Chapter 138: Strife
Momently, a palace maid came out to greet him. ^\^^ Reading^ Book *Pavilion* The two entered the palace with a sudden burst of colorful light from the windows in all directions.
"This is supposed to be magic, carried by hedron glass plates...... Using the color of the flowers...... "Chongyang squinted slightly, observed and analyzed, and the more he looked, the more he was convinced."
Helen didn't think as much as he did, simply admiring and indulging in the beauty of this dream.
There were no torches, no spar chandeliers, only the light of countless windows. In it, there is even an illusion in a trance, as if you have departed from the mortal world and walked in the realm of gods.
Walking down the hallway and up the spiral staircase, the two of them walked to an open balcony.
The balcony is sealed by a huge glazed canopy and floor-to-ceiling windows. Pink, lavender, and dark blue flowers spread out of the glass, but they were clever enough not to obstruct the balcony view too much.
There were a table and two chairs on the balcony, on the left chair sat Prince Lawrence with a faint smile, and next to the chair on the right stood Princess Roseali, who looked exactly like Helen.
Helen happily chattered about the garden palace on the part of her friend. And Chongyang greeted Prince Lawrence.
After greeting the second prince of the empire for a few days, Chongyang suddenly realized that Her Royal Highness the princess actually pulled Helen away from her.
"This ......" Yang was puzzled, and saw the confused expression on Helen's face, who was dragged to the corridor by the princess, and couldn't help but turn his head to show Prince Lawrence an inquiring look.
"They talk about their land. We talk about us. Prince Lawrence smiled lightly. motioned for Chongyang to sit down opposite him.
I did it again. Soon. A maid brought grape, wine, and delicate snacks to the table.
"I've heard you're in trouble. Prince Lawrence raised his glass. Clink glasses with Chongyang. Said.
"Hmm. It's a big hassle. Chongyang honestly savored this royal wine.
"Want to ask Rose?"
"The earth did have this thought when invited by Her Royal Highness the Princess. I thought she had come to me to talk about it. But now it seems. It's my own passion. Chongyang said helplessly.
"Not exactly, I think she wants to help you, but this is ......" Prince Lawrence gently shook the wine glass, and with a skillful technique, the aroma of the wine diffused for a while.
“...... Let's put it this way, do you know who is in charge of the Prisland Academy right now?" Lawrence didn't continue, but asked Chongyang a question first.
Chongyang shook his head.
"Augustine @ Byrne. Lawrence said a name lightly.
"Nominally, he was just one of the vice presidents of Prisland, but in fact he controlled the entire academy upper echelons. The so-called 'Acting Dean' is even more of a puppet who obeys his orders......"
From the mouth of Prince Lawrence, Chongyang gradually learned some things under the table.
Long ago, Lord Cranreider felt that Augustine @Byrne was trying to control the ambitions of the entire Academy, and tried repeatedly to suppress him without success. Not only because Augustine himself was extremely talented and skillful, but also because he was the younger brother of Prince Dinan's wife, that is, Antonio's uncle!
"Augustine has been working hard for ten years, and finally seized an opportunity to push Lord Cranred off the throne in one fell swoop......," Prince Lawrence said this, glancing at Chongyang's face.
“...... Take complete control of the entire Prisland Academy, and obtain the long-coveted and precious treasure of the Muhanrad Sacred Tree for Prince Dinan. ”
The Mother Tree of the Magi, the symbol of Prisland, the supreme treasure of the entire empire.
In just half a year after Cranred's downfall, Augustine exported a large number of branches and leaves of the sacred tree to Prince Dinan's faction in various names and ways, and obtained great benefits.
This near-predatory behavior caused some resentment within the Academy, which led to growing opposition to its rule. When Augustine saw that his usual policy of softness was somewhat uncontrollable, he turned to forcibly suppressing them, dealing with the core figures of the opposition one by one.
Augustine had Prince Dinan behind him, and the opposition had lacked a strong core to compete with him since the loss of Cranred as its leader, so it was suppressed and its momentum declined.
But even so, there are still a handful of veterans who are loyal to the former dean of Cranred, and the main one in the leadership position is the first class professor named Cizer@Bacht.
"Bakht ......" Chongyang heard this and thought thoughtfully.
"It's the father of a mentor named West Germany @ Bakht. Prince Lawrence said, "You should have an impression of this name." The duel between you and Freya @ Howason was West Germany @ Bacht as the referee. ”
The father of the West German mentor! Chongyang's mind came to mind the face of the male mentor who always wore monocles and treated people gently.
