[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160: Xion Vanished

Xion thumbed the spherical pendant. Its silver carvings felt cool against his fingertips. Yet the stone itself was still warm. The lingering trace of Darius seemed to seep into his skin as he slowly rubbed his thumb over it.

"You said you got this... and then your condition improved?"

Darius hummed lightly in response. His low voice carried the unmistakable weight of exhaustion.

His body was the weakest among them — even more than Xion’s.

"We should really rest. A proper rest, Your Grace. Your body won’t be able to bear it much longer."

"We’ll see," Darius answered vaguely. He had his own considerations.

It nearly took them three months to come to the royal capital.

At that time, they were trying to hide their traces from royal eyes. Which had worked perfectly until they entered the southern region.

Now Darius was determined to return north as quickly as possible. With the pace they were pushing, they could cut their travel time almost in half.

There was a shorter route, one that bypassed this place altogether, yet Darius had chosen this path for a reason. He needed something from Marquis Roberto.

Something that would ensure that no matter where Xion went, Marquis’s family would have no right over his well-being.

Xion wanted to stay away from the Vaelis family, so Darius was going to gift him his freedom.

Just one signature on a parchment, and Xion would not have to worry about being hunted down by Roberto or Soren in the future.

This was why they were now standing at the huge gates of the Marquis estate.

"Stay close to Ray."

Xion nodded. Normally, Ray would stay with his grace, but this time Darius had taken Allen with him.

As for the reason, Xion did not ask. The majority of his attention was on the pendant in his hand.

There in the front was Marquis Roberto, with his blonde hair and blue eyes, he looked like the older version of Soren. That was the usual case.

Nonetheless, today, Roberto looked different. He was older, more worn. In just two months, he seemed to have aged almost a decade.

Xion barely spared him a glance. Whatever happened to Roberto was none of his concern.

From the thin lady standing at one side and the twins at the other, he ignored every member of the Vaelis family while they respectfully greeted his grace.

The greetings did not last long and soon Xion was taken to the special rooms decorated for his grace and his subjects.

When Xion entered after Ray, he was slightly stunned.

"I found you here, little rabbit." Ray deliberately elongated his voice when he said so. "You were so small back then... and now look at you — practically reaching my shoulder."

Xion gazed at the surroundings and then settled at the wooden closet. It was precisely where he was hiding and then got caught by Ray.

Come to think of it, if Ray hadn’t found him first, Xion might have ended up in Soren’s or Caspian’s grasp.

Of course, he would have fought back. Nevertheless, meeting Ray was actually a stroke of good luck.

"Yeah..." Xion smiled faintly. "I’m glad it was you."

"That’s brother Allen. Of course, he is handsome, and his grace is a different kind of handsome. As for you..." _{freewebnoveℓ.com}

He did not sit on the bed. Rather he went toward the chair. The same one which Ray had once used while pulling the past Xion on the table.