Lydon was the only normal person he met.
From the beginning, Jayden was not close to his peers, who were very different in level from him.
“Her Majesty the Empress did not want to assume that status.
But since His Majesty the Dragon Emperor ordered it, she had no choice but to accept it.”
Lydon sighed deeply as he spoke.
“She always hated that status, but because of your birth, Your Highness, you cannot become an exiled empress.
An empress who has given birth to a prince cannot be excommunicated.”
“Me, me, because of me?”
"Actually, she doesn't show it to you, Your Highness, but she lost love with His Majesty the Emperor a long time ago.
They used to get along well, but now Her Majesty the Empress feels very uncomfortable in the palace."
In fact, from that time on, the Emperor no longer spent much time in the palace.
He was actually recovering, but Jayden didn't know that of course.
“Therefore, every time His Highness the Prince sees the Dragon, Her Majesty the Empress feels pain.”
In the end, this meant that his mother was miserable because of him.
Jayden couldn't tell anyone what he heard from Lydon.
Chiarosse had no mother, and he could not say to the emperor, “My father is wrong.”
"So, what do I do?
How do I react?"
“If you care about Her Majesty the Empress, you should stay as far away from her as possible.”
Lydon taught him kindly.
“She feels confused whenever she sees you, Your Highness, so reduce the burden on her heart.”
“You mean that I should stay away from Her Majesty the Empress first?”
“Yes.
This way she might feel less guilty about not loving her son, and maybe she would feel some relief.”
After that, Jayden moved away from the Empress as Lydon had ordered him to.
However, inwardly he was hoping that the Empress would say, “Jayden, why are you doing this?” And hug him.
But the Empress, when Jayden moved away from her, reduced their contact as if she had been waiting for it.
"Didn't I tell you?
I was right, wasn't I?"
In the end, Jayden had no choice but to believe Lydon.
“Thanks to your maturity, Your Highness, Her Majesty the Empress may be feeling some relief.”
And so two years have already passed.
His relationship with the Empress became colder.
When they sometimes met at a public event, the Empress would look at Jayden nervously.
However…
‘This event organized by the Manuscript Department… didn’t look bad.’
Even at eight years old, Jayden still always needed his mother.
Just seeing the announcement from the Manuscript Department excited him.
He and the Empress were going to use the scrolls together to set off indoor fireworks...
'Just like she used to play with me when I was little, it will be fun to be with my mother...'
When Lydon noticed these attachments, he said sternly:
“For the Minister of Manuscripts to plan this event, this is very disgraceful.”
Disgraceful?
Jayden blinked in surprise.
"Huh?
Why?"
“The Crown Princess rejected the Dragon on the pretext that she wanted to live her life, and now she intends to mock Her Majesty the Empress who is constrained by her unhappiness.”
Lydon grabbed Jayden's shoulders and looked into his eyes.
“Your Highness, you are in the separate palace, so you don’t know the details of what happens between the adults very well.”
There was a reason why the young princes were placed in the separate palace.
The goal was for them to grow up as children without thinking about the political complexities of their childhood.
Therefore, it is natural for him to be slow in learning detailed news.
“Think about it, Your Highness.
Shouldn’t we prevent hurting Her Majesty the Empress’s heart further with this?”
"…correct."
"permission."
Lydon raised his chin and said:
“We must not leave the Minister of the Manuscript Department unpunished.
If she remains in her position, she will continue to deceive Her Majesty the Empress in this way.”
“Right, right?
This is not permissible!
How can you deceive the Minister of the Imperial Family?
Impossible!”
“I have a good method.”
"What is it?
Say it quickly."
When Jayden hurried him, Lydon continued with shining eyes:
“Light a fire.
Then get hurt a little.
Then say the manuscript was delivered by mistake.”
“Put…a charge on her?”
"Not exactly a charge, but changing the crime a little bit.
In the end, it's about punishing a guilty person."
Lydon smiled.
“Isn’t deceiving Her Majesty the Empress in public a greater crime?”
“No, but...”
“To propose an event like this to Her Majesty the Empress who doesn’t even want to see you, Your Highness, is very disgraceful...”
At that moment.
“You damned bastard!”
The Empress's angry scream shook the Separate Palace.
Before Jayden could take a breath of astonishment, the Empress's huge fist hit Lydon's jaw forcefully.
* * *
In an instant, the detached palace turned into chaos.
I said to myself while shaking my tongue:
'I knew this would happen.'
As a dragon, Jaden was exceptional in body and mind from a young age.
It was natural for the Empress to start thinking at some point, “Love alone will not be enough.”
'Of course, as a mother she felt incomplete...'
The Empress was confident in everything in the world, but not in front of her son.
Even as an empress, she couldn't say in front of Jayden, "I'm just stupid and don't know anything!"
'Meanwhile, Jayden started to move away from her first…'
The Empress, of course, thought that Jayden was ashamed of her.
During Jayden's education status reports, the Department of Education would subtly hint at this.
'In fact, they cared for each other, but they were just being careful...'
So, I came up with a simple solution.
All I have to do is replace the sound isolation scripts with scripts that don't work.
But even with the replacement of manuscripts, there was a problem.
There was no guarantee that the Department of Education employee would say something that would be considered evidence in a timely manner.
'Therefore, I intentionally created an event that would provoke the Ministry of Education.'
If I sent out an announcement saying the event was tomorrow, I would think they would act today immediately.
Thus, I was able to choose the right time to bring the Empress to the Separate Palace.
‘We had infiltrated the Separate Palace before Lydon arrived.’
Of course, the servants remained silent and maintained secrecy.
Lydon, who knew nothing, entered the separate palace as usual, used a fake soundproofing manuscript and spoke freely.
'Anyway, you should be careful with the Ministry of Education.'
I knew the general atmosphere in the Ministry of Education, which not only ignored the Manuscripts Department, but despised it.
So, I guessed that this hatred would eventually get to me too.
When I heard them talking about lighting the fire and laying charges, I was sure that my expectations were correct.
'I knew that.
They will not leave me in the position of minister easily, because in their eyes I am of a lower level.'
I still remembered seven employees from the Ministry of Education in their fifth year, who had mocked my department in a café before, and I had memorized their names.
'I will not let anyone touch the members of my department.'
I gritted my teeth hard.
Meanwhile, the Empress was beating Lydon, very angry.
“I should tear this bastard apart and throw him to the insect-eating plants!”
Lydon received a strong blow to the jaw from the Empress and fell screaming.
Then she kicked him hard in the stomach while he was lying on the ground.
“With that impudent mouth of yours, what were you saying to my son now?
Huh?”
Of course, Lydon could not respond with any resistance.
Jayden fell back in shock.
But there was one thing I didn't expect.
‘…I didn’t know that so many of the imperial family would be coming with us.’
Now, by my side...
The Emperor and Chiaros were also present.
“Your Majesty, can you really stay out of it?”
Kiaros said to the Emperor as he watched the Empress's chaos.
The Emperor murmured hesitantly:
“Well, I'm pretty angry too, but looking at the situation now, it seems like intervening later would be better.”
I looked around and remained silent.
It would have been good to force Empress Chiaros to join us.
But today, while we were trying to sneak into the Separate Palace in time, the Emperor came looking for the Empress.
'I didn't expect it to turn into a full-fledged family reunion.'
After the Emperor heard the story, he insisted on joining us and said he would come with us.