"Wait, did we overlook something important?"
As Sakura ate, she suddenly remembered something belatedly. Something.
Was there something crucial in what Mr. Xiang An had just said that they had subconsciously overlooked?
"What?"
Shinji was also in a somewhat dazed state.
"My advice is, don't treat any of us as some especially extraordinary beings. You magi all care about origins, don't you? Our origins are just a little unusual. In truth, every one of us was an ordinary person in history."
"Don't look at your old man like that. Before we died, none of us knew this fact."
Xiang An tapped the rim of his bowl with his chopsticks as a reminder.
That was indeed the truth. Aside from their somewhat unusual origins and their ability to identify Beasts after becoming Servants, they were otherwise ordinary Servants.
After all, now that they had been cut away from the Thread of the Root, perhaps, in a sense, they themselves were the pollution that had been purged from the history of mankind?
Xiang An pondered as he shoveled a large mouthful of rice into his mouth.
"I-Is that so..."
Adelson gave a bitter laugh. The food in his mouth did not seem particularly tasty anymore.
After learning all this, how could he possibly continue to regard his own father as... an ordinary person?
Though, in terms of his experiences as a human being, "ordinary" was indeed correct.
"Um, Mr. Xiang An, could you say your names again? I want to confirm something."
Sakura's words drew Adelson's attention.
When he turned to look, he found that both Sakura and Shinji looked as though darkness had settled between their brows.
They seemed to be afraid of something.
"Shinji, Sakura, what's wrong?"
Adelson looked visibly confused.
"Um, the names Mr. Xiang An mentioned just now..."