HDOVAML – Chapter 52

HDOVAML Chapter 526a71748e38affd17

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“……What?”466be8e9d958f1be

The answer I received to 85c6010108 my absurd question was even 164c6c340b more shocking.fb2e7654f7262ab2

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“Edith, please……… Do you know how surprised your father was when I heard that you were gone? Please don’t make things 93e5db0155 difficult for me any a0df8b56b2 more. Please.”ea91d39a8b826e9b

Roberick bent his knees, held 125bd9de67 my shoulders and spoke earnestly.33416e10251bbc04

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“But…with my grandfathers..”f690f26ebc19429d

“Stop talking about them. I don’t even 34f821ab16 want to hear 115c5630b0 it.”b39b993387168558

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As if it 091848998f wasn’t enough to 50fcb2fe16 prevent me from 313b3be5d3 saying anything..c35c069fb6b4f121

The anger I had forgotten 2bfc89a167 about until now began to 6d829ad117 creep up on Roberick’s unreasonable d6e86ed80b behavior.1e775722d1881bfc

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In short, he 3ade40e5fd didn’t want to e88e99789b leave me to 00bdc3631f them, so he 7abeeaaa16 is stopping the cadeb6eae3 plan even though 1000b483f5 it’s a safe 607ef25915 enough plan.901f9185a050fa35

“……..”3b786845ab6d1f23

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I bit my lip 0974099a9e and decided not to eb85b777f6 say any more.a6d0be3923c21775

How could I persuade fa07249142 someone I couldn’t communicate 7c01017f5f with anyway?f65c40263287e2fb

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I didn’t even consider the f1452e5b4d option of asking Roberick to f4886ae070 accompany me.b2b3cc2006eef10b

Because I didn’t want to 56d9e4eda5 do that.606ed5f469754f68

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“In the end, I couldn’t go to Litera…”b8125d5c6a1a4317

I feel infinitely depressed.8a96bd3cdddef2c0

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I curled up 4541cbe2ab further under the 803cf89103 blanket and got ccd70328c3 lost in thought.4d0fd3d5abe8d816

Why does it matter 4aa1493c72 if I became a 36ea390ba0 grand princess and received d29e620814 a promise from the dd9d4f22ec Emperor not to harm b3cf8ad853 Ashamed?13ea5e920fd851f7

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The authority to 934564f04a decide my actions c18473b027 was still in 45732d31a2 Roberick’s hands, and b2a382596d if he objected, a44badcb58 I could do 517b690c73 nothing.454d4112c20435d1

When will I be able 201f562d4d to get rid of Roberick 28ff5aeb2f and the Emperor and make 4ea4b44a82 everything right?f4169ea69ba78141

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Kwang
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“!”50f941f23ed731ac

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It seemed like it was 8c4d972a64 raining earlier, and then there 581e8d585d was a loud noise that a83a4f7827 sounded like the sky was d4e4a74f20 collapsing.88d45d33a337d58f

“There’s even thunder…”a2fa8858c1f7bd8c

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Every time a thunderbolt struck eb13ead038 the ground from the sky, 78e425c3b7 the room, which was dark 4e31970862 with all the lights turned 0c650fe975 off, flashed bright white and 553e656bb3 was stained with the shadows a9cb5b7def of the falling rainwater.a2cce255b5db8731

As I gradually 927ef432ba got used to 890df2536c the fear-inducing roar d558342c94 and layed down 799ea9accc comfortably staring into 9eff8fc63d space, one of a8a1e817f3 my memories from ad44584c7e before suddenly flashed 82d97852c4 through my mind.b48e02cc9f685cc6

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Countless golden thunderbolts 2443f5fe72 struck from the 519ce30187 dark night sky c13bf03050 without a single 85f8035193 star.ad5b05d17766c755

The noisy surrounding a86a3f8cae seemed extremely unrealistic cf272c77ea to me as fbda9fa430 I was entranced fdfa9d427c by a truth ecf7d03cc5 I had never 2a5ea9e646 known before.eace7a6813822fce

