The Young Master I Carefully Raised Became Obsessive Chapter 15

Ardion specially asked to stay here with him, so I couldn’t refuse. Probably because he had collapsed earlier, he was relying on now.

It looked like our relationship had gotten better since he now thought positively of .

I smiled.

“…” Ardion blinked at and hurriedly turned his head away.

At that mont, Derol poked his head out of my pocket.

Ardion subconsciously lowered his head, then looked at Derol and said coldly. “You leave.”

“I dropped the brick in the office.”

I was surprised. “You… did it, Derol?”

“Yes, I disliked what the duke said.”

Derol caring about Ardion made happy.

Ardion stared at Derol and reached his hand out.

Derol was baffled.

Ardion said, “Thank you.”

I lightly touched Derol’s back. He held out his small hand reluctantly, and they quickly touched hands and withdrew them.

❋ ❋ ❋

The story that happened in the duke’s office spread quickly. So even praised us, sounding very happy.

“Laila, the young master you serve is really amazing. Was the duke so scared?”

I smiled faintly, and Ardion gave a look, seemingly telling how amazing he was.

“As expected of a prince, he changed the duke’s mind so quickly!”

“In that case, isn’t Laila amazing too? In a way, she educated the prince.”

I nodded secretly.

Suddenly, a sharp voice screeched, “What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you finish your work?”

It was the head maid. I quickly said goodbye to everyone and headed to the kitchen. Most of the servants hated the duke because he was an evil employer. But so were loyal to him, such as the head maid and the kitchen head, Deevher.

Deevher handed over a food tray nervously while others stared curiously at her.

I enjoyed the gazes thrown at her.

“Deevher, if you give so much food, what if it spills? Wouldn’t that be a waste?”

“A waste? It’s your waste.”

“But it’s food made from the duke’s pantry. Duke Orchid wouldn’t like it if we wasted even a tiny bit.”

She glared at , ticked off by the word ‘pantry’.

I carefully accepted the food tray. “Thank you. I’ll eat well.”

Deevher probably wouldn’t have the sa reaction next ti.

When I smiled and turned around, I saw soone behind giving a thumbs up. I nodded and quickly left.

“Young Master, I’ve brought you food!” I entered Ardion’s room.

He looked up from his book. Lately, he had been using the books we borrowed from the library to catch up on the basic education he had missed. anwhile, I had been studying how to conceal mana with the books I had brought from the library.

I moved the book aside and handed him his plate.

Ardion looked at it and said calmly, “At least it’s edible.”

“Yes, if you hadn’t spoken up, it would have been hard to get.”

Ardion picked up his fork.

I stepped back. “Please enjoy your al. I’ll be back later.”

“Aren’t you going to eat with ?”

“?”

Ardion nodded.

“Does it not bother you if I’m here with you, Young Master?”

“No.”

His answer was unexpected. Sotis, Ardion would act overly concerned when I looked at him, but other tis, he would just blink or keep looking at his book.

“… Let’s eat together.”

“….”

When I didn't respond, Ardion imdiately lowered his head and fiddled with his book. The tips of his ears had turned red.

Since he mustered up his courage to invite , I sat down in front of him. “Then I’ll eat here.”

Only then did Ardion raise his head. His gaze lingered on . He seed to think I would have refused, so he looked taken aback. I smiled at him. He turned his gaze to his plate.

I could see he was overly conscious of , but I let it be. Maybe he was unfamiliar with dealing with people.

While eating, I thought about last night. Now that Ardion was getting along well with , I was preparing for when I left the mansion.

Last night, I had reorganized the evidence to bring down Duke Orchid and learned the thod to hide Ardion’s mana.

The greatest achievent was the thod of hiding mana.

“Young Master, I learned the thod of hiding mana…”

Suddenly, Ardion started coughing. He covered his mouth and turned his head to the side.

“Here’s so water. Are you okay?”

Ardion nodded with a blush on his face.

I looked at him worriedly and said, “… Let’s finish eating, and then I’ll let you know.”

Ardion didn’t answer and just nodded. When I looked at him, he awkwardly avoided my gaze. It seed I was burdenso.

I organized the words I wanted to tell him.

In any case, I had to hide his mana so Duke Orchid wouldn’t notice it. Otherwise, both mine and Ardion’s life could be in danger.

The surroundings beca quiet, and the only sounds were cutlery clinking against plates.

After so ti, Ardion’s voice rang out. “By the way, what’s with that mouse?”

“Are you talking about Derol?”

Ardion nodded, his neck seeming stiffer than before. He seed to be speaking casually, but his tone betrayed his feelings.

Now that I thought about it, Ardion seed a little hostile towards Derol. After all, Derol was but a mouse.

“Young Master, that mouse? He has a na.”

“Sorry, was it Derol?” Ardion imdiately apologized.

I smiled. “He’s probably wandering around the mansion. He said he would collect information since I’ve been busy reading books lately.”

Ardion chewed on this thought. He even put down his fork.

“Young Master?”

“I should help you too…” he muttered while looking at his plate.

“What do you an, Young Master? You’ll help by listening to from now on.”

“Is that enough?”

“Of course!”

“Then, what do you want from ?”

“Oh, that’s…” I hesitated. I recently discovered that in order to receive mana from soone, you either had to hold hands or make physical contact for a long ti. But asking Ardion about it right now…

“I’ll tell you later.”

“Do you really have sothing you want from ?”

“Yes, I definitely do.”

Ardion shook his head with a smile. “I’ve never t soone like you before.”

“What do you an?”

“You want sothing from , but you’re keeping it a secret.”

I burst out laughing.

Ardion looked at with a puzzled expression. “Why are you laughing?”

“I’ll tell you later, not now.”

Ardion looked at carefully. I made eye contact with him as I picked up a piece of at with my fork and ate it. Sotis, he would look at quite closely, as if he were trying to figure out.

However, he couldn’t guess what I wanted. He gave up and quickly looked away. “I’ll figure it out before you tell .”

“Sure, go ahead,” I answered lightly.

Ardion couldn’t possibly know I was low on mana. In the original story, Ardion was never interested in Laila either.

And the phenona that occurred due to lack of mana were all different, so it was hard to figure out unless soone had great observation skills.

Even if Ardion did figure it out, it wouldn’t do much harm to . It would just be so embarrassnt. While chewing on my food, I looked at the plates and noticed there was no food left on Ardion’s plate. I felt pleased because he seed to be eating better than before.

Ardion pushed his plate aside and started reading again. It was a book about mana.

I was slightly surprised and asked casually, pretending not to care, “How are you going to figure out what I want?”

“Since all I have is this disgusting ability, isn’t it related to this?”

“… How can you guarantee that?”

“Because that’s all I have right now.”

Ardion’s mind certainly seed to work quickly. He quickly turned his focus on the book when I didn’t reply.

Soon after, I finished my food.

If this continues, won’t he find out soon that I’m low on mana?

Even if he found out, the amount of mana he could give nowadays was minimal. Only as an adult would he be able to store mana as easily as water.

The only way to replenish mana more rapidly was through the exchange of bodily fluids.

But that was entirely out of the question. That kind of relationship was impossible between and Ardion, and I had no desire to receive mana in such a manner.

In the end, it ant I had to wait until Ardion beca an adult.

Anyway, that was sothing I could think about later. I quickly finished my al and put the tray and plates away.

Ardion still didn't take his eyes off the book.

"Young Master."

"What?"

"First, learn how to hide your mana and then read.”

Ardion set aside his book.

I told him about the thoughts I had been mulling over the previous day. As I spoke, he listened quietly, then reached out to grab a book from the stack beside him.