Setting down the letter Mage Seda had written long ago—one that he hadn't had the time to send, and now never would—Gaode remained speechless for a long time.
To the apprentices in the Medicinal Garden, Mage Seda was the absolute "villain," a wicked man, and an abuser.
But to Mage Seda himself, he was just like Gaode: merely a "victim" struggling to reunite with his wife and child. Yet now, to Mage Seda's wife and child, Gaode had instead become the villain.
Realizing this, Gaode felt an incredibly complex mix of emotions.
Even though he knew clearly that if he hadn't fought back then, he would be the one dead now. It was a situation where only one person could survive. Gaode's resistance was perfectly justified; no one could find the slightest fault in it.
