Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93

“Hide and seek?”

“Yes. Mellis should join us too!”

A few hours later, Garulus came to find her as she was spending a leisurely afternoon on the ship deck. Since Garulus had always enjoyed hide and seek, she readily agreed to it.

“Alright. Should I be ‘it’?”

“No! I shall be ‘it’.”

“Then I’ll hide…”

“And Malcolm, and Anna, and Noel, and Kerman too.”

“Why are there so many people who are ‘it’?”

As she was dragged along by Garulus’s hand, she finally understood why there were so many seekers. At a glance, nearly dozens of people were bustling about gathered in the Central Banquet Hall.

Garulus released Mellis’s hand and headed toward the center where the other seekers were gathered. Climbing onto Noel’s shoulders with big strides, Garulus shouted in a loud voice.

“Now! The time limit is 10 minutes! You can hide anywhere on the ship. If even one person survives for 30 minutes, the seeker team loses! Kerman promised to give the winning team three days of reward leave and a bonus, so everyone must work hard!”

“Woooooh!”

At the mention of reward leave and bonus, the Knight Order let out thunderous cheers. Seeing their sparkling eyes, they were clearly more excited than Garulus who had organized the game.

Moreover, seeing the seekers making cracking sounds as they stretched their bodies, it seemed they too were equally eager for the vacation. Thus began a massive-scale hide and seek involving everyone from the Ducal Residence.

“Now, let’s begin!”

When Vivian, who had appointed himself as referee, snapped his fingers with a clicking sound, small hourglasses appeared on people’s shoulders. As the sand began to fall, everyone hurriedly scrambled to leave their spots. Mellis was equally flustered by the sudden countdown.

Ten minutes wasn’t a short time to hide, but the problem was the cruise ship’s enormous scale. Mellis frantically ran looking for a hiding place while visualizing the cruise ship’s interior in her mind. However…

“Sorry, but I’m going to hide in the kitchen!”

“The bathroom is already full.”

“The warehouse is my spot!”

Whenever Mellis tried to hide somewhere, other people would appear and block her way. Their movements were so passionate that she felt somewhat wronged.

‘Am I being ostracized…?’

However, seeing the amount of sand remaining, there was no time to feel sorry for herself. Thinking she might get caught without even finding a proper hiding place, Mellis was stamping her feet when an unfamiliar door came into her view. It seemed to be someone’s bedroom.

‘Excuse me for a moment!’

After looking around, Mellis entered that place. Unlike other bedrooms, this one was particularly spacious and luxurious.

Only then realizing this was Kermanomon’s bedroom, Mellis stiffened her body. Just as the flustered girl was about to leave through the door again, all the sand in the clock fell and ran out.

When the sand finished falling, two-digit numbers appeared above the clock showing the remaining time along with the number of survivors. And soon, the numbers decreased at an unbelievable speed.

‘Wh-what should I do?’

Unable to go back outside now, Mellis panicked for a while before finally hiding in the closet at the very back. Inside the closet, a few pieces of clothing hung simply, and she carefully positioned herself in the corner, avoiding them.

“…”

How much time had passed? Mellis had to keep trying not to think about the fact that she was inside Kermanomon’s wardrobe.

However, contrary to her will, every time she breathed in, his familiar scent penetrated her nostrils. That refreshing yet clean fragrance created the illusion that she was being held in his arms.

After staying like that for a while, Mellis unconsciously recalled the things she had done together with him.

As tender emotions surged like a tide, she felt her nose tingle and her heart ache with a stinging pain. If she stayed like this, she felt like she would burst into tears again.

‘This won’t do, I should just go out…’

Just as she was about to get up, the sound of the door opening wide came along with someone’s footsteps. Quietly holding her breath, Mellis glanced at the hourglass beside her. The number displayed on the clock was 1. Meaning Mellis was the last survivor.

Before she knew it, only about five minutes remained. However, the sound of footsteps kept getting closer and closer.

‘Please!’

Thinking she just needed to endure a little longer, she covered her mouth with both hands and squeezed her eyes shut.

Creak. Contrary to Mellis’s hopes, the wardrobe door opened and bright light poured in. Mellis squinted her eyes and soon pressed her lips tightly together upon seeing the person standing before her.

‘Grand Duke…’

Kermanomon silently stared down at Mellis. Just as their gazes met in the air, Garulus’s voice could be heard from somewhere.

“Kerman, is someone there?”

Kermanomon glanced in that direction, then his gaze returned to Mellis who was crouched down. Soon he exhaled deeply and closed the wardrobe door as he spoke.

“No, no one’s here.”

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“I was right, wasn’t I? They definitely had a fight!”

After the long game of hide-and-seek ended, Garulus’s spacious bedroom was filled with guests. In front of Garulus, who wore a tearful expression, sat Noel, Anna, Malcolm, and Vivian.

“Why did the two of them suddenly become awkward? The atmosphere was definitely fine until recently.”

Anna furrowed her brows and muttered as if she couldn’t understand, and Malcolm, who had been listening, answered.

“It seems like Your Grace is unilaterally avoiding Lady Mellis. I wondered why someone who usually complains about the capital has been staying unusually long this time – turns out there was a reason.”

“So what is that reason!”

“Well, it’s probably one of two things. Either something big enough to ruin their relationship happened, or they’re just now starting to realize their own feelings.”

“Ugh…”

After hearing Malcolm’s words, Garulus held his head in both hands. For a while now, Garulus had worked very hard to bring Kermanomon and Mellis together. He enthusiastically praised Kermanomon in front of Mellis and secretly placed mysterious gifts on Kermanomon’s desk.

However, despite his earnest efforts, it seemed like the two had grown more distant, which only made him upset.

The relationship between the two was far too complex for young Garulus to understand, so he had gathered all the adults who could be on his side.

“Why on earth did they fight? What if Mellis hates Kerman so much that she just leaves the Ducal Residence?”

“Don’t worry too much. The two of them don’t hate each other – they’re fighting because they like each other.”

However, Anna’s gentle comfort only made the child’s mind more confused.

“Why would they fight if they like each other? If you like someone, you should get along well.”

“Hmm, Young Master will understand when he becomes an adult too.”

“It’s too difficult… Anyway, I hope the two of them make up quickly. How can we get them to reconcile?”

At Garulus’s worried expression, Vivian, who had been quietly listening from the corner, showed a charming smile.

“Young Master, there’s no need to worry about that.”

Having already won great favor with Garulus, he had naturally blended in among the people of the Ducal Residence. He waved a small potion in front of them, claiming it could solve that problem.

“You know my skills, right? It’s a drug that makes you fall in love with whoever’s in front of you, so with just this one thing, awkward relationships and whatnot…”

Malcolm turned pale at the pink liquid sloshing in the medicine bottle and shouted.

“What nonsense are you talking about? Don’t even think about giving His Grace such a suspicious drug.”

“Hey, calling it a suspicious drug is hurtful. Would you like to try it first, Aide? I’ll give you a discount.”

“What are you…!”

“D-does it really work?”

As the room instantly became noisy, Garulus let out a deep sigh. Garulus slumped his body and clung to Noel’s back as he spoke.

“Noel, what should I do? I want to get those two to make up quickly.”

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