Someone was teasing the babies at the cradle, and whenever one laughed, the other two followed with giggles.
This person had goat legs and wore a wreath of oak leaves and golden acorns; she was Cialia, the Half-sheep Goddess who had aided Zalanda in childbirth.
She seemed to have overheard the previous conversation between Gaven and Zalanda, and responded with a smile: "For newborns of ordinary people, whether it's triplets or singletons, they usually wouldn't laugh. But if they carry the divine blessing of the Gods, and are daughters of demigods, it's another story entirely."
"Divine blessing? Daughters of demigods?" Gaven couldn't help but wonder, "I became a demigod only after Zalanda became pregnant with them; can they benefit from that?"
"Your understanding of the presence of Divine Power is rather narrow!" Cialia exclaimed in surprise, "The presence of divine power isn't determined by the flesh, but by the soul and faith.
