I Don't Want To Work! - Chapter 75
CHAPTER 75
“Syliron!!”
The water’s nice, but nothing beats wind in the open sky!
As soon as I called for Syliron, who would be sending wind to the mansion.
Whoosh!!
A gust of wind swept me up as soon as I summoned Syliron.
My body, which was falling rapidly, floated gently.
<Please say something before you jump!!>
Who has time for that?
Although Syliron shouted, I casually ignored it.
‘Where did he go?’
As soon as my feet touched the ground safely, I looked around.
Since it was a villa, the surroundings were all forests.
Villas are usually built in places with beautiful natural landscapes.
‘Where did he go?’
I didn’t come here alone.
There must be others hiding nearby.
I had to catch him before calling for my colleagues.
I moved my feet quickly.
Damn it, I can’t summon Syliron to clean the mansion again.
“Shu!”
<Bya.>
Thank goodness, he hasn’t fallen asleep yet!
“Can you find someone for me? The guy who was choking me earlier.”
<Bwaah.>
When Shu flicked his ears, small droplets spread in all directions.
<Byaa!>
Soon, Shu’s ears pointed in a direction.
There he is!
I quickly walked in that direction.
This, even if I know the direction, the speed is the problem.
Even after jumping from the third floor, Kyres’ follower was unscathed.
Can I catch up with my speed?
“Huh?”
But the dilemma didn’t last long.
I found the follower standing still after just a few minutes.
He staggered as if blocked by something, then spat blood and fell to the ground.
‘What’s in front of him?’
I lowered my body.
What could have made Kyres’ follower collapse with a single blow?
Even if he was weakened by the divine power, he would have been formidable.
The follower’s body collapsed completely, revealing his identity.
“Master.”
It was my disciple.
Lionel smiled at me.
“Lionel?”
I blinked. Why is he here?
And he’s not even disheveled, in a neat attire.
Why would he come out of the forest like this?
“You’re here.”
Suddenly, the dead follower’s body wriggled under Lionel’s foot.
Lionel came to me just like that.
“I was worried since I couldn’t find you at the palace even after coming to visit. You weren’t there.”
“Oh, you came to see me.”
“Yes.”
Lionel smiled softly with his eyes lowered.
“I wanted to see you earlier, but I had a lot to do.”
Well, being suddenly appointed as the son of a duke, he must be busy.
“So, are you feeling better now, Master?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
I grinned.
Why he came out here, how he found me.
And why he killed the follower.
There were many questions, but whatever happened, I had to send him away quickly.
It wouldn’t be good if Stella or others found out about my friendship with Lionel.
‘Stella is already wary of me.’
Suddenly, considering the Emperor and Empress’ favorability was a reasonable thought.
But what if they found out that I’m a close associate of Duke Marcus, a prominent figure in the Emperor’s faction?
‘I’ll have to be on guard again!’
I wanted to avoid unnecessary attention.
Right now, even though I’m working hard…
“But, Master.”
Lionel bent his waist, bringing his face closer as if to confirm something.
“I sense divine energy.”
“……”
“One is expected, but the other seems very powerful, like a potential new deity.”
Hmm, Lionel took a deep breath.
“What could have happened to my master for her to meet two deities in that mansion?”
His blue gaze slowly moved down. It stopped at my neck.
“And why was he targeting my master?”
Although there were no visible red marks, Lionel quickly realized that the guy had choked me.
‘What is it?’
I blinked.
‘I’m the master, and Lionel is the disciple, so why do I feel scolded?’
Of course, I was wrong last time.
I left without realizing that he might worry.
But it’s not the case now, right?
I didn’t make any appointments, and this is my body.
It’s not going to work.
“Lionel….”
I was about to say something when I met Lionel’s blue eyes looking down at me.
‘Hmm?’
I didn’t notice it last time, but now that I look at him, isn’t he quite…?
“Master?”
Lionel tilted his head.
“You seem different.”
I reached out and patted Lionel’s cheek.
