“Aniki… is it alright for me to be glad?” (Reus)
“Oo, be glad, be glad. Look, I’ll pat you more.” (Sirius)
“…Yeayyy!” (Reus)
That’s right, rejoice to your heart’s content.
On another note, while Emilia and Reese were relieved that Reus had regained his spirit, there was an air of jealousy about them because I was petting Reus so much.
Rodwell, returning to our group, laughed as he saw the situation around Reus.
“Huhuhu, as expected of Sirius-kun. Reus became spirited just with that.” (Rodwell)
“It was remarkable for Reus to hold his own against that man. There’s no need for him to be depressed.” (Sirius)
“That’s right. I am also grateful, not only for holding off the mercenary, but for fighting against Golia. You have every right to be proud right now.” (Rodwell)
I understand that Rodwell had his own expectations for how this would turn out.
However, you’re way too lenient about this disturbance and Gregory’s escape. Furthermore, you are like this despite Reus being depressed about it to such an extent. I think I’ll prepare a bit of a ‘counter attack’.
“As expected of headmaster. You’ve lived for how many hundreds of years, and yet you still strive to improve.” (Sirius)
“Of course. People are creatures who cannot help but make mistakes. What’s important is that you have a heart that lets you reflect on them.” (Rodwell)
“That kind of thinking is fantastic. Well then, in the spirit of reflection and improvement, let’s hold back on sweets for now, until you get in shape.” (Sirius)
“…Eh?” (Rodwell)
“To be specific, I won’t be supplying you with cake for a while.” (Sirius)
“Err…wait a sec, Sirius-kun?” (Rodwell)
There is obviously some truth in my words, the headmaster doesn’t seem to be able to retort. The man who was overpowering in the eyes of his enemies just a few hours ago, now appeared feeble and lost in thought.
Magna-sensei, who overheard our conversation, was unable to remain indifferent to such a situation, and came over to intervene.
“Sirius-kun, the headmaster has various stressful tasks and responsibilities that are pressuring him, and he never has time to take a vacation. Meanwhile, Sirius-kun’s sweets are soothing. I implore you to reconsider.” (Magna)
“Magna-sensei. Thank you for protecting Emilia with your golem. As means of thanking you, I’ll supply you with a whole cake this time.” (Sirius)
“Headmaster, please reflect on it.” (Magna)
“Magna!?” (Rodwell)
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Finally, once the students who were trapped in the slave collars were released, and those holed up in the classrooms were freed, everyone was able to laugh and start recovering from this incident.
It will be a bitter memory for those involved, especially those trapped by the collars, but they will be more sympathetic to those in similar positions to themselves. They’ve learned a good lesson through this event, if it is any consolation to them.
Gregory was shunned for his actions, and became an example to everyone in the school. His death was revealed to the students present, and they were told that the ones behind this incident would face capital punishment.
Thus, while more people were involved than should have been, the revolution came to close before ever involving the whole country.