Kapitel 326: I was told that Mother knows best

"Is it true that something happened with the Goddess?"

She did not reply immediately. The rich green eyes that looked like the heart of the forest stared at me with a scrutinizing gaze. All I could do was stare back at her, waiting, until she replied with a brief "Yes."

My heartbeat stopped for a second, before fluctuating immediately--even though I knew this was just my astral body. "Can you tell m--"

"No," she put her finger across my lips. "That is not your role, my child. Not your tale," she said, eyes bore into the depth of my soul. "Knowing too much is never a good thing, because knowledge outside one's capacity is nothing but a burden."

"Then who--" I stopped just as soon as I blurted it out, because the answer was just right there at the top of my mind. "The Hero..."