When Airi opened her eyes again, the first things she felt were the fragrance of blood in her mouth and the warmth in her arms. Looking down, she saw Yukina curled up in her embrace, her eyes tightly shut as she sank into a deep sleep.
"Are you awake? How do you feel?"
At that moment, La Folia's voice came from beside her. Airi reached out and gently stroked Yukina's hair before turning to look at the girl beside her.
"I feel okay... Strictly speaking, not exactly good, but at least better than before."
"I see..."
Hearing Airi's reply, La Folia fell silent for a moment before looking at her again.
"Miss Airi, I have a question."
"Hm?"
"Why did you kill Kensei Youze? I admit that he did cruel and irreversible things to Kanon Hazuki, but you had only known Kanon for a few days..."
"True, I had only known Kanon for a few days. If you say I did it for Kanon, that would account for perhaps a third of the reason."
With that, Airi looked at La Folia again.
"But what about the other six girls?"
"...Huh?"
La Folia froze at those words.
"You didn't see it, but Yukina and I did. During the battle between the Mask Parasites, Kanon defeated one of the girls, tore open her throat, and devoured her flesh and blood. I think you understand perfectly well how miserable that girl's death was. Even if I conceded that Kensei Youze's love for Kanon was genuine, that he truly wanted her to find happiness, that still didn't mean the other six victims deserved to die."
As she spoke, Airi narrowed her eyes.
"For me, it's that simple. An eye for an eye, blood for blood. I don't care what motives or hardships he had.