“It’s like I see you as a child.”
My laughter, my words, made Lionel’s eyes widen briefly before he suppressed his laughter.
“Really?”
“Yeah, remember when you climbed up the window trying to run away when you were younger?”
I burst into laughter.
“It feels just like that.”
At my words, Lionel’s expression turned embarrassed, his cheeks turning red with embarrassment.
“Stop talking about embarrassing childhood stories….”
Well, everything I did or said back then was probably a black mark in Lionel’s eyes.
“Don’t you like it?”
I smiled, lifting my lips.
“You and some gods are the only ones I remember from my first life. We should talk more.”
“……”
“And you’re the only one who lived with me.”
After my father left.
I lived in a small house attached to a herbal garden, far from the village, for the rest of my life.
It’s not like I was afraid of people because of my father or anything like that.
I occasionally went down to the village, and I still liked children.
When kind people smiled at me, I could smile too.
But I preferred being alone at home, and sometimes my throat would ache.
After receiving a wandering life from the deity, I also took in disciples for the development of herbal medicine, but it didn’t end well.
Let’s just take him as the last, the temporary disciple I took in and sent away as the last.
‘Ah, I’ll live alone for the rest of my life.’
-I had that thought.
I don’t know about the next life, but I’ll spend this life alone without anyone by my side.
And then he came along.
I grinned.
Lionel, my first and last disciple.
“If you keep smiling like that, I can’t stay mad.”
Lionel buried his face in my shoulder.
“It’s annoying to be about 17 years old physically.”
“What is?”
I gently brushed his hair and shook his face as if teasing.
“It’s great to be taller, but you have to bend down like this. But still, I like it when you look down at me, Master.”
“Hmm.”
“But if I were the same age or younger, I could hug you right now. It’s a shame I’m 17.”
Ah, I wondered what he’d been doing until now.
Were you manipulating your age?
Somehow people didn’t seem to know Duke Marcus’ exact age.
“Master.”
Lionel looked up suddenly, and our eyes met.
“Should I tell the duke now to adjust my age to match yours?”
“We can’t hug even if we’re the same age.”
I said firmly.
“And didn’t I tell you? What to do if someone suspicious approaches?”
“Run away.”
Lionel answered obediently.
He was a product of early education.
And he had already been through some bad experiences.
He was also exceptionally beautiful, so many strange people had been attracted to him.
That’s why I had firmly educated him out of concern.
“And then?”
“You told me to kill them.”
With a gentle slap, I pinched Lionel’s cheek with the hand that had been patting him.
“…Sorry.”
A proper answer popped out.
“And when will you start dating?”
“When I genuinely liked someone.”
Good.
I nodded.
He remembers everything.
As I gently stroked his head as a sign of praise, he smiled softly and gently, clearly enjoying it.
“Ah.”
Not the time for this.
I snapped out of it.
It was time for Stella to find me now.
Plus, I needed to check if there were any left.
“Lionel.”
“Master, you should go back to the princess.”
He stood up and smiled.
“I’ll handle the rest, Master.”
“Hmm.”
For a moment, I hesitated.
Despite knowing in my head that Lionel was strong, I still couldn’t shake the image of him as my young disciple.
Was it okay to make a young disciple handle things like dealing with people?
And frankly, I didn’t feel inclined to ask him to handle corpse disposal.
‘But then again, I don’t have the energy to do it myself…’
I was powerless.
There was the power given by the Elemental Kings, and there was Shu, but as seen earlier, their efficiency wasn’t high.
“Alright.”
I sighed deeply and nodded.
“I’ll ask just this once.”
“You can always count on me, Master.”
Lionel lightly kissed the back of my hand.
“I truly, genuinely feel happy to be of help to you, Master.”
Lionel smiled brightly, gently pushing my back.
“Go ahead, Master. The princess is looking for you.”
“Oh, is she?”
He nodded.
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Lionel.”
“Yes, Master.”
I quickly ran towards where Stella was, leaving Lionel alone in the place I had just left.