Book 5: Chapter 39
The next morning, just before sunrise, we completed our preparations and left Lulusha-san’s tent.
「Be careful. Well, I am sure you guys are always careful.」
「You too, Lulusha-san. You’ll be busy from now on.」I said.
「Oh, that’s exactly what I want.」
I shook hands with Lulusha-san who was smiling broadly.
Her way of smiling was not similar at all, but it somehow reminded me of old man Hinga. My eyes widened reflexively.
——I exist only to be punished. For I have committed a sin that I can’t atone for even with my death. But I was blessed to bask in the sun’s embrace in my final hour. O God who governs heaven and earth, I pray that thee grant blessings unto this shunned child…
I perfectly remember old man Hinga’s last words.
『A sin that I can’t atone for even with my death』— I still don’t know what that is.