"How is he doing?"
Hades felt the child's vigorous life force and turned to ask the scientist.
"He's doing very well, but the genes in his body are still somewhat unstable. The lower the temperature, the more stable his genes seem to become, and the better it is for his growth. This phase could very well last several years."
"So?"
"We need to create an extremely cold environment specifically for him, so his body can stabilize completely."
"Once his body has stabilized, he'll be able to leave."
"In the meantime, we can also test which temperature is best for his growth, and even how gravity affects him."
The reappearance of a Frozen Demon was nothing short of a miracle.
As the child of Hades and Aisha, he now possessed a Frozen Demon bloodline purity of thirty percent.
That figure was truly astonishing. An ordinary member of the Ice-People Tribe might have only one ten-thousandth or one thousandth Frozen Demon genes, or even less.
The changes in the child's physical form alone made that clear.
And he was only six months old now. It might take another nine months before he was truly ready to be born, which meant next year.
Even his gestation period had exceeded the bounds of an ordinary human's.
Hades had originally predicted that this child would be born this year, just like Io, but unfortunately, it would take a little longer.
Strictly speaking, though, he had already been born. His body simply needed longer to develop fully, and that did not hinder his growth.
As time passed and the child continued to develop, the proportion of his Frozen Demon bloodline would increase further, though not by much.
"That's no problem. Build a dedicated base for him next, with the best of everything."
When it came to