"I... don't know." Ritsuka gave a helpless shrug at Waver's question. "The Doctor never really talked about himself, and I never thought to ask him. But maybe... Maybe he didn't say anything so that Goetia wouldn't find out? Goetia didn't think Chaldea was a threat, and never bothered attacking until the very end. So it was a total surprise to find out that the Doctor was really Solomon all along..."
Where Waver may have spoken the name with reverence, Ritsuka referred to both names an almost fond familiarity. To her, he had originally just been a leader, a mentor, and a cherished friend, after all.
"And Chaldea was under a lot of suspicion, but I think it all worked out somehow, after everyone had a chance to review the reports, and we helped take care of some other things that came up over the next year." Of course, in her case, said reports had been heavily edited in a concerted effort to minimize or even outright erase Ritsuka's role in things. Not to deny her credit, but to protect her from catching the Mage Association's eye. A fact that even now she was unaware of, having never even thought to read said reports herself.
"In the end, Chaldea was bought out by Goredolf Musik, and all the staff were going to be replaced. Some of them were going to take job offers they got with places like the Association, so I figure that means they knew Chaldea wasn't at fault for anything. I didn't know what I wanted to do, so I was planning to just go home for a while first."
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Where Waver may have spoken the name with reverence, Ritsuka referred to both names an almost fond familiarity. To her, he had originally just been a leader, a mentor, and a cherished friend, after all.
"And Chaldea was under a lot of suspicion, but I think it all worked out somehow, after everyone had a chance to review the reports, and we helped take care of some other things that came up over the next year." Of course, in her case, said reports had been heavily edited in a concerted effort to minimize or even outright erase Ritsuka's role in things. Not to deny her credit, but to protect her from catching the Mage Association's eye. A fact that even now she was unaware of, having never even thought to read said reports herself.
"In the end, Chaldea was bought out by Goredolf Musik, and all the staff were going to be replaced. Some of them were going to take job offers they got with places like the Association, so I figure that means they knew Chaldea wasn't at fault for anything. I didn't know what I wanted to do, so I was planning to just go home for a while first."
Though, of course, that hadn't happened.