Mrs. Aite glanced at Sylphy behind Cui Ciyou.
A trace of malice crept into her voice as she said pointedly:
"And besides... you're new here, so there may be things you don't know about this child..."
"This green-haired child... everyone in our village says she's... bad luck."
"Her hair is exactly the same color as that vicious Demonfolk race from the legends, the Superd Race, who bring calamity upon the world!"
"My Somar and his friends are all kindhearted, good children."
"They only meant well. They wanted the villagers to keep their distance from her."
"So they wouldn't pick up anything unclean. Who would have thought... sigh..."
Mrs. Aite's words turned the truth on its head.
She placed all the blame on Sylphy.
She even hinted to Cui Ciyou that Sylphy might belong to the "Superd Race."
At the mention of the "Superd Race," Cui Ciyou distinctly felt something.
The little hand he held in his palm suddenly trembled.
Sylphy bowed her already lowered head even further.
Her little hand tightened its grip on Cui Ciyou's.
Her nails even dug slightly into his skin.
But Cui Ciyou paid no attention to that trivial, almost negligible pain.
The vicious Demonfolk-the Superd Race, huh...?
Just as the original story described.
People in this world really despise the "Superd Race."
Even when it's only Sylphy, who happens to have green hair.
With those thoughts running through his mind, Cui Ciyou replied in a voice so calm it bordered on cold:
"Mrs. Aite, as far as I know, the Superd Race have red gems on their foreheads in addition to green hair."
"Sylphy doesn't have a red gem on her forehead."
"Besides, Sylphy is a half-elf hybrid, not Demonfolk."
"Her ears are long and pointed. The Superd Race don't have that racial trait."
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