Book 3.5: Chapter 5
“Vyvyan… I beg you… Vyvyan……” Vyvyan silently watched her brother kneeling before her without any expression on her face. Her blue eyes were completely still, completely indifferent as if he were just an ant crawling past.
Inard knelt on the ground with his head at his sister’s toes. In elven culture, that act meant that he had submitted to her. Inard was the son of the elf king, and the next king in line. He was Vyvyan’s elder brother, and the man that she loved and most probably still loves. He who never lowered his head was now kneeling before his sister.
“Onii-sama, you are the prince of elves and yet you are kneeling before your sister for the sake of a human woman and her child?”
Vyvyan’s voice was unbelievably cold. She wasn’t angry that her brother was stolen away by Elizabeth. Elves understand love very well. They understand that both parties must love each other to receive the blessings and protection of the gods. Therefore, when she found out her brother liked Elizabeth, Vyvyan wasn’t in pain, and instead sincerely gave them her blessings.
However, at the time, Vyvyan was still naive enough to believe that the world would accept them. The reality however, turned out to be the elf king becoming furious and ordering them to kill the human woman and her child. Vyvyan let Elizabeth go considering their friendship, so only her child was left.
Vyvyan had no feelings for the child. Yes, no feelings whatsoever. He was but just an infant to her.
So she had no hesitation and felt no sense of guilt when it came time to kill the child. While it was regretful, it was just that the child happened to be born in the wrong place. If he were the child of a normal household, he might have been fine if nobody said anything. But there was no way the royal family was going to let a mixed-blood offspring succeed the throne.
However, because of Elizabeth, Vyvyan wanted to save the child too.
She wasn’t angry because her brother was weak as she understood the love of parents. When a man doesn’t have a family, he can be decisive and fearless, but once he has a child, he may retreat at any given moment, not because of fear of death, but due to the fear that there would be nobody around to look after his family.