10 - Meeting other mothers

So haven done what they did for all eyes to see, it was now the time to cement it. That way, if the Proprietor was told that she had a mother, then there was no way any one of them could insult her in that regard again. 

To them it was foolproof, but because he saw his sister happy and was too upset about not being the hero, he didn't bother to think about their plot holes and just acted together with them, nodding whenever they told him his part. 

“Your father's wife, but…”

“It's still not yet official, so of course we would like you to continue to keep it a secret, after all, a seed can always be withdrawn,” Gift spoke next and the countenance of the Proprietor changed. 

“A seed that has started to bring forth fruit cannot be taken but can only be watered,” he said with a stiff smile and Gift confirmed his personality type, Greedy.