2. "Look, our dear willow's a big girl now."
3. "And she made it into the honors class, too. She's really talented."
1. "Mom, I know I've been a handful in the past, but now I'm"
1. "The past, but you can stop worrying about me now."
1. "That's right, maya. Our daughter is doing very well, so don't worry."
1. "You, on the other hand, I do wonder whether you've been well..."
1. "If you're lacking anything on the other side, then do tell me in my dreams, and I'll make an offering for you."
1. Whether it's here or up there...
1. "Willow, I heard you've been buying stocks?"
1. "Yeah. Is that a problem?"
1. "Why the sudden interest in stocks? You always found it annoying in the past."
1. "I still think it's annoying."
2. "If all the stocks I bought hadn't tanked, I wouldn't have asked serena to teach me about investing!"
3. "I see, so that's how it is... Don't let it get to you. You're still young."
1. "Since you're interested in stocks, I'll send you some more allowance for you to practice with."
2. "O-one million? As allowance?!"
1. "Thanks, dad."
1. "Nothing to it. Just come eat with mom and dad later, alright?"
1. Huh? Did I hear him right? Did he say "Mom and dad"?
2. "Boss, we've arrived at your residence."
1. I never knew that nigel owned another mansion.
1. It feels really ominous somehow...
1. "This is the dining room?"
1. "That's...!"
1. "Back away"
1. Calm down, willow.
2. "Nigel... What are you trying to do?!"
1. "Once dinner is over, I'll ask someone to drive you home."
1. "Here, sit next to your mother."
1. "Willow, what do you think of this banquet I've prepared for your mother's birthday?"
1. "Day by day..."
1. This isn't a dining room, this is the altar room nigel prepared just for maya!
2. Like a broken visage...
1. This perverted nutcase! I can't believe he's still celebrating her birthday every year after her death.
1. "Maya, I know they say we can't celebrate your birthday on your death anniversary..."
1. "Because that's the day when souls are most likely to break through the barrier and return to our sides."
2. "Willow... It feels like your mother is here with us again, doesn't it?"
1. This mark is...
1. It was left here when the original tried to resist!
1. Year 1
2. "Be a good girl, willow."
1. "I don't wanna eat, no!"
2. Year 2
3. "Don't run, willow. Come eat with your mama."
1. "No, no!!"
2. Year 3
3. Year 4
1. Willow was still just a child at that time...
1. How could nigel bear to torment her in such a way...
1. "The dress I had tailored for you this year is made with your favorite fabric."
2. "Do try it on. Willow is also wearing the same dress as you."
1. Growing up in such a twisted environment, willow struggled desperately in the beginning, compromising bit by bit...
1. It's no wonder why her character became so perverse, and she became a wicked villain!
1. "It's all my fault, maya..."
1. "If I'd known my pheromones would separate us like this, I wouldn't have let you take the risk of bearing my child..."
1. That's why nigel doesn't actually like the willow in the novel at all.
1. The novel at all.
2. He dotes on her only because she's the daughter that his lover gave her life to give birth to.
1. It feels suffocating to me now.
1. What about her? Has she always been locked up in this cage, unable to leave?
