After dealing with Ava for the rest of the day, Theo was ready to hear many things about his mother from Agata.
In fact, he somehow felt a bit of anticipation because this was the first time he heard her real information. Even if he didn't like his parents that much, he still desired the information.
With that thought in mind, he met with Agata in the restaurant they first met.
Agata was wearing a white tank top with a red-colored jacket that emphasized her current appearance. She wore a white skirt that reached her knee, gracefully matching the color of her top.
Seeing Theo coming in, Agata smiled and said, "Welcome. You are truly someone who loves to make others wait, no?"
"I am just someone who is on time." Theo shook his head and took his seat, facing her. "So…"
"How about ordering some drinks? It's going to be a bit of a long story." Agata handed the menu. "Also, have you eaten yet?"
"Yeah." Theo nodded without hesitation and ordered his usual orange juice.
"Before moving to our important topic, I am gonna update you about your performance first." She smiled. "To be honest, you should look at your grandfather's expression when he watches your videos. It was funny, you know.
"The War God Family is strict, but not that ruthless with their rules, so yeah, they are still taking care of one another normally. Unless they are aiming for something big like the positions in the family. Either way, your grandfather left you a message.
"He said… 'To be honest, I don't want you to come to the War God Family, not because I hate you, but because you seem to love freedom. Becoming a part of the War God Family means you are being restricted to a certain extent and the competition among the juniors is insane.
'I don't want you to hate the family because of that. Of course, I will be happy if you come to the War God Family. Even so, I can't give you more love than the others to ensure the fairness of this big family and avoid other juniors picking a fight with you because of their own jealousy.
'Hence, I won't ask you to join the War God Family. Instead, if you wish to return home, I will welcome you as a grandfather. Even if you don't come here, you can still come to the War God Family to visit relatives, especially me. Also, I can help you with your problems to a certain extent. Just come here, and grandpa will bring you justice.
'Either way, having a big family like this doesn't feel that good because you get more problems than living alone. So, I want you to choose without being pressured by others. That's all. I know that I am not qualified to say this, considering I never knew you for the past seventeen years, I still wish to say it. I love you, grandson.'
"That's the message from your grandfather, the former lord of the War God Family, Fabio Guerrero." She looked at him with a smile as if trying to comfort him.
Theo closed his eyes for a moment and let out a long sigh. At the very least, he found his grandfather to be a fair person, not promising something big but not pushing him away either.
The message literally told him to choose after contemplating his choices. He didn't want Theo to join the War God Family just because it was the right thing to do, and he also didn't wish for Theo to hate them for petty reasons.
"I…" Theo facepalmed and sighed again. "Let me hear the information about my mother first."
"Certainly." She nodded and opened her Skylink. "Your mother's name is already the same as the one in your memory, Valerie Guerrero, later changed to Valerie Griffith to follow your father's family. She is known as Valkyrie after getting the blessing of Brunhild.
"Her blessing rank is Mythical Rank and her talent is among the best. I mean, her main Aspect is Technique with Awareness and Breathing as her additional support.
"According to the information, your mother once led a small group to handle a thousand monsters and ended up killing half of that number. I mean, it's already ridiculous to take care of five hundred with six people altogether.
"And your mother killed almost four hundred of them. Because of her Awareness, her battle sense was great and her Breathing allowed her to have a long battle without getting exhausted. As for her Technique, we couldn't find much information since she eloped with your father not long after.
"All I can say is that your mother was called Valkyrie for these reasons, not just because she happened to receive Brunhild's blessing."
Theo listened to the story attentively, but it also pained his heart, wondering why she abandoned her son when he was still a child. After all, if she relied on a bit of the War God Family, everything would have been better.
He subconsciously let out some tears. Sadness, disappointment, and loneliness just struck his heart as if someone clutched it tightly.
Agata somehow couldn't continue when she saw him this way. Theo was a strong man as he had endured all those hardships in his early days. Yet, the same man just shed tears.
It turned out Theo loved his parents so much. Unfortunately, due to that very reason, his disappointment was immeasurable.
Why did they need to leave him? Why did they fake the accident? Was he an unwanted child that was born because of their recklessness when they eloped?
All those questions crushed his heart and Theo couldn't help but break down.
He didn't say anything or cry like a child.
His expression was austere, yet sadness was reflected in his eyes.
Agata's heart felt empty when she saw Theo's expression. She thought inwardly, 'Theo must hate to cry. I bet he rarely ever did it for the past decade. But this… he still loves them. He cries not because he hates them, he cries because he loves them so much… He is afraid of losing that love. He has been telling people he doesn't like the family, but all of it is just him trying to redirect his feelings.'
Unknowingly, her eyes let out some tears as her body started approaching him. She just wanted to give a big hug to this man.
Even his uncle, who had been watching since the beginning, decided to close his eyes and leave.