Chapter 542: 13.40

"Young Master… Wolf… Wolf has touched… the most beautiful flower…."

[Pupa: Ding! Wolf Dietrich's Fatemeter increases to 45%.]

[Pupa: Ding! Raphael De Argent's Fatemeter increases to 40%.]

[What?! Why does Raphael's Fatemeter increasing so suddenly? Is he around here? Can you find him for me?]

[Pupa: Perhaps. But he is a celestial being, so he might use some concealing magic. Even my scan can't detect him.]

[… I just asked you for a simple job to find someone, yet you failed. Pupa, your incompetence never fails to surprise me.]

[Pupa: Likewise.]

"Wu… why don't you touch the rose, Wolf? It is really beautiful!" Little Jean asked obliviously. 

"No… no need. Young Master… more… beautiful…." Wolf's cheeks reddened. He just said something so stupid in front of Young Master Jean. Of course, Young Master had gotten that praises many times. 

But Little Jean only blinked few times, trying to understand what Wolf said just now. 

And after he realized it, his eyes glimmered, and he giggled cutely, "Uwaaa, Wolf called Jean beautiful! Jean is very happy!"

"Y—Young Master… people… always praise… you…." Wolf shook his head. "It's… not special…."

"Shhh, but I think it's very special because it's Wolf who said it! Wolf is Jean's Knight, remember?"

"Yes…" Wolf nodded with a thin smile on his lips. He felt that being stared at by Young Master might put a hole in his heart. He was too embarrassed and shy. Thus he avoided it by saying, "Wolf… will scout… Young Master… stay."

"Okay!" Little Jean obediently sat on the ground, and the butterfly hairpin returned normal after that, 

After Wolf left the hidden cave, a light suddenly appeared in front of Little Jean, and it gradually turned into a human shape and—

Blitz!

Little Jean closed his eyes for a second because the light blinded him. And when he opened his eyes again, he saw a very familiar face. 

"You've been staying here, don't you know that your Big brother is worried about you, Fairy?" 

"Angel!" Little Jean got up and hugged Raphael. 

Raphael chuckled and caressed Little Jean's strawberry hair that smelled like a fresh rose. 

"Waaaa, Angel, when did you come? Wu…. Jean is sad because Jean cannot greet you with beautiful clothes…."

"You don't need beautiful clothes to be beautiful, just like that boy said to you," Raphael implied on Wolf.

"Ah, you mean Wolf? He is such a good boy! Jean likes Wolf!" Little Jean said obliviously. 

"Like, huh?" 

Raphael chuckled gently. He knew that Little Jean still hadn't realized what the meaning of his words was. It wasn't his fault either, because he always thought that the world was really full of kind-hearted people. 

Raphael was summoned instantly once Little Jean used the butterfly hairpin. It was like instant teleportation, and Raphael could also use the hairpin to see what was around Little Jean and whether Jean was hurt.

When he got summoned, he saw that Little Jean was in a cave with a boy around Raphael's age. His deep hunter gaze and crimson hair could scare anyone, especially with his bloodied hands. 

But for some reason, Little Jean wasn't scared at all. He kept on smiling and saw everything as a fun game.

And when that scary boy showed a bit of his fragile side, Little Jean immediately embraced him with the warmth of an angel, so it gave the scary boy peace in his mind.

Little Jean even helped the boy by turning the white gardenia into a source of light and then put it inside the boy's heart to convince him that he was pure. 

All that Little Jean did was something that Raphael could and should do as the next Saint. Little Jean showed the warmth of a Saint even better than him. 

It made him realized that he wasn't wrong to make Little Jean his fiancee. Maybe Jean's beautiful heart was the one who pulled them together. 

After making sure that Jean was unharmed, Raphael gently told his fiancee, "Jean, you shouldn't be here. Your Big brother hasn't slept for two days searching for you, you know."

"Wu… really?" Little Jean felt guilty because he treated everything like a game right now. "I—I'm sorry, Jean just wants to have fun…."

Raphael chuckled, "Understandable. I want to have fun and visit you, but my training as the next Saint is very time-consuming. Well, why don't we return now? All you need to do is to hold my hand, and we will meet your brother."

"Un!" Little Jean nodded enthusiastically. He stretched his hand, but before his hand touched Raphael's, a ball of flame suddenly shot in high speed towards Raphael.

Raphael flicked his finger, and a light barrier was created in front of him. As expected, that scary boy called Wolf would attack him. He darted his gaze towards the Wolf boy, but before he could even blink, the Wolf boy already dashed right in front of him with a dagger.

There was a killing intent from the Wolf boy, and it got Raphael shocked. 

It was just in time for him to create another light barrier and deflected the attack. Raphael was still petrified because if he was late for a mere second, then his neck would've been sliced clean by that sharp dagger.

After his attack was deflected, Wolf recovered almost immediately. He growled, full of hostility towards Raphael. 

It also took a while for Jean to realize what just happened.

"Ah! Wolf, come here, let's meet my Big brother!" Little Jean said. 

Raphael was still trying to grasp what happened just now. He didn't expect this kid to attack him so suddenly. 

The Wolf boy looked so fierce, and his body started emitting heatwave. Wolf gritted his teeth, and flame came out of the edge of his lips. 

Raphael frowned, "Stand behind me, Jean. He is dangerous."

"Dangerous? But Wolf is very kind…." Little Jean said. "He will be my knight in the future! I will have my own knight, yay~."

"Let go of my Young Master," Wolf said. His intonation was clear, and he sounded threatening enough that Little Jean was also surprised. 

"W—Wolf?"

Raphael's frown deepened as he realized that this Wolf boy got even more hostile after glancing at Little Jean, who hid behind Raphael's body. He didn't expect this Wolf boy could be so aggressive because of Little Jean.

Raphael wanted to test how protective he could be for Little Jean. Because he heard that Jean wanted this kid to be his knight. So he must be ready to sacrifice himself for Little Jean. It should turn into an instinct at this point. 

"Jean, I will put you in a protection," Raphael chanted a short spell, and Jean's body was engulfed in a ball made out of glass. The ball floated midair behind Raphael as a meant of protection from harm.

"Whaaa, Angel, Jean is scared!" Little Jean whimpered as he was floating midair inside the ball. "Wu… Angel, Jean is sorry for being naughty, please release, wuwuwu…."

Seeing Young Master Jean whimpered out of fear, Wolf was ignited to the point that he was ready to burn the whole cave with him.

"LET GO OF MY YOUNG MASTER!!"