After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

"So you want to go through this social alone?" Arthur put down his teacup, looking unhappy.

Or rather, looking at Sheen angrily.

"what..."

Sheen is overwhelmed by Arthur's expressions.

Sheen didn't receive Arthur's signal at first, and just explained to himself:

"I'm just telling the truth. I really hope the Duke or the Lord won't come over on the grounds that it's 'too far'.

"They're just causing me trouble. It's better for me to live alone..."

Arthur rolled his eyes at Sheen, and then every word he said hit Sheen on the head:

"I'm not your relative anymore, little bunny juice?"

('Little bunny juice' is what Arthur calls Sheen when he teases her)

... (Sheen)

... (Eric)

"Ah - but won't your blonde hair be exposed if you go into school?"

Sheen grabbed the communication stone and shook it desperately, his eyes wide open as he said, "This is unbelievable."

"There is a thing in the world called hair dye..."

It might be because when Sheen shook the communication stone, it caused his communication terminal to shake, making Arthur feel a little dizzy.

"You are stupid. Without hair dye, how can I go to the north to trade? The reason I found a substitute (Earl of Eaton's substitute) is because I have to deal with the trivial banquets of the southern nobles."

The South...

Atole (Duke of Haines) knew a lot of nobles, and Arthur's deep blue eyes were very similar to Atole's...

Sheen was speechless by Arthur's remarks.

He let go of the comm stone and half-opened his eyes.

"in my opinion,"

Arthur sat down happily when he saw Sean give in, and continued to taste the green tea that had been brewed on the table.

"As the son of Haines, you still need our support even if you are not favored. This is the respect that your family should give you."

When the tea was finished, Arthur continued to pour the tea and stir it with a teaspoon.

"Even if I'm not available, Romos and Nancy will make time to spend with you and Ada."

"Come to think of it, Ada shouldn't be short of company, right?" Eric suddenly interrupted.

Arthur seemed to smell the scent of love and laughed with his hands covering his mouth:

"I seem to smell the scent of love~ Fortunately, they agreed that Olive would come to the social gathering this time, otherwise I think you would be disliked to death by Romos, hehe..."

Arthur's gossipy heart was burning, and his deep blue eyes suddenly lit up.

Eric was startled and smiled awkwardly with his back to Arthur:

"What's going on?"

Seeing this, Sheen smiled awkwardly at Eric:

"Don't worry, my uncle's biggest hobby is listening to gossip--"

...

“Alright, alright~”

Sheen suddenly stood in front of the communication stone and said goodbye to Arthur.

"We really don't have much time left. We have to rush to take care of logistics after lunch. I won't go on..."

"Hey, hey, you haven't told me whether you want me to come or not!" (Arthur)

"Come on, this is a must!" (Sheen)

Arthur was silent for a moment—it seemed that he would not be able to hear this little gossip.

"Okay, then go ahead and get busy. See you at the social gathering next month." Arthur waved goodbye to Sheen.

"Bye..."

Sheen waved at Arthur and pressed the button. The light of the communication stone disappeared and returned to his hand.

Eric leaned out and looked at the communication stone in Sheen's hand:

"Well, this is a good thing - but I also have to say that your uncle is so cute..."

Eric fell silent as he thought of something.

As someone who was present during both of Sheen's phone calls, he recalled that when Sheen was talking to the Lord, he always called his blood uncle "Lord".

During this call, Sheen naturally called Arthur "Uncle".

Eric asked a sharp question:

"What do you call Duke Haines?"

"Of course it's 'Duke'. Do you think he would like me to call him 'Father' or 'Dad'?"

Xien shook the communication stone in his hand, half-opened his eyes, and spoke with a sour tone.

"He doesn't act like my father at all, you may not know -

"The Duke took me home with the excuse that 'Xion is a child born by a collateral blood relative, and I adopted him as my son'..."

When Sheen thought of that scene, he couldn't help but complain.

He made a face at Eric:

"If I hadn't forced the Duke to go to the temple for testing, do you think the Duke would have admitted that I was his biological child and that I was Haines' true heir?"

There was a sense of relief in Sheen's tone, which surprised Eric.

Listening to what Sheen said, it was hard for Eric not to think of himself——

His biological father treated him coldly and even abused him, but his current "father" (the Duke of Impasse, his uncle) was actually quite nice to him.

Eric hummed in his throat:

"There are some similarities between us... I can only say that I suddenly understand why you only recognize the blond uncle (he forgot to ask Arthur's name!) as 'uncle'."

The reader knows that this is a coincidence in the character setting of "The Game of Mediation", but he did not expose it.

"Hey, hey..."

Xien said calmly,

"To put it simply, suppose Atole, Arthur, and Alex all fell into the water at the same time, and I was asked who I would save? My heart would undoubtedly lean towards Uncle Arthur."

This is inevitable and true:

"Arthur is not only a legitimate bloodline, but also the only character in this story who has shown love for Sheen's family."

Eric nodded and shrugged.

"If it were me, and my biological father and my current father fell into the water, I would also choose to save my current father..."

Eric changed the subject and said jokingly:

"Of course this assumption is not true, because they can all swim~"

Sean half-opened his eyes and thought - I don't know about Atole and Alex, but Arthur can swim...

(No more talk, time to go)

Sheen put the communication stone into his pocket, rolled his eyes at Eric, and said in a teasing tone:

"Come on, if I hadn't found an excuse to stop your uncle's gossiping heart, you would have faced the questioning of your 'father-in-law'."

Eric saw Sean walking towards the door, and he trotted after him:

"Eh. What? I didn't mean that...

"Hey, please explain clearly!!"

Of course, Arthur, who was far away in the magic tower, had been sitting in front of the communication terminal since he cut off the magic of the communication stone.

He didn't leave, but just stirred the tea.

Some of the tea had been stirred out by him, but he didn't notice.

because...

"Sheen is already looking for information about the 'Devil's Heart'..."

He felt that he still had to go and see it in person at the critical moment.