Zachary withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as though he couldn’t care less about the kids’ behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.

Turning to Ruby, he said, “I’ll entrust the kids to you then.”

“Of course, of course! I’ll take very good care of them. Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht!” Ruby and the other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.

Zachary took one last look at the kids before leaving.

As he walked away, Jamie stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but seeing as Robbie wasn’t saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack!”

In the end, it was Ellie who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zachary’s heart.

to look at her, his lips curving into

Uncle Zack…” Jamie finally summoned up the courage to wave to

look at Robbie, who

He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved

better, Zachary turned to

very least, he could confirm that the children did not detest

I’ll send you off,” Ruby said, leading the way

to settle down. “These are from Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie. What should you say

of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie, Jamie, and

turned around to look at the children, only to find that they

bowing

he wanted to say something, but chose to remain silent

and chirped,

The students let out another whoop

sudden wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would be nice to

when she heard

right outside the gates. Under the watchful

that most of the items

but she didn’t ask

Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

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