First Meeting of Man and Boy

As Nero prepared to face an unpredictable encounter, Elly had already arrived at the entrance of a broad and luxurious room. She looked at the beautiful woman in the calm scene that sat on a mat as if medicating when a few maids fixed her long hair.

As if sensing her daughter, the woman's lips parted as she spoke, "Child, come here, sit with mother."

When she said those words, she waved her hand, the maids seeing the bowed before withdrawing from the room. Elly felt a bit puzzled by this, but she still entered the room and sat down obediently at her mother's side.

"Mother, what's wrong? Why did you call me here?"

Madam Balkras didn't answer Elly directly but turned her eyes towards her, giving her deep looks as if trying to penetrate her thoughts. She then asked, "Child, that Nero boy... who is he to you? Could he be—?"

After speaking to here, Madam Balkras said nothing but based on the look on her face; one could understand her implied meaning.