I don't think enough people talk about just how Ares as a character is incredibly complicated.
When he talks about "inheritance" to the children he just found the double meaning is the material inheritance humans are most used to (which also makes sense, since Ares was a human once too) and the inheritance in the sense of the power he got from Lessa.
The double meaning falls on him too. He can't comprehend that the power he got from Lessa was out of love (and selfishness on Lessa's part) because as someone who was born human, surely what matters most to him is what "remains", whilst Lessa doesn't comprehend that as well. As a god, to him, everything eventually returns to ashes.
Ares and Lessa as a duo (doomed family dynamics my beloved) are so complicated, I really would love to talk about them more as I reread. ^_^
Although from now on I'll keep the spoilery stuff under a read more line probably... in case you wanna read it though don't worry, this is early chapters still. And I highly recommend this webtoon!
