The headmaster was gracefully courteous in public, but privately, he was vindictive and brutally outspoken. Aviloya's temperament... when she occupied the Director-General's seat, she embodied great wisdom and acted with impartiality. However, once she left that position, she became petty and autocratic.
They would compromise with the Elders' Council and the Supreme Tribunal for national affairs, but expecting those two Ninth Power Level individuals to hold their noses and tolerate this damn mess concerning the old man? Pure daydreaming.
The old man was still trapped in his own rigid mindset. Simply put, he didn't understand those two well enough and was being presumptuous.
"Really..." The old man sounded somewhat disheartened. He had always conducted himself this way; his disposition was hard to change. He couldn't even imagine handling matters differently.
