Chapter 56

Atlas's Pov...

After coming back to the castle, the first person I encountered was my mother. She was standing in front of the door with a proud smile on her face. I had never seen such a smile on her face before. I tilted my head to the lady around her fifties who was standing across my mother.

My eyes slightly widened. “You are still alive?”

With a low courtesy, she nodded. “I apologize if it disappointed you.” It was Ms. Monica. As far as I remembered, she was the court lady from the era of my father.

In this Castle, we barely met and that was why every time an encounter occurs, it becomes too hard for me to recall her name. I couldn't actually even remember when we last met. Probably, it had been months. I didn't argue with her, knowing she had a sharp tongue. Rolling my gaze, I looked at my mother and confusion washed me all over again.

She was still smiling and clearly had something to tell me. There was no way in hell that she will be proud of me because I did nothing great.