I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 387

Chapter 93: One Mouth Can’t Compete with Ten

Marvin put on a serious face, adamantly denying, “I already said, the cultists have nothing to do with us.”

Roy cut straight to the point, “If that’s truly the case, why refuse the Mage Association’s investigation?”

“Do the other six academies really have a motive to frame you? You’re clearly hiding something, just stalling for time!”

As Roy, representing Malfoy, watched the high-profile negotiation unfold, the spectators outside quickly learned the outcome.

Now, with Roy publicly revealing the truth, the young mages immediately began whispering among themselves, their glares at Marvin turning hostile.

Of course, strictly speaking, Diah hadn’t actually refused; he just wasn’t cooperating for the time being, but who really paid attention to such slight wordplay?

Roy’s remark threw Mal off balance.

His father directly refused the association’s investigation?

Could the negotiations have turned out worse than expected?

Thinking this, Marvin clenched his teeth, asserting, “So what if we refuse?”

“The Purple Magic Association is innocent; that so-called investigation is just baseless slander!”

That was exactly the line Roy was waiting for.

“How do you know I don’t have evidence?”

“……Bluffing is meaningless!”

“Isn’t blind confidence also meaningless? Besides, I’m not bluffing.” Roy smirked, teasing, “With ‘The Ghost Hand’ Roxas, the necromancer priest, and all those captured cultists along with Purple Mages, it wouldn’t be hard to dig up your dirty schemes.”

“Nonsense!” Marvin shot back, his previously arrogant expression now replaced by tension, “Even if a few fell into corruption and betrayal, that’s their fault and doesn’t represent the Purple Magic Academy!”

After shouting that, Marvin managed to squeeze out a smile again.

After all, with Roxas’s status, there wasn’t much damning evidence against the Purple Magic Academy; it was said that the necromancer was executed on the spot.

This guy was just trying to create a scene—

“You think we can’t find direct evidence against the Purple Magic Academy, right?”

As the young man’s words fell, the chief Purple Mage couldn’t help but widen his eyes in momentary shock.

But what truly caught him off guard was the next statement.

“Indeed, if we could find direct evidence, there wouldn’t be a need for an investigation; the Association would have dealt with you already.”

“However, while we haven’t found evidence linking you and the cultists, we do have quite a bit of dirt on you, Marvin Cassandra.”

Roy glanced at Marvin with a faux sense of nostalgia, “Ah, I was merely invited to visit, but I didn’t expect to witness such a spectacle. The esteemed Marvin Cassandra certainly has quite a few shady dealings behind the scenes…”

In fact, Roxas was still in the middle of questioning, and Roy wasn’t entirely clear on the specifics.

In the original work, Leanna had uncovered a lot of dirt on Marvin, ruining his reputation, but it didn’t specify what exactly Marvin had done. However, one thing Roy remembered clearly.

Marvin Cassandra was secretly running an auction house.

Though back then, Roy didn’t quite understand what that meant, in retrospect, Marvin was the mastermind behind the underground auction.

As for whether he had colluded with cultists, everyone present actually had a sense about it.

After all, this banquet was a test between the Mage Association and the Purple Magic Academy.

Roy didn’t need to prove Marvin’s connection with the cultists; all he had to do was keep talking trash to shake him up, and the Association’s members would seize the opportunity to join in condemning Marvin.

Those wary of the Purple Magic Academy needed a leader, a scapegoat, and that role should have been Leanna’s.

If Leanna couldn’t manage it, he could step in himself.

Roy’s eyes sharpened as he coldly remarked, “Mr. Marvin, while the Association can’t investigate the Purple Magic Academy thoroughly, investigating just you shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

“I-I already said, I want evidence!”

“Exactly! That’s why we need to investigate to prove your innocence! Oh, are the affairs of the Purple Magic Academy so plentiful that it would be troublesome to handle just one person now?”

Roy spread one hand, teasing, “Of course, you can refuse the investigation. But that would mean everything Roxas and the necromancer said is true.”

Marvin’s mouth dropped, sweat trickling down as he found himself at a loss for words.

At that moment, his fiancée couldn’t help but interject, “This is an internal matter between our mages; it’s not your place as a noble from the kingdom to butt in!”

The Purple Mages began to shout over each other, attempting to intimidate Roy just like they did with Leanna earlier.

However, this time, people weren’t standing idly by.

After all, Roy wasn’t just a discriminated Black Mage, he represented more than just the kingdom’s nobility.

He stood as a symbol of humanity’s righteousness, having thwarted cultist plots time and again.

When it came to backing, he wasn’t afraid of Marvin.

“That’s not right!”

“You Purple Mages were the ones who stirred things up first, right?”

“Heh, aren’t you the ones colluding with the cultists, making it a matter that everyone would want to take you down?”

Nobles from the Lionheart Kingdom, elves from the Emerald Council, and even representatives from Goldsand and South Sea countries all stepped forward, aligning with Roy.

The first two didn’t need further explanation, as the noble from Goldsand remembered Roy saving him during the Blue Trial. As for the South Sea nobles, it would be inappropriate not to speak up at this point.

As things escalated, the other six academies could no longer remain silent.

They had initially come to seek an excuse to condemn the Purple Magic Academy and apply pressure on them.

Leanna hadn’t assisted back then because the opponent was tightly holding onto the matter of Black Magic, making it hard for them to step in. But Roy was different.

Though Roy was a noble and an outsider, he symbolized humanity’s victory against cultist plots. No one held a more significant leverage than him when it came to condemning cultists—except possibly the Holy Light Church!

What could possibly provide a better excuse than a chief suspect of colluding with cultists?

Now that outside forces were making their stand, when else would they wait to show up?

In an instant, everyone pounced on Marvin like hyenas catching the scent of blood.

How could one mouth compete against ten?

No matter how the Purple Mages tried to argue and defend themselves, they couldn’t overpower the sheer number of voices against them.

“Enough! Roy Ainbrad, who do you think you are? You dare question me?!”

Marvin suddenly roared, unleashing a grandiose aura that swirled with countless ghosts, glaring fiercely at Roy.

Everyone fell silent, and the mages couldn’t help but chuckle.

Not to mention how sensitive Roy’s identity was, the Purple Mage’s loss of composure and resorting to attacking a noble was enough reason for the Mage Association to forcibly detain Marvin.

Roy, on the other hand, couldn’t help but snicker.

Marvin wouldn’t go so far as to attack; he was just losing his cool out of anger.

But to lay charges on someone, any excuse would do, right? A person allegedly connected to cultists getting violent against a noble exposing his true colors? The Mage Association could easily latch onto this and drag the entire Purple Magic Academy into the mud!

Yet just then, a more oppressive aura suddenly flashed by, freezing Marvin in his tracks.