Chapter 25: Chapter 25

"Lady Cassius, are you saying you didn't do it?"

"It wasn't me," Rachel replied calmly to the headmaster despite all the oppressive atmosphere around her, which made him even more furious.

"Then what do you say to that?" the man showed her a document with a medical report, which was stamped with the seal of the imperial hospital.  "It wasn't you either...?!"

The document stated that the son of Baron Holmes was admitted to the ward this morning with a severe concussion. In addition, his entire body was mutilated by terrible beatings.

For the first time, the young man was discovered in the lobby of the academy, when one of the teachers first came to work. And the picture he saw just shocked him. There wasn't a living spot on the unfortunate student.

At first, it was possible to assume that he was already dead, but no. By an incredible coincidence, the baron's son was still breathing when he was taken away for an emergency operation. Right now, the doctors of the Imperial hospital were fighting for his life, and the final outcome was still not clear.

Naturally, after the news of this surfaced, everyone started looking for the culprit. And, of course, Rachel Cassius was the first to come under suspicion.

She was the one who had the worst reputation among the students, and not an isolated case of fights. In addition, Crown Prince Philip personally witnessed the case.

He stated that he saw that prior to the incident, there was a conflict between the baron's son and Rachel. It was not hard to guess what might have happened later.

Therefore, in connection with the last event, the question of expelling the girl from the academy was quite acute.

The father of the beaten student was enraged when he found out about this and demanded immediate action. All the other parents were also horrified, because their children also studied with Rachel in the same building. It was possible that the next victims would be their children.

No matter how much support Duke Cassius gave the academy, the headmaster just couldn't turn a blind eye to it after all these complaints.

He called Rachel into his office this morning to solve the problem. But the girl did not think to admit her guilt.

Rachel stated that she was not involved in the incident. But of course, no one believed her.

Everyone except me. After all, I was also there and saw this scene with my own eyes.

I was sure Rachel was innocent and had been falsely accused. Therefore, I was horrified when, after all the news, everyone unanimously recognized the girl as a criminal.

When I learned that a disciplinary committee would be held today to decide Rachel's fate, I decided to go with her. Despite the fact that it wasn't stipulated by the rules, I insisted on my presence.

After all, Rachel herself was unlikely to defend herself. She was more likely to hit the director with retaliatory accusations. And in this conflict, I had to act as a reasonable party.

After the headmaster shook the obvious "proof" of her guilt in front of her, Rachel's expression remained unperturbed.

She frowned:

"And you really believe this nonsense?"

"Lady Cassius, do you call the institution's official conclusion nonsense? If I were you, I'd think carefully about a possible acquittal!"

"I don't need it."

"So you don't regret what you did?!"

"I didn't do it."

Rachel denied it again, but the headmaster didn't believe her one bit. Instead, he was only angrier that the girl didn't want to take responsibility.

In addition to the three of us, there were half the teaching staff in the office, who kept records of the ongoing "interrogation". At the end of the meeting, each of them would have to vote for the possible expulsion of Rachel from the academy. If there were more positive votes, then nothing would be able to help Rachel.

Realizing that the situation was extremely serious, I couldn't stay away. After all, if the girl was really kicked out, then what should I do...?!

Because of this incident, my entire plan might go down the drain. I couldn't let that happen!

"I witnessed what happened! And I can confirm that Rachel didn't do anything illegal!"

"Lady Ashford, even though you've decided to side with Lady Cassius, I can't take your word for it," the headmaster said.

"And why is that? If I saw it with my own eyes, isn't that enough?"

He looked at me shrewdly.

"Lady Ashford, I've heard all about your relationship. So how can I be sure that you're just not covering for her?"

I let out an exasperated sigh, but I couldn't say anything intelligible to that. Come to think of it, the director was right, and there was no other proof besides my words. Especially since I wasn't just a passerby, I was Rachel's girlfriend. From the outside, it seemed entirely possible that I would lie to protect her.

But then why had he so easily believed Philip when he, too, had no proof other than his own words? Was it all because he was the Crown Prince?

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"Don't interfere."

Rachel hissed at me when I opened my mouth to say something again. I could tell by the look in her eyes that she didn't want me to be a part of this.

But how could I stand by and watch her being unfairly expelled...?!

At that moment, there was a knock on the headmaster's office, and Philippe Blanche came in.

"Director, did you call me?"

"Yes," he agreed, "I wanted Your Highness to be a witness at this meeting. You are the only one who has seen everything and can help us make the right decision."

"Of course," the young man said, smiling peacefully, "I'm always happy to help restore justice."

When Philip came to stand next to us, I couldn't find the words to express my indignation.

I didn't understand why he was doing this. Why would Philip suddenly accuse Rachel? What was he trying to achieve?

Even if the Prince had actually caught the exchange in the hallway, how could he have so easily assumed that Rachel had been involved in the subsequent attack? After all, he should also have seen Rachel leave after that and not even touch him!

I glared at the back of his head, but I couldn't say anything because there were too many people looking at us.

However, I wanted to ask Philip what the hell was going on. He was so good when we talked. How could the main character's father, an automatically positive character, do this?

"Your Highness, tell us again in detail how it happened."

"Yesterday afternoon, I was returning from extra classes," the Crown Prince began. "And as I was passing by the freshman building, I saw Rachel Cassius suddenly attack one of the students," I could barely contain my anger at this, but the young man calmly continued. "She also said that she would deal with use it later. I didn't know then that Rachel would really want to kill him."

Philip lied and did not blush when he told this blatant lie. After that, I really wanted to hit him with something heavy.

"Is that what happened? Did Lady Cassius directly threaten him?"

"I could not have misheard her," said Philip, "for she did say that this time she would put an end to the son of Baron Holmes."

When the prince said all this, Rachel's expression didn't change for a moment. Most likely, she immediately expected such an outcome. In this country, no one could go against the Crown Prince's words. Especially when a member of the empire's most hated bloodline was involved.

Even so, I didn't want to give up so easily.

"Director, it wasn't like that!" I said indignantly, "Yes, Rachel did threaten him, but there was no assault! I saw it all!"

"There is no one else who can confirm this," said the other, "and do you think His Highness would lie in such a matter?"

"But…"

"Back at the beginning of the school year, hundreds of students witnessed Rachel Cassius' uncontrollable aggression," Philip cut me off. "And so, she just wanted to get back at him. Isn't that an obvious reason?"

Philip's command of the language was masterful, and he had arranged it so that there could be no doubt about it. No one else could confirm Rachel's innocence. Since almost everyone had left for extra-curricular activities that day, I was the only witness. This became the stumbling block, thanks to which the girl could blame all the blame.

I clenched my fists, not believing it would end like this.

In this situation, I was completely useless. Fighting the power of the imperial family was like banging your head against a wall. It was completely deaf and meaningless.

Rachel would be expelled from the academy. Then, against my will, I would be caught up in this damned love triangle again. And then, it was already known in advance what.

Was I really powerless against my fate? How disgusting it was to realize this.

I looked at Rachel with the sad thought that this was probably the last time I'd see her. This meeting would also put an end to our contract with her.

After the headmaster and the other teachers conferred briefly, he was ready to give a verdict.

"... Well, since His Highness is a witness to this case, we can't help but listen to his words. And in the end, we decided that…"

In the next second, the study doors suddenly burst open with a loud bang. At the same time, I felt an aura that was very familiar to me. Only one family in this country could have it.

"I demand to know on what grounds you intend to expel my daughter."

This was the main villain of the Kingdom of Zeroth, the cursed Duke Cassius.

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