Borgna actually felt rather embarrassed about the whole thing now.
It felt a little like suddenly being discovered by someone he had once hated after he had turned from an anti-fan into a fan.
As he ate the hot pot before him and sighed over how delicious it was, his shame only grew more intense. In the end, he mustered his courage, the tips of his ears flushed red, and began explaining himself to Zhou Xu...
"I-I absolutely wasn't boycotting you, Teacher. It was because..."
He was so nervous that even his speech became stammered.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu smiled and waved his hand.
"It was only a minor matter. You don't need to take it to heart."
After all, Borgna had not actually done anything to harm Great Zhou before. At most, he had voiced a few protests, but his protests had carried little weight within the Elf race and naturally had little impact.
He had even been grabbed by the ear and given a thorough scolding by his elders because of those protests, nearly being forcibly silenced.
Besides, if one really looked at it, the person Borgna had truly targeted was Shilke. Great Zhou had merely been caught in the crossfire.
Yet even Shilke, the elf involved, had not taken the matter to heart. So what was there for him to agonize over?
"Regardless, I was in the wrong. I hereby sincerely apologize to you, Teacher. After this, I'll also go and offer Shilke a sincere apology."
Just as Borgna himself had said, the crux of the matter was no longer whether Zhou Xu cared about it. It was that Borgna himself cared far too much now.
The matter was like some kind of inner demon haunting him. If he did not confess, he would have to continue