◇ Chapter 84 Invitation
Very, very beautiful?
Imur pursed his lips, trying hard to suppress his smile and maintain the Duke's elegant and calm demeanor.
The Grand Duke had heard countless compliments on his appearance throughout his life, but this time was definitely the happiest one.
Imur raised his eyes and saw Bai Yu standing in front of him, leaning against the railing with a faint smile on his lips.
Imur wanted to hold the doctor's hand.
He not only wanted to hold hands, he also wanted to hug the doctor, kiss the doctor's cheeks and lips, and finally rub against his chest like a kitten and sleep in the doctor's arms.
But now that he was a duke, he could only pretend to be calm and walked to the doctor, coughing and clearing his throat: "Mr. Bai, Mr. Bai, I want to talk to you about the Black Robe Society."
In fact, he wasn't sure what to call Bai Yu now, so he just remained polite and kept it as it was.
Bai Yu nodded, as if smiling: "Okay, what do you want to know?"
They sat down at the two ends of the desk in the Duke's bedroom. Imur lowered his eyes and stared at the decorations on the corner of the desk, his fingers pressing the corner of the desk tightly: "I want to know what you think of the Black Robe Society, whether you belong to the Black Robe Society now, and why you are unwilling to leave the city and turn back halfway."
The undercover matter was not explained clearly, and it was still a thorn between the two of them.
Bai Yu paused and said calmly: "I have nothing to do with the Black Robe Society."
The one who is related to the Black Robe Society is the original owner, Bai Yu is just a person who is on a mission.
He sighed slightly: "It sounds a bit bizarre, but if you want to believe it, you can assume that I have lost my memory. I may have been loyal to the Black Robe Society, but after losing my memory, I have nothing to do with them."
Bai Yu has a system, but he can't explain this to Imur, and the original owner was a lackey of the Black Robe Society. After Bai Yu came here, he had no memories and no plot. He was blind and had to rely on groping. There was nothing wrong with saying that he had lost his memory.
After saying that, Bai Yu stopped talking and waited for Imur's reaction.
To be honest, this reason was exaggerated and outrageous, and no superior would believe it, but Imur frowned and thought about it. After a moment, he accepted it calmly: "So that's it."
If the doctor wants to harm him, it's not his turn now.
"As for why I came back..." Bai Yu paused for a moment and answered the next question. He thought for a moment and said, "Hmm..."
The Duke leaned forward slightly, and Bai Yu could even imagine a pair of kitten ears standing up above his head.
Bai Yu: "The straw on the cart is too rough and my waist hurts. I prefer the bed in the Duke's Mansion to sleep more comfortably."
Imur: “!”
It’s because of this!
He clenched his back teeth and tried to scratch the doctor.
So the platinum kitten is not that important at all?!
Bai Yu just shook his head but smiled without saying anything.
——Of course, it was because he was worried about his kitten, but Bai Yu was an Oriental after all, with the unique reserve of Orientals. He saw that Imur's fur was starting to get mad, and the Duke's non-existent tail seemed to stand up, so he changed the subject: "I have seen the leader of the Black Robe Society, he should be your uncle, but I think you should know it too."
This was an open secret among the top nobles, and Imur knew it very well, but he had no evidence.
Speaking of business, Imur straightened his posture and nodded, "I know, but it's a pity that he is cunning and I didn't find any evidence against him."
Bai Yu pondered for a moment: "Although I have lost my memory, I have a vague feeling that I may have something that the black robe would care about."
He looked at Imur: "There was a fire in the Grand Duke's Mansion before. I heard that there was an assassin who came specifically to kill me?"
Imur: "Yes, but we didn't get anything out of him. The assassin was a captive assassin with excellent skills. It took more than a dozen personal guards to capture him. Unfortunately, he was brainwashed and controlled by the Black Robe Society, so I couldn't use him. He was very stubborn. We tried every possible means, but he only confessed some insignificant things. Later, the interrogator didn't keep an eye on him, and he committed suicide in prison."
Bai Yu: "So there are other dungeons in the mansion?"
The topic changed so quickly that Imur was stunned: "What?"
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Isn't the small building where I live a dungeon? Since you interrogated him in the dungeon, why didn't I hear any screams?"
Not only did I not hear any screams, there wasn't even a bird chirping.
“…”
What else could it be? Of course, the Grand Duke was reluctant to let go, so he called a deer a horse and insisted that the small building was a dungeon. Bai Yu knew this very well. He just thought that Imur's embarrassed look was cute and wanted to tease the kitten.
The kitten really didn't take to being teased. Imur stared at him blankly, his ears suddenly turned red, and he avoided her gaze: "...Actually, the Duke's Mansion has... um, two dungeons."
Bai Yu said, "So there are two dungeons."
The tone of voice was strange, and it was hard to tell whether he believed it or not.
"Yes, yes." Ymur twisted his clothes and said stiffly, "Why do you suddenly mention the assassin?"
Bai Yu said, "I just feel a little strange... You also said that the assassin is very skilled and loyal. Such an assassin is one in a million and it costs a lot to train him. Even for the Black Robe Society, he is precious manpower. With my position in the Black Robe Society, it is not cost-effective to use an assassin of this level to kill me."
Bai Yu, his wife and Hammerhead Shark are all middle-level members of the Black Robe Society. They have some status and know some information, but that's all. The assassin is obviously a leader among killers. What would make the Black Robe Society use such a person to assassinate Bai Yu?
