That's all I can say for now.
I don't know if Roxy would have become Pax's home tutor, if I didn't reincarnate in this world. Yet Pax would still become a king through a coup.
Moreover, the chances are high this time that Hitogami is behind this.
If Pax was educated by Roxy, even if he received a different education than other timelines, I doubt the situation would be any different.
That's why, this crisis is definitely not Roxy's fault.
"Pax has been manipulated by Hitogami."
"But... No, right, I get it."
Roxy still has her reservations, but in the end she dropped her objections.
She probably is still bothered that one of her students did a bad thing.
Suddenly I look at Sylphy.
She isn't my student, but the one that taught her magic foundations was me, and I think I taught her many other things as well.
If after the Metastasis Event she didn't end up with Ariel, but instead used the magic I taught her to kill and steal. What would I think?
I definitely would have thought, [I taught her wrong], [I'm responsible], [I need to stop her], [I need to get her to listen to me], and etc.
"Eh, Rudi, what is it?"
"Nothing, I just realize that Sylphy had always listened to everything I said."
"That came out of no where, haven't I been doing that even now? Only recently, Rudi was so pushy, even though I was reluctant, and forced me..."
"Hey, there's children present."
"Ah, right."
Lucy, who's sitting besides her, looks back and forth at me and Sylphy.
Her face reads, [What are you talking about.]
How cute.
It's too early for her, too early to learn about night time wrestling strategies.
Let's end this family meeting here, on a positive note.
"Alright, everyone, I'll leave the rest..."
"Ah! Ah-!"
Crying suddenly.
Looking over, the usually quiet Lara is bursting in tears in Roxy's bosom.
She's looking towards me, crying, with her tiny hands outstretch.
"Kya! Aah-!"
"Lara, what wrong? Be good..."
Roxy nervously tries to comfort her, but she just keeps crying.
I think this is the first time Lara ever had an outburst like this.
Maybe she couldn't handle the heavy mood.
She just keeps looking, with her hands outstretched towards me, crying a river.
"Rudi..."
"Oh."
I take Lara from Roxy's hands, carrying her in my arms.
Lara instantly stops crying as soon as she grabs hold of me.
She grasps tightly on my shoulder, glued on me like a cicada.
Maybe she can sense that I'll soon be far away.
If she was crying because of that, it bothers me a bit...
But this never happened previously.
Maybe because the mood feels different this time, she sensed something?
"Well, papa will go away for a while, so be a good girl, okay?"
Oh, she should be fine if she stopped crying.
I lightly pat her back before handing her back to Roxy.
I tried to hand her over.
But couldn't.
Lara refuses to let go.
She grabs my cloak and clings on like a rhinoceros beetle.
"Kya-! Aah-!"
Just when I try to pry her away, Lara starts crying loudly and refuses to leave.
I'm actually very happy that Lara wants to be with papa so much.
Be a good girl, when papa comes home, I'll take a bath-bath with you.
"Well, Roxy, I'll leave her to you."
"Eh? Ah, okay."
Well, I said that I can't pry her off, but she's still a baby, after all.
I easily toss her over to Roxy.
"Aah---! Kya-----!"
Right away, Lara cries out like she's at death's door.
Almost as loud as Eris, nothing like how quiet she usually was.
I feel a little guilty, like I'm abusing her somehow.
"Then, while I'm away..."
"Maa--! Baa----! Aaa--!"