Serious Warning.

Delia wanted to snort and say, "Don't you mean that he shouldn't do it for his harlot concubine but for his bastard son?"

But she didn't say what she had in mind. Instead, she kept quiet and watched calmly. 

Augustus shook his head. "No. What you're asking for is for me to become a villain to the boy. I don't want to do that because I don't want to partake in the evil you have committed."

"Besides, I don't care much about him. If he wants to live on his own and you can't stop him, then let him leave on his own. If you truly care about him, you will continue to stop him."

She asked with a frown, "Are you saying I should continue to maim our son? Because that's the only way to stop him from leaving."

He shrugged. "I don't care. Maim him or not. That's up to you."