“…Mary…?”
“Dad…!!”
Mary’s father, Goto, who had painful looking bruises and cuts on his face, sounded surprised as he said his daughter’s name.
She gulped as she looked at the bandages all over his body, and walked silently towards him, before hanging her head.
“…You came. I’m a little surprised. I thought you resented me…”
“Of course not… That’s not…”
Mary’s father sounded both lonely and happy, and she did not know how to respond.
She did resent her father… But what she felt when she heard about his emergency was worry and unease.
In the end, it seemed this was a childish rebellious phase.
She was unable to recover from the shock of losing her mother, and threw it all at her father.
Thinking about losing her only family made her feel uneasy and desperate, and she spoke to her father with tears in her eyes.
“I’m sorry, dad…! I… I…!”
“You don’t have to apologize to me. I haven’t been able to face you properly ever since you lost your mother. That’s pathetic for a parent.”
“That’s because I’ve been running away from you ever since. I built that gap, so…”
Mary stammered as her tears flowed, as if she was calling herself pathetic.
In the end, she knew. She knew she was being selfish.
She knew her dead mother would not wish for revenge, that her father loved her and worried about her… And even that the man who caused the accident regretted it.
She was afraid to face her mother’s death, so she ran away, hating people around her and society, and continued down the path of having to resent someone due to her own weakness.
If she continued letting that weakness guide her down that path… She would do something she could not take back.
Betray those who loved her, become a criminal after murdering someone in the name of justice… As Mary cried after opening her eyes, Goto gently held her.
“It’s okay, it’s okay… Your father is right here. I won’t let you feel alone anymore..”
“Dad…! I’m sorry…!”
Mary bawled as she hugged her father.
Yuugo watched silently from behind the door, and felt deeply relieved as he watched the father and daughter reconcile, with a smile on his face.
“I’m really glad…!”
Seeing father and daughter tell each other how they really feel after not seeing eye to eye made him truly happy.
Some said that adversity strengthened the foundations, but a father and daughter making up in a turbulent time such as that was a very welcome sight.
Now all there was left was to stop the Friends of the Night Society and Black Veil… He thought just as Ryuuga walked to him with a grave expression.
“What is it Ryuuga?”
“…I know who Black Veil is. I don’t have proof, but I’m sure.”
Yuugo was surprised by this sudden statement from his partner, but he continued quietly.
“If I’m correct, he’s on the move. I need your power in order to capture Black Veil.”
It seemed he intended to face Black Veil alone with Yuugo.
Yuugo felt the trust placed on him… But after closing his mouth and looking at Mary and her father, he turned back to Ryuuga.
“…Sorry partner, can I leave that to you? There’s something I have to do.”
He seemed apologetic, but his expression had a strong will behind it, so Ryuuga frowned for just a moment before that expression turned into a smile, and he reassured Yuugo.
“Don’t ask me questions, Yuugo. You can leave it to me at times like these.”
“Yes, sorry. I’m entrusting it to you, partner.”
“…Do what you have to. Protect the peace and freedom, hero.”
Ryuuga left after those words, and Yuugo silently watched him.
And immediately after, he took action to do what he had to do.
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