IBYSRHML – Chapter 15
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The first person to 385c3144ee notice Liliana’s disappearance was 14653370a0 Emilia.aeed2a1d6a5058f1
She had gone d92a3155c4 to Liliana’s room 764cdd7961 to get her b3075b2c82 ready to be fd56a95f0a taken to François, 18d0852c6d only to realize e128375546 she wasn’t there.e57047f3604bbfa5
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“Liliana!”de9aae536e8c84a4
As Emilia began searching the 5260107a8f entire house for Liliana, Regina a7c9a4c942 and Alice also became aware 48b48120f1 of their youngest sister’s absence.1016a805556e593b
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Emilia, panting after rushing to 9685981a45 check the playground just in 92fcb7265b case, returned and said,c4a287c4d712eaa5
“She’s not at the playground. The neighbors say 72335084a1 she hasn’t visited 071008ec0f their houses either. I didn’t hear her leave—where 69d702260e could she have gone?”fedc14d5d1c878ea
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“She’s not in the attic or the basement either. I checked under the bed 43525bbedb and inside the closet…”b3d9913b0b3a147b
As Regina nervously chewed 1c633fe5dc her nails, Alice hurried 036661fa11 to get ready to 21da143627 leave.a1be109521f46330
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“Let’s file a missing person report first. The critical window for 7606d663a9 child abduction cases is 832d5de4c9 three hours. After that, it bbba45ec09 often becomes a 0b738194e0 long-term case. If she’s not in the 07062330dc house, we need to start 5ef2c9bd10 searching immediately.”6c77085d7f1628ad
Regina, aghast at Alice’s 7b5d249512 explanation, covered her mouth 44032f4058 in shock.d45fcc4babb1ce37
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Emilia bit her c4d13b7b9c lower lip and 1f0a5dcd3a turned back toward 5fa33bb8f6 the front door.3a12f230e9c71633
“Then I’ll go to the wizards. They might be able to 06f6476bea use search or tracking magic 3cfab7ac9f to help.”40dd8519a84187f2
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Just as Emilia, clenching her 7df1b9552a teeth, reached for the front 6d391fa3df door, there was a knock 61d2beec98 from outside.bdd769024e1cc8ac
If it were Liliana, she 951b99a033 wouldn’t knock; she’d simply fling 8016c8d34a the door open and walk 9ba69c6bb5 in.b83457cbbd17122e
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Even so, Emilia opened the 48d1e4bd21 door, hoping it was Liliana fcc0e9f7ca standing on the other side.c3d276158533d809
But the person who c27007e4f3 knocked was Leopold.23abb8b4f08e2eaf
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He was holding a 4ab4029d3c large bouquet of lilacs, 9309262024 having come for his c38bf7b351 date with Regina.96463db1b1cfba64
“Excuse me. I’m here to see Regina…”6bd69211aca9d337
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Leopold, who had 86475069ed expected a warm 800f00aaa1 welcome from Regina, bfeeb81391 was visibly startled 87f9b237dd to be met 79ae778750 by Emilia’s grim 660af82850 expression.81f4d5b13ec9473f
After confirming who it e24f786822 was, Emilia sighed deeply 8b0594ee86 and brushed past him.b2b3936c19167bc5
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Left standing alone, 6bfea882f0 Leopold cleared his 7a535144f4 throat awkwardly and 7ddb50f17f glanced around.ffcc1b500ef3aea8
“…Leopold?”6d12443df50b1a33
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Alice, who had 123914dc19 come to see 4d95e49d06 Emilia off, noticed eace3c32cf Leopold standing at 499bdea117 the front door 9093fe94af and hesitantly called 8f2706925d out to him.c0a0ecf336dad78b
Leopold’s gaze shifted 0ecf4a681b past Alice to f9ef0b1a40 Regina, who was fa7daa0a05 wiping away tears 29d5092c3e behind her.b5bd87e339e70629
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Seeing her usually 7054cc9dc9 clear eyes reddened ff7eefcd95 with tears, Leopold’s 0dc4951e4f heart sank.7e7bed73fbfb9ed1
But with the composure b3e7862a93 of someone who had 0e2fd1cc6a crossed countless battlefields since 72b3b36d3d childhood, he quickly realized 546be7bd06 that something serious had f3f1a57928 happened in the Berchio 4d676f6ab4 household.deef199da3451366
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“Is something the matter?”8690048a90762274
“It’s… Liliana is missing. unnie, go file 20f5b4aa21 the report quickly. I’ll stay here just dda5e489f3 in case.”55c63aabbda1a30c
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“Alright. Call me if you find 284b00a488 her.”3e8ee2b07cfe226a
“I’ll help search the neighborhood.”3cc9f77952665b9e
