"Y-You know about my mother being---?"
Artholdt nodded before I could even finish my question. "My dear child, it was the main reason that I became friends with your parents. I used to visit your house at Kajos back then, trying to convince her to tell me what I wanted to know about her---which was her true origin."
That surprised me. 'I knew that you were friendly with my parents. My Aunt used to mention it to me before, especially when calyx comes to our house... But I never knew that you befriended them for that reason..."
'I am ashamed of it now," Artholdt admitted. "Back then, I only cared for the valuable information that I can get from your mother. But later on, I came to realize how terrible I was for doing that to them. And I apologized to your father for that countless times..
