----"Coward."
The cruel assessment made Garfiel's breathing grow heavy.
Yet Garfiel could not refute it at all.
The reason was simple.
It was because of Garfiel's background.
Speaking of which, Garfiel's upbringing had been exceptionally troubled.
More precisely, it should have been said that Garfiel's mother's fate had been exceptionally troubled.
Garfiel's mother had been human.
However, she had been deeply unfortunate.
In the past, Garfiel's mother had fallen into the hands of slave traders, used as collateral for a debt and prepared for sale.
But on the way to be sold, the slave traders had encountered a band of Demi-human bandits and been attacked.
Because of that, Garfiel's mother fell into the hands of the Demi-human bandits. One of the bandits took a liking to her, and she gave birth to a daughter.
After that, the bandit died. Garfiel's mother wandered with her infant daughter, only to be captured by another Demi-human group, where she met Garfiel's father.
In other words, Garfiel originally had an older sister.
Along with their mother, the three of them could not remain with Garfiel's father for various reasons and had no choice but to wander once again.
When the three had nowhere left to turn, the Mathers Family took them in. Under Roswaal's arrangements, they came to the "Sanctuary."
After all, aside from Garfiel's mother, both Garfiel and his sister were half-human, half-Demi-human. Furthermore, Roswaal had to uphold the contract maintaining the "Sanctuary," and it was necessary to keep a certain population there. It was only natural that the three would be sent to the "Sanctuary."
However, after leaving the siblings in the "Sanctuary," Garfiel's mother left.
"You thought your mother abandoned you, didn't you?"
Once again, Fang Li used the most direct method possible to dig out the secret hidden within Garfiel's