Today Too

Granny's gone. It's like I lost another mother.

I didn't know her for long, but it feels like somebody punched me in the gut.

That would hurt terribly.

This hurts just as much.

No,

Maybe even more.

You know, when they saved me from those gangsters, I felt so grateful. They could have just ignored me, walked right by like everyone else. But they didn't. At that time, I had no direction in my life. My mother died, I was constantly without food... The days were hard. Even when they joined me, life was hard. But there was one thing that changed.

I wasn't alone anymore.

Lukas... He's suffering. I tried luring him out with candy but he's ignored all of them... No, but seriously, I'm worried.

The way he was able to kill those men... I know how people usually react. They hesitate, they doubt themselves. With the first blood on your hands, the guilt overwhelms you to the point that you become nauseous. I'd know. I had already experienced it long ago.

But he didn't do any of that.

No hesitation, no fear, no sickness. His slashes were practiced and aimed for the most lethal spots. What I saw that day was pure bloodlust.

He's killed before.

When would you ever have to do something like that in the Capital?

I don't know.

I don't know anything about you. Or Tingting. Or Yu Jing.

But it's ok.

Everything will be ok.

There will be plenty of time to learn about each other in the future.

I'll be there to protect them. I'll protect everyone.

This time, I'll do it properly.

I'm the 'knight' after all.

I don't want to be fired from my job.

Hahaha...

That's why,

For them,

Today too,

I'll smile.