Fall to White
"Heaven, water, earth, forgive us our sins with this life and foolish eyes..."
"What are you doing!"
There was no mistaking the figure after all.
A young man was kneeling alone facing the lake.
When I found him, he was looking up at the sky and trying to stab his eye out with a knife.
"L-let me go!"
The man's eyes are blank and he keeps looking at the night sky
But when I snatched the knife in his hand,
"Forgive us, forgive us, for we have sinned..."
He began to weep as he muttered these words.
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"So you brought him back?"
"Yeah"
After tea time, I came back to Wince and the others.
While carrying the man in question
All the while, the man kept his head down, muttering to himself.
"Shiro, I got him tied up."
"Yeah, that's helpful, Tenrei."
The man was dressed in the garb of the Isalka tribe.
However, there are some differences.
"Vitiligo... a skin disease?"
The question was answered by Chrono.
"It's a disease unique to the Isalka tribe."
"Is that what this vitiligo is?"
"Y-yes, they call them leucoderma, and those who suffer from it are relegated to a lowly position."
"That's terrible."
It cannot be said that the people themselves are solely responsible for it.
If it's a tribe-specific disease, there's a possibility that it's hereditary... ah, I see.
"Is the disease passed on to the children?"
"Yes, so those who are infected will be cut off."
Probably not allowed to get married or have children.
According to Chrono, it will definitely be passed on to children.
"More than fifty years ago, there was a great trouble when the disease appeared in the family of the chief."
The trouble was probably the killing of each other for the position of chief.
Some of them were complete strangers who tried to replace the entire clan.
"Shiro, what should we do with this guy?"
"I'd like to get some skin or blood sample. Can Tenrei do it?"
"Blood collection. Leave it to me."
Yep, reliable
"I don’t think it would be a good idea to give him back to Isalka…"
"Then let's ask Sendora-san!"
Rion suggests that.
"Malkin, is it okay?"
"Yes, Sendora-san is helping the impoverished people of Isalka, who have been corrupted by the white skins, by providing them with supplies and job placement."
"He's an invincible superman, that Malkin"
Then we should head over to Malkin's place tomorrow and ask for his protection.
"...Is this the reason for the incident?"
"Did someone who lost everything due to vitiligo become so pessimistic that they committed suicide?"
"Then why are they gouging out their eyes?"
"I don't know."
Beside our conversation, the man with his hands and feet lightly tied was begging for forgiveness endlessly.
I don't know who those words were directed to.
Without realizing it, the sun rose as it always does.
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