Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 541 Disappointment

Liavid didn't even glance at the chip Cecil pushed towards her, and then pushed it back to Cecil:

“If you believe Alex is guilty, you can submit these materials to the family’s Stargate Court, where the elders will judge his faults.”

A shadow crossed Cecil's eyes, but then he remembered what Howard had told him, so he took a deep breath and said, "Mother, I want to hear the truth."

Without looking up, Liavid, who had picked up the documents to review again, replied, "I'm telling the truth."

Cecil then overstepped his bounds.

He lifted himself from his seat, leaned forward, and reached out to press the button on the document Liaved was reading.

“Mother, please speak to me seriously.”

In terms of the status of a feudal kingdom, Liavid was both Cecil's mother and his monarch, which was a great desecration. Fortunately, the empire could only have one monarch.

Liavid herself wasn't angry. She actually put down the documents in her hand and said, "Child, if you want me to answer your questions, you can be more specific."

Cecil unconsciously tightened his grip, causing creases to appear on the documents he was pressing, while Liavid remained calmly watching her son.

“Why do you look like that?” Liavid asked. “I don’t recall ever enacting a law prohibiting my children or anyone else from asking me questions, and no one has ever been convicted for it. What are you struggling with?”

“Uncle Alex did not break any rules in his methods, but with his abilities, he could make something fail without leaving any evidence. He could find all sorts of excuses to delay or claim that his subordinates were not cooperating. Mother, you should already know all this. Uncle Alex has put in a lot of effort to prevent so many problems from arising.”

“Is that all you’ve seen?” Liavid said. “Three years ago, we lost a significant amount of assets to a dangerous star system. Your plan was to lead the army to retrieve those supplies, but Alex used his connections to find a middleman, and in the end, we achieved our goal at a very low cost. Before that, we had never asked Alex to be involved in this matter.”

"Didn't you ultimately give him even more power to honor him?" Cecil said. "Isn't that enough?"

“You can’t judge something from the perspective of the result, Cecil. Before that shipment was brought back, nobody knew whether Alex’s efforts would be effective, not even himself. At the time, even you thought Alex was doing useless work. Luck played a significant role in his success that time.”

“I’ve also heard some rumors,” Cecil added, still not satisfied. “There are people trying to usurp Alex’s rights so that his child can undergo the bloodline test on the Wide-Range Silence. You should know what that means.”

The Wide-Range Silent is the flagship of the Hellvinson family. The history of this ancient and powerful warship is said to date back to before the Great Crusade. Its long history of fighting alongside the Hellvinson family has given it a high degree of recognition of the family's bloodline. Only members of the Hellvinson family can awaken it, command it, and unleash its full power.

Currently, Liavid is the only person recognized by this warship, so she became the head of the family. It's not that being recognized automatically makes someone the head of the family, but Liavid's becoming the head of the family is a significant event.

The fact that someone was urging Alex's offspring to undergo bloodline verification, coupled with the fact that Liavid was not a noble direct descendant, can be seen as them already eyeing the position of head of the family.

To everyone's surprise, Liavid remained calm and composed: "Then we can discuss it and find a suitable time to let the younger generation of the family give it a try, including you, Cecil. If any of you can become the captain of the Wide-Range Silence, I can also change my office location."

“But their behavior is very bad,” Cecil said.

“But this behavior cannot be stopped,” Liavid said. “Anyone in this position would face this situation, no one is an exception. As long as they don’t make a big fuss about it and don’t take any action, then just pretend these words don’t exist.”

Liavid's repeated responses that exceeded Cecil's expectations irritated him more and more. When he was facing his subordinates or his enemies, he could command them with ease no matter what they did, but in front of Liavid, he seemed to become an irrational child.

“But we can’t let this trend go unchecked,” Cecil said. “If they were really careful, they should have kept the rumors to a small group of people instead of letting them spread. The fact that I was able to find out about it so easily was a test for them. Now they know we know about their test, and they’re waiting for the results. We can’t pretend we didn’t see it.”

“Who said that? Just go and give him a warning,” Liavid said. “As for the severity of the warning, I have no suggestions.”

"But I think it's more efficient to nip it in the bud. There's no shortage of ambitious people in this world. As long as the rewards are good enough, they'll risk everything, even if it means going bankrupt."

“That’s the only thing that’s absolutely unacceptable.” Liavid rejected Cecil’s suggestion outright.

"Why? Mother? We've eliminated so many people who stood in our way. The number of people I killed on Juran Star a few months ago could fill the entire banquet hall. Why! Why are you so soft-hearted towards Alex?!" Cecil became agitated. "Could it be that you've also fallen for him?"

“Cecil,” Liavid said calmly, “your emotions are about to spiral out of control.”

So Cecil pressed his hand to his forehead again: "I'm sorry, Mom..."

After sitting quietly for a while, Cecil stood up from his seat: "Then, I shall take my leave now, Mother..."

“Cecil,” Liavid called to her child.

Cecil stood still.

“Alex has many bad points, but he is the result, not the cause. Even if you pick one fruit, if you don’t cut down the tree, countless fruits will still grow.”

Cecil turned around and looked at his mother with some surprise.

"And your usual methods—murder, framing, poisoning, bribery—are like poison. While they may produce noticeable results in the short term, in the long run, they are fertilizing the tree, making it even harder to eradicate. When you asked Christina to help you with the assassination plan, Mr. Howard not only didn't stop you, but even offered you advice. On this point, I am very disappointed in you and in Mr. Howard."