"Third... Prince. Less cold, more smile." Sarah said with a smile. She almost stammered.

"Yes, Queen Mother," Seth smiled enigmatically and said, "you are gorgeous as always!"

She blushed as she tried to comprehend if this was reality or a dream.

Seth's gaze turned to the leader of the maidens. "Ms. Rin Kawasaki. Your reputation preceded you. You made Queen Mother beautiful."

"It's... our job!" Rin Kawasaki stammered.

Seth nodded with dreamy eyes as he made his mother's hand wrap around his. "The music is waiting for you."

"What type?" Sarah asked.

"It's a surprise. You will like it!" he said softly. Their walk was slow and with every word they uttered, they looked at each other with s desire for the moment to stretch forever.

"We should go back. The Second Princess will start looking for me," Sarah said. She heard it when Anna called her.

"Don't worry. We have the music room for 30 minutes for ourselves. Then we will leave,"

Seth said before he added, "but we can stay a little longer. Silver Tower is said to be the best in this country!"

"I have heard," Sarah said, "but we should not worry them!"

"Alright." They reached the elevator that led elsewhere.

***

"Wow. I couldn't even breathe before him!" one of the maidens said.

"Ha. If it was me he talked to, I don't think I could answer him?" another one said.

"Don't you find it strange?" Another one with observant eyes asked before she added, "I mean. She made us squeeze her clothes into the expensive bag. And some of the time her behaviour looked flustered?"

Rin sighed. "That's true. But it's to be expected. Do you expect her to leave evidence in here? They always pack their things. Some come with servants for just that."

"Yeah. This flustering issue. Sometimes she felt awkward. Even calling him Third Prince, she stammered as if she didn't recognize him!" The woman commented suspiciously Before she checked her watch with a frown. "The network is still not available."

"He interfered with it!" Rin said. "Don't go causing us trouble. Let's shadow them in case they need something."

***

The room was not large, but the incense was intoxicating. Paintings of all types decorated the walls. Most of them were of old musicians that were legends in the industry.

But Seth gleaned what they were: hallucinatory designs meant to condition your mind to relax and enjoy your dance.

It was like wine but drunk through sight.

His oblivious mother was moving around admiring them. Her steps were changing into smart ones, she twirled like a dancer.

An effect of the paintings. Seth didn't hold back himself, he too moved and immersed himself.

It was magnificent to think just looking at them made you good at movement.

The music came, it was old, one from Sarah's era when she was young around 15 to 25.

Seth had once heard she liked it. She turned to look at him. "How... you..."

The way the place was conditioned as Seth requested it, it would bring nostalgia to old times. Old fun memories.

Sarah didn't know when she jumped into his arms, her eyes watered. She recalled when she was young and stupid.

She thought she would pierce through the class system with her smarts and looks. She worked hard before she relented and humbled herself.

Back then it was a routine of hers to check what the trend of the high class was.

How could she be similar?

How could she feel at home?

Her only saving grace was her husband. He kind of pulled her away from that delusion.

And now her son was taking her back. Tears rolled down her eyes and she hugged him well.

They were alone, no one saw her. And even if they did, she didn't care. Seth also didn't care.

This was her moment. She was right to feel any emotions she desired. That's why he didn't ask her to pretend or act a certain way.

And even if her actions made others look down on her, he would crush anyone that dared.

It took some minutes before she calmed down by then the music was ending. Another one went on.

Then they danced. She was a good dancer but Seth was not. But his dexterity was good enough to follow.

"I feel like I got better!"

"Of course, Queen Mother." He said.

She was very happy but Seth was feeling he was in heaven.

All along, this was his desire. To make his parent happy.

Especially his mother.

To make her calm, to make her wrinkled forehead due to worries vanish with smile and comfort.

To make her experience life beyond what she could ever hope.

Seth was never dense, he saw and understood her well. He just made himself ignore it. His youthful vigor dampening it.

As a weak cripple, right on death's door, what better way to live but battling for a better life for those that loved him unconditionally.

Whatever happiness she was feeling, Seth believed he was having ten fold of it.

'This is real but can't be sustain now. But I will soon make it permanent!' Seth Enoch vowed.

Temporal flow escaped their perceptions until the music stopped completely.

