Book 1: Epilogue 1
Mimino didn’t know for certain how long it had been since Reiji left. She felt pathetic that she couldn’t stop that little boy when he said goodbye with such a resolute face, she was angry at herself that she couldn’t save that little boy who had such a pained look, and above all, the pain in her heart somehow knowing that he left to protect them.
「Dad!」she heard a familiar voice cry from the neighbouring room. Mimino was startled. When she wiped her tears away with a towel, she realized it was the towel that Reiji used to wipe her face, and her chest tightened yet again, but she immediately rushed to the room next door – the room with Dante and Non.
「What happened? Don’t tell me Dante’s condition worsened– Eh?」
Mimino, who opened the door thinking that Dante’s condition had worsened, was at a loss for words.
「…Look at this, Mimino.」Dante said.
Light shone through the open wooden windows. Dante’s skin, softly illuminated by the light reflected off the floor, wasn’t the gray it used to be.
It had become flesh with blood coursing through.
「When I woke up, I found that my dad’s skin had become black. When I hurriedly wiped it off, it became like this…」Non said, with a shocked look.
「In other words, uh…? The petrification is healed?」Mimino asked.