Su Shijun sat in one of the high-backed chairs reserved for Senior Councilors.
One hand propped up her chin.
The other toyed with a Quill Pen.
She lazily watched the noisy, red-faced High-level Wizards below, utterly unconcerned that the commotion had been caused by the emergency meeting of High-level Wizards she had convened on short notice.
More precisely, the turmoil in the hall stemmed from the topic she had raised after the meeting began—whether the Under the Moon Council should apply to the Alliance to conduct a dimensional convergence experiment—which was tantamount to admitting that it intended to develop Forbidden Curses of its own.
If secretly conducting a Dimensional Fluctuation Experiment like Dark Blue Castle had at least barely preserved the Alliance's dignity, then openly proposing a "Forbidden Curse development plan" was a direct challenge to the Alliance's Forbidden Spell Non-Proliferation Treaty and the series of related laws that followed. The moment she raised the subject, the hall erupted.
There were certainly many opponents, but there was no shortage of supporters either.
The two sides argued back and forth. Before the meeting's initiator had the chance to explain the excuse she had painstakingly concocted, everyone was already arguing with great enthusiasm, saving her a great deal of breath.
Su Shijun was naturally delighted by this.
"Why did we come here?"
After sitting beside the witch in confusion for quite some time, Duke Milton finally could not suppress his curiosity and quietly asked the meeting's initiator, "Or rather, why did we need to hold a meeting like this?"
Whether the Under the Moon Council should develop Forbidden Curses, whether it was capable of developing them, and whether it could possess them were all old topics in the Wizarding World's public discourse. Every year, a few people would wave their arms and