Karina: "Why did you suddenly disappear…?"
Theo: "Me?! Ah… nothing. Nothing important. I just took care of something."
Karina: "What? … you're lying."
Theo: "What? I'm not lying!"
Karina: "Admit it. Don't hide it from me."
Theo: "What??"
Karina: "I know… I know you're an angel."
Theo froze, eyes widening.
Theo: "H-How? How did you know?!"
Karina: laughing "HAHAHA of course you're an angel! You saved me before, and… I just thought about it! HAHAHA."
Theo: relieved laugh "Hahaha… is that so?"
Karina: "YES. HAHAHA."
They continued walking, laughing lightly. But ahead—
they saw a couple walking toward them.
The same couple who earlier visited the PI office.
Suddenly, the woman's knee gave out and she collapsed on the road.
Theo: "Ma'am! Are you okay?!"
He immediately helped her up.
Father: "Ahhh, boy… thank you for helping. If you want, we can eat at the restaurant near here? Our treat."
Theo: "Ah—no need. We're late for my class."
Father: "Oh… is that so. Thank you very much again."
Theo: "Alright, we'll go ahead. Let's go, Karina."
Karina: "Okay."
As they walked away, Theo kept looking back—something tugged at his heart.
Theo (thinking):
Why do I feel something… strange about that couple?
It's like… I've seen them before.
I'll just ignore it…
---
[School]
Teacher: "Okay, you have 20 minutes to answer your short qui—THEO?!"
Theo: "Uhhh… sir?"
Teacher: "Are you even listening to my class? You've been staring out the window since earlier. Focus."
Theo: "Okay sir… I'm sorry."
But no matter how many times he blinked…
the faces of the couple kept appearing in his mind.
Their voices.
Their eyes.
The way the father said boy…
Something about it wouldn't let him go.
---
[On the way home]
Karina walked beside him silently, noticing the heaviness in his expression.
Karina: "Theo… why are you so quiet?"
He didn't respond.
Karina: "Hey."
Theo: "Ah—what is it?"
Karina: "What's wrong with you? Are you okay? You should rest later."
Theo: "I'm fine. Just tired… Let's go."
Karina: "Hmmm…"
But Karina wasn't convinced.
Theo's eyes were disturbed—haunted even.
---
[HELL]
Dave sat on his throne of flames, laughing as he watched Theo from afar.
Dave:
"How does it feel, angel…?
To be a child who was kidnapped…
and died in the middle of his childhood?
I'm sure it feels wonderful right now…
to remember NOTHING!"
Evil laughter roared through the underworld.