As the night wore on, two decisions were made.
Yuuta chose his path. No matter how impossible the road ahead appeared, he would find a way to become stronger.
At the same time, Erza was forced to confront a truth she had spent years avoiding. For the first time, she looked beyond pride and duty and saw the wounds she had left behind. The son she had rejected, the pain she had justified, and the mistakes she could no longer deny.
Neither of them knew what the future would bring.
But while their lives quietly changed beneath the same night sky, another story was already unfolding elsewhere.
Far from the city, far from dragons and gods, a forgotten soul struggled desperately to be free.
And with it, the fate of several orphaned children began to move.
(Location: Libeus country East side)
(Place: Abandoned Warehouse)
The chain was heavy.
It wrapped around her wrists, cutting into her skin, biting deep enough that she had stopped feeling the pain hours ago.
