Hate?
Vivian slowly raised her head, her scattered pupils reflecting Roy's face.
The lives she had never experienced, mixed with the rotten reality, true and false, indistinguishable. It seemed as if she'd lost a lot, yet perhaps life was supposed to be this way.
Vivian retorted: "And you, do you hate me?"
This question came out of nowhere. If Roy hadn't known the original story beforehand, she might have found it bewildering and laughable.
But Roy knew everything.
She had experienced everything...
She replied: "I don't hate you."
I just, could never quite like you.
Without Vivian, Theodore would still have harvested the Derek family's power and wealth. The seed of conspiracy was planted long ago in childhood.
Without Vivian, Elrian would still have assaulted Roy, using this to humiliate the entire Valtorre.
Love stories don't hold much weight in reality. Vivian, to Roy and to the Derek family, was merely a catalyst for destruction.
