"He was doomed just after taking another birth!" he muttered under his breath as he raked his brain to think how he would escape this calamity.
"That.. that! I came here to apologize to my mother because I behaved impudently in my chamber due to my lack of sleep.
But when I realized how insolent I was.. I was running only to make sure that you did not leave before I could reach you.
I am truly ashamed of my behavior, mother. And before I could apologize, I made another fatal mistake. I deserve a punishment." he bowed his head lower while his hands prayed that she did not notice the lies.
He knew how much his mother loved discipline. And he had already made a mistake twice just after coming back. If he failed to appease her, he was going to face hell.
Oh lord, why did he come back to life? It was all God's fault!
"It is alright!" see that was what he was fearing about.
"I know, but I promise that I will improve. I will not repeat my mistakes!" he shook his head as his voice turned pleading when he heard a chuckle and his face filled with horror.
Who in the world dared to laugh in front of his mother! Not a smile, not a subtle look but a loud chuckle! Oh my! Who wanted to die?
And even if he wanted to die, why was he chosen this time only? Did he want to drag me too? He cursed again as now he was too afraid to even raise his head.
"Luci!" he flinched when his mother called her in that cold voice and could already see the door of hell opening for him once again.
"I. SAID. IT. IS. ALRIGHT.!!" yes, yes he was already ready for puni.. Wait! What???
He raised his head and stared hard at her mother as if she was a ghost. He even forgot that his mother did not like when someone stared into her eyes directly. It made her feel that her authority was challenged and then she forgot all her pretenses and burned that person to hell.
But who would want to stare into those dead eyes that were always freezing cold. After all, not a single shred of warmth could be felt in them.
They would only haunt you later in your dreams.
"Young master, her majesty said that it is fine and you do not need to apologize." Martha kneeled so that she could reach his height and stroked his hair feeling his fear.
Though she was surprised too when the empress let go of the mistake of her son twice when she was only strict with him all the time, she was glad that the empress did so.
She could not bear how scared the kid was. With a softened look on her face, she stroked his hair until he calmed down and nodded his head.
Yet he could still feel the gaze of his mother penetrating his back. Why was she staring at him like a grim reaper when she had already forgiven his mistakes.
He wanted to run to the other side and see his brother after a decade but he did not dare to under the vigilant eyes of his mother.
Though he was not afraid of her punishment that much, he did not want his brother to suffer from her wrath because of him.
"Then.. then i will get going." he whispered and felt his mother nod.
He turned back but instead of going back to his room, he hid behind a tree while waiting for his mother to leave.
He did not understand why she was talking to his nanny for so long. Even if she wanted to do that, why not summon her in her chamber and talk there.
His and his brother's palace was joined through this garden only and she was standing on its boundary for so long.
His patience was wearing out when he noticed two knights coming towards her from his brother's palace.
She must be planning something against brother again! The thought only flared him further. No matter how much Lennox loved her like his own mother, she never saw him as her child.
She had always been cold to him but he thought that she would not hurt him personally. She would just turn blind eyes towards others who hurt him.
How foolish he was to believe that? She deserves more hatred and contempt than he had thought.
"Just you wait, i will go and tell brother later and then throw these two rotten knights out of the palace before you could hurt him." his hands held the bark of the tree as if he was holding the neck of his mother and shook it when he felt a hand on his shoulder again,
"Young master!"
"Hey, let go. I am busy right now." he jerked the hands of the man away as he knew that they were his knights.
They must have come here after seeing him running away like crazy but he wanted to know what his mother was planning before leaving.
"Young master, we need you to come with us now." they repeated but he just waved his hands away as if he was trying to get rid of flies.
He was already not able to hear her voice, if he would not watch their actions carefully then he would not be able to find clues of their vicious plan.
"Young master, her majesty had seen you standing here and asked us to convey to you "come and hear us if you want to, what are you doing by hugging a tree when your hearing power is pathetic."