Was Lena the child of the God of Love and the Scarlet Queen?
The thought sprang into Annan's mind without warning.
He struggled to connect the Crimson Princess, who so often followed him around and acted more like a knight than he did, with a Child of God.
The Scarlet Queen had once held high hopes for her daughter, believing Lena had greater talent than she did.
"The Goddess of Love lied to you?" Annan couldn't help interrupting the Queen's account.
A short joke came to mind: the Crimson Princess was a Genius.
The Crimson Princess was nearly five hundred years old and still only Elite. She clearly had little in common with a "Genius." It felt unfair to Lena, but it was true.
Williams next door was probably over seven hundred, but he already had power approaching that of a Marquis.
The gap between her and Williams was an Annan wide.
"Because I didn't want to change the course of her life."
Annan looked far more astonished than he had when he heard Lena was a Child of God. The Scarlet Queen hardly seemed like a loving mother.
And maternal Love wasn't her only reason.
"She feared me... feared I would take her worship and her divine throne..."
Centuries ago, the Scarlet Queen had crushed the Council. Selena's power had once drawn close to that of the God of Love, and it was then that the God of Love suddenly granted her a child.
Even Dragons grew weak during pregnancy. Many human Mercenary Companies took a keen interest in young female Dragons in heat... not the sort of interest a Sorcerer might have. They spent their time following one, watching her mate and become pregnant, then struck when she was at her weakest during childbirth. They killed the mother,