With his hands on his back, the baron walked up and down uncomfortably.
"Since you took the risk to take care of me, I have never forgotten you."
"I have carefully considered your behavior to Mrs. Shirley... This can only be attributed to your education and status. You are from a humble background, and it is not your fault that you are used to flattering. I can forgive you for your wickedness, as long as you watch out your deeds and words, and be cautious in the future ."
"I am not ashamed to admit my admiration to you. Ever since I left Mormon Manor... I think of you almost every day... I didn't mean to alienate you. I had already considered it and wanted you to come to my manor. , So when my uncle borrowed money from me, I made a request along the way."
"Because our identities are different and we don't know each other, I can't accept you easily. After you came to my manor, I have been neglecting you, because I thought that you seduce and please me came from flattery. To this day you risked your life to save me again, I... I'm sorry that I failed your friendship before."
Having said this, the baron let out a long sigh of relief, and then he looked at me solemnly, his expression was serious, his brown eyes were full of my reflection.
I heard his low and dull voice.
He said: "I...I accept you...you shouldn't do such dangerous things...make me anxious..."
"..."
I felt that I was silent for half a century.
Although I knew what the Baron thought about me, it was the first time I heard this kind of confession, and I was a little touched, but...
I don't know if the Baron has pursued others before. If so, he confessed with such a superior attitude that it is probably, possible, and definitely not successful.
"My lord, there is one thing I must explain to you." I looked into his eyes and said, "I respect you very much. Whether it is caring for you or saving you, it is out of my respect for you, but this Respect does not contain any...special emotions."
The baron was stunned, his brown eyes did not blink, and his face suddenly changed.
I really couldn't face the baron's gaze, so I lowered my eyes, and then I heard the baron's heavier and heavier breathing. He seemed to sneer twice and then walked to me: "I hope you are not pretending to be hard to get or playing tricks. If so, I must remind you. This makes me very angry."
I was silent and did not answer.
Baron Oscar became even angrier. He was simply anxious. After a long time, he couldn't say a word. At last, he sternly asked: "If you don't mean that, why do you make a series of ambiguous actions?"
I sighed silently in my heart. Indeed, as he said, I knew he had a good impression on me, but I still made an unqualified behavior, especially when we first met, I lay down in bed and hugged the sick baron. This behavior is indeed ambiguous, no wonder the Baron misunderstood that I was seducing him.
I just want to be nice to him. Of course, I don't mind satisfying the baron's desire. Although men's love is secretive, it is not uncommon in aristocratic circles. If the baron has this intention and always wants to make up for him, no matter what he asks, I will satisfy him.
But is it really possible?
I asked myself, if Catherine told me at this time that she regretted what she had done to me in her previous life and wanted to make up for me by marrying me, could I still accept her?
No, absolutely not. Not only will I not accept it, but I will feel it utterly disgusting.
The reason why the baron is willing to love a vile and selfish person like me is that he doesn't know me, he just has a good impression on me from the few small things I have done, and my handsome appearance. If he also experienced a rebirth, how would he treat me at this time?
Wouldn't it be like I hate the Bruce family, want to kill me to revenge?
Conscience condemned me. I kept my head down and dared not look at him. I heard myself say: "I'm sorry."
"Then you are doing these deliberately, you see that I like men and want to seduce me, so as to get benefits. But when I actually pursue you, you can't accept men anymore, am I right?"
I did not refute any words of the Baron, no matter how despicable and unbearable he imagined me, it is impossible to know that I was countless times more despicable and unbearable than he imagined.
The room was very quiet, I could only hear the baron's anger and unstable voice. After a long time, the baron passed me without a word and left the room.
The baron has never had such a big temper at me, in his previous life or in this life.
It seems that I really annoyed him. Will he drive me away? I don't know. Actually, I don't know him much.
For the rest of the day, the baron called Billy to serve.
All-day long, I was awaiting the verdict in anxiety.
