Chapter 143 - I'm Not Sleeping, I'm Training! (Part.2)

In addition to the good story, the sweets, the soft voice of omega that made the children more relaxed, there was also the exotic beauty of Prince Mu for children who were not so exposed to the globalized world yet, the fair skin that reminded a lot of jewels from Zara who shone like stars in the dark sky and pointed ears, made Mu Liang a complete combo that hooked the children's interest and curiosity.

After an hour of interacting with the children in the playroom, Mu Liang and Rashid were taken to the latter's room by an attentive nurse, who like every day briefly explained Rashid's painting to Prince Mu.

The legal process was already completed so Mu Liang and Gyasi became the new legal guardians for Rashid, so the nurse very kindly reported everything about the child.

After the nurse left, Mu Liang looked very excited for a person who was going to take a nap, he sat in a recliner and waited for Rashid to go to bed to read or just go to the couch to do something else but Rashid to close to him and looked at him with a rather rude expression.

"Is there a problem, Rashid?" Mu Liang asked noting the atypical behavior of the child who remained disinterested in him.

"Who are you? What's the reason you're here?" Rashid asked rudely, he was acting like that because he was suspicious and afraid of this person trying to approach him in a strange way.

"I already told you on the first day, I am the companion of your third eldest brother, Gyasi, my nome is Mu Liang. Because of the things that happened with your mother, Gyasi and I will take care of you until you are an adult and want to make other arrangements in the future." Mu Liang explained patiently, that he would surprise Gyasi seeing such a calm and gentle attitude of his fiance usually tsundere and a little proud.

Mu Liang in his original world as Chu Jiayi he had a younger sister that he treasured and loved very much, so he had some prior experience dealing with a child or even a teenager.

So he knew it was best to be blunt in words with Rashid, without flourish and being as honest as possible. Ignoring that Concubine Jang hurt her own son and pretending that none of this was happening would only make Rashid feel more uncomfortable and suspicious of Mu Liang. Of course, Mu Liang had to explain again about the issue of legal guardians to Rashid, which was similar to being parents to Rashid, as all responsibilities were similar to parents.

"I didn't ask for new parents!" Rashid said angrily. He had every right to be angry as even his father, the retired emperor Ehione, hadn't volunteered to take care of him (well, at the time of Gyasi's decision, Ehione was in a coma), now he would be taken care of by the brother who he had barely seen it in his entire life.

"We will not be your new parents, but your legal guardians. You don't need to call me father or Gyasi. Whether you call me uncle or big brother" Mu Liang said calmly and understandingly, if he were in Rashid's shoes maybe he would act even more rebellious than yelling and being rude.

Things were sure to explode out there, which showed that Rashid's personality was of a very gentle nature.

"What a nice legal guardian you are that you only sleep while you're here! Is the uncle pretending to be nice so that the third brother will like his uncle better? Or is it for others to see you as a good person? Anyway, you're just trash, it's no use doing good deeds!" Rashid said after being surprised by Mu Liang's words. However, he couldn't help but provoke the adult beside him, after all, in the child's wounded heart, all adults are suspect and can hurt him at any time.

Even his own mother, who said she loved him with all her heart, threw him away and nearly killed him just to gain time to escape.

"I'm not napping, who can sleep well in a hospital if they're not being treated? I'm training," Mu Liang said nonchalantly and lazily stretched and yawned. He didn't seem offended by the child's derogatory words, which was very understanding considering the child's angry and terrified look, he would have to be very silly and cowardly to fight back that kind of offense as if he could hurt an animal injured.

"Uncle must think I'm some kind of mentally handicapped? I just see Uncle napping all the time!" Rashid felt even angrier seeing Prince Mu's lazy attitude.

"If I prove I was training, would you agree to go to the palace with me today? Of course, you would have to keep a secret about what I'm going to show you now, okay?" Mu Liang asked raising his eyebrow and looking very serious as if bargaining with Rashid was a very serious matter.

"If uncle proves he's training, I'll ask to leave at this point and go without complaint to the palace with uncle," Rashid said lifting his small chin arrogantly and crossing his arms, it was supposed to look imposing, but a small child acting like an adult it was more to be funny or cute than to have some imposing aura.

"Then let's take the little finger oath," Mu Liang said raising his hand and showing his little finger. If this were in his old world, people would only see him as a deceiver of small children, but since that kind of oath didn't exist in this new world, one would think Prince Mu was being too serious.

"That one of your stories?

"Oh, so you've been listening to my stories all this time. I thought you just enjoyed reading these silly Little Zerg stories..." Mu Liang said with a victorious and irritating smile, making Rashid feel a little guilty and a little more resentful towards this uncle he sought to provoke him for anything.

"Who was listening to your stories... You speak so loud that it hindered my reading... Uncle, don't deviate from the subject, is it the same oath?" Rashid said after being caught by Mu Liang and he felt his face heat up in embarrassment and changed the subject.

"Yes, it is the same oath. If you break the oath you will have to swallow a thousand needles!" Mu Liang said very seriously making Rashid tense about taking the oath.

"If you can't prove you weren't napping, what's in it for me?" Rashid asked suddenly realizing that he only had to lose with the previous bet. Which made Mu Liang smile pleasantly at the child, who showed a personality similar to Gyasi, a little boy who couldn't have the slightest disadvantage and already had a mind with schemes.

"What do you want from me?" Mu Liang asked curiously, despite knowing deep down what the child wanted the most, after all, things became chaos around the little boy.

"I want to go back with my nanny and live in the old palace..." Rashid said with a little hesitation, after all, he still felt a little nervous about the whole thing, but he missed his nanny and his room. . As long as he never went to his mother's room again, he might as well live happily as before.

Of course, this was a childish way of wishing everything was the way it was before the tragedy. Mu Liang felt a little pain in his heart, knowing what the child really wanted, but this was not something he could give Rashid.

"I can't let you live away from me and Gyasi, that would be impossible. However, your nanny will be able to take care of you there in our palace, of course, if you win the bet. Would this be okay?"

"I can accept that, so let's take the little finger oath," Rashid said after thinking for a moment. He vaguely understood that it would be weird for legal guardians to live far away from the child they were supposed to care for, but he was still a little disappointed.

"I swear to keep the promise and if I break the promise I will swallow 1000 silver needles," the two said at the same time, holding their little fingers together, which proved that Rashid had heard many of the stories that Mu Liang had been telling in the past few days.

"Okay, now prove to me you weren't sleeping!" Rashid said petulantly.

"Well, then you should lie down on the bed and give me your hand" Mu Liang asked gently patting the bed mattress.

Rashid looked a little suspicious and very incredulous, but he obediently lay down on the bed and took Mu Liang's big hand, the hand was slightly cold, but Rashid felt a strange heat in his heart.

Suddenly Rashid's mind was sucked by something and he suddenly passed out, the scene was very beautiful with Mu Liang sleeping holding Rashid's hand who was also sleeping peacefully.