Oh no! After I Reincarnated, My Moms Became Son-cons! - Volume 4 - Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Mom’s birthday huh…… Though I really want to jump on a horse and ride off to Castor to wrap this up, I can’t do that with mom’s birthday coming up . My conscience won’t let me after seeing mom hug me with such a blissful smile . This is the first time I’m celebrating mom’s birthday . The next time is a year away .

My plans can wait, but I don’t want to see mom look disappointed . Castell is right . More presents don’t add more meaning to it . What mom wants most is a birthday present from me .

Uhm, so now I need to think about what present is most appropriate .

Mom has personally cooked for me . While I was prepared to die, mom surprisingly cooked edible food this time . It tasted so-so, and most of it didn’t require much work, but mom still looked at me with anticipation and nervousness . When I told her it tasted good, I noticed mom secretly wipe her tears .

I presume they were the “I made a meal for my son” being successful tears . Mom really tries to love me . She learnt to knit a scarf and learnt to cook . She has almost forgotten that she’s an empress . In front of me, mom is really just a mom, ordinary and silly .

From behind, Luna handed me a cup of tea and asked and asked me: “Your majesty, did you not already solve your issue? Why are you still worried? Are you worried about that kid?”

“No, not that . I’ve thought about what to do with Freya already . I’m thinking about something else . ”

I turned around to look at Luna who puffed her cheeks . Clearly she was unhappy with me bringing that girl back again . She looked at me and rolled her maid-uniform . In a soft voice, she muttered: “You can just tell me what you are unhappy with . It is pointless to have another personal servant . And she is so young . Or is it that you like young girls, your majesty?”

I smiled helplessly as I looked at Luna and said: “Didn’t I already tell you that she’s not my personal servant? She’s a girl from a noble family who got sold off after her family fell . I didn’t take her in to make her my maid, but to help me come up with ideas . You can consider her a strategist . Though she’s young, she’s very smart . ”

“Is that how it is…? But she is quite pitiful . ” Luna revealed a smile of relief……

I don’t really understand why elves are so possessive . And she’s not my wife or fiancée either . She’s just my personal servant and yet she’s angry because I found someone else . Luna looked at me and continued, “She’s very young too . She must’ve been played with after being imprisoned as well . How pitiful . She was exhausted . She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow . Looking at her makes me feel sorry for her . ”

“Yeah, but even so, she still maintained the calmness and eloquence of nobility . She didn’t cry nor was she afraid even when she escaped her suffering . To the contrary, she thought about the next step . Based on that alone, I feel that I’ve found myself a treasure this time, just like when I bought you at the market . ”

I held Luna’s hand . She smiled and held mine . She then looked at me as she said: “Your majesty, you do not question yourself after this time, do you? You truly can bring happiness to others, regardless if it is me or Miss Freya, or Nier . We are all the same . ”

“I gave Nier happiness?” I shook my head . Nier’s happiness is the empress . I didn’t give Nier happiness . You should’ve said that I stole her happiness . But seeing Nier smile so happily when she held the children, I thought that maybe Nier might actually be very happy right now .

“So, your majesty, let us return to the topic . What are you worried about, your majesty?”

I smiled, spread my hands out and replied: “Mom’s birthday present . I don’t know what to give mom since mom doesn’t lack anything . I think that others will be able to gift her anything that I can think of, so I don’t what sort of birthday present could make mom happy, as well as being unique . ”

Luna reacted surprised and replied: “Her majesty’s birthday is coming up…? Jeez… I did not even know… But you should not be worried about this . Is what her majesty wants most and the only thing you can give her right in front of your eyes?”

I froze up . Luna extended a finger out, pointed at my chest and said with a smile: “As long as it is something you personally make, it doesn’t matter what it is, that to the empress will be a treasure . ”

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Current time at the inner court .

“Nier, you’re here . ”

The empress sat on the bed and looked at Nier who was kneeling down with an expression that looked like she was smiling, and yet not . Nier lowered her head and replied: “Yes, your majesty . I am very sorry for being late!”

