“There’s nothing wrong with it, but…… You should also ask the Duke.”

“Father said yes!”

“Pardon?”

“I asked everything beforehand and he said it was ok!”

At Claude’s answer, Sarah asked back, startled.

“The Duke said it was okay? Did you tell him that you’re sleeping with me?”

“Yeah!”

At Claude’s reply in a clear voice, Sarah’s pupils lost control and shook. So he agreed to hold Claude’s hand and sleep in the same bed? Ethan Ambrosia, that man? Claude smiled and added as Sarah’s head got complicated.

“He said he’d do it if Nanny was okay. That’s why I told him that Nanny liked it too.”

“Pardon?”

At Claude’s words, Sarah pondered the child’s words for a moment. Claude had told Ethan beforehand, but he said Sarah liked it, so he also replied beforehand. Somehow the order was strangely twisted. Claude said first with his twinkling eyes.

“Nanny doesn’t like to sleep with me?”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it…….”

“Then it’s okay, right?”

Claude’s eyes were shining brighter than the stars in the night sky. Sarah nodded her head as she could not say no here.

“It’s okay…….”

“Good! Then wait for Father to come.”

“The Duke is coming?”

“Yeah, I said I’d sleep in Nanny’s room.”

Sarah swallowed a gasp for a moment and jumped up.

“Are you saying that the Duke will come here now?”

“Yeah, I told you so?”

Claude looked at Sarah as if something was wrong. Unable to say anything to the child’s innocent face, Sarah hurriedly looked into the room. The room was cleaned by the servants every time, but the thought of Ethan’s arrival made her feel more and more urgent.

“Let’s clean this up first…….”

At Sarah’s gesture, the objects in the room floated into the air all at once. Everything from books related to magic laid down on the floor to personal items and bags that the servants couldn’t touch.

“Woww!”

Claude marveled as he watched the objects in the room float up in an azure light. The child was now sitting on the bed and openly watching Sarah hurriedly clean the room.

“The room is so dirty……. When is the Duke coming?”

“I don’t know? Will he be coming soon?”

“Ah ah, really!”

At Claude’s answer, Sarah’s gestures became more urgent. The door of the chest of drawers was opened and books were shoved into it, and when the door of the dressing room was opened, Sarah’s frequently used accessories were buried there. The cards that had been taken out while playing card games with the servants were lined up one by one and went into the organizing box.

“I don’t think we need to clean it up.”

Claude murmured as he looked at Sarah’s busy hand gesture as if she were conducting.

“No, it’s too dirty.”

“You didn’t care before.”

“That was then.”

“Hmm……, you mean not now?”

At Sarah’s reply, the child’s eyes narrowed meaningfully once more. Being concerned about what she hadn’t cared about when Ethan or Claude entered the room in the past didn’t mean there was a change in Sarah’s mind. It was also about wanting to look good.

“You know, Nanny.”

“Yes.”

“Are you going to sleep in that outfit now?”

“Um?”

Sarah tilted her head and examined her appearance. She was dressed in a light evening dress with a translucent shawl.

“You have to change into pajamas!”

“That’s right, but…….”

Sarah agonized for a moment. What kind of pajamas should she wear when she would be in bed with Ethan. It was embarrassing to just wear a slip as usual, but it was uncomfortable to sleep in an evening dress.

“Uh um.”

The door of the closed dress room opened again when Sarah, who was agonizing, gestured lightly. Then her pajamas flew through the air and spread out in front of Sarah and Claude.

“Which one would be better?”

“Um, I think this one is pretty and that one is pretty too!”

Claude smiled brightly as he picked Sarah’s pajamas himself. Sarah didn’t realize why the child liked it so much. Just then, Ethan knocked on Sarah’s door.

“Sarah, can I come in?”

“Heok, wait a minute!”

Sarah quickly turned to tears and looked back at Claude.

“Nanny, that one, that one!” 

“This one?”

“Yeah!”

“I know!”

