I don't like modern people's understanding of love. I can't say I hate it, I just don't like it. Words like love and family affection are as important as a feather in the era of advocating freedom.
——The author's little complaint
Narikawa adopted the child, the little thief he caught in the duty room. He told himself that he would become a father and he would love this child.
Treat him as his own, he thought.