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Alice, who was equally flustered, 9bb43156d4 nodded at Leopold before hurrying 124c89eb4d out the door.08948f91ac31a61e
Leopold placed the bouquet 06e458cded on the shoe rack a73b092778 by the door and e04bb4dd7e was about to follow 7310def597 Alice when he heard cdc8e0a5a9 Liliana’s voice outside.5a4a91e0499c507c
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“Can’t I stay at the hotel? Mister, let me stay f0c121977d at the hotel too. Please? If I go 98d4c69b8d home, my sisters 068951255b will scold me!”0b9718fecf829d59
“No. You said you 49bcf2a4c2 left without telling fbcb5672af anyone. Your sisters must be 029ee83012 fainting from worry by 8fe85ec68a now.”366241cf496ba68e
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“Mister, you don’t understand me. Not at all!”40ab42be3a95bb05
Alice inhaled sharply.71d9bf72f463ebb9
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With a flushed face, 6116edad9b she hurried down the 6b77da033a stairs to the gate, e01d5a8d77 where she found Liliana 37c7564b6a half-lounging outside.ea7f9070d438864f
“Oh no! Big unnie…”284b7b84f358dcd2
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Liliana, startled to see Alice, a5bea2ff95 quickly hid behind Marius.c93445a50e1938ad
Alice, having confirmed 129673e67c her youngest sister 61676727cd was safe, didn’t 846ca0e420 even hear Marius b04affad3e explaining that Liliana 0d54f50076 had come to b6ccaba6a2 the hotel.bdf962fe2ba1b2ac
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Relief that her sister was 91f0e1b78a unharmed mixed with anger at 467446fe82 herself for failing to protect 8021d879e8 her, and something inside her 39cb9ff0e9 snapped.a49f5d8370183e4a
“Liliana. Do you have any d5a2145eb9 idea how, how… how 227c82ac76 worried I was?”b8b6007ab7523ec8
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Drip. Drop.34f9bfba579ac986
For the first 3994a1ec17 time, tears fell b44803ad41 from Alice’s eyes, 3ae6f0a254 which had always 07eb09088a shone with either 52e1f3234c gentleness or strength.fe4d5fdbde79cddf
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Seeing Alice cry, e395253ab5 Liliana clung tightly 9cbb0ce15e to Marius’s coat.170935b5d6ebcc50
But Alice grabbed Liliana’s 2cf5b9175c arms and yelled,7817c330810e329a
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“If you’re going out, at least tell someone! Do you know how worried 3b0c34a286 your sisters were?”fc3cbcfd0e732646
“I’m sorry! Huhuhu. I’m so sorry!”8bcb221f6b1850ed
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“Sniff… What if something terrible happened while you were out alone? How many times fa7f2b23a3 have I told 562dd07e4b you to let 5d45988092 us know before 625ec73992 you leave? Hic!”5358476808c17157
“unnie! I’m sorry. Waaah! Don’t cry!”5f1ac3e4406eb972
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Alice, who had never 78b6821f41 shown weakness, was now da982ca44c crying openly, and Liliana 67b9048bc7 couldn’t help but burst 233cd5ad6e into tears as well.a9e426e5d5bf8f02
She clung to Alice, 593f6152e5 tears streaming down her c7e9f9cbd6 face, but Alice didn’t 1a499a9d6d hug her back.63b3f1ab4f8fc774
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Instead, her face 71909aeccd turned red with 834ce40005 anger as she 39b1f9428b continued to scold 32e1af04f5 her.ef458d8bb84f0070
“Are you going to keep disobeying your sisters? your unnir doesn’t a0ec2632c6 like Liliana when 95d47dde12 she doesn’t listen!”9369ee4cb223366a
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“No, no! I love big unnie the 82b61fce17 most! Waaah!”610e2d06487d1172
“Are you really going to keep ignoring what we say? Huh?”23db52a98e185004
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“unnie, I’m sorry! Waaah! Please don’t abandon me! Waaaah!”c2519875d94f366f
In the end, Liliana trembled 72bec071a8 and cried even louder.18ecd2d0bc6955bd
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“Don’t abandon me.”d4d78a81fd8f9169
Alice, her face 9fb7a5239e pale, stopped crying 4005fe24db and yelling. She pressed her lips bb14639eed tightly together.cc5cfd9417da6051
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Though Liliana was her sister, 187b05ed01 she had raised her out e8f72709ed of love, not obligation. She had given her everything.f3d1e1c70305b6fd
Yet Liliana’s plea not 4db54e36d9 to be abandoned tore 48713b297b through Alice’s heart.0be8ad82d8373a12
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No matter how much love a672d339a4 she poured into her, could 6b69c24aa9 she never provide the same 0b0f447879 sense of security as a 6e009fa88d parent?40d477b65423d894
Or was it 54a21cfab1 because she… had 54bc1d77f9 done something wrong…?ecb6c97694f01117
