[“My reasons?” Hajime raised his eyebrows in confusion. Will scratched his cheek awkwardly before continuing.
“Yes. Your reasons for killing that boy... even though you knew it would cause Aiko-dono pain.”
“I did, didn’t I? He was an enemy, so...”
“Even if that was a good enough reason not to save him, that wasn’t a good enough reason to kill him, right? After all, he’d already been fatally wounded. You could have just left him there to die, but you killed him instead. We both know there was a reason for that.”
“...You’re a pretty sharp kid.” Will was absolutely right. LN Vol 3 page 282]