"….."
After his final words faded into silence, Robin leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling, his gaze unfocused, tracing patterns he had memorized long ago. Every crack, every faint discoloration—nothing in this room was unfamiliar to him anymore.
No matter how deliberately blind he tried to be, Robin had to admit a simple truth: the pace at which the colossal entity known as the True Beginning Empire, along with all its branches, had grown was nothing short of terrifying. It was fast—far too fast—even by the standards of the staggering sums he had poured into it, even considering the countless innovations, techniques, and systems he had handed over to its people without restraint.
