“Yes, yes…! Finally, fortune is on my side…!!”
The day after the Friends of the Night Society were incited into a rampage by Black Veil, Mary gasped with joy as she looked at her badge.
It was proof she was a follower of Black Veil… The black wing badge that emitted a suspicious light.
She knew what this meant, and the thought of the one she worshiped as justice itself granting her power brought her to tears.
“Now I can finally avenge my mother…!”
Mary clenched her fists tight, as she felt resolute to take revenge on the criminal that killed her mother and lived a carefree life at this point.
With the power of a monster armor beast, it would be easy to erase a simple human… Mary seethed with anger over the one who took away her happy life with her mother and ran, but Ryuuga’s words echoed in the back of her mind.
‘It’s not too late. You should strive to get over that pain with people who support you.’
“…”
As she remembered, the determination in her heart wavered a little.
It’s not too late… Those words resonated strongly with her, and she knew what she was about to do could not be taken back.
Taking revenge for her mother… Meant killing the man who killed her.
Even if it did not go as far as death, it would at least mean making him suffer to a level that was about the same as death.
That could not be taken back. Killing him would make her a criminal, like him.
(But I’m not like him! I’m taking revenge for my mother! What I’m doing is just!!)
She strongly asserted her righteousness in her mind to revive her weakening thirst for revenge.
But then she remembered what Raiha said.
‘Even if Black Veil is just, I don’t think that gives him the right to condemn others.’
Condemning others in the name of justice was right… That weighed heavily in Mary’s heart.
She knew her revenge was all about a personal grudge. She hid that under the word justice, but the reality was that she could not forgive the one who killed her mother.
Surely… There was no justice to her. She just wanted to execute her revenge with the power that fell into her hands.
If she used it, she could have revenge for her mother. But surely she would lose everything as a result.
Would her mother, who was in heaven, want that? Would she be happy if she stained her hands with a crime?
And… What would her father think? He lost his wife, and his daughter would now be a criminal.
“…That doesn’t matter. That guy… That guy…!!”
She tried to clear away her feelings of guilt towards Goto by mumbling hatred of him.
But thinking about him only increased them.
He loved her, and put on a strong front even after losing her mother, as he continued to raise her.
Should she betray that love for revenge… Just as Mary began to waver…
“Miss Mary! Are you here!?”
“!?!?!?”
Mary flinched as she heard Sakura’s voice from the entrance, and immediately hid the badge in her desk drawer.
She put on a calm front as she went to the entrance, and gulped when she saw not only Sakura, but also Yuugo and Jinba there.
“W-what? Why are you here…!?”
Mary struggled to speak as she felt pressured by their stern expressions.
She knew Jinba, the guard she met the previous night.
Was he there to arrest her because he found out she received Black Veil’s blessing? As she panicked internally, Sakura spoke.
“…Miss Mary, please calm down and listen.”
Sakura had a serious expression as she looked directly at her.
Mary looked at her, fearing what she had to say, and was at a loss for words when she heard it.
“Mister Goto… Was attacked by these rampaging people and taken to the hospital. He is unconscious and in critical condition.”
“…Eh?”
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Mary, you messed up big time : (