Chapter 94: Identity

Cromwell nodded slightly and said, “Carlos is indeed a good kid. For the sake of the academy and for the glory of the collective, he gave up his own interests. It’s rare to see such a good kid. So, Su Ye, do you still want to make things difficult for your schoolmate?”

Everyone looked at Su Ye.

The students in third class sighed secretly. Su Ye most likely had no choice but to shake hands and make peace with Carlos.

Su Ye smiled, walked forward and held Carlos’ hand. He patted Carlos on the shoulder with his left hand and then returned to his original spot.

Everyone looked at Su Ye in surprise. They did not expect him to be so straightforward.

With a smile on his face, Su Ye faced the parliament seats.

He said, “We each have different identities. For example, we are children to our parents, sorcerers, warriors, brothers, and sisters. In Plato Academy, I am a student, a student who desires good for himself, others, and all of Plato Academy.”

“Last semester, I suffered a lot of humiliation. Even at the beginning of this semester, I was bullied. I did not complain about anyone, nor did I feel that I have the right to vent my anger and fear on anyone. I still hope that everyone is well.”

“So, if I am just a student, since Carlos wants to reconcile, I will overlook the fact that he has been spreading rumors about me. I will not take to heart that he suddenly wanted to expel me. I will ignore the fact that he looks down on my identity as a second-year student. I will turn a blind eye to him looking down on my identity as a mage apprentice. I will not pay heed to him explicitly reminding everyone that I was once the third dumbest. Finally, I will not care that he insulted me from start to finish.”

Some of the students suddenly became alert. Although Carlos’ words were full of sorrow, they were also full of humiliation towards Su Ye.

Su Ye continued, “As a student of Plato Academy, I have done what I should do. Just now, I shook hands with him, patted his shoulder, and forgave his attack and his humiliation. However, as a commoner called Su Ye, I still have some questions. There is no sorrow, no insult, and no malice within me. I just have a few questions.”

The hall fell silent.

Su Ye took a deep breath and said slowly, “My first question is, why did Carlos suddenly announce his method to his class a few days after I defeated the Noble Academy and became famous?”

When he finished speaking, Su Ye’s words had already appeared on the Giant Eye.

Many people frowned.

Su Ye did not wait for Carlos to answer. He stared at Gregory, the Gold Mage seated above, as he asked, “My second question is for Gregory. Although Gregory’s attitude towards me yesterday was very bad, and although he has a very bad temper, I know that he is a person with a strong sense of justice. May I ask, did you personally discover the method that I submitted? Or did someone approach you and only then did you discover it? For example, did Carlos ask you about it? I believe that a dignified Gold Mage would not lie about this matter.”

Gregory glanced at Carlos and his gaze landed on Carlos’ right hand. He paused for a few seconds before he looked at Su Ye with difficulty and nodded. Gregory answered, “Carlos is not qualified to see the contents of other people’s applications. Only official members have access to them. Yesterday afternoon, he came to me and asked me about the progress. I said that his application was still pending to be reviewed. Then, he started to worry. He was afraid that other people would apply for a similar method, so he asked me to help check it. I didn’t believe that his concern was valid at all, but he begged me many times, so I went through the applications. Only then did I find your article.”

Su Ye smiled and said, “Allow me to summarize what happened. It was Carlos who deliberately asked you to go through the applications, only then did you find my article. Am I right?”

“Yes,” Gregory said.

Carlos felt his heart freeze. He felt a bone-chilling coldness from his teacher’s words.

Su Ye wrote on the Giant Eye while saying, “Then, my second question is, why did Carlos deliberately look for Gregory on the second day of my application?”

Carlos was about to speak, but Su Ye raised his voice and continued, “My third question is, who instigated the suspicion that I cheated in the test in order to get 98 marks? The timing was very interesting. It happened that the rumor started spreading on the same evening after I submitted my application in the afternoon. Where did the rumor start from? Could it be from the second class of the fifth year students where Carlos was?”

Su Ye’s gaze landed on the crowd outside the council house.

“Or rather, was it Carlos’ good friend who was spreading this news? If I remember correctly, this news was first spread among the noble students. Then, who was the first person to suspect me of cheating? Who was the one from my class that spread the news of my result to others?”

A slight commotion erupted outside the council house, like a pot of hot porridge being stirred.

Su Ye turned to look at Carlos again. He smiled and said, “Next, the fourth question. There are some things that are inconvenient for you to get involved in directly. Since the master said that it is not good to directly use magic to detect lies, then, in order to prove your innocence, do you dare show all your magic messages for the past three days, including the deleted ones? I am not afraid to show mine.”

As Su Ye said this, he raised his magic book.

Carlos’ eyes flickered and he appeared nervous. He refuted, “The messages in the magic book are everyone’s privacy. Even Master Plato can’t read them. You can’t ask me to do this.”

Su Ye retorted, “However, if the matter involves serious crime, the law enforcers have the right to look into the messages! How could you forget this? In addition, I can take a step back. You don’t need to show the contents of your messages. You only need to show who you have contacted recently. Is anyone from second year third class on your recent contact list?”

Carlos did not say a word.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Many students started shouting.

“Carlos, what are you afraid of? Show him all your magic messages!”

“Su Ye has already raised his magic book. What are you afraid of?”

“What are you afraid of?”

“Carlos the slanderer!”

“Carlos the despicable!”

If up until now, the students still could not detect the problem, they could only be called fools.

Even Hort clenched his fists tightly. He had a strong urge to beat Carlos up.

Su Ye turned to look at the parliament seats and stared into Cromwell’s eyes. Su Ye said slowly, “If my guess is correct, after Niedern helped me to submit the application, the review panel did not get to see it. After all, they had to review the other manuscripts according to chronological order. In that case, how did Carlos confirm that I had asked Niedern to submit the application before he requested for Gregory’s help to look for it?”

“The reason is very simple. Someone informed Carlos in advance.”

The council house fell into a complete silence.

After a pause, Su Ye continued, “If I’m not wrong, every document in the Congress of Magic will have a record of being reviewed!”

Everyone looked at Cromwell.

What did Su Ye mean by this? Could it be that Su Ye suspected that Cromwell had already flipped through that record and told Carlos about Su Ye’s application through someone else?

Cromwell said indifferently, “That’s right. There will be a record.”