"I can feel it—someone, something, is manipulating my life, making me less and less like myself."
Trissy calmed down slightly and began recounting her experiences, much as she had when they had unexpectedly met on the balcony at that ball.
"After coming from Tingen to Backlund, they found me very quickly and brought me back into the Demoness Sect. Sevillea originally said she would have me train newcomers, like Sharon Khoy did—take a few novice Assassins, teach them how to kill, and have them carry out the sect's orders. But they soon changed their minds and arranged for me to meet Edessak by chance...
"Then, that man fell madly in love with me. He said it was love at first sight, and even gave up pursuing the daughter of an Earl with immense wealth for my sake. He was so obsessed with a suspicious woman he had only met once, looking exactly like some ridiculous supporting character in a third-rate novel who had fallen for the heroine. And what was even more ridiculous was that I had secretly been delighted at the time—delighted that I was so popular after becoming a woman. Haha, hahaha!"
As she said this, she suddenly began laughing as if she had gone mad. Her voice carried through the mirror and echoed through the cramped basement, like the furious howl of an evil spirit. There was not a trace of mirth in it, only madness.
Surprised by Trissy's behavior, Angel did not respond and simply waited quietly for her to continue.
Fortunately, this Sequence 6 Beyonder did not remain immersed in her bleak emotions. She soon stopped laughing and looked toward the mirror with tearful eyes. Her black pupils held emotions Angel could not understand.
"Again and again, by coincidence, we kept meeting in different places.