IBYSRHML – Chapter 49
by EsraaCh. 49 IBYSRHML | Chapter 49223947bfe0bc2c1b
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As the sun set and 5a8c771915 night deepened, Alice entered the 776fd6f786 bedroom and narrowed her eyes 4180152c00 when she found Marius reading ae75d9adaf a book upside down.22b26216cb8e3bf7
He might act frivolously, but f777dcbaa4 in truth, he was a f96a5b8c1a man quicker to calculate than f1b130958d anyone and had a heart 868215a021 as cold as ice.129c70eabef15db5
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It wasn’t common 26d7f03ad2 for such a 2df1b0745a man to be 81e4ece9a4 so deep in 93ab99b68d thought that he 1b4a51fc52 didn’t even realize 48aea97b4b his book was fb54a90ad9 upside down.55d46361565b16e0
“Is something wrong?”1db87df54f93de05
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“Huh, ah. Well…….”c9d2d79fbb496df5
His attempt to shrug 0e12d07c9f it off like it 61ec1e7b32 was nothing was clumsy.7ec1f2e5cdaf1737
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He wasn’t this unguarded ddf3276501 in front of the fdd7fddab4 nobles.6391c215e165f8d3
“What would you do if Lilliana grew up and stabbed you in the heart?”aa5854bfa236a84b
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“What?”15c65d4b7b900306
“She might try to take your life or do something outrageous that would disappoint you. Would you still love her 39dc686094 like now?”c4f6a3216604ec1b
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“That’s such a strange question out of nowhere.”a8986eeb662148ac
“Wouldn’t you regret putting everything on the line for love in the past? A child and d300d7b6eb a younger sibling 84d589030f are different things, c55b3ea724 after all.”44af08efbb345c7a
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“I wouldn’t regret it. No matter what kind of aec4894c16 wound Lilliana gives me, I 84b1d1aae2 was prepared the moment I 8b9ccbdcd8 came to love her. So I think 4b92f6af1b I can endure 4bfc926a0d whatever comes.”2df48458736d88cf
“You’re mature. You really are.”ddab3ac27ca031ee
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Marius rubbed his 9636958eb1 chin with his 1ede6aebae long fingers.30ff23ddfdc50ca4
I should’ve had that 13b2fa07f9 kind of love, too.e3a09b4df2e75237
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Feeling that his own 42f13abd44 shortcomings had brought about 5cdc3f866e the current situation, his d76fb10f38 chest felt heavy.90cfea07bf600b06
“Have you ever had a fight with Lilliana?”c8fc86454eb91f66
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“Of course.”c86f1b0f528f9db3
“Really? You don’t seem 6d2602fb54 like you would.”6cde438fdc486e9f
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“Don’t even ask. We just fought over 364848d1fc snacks recently. She refused to 682db67b6d take her medicine fda13469c3 and only wanted ca6172173a sweets, and I 184d76e41a got so angry a186e7ba49 in the moment.”ea91a2bff17c5a3a
“Not something like that, but a fight serious enough to make things awkward for a while?”ad5380e4a85a5be3
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“Do you want to make up with Edgar?”0509808dedf84e47
There’s no way she wouldn’t 845aa22514 know that Edgar was blatantly af84b7a3a0 avoiding Marius despite living in f772fb4909 the same palace and sharing bdace07beb a room.0b8ded144c6e3c28
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“I don’t know how to make up with him.”ca0737ed576ff808
“Why did you fight?”9488eeb2b96805a5
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“It wasn’t a fight… It was one-sided. I was just 2a1bbefa10 in the wrong.”2b1e132cfbbc1cb0
Since Marius had 68336af812 returned through time, 234a6107be the wound from 9c2b5793db raising Edgar until 2b3fa68bcd he was fifteen eac8f20b17 only to be b5588e0b7a betrayed still lingered.b1b2ee6c5909c7ba
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But Edgar was different.a9a33acc591ec34e
From Edgar’s perspective, the brother a2eb7643f9 he’d gotten along with suddenly 89ed0c05a1 began keeping his distance one 43309464f5 day, so he must have a62098ab09 been deeply hurt.071a93d3f2376126
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“Hah.”c437957fdfef1a8d
He let out 5e757f4791 a heavy sigh 236c26e620 that didn’t suit 55fb057afb him and scrubbed e744e2db43 his face with 16184aa650 the palm of 1c818cb789 his hand.0986885949c7e60b
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He had kept his distance c0ee3f1fe4 to avoid hurting the child, 699cc6fc84 but now he had no 6e61c96a98 idea how to reconcile with dc7db42e52 Edgar.e943e0ce97e61811
