The repeated sounds of footsteps walking on the floor could be heard in the hall. The sound was small, almost unnoticeable, but for someone like Shobu, it was loud enough to be aware of.

One pair of footsteps was his own. They were making the smallest amount of noise. It was something he had been taught by Yuki and continued to do even now.

A second pair of footsteps belonged to Tomoe, and they had a heavier sound to them. The feeling they gave while hitting the ground felt like there was a bit too much waste, but say anything might be considered rude.

As for the third pair...

"Wow! So this is the Yagura Branch, huh? Thanks for giving me a tour of it, Tenryū-kun."

It was Abe Ruri.

"Oh, same here. I only knew about this place, but I never went too deep into it. Thanks for this."

"Really, you haven't been here, Tomoe-kun?"

"This place is kind of known for being strange. From what I have heard, at least."

The people here were good people, but even he had to admit that they could get a bit crazy.

Still, it was something that became normal for him and something he was glad about. It meant that they were all comfortable around each other. Even people not from the branch tended to find that they were happy with the craziness at the branch.

"...Everyone enjoys...themselves here..."

"Does that include you?"

"Yes..."

He could readily admit that.

Tomoe and Ruri seemed to understand that he loved being here since they both smiled towards him.

They all continued walking while he gave them a tour of the area.

Tomoe had come along since he had heard that Ema was also here, so he had been walking with them the entire time. But the real reason for the tour in the first place was for Ruri to familiarize herself with the building.

It was left up to Shobu to give the tour upon his request.

He could still remember the conversation that happened because of it.

Red Sky: "Shokubutsu just asked if he could give Shiraishi's Abe a tour of the branch office! He's growing up so fast!"

Shinoda: "Chishi! You didn't send this directly to me!"

Red Sky: "Oh crap!"

White Fox: "Shobu asked of his own accord! Whoo! I'm so proud of him!"

Rampage Dress: "Yuki just got done rebooting after his third time around with learning something new today. Please don't get started again, Akasora-san. But it's good to know that Shokubutsu is being more outgoing."

Decoy: "I can add in my own thoughts, right?"

Okkun: "Depends on how hard you want to get hit."

Decoy: "I just wanted to tell Tenryū 'good job'!"

Simple Boy: "Based on the rules set by the Yagura Branch, you should be fine with saying that much."

Koala: "Which one's Tenryū again?"

Yoshi: "Looks like one of them is dead."

Okkun: "I'll tell Azuma-san."

White Fox: "Koala, you have 1 minute to start running."

Yuki was still under probation, so he had only been giving a warning.

Even now, he could still hear the yells from the Azuma Squad Attacker as a group of people chased him down.

Shobu had wanted to help him, but he had been given permission by his uncle to show Ruri around.

"Everyone looked like they were enjoying themselves earlier."

"...I will pray...for Koarai-sama..."

"He should be fine. As long as he knows to apologizes."

Ruri looked at the two of them so he lightly shook his head.

They would need to set up her account on Border's network soon. The best person for that was one of those cannibals, but they tended to be nice to him.

"Anyway," Tomoe started. "Was there anyone else supposed to be here? One of the pairs of shoes by the door was Ema's, but I didn't recognize the other pair."

"...Those belong to..."

As they passed by a door, a voice reached them from down the stairs leading to the door.

"Janjajaaaan!"

The three of them looked down the stairs to see the light on and the voice to reach them from down below.

Shobu easily recognized the voice, but the tone was something new to him.

"Look at this throb! Shaking the place, this (engine)! It can really make a guy's heart (move)! I was a little self-indulgent on this one. Anyways, don't you think it'll be perfect for everyone here?"

"...Why did you use two english words there?"

Shobu wanted to know that too.

The first person only gave a sheepish laugh so it was probably on a whim that they did that.

"Those voices..."

"...Yes... ...Ema-san is down there...with the other...person... ...Rather...people..."

"There was someone else?"

He gave a shallow nod, but Ruri seemed fine with that answer.

He motioned for them to go down the stairs with him taking the lead.

.

The room was lit all around and the sound of a computer running could be heard. Lockers were lined up on both sides of the room with benches placed. The amount of space felt wasted when it was only them in there, but that was to be expected when there were only people as small as them inside.

The only other people in the room were sitting at the computer and standing in front of it.

"So this is what the Yagura Branch is using."

