My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 175: Changed...

Chapter 175: Changed...

The next day, Felix woke up first and to his relief, it actually turned out exactly at around the time he always woke up.

’I guess that incident was indeed just random.’

Felix was happy because he naturally woke up at his usual time.

Felix smiled and got ready for the day as he had to get back to work and enter his usual schedule after lazing around for days.

There was this big satisfaction Felix felt when he got ready and thought about getting back on routine. He was fine. He is all fine now.

Excited, Felix quickly got ready and took a glance at Asher on the bed, crawling close to him.

Felix placed a kiss on Asher’s cheek and caressed his hair, then left the room.

Actually... Asher was already awake. Wide awake now...

Asher woke up while the duke was getting ready. Maybe because he felt a little tired and uncomfortable, he couldn’t sleep any longer. But, he didn’t have the energy or need to get up either. So he just laid there with his eyes closed.

’Sigh...Had he done that before too? Did he kiss me whenever he left for work?’

Asher thought and rubbed his cheek, then got up as he was suddenly filled with energy.

What a good day....

It then progressed like any other day.

Asher got ready, met the duke to show himself and inform him he had woken up, then did random talking, kissing and all those...

Then around the evening, Felix called Asher to the office and they had a serious discussion about how they were going to talk to Anne.

Since this involved both of them, even if it was only Felix who was now going to talk to Anne, they had to settle on exactly what they were telling her.

After them attentively covering all their concerns, Felix went to meet Anne, hoping everything would be only better.

Meanwhile, Asher waited in Felix’s office where he was greeted by Lucas who came by.

"Any change in your body or anything that’s making you worry?"

Lucas sat down with Asher and first of all, inquired about Asher’s health.

As Asher told him he was fine, Lucas then continued discussing what had been thinking.

"Your eye mole could be related to the pregnancy. But...I couldn’t find anything related to it."

Lucas said with a concerned tone as he didn’t really agree on his own terms since this was just an assumption.

Lucas’s theory was that if Asher had been pregnant for five months, then, shouldn’t his eye mole have turned red five months ago if it was indeed related to the pregnancy?

According to Felix, this mole turned red once Asher threw up blood and at that time when he came to check on Asher that time.

It...made Lucas anxious but no matter how much he searched for details, he couldn’t find anything related to it.

"Maybe I also should have educated myself better about myself...Too bad I never knew much things...But, my mother...I mean... the one who raised me never mentioned my father had his eye’s mole red when he was pregnant with me. It was also during that time he had informed my mother about his specialty and how someone can recognize an omega from their eye mole which turns red to the close fire. But...there was nothing like a just red mole during that time I guess...my mother didn’t mention anything like that. And, my mother had read me a lot of books about omegas. Who knows where she found them....But, none of those had that kind of a detail. So..."

Asher wanted to help with what he knew and Lucas paid all his attention, looking thoughtful.

"You didn’t throw up blood again, did you?"

"No..."

"Mmm. I think we should be more concerned about everything. Do you mind coming with me to meet someone?"

"...Who?"

"Well, you don’t have to come alone. You can bring Felix and meet her when you want. We...are going to meet the witch."

"...Witch?"

"Mm...She might know something. I could have gone alone and inquired but she won’t answer anyone without a trustable reason...You can trust her to keep matters within. No worries about that."

"Mmm....Let’s do it too."

"Right...Inform me when you are ready to go. So will Felix be back soon?"

"It had not been long since he went. So I do-"

Just as Asher was about to say, the door was opened and there stood the duke and the little miss by his side.

"Brother Ash!"

Anne ran and hugged Asher, giggling all while.

"You are going to give me a sister?"

She asked, her tone shaking with excitement.

"Y-yeah."

Ashe looked at the duke who reassured him and then answered his little miss...

"I am excited. And I am happy. So, will my sister come tomorrow?"

Anne asked and everyone looked at each other, chuckling.

"Anne, she won’t come that soon. She will take a few more months."

Felix said.

"Why?! Why can’t she come soon?!"

"You have to be patient Anne."

Felix said again.

"...Can’t you ask her to come early?"

Anne asked, pouting and running to Lucas as she then clutched to him.

While Asher, Lucas and Anne were immersed in their own talk, Felix stood by side, feeling lost as he observed Anne.

He was right. He felt it right.

’Anne...is behaving weird.’

When Felix went to meet her, he was taken aback when he saw her smiling and throwing herself at him. It was a usual thing she did. But...Felix couldn’t help but feel something was different.

And, their talk, it made him even more dumbfounded.

It was as if...she had become so childish and...dumb.

Not to be mean...But that’s what Felix could think of. She wasn’t being very smart during their conversation like she had been before.

He felt like...talking to a child.

Well-

He finally felt like he was talking to a child! After a really long time...

Anne had always looked and sounded mature even when she was acting cute or like a child.

This...child like behaviour didn’t feel forced or attempted.

It was like... this was honestly such an innocent pure normal child...

She had done those things before which Felix felt weird about. She had acted like a child and not so mature a lot of times while she still was a mature person in Felix’s eyes due to him somewhat understanding her very much.

However, she was very immature and really childish this time. Felix...felt every little change in her behaviour. It was a lot...

The way she looked, the way she tilted her head, the way her hands moved...

It’s like a completely new person.

Her eyes weren’t looking cold, her head tilts were not a gesture of ignorance and her hand movements weren’t very elegant like they had always used to be.

’There is something wrong.’

That was not Anne....

At least...not the Anne he knew.

He could easily tell the difference.

This...is not his Anne.