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A vein popped on Seraphina's temple.
"And turning their backs on you is exactly the same as cheating," Eren continued, pressing on without a hint of delicacy. "So yeah, they cheated you. Then threw you in here."
More veins appeared as Seraphina's fury boiled over. She couldn't take much more.
"I am not a monster," she hissed, cheeks puffed with indignation, her pride cracking under the pressure of his relentless words. "And that's not what 'cheating' means, you annoying little lesser race! Stop twisting my words! You know what I meant!"
She writhed against the magical chains restraining her, her glare fierce and burning with the intensity of a death wish. If looks could kill, Eren would've been ashes. Unfortunately for her, her mana was still sealed, and magic was out of the question.
"And for your information," she snapped, "monsters smell better than you right now." Her nose scrunched in disgust. "…And I have bathed! Occasionally! In lava. It counts!"