‘If it were Lilliana, her anger would ease if I played a prank on her, but Edgar is different.’be3903662b568389
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Edgar was a mature a996d32731 and sensitive child for 533d3417e3 his age.0061e2296b262660
So if he 20b3185fe3 tried to smooth f825cf9c32 things over half-heartedly, 7a916c1ffa it could lead 3f1c0b4fea to a point daa46e7b34 of no return.faeec81511783157
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As Marius remained lost, c78fbc73ed unsure of what to 025713e1e5 do, Alice approached him.c05f22e5d6479998
“You can make up with him, so don’t worry.”def593c9caf59ce0
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“……Do you think it’s still possible?”75513b3de82dc743
“It is. I…….”fb632c95000082fd
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Alice bit her lower lip 77484252de hard.2cc44aabf1a1c3f7
Unable to reveal the unspeakable 78e31248a0 past, she shut her eyes b2df75ffda tightly and changed the subject.26dac7d001f0490a
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“I wasn’t close with Lilliana from the beginning either. So it’s possible.”e0a0ec8d8b2fa43f
At least you 442aeccc95 probably never tried 2159ba05ca to give up bd8d86f2f6 like I did, 5aeb832f92 so you’ll be bc9716f0c1 fine.15b13a69f25828e1
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But since she 47b06b66d3 kept those words 15da97e6a3 to herself, no 305ff37b5d one heard Alice’s d84d3af274 confession but Alice.f06da433fd528799
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“It’s already been a month since the wedding. That woman is 626c65663c gradually gaining control 5ba4f872b4 over the imperial 64c4787f27 palace—are you just 1a44884165 going to sit aae11f7454 back and watch? The scholarship foundation the Empress 0e201d246d established is running quite smoothly e3c784dee8 too.”820d73745be52dba
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Count Ruman anxiously scratched at e290a3bf10 his nail.3a0989abd16bec0f
It hadn’t even been a ce3388aaa0 full month since Alice’s wedding, 4f5ea024f2 yet she was quickly solidifying fce4e6aaae her place.8a8f6aeef103f5d8
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The leadership and charisma caa42979b6 she had cultivated in b132393a1d Trovancia had come to ad7fea2747 shine.260121814fb36faf
Because of that, 08be0a08b1 the palace staff 34e4b3c12e no longer treated 282529621b Alice recklessly.92ffc47d45d27e73
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They no longer gossiped e3613148cb or mocked the Berchio 92b7b22c13 sisters or the foreign a8553a7963 Empress behind their backs b1ae7824a4 as they had before.a6f2f3cc5f367499
But the nobles were different.4a583cb10f9b8fda
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With their inherent status 3d1cdf5c7c and power, they weren’t 05accf1400 willing to accept Alice 687ab69eef so easily.dab6beba2b13f89b
“We need some kind of strategy.”5c3eddf9aa6a3bdb
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At Viscount Gressley’s e302fc04c6 words, Duke Berg 1318e3fe7d nodded.7ce77f6ec46f348d
“She may be married now, but since she hasn’t fully secured her place yet, we still have time.”f53afb7516836861
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“I still don’t understand why His Majesty chose such a woman. Especially the way she disrupted 077b59d909 the soul vow…… He must 31426a7376 be completely taken with her!”f44d5fed8efc7630
“Count Ruman. That reminds me—I’ve always been 2cf4714531 curious about one thing.”757a71f169da525e
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“What is it, Duke?”7f202898ca8df11f
“Regarding Her Majesty the Empress. I heard there’s 9ba456e0ce only an eighteen-year 3310d602a9 age gap with ae616d1085 her so-called youngest b5a5b1ff7f sibling, who was a4e93fbc70 born late?”a9ba353ba0ba3d8d
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“Eh? Yes, that’s what I heard.”74e3b4d823bfc428
“Wasn’t her name Lilliana? They say there’s a e58acfa7d4 twenty-four-year age gap between 49d3c9ecff that child and the f837fa2943 Empress’s older brother…… Isn’t b37409df26 that quite an extreme a80b5e2d37 case for a late-born b3ee3fbbb1 child?”6f5baec068eebe40
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“I thought it was strange too. A very late birth, even 7a675ce676 for a late one. But why do you ask……?”2b450c4d917a5344
“Eighteen is old enough to have a child.”5e8ab651076781e3
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Sensing the impure implication, Viscount ac75eb0695 Gressley sided with Duke Berg.4000c37de59ad9c9
