Chapter 127: Tryst (2/2)
Playing with a glea strand of hair that came loose from the blue fabric of her scarf, Nisha waited for Weston to continue his gae
“You can do whatever you ith your own reputation, but you can’t just say what you like! Where is your proof? This is baseless slander!”
Unable to take it any longer Alexander unexpectedly stood up and focused all the attention on hi even the elf She still had ways to deal with the noble However, they also required some effort on her part To have someone else step in and take up her cause helped Nisha a lot, especially since offending a noble usually carried a high price Yet Alexander still spoke out for her, instead of cowering with the lared at the new participant, to have his honour called in question by a ed him Whether or not his accusation had truth behind it should not matter He swore to remember this impudent fellow and make sure no official post or family would employ him in the future
On the other hand, Nisha similarly vowed to remember this favour and treat Alexander well in return
“It’s not unreasonable what my friend said If I understand your intentions correctly, you claim I used an external force to cheat in the co’s Seat] Naturally, I can say that I am innocent and so on, but what use does that have when a noble personage frority into question
Did that sum up the circumstances correctly, Ser Weston?”
As he had yet to be conferred with the title of a knight froht to be addressed with the honorific ‘Ser’ - strictly speaking To get on his good side, however, many lower ranked nobles and acquaintances still called hio stroked like this, the young noble bloomed like a showy flower and stuck out his chest with pride
“So you are still sensible Of course, it is ih a recoer than an authentic noble of the highest pedigree in the kingdoh your sise, I can agree to let you off and plead to esteemed teacher to spare you fro pa suffered any serious setbacks, Weston felt it was unbearable to have lost against Nisha previously He had convinced himself she must have used an unknown method to cheat, otherwise, how could she be more proficient than himself? Of course, his position as a noblewords were an appeal to show her submission and a plea for mercy
He did not doubt this unusually fortunate coincidence when he alreadythe elf down fro as Weston cleared the stain fro’s Seat], he did not care about the u noble deterth, I am not a human anyway More importantly, do you think I can pull any underhanded tricks under the eyes of Miss Anet? If external help was so easy, would a teacher from the Royal Academy fail to discern it? Or would you claim that your acquaintance is so much smarter and powerful than Miss Anet?”
Nisha mixed some truths into her speech, she was indeed not a human Not a real elf either, but no one knew that Additionally, the dragon also knew their instructor would not bother with exposing a student for pulling a trick like Weston had done before, relying on a em to suppleainst hi’s Seat], she would have said so Or not, if Miss Anet si between first and second rank students We must look like small children to her …
As luck would have it only Nisha knew her own arguher authority than her own did not hold up at all However no one could dispute it at the icians gathered on the young noble who started the whole thing, doubting his claims
Due to a moment of pride and carelessness, the situation escaped his control, contorting Weston’s expression and putting him in a hard spot
“Sophistry! Not even elves can overcoe the question by averting our attention to s Don’t think you can succeed!”
As soon as the words left hisback, his opponent looked like a sly cat, showing pearly white teeth in a broad grin
“I can’t ascertain whether or not that’s the truth, as I am not as educated as a splendid noble human such as you, Weston Whitehall
Since that is the case, we can only rely on our teacher, Miss Anet, to oversee a fair contest to see whether I cheated to overcome you
To prove my sincerity, I will bet two thousand merit points on er fee to co’s Seat] in an extraordinaryill trouble Miss Anet to act as the judge, each of us should also take out another five hundred points as a token of appreciation for her time Naturally, it is a esture that counts”
All of the students broke out in whispers, furiously discussing the words Nisha just uttered None of them dared to believe a commoner would act so brazenly in front of a noble Either outcome seemed to be terrible, either the elf lost a ton offro his words as lies in front of a large crowd Thankfully none of that rand play that finally caether
This point also represented the last chance for Weston to step down fro her sincerity and acknowledged Miss Anet as a good teacher; blaht save face At least he would not e and hot headed youth did not believe his plan had any holes As Weston himself had cheated last time, he sincerely believed there was no way Nisha truly had th above his own She should have used a similar trick to overpower him Now that their teacher would watch over the competition, he had a chance to retake the seat and even earn merit points
In the unlikely case, Miss Anet and the elf conspired to ic power in the elf’s dress, his lackey told him earlier it was successfully placed on her person
The greatest bait still was the generous amount of merit points the other side had offered While he troubled an associate of his family who already entered the third turn at the academy, the previous ae If his faold would be the least of his troubles, So Weston gritted his teeth and had purchased the merit points at a low cost
If he seized this chance and o thousand points this tih to spend for several moons Perhaps even as ht, I agree! Esteemed teacher, I will have to trouble you to carefully examine our duel to !”