Early the next morning, a ray of dawn from the horizon pierced the long night of the Northern Wilderness, gilding the endless snow-capped mountains with a layer of hopeful gold.
Along with that dawn ca a loud dragon roar, descending with reassuring majesty on the terrace of the branch tower of the Tower of Great Sage.
Porphyry Saiyi, dressed in a black magic robe, had been waiting here for a long ti, respectfully saluting the old man on the dragon's back, letting the wind tousle his wig to show his desolation.
"Respected Great Sage... Welco ho."
The winged dragon lowered its proud head and folded the wings behind it.
At the sa ti, an elderly man in a plain white robe, with a kindly face, slowly descended from the dragon's back.
He was the supre leader of the Academic State, the Great Sage of the Source Magic School, and the most knowledgeable scholar on the Aus Continent—Dousuke.
"Mm."
Dousuke nodded, his wise eyes that seed to see through everything in the world were full of the fatigue of travel and concern for the frontline situation.
Looking at Porphyry Sage, who had been taking care of the Academic State for many days in his absence, he slowly spoke.
"You've worked hard while I was away."
Porphyry bowed his head respectfully and said.
"It is our duty!"
Porphyry had genuine respect for Dousuke Sage.
Not only because this Great Sage was the founder of Void Realm research, but also because under his governance, the Academic State had entered an era of unprecedented prosperity, surpassing the Holy City in many domains, leaving the declining Empire far behind!
Looking at the devoutly bowed Law Sage, Dousuke's face revealed a kindly smile, his tone comforting as he spoke.
"Please raise your head, Professor Porphyry, I see the difficulty and effort you have put in, no need to be modest."
"Yes!"
Porphyry gratefully raised his head, but when his gaze fell beside the Great Sage, he hesitated for a mont and curiously asked.
"Lord Sage, what about that young man who went to Brass Pass with you?"
He rembered that the Great Sage had a magic apprentice accompanying him when he left, but that apprentice was nowhere near him at the mont.
"I sent him to take care of so matters in the Ryan Kingdom, so he didn't return with ." Dousuke ended the topic gently, then continued, "Let's talk about business, how is the aftermath of the Maze Trial being handled?"
"I was just about to report to you."
Porphyry straightened up and began to report the aftermath of the Maze Trial Event in his consistently rigorous and concise language.
"...The mbers of Arist Thorne's faction 'Thorne Association' have been thoroughly cleared, with a total of thirty-seven mbers permanently stripped of their scholar status and expelled! Other uninford individuals involved have also been properly dealt with following an investigation by the Council of Sages delegation... This task is being managed by Professor Uriel from the Holy Power School."
"Additionally, compensation paynts have been issued to the afflicted apprentices, and we've waived their tuition fees for this sester, while rewards for those who acted heroically during the event have been implented."
"The formal notification of the situation has been sent to the Church Court in the Holy City via magical communication."
Porphyry initially intended to ntion the matter of Prince Colin, but considering Professor Arist was Dousuke's cherished disciple, he hesitated for a mont and ultimately didn't speak.
Prince Colin did save over three thousand apprentices, but the fact that he concealed his strength and independently killed Arist was undeniable.
Porphyry even suspected that Colin deliberately left an opening to lure Arist into action, otherwise, with Arist's prudence, how could he challenge a Prince of the Empire?
Of course, saying this might be politically incorrect, as if implying that three thousand lives didn't matter.
Especially since Arist was the Divine Chosen of Chaos.
Thinking about this matter, Porphyry felt a pang of regret.
He couldn't understand why that promising professor would take such risks. Even without relying on the power of Chaos, he would eventually rise to the Purple Crystal Level.
Or even—
Inherit the mantle of the Great Sage.
He could only interpret it as a deeper personal conflict between Arist and Colin, which Colin had concealed.
After listening to the report, a pained expression appeared on Dousuke's face.
He let out a long sigh, a sound containing both sympathy for the hardships suffered by the apprentices and sorrow for the fall of a beloved disciple.
"...Who could have imagined that so many painful incidents would occur while I was away for just a month? If I had known, I would never have left in the first place."
"My Lord, please don't bla yourself! Your wisdom belongs not only to the Academic State, Brass Pass is the Empire's barrier and ours too, you did nothing wrong, the issue completely lies with us! We neglected the managent of the grassroots, and also ignored our own beliefs..."
Porphyry bowed his head once more, sincerely expressing.
"Please forgive your immature children, we will certainly take this as a lesson,"
The strong in the Academic State differ from elsewhere, here even a Purple Crystal Level strong one would, when appropriate, reach a level of flattery that makes one's teeth itch.
Of course—
This humility and modesty would transform into the deanor of an elder and disdain of a superior when facing lower-level individuals.
Dousuke was silent for a mont, his gaze falling on the dormitory tower in the distance and suddenly spoke: "I would like to et Prince Colin."
Porphyry was slightly taken aback, raising his head in disbelief.
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