The Young Master I Carefully Raised Became Obsessive

“Derol?” I said in a trembling voice. Soon, Derol’s ears perked up and moved before he opened his eyes. I touched his head. “Derol, are you okay?”

“Master, this is…”

“Ardion’s mansion. Are you okay?”

Derol slowly nodded, then raised his head and looked around. “Did you save me, Master?”

“To be exact, I brought you here, and the healer saved you.”

“Still, thank you for bringing me here.”

“I can’t just leave you looking like that.”

“That’s true.” Derol nodded vigorously, then said, “Master, the necklace…”

I smiled and patted Derol. “Fortunately, I got the necklace. Now all that's left is for Ardion to completely clear up his supposed crimes.“

"Rowell will be punished as well."

"Yes, he must be punished unconditionally."

"How about you, Master? Are you fine?"

I hesitated for a moment. However, it seemed useless to hide it from Derol. "My mana is very unstable."

"Then isn't it very dangerous?"

When I nodded, Derol looked at my face with concern. "Master, I should have helped you more. I'm sorry."

"No, Derol. You did your best."

"Then what will happen to you now?"

"I need to recharge my mana effectively with a human body."

Derol sighed as soon as he heard that. "Then we'll need Ardion more."

As expected, Derol was smart and understood right away. I looked at my trembling hands. Maybe it was fortunate that Ardion was around.

In my current state, he was the best person who could heal me.

I rested for a while when the butler knocked on the door.

“Lady Laila, I brought you food.”

I slowly got up from the bed. The butler brought food with a servant. It looked quite delicious. I didn’t really have an appetite, but I thought I would recover quicker if I forced myself to eat.

When I picked up the fork, the butler lowered his head and left the room. I glanced at the bed and saw that Derol was already asleep.

I ate the food slowly so as not to wake Derol. The food tasted great. It was even tastier than the food I had eaten at the palace. In particular, the soup and the chocolate chip cookie that came as dessert were superb.

It was the first time I had tasted chocolate chip cookies this delicious.

The cookies that I thought would only be sweet tasted nutty, and they lingered happily in my mouth.

If I sold these cookies in the capital, they would sell well.

It was the best taste I had ever had, to the point where I even thought about starting a business. I ate a few more cookies, thanking the chef for making such delicious food.

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In the hallway leading to the conference room in Rowell Palace, Rowell nervously quickened his pace, disrupting his usual fast-walking speed.

The people in front of the conference room hurriedly lowered their heads as the door opened before them.

Rowell quickly approached the person sitting in the conference room. “Are you trying to kill me?”

Ardion, who had been sitting still, looked up, his green eyes flashing dangerously. “Wasn’t it you who tried to kill me?”

Rowell grabbed Ardion’s upper body by the hem of his clothes. “Yeah, it would have been nice if you had died gracefully, but the problem is that you’re alive now.”

He laughed bitterly, his neat face distorted. “If it weren’t for that oracle, I would have killed you a long time ago.”

The hand holding Ardion’s clothes trembled.

“Then why don’t you kill me now?” Ardion laughed cruelly,

Rowell’s hands let go. “Dirty bastard.”

Rowell signaled at a servant nearby. The servant immediately brought a silver basin, and he washed his hands in the basin. “Ardion, you are dirty blood, a shameless and dirty piece of trash who doesn’t know his place, just like your mother.”

“I never asked them to give birth to me.”

“Then pretend to be dead so you can live. And why are you standing here?”

“You provoked me first.”

“What?”

Ardion slowly got up, and a strange smile appeared on his face. “It would have been easier if you had locked me up in Duke Orchid’s mansion.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I mean, I was happy there in my own way, more so than in this palace.”

“So, now you’re making a fuss to get revenge on me?” Rowell tilted his head slightly while sitting on the table.

Ardion simply smiled and stared at him. “That’s where you first tripped up Laila, and you tried to kill Laila using Serina.”

“Oh, the woman you cherish so much. But what should I do?”

Ardion’s eyes sharpened.

Rowell smiled subtly, seemingly enjoying his reaction. “That woman, she’s going to marry me.”

“What?” Ardion quickly approached Rowell. “What are you talking about?”

He finally grabbed Rowell’s hem.

