Duke' Mama Boy Chapter 8

 All of a sudden they entered the mansion of the duke Martinez, but they didn't look tired at all, but rather enjoyed it very much.

The guards, servants, and maids guarding the mansion looked at it very strangely.

“Jooan, do you want to go shopping with your mom? It would be nice if our Joo-an would buy new clothes and come to see a performance.”

As soon as she got home, Juan smiled bitterly at the sight of her mother wanting to play while shopping and watching performances again.

Even if she was relieved from her fatigue in the hot springs, as soon as she returned like this, her mother wanted to go somewhere else. It was amazing.

She said to her mother, Juan shook her head.

She said, "I'm a little tired, so I want to take a break today. Instead, I will go with you tomorrow.”

“Wow… … yes. Then you can’t do it.”

As if it was a pity, Angela became pale, but she seemed to be somewhat refreshed by the word that she would come with me tomorrow.

Juan pushed Angela's back to enter the mansion first, then moved her steps and headed towards Tommy, who was unable to do this or that.

“Can’t the room be right next to Serrata’s room?”

“Oh, no. I don't care where Confucius.”

“Still, that would be convenient. You will be safe too.”

"that… … Go, thank you.”

Juan smiled bitterly when he saw Tommy bowing his head again to say hello.

I didn't know that terrifying Tommy could be so innocent.

Still, this time, I had a good relationship, so Juan was relieved, and Tommy was fortunate not to have to go through such an unfortunate incident.

The escorts dispersed to do their own thing, and Sonia and Angela headed to her mansion.

The only people left near the entrance to the mansion were the mansion guards and Peter.

“There, Confucius.”

"yes?"

Juan wanted to ask Peter one thing, so he stared at him and thought about it for a moment, then Tommy said.

“If it’s okay with you, I want to be Confucius’ servant. Can't you?"

"servant? Is that also my servant?”

“Well, that’s it, although I lack a lot, I have a lot to learn, and I don’t care… … Still, I want to repay Confucius’ kindness even a little bit… … .”

At the sight of Juan tilting, Tommy was startled by what he said and stammered the words, but the meaning of those words was conveyed to Juan.

In fact, what Joo-an did was meant to be an apology for what caused her misfortune and misfortune with Tommy.

However, the current Tommy is rather ironic that he wants to have Joo-an as his benefactor.

Juan didn't want to be with Tommy like that.

I just wanted to make up for her past mistakes, so I wanted her sister to wake up in a healthy state, and after that, I wanted to take care of Tommy until he came of age.

The life after that must be entirely up to Tommy, but in fact, Juan wanted to ask Peter to teach Tommy's swordsmanship.

Therefore, he was very puzzled by the word that Tommy had brought out a servant.

“Tommy. I'm fine, just find what you want to do. If I can help, I can do anything to help.”

"no. What I really want to do is have Confucius by my side. You are Confucius who saved not only me, but also my younger brother.”

“That’s it… … .”

I could never say that it was an action I did because I did not want to become an enemy.

“Do you really have to?”

Juan asked again, but Tommy's eyes were still and straight.

Seeing Tommy like that, Juan let out a small sigh as if he couldn't do it.

“Then I will grant you that request, so please grant me one request.”

"yes? Please?”

It was Tommy who wanted to obey even if he gave an order, so he tilted his head at the word “please”.

Juan approached Peter, who was giving orders to the soldiers near the entrance to the mansion.

“Uncle Peter.”

When Juan called for Peter, he stopped what Peter was doing and turned around.

And after biting the soldiers who were giving orders,

was below

“Do you have anything to say?”

“Oh, nothing else… … . Can I ask you one favor?”

“… … Please?”

Like Tommy, Peter tilted his head at Juan's request.

Joo-an always asks Angela, but it was natural that Joo-an's request, which had come down through her mother, Angela, would turn into her order.

It was very unfamiliar and unfamiliar to see Joo-an doing this to someone other than her mother, but Peter nodded calmly looking at Joo-an as if she had gotten used to it because she had already experienced this a few times in the hot spring yesterday.

Juan smiled at the permission, grabbed Tommy's arm, pulled him up, and put it in front of him, and said to Peter.

“Teach Tommy swordsmanship.”

"Yes?!"

Tommy, startled, looked back at Juan, but Juan was still smiling.

Peter was surprised as well, but immediately asked Juan.

“Are you talking about this kid with a sword?”

“Yes, swordsmanship.”

When Juan nodded, Peter was a little confused.

No matter how much the Lord asked, he was not in a position to teach anyone.

Moreover, it was difficult to make time for Angela.

Juan said to Peter as if he knew it all.

“You can just look after me when you have time. If you don’t have any special talent for swords, you can quit.”

"Hmm… … .”

If that was the case, it didn't seem like much of a problem.

Juan gave him the option to choose, and it was thought that if Tommy had no skills and talents, he wouldn't say much even if he stopped teaching.

It was also positive that Juan didn't embarrass herself by asking her mother, Angela, this right away.

As usual, she was the first child to tell her mother, and use her swarm to force her thoughts into action.

