Reason for Leaving

"From his father?" Alex asked. Now that he thought about it, he didn't know who Pearl's father was, and whether he was alive or not.

"Yes," the jaguar said. "We have no idea who his father was. Since it couldn't have possibly come from his mother's side, we are left to believe the little Wood spiritual root is from his father."

"Are you sure it couldn't have come from his mother's side? Isn't it possible that his mother had Wood spiritual root given that she wasn't a White Tiger?" Alex asked.

The jaguar shook his head. "When the young lady married over 5 thousand years ago, she had some blood of the White Tiger in her giving her only Metal roots. As such, we made sure that her partner also didn't have any other bloodline that would conflict with her just in case."