Chapter 46
Chapter 46 – Mother’s Talk
[What in the world are you thinking?]
It was in the hall of the royal capital’s Schwarzer Mansion .
At the center was Ares, standing upright . In front of him, smiling quietly, was his mother Sera .
Despite her smiling, her eyes was… . scary .
[How many people do you think you have bothered due to your selfish action? At least you could’ve said something . Or is it a bother to tell anyone about what you are doing… . ?]
[E-esteemed Mother… . I certainly had done wrong . Can this fault of mine still be forgiven…?]
[No can do . ]
[The punishment for this kind of act has been decided from a long time ago, hasn’t it?]
[… . . ]
Right, Sera has always been like this . She’s usually mild mannered, but when something went wrong… . . her quiet fury tend to be very scary .
When Edgar drank too much and showed up in disheveled appearance . When the vassal made a mistake that brought trouble to other people and when Ares did a prank . Sera would order them to stand upright in front of her while she herself sit on a chair and only allowed them to go after she’s finished . Even if it’ll take the whole day… . Everyone knew about this .
[Mother’s Talk]
That was the dreaded name that others had ‘affectionately’ given to refer to this punishment .
And of course, Ares spent the entire day from morning to evening on that very same posture .
[I can’t stand anymore; my legs feel numb… . ]
[Thank you for your hard work…]
Sigurd smiled wryly at Ares who was leaning back on the sofa . That individual action, missing for a whole day… . Sigurd himself was both annoyed and worried by this…but after seeing the appearance of Ares standing in the hall for the whole day, he couldn’t bring himself to get angry .
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[The infamous Mother’s Talk… . it’s been a while since I last saw it . It’s… . even worse than torture…]
[At least it fixed mother’s mood…]
Ares then said .
[Mother always treated me like this . Always nagging, always refusing to understand . I’ve come to age this year, haven’t I? I can marry a girl already, can’t I? In other words, shouldn’t I considered an adult already? Even so, she still treated me the way she did when I was still a kid…]
[Ares-sama… . . ]
[Yes, it’s to discipline others . Sure . But thanks to that, I wasted a whole day . There is still a lot to do . I don’t want to waste any time . I was supposed to revise our plan . But it’s already late at night . So… . ]
[About that… . Ares-sama… . ]
[Haaー? What!?]
[About that, well…]
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Sigurd said with apologetic face as he pointed at what behind Ares . His expression had a faint trace of despair
[What do you mean anyways!?]
Saying so, Ares turned around to see who was standing behind him .
[I suppose… . you haven’t had enough?]
There was Sera standing there, smiling as before and Julius who stood there with a sympathetic look .
Despite her smile, her eyes clearly not smiling .
Aa, what did I do wrong… .
Ares felt like he’s falling into darkness .
This feeling of frustration… .
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In Leon’s memory, when his Arcadia Empire’s allied force was surrounded by more than 50 million enemy soldiers .
In Shin’s memory, it was when he was fighting the Demon King Galgain .
And on Gil’s memory, it was the time when he was considered an outlaw on all 5 countries .
None of that can rival this .
There were so many powerful enemies in the memories of these great individuals .
[Kuh! My mother is probably a horrible witch or something, and she must’ve defeated countless heroes already before!]
[Stop talking nonsense and come here . ]
[… . . yes . ]
Saying so as he followed Sera, Ares disappeared behind the door with a ghastly pale face . Sigurd and Julius could only pray for him as they looked on .
[ Hopefully Ares-sama [Esteemed Brother] can return safely . ]
That’s all .