YM778.TV Chapter 80: Like Mother, Like Son
\'Am I wrong to assume that?\' I asked with my brows raised, as I didn\'t expect her to say such a thing as if my mother didn\'t care about what happened to me at all.
[As sad as it may be for you as her son, I\'m regretful to inform you that what you thought is indeed incorrect.] She said as if she were telling me her condolences. [I cannot say too much since there are certain things that make it impossible for me to inform a mortal like you.
But to satisfy your curiosity as to how your mother views you, I\'ll just say that she doesn\'t hate you, love you, or have any special feelings towards you...She simply views your existence with indifference in her eyes and honestly doesn\'t care if you live or perish.]
She revealed a massive bomb about my actual mother\'s attitude towards me, which even made her voice, which was calm this whole while, simmer down a bit like she was pitying me for having such a mother.
[What do you feel after I told you that your own mother doesn\'t care if you live or die and wouldn\'t even do anything if we tried to harm your life?] She asked with slight interest in her voice. [Do you hate her for being such a horrible mother, that abandoned her only son in the mortal world while she resided above? Or do you feel sad that she wasn\'t what you expected her to be?]
\'Neither of those two.\' I said without giving it much thought since I already knew what I was feeling at the moment and wasn\'t afraid to admit it, even though my mother is probably watching me right now. \'Just like how she doesn\'t care about my existence, I also don\'t care about her or whatever she is like.\'
\'I will admit that if it were in the past where I was longing for a mother figure in my life, I would\'ve been deeply affected by your words and would be doubting my very own reason to exist, when even my own mother, who birthed me, doesn\'t care if I live or die.\' I admitted my true feelings without a hint of hypocrisy.
\'But after years of long nights where I didn\'t sleep so that I didn\'t miss her visage; thinking that she might visit me in the night, I\'ve grown to not care about her as much as in the past and only think about her as the woman who gave birth to me and haven\'t really considered her as my mother in a long time.\'
\'So if you were to ask me what I was feeling right now, I would say that I\'m just like my mother and am indifferent to the situation, and honestly don\'t really care if she cares for me or not, since I feel the same way about her.\' I ended my words with a heavy sigh and steady eyes that looked straight up, not fearing my mother\'s gaze, which was probably looking down on me.
[Hmm...That\'s suprising. You\'re actually saying the truth.] She said like she could read my thoughts, which made me reaffirm that I really shouldn\'t underestimate the gods. [I want to say that it\'s expected of you to not even be a bit fazed at the revelation that your own mother doesn\'t care for your existence, since you\'re the child of Lady Vanitas herself.
But I really don\'t think you would like that, would you?]
\'Like I said before, I don\'t really care about anything involving her since she\'s completely irrelevant in my eyes.\' I replied to her sarcastic comment with indifference in my eyes.
I then looked up at the roof like I could see the God currently speaking to me herself, and with a grin on my face, I said
\'And if I\'m being honest, I\'m much more interested in talking about you, then this Lady Vanitas, you speak off so much...With a voice as lovely and graceful as yours, I\'m pretty sure you\'d be more pleasing to talk to then that mother of mine.\'
[Hehe...It\'s the first time that someone has ever put Lady Vanitas below me, when she\'s considered to be the most beautiful and prideful God of them all...And it\'s also the first time that I\'ve ever been complimented by a human...What an interesting and surprising day it is.] She chuckled and said in an amused manner, like she found it cute that a mere human was making moves on her.
[I didn\'t understand why everyone up here was obsessed with you at first, but after hearing the bravery in your voice to be able to talk to a God such as myself in such a way and the seeing the glimmer in your eyes that makes me feel like your looking at the most beautiful women to ever exist, I think I understand why everyone wants a piece of you.] She said like she had a sudden interest in me, just like the others, which I took as a massive compliment since I was actually seen fondly by a bunch of actual gods.
She also added, [...And also why Ophelia wanted to enter the mortal realm to snatch you up for herself, which was quite amusing to watch from up here.]
\'The God of Flames, Ophelia, the one who gave the latest request wanted to snatch me up?\' My face twisted slightly, as it wasn\'t everyday you have a God wanting to take you for herself. \'Why would she do such a thing? And can she even enter the mortal realm when the trial is in process?\'