“Mommy is sorry! It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have brought you back to Banyan City with me…“ Luna’s weeps echoed through the cemetery.

Staring at Luna’s scrawny build, Gwen helplessly sniffed and turned around to wipe away her tears.

To present such bad news to Luna as soon as she woke up from her coma was too cruel.

However… Gwen knew that if they did not tell her, it would complicate things in the future, since…

After all, Nigel and Nellie were not doing too well either.

The rain started to grow heavier, so Joshua opened his umbrella and held it above Luna’s head, continuing to watch her weep in silence.

Luna cried from afternoon till evening until she eventually got tired, her voice hoarse in the aftermath. She finally slumped onto the ground, totally and utterly exhausted.

Despite that, however, she still clung to Neil’s tombstone in desperation, as though holding onto it would prevent Neil from actually leaving this world.

“Luna.“ Joshua sighed and threw his umbrella aside. He squatted and pulled Luna into his arms.

skinny that he could feel her bones pressing against

in a slightly hoarse but gentle voice. “Neil was a hero. He used the last of

took out a necklace from his shirt

her head and fixated her gaze on

recognized it. This necklace belonged

each of them so that they could communicate with each other. The necklaces even had

other, so Luna could recognize that the

get burned. What I’m guessing is that Neil used the last of his strength to toss it out of the fire.“ Joshua let

of the necklace, “Mommy, Nigel, Nellie. By the time you hear this recording, Uncle Theo and I are probably gone now. If by the time you hear this, you’ve already received news of my death, please don’t

continued with a hint of a smile in his voice as if he had already braced himself for the worst, “Zach and Yuri took Nellie with them and pretended to escape, but in reality, they hid themselves. We know that whoever’s coming after us won’t be fooled by the empty car, so if Uncle Theo and

won’t hurt Nellie. If we manage to escape, then hopefully, they’ll chase us, and we can lead them away from Nellie. If we don’t manage to get out of here… then it’s not our fault either. It’s not that Uncle Theo and I were too weak to fight

died, there’s no turning back time either. I can’t come back to life anymore,

time. If there’s some

have to take good care of Nellie. Nigel and I have spoiled

don’t want you

voice started to choke as he said, “But if it’s too

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