Cizer @ Bacht, one of the first college mentors to follow Cranreid, was convinced of any judgment Cranred made, determined from the outset that Augustine was a sanctimonious careerist, and spared no effort to oppose all of Augustine's misdeeds.
Such a stubborn attitude made him suppressed several times, from the original vice dean position to Professor Bai Ding, who had no real power,
Vertical edges. But he did not waver in his belief that Cranred was in power and that Augustine must be punished for his crimes.
This stubbornness of breaking through the south wall and not looking back made him a thorn in Augustine's side, and also became the banner of the opposition in the trough period, gathering the last trace of people's hearts that had not yet been dissipated.
"It stands to reason that the suppressed opposition should temporarily hold back and remain on the defensive, but the hard-tempered Professor Cizer is not willing to be a turtle with a shrunken head, but is constantly looking for opportunities for a counteroffensive and trying to find a breakthrough that can turn the situation around......"
Chongyang listened to Lawrence's account, as if he saw an old professor whose face was vaguely similar to that of his West German tutor, but who seemed more resolute, insisted on speaking out his voice in the academy, but was snubbed.
“...... Until the start of the Imperial Tournament, you went to Prisland College to make trouble in the student council for the sake of the contestants......" Prince Lawrence looked at Chongyang, "...... Professor Cizer found what he was looking for. ”
Everything starts with the student, and everything comes down to the repeater.
"When Augustine pushed Lord Cranley from power, he used the name of 'disgrace'. And now, in the name of 'shame', Professor Cizer is also violently attacking Augustine's reaction...... Want to know what he said?" Lawrence smiled, gesturing to Chongyang with his glass.
Chongyang touched it, without saying a word.
Lawrence when Chongyang is the default,
"'I must immediately correct my stupid mistake and give Chongyang @Bright the name he deserves!' Otherwise, when he steps on the pinnacle stage of the Empire, it will be when the Prisland Academy becomes the laughing stock of the nation!'
......
"That's about it. After the Lawrence Prince Shu imitation show, he shrugged his shoulders and said.
Chongwei smiled.
"You should be able to hear the implications, Professor Cizer, ostensibly asking the College to change its perception and attitude towards you, to transform you from the image of a 'disgraceful repeater' to a 'repeater who proves that the College is a visionary'. In fact, Augustine, who used you as a reason to get rid of Master Cranred, was a fool, a short-sighted fool. ”
Fools are naturally not qualified to take the position of the First Academy of the Empire, so furthermore, Cizer used this to exert pressure to force Augustine to step down and regain Cranred.
Feng Shui takes turns, who would have thought that the repeater who was regarded as a shame at the beginning would not only be able to defeat the genius of the same level of earth and wind, but also break through from the basic level to the domain level in just ten months, make a big fuss in the student union, participate in the Empire Competition, and become famous, only one or two steps away from becoming famous in the world?
This fact puts a lot of pressure on Prisland College, and if repeaters can really make it to the finals, then the college will be faced with three choices: first, identify with repeaters, change their attitudes, and change their image. Second, repeaters are still regarded as a disgrace, and thus become the laughing stock of the empire. Third, erase the repeaters and block the negative impact they may have in a timely manner.
Opposition factions such as Professor Cizer advocated the first option, demanding that the College admit its mistake and correct it, transforming the repeater into a new symbol of glory for Prisland. And this means that the former dean Cranred, who has returned to his discernment, is unacceptable to the current establishment of Augustine.
The second option...... No one dared to imagine that Prisland's fame had fallen into a terrible scene of laughter and laughter among the masses of people after dinner. No one can afford to be humiliated by the Millennium Academy, not even Augustine, who has a close relationship with the Imperial Prince, so this is absolutely not an option.
The third option is the only option acceptable to those in power such as Augustine, and that's exactly what they did.
From an outsider's point of view, the ban on repeaters is an attempt by the academy to maintain its own glorious face. But in fact, this move maintains the interests of Augustine and protects the interests of the royal family of Prince Dinan behind Augustine!
After listening to Prince Lawrence's analysis of all this, Chongyang's heart was suddenly in his heart.
"This is my own understanding based on what I've been hearing, and the real situation is more complicated than what I just said, but the general situation should be not much worse. Lawrence concluded.
"Thank you very much Your Highness for your explicitness, otherwise I wouldn't have known that I was involved in such a situation. Chongyang said sincerely.
"You're a wonderful man, Mr. Chongyang. Originally, this level of affairs did not involve you, but along the way, you have become the key to this struggle. It's as if you naturally have a quality to be central. Prince Lawrence touched his chin and smiled faintly. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next.) More chapters,!)