Reunion (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Survive.

With that thought in mind, I had struggled to my feet one step at a time and made it this far. Though I had lost my strength now,

my strong will had also made me feel that life and death were simply part of the same thing. I would live as long as I could.

Once I started thinking that way, my original determination to "survive" gradually gave way to confusion. Especially after

I sensed the changes in my heart, that feeling began to spread.

During this month on the mountain, one thing in particular had left a deep impression on me: the old monk's words.

Could I... really be a hero?

My situation was complicated. When it came to matters of the heart, the best possible ending was probably to live out my life alone, wasn't it?

If that was the case, then whether I quietly lived on alone or lived a glorious life as a hero had become

the fork in the road of fate for the path ahead of me, now that I had gained a certain amount of strength.

In the past, I hadn't thought much of strength. I had always imagined Mutant Monsters as far too powerful. Only when I truly grew weaker

did I realize that ordinary mutants might actually be able to fight Mutant Monsters after a certain amount of training.

But perhaps many mutants hadn't realized that.

The fact that guns and cannons were ineffective didn't mean cold weapons were useless.

Sometimes, flexible cold weapons had a considerable advantage over firearms when facing Mutant Monsters.

But they also made things much more dangerous.

When the old monk heard my question, he seemed to have already prepared an answer.

"Benefactor, let things take their course. Don't force it, but don't reject it