Being betrayed felt awful.
The impact it had was enormous.
After Famati was stabbed, she did receive some comfort, but in the environment she found herself in, she was hurt more by the people around her and their rumors.
"Isn't she supposed to be some kind of righteous knight?"
"She can't do anything at all."
"Haha, she was stabbed by her own Head Maid. That tells you what kind of person she is, doesn't it?"
And what about Xige?
By now, Xige was no longer the gentle person she had been in Sigris's memories.
Xige had already become the kind of person who could sit at a table with the gloomy bunch next door.
As she comforted Famati over the attack, Xige also let her envy and jealousy show plainly.
"Famati, it's okay. Get some good rest."
"Those powerful members of the Church were all trapped in the library during the cultists' assassination attempt. There was nothing they could do."
"First place, Leticia; second place, Erin; then Yuffie, Eve, Lia, and the others in the top five."
"You're in sixth place, and that's already amazing. You were drugged, and you weren't in the dorm. It's perfectly normal that you weren't prepared."
"The people ranked below you were trapped in the dorms, too."
"Don't keep dwelling on what they say."
When someone was vulnerable, they became especially sensitive, no matter who they were.
It was Sigris's final words that broke her: "Famati, I'm actually pretty jealous of you. You still have someone who'll listen to you, don't you?"
Everything shattered.
It all shattered.
Sigris sighed.
"So that's how it was?"
"I was at fault, too."
"Famati."
In the Dreamscape, Famati had locked herself in her room. Yet a pink-haired girl stood beside her bed. With a look of pity, she cupped