Well, what could I do?

Here was someone who had done nothing wrong, yet was apologizing to me. The least I could do was ease some of her guilt. Otherwise, things would be unbearably awkward every time we met in the future.

And, to be honest, I already knew exactly what Lena was hiding. I had investigated it before.

If she had been a character I was familiar with from the start, I wouldn’t have bothered looking into her unless she posed a direct threat to my life. But Lena was someone I had never seen in the original story, so I had been cautious.

Lena’s secret?

She was a fan of Digger the Dog.

“……”