Chapter 223: The Tin Knight and The Tower of Greed (3)
Dorothea’s party’s plan to have the Witch of the North acknowledge this incident as real was a very uncomfortable and fatal move from the Tower of Control’s perspective.
No matter how much others might claim that incident was true, they had the power to suppress those voices.
Even if it was another tower head, they could at least raise their voices against the other’s claims, calling it slander and scheming.
However, the Witch of the North was an exception.
Even if she had relinquished most of her political power, the fact that the Witch of the North was the Magic State’s greatest mage remained unchanged.
To ignore the Witch of the North’s testimony, they would have to claim that the Witch of the North lied or that Dorothea’s party’s fabrication skills were superior to the Witch of the North’s and deceived her, but neither was easily acceptable in the Magic State.
But as crisis and opportunity were two sides of the same coin.
If they could only draw the Witch of the North to the Tower of Control’s side.
If the Witch of the North testified that all the evidence submitted by Dorothea’s party was fake.
Not only could they escape from their current cornered situation, but they could even use this incident to pressure other towers.
“—So, you betrayed your teacher and stabbed her in the back? What a vicious mentee you are,” mockery leaked from the mouth of the evil witch, Mombi.
Though her appearance was identical to Orin’s, her gestures and expressions were surrounded by an indescribable malevolence.