Chapter 18:
Leaving behind Ethan Ambrosia, who stood still as if something had broken, Sarah stood next to ude. Sarah bowed down, brought her lips to ude''s ear, and whispered secretly.
"Why don''t Young Master ude say goodbye?"
"Me? But..."
ude wiggled his fingers and nced into his father''s eyes.
"You already said good morning greetings earlier."
"I mean, Father doesn''t look good now."
"He talked to me just fine, what are you talking about?"
Sarah followed ude and nced at Duke Ethan Ambrosia''s face. The Duke''s beautiful face had hardened before she knew it. It was a face that could frighten a child.
''What''s the matter all of a sudden?''
Sarah couldn''t understand the reason, so she felt embarrassed. Even though it was difficult to move the mana because of the blood vomit yesterday, she barely managed to squeeze it out and even restored the magic circle engraved on the artifact. Although it seemed simple, it was never an easy task.
As evidence of that, she could still vividly feel the cold sweat dripping down her back. Even the slightest taste of blood that had flowed over remained in the mouth. She couldn''t vomit blood in front of everyone, so she had a hard time swallowing the metallic thing back.
''I can''t. I can''t go through this hardship without a single ie.''
If it went on like this, ude could not do anything and sent the Duke away. Sarah wanted to give ude the everyday life of an ordinary family. Greeting one good morning, seeing one off and saying goodbye, and weing one back. From these small daily routines, she was thinking of showing love to the child who was hungry for affection little by little.
Sarah bowed down and whispered in a low voice into ude''s ear.
"It''s just a word. If you do well, I''ll make Young Master ude the winner of the bet we made earlier."
"......Really?"
"Of course. I''m not lying, am I?"
ude''s heart was shaken softly by Sarah''s temptation. It was a proposal that made his nonexistent courage spring up. ude hesitated for a moment, then clenched his fists as if determined and took a step forward.
"Father!"
".......Um?"
As ude called out loud, Ethan looked at the child, blinking his eyes as if waking up from his deep thoughts.
"That. That''s..."
ude fidgeted, rolling his eyes. Ethan turned back for a moment at the attitude of the child, who seemed to have something to say, and looked at his coachman''s face. The coachman, who was obligated to take him to the Imperial Pce in time, was stamping his feet.
Had it been dyed further, Ethan might have been tardy for the first time since receiving the title of Duke of Ambrosia. Ethan sighed quietly and looked at ude again. ude was well aware that his father didn''t have much time, so the child closed his eyes and shouted.
"Have a safe trip!"
"......"
At that moment, the Duke''s eyes widened. The blue jewel-like eyes that shone brightly fluttered finely. Ethan smiled for a moment, then answered with a voice full ofughter.
"I''ll be back, ude. Thank you for seeing me off."
Like that, Duke Ethan Ambrosia boarded the carriage. The coachman, who was impatient due to the dy, hurriedly drove the horse as soon as the butler closed the carriage door. A carriage carrying the Duke quickly ran across the garden toward the main gate.
"......"
Ethan stopped trying to check the documents like a habit in the carriage. Then he saw ude and Sarah moving far away through the window of the carriage.
"Howe you look so good, My Lord? I couldn''t sleep well yesterday because I was dealing with the First Prince."
Jade, who was working frantically in the wagon, flipping through papers, grumbled a little when he saw the Duke''s face. Ethan looked away from the window and looked at his aide.
"Does it look like that?"
"Of course it looks like that. Look in the mirror. If you enter the Imperial Pce in this state, you will be able to make all thedies you see copse as you pass by."
Jade shook his head, saying he was tired of dealing with invitations and proposals flying into the mansion. Jade was tired just by dealing withdies and noblemen wandering around in time for the Duke of Ambrosia''s entrance and exit. It was because they were unable to speak to the Duke of Ambrosia and rushed to Jade to dig up any information.
"You should know that the reason I can''t date is because of you, My Lord. Okay?"
Jade murmured constantly, but Ethan didn''t pay him any mind. He raised his hand and gently stroked his lips with his finger because it was so awkward to see himself smiling, which was not made up.
"Come to think of it, did Countess Millen see you off? I think I heard her voice earlier..."
"She did."
"Then I, I should also say hello...!"
Jade quickly opened the window connected to the coachman. The coachman, who was sitting in the coachman''s seat, was startled and tried to pull the reins quickly, asking what was going on. Ethan covered Jade''s mouth with one hand andmanded with a firm voice.
"Go quickly."
"Ugh um!"
Jade whined with eyes full ofints, but Ethan heard it in one ear andughed aloud. One woman named Sarah Millen came in as the nanny of the Duke''s house, and she managed to change the atmosphere of the mansion and even him and ude in an instant. However, he didn''t hate the feeling of disharmony.
<b>***</b>
"Did you hear that? Did you hear that, Nanny?"
ude jumped up and down with sparkling eyes. She could tell how happy the child was just by the sound of his breathing, which was bursting with excitement. Sarah smiled proudly and nodded.
"Of course I heard it. The Duke said thank you for seeing him off."
"That''s right! Father thanked me. He said he''d be back!"
"Yes, yes, he certainly did."
Sarah smiled and stroked ude''s head. ude smiled brightly as he received that friendly touch.
"He''ll be back!"
"Of course, he''ll be back."
"He''ll be back safely, right?"
"Of course, of course."
Smiles also bloomed on the faces of the servants watching ude, who was running around happily. It was because, for the first time in their eyes, ude looked like a child of his age. Among them, butler Veron opened his mouth with a smiley face.
"Little Master, it''s still morning, so the weather is very chilly. Let''s go inside."
"Ah! Okay, I got it."
It wasn''t until the butler said so that ude realized that he could see a faint smoke of his breathing out of his mouth. Before taking his steps back into the mansion, ude looked at Sarah who was smiling behind him.
"......Let''s go in together, Sarah."
ude reached out his small hand and pulled Sarah''s hem.
Oh my god, Heaven!
Sarah covered her mouth with one hand and was led inside by ude''s hand.
''ude just called my name! My name!''
Ronda looked delightfully at Sarah, who was so happy that she couldn''t utter a sound. Sarah''s eyes, looking around, seemed to be saying ''Look at this. Everyone in the vicinity. Our ude called my name! My name!''
She wanted to shout out like that, but she seemed to be holding it in with her mouth shut. While being dragged by ude''s hand, a maid hiding behind the pir caught Sarah''s eyes. The maid, who was biting her lips and clenching her fists so hard that her hands turned white, quickly hid behind the pir when her eyes met Sarah.
''That child is......''
It was May Chenblun, who was ude''s exclusive maid who was scolded by Sarah. The other day, Sarah told the head maid that she wanted May to be separated from ude. The head maid also happily epted Sarah''s request, saying that May was in trouble trying to control ude.
From May''s point of view, it was understandable to resent Sarah because her position in the Duke''s house copsed overnight. She even used magic to increase the weight of the cane to tease her. So Sarah assumed that if May hated someone, she would be the object of that hatred. However.
''That child......why was she looking at ude and not me?''
May''s sharp gaze was directed at ude, not Sarah.
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T/N:
I just had a mental breakdown as I finally found out that the author used the same word to describe the eye color of Ethan, Sarah, and ude (facepalmed). The author used "", which can be tranted into "blue", "azure", and "green" (facepalmed again). I had to look at both of the novel''s covers again and zoom in to determine the color shade. I felt like I was color-blind for a moment LOL. Anyway, in conclusion, de''s eyes are green, Sarah''s eyes are something between green and blue, so I''ll use azure. Finally, Ethan''s eyes are darker than Sarah''s, so I''ll use blue.