Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 98

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Chapter 98

“Grand Duke, you can’t do this. You’re a beastman and I’m…”

“I don’t care if you’re human, or even a demon. What matters is our hearts.”

His low voice and breath made her feel dizzy. As he lowered his head and slowly closed the distance, his gorgeous face came closer and closer.

“How cute.”

“Oh, really…”

Kermanomon, who had slowly stopped, gently poked her cheek with his index finger. At his playful touch, Mellis smiled bashfully and twisted her body slightly.

And then poke again, and once more poke. His finger poking her cheek grew faster and faster.

“G-Grand Duke?”

Poke, poke, poke, poke. Sensing something strange about his unceasing touch, Mellis pulled her body back, but he paid no heed and followed after her.

“S-stop it!”

“Mellis.”

Suddenly, a very familiar tone flowed from his mouth. Even in this situation, he was endlessly poking Mellis’s cheek.

“Wake up, Mellis!”

“Kyaaaah!”

Mellis, with her hair disheveled, let out a shrill scream and bolted upright.

“Finally awake! You wouldn’t wake up no matter what, I thought you were dead!”

“G-Garulus?”

A cracked voice leaked from her mouth. Her eyelids were still heavy and her mind was hazy. Mellis blinked her eyes blankly, then finally grasped the situation and let out a sigh of relief.

‘It… it was a dream…’

Mellis’s face flushed hot as she recalled the dream from moments before. Even if it was unconscious, still, why on earth had she dreamed such a thing? She tried hard to suppress the thoughts.

At some point when he had entered, Garulus was lying by her bedside, wagging his tail. Even after confirming she had woken up, Garulus continued to press her cheek several more times with his finger.

“You didn’t come for so long that I got worried and came to find you myself.”

“What time is it now?”

“It’s already past ten o’clock.”

At those words, Mellis was greatly flustered. Garulus gets up from bed at seven in the morning. But it was already ten o’clock. Garulus must have been waiting for her in the room for quite a while. At least it was fortunate that today was a weekend when they didn’t go to the Academy.

“I’m sorry, you could have woken me up earlier.”

“Mm, no. Kerman said Mellis would be tired so not to wake you. Anna helped me so I already finished washing my face and brushing my teeth, so it doesn’t matter. You must have been very tired?”

“Ah, well…”

Mellis’s face flushed faintly as she recalled the events of dawn. Kermanomon and Mellis, having confirmed each other’s feelings, had spent the night in her room having deep conversations about their future together. Though many things were still uncertain, she had ultimately decided to focus on the happiness before her eyes.

Their conversation continued until dawn broke, and Kermanomon finally returned to his own room only after the sun had completely risen.

Having not slept properly for two nights straight, what was supposed to be just a brief nap had unknowingly turned into complete deep sleep.

“But why did Kerman say not to wake you? Did you two make up now?”

Garulus, who had somehow gotten onto her bed and was lying with his head propped up, asked with narrowed eyes. Made up with the Grand Duke? At that question, Mellis opened and closed her mouth for a moment.

“Um, well…”

And at the same time, Kermanomon’s image floated into her mind.

“If you’re worried, how about we don’t tell anyone around us that we’re meeting for the time being?”

It was purely consideration for Mellis. Kermanomon knew that her heart was still troubled, and he fully understood that his position and background felt like a burden to her.

So the two decided to keep their relationship secret for the time being.

“Hmm?”

Though she didn’t feel like lying to a child who had such bright, expectant eyes, it didn’t seem like Garulus, who wore all his emotions on his face, would be able to keep such an important secret.

In the end, Mellis answered evasively with a cheerful smile,

“Yes, we’ve made up now.”

“That’s a relief! Then let’s go eat breakfast now. My stomach is making rumbling sounds.”

Garulus waited for her to finish getting ready. About 10 minutes later, the two holding hands headed to the dining room.

“What’s for breakfast today!”

Mellis, who was opening the dining room door for Garulus, flinched and stopped. It was because she made direct eye contact with Kermanomon, who was seated at the center of the dining table.

Mellis’s eyes widened greatly as she recalled what had happened just a few hours ago, but she quickly came to her senses and bowed her head calmly.

“…Good morning.”

However, a subtle smile spread across Kermanomon’s lips as he noticed that her voice was trembling slightly more than usual.

“Yes, did you sleep well?”

“Yes…”

A ticklish atmosphere arose between the two sitting diagonally across from each other with the child between them. Though they had promised to treat each other as usual, it seemed inevitable that they would be conscious of each other.

Mellis unconsciously glanced at Kermanomon. However, unlike her who was extremely tense, Kermanomon maintained his usual official attitude.

“Garulus, how is the Academy these days?”

“It’s just as fun as always. Vacation starts next week, and I wish vacation would never come.”

“Really? Should we take a trip somewhere during vacation?”

The meal continued with trivial conversation. As usual, Garulus left nearly half of his soup and soon put down his spoon to start doing other things, and Mellis, noticing this, scooped up a large spoonful of soup and brought it to the child’s mouth.

“Garulus, just eat three more bites. Ah-”

“Aah-”

Mellis’s movement as she was feeding Garulus soup suddenly froze.

Kermanomon, sitting diagonally across, was looking at her with his mouth slightly open. It was a playful face as if he too wanted to be fed.

“…!”

Mellis’s face flushed hot as she looked around frantically with startled rabbit eyes. Fortunately, it seemed no one else had noticed that sight. Mellis hurriedly pushed the soup into the child’s mouth and gave an awkward smile.

“Ga, Garulus. Should we get up now that you’re done eating?”

“Huh? Really? Usually you keep saying to eat just three more bites and make me finish everything?”

“We, we’re supposed to go to the training ground with Sir Noel after lunch. So we need to go up quickly and prepare!”

“Ah, that’s right. Kerman, won’t you come to the training ground with us? I’ll show you the new swordsmanship technique I learned at the Academy!”

“Hmm, really? I do have an afternoon schedule though…”

Kermanomon, who had trailed off, slightly shifted his gaze and met eyes with Mellis.

“Should we spend some time together before going out?”

“…”

“Good! That’ll be very fun! Let’s go quickly!”

Garulus jumped up from his seat and urged the two while dragging them along. Mellis, being pulled along by the child’s hand, bit her lip and glared at him with flounder eyes.

‘He said to keep it secret, but at this rate everyone will find out!’

Whether he knew her anxious heart or not, Kermanomon was still staring at her with loving eyes.

Soon he leaned slightly toward her and whispered in a low voice that only she could hear.

“You’re just being overly conscious of me for no reason. Nobody knows anyway, so don’t worry about it.”

When she heard it put that way, it seemed strangely convincing. Come to think of it, she was just being unusually conscious of Kermanomon, but looking back, it hadn’t been much different from any other day.

‘Still, I should be careful just in case.’

It seemed like the time had come to show off her acting skills. Mellis clenched her fist with firm resolve.

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Meanwhile, in the dining room after the three had left, the servants were chatting as they cleaned up the remaining tableware as usual.

“They’re definitely dating, right?”

“The Grand Duke’s eyes were practically dripping with honey, of course they are.”

“What about Mellis? Her face was red as a tomato throughout the entire meal!”

“Geez, it really took them long enough.”

The head chef let out a small sigh and shook his head. This was exactly 12 hours after the two’s secret romance had begun.

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