe that anyone in the academy would dare to attack Aurora. Whenever I heard someone talk about her, it was with such reverence and awe, as if talking about some invincible existence. I could believe it even less that he managed to injure her like that I guess she can also get hurt You should also be careful"

The pink haired girl sighed. "Don't worry."

Of course, although the death of a pillar could be hidden from the students, the same couldn't be said for the teachers. Shortly after the headmaster stepped down from his position, the death of Lord Mantis was already a well-known fact among both senior and junior professors alike.

Whether it was the headmaster or the pillars, they all agreed that hiding it would only be worse. After all, some of the senior professors were very likely to have become aware of the event and sensed that the pillar tower belonging to Lord Mantis became deactivated.

Although the reason behind said death wasn't publicized, it wasn't like they were completely without clues.

On the same day that Lord Mantis died, another professor also went missing. Of course, professor Donna was only a puny little junior professor, and one of the weakest among them, at that. None of them were stupid enough to suspect that she killed Mantis. That would be a joke.

The most common theory among the professors was that Junior Professor Donna was killed by Lord Mantis. As for why he did so, who knows?

Of course, a pillar killing a junior professor could either be a minor thing, or a serious offense. It all depended on why they did, and whether or not there was someone who could and would enforce the rules to their fullest.

Assuming that Lord Mantis did not have a good enough reason for killing Donna, or was even trying to hide some guilt against the academy itself by doing so, there did indeed exist someone who could and would punish him so severely for the fault.

As long as Aurora judged that Lord Mantis had committed something truly egregious and must die, it was possible that she either executed him herself, or the other pillars assisted her in doing so, thus leading to a silent death for Lord Mantis.

And thus, these two facts soon became commonly agreed upon by the professors.

First Donna was killed by Lord Mantis.

And second Lord Mantis was killed by Aurora.