Seeing that William Lincoln was about to leave, Robert Lincoln had no choice but to quickly stand up and say, “Charles Lincoln, are you really going to go? You’d better think this through. Your branch is a collateral line of the Lin family of the Haisen Empire, and now you’re already on the verge of being expelled from the family. If any family member makes even the slightest mistake, you’ll be permanently kicked out of the Lin family. At that point, trying to return to your roots will be as hard as reaching the sky. You are the heir of this collateral branch. If your life as the heir is tainted with the stain of assaulting a student and being expelled, I can guarantee you’ll forever lose the protection of the Lin family from the Haisen Empire.”

“The Haisen Empire, the Lin family?” William Lincoln paused in his steps and finally stopped.

Seeing William Lincoln stop, Robert Lincoln secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his face once again returning to that all-controlling smile, looking at William Lincoln with a patient demeanor, as if waiting for him to beg for mercy and apologize.

However, the smile on his face didn’t last more than a few seconds before William Lincoln, who had stopped, started walking again, speaking in a calm tone as he walked: “The Haisen Empire, the Lin family—what does that have to do with me?”

If a so-called family heir could be threatened by the dean of a mere intermediate academy, then such a family wasn’t worth inheriting anyway.

After being toyed with by William Lincoln several times, Robert Lincoln was still reluctant to lose such a promising student, but in front of the tutors from the Brilliant Academy, he couldn’t help but feel embarrassed, and a surge of anger rose in his heart: “Are you testing the limits of my patience? Don’t think I don’t dare expel you. I’m telling you, I mean what I say. If you walk out of this room today, none of you will ever be allowed back into our academy.”

“Wait a minute.” William Lincoln reached out and unceremoniously interrupted the vice dean: “You said the three of us? Including Carrie Lincoln and Lincoln?”

“Of course, the three of you are all guilty.”

William Lincoln frowned slightly. He didn’t care much about being expelled himself; at this point, it didn’t matter to him anymore. But if Carrie Lincoln and Lincoln were expelled because of this, it would have an immeasurable impact on their futures… After all, Charles Lincoln and the two of them were die-hard friends, and since he now occupied Charles Lincoln’s body, he owed him a favor. For Carrie Lincoln and Lincoln, he’d help them this one last time, just to settle this cause and effect.

“I was the only one who took action against the people from Brilliant Academy. Carrie Lincoln and Lincoln didn’t do anything. On the contrary, Carrie Lincoln was actually a victim. You have no grounds to expel them.”

“No grounds.” These three words made the vice dean, who had always wielded great power, a little displeased.

William Lincoln’s complete indifference to being expelled was noticed by the tutors from Brilliant Academy, making them feel uncomfortable. Originally, they wanted to use this incident to punish and strike him, to make him regret and admit his mistake, but in the end, he didn’t care at all about being expelled. How could such a punishment satisfy them? But they also understood that with this student’s talent—easily defeating a level five swordsman—such a small academy probably meant nothing to him.

Now, hearing William Lincoln argue for his two friends, the tutor immediately became interested and retorted unceremoniously: “This whole incident started because of those two. It was that student named Carrie Lincoln who first insulted student Jena, which escalated the situation and led to the fight. Therefore, he can almost be considered the main culprit in the whole affair. How could he be easily forgiven?”

“If you want to trace the cause, you should start with the grudges within the academy. In that case, this should be considered an internal dispute among students of Ziyun Intermediate Academy. As someone from Brilliant Academy, you don’t seem to have the right to interfere, do you?”

The vice dean was very dissatisfied with William Lincoln’s tone. That attitude of completely disregarding him made him feel humiliated in front of the tutors from Brilliant Academy.

“If Mentor Menar has no right to interfere, then I certainly do. For the sake of personal grudges, you actually quarreled and even fought, seriously injuring others and damaging the relationship between our academy and Brilliant Academy. As students who only care about your own interests and not the academy’s greater good, I am fully within my rights to expel you.”

“Sacrificing your own academy’s students just to curry favor with Brilliant Academy—what a dedicated dean you are!”

Robert Lincoln’s face flushed red. Being called out for his underhanded dealings in front of everyone would make anyone angry out of embarrassment: “Shut up! The academy’s development plans are for me, the dean, to decide. What right does a student who’s about to be expelled have to criticize here!”

A ripple of emotion passed through William Lincoln’s otherwise calm heart. These two sides were already in cahoots; arguing further would just be a waste of words and give them more to laugh at. Since that was the case…

“Fine. I have no objection to you expelling me personally, but are you really going to expel Carrie Lincoln and Lincoln as well?”

“Hmph, do you actually dare to threaten me?”

“I wouldn’t dare. The vice dean is a level eight swordsman—how could I, a mere student, dare to act rashly?”

“Hmph. In that case, you have one day to pack your things and leave my Ziyun Intermediate Academy.”

William Lincoln gave a faintly mocking smile, turned, and walked away.

“What are you laughing at!?”