No secret stayed secret forever. Although no public announcement had been made about Li Wei going to apologize to the Goblins, word soon spread privately throughout the Academy.
And someone promptly came knocking.
"This is outrageous! Those Goblins have no shame!"
Miss Melis came to Li Wei in a fury and told him as much.
"I'm going to protest to the Principal. This isn't fair at all!"
"Don't get so worked up, Miss Melis. I don't mind."
Li Wei chuckled as he looked at Melis. The young professor's temper was as fiery as her hair, and she was usually impatient. Of course, she always behaved like a lady around him.
Today, however, she seemed genuinely furious and had no intention of hiding it.
"I do have a few questions I'd like to ask you."
"What questions?"
Seeing that Li Wei himself was in no hurry, Melis frowned, then sat down and looked at him.
"I'm curious. Where exactly did the Goblins get the nerve to demand an apology from me?"
Li Wei posed the question.
"Principal Williams said the Goblins would complain to the Arbiter. Is that true?"
"The Arbiter?"
Melis snorted at his question.
"The Arbiter only exists in legends. I suspect there might not even be an Arbiter in this world. That old man was just making excuses. I think he's actually afraid the other races will use this as a pretext to cause trouble for us!"
"The other races?"
"That's right-"
Melis frowned deeply, her expression bitter, and explained their situation to Li Wei.
Humans had never had an easy time in this little world. Put simply, many races banded together against them. The forests, for instance, were home to Goblins, Centaurs, Pixies, Redcaps, and a whole host of other mystical creatures.
Most of those races were