Part 862: Gaius (Father) C

*Sniff* *sniffle*

Noire? What's wrong? Why are you crying?

*Sniff* I'm not... Mother cursed me to have a *sniff* runny nose for three days straight.

That's an awfully specific hex. But wait, why would she do that in the first place?

It's nothing new. *sniffle* Mother is always trying out some new spell or another. Every time she comes up with one, she *sniiff* uses me as her guinea pig.

Heh, poor kid... Here, take this candy wrapper.

Th-thank you... *HOOONK!*

I can't let you suffer like this for three whole days... Don't worry, Noire. I'll have a talk with your mother and get this cleared up.

Er... are you sure? That never really worked out for you in the future. Every time you talked back, Mother cursed you up to your eyeballs. ...Or sometimes she just cursed your eyeballs, and you cried yourself to sleep.

Damn, that's...kind of pathetic.

. ..Yup. *sniff*

Well, whatever. That was a different me. Just wait-I'll prove I'm dependable!

Eep! W-well, you never talked like that before! Maybe things really can be different this time around. *sniiff*