"Pfft!"
Even Alice couldn't help laughing when she saw what had just happened. Watching the usually dominant Veil take a loss in front of a baby—no matter how she looked at it, it was just too adorable.
Veil's mouth twitched slightly as he stared at the baby, who was still fiddling with his fingers. He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Unbelievable..."
The first time he ever got outplayed, and it was by this baby?
No matter how he looked at it, something felt off. This kid… had something.
If he didn't already know the system wouldn't throw a major opponent at him in the form of a literal infant, he might've suspected the child was some reincarnated child of fate.
Just as the two were entertaining the baby, a loud commotion erupted outside.
Alice instinctively reached for Veil's hand, and the two walked out together.
…
At the orphanage gates, a drunken middle-aged man had grabbed the elderly headmistress by the collar, reeking of alcohol as he bellowed in her face.
