"Ridiculous!"
"She developed hemophobia just because she saw her lover and younger brother die?"
"When all's said and done, isn't it simply weak willpower?"
After listening to Katsuyu's explanation, Esdeath looked down even more on Tsunade, who was clutching the green crystal pendant at her chest, trembling as she sat collapsed in the snow.
Her words further enraged little Shizune beside Tsunade.
The little girl looked up and glared furiously at Esdeath.
"My lady, don't you have anyone you love? Can you really not understand what it feels like to watch someone you love die right in front of you?"
Esdeath raised her beautiful chin, a cold sneer on her face. "Hmph. If they died, that only proves they were weak. It's only natural for the weak to die. What's there to care about?"
In truth, compared to the "original story," her experiences had been somewhat better.
For example, her parents and tribesmen had not been slaughtered by the "Northern Barbarians," so her mindset had not become completely extreme.
But survival of the fittest was a belief the Baruthut Tribe had always upheld.
Every tribesman taught their children that only the strong could survive.
Coupled with her years leading the Imperial Navy in war against Shenwa Island Country, she had become accustomed to life and death, making her conviction in "survival of the fittest" even firmer.
So it was not just Esdeath.
The entire Baruthut Tribe would not feel sorrow over the deaths of family or friends.
If someone died naturally of old age, they would casually bury them somewhere. There would be no funeral, and no one would mourn.
But if they were killed or eaten by Danger Beasts outside, no one cared at all. They might even become a joke when the living drank together, mocked for being