Chapter 197 - 136 Hassaka: Young Master’s Taste Has Become Even More Delicious! (10.8K, 57/65)_6

Watching Kael with his bewildering expression, Hassaka tucked away her doubt.

It must have been her own delusion; she thought she had caught a whiff of the "scent of infidelity" on the young master, but it was so faint, hardly like that from physical contact.

Nor was it Miss Elanna’s scent...

It must have been her own misunderstanding, after all the young master had said he spent a long time baptizing himself in the pond today.

Perhaps others had used that same pond water before him.

Damn it, just how clean was that pond water anyway!

With that thought, Hassaka became even more diligent in cleaning Kael’s body.

The little maid was determined to scrub away the scent of any other woman.

"Before Miss Elanna arrives, I can’t let the cheating cat get his chance!"

After cleansing his body, feeling refreshed in spirit and vigor, Kael returned to his bedroom and lay down, contemplating everything that had happened today, feeling that his entire journey was fraught with peril.

The nobles who were vying for succession in the duchy looked at him with cold, arrogant, disdainful, and complacent eyes...

With varied emotions, but Kael knew he was already making enemies.

He was not afraid; on the contrary, a strong desire to challenge arose in his heart...

Fortunately, he had the willpower to suppress that desire.

It wasn’t that he wanted to lie down and slack off; it was that he was very clear about his future role.

If there was a chance to seize the seat of succession, he would not hesitate to act.

But there was a serious problem: he truly wasn’t suitable to get involved in that straight away.

His foundations were still too weak.

What would truly enable him to rise wasn’t the so-called support of the Church, the nobles, or his teacher.

It was the strength of the Rangers of his lands, the foundational construction, production, and business operations of Lancaster, perhaps topped with some mutual cooperation between the "leeks," and most importantly...

His own strength!

He slowly drifted into dreamland.

Though the future looked more treacherous, if he could steadily and orderly complete the transformation of his domain’s strength, he could certainly use his advantage in foreseeing the future to smoothly develop and grow. Your journey continues at empire

Regardless, the life-threatening dangers from the duchy level were now almost nonexistent.

Now he could invest more of his energy into developing his domain and managing the industry in the Royal Capital.

This rare sense of security allowed him to fall into a peaceful sleep.

In his dream, he seemed to see the Red-haired Knight turn her head towards him, extending her hand as if inviting Kael to hold it tightly.

The scenes in the dream were random but captivating; he instinctively reached out and grabbed the knight’s hand, feeling genuinely happy at the bottom of his heart...

The final scene in his dream lingered on the Red-haired Knight’s somewhat sad expression.

"Kael, why Hassaka first when I could have done it too?"

Saying this, Elanna, clad in cold armor, slowly lowered her head.

The icy feeling made Kael’s body feel somewhat chilly.

Meanwhile, Elanna, her tongue moist, whispered her feelings to Little Kael.

After a long time and with a sensation of falling, he woke up.

Peeking under the half-covered blanket, Hassaka slowly looked up and gently nudged Kael, saying:

"Young master, time to get up. The Newman family’s maid just delivered a message; Miss Elanna will be coming over in a bit."

Kael silently looked at Hassaka and pinched her face hard, saying gruffly:

"Where did you learn to wake your master up like this?"

Hassaka’s face, nearly in tears from the pinching, said in a small voice, "Do you not like it?"

As Kael pulled up his trousers, he spoke with firmness.

"Next time you do this, I’ll give you a jab with the tail first, let you properly experience what emptiness feels like, and see if you’ll still be thinking about all that nonsense!"

Hassaka’s eyes lit up, but fearing a scolding, she quietly said, "Then, I won’t do it like this in the future?"

Kael was silent for a moment before staring at her and saying, "You decide!"

Hassaka’s eyes lit up. Without an agreement or refusal, that meant it was always an option!

Without saying much, the crafty Hassaka began to dress Kael seriously.

After leaving the bedroom and having breakfast in the hall, it wasn’t long before Kael awaited Elanna’s arrival.

"Kael!"

After Elanna dismounted, Kael took what she held in her hands.

"Come on, let’s discuss inside if there’s anything to talk about."

As the two conversed inside, Hassaka occasionally brought tea and sweets, sneakily observing the mannerisms of the potential lady of the house.

It seemed that Elanna caught Hassaka’s curious glances and saw the snow-white wolf ears on her head twitch now and then; her eyes flashed with an odd light as she said:

"Hassaka, could you come here for a moment?"

Hassaka hesitated, wondering if she had done something to alarm the mistress, and as she approached, she had the air of one walking on eggshells, ready to flee at any moment.

As if fearing the future mistress would reject her, her cautious and scared little expression made Elanna want to RUA at her right then and there!

And sure enough, the moment Hassaka came closer, the future mistress quickly caught her.