Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 12

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Chapter 12

How many times had she apologized throughout the entire day? However, taking care of the child was the nanny’s role, and it was a clear fact that she had failed to fulfill that role, so she had nothing to say even if she had ten mouths. Though it was sad, she couldn’t cry like Garulus did. Because Mellis was an adult.

No, thinking about it coldly, perhaps she should consider herself lucky not to have been fired… Mellis tried to think positively as she picked up Garulus’s toys that were scattered on the floor one by one.

Now that Garulus had fallen asleep, her daily routine was also finished.

“Looks like I won’t be sleeping comfortably tonight either.”

Ever since coming to the Ducal Residence, Mellis had been tossing and turning in bed every night. She was constantly tormented by strange nightmares, such as suddenly returning to her original form in front of Kermanomon, or Sandra coming to this place and dragging her away.

“Mellis, are you okay?”

Just as she was letting out a deep sigh while thinking about the particularly long day, someone spoke to her affectionately.

“Oh, Anna.”

It was Anna, who was in charge of attending to Garulus. She was said to be a weasel beastman, and her gentle nature made her treat Mellis very kindly. She was the only beastman besides Garulus that Mellis could feel comfortable around.

“No. Difficult? This is my job. I just want to pass out for about three days.”

“Hehe, but you don’t know how fortunate it is that Mellis came.”

“Because I take care of the young master…?”

Anna let out a small laugh at her listless voice and playfully shrugged her shoulders. Anna picked up the laundry that had fallen on the floor as she spoke.

“That too, but the young master has become much brighter since Mellis came.”

“Garulus has?”

At her completely unexpected story, Mellis slowly sat up and asked back. This was a story that was completely opposite to the Garulus she had experienced since coming here. Or perhaps “bright” had a different meaning among beastmen.

Just as she was tilting her head in puzzlement, an interesting story came from Anna’s mouth.

“Yes. Actually, after his relationship with the Duke went sour, the young master had a really hard time for a while. Everyone was very worried, but now it seems much better, so it’s a relief.”

“Ah, so they used to have a good relationship. Then his dislike of wearing pants is also because of that…”

“No. He’s always disliked that.”

Anna spoke in a more resolute tone than ever before. Anyway, so Garulus and Kermanomon’s relationship had gone sour – her guess hadn’t been wrong after all. Looking back, when she first came here, Kermanomon had also mentioned something about Garulus avoiding dining together.

How did the two brothers end up in such conflict? After pondering for a moment, Mellis carefully brought up a question she had only thought about by herself.

“Anna, excuse me, but may I ask you something?”

“Yes, of course.”

“…Garulus and the Duke aren’t real brothers, are they?”

Actually, she had suspected for a while that the two weren’t blood relatives. Unlike Kermanomon, Garulus’s surname was Rokan. That was also why she hadn’t questioned their relationship despite hearing the name Kerman every day before coming here.

Of course, among high-ranking nobles, there were rare cases where brothers used different surnames to continue both family lines, but it didn’t seem to be the case with these two.

‘The Duke is a purebred beastman…’

Since various beastmen existed on the Continent, there were no restrictions based on species. There was once a time when marriages between the same species were preferred, but as much time had passed, distinguishing between species had become meaningless.

However, beastmen like Kermanomon, whose ancestors were all of the same species, were called purebreds. Purebred beastmen had Physical Abilities and Animal Senses that were several times superior to other beastmen.

‘…Or so it was written in the book I read yesterday.’

Since entering the Ducal Residence, Mellis had been reading books from Garulus’s Study whenever she had free time. Of course, most of the books were children’s books like “I’m a Beastman!”, “Eyes, Nose, Ears and Tail!”, and “Learning Beastman History with Fairies”…

Anyway, for her who had no knowledge about beastmen, it wasn’t a bad thing.

“Yes. He’s the son of a close friend, and the Duke is temporarily taking care of him due to certain circumstances.”

“Ah, I see.”

Mellis nodded slightly at the answer she had somewhat expected. Considering their relationship and everything else, she really knew too little about Garulus. But what could she do when there was no one to tell her?

Just as she was falling into deep contemplation, Anna frowned and slowly rubbed her chin as she spoke.

“And this is just between us, but it seems like the young master’s tantrums have gotten worse since he had that big fight with the Duke. It’s probably due to rebelliousness.”

“Really? So it wasn’t this bad before?”

“No. He was always quite mischievous, but lately it feels like he’s being even more unreasonable…”

In other words, while Garulus had always been playful, he used to be obedient and live a proper life. But at some point, he gradually started whining and causing trouble with minor acts of rebellion.

What started as mere grumbling suddenly worsened after he had an argument with Kermanomon one day. Since then, Garulus had been acting spiteful as if to show him, keeping his distance and being mean to the nannies, troubling everyone around him.

“At least he’s been more well-behaved since Mellis came. When food he didn’t like was served, he would refuse to eat all day, and he would constantly throw tantrums at the nannies.”

“Ah…”

“Anyway, I hope the two of them make up soon. It’s difficult being caught in the middle.”

Listening to Anna’s story, Mellis seriously pondered something. If Garulus really was rebelling against the Duke for some unknown reason, wouldn’t it be enough to find out why? Her eyes sparkled with this suddenly discovered hope.

“Anna, do you happen to know why the two of them grew apart?”

“Um, well…”

However, Anna showed an awkward smile as if troubled by the question.

“It’s not certain, just a guess, but it’s a somewhat delicate matter. I’m sorry I can’t be of help.”

“Oh, no. I must have asked something I shouldn’t have!”

As she waved her hands and apologized to Anna, she became certain of one thing. If the relationship between the two brothers had temporarily soured and it was greatly affecting her work environment, she needed to meddle a little.

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“Ugh, this is not fun at all. Not fun at all!”

The next day. Garulus sat at his desk with his chin propped on one hand, doing his overdue homework. To be precise, it was closer to meaningless doodling. However, since just getting him to sit quietly in that spot was the result of tremendous effort, Mellis didn’t push him any further.

“Mellis, why does Kerman make me do such boring things?”

“Why is it boring? Teacher said Garulus is very smart, didn’t he? And strictly speaking, that homework was assigned by Teacher, not the Duke.”

“Huh? Teacher called me a genius monkey? I didn’t know that.”

Though she wasn’t sure where the word “genius” came from, Garulus fortunately seemed to feel better as he straightened his posture and showed signs of concentrating for a moment.

‘As expected, today too…’

Garulus always blamed Kermanomon immediately whenever something displeased him or an uncomfortable situation arose. Just a little while ago, he had whined for a long time that the Brussels sprouts on his meal were Kerman’s fault. Something about a plan to get revenge on him.

Mellis narrowed her eyes as she looked at Garulus, extremely curious about what the reason could be. Of course, the easiest method would be to directly ask either Garulus or Kermanomon about why the two had fought.

‘But I can’t ask our young master.’

Judging from Anna’s reaction alone, it was clearly something that had deeply hurt Garulus. Mellis frowned, thinking she couldn’t do such a thing to a young baby monkey.

‘But I can’t directly ask the Duke either…’

Mellis slowly shook her head as she briefly recalled Kermanomon’s face. Of course, he wasn’t as scary as before she came here, but her master was still very uncomfortable to be around. Since they hadn’t even had a proper conversation except for the first day, there was no way she could feel more at ease.

‘Then the remaining person is…’

As she slowly rolled her eyes, her gaze met a silhouette standing firmly guard at the door. It was Noel, the eagle beastman who served as both Garulus’s guard and the Duchy’s Guard Unit Captain.

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