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After slapping her daughter across the face, Vampire Archduchess Veloria Lucarion glared at her with a forced smile that made her appear incredibly unsettling.
"Hm? What was that, my dear? Don't you remember what I said about talking back to your mother? You will do what I say… right?"
"Y-Yes… yes… I-I… will do it…" The girl's hands trembled, her heart pounding rapidly. Her mother knew.
"Ahh, so adorable and small…" Veloria laughed, patting her head once. "So disgusting…"
She turned and walked away, casting one last cold glance over her shoulder.
"Get ready. We're leaving in a few hours. Also wipe your face. Water is leaking from your eyes again, and you know how much Mommy finds that disgusting."
"…O-Okay."
The girl nodded, standing alone in the room as tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Master Wu Lieng… Everyone… I'm sorry… sniff… ugh…"
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Inside the Poison Sect.
The Thousand Poison Master laughed, gazing at the hundreds of corpses laid out before him.
