[Bonus chapter]Are You Actually Trying to Redeem Yourself?

The estranged pair of mother and son didn't go too far from the ward. They just walked out of the private ward and sat at one of the long benches lined in the hallway. In between the seats where they sat, there was quite a distance between them.

"I won't beat around the bush," Kazuya said without looking at the woman next to him, "Mother, all the things that you've done until now, no matter how noticeable are they, are you actually trying to redeem yourself?"

There were no fluctuations on Madam Tokioka's face even when her own son was using such extreme words.

"Do I have to redeem myself?" She asked him back, "What makes you think like that?"

Kazuya pressed down the uncomfortable feeling from overtaking his mind. He let out a faint sigh.