Why did he forgive him? Why did he go beyond forgiveness and say the boy had done nothing wrong?
Faust could not understand Daniel’s words or his choice. Just as he had failed to comprehend the moment kind Gretchen gave him a chance, he could not comprehend this mercy either.
「Why? Why…?」
If not for me, your parents would still be alive. If I hadn’t thought of doing that then, you never would have lost your parents—a part of your world.
「Why in the world…?」
So why do you and Gretchen say such things? If not for me, none of you would ever have suffered what you did. All your pain and anguish spread from me. Why don’t you blame me?
“Thank you. It must have been difficult to speak, and my insistence must have forced you to open an unmistakable wound. Even so, thank you for finding the courage to tell me.”
A faint pressure settled over his body, where sensation was dull to the point of near nonexistence. It was not uncomfortable. Being embraced as though the other man intended to leave not a single gap between them felt cozy before it could feel confining.
That remained true even if he could no longer feel the warmth or perceive the softness. The peaceful comfort engraved into his memory instantly cast aside the veil of oblivion and delivered its former warmth to his soul.
“And once again, I am sorry. For knowing nothing of your circumstances and only resenting you, for placing a new burden upon shoulders that…