“You can’t see anything because we’re talking about that woman. How dare you hold onto my clothes like this? Tell me exactly what you mean. Don’t drag this out!”

A magical light flowed out from Ardion’s hand. He stared at Rowell as if he didn’t even notice he was emitting such light.

Rowell’s eyebrows hardened. He felt the light gathering around him was unpleasant and dirty. “Speak up. If not, I will deal with all your crimes according to the law.”

Only then did Ardion let go of Rowell, who nervously brushed his clothes. The servant brought the silver basin again, but he pushed it away with his hand. The water filling the basin spilled on the floor.

The servant was surprised and tried to clean it up, but Rowell shouted, “Get out!”

Then several servants waiting in the conference room bowed their heads and left the room.

Rowell took a deep breath, rested his head on the table, and then raised his head, his eyes flashing with murderous intent. “The evidence you gave me, you organized it very well. It looks like you didn’t do it, so it should be that woman’s, right?”

Ardion was silent, only glaring at him.

Rowell merely snickered at him. “Oh, right, that woman came to my room and took the necklace you gave her. But…”

“What do you mean, Laila went to your room?”

“That’s right. She was in my room wearing a maid’s uniform. How sneaky of her.”

The blue magic light pierced Rowell, and he coughed roughly, clutching his chest. His face became even more distorted, and he slammed the table. “If you kill me, you’ll only lose out.”

“Lose? The people of the empire all want you dead.”

Rowell scowled. “What’s so precious about the people of the empire? They don’t even have any power.”

“…”

“Idiot, if you kill me, the House of Nobles won’t stay still. More than half of them are my people, and they think the blood of a bastard like you is vulgar and dirty.”

Colorful magical light floated from Ardion’s arm.

Rowell looked at it and turned his head away. He said as if he were chewing wax, “That mana in a man’s disgusting body… Isn’t that too much for a god’s prank?”

“Do you think I was born like this because I wanted to be born like this? I didn’t even want this mana in the first place. If you need it so much, then you should take it.” Ardion laughed and raised both arms.

“You should stop treating me like that. That is if you want to live.”

“Speak properly. Why was Laila in your room?”

“She took the necklace you gave me and even strangled me.”

“…”

“At first, I thought she was a lowly commoner, but her scent was familiar.”

At that moment, Rowell was slammed into the wall by Ardion. He smiled and made eye contact with Ardion as blood leaked out of his mouth.

“What did you do?” Ardion’s voice was seething, his green eyes flashing with rage.

“What did I do? That woman took the necklace instead.”

Ardion’s face hardened for a moment. “The necklace?”

“Judging by the way she strangled me and ran away, she seems to treasure it because you gave it to her.”

Ardion shook off Rowell and let go. He immediately turned around and walked towards the door.

“If you leave now, your crimes will still be valid.”

“Since you’re wasting time like this, aren’t you thinking of an escape route based on that evidence? You’re not even going to listen to me.”

“No, since you came all this way, you must have changed your mind.” Rowell raised the corners of his mouth.

Ardion turned his head and looked back at him. “What are you thinking?”

“Didn’t I say it before? I’m going to marry that woman.”

“What are you talking about? Laila and I…”

“I already submitted that woman’s name to the House of Nobles.”

Rowell’s mouth turned up in a sneer. The magic light that Ardion emitted struck Rowell straight away.

“Ugh!”

“Withdraw right now. You’re not the kind of person to carelessly do such a thing!” Ardion pressed Rowell.

Rowell calmly laughed. “Why should I? I have no intention of letting go of what is already mine.”

Ardion raised his hand. The magic light gathered brilliantly. The moment he was about to reach out, the door to the conference room opened.

“Your Highness!”

It was Delzion’s voice. He quickly stopped Ardion. “Your Highness, let’s go now. I came right after confirming that your crimes were withdrawn.”

At that moment, Rowell laughed. “If you were in prison at my wedding, you wouldn’t be able to watch. So, shouldn’t you be grateful?”

Ardion’s magical light grew stronger. “Let me go.”

“Your Highness!” Delzion blocked him.

Ardion's eyes flashed as if he had already lost his reason. "Didn’t you hear me?"

At that moment, the sound of iron armor clanged loudly.