These are all fucking principles that Akaza couldn't go against and because of which he had to take you with him.

Who knew that the birth of a daughter from a married landowner would turn out to be an exile and a beating to the point of death for you? Yes, this night will forever leave an imprint on your memory.

White snow, spoiled by the crimson drops of your blood, the wheezing from broken ribs, the cries of a baby and the curses of those who beat you... And then the screams of horror and the crunch of bones.

Not yours anymore, but theirs. As your attackers breathed their last, Akaza turned and looked at you. A horrible mess. It would have been easier for him to finish you off and eat you along with the others, but he never killed women.

You lost consciousness and later woke up in an abandoned barn with your daughter...it became your refuge. Just like Akaza was the only one you could trust.

A baby's cooing broke through your sleep, and you opened your eyes. Akaza was holding your daughter, Ume, in his arms, smiling at her, teasing her with his finger. No matter how coldly he tried to treat you all these months, he had come to love your daughter.

"Don't wake Mom..." he said quietly and tenderly. You'd never seen him like this before.