Although the Memory Copy offered fleeting glimpses of the intellectual and elegant side of Echidna, the Witch of Greed—the Echidna remembered by Roswaal and Beatrice—
That Echidna had never existed in Tony Stark's eyes.
The Echidna in Roswaal and Beatrice's memories was merely a disguise she had created.
As the Witch of Greed, the embodiment of curiosity, everything she did was solely for herself, for the unknown and the pursuit of knowledge. Echidna cared about nothing else.
Nor would she feel the slightest guilt over her actions.
Beatrice's four-hundred-year wait was, in Echidna's eyes, merely the process of satisfying her curiosity, and during those four centuries, she had obtained her answer.
Whether Beatrice chose to end her life amid loneliness, isolation, and despair, or betrayed her promise to Echidna, both were answers.
Yet now, it seemed that this Great Elf had continued to uphold her promise with Echidna even in despair, waiting bitterly in the Forbidden Library for the person destined to come for her.
How tragic.
Echidna, as a Witch, had never held any malice. She merely wanted an answer, and Beatrice could have chosen not to honor their promise. Yet Beatrice's obedience had instead become a disaster.
Ordinary Group Owner: "I wonder what Beatrice will choose after this."
Ordinary Group Owner: "Just as Bai Xuan said, everyone has their own reason for existing, and that reason should not be bestowed by someone else. It should come from one's own will."
Ordinary Group Owner: "After more than four hundred years of waiting, even if Echidna was Beatrice's creator, that debt of gratitude should have been repaid over such a long time."
Ordinary Group Owner: "I hope she can live for herself from now on, rather than continue this meaningless wait."
Su Yunqing offered her heartfelt blessing.
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