Magical Cat

The next day, news spread throughout the college that the old woman had been suspended.

Her class will be temporarily taught by Ms. Melina.

This is undoubtedly fantastic news for the students.

This was especially true for Elaine.

"Hmph, that old woman really got her comeuppance."

"Exactly, they're always looking down on people, what a waste of their age."

"It would be great if we could just fire the old woman, otherwise she'll be disgusting again someday when she comes back."

"Who cares? As long as he doesn't come back while I'm around, that's fine. Hopefully, the academy will put in some effort and suspend her for three to five years."

In the classroom, many students were talking about it, and most of them were clapping and cheering. No one felt sorry for the old woman.

Even the aristocratic students who were usually favored by the old woman were equally happy.

After all, after the old woman left, they got Melina, a teacher with a higher teaching quality.

Although Ms. Melina's teaching workload has increased, it is always a good thing for the students.

Especially after experiencing the old lady's hands-on lesson, they understood the difference even more clearly.

My previous liking for Melina was probably more due to the personal charm of the young female teacher.

Now, there's more appreciation for professional qualities.

After all, students can always learn more and more easily from a good teacher.

But just two days later, even bigger news broke in the college.

The old woman's son, who worked in the Ministry of Finance, was implicated in a corruption case that shocked the entire kingdom.

The Flint family has also been implicated and is under strict investigation.

Because the old woman had worked at the academy for many years, the kingdom's investigators also conducted some interviews and investigations at the academy, which is how the news spread throughout the academy.

Immediately, the entire college was abuzz with discussion, fearing that someone else might have been implicated in this major case.

But this atmosphere of fear and unease only lasted for two or three days in the academy.

Before long, the lives of students and teachers returned to normal.

……

"Wow, I never imagined something this big would happen at the old lady's house!" Li En's eyes lit up, his gossip instincts burning brightly.

"Now it seems that the dean asked the old woman to go home because of this incident, and it had nothing to do with the students' complaints at all." Melina shook her head, but her face was full of smiles.

Elaine, who was reading a book nearby, put it down and asked, "Ms. Melina, just how serious is this?"

The two people and the cat were in Melina's dormitory.

Whenever they had free time outside of class, they would come to Melina's place to read and cultivate.

Melina is also able to provide them with timely guidance, which has become a habit for them.

"This matter has already caused quite a stir in Falling Star City. Rumor has it that the amount involved in the embezzlement exceeds 100,000 gold coins, which is an astronomical figure for the entire Kingdom of Marches," Melina said with an air of seriousness.

"That old woman's son is quite something, managing to embezzle so much money," Li En exclaimed in shock.

"What kind of skill is embezzlement?" Elaine said with some dissatisfaction.

She disliked Lee Eun linking the words "corruption" and "powerful" together.

The small village where Elaine lived was also frequently exploited by the nobles who governed it.

Corruption often means that everyone in the village will have a harder time, and some people may even lose their lives and their families will be destroyed.

Li En shook his head and explained his thought process to Elaine.

He knew very well that if he wanted to embezzle so much money, he first had to get his hands on all that money.

The fact that she has so much money proves that the old woman's son holds a high position of power, at least in the Ministry of Finance.

After hearing Li En's explanation, Elaine looked enlightened.

She only thought about the harm of embezzlement, but didn't realize that embezzlement itself has certain thresholds.

Moreover, the threshold for embezzling 100,000 gold coins is exceptionally high.

"So that's what you meant."

Li En nuzzled Elaine's cheek with her head.

He also sensed that Elaine was in a bad mood when she mentioned corruption, probably because she had some unpleasant memories.

In truth, Li En made this matter sound far too easy.

After all, in his previous life, he had become somewhat numb to such news.

But this may also be the difference between watching the news and experiencing it firsthand.

The only misunderstanding between him and Elaine was a lack of understanding regarding the matter of embezzlement; it wasn't a major problem.

"Elena is right. If you want to embezzle so much money, you first need to have the corresponding authority to manage so much money."

Melina first agreed with Li En's idea, then a strange smile appeared on her face.

"And that's where the interesting part comes in. The old woman's son wasn't a high-ranking official; he was just the head of the audit department. Unless he had the ability to pocket all the audited funds, there was simply no way he could embezzle so much money."

Upon hearing this, Li En narrowed his eyes.

He knew that this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

The people of the kingdom are not idiots; they can detect the anomaly in just a few words, and the high-ranking officials must have noticed it long ago as well.

But the family being investigated so extensively right now is the Flint family.

This is enough to show that the old woman's son is most likely to take the blame.

However, the old woman's son probably can't shoulder such a huge burden alone; the entire Flint family might also suffer as a result.

Elaine listened to Li En and Melina's discussion and lost interest, so she focused on reading her book again.

She felt that such national affairs had little to do with her, that she couldn't control them even if she wanted to, and that she wouldn't be greatly affected by them.

It would be good news for Elaine if the old woman stopped teaching at the academy.

Apart from that, it seems that life will continue as it always has been.

That evening, Li En was dragged away by Brian again.

Here, they also talked about the old woman.

However, Cobra had a completely different opinion on this matter.

"The corruption case itself is not important; what matters is that someone wants to purge the Flint family."

Corbyn's eyes were even more terrifying.

"Really? I don't know how powerful the Flint family is, but judging from how arrogant the old woman is in the academy, I know her family must be quite powerful." Li En was somewhat skeptical.

"It's precisely because it's strong that it needs to be cleansed; otherwise, how can there be new benefits?" Cobra sneered.

"How can you entice people to risk their lives without any benefit?"

"Little kitty, becoming a noble doesn't guarantee you'll always be one. Too many once-glorious families have vanished into the smoke of history."

"The only constant in this world is change."

"Never stop."