CH 33

“So… That evil spirit-possessed doll became a human, are you saying this?”

As he explained what had happened last night, Andrei asked with a frown on his face.

“It’s not an evil spirit. It’s just a person that became a doll.”

Mikael corrected his words briefly. He, of course, thought he was also an evil spirit at first, but not now.

In the eyes of Mikael, Yuri was not an evil spirit, but a harmless presence.

“Sure, whatever. Anyway, are you saying that he became a human?”

“Right.”

“Isaac.”

“Yes.”

Isaac immediately answered Andrei’s call.

Mikael thought it was odd to call Isaac at this moment, but he waited for his next words, just in case.

“Call a therapist from the imperial family. No. It doesn’t matter if they don’t belong to the imperial family, ask all the best therapists and bring them in. My friend must be crazy.”

“…I’m very fine. I didn’t go crazy at all.”

Mikael frowned at Andrei’s words. He didn’t think he’d easily believe him, but he treated him like a madman at once. Although he was disappointed and even resentful, he thought that his reaction was natural.

He regretted the thought that Andrei would have easily believed me if he had brought Yuri, but Mikael shook his head.

Even when he’s a doll, he’s a guy who causes all sorts of accidents, and he was afraid of what might happen if he took the guy who became a human out.

“Can a normal person say that a doll has become a human?”

Andrei, who could not understand Mikael’s heart like this, clicked his tongue. He thought his friend was definitely crazy.

“Again, I’m not crazy, so hold on to unnecessary worries.”

Despite Mikael’s serious remarks, Andrei narrowed his eyes as if in doubt and looked him up and down.

It would have been convincing if he had the appearance of a madman, but Mikael seemed to be just fine. Andrei was still doubtful in his heart, but since the other person was insisting was fine, he decided to move on.

There’s no benefit in continuing to provoke someone who believes he’s normal.

“Hmm, yes. Well, for now, let’s say so.”

“Not ‘for now’, but ‘definitely’.”

“Okay okay. So, you mean that noisy doll turned into a human?”

Andrei turned around. Mikael also knew he wouldn’t admit he was sane, but Yuri’s problem was more urgent now, so he decided to move on.

“Right. He said he had a headache, and then he suddenly became a human.”

“When?”

“Last night.”

“Hmm. Right.”

Andrei, who had been listening to Mikael’s words with one ear, shaking his head roughly, hardened his expression for a moment. It was because an important fact came to mind.

“Wait a minute. If it was yesterday evening, there must have been a banquet for the Duke Esirene, right? Oh, well. There is no way you would have attended the banquet of the Duke Esirene.”

“I attended.”

“What? … yes well. It doesn’t matter since the doll was in your mansion anyway.”

Andrei looked bewildered, then regained his composure. No matter how crazy his friend was, he wouldn’t have brought the doll to the banquet of the Duke Esirene.

Andrei was well aware that the Esirene family was envious of the Orlov family. He thought that Mikael wouldn’t be shameless enough to carry a doll to a banquet of a noble family who was jealous of him, so he passed the issue lightly.

“No. I took Yuri with me.”

“What? Are you kidding me?”

“Why would I joke around?”

“Ha, you’re insane. You’re properly crazy even when you’re crazy. What the hell were you thinking? Did you take the doll to the Duke Esirene residence? Were you going to play with the doll?”

“Yuri is not a real doll.”

At Mikael’s words, Andrei burst into laughter. He really didn’t want to point out that he’s crazy, but he couldn’t help it. Andrei shook his head, baffled.

“If it’s not a doll, what, you mean he’s a real human?”

“I said before. He became human.”

“It doesn’t make sense.”

“That’s what I’m saying. I’m serious. I’m not crazy, I’m also not joking. I am telling the truth.”

Mikael spoke with a firm expression on his face. He knew he had a hard time believing what he was saying. If he had been in Andrei’s position, it would have been difficult for him to believe his words as well.

But no matter how suspicious or hard to believe, he would have believed the words of an old friend in the end.

“Andrei, you have to believe me.”

“…I will concede.”

Andrei did the same. Mikael believed he would eventually take his words seriously. That’s why he could look at Andrei with a relaxed expression even when he saw him nervously disheveling his hair after a long sigh.

“Fine. Yes, let’s say all that. Okay. There must be a reason for telling me that.”

“I want to know what’s going on with Yuri.”

Andrei let out another long sigh at the calm words. It was because he realised that it was not easy to give him what he wanted.

It would be difficult to figure out the identity of the doll, and more so it would not be normal to look into the part about the doll becoming a human.

Still, the reason he couldn’t refuse was simple. He knew that Mikael had a large pride, and he hated being indebted to anyone. Even if he often made difficult requests to Mikael using his status as Emperor, he seldom asked him for anything in return.

It must have been that he was so desperate that he even came to ask for help in person. So Andrei could not refuse his friend’s request.

“Okay, I’ll look into it.”

“Thanks.”

“It’s nothing.”

Andrei shrugged lightly. Mikael sighed in relief when he saw that.

A thick ominous shadow still covered Mikael’s heart, but a faint flame of hope seemed to burn within it.

***

Meanwhile, at the Orlov mansion.

Yul put on the clothes that Levi brought and smiled contentedly in front of the mirror.

Although he hastily ordered clothes, he had no clothes to wear right away, so he borrowed Levi’s clothes. Although the man was a little taller, his arms fit snugly.

It had been a long time since he had been properly dressed as a human being, Yul was so moved that he could not leave the mirror for a long time.

“Yuri, try this.”

Looking back at Levi’s call, Yul widened his eyes. When did he prepare a pretty dessert on a plate?

“Wow, Levi. what’s this?”

“Ispahan. I bought it on the way home. They said it was a newly opened dessert shop. Please eat.”

Yul’s eyes twinkled at the delicate dessert that was enchanting just by looking at it. The dessert with plenty of raspberries in between the pink dough attracted attention.

“What is this? They look like petals.”

“It’s a rose. They said it was a rose dessert.”

“Wow, so there is something like that.”

Bright red rose petals flaunted a seductive figure on the dessert. Yul took a fork and looked at the dessert thoroughly. It was so pretty that it was almost a shame to eat it.

After watching for a while, Yul mustered up the courage to stab the ispahan with a fork. The biscuits on the top cracked appetisingly along with a nice crunchy sound. After taking a careful bite, the sweet and fragrant taste of the dessert lingered in his mouth.

“Ahhh, so delicious!”

Yul’s face was full of happy smiles as he fell in ecstasy. Yul, who finished the remaining pieces in an instant, smacked his lips with regret.

“Shall I buy you another one?”

“Uhm… no, that’s fine.”

The desire to eat was like a chimney, but as Yul, who knew how busy Levi was, couldn’t get him to do miscellaneous errands.

“Really? If you want to eat it again, tell the Archduke and he will buy it for you.”

“Yeah, I got it.”

“Or how about going out on an outing this time around?”

“Uh?”

At Levi’s words, Yul’s eyes widened. His big eyes seemed to be startled, and then they flashed with anticipation. His eyes fluttering like the surface of a clear lake were filled with excitement.

Translator: misa
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