At this moment, the House of Daena was holding the recommendation and election for the sages of the Minglun Faction, Spantamad School, and Kshahrewar School. The candidates from these three schools were fiercely competing for the sage positions.
Strangely, however, no one was contending for the sage position of the Haravatat. The reason was simple: the Haravatat had a guardian beast named Alhaitham.
As the team's brain of the divine rescue squad, Alhaitham's contributions were immense in bringing down Azar and his accomplices this time. His merit was so great that everyone willingly gave up the Grand Sage position.
That's right, not only the Haravatat's sage position, but even the Grand Sage position, everyone, including Lesser Lord Kusanali, believed it could only be Alhaitham.
But strangely, Alhaitham seemed to have no interest in the Grand Sage position and firmly resigned. However, everyone present thought he was playing the 'three resignations, three concessions' routine, meaning he would decline the appointment twice and only reluctantly accept on the third time.
However, given the current turmoil in Sumeru, which urgently needed a capable person to manage the overall situation, Lesser Lord Kusanali did not give Alhaitham too many opportunities to refuse. She directly announced his appointment as Acting Grand Sage, responsible for handling major Akademiya affairs.
Alhaitham could only grudgingly accept this, a demeanor that made many people present gnash their teeth in envy. After all, if he could restore stability to Sumeru during his acting period, the 'Acting' prefix could easily be removed, and he would become the official Grand Sage.
While the Haravatat's sage position had no competitors, the sage positions of the other three factions were fiercely contested. In addition, the deputy sage positions of the Amurta School and Logic School were also focal points of attention.
The normally solemn House of Daena had now become as noisy as a marketplace. For an unconcerned observer, this scene was comparable to watching a street fight.
However, the scholars' behavior instantly darkened Nahida's expression. As the God of Wisdom with the ability to read minds, listening to the inner thoughts of these red-faced, squabbling scholars, not one of them was for Sumeru; all were for their own interests.
So, Nahida directly used her mental power to awe the entire assembly, making them quiet down, and then casually handed the matter over to Alhaitham to handle. He would select suitable candidates, and she would then give the final approval.
Although the scholars were unwilling, they could only put their grievances aside in front of Lesser Lord Kusanali.
Just as Nahida was about to announce the next item, a sudden quarrel attracted everyone's attention.
"Setaria, this is the House of Daena! What kind of ruckus is this? And you actually dared to bring outsiders in, that's an even greater offense! Guards? Why aren't you arresting these two!"
If this angry roar had occurred during the previous chaos, it wouldn't have attracted any attention. However, after Nahida had quieted the noisy crowd, the House of Daena had returned to silence. At this moment, this quarrel seemed particularly conspicuous.
Moreover, it was directed at Setaria, the secretary of the now infamous Azar, instantly drawing everyone's attention as they all turned their heads to look behind them.
A Kōbanḍa from the Minglun Faction, seeing this, immediately reprimanded sharply, "Afshin! What kind of occasion is this? No insolence!"
Afshin was also flustered by this sudden turn of events. Seeing his mentor, Sahar, scolding him, he quickly said, "Mentor Sahar, I apologize. As a Mahamata of the Akademiya, I simply could not tolerate Setaria's rebellious behavior, which is why I spoke out."
Setaria looked at Afshin and Sahar before him, flames of hatred flickering in his eyes, but remembering his current predicament, he couldn't help but sigh.
It turned out that Sahar was the mentor who taught Setaria when he first joined the Minglun Faction, and Afshin was his classmate.
However, Afshin's academic level was simply no match for Setaria's, and he lived a mediocre student life at the Akademiya.
But Afshin's father was a good friend of Sahar's, so Sahar usually took good care of Afshin. Although Setaria's academic level was first-rate, his Desert origin subjected him to constant discrimination at the Akademiya.
Afshin developed feelings for the young and beautiful Setaria and wanted to be his girlfriend, stating that if he became his girlfriend, he would make Mentor Sahar less harsh on him.
But the proud Setaria had no good impression of Afshin, an unlearned rich young master who came to the Akademiya to get a gilded degree and waste time, so he decisively refused.
What followed was a clichéd campus story of love turning to hate. After Afshin reported to Sahar, he became even more critical and discriminatory towards Setaria.
Finally, on the eve of graduation, Sahar not only openly appropriated his academic achievements but also tampered with his thesis, turning it into Afshin's thesis, causing Setaria to delay his graduation by a year. Meanwhile, Afshin was able to smoothly graduate using Setaria's thesis and then naturally became an Akademiya civil servant.
It was during that year of delayed graduation that Setaria decided to change his previous approach, learning to go with the flow and flatter, changing his beliefs. Coupled with his inherent high capabilities, he was spotted by the patrolling Azar by chance and became his secretary.
After Sahar and Afshin learned that Setaria had become the Grand Sage's secretary, their attitudes immediately did a complete 180-degree turn. Sahar even specifically invited Setaria out and had Afshin kowtow and apologize in front of Setaria, attempting to cover up Afshin's scandal.
Sahar was, after all, a Kōbanḍa and his mentor. In Sumeru, respecting teachers and valuing education was a matter of course. Even if a mentor did something very egregious to his student, it was easy to cover up, but acts of betraying one's teacher and destroying one's ancestors would make one an enemy of the entire Akademiya.
Setaria also didn't want to completely fall out with his mentor. In the end, seeing their sincerity, he decided to let bygones be bygones, but the act of kowtowing and apologizing remained deeply hidden in Afshin's heart. He vowed to repay this insult with interest in the future!
Many years had passed in a blink of an eye, and he had initially thought he would no longer find an opportunity. But now, Azar had suddenly fallen from power, and he had committed heinous crimes. As his secretary, Setaria was naturally not blameless, and Setaria's situation suddenly became one where everyone despised him.
It just so happened that Setaria was sitting behind him in this meeting, and an outsider was even openly sitting beside him. An outsider had infiltrated such an important meeting, which made Afshin feel that his chance for revenge had arrived.
Thus, the scene that unfolded at the meeting came to be.
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