Oh no! After I Reincarnated, My Moms Became Son-cons! - Volume 3 - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

“Mom, are you feeling alright?”

“I’m fine, I’m fine . And with you supporting my arm, I’m totally fine . ”

Mom leaned on me as I supported her by her waist as we descended the stairs . I must say, mom’s waist felt really nice… . There was no fat around her waist . Since mom’s body was leaning forward, the glow of her bosom which came and went with each step she took put me in a predicament since I didn’t know where to focus my gaze . I actually think mom is fine . After I rejected her request to carry her down the stairs, she asked me to support her waist as a compromise while she wrapped her arm tightly around my neck and did everything in her power to pull me close to herself . I was sorry for my neck . First it got slit and now it was dealing with the pain of being tugged .

“Oh right . Mom, the white deer horn…”

Looking at mom’s boo-, I mean, face, I reluctantly brought up the white deer horn . A life-saving item was in my bag, but because of my reluctance to use it, I forgot about it, which resulted in what happened afterwards . That was my biggest slip-up during the whole event .

“Ah, I know what you want to say . It’s fine, son . That horn was just a decoration since it’s been left for so long . ” Mom left and then stroked my head to comfort me and continued, “The underlying principle for why a white deer horn can nullify venoms is very straight-forward . The wounded area is recreated using mana, be it organs or blood . The user will feel their organs and blood being recreated, and it’s thanks to the mana essence found in the horn of white deer king . The horn mommy gave you has been around for ages so it lost its mana long ago . Even if you had used it, it would’ve been pointless . I think Lucia would’ve noticed the horn while going through the bag but discovered that it was useless . The white deer king sent mana into your body to heal your wound . The horn of a white deer that has just been cut off is extremely valuable, but once it has been left for a long time, it becomes useless . If that weren’t the case, I’d have several hundreds of horns now and it wouldn’t be worth so much money . ”

“Is that so…? That’s unfortunate then . ”

I don’t know what Lucia did while I was out, but since that’s how it was, I don’t care so much about the destroyed white deer horn now . However, I now wanted to know how the white deer king was . I also wanted to know why it saved me, since we weren’t friends or something .

When we entered the large hall, I asked mom: “Umm, mom, I want to know what happened to the white deer king afterwards . ”

Mom smiled, pointed outside the door and said: “The white deer king is in the stables . You can use it as your steed from now . ”

“You captured the white deer king and brought it back?!”

I looked at mom completely astonished . How would a prideful white deer king allow me to ride it…? Ah… It did send me a hint… . But I don’t think capturing it and bringing it back here to be a steed is such a good idea . And aren’t one-horned beasts like this reserved for girls? For a guy like me to ride a one-horned beast is…

Although the white deer king is incomparably fierce and in no capacity a friendly one-horned beast…

“No, it’s more like a deal isn’t it?” Mom stroked with my head with a smile and continued, “Mommy learnt from it that you spared it once . Mommy was slightly disappointed to hear that, but was at the same time somewhat glad . It saved you to repay you precisely because you spared it once . However, that was a one-off thing . If you want to turn it into your steed, you’ll need to get it to acknowledge you . Mommy honestly ‘convinced’ it . Mommy did not threaten or capture it . ”

I looked at the bright smile mom wore on her face . Yeah, no, there’s no way in hell you could’ve convince me she didn’t threaten it! She definitely did something to it! Since mom can teleport to precise locations, capturing it live isn’t a problem for her! How am I going to get a white deer king that was captured to submit to me…?

Further, I didn’t want to repay kindness with ingratitude .

Mom and I left the palace together . A faint scent of blood came from my right hand side as soon as we passed the doors which made me frown . Mom noticed my frown . She pulled me by my sleeve and covered my eyes . She then quietly said: “Don’t look that way . ” She then covered my head firmly and forced me to leave .

But I stood my ground instead .

I knew that something was there .

It was either Mera’s tribesmen, or rather, former tribesmen, or humans .

Whatever the case, there were a pile of corpse over there, and they were corpses of those who had just been dealt with after they were trialled . I don’t know why they were in the palace, but they were there . Perhaps they were headless . Perhaps they were dismembered . Mom might even have been the person who executed them .

“Don’t look… Let’s go… Son… Don’t look… . ”

Mom sounded like she was begging . She didn’t want me to see the scene . Mom wanted to give me nice world where there was no suffering or pain . She wanted me to remain a naive prince within that world . Mom wanted to give me a safe shelter, even if it was only as large as the palace .

However, the fantasy-like beauty had been shattered . It was the first time I witnessed blood and warfare, and it just so happened to be directed at me . Mom desperately wanted me to move on instead of looking at the blood and corpses, but I had already witnessed blood spraying into the atmosphere, albeit being my own blood .

I moved mom’s hand away and the breeze contaminated with the scent of blood brushed my face . There were over ten headless corpses on the lawn of the palace, but their tight-fitting black clothes allowed me to identify them . Not only had they been beheaded, their deaths were all tragic . There was one corpse that had been burnt pitch-black .

The imperial guards surrounded the corpses and noted the symbol on them . They were humans . I presume they’ll be sent to the empress for further investigation . I presume the corpses were thrown here inside the palace for the imperial guards to examine or deal with, or mom might’ve killed them and then just tossed them there .

Mom tugged my hand and begged: “Let’s go . Let’s go, son… . Don’t look at them anymore…”

I turned my head around to look at mom, took in a deep breath of air that carried the scent of blood and asked: “Mom, I want to know if Mera is still alive . ”

Mom nodded and replied: “She’s still alive . Mommy didn’t kill her because she was the one that tried to assassinate you . Mommy wanted to let you trial her . The entire plot has basically been unravelled . It was the humans from their side that wanted to have you assassinated . A number of dark elves took the initiative to offer to work with them . The group shipped guns in and then took a number of dark elves who were unwilling to cooperate hostage . They threatened Mera with her family to get her to kill you since you were on relatively good terms with her . Not long before Mera was arrested, the imperial guards located the small hut where the humans and elves held hostage were . However, they were too late . The humans killed all the elves in there and then fled . The other dark elves who were colluded with the humans started firing guns once you all left for the field to create chaos . They wanted to assassinate mommy and the elders . However, they were killed so…”

“So Mera is the last dark elf…?”

“That’s right . ”

Mom responded with a serious nod and a somewhat heavy atmosphere about her . She then called for someone . An imperial guard ran up to our side and handed us a long sword . I froze and looked at mom . Mom took the sword and placed it in my hand . She looked at me with a slight hint of sadness and said: “Son, go and decide Mera’s fate . They didn’t assassinate mommy, so you should decide their fate . She’s your friend, your benefactor and your enemy . You have the right to trial her . If you forgive her, mommy shall not do anything . If you kill her, mommy will not blame you . Go, son . It’s up to you to trial Mera . ”