"Try to smile on your birthday Riley."
The elegant playful voice of his mom yanked Riley out of his thoughts as an amazing looking golden and dark green cake.
Immediately Riley caught the scent of chocolate and something coldly refreshing and sweet smelling.
"....Exactly what type of cake is that mom." asked Riley after staring at the cake for a while.
Edith smiled wider at Riley's question and ruffled his long blonde hair lightly.
As far as parenthood was concerned , Edith knew that she was far from the ideal parent but still she made sure to check on Riley and tuck him into bed every night usually as her real self and not using a clone.
Besides that she strongly believed that she had been as available as possible through her clones besides , since when did a descendant of the bloodline of Lies , Magic and , Frost require coddling and emotional attachment.
For all the brutal and borderline inhumane treatment that Edith had gone through at the hands of her father , Mother(Loki) and former now vengeful master Hel , Edith had not broken or lost her Empathy.
Even then , that didn't mean that she was mentally whole or fully unaffected.
In her slightly warped train of thought , any descendant or child of loki was automatically Cursed to suffer and didn't need to be pampered and softened since that would make future trials and tribulations far more difficult.
Thankfully though , Riley appeared to be special because the number of 2 year Olds who would get a bleeding cut and not only stay silent but put pressure on the wound are few.
Edith had already accepted the fact that her 3 year old son was pretty much completely aware and understanding of most things around him.
'Maybe he won't have it as hard as everyone else has. If only he had gotten a normal person who isn't plagued by Vengeful Undead as his mother.' Despite her thoughts Edith's face maintained that pale amused smile as usual until it slightly tightened and she finally made a desicion.
'I will try as hard as possible to help him get through the hell that is our existence and it starts today.'
"For your third birthday , I have brought a special cake made with something from your father's family bud.
Want me to put up some candles or should we get straight to the cake?"
Riley mind raced with possibilities of what could be in the cake and he guessed that it might be the Ambrosia of Olympus or Nectar thus the faint scent and coolness of the cake resembling ice cream which was Riley's favorite snack.
'Is she trying to kill me or something.' Riley was wondering if his mom knew that Greek Demigod's are not supposed to eat more than a certain amount of Godly food or they would explode. Him being a baby probably made the amount he could consume even less.
"Before you eat it though , I have to first prepare you abit."
When his mom added that he needed preparation , Riley understood that she knew what she was doing so he agreed that they should get straight to the cake since he really wanted to taste it.
Edith first told Riley to stand in open space. With a snap of Edith's fingers , Magical runes on the walls , doors and windows glowed then Riley floated into air.
As he marveled at the feeling of weightlessness , Edith begun a chant and drew runes into the air before releasing them directly at Riley and getting Brandes on his body.
The spell that Edith was casting originated from a long forgotten Sorcerer that roamed the ruined hellish dimension of Hel where the dead resided.
The spell would initiate a ritual that temporarily blessed the target's body with the trait of accelerated evolution and assimilation utilizing whichever energy source the target consumes.
It was more a future investment of sorts as it was mainly meant to give a Sorcerer a stronger body that Exhibits very pronounced and distinct traits of their attributes since the evolution and assimilated energy uses the body and soul as a blue print to enhance everything in one go.
After a minute or so , the spell was finally complete and Edith gently lowered him down.
"Now let's get you that life changing first piece of cake."
Curious and slightly nervous about what would happen next , Riley recieved the particularly large piece of cake his mom cut for him and with unnatural control and maturity for a 3 year old , he grabbed a fork before taking a seat.
The moment the fork touched his tongue , Riley froze in place.
'Woah....'
The taste wasn't even the most incredible thing about it. It seemed like Riley's mom had given him the part of the cake with the most amount of what she revealed to be Ambrosia , so each bite of the cake came with a rush of pure Divine energy.
As he ate more and more cake , Riley's eyes begun to subtly glow as his Divine energy and blood was stimulated and awakened fully.
Meanwhile , Riley was enjoying a soothing phsycological comfort with each bite of cake so he ate and ate without noticing that he was eating more than any child his age should be able to.
Soon half of the four layered cake had vanished and Riley was locked in a trance of sorts with his entire form glowing brightly and waves of power rolling off him which brought a much more genuine and sweet smile to Edith's face.
'Yes....he may actually defy the Cursed existence of a descendant of Loki...A happy descendant.'
Edith cleared the table and made sure to check that the wards and spells keeping this surge of power hidden were working at full power.
Almost half an hour later , Riley finally broke out of the trance and was immediately met with the curious scrutiny of his mother.
Edith walked up to Riley and , noticing the confusion in his eyes at what happened , she said "Look at your hands bud."