"My family was the one to renovate the place, but Border had it's people set it up. I really don't know much about programing, but I've gotten into some mechanics and guns lately."

"Please don't start firing guns around me. I don't trust you with anything that isn't a Trigger."

"C'mon, Yuzuru. I would never do anything dangerous that could hurt the people around me. ...Not unless I knew they could take it."

"Are you saying I can't take it?"

"Do you think you could?"

Shobu watched Ema go quiet while they took their last step into the spacious room. His expression was unimpressed, but it was clear that he was relaxed while standing next to the taller boy in front of the computer.

Mitsuteru grabbed Ema by the shoulder and pulled him in before turning to them and smiling.

"Yo. Sorry if we're making too much noise down here, Tenryū-kun."

"...Not noisy... ...We came down...because Tomoe wanted...to see who else...was here..."

"Yeah, sorry about that," Tomoe said with a bow. He must have thought the blame was being put on him.

"No problem at all, Tomo."

"When did you get so close to Tomoe?"

The sound Mitsuteru gave was light. The feeling of him moving was also relaxed while he lazily swayed with Ema at his side.

It was clear that he was happy.

"What are you talking about, Yuzuru? Tomo and I are watermelon buddies. Of course I would say we're pretty close."

"Does Zaki-san know about this?"

"He does. Teruya-san on the other hand..."

"She probably finds you collecting children strange," the girl behind the computer said.

She was someone he didn't recognize, but the way she held herself was nonthreatening.

From where he stood, Shobu could tell that she had good energy, but it felt like it was restricted by what she was doing right now. The tapping of keys was soft, but enough for him to figure out what she was doing.

...Programing for...our branch...

The sound of each key came in clearly and the devices around his neck translated it into what she was specifically typing out. He turned the devices around so that no one else could see them.

He felt a slight push at his side and shifted when Ruri moved a bit closer.

"So who is this?"

"...Ariake Mitsuteru... ...Ema Yuzuru..."

"Are they your friends?"

Ema could be considered one, but he knew to little about Mitsuteru. The most information he had was what Mei had told him upon their introduction. Anything other than that had been words passing by and nothing particularly noteworthy.

It would have been nice to include him as a friend, but there were too many things against that happening.

So he was prepared to tell her as much.

But he was stopped.

"You can call us friends if you want, but I feel like that might be a bit light, all things considered."

What all was he considering.

Then Shobu figured it out.

"...Yuki..."

"That's right," Mitsuteru smiled. "Yuki was my former teammate and Tenryū-kun's current mentor. Not sure what that makes us, but I'd like to think I should look out for him more because of that."

"Just don't be on him like you are with me."

"Maybe don't be so casual like when we're eating either."

"Your reputation is going down the drain pretty quickly."

The way Mitsuteru fell to the floor was concerning. But the way he held himself remained the same, so it was probably fine to leave him be.

For now he could focus on the other person there.

The girl who was behind the computer had been typing the entire time and lost nothing from their conversation. It was pretty amazing of her to do that while still listening to everything going on around her.

"Curious about me, aren't you?"

She spoke directly to him while moving away from the computer.

He jumped at her sudden words and she gave an apologetic response.

"Sorry about that. I guess I should have given a warning. I'm Katerina Müller, by the way. Feel free to call me whatever you want."

.

Mitsuteru watched as Tenryū eased into meeting someone new. The things he had heard from his former teammates and Yuzuru had already gave him an understanding of how Tenryū was and what he was capable of.

Having Müller-san just start speaking directly to him like that had probably spooked him a bit.

According to his former teammates, Tenryū was always acutely aware of his surroundings and perceived everything differently than everyone else. The devices hanging from his neck was proof enough of that.

Still...

Yuzuru and Tomo would have probably done something if they thought this was too much for him.

They seemed to be mindful of him and were ready to step in.

He liked seeing that in both of them. Even the girl by Tenryū moved as if she was going to step in front of him.

But...

"...You...were doing program...ing for our...branch...?"

"That's right. I was sent over since I had some free time and wanted to check out this branch for myself. I've been hearing things about this place and wanted to see what it was all about." She jabbed her finger towards Mitsuteru without turning to him. "This guy let me in since there wasn't anyone else here. I thought he was a trespasser or something until he told me that he was over to check on everything. His family apparently did the work on this place, so I let it slide."

