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May and Claude stared blankly at Sarah, speechless. May was terrified of Sarah, who could look at Claude, a cheeky, stubborn and whining child, saying he was lovely. Claude was surprised by Sarah’s calm attitude even though he cried and refused her so intensely.

Sarah wondered if they knew that she was now suffering from the urge to have a bite of Claude. The moment when May and Claude shuffled closer to each other without realizing it.

“Claude!”

A man’s urgent voice was heard calling the child’s name from afar. The sound of the heavy footsteps of several people running in a hurry began to resound in the hallway. Claude raised his head for a moment and looked at the door that fell off.

“His Grace is coming.”

In an instant, the air between the servants changed. They moved in unison and focused on making sure Claude’s room was tidy.

“Uh, what should I do……!”

“Young Master Claude, please calm down……!”

“May! Come on, do something for me! Hurry up!”

From the moment he heard the man’s voice, Claude was restless and ran his hand through his messy hair. Using the blanket to wipe his tear-stained face, he pulled out the wrinkled clothes, trying to smooth them out.

Sarah’s eyes narrowed as she watched Claude, who was suddenly busy checking his appearance. Embarrassment and a faint fear flashed in the child’s eyes. Claude didn’t want his father to find out that he had rejected his nanny.

‘Claude now knows he’s done something wrong.’

Alas, there seemed to be hope. The fact that he still wanted his parents’ love and was willing to strive for it meant that it wasn’t too late.

“Claude Ambrosia!”

The Duke’s voice was now as close as possible to the room. Sarah grabbed the hem of May’s shirt and gently pushed her back as she stood next to Claude, who had gone pale and frozen.

“What, what are you doing? Nanny, go away! I don’t need you!”

Claude was wary of Sarah and yelled at her. He looked like a kitten that was wary and clenched its jaws. Meanwhile, Sarah smiled satisfactorily at Claude calling her Nanny.

Sarah lowered her head and looked into Claude’s eyes, and asked with a soft voice.

“Shall I help you?”

“……How?”

“I’ll clean up Young Master Claude before His Grace arrives. Of course, I’ll keep what happened today a secret.”

“Really?”

At Sarah’s words, the child’s ears perked up and moved. The expression on the child’s face as he looked up at her with his eyes brimming with tears was so cute.

“Of course. But there is one condition.”

“What is it?”

Sarah turned and beckoned to the servants who were standing still, and then the servants went out of the room to stop the Duke from approaching. They might be able to stall for time.

“It’s simple. All Young Master Claude has to do is accept me as a nanny.”

“…….”

Claude paused for a moment, hesitating. Breaking the stubbornness was hurting the child’s self-esteem.

“Your Grace, you are back?”

“Get out of my way. I’ll go see Claude”.

“Ah, he’s inside. However, you have a more important meeting that……”

Outside the room, she could hear the servants forcefully continuing their conversation to stall for time. Eventually, Claude lost his composure and nodded his head frantically.

“Okay! I’ll do that! Clean me up quickly. What if my father hates me even more?!”

“……Why would His Grace hate Young Master Claude?”

“How would Nanny know that?!”

Claude retorted with a tearful face. As she saw the firm distrust on the child’s face, Sarah smiled bitterly. Then she placed her finger on the child’s forehead and infused her mana. Azure mana began to wrap around Claude’s whole body.

“Uh, uh uh!”

In a situation similar to when the door was blown up earlier, May let out a small scream in embarrassment.

‘Is she afraid I’ll blow up Claude this time?’

Sarah looked at May with an absurd look. Still, she was worried about Claude because he was the master she served. Thinking so, Sarah twitched his fingers.

Thud!

At the same time as a light sound, the Duke of Ambrosia rushed into Claude’s room. 

“Claude!”

Rough breath, disheveled hair, and collarbone seen between two loose front buttons. An expression of urgent, defenseless, and disheveled uniform. Duke Ethan Ambrosia was famous for being very rational and gentle and not easily excited. It was the first time for the servants to see such a disheveled look on the Duke. If it weren’t for the brilliant appearance of the Duke with dazzling platinum blonde hair, he might have been mistaken for someone else.

“Claude?”

As soon as he entered the room, he hurriedly looked for Claude. The gaze that was hovering around the room aimlessly found Claude sitting calmly on the bed. He stared at Claude, who was neatly dressed with green eyes and neatly combed hair. He looked calm no matter who looked at him. The Duke, who was heaving with heavy breath, let out a sigh of relief.

“Phew…… You’re not hurt anywhere.”

He let out a long sigh, wiping his sweat-drenched hair.

“Ah.”

The Duke of Ambrosia lamented slightly as to whether he had found Sarah too late. It had just dawned on him who Claude was with in this room.

“Countess Millen.”

Duke Ambrosia was able to greet Sarah only after roughly organizing his disorganized uniform.

“This is Ethan Ambrosia. Please forgive me for being so late to greet you.”

He reached out his hand in a polite manner, asking for greetings, and stared at her with a straight gaze.

“Oh my.”

In a moment of pity, Sarah covered her mouth and exclaimed.

‘Why did Dieline leave Duke Ambrosia……?’

He was so handsome that she couldn’t look straight at his face. Even if she added up the lives of Park Hyeyeon and Sarah Millen, she had never seen a handsome man like him. Sarah had to rethink her precious friend’s love choice.

“This is Sarah Millen. Thanks to Young Master Claude’s warm welcome, I forgot about the rudeness.”

“Is that so?”

Ethan Ambrosia’s questionable gaze turned to Claude. His gaze seemed to say that his child could not do that. As if he knew the meaning behind his father’s gaze, Claude trembled with tension. The child, who was awkwardly avoiding his gaze, moved slowly and hid his face behind Sarah’s back.

‘Does he think that he can hide all of his body just by hiding his face?’

Sarah held her breath for a moment at Claude’s cute behavior. If she didn’t do that, she would lose her reasons and hug Claude and rub his cheeks.

“Of course, I think there will be a lot of fun in the future because Young Master Claude is so mature.”

“That’s a relief.”

Ethan Ambrosia sighed in relief and bent his knees slightly, trying to meet Claude’s gaze. Then the child carefully poked his head out and looked at the Duke.

“Good job, Claude. Don’t forget that you’re Ambrosia’s successor like today. Now you have to learn to behave yourself.”

“……Yes, Father.”

The child’s eyes widened at the unexpected praise of his father. A red blush appeared on Claude’s cheeks. He clenched and unclenched the hem of his robe, which had been changed with Sarah’s magic, repeatedly. The compliment he received from his father was very pleasing.

“What happened to that door?”

“Ah, the door?”

“Yes. Was there an explosion?”

Ethan Ambrosia swept down the back of his neck, recalling the horrors he felt at that time. When the Knight Order reported that the use of mana was detected in the mansion, he hurriedly turned the carriage around. Fortunately, he didn’t go far, so by the time he arrived at the mansion, he could see clearly with his eyes. The door in Claude’s room flew through the window with a loud roar.

Neither dignity nor etiquette came to his mind. At that moment, his mind went blank and he jumped off the running carriage and ran like crazy while thinking countless times of Claude’s face, who had fallen asleep from crying the night before.

“That’s……”

Sarah averted her eyes as if in trouble. Then Duke Ethan Ambrosia’s face hardened seriously.

Are you saying that Sarah, a magician, is in trouble? If so, what the hell happened here?