Though she was only a fifth-grade elementary school child, the pressure she bore was greater than that of many adults.
Yet even while enduring all that, she often faced everyone with an energetic smile.
Back when he watched the anime, he had simply found her annoying and thought she got in the way. But seeing things now, Seiya suddenly felt that he really deserved to die...
The little loli had done nothing wrong. If anything, she was already stronger than most people.
The death of an important partner, her family's lack of understanding and blame—given all those factors, it was only natural that Juri would fall into despair.
Of course, Juri's partner Digimon was now Seiya rather than Leomon.
And during this trip to the Digital World, Seiya had not only survived, but had also slaughtered his way through everything. Naturally, Juri had not fallen completely into despair as she had in the original plot.
Although her father was still cold and harsh toward her, Juri said she had gotten used to it.
After all, she now had Snowballmon to keep her company.
And although her father had scolded her, after her repeated pleading, he had finally agreed to let Snowballmon come home with her.
That night, Juri went to sleep with a contented expression, hugging Seiya tightly.
But after Juri had fallen asleep, a beam of light shone into the dim room through the edge of the door.
Seiya, who had been about to drift off as well, immediately opened his eyes in alertness.
However, he soon discovered that the one who had slipped into Juri's room was none other than Kato Hajime, who had previously been extremely cold toward Juri and had reprimanded her.
Kato Hajime had only wanted to secretly check whether his daughter was sleeping well,