Giotto sat in his garden nearby the little pond where two kois were swimming inside. But his orange eyes didn't follow the two fish as normally, instead they were directed at the little thing that he carried inside his hand. It was a little box. A box that had been given to him by Alaude three days ago.
After he had asked the French to take him along Alaude had recommended that it shouldn't be an option to just leave Japan secretly. Instead it probably would be fairer and safer to fake his death. Like that Giotto wouldn't end this part of his life like the first time and everything would be clearer. Then probably no one would ever be able to find trace of him again and he would be able to spent the rest of his life in peace.
After Giotto had accepted to this he had to wait for one more month until Alaude had finally been able to finish all the organization. It had been hard for Giotto to keep living as he had done before because he felt his heart finally being alive again and he was just looking forward to be able to spent his time with the one he loved, but he had been able to manage everything and now it was time.
Giotto was not scared and neither did he feel regret and yet he felt anxious. He didn't really know much about Alaude's plan, just that he should take what was inside the box. Everything else shouldn't be of his concern. It was not that he didn't trust Alaude, but in fact it made him nervous that he didn't know what was going to happen and he hoped that nothing would go wrong.
He sighed and opened the little box, examining the pill that was inside. He didn't knew what kind of pill that was, but he assumed it was some sort of medication. What he knew was that it was his task to take the pill and that it would be his last task for a while. He took the pill from the box and putting it in one of his pockets. There would be not return.
Giotto closed his eyes and took a deep breath, revealing a little smile. Now everything would be fine. And with these happy and light thoughts he took the pill and swallowed it at once. For a second he couldn't feel anything but then everything was spinning and his body felt extremely heavy. He lost his balance and fell into the soft grass where he kept lying until everything became black. Before he finally lost consciousness his last thoughts belonged to a certain man and he hoped that he knew what he was doing.