Chapter 90: The Meeting
Silence is a spell that was first used against mages to interrupt their chanting. The silence used by Su Wen was only aimed at magic power, and did not have any effect on people's vocalization.
At this time, Ellie still looked like a black knight, although she was not tall, but the coercion on her body made most of the academy executives present feel the pressure.
There are only two and a half people who can deal with it calmly.
The two are the priest Pamela and the chief abbot of the Divine Cult, and the remaining half is Diricote, who is not sure.
"Ugh. Being watched by a large group of middle-aged and elderly people who were in good spirits, Su Wen suddenly felt a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and said, "We have no malicious intentions, so can you put away your spells......
As soon as the silence effect ended, several old men began to quietly prepare spells again, ready to catch Su Wen off guard.
But Su Wen's reminder had no effect, and the magicians who did it thought that they were unaware of the spell, and after Su Wen stood still, they flew towards Su Wen from all directions.
None of the targets of these spells were aimed at Ellie, and it seemed that they were still a little afraid of Ellie's black armor, so they chose Su Wen, who had no protection from top to bottom.
Su Wen jumped up lightly, stepped on the magic chain drilled out of the ground, then bent down slightly, squatted down, dodged an air bomb that flew past with his hair, and finally stretched out his right hand, held a fireball falling from the sky with his bare hands, and gently pinched it, disintegrating the fireball into basic magic power, and scattered and fell away.
"Stop. The Chief Dean raised his right hand and motioned for the people around him to stop the second round of spells they were preparing.
These spells are not very powerful, I don't know if they are a temptation, or out of consideration to avoid causing too much movement. Or both.
"So, could you talk somewhere else?"
The chief dean nodded, and led the two of them, along with the other high-level executives, to a small conference room in a building somewhere.
In the conference room, the emblems of the four colleges were hung, and under the emblems, the deans of the four academies were seated, and the chief dean sat in the center, next to the priest Pamela and another old man who seemed to be the vice president, and the level of Diricott sat in the next seat.
On the opposite side of this group of academy leaders was Su Wen and Ellie, who had lost their exoskeleton armor.
"To introduce myself, I'm Edgar. The dean sitting in the middle spoke first: "It is the dean of the Imperial College of Marenor, could you please explain your intentions?"
"Help Ellie sign up for school. Su Wen said sincerely.
Several deans looked at each other, obviously unable to believe Su Wen's simple statement.
"This ......"
"My name is Su Wen. ”
"Mr. Su Wen......" Edgar frowned, and said, "I am communicating with you very seriously, and I hope you will respect this meeting between the two of us." “
"I'm serious too. ”
"I hope Mr. Su Wen won't joke anymore, with the level of this Miss Ellie, do you still need to come to the Imperial Academy to study?" Edgar exhaled a turbid breath: "Your identity, position, and purpose are not good for the time being on our side of the Academy. ”
"According to the statutes of your university, any resident of the territory of the Maleno Empire, who is of the right age and who has passed the examination, will be admitted to your university. Su Wen said: "According to these conditions, I don't think there is a problem for Ellie to study in your school at all. ”
"But she's a monster!"
The director of the Calendula emphasized a key point.
"She's human. ”
"Although this Ellie girl's soul is very pure. Edgar said, "However, the monster aura on her body is a problem that we can't avoid. Even if it's very well hidden, it can't be said that it doesn't exist, right?"
"I read a paper called "On the Relationship between Humans and Monsters", the author seems to be the former dean of your school?" Su Wen tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, and said slowly: "According to the theory of the old dean, to define whether a creature is a monster or not, in addition to the physical characteristics of the creature, there is also an important basis for the intelligence level of the creature. ”
Edgar nodded, apparently, he knew about the article as well.
"Ellie's intelligence level, do you still think it's a monster?" Su Wen continued: "Also recorded in that article, there seems to be no other kind of monster that has been mixed into human social life before, except for the succubus that seduces men and the blood species that suck blood, right?"
"Mr. Su Wen, do you want to say that this Miss Ellie is a monster that will not cause harm to others?" Andrew asked.
"No, it's human. ”
"I've read that paper, and I've studied the series of discussions about it. Pamela said: "After defining monsters, a new problem facing the academic community is whether humans can communicate with highly intelligent monsters on an equal footing...... I think all of you here should understand that most of the monsters that have come down several times have extremely terrifying strength and intelligence, and this kind of thinking is not just an assumption, but a real problem we are facing. ”
All eyes surrendered to Pamela, waiting for her next.
"Although the problem is there, no one has been able to successfully communicate with a monster of that level in the records over the years, so the question has been put on hold. Pamela paused, and then said: "Later, according to this question, many discussions and exchanges have been derived, most of which are ethical, such as ...... How do you define the identity of a creature who has a human appearance but a monster inside, and a creature who has a monster on the outside but a human on the inside......
"You haven't come to a conclusion about that question now, have you?" added the director of the Violet Academy, "I remember that there was a lot of discussion in the academic community at the time, but now, not many people continue to study this problem, because the hypothetical situation is almost non-existent. Thanks to this question, ethics has made great progress. ”
"In fact, when humans are confronted with monsters, their first impression of appearance also plays a big role. The dean of Calamus also seemed to have some thoughts, and said: "According to the investigation, the succubus race does not attract the dislike of humans, and even because of its own nature, it has been captured and enslaved by humans, and its population is difficult to see in the empire, and most of them have either migrated to other countries or are incognito in a small place......"
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The atmosphere in the conference room was set off into a strong academic atmosphere by the words of several deans, and Su Wen glanced at Edgar, as if he saw the embarrassment and helplessness in the other party's eyes.
Ellie sat straight next to Su Wen, pretending to listen very carefully to the words between the deans.
After waiting for about five minutes, these respected old men still didn't seem to stop arguing, and even Edgar, who was about to stop it halfway, couldn't help but participate and express a few words of his opinion.
Su Wen had a headache for a while, and wondered if he should stop this group of academic bulls who were too involved a little.
After all, the theme of this meeting has changed from "letting the two of them explain their identities clearly" to "the pros and cons of the arrival of monsters on the economic development of the empire......