Trouble After Trouble

The middle-aged man suddenly charged at them like a wild wolf that had gone hungry for days, pouncing on the mother and daughter.

Before the mother and daughter could react, Filia sprang to her feet and drove a kick into the man's abdomen!

The kick sent the middle-aged man flying backward. He slammed heavily into the wall, then rolled miserably onto the floor.

In her early years, Filia had merely been a blank Einzbern homunculus, devoid of self-awareness and capable only of performing fixed tasks in the castle.

After the reforms, she, like the other homunculi, gained freedom and self-awareness, as well as a great deal of knowledge.

And...