"Hmmm… maybe today isn't so bad after all, in the end."
Robin released a long, slow breath, a deeply satisfied smile forming on his face as the tension finally eased from his shoulders.
Moments later, he glanced to the side, having sensed a stare so intense it felt as though it might pierce straight through his skull. "Why are you looking at me like that?!"
"…Congratulations," Althera finally spoke after a long silence. The envy and lack of acceptance were plainly written across her expression. "Your academy, one that only opens once every two hundred years, has taken the greatest honor history has ever known."
"Haha, well, that wasn't a coincidence at all," Robin replied lightly. "My good deeds have a habit of chasing me wherever I go. What can I do about that?" He placed both hands on his hips, lifted his head slightly, and laughed without restraint.
