"What's there to be surprised about? Stille told you long ago, didn't she?" Servini looked perfectly composed. "I'm no longer Her Majesty the Queen of the Lampari Kingdom, so there's no need to keep hiding this. Actually, I should have told you sooner, but I kept putting it off until now. To be honest, I was worried."
Xu Yi stared blankly at Servini and could only ask instinctively, "Worried about what?"
"Worried you wouldn't acknowledge him." Servini looked straight at Xu Yi. "I'm certain Raymond is our child, because that one time with you was the only intimate encounter I've ever had with a man. But you didn't know about it. With your personality, you'd surely have doubts, wouldn't you?"
Xu Yi remained silent.
Indeed, even now, he could not be completely certain that Raymond really was his and Servini's son.
During the Xinfei Merchant Guild's joint research with the Elf Race several years earlier, they had already developed a bloodline relationship test based on the discovery that soul magic was essentially a deep bloodline connection. It could establish parentage, but Xu Yi could hardly drag Raymond along to take the test with him, so he could never be sure.
Seeing the expression on Xu Yi's face, Servini sighed softly and continued, "Xu Yi, this was part of why we gradually grew apart back then, wasn't it?"
Xu Yi looked at Servini. He wanted to admit that it had indeed played a part, but he could not bring himself to nod.
Once various clues had suggested that Raymond was very likely his and Servini's child, Xu Yi had begun to harbor some prejudice against her.
In his view, Servini had gone so far as to drug him to sleep with him because she wanted a child who shared his blood.