I flew on a sword at the magic academy

Chapter 70 Proving Innocence

Shi Daohan searched the demon king's consciousness, but unfortunately, he did not obtain any useful information.

The demon king was merely ordered to lure Locke out of Horagaka Academy, and it was unaware of the reason behind it. As for killing Professor William, it was simply to take revenge on Shi Daohan, without any ulterior motives.

"Who gave you the order? Who is your superior?" Shi Daohan looked down at the Demon King.

The Grey Wolf Demon King did not respond, but a resolute glint flashed in his eyes. He actually wanted to destroy his own demon core and perish together with Shi Daohan!

"you!"

Shi Daohan's expression changed, and he transformed into a streak of purple light, flying backward rapidly.

This demon king possesses strength comparable to the mid-stage of the Void God Realm. The power unleashed by destroying its own demon core was enough to cripple half of her life!

"Those who oppose His Highness will ultimately meet a terrible end!"

The Demon King let out a furious roar, which finally exploded with a "bang," like hundreds of volcanoes erupting at the same time. The intense light made the night sky as bright as day, and the overwhelming demonic energy raged in all directions. The terrifying energy fluctuations swept across the land, almost leveling the entire primeval wilderness.

With all life extinguished, the ferocious birds and beasts in the Great Wilderness were annihilated into ashes in fear and unease. As for the group of demon cultivators, before they could even react to what had happened, they all died tragically, forced to be buried with them.

Even though he retreated immediately and released a protective divine light, Shi Daohan was still greatly affected, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"I was originally planning to bring it back to the academy to clear my name, but it seems like that's not going to work."

Shi Daohan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then turned into a streak of purple light and disappeared into the darkness.

When she returned to Horajaka Academy, it was already broad daylight.

She avoided people's gaze and returned to the floating boat moored by Jingyue Lake.

Kalman, Lopez, Fiona, George, Locke, and others had already gathered there, each with a different expression on their face.

Some people paced back and forth anxiously, some scratched their heads with a worried look on their faces, and some clasped their hands together and prayed silently.

Everyone was surprised to see Shi Daohan return.

Kalman stood up to greet him: "Master, why are you back again?! Didn't Locke say you had already escaped the academy?"

Shi Daohan flicked his finger on the forehead: "Why can't I come back? And another thing, I went out to find the real culprit, not to run away!"

She pulled up a chair, sat down, and looked at everyone, saying, "Do you all believe that I killed Professor William?"

"No! I believe this was absolutely not done by you, Master! We all believe you!" Kalman ran over, clutching his head.

George, Locke, and the little wolf demon Lopez all nodded emphatically, disbelieving that it was Shi Daohan who murdered Professor William.

"We believe you, but the academicians, professors, and students at the academy won't," Fiona said calmly.

At that time, Professor William's body appeared out of nowhere in the central square of the college. His death was extremely gruesome, and next to him was a line of bloody writing that read Shi Daohan's name. In a sense, this was already irrefutable evidence.

At this moment, Horagaka Academy is filled with voices saying things like all Easterners are demons and that they want to avenge Professor William.

Shi Daohan didn't seem to care much about this, saying, "The innocent are innocent, let them say whatever they want."

"Do you have any evidence to prove your innocence?" Fiona looked up at her.

"No," Shi Daohan shook her head.

If she could bring back that gray wolf demon king, everything would be simple. But instead, he chose to destroy his own demon core and perish together with her.

Now that she's dead and there's no way to prove her innocence, she doesn't know how to clear her name.

"I'll go see Headmistress Donaldson and see if she has any ideas," Shi Daohan said, standing up.

"We'll go with you."

"Yes, we'll go with you!"

Kalman and the others all stood up as well.

Many people noticed them as they headed to the mansion of Headmaster Donaldson.

"Look! That exchange student from the ancient East, Shi Daohan!"

"Wasn't she said to have fled to avoid punishment? How dare she come back!"

Various voices rang out, followed by a barrage of insults and curses.

"Murderer! Go back to your East!"

