While Angel and Turing were speaking in private, the door to a hospital room not far away was pushed open.
A weary middle-aged man emerged from inside, supporting a young girl.
As he walked, he repeatedly thanked the doctor inside the room.
Only one sentence came from within: "Don't forget to pay."
Then the door closed.
The middle-aged man sighed and led the guilt-ridden girl toward the payment counter.
The two were naturally Erika and her father.
After Angel completed the Book of a Hundred Fonts mission, Erika's challenge was declared a failure, and she woke from her coma as well.
From the moment she woke until now, she still had no idea what had happened.
It was only when the doctor told them to pay that she suddenly realized she seemed to have burdened her father again.
Erika: "Father, I..."
Erika wanted to apologize to her father, but he said nothing. He merely took her to the payment counter.
After paying, they prepared to leave.
But the security guard at the entrance stopped them. "You cannot leave for the time being. You need to get an examination report from the dermatology clinic next door."
"Dermatology? But I—I don't have any skin problems..."
The guard remained expressionless. "It's the rule."
As soon as he finished speaking, several security guards around them all turned their eyes toward them. Their gazes were icy, like merciless machines.
Erika and her father shrank back, but still nodded.
"Oh, right. Not only do you need an examination, your father needs a skin examination as well. Otherwise, you will not be permitted to leave."
The guard's words reached their ears.
Although Erika had no idea why, beneath another's eaves, one had no choice but to bow one's head. She could only accept it.
Angel took