Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

“Mellis. Why isn’t Kerman coming?”

“Well, he seems to be running a bit late.”

Mellis, flustered by Garulus’s question, forced a smile. They had arrived in front of the Count’s Estate and were waiting for Kermanomon to appear. Malcolm, who had left for the Imperial Palace last night, also hadn’t sent any word.

Even while enjoying a delicious meal in the splendid dining room and eating his favorite banana pie for dessert, Garulus seemed dejected somehow. Though he said he was fine, throughout the meal he kept glancing toward the entrance, waiting for him.

‘He’s quite late.’

Understanding Garulus’s feelings, Mellis was equally waiting for him.

“Anna, has there been any word from the Grand Duke…?”

At her question, Anna frowned slightly and shook her head. Even after that, carriages continued to arrive in succession, but Kermanomon was still nowhere to be seen. Mellis looked at Garulus, not knowing what to do.

“I knew this would happen. Kerman only ever tells lies.”

Garulus pouted and gripped her hand tighter. His tail drooping to the ground was pitiful, but there was nothing she could do for him right now.

“Let’s just go by ourselves. Kerman won’t come anyway.”

Garulus pulled Mellis’s hand and strode purposefully toward the garden where the exhibition was being held. She could only follow behind him without saying a word.

However, as if he couldn’t give up hope even until they entered the garden, Garulus kept looking back.

“These stuffy pants are making me feel terrible too.”

Garulus pouted even more and scratched his bottom for no reason. But Mellis was extremely satisfied. She had finally succeeded in getting Garulus to wear proper clothing!

Today Garulus was wearing neat oatmeal corduroy suspender pants. With just a crisp white shirt and wine-colored bow tie added, he seemed to overflow with elegance. He really looked like a well-cared-for young master, and Mellis had to suppress the urge to shower his round head with kisses.

“You look so cute, so why do you keep scratching your bottom?”

“It’s too uncomfortable. Ugh, this kind of thing really…”

The moment Garulus, unable to bear it any longer, grabbed his waistband, Mellis quickly pointed and shouted.

“Garulus, look over there! There’s a huge dragonfly specimen!”

“Huh? Wooow! That’s really amazing!”

Garulus, who was firmly holding her hand, opened his mouth wide in amazement. Fortunately, his attention was drawn to the colorful insects spread out before his eyes, and he seemed to temporarily forget about Kermanomon and his pants.

‘Phew…’

Finally breathing a sigh of relief, Mellis slowly surveyed the surroundings. The Count’s Estate garden was enormous in size. Even at a rough estimate, it was several times larger than the townhouse garden.

‘Of course, it’s not bigger than the Ducal Residence, but… it’s really an incredible place.’

Moreover, despite being the unique event of a specimen exhibition, there were quite a lot of people. Insect specimens were displayed throughout the spacious garden of the Count’s Estate, and the center was filled with various refreshments and food.

Most of the nobles lightly browsed the specimens and then focused on gathering in the center to converse among themselves. Mellis recalled Malcolm’s words that this too was a type of social gathering.

“Wow! Mellis, we have to go over there right now! There are tons of stag beetle specimens over there!”

“Garulus, let’s go a little more slowly!”

However, Garulus was busy dragging them here and there without paying the slightest attention to other people.

“Oh, Lord Noel. Look at that!”

“…”

Anna, who was cautiously looking around with an excited face, and Noel, who was yawning lazily regardless, were also diligently following behind them. The three of them listened attentively to Garulus’s chatter as he explained about the specimens.

“Huh? I think I saw this blue butterfly earlier too.”

“What? Anna! What are you talking about!”

At Anna’s casual muttering to herself, Garulus jumped up in shock.

“This is a Didius Morpho Butterfly and that one earlier was a Casica Morpho Butterfly! There’s even a name tag here! They both have a blue tint, but if you look closely, the patterns are clearly different…!”

Garulus spat saliva continuously while rattling off butterfly names that were hard to remember. In fact, to Mellis’s eyes they just looked like two blue butterflies, but it seemed to be quite an important matter to Garulus.

He got every math problem the Private Tutor gave him wrong, yet somehow he knew all these insect names by heart. It was simply amazing.

“Haha, I’m sorry…”

Just then, Anna, who had been listening to Garulus’s nagging with an embarrassed expression, suddenly perked up her head.

“Noel. Just now…”

“…”

Noel nodded slightly at Anna’s words and instantly disappeared from sight. As Mellis blinked in surprise at the sudden situation, Anna returned with her usual face and smiled brightly.

“Mellis, sorry but I need to go somewhere with Noel for a moment!”

“Right now?”

“Yes. Please stay with the Young Master!”

And then Anna also left the scene in an instant.

“Aah! Anna! I’m explaining things earnestly here, where are you going!”

Feeling somehow anxious, Mellis tightened her grip on the hand holding Garulus. Whether he knew this atmosphere or not, Garulus stomped his feet loudly and took big strides forward.

“Hmph. Fine then. I’ll tell only Mellis! Where was I? Ah yes, now it’s this spider’s turn. This spider looks poisonous but actually…”

Garulus dragged her in front of the spider specimen and puffed out his chest as he launched into an explanation about the spider. Mellis was also listening intently when suddenly Garulus clamped his mouth shut.

“It would have been even better if Kerman had come with us…”

“Garulus…”

Even though he pretended to be fine, he seemed very upset that the promise had fallen through. However, Garulus was startled by his own words and shook his head as if nothing was wrong.

“I’ve been watching for a while now, and you seem to know quite a bit about insects?”

A middle-aged man with an elegant atmosphere suddenly interjected into their conversation. He looked down at Garulus intently and gently curved his lips upward.

“Of course! I know all the insects in the world! I’m going to become an insect doctor when I grow up!”

When did he say he’d become a giant dragonfly to carry her around? Mellis shook her head slightly at Garulus’s constantly changing career aspirations. Mellis cautiously looked over the man who had suddenly appeared and remained on guard.

‘Who is this? Noel isn’t here either, so I shouldn’t carelessly talk to strangers…’

While she remained vigilant, he first extended his hand to Garulus.

“Nice to meet you. I’m called Osinia Benito. I’m very pleased to meet a friend who likes insects like you do.”

Osinia Benito. Mellis, who had been unconsciously muttering that name, was startled. Then wasn’t that man Count Benito who hosted today’s exhibition? Garulus also seemed to realize this fact as he opened his eyes wide and exclaimed.

“Ah! Count, it’s an honor to meet you! My name is Garulus Rokan. To have collected all these wonderful insects, you’re truly admirable!”

“Ah, so you’re that child who lives with the Grand Duke? Haha! What an honor to be recognized.”

Separate from the pleased Count, Mellis’s mouth fell wide open. Our Young Master was using honorifics. Moreover, what were those sparkling bright eyes and respectful attitude? Fortunately, it seemed the Grand Duke hadn’t wasted money on etiquette education all this time.

“Actually, I went to the trouble of holding an exhibition, but everyone seemed to have little interest in my specimens, so I was feeling secretly disappointed. But to think I’d meet a child who likes insects like this. It’s just like seeing myself when I was young.”

“The people who can’t appreciate such excellent specimens are fools!”

“Haha, is that so? Actually, I keep a few specimens I really treasure separately at home.”

“Th-there are specimens even more wonderful than these?”

“Good. Then I’ll show them specially to you alone, Garulus!”

“It’s an honor! Mellis, what are you doing not following along!”

As Mellis stood there blankly, Garulus waved his hand as if frustrated. She wondered if this was okay, but the two of them ended up heading into Count Benito’s manor just like that.

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