Grand Duchess watched the torture of his son's personal slave through the upper balcony in the main hall. She saw that slave getting whipped twenty times with bloody wounds on his back, then saltwater poured to his wound and the scream of agony filled the air.
She understood that the butlers and maids who attended her also watched the torture and they were horrified. Grand Duchy of Stormhill rarely executed or tortured any serfs unless it was a grave offense. Thus, it was rare for them to see someone horribly wounded by a punishment. But Grand Duchess still frowned.
Even though the scream was gleeful to her ears, it was still unsatisfactory. She couldn't kill or cripple this subhuman. Thus, making almost every tortures and execution she planned deemed forbidden.
She had laid out the setup for her dearest son. But it was still not enough, it was not even sufficient to toughen him.
