Seeing Lilith venting so seriously with an angry expression, Ainz couldn't help but smile, this was the first time someone had scolded him not out of anger but out of love and care, although his head was aching like hell, he chose not to stop her and just let her vent her anger for a little while, before he forcing himself to talk because he felt he needed to explain before she misjudged the situation.
"Mother, I think you should calm down, it wasn't master's fault but the effect of a special training that will make me able to store mana. Since this was the first time, it seems I might have overdid it, besides the guards are very nice to me, they didn't do anything to me."
After hearing what Ainz said, Lilith paused for a moment and looked at her son, although she felt he might be lying to not make her worry, she still decided to not say anything, touching his rough looking black hair, she stared at his green emerald eyes, before rubbing his face with warmth.
She felt happy seeing her son, all grown up, after a while she sat next to him and rubbed his hair with a little smile on her face.
"This son of mine is now all grown up, and stubborn that he even hides things from his mother, one might say our ancestors heard my prayer."
She looked at her son who was almost as tall as her, and could see the resemblance of the baby that tightly held onto her udders, not only was he that baby he was even training to become a cultivator, she couldn't help but observe his body and noticed the number of calluses that made her heartache.
She felt a bit of pride and pain, for pride he had not only proven he could compete with the main bloodline of the Kalamas household, but he was also hardworking, while for pain, she knew all the pain he had gone through to prove himself.
She laid his head on her legs, as she softly touched his hair.
"Okay, Mother will listen to you this time and won't do anything, but you must promise to be careful and take care of yourself! I don't want to see you in such a pitiful state anymore! And while you work don't forget to rest as well, remember that resting is also part of a training process.
"Also eat a lot of meat, don't you dare skip your meals, otherwise I will go ahead and talk to Bruce! Do you understand, young man?"
Ainz felt warmth in his hearing those words, they were like a breath of fresh air, she was the only person who had shown him such constant love, care, and affection, she was the sole reason for him still staying in the Kalamas household, without turning it upside down.
Despite still being cold-hearted, cynical, and misanthrope at his core, Ainz was still aware of how much she cared for him.
While he thought, his focus was on somewhere else.
'Her neck, face, hands, and under her eyes.' Ainz thought to himself, he was looking at the place that had calluses from signs of violence, it was a habit he had formed from the first day he began to notice scars on her body, it was also the same time he had shown interest in mana.
Ainz forced a smile, before replying.
"Okay, Mother, I promise, I will be more careful."
Lith looked into his eyes for a moment, trying to determine if her son was lying and eventually, she smiled, then stood up, leaving the books and the case she was carrying on the bed.
"I will come back later and check on you, I will also bring a lot of meat for you, don't forget that taking care of your health is of utmost importance, not just to you but to me. As long as you are alive, you can become even stronger."
She said before exiting the room, Ainz kept looking in the direction of his mother, until she was no longer in sight, then the smile on his face disappear, leaving behind a cold and emotionless expression on his face.
'More than twenty-four visible areas with a scar, the numbers are increasing, I wonder if it'll ever stop'
He knew who was behind it, no matter how clumsy a person was he knew they wouldn't be able to accumulate as many scars as she was getting every day just like that, the only answer was Andrew the bastard was the only person, who abandoned him the moment he was born, not for once had Andrew visited him when he was a baby, even when he was sick, feeding, or even learning how to walk or read.
Although he didn't really care that much about it, but he had no knowledge of what a father's love felt like while going through the stages of childhood, when he would ask about his father she would tell him he was busy and was out protecting the kalamas family, she would always tell him his father loved him, and couldn't wait to see him.
Although he knew she was lying, but he wouldn't say anything, because of his father Lilith had no choice but to do both the duty of a father and a mother.
She was the only reason why he wasn't biased toward father figures, but yet the fucker had gone ahead to ruin the lasting image Lilith was trying to create of him. Lilith loved him like a child, whereas his own father considered him nothing more than parasite, and trash.
As a child, he had only seen his father once up close, and that was the only time he ever said anything to him, and the only thing he say to him was trash.
[Author note: The Shadow Monarch System, will begin upload as usual, the author had taken a break due to personal reasons. Thanks for reading, and sticking to the novel. God bless]