Your Mightiness

In the end, Raphael still couldn't guess what August wanted to do recently.

But soon, Mr. August, who couldn't sit still, took the initiative to sell his purpose on a certain homework tutoring night: he wanted to be good to Raphael very seriously.

The way to be good to a person, in August's view, is to understand what the other person needs and wants, and then...give it.Anyway, it must not be the kind of self-righteous "I'm all for your own good" way.

As a result, August, unsurprisingly, got stuck on the step of "understanding Raphael".His understanding of Raphael was very partial and superficial. Apart from knowing that the other party was a snake maniac, he didn't even know what Raphael was going to do when he came to Bristol.Naturally, a stupid idea was born-August clumsily wanted to understand Raphael's preferences through meticulous observation.

Yes, from Raphael's point of view, those eyes behind the scenes, the haunted castle incident, etc., are all just because August is paying attention to him.

After doing this for a few days, August realized that this "observation" could only be read as idiot.He can't see anything at all.Raphael's disguise was very successful. If Auguste hadn't been sure that he had been listening to Raphael for several months in a row about how he wanted to kill some bloody people, he would have thought that Raphael was just another A normal ordinary nobleman.

If one plan fails, another plan will be made.

August began to secretly care about Raphael's life, while trying to find out from Raphael what he really wanted.

In terms of "caring about life", Auguste thinks that he is still very successful.He can't get up in the morning, but can stay up late at night, so whenever Raphael gets busy and needs to return late, August will hold a novel of knights and wait in front of the fireplace in the hall, Covered with a blanket and drinking a hot drink, he waited until Rafael came back.

August is a complete novice in caring for people, because in his last life since his mother passed away, he has always been alone, and no one needs his care.

He can only judge others by himself, recalling what he desires most when he is alone.

The answer is obvious, all the lights are on, he just wants someone who is willing to wait for him to go home.He even went so far as to pretend he was home by turning on the living room light before he went out and keeping it on until he came back at night.In this way, when you walk into the community, you can see that in the houses that are lit up softly, there is also the lamp that belongs to his house, glowing with a warm and dim yellow light, as if there is really such a person who has been, Has been waiting for him.

So August waited for Raphael almost every night, but he didn't want Raphael to find out, so he pushed the valet out.Raphael would be delighted to come back from a cold night and find the fire warm, waiting all night for his servants.

Once it was very thrilling and was almost discovered.It snowed a lot that day, and Raphael never came back. Even August, the young master who stayed up late, couldn't survive, and slept until Raphael walked into the castle.The hasty hiding was not perfect, but it was probably due to lighting problems, and Raphael didn't notice it.

As for finding out from Raphael what he likes...

This completely stumped August.

As an orphan whose mother died young, and working as a geographic magazine photographer who rarely needs to communicate, Auguste had almost zero experience in communicating with people in his previous life. Most of his work was told to him by editors through the Internet. An Internet-addicted teenager whose speed is faster than his brain, he doesn't know what it means to speak skillfully.That is the legendary social barrier.

What he said in his only eight years as a child in this life is almost the sum of what he has said as an adult in the past.

Relying on the teachings of his etiquette tutor for less than a year in his life, August tried several times before finally taking the first step—praising Raphael.

The etiquette teacher said that when chatting with people, discussing the weather and complimenting each other is undoubtedly a good start.

But August still messed up. His praise of Raphael seemed to make Raphael stiff for a long time. This is rare, and Raphael, who is still good at dancing in this world, can't catch up.

Inexplicably a little proud of what is going on.

Cough, in the end, August, who has limited patience, finally decided to ask straightforwardly.Anyway, it was almost Christmas, and he could use the Christmas gift as a raft to inquire about Raphael's wishes.

The red-faced His Excellency the Duke, who was illuminated by the fire in the fireplace, said to Raphael Temporary Tutor Mortimer in a tone that only he himself felt would not be discovered by others: "Yel!"

Raphael's French name is Rafael, and the Queen Mother who was born in France used "Yel" as Raphael's nickname.The meaning of shining and glorious in Sumerian is full of the hopes that the Queen Mother placed on Raphael.Only a few people can call Raphael that.

Raphael put down the gold-thread handwritten book in his hand, pursed his lips, and deliberately approached: "En?"

Raphael is too close. As a giant in theory and a dwarf in action, although August was very bold in the past and liked to look at men, he was actually a man who seldom did manual work in his previous life. innocent boy.Suddenly he was so close to his ideal type, he smoothly turned into a little stutter, with golden hair fluttering in the wind.

Raphael looked at August patiently, continued to use an indescribable magnetic voice, raised the pitch, and said "En?" again.

August suddenly lowered his head: "Today, the weather is pretty good today."

"..."

Embarrassment, embarrassment to death, the kind of embarrassment that August even committed embarrassment for himself.

"Pfft." Raphael couldn't help laughing anymore, he hugged August, who was as light as a feather, and let him sit on his lap with his legs spread apart, facing him. He said with a straight face, "I'm your uncle, you can tell me anything you want to say, okay? Don't be afraid."

This position is really easy to make the theoretical gentleman ♂ start to be full of yellow waste, uncle!

August's whole body froze completely, as if under a petrification spell.It is the petrification spell in Harry Potter that can turn people into stone. He likes that fairy tale very much, so he always thinks that silver and green are the colors of nobility.Of course, the reality is that in England the three golden and red lions are the symbol of the royal family.

