After my daughter woke up, Anna and Elisa woke up a few hours later, and lastly Monica. Their parents quickly came to look for them as well, Anna's mother is always working, but she came here running the moment she heard her daughter was hospitalized and left today in the morning to come later to pick her up.
The other students were still sleeping, some woke up, and were quickly discharged after the doctor made sure they were healthy and fine mentally. It was a really quick process, and there were annoying press everywhere outside, some parents decided to talk about their experience, some students too, so there were a lot of content for the news there.
Monica and Elisa, however, had no parents that came for them. Monica had no parents, the doctor told me both had passed away in this very hospital after a car accident. She had been living alone ever since then, with a government person coming to check her up every now and then.
And about Elisa… Well, her two parents are outside of the country, in their own… things. But her butler and guardian, Steiner, came running and had been staying in the hospital ever since she was put there, but he's not someone that talks a lot, so he had barely shared a few words with us.
"Seriously, who would had thought a damn dungeon break would have appeared in your school, Anna?! I was dying when I heard it was there!" Julieta, Anna's mother, who looked just like her but around my age, with short red hair and sharp green eyes sighed. "Ugh, I was so worried! I almost died!"
"Geez, as if you would had cared if I died." Anna sighed, crossing her arms.
"H-Hey! How can you say that to your mother?! I love you!" Her mother sighed, facepalming as she felt embarrassed that her daughter was saying such things in front of us. "C-Come on now… Sorry if I am a bit… rough sometimes. But I… Hahh… It's not like I hit you or anything!"
"It's fine." I said. "Let her be, Julieta. Girls at her age are at their rebellious phase after all." I gave her a few pats in her shoulder.
"Seriously…" She sighed. "I just work all day for her… Sometimes I just get dumb, but… I do it all for her…"
"Come on Anna, can't you forgive your mother?" I asked. "She genuinely cares for you."
"…" Anna looked at me and sighed. "Yeah, yeah, ok, thanks, mom, for coming, here…"
She said it very robotically, but at least she said it…
"Well she did her best." I laughed.
"At the very least I can be proud she's a strong girl." Her mother gave her a head pat.
"Milady, are you surely, truly alright?! Wouldn't it had been better if you stayed for a week at least?!" Asked Steiner at Elisa.
"I'm fine Steiner! You're so annoying!" Elisa sighed, crossing her arms like a spoiled rich lady. "Leave me be, I don't even remember what happened… seriously. But I'm glad… I'm glad everyone's alright."
"Hahh… Next time, I won't leave your side! I'll walk at your side at all times and… I've already gotten myself a magic gun, even if I have yet to awaken, I-"
"Steiner! Enough!" Elisa reprimanded her butler.
He was surprisingly emotional with her, he has been at her side for years now, so I guess he probably thought of her as his own daughter, or a little sister.
"But seriously I can't believe my stupid parents didn't even bother coming here! They just sent me some messages and more money…" Elisa sighed, filled with resentment. "As if I ever needed more money… I just want… to see them again…"
"M-Milady…" Steiner sighed. "W-Well, they said that at the end of the year, surely…!"
"They had been saying that for the last three years!" Elisa cried. "Ugh, I'm so sick of them, pretending to be worried, they don't even care about their own daughter…"
"At the very least there's Steiner with you." Elena said. "He's like your dad."
"He's not my dad!" Elisa blushed a bit, as Steiner's eyes seemed to shine in surprise.
"Me… milady's father figure?" He wondered. "Haha… Y-You're really funny, Elena."
"Don't hide your excitement when she said it!" Elisa said angrily. "Ugh, seriously…"
"Well, honestly, you're better off than miss gloomy over there." Anna pointed out Monica walking at my side in complete silence.
Since she woke up that she had barely said a few words, and nobody wants to talk about her possession either.
"What… I'm going to do now…" Monica sighed, her hands were trembling. "Hahhh…"
She was sighing constantly, feeling tired, exhausted, nervous, all at once. Jesus, this girl needs a big hug right now.
And I am there to help!
"E-Ehh?!"
I hugged her tightly.
"M-Miss Elayne?!"
"It's alright… Monica, you were just a victim on this."
"…"
"You can stay at my house if you want to, I'll protect you from any ghost!"
"W-Wha… Why? Why do you care so much…"
"Why can't I?! You're my daughter's friend, right?"
"Sniff…"
Monica stared crying as I hugged her, everyone stopped walking as they waited for us. Monica had a lot of things saved up in her heart and let them all out as she cried in my shoulders.
This girl… She just deserves a better life. All the things she was forced to do, and what she was forced to become… She doesn't deserve anything of that.
"Everything's alright, you won't be alone anymore, alright?" I sighed, gently caressing her fluffy black hair. "It's alright now…"
After that, Monica was still silent, but her hands became much warmer as she held mine, and we walked back home.
Tonight, we decided to celebrate the girls recovery, so I decided to cook a big feast of my best dishes.
"I-It's so spicy… Uwaah!" Monica cried as she ate my curry.
"Hahaha, it is the least spicy curry I've ever eaten!" Anna said. "You really need to build up some resistance!"
"Here, drink some water at least." Elena offered her a cup of water.
"Phew… T-Thanks…" Monica smiled a bit.
Some of us might have small families, or some might even be alone, but together, we make a big family that won't let anybody feel lonely.
