'I was far too young to understand what was happening back then, but I later learned that my father decided I was the sole cause of her condition. He had branded me a harbinger of misfortune, blaming my birth for ruining my mother's health and costing the family her valuable strength. Just like that, my fate was sealed, and I was relegated from a potential heir to an unwanted burden.'
Soren set the ingredients on the cutting board.
'Because of that, I was cast aside from the start. The servants ignored me, and my siblings used me to vent their frustrations. I spent my entire childhood being bullied, looked down upon, and treated like an unwanted ghost in my own home.'
He picked up the knife, his movements slowing down, though his hands remained steady.
