Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2811

Chapter 2811 Not my Son (Part 3)

"Then you consider him a Doppelganger?" Leegaain asked.

"I don't know what it is, but look at that." Raaz pointed at Lith cooing at Elysia while she cooed back, both of them in their Abomination form. "After spending so much time with you Guardians, after listening to Bytra's and Zoreth's stories, I know how an Abomination is born.

"Not anyone can turn into one or Mogar would be overrun by Abominations. It takes someone with a powerful will or with an outstanding mana core and as far as I know, a newborn has neither.

"I was there when Strata… I mean Lith was born. I remember his limp body and Nana doing everything she could to revive him. I remember how scared I was when the possibility that my son was born dead hit me.

"Then, Lith started to move like nothing had happened. As if a switch had been turned on." Raaz could still picture those first moments when the baby had come back to life, acting so weirdly that to justify his behavior, Nana had claimed that Lith was blessed by the light.

"Also, that's not my son's face."

Leegaain looked at the vestiges of Derek McCoy's visage and had to admit that the only thing the two men had in common was the eyes.

"Abominations are creatures made of energy. Their physical appearance has nothing to do with the features they were born with. It's merely a reflection of how they perceive themselves to be." Leegaain replied.

"And that explains the wings, the horns, and the rest of the demonic features." Raaz countered. "But what about the haircut and that face? I could get if Lith saw himself more monstrous or handsome, but that's just a man. Different, but still a man."

The Father of All Dragons had to admit that even he had no explanation for that.

Derek McCoy wasn't bad looking and that was the issue. An extreme deformity might have been explained by Lith seeing his Abomination side like something revolting or dangerous whereas it was just human.

Another human.

"Whatever that thing is, whenever it sees me, its eyes spark with hatred and contempt until Lith recognizes me." Even at that moment, the Abomination glared instinctively at Raaz.

Ezio McCoy, Derek's Earth father, kept overlapping with the figure of the farmer and the Void's first instinct was to protect Elysia from him just like he had protected Carl.

"It didn't make sense to me until Zoreth explained to me the different kinds of Abominations. Eldritches, Empowered and… Puppeteers."

Zoreth took her role as godmother very seriously and was the only one besides Lith who could trigger Elysia's Abomination form. While she took care of the baby, she had explained to Raaz the dangers of her species and how to protect himself in case the baby went wild in fear.

"And why do you ask me?" Leegaain said. "You are of Salaark's blood, not mine."

"Because of what you said during the last visit to the tower." Raaz replied. "That your eyes can understand what something was, is, and how it works. Does it apply also to people or just to magical artifacts?"

"It does work on people, but not in the way you think. It's no mind reading and people don't come with blueprints or instruction manuals. It might give you more questions than answers so think carefully about this." Leegaain took a meaningful pause.