The embrace lasted a full five minutes,
Everyone in Swan Hall became a silent audience, watching everything in silence, afraid to speak or make any unnecessary move.
They had never seen anyone reveal killing intent so openly toward the Principal. Making an intrusive or offensive move at a time like this might cause the Principal to remember it and settle the score later.
Zede, who had climbed halfway up, also stopped in place like a statue,
He fully extended his perception, sensing the situation before him.
If the Principal showed any killing intent or deliberately caused Yi Chen irreversible harm, he would stop her by force at any cost... even if it meant becoming hostile toward the Academy and facing direct judgment from the organization.
However, Zede never had to wait for such a situation.
Principal Deslin showed no inclination whatsoever to harm the young man in her arms,
Not only that, while gently stroking Yi Chen's head, she also transmitted a kind of Stellar Energy to him for Mind Calming.
Before anyone realized it, five minutes had passed.
Even an old professor like Chamberson was utterly shocked. They had never witnessed anything like this.
For the Principal to be appointed to this position by the organization, she had to meet multiple harsh conditions.
Those chosen as Principals generally did not interfere in ordinary affairs except for major reforms within the Academy.
Their more important role was to hold the fort.
To ensure the Academy's safety, stability, and secrecy, to guarantee its normal operation, and to further screen and produce "stable elite talents" for the organization.
Deslin was the most mysterious among all the Principals throughout history. She rarely appeared in public. Even during the last Reform Conference concerning the Academy's teaching system, she had only arrived temporarily as the