"And what happened after that..." Although I asked, I can imagine what happened

"The news of this incident spread everywhere and even people who refused to believe this news at first gradually began to believe it. I think the enemies of the Gracefield family had a hand in it. It was shocking to the commoners. They regarded the nobles as the guardians of the human race, so having a person From a noble family torturing innocent people was an unforgivable crime. The Gracefield family put pressure on the channels and websites that spread the news. Even your grandfather intervened personally. In the end any trace of that incident was erased, but people still remember the name of Elia Gracefield. .."

"And what happened to me?..."

"You?...You have been completely isolated by everyone. I heard that even the daughter of the Midgar family, with whom you were close when you were young stopped visiting you. All the Gracefield family allies became worried about the consequences of this incident. Rumors started that you liked to torture people Those with talent higher than you…."

"And the Gracefields were among the people who left me alone..."

"Exactly… Alex and Alfred might be the only ones who decided to act normal with you after you lost your memory because of…" Christopher hesitated.

But I know what he wanted to say

"Pity...."

"Well, I guess you know the rest..."

I did not expect elia to have such a past. I saw his picture when he was young. How could this innocent-looking child commit such crimes.

Suddenly i remembered something, "Wait a minute....did you say Midgar's daughter?..."

" Yes, is there a problem?.."

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"You said she stopped visiting me, were we close?.."

"According to what I heard, you two were childhood friends, and even rumors spread that the two families were planning an alliance through marriage between the two of you, but after your talent came to light the Midgar family started trying to avoid this, and instead they started focusing on your little brother Conrad..."

I am shocked, why did Seraphina lie? Rather, why did she suddenly decide to communicate with me? she can assign this task to any student, but she decided to do this herself.

"Do you mean that Seraphina will marry Conrad?..."

"These are just rumours, I usually don't care about these things, but it has spread even someone like me has heard about it…"

I feel uncomfortable, it had nothing to do with me, but hearing that Elia's childhood friend could be engaged to Conrad is a bit strange.

They ostracized Elia and everyone else left him because he did not meet their standards

This bothered me, and I felt disgusted with the Gracefields, the Midgars, and even Seraphina.

He was just a child of barely twelve years old, how could they put such a burden on him

Christopher took a sip of his tea, "But there was something strange about this case..."

" is there more?.."

It used to be really bad, but now there's more

"That's right, I heard that they didn't find the servants who carried out the kidnappings, and at the time many of the victims said that they were not behaving normally, as if they were moving corpses, they were pale, their eyes were dead, they smelled like a decomposing corpse...and there is something Another, Mancera told me that he was assigned to interrogate you, and according to what he said, you denied all the charges against you, and the strange thing is that you did not lie, you said that you did not kill or kidnap anyone, Mancera could not reveal any lie From you and because of this you have not been held accountable for this incident due to lack of evidence..."

"And what about the cameras, they are everywhere."

"They checked the cameras too, but found nothing. Some suspect that the Gracefield family tampered with the recordings..."

I smiled coldly, "Do you really think they might help me?…"

"I personally rule it out..."

"Then what did the victims say about this matter?..."

"They did not remember anything about how they were kidnapped, all they remembered was that they found themselves in the cells in the hut, they do not even remember how they were tortured, at first the interrogators thought it had something to do with the trauma they were subjected to, but some of them forgot many memories related to their lives before they were kidnapped..."

"Amnesia?....that's strange..."

"I… I didn't think about it, do you think that incident has something to do with your memory loss?…" Christopher put his hand on his chin.

"We can't rule out that possibility..."

Christopher looked at me sternly, "Elia, what are your odds of winning the duel..."

I smiled in confusion, "It seems that there is no other choice..."

"Unfortunately, we have no other choice. We threatened the professors and students with expulsion, but it did not work. A duel is the best option to solve this problem..."

" Christopher, I can't use the Aura…" I said bitterly

Even though he was wearing black glasses, I could see he was looking at me suspiciously, "So you don't have any way you can win?…"

Does he think I'm hiding something?

He is not only here to help me with this problem, he wants to investigate me

"Do you think I would ask for your help with this problem if I could win the duel…"

"Well… you should prepare yourself for the duel, it will take place in a few days."

"I will try to find a way to win..."

" good..."