He had only wanted his son to take part in some normal childhood activities, which was why he'd specifically made time to take him to the temple fair.
But ever since Kael could remember, he had considered himself the heir, burdened with great responsibility. He didn't need any pushing; he proactively completed all his lessons, even giving himself extra training, never relaxing for a single moment.
The psychologist said Kael believed it was because he wasn't good enough that his mother had abandoned him. Alaric couldn't fathom how such a young child could even think that.
But he couldn't follow the psychologist's advice to find Kael a mother—that would violate his own principles. So for years, he had been telling his son that he was still looking for his mother, that she had just been taken away by bad people.
'But Kael doesn't seem to believe it...'
"I won't go," said Kael Davenport.
