◇ Chapter 75 Prayer
The doctor didn't know how long it took to calm the kitten down completely.
Tuanzi fell asleep leaning on his belly.
Bai Yu pinched his nose with a headache and thought, "Looks like I have to ask for leave from the Duke's Mansion."
As the Duke's personal valet, he shouldn't leave his post without permission. But seeing Tuanzi's condition, Bai Yu was really worried about him staying at home alone. After much thought, he had no choice but to ask for leave.
While the kitten was asleep, he took the time to go to the Duke's mansion to ask for leave. The old housekeeper looked at him strangely and said, "You don't have to come to the mansion these days. The Duke is not here."
Bai Yu: "The Duke is not here?"
The old butler nodded: "This is the Duke's habit. The Grand Duke's mother died early, and he would leave the mansion for a few days every month and go to his mother's former residence in the mountains to stay there for a few days to pay his respects. You and Miller can move freely these days. Miller has already returned home, so you don't have to come."
Bai Yu’s brows jumped.
The Duke's habit is extremely outrageous.
Not to mention that the Duke was seriously injured and his body had not recovered yet. Would leaving the warm Grand Duke's Mansion and going to his old home in the suburbs make his illness worse? Just to say that Illia is now in turmoil, and various forces are ready to make a move. Although the Duke holds a high title, he is not safe. There is a risk of unrest in the territory at any time. At this time, he would leave his official duties every month and go to his old place without fail.
Bai Yu frowned: "The Duke is going to stay in his old home in the countryside, without any servants?"
The old butler said: "The Duke wants to pay tribute to his mother. He hates to be disturbed when he pays tribute, so he never brings servants with him."
“…”
It's even more outrageous.
The Grand Duke of Illia was rich and pampered since childhood. How could he live in his old country home without servants? Could he cook with the earthen stove?
Bai Yu suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and said, "Then I wonder where the former residence of the Grand Duke's mother is? When the Duke has finished paying homage, we can take him back."
The old housekeeper had a deadpan face and warned, "Mr. Bai, if you want to live well in the Duke's mansion, you should watch less, ask less, and do your job well. The Grand Duke never reveals where his mother lives, so you'd better not ask. This is one of the Duke's weak spots. Knowing too much will not do you any good."
Having said that, the butler still glanced at Bai Yu dimly.
Bai Yu never abides by taboos. He goes after taboos. Judging from what he has done in the Duke's Mansion these days, if it were anyone else, he would have been dragged out by the Grand Duke and chopped a thousand times. But this guy is still alive and well.
The old butler had a hunch that the Grand Duke and the young doctor in front of him might have some unknown secrets, but his professional ethics made him never ask too many questions. He just suppressed his doubts. He looked at Bai Yu as if he was looking at a seductive beauty, and then he sighed, turned and left.
It's hard to be a housekeeper these days.
Bai Yu: “…”
66 flew aside, the small screen flickered, and he made a thoughtful expression: "Isn't this a little wrong?"
After spending a long time with Bai Yu, the system has become more cautious.
Bai Yu: "That's indeed not right. There must be a secret, but it's not something we need to worry about."
He is just a ghost from another world who came here to complete a mission. Any secrets of Grand Duke Imur have nothing to do with him.
I got three days off for nothing, just in time to go home and feed Dumplings.
Bai Yu passed by the market and bought some things.
No one knew what happened to Tuanzi when he was wandering outside, but he suddenly became extremely clingy, and turned from a vigilant kitten when he first came into the world into a little gummy bear. Bai Yu felt a little distressed, so he was extra careful about his feeding and was quite indulgent.
He indulged Tuanzi in rubbing against him, indulging him in wanting to eat anything, and even indulged him in driving his younger brothers and sisters out of the room, and indulged him in using the doctor's chest and belly as a bed and rolling his tail into a fluffy ball on it.
So, Imur indeed went through the most comfortable period of transformation he had experienced in all these years.
He was like a piece of cotton candy that couldn't be shaken off. He clung to the doctor tightly. Wherever Bai Yu went, he went with him, meowing and asking for a hug. He even stayed with Bai Yu when he was reading a book or newspaper. The doctor felt sorry for him and couldn't bear to refuse him, so he acquiesced silently.
As for tabby and hawksbill turtles, they are not treated so well.
The doctor was already exhausted from dealing with a platinum ball, and had no mood to accompany the energetic brother and sister, so the two kittens could only watch helplessly as their "brother" occupied the doctor's shoulders, meowing in jealousy.
Imur was holding the doctor, with only his little head sticking out from behind the doctor, and his little tail sticking up.
In the jealous eyes of the tiger-skinned hawksbill turtle, the pain during the mutation period was not so unbearable.
