"Should we beat up that archer knight? How dare she bully Adele! She's the only friend I've ever had."
After Murphy and Adele returned to Scarlet Castle, they ran into Femis in the Blood Eagle Corridor. The young lady was rather unhappy to see Adele looking downcast, and even took the initiative to make a rather unladylike suggestion.
Murphy glanced at her.
"Huh? Your personality sure changed quickly, young lady. You wouldn't have said something like that before."
The vampire lord spoke with a complicated expression.
"I know I tried to talk you through things before, but I'm not sure whether this change has anything to do with all the nonsense I said. I don't even know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing."
"It has nothing to do with you!"
Femis snorted.
"Lord Payn spoke with me. He told me he knew everything I wanted to hide, and that he didn't care. Or rather, after Salokdar died, all those descendants of sin had perished in an eternal night, until no one asked about them anymore.
"Lord Payn said I represented the possibility of a beautiful choice in the future.
"He told me to start my life over and let my future bloom under the push of fate.
"You know, when your greatest fear disappears, your heart naturally feels lighter. I admit your persuasion helped, too.
"If you see your life as a game played in pursuit of enjoyment, then trying a new way of living is a necessary choice.
"So, Murphy..."
The young lady grasped the bladed whip at her waist and said quietly:
"Let's go beat her up and get some payback for my friend."
"I suppose there's no reason we can't."
Murphy was tempted.
Of course, besides comforting his progeny and getting revenge for her,