Then she let out a derisive laugh and continued:
"Who would have thought that even after Mrs. Sharon died, none of us could escape the arrangements that followed? After leaving Tingen, we actually met again in Backlund... So, have you gotten used to living as a woman?"
By the end, Trissy's tone had shifted from mockery to sorrow. It seemed she was not only laughing at the Witch before her, who shared the same circumstances, but also lamenting that life after her advancement had not turned out as she had hoped.
She did not recognize exactly which former "Assassin" colleague Angel was. She merely regarded her as one of Mrs. Sharon's former subordinates whom she had never met. This also matched the memories Angel had inherited from Cole Granger. Cole had never met Tris or any other Assassins; he only knew that Mrs. Sharon had more than one subordinate.
That was the advantage of one-way contact... and, well, its disadvantage too...
Thanking the deceased Mrs. Sharon for her "contribution," Angel also revealed a trace of sadness, using it to close the distance between them before asking:
"Sevillea only told me to meet you. What exactly has she arranged? And why are you here?"
Could this be the "joint scheme of the Demoness Sect and the Aurora Order" Lola mentioned?
The sorrowful look in Trissy's eyes turned distant, and her face filled with confusion, as though she had only just begun considering her own situation.
"I... I don't know either. After arriving in Backlund, they arranged for me to get close to Edessak, but that wasn't what I wanted. I tried to run away, but I was always caught because of all kinds of coincidences. Recently, I've even grown accustomed to that life... as if I've fallen into an abyss I