Nicholas noticed the hushed yet heated discussion among the guests.
He cast Zheng Qing a curious glance. After hesitating for a moment, Zheng Qing stuffed the Brahma Times into Nicholas's hands. The report was terrible, which was exactly why Nicholas needed to know about it, lest Alpha students catch him off guard by attacking him with the newspaper's claims.
But contrary to the young scholarship student's expectations—
After skimming the report, Nicholas showed not the slightest bit of anger. He was unexpectedly calm.
"This newspaper was already very careful with its wording," said the newly minted North District Wizard with the ponytail. His eyes trembled slightly, and there was even a faint smile on his face. "A few days ago, there was another newspaper... I forget which one... that solemnly swore Great Sage Colmar was colluding with Outer Gods, planning to sell out Puji Island and overthrow First University... This paper only used words like 'rioters,' 'fanaticism,' and 'suspicion'... It's already being friendly."
Zheng Qing froze for a moment. Only when he noticed which pages Nicholas was reading did he realize what had happened.
Nicholas was reading the article about Colmar and the North District Wizards.
"Not that one." The scholarship student squeezed over beside the North District Wizard, flipped several pages forward, then pointed at the article titled "Foolish Nicholas or 'Shub-Niggurath'?" "This one... This is absolutely slander. We can't let them off so easily. We need to file a complaint with the Alliance!"
Nicholas immediately spotted the exaggerated, bizarre cartoon in the newspaper.
He dramatically leaned his head back, looked left and right, and raised his right hand. "I swear, I only use frogs to perform magic... I have absolutely never eaten this kind of crawling creature alive!"
Only after speaking did he realize he was still holding