"N-Ngh…" I groaned, my eyes slowly opening.
I appeared to be lying on some kind of warm, soft surface - Hina-nee's lap. I looked up and saw that she seemed to be crying as she held me gently.
"Hina-nee…?"
Her eyes widened in surprise. "Kaze-kun…?!"
Then, immediately, she pulled me into a tight hug, so tight that I could barely even breathe.
"Wuwu… Kaze-kun… I thought you died or something…"
I laughed softly and embraced her back gently. "Ha… I'm not that easy to kill."
"It seems Brother Kaze is awake," Ming Hong said, walking over with a smile on his face.
"Uh, yeah… sorry about that… how long was I out for?"
"Half an hour," Hina-nee replied, wiping her tears away. "Mou… you scared me to death, just suddenly collapsing like that."
"…" I glanced down at my two hands.
How many lives had they taken now? How many more would they take in the future? In order to achieve my goal… how much more blood would have to be shed?
I tightened my hands into fists as I gritted my teeth.