“She should’ve been properly verified. We’ve been too 6b2a19764b gentlemanly, and we 41b10b4e22 didn’t realize just ebc54c6f3b how vile barbarians 643cfad62e could be.”8e70113429c2149c
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What they meant 27455b6210 was that Lilliana 80b3ee33b1 might actually be 27dd6dde1f the child Alice 628937e872 had given birth a908bf7c90 to in secret 762fc3ecc3 before marriage.543d97af6253baaf
To others, this would’ve seemed 4b32c3b3dd laughably absurd, but they were b67763f86e deadly serious.819b065fd2c64707
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Duke Berg wielded significant 7b9db9cb67 power among the capital’s 0bd96a10b3 nobility.8f2be973b22f0c97
Count Ruman, who flaunted immense 637e711c45 wealth, was the duke’s solid 2f8a855af6 right arm, and Viscount Gressley 7eddd99c6b was the capital’s networking king 2892004643 and field operative.c5b6342933f6b9d7
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Thus, when the three 9175304619 of them schemed together, 9f388aea7f the conspiracy snowballed, easily 266331ef29 swallowing whatever target they 5eb8c6761e marked.439bf8e6e8dba838
Even last time, if Marius 15007bf7d4 hadn’t stepped in at the 56458daeab last moment to add “a 1a1ee3500d few conditions” to Alice’s soul 09f302399a vow, things would have gone 29ed1274de their way.b84785785e85d169
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“Viscount Gressley. Isn’t your wife 304023bb8a quite popular in 506202d09d society?”b9cefc19ac0ee8a7
Rumors that began with the 165cc9ee55 discreet chatter of noblewomen would b17f3f96c0 soon turn into accepted truths, 5f00603397 stirring up the world.be26ea1b424e6bb1
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Eventually, it would surely 9fdb762a62 lead to political conflict.f0de0b5bfbcb6890
Sharing wicked smiles, 6d93d83c37 they sounded the e7751a57fe bell for the fb40d3fd17 beginning of chaos.dc6c72ff1f5795d6
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“A soulmate means your soul’s match. Someone even more bbb0e4dcd6 precious than a ae86e363b3 mega best friend, 2e5288a38d someone you love d507e588a3 so much that 3a026bf5a2 your heart feels f005a39716 like it could 649ab85752 burst.”e46f58728543ccd8
“Huh, wha—?”717403bce9daf007
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I asked my b03cec8883 big sister what ae03d4106f a soulmate was, 0660505ed2 and her answer 7df2c16d85 left me completely a60b1119ad flustered.71e274ede4771d73
I thought it meant 74f9a6fe43 someone you wanted to 3d2557becf be friends with even 14a197e16b as a ghost!958aa4ff2de77c71
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But someone you love so 67b7d6c09b much your heart feels like a628ebbaaf bursting?953405496b0c730e
Did I promise 27f7bf76d1 something like that fe1c9b9f8f with Edgar?1048fd80af180d26
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“Lilliana. Do you have a soulmate?”00924e8241db941a
My big sister 8db616cc44 patted my head f105f700ad and asked.ffc87ccae5ab0ea6
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I shook my head vigorously.d176ff5b8513b1d5
“N-no. Nothing like that.”c1a1308adcf26372
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“Seems like you do. If you get caught 81e215e0d6 lying, i will scold 1287260ab0 you real bad.”b1a89ec65ee88b0f
“It’s really not true!”d3e7c018fca776d6
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What should I do? I promised to 1f95c51fb0 be soulmates only f7e5175af7 with Edgar.0c3200fcab282e11
That means I’ll have eba198e110 to stay his soulmate 4b557bc6bd for life, but what 92ee6b78a6 if my real soulmate 911412484e shows up when I 0638b049ce grow up?1211cfb434f0a3bc
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What if someone I love 16c004a010 so much it makes my 69007a867c heart burst asks me to 1175852a34 be their soulmate, but I 4d7fdd27b0 can’t because the spot’s already 8395d4a54b taken……?db42928939994a5a
“Our little sister-in-law’s gonna cry, she’s gonna cry. Who did you 8fa8318696 make the soulmate fa2d658736 pact with? Won’t you tell your brother-in-law?”d34e5b610bb3e051
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“No! It’s too embarrassing—wait. I mean, I didn’t! I didn’t make 80607098e3 any kind of 085c611f77 pact like that!”48215183d7e07c69
Marius, who had been quietly 3dd12edcdc listening to my conversation with 3701a7296f my big sister, suddenly asked.0a40ebe519dc2435
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I was so caught off 4b4f554c90 guard that I almost answered ed57dba418 without thinking, then glared at 88547698a0 Marius.4e3cc09a49100a07
