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The girl was about to leave when Eriz called out to her. - Wait, madam. “I haven’t given you what we came for yet,” with these words the man pulled out a battered notebook and carefully wiped the dust off it. - Many years have passed since this chronicle came into our treasury. I never thought that a madman’s diary could change the fate of an entire people. And maybe the whole world.

Its halls filled with proof. Proof that people could find one another again. Proof that stories mattered. Proof that hope traveled. The front doors stood open. As always. Inside, visitors moved quietly among photographs and letters. The Book of Arrivals rested near the entrance. I smiled. Then froze. Because someone was writing in it. An elderly woman stood beside the book. Travel-worn coat. Silver hair. Gentle eyes. A newcomer. An arrival. One more story. I watched quietly as she finished writing.

The old man watched quietly. "Every story begins the same way." "Someone wonders..." "'What if?'" The child suddenly looked toward Adrian and laughed. Then both the child... and every drawing... vanished like morning mist. The old man handed Adrian the worn notebook. Every page inside was blank. Except the very last one. On it... only one sentence had been written. Never let certainty become the final chapter. Before Adrian could ask another question... the old man's body dissolved into countless tiny lights. Each light floated upward.

Inside was a simple poem — Martin’s handwriting, a bit messy but warm: To Nana If one day I am gone, don’t mourn me too long. Carry on with laughter, because you are the reason I endured all this time. I entrust all the memories, in your ever-bright smile. Until we meet again... beneath the same sky, even if I am no longer by your side. Nana clutched the paper to her chest, tears falling one by one... while Edgar could only gaze at the empty night sky — remembering Martin, the friend who chose to die for him. - Meanwhile, Fredrick received reports that Harley and Edgar had escaped while his troops only managed to capture Martin, severely wounded.

Goodbye. And never again.

Every small movement felt awkward and restricted, the ice of the metal leaching the warmth from my skin, reminding me that I was no longer a person, but a piece of evidence. I looked back at the cabin over my shoulder, at the small, brown building tucked into the fold of the San Juan Mountains where we had spent four quiet days learning how to be human again. It looked like a postcard from a life I wasn't allowed to keep, smoke still curling lazily from the chimney as if it didn't know the house was empty, the old piano visible through the window like a toothless grin, and snow melting in slow drips from the eaves, marking the seconds we had left.

I made sure to log the important aspects of their personalities in the reports. I was starting to get dizzy from all the writing. I decided to call it a day. Stretching my arms as high as I could and packing my things. I thought about accommodations one last time and just decided I would sleep on the couch tonight, while I searched for a hotel tomorrow, regardless of distance. Getting home, I went to the porch to unwind, taking my only copy of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. The evening air was cool, a welcome relief from the tension of the past few days.

When he finished, he handed it to me. The letter was beautiful and devastating. Manuel wrote about watching Four grow up, about the pride he felt seeing Four choose love over hate. He wrote about Maria and David, about how loving Four had healed the hole their deaths left in his heart. He wrote about having no regrets, about dying at peace knowing Four would be okay. The final paragraph made me cry.

“I’m grateful for this chance. You’ll have no cause to doubt my commitment.” The call ended. I stood motionless, the weight of finality pressing down. There was no undoing it now, I would leave. Yet duty lingered. I assembled Nathaniel’s lunch—roasted pheasant, honeyed oats—and added extra portions for the labourers reconstructing the storm-ravaged eastern barracks. A habitual gesture, but today it felt ceremonial. A quiet farewell to the life I’d clung to for too long. My thoughts drifted unbidden to my early days in Pearl Harbor Pack. I bore no hatred for this place. The pack members—generous, resilient souls—had shown me nothing but kindness, despite my outsider origins.

Just like that, my days passed until one day, I saw the news that a prisoner had run into the iron fence and died on the spot while taking a break. That prisoner was none other than Lucas. Outwardly, I appeared impassive, but inwardly, I breathed a sigh of relief. I felt as though a great burden had been taken off my shoulder. At this point, the dust had settled, and everything was over. Those dark days in the past seemed to be all behind me now, leaving only a bright future ahead of me.