Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 92

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Chapter 92

The fallen leaves that had colored the trees scattered down, and the beginning of winter had arrived. Mellis, who was wiping the window frame, blinked her eyes blankly as she gazed at the white frost that had settled.

“It’s already winter.”

Time felt like it was passing too quickly. When she had first arrived here, it was still lush spring, but before she knew it, nearly a year had passed and winter had come.

Come to think of it, around this time last year, she was going through the most unfortunate period of her life. The marriage arrangement with Lord Gazet had been confirmed, and she was anxious about the wedding date that approached each day. It was exactly around this time that she had secretly done sewing while cutting back on sleep.

“Now that I think about it, it was an absurd situation.”

What kind of nerve did she have to think of jumping from that high window? Of course, she had the scroll, but looking back now, it was truly a reckless plan.

“You want me to help with such a flimsy plan? Are you serious?”

“That’s why I came to you! So would you rather see your precious junior marry that bald old man?”

She also recalled how Vivian had grimaced and rejected her request. But at that time, Mellis was so desperate that she wanted to escape from there by any means necessary.

Until then, she had thought her life was completely over. When she was wandering like that, unable to find meaning in life anymore, a new life began.

Recalling the past years at the ducal residence, she unconsciously smiled softly.

“…”

Since returning from the black market, Mellis hadn’t encountered Kermanomon. Due to a summons from the Imperial Palace, he had taken the materials confiscated from the trading post and headed straight to the capital, and five days had passed since then.

Over the past few days, Mellis had thought about countless things. Her gaze turned toward the small luggage bag placed in the corner of the room.

“Sigh…”

She couldn’t know which would be the right answer, even by her own thinking. As Mellis got up, leaving behind her throbbing head, something strange entered her field of vision.

Far away, something was wriggling and moving between the gap under the door and the floor.

“What is this?”

Mellis approached the door and picked up a piece of paper that was on the floor. After slowly checking its contents, Mellis couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Invitation

You are invited to Garulus’s birthday party.

Date: December 10th

Location: A ship on the sea (really big)

What to bring: Birthday gift

Please come to my birthday party.

What she had received was an invitation to Garulus’s birthday party. Along with the crooked handwriting, at the bottom of the invitation was a drawing of a monkey wearing a party hat and holding fireworks while smiling.

As Mellis crouched down and quietly listened, sure enough, she could feel clumsy signs of someone outside the door. Mellis bit her lips tightly and then spoke loudly with exaggerated excitement.

“Oh my, a birthday party invitation? Who could have left this? My goodness, Garulus’s birthday party? I’m so excited!”

“Hehe!”

As expected, giggling laughter could be heard from outside the door. Garulus soon disappeared with excited bouncing steps, running away with a “thud thud thud thud.” He was probably going to find the owner of the next invitation.

And so Garulus’s birthday party was just around the corner.

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A few weeks later. The people of Duke Severus’s mansion boarded a ship as a group. It was a massive cruise ship specially made for Garulus’s birthday party.

The cruise ship, created with Vivian’s help, had almost no swaying and felt exactly like a manor floating on the sea.

“Wow…”

Mellis, who had climbed to the ship’s bow, pressed down her hat with one hand as she felt the fierce sea breeze.

Every time the ship moved, pure white foam rose around it. The fishy scent of the sea brushing against her nose, the unfamiliar birds floating overhead, and the endless vast ocean stretching before her eyes.

To her, facing the sea for the first time in her life, everything was simply fascinating. She couldn’t move from that spot for a long while, committing this moment to memory.

“How is it? This is your first time, right?”

Vivian, who had approached her side at some point, spoke with a sly tone. He had been cooperating in this recent incident and had gradually established himself as a mage of House Severus, even joining Garulus’s birthday party.

Of course, there were disapproving looks toward him as a half-blood, but no one could openly disregard someone that Kermanomon had personally brought.

“Yes. It’s so fascinating.”

Mellis wore a faint smile, her gaze still directed toward the blue sea.

“The Young Master kept urging me to finish the cruise ship quickly. He said he really wanted to show you the sea.”

“Garulus did?”

“Yeah. He seemed worried because you looked depressed lately. He said maybe seeing the sea would give you strength. Why else would he hold his birthday party on a ship when it’s so cold?”

“Ah…”

Only then did Mellis recall the conversation she had with Garulus during the New Year festival.

“I’ve never been to the sea even once.”

It was wonderful that he remembered something she had mentioned in passing, but to do this for her on such a special day as his birthday. Mellis smiled brightly, then let out a quiet sigh.

Vivian, guessing the meaning behind that sigh, asked in a low voice.

“So, have you given it some thought?”

“Yes. A lot.”

At Mellis’s darkened expression, Vivian slowly spoke.

“I understand. Human greed is scarier than you’d think.”

“…”

“At first, I was overjoyed just by the fact that the Grand Duke acknowledged me, but once I started working with people who recognized my abilities, I developed even greater ambitions.”

Greater ambitions—it wasn’t wrong. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that her mind had been filled with nothing but those thoughts for the past few weeks.

To someone else, it might simply be a matter of changing jobs, but for Mellis at least, it was significant enough to keep her tossing and turning in bed every night.

And finally, after long deliberation, she had been able to make up her mind.

“…I think I should.”

“Mellis!”

Just as Mellis was slowly beginning to speak, Garulus’s shout looking for her could be heard from far away.

“You were both here! Mellis, how is it? Do you like the sea?”

“Of course. This is the first time I’ve seen such magnificent scenery.”

At her words, Garulus’s eyes widened with pride. Garulus hugged her legs tightly and rubbed his head vigorously as he spoke.

“Hehe, seeing Mellis happy makes me so happy too!”

“Really?”

“Yeah! I was really worried because you seemed to be having a hard time lately. I’ll make you happy for the rest of your life, so you must never leave this place. Got it?”

At the child’s words, a bitter smile appeared on Mellis’s lips. She only felt sorry for making him worry unnecessarily.

“…That would never happen.”

“Right, you promised!”

When Mellis patted his head affectionately, Garulus excitedly ran forward. Mellis watched the child running across the deck and followed after him with furrowed brows.

“Garulus, you can’t run around like that…”

Holding Garulus in her arms, she ran into Kermanomon who had just emerged from the ship’s cabin and froze on the spot. As she stood there flustered, opening and closing her mouth without being able to say anything, Kermanomon slowly spoke.

“…I thought I’d get some fresh air for a moment.”

“Ah, I see. Ha-have a good time.”

Soon Mellis awkwardly bowed her head and hid herself in the ship’s cabin. After walking silently for a while, she squeezed her eyes shut in shame.

‘Have a good time? What on earth was I saying!’

The embarrassment washing over her like waves made her cringe from head to toe. She was still maintaining an awkward relationship with Kermanomon. In the first place, since he had only returned to the ducal residence at dawn yesterday, they hadn’t even had a proper chance to talk.

‘I need to apologize…’

But strangely, whenever she stood in front of him, her mouth wouldn’t budge as if she had been poisoned. It felt like if she brought up an apology, he would discover the emotions she had been suppressing.

Mellis made up her mind to definitely apologize for what happened that day before Garulus’s birthday party ended.

“…”

Until this moment, Mellis had no idea that Garulus, held in her arms, was narrowing his eyes and rolling his little head around thoughtfully.

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