[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 136

Chapter 136: Prince Nikolai or His Grace, Darius. Pick One

"I cannot take you out, but I can answer your questions. Ask me what you need to know."

Xion remained silent. A familiar warmth spread through his chest, yet it only made his body turn cold.

He had lost it all. Had he not? The last warmth...

What else was there to know? Nothing mattered anymore. Not even his life.

But... there was someone he wanted to cure. He had made a promise. And before he died, he would keep it.

"The Holy Book. Do you know where I can find it?"

Serena glanced at the silent Allen. The alchemist had been quiet.

Sir Allen, one of the best alchemists. That was how everyone knew him.

No one ever used his family name, not even on formal occasions. To everyone, he was simply Sir Allen.

Honestly, she and Allen were alike. Neither had a family. And both, in their own way, were trying to protect Xion.

But the Holy Book was already with the Archduke. She had ensured it reached His Grace, and eventually, Xion. But there was no reaction on Allen’s face.

It seems Xion, and Allen, both have no clue that the holy book is so close to them.

"Be honest with the one you wish to protect, and you shall find what you seek."

Xion blinked, trying to process the words. Before he could ask anything else, the lady took the lead in breaking the silence.

"’I need to protect a little angel from the clutches of bad humans’, that was what Minato told me before disappearing. He is happy. I can feel it. And you should be happy too." She sighed lightly, "That was what he always wished for."

All the questions died then and there.

Minato Sensei was gone. He had felt his last breath, watched his body dissolve into the wind.

Even if he did not ask it, he already knew the answer. He could not go back to his old world.

He was stuck in this strange kingdom, with an equally strange system.

So, he would live happily. Just as Minato sensei wanted him to. As for all the questions he wanted to ask, they did not seem to matter anymore.

But there was one thing he wanted to make sure.

"Was sensei also your teacher?"

Serena smiled softly. "He was both my teacher and my lover. He was one of the Thirteen Head Priests."

Xion had no idea there was such a group.

But wasn’t thirteen... a number associated with misfortune?

"He was also the one who taught me how to use my powers. Then, he... went away, and I left the church."

There was too much information in those words. Yet, Xion could only stare at Serena, whose lips curled into a faint, almost wistful smile.

She looked sad. So sad that even her smile gave the impression of someone crying.

Wait a minute... She was Minato sensei’s girlfriend.... Girlfriend!

"You are his girlfriend?! He never told me!"

Serena did not reply to that. Rather she was more invested in another thing.

"Do I look too much like her?"

Serena did. And Xion’s alertness when he saw her and his blatant avoidance had already shown it openly.

Other than her white eyes, she was really like a copy of his mother.

"You have pretty eyes. She had mean eyes."

That was the biggest difference.

Those black eyes had always stared at him coldly. Like an icy blade, slicing into his soul without warning.

"You do resemble her, but I can tell you apart." Even without her eyes, Xion could tell.

Serena’s aura held neither malice nor blatant disgust. If anything... she looked at him the same way Minato Sensei had.

Was it pity? Maybe sympathy? Xion couldn’t tell.

But he didn’t hate it.

It didn’t knock the breath from his lungs in a painful way. It didn’t suffocate him.

Yes, Xion. She is a completely different person. She is not your mother. She is Minato sensei’s girlfriend. He silently muttered in his mind.

"I am glad," Serena raised her gloved hand, her fingers mere inches away from touching Xion when she suddenly stopped.

Xion had already avoided it. It was purely an instinct. He might have understood it but his subconsciousness had not yet accepted that she was someone different.