"There's no beating around the bush with this fact. But why I was hopeful was that we were testing out a new theory again. This time, rotting the womb away with the child. Since it had been over the first quarter, I thought it would be enough for Baldwin to do so," continued Gillian.
"You are going in blind, testing without a shred of proven evidence. You have every right to think so," stated Mavislin.
"But I still needed to wait for another few months. And during that time, Ysabeau agreed to help Mavislin out with the previous mission. We had no idea that it would involve inhaling toxic chemicals. But the child was not harmed last I checked a few days ago."
"Hang on... You said that it was between you and Baldwin that knew about Ysabeau's pregnancy. Mavislin, how did you manage to figure that out?" asked Z, looking at Mavislin.
"I thought it was because that she figured it out when she was in her child form yesterday. Was that not the case?" asked Ysabeau.
"Nope. I had no clue until I lost control back when Gab died in front of us. When I went berserk. Valkyrie work in this way. Our survival instincts take over the most when we lost control of our sanity or emotions. And the first we act upon is not sight or sound. Is by scent and smell."
"So you weren't attacking me for the sake of making me stay down to attack Rina... You truly saw me as an enemy..."
"Because I smelt a foreign life within you. I did not know until then was because I normally do not have that much of a heightened smell to do so when I am in control. Berserk Valkyries have enhanced features to trade for sanity and reason. That's why Heaven's Feel is so dangerous."
"The more you use the Final Stage, the more you'll lose your sanity. And by the by, what did I do when I lost control?" asked Mavislin, changing her target to Bryan, who was shoving another piece of bacon in his mouth.
That was his tenth strip of bacon and Clement was lucky that he made more.
"You attacked Rina after knocking Kris out cold. I stepped in defense, without thinking about the consequences of getting hurt by you. But you pushed away like a fly in your way. After that, Ysabeau stepped to defend Rina," recalled Bryan.
"During the time I defended Rina, you kept attacking me, though I could sense that was no ill intention towards me. Like, it felt kinda odd as well, since you didn't go after Bryan after swatting him out. I honestly thought that you had been just trying to keep me away from your goal."
"But from what the Headmaster and Sir Noble had mentioned today, I think that wasn't the case. You were attacking me because you smelt the child within me and perceived that it was a threat," said Ysabeau, realizing that her previous assumption was wrong.
"After coming back, I knew that Ysabeau was pregnant because the scent was so strong. I didn't think you knew yet so I kept quiet. Who knows, maybe Gillian wanted to surprise or somethin'. " said Mavislin.
"Yea, we wanted to tell her after half of the pregnancy, since we didn't know if it could survive that long," mentioned Gillian, still looking at his wife with a certain trepidation.
"I'm more surprised at the fact that you've been discussing for so long... And you are still forgetting one more aspect," said Tomoe, folding his arms and shaking his head.
"What aspect?" asked Mavislin, looking at the fox with curious eyes.
"You haven't tested out on Ysabeau directly before. I agree that you are going blind but you should snatch upon the chance that this child is not a usual Mage. Back then, High Queen, was your husband a human or Mage?" asked Tomoe, directing his question to Ysabeau.
"Human. My previous child was not old enough to determine if she had powers or not. How does this matter to the current situation now?" asked Ysabeau, irked by the fact that Tomoe had cut into a discussion meant for the Founders.
"Well, think about it. Your child back then stood no chance of surviving the poisoning because half of the infant is human. Humans can't stand levels of poison that could be nothing to another Mage, such as the Valkyrie. I got this information from Gab himself."
"During another sting operation, Mavislin had inhaled dangerous levels of a gas called Cyanide. Someone was extracting that poison from a bunch of apple seeds to create the worst bomb to terrorize the Albion Domain. That thing was so potent that it could kill ten people in a minute."