「Father、Mother……I’m home」
「Yosh, it’s all cleaned. Next is Father.」
Back then, he taught me that no matter how painful it got, if you kept smiling, happiness would find you sooner or later. From that day onwards, I also tried hard to keep smiling.
Therefore, I smiled in front of my father’s grave.
「Father, I’m okay. I can live with my own power now.」
If I could return alive from Gallia, I would definitely return here to share all the things that had happened to me with my parents. So for now, I won’t say anything more.
On my way back, there was Seto standing under the big tree. Apparently, he was waiting for me.
Seto appeared to want to say something. After waiting for a while, he bowed to me.
「Uaaaaaaaaaaaaa, a monster!?」
「It seems there are still some of them out there.」
「Oi, get yourself together！」
「I was surprised. To think that there was a gargoyle on the tree behind me……I thought Fate was going to……」
Well, at that point it couldn’t be helped. I did have a motive for attacking him. There was also this debt Seto felt towards me.
「Fate, I want you to hit me once. Although it’s impossible to break even with only that, I can only do this much.」
「Understood. Tighten your teeth、Seto」
Was that too much….while I was thinking about that, Seto was laughing on the ground. Did that hit rattle your head so much that you’ve gone crazy?
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For Seto, it was his limit. With his father dead, he no longer had the responsibility to succeed the position.
In my view, Seto had this fresh expression in his face.
After talking for a while with Seto, the time to part finally came. I had arranged for a carriage to head south. I couldn’t afford to miss it, since I don’t really want to spend another day on Tetra.
That’s right. I would want to meet them again later, when I’m able. Waving my goodbye to the pair of father and daughter, I departed from Tetra soon after.
