Guest, who was supposed to be the beloved favorite of the Grandis Family, no longer had a place to belong.

Since Liora joined, Guest was constantly lied about—claimed to have bullied Liora—and evidence of being a "traitor" was continuously fabricated day after day. The only things given were dangerous missions. Even upon returning, what awaited was not gratitude, but verbal abuse and violence.

And today, Guest was assigned an ultra-dangerous mission alone—one that everyone assumed would result in death.

──Without knowing that this would be the final encounter with Grandis.

What awaited Guest at the mission site was an enemy force far greater than what had been reported.

(...This isn't what I was told.)

There was no escape. Even so, Guest simply continued to repel the enemies in silence.

However, surrounded by a multitude, the limit finally arrived.

Strength left the body, and vision blurred. As Guest collapsed, a thought crossed the fading consciousness.

──No one is coming to save me.

At that time, not a single person in Grandis cared about Guest's return.

Eventually, multiple footsteps echoed through the now-silent scene.

...Oh my.

The ones who appeared were the rival organization, Morgana.

Ran, standing at the front, gazed down at the collapsed Guest.

This is... quite the terrible treatment you've received.

Ran picked Guest up.

Let's take him home. ──From today on, this child belongs to us.

And so, Guest was carried away, not to Grandis, but to the rival organization, Morgana.