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The hem of a pure ec85c34a05 white robe fluttered in the 9108598450 wind, and a pair of d6763a210b black eyes looked back at f0e4b41a9e me as if they knew f26fd7a864 that I was looking at 09f14a3653 them…d96f015e077097b8

“… A young man, fighting with electricity, golden hair and black eyes…Wait a minute, huh?!”fc5619ef3ff3f450

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At that moment, the realization d3a4fed97c struck me like a thunderbolt 8b55e1e778 and I jumped up and f1687a3537 muttered in confusion.85a009328084cb97

“What, he is a character that appeared in the original work…?”11ad316f54e4be0e

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Hos name is Meinhard Ciel 697f3b997e Astrape.25ad66f0a64087f2

He was a faithful f0ef6f325c confidant of the villain 8a6c21b173 Mariette and one of cab52f1d19 the supporting characters who 8150772aac diligently interfered with the 8bf5c3b9b1 path of the main 7957b78402 character and his party.78458556e201a2b1

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“Grandfather-!”1e564b0cf4bc043e

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“Edith, you are going to fall! Walk slowly!”cbd09420c78c1b81

The next morning, 5e95bd7928 as soon as 1d55d8b562 the sun came b95dc3dfa6 up, I got 9f51000150 ready and quickly 3417b35880 headed to my 5a65c37dda grandfather’s place.39afc50d23588113

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My grandfather, who 6cff849db9 was reading the bb6393ae18 newspaper in the ff818f704e garden, was surprised 27d829aac8 when he saw 9e8c45481c me and shouted f08467bbfa at me to f121a3b278 come slowly.29e591a9f50d259b

No, I can’t do that. I’m in so much 0bfc7cf01e hurry I could die!8f805bd063e9a114

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“Huh, huh…”3a839a97b9ab019b

“What on earth is so urgent that you’re running so much that you are out of breath? Come on, at 4bb2684b9e least drink some 539fe71158 water.”0d30ba227910ae9d

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After swallowing a 1185a7b53a few sips of d691875a17 the water my 5a98dcb53c grandfather gave me, d81f8fe06d I calmed down 67d70b6d1e a little.209d9ce19623e25a

Okay, I gathered my resolve 40567796e3 and opened my mouth in ea2579da6f an innocent voice with bright ac5093818a eyes.d8f131056257e1a7

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“I had so much work going on that I forgot about it for a while, but he was there that day.”bb39aea8bb20c663

“That day?”902574257b4da900

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“Yes, the day when my grandfather and the elders who came to rescue me from being kidnapped by His Majesty the King of Nisha fought a battle!”613ff7b4f8b10ea8

“Ah….”222f03daae82657e

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My grandfather let 1764bf6362 out a shallow d740ce0aa5 sigh.e448761ae277320e

“Where did the young man who came to save me with my grandfather and grandmother go? I didn’t even see ffcff602bc him when we were 2dcaa02a7e together for a while!”a857144e667adae1

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“……..”9add944a2ffc527a

Heading to Litera was 962e1539f6 so frustrated, and there 73762dcb01 were no clues to d18c3b4fc2 clearly solve the other 60aeeabb7b mysteries.bf4b6b6fba29bbb1

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However, if the man I dc7c060d99 saw was the same Meinhard 4708e36ac4 from the original, the story 27371978ba would be different.392b55d728837e8a

Who was he?95e59c8e0fa4b20a

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Wasn’t he Mariette’s most faithful 2e570e4501 confidant, the closest confidant of 2906a4a34b the self-proclaimed evil woman who 565f1434c8 knew every detail of her a850a91042 innermost thoughts?4ce4a9ef44e62df5

There were ways to ed8673cbb4 find out the truth 4ae55e5c51 about Mariette, such as f3eb951883 going to Litera to 7f9e701e01 search for records about 7e0269cbd5 Lore, the spirit king 939949b89a who blessed her, and 8723c88232 meeting him to ask d59d5c7c0a about what happened in a1afce5828 the past.8091bae79bd4f198