Seeing Sarah hurriedly rolling her feet, Claude finally picked out her pajamas. It was a slip dress made of a light beige silk fabric, but unlike the others, it had long arms and stretched to the top of the ankles, so it wasn’t too embarrassing. And the shawl on top was a light brown, the same color as Sarah’s hair, so it seemed to suit her very well.

“Thank you, Young Master Claude.”

Sarah smirked and clapped her hand, and the slip dress that had just floated in the air before was put on her. Conversely, the evening dress she was wearing was floating where the slip dress was. And as she flicked her fingers again, all the pajamas that rose in the air went back into the dress room in a row. Finally, as soon as the door of the dress room closed, Ethan came in.

“Claude hasn’t sleep yet?”

“Yes, he says he can’t sleep at all.”

Sarah answered with a natural smile, as if she had never made a fuss before. Claude lay down on the bed and pulled the blanket up to his lips. It was because he thought he would be caught laughing as if his mouth were going to rip apart.

“It’s the first time we’ve been apart for such a long time, so he’s making all the fuss he has never had before.”

Ethan gently stroked Claude’s hair and smiled a little. The boy’s hair was messed up, but Claude liked it even though he laughed. Claude was very fond of his father’s large hands stroking his hair.

“Would Sarah be all right? If it’s uncomfortable…….”

“No, no! I’m fine.”

Sarah raised her hands and shook her head. It was because when she met Ethan’s gaze, she felt like she was at a loss for some reason. Seeing this, Ethan laughed out loud and said.

“That looks even worse, are you really okay?”

“Are you teasing me?”

“Oops, I got caught right away.”

Ethan and Claude looked into each other’s eyes and grinned. Sarah grumbled as she felt a red blush rise up on her own cheek.

“But you can’t make fun of me like this.”

“Haha.”

Ethan laughed for a while and then opened his mouth with a small cough.

“Thank you for listening to Claude’s whining. You don’t have to accept everything.”

“It’s natural to be upset when you’re away for a long time. I couldn’t pay attention to Claude because he was so mature.”

“It’s the same with me. Because I often forget that Claude is only six years old.”

“I know, I thought he was all grown up, but he’s still acting so cute.”

Sarah patted Claude on the chest and laughed aloud. Claude’s cheeks, touched by his favorite nanny and his father at the same time, were bursting red.

“Still, I’m glad he learned how to get what he wants. All thanks to Sarah.”

Ethan said so and looked at Claude. Claude, who used to find it difficult to even make eye contact with him was now staring at him with sparkling eyes. Because he was afraid of his father, if he wanted something, he would convey it through the mouths of the servants. But, like today, he learned how to come to him and ask him to sleep with him proudly. Ethan was pleased with such a change in the child.

“If you want something in the future, don’t hesitate to say it. Do you understand?”

“Yes, Father.”

Claude nodded his head and laughed, then looked at Sarah and said.

“Nanny, hurry up and lie down here. Here.”

The touch that tapped the place next to him was full of expectations.

“Father is here.”

And he also urged Ethan by tapping the spot next to him. He was about to fall asleep after lying down with his father and nanny on both sides. Claude’s determination to do just that today was great.

“Okay.”

Ethan lay down next to Claude as if he couldn’t help it. Claude’s heart pounded wildly as he lay next to his father for the first time. It was the same with Ethan. As he was next to him, he felt the child’s small physique more vividly, so he secretly narrowed his eyebrows.

‘I need to change Claude’s diet a bit.’

Thinking so, he pushed his arm under the child’s head.

“……!”

Claude, who suddenly lay down on his father’s arm pillow, opened his eyes wide and blinked slowly. The face of the child, who struggled between embarrassment and goodness, was so cute that Sarah smiled a little. Seeing this, Claude urged Sarah once more.

“Nanny, hurry up!”

“I know, I know.”

Sarah ended up laughing and lying down next to Claude. Then she clung close to Claude and hugged him, wrapping her hands around the child’s waist.

“It’s warm and nice, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, it’s good.”

A sigh of satisfaction escaped from between Claude’s lips, being cuddled between his father’s pillow and his nanny’s hold. And at the same time, heartbeats pounded from both sides of Claude.