"Triton wasn't just an unlucky child with a pathetic father. He also had a rather capable mother who was still a fairly normal person," Hill said calmly.
"But the one in Sigil, wasn't she..." Liszt knew that Queen Amphitrite had only ever had one child, Triton.
Though she had been forced to marry Poseidon, the Ocean Goddess had never once loved that idiotic man. She simply couldn't escape and had resigned herself to it.
So neither Amphitrite nor Triton cared how many lovers Poseidon had outside. Their only demand was that Triton's status would always be guaranteed.
Even the River of Fate in the world where the Greek Pantheon resided probably thought Amphitrite was a little too unlucky... Zeus was just as shameless, but at least he had some brains. Marrying Poseidon truly got her nothing but endless grudges... So among Poseidon's children, aside from Triton, all those with intelligence and ability were girls.
"None of the goddesses who bore Poseidon children, including those few mortals, did so willingly. Even those who didn't seem to resist much... they merely understood they couldn't escape and didn't want to waste their divine power." Hill curled his lip. "Do you think they would raise the children they gave birth to?
Although Amphitrite had always remained silent, she was truly one of the rare decent people among them. Those children could grow up safely only because she fed and protected them through the sea creatures she could command.
She might not have shown much affection, but at least she kept them alive during their most vulnerable years.
You understand, right?
The infancy of children of Gods was merely brief, not nonexistent."
Hill could not help sighing. "So, after Lady of Pain discovered that this world had Triton... Ah, no, it should be said that