Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28

Having returned to the ducal residence like that, they went back to their usual daily routine. Everyone was worried about Garulus’s condition, but fortunately, Garulus showed his bright demeanor from before after not much time had passed.

Though it was a bit sad, since he had been separated from his parents for a long time, it seemed he quickly accepted that fact. However, Mellis was also worried on one hand that the child might be forcing himself to act bright.

Occasionally, a somehow quiet silence would drift through the manor, but no one pointed out that fact. Everyone just quietly hoped that Garulus would overcome this moment well.

“….”

Mellis looked down at Garulus’s face as he had just fallen into a nap. His round face and fluffy fur, large ears and the breathing sounds he let out softly. The sleeping Garulus’s appearance felt just like an angel.

Knock knock. Just then, a knocking sound that broke the quiet silence rang out.

“Mmm….”

When Garulus tossed and turned, she was startled and rushed out to the corridor.

“Malcolm?”

The person standing in front of the door was Malcolm. She felt puzzled about what business had brought him down here, since he usually only stayed on the upper floor where his office was located.

“Ah, the Young Master just fell asleep a little while ago….”

Mellis hastily added, thinking that the golden rest time might be disrupted.

“It’s fine. I came to see you, Mellis.”

“Me?”

At the unexpected answer, she carefully closed the door and came out to the corridor.

“Yes. Tomorrow is payday, but your bank account couldn’t be confirmed. Your salary might be delayed if we’re not careful, so please check it.”

“Ah….”

Mellis blinked her eyes as she checked the documents he held out. It was about when she first came here and filled out the employment contract. At the bottom of the contract, there was a section where she had to fill in the bank account to receive her salary, but she couldn’t write it down.

Of course, Mellis also had a bank account that was commonly used on the continent, but the account she had under ‘Mellis Portier’ belonged to the human Mellis in the Tarin Kingdom. Though she, as a sheep beastkin, was still using the name ‘Mellis Portier’, this was strictly a different identity.

When filling out the contract, Kermanomon only cared about whether she signed or not, and didn’t particularly check whether she had properly filled in her bank account. Thanks to that, Mellis had roughly written down some numbers for the time being and planned to create an account through Vivian later, but she had completely forgotten due to a series of events.

‘Of all things to forget…!’

She thought there would be no problem since there would be time until she received her salary, but who knew a month would pass this quickly. This was all because of that monkey Young Master who caused trouble every other day. Moreover, the fact that she couldn’t particularly exchange contact with Vivian also played a big part.

“Mellis?”

When she raised her head, Malcolm’s face, which looked somewhat displeased, came into view. He probably didn’t like having to come down here in the midst of being busy.

Mellis, who was pondering how she could avoid touching his nerves, quickly racked her brain and came up with one clever plan.

“It seems my account got blocked.”

“Why is that?”

“Actually, my relationship with my mother is very bad. I’ve been cutting off contact with my family, and it seems my mother pulled some strings. Could I possibly receive my salary in cash instead of through the account?”

Mellis spoke with a pitiful face and a voice that seemed to be holding back tears. Moreover, strictly speaking, this wasn’t a complete lie either. The fact that Sandra was a ruthless stepmother was a clear fact that all the village people knew.

Malcolm looked at her with narrowed eyes. Malcolm, who was said to be a deer beastkin, had sharp eyes unlike his gentle eye shape. When Mellis was waiting with an anxious heart, he let out a quiet sigh and put away the documents.

“Normally it would be impossible, but since you have such circumstances, I’ll make a special exception. Please don’t bother telling other people. If we’re not careful, we might get involved in tax evasion or something.”

“Yes, I’ll keep that in mind!”

“I absolutely hate troublesome matters.”

Malcolm immediately took out a small checkbook from inside his jacket and wrote out a check.

“I’ll deliver it like this for now. Next month I’ll write out the check in advance, so come to the office to pick it up.”

“Thank you!”

“Well then.”

Malcolm left immediately after a brief greeting. Once Malcolm’s figure completely disappeared, Mellis quickly scanned the numbers written on the check with her eyes.

‘One, two, three…’

Mellis unconsciously broke into a beaming smile as she counted the number of zeros written on the check. It had been an unbelievable amount ever since she signed the contract. To earn such a large sum of money with her own hands! An indescribable sense of pride washed over her.

‘Of course, half of it belongs to Vivian…’

Along with the additional amount used to come to the Ducal Residence, Mellis decided to prepay several months’ worth of medicine costs in advance. If someone found out that she was sending money to a guild in Tarin Kingdom every month, they would surely find it suspicious.

“But why hasn’t Vivian contacted me?”

She was really running low on medicine now and was starting to feel anxious. Since returning to the Ducal Residence, Mellis had been barely managing by not taking medicine during sleep and extending the intervals between doses.

“Don’t tell me, Vivian…”

Mellis, who had been having anxious thoughts for a moment, shook her head vigorously to dispel them. The reason she trusted Vivian so much wasn’t simply due to their friendship or his reputation.

It was purely money. Vivian was the type of person who would climb over the walls of the Ducal Residence and personally feed medicine into her mouth if she just added more money. It simply seemed like something had delayed his work a little.

“Should I go out to downtown once?”

Garulus had just fallen asleep, so he wouldn’t wake up for at least two or three hours. Come to think of it, Mellis hadn’t had a proper outing since coming here. She planned to stop by the trading post to send money to Vivian and contact him, while also taking a look around downtown.

Most importantly, it was also a good opportunity to put into action the plan she had been thinking about for the past few days. Just thinking about going out after so long made Mellis excited. She was so thrilled about going out after such a long time that she momentarily forgot the fact that this place was the Severus Duchy.

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The Severus Duchy was one of the very wealthy territories within the Aizen Empire. She had roughly known this, but seeing it with her own eyes gave her a different feeling.

‘Wow…’

She had felt it in the capital too, but both places were incomparable to the territory where she used to live. The carriages of nobles that could be seen occasionally were as splendid and magnificent as those used by the royalty of Tarin Kingdom, and people’s clothing was also of new styles that couldn’t be seen in the kingdom.

Watching such scenes, Mellis felt anew that the Aizen Empire was a massive nation that was conquering the continent.

‘Of course, being from a countryside territory probably plays a part… I feel like a country mouse visiting the city.’

But she was a country mouse with a lot of money. A very large amount at that! Mellis lifted her chin and firmly placed her fist on her hip as she boldly surveyed her surroundings.

Mellis first bought several sets of clothes, then went around street stalls buying children’s storybooks and toys as gifts for Garulus. She had only picked out small gifts while thinking of the people around her who had helped her so far, but before she knew it, an hour had already passed.

Finally, Mellis sat on the terrace of a coffee house and ordered a cake with elaborate icing and a cup of tea that was said to be trendy. All of this was luxury she couldn’t even dream of when she was receiving allowance from Sandra, so she was simply happy.

Moreover, when the coffee house staff accidentally learned that she was a servant of the Ducal Residence, they even gave her a particularly good seat. She was newly amazed by the prestige of the Ducal Residence, and while she was intoxicated by her dramatically changed life, her ordered dessert arrived.

A large strawberry was showing off its beautiful color on top of the cake. Mellis pushed a large piece of cake into her mouth in one bite. Eating the cake that melted softly in her mouth naturally brought a smile to her face. If she got this intoxicated by the taste of money, she might become a materialist like Vivian.

“Hmm, the country mouse has made it big.”

Even so, she couldn’t stop the silly grin from spreading across her face. Just then, she suddenly felt a commotion from the table diagonally across from her.

“Could she possibly be human?”

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