[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Reliving The Horror

There hadn’t been many people Xion had loved in his life. Minato-sensei was one of them. Honestly, he was the only one Xion ever considered a true elder.

As for his middle school teacher, Misaki-sensei, he’d lost contact with her a long time ago. Now, only pleasant memories of her remained.

Elderly love was the only kind of love he had known in his short life.

Where would he find a lover? More importantly, where would he find a fiancé?

To Xion, the word fiancé felt distant. It was like a fantasy, something that existed in stories but was never meant to be real. At least, not for him.

So, what did he just hear?

"What?" Ray was the first to voice his disbelief.

Darius ignored his knight and took a seat in one of the chairs.

Xion, still in a daze, numbly followed his lead, sitting down as if his body was acting on instinct rather than understanding what was happening.

However, this time, Darius found the distance between them too far.

Were the chairs always placed this distance? How did he never notice it?

While musing to himself, he reached out and grabbed the arm of Xion’s chair. In one smooth motion, he directly dragged it forward until they were mere inches apart.

Xion could only blink at the archduke with obvious confusion and bafflement in his eyes.

"Nikolai has a royal decree to marry you," Darius finally told Xion. "It can’t be revoked unless one of the parties commits a heinous crime."

Xion felt his heart plummet to the pit of his stomach.

"What?" His voice trembled, panic seeping into his words. "Why? H-how could that be?"

Xion was on the verge of crying.

And how could he not? All he had ever wanted was a simple life.

After replaying every interaction with the prince, he could think of only one possible reason for this absurd situation.

I hate my face!

Nikolai was just like his perverted brother, Soren. The prince too was just attracted to his looks and nothing more.

"I-I don’t want to..." Xion whispered. His voice was barely audible as many disgusting memories of being touched and forced rushed to his mind. They were of little Xion Vaelis when he was taken away by Caspian.

And then there were his own when he was chased by those perverts when he was in high school. How those hands rushed to tear his clothes away, how they wanted to parade him naked and upload his video on the internet.

Xion subconsciously clenched his fingers. His gaze was lowered, fixed on the tablecloth. "No. Not again..."

A few such words escaped his lips, but his voice was so low that only Darius heard them.

The room became more oppressive and stifling. Ray knew his grace was angry. At Nikolai? At Xion? He could not tell.

Regardless, he wanted to plead for Xion. It was not like it was Xion’s fault. Although it was precisely because of Xion that they had to rush back without even achieving their goal, Ray did not want his grace to scold Xion.

It was not easy to find such a silly healer.

Just as he opened his mouth to speak, a hand was directly placed on his mouth.

Allen, sensing the tension in the room, swiftly dragged the stupid knight out. His Grace and teacher needed some personal space to sort out the situation. And they should not act as useless presence.

Honestly, Allen hadn’t expected Darius to move so fast.

The alchemist had assumed it would take time for the archduke to realize that his feelings toward Xion were different. At least, it was very different from the way the archduke had treated anyone around him.

Based on his calculations, it should have taken much longer. But now...

Allen could only hope that everything would turn out fine.

Inside the room, Xion was already on the verge of breaking down.

Then, the absolute filth of that prison...

Nikolai made you cry... The thought made his eyes narrow.