Tuanzi wagged his platinum tail like a small victory flag, telling the tabby and tortoiseshell clearly: "Look, I am still the most favored one in the family."
The two kittens arched their backs and breathed on Imuir. Imuir felt dizzy with the breath, finally regaining his dignity on the roof where he was ignored. He wrapped his two short paws around the doctor's neck, and then in front of the tiger-skin tortoise, he suddenly leaned over and smacked Bai Yu on the cheek.
mine!
be mine!
Anyway, whatever the kitten does will be indulged, and the doctor has kissed him before, so what's wrong with him giving him a kiss!
The doctor was cleaning the kitchen. He glanced at Tuanzi in surprise. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "I don't think you feel very bad. How about going down?"
Imur: “!”
No! Never!
He hugged me tighter.
Bai Yu was speechless, thinking that this kitten was too human-like. He shook his head and followed the kitten.
*
The next afternoon, the lady arrived as promised.
She carefully observed the clinic and confirmed that no one had approached Bai Yu all afternoon. Then she lowered the brim of her hat and walked sideways into the clinic.
The Black Robe Society had already informed Bai Yu that she was coming, so Bai Yu was not surprised. He skillfully opened the examination table like an ordinary doctor facing a patient and asked politely, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Since there was a patient present, Imur was placed in a cardboard box on the side. A soft blanket was put in the box so that the kitten could lie comfortably on it.
The Duke grasped the edge of the box, peeked over, and then frowned his non-existent eyebrows.
He recognized Mrs.
When the hammerhead shark said he wanted to catch the cat, he was with his wife.
But Bai Yu was a doctor, and Imur couldn't disturb him from seeing patients as normal.
The lady had put on makeup today, with a thick layer of ointment on her lips, which also covered the blood color, making her look sick and haggard. She cleared her throat, covered her lips with her hand and coughed twice, and then said weakly: "I was blown by the wind at night, and now I am sweating all over. I don't feel well. I want to see you."
Bai Yu cooperated with her acting, turned on the light and looked at her eyeballs and tongue coating: "It's not serious, just take some medicine and it will be fine."
He prescribed two doses of tonic for his wife.
The lady thanked him politely, then took out her wallet and stuffed the bills along with a small bag into Bai Yu's palm when she paid.
"Thank you, doctor. Here is your consultation fee."
Bai Yu calmly put it in his pocket: "I hope you get better soon."
The lady nodded, walked out quickly, looked around for a moment, and lowered the brim of her hat again.
After seeing her off, Bai Yu took the opportunity to go to the bathroom to wash his hands and take out the things in his pocket.
It was a bag of white powder and a note.
The note read: "The medicine is colorless and tasteless. Please put it in the Grand Duke's tea and food about two hours before the Grand Duke convenes the meeting."
Bai Yu tore up the note, rushed into the sewer, then picked up the powder and held it in front of his eyes to observe.
White granules, no visible effect.
66: "Are you going to do what the Black Robe Society says?"
Bai Yu: "Let's wait and see until the eve of the meeting before making plans."
Grand Duke Imur may not be a good man, but he can be called a good grand duke.
During the days that Bai Yu stayed in the Duke's Mansion, Imur worked hard on government affairs. After he returned to his position, the chaotic situation in Illia was eased, there were fewer fights between gangsters on the streets, and the city-state as a whole was relatively peaceful. For the residents at the bottom of the city, it was a rare opportunity to recuperate.
If he had to choose between Imur and the Black Robe Society as the supreme leader of Illia, Bai Yu would choose Imur.
——At least Imur wouldn’t point guns at civilians and drug people everywhere.
But on the other hand, Bai Yu's mission has come to a standstill. The Grand Duke's tolerance for him is incredibly high, and he urgently needs a breakthrough to force the Grand Duke to take action against him.
The mission stipulates that you must not voluntarily reveal your undercover identity, but if you are found out, it should not be a problem.
Bai Yu put the medicine powder close to his body, lowered his eyes and walked into the consultation room, pretending nothing had happened.
After three days of vacation, Bai Yu returned to work.
The Grand Duke arrived two hours after he returned, and then went straight into the study to deal with the government affairs that had piled up in the past few days.
The study was full of core secrets. Bai Yu and Miller, as novice butlers, were not allowed to enter. He was happy to relax and simply grabbed a handful of fish from the kitchen and went to the lake to feed the swans.
The work was easy and uneventful, so Bai Yu went to bed early. He turned off the lights and looked through the window, only to see that the Grand Duke's room was still brightly lit.
The government affairs have been piled up for three days. I wonder how long it will take Imur to finish handling them.
This had nothing to do with Bai Yu. He closed his eyes, but before he fell asleep, he heard the alarm on the bedside table.
