Book 12: Chapter 26
“Mom, you’re out of dresses to wear, right?”
Mom smiled helplessly: “I still have some, but I think that perhaps it would be better if I wore a military uniform. I don’t want to have to come back to change again.”
The fact was I didn’t prepare too many dresses for Mom, since I knew she wasn’t accustomed to wearing them normally. She only had a total of five dresses. However, her remaining ones didn’t suit the occasion.
Mommy Elizabeth took out her usual military uniform, and then giggled: “It appears that dresses don’t suit Mommy, after all. Mommy wanted to leave everybody with a good impression. At the very least, not a version of myself with such intense murderous intent, but it seems that I still messed up. Looks like I’ll be sticking to the old me.”
“It’s fine, Mom.” I shook my head, and then looked at her naked back. In a soft voice, I said, “I like you no matter how you are, Mom. It doesn’t matter how others see you. You don’t need to change yourself. Just show off the most authentic version of you. I like you, Mom, not a particular type, but you, Elizabeth Rosvenor, my mom.”
Elizabeth paused for a moment before chuckling. She pulled over her undershirt and her military coat on the bed. She said, “Son, who did you learn to sweet talk from? Did you pick it up from having so many wives? Mommy doesn’t hate it, but Mommy thinks that it’s best not to be a philanderer. A woman’s wrath is sometimes intense enough to burn an entire continent.”
“Like you in the past and Mommy Vyvyan?”
“That’s right.” Mommy Elizabeth honestly admitted it, and then smiled, “Women are very terrifying when they’re angry, especially when it’s a woman that loves you and also wields power. That’s even more frightening. You know, Son, a woman at a nation on the other side of the ocean became a regent. It sounds as though they went and exterminated a royal family that’s existed for almost a century. Therefore, a woman’s fury and jealousy are very frightening things. However, she’s not entirely to blame.
The previous King of that nation had a mistress and didn’t dare to admit to it, yet he had an illegitimate daughter and almost killed her. The throne now belongs to that illegitimate daughter of his, but that’s quite good. If he didn’t have her, somebody would’ve had to succeed the throne. Fortunately, they have four kids, which is really nice.”