(Thank you very much to 'Pokémon', 'awalon', 'World's End Ballad', and 'Invincible Origin' for the rewards!)
"Hah... hah... hah... hah..."
In an empty alley, Lili, carrying an enormous backpack, sprinted forward desperately while panting heavily. Tears streamed from the corners of her eyes as she screamed frantically in her heart.
(Lili really is this useless! Afraid of even a single cup of wine! Completely useless!)
Lili hated adventurers.
But more than adventurers, Lili actually hated herself.
Noah did not know that Lili had not joined the Soma Familia of her own free will. She had belonged to the Soma Familia from the moment she was born.
It was an unwritten rule that existed in nearly every Familia.
Because it was generally inappropriate for factions to become too close with one another, people from different Familias usually had little chance of getting married.
But if two people in the same Familia fell in love, got together, and had a child, that child would become a member of the parents' Familia from the moment they were born.
Lili was one such child.
Lili's parents had both been members of the Soma Familia.
In other words, from the moment Lili was born, she had been obligated to become a member of the Soma Familia.
From that point onward, Lili had been destined to become an unfortunate person.
Simply because Lili's parents, as low-ranking members of the Soma Familia, had likewise been captured by the magic of Divine Wine and become slaves to money.
Under those circumstances, while Lili's parents desperately chased after money themselves, they had also almost violently forced the young Lili to earn money, never fulfilling any of the responsibilities parents should have had.
Then, in pursuit of money, Lili's parents entered a floor of the Dungeon that was beyond their