The next day, the city leader arrived in the academy and he was welcomed by the first elder. The first elder did not entertain him for long and lead the way to the office of the Principal. Once they reached the office, the principal was not alone, but there was also Noah by her side.
"Welcome in my academy! I heard you wanted to speak with me." Said Principal Black with a smile.
"No, I have to thank you for allowing me to come and see you, my dear principal!" Replied the city leader.
He was a middle-aged man with a handsome face and a good and large body. He was very muscular and looked like a knight, but he was 5th Star magician. It was rare to see magician with such bodies, then the majority looked frail and weak.
"So, what is the matter? Is there something important you need to speak about?" Asked principal Black directly and indifferently.
"Yes, I heard from my men that you have opened a new academy and you are bringing all the orphans here to learn and have a housing." Said the city leader with a smile.
"You are right, what is about that? I investigate about the situation of those children and I have to say, that you have failed completely."
"No please, this is a misunderstand. I never neglect them, so you do not have to worry about them. I will build a special place for them. It was only, that they never wanted my help."
"I gave you all the time of the world in the past and I waited to see if the situation would change, but now it is too late. All the orphans in the city have to attend the academy, it is an order. If you are not happy with this, then you can go and say that to the emperor."
"I cannot accept this bullshit, who are you tell me what to do in my city? You are only the principal of the forgotten academy and nothing more, if I wish you could die at any moment!" The city leader was in rage and he wanted to explode. He never spoke with someone that ignored all what he said and ordered him what to do. He could not accept this, so he would do all he could to make her life difficult.
"What can a woman in this forgotten academy do? I bet that the emperor itself does not know of the existence of this academy."
Principal Black rolled her eyes and then stood up, as she did that an icy and killing intent began to come out and she surrounded with this aura the city leader. She was a 7th star knight, she was an high rank knight, that means that she was one of the strongest persons in the continent and she could easily kill the city leader, even if this was only her clone.
"This is impossible! What are a 7th star knight doing here, where you here to kill me the whole time? What do you want to do now?"
"AHHHH"
"Please, do not kill me. I beg you to let me go! I pledge you to do whatever you want, but please stop!"
The city leader was felling terror all over his body and there was pain too. This all and she did not even touch him, the aura was enough to make him kneel and beg for his life. You can also imagine what would happen if the original were here. Only her aura would be enough o kill him instantly.
"City leader, I was polite enough with you. O know what you are doing in the underground, but I will save you some face, if you bring the rest of the orphans here. I am serious about this matter and I will not say it twice, you have 12 hours to bring them here."
The city leader was stunned hearing what the Principal was saying, he knew exactly about what she was talking about, but he could not give up, even if his life was in the front.
"principal, I do not know about what you are talking about. I am innocent."
"Really, if you are really innocent, then you would swear to the sky that you are innocent, I think you would not have any problem."
"My dear principal, why should I swear to the sky. I am still the city leader and I can find anything if I want. I promise you that I will find those persons and bring the disappeared orphans back, if I do not complete the promise, then a lightning should hit me."
"Ok, you can do that. I will wait, you have exactly 12 hours, if the children do not appear, then you and all the high-ranking leaders of the city will disappear tomorrow."
The city leader was frightened to death, he never expected that the meeting would end like this, he thought the whole time that the principal was as strong as he and that with the help from some 4th stars, they would be able to scare her, and she would not make any trouble for them in the future. But now, he know that she is a 7th star knight, the situation is more complicated and now he was like a little child in front of an adult, whatever he tries to harm the adult he had not enough strength to do so.
He could only escape from the office and go back to the office and for what she said, if not he knew that he would be dead. And he knew exactly that the empire and anyone else that supports him would not do anything, because nobody with a heathy sane would want to have an enmity with a 7th star knight. Every dead was better than a dead by a 7th star knight.
As he left the office, he rushed like a ghost to the city and did not give a shit for anyone.
"What is a happening with the city leader, did he saw a ghost?" a guard in the city walls wondered and then continued watching the walls.