「A few minutes ago ~On the road~」

With no sign of conversation at sight, the narrow space in the car was occupied by silence and solitude.

The female driver thought to herself.

Please let this painful silence stay forever.

There is no meaning to my existence. She envied everyone who had the confidence to identify oneself in such a hopeless way.

A meaningless existence. How wonderful would that be. In other words, those people were able to make independent decisions on how to waste their time in life. Wouldn't that be the ultimate definition of freedom?

To their contrary, she had to live with a clear meaning.

A tool of the old man behind her. That was the entire purpose to her existence, as well as a destiny she could not disobey.

Loneliness is a product of having nobody but yourself to love. While her presence was sought by the old man at a regular basis, she was still very much alone.

Which is precisely why she adored silence. It was the only time she could stay alive without having to follow orders.

But her beloved silence was ruthlessly interrupted by the voice of an insensitive old man.

"If the Elixir was indeed complete - finish off all nuisances."

"Yes."

"I'll do it myself. You only have to keep the rest from screaming while I'm at it. Isn't that easy?"

"Yes."

She thought, how unbiased could this elder be? Including herself, he treated every living being equally regardless of race, gender, age, values, good or evil, past or future... Everyone was a mere tool in his eyes, everything was to be disposed of when deemed useless or unnecessary.

"Are we in the city now...? avoid the main streets."

"Yes."

The female driver stopped thinking to herself. Inside of her brain was a pro's calculation of road shortcuts that would lead them to the final destination efficiently.

Then the car turned to the backstreet - right around the corner of a hat store.