There was no helping it—the first impression was very important. Elizabeth simply had the kind of face that made it look fun to bully her.
(Dragon Maiden: Is that my fault???)
"Bang—!"
Another pile of gift boxes was blasted apart. Assassin-Camilla, clutching her scepter, had not been defeated on the spot by Jeanne d'Arc (Lily)'s Noble Phantasm attack, though her appearance had become somewhat disheveled. Her mask, coiffure, gown, and everything else were all out of place. Camilla gathered up her messy silver hair and gritted her teeth. "Damn it, that's why I hate children who don't understand anything~~~!!"
"Why is she still hopping around? Was that all your Noble Phantasm could do?"
"Because it was just a 'lecture,' after all~~~"
As Jeanne d'Arc (Lily) spoke, she proudly puffed out her little chest. "This is how I fight!"
"..."
Elizabeth's face was covered in black lines. Did this little brat really see the Holy Grail War, the battles between Servants, as nothing more than children playing around?
She truly did not know whether she should envy her or disdain her.
—Perhaps envy. Envying the childhood she could have had, the innocence that could smile so carefree.
She and Camilla had originally been the same person, both pitiful souls bound within the "Prison Castle Csejte." Why had they developed such twisted personalities? Because no one had ever told her as a child that this or that was wrong.
That was why the girl named "Elizabeth Báthory" had fallen to this point!
The only way Dragon Maiden was luckier than Camilla was that she was a younger Elizabeth, whose temperament had not yet completely gone to extremes...
Rather than hating children, it was more accurate to say it was envy, jealousy, and hatred. What drove Elizabeth—Camilla—to extremes was precisely that sunless childhood,