Amidst the surging condemnations, the noble Dean gently pressed down with his palm towards the surrounding people. The esteemed elites very cooperatively quieted down.

"Although I really want to revoke your student status right now, the regulations state that the accused has the right to defend themselves. So I'm willing to give you five minutes."

After the noble Dean haughtily finished speaking, he sat back down in his seat.

Ronald took a deep breath, controlling his emotions to prevent anger from affecting his thinking.

The current situation was extremely unfavorable to him. Any defense would be hard pressed to be persuasive. So what he needed to do wasn't to persuade these fools, but to make them doubtful.

Once the seeds of distrust were planted, his room to maneuver would expand greatly. Otherwise if he let the enemy spout nonsense unchecked, he might end up being stripped of his status and thrown into some unknown mine.

Rarely reborn into such an interesting world, Ronald was unwilling to dig rocks for a lifetime in mines!

Exhaling lightly, Ronald slowly said: "I have suffered a premeditated deception. The swindler is also present, her name is Anna.

Before the trial, Anna proposed forming a team with me. Out of sympathy, I agreed and made her trial quest the first target to subdue.

I believe I have already done everything a classmate could do, but Anna repaid kindness with enmity. She used drugged wine to poison me, then stole all my belongings, including a formal grade staff..."

His voice had barely fallen when a roar came from the second floor platform.

"Preposterous! You're not even a senior apprentice, how could you have a formal grade staff?"

People only wanted to believe what they already believed. With someone taking the lead, naturally there would be followers.

"That's right, it's already extremely difficult for senior apprentices to possess staffs of the same grade. How could a junior apprentice like you possibly have one?"

"Full of lies! Ordinary noble treasuries might not even have formal grade staffs. As someone who isn't even an heir, what qualifications do you have to own one? Could it be your elder was a formal master level powerhouse who died and passed the staff down to you..."

Hearing these words, Ronald suddenly looked up.

The one speaking was the Deputy Governor of Snowdrift City, also the current Swill Magic Tower Master.

Ronald didn't remember offending him, so why was he repeatedly targeting him?

While Ronald was thinking, the blond playboy who was holding Anna stood out.

He gave the surrounding people an impeccable noble bow, then loudly said: "Esteemed mentors and seniors, rather than listening to the words of one student Ronald, I think it'd be better to hear our classmates' views on him. Also, I have collected records of his behavior at the academy. I believe after the elders see it, you will understand what kind of person he is..."

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The blond playboy distributed the documents to the academy mentors. After the mentors read it, their brows furrowed deeply.

Then the blond playboy brought in a bunch of students. Unsurprisingly, none of them had anything good to say, all of them accusing Ronald of evil deeds at the academy.

In these people's mouths, Ronald was portrayed as a bullying and oppressive degenerate.

While these lackeys were accusing him, Ronald did not refute. He was thinking about the relationship between the blond playboy and this matter.

Unintentionally, Ronald noticed the noble badges worn on the chests of the blond playboy and the Snowdrift City Deputy Governor were the same family crest. This allowed Ronald to understand the context of the whole thing.

No wonder that slut Anna still dared to brazenly appear before him, turns out she had climbed onto a big thigh.

Without a doubt, all his belongings must have already fallen into the hands of the blond playboy or Tower Master.

These two were the masterminds behind framing him!

They orchestrated this entire trap, from the honey trap in the beginning, to the current mad pinned crimes. All of this was in order to make him never able to rise again, so that the things they snatched from him would naturally become the spoils of their family.

Ronald gritted his steel teeth so hard they creaked. He wished he could charge up now and crush his enemies into smithereens!

But reason told him he absolutely could not make a move now. Once he made a move, he would fall into the enemy's trap. Their plan definitely contained options where he would lose his life if he attacked.

So even though he was furious inside, Ronald could not show it, because the situation was stronger than him.

...

The blond playboy had become the star of the scene. After trotting out the laughable "lackey" testimonies, he took out a set of self-consistent evidence.

He took out the vampire fangs and quest scrolls from Ronald's belongings, and loudly said: "Esteemed mentors, these were junior brother Ronald's trial quest this time, the target was to subdue the vampires disturbing Ironhand Town. According to information collected by the academy, the difficulty of this quest was mid-tier apprentice level. To complete it would require at least a 6 person mid-tier apprentice team to have a chance. But from what I know, junior brother Ronald is still a low-tier apprentice. So how could he possibly complete the quest? Could he have killed the vampires alone...?"

As he spoke, the blond playboy made a very exaggerated "surprised" expression.

The people on scene cooperated by emitting laughter that made one feel extremely ashamed.

Ronald shook with anger.

The excitement of learning magic had completely faded away. Now all that remained in Ronald's heart was nearly overflowing resentment.

Why did he have to experience all this!

Why could they recklessly plot to seize his belongings!

Why could they still ruthlessly humiliate him after robbing his things!

Just because he was weaker than them?!!

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The blond playboy's words were the last straw for Ronald.

After a period of whispers, under the lead of certain people, the noisy discussions coalesced into one voice.

"Execute him!"

"Execute him!!"

"Execute him!!!"

Hearing the deafening shouts around him, the noble Dean knew it was time to pass judgement.

Although he knew something was fishy inside, the noble Dean did not plan to investigate deeply. He planned to give the Tower Master some face and expel this outsider trash heir, no big deal.

"Apprentice Ronald has committed the most unforgivable taboo of the Magic Academy."

"In the Rhine Duchy, insulting women warrants the death penalty."

"If not for you having Lannister family blood, you would now be sentenced to death."

"After discussion among the academy leadership, the following judgement will be passed on you."

"The academy will officially revoke your student status, and report your crimes to the noble council. Your subsequent punishment will be decided by the noble council. You are now ordered to leave the academy before sunset, the academy does not welcome criminals."