Raphael and August have known each other for almost two months, and he felt that there should be no problem getting closer, so he rubbed the tip of August's white and small nose with his tall nose.

Then he said again in a low voice that was so gentle that it seemed to melt people, "How about it, Al?"

"...Okay." August's voice was so small that it was almost nothing.

"Then tell me, what have you been doing recently?" Raphael coaxed.

August, who was robbed of the rhythm in a daze, just sold himself in a daze. Raphael didn't find out a word about what he wanted or what he was doing recently, but he told him what he was doing and what he wanted recently. up.

Raphael was no less shocked than Auguste after hearing this.

This way of caring about people is really ingenious and creative, but...

"I like it very much." Raphael immediately kissed August's pink cheek, like snowflakes falling on his face, so light, so cool, but with the temperature of melting ice and snow.

August: What happened to the sudden illusion that you were being taken advantage of?

No, no, Raphael is so good-looking, if it is necessary to say who took advantage of whom, it is he who took advantage of it!Your Excellency the Duke, who gave up on himself, simply kissed Raphael back with lust, one left and one right, the beauty's cheeks are so fragrant!It's not the kind of pungent artificial perfume, but a kind of freshness with the air of winter, which is a bit warm and cool, but not frostbite.

Then...the uncle and nephew kissed back and forth.

August wanted to cry, but he always felt that this direction was not what he wanted, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.Forget it, anyway, he didn't have expectations for his IQ from the beginning, and he was ready to be discovered.

correct!He wants to ask Raphael what he likes!

"Christmas is coming, what gift do you want?" August took a lesson from Raphael and decided to hit a straight ball.

"Is it okay to ask this kind of thing directly?"

"I didn't know you before." August said confidently.

"We can just have a deeper understanding." Raphael smiled righteously.

"Yes!" August was very happy that Raphael was so good, and he started to ask questions like a cannonball, "Then what are your hobbies? What do you prefer to eat? What to wear? Is there anything that must be done no matter what?" wish?"

Raphael: ...these have a penny to do with Christmas presents?

Although thinking so, Raphael still answered August's question with a smile: "I actually prefer Chinese food."

"...Ah?" August's almond cat eyes were filled with the despair of "You kidding me" in capital letters, and he confirmed again, "Chinese food?"

Raphael continued to get closer, as if he could feel the closeness of each other's breath and heartbeat: "Yes, I have always been curious about the taste of Chinese food. Don't you like it?"

"It's, it's okay, I prefer French food." August was a little short of breath, and his eyes couldn't help looking at the lower right corner, which was a subconscious reaction when people were lying.But Auguste felt that he lied perfectly. After all, all Europe now likes French things. From architectural styles to daily clothing, even French is a must-learn language for nobles, and it is as important as Latin.

The official meeting records of England for hundreds of years have even been in French.Scholars of later generations will definitely want to cry when they open these parchment materials.To study the history of England, you need to master French and Latin, which is really a test.

"Do you like French food?" Raphael pondered this sentence for a long time.

The femininity that made August feel dangerous swept over his body again. He struggled to get off Raphael's lap, and ran away after saying "It's late, I'm going to bed first."

Raphael rested his chin on one hand, watched the short-legged Duke run away, thinking that the other party really didn't know what it meant to be guilty.

The next morning, August saw the belated London newspapers ironed by the old housekeeper.

In the history of Auguste’s previous life, European newspapers were born in the middle of the fifteenth century, so he is not sure whether the appearance of newspapers in the overhead world of this life is a product of history, or another Raphael’s creation. "invention".In any case, such a weekly newspaper that only records major national and even global events greatly facilitates August's life in a dead house and helps him understand the entire medieval Europe more comprehensively.

As for ironing newspapers, Auguste had only seen them in British and American dramas before. At that time, he was puzzled by the strange life of the rich. Only in this life did he know that the purpose of ironing newspapers was actually to prevent the ink from getting on the nobles. hand.

In the first 100 years when movable type printing was introduced to Europe, the technology was still very backward, and one of the disadvantages was ink sticking to hands.

The most important story in the papers this month was the endless Anglo-French war, which no other cousins ​​had fought to such a degree of dread.The ancestor of the London newspaper media industry has long been familiar with the gossip of the British tabloids many years later. After reporting on England's war advantages, he still did not forget to mentally attack the king of France. Rumors said he was crazy.

"Tsk, what they said last time was that my uncle was seriously ill." August leaned on the bed halfway, commenting as he turned to the second page, which was a summary of the most important local news in London.

The king's wedding is being actively prepared, and Princess Anne is eager to get married.

The Earl of March (Raphael) temporarily became the king's envoy, and went to Bristol to help rebuild the city's drainage system.

The Honorable Duke of Gloucester (August) has confirmed he will attend the King's Wedding in what will be his first public appearance.

……

What the hell is an urban drainage system?

"This is the Earl's job this time." The old butler said, "There is a very comprehensive and detailed explanation in the third edition, and the Earl's personal preferences are also attached."

"..." I knew that the newspaper would spoil it, why did I act stupid before?

The news became old news, and August pointed his middle finger at the sky.I have a saying that my mother sells criticism, I must say it!

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PS: In history, newspapers appeared very early, but the regular weekly newspapers appeared in the UK in the seventeenth century.The adjustments made in the text can be understood as one of the minor changes.