Book 7: Chapter 4
Elizabeth got worked up and got up from her chair. Shocked, she exclaimed: “What?! You want to go to the desert now?! Son, you’re a father now! You want to leave now?! You’re going to leave Nier with me and go? Nier won’t say anything but she is definitely hoping for you to stay. Think about your child and your wife!”
I nodded and replied: “I know. Of course I know that. But I have no choice. I don’t want to give up on this matter either. Plus, Nier will be with you. I trust you. You will definitely look after Nier wholeheartedly. I’ve also seen how meticulous you were with Nier’s arrangements so I don’t have to worry, which is why I can go without a worry.”
Elizabeth looked at me with a slightly complex gaze. She then sighed and said: “It’s not like that, son. Of course you trust me. You’re my son after all. Nier is also the child I like the most so there definitely won’t be a problem. However, that’s not how you’re supposed to think about this.”
Elizabeth looked irritated. She put one leg over the other and rubbed her temples looking extremely irritated. She sighed with an upset and wronged look. I’ve never seen Elizabeth look like that. Her gaze looked particularly complex. She looked like she was wronged and she was suffering like her husband left her. It was like the one that was actually upset was her and not Nier.
I looked at mom and said: “Why? What’s the problem? Nier said she didn’t have an issue with it either. I think that Nier can take care of herself. I don’t want to let this opportunity go to waste for nothing either……”
“Because this is about love!”
Elizabeth tapped on the table and looked at me with a hint of anger. She raised her voice a fair bit: “Son, you can’t think like that. You have to know that to Nier, you are her husband as well as your child’s father. Nier’s identity as the princess won’t allow her to stop you, but you’re her husband! You’re her love! A woman doesn’t want anything when she’s pregnant. She doesn’t want a Valkyrie or some maid, but you!”
“Nier……”
Elizabeth slammed her hand on the table hard and then looked at me furiously. She exclaimed: “Nier is a Valkyrie and your princess! She won’t stop you because of this but she’s also a woman, don’t you know that?! No, you don’t! But I understand it! I’m a woman! I get it! You’re the same as your father. Do you still not get it?! Do you not know what I want?! I dreamt of your father a few days ago. I dreamt of my husband. Do you know what a woman wants?! She wants her family!”