This Wine Is All Water!

In Muriian's residence in Gloucester City, Habetrotrot, Samael, Morgan, and the others gathered and exchanged information.

After learning the full course of events, everyone could not help but feel deeply moved by Bavangshi's experiences, filled with pity and heartache for her.

Samael took a light sip of hot tea and gazed quietly into the courtyard with gentle eyes.

"Hehe, piglets, don't even think about running!"

"Stomping you one by one is such a hassle. Die, die, die!"

At that moment, the protagonist of the story was crouched on the ground, dripping honey to lure nearby ants over. Then she mischievously raised her red heel and ground the little creatures to death in circles, occasionally muttering viciously under her breath.

In an instant, the ancient serpent's gaze stiffened, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

She was still a child. Try to understand.

That upheaval had pushed her personality from one extreme to another.

The things she had once hated might well have been what this child once cherished. Those so-called cruel pleasures she now enjoyed were instead the very things she had once despised, even the suffering she had endured.

She had never received anyone's love before. Now, only "when tormenting the weak" could she earn praise from Morgan, her "mother," so she came to understand that this was what happiness was.

So, from another perspective—

Well, she was merely a cute girl constantly striving to earn her mother's love...

Probably...

The ancient serpent turned away, consoling and hypnotizing himself as he made excuses for the pitiful Fae Maiden in the courtyard.

After pulling her prank and growing bored of it, Bavangshi turned and rushed into the living room, throwing herself into her mother's arms like a fawn lost in the woods.

"Mother, this toy was so boring. It