Chapter 50

Lately, Princess Siena, the Second Princess, had been finding interest in two things.

First of all, the Academy.

While there wasn’t just one academy in the empire, the mention of “Academy” generally referred to the Royal Academy located in The State—a higher education institution that cultivated high-level talent leading the empire across various sectors.

Something intriguing was happening there.

“Initially, I had just decided to check out of curiosity.”

What had originally spurred her inquiry was the sight of the drug addict Leon acting strangely, leading to a reasonable suspicion: “There’s no way this person is the only idiot.” That suspicion prompted her to look into things further.

It was a trivial task since many of the academy professors were already trying to connect themselves with Siena’s faction.

But what Siena found about the students was beyond what she’d expected—not in terms of their academic achievements being excellent, but rather the utter chaos some students displayed.

“One moment, Your Highness, Princess Siena. There’s an issue being hushed up within the Academy recently. Students residing in Dormitory 2 have been frequently absent. A covert investigation was conducted yesterday, and we discovered a group smoking opium together.”

Reports were coming in about students skipping classes to huddle together smoking opium. It was said that nine students had set up an opium den in one of the dorms. Some students were drinking herbal tea brewed in opium-laden fumes.

The Academy reportedly took disciplinary action and implemented roll calls to address the issue, seeing as it had happened inside the dormitory.

“It’ll never stop that easily.”

Siena was confident of