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Chapter 1: Act 1: Scene 2 It seems nobody thought she would return to normal, everyday life from before ever again.
 * Kayo’s life ending at that point probably wouldn't have been that odd.
 * However--she decided to wake up again.
 * When Kayo awoke, she seemed to have not been able to move her body because of the pain.
 * So at first she looked at the unfamiliar ceiling curiously.
 * People who suffered burns like Kayo groaned in their futons, though she wouldn’t have even known.
 * [Space]
 * There beyond the hilltop bridge was a town clinic.
 * Kayo was discovered at the place where she had fallen and been burned by the fire and rushed over here.
 * She had suffered burns to her whole body.
 * No one suffered what she did and wouldn’t have been strange if she was dead ordinarily.
 * But, Kayo survived.
 * She was told those facts by a woman wearing a red kimono who was treating all those injured people.
 * Mei: “Good. You’re awake.”
 * Her face looked familiar to Kayo.
 * Kayo: “...... Mei-san.”
 * Mei was a draper living atop the hill, the lady of the Miroku shop.
 * ...... Yes, that’s right.
 * You also know that, this was the woman who became the first victim of that incident from then.
 * The medical clinic was where her father, the doctor, worked. So, due to the emergency, it seems she was helping him at this time.
 * She was primarily a draper’s wife, in other words a business rival for Kayo, but because Mei knew Kayo had quality arms, she would sometimes secretly sneak behind her husband’s back and request she do some of the more unruly work for them.
 * It was for these circumstances that the two were acquainted.
 * Mei: “You’re severely burned. It’s a wonder you’re alive. Very much so.”
 * Kayo: “Yes......”
 * Mei: “Fortunately, our home wasn’t affected by the fire since we’re across the street from the river but my husband was slightly burned. Well, it wasn’t a big deal compared to you....... anyhow, get some rest for a bit.”
 * While Mei said this to Kayo with a gentle smile, the was a feeling of sorrow on her face that Kayo didn’t miss.
 * Kayo: “Him... moreover... Where’s Ren......”
 * Kayo was in pain just opening her mouth but she still somehow asked Mei that.
 * For a moment, Mei’s expression was panicked. Probably had the idea not to keep it hidden.
 * She shook her head regretfully.
 * Mei: “Um, the house that burned down...... the only one that survived underneath it....... was you.”
 * Kayo: “...... That’s.......”
 * Kayo realized what those words meant.
 * That her husband and son had in fact burned to death in the fire.
 * Tears overflowed in her eyes and breathing leaked from her mouth.
 * Mei tried hard to say something to comfort her, but nothing was reaching Kayo’s ears at all.
 * “Aaaahh....... aaaaaaaaahhh.”
 * She slightly raised her voice into a growl, and then--.
 * [Space]
 * Kayo: “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhh!!”
 * [Space]
 * Since her throat was burned, she shouldn’t have been able to be so loud otherwise.
 * Nevertheless, Kayo continued to scream.
 * [Space]
 * The fire resulted in significant damage done to the outskirts of Enbizaka.
 * In particular, most of the buildings up until the hill top were completely burned down.
 * Of course...... so was Kayo’s.
 * The dead amounted to over a hundred, most of the victims the same as Kayo and her family, people living around the outskirts to the hilltop of Enbizaka.
 * The current magistrate of the Izasa domain, the fourteenth head of the Octo family, Octo Gato, concluded that the arson that caused the large fire was from within their own domain; while a search for the criminal was underway immediately, they couldn’t find who incited the fire in the end.
 * [Space]
 * Homeless and having lost her beloved family, Kayo was sick of mind.
 * Her burns healed little by little over time, but the wounds to her mind did not.
 * When her wounds finally recovered enough for her to finally walk, Kayo deposited herself in the home of her deceased mother.
 * --Along with the scissors and me dwelling within them.