"You people from the East are all demons in human skin! Our Horagaka Academy does not welcome you! Go back to your East!"

"If you have even a shred of humanity or conscience, you should immediately atone with your death!"

A cacophony of insults and curses rose and fell from the surrounding crowd.

Hearing these voices, Kalman clenched his fists, his face extremely grim, and couldn't help but shout, "Did you all see with your own eyes that she killed Professor William? If you didn't see it with your own eyes, then shut up! A bunch of spineless cowards who believe everything they hear, without a shred of independent thought or judgment!"

"You call us spineless cowards, but how much better are you than us?"

"You were only born into a better family than us. Without the Pearson family, you're nothing but a useless piece of trash!"

"Standing alongside murderers, I doubt you're any better. Who knows how many shameful and heinous things you've done behind the scenes!"

Kalman was trembling with rage, his body surging with spiritual energy and filled with murderous intent.

"Calm down." A gentle voice sounded in his ear. Shi Daohan placed a hand on his shoulder and said softly, "What good are insults to me? They have mouths on their bodies, let them say whatever they want. It's not like we'll lose a bone or a piece of flesh. Why get angry with them?"

"But..." Kalman clenched his fists. He didn't know if his master really didn't care or was just pretending. In any case, he felt very uncomfortable and wronged.

"Murderer! Die!"

Just then, a student threw the food in his hand at Shi Daohan.

Others followed suit, throwing the food they were holding at him.

"Buzz"

Shi Daohan released a protective divine light, enveloping himself and the people around him, blocking the food that was being thrown at him.

"These people have gone too far!"

George and Locke, the two little guys, were so angry that their faces turned red and they clenched their little hands tightly.

"They don't care whether Shi Daohan really killed Professor William; they just want to vent their emotions," Fiona said expressionlessly.

She was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but she could see through the essence of things in a single sentence.

Upon arriving at the Donaldson Academy's residence, Shi Daohan asked the others to wait outside.

"Aren't we allowed to come in together?"

Kalman asked, and the others also cast puzzled glances at him.

"I'll handle my own affairs; you guys shouldn't make things worse."

Shi Daohan patted him on the shoulder and said this.

After saying that, she pushed open the gate of the mansion and walked straight towards the main hall of a villa.

At this moment, a group of high-ranking officials from Horagaka Academy, as well as several senior academicians of great power, were sitting around a long table. When they saw Shi Daohan walk in, their expressions all changed.

"Shi Daohan! How dare you come back!"

The chief academician of Bixi Ci Academy slammed his fist on the table and glared angrily at Shi Daohan.

This is a middle-aged man with graying temples, who looks to be in his fifties.

Everyone else stood up as well, took out their magic wands, and aimed them at Shi Daohan.

Shi Daohan remained calm and composed, saying, "I didn't kill anyone, so why wouldn't I dare to come back?"

"Hmph! Professor William wrote your name before he died, and you still dare to say you didn't kill him?"

"Just because my name is on the document, does that mean I killed the person? Did you witness the murder yourself? To convict me without seeing it firsthand is far too hasty!"

"Very good, very good. To have such mental fortitude at such a young age shows you've killed quite a few people. It's true what they say, you can't judge a book by its cover, Shi Daohan. We really underestimated you!"

The chief academician of Bixi Cifu Academy pointed at Shi Daohan, his eyes almost spitting fire.

"Why waste words with her? Arrest her and avenge Professor William!"

"Such a vicious person must be brought to justice!"

Several academicians spoke in turn, recalling the manner of Professor William's death, their eyes filled with anger.

"Please calm down, everyone," Headmaster Donaldson stepped forward to mediate.

The Libyan academician echoed, "We cannot conclude that Shi Daohan is the real culprit before the matter has been thoroughly investigated."

"What's the point of investigating? She had a conflict with Professor William before; if she didn't kill him, who else could it be?"

The chief academician of Bixici Academy glared at Dean Donaldson and the Libyan academician, saying, "You're actually still speaking up for her, an outsider? Aren't you afraid of hurting Professor William's feelings?!"

