[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 157

Chapter 157: A Perfect Plan

This wasn’t how it was supposed to be.

No, he wasn’t talking about the carriage that was currently rumbling down the path, taking them back to the north as he had been told so early in the morning.

Nor was he referring to the closed journal sitting on his lap, practically begging him to open it.

No, none of that.

What he meant was the tall figure sitting across from him.

Since Xion had woken up that morning, Darius hadn’t said a word. No questions were asked. No attempts were made to bring up last night’s matter. Nothing at all.

And honestly, Xion should have found it comforting that there was no need to explain anything.

But instead of feeling relieved... he was anxious, restless like something heavy was pressing against his chest.

Feelings had always been strange creatures, hadn’t they? After all, they were what made humans so weirdly fascinating among all the living creatures.

Just like any other being overwhelmed by feelings, Xion also wished he could switch them off from his heart and change places so he could curl up in the ox cart with Noxian.

Maybe chat with Allen about mana, or better yet, bury himself in his lab and forget everything.

However, he wasn’t allowed to do any of that.

Once again, he was stuck in the archduke’s carriage.

Funnily, he was now even familiar with the secret drawer hidden under the archduke’s seat. He had been spending more time in the carriage than anywhere else.

Well, the comfort was sure there, and if it was not archduke’s carriage, he might have thought of taking it away with him as well.

He could transfer it into a makeshift home. Like those movable vans with beds and everything, and to help him out he also had a system.

[Yes, host! I can even help you customize the layout! Want to add solar-powered lanterns? They’re on sale right now!]

Xion was brought back to his senses by the system’s sudden excited voice.

Oh, he was off tracking again.

’No, system. Not yet. I’ll buy it when I need it.’

[Okay...]

All the enthusiasm left the system’s voice as it disappeared.

Well, it was not the system’s fault. Xion had not bought anything after his last purchase, and now the newly evolved system was always trying to tempt him into buying things.

It might be annoying to some people, yet to Xion, the childish system was really cute. Especially the way it was trying its best to show its ability.

Xion bit his lower lip, trying not to smile because of the living, breathing person sitting across him.

Xion had known about it a long time ago. Yet despite hating it, he could not change the fact that he was a coward.

There were genuinely not many things that he abhorred to such an extent. However, getting embarrassed was one of the top ones.

Nightmares were also on the list. And crying was another thing he detested.

He had freshly experienced all of them together.

Ah, if only that were the case. His life would have been slightly easier.

Xion almost groaned aloud. Focus, he scolded himself. This wasn’t the time to get lost in old memories.

Focus... just focus on the trees. The way the sunlight dances between the leaves ... yeah, this was nice.