~ It's not working well~
He said weakly as he let his body fall to the ground.
I too felt his pain, he wanted to be more but people around him were whispering words that would only drive him into a pit.
I continued to watch until his mother came with someone. It was a person with a different wave of mana, I immediately recorded this inside my memory.
~Son, mother brought someone who can definitely help you surpass that bastard~
She said though my heart began to squeeze knowing things wouldn't go better.
I felt conflicted about how his mother just accepted someone whom she didn't even know. Her actions were the main reason her son was driven into a corner.
~Who is he, mother?~
~Someone who will help us~
~But mother~
Alphonse tried to reject his mother's insistence however his initial words faced shouts and screams from her.