thing I definitely know is that you ended up having to do that because you wanted to help someone, right?” “Eh...” Her words took me by surprise. To help others. This element did exist, bu-but, I can’t just... “In healthcare, there are also situations where we have to choose who we want to save, like abandoning an infant to save the mother, to abandon a vegetable to save someone who’s waiting for an organ and so on. In a large scale scenario or disaster, there are standards to assess the ‘level of injury’ and prioritize those who need help. Of course...it’s not that we can kill without a good reason. A lost life can’t be taken back no matter what price is paid. But...someone like you should also have the right to think that someone was saved because of you. You have the right to redeem yourself by thinking of those people you saved.” “Allowing me...to redeem myself...” After I said that with a hoarse voice, I shook my head while Nurse Aki’s hand was still on me. “Bu-But...I forgot about those people I killed, threw away those responsibilities and duties, so I shouldn’t even be redeemed...” “It wouldn’t hurt that much if you really had forgotten about it.” After saying that with a firm voice, Nurse Aki placed her left hand on my hand and turned me to her. The long narrow eyes behind the frameless spectacles had a tough glow in it. I found that there were tears rolling out of my eyes the moment she used the thumb with the shortened fingernail to wipe my eyes.