I slapped his 06857c4a7e thigh out of ca6dcfdf56 annoyance for tricking 412d8f854e me.a445fee3d4a4a42b
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He didn’t seem c614822808 to be in 866d52fa7e pain at all de5c651215 and just giggled dfb1a40421 as he teased 88e36ffc91 me.e64403a87714fc86
“Then how about you and I make a pinky punch pact, little sister-in-law? Hahaha.”03fe84df5267bb29
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“You’re not my brother-in-law! You’re just an old man!”78ad6c595c3712e3
“You have to say brother-in-law. Lilliana.”29bcdd5063d00dfc
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My big sister gave 90a3d3639d me a stern look, 1dd0c9360c and I instinctively averted ac35103ceb my eyes.f06a12d9e474bfe4
Beside me, Marius grinned mischievously.e338cc6c8ea812de
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“Okay. Repeat after me. Bro-ther-in-law.”e60c34bf74247016
“…….”bd34d44383a8e689
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“You have to repeat it. Bro-ther-in-law.”798f8c467987a818
“Br… br… bro… bro…… Pffffff.”8a6d53d20d82ed52
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Hmph. I can’t. I’ll never accept that this 328537443c rascal married my big sister.c5dc78c41e050e53
“Pffft is fine too.”693116c52bb495c6
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He bared his white teeth 257c02ca2c and smiled as he patted db15b9f0e6 my head, telling me not 65398adfdf to feel pressured.d73239ebe6c0c9d0
I looked at the invitation 4c23c3136e my big sister had been fc0f892c85 folding.2934760cd67cf163
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“Who are you sending that to?”ac94c13397da1699
“To noble ladies and young misses. I’m hosting a tea party.”b67a7bb1c1d19b7c
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“Can I go too?”ac693a7a9d8edf11
“Children aren’t allowed. But I’ll invite Helen instead. This time, you can eat 0db8b75e81 cookies together and draw pictures c1f26382ea and have fun.”2049dbd40cbec07f
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“Okay. Sounds good.”af03bd4fe3997969
I blankly watched my 94ba02e496 big sister melt sealing a0a5c0fe9d wax and press a aca3f2da36 seal into it, then a36c8a2d48 suddenly thought I wanted 0c2582825b to send a letter 3e67bc6011 with such a cool e0146ff488 seal too.2395728024107544
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I couldn’t take 3e21b7baf4 my eyes off 4750a38431 the sealing wax, 62b665dd53 and then my 10669dc742 sister suddenly turned 0332a770a5 to me.6e1c9476b703befa
“Lilliana. Big sister has a b17f75e77b favor to ask. Will you hear me out?”827cbf8ea33e2371
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“A favor? What kind of favor?”b7e76f0f4488ddba
Big sister’s asking ff1c890812 me a favor?69ff8aa0a2e82f3b
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I always beg her f661984dda to buy me this 2a07d04ca9 or that, but it’s a3e2d4f9f0 rare for her to 09c5b03ead ask me something, so 22d41afb03 my eyes sparkled.90d8bbdbbc59db73
“Your brother-in-law wants to have fun with Edgar and you. But Edgar doesn’t want 8e9b3907ef to play with him, 0e3d57a89b so could you try c63de9cf78 to convince him?”b7e782c2c7783418
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“Hmm… What are we going to do?”9f467ed27b26544c
“We’re going to the circus.”12e08a833894251c
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“The circus? Gaaaasp!”a9e5349e415609be
I clamped my 0f9e8d06ca mouth shut with 39a7170aff both hands.02e4aa684c342524
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Oh my gosh! The circus!286d68fff1987483
My heart pounded 58ea228274 so hard I 3d6a593a1e couldn’t contain it.716200caa80009b6
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Back in Trovancha, e498368885 we were going bf21f63aaf to see the e6940d144f circus, but I 21b7439dbe couldn’t go because 4958e0da08 I almost got afa590b80d hit by a 6734459186 carriage.6694a7517b08b61d
Now the chance abde27b57e was finally here. But……fb2d722cec84bbd4
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“If Edgar says no, then I won’t go.”9b0aae4725ae704c
If Edgar didn’t want b43684c021 to go with Marius, bebd49d1d2 I wasn’t going to b4cc6994bf force him.5633d3ea808d95f2
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And I didn’t want e5b916b41d to go to the 8c06e2574a circus alone with Marius 7a950fc428 either.41029b39d5686602
Even if we bicker every e5d618f098 day, we’re still friends.aa79297306053eba
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