“…It happened not long ago. I was running away from the relentless invitations from those students called hero prospects, and I was helped by Miss Mary’s father, Mister Goto, who works in the academy as a gardener…
I listened to him, wondering what I could do to repay him, so when I heard that his daughter was attending meetings of the Friends of the Night Society practically every night, and did not return home…”
“You also attended the meeting to bring the daughter back to her father?”
Asked Yuugo, and Sakura nodded.
Raiha and Setsuna sighed in relief after realizing Sakura was not sympathetic to Black Veil’s ideology, but Mary’s expression was the opposite as she spoke.
“Damn old man, why did he… Like he gives a damn about me…!”
“Miss Mary! Do not speak ill of your father! Mister Goto is worried about you from the bottom of his heart. Did you know that he even tried to attend a meeting and bring you back, but was stopped by other believers?”
“Yes, I did. So?”
Mary spoke poorly of her father Goto, and what Sakura said did not seem to make a difference.
Raiha then asked Sakura a question to try to clear this tense air a little.
“But then why didn’t you talk to us about it? We might have been able to help…”
“Well… I was the one with a debt to pay, so I did not want to get you involved. That is half of it, the other is… That if other students there saw you attend a meeting, it might have gotten even more complicated.”
“By other students there, you mean people like Shian? Are there more students of Luminous Academy there?”
Sakura nodded again.
Mary sighed, and she answered in Sakura’s place.
“That sort of person started attending right after she went to one. They keep talking to her over and over and saying it’s no time for that sort of meeting! They’re really annoying…!!”
“I know not of where they heard this information, but I really did not expect them to follow me to meetings of the Friends of the Night Society… I mean…”
“I see. Other students might have gone to meetings because they heard Shian and the others were there. Regardless of what’s actually going on, it just looks like hero prospects sympathize with Black Veil.”
“News coverage brought in a bunch of posers anyway, and now those people too. The ones running the meetings say it’s good that there are more followers of Black Veil, but to me they’re just annoying. They don’t get Black Veil’s justice…!!”
“Hmph…! You’re pretty fired up about a savage murderer. Is that guy’s justice that noble?”
“Shut up! What do you know about Black Veil!? He’s going to be our savior!”
Mary said angrily to Marcos while hitting the table.
The people around it were surprised and silent at this reaction, and Mary spoke quietly while limply falling into her chair.
“Black Veil doesn’t just attack criminals. He’s taking revenge for us…!”
“Revenge? What do you mean?”
“…The criminals being killed were murderers. They all killed people, but weren’t prosecuted due to lack of evidence, served short sentences, and are going on living like nothing happened. They’re living peacefully without atoning for their crimes, not caring about how much the families and friends of the people they killed are suffering.
Black Veil is executing the punishment they deserve, that’s all. He’s not a savage murderer. He’s a messiah of justice. You don’t know anything, so who are you to deny him!?”
“…Did you also…?”
“Yes. Three years ago, my mother was hit by a drunk guy on a horse and died! Right in front of me!But he was sentenced to a few years in jail and that was it… He was released recently. My mother didn’t get to come back, so why does he…!?”
Mary clenched her fists tightly and tears welled up in her eyes as she angrily mumbled.
No one responded, as she continued speaking with hatred.
“…That’s why I decided to ask Black Veil to judge that guy. Both that monster… And my father too!”
“What are you saying, Miss Mary!? Mister Goto is the only family you have left! Why would you…!?”
“Shut up! That guy isn’t a father! He already forgot about my mother! He keeps throwing away her mementos! Don’t you think that’s proof that you don’t care about a dead person!?”
Mary spoke with a rough tone again as she yelled at Sakura.
She cried and yelled with anger, but was interrupted.
“You’re the one that doesn’t get it. Your father loves his family a lot.”
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