After dealing with the mutts in the basement, Aiden headed back into the Medicare center. However, he didn't have the face to go inside just yet and found himself leaning against the walls outside.
"This should not have happened," he murmured.
He had punished James because he put her in danger. He turned Bret and Cole into mutts because they harmed Lily. Even though he did all that, shouldn't he also punish himself?
After all, if he hadn't blindly opened his doors to everyone, Bret and Cole wouldn't have lived in the building and couldn't have harmed Lily.
"A punishment for myself, huh?"
[Host, it wasn't your fault entirely. If you go by that logic, you should also punish Alisha for not ensuring Lily's safety by locking the doors.]
"…"
For the first time in a long while, the system's words of kindness had hit him. It was thanks to that Aiden could see through the smoke of self-doubt that had surrounded him.
