After the oath complete at the dining hall, he goes back to his room and immediately changes his clothes to the sleeping attired ones.

He then sits on his single couch near the window and reads a storybook. His face was frowning as he reading it.

'This.. '

His mind becomes complicated as he keeps reading the content inside the book. His mind then suddenly lingering on the event that happens during the dinner.

'to think that I would rush my vow there'

Frankly speaking, he didn't really intend to make a vow there, instead, he intended to make it a secret with only his family in presence. But, when he was there with all of those people around, he can't help but change his mind and proceed to make the vow there.

The vow he makes at the time, in summary, had 3 points to be the highlight.

1. He will leave the mansion when he is 20
2. He won't ever be the heir nor the lord in this territory
3. He will only be Leon Forti as long as he is inside the territory.

Well, the third point is longer but, overall that's was the content of the oath that he made at the time.

'well though my life was on the line, it didn't matter... I never intended to break any of it after all'

he thought as he smiles slightly. While he's busy with his thoughts, suddenly.

Knock Knock*

He could hear someone was knocking on his bedroom door. One voice then could be heard by him.

"young master Leon, excuse my rudeness... I'm Rudy, your knight, would you allow me to come in???"

Leon glance at the door as he heard it clearly that the one coming was his knight.

sigh*

"haa.... yes .. you may come in"

He sigh* as he allowed the knight to come into his room. He then removes the book from his hand and puts it on the table next to the coach.

"then... excuse"

The knight then carefully opens the door and comes in. While the knight was about to enter, Leon leans his back to the coach softly and close his eyes, as though as he was sleeping.

Rudy who's already inside his room walks all the way to in front of Leon and slightly bows.

"I have something to report young master Leon"

Rudy then stays quiet, waiting for permission to report from Leon. Leon who was closing his eyes could be heard breathing softly before saying,

"keep going"

'it's annoying that I need to put on this facade'

thought him while his mouth spouting different things. He opens his eyes slowly to see his knight while looking stoic.

"Sir Richard say, it's as you guess young master"

Flinched*

Leon flinched as he hears what the knight say. This is all because of the things that happening this afternoon.

His mind flashed into the thing that he had done before he goes to his room for changing his clothes to meet the Duke.

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Earlier afternoon, at the garden. Before Leon talks to Kelt. While he was swallowed his saliva as he's trying to observe his surrounding, he could taste it, a taste of something inside his mouth and the smell of blood.

'there's blood inside my mouth...'

At the time, he had to try his best to not give away any emotion regarding it, but he can't shake the feeling that something is not right.

'did this owner body weak or...'.

So he decides to order Rudy who was the knight behind him at the time to secure the tea set and any food on the table and keep it safe while they about to leave the garden.

While he conveys his words to Rudy, he also distracts Kelt into doing something else to ensure that his plan was not discovered.

'well I told Kelt to hurry and go to the Duke at the time so that Rudy could take it before anyone secure it but...'

~Sir Richard says it's as you guess young master~

'Richard says that my guess was correct... this is tough... '

Leon's face distorted as his mind is messed. Rudy remains silent while observing Leon's expression.

'did he want it that much??'

Thought Rudy.

The reason why Rudy was thinking like that was actually because Leon had ordered him to convey a message to Richard and it was in metaphor context.

"Young master..."

"hmm"

Leon glance at Rudy as he heard him called for him. He then made a kind of face that asking him to speak out.

"there's something else sir Richard say"

"what is it?? hurry"

"The 'sugar' had been secure, young master could enjoy it at any time he says..."

gasp*

"haa...smirk*"

Flinched*

Rudy a bit startled as he saw Leon smile wicked after hearing the delivered news. He suddenly remembers the message that he was told to convey to Richard at the time.

'The tea from this afternoon was so good... that makes me wonder if they using some new kind of sugar?? if is it true, then.. could you please secure the sugar for me'

As Leon says that, he seems truly pleased. It's made Rudy wonder, did the tea was that good.

'Well he did tell me to tell Richard like that, so that's mean, he really loves sugar that much??'

Rudy thought when he sees Leon's face at the moment.

'Should I buy him a lot of sugar'

As Rudy thought that, the misunderstanding deepen and Leon's lips curved up unstoppable.

He was really happy with the news.

'he really amazing... to secure this much... Richard...is indeed a great guy

Thought him as he glances at the book that was near him. A book that he encounters upon searching for his clothes to meet the Duke earlier afternoon.

Honestly speaking, in the novel that he read. There's no mentioning of any vow or promise Leon had towards the Duke and Duchess. So how can he knows about it?? has he received it through old Leon memories?? the answer is no.

To tell the truth. He didn't get any memories of this body owner when he arrives at this body. That's why, the moment he realized he was in the world of the novel, he felt weird, because he didn't receive any memories of this owner's body.

'aren't we supposed to had the memory of the original body if we possess them??'

He had that kind of thoughts at the moment, but to his surprised, there's no such a thing as memories flash into his mind.

So to figure out some of the new things regarding this body owner, he decides to find out any clues that may trigger the memory to come out. As he thought that, while choosing the clothes for Duke's meeting, he found an old worn-out storybook behind the clothes line in his wardrobe.

'This must be a book Leon enjoys reading...'

he hence decides to take a peek inside the book for a moment while changing his clothes and he found out the shocking truth behind the book.

Stunned*

'it's not a storybook!!!! it's a diary!!!!'

To his surprise, the book that he thought only an old storybook was actually a diary that had a cover of storybook. Thus, he read the content of the diary a little bit and find out about the vow or promise that Leon makes with Duchess and the Duke.

And more importantly, he also found out about it.

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to be continued

What else did he found out??