The words that came out of the big man's mouth had taken away all my excitement for a moment. The hours I had waited with excitement were gone for nothing. I hadn't seen my mother once in a long time and hadn't recognized her. Even though I didn't recognize her at all, this feeling still tore me up inside and made my eyes fill with tears.
What could I say? I didn't care about getting caught for that moment. I called out to the man, ignoring Ronk's words. "My mum, is she dead?"
The big man couldn't make sense of the words I said. He realized there was something strange but when Ronk made a sudden intervention to calm me down, the man was very surprised at what he heard.
"Ryuu, calm down," Ronk said.
The big man knew my name but seemed more surprised to hear it. "Ryuu, if not, this boy…"
Ronk wanted to reassure himself by interrupting the man's speech. "Vargon, this is not the place to talk. Please…"
