It’s me, at Akari’s family home.
Their father… the bald guy was a terrible piece of work.
He’d been threatening his daughters and trying to rape them. On top of that, he kept a massive number of animals in the house and sold them off.
That was the hellish environment they had been living in.
Damn it… If I’d known sooner, if I’d done something sooner… things could have been so much easier. I just keep regretting it.
But… it’s okay now. The past doesn’t matter anymore. We need to think about the future. “That’s it for you, you bastard!”
Akari had recorded all of the bald guy’s crimes.
If she submits this to the police, that will be his end. “Gu… c-curs-ed ooooh!”
The bald guy ran, but he was heading in the opposite direction from the front entrance. “Don’t you dare…” I can’t let him escape here.
This guy needs to face proper societal sanctions.
He made it all the way to the kitchen before suddenly whipping around.
“Stay… stay back! If you don’t want to die, just…!”
The bald man trembled violently, raising his knife.
He must have been pushed into a corner, desperate.
“It’s no use. You’re done for.”
“S-stay away! Shut up shut up shut up!”
The bald man brandished his knife at me and lunged forward.
If I dodged, the girls would be in danger. …So. I… Shish! “Wha?!” A sharp pain shot through my body.
My stomach felt as if it were burning… hot. “Akari-chan!” “Sensei!”
I heard Akari and the others scream. …I’m sorry, but this is for the best. “Saburo… san!” “Oshiku-san!”
Bang! The front door burst open from the hallway with violent force. “Get away!” “Guaaah!”
There was a thud. I guess… Saburo-san caught him. …This is fine now.
“Akari! Why did you do this?!” Akari was crying. I… wiped her tears away.
“To… free you… from that man…”
He had committed all kinds of heinous acts. But in Akari’s case, it was attempted rape.
As for the animals, under the Animal Protection Act, he couldn’t be punished severely enough to account for them.
…So, there was no other choice but to do this.
“Teacher! Don’t die! Teacher!”
I smiled at Nako, who was sobbing uncontrollably. …It’s okay, I meant to tell her. But even though I wanted to say it, my voice… wouldn’t come out.
My consciousness began to sink into darkness. …And I lost consciousness.