Xander wasn’t being pretentious.

He truly thought that killing this woman with his dagger would dirty his weapon.

She kept on saying that she loved Dorian, yet she had cursed him. Xander was already restraining himself by not torturing her to death.

Hanzer shook his head and actually showed a hint of pity. "Maybe I should’ve broken the Alliance’s law and turned her into a lab specimen."

"..."

Xander thought he was already ruthless enough. He hadn’t expected this teacher to be even more ruthless.

But that said, this Sir Hanzer seemed especially protective of Dorian. His disciple had suffered such a serious injury. It would have been strange if he hadn’t been angry.

Wizards had always been lawless. They wouldn’t bow their heads to any power aside from the South Wizards Alliance.

Hanzer had probably been holding back a lot of anger these days.

Thus, when Xander wanted to kill Lulu, he did not stop him, but instead subtly encouraged him.

After all, there was no issue with Xander using his name. Magon Academy had pardoned Lulu, but the victim, Dorian, was someone of Redoak Vale. Xander also had the authority to punish Lulu. It’s just that the priority of this authority came after Magon Academy. After Magon Academy gave up the authority to take care of her, he naturally had the right to exercise his authority.

This was the advantage of status. As a noble, even a small noble, Xander had some benefits.

And the Great Calamity would destroy all social order. Xander would also be a victim.

He couldn’t do anything to prevent the disaster and could only protect his people.

"And Dorian’s curse?" Xander mentioned.

"I’ll go settle everything," Hanzer replied. "I hope he can still make it to the qualifying round."

A hint of worry could be seen on his face. Dorian’s body had suffered such a great injury that even if he could make it, his strength might be bleak.

In any case, the top priority was still removing his curse.

The two parted outside the prison. Xander returned to where Dorian was resting in the dorm.

---

The next morning. The sun slowly rose, illuminating the inside of the room from the window.

From the open window came a morning breeze. The strong magic medicine smell was already quite a lot weaker.

Dorian, lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

He was still as pallid as before, but he had already begun to regain consciousness.

The old butler was at his side.

"Young Master Dorian, you’re awake at last!" The old butler was somewhat moved.

"Uh?" Dorian shook his head, suddenly saying, "Brother..."

"Brother came."

The old butler looked at Dorian, stunned. "How did you know..."

Dorian looked everywhere but didn’t see Xander, seeming very disappointed. "Where is Brother? Where is he?"

"I clearly saw him arrive."

As it turned out, Dorian wasn’t completely unconscious while cursed. Instead, his consciousness was wandering. He clearly remembered Xander’s arrival.

"Young Master Xander, he..."

"He is now receiving arbitration!" The old butler said.

"What?" Dorian’s eyes widened.

"He killed someone at Magon Academy’s gates. But fortunately, he used the Silver Leaf Medallion, so there shouldn’t be any issue," the old butler comforted.

"Silver Leaf Medallion? Useless!" Dorian was very clear-headed.

Even if he was only 9 years old, due to this vicious environment, he had quite an outstanding line of thinking.

He immediately shouted, "The power of the family behind White is too great. They probably took over every arbitration staff!"

"Brother has no chance of success!"

"Where is he now? I’m going!"

As he said that, he immediately crawled up from the bed.

"But your body..."

Hearing what Dorian said, the old butler was startled. He didn’t understand these kinds of things very well.

"I’m alright! I’m already fine."

Dorian firmly commanded, "Bring me there!"

---

The Ashen Spire’s Arbitration Hall hadn’t been used in a long time.

But today, it was filled with wizards coming from all over the Triad Towers. They came to see the event.

Someone had openly killed an apprentice at the gate of Magon Academy. This was a quite novel situation.

It was safe to say that that guy should have been screwed.

But no one thought that this young noble named Xander was in possession of a Silver Leaf Medallion!

Silver Leaf Medallion!

This was an honor bestowed by the South Wizards Alliance. Only members of the South Wizards Alliance who rendered all kinds of meritorious services would be able to receive this reward!

There weren’t that many nobles in the south with that kind of honor. And the reason why it was called the Silver Leaf Medallion was because the South Wizards Alliance was established under the Silver Leaf Covenant.

