Chapter 127 - The Bright Next Day (Part 2)

Giovanni was still sleeping soundly, so he was in physical shape resting on the bed. The citrus green eyes followed Emery's steps and took in the sleeping human's face a little.

"Don't move, okay? He's easily scary and impressionable," Emery said suddenly seeing Arabeth catching a lock of hair from the sleeping youth.

Azarphy looked at Giovanni and I remember him using magic to fight possessed people, even with a demonic relic in play the young man didn't hesitate to attack and fight, he didn't look at all scared.

"So I'm going to stay hidden forever?" Arabeth questioned with sour humor. He still had a strong impression of Giovanni, but now he felt jealous over the existence of this human who was so important to his master.

He and Emery were bound by a contract, so how could he not walk alongside his master?

Just imagining the various people who would be by Emery's side, including the dog who was a petty demon next to him, a marquis, made him even angrier that he didn't see himself in those people who could be beside his master.

"This…" Emery didn't know how to answer Arabeth's question.

Would it be okay if he just came up with a person from absolutely nowhere beside him?

"You should at least introduce the demon to the human boys. Whether it's a servant or someone you've brought in from outside. No need to announce to the four corners of the world that you have a devil"

Azarphy advised Emery, but he couldn't help but mock the human and demon who seemed to have lower IQs than he'd imagined.

"No need to show it to everyone, he can walk invisible to others if you want. The devil is jealous, he will become rebellious if you ignore him"

Azarphy warned Emery when he saw the look of doubt as he watched the sleeping Giovanni.

Emery quickly returned to reasoning correctly thanks to the advice of the fallen archangel, he could not forget Arabeth's personality was obsessive and selfish, he felt anger when his master paid less attention.

Luckily, he wasn't Giovanni and he had Azarphy as a big BOSS to keep the demon occupied, which let Emery act more freely, if he was the Arabeth of the original work, the room would be broken and he'd be tied to the bed until the demon's jealousy passed.

Of course, he wasn't as weak as Giovanni was at the beginning of the original book either, so he would fight Arabeth and they would both get hurt in the end.

"I think you would win... Tsk... Tsk... I don't know where you got the imagination that this demon could be so dominating" Azarphy who read Emery's mind scoffed a little when he saw such Arabeth.

"Not quite, if I were weaker…" Emery tried to argue, only to be interrupted when he felt his lips being taken too gently.

It was only a few seconds, the heat spreading through his red lips, transmitting heat to his toes and strands of hair, his senses were stunned for a few moments and a slightly fragile look was shown in the usually confident gaze of the bishop.

"You're too weak," Azarphy's voice was whispered in Emery's ear, seeming to promise things that had nothing to do with the sacred, except the most sacred of sins.

Emery: (...)

Arabeth: ZZZ

Arabeth was too lazy to deal with Azarphy and Emery, he might as well rest and let the human deal with shameless feather face.

"Good job, master"

Arabeth wished "all his heart" as he wrapped himself in a blanket and took a nap, his mortal body needed rest which was new to him, but now that he was comfortable in bed, his eyelids felt heavy and he yawned.

Well, he couldn't fight the archangel or his master, so if the two "fight" good for him.

Yes, Arabeth remained selfish and malicious.

At the Jiang-Li Hotel, sunlight also fell into Theo's room.

The young man stretched and looked around, surprised to find himself in the double bed, he was dressed in the robe provided by the hotel. He rubbed his still sleepy eyes, he remembered falling asleep at the table while reading the book Louis had given him.

"Are you awake, young Theo?" Lee Ming's voice rang out making Theo even more surprised and a little suspicious by the presence of the apparent hotel manager.

"Lee Ming, don't go scaring the kid. Theo the food has arrived now, go wash up there is a bowl of hot water behind the separator"

Louis spoke which reassured Theo for a moment, but he was still confused by Lee Ming's presence in their room so early…or wasn't it so early in the morning?

Lee Ming chuckled a little and sat down to eat, Louis' eyes following the slender figure of the man who wore an even looser outfit showing some fair skin and who had some red kiss marks.

"You can't look at me like that... I'm going to be really busy today" Lee Ming said playing with the sashimi on his plate.

The food was split between exotic food coming from the Eastern Continent and the typical food from the Central Continent, it would be good for Theo to increase his cultural knowledge.

