My Magical Career at Court: Living the Dream After My Nightmare Boss Fired Me from the Mages' Guild! Volume 5

However, his dreams had come to nothing. He’d learned that the real world was dirtier and messier than he’d imagined. That innocent academy graduate had found himself trapped in a bottomless swamp, and slowly but surely, the swamp had swallowed him up and broken him down.

People see what they want to see. It’s always easier to blame other people than to acknowledge your own faults and put in the work to fix them. If somebody doesn’t want to change, then they won’t. I’ve learned that from experience.