“…… So, as you can see. ”

The sound of Longjing Tea and Selicia's conversation sounded from the side.

Elle looked down at the coffee in the ceramic cup.

She was a little uncomfortable, carefully pinching the spoon with a gorgeous and delicate pattern, stirring the coffee in the same way as the Longjing tea beside her, and watching the snow-white sugar cube melt quietly in it.

She recognized that it was the United Kingdom's "alpine wine", a specialty of the island of Alpine. Without the need for conversion and synthesis, it can be used to make a natural energy mixture that can resist the invasion of drowsiness and prevent oneself from entering nightmares.

In the kingdom of Noah, some old nobles would take it in very small quantities - of course, it was only as a brain-strengthening medicine, and no one would have the luxury of using it as a drink. Of course, it is unknown whether it has a brain-strengthening effect......

The production of alpine fruits is already scarce, only one island is produced, but it has to be supplied to many countries. Its price is even more expensive than the same volume of silver.

Elle knew it because Amos had been given a small box when she was painting the Viscountess of Roseburg. She also counted eighteen in all...... But she didn't bother to eat at all.

In the month when Amos was not in a good spirits, Elle carefully fried the box of alpine beans, ground them, mixed them with sugar, mint and pepper, and drank them all.

I don't know if the medicine worked, but Amos's spirit did improve a lot in those two weeks. But unfortunately, there are too few mountain fruits in her hands......

Thinking of her adoptive father, Elle lost her mind a little.

What kind of emotion is that......

Is it nostalgia? Is it hate? Is it love? Is it worship? Is it fear?

…… She couldn't tell.

But that experience really made her unforgettable.

At least...... The time when her mother, Clara, was dead and Amos had not yet fallen into evil was indeed Elle's happiest days.

Amos loves himself with all his heart, even putting down his work, and taking care of himself. I am afraid that I will grieve and lose my life because of my mother's death.

…… But Elle doesn't.

She has seen her mother threaten and blackmail Joseph with herself, and knows how limited her "love" is for herself. She is just a prop she uses to extort more "love" from her biological father.

She had also seen how Joseph ruthlessly abandoned himself and his mother, and even directly immobilized them with an edict spell...... She was also full of disappointment in her biological father.

It was only after reading the occult books given to her by Joseph that Clara became a "spider whisperer".

After believing in Black Widow, she made bottle after bottle of poison from toads, bats, and rats...... They also tested the neighbor's dog and wild cat. She even murdered Amos's own sister, perhaps out of jealousy, but partly because she feared that someone who was too close to Amos would enter her study and discover her secret while she was out killing people or shopping for spell materials.

Amos is obedient and never goes where she doesn't let him go...... But not necessarily for others.

So when Amos didn't notice it at all, his sister unexpectedly "fell ill and died". Clara comforts Amos while threatening Elle not to tell the truth.

She then exhumed and completely destroyed Amos's sister's body - to hide the small piece of skin she had stripped of as evidence of a sacrifice to the Black Widow.

Elle witnessed all this, and she was terrified of her mother.

It was a truly vicious woman—she had almost no love, only fear for her mother.

For Elle, who was still a girl, her fatherly love and mother's love ...... It was all given to her by Amos. Although Amos was also famous at that time, it was not to the extent that it was called magical, and their family's life was quite rich, but it was not so rich.

For the most part, Amos doesn't have much to do. Especially when Elle was quite young, he was accompanying Elle......

Elle's mother, on the other hand, is still practicing apprentice-level spells and going to other places to purify nightmares. But she really didn't have the talent to be a wizard...... Then she sat alone in her study, reading book after book thicker than Elle's arm, studying eerie and terrifying rituals in the basement.

When her mother was at home, Elle was always a little scared—she never dared to go to her mother's study alone, let alone go to the basement. Only when the mother needs a ritual helper will she be taken to the basement.

Whenever she saw the bottles of poison and the corpses of various animals that had been poisoned, she feared that sooner or later she would turn into corpses...... And Amos didn't even know if he was killed.

Clara's death was not so much about her sadness.

Rather, it's ...... It made her feel a lot more at ease.

You don't have to worry about being suddenly poisoned one day, and you can enjoy the love of Amos alone.

And in this nightmare.

…… As soon as Elle woke up, she saw young Amos.

He's still a painter – and he's quite a well-known one, and he's very busy. He didn't talk to Elle much...... Of course, if there is too much communication, Elle may be a little uncomfortable.

In that case, she might think of Amos sacrificing her to the Skeleton Father, and watching Amos die hundreds of times in nightmares.

This level of "seeing each other" is just right.

However, Amos told her...... Her mother will be home tonight. Ask her to go back early tonight.

…… Elle didn't want to go back.

She didn't want to see the woman.

Even though she is now an angel, she still has a sense of fear for her......

It was in the middle of the night when she woke up, and if she had hallucinations of her mother standing in front of the bed, she could still make Elle's back sweat.

- I hope she never comes back.

But to say...... Does Elle still have a crush on her?

It can't be completely none.

Especially after being immobilized by Joseph, her mother grabbed her hand and left in silence...... At least for that moment, the mother was the whole world in the heart of the terrified Elle.

And when her mother was learning rituals and spells, and when Elle tried her best to make her laugh, the happiness in her heart was not false when she saw her mother's relaxed smile.

So it's not pure hatred and fear.

And rightfully so......

This kind of fear hidden in the deepest part of her heart, even she can't tell herself, she naturally won't mention it to others.

She wished to see Amos again, but she didn't want to see him again; She didn't want to forget her mother completely, but she didn't even want to remember her name......

She hopes to be able to live this day quietly in this "future world"; I don't want the time to come tomorrow.

If it's tomorrow...... It's time to see my mother again.

Elle thought, clenching her coffee cup.