People's opinion of him changed from "creepy kid" to "pitiful kid who does not have talent for magic but could not face the reality".
Lute-kun himself was puzzled that "recently, the aunties helping out at the orphanage had been strangely kind, giving me sweets and all", he didn't notice at all.
Thickheaded as always, he continued on with the development of magic devices without noticing his surroundings.
The part when the "gun" that Lute-kun made caused a problem, was at the beginning of summer.