"Huff..."
The young master took a deep breath, and a plan silently formed in his mind. It was the first time such a prominent figure had taken the initiative to show him favor.
Although he didn't know the reason.
Maybe to befriend his father, or perhaps he himself had qualities that stood out, or even... it might be something special about his childhood playmate beside him, something he had never noticed.
He glanced thoughtfully at his equally puzzled childhood playmate beside him.
He had read many storybooks.
Some of those plots were similar, where a supporting character is favored by a prominent figure, and just when the supporting character feels grateful, they discover that the prominent figure's real attention is on the maid beside them. Such plots were quite common.
But whatever the reason.
