Chapter 22

"You selfish child! We accept you despite your differences! But what exactly do we get from you? You've paid us back by murdering our child."

Elizabeth took her place among the vampires. "Esmeralda treated you like her sister!"

Scarlet clenched her fist and fixed her gaze on Lady Elizabeth. "—That night, Esmeralda came to see me in my room. Yes, we fought, but we decided to reconcile! I did not murder her! You must believe me!" Scarlet reasoned, despite the fact that she knew they wouldn't believe her.

"Liar! Do you continue to refuse?! You are already aware of the soul eater's rarity!" Elizabeth burst out laughing.

"Soul eaters are indeed uncommon! But you can't deny the possibility that there is someone out there who is exactly like me!" Scarlet responds with the same ferocity.

"Enough already! You still don't get it? Your race consists of a pure-blooded vampire and a millennial witch! As a result, when I say your species is rare, I mean that it only