"So you don't know who your biological father and mother are?" Andira was a little surprised to hear what Aryan said just now.
As for Lakshmi herself, she was not too surprised by what Aryan said. Most of the Candalas were born as a result of an affair with the foreigners, the foreigners from outside of the Nusantara. Those with different skin, hair, and eye colors.
And what often happens is as experienced by Aryan. When the biological mother finds out that the child that was born is a Candala, they will be embarrassed, and then throw their child away.
At least, that's what Lakshmi thought.
Aryan just smiled blandly and nodded. "My father said, he found me in a basket of pandan leaves that drifted down a river."
"I'm so sorry, Aryan," Andira said with such a heavy breath. "The gods destined you to be born as a Candala, and you were abandoned by your parents…"
"But my dad and my mom love me very much."
