CH 13.1

We moved Rupert to the sofa instead of the bed. It was because Janice insisted that she had just changed the bedclothes this afternoon.

Lying on a large and ornate sofa, Rupert looked smaller. His skinny arms fell down the couch.

I put his arm on the sofa properly and ordered Janice to bring a basin of warm water.

After preparing the basin and towel, Janice brought a blanket and clothes for Rupert. In the meantime, I was listening to Zoe how she managed to get Rupert.

I thought Zoe would ask for an additional payment because she said it wasn’t tough, but it wasn’t easy either.

However, after she was done talking, she only watched Janice moving around.

Janice wiped Rupert’s body with a skillful touch. While her touch was gentle, her mouth wasn’t.

“He is so dirty. Did you pick him up from the trash can? Oh my, the blood wasn’t his. This much blood splattered… Is he involved in a homicide?

Whenever Janice found blood and dirt on Rupert’s body, her imagination went wilder.

“Has she always been this fussy?”

“It’s because she is too anxious. She isn’t… usually like this.”

Sorry, Janice. I stammered just now.

There were a lot of things happening around us these days that made you anxious. Perhaps, that was why Because there are many things around us these days that make you nervous. Maybe it would take a while before I could see the composed Janice.

“She did a good job.”

“That’s Janice’s strength. She works better when she is excited. Should I say she works three times more efficiently?”

According to a paper I saw in the past, excitement helped blood circulation, which clarified one’s mind and thus accelerated work processing.

“She does need stimulation once in a while.”

At Zoe’s words, I nodded.

While Zoe and I were chatting, Rupert became clean.

Even though Rupert was skinny, he was taller than Janice, so how did she change his clothes? Anyway, she was terrific.

“It’s time for his sedative to wear off.”

As soon as Zoe spoke, Rupert’s fingers moved. I approached him and shook Rupert’s body.

“Rupert, are you awake? Open your eyes if you are.”

“Ah······.”

A thin moan came out. It was a painful moan.

“Rupert”!

A pale face, trembling eyelashes, and a painful moan.

“Do you feel sick any–”

“….I’m hungry.”

Rupert opened his eyes wide. He made eye contact with me, who had my face close to his to take a closer look.

“Something delicious, something nice.”

His eyes flashed.

The moment I met his crazy eyes, he pulled me.

His red lips opened, and I saw a glimpse of his canine teeth.

I stood bracing myself for the pain that was about to come.

***

“Argh!”

Janice screamed.

Dallas, the doctor of the Irenberg family, frowned and held Janice, who kept trying to pull her arm off his grasp.

“Don’t be such a cry baby.”

When Dallas said that firmly, Zenith flinched.

“What do you mean, crybaby? Can’t you see these clear teeth marks?”

Janice waved her hand wrapped in a bandage.

“I can see it. I can see it very well. But you didn’t have to scream. I didn’t even see blood. It’s an animal bite, but you would be fine. Is there any animal that bites people in the mansion?”

Dallas asked very coldly as he was diagnosing Janice’s condition.

“Just by looking at the wound, it seems like a massive animal. I don’t know what animal it is, but you have to catch it and kill it immediately. Animals that bite people once will keep biting.”

Rupert, who was sitting on the other side of the room, flinched.

Because the animal that bit Janice was none other than Rupert.

What a mess.

Rupert, who woke up with the effect of the drug in his system, was starving. Just in time, Janice brought in some food to my room.

Rupert smelled the delicious aroma and mistook me, who was in front of him, for food. Instinctively, he grabbed what was in front of him.

Which was me.

Janice, who saw Rupert pulling me and opening his mouth wide, put her arm in front of Rupert’s mouth just before I was bitten.

Thus ended with Rupert biting Janice’s arm.

He bit so hard that even Dallas couldn’t tell whether it was a human or an animal’s teeth because of the shape of the bite marks.

“I’ll take care of it, Dallas. Is there anything else she needs to be careful about?”

I quickly asked before Dallas suspected.

“She has to be careful not to get the bandage wet. But it will be difficult for the maid not to get wet, so she will have a hard time.”

Dallas packed his bag after he finished dressing the wound.

I was going to ask Dallas if he had any new information about Cassion’s illness. However, now that Rupert was here, I decided not to.

“You have to take good care of your wounds so that they don’t get hurt.”

Dallas told Janice the precautions in detail and grabbed his bag. He politely excused himself to me and left the room.

After the door closed, Rupert stood up, looking at Janice.

Then Janice reflexively blocked me.

“I… won’t bite. Anyway, where is this?”

Rupert seemed to be ashamed for mistaking a person’s arm for food.

He looked around and tried to figure out the situation. He looked like a meerkat comprehending its environment.

I bet he was surprised.