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Since my plan ec835dd633 to go to 91ca43c3f8 Litera was thwarted, b10362fd09 I changed my 3f675bb66f plan to finding 0377caadbb where Meinhardt was f7887cf38e and ask him 672a936fc8 about Mariette.b041dc46a860c2e4

Of course my grandfather 34e690245a would know.f6b2a212f087a33f

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Meinhard was Mariette’s 4c016765e4 confidant, but he 14b27af137 was also the 61b634dc24 child raised by 4e7b6cecdf Duke Bastevan himself.be7ed9f5af519120

When I was waiting 325f5af998 for my grandfather’s answer a14b2eb0b4 with a pounding heart, 0a3074c982 thinking that there was 255c5d90f5 finally hope.c6b1dd0ae31aa776

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“…Well, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.”2fcacba47b6c1d9a

However.e948a64a5a2938c7

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My grandfather was strangely ab2e14936f embarrassed and just answered 24b78cb569 like that.7af2c98436a85ea1

…Uh, what is it?45863bf38862400c

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I was embarrassed by the acd0aed8d8 unexpected reaction and looked up a813c12553 at my grandfather, tilting my a8aedbe0bf head.765fbe65e35b097a

“Uh……then what is his name?”c0bcc926e8c6276e

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Of course he should a653d2cdf9 know this much, right…81fc0b69210e2254

However, even though all ff18fee798 he had to do a282b0d356 was to say his 33857e2d2d name, my grandfather opened 6e1848372e his mouth with a 0188fcc8c1 hint of hesitation.885b0950a25f08aa

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“Meinhard Ciel…It was Astrape, I guess.”b570fdb31434fc75

He could only reply 7cbb3124f1 like this.ab857861743ab9b2

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“…….?”ea103891e7503656

Something was strange.36a0ebe724142a94

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Fortunately, according to my d97dbbfd0a guess, the man was fba480128d really the evil woman’s 14b95bf187 henchman, Mainhard Ciel Astrape, d20d6d0bad but my grandfather seemed 9d1dc1e6f0 strangely reluctant to talk 666e0250cc about him.2cb0ad397cde42c7

What… Was Meinhard 9ae7715335 a person who e3ca663430 had a bad 1c1756772d relationship with grandfather 1185f68372 in the original 8d7d84f605 work?dd2a13d66626c39b

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I searched through my memories, f06e0cffe3 but there was no such fc25ee454d description.0454aa6f22943092

Meinhardt was simply portrayed as c2c0437026 a person who stayed by dbd00a2943 Mariette’s side like a shadow 4fc3cf8618 and was loyal to the cd16464bb6 father and daughter pair.6d8562f15dce0297

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…I couldn’t just miss the opportunity to get information about him.0c6e3793f0caf6f2

“I see, then who is this Meinhardt? I’ve never heard his name 2c7c273f0c or seen his face, but 282cc1843d did he know my grandfather 1f241e351d for a long time?”bb379250beb0b9ae

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I was asking out of edee88589b pure curiosity.598de8bd8bb7b8c8

I bombarded Grandpa with questions.82535ad834dc071c

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“…Edith, are you that curious about that person?”51fc48c199c0051d

“Yes!”b947b8fa90f30f62

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My grandfather still seemed 1a3203810f like he didn’t want 6763e4d059 to talk about it, 0cebda7d3a but when I kept d65cc301cd prodding him for a 6d7ed0886b while, he finally opened ac19e0825a his mouth and started 3a93bb3e7d talking about Meinhardt’s past.8aa9c2c029e9de4d

“When he was young, his family fell and he was wandering the streets. Your mother found him e3c23bae9a and brought him in. I also anxiously 7c94539e1e searched for his 1f488551ba origins, so I 68f3288687 took him in 9ffdf7bed9 and raised him 3b7df822ca as my own 3804022606 child… I couldn’t 5c5cbe7c9d bear to let 0dfcefd872 him go. He was just a child.”e0933cabaa2ee431

