WHEN I RETURNED TO MY ROOM, I was examined here and there for injuries because Amber brought a doctor.
And it was recommended that I take a bath in hot water and change into my pajamas to rest. I heard a knock as soon as I had laid down on the soft bed.
“Young Master, I’ll go attend to the visitor.”
As I nodded my head shortly, Amber approached the door quickly.
“Who…”
“Get out of the way.”
A dreary statement resounded through the room. Surprised by the change in atmosphere, I opened my eyes wide and raised my upper body.
“Duke?”
At my call, the duke came into the room.
Looking at his cold, hardened face, he seemed to have heard of what happened during the day.
“My son, are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine. My brother saved me.”
“Yes, I’ve already heard the story.”
He looked displeased, but the Duke’s response was relatively positive. I quickly realized that this was a golden opportunity.
“Brother Lucian is really cool. He flew like this and defeated that big boar instantly!”
I exaggerated by adding enthusiastic hand gestures. No, it’s not even that much of an exaggeration. My baby, it was awesome!
The Duke still had a cold face, but he didn’t stop me. I carefully continued to talk while looking around.
“I want to repay him for that.”
In the end, the only person I could rely on was the Duke. It would be nice if the Duke took care of Lucian himself, but I decided not to rush him.
The Duke also has a mental illness. Slowing down is fine, so I hope he can accept his son as he is.
The Duke, who had listened to my story without saying a word, nodded his head quietly. He raised the corners of his mouth.
“Of course I have to pay for saving my precious son.”
No, Lucian is your son, too!
“But my son.”
“What?”
“You don’t intend to keep the fox and the hawk, do you?”
Uh, I haven’t thought about that yet.
“I think Dad’s gonna take care of it. Think about something else will you?”
“……Duke.”
“Yes, Raphael.”
“Can I take care of it?”
“Son?”
“Yes…”
The fox who brought the boar on purpose was hateful, but I didn’t think I could stand to see the fox and the hawk punished. There’s probably only one way the Duke would handle it.
They are just animals that the Duke bought for a price. But with the thought that they attacked me.
Of course he’ll kill them.
The Su-ins are treated badly in this kind of world. Sometimes they are treated lower than ordinary livestock.
Maybe that’s why the sub-male lead felt love with Sue.
Sue’s so sweet.
“Hmm…”
Rather than stubbornly insisting that I should repay Lucian, I was convinced that if I really wanted to fix the bad relationship between them I should complete this mission slowly. So instead I said.
“Duke, I won’t raise them anymore. In exchange, let me take responsibility until the end.”
I meant what I was saying.
He’s a very detestable Doggy, but as long as I am the owner, I have to take care of Doggy and Damian until the end.
But…
He happily ate the food I gave him, and still acted like that, did he hit the back of his head? I thought I’d be relieved if I hit him at least once.
The Duke burst into a small laugh when he looked at my face. Now he patted my head like it’s a habit, and replied.
“Okay. Since my son is talking so confidently, I’ll have to trust you.”
“Thank you!”
I looked at the duke with a big smile. When I smile like this, Duke always smiles with sad eyes.
I had no choice but to smile and pretend I hadn’t noticed because I didn’t know why he looked like that.
The next morning, after eating, I changed into a set of riding clothes and followed Amber outside to meet the fox and the hawk.
I heard these two were being kept on the Duke’s hunting ground.
Yesterday, I fed and took care of the fox myself, so I felt complicated.
Of course, I didn’t get attached to him.
But what should I say? Oh, I don’t know.
Yeah, I guess I got a little attached.
So they must have been so desperate to persuade him yesterday that they didn’t mean it.
Since we have to walk for quite a long time, on the way, Amber asked, “Should I call you a carriage?” but I refused so I could have some time to organize my thoughts.
By the time I reached the hunting ground, sweat had already formed on my forehead.
“Keung! Keung!”
The sorry bird and the clump of fluff reacted to the sounds of my arrival. The two were trapped in a large cage located at the entrance to the hunting ground.
I headed straight for them.
“Sigh.”
After wiping my sweat with my hand, I looked at Damien and Doggy.
“You two.”
The two creatures I was addressing stuck to the wall of the cage and whined and flapped.
“I can’t help it. At least you’ll be free.”
