Daddy's sins – The First to Know
Back when I was a child, Mama always told me about my father and how he was a kind man. She kept talking about how he fought for peace and justice. It was quite obvious she looked up to him and thought he was some sort of hero.
I wonder if she knew about Athena. Perhaps she did. Mama always knew about things like that. I could never hide anything from her, no matter what precautions I took.
After she died, I began hoping I would be able to live with daddy. He was supposed to take care of me, wasn't he? He would be my hero, just like he was Mama's. He was going to love me and we would be happy together. But my hopes were crushed.
He revealed himself to be a horrible man. He ignored me and sent me to an orphanage. There, I met my half-brothers. There were hundreds of them. It was then that I realised how disgusting he was. Did he abandon all their mothers, just like he did to my mother? Did he use them then discarded them like broken toys? How could he? I began to grow up on that day. It was also the beginning of my hatred for him.
I never got the courage to tell my brothers about our origins. I was too ashamed to be that man's son, and I didn't want them to feel the same way. I would have kept hiding it had Ikki not told the truth to Seiya. And now they know.
Will sharing that knowledge with them make it easier to bear? Will the burden on my heart finally disappear? I wonder…