In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

And then there was the sudden return of his favorite student.

Gülesh, who was writing something, seemed quite displeased and immediately launched into a scathing critique: "What are you doing back here, you troublemaker?"

"I've finished writing the paper, let me show it to you."

Rhodes chuckled and handed over his paper on the new alchemical potion.

However, Gülesh casually took it, tossed it aside without even looking at it, and said without raising his head, "The paper is substandard. Get out of here, go back to your desert, finish writing the paper and send it back to me."

His words were harsh, and carried a clear hint of suppressed anger.

"Teacher, you said I'm not qualified without even looking at it."

Rhodes seemed not to understand what Gülech meant; instead of listening, he urged him to look at the paper.

This made Güleš even more furious.

He decisively tore the paper that Rhodes had painstakingly written to shreds, threw all the pieces into the trash can, and then angrily said, "Unacceptable is unacceptable. Go back and rewrite it."

"Uh."

Knowing that Gülesh was doing this for his own good, wanting him to hurry back to the relatively safe desert, which was a reaction he had expected, Rhodes didn't show any surprise. He just pursed his lips and said, "Then I'll come back after I finish writing."

But before Rhodes could even step out, Gülech shouted again, "Stop!"

He then slammed his handwritten notes onto the table and said coldly, "Here, this is your new homework. Don't come back until you've finished it."

"okay."

Rod stepped forward, took the paper, folded it neatly, bowed, and then left.

There's nothing special about this piece of paper.

It's not the new assignment that Gülesh mentioned either.

It's just some ordinary experimental data.

There are just a few extra lines of text below.

A major case has occurred in the desert. Seno won't be able to return anytime soon. It's dangerous for you to stay in Sumeru City. Don't follow the path of resurrection; return to the desert as soon as possible.

"The school of thought that advocates non-resurrection?"

"Tsk, how can we not follow the path of resurrection?"

"If I don't go back, they won't believe that I could have really obtained divine knowledge."

Rhodes chuckled and confidently headed towards Amilido Academy.

As for whether Güleš behind the scenes will be furious.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Back at Amyrid Academy.

Rod immediately went to the degree review department.

His purpose in coming here was simple.

That is to obtain his formal Dharani degree.

After verifying Rhodes's identity, the reviewers were all unusually friendly as they invited him to the interview room.

Many students from the Shenglun school apply for the Tassa-do degree.

Rod's cutting in line naturally caused dissatisfaction among some people.

But when they heard Rod's name, they fell silent and watched enviously as he walked in with his thesis.

soon.

The scholars responsible for the review have also arrived.

One of them was an acquaintance of Rod's.

"Hello, Vice Dean Hafsay."

Rhodes sat upright, with two papers neatly laid flat on his lap, and didn't sway at all even when greeting Hafsey.

"meet again."

Hafsey brought two scholars whom Rhodes did not recognize to sit in the reviewers' seats.

Look at these two scholars wearing their degree badges.

They are two Tusata.

After a brief greeting, Hafsey began asking questions about Rhodes's paper in accordance with the normal procedure.

Everything is normal.

Throughout the entire process, Hafsey's smile never faded.

Rhodes answered all the questions fluently without the slightest hesitation.

This degree interview, which was similar to a thesis defense, lasted for a total of one hour.

We took a ten-minute break in between.

The review process was quite fast.

The Q&A session is now complete.

Logically, Hafsey should have marked Rhodes's thesis as qualified and approved his tassado degree at this point.

But Hafsey did not do that.

Instead, he closed the papers in front of him and said with a smile, "Apprentice Tosadorod, can you guarantee that both of these papers were written by you alone?"

"Yes."

Rod answered quickly.

"hehe--"

"But as far as I know, many parts of these two papers come from an exiled scholar."

Hafsey stood with his arms crossed, his face kind, but his tone was indescribably cold.

To label someone with a big accusation.

This is his usual practice.

As long as Rhodes admits that his paper was not done independently.

His formal application for the Tosata degree would then be rejected, and his apprentice Tosata degree would also be revoked, and he would be subjected to the most stringent cheating investigation by the Chancellery.

'Are they in such a hurry?'

Through Nasita's mind-reading ability, Rhodes gained a complete understanding of Hafsey's thoughts.

Unsurprisingly.

This guy came to cause trouble on the orders of the Great Sage, wanting to use plagiarism as an excuse to force Gülech and Seno to stop protecting Rhodes.

This appears to be why Gülech advised Rhodes against the resurrectionists.

He must have received some prior notice.

Knowing that Hafsey would be detrimental to Rhodes, he deliberately added the statement against the resurrectionists.

However, this kind of accusation won't work on Rhodes.

He calmly replied, "Vice Dean Hafsay, the Church of Christ is a place that values ​​evidence. You say that my thesis is similar to that of the exiled scholars, then please provide evidence and point out the similarities."

He no longer used a respectful form of address for Hafsay.

This caused Hafsay's expression to harden, and he put away his previous smile. He then presented two papers signed by Adbay, which were marked with a bright red 'sealed' label.

"If that's the case, then there must be evidence."

His voice, which had been gentle, turned somewhat cold: "See for yourself. Hmph, I never thought that the student so highly regarded by Sage Nafis would be a plagiarist. Did you think that by copying an exiled person, the Order of the Church wouldn't be able to find out about your plagiarism?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a scholar who was acting as Hafsey's assistant immediately presented the two papers to Rhodes.

However, what Hafsey didn't expect was...

He had already presented the evidence, but Rod didn't even look at it. He threw the two papers that Rod had used as evidence into the trash can right in front of him.

"Tasadorod, what do you mean by this?"

"Do you think you can escape the scrutiny of the Holy See by running away?"

"Do you think you can clear your name by destroying evidence? I advise you to honestly accept the investigation and not to take any chances."

Hafsey's voice grew increasingly harsh, indicating that he was already prepared to convict Rhodes outright.

The two scholars sitting next to him had expressions of watching the spectacle with a hint of schadenfreude.

A genius is embroiled in a plagiarism scandal.

What a wonderful and interesting thing this is.

Rhodes looked them over one by one, then sighed and looked up, saying, "Vice Dean Hafsay, do you need me to ask Adbay himself to testify?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Hafsey's expression changed slightly as he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"what?"

Rhodes looked at him strangely: "Don't you know that Adebay lives with me? Do you think he wouldn't know whether I copied his paper or not?"

then.

Rhodes then began his defense: "First of all, Adebay's thesis is sealed, right? I can't access it through the void; I can only obtain it through him. Vice Dean Hafsey, you admit that, don't you?"

"."

Hafsey and Rhodes looked at each other for a moment before nodding and saying, "That's right."

"Then, look."

"The logic is simple now, isn't it?"

"If you show my paper to Adbay and he says I plagiarized, then it is plagiarism. If he says it's not plagiarism, then it's definitely not plagiarism. That's the logic, right?"

Rhodes spread his hands and chuckled, "Vice Dean Hafsey, you must know that research topics can overlap, right? Adebay's paper was banned. When I was researching these, I had no idea that it overlapped with his topic. So there's no possibility that my paper was published later. It's just that there happened to be similarities. Don't you agree?"