“No, I don’t care whether you’re late or not because what I do care about is the most important thing . And that is, whether or not you are still loyal, Nier . ”

Nier raised her head out of astonishment and quickly replied: “Your majesty!! Of course I am loyal! I have no other master besides you! Of course, I am loyal to you, your majesty! That is true now and will not change in the future! I am a Valkyrie, so I am loyal to you until I die . ”

“Alright . ”

The empress smiled . She raised her arm up and a sword dropped down in front of Nier . Nier looked at the sword blankly . It was the long-sword Nier removed . She clenched her teeth . She removed the sword her majesty gave her and swapped it for the sword his majesty gave her . That must’ve meant that she no longer wanted to be a Valkyrie from her majesty’s perspective .

The empress put one leg over the other, looked at her and nonchalantly said: “Kill yourself, Nier . ”

“Your majesty……”

Nier raised her head as she trembled . She looked at the empress and stuttered . She looked at the sword on the ground and reached her hand out to pick it up with her shaky hand . Valkyries have no right to refuse . If the empress gave the order to kill themself, a Valkyrie had to kill herself . It was time to display her loyalty and bravery .

“What’s wrong? Tana, come here . ”

“Your majesty!”

A Valkyrie walked up to the empress . The empress smiled and hugged her, and then stroked her head . Next to her ear, she softly said: “Tana, kill yourself . ”

“Roger!!”

That was the first time Tana received a hug from the empress . She was so excited she was shaking all over . She drew her long-sword from her waist with an ecstatic smile and thrust it into her own chest without any hesitation . Blood spurt forth from her chest . She rolled off to the side with a blissful smile . Her blood from the wound in her chest and heart sprayed her blood all over the floor .

“See that, Nier?”

The empress walked up to Nier’s side . Nier lowered her head while still gripping the sword tightly as she trembled . The empress looked at her and asked with a smile: “Do it, Nier . Kill yourself . I order you to . Shouldn’t you follow my orders as a Valkyrie? Or do you have something you can’t let go off?”

“I… I……”

The empress looked at her and thundered: “Do it, Nier, I order you to!”

“Don’t tell me you have feelings for my son! I already told you, you can’t develop feelings for my son! You are just a Valkyrie! If you don’t have any feelings for him, stab the sword into your chest right now! Hurry up!”

Nier slowly drew the sword . She clenched her teeth tightly as she raised her head . The empress saw Nier’s face covered in tears and frowned a little . Nier looked at the empress and quaked as she raised the sword up to her chest while her eyes were filled with despair and unwillingness . She looked at the empress and took in one deep breath before closing her eyes . Her two hands holding the sword handle were shaking intensely as if she was going to snap the sword by shaking it .

*Clang!*

“Yes! Your are right! Your majesty! I care about his majesty! I want to live! I want to stay by his majesty’s side! His majesty helped me! I want to always stay by his side!”

When the tip of the sword reached Nier’s chest, her hands could no longer grip the sword . She dropped the sword and cried loudly as she knelt on the ground .

“I… I do not know if this is me liking his majesty . But being by his side makes me feel very relaxed . I like going out with his majesty too . I want to see more of the world with his majesty as well! In short… in short, I want to look at his majesty for longer! So I do not want to die! I want to live!”

“You are a Valkyrie!”

I am his majesty’s bodyguard now too!”

Nier raised her head . Her eyes carried determination and resolve . Her face covered in tears was distorted like a devil from hell . She looked at the empress and shouted, forgetting her status .

The empress looked at her blankly and said nothing for a long while . Nier didn’t lower her head either . She kept her eyes on the empress while shedding tears .

“Forget it……”

The empress let out a long sigh . She then sat to one side, crossed one leg over the other and looked at Nier as she said: “My son will definitely get angry if I kill you . My birthday is coming up, and I don’t want my son to be angry . Rise, Nier . I trust you a lot . You are also the Valkyrie I am most proud of . But I’ve got one final job for you . Take this letter to the church’s headquarters . Once you come back, I shall agree to the matter with you and my son . Of course, that’s if he accepts you . ”

“Your majesty……”

Nier slouched onto the ground like she was letting out a sigh of relief . But a second later, she used the wall as support to stand up . She gave the empress a deep bow and in a loud voice said: “Thank you, your majesty! I shall serve you with my life!”

“Leave now then . Stay on standby . ”

“Roger!”