Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

Garulus was a commoner who didn’t share a single drop of blood with him. He thought that the servants of the ducal residence calling such a Garulus “Young Master” and caring for him was solely out of courtesy toward himself.

“So what I’m saying is, you don’t need to shoulder everything alone.”

“….”

“What’s important isn’t the assigned role, but the heart that cares for each other. I want the Grand Duke to be happy too.”

At Mellis’s gentle voice, Kermanomon couldn’t say a word.

It was strange. Even on battlefields where blood and flesh flew, he had never relied on anyone. Why did he keep wanting to lean on this frail and delicate woman?

Perhaps it was because she was someone who noticed his pain that even he wasn’t aware of. When he faced her kindness, he felt as if he had been intoxicated by medicine.

“I want you to be happy too.”

The words slipped out of his mouth unconsciously. The disheveled white hair flowing down caught his attention. His movement of reaching out as if enchanted slowly came to a stop as he became aware of his actions. Why on earth did this woman.

‘Make me feel so unfamiliar to myself.’

Kermanomon, who had been gazing into Mellis’s blue eyes, quietly clenched his fist. Gradually regaining his composure, he rose from his seat.

“I understand what you mean. You must be tired, and I’ve taken up too much of your time.”

He said as he carefully lifted the deeply sleeping Garulus into his arms.

“I’ll take Garulus with me, so rest well today.”

“Yes. Please rest well too, Grand Duke.”

Mellis, wearing a gentle smile, waved her hand slightly as she saw the two off.

Coming outside, he closed the door and silently leaned his back against it. Reflecting on the unusually long day, he bit his lips hard. His steps that were particularly reluctant to leave today carried an unspoken lingering attachment.

“Hah….”

Kermanomon let out a deep sigh with his eyes closed.

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“….”

After confirming that Kermanomon had completely disappeared, Mellis carefully felt around her head. Only after confirming the pure white hair flowing between her fingers and the ears sticking out could she finally feel completely at ease.

‘Back then, surely….’

Mellis reached out and looked at her palm. If she hadn’t seen it wrong, surely a pure white light had flowed out from the water and enveloped the child’s body. That warm energy spreading from within her body. It was the same sensation she had felt when Arsian healed her hand not long ago.

‘Could it be healing power…?’

There was no other way to explain it. Mellis had spent her entire life trying to manifest healing power. Thinking that healing power might have truly manifested, her heart pounded loudly in her ears.

Then her bandaged ankle caught her eye. When she moved it slightly, she immediately felt a sharp pain, as if she had bumped it somewhere. Mellis swallowed nervously, unwrapped the bandage, concentrated on her fingertips, and tried to release her energy.

“….”

However, no matter how long she waited, her ankle showed no signs of healing. It was a moment when her pounding excitement became meaningless.

“Sigh, I thought so.”

Perhaps she had mistaken something in that life-threatening moment. And most importantly, if healing power had truly manifested, the medicine effect would have worn off just like with Arsian.

Leaving behind the brief expectation, Mellis soon burrowed into the blanket as if nothing had happened.

“….”

Even though she knew there was nothing good about having false hopes, thoughts of “what if” kept creeping up. She suddenly recalled Arsian’s image in her mind. If it was him, who was skilled in healing power, perhaps she could get some advice.

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Kermanomon, who had moved Garulus to the bedroom, turned around and headed straight to the hunting grounds. Unlike before, a chilling aura emanated from him that made it difficult to even approach him for conversation.

At the hunting grounds, knights and investigators had gathered to investigate the circumstances of the incident.

“Is this it?”

“Yes. That’s correct.”

Kermanomon’s gaze turned to the four magic devices placed on the table. They were the magic devices that Viscount Ilsieo’s hyenas had been wearing. As Kermanomon watched them with a furrowed brow, Malcolm, who had approached his side, spoke up.

“According to Viscount Ilsieo, all four suddenly left their positions as if they were chasing something. At first, he thought they were chasing the magic device, but when they didn’t return even after time passed, he felt something was strange.”

“All four left formation simultaneously without the viscount’s command?”

“Yes. The viscount said he was very confused by it. All four were a pack that the viscount had personally tamed since they were cubs, and they were particularly loyal among the baron’s house beasts. The testimonies of those around also matched.”

“….”

“Indeed, when we removed the magic devices from all four, they returned to their docile behavior as if nothing had happened.”

“So the magic devices were the problem after all.”

However, there were too many suspicious aspects for it to be a simple problem. Wasn’t the place where Garulus was found quite far from Hunting Ground 3 where the viscount had been? And that wasn’t the only puzzling thing.

“Mellis was going into a dangerous forest path, so I was trying to bring her back!”

Garulus’s testimony also didn’t match Mellis’s statement that she had returned straight from the medical booth and followed the child. Of course, there was a possibility that Garulus had mistaken something, but somehow he felt uneasy.

“Contact the Magic Tower to request immediate dispatch of mages, and compile a list of mages who can handle illusion magic.”

“There’s no need to go through such trouble.”

At that moment, a black shadow flew over his head, and soon a large owl gently landed. The owl, which had been emitting bright light, soon transformed into a human silhouette.

“I just happened to arrive a moment ago.”

“Audrin.”

It was Audrin Eldward, the tower master of Aizen Magic Tower and a pureblooded owl beastkin. She greeted Kermanomon with a nonchalant face.

“Have you been well?”

“I can’t exactly say that I have.”

“I understand. The magic devices caused trouble?”

His eyebrows twitched slightly at the light word “trouble.” However, once she arrived at the scene, Audrin examined the magic devices with a rather serious attitude.

“Hmm, I’ll need to return to the Magic Tower to investigate the details, but there seems to have been an error. When magic formulas get tangled, similar accidents often occur.”

“Simply an error in the magic devices themselves? Do you think it makes sense that hyenas who were usually gentle suddenly rushed at a child as if to kill?”

“Everything used in magic devices requires high-dimensional formulas that need several years of research. There’s no reason it couldn’t happen.”

“Then what’s the probability that someone tampered with the magic devices?”

“Very slim. As Your Grace knows, the magic devices used in hunting festivals are ones that the continent’s grand mages directly participated in creating. To tamper with them, one would need to possess magical power at least similar to our level, which is practically impossible.”

Kermanomon rolled his eyes in annoyance at her assertion. On the continent, there were a total of four grand mages, including Audrin before him, each residing in their respective magic towers.

If someone had tampered with the magic devices as he suspected, traces of magical power flow would remain, and there would be no reason for Audrin not to notice it.

Moreover, the probability that someone with abilities equivalent to a tower master would orchestrate such an incident to harm Garulus rather than himself was even lower.

“I’ll move them to the Magic Tower to check the details. I’ll contact you immediately when the results come out, so don’t worry too much.”

Audrin took out a small capsule and transferred the magic devices into it. Having secured the capsule in her bosom, she bowed deeply toward Kermanomon.

“And since the malfunction of the devices was our fault, I formally apologize for that part, and our Magic Tower will take separate measures.”

“Very well.”

Although there were still many suspicious aspects, Kermanomon eventually nodded at Audrin’s sincere apology.

His gaze lingered on Audrin for a moment. As the last generation of pureblooded owls, she possessed vast amounts of magical power, but her optimistic and indifferent nature in all matters made her somewhat lacking in qualifications as a tower master.

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