Doggy raised its head in shock because of what I said. Its red jewel-like eyes shone brilliantly in the sun.
In this way, Doggy really looks like a beautiful white fox.
The human-turned-trash, or more widely known as the original Oscar, was called the midday sun by readers.
On the contrary, Lucian earned the nickname of the dark moon of the night.
The readers used to say that Sue was blessed with two opposite charms.
“So why did you bring a wild boar, and no matter how unhappy you were, you shouldn’t have done that to your master. You brought it here because you can’t do a direct attack, right? But you are not as clever as you think you are.”
I sat in front of the cage, clicking my tongue. At that moment, Doggy barked at the bars under his feet.
“Keung keung keung!”
He moved around in front of me as if he had something to say, but there was no other way.
If I don’t give them up, these two will die at the hands of the Duke.
I’ve grown a little attached to them.
“I can’t do anything about the necklace. It’s a harness, so it can’t be cut with a knife. But it will stretch according to your neck, so it doesn’t matter. If you ever meet some wizard when you grow up, ask him.”
“Keung keung!”
“Amber, give me the key.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
Amber took the key out of her pocket. And I opened the cage on my behalf.
The door opened with a squeak.
Through the gap, Doggy ran to me like an arrow. He begged for me to hug him.
He whined as it is.
Oh, did he get attached to me, too? Hey, isn’t that too much considering what you did yesterday? Come to think of it, it’s amazing.
You somehow managed to bring a boar, and now you’re here?
Oh, no, no. Let’s not forget the original Oscar.
He’s not going to help my favorite. This outcome is better than that. It’s best for him not to be in the house, but why did the original Raphael try to raise him anyway?
I had already come to a conclusion.
Since I have already decided to change the ending and keywords of the original, I can not foolishly keep the sub-male lead in the house.
I looked down at Doggy who pathetically licked at my fingertips, and then with my fingers, he rubbed himself under his chin.
His red eyes looking up at me were beautiful.
“Doggy, I guess we’re all finally getting along here. But isn’t it good for you to run in nature, too? Maybe next time be careful, and don’t let people catch you.”
Instead of hugging Doggy, I raised myself up.
And I looked at Damien.
“Damien, fly far away. Oh, it’s better if you drop this fox off somewhere on the way, do you understand me?”
“Keung Keung!”
Doggy was distractingly hovering under my feet. Damien climbed up on the cage and looked down at me.
Its yellow eyes seemed to face me intelligently.
Well, do you understand me? He was definitely a smart guy.
Damien looked at me for a while and opened his wings wide. Damien, who is much larger than the average hawk, flapped once and swooped down gently.
Then he snatched Doggy and flew up into the air.
“Keuuuuung!”
Listening to the clump of fluff shouting, I looked up at the two disappearing far away.
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THE SKY IS SO BLUE TODAY. Lucian trained as usual and returned to his room and washed. He had long started washing himself without the help of his servants.
No, he can’t even remember. He thinks someone washed him when he was young, but his memory is blurry.
He felt comfortable because he is alone now. It would have been inconvenient if the servants tried to help now.
“It’s even more amazing if that kid can come.”
In that sense, Raphael was very special to him. The employees were also influenced because his father ignored him.
‘That’s why I used to do things that I shouldn’t do, but it was only a very extreme minority.’
Most of them just didn’t approach him because he was unsociable or distant.
He knows it very well, and as soon as he came out of the bathing room, a knock resounded, as if the person on the other side did not wish to be there.
“Come on in.”
It was rare for anyone to come at this time. Lucian hurried to the door just in case.
The door opened first before he opened it. The young butler, who the butler is raising as his successor, was surprised to see him standing right in front of him.
“Lord, all future schedules have been canceled.”
‘It was just a short sentence, but I could understand who was saying it and why they canceled it.’
“Okay.”
The young butler couldn’t even enter the room and hesitated before greeting him and disappearing.
Was he afraid of his disappointed expression because it wasn’t what he expected?
He hid his disappointment, dried his hair, and dressed comfortably. The fact that there is no schedule is very unusual.
When he sat down in his room without knowing what to do, he heard a knock again.
There was a smile on his face because the knock was clearly very different from when the butler knocked on the door.
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