Bai Yu: "The assassin came straight to me. Did he go to find the lady?"
Imur: "No, he passed by the dungeon, but he didn't look at the lady, he went straight to you."
This is even weirder.
He and his wife have similar status, but in the eyes of the man in black robe, he treats his wife as nothing. His wife is even the nominal controller of a mine in Illia, which makes her much better than Bai Yu, a penniless doctor.
But compared to my wife, what is so special about Bai Yu?
Bai Yu thought that the original owner should know something that he didn't know, or it might be the secret of the Black Robe Society.
But what is it?
He and Imur pondered for a while face to face, but they had no clue and could not figure out anything. Seeing that the sky was about to brighten, Bai Yu felt sleepy. He bowed slightly and said, "Let's discuss it later. I'm going to rest first."
Imur: “…Yeah.”
He watched Bai Yu walk out of the room and into the servant's quarters next door.
The room was furnished just as it had been when the doctor had left it.
Imur scratched the quilt with his fingers, feeling a little annoyed.
He wanted the doctor to stay and sleep with him.
But kittens and humans are different after all. The doctor can hug the kitten without restraint, but with Imur's current condition, he cannot hug the Grand Duke without restraint. He thought for a moment and went to the next room.
After a while, the lights next door also went out.
The Duke's Mansion was quiet and peaceful late at night, you could hear a pin drop. Imur leaned against the wall and could hear the doctor's shallow breathing.
The regular breathing was like the best white noise. Imur lowered his eyes and soon became sleepy.
Half asleep and half awake, he thought: "What role should I assign to the doctor?"
The identity of a male servant is no longer useful, so I have to choose a new one.
*
The next morning, the Duke's Mansion welcomed back his master, and the mansion became lively again.
Meanwhile, gossip about the Duke continues unabated. The story of the undercover valet has come to an end, and now the maids like to discuss a new character.
——Legend has it that three days after the death of Bai Yu, the flattering servant who deceived his master, Grand Duke Imur returned from his mother's house and brought back a new favorite.
The new favorite was as tall as Bai Yu, with a narrow waist under the belt, and straight and slender legs wrapped in trousers. His back was exactly 90% similar to the dead servant. Grand Duke Imur loved him very much, and as soon as he arrived at the Duke's Palace, he was awarded the title of baron.
The only thing was that the Duke gave the man a mask and asked him to wear it day and night and not take it off.
So messages spread everywhere in the mansion, saying that the Duke still had feelings for the male servant and found a replacement, but the replacement was ugly and didn't look like Bai Yu, so he had to cover it up.
Some waiters also observed that the newly promoted baron never spoke or made any sound, not even an exclamation point. So there was a rumor that he was poisoned and made mute by the Duke because his voice did not sound like Bai Yu's and the Duke did not want him to speak.
The story became more and more outrageous, and by the time Bai Yu heard it, there were already countless versions of it.
In this version of the story, the platinum kitten has become a villain who plays with people's hearts and is unforgivable.
Bai Yu: “…”
He wore a silver mask, which was deliberately made to look ferocious in order to create a gap between him and the image of a doctor. However, many maids actually showed pity when they passed by him.
——Oh, look, this is the poor man who was played around with by the Duke.
Bai Yu: “…”
These days, he naturally took over part of the housekeeper's work and began to be responsible for the Grand Duke's diet. The kitten was very well-behaved in his hands. It would eat leaves when asked to, sleep when asked to, and even take a bite of the cucumber that it usually disliked. Bai Yu estimated that if he could raise the kitten for two years, Imur's health would be restored.
Kittens look better when they are a little fluffy.
He settled down in the Duke's Mansion, and after discussing with Imur, he took Tiger Skin and Hawksbill Turtle over. The Duke gritted his teeth and agreed, and threw the two kittens to the old housekeeper, saying that Bai Yu was not allowed to take care of them.
They lived and rubbed against each other as usual, but living with two people was different from raising a kitten after all. The Grand Duke and his servant maintained a subtle distance. During the meal, Imur unconsciously rubbed against Bai Yu, their knees touching their knees, their elbows touching their elbows.
Bai Yu didn't like physical contact with other people, but the kitten was an exception. He indulged Imur to get close to him and occupy his dining space. From time to time, he would pinch the kitten's paws soothingly under the table, but more than that, nothing else.
After all, it was the first time for the doctor to raise a kitten that could transform into a human.
The waitresses and ladies-in-waiting saw everything, and the exaggerated rumors became more and more intense. In the end, it was said that the Duke was flirting with the new male servant at the dinner table, and the male servant did not dare to fight back due to his status.
Whether intentional or unintentional, the news even spread beyond the Duke's Palace and caused a sensation in the aristocratic circle.
As the new favorite of Grand Duke Imur and the newly promoted baron of the principality, Bai Yu received many banquet invitations from nobles. He had no interest in any of them and just glanced at the invitations quickly before putting them in the drawer.
But on this day, something different was handed in.
The paper of this invitation was exceptionally thick, and it was stamped with a vermilion wax seal coated with a layer of gold powder. Bai Yu casually flipped it open and, apart from the meaningless polite words, he found that the signature was actually - Reese.
Grand Duke Imur's uncle, the old man seen at the Black Robe Meeting.
He specifically mentioned Bai Yu's name and invited him to meet him.
The author has something to say:
It's the end of the year and there are a lot of things to do orz
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
