[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke-Chapter 53: Be Good and Call Me Brother

Xion was nearly two hours late. He had not expected Berry to keep a watch over the clinic while also keeping the crowd of people in check.

Calling out a greeting to the old man from afar, he weaved through the crowd and headed to the back. A small door creaked slightly as he made his way forward.

As soon as he stepped inside, his attention was drawn to a familiar tuft of dark purple hair wiggling beside the counter.

Moving quietly, he tiptoed closer to take a peek.

Ah, baby Noxian was mopping the floor while dusting the items on the counter at the same time.

A smile flashed across his hidden eyes. "Good morning, baby."

His sudden arrival startled the poor child so much that the mop slipped from his hand, the dusting cloth following suit.

"Y-young master!" Noxian stammered as he scrambled to his feet. "You’re here," he smiled shyly before glancing nervously around the room.

A small frown creased his little forehead, "Who were you talking to?"

Xion almost overlooked just how much neglect Noxian might have been through. First Rael and now Noxian.

A deep sigh, laden with bitterness, tried to escape his lips. But his throat tightened and caged it.

Xion swallowed the heaviness down his throat.

Be happy, Xion. The world needs happy people. He recited it, and miraculously, his spirit improved.

"Who else but you?"

Xion tilted his head and intently looked at Noxian. The boy’s sun-kissed face had turned red.

The youngster twiddled with his tiny thumbs and could not even look at Xion.

"I-I am not a baby, Young master," he raised his head and hesitated before completing his sentence, "I am already ten years old."

The seriousness with which he delivered those words made Xion chuckle softly. "But you are my baby now, baby~"

Noxian heard the gentle voice filled with a smile, and the blush on his face crept up to his ears. An invisible force seemed to tug at the corners of his lips, and they rose higher.

No matter how the child tried to suppress it, a shy smile stayed on his blushing face.

Aw, my baby is so adorable!!!

"How about... you call me brother?" Xion asked excitedly.

He was the one who named him Noxian. Did that not make the child his, in a way?

From now on, he decided, he would treat Noxian as his younger brother.

As the thought took root, the anticipation in his heart grew.

Noxian was taken aback by the sudden request.

He had been with Sir Berry for almost a year by now. He was quick to learn the rules of the nobility.

The Archduke was the most feared and respected person. After His Grace, there were Lady Nazia and Knight Captain Ray.

Then came the strategist from the other two groups. There was also Sir Allen.

Although Noxian had no idea where this healer came from, he was strangely certain of one thing. No one could match young master Xion’s status in the entire archduchy.

"B-But, Young master, that will be disrespectful to you. Very much disrespectful." Noxian shook his head. His wide, fearful eyes darted around nervously.

He only felt at ease after ensuring no one was around. He was about to warn the young master not to say something like that ever again.

Nobles often took pleasure in ridiculing those who mingled with commoners, and he was just a lowly servant.

However, before he spoke a single word, a pleasant laughter echoed in the clinic.

In a cheerful mood, Xion removed his hood. To earn a child’s trust, one must show sincerity.

"If I say you can, then you can. Who would dare stop you?"

Noxian felt as if he were in heaven. An angel stood before him, asking him to call him ’brother’ with such a pretty smile.

He stood there in a trance. He could not tell if young master Xion’s eyes were more pretty or his black hair. Or maybe it was everything.

The child nodded to himself. Yeah, everything is so, so beautiful!

"So, you agree?" Xion patted the dazed child’s head. "Come on, be good and call me brother."

Noxian had only one thought. If calling him ’brother’ led to his death, he was certain he would go to Heaven. So why not do so?

"Angel brother," he whispered at first, then repeated more confidently in a louder voice, "Angel Brother."

Xion laughed. His happiness was so addicting, that even Noxian, despite being utterly shy, couldn’t help but giggle foolishly in response.

Xion circled around the wooden counter and wrapped the boy in his arms. Pressing his lips to Noxian’s warm forehead, he smiled. "Do you want to follow me? I don’t know about other things, but I can promise you delicious food."

This time, Noxian didn’t hesitate. He nodded eagerly, and his long hair bobbled along.

"Brother will be fine, yeah?" Xion asked, gently rubbing the coarse strands of hair with his palm. It was clean, but lacked nourishment, much like the thin child it belonged to.

"Brother!"

Noxian cried out in a soft, milky voice, and Xion felt his heart swelling with both giddiness and love.

All the unpleasantness brought by Rael’s disease vanished with Noxian’s sweet call.

In a good mood, Xion waved his hand. As if performing a magic trick, he produced two pastries from thin air.

The sight of wide eyed Noxian gapping at his hands, well more like the sweets, made Xion chuckle, "Here, a little gift for my little brother."

Leaving the stunned Noxian to his snacks, he made his way toward the other side of the partition.

Nikolai was still fast asleep. There was even a drop of drool sliding down from the corner of his mouth.

He did the basic check-up, only to find the sleeping patient perfectly fine. Even the wound he had expected to see was nowhere in sight!

Then it clicked. Allen must have used mana to treat the wound.

Well, that saved him the trouble.

Mana... it sure was convenient in more than one way. But it also had a deadly side.

Black Box-

In future:

Noxian, "Brother, you love me the most, right? You even adopted me!"

Some Love Rival, "Of course he loves me the most! He saved my life!"

Ray, who just wanted to have a good relationship with the best healer, "... I dare not say love, but you do like me a little bit, right?"

Desperate Allen, "Teacher, take me with you too!"

Darius coldly glared, and everyone fell silent. That was until Darius knelt beside Xion and clutched his hand.

"Last night, you said you only love me. You even screamed-"

The blushing mess Xion, "Stop talking!"