You Gaze into the Abyss, and the Abyss Gazes Back! / A Mother's Love and a Daughter's Devotion

"Leticia, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you. You probably noticed it yourself, but you've been avoiding it all this time."

"...As a poet, I can see your fate. I can see the price fate has marked you with."

"Then, as the former Double Digit Demon King and the strongest White Night King, she couldn't possibly have failed to see the path of your fate."

"...Yet the White Night King still let you accept Cain's Legacy without telling you the price you would have to pay."

"Because to her, you aren't important. You're merely one of her tools, an object to accomplish the goal of becoming the Stratum Ruler."

"...She only wants to seize the fruits of victory you obtained by giving up everything!"

At that moment, the storyteller still wanted to continue tempting Leticia into corruption, driving a wedge between her and the White Night King.

"Enough. Stop talking!"

Leticia shouted angrily, cutting off the storyteller.

Complete corruption and the loss of all reason were impossible. Now that her parents, younger sister, and clansmen had been resurrected, Leticia no longer had any reason to continue falling.

But Leticia was also a Demon King now, and the storyteller merely wanted to make her fall deeper into the abyss.

How could Leticia fail to understand the hesitation the White Night King had shown when facing her?

The White Night King had seen her ending long ago but had chosen not to tell her. This was also the thought Leticia had been trying desperately to avoid.

Yet the storyteller insisted on bringing it up, creating a rift between Leticia and the White Night King.

"All right. I've allowed you to spout nonsense here for long enough. Now shut your mouth."

Roy suddenly spoke.

His words were like the laws of