Chapter 96: Sit down

"How do you think?"

Liliana’s three mates unconsciously held their breaths as they stared at the dean.

Seeing how genuinely worried everyone was about Liliana, the dean finally let out a heavy sigh.

"If the poison remains in her body for more than two years, her ability to bear children will be affected."

"Affected?" Liliana’s three mates asked at the same time.

"The poison is sealed right beside her womb. She won’t be able to bear children until the poison is removed."

"Can’t her wolf’s power cleanse all the poison from her body?" Vincent asked hurriedly.

"No. More precisely, not yet. Liliana’s wolf is still blind to her own power. I also think she hasn’t properly studied the book she obtained from the secret world."

"Isn’t there any other way?" Lucien asked.

The dean shook his head. "That poison comes from the human world. And the seal on her body ... it doesn’t look like a seal created by the werewolf race."

"Was it not created by humans either?" Cassian asked.

"Based on what I’ve examined, it seems not. I can’t detect any human ability within that seal at all."

"Could this be the work of the witches?" Leonhardt asked, breaking his silence.

No one answered. For a moment, the room fell completely silent, save for the sound of their breathing.

The witches were humans who possessed a small amount of magical ability and had once colluded with the werewolf race. Werewolves often sold their blood to humans who possessed magical abilities. Of course, not all witches were evil. However, after the Empress Dowager of the Morovela Empire died, their Emperor decided to end all cooperation with the witches, even cutting off all communication with them.

The dean did not answer, but everyone in the room understood the possibility they were considering.

"If we ask the witches for help, would they be able to remove the poison?" Cassian asked.

"Cassian," the dean called, interrupting the thoughts beginning to form in his mind.

"Return to your dormitories. Attend your classes properly starting tomorrow morning. I don’t think the Morovela Empire will remain peaceful in the days ahead."

He drew a breath before continuing, "As for Liliana, I’ll take care of everything. You are the pillars of Mirena Academy as well as the cornerstones of the Morovela Empire."

The dean waved his hand, dismissing them after finishing what he had to say.

The following morning, Liliana returned to her classroom. She quietly took her seat in the corner of the room.

Seeing the pile of trash scattered across her desk, Liliana said nothing. She promptly cleaned it up before sitting down again.

The students in the classroom gave Liliana hostile looks before resuming their gossip, just as they had when Mali was found dead in the forest where they had taken their final assessment.

Liliana opened her book, with no intention of responding to any of the remarks that were beginning to spread throughout the classroom.

Valerie, who was sitting in the middle of the room, glanced at her for a few moments. A faint smile appeared on her lips.

"Liliana ... you really are destined to end up like this," she murmured, unaware that someone else was also watching her as she mocked Liliana.

"Good morning," greeted a female instructor as she immediately placed the books she was carrying on the desk at the front of the classroom.

"Good morning," all the students replied in unison.

"From today until the end of next week, we will continue studying our lessons. By order of the dean, I will be replacing your previous instructor, including the instructor who taught your class yesterday. I will condense all the material you were supposed to study over the course of an entire semester into lessons that must be completed within one week."

All the students were stunned.

"Instructor, what exactly is going on? We still have plenty of time to study everything. How can you expect us to cover it all in just one week? Even a genius wouldn’t be able to manage that."

The other students nodded in agreement.

"Instructor, can’t you change this arrangement? This is completely unreasonable for us."

The instructor smiled. "There is something I haven’t told you yet."

She paused briefly before continuing, "Mirena Academy is allowing you to advance to a class higher than your current one. Anyone who passes this month’s examination will be promoted to that class."

The students frowned even more at such an unreasonable arrangement.

"Instructor!" one student exclaimed. "What kind of crazy arrangement is this now? Are you planning to mix all the classes together based solely on ability?"

"This is the dean’s order."

The instructor took out a sheet of paper bearing the dean’s seal and signature, as though she had anticipated that question.

"This letter explains that from now on, all students will be treated equally. It doesn’t matter whether you are an Alpha’s son, an Alpha’s heir, or an ordinary pack member."

"Why?" one student shouted. "Have you even asked our Alphas for permission? Instructor, are you trying to make our education equal to that of ordinary pack members?"

"Exactly!" another student chimed in indignantly. "Instructor, our fathers pay much higher tuition fees than the ordinary pack members. And now you still want to mix us together with them?"

"This class already had a student who was originally just an ordinary pack member. As a result, one of our classmates died, and the dean didn’t even give her justice. And now you still want to mix more ordinary pack members into our class?"

Liliana clenched her fingers. She immediately stood up and glared at the student.

"Are you taking a jab at me?" she asked.

The student turned around and looked at her.

"Is there any other student I could be describing like that besides you, Liliana?"

"You..."

"Enough!" the instructor interrupted.

She glared at the student before turning her attention to Liliana.

"Sit down," she ordered.

Liliana gritted her teeth before returning to her seat.

"Stop bringing up yesterday’s incident. Hasn’t the dean already made his decision? Do you still want to keep bringing it up over and over again?"

The instructor let out a heavy sigh.

"To ensure fairness, the dean has already made all the necessary arrangements. The facilities you receive will also be provided to students from the lower classes who successfully make it into this class. The academy will cover all the expenses using its own funds."

She paused briefly before continuing, "As for discussing this with your Alphas, do you really think the academy didn’t inform them? The academy has already sent out approval letters, and every pack Alpha has agreed to the arrangement."

The instructor swept her gaze across the entire classroom.

"So from now on, stop thinking you’re superior to other students simply because of your status. Mirena Academy will begin evaluating you based on your individual abilities."

"Why?" one of the students asked. "Has something else happened?"