Watching as my servant Isla tried to fruitlessly warm the headband in her arm I couldn't help but chuckle.
"It's fine, if you keep your hands out any longer you might get frostbite"
"But Master Rain if I put it on now I might pull out some of your hair!"
"Haha and whose fault would that be? The hard-working servant bearing the bitter cold for her foolish master, or the arrogant Young Master who decided he wanted to wear a headband after he left?"
"Bu-"
"Isla."
"Y-yes Young Master" the time for discussion was obviously over, with as much care the young woman could muster she delicately put the headband on Rain.
Even after dozens of viewings she still could not get over how mesmerizing his hair was.
With a glossy black sheen the hair cascaded down as if a thunderous waterfall yet still managing to hold the gentleness of water, it even managed to hold warmth, very desirable in the Northern cold, this coupled with her Young Masters features made it quite hard for her to conce-
"Isla?"
"Y-yes?"
"Are you done yet? You've been touching my hair for ten minutes now, Northpoint City is already in front of us"
With a yelp she let go of his hair and hurried to sit down. For the rest of the trip she refused to meet his gaze, him holding her hands to warm them up wasn't helping either. She definitely was happy about that nope~ not even a little.
"What's gotten into you? The only time I ever see you smile is when sneak into my room an-"
"Shhh! I only do that to get your laundry!"
"Ha. 'Laundry' yeah that's what your doing with my clothes"
Once inside the city gates Rain leisurely strolled around its confines with his servants trailing respectively behind him.
"Today I don't have much time because of cousin True's visit so we'll just stop by the Snowdew Wine House for lunch, sound good?"
""Yes Young Master"" echoed his entourage
A slight grin appeared on his face as he slowly moved towards the Winehouse while pondering upon this cousins visit. It can't be taxes again right? I really shouldn't have demonstrated my twelves years of required education and just acted like the useless Young Master I'm expected to be.
When he arrived at the Inn he was forced to pause at the entrance because of a large crowd assembled in front of the establishment
His servants seeing such disrespect towards their Master angrily moved towards the crowd only for Rain to raise his hand in denial stopping them.
"Now now, they aren't at fault here, why don't we find out what all the hubbub is about?"
Moving towards the crowd one by one they parted ways when they discovered his identity "m-Mr. Rain please forgive this one's insolence" " "how would I dare stand in the great you's way?" "Move it you fools Master Rain is here!" The last one was from his servants.
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In short order he managed to find what all the commotion was about, a dirty bald bandit was currently attempting to rip off the clothes of a young barmaid.
"You stupid wrench! I offered to pay you good money yet you still won't strip!?" With veins popping he perfectly painted the picture of an angered tiger.
"I-I'm sorry sir b-but we don't have those kinds of services here!" With tears in her eyes she was fruitlessly trying to break free from his grasp.
"Hah? Think you're to good for me? I'll show you bi-"
"Hey now, don't you think this is a bit to much?" With a relaxed posture Rain stood over the man, his condescending look not hidden in the slightest.
"Why you pretty boy bastard! You look even more like a bitch then she does!" He was obviously not from around here if he dared to shout such profanities, who would dare offend a king in his own castle?
Before Rain could get upset his servants got angry for him "shut your trap ya ugly bastard!" "You are just jealous of his natural charm!" Statments like these were coming like a torrent from every direction. Just who would miss this opportunity to kiss ass? Definitly not them, they had families to feed.
The most angry of all however was Isla, she was his personal servant, how could she bear such a insult? Insulting him was the same , no, worse than insulting herself.
Drawing a sword from who knows where she deftly pointed it at the insolent man's neck "would you care to repeat what you said?" With closed eyes and a full smile even Rain shivered from such a terrifying visage.
"I-I umm, yes that's right, I was just praising Young Master!" with quivering knees and tears in his eyes the bandit couldn't help but curse his fate, I just wanted to show off my wealth!
"Hmm~ oh really? Please, Continue Then." The aura Isla emitted was enough to rival even the chill on the other side of the door.
Sigh. I remember when she was adorable like a doll, where did my shy little sister go? She's really making me question my manliness.
"U-umm, y-young m-master i-is"
"Stop shuttering."
"YES YES! YOUNG MASTER IS THE BEST! PERFECT FEATURES, PERFECT HEIGHT, PERFECT HAIR, PERFECT DISPOSITION, HE REALLY IS THE PERFECT UNITY OF YIN AND YANG, HE MANAGED TO COMBINE BOTH MANLINESS AND THE CHARM OF A WOMAN!"
Man am I really that girly? He still mentioned it even under sword point.
"Hmm... barely satisfactory, Master Rain?"
"Ah? Uh, yes, I am satisfied with his apology" you kidding me? If I said no wouldn't you have killed him?
Hearing her master's response she seemed to finally be pacified as she lowered her blade, it was still poised to chop his head off at any second however.
"Now that we got that out of the way, questions~! What in the world gave you enough confidence to go to the capital of the North and cause trouble?"
"Young master you most forgive this one's insolence, I managed to find the scale of a Snow lizard and decided to use the money to show off"
"Snow lizard? Wow~ aren't you lucky? I'd never be able to find such a scale on the ground" hearing such a statement caused the baldy to almost spit blood. You dare to speak of fortune? Whose the Rich Young Master here? And who said I picked it up off the ground? I had to sneak into the beast's layer for it!
"Haha, you aren't very good at hiding your emotions are you? Say what, if you tell me where it's layer is I'll drop your charges"
"What charges?" Oh God how does he know my criminal record? no, it's impossible I moved all the way to the North just to get away from it!
At this time Isla cut in "obviously it's your rape, assault, defilment of authority, breaking of peace, and General unsightliness charges! You should be thankful towards Young Master, if I had my way you'd be missing a head"
Paling he couldn't help but curse his own stupidity, did he really think he'd be allowed to go unpunished? "My ignorance knows no bounds! Please forgive me most benevolent Lord, just give me map and I'll point you in the right direction!"
In short order a map was placed in front of the convict, Rain's reputation around here really couldn't be underestimated here.
Just as promised the bandit showed where the layer was hidden, he even was as helpful as to point out the easiest path, notes about the creature was also taken down.
Wow, didn't think he could write. oops, can't let that slip, I finally got rid of the previous body's bigotry, I don't want them to resurface.
"Thank you for your service, now Isla"
"Yes?"
"Arrange a spot for our new associate in the City prison"
"B-but" With a tremor the bandit lunged for Rain's pant sleeve to beg, of course Isla wouldn't have let him get that far.
"Ah? Oh yeah, I promised didn't I? Here's some good advice for you, Never Trust A Noble." with a smile that makes even Isla's look like sunshine he walked away without a glance back. Guess some habits I just can't kick?
With a glimmer in her eyes Isla faithfully completed her master's orders.