Chapter 2076

Shannon left as casually as she had arrived, settling comfortably into the carriage with her eyes closed for rest. Unbeknownst to her, Serelith sat beside her, watching intently with bright, focused eyes. "Shannon, you're… You're extraordinary!" Wasn't she a smooth talker earlier? Elysia, Fenric—heck, even Solvanna—had been rendered speechless by her! This was the first time Serelith had seen them so utterly stumped. She couldn't help but imagine how her life would turn out if she had been more like Shannon. Perhaps she wouldn't have had to live so suffocatingly and… died miserably. For a moment, Serelith was at a loss to process her feelings. She watched Shannon, using her very own body, put her mother and brother in their place until they couldn't utter a word, and felt an inexplicable surge of exhilaration. If she had known more modern vocabulary, she would've described this feeling better. Only after death, from the perspective of an observer, did she realize how insignifican