The room fell into a heavy silence.
Emilia stayed silent as she realized her words, though innocent, had struck a place far deeper than she ever could have imagined.
And in the end the only sound in the chamber was the faint crackle of the lamp, while the weight of Rose's words slowly settled over the three of them.
Her confession caught Mark completely off guard, because being honest, it was something he hadn't expected in the slightest.
Of all the things he could have imagined, Rose being the daughter of a reincarnated person hadn't been anywhere on the list.
But once the initial surprise began to fade, something else started making its way into his mind.
A memory.
Or rather, a memory that wasn't his own.
While trying to process what Rose had just said, Mark's mind went back to the memories the Demon Lord had shown him.
He saw Mary again, the group that had betrayed her and abandoned her to her fate inside that dungeon.
