Chapter 91: Liliana is guilty!

Liliana was stunned for several moments, her eyes widening in disbelief. Without wasting another second, she hurried toward Mali Forst’s body.

Her hands moved stiffly as she touched Mali’s pale face.

It was already cold. There was no pulse, nor any other sign of life she had desperately hoped to find.

Liliana shook her head, refusing to believe it. She immediately pulled Mali into her arms.

"Mali... what happened? This isn’t you, is it?" Liliana cried out in panic. "You were still alive and perfectly fine just a moment ago. Don’t you dare lie to me! You were even able to walk away from me."

Liliana’s body trembled violently. Memories of her past with Mali slowly resurfaced. They flashed through her mind one after another, beginning with the moment Mali had looked at her with hatred in Pack Frost territory, followed by that same hateful gaze during their fight just now.

Liliana shook her head.

"Mali, don’t be like this. Didn’t I tell you that I would find the evidence? I didn’t kill your father. I really didn’t do it. You haven’t believed me yet, and you haven’t even seen the evidence. So why?"

Liliana buried her face in the crook of Mali’s neck.

"Mali, I owe you so much, as well as your family and Pack Frost. Please, come back and give me a chance to make things right."

Liliana’s tears continued to fall, soaking Mali’s shoulder, which had already grown stiff.

Her classmates watched Liliana with mocking expressions, clearly refusing to believe what the girl was doing.

"Look at her. She’s even putting on such a convincing act," someone sneered.

"If I didn’t know that Liliana was the one who killed Mali’s father, I would never have guessed she was the culprit just by looking at the tears falling from her eyes," another person added.

Liliana paid no attention to the mocking remarks ringing in her ears. Her vision grew increasingly blurred as the anger and hatred within her slowly began to rise.

"Liliana!!!" Silver shouted. "Get a hold of yourself! Do you want to use your power in front of all these people? Do you want us to be arrested by the Emperor?" she snapped, letting out a high-pitched howl from within Liliana’s mind.

Liliana did not respond to Silver’s cries at all. Instead, her trembling fingers tightened their grip around Mali’s body.

"Mali, you can still live. They can come back to life, too. You can definitely come back as well," Liliana whispered beside her ear. "Please, let me do this. Give me time to repay all the kindness you showed me in the past."

A faint white light finally began to emerge from Liliana’s fingertips, growing brighter little by little.

"Liliana!!!" Silver shouted repeatedly, desperately trying to bring the girl back to her senses so she could regain control of herself.

Sensing that Liliana was beginning to channel her healing ability, Silver could only curl up and let out a high-pitched howl, calling for Liliana’s mates through their mind link.

In an instant, Vincent Ardent, who had appeared from who knew where, swiftly struck the back of Liliana’s neck.

Just as Liliana’s power began flowing toward Mali Forst’s body, the girl collapsed. Vincent immediately caught her before she could fall to the ground.

Everyone at the scene froze, staring at Vincent with expressions that clearly showed they still couldn’t believe he was there.

"Vincent!" the instructor called out, trying to stop him as he was about to carry Liliana away.

"What are you doing here? Do you intend to take her away just like that?" he demanded.

He pointed toward Mali, who was still lying on the ground not far from them.

"Liliana killed her just to take her necklace."

Vincent gave him a mocking smile.

"Instructor, you never forbade anyone from killing to seize another person’s belongings during this competition. Yet now, when Liliana does exactly that, you’re blaming her?" he asked.

"I never thought anyone would actually dare to do something like this," the instructor replied expressionlessly.

"So, you ordered them to do it, but now you’re surprised that someone actually followed your instructions as an instructor?" Vincent chuckled again. "How ridiculous," he sneered.

"Vincent, leave Liliana here. She needs to explain herself to Mali’s family shortly. I’ve already summoned them, and they should be arriving here soon."

"When did you summon them? I believe the Forst family territory is quite far from here, and there’s no transportation portal there. Did you invite them yesterday?"

The instructor looked Vincent up and down.

"Are you accusing me of something?"

Vincent shook his head.

"I’m just a student at this academy. How could I possibly accuse an instructor? I’m not that bold."

The instructor stepped closer and grabbed Vincent by the shoulder.

"Put Liliana down and return to your classroom. That’s an order from your instructor," he said.

As soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming aura burst from his body and pressed down on Vincent.

"Vincent Ardent!" the instructor called out, his voice growing lower when he realized that the pressure he exerted had done nothing more than make Vincent’s face turn pale.

"Instructor, do you know what you’re doing right now?" Vincent asked.

"Are you trying to detain Liliana and hold her responsible for an order you yourself gave?"

"Liliana is guilty!" the instructor declared, his expression darkening. "Vincent, do you know what will happen if you defy an instructor’s orders? Put Liliana down and let her—"

"Instructor," Vincent interrupted. "You’re only a substitute instructor, aren’t you? This isn’t a class approved by the dean. You deliberately changed your schedule and forced the instructor who was supposed to teach this class to switch schedules with you. You have absolutely no authority to speak here."

The atmosphere around them instantly fell silent. Everyone stared at the instructor and Vincent in complete disbelief.

Although Mirena Academy had only a small number of classes, it employed a large number of instructors. This was deliberately arranged by the dean to ensure that every student received proper instruction from someone capable of teaching them well.

The instructor standing before Vincent instinctively took a step backward before straightening his posture again.

"This is a decision that has been approved by the dean. You have no right to question me about it. Remember this well, Vincent Ardent. You’re nothing more than a student here."

Without warning, the instructor suddenly moved and attempted to snatch Liliana from Vincent’s arms.

However, with Vincent’s abilities having been honed through his training as one of the Crown Prince’s trusted men, he was naturally more than capable of deflecting the attack with ease.

"You seem to have forgotten something, Instructor," he sneered.

"Besides being a student at this academy, I’m also the future Alpha of Pack Ardent and still one of the Crown Prince’s trusted men. If you dare lay a hand on someone under my protection, don’t blame me for doing something you never expected."

Bam!

Vincent kicked the instructor, sending his body flying far away from him.

Vincent smiled mockingly.

"Pack Ardent only bows to the Imperial Family, not to trash like you," he said coldly.