"No!" Ryoji cried, breaths sputtering with anger.
"I saw it with my own eyes—Kaito drove his sword through my mother's body!"
Nono was a caretaker at the orphanage and also Ryoji's adoptive mother. She had raised him since he was a baby. She was the one who taught him about traditional medicine and other skills, as she considered him a genius compared to the other children at the orphanage.
Although she appeared to be a gentle and soft-spoken woman, no one knew that Nono was actually a former subordinate of Hiroshi. For years, she had lived in exile in a remote village, hiding from her past. But eventually, Hiroshi was able to find her.
