"Damn it, Root of the Faceless, that traitor! At first I thought First Seat Yarmola was the one rebelling, but who would've thought it was the Gullad Emperor's most trusted cleaner stirring things up?! (Furious)"
"This animal... the Gullad Emperor saved her and gave her such a high position, and this is how she repaid him?"
"Women just can't be trusted, damn it."
"My empire! Gullad! Your Majesty! No! (Wailing)"
"Seriously? I play an assassin, and I originally thought the Black-Clad Emissary was cool. I figured the highest-sequence Flame would be cool too, but it turns out he's the leader of traitors in the backstory! (Gritting teeth)"
"Assassin players feel so embarrassed. (Covering face)"
Some players found Root of the Faceless's actions utterly shameful. For various reasons, they had a favorable impression of the Gullad Empire, so naturally, they loathed Root of the Faceless's betrayal.
"—Her husband was killed, her child was forcibly torn from her womb, and then she herself was brutally abused—Root of the Faceless really had it rough—"
"True. She was probably the most pitiful person among the Gullad Empire's upper echelon."
"It's hard to imagine how Root of the Faceless felt as a mother when she went through all that—no wonder she was so obsessed with her child that she was willing to be beguiled by the Abandoned Insect and betray the Gullad Emperor."
"Yeah. And under those circumstances, Root of the Faceless still had to suffer emotional blows from that young couple, Velos and Xidan, regularly handling aborted fetuses—who wouldn't go insane?"
Quite a few players sympathized with Root of the Faceless's plight.
Though she had indeed helped the Abandoned Insect bring about the chaos in the capital, almost everything she did had been for a single obsession: letting the child she once had see