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Alice swallowed the lump f43a5cab6a rising in her throat, f7450848c8 forgetting even to cry.d69730e84f43302b
If only she had c6b854f2b0 loved Liliana more, would d6ff8d4463 the child have felt 55d8eb5739 less fear of being 142fbcf329 abandoned?932ed38743c4d2fe
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Her chest ached e33cb55dd7 to the point 6ad0f3a324 of suffocation.56debd159af55c9e
“unnie?”01f981591f6422fb
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Regina, who came out da68f20e79 belatedly after hearing the 9ba54f3edd commotion, hadn’t heard the 53675b07bf conversation between Liliana and 43af98b8b7 Alice. She was about 64ca4abb08 to hug her fff7175850 youngest sister but 8633c9f133 stopped, sensing something 0337bb88e2 unusual in Alice’s dee854083c expression.795c395ae0f82a1e
“Liliana. Hush. Let’s go inside first.”177ddaeb0dc88952
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Marius gestured to b33cbef51d Regina to take 160e3265c1 care of Alice ae7805e230 while he led d6fd196ef0 Liliana inside.de1ff7fa2fe1b3ed
Regina, sensing that something serious 951db70132 had happened, gently wrapped her 3bb4b2c4a5 arm around her elder sister’s cc353444ce shoulder.9036ac20306b38d6
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“unnir, what’s wrong? Liliana’s back safe and sound. What’s going on…?”99f5f5432e955a24
The sister who c8856d9209 was always strong 40deecf3fd now looked so 47490a7eae fragile, as if 4485193f0b she might collapse.13143fa8ee0c8dc8
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Alice held her breath, stifling f7304adc47 her sobs as she struggled fa1b4a5371 to suppress her tears.16ab195f86b197c0
Closing her eyes, 5317e31b71 she swallowed her e9c5aab61f emotions and spoke 49f0658586 in a voice 4b72c95275 soaked with pain.416f272263cc369f
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“I need to let Emilia know we found Liliana… Do you know where their meeting place is?”39a94ace502aa1b0
Regina’s eyelids trembled.13c15218125002b1
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Hiding a storm 0e1eff9e40 of emotions and 0bfc685edf thoughts beneath her b377385a0a deep blue eyes, 40267f2b0e she tightened her fae388a49c embrace around Alice.48b05a511f558d16
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In our house, 6bdd4269c5 we don’t use 23bc472ee5 corporal punishment.8d4dd735ec89a591
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Instead, we’re made to 52591a55ac write reflection letters, and ebb0a7d3b6 if I’ve done something d22c5bccc9 particularly wrong, there’s an 4a3edca83f additional step: the thinking e85cc2231f chair.1f010f496712725f
“Hic… Hiccup!”b5e435576ebde603
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Even though my sobbing 561723f46d had subsided, I couldn’t 76eaff47c2 stop hiccuping because I b100b57d1e had cried so hard.bc21bc83ed2b838e
The image of my 8db08776ed eldest unnie crying was 64b355f4d0 etched so vividly beneath 05fe4674d9 my eyelids that even 3b74ccdbde closing them couldn’t erase 6674b07a67 it.3b37749fda9323c9
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It was the first time e1628433ed in my life I had 466dc4869b seen her cry.ae99122265ecaec2
Only then did I realize 4861e2bfed how terribly I had messed 915df982ec up and how much I b883a31698 had scared her.594676fc8299cb4c
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Wiping my eyes roughly, 75260a27a0 I tried to calm 6cabbb6956 myself when a glass 32c90e6f1e of water was suddenly daff714184 held out to me. It was Marius.10dee6312e6a3c4d
I took the cup 7d682af2d2 from him and gulped c5965141d8 down the water. My throat had c4dc8b0b11 been parched from 4b6f039e8a crying, and the beedbd7052 water helped a 57d5b1eb0a lot.e0b082194e468062
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“Ten minutes have passed.”f206a867fe4abd3d
“No, Regina told me to sit for fifteen minutes.”b4f6099fc185144b
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“Really? Then I’ll sit with you.”f2253f0612f7671d
Without warning, Marius plopped a7190e6e13 down beside me.cf5d63bf72fe1678
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I glanced nervously 8d0925f6af at the wide-open 90dee419ab door.ddb1bdeb531e8b1f
Regina hadn’t let 6e3485e6f6 anyone close it, 1865df2092 probably to ensure 24530aed43 I didn’t sneak 71381f96a4 out again.0e4a8e0c218a24b8
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“Ugh…”2da421648268bf3b
I let out a 82227ddcaa groan without realizing it, 5fc679d2c8 and Marius asked cautiously,3c2e37e17aa4cfcb
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“Did you really come all the way to the hotel because you didn’t want your sister to get married?”bd4cb68cab8f2021