"I really was checking things..."

Defense duty had ended and there was nothing to do for the day. A call had come in to check to do another check on the branch office from his parents while Suzaku Squad's Captain had asked him to look at the programing to see if there was anything wrong.

The regular maintenance for his parents was easy enough since he had done it before. It was nothing new and the branch director knew him enough to trust his work.

Checking the programing had been the issue. Learning a few things from the Suzaku Squad Captain had been easy, but programing was still outside of what he could do.

Maybe I should learn more of that stuff. It worked as a threat yesterday, so getting more information on how to do that stuff could be helpful.

It was worrying to think that he was turning into his upperclassmen. But that was a thought for another time.

The programing had made little sense to him and Yuzuru had been no help with it. That had left them stuck with no idea on what to do.

Then someone came to the door.

The girl had been skeptical of them at first, but a direct message from Mei had put her worries to rest. They had both been thankful for that situation to end as quickly as it had. It had lead them to placing her in the seat in front of the computer so that she could work on the programing.

...Suzaku-senpai seemed fine with the end result, but I feel like I'm going to be getting programing lessons soon.

His mentors of the same age had already been trouble enough. Getting more lessons from that age group sounded like a complete nightmare.

All he could do was sigh.

"Anyways," he said. "That's about all there is to it. Müller-san is helping out with this and I already did checks for any maintenance for the office itself. By the way..."

And this was crucial.

"Tenryū-kun, can I ask you for a favor?"

"...What is..it...?"

"Well..."

He didn't want to put this on him, but he was the only one who could do something about it.

"I don't know who it is but, could you tell whoever keeps breaking the floorboards to please stop? The creaking and old ones are one thing, but I keep finding the new floorboards also destroyed. You guys are already getting a good discount on this stuff, and I'm checking on this place and doing little maintenance work for free, but, um..."

"...I will...tell my uncle...about it..."

"Thanks! Sorry for the trouble, really."

Tenryū shook his head, but he wasn't the one to worry about.

Everyone else in the room had turned their attention to him the moment he gave his request.

Then it came flooding in.

.

Yuzu: "Mitsuteru is being unnecessarily needy with Tenryū."

Tomo: "I didn't think he would be like this..."

White Fox: "Mitsuteru, what are you doing!?"

TetsuG: "Do we need to do something about this terrible underclassman now?"

Isa: "Looks that way. He should know that you don't mess with Shokkun."

Black Wolf: "I'm sure he has a good reasoning for turning almost all of Border against him."

Daybreak: "Gimme a break! It's a misunderstanding!"

Everyone: "Explain."

Daybreak: "I just asked if he could tell someone to stop breaking Yagura's floorboards! That's all! Seriously, I didn't do anything else!"

White Fox: "Who was doing that anyway?"

Corpse: "That waaaas Kushi-nee."

Shooting Star: "She sometimes does that when she is not paying attention."

Still Got It: "I'm being called? Who called me? Someone wants to mess with me?"

Pokari: "Pretty sure it was Ariake."

TetsuG: "Yeah, it was that guy."

Isa: "He was complaining about something."

Umi: "Not helping him is one thing, but can't you at least not throw him under the bus?"

Life: "So Umi's gonna go help Mitsu-chan?"

Umi: "Well..."

Daybreak: "No one's going to help me!?"

Everyone: "You're on your own."

Kage: "You people are terrible."

.

"Does that mean he's going to help?"

The way Yuzuru and Tomoe turned their heads away was concerning.

There was a larger problem now before him, though. One of Border's most insane people would now be going after him and he had no sort of defense.

This is all those cannibals' fault!

Well...expect Kageura-san. He was pretty chill about it. ...I think?

It was still up in the air, but that could be decided on later.

The way Abe was looking at him told him that she didn't understand the danger he was in yet she still gave him a look of pity. If only it was easy to tell if that was a good thing or not.

Feeling another buzz in his hand, he jumped and gained the attention of everyone once more.

It was a terrifying thought to have the older Taiyōko sister after him, but not looking at the message might end up costing him more.

This stress is too much for me!

He released a breath through his mouth and nose. The tension remained in his body, but it just felt nice to get that out.

White Fox: "Hey. Are the children at the office right now?"

It was only Yuki.

But that could also be bad.

Daybreak: "Um, do you mean the ones who hang around Pyrínas-san?"

