"Then... let my children live on."
He murmured.
"Oh, indeed."
Pengbonazi broke into a hearty laugh upon hearing this: "I had already intended to let them live. But since you've begged me like this—I plan on granting them the gift of eternal life! How about that, happy? Hahaha..."
He laughed freely for a few moments, his expression suddenly turning grim: "Why aren't you laughing?"
"—Mr. Pengbonazi."
Alfonso Valentine suddenly spoke up.
And in an instant, Pengbonazi fell silent.
Because this was precisely how the young Alfonso had respectfully addressed Pengbonazi the first time he met him.
It was also how Valentine I "Bashir Valentine" referred to him when they were not yet familiar with each other.
They were too alike. Not only in appearance, but also in voice, and even in temperament and habits.
Among all of Bashir's children... over the years, Alfonso was the one who most resembled him.
...But this resemblance was limited to their youth.
