Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 48

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Chapter 48

Dajes looked the woman up and down with coldly dead eyes. She had no distinguishing features that made it easy to guess even her species, and judging by her unfamiliar face, she didn’t seem to be from a noble family either.

It was already quite distasteful that he was cherishing and raising a commoner child who wasn’t even his own offspring, but if he were to fall in love with some insignificant woman…

As anxious thoughts crossed his mind, Dajes’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

‘Surely he won’t resemble his brother in this aspect too.’

Dajes deeply furrowed his brow as he recalled the image of Lilia, the Former Empress. She had been an herbivore beastkin from a commoner family with nothing to boast about.

“Tsk tsk, foolish thing…”

Dajes clicked his tongue and shook his head as he recalled that incident. Persiana’s affair was like a great stain to him. And Dajes Willik was not a foolish person who would repeat the same mistake.

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The time that had felt particularly long came to an end, and the two people, now much more relaxed, moved to a corner. Thinking that they had completed their most important mission, Mellis let out a sigh of relief.

“Phew… Still, we managed to finish it well somehow.”

“Thanks to you, I got through it well. I will surely repay this debt someday.”

At Kermanomon’s gentle voice, she showed him a bright smile. Though he said he was indebted to her, Mellis actually felt grateful to him instead.

Once the tension had subsided, she realized that her world had become incredibly vast. And being able to fully accept that experience was all thanks to his help.

Kermanomon would tell her stories about people standing in the distance, and he would also introduce her to precious foods she had never tasted before.

Mellis, who had always been confined to a narrow cage, was now truly enjoying this moment.

“Grand Duke, it’s been a long time.”

While the two were having a conversation, someone approached him with a friendly greeting. It was a middle-aged man together with a woman who appeared to be his daughter. Mellis’s movements stiffened slightly as she looked at the man before her.

‘Why is a human here…’

Since it was a banquet held in the Empire, there were quite a few humans present in the banquet hall. Among them, there were many who greeted Kermanomon, the Grand Duke, but most were just formal pleasantries shared with other beastmen.

But judging by the atmosphere, this person seemed to be attempting the audacious act of introducing his daughter to him.

Even while watching that brief moment, Mellis was gripped by an inexplicable tension. Other people seemed to have similar thoughts as they pretended not to while keeping their eyes on them.

“I am Count Pegunia of Modnen Kingdom. I greeted you at Her Majesty the Empress’s birthday banquet some time ago.”

“…Yes, nice to see you. But do you have some business with me?”

Contrary to Mellis’s expectation that he might immediately rebuke him, Kermanomon asked in a calm tone.

“It’s nothing major, but this is my niece Francine, and no matter how I think about it, she seems to be the child you’re looking for, so I came to introduce her.”

“I am Francine Pegunia. I greet Your Grace.”

At the shy woman’s voice, Mellis blinked her eyes.

‘The child the Grand Duke is looking for?’

This woman was clearly human at first glance, so did that mean there was a human that Kermanomon was searching for? She felt puzzled by this story she was hearing for the first time in her life.

Mellis, who had been quietly observing the situation, gasped and closed her mouth in surprise. It was because Kermanomon was looking down at the count with an ice-cold attitude. It was completely different from before when he had shown some consideration for the count’s dignity.

“This person is the one I’m looking for?”

“Yes. As you can see, she has dark blonde hair and green eyes, and she’s also skilled at handling healing power.”

“It’s not that much, you’re being too kind.”

Francine twisted her body shyly at the count’s praise. Kermanomon stared at her silently for a moment without saying anything. It was the moment when Francine, smiling shyly, raised her left hand to cover her lips.

“She’s not the one.”

“Pardon? She matches all the conditions the Grand Duke mentioned. Perhaps we could have tea later and take some time to…”

“Didn’t I say no? Are you saying I’m wrong now?”

The count furrowed his brows as if wronged by his blade-sharp attitude. Kermanomon glared at the count while hiding his emotions, but Mellis noticed a chill rising in his eyes.

Just as Kermanomon was about to open his mouth to say something, Mellis, nestled naturally in his arms, asked.

“Esha, peashije te druno? (Your Grace, who is that woman?)”

Since entering the banquet hall, she had maintained complete silence in front of others, so when she spoke, people’s gazes naturally gathered.

“Is the woman His Grace brought from the Temer Empire?”

“Oh my, it seems so. No wonder she didn’t say a word in front of people.”

The Temer Empire was a maritime nation near the Physis Continent. The Temer people, who had maintained an independent culture for a long time, were also famous for their relatively closed-off tendencies.

“…Ron jemersia shateno. (It’s nothing, you don’t need to worry about it.)”

While nodding as if she understood, Mellis burrowed even deeper into his embrace as if to show off, looking at Francine across from them with jealous eyes. Kermanomon, who had wrapped one hand around her head, spoke in a low voice.

“As you can see, my woman seems displeased. I don’t want to cause any more misunderstandings with pointless conversation.”

“Yes… I apologize for the intrusion.”

The count seemed unable to give up until the end, dripping with regret even as he left his spot.

‘Phew, thank goodness.’

Confirming that the situation had been appropriately resolved, Mellis let out a sigh of relief. Thinking that things could have escalated, she had unconsciously intervened. Kermanomon, who had the same thought, spoke in a quiet voice.

“I almost acted emotionally for a moment, but thanks to you, it was well smoothed over. Thank you.”

“Hehe, not at all.”

“But you can speak the Temer Language?”

Among the Empire’s citizens, those who could speak the Temer Language were quite rare. Knowing this fact, Mellis had used it to her advantage to fluster the count.

“My father was in the trading business, so I learned a little when I was young.”

Mellis calmly told a lie in response to his question. In fact, unlike the Empire which didn’t learn other countries’ languages well, some kingdoms did teach foreign languages. Mellis had learned the Temer Language at the Academy.

She chose to lie to avoid any possible suspicion, but fortunately Kermanomon seemed to believe it. Mellis had been smiling carelessly as if nothing had happened, but her smile gradually faded.

‘That look in his eyes just now…’

She thought she knew Kermanomon well by now, but that was the first time she’d seen him like that. His cynical gaze was filled with contempt and disdain. And Mellis knew that he had no intention of greatly hiding that fact.

‘It must be because that man is human.’

She had known for a long time that Kermanomon disliked humans. However, seeing him exchange greetings with others today, she had felt relieved. Perhaps, like other rumors about him, the story about hating humans might also be exaggerated.

But the moment she met that gaze earlier, Mellis realized. He was merely maintaining minimal courtesy in a public setting. When someone appeared who went against his mood, he suddenly revealed his true nature.

‘As expected…’

Upon realizing this fact, she somehow felt suffocated. The time she had spent with him seemed to fall away like glass shards. If that gaze from earlier were directed at her…

He looked at Melis with concern in his voice as he asked. The tenderness that had made her blush just moments before now felt impossibly distant in an instant. At the thought that she couldn’t continue facing him like this, Melis bit down hard on the inside of her cheek.

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