“Actually, he says he wants to be my servant, but if possible, he knows how to use a sword and protects me.”

“Hmm… … .”

It's hard to see him as a servant already, but nobles of this age usually had fantasies about such an escort knight.

Especially in the East, there were escort samurai who guarded them, and I heard that there are people who hide and secretly escort them.

Rather, it could be said that it was only now that he started thinking about such an escort a little late.

Of course, since she was always with her mother, naturally, her mother, Angela's escorts, always stood by her side.

And Peter thought about this a little seriously, and he was in favor of Juan's idea of ​​having a servant and escort like this.

Bringing in his own person meant stepping out of his mother's arms, at least little by little.

No matter how much Peter follows Angela, he thinks that for the sake of the duke, Juan shouldn't just follow her mother.

Therefore, the part that was a little worrying was soon inclined toward permission.

Peter nodded in response to Juan's words.

"All right. When I have time, I will take a look at it from time to time. But, as you said, if you don't have the talent... … .”

"I'm not shy enough to ask you to keep looking after a child without talent, am I?"

“Hmmmm… … .”

Peter didn't say anything else and just coughed, but it was hard to keep seeing Juan's mischievous smile.

Even if a child changes in an instant, I wondered if it could change like this, but when I think about it, Juan is already fifteen.

The fact that he is a child entering puberty, whose personality changes 12 times a day makes us accept this change positively.

“Therefore, you have to work hard. Serving as a servant, learning swordsmanship, both.”

“Hey, can’t we just do one thing? If only I could work as a servant of Confucius... … .”

“No, this time it’s an order, not a request.”

“You are too much. I mean, I'm afraid of swords... … .”

At the sight of Tommy who was crying and crying at Juan, Jooan burst out into a small laugh.

Still, the swordsman of the past and the future, a person who stood at the pinnacle of the Western Continent with one sword, is crying because he is afraid of swords.

Do people really know this?

“And don’t be strict with Confucius, just call me Master Juan. If you don't learn swordsmanship properly, you'll get cut off from my servants too."

"eww… … .”

A delightful smile settled on Juan's face as he walked past Tommy, who was almost about to cry, and entered the mansion.

The servants and maids in the mansion were surprised to see it, though.

“… … If you don't have talent, I'll cut you off."

"ah?! Oh no!”

Peter also said that to Tommy, and went to check the security outside the mansion.

He could hear Tommy's weeping screams from behind, but a faint smile settled on his face, known for his bluntness.

* * *

Angela hasn't been feeling well lately.

She has her son, whom she has always been with, because she's been spending a lot of time alone lately. Her tea time has also decreased.

She was proud of her efforts to study, but the more she does, the less time she spends with herself, her mother... … She couldn't help but be sad.

Her husband, the Duke of Zhu Lane, was very pleased with the change in Zhu'an, and it was even more heartbreaking.

After going to the hot spring that day, there was a small change in the daily life of Angela and Juan.

The biggest of those changes was that the time she spent with her mother gradually decreased.

“It is today. Why are you only having tea five times?”

“… … Five times in three hours isn't enough, Angela. Then you get a stomach ache.”

Compared to the time when we had tea time every 10 minutes during study time, it was reduced enough, but it was still too much tea time for others to see.

However, as the amount of time decreased, the time that Angela and Joo-an were together naturally decreased, and as a result, Angela’s emptiness in her heart was not filled.

“Are you reading a book in your room again today?”

“I heard that you took some books from the Duke’s library.”

“To study, you just have to bring in talented scholars, keep them by your side, and let them do it on their own.”

“Still, it’s good to study a little. She later got married and had a child, and you can't hear them say, 'Daddy is an idiot who doesn't know anything.'"

“Hey, am I going to stay with my kid? Daughter-in-law, it's creepy. Don't say that, even as a joke."

“… … .”

At Angela's words, which would never sound like her joke, Sonia let out a small sigh.

“I want to go shopping with my son, I want to go to the sea with my child, I want to go to my father’s house with Juan… … .”

Sonia's heart sank at her words that it was her father's house, but she said it was her father's house.

… … Except for the fact that my father's house was a huge place called Hwangseong, there was no problem.

But she did all that she hadn't been able to do much lately.

Although she occasionally attended shopping, performances, and banquets of nobles, she never went far to play.

So, Angela became even more depressed, and Sonia muttered a little more when she saw Angela like that.

“Maybe that’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Sonia, who had paused her speech for a moment, said cautiously, averting her Angela's eyes.

“… … puberty. It's just something teenagers do. Wanting to be alone, hiding something, secretly reading a lewd book... … .”

"no! Is my child a teenager?! We, our child... … My son, Juan... … .”

Angela, who was trembling as she stared into the air with her blank eyes, picked it up and collapsed.

As if she had expected it to happen, Sonia, who was beside her, formed a soft layer of air with her magic before her body collapsed to the floor and gently received it.

“… … Please call the high priest.”

And she quietly asked her maid by her side, and she quietly left her room without surprise, as if familiar with the maid, and went to call her high priest.