113: What I want

"What I want... I want what my father wanted... I want the Empire to stay in Mother's hands. I don't want anything for myself. I am happy where I am, how I am. I don't want power. I don't want influence. I just want mother to be happy..."

"Even if she hurts you? Even if she treats you like a stranger?" Azekiel asked. The boy didn't seem to have even an ounce of hate for his mother despite all she did.

"Yeah. Even if she kills me, I don't want the Empire to fall into someone else's hands. I don't want the last shred of my family to fall... I don't want to lose everything. I want her to be safe."

"You can still keep her safe by gaining the power for yourself. So why not have it all?"