"Why are you causing a commotion?" The figure appeared in everyone's sight and asked.
Everyone was stunned to see it. This figure was a young woman who seemed to be only 24-25 years old.
In her spotless white dress, she looked like a fairy. She was gorgeous. Her skin was smooth and fair, and she had pink lips that weren't seductive like Rima's but looked very appetizing. Her black hair was draped over her shoulder like a flowing waterfall. Her beautiful brown eyes scanned the crowd.
Everyone was mesmerized upon looking at her. Max also found her to be very beautiful. Her beauty was on the same level as Anna or Flavia, but because she was a three-star mage, she attracted everyone more.
The black-robed man's expression became respectful as he saw who she was and stopped casting his spell.
He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Senior Eliana."
"What's going on here?" She nodded slightly and asked.
The black-robed man hurriedly told her everything that had happened.
"Isn't there someone named Eliana among the top core disciples?" Someone murmured.
Hearing him, others instinctively looked towards her chest. Seeing the Emblem pinned on her chest, everyone was surprised and looked at her in awe.
Max also glanced at her chest and saw the core disciples' Emblem.
Just as he was about to move his eyes away, the black-robed man finished explaining the situation to her, and she glanced toward Max.
Seeing that he was looking at her chest, she felt disgusted and became angry. She was about to lash out when suddenly she felt that his face was somewhat familiar.
Suddenly, a memory of one month ago surfaced in her mind, which caused her face to turn red, and she exclaimed.
"It's you?"
"Hmm?" Everyone, including Max, was surprised by this.
Immediately after, the crowd broke out in the discussion.
"What? Fairy Eliana knows this guy?"
"Who is he that even a core disciple such as her seems to know him?"
"He is a new disciple recruited around two months ago." Someone replied.
"…"
Anna looked at Max with a surprised expression. Although she knew Max had a friend who was also a core disciple, she didn't expect him to know someone among the top core disciples.
Meanwhile, the black-robed guy's expression became ugly. If she knew him, he couldn't do anything to him. Not only he, but even the upper echelons of disciplinary hall won't want to offend her over such a small matter.
However, Max's following words made him feel a bit relieved.
"Do you know me?" Max asked curiously.
"You… How can I know you? I must have mistaken you for someone else." She said while evading his gaze.
Max was confused by her reaction and glanced at her deeply. This made Eliana's face redden even more.
"What are you looking at?" She huffed in anger.
"Nothing." Max smiled lightly and shook his head.
"Good." She nodded, and her expression returned to normal. She then asked coldly, "Why are you resisting the proceedings of the disciplinary hall?"
Hearing this, the black-robed guy had a gloating expression. Everyone knew that most core disciples loved and respected the Cloud academy and would help if someone was causing unnecessary trouble.
"It's because we are not in the wrong, and I'm capable of resisting him," Max said calmly.
The black-robed guy's expression became dark. His words suggested that he, a disciplinary hall's disciple, was weak compared to him. How can it not infuriate him?
"Oh, you are in the wrong?" She glanced at the black-robed man, which made him stiffen up.
He hurriedly said, "No, senior. He is guilty. He attacked that guy when we arrived to arrest the girl beside him. Everyone here can testify to it."
Hearing this, Eliana glanced at the disciples standing there. Whoever her gaze landed on, everyone nodded. "Yes, senior sister. We indeed witnessed him attacking that guy."
"What do you have to say now?" Eliana asked him, her eyes twinkling. She also wanted to teach him a lesson for giving her such a bad memory.
Max was still calm. He looked into her eyes and smiled faintly. "How about you first ask him why he wanted to arrest Anna?"
"Why?" Eliana looked at the black-robed man.
The black-robed man glared hatefully at Max. He knew that their fake excuse would be found after she started to ask questions. However, he still gritted his teeth and said, "It's because she beat that guy, Karon, up, and he came to complain to me."
Eliana looked at Karon, standing beside the black-robed man, his face badly bruised, and then she glanced at Anna.
Her eyebrows furrowed, and she harrumphed coldly, "Being a two-star mage, you got beaten up by a one-star mage. Is the standard of our academy's disciples fallen so low?"
Karon's face darkened in shame after hearing this. Other disciples also revealed disdainful expressions looking at him.
Before anyone could say anything, Max's voice sounded, "Now, how about you ask this loser how or why he was beaten up?"
Eliana frowned. She felt like he was leading her. But she still looked at Karon. However, Karon looked down and didn't reply.
"Humph!" Eliana released her aura and focused on Karon, which caused his body to stiffen and his breathing to speed up.
In just a few seconds, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Eliana felt disgusted and looked toward Anna. "How about you tell me why you beat him up?"
"Yes, senior." Anna nodded and quickly explained how he offered to spar with her and tried to touch her inappropriately, after which she trashed him without giving him any chance to use his mana.
After hearing her side, Eliana's forehead was filled with dark lines, and she shouted, sending a wave of mana toward Karon, "You fucking trash! How dare you be so lecherous and then try to blame her."
"Ugh!"
Karon was hit with her wave and was sent flying, spitting out blood. After he crashed to the ground, he immediately fainted.
"Woah!" Disciples exclaimed, seeing this. No one had expected her to lash out like this.
Max was also surprised. He liked her decisiveness.
