I wasn't expecting that. I wasn't expecting to find those remains in the garden. Lict told me mortals couldn't kill divine creatures and I believed it. I believed that maybe my parents were alive. They must be—It must be someone else's remains!

Aleksei examined the skeleton closely. "It's about ten years old--Even after so long the bones are rich with spirit energy, it must be some deity."

Oh no, "And it looks like a woman's skull."

"Is that my mother?" I asked.

"I'm afraid it is,"

Of course. I shouldn't have believed Lict and rose my hopes. Who am I fooling? My parents are dead and it's the end. Aleksei...