People did not know how to roast Otto's storytelling anymore.
They could only say—this story was told terribly.
Still, no matter how much they mocked it, it could not change the fact that Otto had already done it. Even if people were unhappy, they could only accept this utterly ridiculous setup.
Fortunately, that bastard Otto was not simply trying to disgust people. He then revealed that the forbidden black box was actually a Divine Key as well—the unfinished Twelfth Divine Key left behind by the Previous Era.
Because it was unfinished, it was also the most dangerous. It contained the power of a Herrscher, and an extraordinarily dangerous Herrscher at that.
If the power within went into rampage, it could even bring about an apocalyptic crisis—at least, that was how Void Archives put it.
It was actually extremely dangerous for Kallen to take the black box away, and Otto had been worried about that as well.
However, in order to cover Kallen's escape, Otto had no choice but to stay behind. Though he desperately wanted to flee with Kallen, he rationally believed that staying was the best option—as long as he gained enough authority and status, Kallen's crime of stealing the black box and fleeing could be resolved through some maneuvering.
Yes, it reeked of the filthy power-and-money dealings of adults.
Without question, to those who understood reality, Kallen's actions were rather childish. Otto's approach was the correct one, and also the most effective.
Within a corrupt power structure, only by joining it and wielding its power could one accomplish what one wanted to do.
Kallen's method of fleeing with something dangerous was undoubtedly impulsive and foolish. It was only because Otto saw Kallen as his cherished white moonlight; otherwise, with a pig teammate like that, anyone even a little