Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

Mellis, who had been watching that retreating figure, shook her head back and forth. No matter how she looked at it, she felt like an owner playing with a puppy. She briefly wondered if this was really okay, but well, since Garulus was happy, wasn’t it fine?

Besides, compared to his earlier request to put a leash on him and take him for a walk like a dog, this was rather mild and ordinary.

Garulus, who had diligently focused on his studies for four days, was busy frantically enjoying the remaining holiday.

While waiting for Garulus to return, Noel approached from the distance, letting out a long yawn. With both hands full of luggage, he blinked his dazed eyes and walked slowly.

“Lord Noel, over here!”

Mellis, who spotted him, waved her hand enthusiastically to signal her location. A picnic mat and a picnic basket filled with various snacks, along with all of Garulus’s toys. It was quite heavy luggage for just coming out to the front garden. The two spread out the mat and took out snacks while waiting for Garulus to come.

“Ah, isn’t the weather really nice today? It would have been great if the Grand Duke had come out with us too!”

“….”

Mellis, who had been humming while taking out snacks, suddenly became conscious of being alone with just Noel.

“Could it be that Anna likes Lord Noel?”

Suddenly, the conversation she had with Kermanomon came to mind. It still seemed amazing that someone as cute and lovely as Anna would like the taciturn Noel. Mellis pretended to take out snacks while glancing at his face.

‘Well, objectively speaking, Lord Noel is quite handsome too.’

Though he had a strong image of being dazed and languid, Noel was handsome. Moreover, his naturally tall proportions and broad shoulders from long sword training formed an excellent harmony.

‘Come to think of it, Lord Malcolm too….’

Mellis furrowed her brows as she recalled Malcolm’s face. He was a man with slightly curly brown hair and elegant eyes. Should she say he had a gentle and pure image, unlike his cold and prickly personality? He wasn’t as sturdy-looking as Noel, but he was also a handsome man of the lean, solid type.

The saying that servants of the Ducal Residence were chosen based on their looks must have started with those two.

‘But the absolute best is.’

Duke Severus, wasn’t it? Though she hadn’t realized it at first due to fear, he truly possessed breathtakingly wondrous beauty. Of course, his expressionless face was handsome too, but his occasional mischievous smile was extremely charming.

Moreover, his rarely shown gentle gaze sometimes made her forget even to breathe. Mellis’s lips unconsciously curved upward as she imagined that sight.

‘If I had to choose, my preference is definitely toward the Grand Duke….’

Only then realizing the impure thoughts filling her mind, she gasped in shock and slammed the basket lid shut.

“Wh-what nonsense!”

“….”

“Lord Noel, I’m sorry! I didn’t do it on purpose!”

Mellis, who had inadvertently ended up blocking Noel from taking out snacks, waved both hands frantically in confusion.

“Mellis! Look at this! I caught an incredibly big stag beetle!”

While she was trying to console the dejected-looking Noel, Garulus came running from the distance, bouncing excitedly. No wonder it had taken so long—it seemed he had wandered off on a side path.

“How is it? Really big, right?”

Having run around so much, Garulus was panting with a flushed red face. Proudly putting the stag beetle in his collection container, Garulus sat down next to her.

“Huh? What about the disc?”

“Oh right. I forgot!”

“Oh my, let’s eat snacks and look for it together later.”

It was a predictable scenario even without seeing it. Mellis picked up an apple with a fork and put it in Garulus’s mouth. As the three of them ate snacks together, Garulus suddenly took something out of the basket.

“Mellis, what is this?”

What Garulus found was the crystal candy she had bought a few days ago. Mellis, who had forgotten about the candy due to being busy after returning home later than expected, only remembered its existence when packing snacks earlier.

“I bought it for Garulus. It’s called crystal candy!”

“Gasp, really? It’s so, so pretty! It looks just like a jewel!”

Garulus’s eyes sparkled with delight as the candy seemed to please him. Then he took out the candies one by one and shared them.

“It’ll taste even better if we all share one each!”

“Great!”

Mellis smiled brightly, her mood lifting from his warm heart. Garulus was so excited he even called out commands.

“When I count one, two, three, we’ll all eat together! One, two, three…!”

The three of them put the candy in their mouths simultaneously. It was as sweet and refreshing as it looked. Mellis, who had been rolling the candy around with her tongue, suddenly stopped. For some reason, a familiar sensation spread through her mouth.

Mellis, who belatedly realized what it was, cried out in an urgent voice.

“Garulus, wait…!”

It was the flow of magical power. But at that moment, Mellis felt her vision turn completely white. Soon her body collapsed helplessly.

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“Ugh…”

As Mellis blinked her eyes blankly, the clear sky came into her view. Just as she was shaking off her hazy consciousness, Mellis suddenly came to her senses and sat up.

“Ah…”

The moment she tried to call for Garulus, she felt something blocking her throat. No voice came out. Panicked, Mellis grabbed her throat with one hand and felt something strange.

‘There’s something protruding.’

“Aaaaah!”

At that moment, she heard a woman’s scream from behind her. And it was all too familiar.

‘That’s me?’

“Why, why are there two of me!”

A woman who looked like Mellis pointed at Garulus lying on the ground and shouted. Then Garulus, who had been lying on the ground, blinked his eyes and sat up.

“Young Master, are you alright…?”

Garulus furrowed his brow and muttered in a low tone. Garulus seemed confused as he felt around his throat with one hand.

“…My voice is coming out?”

‘Lord Noel?’

Mellis, with a dazed expression, looked down and examined her own body. Her mouth fell open when she discovered the familiar black formal suit. The three people, who finally grasped the situation, shouted simultaneously.

“I’ve become Mellis!”

“What is happening…”

‘No!’

Mellis grabbed her hair and screamed. It was truly a silent cry.

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“So you’re saying the candy that Lady Mellis purchased seems to be the cause.”

At Garulus’s solemn tone, Noel nodded with a tearful expression. In front of the two lay several pages of a sketchbook with messy writing in crayons. Noel, who was almost on the verge of tears, scribbled something again.

‘Should we try asking other people for help?’

“Well, that would put Lady Mellis in quite an awkward position.”

Garulus’s gaze turned toward Mellis, who was not far away. Mellis, or rather Garulus who had obtained Mellis’s body, was busy hopping around, marveling at his suddenly elevated view and lengthened limbs.

‘Sigh…’

Noel, who had been watching this scene, let out a deep sigh. Whether intentional or not, this had happened due to his mistake. Moreover, judging by the fact that it swapped souls, it was definitely an unauthorized drug, and if the Investigation Bureau conducted an investigation, there was a high probability of being punished just for handling it.

“There don’t seem to be any particular problems, so it would be best to wait for now. Usually, the effects of such drugs last less than a day. It could even be shorter than that.”

At Noel’s words, Mellis bit her lips anxiously. However, there wasn’t much else they could do right now. As he said, there were no other symptoms, and there was no clever solution available.

‘But…’

She glanced sideways to look at the other two people. Garulus, who had taken over her body, was actually in a very excited state, and Noel, who had entered Garulus’s body, was yawning widely again, regardless of everything else.

‘Why are they so carefree!’

It felt like she was the only one stamping her feet in frustration. From Mellis’s perspective, it was unavoidable. She had entrusted her body, which she was keeping her identity hidden in, to someone else—and to Garulus of all people.

‘At least it’s fortunate that it’s not Noel…’

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