"So you brought him back after all."
There was a hint of teasing in the Ring of Radiance's voice. "A Plane's Child of Destiny is an extremely rare life-form, even in my database."
"This orphanage... just where does it find so many Children of Destiny?"
The platinum halo left Kroya's head and floated directly above the boy sealed within the Crystal Pillar, taking on Miya's appearance.
"Are you saying there's more to this?"
Kroya immediately caught Miya's implication. "The empire's empress-a woman who served as empress to two generations of emperors can hardly be ordinary. This orphanage keeps producing fruits of laws...
"And everyone else is raised in the orphanage, forbidden even to leave Abela Orphanage. Why did she let me take this child away?"
When he thought about it carefully, there really was something suspicious about all this.
He even felt like tossing this hot potato back-but Miya stopped him. "Cassandra genuinely wants to help you. I can read her thoughts. Whatever plans that empress has, none of it matters."
"The Star Sea Empire is so vast. There are bound to be things going on."
"Whatever happens, the Void God and I can protect you."
"All you need to concern yourself with now is what this little boy can help you accomplish, and whether his laws will be useful to you."
Miya's domineering declaration of protection truly warmed Kroya's heart, so he put the matter aside and began thinking about how to care for the little boy.
Perhaps...
After some thought, he decided he could entrust the boy to the elderly people on Reef Island. They were absolutely loyal to him, after all, so he needn't worry about the child picking up bad habits.
He had always felt that the more fragile a child appeared, the less they should