"Wyatt, calm down."

An elderly man, weathered and aged, sat at the head of the table and spoke. He looked at Shi Daohan and said calmly, "Young lady, you can't prove your innocence with just words. What evidence do you have to prove you didn't kill him?"

This is an old academician of Horagaka Academy, a figure of great seniority, who wields considerable influence within the academy and can make decisions on behalf of Headmaster Donaldson.

"The people who killed Professor William were demons. I left the school yesterday to find them," Shi Daohan said calmly.

"Oh? So you found them?" the old academician asked, following her lead.

"Found it."

"Where is that person?"

"Destroy your own demon core, and you'll die without a complete corpse."

"Hmph!" Wyatt, the chief academician of the Bixi Ci Academy, let out a cold snort. "So, there's no way to prove it now? It's the same as saying nothing at all!"

The old academician glanced at him sideways, and Wyatt immediately shut up, not daring to say anything more.

The old academician looked at Shi Daohan again and asked, "Then why did this so-called demon race you speak of kill Professor William?"

"Because I ruined their plans?"

"What plan?" the old academician pressed.

With a wave of her hand, Shi Daohan displayed a screen of light in front of the high-ranking officials, showing the complete scene of Locke sneaking out of the academy after she left Dean Donaldson's residence.

Upon seeing Shi Daohan suppress Professor William to the bottom of the lake, Academician Wyatt shouted, "You still say you didn't kill him? What else do you have to say now?"

The old academician frowned slightly, waiting for Shi Daohan to give an explanation.

"This Professor William is a demon in disguise. I remember our academy has surveillance cameras, right? If you don't believe me, you can check the surveillance footage to see if Professor William actually left the academy that day," Shi Daohan said unhurriedly.

Upon hearing this, the old academician glanced at Academician Wyatt, who immediately understood and said, "I'll go check the surveillance footage from that day right now!"

After Academician Wyatt left, the main hall fell silent, and everyone had a different expression.

The old academician stroked his beard and said, "If it's really as you say, then what are they trying to do by targeting Locke?"

Shi Daohan shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "I think you already have a general idea of ​​why they're targeting Locke, so why ask me?"

"To be precise, they've set their sights on the power within him," Headmaster Donaldson said in a deep voice.

The strange power within Locke's body has been studied for a long time by the high-ranking members of Horagaka Academy, but they have not been able to figure out where it came from.

They had tried to extract that strange power from Locke's body, but they faced the same problem as Shi Daohan.

That strange power had seeped into their very bones and soul like a malignant tumor; if they forcibly removed it, Locke might die, and that was an outcome they did not want to see.

Shortly afterward, Academician Wyatt returned, his expression somewhat strange.

"How is it? Have you found out? Was Professor William in the college that day?" Dean Donaldson asked hurriedly.

Academician Wyatt nodded and said, "It's been investigated. Professor William returned to his residence to rest after finishing his flight lesson that day and did not leave the academy."

"So, the Professor William we saw in the footage just now was actually an imposter?"

"They seem to know a lot about Locke's background; a mere letter was enough to make him break the academy's rules and sneak out to meet them."

"And that strange key, it can actually break down our academy's barrier. What does that mean? It means that our academy's security measures have significant hidden dangers and loopholes."

Several high-ranking figures began to whisper among themselves.

"Now you can believe what I'm saying, right?" Shi Daohan said.

"Not yet." The old academician shook his head slightly and said, "You have only proven that the Professor William was an imposter, but you have not yet proven that the death of the real Professor William was unrelated to you."

Shi Daohan: "But you don't have any substantial evidence to prove that I killed Professor William, do you?"

"That's right, so now you're just a prime suspect." The old academician nodded.

"I remember our college has an Altar of Enlightenment, right? Perhaps we could let her go up there and let the angel of judgment decide whether Professor William was murdered by her," one of the academicians suggested.

The Libyan academician slammed his hand on the table, exclaiming excitedly, "That's right! Our academy has an altar of enlightenment where the angels of judgment can make their decisions!"

(End of this chapter)