King-Chapter 1112 - 167: Deceiving the King

Royal Capital Magic Academy, as a Dragon Chant Breaking Through the Sky reverberated, everyone knew that Principal Hudson had personally arrived at the academy.

With no prior notice, naturally, there was no reception. Furious, Hudson didn’t care about the rules and directly entered the principal’s office with his two bodyguards, Dragon and Bear.

Regrettably, the cunning Robert had already vanished. After coming up empty, Hudson went on to search for the ill luck of other senior academy officials.

Then, there was no more. At this moment, not a single influential figure in the academy could be found, leaving only ordinary lecturers behind.

Knowing these guys were intentionally avoiding him, and having no interest in squabbling with the insignificant, Hudson, filled with raging anger, headed straight to the Royal Palace.

You can run for a while, but not forever. With such big news, Hudson did not believe that the Royal Family wasn’t involved.

No matter how independently the Arcane Academy operated, the students and instructors all had intricate connections with the Kingdom, and it could not be immune to influence from the Kingdom.

Usually, when arcanists caused trouble, it was done under pseudonyms. No matter how big the disturbance, the Kingdom could always deny their existence!

This time it was different. Some Divine Spirit must have caused confusion, as these people actually spoke on behalf of the academy.

It was clearly a setup. If the Divine Spirit grew furious and unleashed a divine punishment, everyone would be done for.

Perhaps in the eyes of the great Lord of the Dawn, such a trivial matter wasn’t worth stooping to engage with, for no one bothers with the thoughts of ants.

But the political implications this caused were too severe. Suppressing divine power and opposing divine power are entirely different concepts.

The former is merely a power struggle between two groups of believers, which both the Divine Spirits and their numerous followers could tolerate.

The latter, however, stands against the majority. Just by looking at the Magic Formation activated at the entrance of the academy, you can tell believers have been causing trouble these last few days.

"Your Majesty, I need an explanation. Why would such a thing happen at the Arcane Academy, where is the Kingdom’s control over the academy?"

Hudson’s question made Caesar IV quite uncomfortable. Since consolidating his power, no one had dared to question him like this.

He was about to lash out, but swallowed the words at the last moment. It wasn’t that he feared Hudson, but he was indeed at fault!

The Arcane Academy was initiated by the Royal Family, and many of those in power were deeply connected to the Royal Family, some even being their ancestors.

And ironically, it was these trusted ancestors who had caused this mess. After the incident, Caesar IV was also not mildly alarmed.

Fortunately, he did not hold an official position at the academy, letting the illustrious Hudson take the fall. Currently, the public opinion against the Arcane Academy was overwhelmingly negative.

Even Hudson, usually seen as the "Guardian of the Kingdom," was now being criticized harshly by the public.

Unintentionally, the willows had grown.

Always wanting to suppress Hudson’s reputation without a true reason, no one could have imagined that a series of rash actions from the Arcane Academy would lead to Hudson’s disgrace.

It proved that being an honorary principal was no easy task. When the school faces issues, one could not escape.

"Marshal, I was also unaware of this! Who knew those scoundrels would dare to be so bold.

But rest assured, the government has already issued a public notice officially denying these claims. I believe these rumors will dissolve soon."

Caesar IV explained, patiently enduring.

A slight suppression of Hudson’s reputation would suffice; he wasn’t prepared to take this opportunity to destroy him completely.

Although now might be a good opportunity to brand Hudson as a heretic, they hadn’t yet crossed the river; how could they demolish the bridge?

The denial was simple, just outright refusal to acknowledge. The statements that "Divine Spirits are dead" were issues by cult followers impersonating the Arcane Academy, and had nothing to do with the academy.

Whether or not the public believed it, the Alpha Kingdom officially had no doubts. Whoever dared to talk nonsense would be considered an enemy of the Kingdom.

Luckily the Clergy were too preoccupied with their own issues to cause trouble. Otherwise, taking advantage of this situation, the Kingdom of Alpha would certainly be in tears.

Although Hudson was taking the fall, he wasn’t the only one affected. Everyone in the academy, without exception, had been labeled a heretic.

According to the guilt-by-association approach, countless nobles throughout the Kingdom were implicated.

The same accusation carried by many loses its weight.

"Your Majesty, having such an incident occur isn’t just something that can be resolved by issuing a denial to clear its impacts.

At the very least, those involved must be found and dealt with severely. Otherwise, without any deterrent, who knows what these bold fools might do next!"

Hudson spoke solemnly.

Some things just need to be done quietly. Why make them public?

Even if suspecting the death of Divine Spirits, one could verify it privately! If the guess is wrong, it’s just a personal downfall, at worst affecting a few unfortunate souls nearby.

But once the message was publicized, it forced countless Divine Spirit believers onto the opposing side, instantly making them targets for everyone.

"Marshal, it’s not that I don’t want to handle it, but I truly can’t find anyone!

I’m not hiding this from you; at the first occurrence of the incident, I sent people to search for them, but they came up empty.

We only found this letter; see for yourself!"

As he spoke, Caesar IV handed the letter directly to Hudson.

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