"Don't worry, I'll get you"

Louis said with a very serious look, but the smirk made Lee Ming's pulse increase, he knew there was truth in the man's words.

"The clients..."

"Dead," Louis said with a polite smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"This can't…" Lee Ming tried to say that he couldn't kill that easily in the capital.

"What can't be customers thinking they can take advantage of people who are sponsored by an archduke"

Louis said very coldly, he took Lee Ming's hand kissing the wrist whose skin was marked with something similar to a rope. The wound looked old, seeing the wound after the man took off the gold bracelets, he almost went to kill the bastards right then and there, but Lee Ming distracted him until dawn.

"Louis…" Lee Ming tried to argue. He didn't want the butler to get involved in unnecessary trouble by people like him.

Lee Ming considered himself an object that should be used well by the Archduke's family, even if it meant harm to their own well-being.

"Ming-Yue is also going through this?" Louis interrupted Lee Ming's speech, his fingers intertwining with that hand that now felt fragile.

"Antonella wouldn't allow it," Lee Ming said with some bitterness in his voice. He was torn between resentment at putting up with it all alone and the feeling of relief that his sister was safe.

"She knows this?"

"I couldn't tell her that… She would have killed them and we would have been arrested and executed. You know how xenophobic people in the Kingdom of Dawn are"

Lee Ming spoke with despondency and with some concern, he couldn't allow Louis to tell Ming-Yue, he didn't want to be looked upon with pity by his sister and she didn't want her to blame herself for things the two of them couldn't control.

"Fine, I'll leave you out of this. Don't worry anymore, I'll make the message clear... I'll talk to the marquise too. Well, how many disciples can you trust the hotel?"

Louis said knowing what Lee Ming was thinking, the two brothers were very close, but one feared the other would end up in trouble, so they both ended up suppressing their feelings and personal problems.

"I have two very talented and trustworthy disciples. Ming-Yue has already investigated their histories. Immigrants with families in another country seem more like fugitives from their country of origin... Well, they are honest in character and very afraid to return home..." Lee Ming starts talking about the two disciples, Josh and Austen, they have already been delegated with problematic and trustworthy tasks, doing everything with flying colors.

"Excellent"

"Why? Do you plan on taking them with you? I thought young Theo would be your disciple and new butler for young master Darcy," Lee Ming said a little jealously. The young people who follow Louis would be very lucky and with all the protection of Archduke Leon, a very good life ahead.

And of course all of Louis' care and attention.

Lee Ming knew that feeling like this was childish and foolish, but he felt bitter and sad, he wanted to be more important than he really could be.

"It's not that, I'm taking you and Ming-Yue to the Aurore Empire. Young Master Emery needs to build an information network... A group of his own people, as well as running some businesses to generate income unrelated to the Archduke, if he wants to fight the greedy family... That's the most I can say about that subject"

Louis said bringing the sullen Lee Ming onto his lap, he kissed the mark on the surprised man's neck.

"You will have less than five days to transfer your duties and organize the hotel accounting for your two disciples"

"That..."

"Does not want to go?" Louis inquiring seeing Theo looking at the two men in a compromising position with wide, surprised eyes. Louis smiled at the teenager, which left him with his face burning with embarrassment.

Theo lowered his head but didn't dare hide and went to the table, neither Louis nor Lee Ming was embarrassed to see the embarrassed teenager.

"I want! I really want!" Lee Ming responded excitedly and hugged the butler tightly.

"Well... Very good, in the meantime, I'm solving some things for young master Emery, I won't forget what I told you earlier," Louis said with an icy look.

He would kill the bastards who dared to lay a hand on something that belonged to him.

Louis felt a little guilty that he had left Lee Ming there, out of his sight, but how did he know there were so many silly people who would mess with someone who worked for the Archduke?

Theo seeing those icy eyes as he took a little peek at the couple, felt deep fear, and like someone out of an abbey he prayed for the souls of those poor people.

Of course, Theo well knew that behind the good butler's veneer, Louis was more dangerous than the legendary demon he so often heard his teachers talk about.

Bao: *a cute little dog*

Arabeth: *a handsome man with cat ears*

Emery: I think Louis is more dangerous than them!

Azarphy: Is he really? *destroys another tree to dust just by snapping his fingers*

Emery: (....)