This was the Archduke's summons, and only his room rang, not Miller's.
Bai Yu had no choice but to get up, change into a butler's outfit, and rush to the Duke's bedroom. There was only one light on in the room, and the butler and guards were nowhere to be seen. The Grand Duke had changed into home clothes. He was weak from his illness and so thin that he couldn't even support his clothes. He looked quite frail, but his appearance was still beautiful. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Bai Yu intently. His lake blue eyes reflected the light, and swaying orange-yellow spots of light fell in his eyes like a handful of crushed stars.
Bai Yu bowed and said, "Is there anything the Duke wants to hear from you so late at night?"
Yimuer asked softly: "Does what Mr. Bai said before still count?"
Bai Yu paused. He had only been in the Duke's Mansion for half a month and had only spent a few days with the Duke. He really didn't know what he was referring to, so he just asked, "What did I say?"
Imur: "When I feel uncomfortable, I can always come to you."
That is Bai Yu's commitment to his patients as a doctor.
Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "Of course, this is my duty."
He observed the Archduke's complexion.
Imur had just returned from his old home in the countryside, but his complexion looked as ugly as if he had been seriously ill, and his lips were three points paler than those of his wife who was wearing powder and makeup.
In his previous life, Bai Yu would have advised him to go to the hospital immediately instead of asking a veterinarian.
But now, he could only stand by the bed: "Please tell me about your symptoms."
The Archduke paused delicately for a moment.
What symptoms could Imur have? It was just the sequelae of the mutation period, but he couldn't explain these things to the doctor, let alone treat them, so he said vaguely: "Maybe I caught a cold and was blown by a cold wind."
Bai Yu frowned.
Yimuer's condition was a serious internal deficiency, and it was definitely not a cold, but the Grand Duke insisted and refused to give in. Bai Yu got a little angry for no reason and said coldly: "Sir, if this is the case, I am afraid I can't cure your illness."
The patient himself does not care about his health, is afraid to see a doctor, hides his illness and refuses to tell the doctor, what can the doctor do?
He glanced at Yimuer and said, "If you really don't want to talk, I can only prescribe some tonic prescriptions."
After saying that, he stood up and turned to leave.
"Oh, don't."
Although the male servant was so presumptuous, Yimuer did not seem angry. He was a little anxious. He rushed over from the bedside and grabbed Bai Yu's sleeve. His cold white fingers exerted force, forcing a little red on the tip of his finger: "I don't want you to treat it."
Bai Yu frowned even more tightly.
The Duke looks so exhausted, and he calls a doctor but doesn't want him to treat him. Are you trying to make fun of him in the middle of the night?
Seeing his expression, Imur twitched his ears slightly. If he was in kitten form, he might have had airplane ears again: "I want to say..."
Imur looked up at him and said slowly, "Stay with me."
Now is the end of the mutation period. The unbearable pain in the muscles and bones has long subsided, leaving only a barely detectable soreness in the bone joints. During this period, Imur can live a normal life and review government affairs without the need for a doctor.
But after being accompanied and hugged, the kitten found it difficult to adapt to the long, lonely nights.
Accustomed to the doctor's body temperature, today's quilt was particularly cold. Imur tossed and turned for a long time, unable to control himself. An idea kept clamoring in his mind. He hesitated and finally called a doctor.
——I want Bai Yu to be with me.
Bai Yu couldn't figure out what he was thinking: "What do you want me to do? Please tell me clearly."
Imur looked up at him and asked tentatively: "I want to sleep on your lap?"
The kitten was used to sleeping on the doctor's thighs, abdomen and chest, but the Duke had never slept on them before.
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows.
Although he was the Duke's valet, it was still an impolite request.
Imur bit his lower lip again, then realized something was wrong. He loosened his grip on his sleeve, maintained the courtesy of a grand duke, and raised his chin slightly: "There is another bed in my room. Or, can you sleep there?"
That was a ward bed, originally also used for servants to rest at night.
Bai Yu paused slightly.
The Duke had slender limbs, a rich and beautiful face, and the curve of his profile was incredibly delicate, like a work of art that was polished bit by bit with a file by the most skilled craftsman in Ilria. But when Bai Yu looked at him, he somehow thought of the chubby kitten at home.
Those lake blue eyes are especially similar.
The Grand Duke's face was pale, with only a little red on his cheeks, as if he had a low fever. He was not very old, between a teenager and a young man, a little immature. If this was Bai Yu's previous life, he should still be studying.
Sick people always need comfort.
The doctor leaned over and touched his forehead which was still covered with cold sweat, sighed slightly, and softened his heart.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and thought to himself, "Go to sleep. It's just a thigh. It won't lose any meat."
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