"Do you remember those days when I had just arrived at the Grand Natural Sciences Academy to study?"
Reilo's voice carried a wistfulness and longing that only he himself could detect.
"Back then, my mentor was always criticizing me. I was forever doing things that displeased him, and he had eyes only for our senior fellow disciple. You were the one who patiently taught me, never growing tired of it. To me, you were the greatest scholar in the world. Even the same noodles you ate every day became the food I cherished most. You were also the one who patiently taught me the importance of respecting our teachers and passing on their teachings. Were all those experiences nothing but the foolishness of natives in your eyes?"
The air fell silent for a moment.
Deep in Shatuo's eyes, a difficult struggle surfaced, along with shame mingled with pain and regret. Then came an irrepressible fury!
"You have no right to lecture me here! You're not fit to judge me!!"
Shatuo's low, ragged breathing gave way to a hysterical roar.
"Don't think I don't know what you've done all these years! Can you honestly say you haven't betrayed our mentor? You were the one pulling the strings behind the scenes, the one who created the Radiation Wasteland we see today. You even leaked the secrets of Radiation Weapons to the Dark World, hoping to use its power to bring down the Holy See. How many people have died by your hand? Hundreds of thousands? Millions? Compared to the lives you've taken, what does my tally amount to? You're the cruelest, darkest Witcher in this world!!"
Shame and fury made Shatuo explode completely.
"You didn't just betray and destroy the Grand Duchy that our mentor loved so dearly. You even turned your