"Mom, you, Quartz, that kid named Zold, everyone still in the guild, Emily's hunter friend, whom I don't know."
"Now, tell me, do you have the right to forbid me and everyone else from protecting those we hold dear?
Tell me, Alex?"
Alex had turned silent at her question because he knew he didn't have the right to do so, and he realized her point now.
"Why didn't you tell me, your mom, Quartz?
Why didn't you tell anyone to help?
Don't you, more than anyone else, know how painful it is when your loved one is in danger and you can't do anything about it?
How much pain do those left behind feel?
How much regret do we feel for not being able to do anything until their last moment?"
At the end of her words, Olivia's voice had cracked.
She then continued, "Did you even think of me as your family, Alex?
Did you recognize me?
