Book 4: Chapter 51
“Her majesty is missing?!” Alice spat out a mouthful of wine and coughed intensely. She looked at Castell who was rarely flustered. Castell nodded. He tugged his hair and shouted: “Yeah! Her majesty is missing! Only her clothes and her sword are in her room! She didn’t take her sword with her! Where did she go?!! Today is her majesty’s birthday and she’s missing!”
Alice wiped her mouth, smiled helplessly and replied: “Don’t worry. Just go to the outer court and ask if his majesty is in. Today is her birthday so it’s not too much if the two of them go out to play. You want to make a bet? I bet her majesty will get angry if we go looking for her now.”
Castell stood still. He then took in a deep breath to calm himself down. He picked up the wine by the side and gulped a few mouthfuls like he was drinking water. He put the wine bottle down and shook his head. He then sat down to the side, sighed and said: “Jeez, her majesty has been playing along with his majesty’s crazy antics ever since he came back. His majesty is getting more and more daring by the day. He even dared to destroy the church.”
“Isn’t that good? Doesn’t her majesty need that sort of prince?” Alice smiled. She stretched her hand out to stroke Castell’s head. While the two of them had an obvious size discrepancy, their ages were the opposite of each other. Alice treats Castell like her child.
“While you say that……” Castell smiled helplessly and stood up. He continued, “But I miss the way her majesty used to be. She’s becoming more and more distant from her past self.”
“It’s not bad if his majesty can keep it up, but her majesty is being influenced by him. If this continues, her majesty will be in danger. She’s in too deep in her motherly role. If this continues, she won’t be able to continue being a suitable empress. His majesty must pay attention to his influence on her in order to maintain her majesty’s character as the empress.”
Castell froze. He then looked at Alice and paused before asking: “You mean to say that her majesty is becoming weak due to his majesty?”
“Clearly so. Look, ever since his majesty returned, has her majesty resembled an empress at all? She’s been learning knitting, cooking… That’s not how an empress should be. Her majesty’s blade is rusting. A mother can’t maintain such a vast territory. We need an empress, not an idiotic mother who only thinks about her son.”
Alice placed her cup down on the table. She looked at the wine in the cup swish back-and-forth gently. In a serious tone, she continued, “I know that it’s not his majesty’s fault, but he is causing her majesty’s downfall. We must take action to wake her majesty from her slumber……”