"What … What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
At that moment, not only the students in the audience, but also the Knights of the Cross who lost their combat ability and had their automatons destroyed were in an uproar.
"Dang!"
The bell that represented the suspension of the Night Meeting rang for the second time, telling everyone that the situation had changed.
The first one to react was Cindy.
"Missy …"
Cindy silently rushed to Alice's side as if she had a bad premonition. Her expression was solemn, and her body was tense.
"Don't panic …"
Alice warned Cindy in a low voice, but her brows were deeply furrowed. She also had a bad premonition.
Although Alice's personality was terrible, she was undoubtedly a very smart strategist. She loved to deceive others more than she ate three meals a day. In terms of pure threat, she was a very big threat.
However, it was precisely because he was a strategist that the ominous premonition in his heart was stronger than anyone else's when he saw the situation develop out of his expectations.
Her sharp mind told Alice that something happened that she didn't know about.
Otherwise …
"The guards and the discipline committee are here, and even the meeting has been suspended …"
That was enough to prove that something big happened.
This was exactly what Xin felt. So, she probably wanted to take Alice away before the situation escalated and force her way out of the encirclement.
Alice's intuition also told her that it was for the best.
However, since the beginning, the young man in front of her had been staring at Alice with a playful gaze, making Alice feel like she was nailed to the ground and couldn't move at all.
Obviously, that young man wouldn't allow Alice to escape just like that.
Under such circumstances, the guards and the members of the Discipline Committee brought their own automatons and surrounded the entire training field.
Then, a woman slowly walked out of the training field.
It was a cold and arrogant woman in a military uniform with a military knife at her waist.
Not only Rozen, but all the students in the training field knew her.
Back then, when Rozen and Magnus fought fiercely and the dean appeared to stop it, this man had also appeared beside the dean.
She was the Dean's secretary. Although she couldn't be said to be the second-in-command of the academy, she was the closest person to the Dean in the entire academy. She often represented the Dean in many occasions.
Her name was Avril. She was a very cold and arrogant woman.
Now, this woman had brought many guards and discipline committee members to surround the entire training field.
Then …
"Alice Bernstein."
Avril declared to Alice with a cold tone and expression.
"In the name of the Walpurgis Royal Academy of Mechanical Engineering's Academy Council, I hereby arrest you for murder and disrupting the order of the academy."
This was the declaration of the academy's personnel who possessed autonomy, and it was even more so a natural duty.
"Murder and disrupting the order of the academy …?"
Alice's eyes narrowed slightly, and she fell silent.
Beside him, Xin's expression grew increasingly solemn.
As for the students who were watching the development of the scene, they were all shocked.
"Murder …!?"
"And … and disrupting the order of the academy …?"
"She … She actually did such a thing …?"
"It can't be?"
The students began to clamor one by one.
Even those who were hiding in the dark narrowed their eyes, and their expressions became even more focused.
Only Hinowa, Subaru, and Liulian in the VIP seats looked at each other.
"It has begun."
The same sentence appeared in the minds of the three of them at the same time.
Just like that, the Night Meeting developed in a way that exceeded everyone's expectations.
Alice was silent for a moment, and then she laughed.
"Is there a problem with this?" Alice said calmly, "How could I kill someone, and how could I disrupt the order of the academy?"
Alice said these words with such certainty and certainty. She even said it in a righteous manner, as if she was not afraid of doing something wrong, which made the surrounding audience suspicious.
To this …
"There's no use in quibbling."
Avril's expression did not change as she said so.
"Just this morning, an anonymous letter was sent to the council of the academy. It lists your crimes and includes evidence. In addition, we have confirmed that Cedric Glanville, the executive director of the Night Society, has indeed gone missing. The possibility of him being murdered is extremely high."
"And you …"
Avril pulled out the military knife from her waist and pointed it at Alice.
"You used magic to disguise yourself as Cedric Granville, and used the executive department's power to manipulate the students' rankings and the process of the Night Meeting. The evidence is conclusive, and you cannot quibble."
Avril's words caused everyone present to widen their eyes in shock.
Even Alice's expression changed, and she could not help but speak.
"That kind of thing …!"
How could that kind of thing happen?
This was what Alice wanted to say.
However, Alice did not want to say that she did not commit these crimes. She wanted to say that there was no evidence.
Although it was a fact that Cedric Granville was murdered, the person who did it wasn't Alice. Even if Alice knew about it and could be considered as the mastermind, she would disguise herself as Cedric and manipulate the rankings and the Night Meeting. With Alice's intelligence, it was natural that she would not leave any evidence behind. How could there be conclusive evidence?
Alice resisted the urge to say such words out loud. As if she realized something, she turned around and looked at Rozen who was watching coldly from the side.
"It's you …?"
Alice stared at Rozen and questioned softly.
As for Rozen …
"It's me." Rozen admitted frankly, "I was the one who made the anonymous report, and I was also the one who handed the evidence to the council."
"You …!" Alice could not help but feel impulsive.
She had no choice.
It was fine if it was an anonymous report, but what about the evidence?
How did Rozen find it?
No, it should be said, how could she be so careless as to leave evidence behind?
This was something that could not possibly happen.
Unless …
"Forgery …"
Yes.
Forgery.
All the evidence was forged.
It wasn't that difficult to do.
With Rozen's current knowledge, forging the so-called criminal evidence was a piece of cake.
For example, Rozen could make an extremely realistic and simple way to disguise Cedric's body and leave Alice's hair or fingerprints on it.
Another example, Rozen could use spells to create a crime scene to ensure that no one would be able to see any traces of forgery.
Then, Rozen would cooperate with Alice's situation and leave some unknown clues. Then, he would organize them and hand them over to the academy council.
However, these were all things that Alice had indeed done. No one would be able to see any flaws in it.
In fact, Rozen even did it.
"It's not just the Night Meeting's executive director. She might even disguise herself as the Bernstein family's daughter."
Rozen said this to Avril and everyone present.
"She's still maintaining the magic of disguise. As long as it's broken, everything will be revealed."
As soon as this was said, Alice's expression finally changed.
And it was a huge change.
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