Zaafea's children did not understand why their father told them this story, but they followed his last wish and erected a nameless memorial for Ruin. He then stayed with the memorial and watched over the family.
When Ruin opened his eyes again, an unknown number of years had passed. One day, a boy led two younger boys, his brothers, to the memorial.
"Someone, please... Save my brother..."
"I can save your brother."
"W-Who said that?"
"You can call me... Ruin."
...
The memory abruptly ended. Zaafea was suddenly attacked, a fireball hurtling toward him with a loud boom. He crushed the fireball with his bare hands and then looked to the side with a resigned expression.
"Mr. Melton, you're being a bit unruly."
At this moment, Clint emerged from the woods.
"Who are you, really? This body isn't yours!"
"So what if it isn't?"
"Did you kill someone?"
"Quite a few," Zaafea replied casually.
"You're the traitor."
"You've misunderstood. I'm not the traitor," Zaafea said lightly.
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