White Fox: "Oh, you call him by name."

Daybreak: "Is there something else I'm supposed to call him?"

White Fox: "Not really. It's just something to note for later."

Anyways.

White Fox: "Yeah, those are the ones I'm talking about. One of them was with Denji earlier and I want to check and see if she is at the branch."

Daybreak: "Uh... Not that I know of? The only ones who should be in the building right now are all gathered in the training rooms."

White Fox: "I see..."

It was a bit worrying to think that the deranged A-Rank captain was with a child, but if there was something going on then it meant he had no place to speak.

Still...

Daybreak: "Do you want me to ask Tenryū-kun about it?"

White Fox: "It's fine. If she isn't at the branch office then she probably got picked up already. Mei had told me that Minoru was wanting to spend some more time with her. He probably took her with him."

If it was someone Mei could speak freely about then they should be fine with taking care of a child.

But there was still something that was leaving something with him.

Daybreak: "Yuki?"

White Fox: "Yeah?"

Well...

Daybreak: "What importance do those kids have?"

White Fox: "That much...I can't really say right now."

.

That was a bit worrying, but not enough to question it.

Mitsuteru released some air through his nose and got rid of the remaining tension in his body.

...Things aren't the same as before. He wouldn't hold it from any of us if it wasn't important. I have to trust him this time.

It would be insulting if he refused to do that much after everything that had happened the day before.

"Hm... I guess even people like him have it hard."

"What are you even talking about?"

Looking over he saw Yuzuru staring directly at him. Everyone else was at the computer, looking at something Müller was showing them.

The way Tomoe and Abe were staring with open mouths made him worry a bit. Tenryū wasn't stopping them, so they should be fine.

"I was just talking to myself, is all. Don't mind me."

"I never really do."

"Now you're just being harsh, Yuzuru."

The way he shrugged led Mitsuteru to laugh a bit.

"Well, anyway. I asked Kage-san and he said it was fine to hide in our room if Tsukiko-senpai's sister comes looking for you?"

"Are you sure? I hear that woman is pretty crazy."

"I wouldn't have asked and Kage-san wouldn't have agreed if we weren't sure."

"Keep that smooth talk up and Amatori-chan will be your girlfriend in no time."

The immediate noise and reddening of Yuzuru's face made the entire conversation worth it.

It had been no secret that there was a small crush there. Getting directly involved felt like an invasion of privacy, but teasing the two about it seemed to be fine enough.

It also looks like he can see a resemblance in her, but still sees Amatori-chan as her own person. ...That's good.

There wasn't something holding him back and Kageura Squad's last match showed him the determination Yuzuru had. It was something nice to see and something that made him realize something.

...I really am being lazy, aren't I?

Meishō Squad's previous matches had all be relatively the same. The only time it had changed had been when he was holding on to everything and trying to let go. The end result form that match had changed so much for him that their match after that had ended up being a bit of a mess.

He felt some shame when he thought about it.

But right now he could see how lazy he was, and what the reason for that was.

"Hey, Yuzuru."

"Wh-what now...?"

"Don't be so on guard."

"...I can't trust you right now."

That was fair. He did just take a good hit, after all.

"Do you think I should start doing more?"

"More than harassing people?"

Mitsuteru looked down and raised a brow.

"I still don't know what you guys mean by that."

"...You're being serious, aren't you?"

"Of course I am. ...Wait, why are you typing furiously in the chat!?"

"No reason. Keep going."

"That makes me more scared to continue!"

From the computer, Tenryū gave him a thumbs up, but that only made him worry even more.

The people Yuzuru and Tenryū knew were dangerous, so he didn't want to get on their bad side.

"Anyways," he sighed. "I think I've come to the conclusion that I don't really care much for being in the BRWs. Everyone else wants to show off, go to a higher rank, or just prove themselves. I don't really care about that kind of stuff."

"You've always been relaxed like that?"

So that was how he saw it.

"True. But that got me thinking something like, 'Wouldn't it be fine to just leave Meishō Squad then?' Then I thought about it again and figured that this squad is one I don't really want to leave."

"Then don't leave it, idiot."

"It really is that easy, isn't it? It works out fine since Seiji-san is also just going along with everyone else's want to take part in the BRWs. So that leaves our squad in an even vote and fighting here."

But.

"Unlike me, Seiji-san gives it his all."

