"More or less."
Yao Wan let out a breath without realizing it. Since she had said the wrong thing, she would stand at attention and take the beating. Naturally, she accepted that.
"...Even if her birth at the start was only an accident, even if she was not a being born in accordance with anyone's wishes, that doesn't mean she wasn't blessed."
Seeing Yao Wan react like this, Medusa naturally did not want to argue too much with her. She only lowered her head and gently stroked her daughter's hair and cheeks, her tone as calm as ever.
"As for you, what has gotten into you lately? Normally, you wouldn't say something like that at all, would you?"
Her daughter's sleeping face remained the same in her arms. Only then did Medusa raise her head again and look at Yao Wan, unable to help asking.
"--Are my thoughts really that easy to see through?"
Yao Wan murmured despite herself.
"It's simply that you're a little too different from your usual self. If it were the usual you, at least in front of Xiao Xiao, you wouldn't say such sarcastic things."
Medusa stated the reason for her guess, leaving Yao Wan at an even greater loss for what to say.
"I see..."
Yao Wan did not feel especially troubled by this either. She only rubbed her temples subconsciously, lost in thought.
She had thought it was nothing more than an unintentional remark, but now it seemed it was not quite that simple. Her fixation on this matter did indeed seem to have exceeded what she subconsciously recognized.
"--Or could it be that it's finally time?"
Looking at Yao Wan's slightly conflicted expression, Medusa could not help bending down, carrying Xiao Xiao as she silently moved right up in front of her.