Victoria sat quietly on the edge of the bed, her long green hair cascading down like slender emerald willow branches and spreading across the floor.
"The Sacred Blood Nobles rebelled, killed Michel in the Imperial Palace, and drove me mad. Now you are formally their enemy, and are even about to go to war with them, correct?"
Elliot nodded slightly.
Victoria sighed. "So... Xi and Michel are dead?"
"Not necessarily." Elliot's eyes flickered.
There were actually quite a few things he wanted to ask.
For instance, why had seeing her blood relative die before her eyes driven Victoria mad?
But he said nothing and waited quietly instead.
Victoria had only just awakened from [Amber]. She still needed time to accept reality.
She had barely recovered from permanent madness, and the mental shock she had suffered remained. No one here could treat her with Psychological Analysis, so they could only let her recover slowly.
All Elliot could do was avoid upsetting her as much as possible.
As though noticing Elliot's restraint, Victoria sighed, spat out some silk, rubbed it between her hands, and wrapped it around her neck, turning it into a necklace.
"This can display my mental state. Green means safe, red means dangerous."
Elliot nodded and looked at its deep yellow color, interspersed with traces of red. In other words, her current condition was somewhat dangerous too.
"Where is that young girl who treated me with her hair? She can ease my mental condition."
"Expired."
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"It's complicated to explain. Basically, it was a therapeutic Hair Transplant she got from eating, and it expired once she finished digesting. But we've rescued Green Crow now too, so there'll be plenty of Crow meals in the future."
"???"
Victoria rubbed her temple. "Just how long was I suspended? What Era is