Erwin looked at Maisie. “Hernandez probably thought the same. If he knew that Ms. Marina had a
daughter, he would have taken you back. Hernandez isn’t dumb. He knows that the lefties may use you
because of this relationship.”
Maisie looked surprised, but she remembered what Hernandez had told her.
“You’re Marina’s daughter, so I won’t lay a hand on you even if I’m going to get revenge on the
Goldmanns. However, I’m not sure about the others.”
The others that he meant were the lefties.
Something flashed across her mind after she was quiet for a while, and she looked straight at Erwin.”
There’s one more thing.”
Erwin looked curious, but he saw her calmly ask, “Was my mother’s infection related to the virus?”
The air in the room froze.
After a long time, Erwin lowered his face and quietly said, “Yes.”
He looked out the window. “Her infection was due to a rare sleeper virus that was related to the epidemic
from 30 years ago. Your mother was one of the infected.” “The epidemic 30 years ago?” Maisie mumbled
because she had seen the report on the posters and started suspecting.
Erwin knew there was no way for him to hide this from her any longer since she was now a target. As
long as she was still in Stoslo, those people would have a chance to attack.
“Your mother was a volunteer. There were hundreds of infected in Zena at that time, and that wasn’t the
first outbreak. Other than the outbreak from the princess Incident, the outbreak from 30 years ago was
the second one.
She was shocked. “The princess was-”
Erwin nodded. “Do you think the royals would tell the world that the princess passed because of a virus?”
Obviously not.
The princess had been infected, so the royals claimed that she died due to sickness.
Maisie was quiet. Even though she hadn’t been born yet at that time, they learned about these historical
events in school. The epidemic that had broken out when the princess was around was worse than the
one from 30 years ago. Almost half the population of Stoslo had been wiped out. More than 390,000
people had died! There would have been a riot if the royals had announced the real cause of the
princess’ death.
The later epidemic had infected more than 1,000 people. Some people had received really good
treatments, and only a dozen died.
Based on what the people were saying, the epidemic 3 years ago had been controlled because a
vaccine was found. During the princess’ time, the outbreak had been due to the lack of a vaccine.
“If there was a vaccine, then why would my mother-”
“The vaccine could only control but not cure,” Erwin cut her off. “The sleeper virus wouldn’t show
symptoms at the early stages of the infection, just like rabies. They both have an incubation period of up
to a year. If the infected were able to get a vaccine in the first few months, it could be under control, and
they would possibly recover.”
“So my mother…” Maisie paused.
Erwin answered calmly, “Your mother realized that she was infected a year after the epidemic. She went
to Morwich because Strix was the only one who had a solution. If she hadn’t headed to Morwich, she
wouldn’t have survived long enough to give birth to you. Strix had always been keeping the virus under
control and even developed an antibody serum.”
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