"At the alchemy exchange ten years ago, if you hadn't insisted on obtaining the sacrifice from Siting, why would I have traded away magical materials I'd treasured for a century? You... damn you!"
"It was because of your decision that my sister was forced to join the Execution Society. After carrying out execution after execution on the front lines, she can now only rely on Demon Flower Sprite Bloodstones to keep from going mad. Do you know that?! It's all your fault!"
"You clearly knew Bogula was there, yet you still sent me to that crossroads. Because of you, Bogula snatched away Aisha, the magic puppet I cherished most! And you said she was just a magic puppet! But that puppet's golden hair and green eyes belonged to my beloved who had died young!"
"You are the culprit behind it all!"
"It's all because of you! Because of you!"
"Because of you" echoed endlessly beside Hailey's ears. It would have been one thing if others had said it, but these figures were all her colleagues, senior wizards within the Profound Alchemy Society.
And every single incident had truly happened. Precisely because of that, Hailey felt even more shocked and furious!
Why did these illusions know about those things? And why did they remember them so clearly? When those events had happened, they had clearly raised no objections. Were these truly the grievances they harbored against her in their hearts?
She had only just managed to suppress her emotions, but under this chain bombardment that resembled a curse, a breach suddenly opened once more.
As Hailey's emotions fell into chaos and she stood at a loss, the pitch-black figures abruptly stopped muttering. Their scarlet eyes curved into crescents, carrying the eerie air of a scheme successfully fulfilled. The corners of their