บท 296: Ones own path

Rika was on a bed faking her unconscious state. When she lost consciousness after losing to Lyner, it took her only a few seconds to wake up. Though her consciousness was wide awake her body wasn't. The battle with Lyner was more taxing than she ever anticipated, without being able to move a muscle, she heard what Lyner requested his wife to do.

'He actually said that they should give me a second chance, and that I'm like him... Even though I was there enemy, even though I was the cause of his death. It would seem that even in the end he never resented me... Why?'