CHAPTER TEN – DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL MASTER AND SERVANT RELATIONSHIP
The Albert Dukedom household is the Leading charter in the Imperial Faction of the Truman Empire. The Albert household and the Truman Royal family had a longtime friendship with each other.
It is said that the current Duke of Albert household, XAVIER ERON ALBERT has a brotherhood relationship with the current King of Truman Empire.
With this kind of relationship, the Albert household can be considered a distant relative of the Truman Royal family.
However, even that said, the Albert household still swore eternal loyalty to the members of the Truman Royal family even though the current King considered them as his relatives.
The nobles within the Truman Empire are all aware of this and since the Albert household is hosting a banquet, they bring up their children to please the Duke and Duchess of Albert household to be friends with the First Young Master.
Of course, the other nobles would take advantage of this and let their children build a connection through the First Young Master.
Axel is used to the attention that he's getting and the only thing that he can do is to accept their "warm greeting" whenever he's passing by the other nobles.
Also, there were some of them were bold enough to introduce him to one of their daughters for mutual friendship.
'As if I wanted to be friends with these young noble ladies who are opportunistic b*tches! It makes me want to puke because of their strong perfume!'
"Excuse me, Ladies and Gentlemen. Young Ladies and Young Masters. As much as I want to accommodate everyone, I would like to prefer if all of you don't just flock around me because right now, I am feeling uncomfortable"
Axel said in an amiable tone like a well-respected gentleman the way he presented himself to the public.
"If you'll excuse me, I need to greet my parents first. Please enjoy the rest of the banquet everyone"
After that, he left the crowd together with Devon as they walked towards where the Duke and Duchess are seated.
Devon, on the other hand, wants to vomit blood because of his master's "way to smooth the crowd" with his gentle and amiable attitude towards them.
'Are these people didn't sense the dangerous atmosphere around this kid?! That's why my master describes them as nothing but a bunch of ignorant fools!'
When the crowd of nobles and their children disappears in their surroundings, both he and his master walked towards where his master's parents are seated.
"Two-faced bastard"
Devon lowered his voice which can only be heard by the two of them and Axel just smirks back at him.
'This kid—!'
He didn't know what to do as he could only sigh and just remembered the reason why he served this youth as his Master.
DEVON RAPHAEL AYCLIFFE. He came from the Baron Eucliffe household. It's normal for the lower-rank nobles to work for the higher-rank nobles.
The Aycliffe household came from the commoner's status and the reason why the Aycliffe family gain a noble title is because of its merits during the war way back many years ago and brought victory upon the Empire.
Devon is the first child of the Aycliffe household from a concubine. His mother is not the legal wife of his father, even though he is the First Young Master.
He doesn't have the right to inherit the Baron title from his father because his mother is not legally married to the Baron.
When his mother died because of an illness, he is left alone in the household, and no one paid attention to him.
When he reaches the age of 15, he left the Aycliffe household and entered the Duke Albert household to serve as a butler.
Now, 5 years had passed since he serve the First Young Master and Devon is already 20 years old, and the First Young Master is now 14 years old.
Even though he reduced himself to a servant, Devon is a one-of-a-kind genius in terms of magic and martial arts.
He also excels in swordsmanship just like Axel. His magic affinities are Earth, Lighting, and Water.
Having three affinities or more is considered rare, and they are being hailed as geniuses that could be put on the records for future generations.
Devon cut ties with his family as soon as he entered the Duke Albert household to serve as a butler and since then, he hasn't heard anything from his father anymore.
"Greetings, Mother and Father"
He snapped back from his thoughts as he didn't notice that they had already arrived where the Duke and the Duchess were seated.
'This is going to be a long day…'
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Axel greeted his parents the moment he arrived where they are, and he saw that his parents are talking with the other nobles or their close acquaintances.
Duchess Albert is the one who notices her son's presence and she smiled at him.
"Hello there, my dear child. Is everything alright?"
The Duchess asked her son and Axel just shook off his head with a smile plastered on his face.
"Nothing, Mother. Where's Aaron by the way?"
Duchess Albert; "Your brother left earlier because he didn't feel well. Your sister is in the nanny's care as I can't take care of it as I need to be here to assist your father with the guests around"
'More like, you didn't care about my siblings. Do you think I didn't know about that?'
Axel just smiled at her mother as if he didn't know anything but, in reality, Axel is raging on the inside.
Devon, on the other hand, knew what the Duchess' words are implying, and he could tell that his master is now raging on the inside as he could see the slight twitch on his eyebrows.
Within the Duke Albert household, Devon is the only person that Axel could trust and no one else.
Not even his parents. At first, Devon didn't understand why the First Young Master didn't trust them when the Duke and the Duchess adored him that much compared to his other siblings.
But it seems that things aren't that easy…
That is because Devon learned about something of what happened a few years ago as he entered the Albert Dukedom…
When he first entered the Manor to serve as a butler and was assigned to the First Young Master, the first impression that Devon had of the youth is like what the rumors about him.
Gentle and amiable. He is the type of gentleman that can get along with everyone around him. Devon didn't see any flaws with the child the first time he met Axel.
However, as he serves the First Young Master over the years, he noticed something as he observes the child even more.
That's the time he finally realized something.
Whenever the Duke or the Duchess called for Devon to make a report about Axel's behavior, he only tells them how the others saw the Young Master.
« …. "Why didn't you tell them about what you discovered about me? Why lie to them?" … »
He remembers back then how he was confronted by Axel when the Duke called for him and left his office afterward.
« … "That is because… you and I are somewhat similar. Forgive me for speaking informally Young Master but… I can see myself to you" …. »
From that day onwards, Axel and Devon's master and servant relationship became different from the others.
That is because… Axel considered Devon as his trusted aide and a brother that Axel could lean on.