Enraged by Humiliation

Marco was also hearing Loris's true opinion of people like them for the first time. Bugs!

That term not only made Groot feel endless humiliation, but also brought back unpleasant memories for Marco. Why had he kept climbing upward all this time? Wasn't it because people had looked down on him before? Yet today, on the very day Marco believed he could be considered accomplished and successful, he was humiliated once again. If Groot was an ant, then what was he? An ant... slightly stronger than an ant?

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Marco turned to look at the woman he had longed for day and night—Isabella—but discovered that his goddess was not paying attention to him at all. She had not even glanced at him. Instead, her entire gaze was fixed on that hateful woman, Loris!

That instantly snapped Marco out of all his tender fantasies. Only now did he realize that while it was true that he liked Isabella, she had never given even the slightest response to his feelings.

Thinking back on their interactions, Isabella had never responded to him. She had always been so distant and politely reserved...

It was just like how Marco himself treated those irrelevant people who tried to ingratiate themselves with him. He had no interest in dealing with them, but found it awkward to reject them too harshly. Thinking further, Isabella had given him many hints during their conversations that she did not want him to keep bothering her.

But Marco's own wishful thinking had caused him to ignore all those hints. Perhaps he simply could not believe that he had failed to move that woman at all. Or perhaps he had stubbornly believed that Isabella felt