envy wanted to state the obvious. the children they shared together are dead.

"another child born out of force," he had no bounds. "she won't receive the love a swan yearns for. i'll give it a few years before he abandons her."

They are VERY serious of their daily cold spring bath. Envy gets upset when they don't do it by the midday.

for him to eat their body soon.

(only for their death to end with xiaolian eating their body to become "one" and become the next leviathan.)

When they finally learned of the "heaven's will," they interpreted it as envy being a heaven's pet who would soon be sacrificed once diligence found it necessary.

envy's body was a source of power for diligence. he already crushed the flower growing within their body, it was only a matter of time

When finally catching their victim, the victim's body and Envy's body merge into one. The victim becomes "one" with Leviathan.

Once merged, Leviathan can change their appearance to their victims.

This only works when the victim is alive.

"And he's still the cutest sin." Envy chuckles. "He used to be so small, now he's gotten so big..."

They lean into her arms. When was last time they felt such a warm embrace?

"We all have our dark backgrounds. Sins are the result of humanity's cruelty."

"it was an arranged marriage. i fell from grace before our marriage." more like she got executed, but that's beside the point.

"he is my former fiancé..."

"diligence got himself in trouble and dragged me into it." they scowl. "those damn virtues..."

the sin grimaced. that's one way to put it.

"unfortunately, i am travel sized."

"meimei." they nod.