... after all the hard work you've been through, you've captured your current life."

"Yes, we were able to get this far, supported not only by the people of the woods, but also by the likes of Genos and the old men"

"... that's all the hard work I've had in my life. Whatever you do, you never let go, do you?

And the old man smiled at me just under his eyes.

It is as if it were an eye-fa trick.

But what is felt from its wrinkly eyes when you look closely is the tenderness and softness that is also different from that of Ai-Fa - as if it were the eyes of a father watching over my child who grew up.

I smiled back, "Yes," as I felt the back of my eyelids rapidly getting hot.