[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Sketch Me Not. Date Me Not.

"Anyway." Nikolai stretched lazily, forcing the dazed Xion to focus on him again, "Since you’re awake, let’s talk about something more important."

"More important?"

"Yes. The banquet. And more specifically, your dear brother." Nikolai’s playful expression faded into seriousness.

Xion had not seen Soren or his father after the banquet. So, he had no idea what had happened to them. Nor did he bother to know about it.

However, that was under the premise that they would not come and trouble him again.

The last time he heard about them was from Brother Allen. He was informed that the Vaelis family had been punished for hurting Nikolai.

"Is there something wrong?" Xion’s fingers clenched around the bedsheet. "Are they here? Are they looking for me?"

Xion might have panicked even more if Nikolai had not patted his hand.

"They are not here, nor can they reach you." He took Xion’s hand back in his palm, easily noticing the difference between them.

Xion’s hands were slender. They looked long, but they were actually smaller than Nikolai’s. How convenient it is to hold...

"And as long as that block of ice is with you, you don’t have to worry about them approaching you."

Yes, Xion mused. It was indeed like this. Darius was like a super strong figure, and no one was stupid enough to provoke him.

Well, other than the stupid me...

Xion could not deny the fact that Darius was actually a very good support, especially in this world where nobles prevailed over everything. But he really did not want to scare himself to death by staying near the archduke.

"Then why are you scaring me?" Xion yanked his hand back from the soft grip.

Although Nikolai didn’t seem like a bad prince, he was a little too touchy.

With the experience he had gained until now, Xion did not even dare to go on a date with Nikolai without telling it to Rael- No, he meant Ray.

I am going to tell everything to Ray and Brother Allen.

As for Darius, if it was not a medical emergency, he was going to stay as far away as possible.

Nodding to himself internally, he focused his gaze on the prince who was silently observing him.

"You did not answer my question, Your Highness."

"I am not scaring you, Doll. As for why I mentioned them..." Nikolai rested his chin on his palm. His golden eyes sparkled under the sunlight’s gleam.

Xion was almost hypnotized by the glowing face, if not for the next words uttered from those cherry lips.

"Soren has lost his hands—both of them. And now, considering that your other brother is very young, Roberto might come to you."

Xion knew what it meant. The twins, being only twelve this year, were enrolled in the Noble academy, while he, at fifteen, had never even been asked if he wanted to go to school.

If it had not been for the orphanage boss teaching little Xion how to read and write, Xion would have been illiterate.

Illiterate... It was not a bad excuse to use if it meant getting rid of the Vaelis family. After all, even if it was for a temporary cause, they would never trust him with the Marquis estate.