"Your mother?" Kang Oh asked.

Grano had definitely mentioned his mother.

"Ah, it's not some amazing story or anything."

Grano waved his hand.

"Then it'd be a good story to hear while we're on our way to the island," Kang Oh smiled and said.

Grano nodded his head and began, "When I was young, my mother would tell me interesting stories before I went to bed. The most memorable of them was the story that the Bariton Desert was once called the Blue Earth."

Kang Oh tilted his head.

"It wasn't always a desert?"

This was the first time he'd heard of this.

"Yes. It was said that the Rain God, Dalla, brought rain to the Bariton Desert every day while he was there. Back then, Bariton was a fertile land where grass grew and where rivers flowed."

"Dalla... In the ancient language, it means clouds and wind," Eder said.

In the ancient language, 'dal' meant cloud, and 'la' meant wind.

"In a desert, the clouds are brought over by the wind," Grano said.

"So what happened next?" Kang Oh asked.

"Dalla fell in love with a young girl. And the young girl loved him in turn. However, it's said that if a god loves a human, then they lose their divinity and become a normal human being themselves."

"Seeing as how it's a desert, I can see what choice he made," Kang Oh said.

"Indeed. And they had children too. Dalla and that girl's blood was passed down through the generations, and my mother was apparently their descendent. Therefore, I too am a descendent of Dalla," Grano said.

"Are you trying to make it rain in place of the Rain God, Dalla?" Kang Oh asked.

"Kind...