The Rat King's Persona Collapses

(A chill ran down his spine.)

"Take a walk with me?"

The Rat King raised his cane and tapped it against the ground before looking at Bai Ye.

"Come on, aren't you about to do your morning training?"

Bai Ye deliberately emphasized the words "morning training," but the Rat King merely smiled unconcernedly.

The two slowly walked along the streets of the slums. The Rat King did not walk quickly, while Bai Ye stayed at his side.

"Where did the children from the church go?" Bai Ye happened to have something he wanted to ask the Rat King.

"They were relocated, naturally. They couldn't keep living in the church. It was getting cold, and the church wasn't fit for people to stay in. Lighting a fire for warmth would also create a fire hazard, so it was simpler to move them all out."

As he spoke, the Rat King pointed toward the center of a city block in the distance and continued:

"The buildings over there were damaged by the Reunion Movement. It was the perfect opportunity to build a new orphanage."

"I see. That's not bad..."

Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that even if Chen Hui-chieh was at Rhodes Island and unable to look after the slums, there was no need to worry.

"Come to think of it, I ought to thank you... I liked what you said in the slums last time." The Rat King clearly held Bai Ye in high regard.

"It was just some musings from a chuunibyou teenager. Anyone can say something cool—it's nothing special." Bai Ye waved a hand, though inwardly he was dying of embarrassment.

Believing in humanity's potential and all that... How had he managed to say something so painfully chuunibyou back then?

The key was that someone had actually