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S3 #24: The Family Curse

As Hayato waits for Mason outside the Police Camp, Seiko is depressed and talking to Rui in their living room.

_Seiko: Sorry for lying to you Rui, I'm so sorry... we never had... courage to tell you about the New Dimension, about Morinosuke, let alone the Training Camp.

_Rui: ...Wait, are you saying you also knew about The New Dimension... and the countries that exist there?

_Seiko: Yes...

_Rui: ...

_Seiko: We wanted to keep you away from anything related to Commander Murasaki, that's why we never told you about any of this.

_Rui: ... But why did you hide it? Is Commander Murasaki a bad person?

_Seiko: No not at all. Besides, if you wanted to join the Training Camp...

I would actually let you do it.

_Rui: ...?! But why did you hide it then?

_Seiko: Because your father forced me to remain silent, that's why!

_Rui ...M-my father?

_Seiko: But I can't blame him, since I understand his feelings very well...

_Rui: ... I know Dad is always serious but... This time... this time he hurt me... And his face... his face was... so Full of hatred.

_Seiko: Your father and his family, The Browns, have lived a life full or suffering and discrimination, and it all began when his great grandfather, Nick Brown, died when aiding Intoku Morinosuke.

_Rui: ... Wait, why is that person related to this

_Seiko: Because according to your father, when Mason Brown died, his wife went crazy and fell under a very heavy depression. She no longer ate, and that caused her to get ill very easily, until one day... a sickness ended up killing her.

_Rui: ... All that because of depression?

_Seiko: Yes, because depression affects your appetite, and if you don't eat... Well, your immune system falls off too.

_Rui: ...

_Seiko: Her death happened when your great grandfather was about 10 years old, and from that young age, he became an orphan. Now... From what I know, he became self-dependent, and always did his best with any job he could find to sustain himself, and even managed to get a wife and kids. However, by the time he was an adult and finally established a dignified life...

WORLD WAR 2 BEGAN.

_Rui: ... (sweats cold)

_Seiko: When WW2 happened, all exits to Japan were blocked, and since your great grandfather was British, everyone around him considered him an enemy, and hunted him.

_Rui: ... Just because he was British?

_Seiko: Yes... Remember that Japan and Britain were enemies during the war, so your relative was suspected of being some sort of spy or soldier.

_Rui: ... Just because he was British?

_Seiko: Yes...

_Rui: ... But he... He survived, didn't he?

_SEIKO: NO, HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED.

_RUI: ...

_Rui: In your father's eyes, it's like a curse, and he blames this curse at Morinosuke Intoku for convincing Nick Brown to abandon his family...