AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 17

Chapter 16

The butler was extremely surprised, never expecting Auston to change his decision to gouge out his eyes because of a single sentence from Ruan Tang. He immediately bowed gratefully and retreated.

He felt it necessary to re-evaluate this Duke’s wife, whom he hadn’t taken seriously before…

After all, the Empress could decide his life or death, and this Duke’s wife, whom he hadn’t paid much attention to before, now seemed capable of determining whether he remained whole in the manor.

And it wasn’t just the butler who was surprised; the other male servants standing by also showed various expressions, but fearing they might offend Auston again, they all lowered their eyes and restrained their emotions.

Even Ruan Tang himself, the instigator, hadn’t expected that he could so easily change the decision of this devilish duke.

Auston stared at Ruan Tang, as if nothing had just happened, and asked, “Why don’t you continue eating? Aren’t you still hungry?”

“Then… I’ll continue eating.” Looking at the capricious Auston, Ruan Tang felt very uneasy, completely unaware of which nerve he had touched in this madman to make him listen to him.

He wondered if it was because he was eating so deliciously and with such appetite.

He picked up his chopsticks again and put food in his mouth, but perhaps due to what had just happened, Ruan Tang couldn’t eat much anymore, finding the delicacies hard to swallow.

But looking at Duke Auston staring straight at him, Ruan Tang didn’t dare to stop, fearing he would anger this madman who had finally calmed down.

He could only continue to stuff things into his mouth like chewing wax.

“If you don’t want to eat, then don’t eat. No one is forcing you.” Auston stared at him for a long while, feeling that Ruan Tang looked very pained, and suddenly spoke.

Looking at his frightening appearance, Ruan Tang didn’t know if his words were true or false, whether he really didn’t want him to eat, or whether he was forcing him to eat more.

But feeling that he really had no appetite and couldn’t hold on any longer, Ruan Tang immediately decided to take his words as true, regardless of whether they were true or false. He immediately put down his chopsticks and said to the male servant standing by, “Please get me a cup of coffee, thank you.”

While speaking, Ruan Tang was carefully observing Auston. Seeing that he had no reaction to him not continuing to eat, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Having experienced the thrilling scene just now, the male servant served him even more cautiously than before.

Ruan Tang picked up the coffee with a sense of relief and took a light sip, relaxing a lot.

The Duke’s manor not only had delicious breakfasts, but even the coffee was brewed very richly…

Auston frowned as he watched Ruan Tang drinking his coffee with relish, and suddenly lost his appetite for the Ceylon black tea in his own cup.

As soon as he showed a sign of dissatisfaction, the male servant serving him immediately removed the Ceylon black tea and replaced it with a cup of the same coffee as Ruan Tang…

Auston imitated Ruan Tang and lightly picked up the coffee, taking a sip, but as soon as it entered his mouth, his entire face wrinkled with bitterness. He spat the coffee directly back into the cup, his expression displeased: “What is this? Why is it so awful?”

The male servant who had just replaced the coffee for him turned pale with fright upon seeing this, trembling, and unconsciously held his breath.

He was afraid that he would anger the Duke and suffer the same fate as the butler, and after experiencing the butler’s ordeal just now, he didn’t even dare to argue for himself.

He was afraid that the noisy sound would make the Duke’s temper even worse, and the punishment for them would be even heavier.

“I don’t like to add sugar and milk to my coffee. I just like to drink strong, pure, freshly ground coffee beans… That’s why the taste isn’t very good. I’m sorry, I made you laugh,” Ruan Tang said cautiously, seeing that the same thing was about to happen again, and couldn’t help but speak up for the male servant.

In fact, Ruan Tang wasn’t very confident in his ability to persuade this madman, but he felt that he should at least try, and not let others suffer undeserved disaster.

When Auston heard Ruan Tang speak, he frowned unhappily, but turned his eyes away, no longer looking at the male servant, and just grunted, “Do you like such strange things?”

“This thing is so bitter, what’s so good about drinking it? You’re really hard to please…” He complained about Ruan Tang, but he didn’t say anything more to the male servant…

This meant he was letting the male servant off the hook.

The male servant’s face immediately showed surprise. He didn’t expect that his Duke’s anger could subside so quickly this time, but he quickly restrained the expression on his face and lowered his head, stepping aside.

Ruan Tang glanced at Auston in surprise, and immediately gave him an apologetic smile: “My tastes are indeed a bit strange.”

He suddenly felt that this mad Duke seemed quite easy to talk to… as long as he could find the right trigger point…

But where exactly was his trigger point?

