Talk:Vol.2 Ch.199: 39F - Hell Train: The 'Name Hunt' Station (2)/@comment-26484417-20160523132614/@comment-26484417-20160523174802

I never implied Ran is her son, more to the contrary. I did mention that bit "--taking into account that Ran doesn't exhibit traits of the Zahard bloodline, and that neither Ran nor Maschenny are being hunted by RED--" to make it clear that I'm not implying this kind of relation. Maybe I should have gone an extra mile with this disclaimer.

Moving on, if Ran is her brother or nephew, then he isn't her descendant, merely a descendant of her parents or her grandparents.

It could be irrelevant that she had children prior to receiving her powers, but there are some things that make it rather peculiar. The main reason I find this revelation strange and noteworthy is because of the first two rules that govern Zahard Princesses:  They must not have a relationship with a man. They must not marry.  If you think about it, the rule no.3 (= They may not have a child.) would be enough to prevent Zahard's power from spreading, so--instead of practicality--the first two rules represent a certain mindset. And since Zahard is clearly stingy about his "daughters" having relationships with men, I find it rather strange that he would "adopt" Maschenny when she is already a mother. After all, for her to have descendants, she must have given birth to at least one child. And it must have happened before her selection to become Zahard Princess, because she isn't hunted by RED.

In the end, if the blog post is mistranslated or SIU forgot some details, then the explanation with a branch family and contract would be viable. In this case, it needn't be "Maschenny family" because the contract could be placed on any family, though the implied rarity / uniqueness of this style would be rendered moot. However, if SIU simply forgot pieceso of his story, then the rarity of this style is preserved but, oh well. =P