Witch Hunt Operation

Suye frowned. "Why didn't we leave those nobles behind?"

"Do you know who the mage leading the team is?"

Suye shook his head.

"Laurence." Cromwell's eyes were filled with amusement.

"The dean of Plato Academy?" "Andre" maintained an appropriate look of surprise, but a hint of delight was clearly visible in his eyes.

Cromwell smiled smugly. "Looks like you also want to kill the people from Plato Academy. Everyone knows how much you hate that academy's people. Yes, it's him. This time, the temple specifically named him and demanded that he come. He can't refuse."

"The temple is preparing to move against Plato Academy?"

"From what I heard, it seems so. They say the mages interfered with the Goddess of Revenge's slumber, so the temple wants to strike at Plato Academy."

"A full-scale attack?" Suye asked.

Cromwell hesitated for a moment, then gently nodded. "The temple didn't say so explicitly, but some details suggest that it wants to completely eradicate Plato Academy."

"I feel somewhat conflicted." "Andre" sighed.

"Yes. As a mage, I'm conflicted too. On one hand, I'm grateful for Plato Academy's contributions to Greece. On the other, I don't want to see too many commoners become mages. You've been at home these past few days, so you don't know what happened. Do you know roughly how many Magic Apprentices all of Greece gains each year?" Cromwell asked.

"I've heard that all of Greece gains only around three thousand new Magic Apprentices each year, including the mages of the nobles and the temple," Suye said.

"Then do you know how many Magic Apprentices Greece gained in the past six months?"

"Five thousand?" Suye pretended not to know.

Cromwell said gravely, "Seventy thousand!"

"That many?" "Andre" widened his eyes in disbelief.

"This news must never get out! Once it does,