Season 1 Episode 3: "Sacrificed himself for good..."

Previously: Morie meets Reiji, and Reiji tells him his legacy. He lost his fellow members, villagers, his wife, and the Kitori grounds. Morie takes some rest and Reiji too. Morie leaves the child and walks away leaving a letter behind. Guards check on Reiji, and in the end, the guards get killed by Reiji. And Morie has already sacrificed himself.

[Warning: Violent, Strong Language]

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[6 Years Later]

"...the horse. Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity. A willing servant, yet never an enslaved person. So, let the race begin!"

There was a fantastic carnival going on. People betted on the most famous horse, kids caught gold fishes, and women were attracted to the jewelry, clothes, and other accessories. Men bought beer and enjoyed their stay, migrants came to visit the place. Swordsmiths, Goldsmith, and shield-makers sold to their maximum...

WELCOME TO WAKARU FANTASY LAND!

After a long time, Reiji received back his smile. Looking at the men, women, and children laughing, enjoying, and merry-making. He grunts to stand up and a child comes running and thrashing against Reiji like a spear.

"Super Effective. Wasn't it Papa?" "Where were ya, Tadashi-kun?"

Tadashi has been 8 years old now... "I went to see the carnival."

"Fuckin' carnival."

"Yay~ Fucking Carnival."

"Yeah! No! Where did you learn that?"

"What does it mean? Fuc-"

"Shut up! Come home with me..."

"Coming!"

Reiji unlocks the door and enters first, and Tadashi runs inside and jumps on the couch, Reiji puts the cloak on the hook attached to the door and walks into the kitchen.

"Cake? Chocolate? What are you feeding me?"

"Ham Sandwich and Beer for me, Orange juice for you."

"When did you kill it?" "Today morning." "Without me?"

"You were dead asleep." "Wake me up, I told you."

"Shaddup kid!"

"Hmph!"

Reiji doesn't care and carries on making ham sandwiches, while in progress, someone knocks on the door. Reiji washes his hands, rubs them onto his apron, and walks hurriedly to open the door. A woman with her child was standing at the door. She was pretty, wore decent clothes, and was none other than in a relationship with Reiji. Her child was around ten, and Tadashi's saddened face glowed up within fractions. He ran towards her shouting...

"Misa nee-chan!"

"Yo! Tada boy. How are you?"

They both hugged each other while hugging Tadashi and whispered in her ear, "This old man, made me hamwiches' and didn't even take me for hunting."

Reiji: "Heard ya! Keep yer mouth shut and go to yer room!"

"Let's go Tadashi!" "Okay! Bye oldie."

Tadashi and Misa walk to Tadashi's room, meanwhile, the couple talked about their future.

"It's been half a year, and I don't see any complications. So, shall we..."

"Shall we?" "...get married, and live a happy life together. Look Reiji, Tada-kun, and Misa-chan have loved each other like siblings. And they won't be having issues about marriage and stuff. All I wanted is your permission, can we get married?"

"Ya know all about my past, the Wakaru's are still my enemies it's not like I don't wanna get married, but I am scared..." "...of losing your loved ones again?"

"Yeah. I can fight and win against these bastards but, I don't know what their next move is, what they may do to ruin my life. So, let's keep it as it is."

"So... what am I supposed to do now? Leave you and Tada-kun, like this. After all, I am not so miserable as you. He needs a mother, he needs someone to take care of him, have you ever talked to him about how he feels? What does he think about you, your past, the pictures you hid from him for ages, the letter, everything?"

"Pictures? Letters? Wait, he found them..." "...in your attic of course. He was getting all bored one day, so he secretly went to check the attic that you didn't allow him to see."

"Oh, fu-"

"Mom, can you tell me where the W-P-F is?"

Reiji suddenly paled out and took him back to his past. He remains silent for a while and says, "It is somewhere, that ya shouldn't know."

"Oh, alright. But there's a letter with 'Exile Warrant', is it...?"

Reiji shouts, "DON'T FUCKING TALK ABOUT IT!!!"

Misa stood stunned over there and didn't speak a bit, suddenly she bursts into tears, her mother, Ichika-san ran towards her and tries to calm her down. Tadashi came running, after hearing her cry. Ichika-san stares at Reiji, but he looks down constantly. He was not at all regretting his deed.

Ichika-san walks toward him, and whispers, "Look what you've done. Made her cry, still into your damned past."

She walks back and says, "I guess, it's time for us to go now. Thank you for your service Mr. Reiji." and walks away.

Reiji sat there, his hands were on his head, and he slowly began to cry. Looking at him like this, Tadashi goes near him and pats him.

"I am sorry, it was all my fault she was angry."

"Leave me alone, your meals are ready, have them, and we'll talk in the evening."

[5 heure later]

Tadashi was staring at this picture constantly, he sees a man with a German Shepherd and a woman standing with a child.

"Who this might be? Um..."

Knock! Knock!

"Tadashi, come out here!"

Tadashi panics and hides the picture under his pillow. "Coming."

Tadashi opens the door and sees Reiji standing outside, He was not only there to call him for the dinner but also to talk to him about...

"So, ya went to the attic after all?"

Tadashi suddenly stops eating and looks up at Reiji. "It was just once, and I didn't go again..."

"I'm sorry." "Huh!?" "...I have hid them all from ya, for yer safety, but I guess it's time for us to talk."

"Let's start from who am I exactly to ya. I am no one to ya, ya wouldn't have known me, only if yer loyal servant, what was his name again..." "Morie, Kirigaya Morie?"

"Oh, great, ya know him too... Yeah, him, he was assigned to keep ya safe, by the order of yer real parents who are no more in this world. They passed away when ya were very young, so the man that saved ya was Morie, who brought ya to me and left ya under my care."

"... How did my parents die?" "Ya haven't read the letter of yer servant?" "I can't read." "Need to teach ya that too? So, it says, yer parents died while the riot moved across the town, the servant was sent to keep you away from yer home place."

"Oh, are these my parents? Where a lady holds a kid, and the man has chained up a wolf?" "Huh?!" "Wait, lemme bring that to you." "Finish up yer food Tadashi."

Tadashi doesn't listen to him, runs to the room, and pulls out the picture under his pillow. He then rushes toward Reiji-san and hands it over.

"What the heck do we get here no-??"

He sat still, looking at the picture. He stood up, walked to the fireplace, and burnt the picture.

"REIJI NO!" "Shaddup! Enough of it, now go to yer fucking bed and sleep, will ya?"

Tadashi was scared of the furious Reiji, but he teases him by showing his tongue and going to his room and slamming the door.

Reiji looks at him doing all these in silence, sighing in peace, goes into the kitchen, and pulls out a bottle of whiskey, Irish, and a glass. Pours it in, about one-fourth, and then sits in the dining chair, and drinks it slowly, remembering his dark past, and the pain that he felt not physically but mentally...

"The good one goes to heaven early..."