The white-robed student who questioned the meeting venue had merely fired the first shot in the argument.
Immediately afterward, a red-robed student from Jiuyou Academy rose to express deep concern that Alpha Academy had one more student representative than Jiuyou Academy. Another white-robed student then bluntly pointed out that Jiuyou Academy's student representatives lacked professionalism, that those selected were not proficient in the "Wizard Codex" and could not understand that a "delegation" did not mean an equal number of delegates. Alpha Academy having one extra student representative was precisely the ingenious part of the institutional arrangement, and so on.
The representatives from both sides exchanged verbal blows across the meeting room, their debate fierce and lively.
The representatives of Starry Sky Academy, which had always loved conflict, and Atlas Academy, which had always excelled at debate, sat in the middle of the meeting room. They looked left and right until their necks ached, yet all kept their mouths shut, watching the show.
The moderator on the dais had no choice but to pound the gavel before him and shout at the top of his lungs, barely managing to rein in the steadily deteriorating situation.
Throughout the process, Zheng Qing remained silent, wearing an obedient smile. Sephrano, meanwhile, maintained his usual gloomy demeanor, sitting boldly behind the table like a king.
"Today is merely an informal hearing. You have all been invited to briefly sort through the accident that occurred some time ago! It does not involve any voting or declarative documents! Stop getting hung up on such details!"
The male wizard presiding over the hearing loudly tried to calm the red-robed and white-robed students on either side, but his answer did not satisfy everyone.
"The issue of numbers concerns fundamental fairness. This isn't a detail; it's an essential element!" a