Seth was visibly tired. Even though, mostly he stood and his mother danced around him, daydreaming while trying to wake up from the dream.

He pulled out a vial and drank from it. His vigor returned and they walked out, full of smiles. Sarah leaning at him whispering.

"Let's bring your papa next time!"

"Haha. Definitely. I hope he agrees!"

"I will convince him!" she muttered. Their path led them into a room full of important people.

Council men, well-known wealthy people, governors, celebrities, high-ranking officials.

As an avid news reader, Sarah recognized all those that usually appeared in news or magazines.

She swallowed, she couldn't believe she was standing on the same pedestal with these people.

Seth knew his mother's love for flexing, he whispered, "Do you want to flex?"

"NO!" she mouthed, and Seth raised one eyebrow eyeing her suspiciously and she said, "a little..."

"Alright." Seth expertly let go of her hand and walked away. Leaving her stranded and tense.

She felt like smacking Seth's smug face that went where drinks were!

She relaxed and looked around, those maidens that took care of her were at the side, serving drinks. Rin was already coming toward her in case she wanted something.

Sarah shook her head and she walked back.

She took a deep breath, and brought out her extroverted condescending young nature and was about to walk to a table filled with women like her chilling when a woman came to her.

"Greetings Madam Sarah!"

Sarah froze as she looked at who was before her. They knew each other. She knew her.

"Hi!" Sarah stared at the woman, sweat rising from her face.

'Will she exposed us?' Sarah thought, 'Why is she here? Is she that important too.'

Sarah's thought blaze through countless possibilities but he kept herself in place and didn't speak so that her fluster won't be too apparent.

The woman stared at Sarab before she pressed a device and said, "Warn Seth, he should not be doing this. Hacking into this kind ofestablishment will not end well for him. And..."

"Queen Mother..." Seth called from a distance, both Sarah and the woman turned to him.

This time it was the woman that froze in her tracks, she became pale instantly.

"Come, please. Uncle wants to greet you!"

Seth added, his gaze didn't waver at the woman talking to his mother.

Sarah with fake confidence sauntered toward her son when she noticed the woman went into shock and froze in place.

"Miss Hannah. Please come too!" Seth said to the woman.

Seth was standing before a lone man, leaned back on a couch like a mob boss, around him were cigarettes and very expensive drinks.

Seth immediately made his mother sit opposite him as for he and Hannah they all stood by the side respectively.

"Nice meeting you, Madam Sarah." The man had a deep voice and large muscles. His gaze was always stern and people clearly avoided him.

"Seth is a very extraordinary child!" he added.

"Nice meeting you too, gentleman," her eyes on the cigarettes before she glared at Seth, "I hope you are not doing cigarettes or drugs."

Both Seth and Hannah broke into sweat, "No, Queen Mother. I'm not. I can't even if I want!"

"Haha!" The man burst into laughter that shook the whole room and attracted attention from others. Seeing it was him they looked away.

He quickly swiped away the cigarettes to the floor and pushed them underneath the couch he was sitting on.

"They aren't mine. Someone left them!" the man said with a amused tone.

"Good." Sarah said relaxed, "Third Prince is a good child. Please watch over him okay."

"I will ma'am. I will!" he said. Seth immediately made her stand and they left. Leaving Hannah awkwardly.

Seth couldn't stop himself from laughing from time to time.

The way his mother reacted when she saw the cigarette was truly motherly.

Her flustered, anxious action transformed instantly into a mother that would whoop her son's ass if he misbehaved.

She didn't even care who the man was, she was demanding answers from Seth.

They returned to the top of the tower again when they heard a call, "Third Prince!"

It was Hannah. They looked back to her. "I need to discuss something with you!"

"Later, Miss Hannah. Me and Queen Mother are on a date." Seth said before something rippled around him and he vanished.

Minutes later, a Mecha showed which made Hannah step back in shock as the mecha flew away.

"Who is the man?" Sarah asked Seth.

"He is the ruler of Coinavator."

"What is that?" she asked and Seth sighed. He needed to convince her she didn't want to know for now.

Seeing his silence she said, "That Hannah, is Raaz's wife. Right?"

"Yes."

"Where is Raaz?" Sarah asked again and Seth sighed again.