You call this a black hand?

On the other side, just after leaving Mellen and others, the middle-aged vice-dean named Yin Fan angrily said that the school's decision this time was completely wrong, and what should be done was to punish this mixed-race who was disobedient and was being clever.

Rebirth, not compromise.

He had wanted to say this in front of Mellen before, and even wanted to reprimand him, but with Juliana, the principal's side, it was difficult to say it out loud.

The old man with a white beard who was the vice-principal did not comment upon hearing this, but he did not interrupt the other party's chatter either, which showed that he agreed with this.

This is actually a normal idea. After all, in their view, even if they have the status of heir, the school should not restrain its hands in front of Melen.

After all, he is just a wizard apprentice, so how can he be qualified to talk to the school on an equal footing?

However, the matter has come to this, and nagging these things now has no effect other than exacerbating the inner resentment.

So seeing Yin Fan talking endlessly, the vice-principal raised his hand to interrupt him and signaled that he should focus on today's work.

However, just when they thought the matter was over, an unexpected incident occurred, forcing them to put the issue of the successor on the conference table again.

"Concerning the tragic death of Professor Jenkin, we currently have a new development."

Today is the beginning of school, so not all high-level school officials participated in the meeting, but the most important people were already present.

Especially the principal himself, who looks less than ten years old.

His expression was extremely serious at the moment, which surprised others.

Because even if a professor is killed, there is actually no need for the principal to pay such attention to it, and even hold an emergency meeting?

"What new changes have occurred?"

The vice-president who had gone to sign a contract with Mellen couldn't help but ask: "Is the murderer's identity special?"

"The murderer has been confirmed to be Director Ackerman Corey of the Contraband Handling Room."

The principal said: "The campus security team leaked the information when they went to arrest him, allowing him to escape. But in his bedroom, we found some unusual clues."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to signal, and the assistant standing beside him distributed some documents to the people participating in the meeting.

Then, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became solemn.

Because the news recorded in the document is really shocking——

The murderer who killed the old professor has been lurking in the school for many years, and is still plotting with others to occupy the school!

This incident may even seem a bit funny at first glance, because St. Grant's Castle is a top school in the wizarding world, with many internal experts and excellent defense capabilities.

Not just any cat or dog can be qualified to destroy, let alone be occupied.

Moreover, although the school has a high influence in the wizarding world, it is not a key place. What is the use of targeting it here?

Want to hold a group of students hostage?

"The murderer's biggest reliance should be on the three secret passages leading to the hinterland of the campus."

Seeing that everyone around him looked puzzled, the principal said in a deep voice:

"We can confirm that one of them is real, but there are currently no clues as to where the other two are."

"Could it be that the murderer deliberately released false news to confuse people?"

Someone couldn't help but say after hearing this: "Since he can do such evil things, he should have considered the possibility of being searched and arrested. Why would he leave such important clues in the bedroom?"

"I didn't believe it at first either."

The principal said: "But we have conducted divination through the floating observatory, and the results show that all this is very realistic."

Floating observatory?

The appearance of this name left people in the conference room speechless.

Among many magic methods, magic such as divination is the most mysterious and the most fascinating to wizards, because it involves seeing through the future and even seeing through various secrets in the world.

The College of Astrology, one of the three major colleges, mainly studies this field.

The floating observatory is the core facility of the academy and is equipped with top divination masters.

If you take divination seriously, its effects will rank among the top three in the entire wizarding world.

So even though they still couldn't understand why someone would want to target Fort St. Grant, they had to think about how to deal with it.

"Since this unknown enemy has this plan, he must have sufficient preparations to make them confidently accomplish this thing."

Vice Principal Whitebeard said thoughtfully: "I suspect that there are not only secret passages in the school that we don't know about, but there are also traitors."

"Could it be related to the heir?"

Someone suddenly said: "Not long after he became the heir, someone immediately wanted to target the school. How could it be such a coincidence?"

"If we hadn't signed a blood contract with him, I would think your guess is very possible, but now..."

The principal said as he looked at the vice principal with a snow-white beard beside him.

"Yin Fan and I just signed a contract with him."

Seeing this, the other party said: "There will be no accidents in this matter."

If the person is not the person, the signing of the blood contract cannot be carried out, because the fake identity does not have the corresponding power, and of course it is impossible to use this power to sign a contract with someone.

