There was simply nothing Lematroix would say no to. You know that for a fact. In fact, you'd been trying to break that rule for the past decade or so ever since your childhood.

Traveling nobles for parents led to them adopting a 'fill-in' for whenever they were absent, which was the far majority of the time. You'd grown up with the boy that now surpassed you in height, and if you weren't kidding yourself, intellect.

Lematroix was almost unnaturally smart. In fact, he was skilled at just about everything aside from fitting in. You knew he had a kind heart but underneath all that, there was something you couldn't pin down.

...It was like he was made to tend to your every need.