Fear.
Regret.
Self-blame.
This would be Instructor Max's life cycle for the next few years, but that's if he manages to actually last that long.
After finding a convenient excuse to retire from the military, he didn't think he'd feel that fear of being hunted again.
And who would've known that the nightmares that haunted him would now physically hunt him just because of one mistake?
But that's what narcissists would think when trying to justify their actions.
For what about all those students who didn't have the same mental fortitude (ehem) as Luca Kyros?
However, Instructor Max was not one to think about others, even as he ran around like a mouse. A mouse who was now trapped in a planet brought by one furious cat.
And that cat was Duke Leander Kyros, who got word from one of the manor's servants about people talking about the prowess of the next Duke.