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Chapter 32
Chapter 32
Chapter 32
Chapter 0032
The trauma from the swamp made Violet unable to move. She rose out of the water, but stood where
she was
Someone threw a banana peel at her head. More followed the first one.
It hurt.
Some children were throwing things at her nonstop.
“You…” Violet glared at them, but felt dizzy from all the things hitting her.
The woman who had led her into the garden turned around and stared at her coldly. “It’s her! She’s the
one who nearly bankrupted Imperial Enterprises! She’s the one who made people stop buying our
things, so they all rotted away! Hit her!”
They threw more things at her.
Violet shielded herself while looking for help. A few farmers walked over, but they only watched. They
showed no intention to help. Once the children finished throwing things at her, they ran away, and the
woman left as
well. Violet stayed in the lake for a long time before crawling out.
She cleaned up a bit afterwards, but she still looked pathetic.
“It’s time for food,” someone called out to her.
Then, she was brought to Lucius.
When he saw her sorry state, he raised an eyebrow but said nothing. He sat in front of a simple table,
but it did not take away from his splendor. Instead, the sun shone on him and cast him in a faint glow
that made him look even more ethereal.
“Eat,” he said and picked up a spoon.
The people had not expected Lucius, their superior, to eat with normal people like them, so the respect
in their eyes grew, and they picked up their spoons as well. Someone plopped down a bowl in front of
Violet as well
She picked it up to eat with the masses, but the moment she took a bite, there was a loud crunch. Her
teeth hurt from trying to bite through a stone.
There was gravel in her food, plenty of it.
Since its color was light and blended with the food, Violet did not notice it before taking a bite.
She searched for the person who handed the food to her and realized that it was the woman who
mistreated her before. She glared at Violet with a face full of glee after taking revenge.
“Ms. Agatha, are you looking down on our food?” the woman asked while walking over. “Mr. Lucius
always eats with us whenever he visits us. If you don’t eat, you’ll be looking down on us.”
Violet gave Lucius a pleading look for help.
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“If you don’t want to be stuck here, eat your food.”
Violet felt upset, but she knew that if he got angry, he might really leave her there. At that moment, she
realized that he had not actually decided to spare her when he did not punish her yesterday. He just
wanted her to be rested and well fed so that she could be punished even more.
Tears filled her eyes, but she gritted her teeth and pushed the sadness back. Then, she started eating novelbin
the unpleasant and far too crunchy and tough food.
Lucius ate quickly and left.
“Come. Have some soup.”
The woman did not even ask whether Violet wanted soup. She just poured some into her bowl. The
smell of urine wafted into Violet’s nose. She nearly puked and refused to drink it. When the woman
could not force her to drink the soup, she threw the soup and the remainder of the food on her. The
bowl also followed after them.
Violet raised her hands to shield herself. The bowl broke, and the shards cut into her palm. Blood
flowed down. but no one cared whether she was injured. After finishing their food, they returned to their
stations.
Violet sat in front of her table and felt incredibly alone, like she had been forgotten by the whole world.
Distress and sadness exploded within her, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Sad?” a cool voice asked from behind her. It belonged to Lucius. He had come back at some point in
time and
was staring at her quietly.