"I am deeply grateful to be spared the capital punishment; the entire blame rests solely upon me, and I willingly and calmly accept whatever penalty is handed down." Tachibana Masamune stood up, his tone quite sincere, and bowed deeply toward Minamoto Wakasei.
In truth, Tachibana Masamune had not rushed to his feet out of any profound gratitude to Minamoto Wakasei for sparing his life, but rather because he did not want his expression to be seen... Bent double, safely in the blind spot of everyone's line of sight, Tachibana Masamune's face shifted unpredictably. At one moment it was as ferocious as a serial killer who had just split open a corpse, and at the next, it was as gloomy as a grief-stricken, misanthropic man whose wife had died and who longed for the entire world to be destroyed along with her.
Tachibana Masamune had to admit that when Minamoto Wakasei had just spoken of imposing capital punishment, he had indeed been terrified. He had feared that the moment those words left Minamoto Wakasei's mouth, the young man would suddenly leap forward in a ferocious assault, draw his long blade, and slice open his throat.
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