Book 5: Chapter 35
“… Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!! How did news of this get to my son?!! Aaaahhh!!!”
Castell blankly watched the empress who was initially happy upon receiving the prince’s letter but was now tugging on her hair in a shocked fashion while shouting.
The empress paced back and forth like she was possessed by madness. She held her hands to her head while mumbling dreadfully, “I made my son angry… I made my son angry… My son doesn’t like me anymore… My son won’t call me ‘mom’ anymore… Will he never come back? … No, no, no… No, no, no… I don’t want that… I don’t want that… I can’t let my son get hurt… Son… What am I going to do if my son hates me…?”
“Umm… Your Majesty, calm down first…”
Castell wore an astonished look as he watched the empress’s leg shake and her tears dance in her eyes terrifyingly.
The empress had never behaved like this before. The empress never knew fear or cried, but she was frightened to this degree just because of a few complaints her son made of her.
“Castell… hurry! Hurry and gather the army! No, no, no! Send the Valkyries! Three teams. Send three teams. I don’t care what method they use, but they must rescue Nier, a complete Nier… No, no, no… That won’t do… that won’t do… I’m going to personally go. I need to apologise. I need to apologise, or my son will ignore me… If my son refuses to acknowledge me… No… no… If he doesn’t call me ‘mom’ then, I can’t live on…”
The empress was flustered to the point where she didn’t know what to do. She changed her order several times in a row. Her hands were quivering, leaving her with a dilemma for whether to pick up paper or her pen or her sword. Her legs quivered to a shocking degree like they were going to give in.
“I do not think His Majesty will be so heartless as to break off your relationship…”