Julien had stopped whining and feeling embarrassed by being nude around his mother. It was all thanks to getting comfortable and used to her presence along with taking a bath together and getting massaged by her hands.
If she wanted to take his shorts off, then so be it. He didn't mind it anymore.
Noticing Julien comply and not up any resistance like before, Eleanor was relieved. This was how it should be. She was his mother and there was nothing to feel embarrassed about. It was her motherly duty to spoil him, and as her baby, his only job was to get spoiled and pampered like there was no tomorrow.
His sisters had gotten quite a lot of love from a young age, and he was the only one that missed out. It was thus time to give him what he did not get.
"…the Kingdom of Barnabas, the Kingdom of Aldervale, and the Kingdom of Vordane…"
It was an awkward position they were in to be given geography and political lessons.