The next day, the dean of Walpurgis Royal Academy of Mechanical Engineering announced a piece of news to all teachers and students.
"Felix Kingsford, Chairman of the Discipline Committee, is suspected of murder. He secretly attacked a large number of students as a Magic Nibbler, resulting in their deaths and the destruction of automatons. His crime has been confirmed."
"I, Edward Rutherford, in the name of the dean of Walpurgis Royal Academy of Mechanical Engineering, expel Felix Kingsford from the school and hand him over to the British government for trial."
"In addition, Felix Kingsford's qualification to participate in the evening party and the academy's ranking will be revoked. I hope all teachers and students will take this as a warning."
Such news fell in the academy and suddenly caused an uproar.
"Felix is actually a Magic Nibbler?"
"How could this be!?"
"Is this a lie!?"
"I don't believe it!"
That was the reaction of the students at the beginning.
This was because Felix had always been approachable, helpful, and kind in the academy. He had always been very popular, especially among the girls. With his disguise and handsome appearance, who knew how many girls had fallen in love with him?
Such a character was suddenly announced to be a murderer like Magic Nibbler. Naturally, most of the students were unwilling to believe it.
However, the academy had confirmed Felix's crime.
This was because the dean personally authorized the opening of some forbidden areas in the academy for the guards to enter and search.
In the end, the guards found bodies that were deliberately hidden in important facilities one after another, and they found records of Felix's frequent use of these facilities.
Under such circumstances, the Mechanical Technology Department, which was responsible for the production and development of automatons, also recovered Felix's automatons, disassembled them, and comprehensively analyzed the composition of its magic circuit. In the end, not only did it prove that Eliza's magic could absorb other people's magic circuit, but they also found more than 20 magic circuits were recorded. These circuits were also consistent with the magic circuits of the automatons registered by the dead students, thus confirming the fact that those automatons' magic circuits were eaten by Felix's automatons.
As a result, Felix was formally convicted, expelled from the school, and sent to prison, waiting for trial.
Because of this, Minister Walter, who was Felix's father, was eventually forced to resign from his position as a member of parliament by the British government due to the investigation of the forces behind the students.
In order to bear the responsibility, the Kingsford Family not only had to pay a huge sum of compensation, but they were also pressured by many forces. The family's influence and reputation plummeted.
As for Felix himself, it was said that when he was found again, not only was his automaton destroyed, but his skin had also festered all over his body. He was gravely injured, and even suffered a serious mental blow. He suddenly lost his mind and became a complete lunatic.
This news quickly spread throughout the academy, causing the students who were unwilling to believe it to fall silent.
The Discipline Committee, in particular, was speechless when they found out that they had been kept in the dark by Felix.
At this point, the students in the academy had to believe that Felix was the Magic Nibbler.
While the students who had a good impression of Felix were feeling sad, many observant people noticed something else.
"Since Felix has been expelled from school and stripped of his ranking, doesn't that mean that the fourth place is empty?"
That was all.
Felix's departure meant that one of the Thirteen's spots was empty.
For those students ranked below Felix, this was something to be overjoyed about.
This was not only because in the academy, the treatment of the high-ranking students would also be improved, but also because once the ranking was higher, the advantage in the night assembly would be more obvious.
Here, the format of the night assembly must be mentioned.
The night assembly was a competition between hundreds of people, but it was not carried out in the form of a free-for-all, but in the form of a sequential free-for-all.
The so-called sequential free-for-all referred to a special way of fighting that the magicians, who used to treat the battle as a performance, came up with in order to make the audience more enthusiastic.
It did not let the participants appear together, but let the participants join the battle in a certain time.
The night assembly was held in this form of competition.
On the first night, the student ranked 100th would be the first to fight against the student ranked 99th. As long as one side grabbed the other's glove, the battle would be over.
Regardless of the result, the 98th student would participate in the battle on the second night, and the 97th student would join the battle the next night.
In this way, the night assembly would be held for 99 days. Every night, regardless of winning or losing, a glove holder would join the battlefield. Except for the interruption period, the competition would be carried out in this form.
In other words, the higher the ranking of the student, the later they would enter the battlefield.
The later they entered the battlefield, the more they could preserve their strength and avoid unnecessary battles.
Especially for the first student, he only needed to enter the battlefield on the last night and defeat all the survivors on the field, then he could win overnight and become the demon king.
As for the 100th student, he would be the most difficult to win among all the students.
Because he would have to fight 99 times in a row until the end to get the final victory.
In view of this, the higher the ranking of the student, the higher the chance of winning in the night assembly. They could also use this opportunity to observe the strength of the other students who entered the battlefield first, collect their information, and hide their own information, which would be a great advantage.
Therefore, all the students were staring at the rankings. It could be said that they were like tigers eyeing their prey.
Felix's exit was enough to awaken many people's ambitions, giving these students a chance to squeeze to the front. Even those students who didn't have the right to participate in the night meeting were looking forward to seeing if they could squeeze in and obtain the right to participate in the competition when one of the participants was missing.
Unfortunately, these students were destined to be disappointed.
On the day that the academy was in an uproar because of Felix, the dean made another announcement.
"Through the collective resolution of the Night Society's Executive Department, we have unanimously decided to grant Rorelles Agnes the right to participate in the Night Society."
"His ranking is — — second place."
"His login code is Winter of Fimble."
"Now, the Academy has personally awarded him the gloves, officially recognizing him as one of the Demon King's candidates."
"I hope that Rorelles Aniès can be proud of himself, be a role model for other students, and become an excellent puppeteer."
Just like that, Rozen was promoted from the 101st place to the second place behind Magnus, becoming one of the new Thirteen.
"Winter of Fimble …"
In the room of Raphael's men's house, Rozen was lying on the bed, looking at the silk glove on his right hand, and the registration code with golden lines on it, he curled his lips.
"Do I look like a harbinger of the end of the world?"
This was no longer a question of whether he was the Demon King or not.
"Strictly speaking, I'm the one who saved the world."
So Rozen sighed.
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