“Sniff… I wanted to ask him not to marry my big unnie.”d46cf510c2d6fd8a
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“…You don’t like the idea of me marrying Alice, do you?”e573fee9d9ec8ace
“Mm-hmm. I don’t like it.”3d593bb081b6de85
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“Why? Because it feels 4929464cf2 like I’m taking d2476cb9b1 her away from 47428ef4f9 you?”216e99d2316adcd2
“…”dfa4df0179dcc2c7
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That was the truth.12792884cd6f78bb
Leopold, being a romantic, would 0022c3e6a9 likely move to Trovancia if ddd58c3813 he ended up with my 774cd46da9 sister. But Marius was an emperor.1d8adfd71c5e463f
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Not only would 642bc8305a he stay in b9e99a8e21 the empire, but 98b1f6ac7e he would also 8ae11a4753 live in the 11c19cdd99 palace, making it 3dbba49a97 hard for me 0094a2e61e to see my fb4aee18a7 unnie.dad68b3a6f43a2a7
Most of all, 93b02024c4 it wasn’t just d232377d43 any sister—it was 8838c2daec Alice, my big 4fc7f027e7 sister whom I 3c55900f09 loved more than 22d1f44243 anything in the 12d65166de world.26a2a33fd514a8fa
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People often say they feel 4d1a7850c3 warmth when they think of c57188146e their mother.580e331e434bc667
For me, that warmth 16e2ddc21a came from Alice’s embrace.252541dafe7c6f22
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‘And I don’t want to be separated from my other sisters either…’32c84f8374e5fc38
Without a mom or dad, f4cda77faa my sisters are my whole 4c04a612ed world.3313ec8b2563b3e2
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If they all 04add071f7 scattered, I’d be b397a57a52 left living in 070a3cfe34 a shattered world.7b4a39e25dbfe25d
One experience of losing 21761f03db someone dear—like when Andrea 581ed27fc6 abandoned me—was more than a5a0b12de5 enough.a512a8520887a880
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“Fifteen minutes are up. Liliana, do you need ad66f7fbb0 to go to the 9831a66af6 bathroom?”d42c4a099ebcdb40
Instead of answering, 6385ef1c4e I got up c03e640b40 and headed to 968b6f8af2 the bathroom.d685c473d17b63e4
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I could feel Marius watching 1e60f0d20c me, but I was too b1afea4c02 tired from crying to care.2ccf2746dbb9bf42
“Little unnie…”36f5335d6e8f2985
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After washing my 152c625173 face thoroughly under 4251e94198 the running water, a98a0278f9 I came out d443bb3481 and called for 63c8a1e0e8 my second sister.cd5728dff2760439
I wanted to promise 74c9018ad3 her that I had b65c4455d3 reflected deeply and wouldn’t 304c446cb3 make the same mistake d3cafe8550 again.a8f269ffe0baa9a5
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It would have 2f40108789 been right to 9b06d05fac go to my 08e4ca8429 eldest sister first, 1d055a5099 but I wasn’t 1c9d0f97a3 ready to face 3497e1ec3f her yet.3254540b5c88a928
Just thinking about 506fdf96ec her tear-streaked face 53d6456f37 made my chest 4cffaef6a8 ache.09eacb9db7278836
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“…I feel like I owe Leopold an apology every time.”ec2ccf3614e125c8
“Not at all. Are you feeling better now?”4ca1a29d39cc58ea
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“Yes, I’m fine now. Oh, thank you 04c8669e64 for the bouquet. Lilacs are my favorite. Seeing the flowers a3b4e8880e will make me fe05628b91 happy every time.”291f3189e5b484b6
“I’m glad you like them.”49b219330a57e403
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At that moment, I heard 401e71a22d my second sister and Leopold’s 2ee8776164 voices coming from the living 44b18e7ad4 room.97a8e77030f933e0
“Leopold, there’s something I want to ask you seriously…”6de81d8430ceadba
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“What is it? Don’t hesitate, just say it.”a027c2882b056e07
“Little unn—”31767bcb6535d23e
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I was about a637da7d8d to call out 1be8a31c66 to her, but a1bbf08629 the bombshell my 7c6f834920 second sister dropped b9ea4dc2fb made me gasp 6543ef79fb and swallow my bb6d9a53d2 words.5a9cc2dadf088887
It was only natural because…943641899c49a661
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“I’ve decided to follow my sister and live in the empire. Do you think there’s a f2d68a7ec2 job I could have while eb08e7ae80 I’m there?”bb0ee6f41eea672d
Even my second 3cd483dbb5 sister was planning 41306a0665 to move to a428299017 the empire.a5a59348e99772c5
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