Chapter 9: The Old Principal
He had done something he had always mocked the original Licht for — using the background of the Valtier family to save his skin.
When a person reaches a level of fame and influence, the truth about the situation rarely matters.
What’s more important is what the public wants to believe.
Licht had perfectly played into that.
After all, what’s more believable —that someone from the Eight Great Houses was a fraud who had bribed Principal Greyfax, who was known for his disdain of corruption?Or that he had simply been involved in a messy relationship with an attention-seeking cadet?
Anyone else would’ve done the same thing to save themselves.
Yes. That’s right.
That’s what Licht told himself.
It was denial.
Stupid, selfish denial — and Licht knew it.
But even if he knew, even if the truth stood right in front of him...