Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 79

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Chapter 79

“My brother said so too? That the Duke keeps coming to the Academy to play because of that.”

“Right, right. I heard that too!”

“I even saw the two of them walking together in the Academy Garden before.”

“That wasn’t a walk, it was a date!”

At the word “date,” the children burst into giggles. However, unlike his friends, Garulus’s complexion only grew paler and paler.

Good heavens, Arsian and Mellis. Suddenly, Garulus recalled everything that had happened so far. Come to think of it, he seemed to be running into Arsian much more frequently lately. Moreover, hadn’t Arsian always been smiling brightly and acting friendly toward Mellis?

At least it seemed certain that Arsian liked Mellis.

‘Don’t tell me yesterday too!’

No wonder he had come looking so dressed up. He resented himself for praising Arsian without knowing any of this.

“Then will our nanny sister become the Duchess later? Poor Benjamin.”

“Sob… What will we do if they get married?”

Marriage! At those two shocking words, Garulus felt like he’d been hit in the head with a hammer. Arsian was even someone who knew Mellis’s secret. If Arsian and Mellis really got married…

‘Haha! Garurururu, Mellis is going to live at the Ducal Residence now!’

‘Goodbye, Garulus!’

“No way!”

Garulus cried out desperately and grabbed his head. He definitely needed to find some way to deal with this.

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Kermanomon, seated in his office, felt the cool autumn breeze blowing refreshingly through the slightly open window. As it was nearly time for the leaves to start changing color, even the scent of grass carried on the wind felt quite different from usual.

“…”

It was a leisurely day after a long time. He had been sitting at his desk since early morning, preparing for the approaching harvest season. The arrival of autumn meant that his duties as a lord would become busier.

Malcolm was also busy organizing the documents that had been piled up in the corner of his office. With so much work to do, if they didn’t organize regularly, the documents would quickly pile up like a mountain.

The two men focused on handling their respective tasks without saying a word. Up until that moment, he thought that at this pace, he could finish his work by the end of the day.

Until familiar footsteps could be heard from the end of the corridor.

“Grand Duke!”

“Kerman!”

Knock knock. Sure enough, along with the two voices came the sound of cheerful knocking echoing through the room.

“Come in.”

Feeling puzzled, Kermanomon glanced at the clock. It was just past 12 o’clock. What business did these two have here at a time when they should be at the Academy?

“What brings you here? You should be at the Academy at this time.”

“Today was a day with only morning classes! And I came because I have something to give you!”

Garulus, who had been rummaging through his basket, stood on his tiptoes and placed something on the desk. It was heart-shaped chocolate with wings, prettily wrapped in transparent plastic.

“What’s this?”

“Heartwing Chocolate! I made it at the Academy today!”

“Ah, it’s already that time. Thank you. I’ll enjoy it.”

Even after giving the chocolate to Kermanomon, Garulus didn’t leave his spot.

“Why? Is something wrong again?”

“No, I was just curious if Kerman also prepared chocolate. Heart Wing Day is a day to give chocolate to people you ‘like’!”

Garulus, who spoke with a nonchalant attitude, recalled the conversation he had with Mellis in the carriage on the way back.

“Huh? What is that chocolate?”

“Oh, I received it from Arsian today.”

“…Arsian gave you chocolate?”

Upon hearing that shocking story, Garulus remembered what his friends had said in the morning. It really seemed like Arsian was planning to take Mellis to the ducal residence!

But what if Mellis married someone else? Especially if it was someone from our house? She might not want to leave this place.

Garulus rolled his little head around, searching for someone suitable to marry Mellis. He thought of all sorts of people in the ducal residence, but there weren’t many who were worthy of someone as pretty and kind as Mellis.

First, he had to exclude himself from the candidates since he was the most handsome and coolest beastman in the ducal residence but was only six years old. Noel, who always stayed with Mellis, was out because Anna liked him. Malcolm was also a fine handsome man, but his prickly personality didn’t seem to match well with Mellis.

‘Indeed, it can only be Kerman…’

Of course, Kerman hated both marriage and humans, but marriage could be done later, and since Mellis being human was an eternal secret, it didn’t matter!

And Kermanomon was the brother he loved most in the world, so he would surely get along well with Mellis too. Moreover, when he quietly observed the two of them lately, there was a strange atmosphere flowing between them, so perhaps they already liked each other.

‘Come on! Kerman, hurry up and give chocolate to Mellis!’

Garulus narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the top of his desk. He was looking for any chocolate that Kermanomon might have prepared.

“Ah, sorry. I didn’t prepare anything separately, but should I ask the head chef now?”

“…”

“Why? Is there something you want to eat?”

“…Sigh, never mind.”

However, disappointed by his appearance of not even knowing today was Heart Wing Day, let alone preparing chocolate, Garulus trudged away from his spot.

Meanwhile, Mellis, who had been tilting her head at the young master’s strange behavior today, also fumbled around and took out a piece of chocolate to hand to him.

“I prepared some too.”

Kermanomon’s lips unconsciously curved upward at the appearance of the chocolate that seemed to be handmade.

“Are you only giving it to me?”

“Of course not. I naturally have some for other people too. It’s friendship chocolate without any ulterior motives.”

At his sly tone, Mellis opened her mouth pretending to be calm, but her ears had already turned red.

Discovering her unnecessarily long-winded excuse and obviously reddened ears, Kermanomon let out a small laugh and propped his chin with one hand.

“Why, I could accept it even if it had ulterior motives.”

“Stop saying strange things.”

Finally blushing at his teasing, she glared at him with all her might while making flounder eyes. Then she approached Malcolm and handed him chocolate as if to show off.

“Here’s yours too, Malcolm. Garulus, let’s go quickly!”

Mellis maintained her prim attitude even as she left the room. At her appearance, Kermanomon finally burst into audible laughter and muttered quietly.

“She’s really entertaining…”

Mellis showed all her expressions on her face and reacted immediately to whatever was said, making her fun to tease in many ways.

Malcolm, who had been watching the two of them from a moment ago, raised one eyebrow and asked.

“Exactly when did you two become like this?”

“Like what?”

“You two. If your relationship had progressed to that extent, shouldn’t you have given me a heads up beforehand?”

“There you go again with useless talk. It’s just teasing. Teasing. Look at Mellis’s reaction. When it’s that entertaining, how can I not tease her?”

“To dismiss it as mere teasing, Your Grace’s expression was far too serious. You would be disgusted if other women played such pranks on you, yet you’re strangely tolerant when it comes to Lady Mellis, aren’t you?”

“What do you mean by that…?”

Kermanomon let out a small snort at Malcolm’s pointed observation. However, since Malcolm’s words were entirely true, he couldn’t refute them with his usual composure. In the end, Kermanomon chose to naturally change the subject.

“If you have time to lecture me, why don’t you focus on doing well yourself?”

“Pardon?”

At his question, Kermanomon gestured toward the door with his chin. And exactly 5 seconds later.

“Grand Duke. Here’s today’s newspaper!”

With a knock, Anna opened the door and entered with a cheerful voice. As usual, she had brought the newspaper and pulled out a chocolate from her basket to hand to him.

“And this is a gift! I’m always grateful to you!”

“Yes, I’ll gratefully accept it. But what’s that?”

Among the chocolates filling the basket, there was one with particularly elaborate decorations and exceptional size. At Kermanomon’s question, Anna shyly fidgeted.

“You know. I’m going to give it to Lord Noel.”

Then she picked up a chocolate identical to the one she had given Kermanomon and handed it to Malcolm.

“Here, Malcolm. There’s one for you too.”

“…I won’t eat it.”

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