The patriarch's face became livid as he said, "If we can't take care of the geniuses of our family, then what will we use to prosper and grow?"
Then he pointed at Augustus and said, "I blame you for this matter. Your wife has part of the blame, but she is not a member of this family. She wasn't raised in this family, so she is allowed to be ignorant and afraid for her child."
"But you were raised here. You know how this family treats each other. And you also knew how talented your son was. You knew that he was more talented than you and would overtake you one day. Yet you remained indifferent to him."
"Even if his talent is equal to yours, that makes him a seed for the third mortal coil. That is already more than enough to overcome his identity as a bastard. But you refused to acknowledge him. You blamed him for the sin of his mother and left him in the wilds to fend for himself."