"You give it your all. I've seen the way you harass others."

"You're still on that!? Seriously, Yuzuru!? Give me a bit more-"

"But I get what you mean."

Mitsuteru stopped his rant as Yuzuru continued typing on his phone.

The noise form across the room was still going, but it sounded like they lowered it to a dull noise. Having them listen in was worrying, but he figured that it would be fine since they seemed like good people.

So he let Yuzuru continue.

"I know what you can do after seeing them up close so many times. You aren't doing too much besides supporting your teammates. That isn't like you, though. You being a support just doesn't sound right."

"...It was like that at first. Then I joined a squad where support wasn't too much of an option."

"Right. You were pretty confused back then."

But this is now.

Things had changed.

"You don't want to put your foot forward unless you were holding a grudge. That's why you were able to do so much. The grudge you had against Ninomiya Squad was pretty big, and the spite you had for Kotowari Squad and Murakami-senpai was bad in it's own right."

"Yeah... I've made up with Kotowari Squad and I got everything out when attacking Senpai."

"...So what about Ninomiya Squad?"

That was the question.

The grudge he had against Ninomiya Squad was a two-fold one. The part that directly involved Yuki had been mostly resolved, but the second part was not something he could easily get rid of.

The reason for that was obvious.

"We're in the same boat, Yuzuru. You know that. The only difference is that Tsuji and Hiyami-san have always been people I'm fine with, and any issue I had with Inukai-senpai was pretty much gone once I reconciled with Yuki."

Some of the issues he had with Ninomiya had been resolved there as well. It only left the remaining issues.

"Does that mean you wouldn't be able to do as well as you did in that match, if you went against them again?"

"...I doubt I could do that well again."

"Then I don't need to answer anything. You already know how lazy you're being. Also..."

"Yeah?"

Yuzuru took a moment to stop typing to look up at him. His expression was enough to figure out what he wanted to say.

"You have a bad personality if you can only stop being lazy when it comes to grudges or spite that you have."

Mitsuteru could only give a bitter laugh. "That's true," he said.

If this was how he was then it was no wonder he was getting yelled at by Shigenaga so much recently. Her temper was slowly growing the more he acted like this around others. Even to himself, his bitterness was becoming more and more obvious.

It was something he knew he had to changed.

"Since that's the caaaaaaaaase!"

"Don't stretch your arms out next to me like that while making that kind of noise. It's just weird."

He gave another laugh. This time a more casual one.

"I'll see what I can do in the next match. If we don't get that many more points next time then we'll be tossed back down to mid tier. Seiji-san and I are fine with that, but I'm pretty sure Asagi-kun and Shigeko would riot against us for that."

"Oh yeah? Have fun harassing your next opponents."

Mitsuteru gave a hum as he pulled out his phone. It had buzzed a few times while they spoke, but he had refused to look at it so he could focus on his conversation with Yuzuru.

Now that they had gotten it out of the way, he was able to do both at once with a smile on his lips.

"I'm nothing like Hikigane-san, but even I think I can accomplish some things when I put my mind to it."

"I guess it's fine if I watch your next match."

He gave a hum while looking at his phone.

"Funny you say that..."

.

Shobu could hear the entire conversation from across the room. It was something personal, but everyone else seemed fine with doing it too.

And now that the real conversation had died down he could hear the unhidden humor in Ariake's voice as he closed his phone. The sound it made was a solid snap and the hum he gave while looking over at Ema said more than enough.

"Looks like you get to watch me work up close, Yuzuru."

"Urg... I just got the message to."

"Yup. Looks like we're going to be fighting each other in the next round."

"Go back to having spite for Kotowari Squad. At least then you won't be going for everyone."

"No can do!"

Shobu smiled at the way Ema groaned for a second time.

The two of them were close enough to where he felt free to do that and Ariake felt free to throw an arm over his shoulder.

But this came with a problem.

"...Who should...we cheer on...?"

"Hm? What was that, Tenryū?"

A laugh came from across the room and everyone turned to look at the two who had been speaking to each other.

Ariake was the one to speak up, but it was clear that Ema had his own things he wanted to say.

So they listened.

"You guys can cheer for Yuzuru, if you want. Or any of the others, really. I'm sure they would all appreciate it."

"What is he talking about now?"

"...They got news on...who their next...opponents are..."

"Ah! So they're squads are going at it then?"

