How long has it been since we sat down and had a proper meal like this? "
In the beginning, Rozen suddenly said such a sentence.
"… I can't remember."
It was unknown if Magnus was reminiscing or resisting, but after a while, he replied in a cold tone as if he didn't care about such a small matter at all.
Perhaps, only those who were more familiar with Magnus would be able to sense that Magnus's attitude was undoubtedly much more relaxed than before at this moment.
This made Rozen smile and start chatting with Magnus.
What they chatted about were all unimportant topics. There wasn't any official business, and they didn't mention anything about the past. They were just talking about their lives in the academy.
The difference was that Rozen was usually the one asking questions, while Magnus only gave answers. It was as if he was trying to figure out what Rozen was trying to do, and he was surprisingly hesitant.
He couldn't help but hesitate.
After all …
"I didn't expect you to chat with me like this."
Magnus said calmly.
In his opinion, Rozen should be very hostile to him, just like before, fighting with him as soon as they met, that was the normal reaction.
No matter what, Magnus was a murderer who killed his own kin. Logically speaking, Rozen should not only be hostile towards him, but he should also hate him.
In the past, Rozen was like this. Even though he didn't hate Magnus as much as Raizen, he still saw Magnus as an enemy and never showed any weakness in front of Magnus.
Now, Rozen's attitude had completely changed, so it was natural for Magnus to be surprised and hesitant.
Magnus believed that he understood Rozen quite well. He knew that not only was Rozen talented from a young age, he wasn't inferior to him at all. In fact, he was even slightly better than him. Moreover, he was smart and quick-witted, and his mind was much more agile than an adult's. He definitely wasn't a rash person who only knew how to rush forward. As such, Rozen's attitude made Magnus wonder if he was plotting something.
Magnus couldn't help but be cautious.
However, his caution was completely shaken by Rozen's next words.
"Brother Tian."
Rozen looked directly at Magnus, his tone softened, and he actually called Magnus that way with a smile.
That familiar form of address caused Magnus' heart to waver.
Magnus probably didn't expect to hear that title again after so many years.
But Rozen did address him as such.
Moreover, it was from the bottom of his heart.
Because …
"It's time to tell me the truth about what happened back then."
Magnus couldn't help but clench his fist when he heard Rozen's straightforward attitude.
But …
"What truth? I don't know what you're talking about. "
Magnus replied in an unusually cold tone.
"Are you still planning to hide it?" Rozen didn't find it strange. Instead, he said, "Don't waste your time. Since you think you know me, do you think I wouldn't notice anything unusual?"
Rozen's words made Magnus speechless.
Seeing this, Rozen continued to speak as if he had the upper hand.
"I know that what happened back then might not be as simple as it seems. There must be a lot of things involved." Rozen continued to look at Magnus and said, "Maybe you have some concerns about those things, but I'm different. After seeing my strength, you should be able to understand, right?"
Magnus instantly fell silent.
Magnus naturally understood what Rozen was implying.
"The things you are worried about might not even be worth mentioning to me. Even if it involves a country or a world power, I'm not afraid." Rozen said in a matter-of-fact tone, "So, if you are afraid of implicating me or the mastermind behind the scenes, you don't have to."
Such a big tone, perhaps even in the whole world, only Rozen could say it, right?
But wasn't that the truth?
For Rozen who could single-handedly summon hundreds of thousands of magical creatures, he wouldn't have to be afraid even if his opponent was a large country, right?
How many soldiers did a large country have?
How many automatons did a large country have?
In this world where ingenuity was the main combat power, even in a large country, it was already an amazing thing to have more than 10,000 automatons in an army. The Mech Division that England was so proud of had less than 10,000 automatons every time it was deployed. There were only a handful of situations where an army with more than 10,000 automatons was needed. This showed the combat power of a large country.
On the other hand, Rozen could summon hundreds of thousands of magical creatures. Even if the magical creatures were of varying strength, it shouldn't be difficult for him to defeat an army of 100,000 automatons, right?
It was precisely because of Rozen's strength that the world powers were alarmed. Hence, they all took some measures to make the cities of the automatons flourish.
Of course, many people actually believed that Rozen's mana would definitely not be able to last long after summoning such an army. Hence, they were only envious of Rozen and not afraid of him. However, they definitely didn't want to offend Rozen too much.
Otherwise, if Rozen had allowed hundreds of thousands of magical creatures to descend into the country and attack it wantonly, even a large country would suffer great losses. In the end, the neighboring countries would take advantage of the situation and destroy the country.
Hence, even a large country had to be wary of Rozen.
If Rozen could single-handedly make a large country fear him, what was there to be afraid of?
However, Magnus didn't know that to the current Rozen, an army of hundreds of thousands of monsters was nothing. Not to mention a large country, even if he had to face the entire world, Rozen wouldn't be afraid.
As for exhaustion, that was a joke. Rozen didn't need to worry about whether he had enough mana or not.
Because of that …
"Tell me the truth, Brother Tian."
So Rozen told Magnus everything.
“.....”
Magnus didn't say a word and was completely speechless.
A wave of silence spread between the two of them, causing the girls behind them to look over one by one. All sorts of feelings welled up in their hearts.
After a long time …
"No."
Magnus exhaled. He had to give such an answer.
There was no perfunctory answer, nor did he put all the blame on himself. He just told Rozen … No.
"Why?"
Rozen didn't move. He stared into Magnus's eyes and asked calmly.
"It's simple." Magnus didn't beat around the bush and said, "I don't want to be a bigger sinner."
This was Magnus's reason.
Rozen immediately understood.
Hence, Rozen also fell silent.
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