"Such a pity she had to be an enemy."
Kailen sighed inwardly, reflecting on the Principal's apology.
He felt it— the weight of pain, guilt, grief, and helplessness lingering in her voice.
She was genuinely sorry.
But to Kailen, apologies were not enough when certain lines were crossed.
She was an enemy.
She was the ally of a man who harmed his parents and grandfather; nothing else mattered.
Worst of all, she was a vimodial contractor, and she had to be eliminated.
"If I go around empathizing with the emotions and reasons behind an enemy's actions— no matter how honorable the reasons may seem, even when they would be harmful to the safety of myself and my loved ones, I'd be making a big mistake," Kailen mused inwardly to himself.
As the principal sighed deeply with complex emotions at Kailen's complete lack of response to her apology, the young man's gaze settled on the corpse of the giant creature.
