He Was Already Dead

After a lively breakfast, it took everyone a full hour before they finally finished eating.

But when everyone left the dining hall, it had lost its former exquisite appearance, leaving behind only a disastrous battlefield.

"Gumumu..."

Walking down a corridor in the royal residence, Luna kept staring at Riezel's back ahead of her, making strange noises in her throat. Her gritted-teeth expression left no doubt that she wanted to pounce on him and bite off a piece of his flesh.

If the Little Princess had not been tightly clutching one of Luna's arms, looking utterly terrified, Luna would have already pounced on Riezel and given him a few vicious bites like a rabid dog.

"Seriously, are you still not over it?"

Riezel, walking ahead while leading the sleepy-eyed Eulalie by the hand, kept feeling a chill down his back. He could not help glancing behind him and tossing out that question.

"Don't talk to me." Luna did not engage with Riezel's topic at all, saying viciously, "My mother told me not to casually talk to obscene beasts, or I'll be defiled."

"...Your mother really is a hypocrite, then." Riezel was briefly choked up before retorting irritably, "For someone with that mindset to still give birth to you is absolutely a miracle."

"This world is never short on miracles." Luna said coldly, "At the very least, people long to witness miracles. They definitely do not long to witness shameless atrocities."

"You wouldn't happen to be talking about me, would you?" Riezel said with a faint smile. "I don't think I've ever done something like that."

"You truly have no self-awareness, Lord Brihaut." Luna said sarcastically. "But it's fine. Even if you lack self-awareness, you have righteous people like me by your side. If you refuse to obediently accept death, then I