Family Love

“Where have you been…! And what’s this shackle…!”

At the sight of his childhood friend, who had been reduced to her beggar-era appearance after disappearing for two days, Acard’s eyes grew misty.

“…Hehe. I somehow got kidnapped by some bad people….”

“Ria…! This isn’t something you can brush off!!”

I thought I’d ease Acard’s worries too, so I joked around, but he suddenly yelled at me.

“You disappeared after leaving behind nothing but a single sheet of paper saying you were leaving home…. Do you have any idea how worried I was….”

“….”

I suddenly couldn’t remember what sentence I’d left in the lobby, so I pondered it.

‘Ria left the house.’

…Only now did I realize that the message I, an illiterate, had left was far too open to misinterpretation...