Lynn closed his eyes.
Indeed.
It had been a long time.
Their first meeting had been within the first ten chapters, and now it had been over nine hundred chapters.
He had never expected their reunion to take place under these circumstances, watching the child he had personally raised, someone he could rightly call his "daughter," locked in a cage and abused...
Lynn abruptly opened his eyes. Immense killing intent surged through his narrowed gaze, only to give way in an instant to his unchanging smile.
"Do you realize how dangerous it is to do this?"
Rost stared at him and said in a hoarse, low voice, "That is why I kept emphasizing at the meeting that you are not a chaotic evil creature. Though your methods resemble ours, you are fundamentally different from us! Your concern for those around you will inevitably become the greatest vulnerability of creatures like you, and that is your greatest weakness!"
"You are not like us. You cannot possibly stop caring!"
Lynn was instantly delighted.
It was the first time anyone had praised him so highly in public!
Sure enough, only your enemies truly understood you.
Exactly!
He was no chaotic evil creature at all. His heart was still full of love and justice. Like every kind creature, he was filled with empathy. He had things he cared about, lines that could never be crossed, and weaknesses others mocked as the inherent flaws shared by carbon-based life.
Lynn's smile deepened. Holding his monocle, he said:
"Ah! You figured it all out. You're right, that is this fool's weakness. Just as, if someone killed my teacher, I would scour the entire world to find the murderer and tear him to pieces. But you should also know that sometimes, this isn't really a weakness."
"Because if