Halloween Queen was on edge in front of her mother, because she understood all too well that her mother was not a kind person.
She was the Great Demon who could blow away the universe and bring the world to ruin with a single Magic Formula—the embodiment of "333."
"Good afternoon, my daughter."
Laura spoke in a lighthearted tone and blinked her beautiful eyes at Halloween Queen.
Her lively and adorable appearance made her look nothing like Halloween Queen's mother. Instead, she looked more like her older sister.
"Mother, would you like a cup of black tea?"
Halloween Queen smiled as she gathered up her skirt and curtsied.
"Of course."
Laura gave a slight nod and sat down opposite her at the long table.
Halloween Queen rose of her own accord and began brewing black tea for Laura. Her posture was elegant, and every movement was practiced to perfection.
However, if a stranger had been present, they would certainly have noticed Halloween Queen's displeasure and unease whenever she faced Laura.
Although the part of Laura that was Laura Crowley loved her daughter dearly—one could even call it doting love—and she possessed the bloodline of the Crowley Clan,
Laura also possessed the personality belonging to Kolozun.
That side of her did not merely dislike Halloween Queen. It harbored a complicated hatred.
Because of Kolozun's plans, her Grand Ritual had run into problems with all its pairings precisely because of Halloween Queen's birth.
As a result, the ritual capable of overturning the world had failed.
Even Kolozun herself knew that her ritual could never have succeeded, even without Halloween Queen.
Nevertheless, she still blamed her failure on Halloween Queen.
But as a Mother Demon, Kolozun also possessed maternal love.
Those complicated feelings were tangled together, making Laura's attitude toward Halloween Queen endlessly