But Oscar did not respond. He did not tell the butler to fire me, nor did he drive me back to Mormon Manor. Instead, he called me to his study again the next morning.
Baron Oscar's complexion looked sober, but he didn't have a good complexion.
He said to me in the low and slow tone of the past: "Mr. Owen Eric."
As if the intense and embarrassing conversation had never happened yesterday, Oscar's tone was cold and alienated again, but he was also very calm. He said, "I'm sorry."
I looked at him in astonishment. He would actually apologize to me. You must know that he is my master and a nobleman, and a person of this kind cannot apologize to a servant.
"Don't say that. It's all my fault. It's my misbehavior that caused this misunderstanding." I said sincerely.
"No..." Oscar said slowly: "In fact, your behavior is not out of the standard, because I am not calm enough. People like me who naturally like men have too few opportunities to meet people alike in their life, so... "
His words made my heart feel sore. After all, I caused him pain. I couldn't help but say: "I can leave the manor right away..."
"No need." Oscar interrupted me: "You don't have to leave."
His voice was majestic, and he couldn't refuse: "I want you to stay, and I promise I won't do anything embarrassing to each other in the future."
He sighed and said, "Although I like men, I will not use my identity to force others, especially if you are a servant in my manor. I will never take advantage of my identity to do anything that upset you. I will just treat you as my valet, it doesn't matter whether you are married or anything, I also ask you to forget the embarrassing experience yesterday. After listening to these words, if you still insist on leaving, you can leave at any time."
Of course, I don't want to leave. I still have things to do. If I leave, Momon Manor will not let me go back, so my actions will be hindered.
So I bowed to Baron Oscar and stepped back.
Sure enough, as Oscar said, he never showed any obvious special emotions to me again, just like the way we get along in the previous life.
He still often calls me to serve, and he is very indulgent to me. Even if I do something wrong, he never blames me.
His performance made me understand a terrible fact.
That is, although the baron was interested in me in his previous life, he never intended to force me. Even he knew that I didn't want to, so he treated me as an ordinary servant, only because he liked me, he showed special love to me, but I...
The capital stepped into the spring rain season.
The humid air made everything ferment quickly, and people in the kitchen complained many times that the food was moldy and spoiled too quickly.
Billy, Lord Oscar's valet, is getting married. He wants to ask the kitchen to help him prepare some food for the wedding, so he is worried about moldy food.
"She is the daughter of a tenant on the manor." Billy said with a happy face: "We fell in love when we were a teenager. I couldn't save enough money to get married. This year, she can't delay any longer. She is pregnant. I don't want my first child to be an illegitimate child. I begged the Baron to exempt us from the marriage tax."
"Oh, this is great, congratulations." People congratulated him.
Billy is in his thirties, and he said he hasn't saved enough money to get married. This is not a joke.
The state charges a high marriage tax to the people.
If you are a worker living in a city, you need to pay marriage tax to the registrant of marriage. If you live on a manor, then the landlord here is the landlord who manages your birth, old age, sickness, and death, weddings, and funerals.
Many people are unable to pay high marriage taxes, which has caused many people to marry late, and also caused a large number of illegitimate children among the common people. Fortunately for Billy, the Baron exempted him from his marriage tax, which is equivalent to the Baron's expense to the country.
This shows the generosity of Baron Oscar.
In Momon Manor, the viscount will charge high marriage taxes to the people under the rule. Those who can't get married have no choice but to not get married, and throw out illegitimate children because it is illegal to have children out of wedlock. The policy is like killing the goose that lays golden eggs. Even this kind of problem is not dealt with proper strategy. No wonder the management of Momon Manor is dismal.
"I asked Lord Baron to witness the wedding for us, and the Baron agreed," Billy said proudly.
The crowd cheered, and it was indeed something to be proud of to invite the Baron to witness the wedding.
At last, Billy told me that he wanted me to be his best man.