He looked up at the Aemon in front of him, his voice hoarse: "Are you saying they deceived me?"
Aemon turned his head and said calmly: "Not entirely deceived, perhaps."
"The Butcher indeed did many things in secret for you, even killed one of my reliable assistants."
"But you are an important pawn in the hands of the Demigods, and there are some things even he can't do anything about."
"According to my script, after you left the high walls, my subordinates would have tried to take you away directly. But unfortunately, the lurking Whisperers were wiped out by them."
"From the very beginning, they never intended to let you live, because with the Rotting Egg Mother implanted in you, the final path to ascension can only lead to becoming one of them, a new Demigod Witch Demon."