In other words, all the contents in the blood contract must be true and valid before the contract can be signed.

So this act, which was originally used to limit the power of the heirs in the old era, now allowed Mellen to be cleared of suspicion for the first time.

However, this makes things even more troublesome.

Because they have no clues about the traitor.

"If the murderer is conspiring with others to occupy Fort St. Grant, then it is very likely that he has not left the school area."

The vice president named Yin Fan said: "As long as we catch him, we can get more information."

This is something easy to think of.

However, after the principal heard this, his expression did not look good.

"It has been investigated and there are no traces."

He said: "That person is very weird, and some of his methods are unheard of even to me."

People in the conference room looked at each other in shock.

Unlike professions such as hunters, the strength of a wizard is judged not just by pure combat power or even destructive power, but by overall quality.

Because many of the problems faced by wizards cannot be solved by simply fighting.

And since he can be elected as the principal of a top wizard college, Browning's comprehensive strength is of course top-notch, at least enough to convince the public.

But now, the meaning of his words is obviously that he has personally investigated it, but there are no clues...

Of course, this cannot be because our own side is too weak, but because the enemy is too "strong".

In other words, the enemy has been planning for a long time and is well prepared.

"Perhaps we can try to cancel the blood contract and ask Aige to use the heir privileges."

After a moment of silence in the conference room, someone suddenly said: "This might have a miraculous effect?"

The heir's privilege comes from the entire Fort St. Grant, and Fort St. Grant was built in an era when the demonic tide had not yet faded.

Although the wizards' methods in that era were not as diverse as they are now, in terms of mystery, they were much higher.

However, these words made the atmosphere in the conference room a little awkward.

During the last meeting, someone mentioned that the heir should cooperate with the school to investigate the murder, but the other party refused.

The reason is that the agreement between the two parties is to prohibit the use of the heir's power in exchange for corresponding preferential treatment. And if you want the heir to cooperate with the school to do something, then of course you have to discuss the issue of improving the treatment.

However, many of the school's senior officials did not agree with the original treatment, and of course they refused to increase it, including Principal Browning——

It's not that they care about some interests, they care about the school's face, and they think it is a shame to continue to give in in front of an apprentice.

In addition, they did not believe that the so-called heir's power was of any importance to the school. If certain restrictions were relaxed, there might be consequences.

So the matter fell through, and the contract was drafted as originally planned.

And now, just after signing the contract, he wants to go back on his word. Where does this put the school’s face?

"Although the heir's power is special, it may not be of any use in this matter."

The white-bearded vice-principal sitting next to the principal said: "Furthermore, even if the enemy is very mysterious, his goal of occupying the school is just a wishful thinking."

Being able to hide well does not mean that you are powerful in combat. The enemy who is hiding can only be said to be a ferocious beast in the dark who wants to devour people, but it cannot be called a formidable enemy.

Everyone nodded one after another, and then those who arranged the defense arranged the defense, and those who went to conduct the search went to conduct the search.

All in all, although they take it seriously, they don't think this matter will really be a disaster for the school.

However, with the emergence of a new piece of news, their confidence suddenly disappeared——

There are clues confirming that William Pantoria, who broke into the Tower of the Abyss, the largest prison in the wizarding world ten years ago and was listed as one of the top ten pirate kings, appeared near Fort St. Grant!

The timing was so coincidental that it was difficult to tell whether this was just passing by, or whether William himself was one of the beings behind the scenes who conspired with the murderer to break down the school.

But if this is the case, the problem becomes very serious.

Is it the Tower of the Abyss that is heavily guarded, or the Fort of St. Grant?

No one thought it would be the latter.

…

Because of this, the school's senior officials felt like they were facing a formidable enemy, but as if it was the calm before the storm, the atmosphere in the lobby where the entrance ceremony was held was joyful and lively at the moment.

Young students are pouring in from outside at this moment, all with excited expressions and full of expectations, talking about everything that will happen next, completely unaware of the seriousness of the matter.

Mellen didn't either.

After all, he never imagined that someone would come and attack a school out of nowhere.

After arriving here, Mellen originally wanted to find several classmates who came with him from Graham City.

As a result, before he could find those people, he was approached by an unexpected existence——

A young man with brown hair named Jonah.

He also has another identity, that is, one of the avatars of the Holy Spirit hidden inside the school.