Auston looked at Ruan Tang, snorted softly, and immediately put down his coffee cup, pushing his wheelchair away from the dining room, ignoring everyone.

…

As a Duke, Auston actually had some official duties to handle. He spent the morning finishing his work, and didn’t know what to do next.

“Sir, I wonder if I should arrange a performance for you this afternoon, or perhaps a trip to the arena or the interrogation department?” Aaron, his personal male servant, saw that his master was listless and immediately stepped forward, offering several of Auston’s favorite pastimes for his master’s amusement.

Auston hadn’t seen any bloody, cruel scenes for several days, and he felt a little itchy. He opened his personal terminal, intending to arrange a trip to the performance arena or the interrogation department to have some fun with the criminals.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his personal terminal, the message that Ruan Tang had sent to the male servant Seth in the morning, reminding him that the Duke was coming and telling Seth to avoid him, immediately popped up.

Auston suddenly felt that it was a bit interesting, and didn’t even want to go out.

His tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, and he instructed Aaron, “No need. I won’t be going out today. Change my clothes and take off my mask.”

…

So, after not seeing Seth for most of the morning and afternoon, the strange male servant with the disfigured face appeared before Ruan Tang again.

Around three o’clock in the afternoon, Auston, holding afternoon tea, gently knocked on Ruan Tang’s door: “Madam, this is the manor’s afternoon tea.”

At that time, Ruan Tang was staring blankly at the pitch-black window outside.

Seeing Seth, he immediately returned a polite smile, saying, “Thank you. Just put the afternoon tea aside.”

After speaking, he didn’t look at the sumptuous afternoon tea again, and continued to stare blankly out the window…

“Madam seems to be unhappy. Why is that?” Auston noticed that his mood was not good, his face smiling, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes.

Ruan Tang believed that after these two days of getting along, their relationship was fairly close, and didn’t mind the male servant’s irregular question and offense.

He just looked out the window somewhat gloomily: “…It’s nothing.”

“Did the Duke make you unhappy? Is that why you’re unhappy?” Auston felt that as the other master of this manor, no one but him should be able to make Ruan Tang unhappy.

Seeing that he was insistent on getting to the bottom of things, Ruan Tang couldn’t tell a male servant about the pressure the Empress was putting on him. Looking at the dark window, he casually said, “…Because I don’t like the darkness. I like the natural climate with sunshine and night, but the Duke’s manor only has night, so I’m unhappy…”

In fact, this perpetually dark Duke’s manor was indeed quite uncomfortable for him, always being in the dark and only being able to see with the help of lights.

He was starting to lose track of the days.

Auston looked at Ruan Tang in surprise, not saying anything, even more so not expecting that this was the reason Ruan Tang was depressed.

Tsk, he had long heard that Omegas were hard to please. It was indeed true. They were timid, soft-hearted, and afraid of seeing blood. Not only did they eat strange things, but now even the darkness could make them unhappy…

It was really troublesome.

What was wrong with the night? It could make him so unhappy.

Auston complained irritably in his heart, but didn’t show anything on his face.

Seeing that he wasn’t saying anything, Ruan Tang didn’t take the initiative to talk to him either, but chose to continue staring out the window.

…

Ruan Tang was in low spirits that day, so he went to bed early. After falling asleep, he didn’t even know if Duke Auston had come to suck him.

Because he went to sleep much earlier than usual, he also woke up very early the next day… Even before Auston usually came to suck him, he was already awake.

After opening his eyes and sitting up, Ruan Tang was stunned.

Because the always dark Auston Duke’s manor was actually lit up.

Bright sunlight shone through the windows into his room, not only brightening the entire room, but even Ruan Tang’s heart followed suit.

Ruan Tang didn’t wait for Seth or Auston. The moment he saw the sunlight, he opened the door and grabbed a male servant who was working, pointing to the brilliant sunlight outside and asking in confusion, “What… what’s going on?”

Wasn’t the Auston Duke’s manor in perpetual night?

“Madam, the Duke heard that you don’t like the darkness. So, last night, he ordered the restoration of the manor’s normal climate operation…” The male servant’s attitude towards Ruan Tang was extremely cautious and respectful.

Ruan Tang was completely stunned.

He never expected that Duke Auston knew that he casually said he didn’t like the darkness, and even more so didn’t expect that he would change the entire manor’s weather for him.

And it wasn’t just him who was stunned. Everyone in the Auston Duke’s manor was stunned…

No one had ever thought that their eccentric Duke would change a habit that had been maintained for many years for an Omega, just because he didn’t like the darkness.

It seemed that the weather in this manor was about to change.