"A member of the Blois family?"
"It seems that Blois Castle is also planning to get involved?"
"Everyone can see the benefits here. It's not surprising that the Blois family wants to take advantage of it. But I didn't expect that on the surface, the Blois family pretends to be indifferent to the world. But he’s doing some dirty tricks behind his back, hehe.”
"Everyone knows how to say one thing and do another..."
In the auditorium, as soon as Old Edward's words came out, the wizards who were originally shocked by his sudden appearance all started to commotion. It can be heard that the whispers are almost connected together, and the whole place is in chaos with your words and my words.
Maka stood on the side of the door, first looked around, and then glanced at Fanny, who was standing in the center of the crowd. The other party has now been pushed to the forefront by the "truth" revealed by the old housekeeper. It is foreseeable that she will endure waves of questioning and denunciation from other forces.
Whether they are those who act relatively aboveboard or those who like to do things unscrupulously, they will all point their fingers at Fanny...or, in other words, the entire Blois family behind Fanny.
Rather than sharing the same hatred, it might be more appropriate to say that we are taking the opportunity to eliminate powerful enemies. But no matter what the purpose is, they will take advantage of the chaos to criticize and focus all their firepower on Fanny.
"Miss Blois... I really can't believe that your family has such a profound background that you would do such a disgraceful thing!"
"Yes! Such selfish behavior is simply ridiculous!"
"Leave Beauxbatons immediately, we don't want to stay with your Blois family! You are not worthy of participating in the public incident of Mr. Nico Flamel's estate!"
There are many wizards who say similar words. They all seem to be speaking righteously, but in fact most of them have greed that cannot be expressed to others. Maka watched quietly from the side, waiting for Fanny, who was surrounded in the center, to speak.
Under the hypocritical glares of all the wizards, Fanny seemed exceptionally calm. She just wore a strong yet gentle face as usual, and did not waver in the face of a lot of criticism.
"I think that after Mr. Butler and Mr. McLean explain the specific situation clearly, it will not be too late for everyone to continue questioning!"
Fanny finally spoke, and she used the amplifying spell as soon as she started speaking. Her serious yet gentle voice immediately spread to the ears of everyone present.
But is it useful for her to say this? This is of course useless.
As a client, Fanny was labeled as the "number one enemy" by everyone. How could those representatives who deliberately placed their own power among the "vulnerable groups" pay attention to what she said
Maka knew that just by Fanny trying to argue, she would never be able to completely calm down this noisy and chaotic scene. So after Fanny finished speaking, he immediately took the old housekeeper and strode towards the middle of the crowd.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
This voice obviously has a more peculiar effect than Fanny's words. It was no longer just a sound amplification spell, he also included the power of soul rules in it. Just one sentence shocked all the wizards and witches in the auditorium.
"Miss Blois, I think you have something else to say?" He said loudly as he walked away from the crowd, "This fact is right in front of you. I also saw your Blois family with my own eyes. That steward, I really can't think of anything else you have to say... But as it happens, I also have a few questions that I would like to ask you for clarification, so that I don't have to go back to the Lord of the Castle to question you. "
He said, paused briefly, and then glanced around seemingly casually.
"... What's more, the people here tonight are all well-known wizards in the global magic world, and we won't make you unable to even say a word of self-defense. What you want to say, you can say it now!"
Maka's words were so sonorous and powerful, but to be honest, most people in the auditorium were not interested in hearing Fanny's defense. From their point of view, driving Fanny out of Beauxbatons is the most beneficial outcome for them.
But what Maka said was so fair and aboveboard that they, the guys who wanted to criticize Fanny and the Blois family from the moral high ground, now couldn't even say a word to stop them.
These words seemed to be directed at Fanny, but in fact they were simply meant to silence those sanctimonious people.
"If you overestimate yourself when you are excited, you will easily be unable to step down." Maka complained in her heart for the first time in a long time, then looked at Fanny in front of her and stopped talking.
