[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Eyes that Stare into the Soul

The stillness of the dark night was only broken when the knight stepped into the tent.

Ray’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets when he saw the archduke bent over the healer, and carefully draping yet another thick duvet over the curled boy.

"Master-"

"Shh," Darius glanced at Ray. "Lower your voice. He is resting," he motioned to the now properly wrapped Xion before walking back to his previous seat.

"But Master, he might be in cahoots with your enemies. No one can treat Moon Affliction. After all, it is not even a disease in the first place!"

Ray tried keeping his voice low as he was instructed to. But the turmoil of his emotions was too strong to remain hidden from Darius.

So much so that his address had also changed from His Grace to Master. A word he would only utter when either he was alone with the Archduke or he was too agitated.

"He is far too simple-minded for such schemes, and you are already aware of this," Darius looked straight into Ray’s light blue eyes making the knight stiff in his feet.

His long silver hair shimmered under the orange hue of the lantern as he tilted his head toward the sleeping boy. "He is not lying either."

Those words startled Ray. In truth, Raymond harbored no personal grudge against Xion. When he first encountered the timid boy with wide eyes, an unexpected urge rose within him to protect the scared child.

But that sentiment had quickly clashed with Xion’s casual disregard for proper etiquette, particularly in how he addressed and treated the Archduke.

He also could not trust a random boy with Darius’ health, especially not during this special time when his master was very weak.

It was precisely because of this that they could not travel for too long.

However, all his suspicion vanished into thin air. There was something other than his prestigious position, and terrifying strength that even the royalty was afraid of Darius Rael Darkhelm.

It was his eyes. Those green gems could see someone’s soul. They could easily tell if the person was lying or not.

His enemies were afraid to confront Darius head-on, so they had to resort to cheap tricks like using women and assassinating him with poison.

Ray’s wariness evaporated as the weight of Darius’ words sank in. His body relaxed while he reconsidered his earlier fears. If the Archduke had said the healer wasn’t lying, then he believed it with all his heart.

"Ah, I almost forgot," Darius said. His eyes flicked back to Ray making the barely relaxed Knight alert, "You told him I am a very scary person... Am I Ray?"

The way those green eyes drilled into his soul forced Ray’s heartbeat to rise. "I was just making sure he knows how to behave. I apologize for acting on my own."

He sank to his knee while cursing Xion for spilling the truth. And who even tell that to the Archduke himself that he is scary?

As if understanding what Ray was thinking, Darius chuckled lightly. "He thinks I am a child of that ’scary Archduke’. Amusing, is it not?"