Part 1
"M- Mother?? What are you doing here!!??"
Marcus was in a trance. The one person on the planet that scared him more than anyone, the woman who would always electrocute the kid whenever he dared to say "no" to her, one of the first faces he saw when he came to this world and that told him his role in life was to be a tool for her, his mother, was right in front of him and Evlin's group.
"Is this how you greet me after not seeing each other for so long?"
The goddess of the east was observing her champion with cold eyes. She seemed displeased with him, which only worked to increase the boy's uneasiness.
"..."
"You know the rules right Marcus? When a champion shows signs of trying to disobey his god, the god has permission to come to him and re-educate him!"
She approached the boy until her face was at the same height as him.
"And I believed you just said you were planning to abandon me?"
"I- I- I-"