"You're still too young. I gave you a chance, but you couldn't seize it!"
Where no one could hear him, Roland muttered to himself.
"This was only the first monthly exam, and someone was already cheating?
"An academy lecturer must have leaked the questions-someone on the exam-writing team!"
When Lie Yi learned of the matter from Roland, surprise crossed his face.
Then he immediately said, "This concerns the academy's integrity and reputation. I believe we must show no leniency.
"Whether they're apprentice students or people from our tower, they should be treated equally and punished."
"I agree, but to prevent this from happening again, I don't intend to deal with both parties involved in the cheating at the same time." Roland gave a meaningful smile that made even Lie Yi's scalp prickle.
"You don't intend to deal with them at the same time?"
"That's right. In a case like this, the two parties involved share common interests. If we strike at both at once, they may band together and resist to the bitter end.
"I intend to go after the bigger offenders and let the smaller ones off. We'll deal severely with those who leaked the questions, but spare the students who cheated.
"At least, we won't publicly punish them for this particular offense. Once they're in my hands, deciding what to do with them will take no more than a word from me.
"That way, if anything similar happens again, anyone accepting a bribe will have to consider the consequences."
Lie Yi immediately understood the beauty of this approach.
Compared to the apprentices, the lecturers who wrote the questions were undoubtedly the more powerful party.
They held the initiative and ought to bear the primary responsibility.
They were also the people Roland chiefly intended to target.
Once this policy