Linde was sitting across from her young son, Hans, who had a pouting expression on his face. His mother had just given him an order that he did not want to fulfill. Thus, he could not help but repeat her words as if they were simply unbelievable.
"You want me to take the Ming Prince and the Anangpur Emperor on a tour of the city? Give me one reason why I should?"
Linde glared at her son with a look of fury in her sky-blue eyes before speaking in a stern tone. Hans was smart enough to know that he should fear his mother and her womanly wrath. Thus, as she spoke to him, he bowed his head in submission.
"Because, Hans, I am your mother, and I told you to do so. That should be reason enough, however if you must know the intent behind my request, it is because you share the same position as Zhu Zhi, and it would be best for his equal to take him around the city.
