[Hayame tried. But of course he refused to hand over his shard, to cooperate until that woman was saved… and look what it got her. Him.]

… It is the same in my case. He traded his own capture for the freedom of the woman we escorted, even though it was the foolish choice.

[If she could just go back, just do it again… But she’s never been able to redo her mistakes, even in a world like this filled with horrifying magics.]

I do not know if he yet lives… or if he lives and wishes to die instead.

[What do the Kenoma do to traitors?]