"Lamia's adopted son... I remember you mentioned that Lamia was an avatar of the Earth Mother Goddess, and when you were Giuseppe Castiya, you and her... Well, doesn't that mean Frank is your son?" Klein looked astonished before suddenly understanding. "No wonder Frank is so unusual... As the son of the Earth Mother Goddess and you, it would be strange if he weren't unusual!"
But although Frank was fairly good-looking, his muscular build and thick body hair did not look like the traits of a pretty boy's child at all.
Since Klein had neither used his Clown abilities to control his expression nor concealed himself with the Gray Fog, Abner easily saw through his thoughts. His face darkened as he emphasized, "He is Lamia's and my adopted son... Lamia had some physical problems and couldn't bear children, so she adopted him after he was abandoned by his parents."
"But that's very strange, isn't it? The Earth Mother Goddess is a True God who holds the Authority of 'fertility.' How could Her avatar be unable to bear offspring?" Klein pointed out the problem sharply, disbelief written all over his face.
I suspected that too... But Giuseppe truly hadn't thought deeply about it, since he didn't know that she was Lilith's avatar... Abner sighed, once again criticizing his own inaction when he had been Giuseppe.
"In short, I really don't know what Frank's exact situation is... But the Earth Mother Goddess choosing him as Her adopted son clearly wasn't a coincidence." Abner chose his words carefully.
"Why don't you ask? Frank is your son in name, after all." Klein smiled as he egged him on.
Not long after Lamia adopted Frank, "I" went to the Spectral Empire to die. I don't really have any feelings for that child... Besides, if Lilith had