44 Deans 1 (1/2)
Long after Ci-ci finished laying out his plans to Alice, yet another meeting was taking place in the very same Grand Province. However, this time, it was within the board room of Grandbell University.
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Head Mortlock and the various Deans of the university were gathered together. Heated discussions over the coming ranking competition placed a heavy burden on these old men and women as they felt as though the fate of their careers was hanging in the balance.
Although none of them would admit it, they suddenly missed the arrogant, condescending smile that was almost perpetually plastered onto Ci-ci's handsome features.
Just weeks earlier when more than 80% of them had pressured Head Mortlock into forcibly revoking Ci-ci's tenure, they hadn't thought this far ahead. Or, rather, these old fogies who only cared about their image and how much money they could make didn't have an accurate understanding of the students beneath them, and thus overestimated themselves, and underestimated the genius of Ci-ci.
Now that the ranking competition was coming up, Grandbell was in danger of being embarrassed by the other universities.
It wasn't that they didn't have other talented and intelligent students, because they did. The problem was that all of the students they could have labeled with the title of 'Prodigy' was either Ci-ci himself, or the students under him. Even the number one university couldn't have an endless supply of prodigies, which painted them all into a corner. Now that four of them refused to participate, and one of them couldn't participate for the sake of their face, what the hell were they supposed to do?
Head Mortlock quietly watched the Deans all but ripped each other's throats out. Spittle flew through the air as the debate heated up, yet the Head of the university said and did nothing. It was as though none of this had the slightest bit to do with him.
Frae stood silently behind her father's back. A slight mocking smile coated her beautiful features, but she too said nothing.
Her demeanor was just as elegant as ever. She wore a tight business suit with a matching skirt that wrapped firmly around her knees. The dark stockings that covered her long legs could hardly hide the enticement her figure held. Yet, she played her role as secretary with a quiet grace.
Truth be told, education wasn't something Frae had any interest in. She only followed this path to stay by Ci-ci's side. But, now that Ci-ci was gone, she was starting to question her purpose here. Sticking by her father wasn't something she wanted to do.
Obviously, as one of the eight pillar families of West Continent, the Mortlock family's roots weren't singular. Frae was already thinking about taking over their various businesses to put her genius in administrative matters to the forefront.
The only problem was that the hierarchy of a pillar family was complex. Although Frae and her father were high ranking members of one of their three main bloodlines, they were just that.
After her father's prestige took a hit due to Ci-ci, Frae's rank in the family also took its own tumble. Her father nearly lost his Patriarch position to the inner struggle, leading to her becoming a pawn for marriage.
It was clear to her and her father that almost ten years after destroying the Grandbell family, those seven snake-like families had set their sights on them. But, clearly, their two cousin bloodlines either didn't care in their pursuit of power, or were too stupid to understand. Either way, it wouldn't be easy for Frae to bite off her own piece of the family businesses now.