[IHTTMBW] Chapter 10

Euphil could be said to be a natural-born genius.

Even if it was not his shiny golden hair and cold red eyes, the boy could understand whatever books were in his hand.

What he could not understand was the father who abandoned him and the mother who passed away and left him alone. He could understand things in the book but not the people.

There was a lot to learn besides the books. He learned what solitude was by watching people around him who periodically changed.

He realised one thing for sure when his servant spilt the beans on him. His servant had been killed, and his father completely took his freedom away. Not only his father and mother but the whole world abandoned him.

If so, why not change the world? He had the talent to do so.

A talent that one could say was a gift from god turned into a lost item of the devil.

“Hehe. It’s brother’s palace again.”

I awoke to the sweet scent, and I opened my eyes. I could never smell such things in my palace, so it must be his palace.

Sniff sniff.  

I heard a sigh beside me, and my tongue was out while I sniffed.

“At least, if you are a member of the royal family…”

“Aww… it’s a sweet smell. “

“As soon as you wake up, do not behave like that.”

“The royal family…member?”

When I opened my eyes, it was his room. I never knew how this kid brought me into this room every time. At first, I thought he had ordered a knight to carry me, but it was strange that no knights were around him. So that indicated that he was well enough to have more macaroons but not to have a knight.

‘So how did he learn swordsmanship?’

As I understand it, he was the most powerful person in this country.

When I looked at him with a puzzled face, he thought I was puzzled by the expression,’ member of the royal family,’ and shook his head. Every time he shook his head, his golden thread-like hair moved around like silk.

As  I looked at him blankly, Euvil brought a tray with desserts this time.

“Wipe it.”

“Yes.”

He always brought a towel whenever he brought desserts because whenever I ate those, it would get messy everywhere.

I took a towel and cleaned my mouth. Then, I put an eclair into my mouth. This long dessert looked like bread, but it was filled with cream.

As I took a bite, the fillings of the thick chocolate inside spilt into my hands.

As he saw this, Euphil sighed deeply.

“The reason why I keep wiping you is…”

“Uh?”

“If anyone thinks that I spilt it, they will look at me like a typical ten-year-old kid, so I am doing this to prevent it.”

Oh, have you ever seen a deep two-strand wrinkle on the face of a handsome ten-year-old young man? It is so unbalanced and cute.

So I burst into laughter as I touched his head with my hand.

“You stay nice and cosy in here.”

There were three wrinkles now. Shoot, I forgot that this hand is the one that I was sucking on just a moment ago.

Rolling your eyeball around is the best way to check out the atmosphere. I grabbed the hand, holding the towel tight so he wouldn’t get angry.

Oh, I forgot I also sucked on this hand.

I quickly retrieved my hand to wipe it off on my clothes and held Euphil’s hand again with a silly laugh. Dumbfounded, he let out a hollow smile.

“What’s the use if you wipe it off on your clothes after you’ve already wiped it off on me? I guess the towel was useless.”

“Myrthi likes Euphil’s hand also. Hehe.”

I guess there was truth in the saying, ‘You throw an extra piece of bread to someone you dislike and can’t get angry at a fool.’

In light of this, I held his hand tight and laughed like a fool. I didn’t forget to blink my eyes to flaunt my cuteness.

‘He’s not pushing me away this time, either.’

Even when my hand was wet with saliva, I made the splendid achievement of holding his hand without him shaking it off.

Euphil cleared his throat quietly after staring at his hand, which I had gotten a hold of.

“Okay, you can go now.”

“Hm? Where? Are we going for a walk?”

“Go home to your palace.”

Ah, he’s kicking me out.

I dawdled out of my desire to linger. I tried squeezing his soft hand and also took a look at some books that were lying around.

“If you touch the books with wet hands, I won’t let you return here.”

“Hehe, Myrthi will never touch them!”

Whatever you say, what else can I say if you let me come back here again as long as I don’t touch the books?

I tried hard to suppress my evil smile. Euphil, on the other hand, seemed to be thinking something different since he was flinching and poking at his cheeks.

“If you get saliva on the books, the books will be damaged. If that happens, you can’t read the stories you like.”

Eh? Is he trying to console me?

I had just experienced the rare feat of being consoled while trying to hide my thrill at the prize I had received from the infamous tyrant Euphil Raize.

I managed to stop myself from giving him a doubtful glare. He must be plotting something.

Wait, what kind of plot could he have?