"We are," Ariake said happily. "Meishō Squad, Kageura Squad, Azuma Squad, and Kotowari Squad. And man, I'm really glad we had our conversation, Yuzuru."

"Go back to being lazy. I don't want to deal with your harassment."

Everyone else had found it funny and laughed, but Shobu only smiled at them. It reminded him of something else, but it was hard to pinpoint what exactly that was.

So for now he would only say one thing to them.

"...Both of you...do your best..."

He would cheer them both on.

"That guy is something else. Telling off Sekai and adding me into the mix."

Kumagai raised a brow as she watched Denji look into the sky with a frown.

If it had been anyone else, he would have been grinning and speaking with broken words. It was only with her that he could do something like this so freely and without any sort of reservation.

I just don't know if that's a good thing or not, she thought bitterly. They had been like this for some time now and she had gotten used to it.

It was only mid-day and he was complaining about something that happened the night before. The full story had been explained to her upon their meeting up, but she found that she couldn't take Denji's side on this.

"I guess it's fine since I'm only with him because I want Sekai to end up living."

"It would be better if the both of you wanted to live, you know."

"I'll let that one slide since I'm actually in a good mood." He continued to look at the sky. "But try not to say that around Sekai, got it?"

"Yeah, yeah. The two of you are too much most of the time."

He only scoffed at her, but they both knew that she was right.

It didn't matter which one it was, the two of them were a handful to deal with. Them, along with Yuki-san. Murakami had also told her about the trouble that Yuki causes, so it made the trio all nothing but trouble.

"So do you plan to do anything about him? Or do you think Kagerei-san is going to do something?"

"Neither. Yassan is here, so we can't really go making trouble in the public eye. Getting a scolding isn't something any of us want."

"By the way, are you ever going to introduce me to this 'Yassan'?"

He gave her a sideways glance and clicked his tongue.

It annoyed her when he did that, so she punched him.

If it had been anyone else, he would have already dodged and dealt more damage than he would have taken. It was only with her that he allowed himself to get hit like that.

"You already met my boss, isn't that enough?"

"That woman was something else. But I can see how she became your boss."

"You're luck you're you."

"I know," she said with a shrug. Only she could speak to him like this knowing full well that she would be safe.

It was just how they were.

"By the way," he started. It was already clear that he didn't want to stay on one subject for too long. "Akane's leaving after your next match, and the next match is the last one of the season. Any plans on who could replace her?"

"We aren't thinking of that right now. Why? Do you have any suggestions?"

"Not really. I just wanted to make sure I had an understanding of the situation. Better that way in case something comes up."

It sounded to her like he knew something would come up, but...

He's always been like this. Sekai might be better at planning for things, but Denji knows what to do for any given situation he finds himself in.

That had been shown when she was fighting against the Neighbor alongside Rei and Teikō. He had called out to her and spoken freely while holding back their opponent. It was not something just anyone could do, but they all knew that it would have been bad if he had joined the fight.

His understanding of situation was what had saved them.

It was because of this understanding of situations that he had gotten Minoru to speak up about their former squad and how he escaped Kagerei's harsh words the night before. Even before, he had gotten a read on the situation with the sponsors, went to his boss, opposed Border, made a strike against Minoru, and came back without any repercussions. Everything he did was based on the situation placed before and what he had to do about it.

She knew no one better at doing something like that than Denji.

But that's why I'm worried that he'll finally find the situation he wants.

A situation where he finally wins against Sekai and she won't be able to see him anymore.

"You know," he began again. "I can't wait for Akane to leave. Because when that happens, Sekai will be interesting to watch again. It should be entertaining to see what happens."

His personality was still a foul one that others will dislike him for, but Kumagai kept quiet about it. She understood where this part of him came from.

Standing up from his spot, Denji turned away from the sky to look directly at her.

She stopped herself from taking a step back at seeing his expression. If she were to do that here then it would mean she had no way to support him.

And he seemed fine with that.

"Enjoy yourself during this last match, then come back to me so I can hate you. Got it? I feel like I'm going to have a lot of that pent up, so be ready to take the full brunt of it."

This was how they were.

She knew everything about him and decided to stay and support him. Along with that came all of that hatred he could not show to others.

So she could only nod.

"I'll make sure to take all that hatred away from you."

And also...

"I'll find a way to help you."