The owners of the Silver Leaf Medallion were all famous people.

Of course, there were also a few declining nobles. Such as that Baron Xander receiving arbitration today.

Apart from wizards, there were a lot of nobles in the audience.

These people happened to be registering their children, and some even witnessed the scene of Xander killing. They naturally came to take a look.

How was that matter going to end?

No one knew the outcome.

---

Xander stood alone in the corner of a high platform, as if he was isolated from the world.

The arbitration process was already finished. Now was just the outcome of the discussion of a few arbiters sent by the South Wizards Alliance.

"There shouldn’t be any issues," Xander muttered.

When they asked for a witness, the little girl had also taken the initiative to participate and truthfully described what she saw.

She also mentioned that Xander had been previously slandered.

In this situation, it should be quite easy for the arbiters to judge the situation.

But this matter seemed a bit wrong. Those three arbiters had been fiercely arguing all this time.

’Is it necessary?’ Xander frowned.

Roughly ten minutes later, one of the arbiters seemed to compromise.

Another one stood and loudly said, "I’ll announce the outcome of the arbitration."

"Baron Xander openly killed in Magon Academy. Furthermore, he killed an apprentice wizard. This is the highest offense."

"We recommend this matter to not be appraised by us, arbiters, but through a court."

"Thus, the outcome of the arbitration is to follow the next process—a trial for Baron Xander’s criminal charges!"

A trial!

These words started an uproar!

This outcome was like convicting Xander!

There was clearly an issue with those three arbiters.

Everyone, no matter if they were a wizard or a noble, understood something about the details of this arbitration. With the witness’s substantial testimony, this was still the outcome?

According to the arbitration customs, at most it would end up in an economic penalty for Xander.

But the outcome was actually to put Xander on trial!

This meant that Xander was convicted by the South Wizards Alliance’s court!

"Could it be that this wizard he killed had a huge power behind him?"

"I heard the Unicorn family was involved in this matter."

"I also heard that. This Xander thought he could run amok with the Silver Leaf Medallion. The result was crashing straight into a wall."

"He’s screwed."

Everyone was discussing.

---

Xander stood there, his face sinking.

Someone was playing tricks.

He felt very angry.

But he wasn’t afraid.

A trial?

Hmph...

He couldn’t help but look at that small girl sitting in the witness stand.

As expected, her face also displayed an angry look.

If she wasn’t there, Xander might have been anxious as to how he could cleanse himself of the criminal charge.

But since she was there, there shouldn’t be any issue.

He had requested arbitration from the South Wizards Alliance. These arbiters had probably been replaced.

As for the court, it would be the Ashen Spire’s.

The trial would be judged, and he had the Ashen Spire Master on his side, so Xander wasn’t really afraid.

At this time, a shout could be heard not far away, "Brother!"

Xander was stunned. He noticed a person walking over with the help of the old butler.

’That kid woke up this quickly?’

A smile appeared on Xander’s face.

The scene stirred the audience.

They apparently knew of Dorian’s affair, since Xander had come to the Triad Towers because of Dorian. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had a reason to leave his territory.

Dorian was pale, and his lips were even paler.

He ground his teeth and arrived in front of Xander.

Seeing Dorian, Hanzer also couldn’t stay seated and quickly appeared at Dorian’s side. "You need to rest. We will take care of Baron Xander’s matter."

"I want to see my elder brother," Dorian firmly said.

Hanzer helplessly stepped aside.

"Kid, I killed your girlfriend. Don’t you hate me?"

Xander joked.

Dorian saw Xander standing alone on the stage, about to receive a trial. His eyes immediately reddened.

"Don’t cry. Remember, you are a man." Xander’s voice was a bit strict.

"I understand, Brother." Dorian ground his teeth.

He stood there like this, looking at Xander.

Everyone was somewhat moved. This pair of brothers’ situation was very tough.

Xander looked Dorian in the eyes slowly and solemnly said:

"Find a place to sit. You need to rest properly."

"I am fine."

"Relax, I’m here. No one will harm you!"

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