In the basement (part 7)

"S-so it was like that...!"

Mason sobbed, overwhelmed by emotions.

His father had explained everything to him.

How the Envy family took on the arduous and rewardless task of protecting the elven population from the mysterious sickness.

How, during the research, some of their family members got infected as well.

The sickness was supposed to be quite easy to heal for humans, but to this very day, only a single elf was completely healed with no rebound.

Mason's mother, Salak.

Mason's father, Rambutan, was the one who made the breakthrough and helped her.

During the treatment, the two of them grew closer and ended up falling in love.

That's how Mason himself ended up being born.

Of course, it all happened after Rambutan's first wife had already passed away.

But then why Salak had to stay hidden away in the basement behind the bars?