"ALTER! DON'T YOU FUCKING MESS WITH ME!!!"
My voice tears out of me, raw and furious.
Gods, what the hell is wrong with her?
I feel scammed.
No—betrayed.
Like the ground beneath me has cracked open, and the whole world has been flipped upside down. Everything I believed in, everything I admired, has crumbled into ash.
"Alter…" I whisper, voice trembling.
And then, without stopping myself, I let it out. I pour everything I've been holding in.
"You know… after seeing your memory, after seeing your deep, sacred connection with Morvena, I have already considered you my role model. You're like my favorite person in the world, even cooler than every badass anime protagonist combined.
"A princess cursed by fate, but didn't let it break her? Who kept walking forward anyway? Heck yeah!
"A princess who didn't care what anyone said, who ruled an entire kingdom, protected it till the bitter end? That's fucking badass!
"Unhinged, savage, and crazy… but still kind, and loving…
