As Bronn's only daughter, Lilith could be said to have never suffered any setbacks growing up.
She had relied on Bronn before, and now relied on Bronn and Dunn. In Lilith's mind, depending on her father and husband was perfectly normal.
Even now, as the esteemed Empress of the Atlantis Empire, Lilith still instinctively thought of leaving major matters to Dunn.
Annie was different. As a family without a Legendary, the Boll Family lacked a powerful figure whose word could settle everything.
Even the family head did not have that much say. Within the family, there were things Annie had to fight for herself, even as the family head's daughter.
And Annie was not a woman content with mediocrity, which was why she had ultimately taken Green out to sea.
In Annie's mind, there was no one she had to depend on. Even her relationship with Dunn had initially been a partnership.
Although later, as Dunn's strength grew too quickly, he gradually came to hold an entirely dominant position.
This left Annie with no real opportunity to show what she could do.
If Dunn had taken Annie into his harem, then even after becoming a Legendary, she might have gradually begun relying on him, ultimately becoming entirely subordinate to him.
But Dunn had not done so.
This kept Annie from becoming subordinate to him, while also stirring her desire to grow strong on her own.
What Annie had said to Lilith was exactly what she thought.
Now that she, too, had become a Legendary, if she still relied on Dunn to resolve every major problem, what was the point of her becoming one?
Apart from Annie, neither Lilith, who had always lived under Bronn's wing, nor Lamia and Eileen, who had grown up comfortably in the Old World, had this