Chapter 42: Ah... I Like Lyla
“I know it’s kinda dumb to ask this after already agreeing, but... what even is that artifact?”
“Hmm... we don’t really know the full details either.”
...They don’t know?
Wait. Are we getting used as a dumpster crew here?
“Do you really think our family rose to power after the upheaval just because we had a knack for worshipping gods?”
“Then what was it?”
“That artifact made everything possible. I’m sure some people might say it was just good timing and coincidence, but...”
“Cut the vague bullshit and be specific.”
“After we obtained the artifact, people started treating our family with strange levels of kindness. None of the children born into the family ever got sick—not once. And every single one of them had at least A-rank potential. Even before they turned ten.”
“But potential can be genetic...”
Reina shook her head firmly.
“No. My father has several concubines besides my mother. Some of them are just ordinary women.”