Shien fell silent.
He did not want his eyes, expression, or tone to reveal even the slightest trace of sympathy.
It was not because Shien lacked compassion, but because he believed that his sympathy would not make Tier happy. It would only be an insult to her.
And that was indeed the case.
"I don't have many feelings about my mother being killed."
Tier spoke to Shien in a tone so calm that it hardly seemed human.
"Objectively speaking, she did not treat me well, and our relationship was never good. On top of that, she was a spy from a neighboring country, the culprit behind betraying the kingdom and causing tremendous damage to the royal capital. It is already generous of me not to hate her, let alone feel anger over her death."
It was realistic, and objective.
"The only thing I could do for that person was repay the debt of gratitude for bringing me into this world." Tier said indifferently, "So, that was the first time I ever asked someone to do something for me."
What did she ask for?
Nothing much. She only asked them to build a grave for her mother.
If not for Tier's request, how could her mother, a criminal, possibly have had a grave?
And the only people who could grant Tier's request were Roxie and Ryley.
That made Shien recall seeing Tier in the cemetery before.
Back then, when Tier cried before her mother's grave, she probably had not been mourning her mother's death.
The reason she cried, the reason she built that grave, was merely to mourn her own past.
That was precisely why she did not need sympathy.
Yet at the same time, Shien truly felt that Tier had suffered far too much unfairness.
Simply because of her Unique