“Reizen-dono! He’s just a child, please be gentle with him…”
“Got it.”
“Bueeeeeeeh!”
“Uwaaaah. Sorry, sorry!”
If someone is lifted up by a stranger, anyone would be surprised. Even young children would cry in such situations.
Theik’s younger brother cries and Reizen becomes confused, but Karna and Uchikage leave the room and break the lock with a sword. They repeat the same thing two or three times and check inside, but the person they are looking for is not there.
They break the lock of the last remaining room and check inside.
“… No one is here…”
“Was it your sister?”
“Yes…”
She knew she was here. There was no mistake about it. But… nobody was there. They searched for something, but there was nothing there. So where did her sister go? Maybe someone took her away, but where to? Even if they started looking now, they wouldn’t have enough time. If the hostage who was being held here had escaped, security should have been increased in other places.
“What should we do…?”
“Don’t pull my hair. Wai- lil bro.”
“I’m not your brother. I’m Thekil…”
“Thekil, stop pulling my hair…”
“No.”
Reizen, who carried Thekil on his shoulder, came out of the room. It was a mystery how they had become such good friends in just a moment, but as long as he stopped crying, that was good enough.
Reizen stopped when he saw Karna’s state. Thekil, who was on his shoulder, saw it too.
“The lady over there is not here anymore.”
“!? You know what happened?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know where she went…? When did she leave here…?”
“No, that’s not it. She’s just not here anymore.”
“””…Huh?”””
Everyone tilted their head at Thekil’s words. They couldn’t understand it at first, but they had a bad feeling.
But children don’t hold back. They just tell the truth.
“The big sis over there died, so she was taken away.”
“…”
“Hol hol hol up, Thekil… is that true? But maybe it’s a mistake. Do you know her name or something?”
“I know. Her name is Meitya-onee-chan. We were in a different room, but we were talking with magic tools. 【 Storage】 .”
Thekil created a tiny piece of wood in his hand. When he pinched the corner of the wood and pulled it, it became a sharp triangular shape.
“If we were close, we could talk with this. Meitya-onee-chan said that if she wasn’t there, her sister would be free. I don’t know what happened after that.”
“…”
“Karna… is Meitya your-…”
“…”
Karna was shaking. Although she often had an expressionless face, she showed signs of agitation at that moment. From her reaction, it could be inferred that Meitya was Karna’s sister.
“…Karna, let’s go.”
“To where…?”
“Anywhere but not here.”
“What are we going to do …?”
“I’ll think about it later.”
Reizen gradually takes Karna’s hand and leads her towards the exit.
An assassin that lost their purpose in life.
It’s all he can do for now to sort out her feelings.
But there is time.
Time to sort out her feelings, time to heal her wounds.
Reizen believes this and tries to take Karna away from this place.
However, she does not move.
No matter how many times Reizen pulls her, she remains frozen in place as if glued there.
“Why…?”
“…”
“Why did Meitya have to die? Was it because of me? Was it my fault…?”
“Don’t ever think like that. The one at fault…is that priest.”
“But, but…ugh, uaaaah…!”
Karna squeezes Reizen’s hand tightly and begins to shed big tears.
Reizen sees a big change in her expression, but cannot be happy in this situation.
She kneels down and rubs Karna’s back to comfort her.
The anguished cry of a woman echoes through the cell.