Sayabito Vol. 3: Swords of Destiny (Kodansha, 2024)

A mix-up at a coffee bar sends Kuifa and Rivia on the run, but it seems Kuifa's body is beginning to betray him. He comes down with a fever and is now immobilized, leaving Rivia to make decisions and face vicious creatures on her own. Alone for the first time in a long while, Rivia begins to question just how little she knows about Kuifa, about sayabito, about herself… As political unrest stirs back at Protettori headquarters, a mysterious sayabito finds work watching over a newborn boy-leading to a decades-long bond that will change the course of the man's life forever.