Chapter 983: Chapter 753: I’ve Seen It All
In Ais’s heart, her lineage has always been her greatest secret.
Within the Familia, besides Loki, Finn, Revilia, and Grace, nobody knew this secret, and Ais dared not speak of it.
That’s right.
It’s not that she couldn’t say it, but she didn’t dare to say it.
She possessed divine blood which might seem unbelievable, but the divine blood is a lineage capable of performing miracles; even if such a thing truly happened, others might still be able to accept it.
However, the fact that she is the daughter of the last hero, Albert, and the great divine Alya, if this were to get out, it would indeed cause a huge sensation.
Suffice it to say, the great hero Albert and the great divine Alya were figures from a thousand years ago, ancient greats; her appearing on the surface a thousand years later as their descendant, even the gods would find it hard to remain calm upon learning of this.
It’s known that even long-lived species like the divine and elves only live for a few centuries at most, and none have lived a thousand years.
Ais certainly couldn’t survive a thousand years, so if her secret were exposed, how everyone and the gods would perceive her, and what they would regard her as, just thinking about it makes Ais feel a heaviness in her heart.
Especially her comrades in the Familia.
How would her comrades regard her?
How would Rephia, Theona, and Theone view her?
How would Reiger see her?
Thinking about this, Ais instinctively chose to escape.
Thus, to this day, Ais has never proactively revealed her lineage to anyone.
Loki, Finn, Revilia, and Grace know about this, not because Ais explained it herself.
Now, the secret that has been hidden for nearly ten years has been known, and it was one of the people she cared about the most, which shook Ais more than she imagined.
However, facing Ais, Reiger simply sighed.
"I can’t say I know everything, but I do know some things." Reiger said with a softened tone: "I know who your parents are, and I know you always wanted revenge, to reclaim everything you lost, but I don’t know why you came to Orario, or why you joined the Loki Familia."
Why Ais survived to the modern day after a thousand years isn’t explained in the original novel, it only stated that Ais was the daughter of the great hero Albert and great divine Alya, and nothing else was revealed.
Through what means did the great divine Alya give birth to offspring?
Was it truly the case that the great hero Albert had a daughter?
Whether Ais was a biological child of Albert and Alya or not was not revealed in the original novel.
The divine bloodline in Ais’s body wasn’t necessarily inherited through birth; it might have also been acquired through other means, and such things aren’t unprecedented, when it comes to a lineage skilled in miracles, anything is possible.
The original novel only mentioned that after losing her parents, Ais joined the Loki Familia for revenge, inscribed with the blessing of the gods on her back, almost manically obsessed with wanting to become stronger.
Therefore, Ais was able to rise to Lv.2 in just one year, becoming the fastest leveling world record holder, and thus the famous [Sword Princess] was born, becoming a first-level adventurer known to all.
Beyond that, not much was revealed in the original novel.
In other words, regarding Ais’s background, Reiger only has a partial understanding.
But...
"These are all unimportant."
Reiger bluntly threw out these words, hitting Ais.
Yes, these are all unimportant.
What does it matter if the original novel doesn’t mention it?
What does it matter if Ais doesn’t want to say it?
Reiger isn’t someone who insists on digging up others’ secrets; this is something that, if unknown, remains unknown, he simply doesn’t care.
More importantly...
"You think that exposing your background will make people see you as an outlier?"
Reiger looked at Ais and began to speak slowly.
"In that case, you surely are overthinking, even to the point of having excessive self-awareness."
"You think the other members of the Familia don’t have secrets of their own?"
"To say nothing of others, let’s talk about Theona and Theone; before emerging from the Amazon Familia, did you know they were from the Combat Kingdom?"
This question left Ais speechless.
The fact that Theona and Theone were from the Combat Kingdom was also known only to Loki, Finn, Revilia, and Grace within the Familia, and nobody else had any idea.
Why?
"Because this is also their unspeakable secret."
"The rituals of the Combat Kingdom compelled them to fight endlessly since childhood."
"If their background were exposed, surely, including you, everyone would realize they had been stained with blood since long ago."
Reiger’s calm explanation made Ais lower her head.
This is also an issue that many, including Ais, deliberately avoided.
Knowing that Theona and Theone were from the Combat Kingdom, anyone with a little wit could imagine that these Amazonian twin sisters must have gone through numerous rituals upheld by the Combat Kingdom since childhood.
That’s the brutal bloodbath of survival against each other.
That’s violence for no reason at all.
Regardless of their name or rank, once in the arena, only one could survive, and that was the life Theona and Theone had in their youth.
Even after leaving the Familia and the Combat Kingdom, it couldn’t be denied that they had killed many comrades in the past, perhaps even close friends.