Academic Faction

Chapter 120: Academic Faction

Locke now understood why they wanted to recruit so many students from outside their network.

There was no other reason.

They were simply looking for people to take the blame.

By recruiting so many Second-Class Wizard Apprentices as assistants and laborers, they could claim to the outside world that these people were merely helpers. Even if something really went wrong with the experiments and the White Wizard Association or the Academy's upper management came to investigate, they could immediately push the dozen or so "assistants" from the Potion Laboratory forward and say it was their responsibility.

With Harlan Vela's powerful network of connections, Anglong could ensure that everything was handled properly. Those Second-Class Wizard Apprentices without any background or support would have no ability to resist and could only take the blame for no reason.

That way, Anglong and the others would remain safe and sound.

But the careers of those Second-Class Wizard Apprentices who took the blame for no reason would undoubtedly be affected. Their path in Potions might even be cut short because of this.

But clearly, no one would consider that.

Plain-looking Teri Calvin looked nervously at Locke, as though waiting for some kind of verdict.

Studying Potions already consumed a tremendous amount of resources, and she had become embroiled in such a scandal.

This interview could be called her final chance.

If she failed, she could only give up on Potions and focus on studying Plant Magic.

Locke tapped his fingers against the desktop and began to think, weighing the pros and cons.

He glanced at the poor résumés of the Second-Class Wizard Apprentices in front of him, then at Teri Calvin's résumé. Without a doubt, Teri Calvin was the most suitable candidate. She had even received highly professional training in Anglong's