"Did he almost die because of overworking?" Malacai asked.
"No, you might find it surprising, but for my father, there were only two kinds of people; enemies and family.
He didn't care about the fate of his enemies, but for those he recognized as his family, he would try his best to protect them.
My father almost died because he tried to protect someone from the guards. He got beaten until he was coughing up his own blood, and that's when he received his power."
"What happened to the family he was protecting?"
"He died in front of his eyes, too," Aurelia replied with a solemn voice.
'So it's really the same. The crow only comes to me when there's nobody around.' He then asked Aurelia what creature her father met.
"It's a creature similar to a bat, but he said the bats in his world are different; they have four wings," Aurelia replied without hiding anything.