"Um… "
When Fanny saw this scene, she couldn't help but sigh secretly.
She knew much more than the wizards present, so she also learned part of Maka's plan. It can be said that the entire chaotic scene in Beauxbatons is almost completely controlled by McClane under his precise step-by-step guidance.
Even with this arrangement, the biggest key point still fell on the old butler Edward, but without McLean's complete control over people's hearts, it would not have been possible to do it so easily.
Because in addition to the disappearance of old Edward, there were other emergencies that occurred in Beauxbatons due to coincidence. It is quite difficult to combine things that seem to be incompatible with each other to promote development for your own purposes.
This includes part of the Tefler family's conspiracy plan, two unidentified wizards, and even...
"Mr. McLean, first of all, was it you who rescued Mr. Butler?" Fanny's mind was flooded with thoughts, but she didn't hesitate too much, and she quickly asked her first question. question.
Hearing this, Maka nodded slightly but clearly.
"Yes, I found Mr. Edward Flamel in the woods outside Beauxbatons," he said clearly. "At that time, there was another person taking Mr. Flamel trying to escape from the school's forbidden area of Apparition. I was there He stopped him before he managed to leave."
"Really..." Fanny also nodded slightly, "So, what kind of evidence makes you and Mr. Butler think that that person must be the wizard of our Blois family? And... where is that person now? "
"Oh, that's it," Maka said straightforwardly without any scruples, "I have done some superficial research on Legilimency. For me... it's not difficult to figure out the identity of the other party. .”
He just said this, and all the wizards who were a little close to him took a step back.
Obviously, these people all know what a wizard who is good at Legilimency represents. It can be said that even a highly skilled Legilimency master can defeat other people's thoughts to a certain extent without using magic, which is quite scary for people with distracting thoughts.
But Maka didn't pay much attention to their little actions. He just shrugged and continued:
"As for the Mr. Steward... When he saw that something was not going well, he took Mr. Flamel as a hostage for cover, and took advantage of my inconvenience to withdraw from the range of the anti-Apparition Curse. And what happened next will probably be between you and me. Everyone can imagine it.”
"Do you know his name?" Fanny pretended to think about it, and then continued after a short pause.
"Martin." Maka replied immediately.
After Maka said the name, Fanny then asked about the other person's appearance and clothing, and then remained silent for a while. Judging from the frown on her face, it clearly meant that she was deeply embarrassed about something.
After a short while, she pursed her lips and said: "I know, that is indeed a steward with a foreign surname from our Fort Blois. Since both of them have met each other, Mr. McLean even read If you have passed the other party’s memory, then...there should be no mistake..."
At this point, she took a deep breath, then raised her head and said seriously: "But I would like to state again that our Blois Castle does not have any intention to interfere in this matter - this is what the castle owner said to me personally. If so. That steward Martin must have done this out of his own personal thoughts, not the will of my Blois family."
"... Regarding this manager with a foreign surname who made such a big mistake, on behalf of the Blois family, I hereby announce that we will definitely pursue severe accountability."
"Who believes it?"
"That's right! As soon as tonight is over, that 'Martin' steward isn't the one that you, Blois Castle, can say whatever you want?"
Before Fanny could finish her words, some unharmonious voices immediately appeared in the crowd, with a hint of sarcasm in their tone.
However, Maka raised her hand and naturally interrupted those rumors. Probably the momentum he created just now was so powerful that all the wizards present subconsciously shut up.
Of course, those guys reacted quickly, but the right moment was missed, and it was obviously inconvenient to speak again.
"Look!" Maka stopped the gossipers and said, "Miss Blois, I think your words alone are hard to convince everyone now."
When he said this, many people nodded their heads.
"But it doesn't matter," Maca continued, "I also saw some interesting things when I was searching for the memory of Steward Martin... The gentlemen of the Milefali family over there don't know anything about Steward Martin. , do you have anything else you would like to explain?"
His words suddenly turned to a place that no one expected.