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The words he added later 9f36dd2a36 were muttered so softly that e153ce0e24 they were difficult to understand.bf72098ca4791a8d

It was not described at c55e1a4e49 all what Meinhardt’s past was 89b191a969 like, but there was such e3bb1b9dfc a situation.e6d6e34e5ec2a76c

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After hearing about his 801c215864 past, I seemed to eb0f05ac30 understand why he was cfccac1219 so loyal to Mariette.acde82d7491c8ac2

“So where is he now?”1dd61546bc0e79de

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I have to know f759b98711 his whereabouts to find e537ece640 a way to approach e0743b0f9b him.4feb15569c04dfde

“……Oh my, Edith. This old man has 7c6f37b43e been wanting to go 478c2aa5cb for a walk these e9fc844674 days. I think I 6d26de7035 should just get 197ca08d95 up and take 37c883d689 a look around.”c149ecea1bf3f7f3

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“……Huh? Then let me join you.”267f5cd2661b0965

“No, no. It’s been a while 415ac68aef since I decided to b094c86ed3 meet up with Count 479c42c220 Juppes to catch up fc09e4abec together. Let’s go together next time. Then, bye.”d8858cecf34da9aa

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However, the grandfather quickly got b4dc42e0fd up and left, blatantly revealing a183ef0871 his intention to avoid the 4dd081a23b questions.f2a4b95fd6c8c5d8

“……Eh?”0dc8022174386cf5

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I never expected my grandfather 3b87bec21f to avoid answering…3fba3abeb758af0c

“Why is he doing that?…”510665f21446da07

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I didn’t get as ce9c2e50e9 much of a harvest b186fb0ed2 as I expected.3e0e56bf3e067254

I trudged back to my fb55d4a957 room, faced with my grandfather’s 3fbbda8af8 strange rejection, the road ahead b515a2de2a becoming difficult.67e4586d9ffdfcba

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“…Huh, what is this?”c063cf19a94e9b45

When I returned to e65b6d8039 my room, I found b4a39b39c0 something on the table 609b92e1e4 and lifted it up 37e4fc173b to check, it turned 4e4a08675d out to be none 5abdb012b6 other than an invitation.efb6d95ea1fc9e89

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Because I was 0cff01e7b5 still young that fcc005cca7 I had not cca38a1e9c even had a 210476fc39 debutante, and because e5ade8f798 of my unusual ae3ccd6ff0 background, there were 1ff3bc4a8a only a handful 1983055935 of nobles who fa768bf9b6 wanted to invite 5cf03305f8 me to their c9a9a8e432 family.1be1b957a5a4905a

But which unique noble f7f9db2b40 family did this invitation a460321170 come from?5952ec9a78896d6c

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The sender’s family name was d03a613505 Kandel.9e0cd07327cd91f5

“……Kandel?”0837e73e706f5323

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However…fad9bcfbd0ee3d5b

“It’s a family I’ve never heard of.”92baee8664e838f9

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As I became 8643c7b3c0 engaged to the 503475b98e royal family, I f9ec5e9f63 learned the basic e947efcf06 information about the 176e3025ff noble families that f80a517c46 existed in the 830e4ad887 Roshan Empire, so 4ef96a4206 I was able 93397ff654 to immediately realize 2f7cf4f1fc that the name d88201afd6 of the family 1917c8c129 written in the 31ec46338e first ledger did 2a91859d53 not exist.7c80748695738e0e

“Let’s read it first.”20a43cb1b7b50aef

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I opened the 00d4c66406 invitation and read e9c7ba67cb what was written 1b90349f3e inside.283625e242a49be2

“I invite you, Edith Ronen Heilian, to the great Kandel family’s regular banquet. If you want to attend 3a432eb77a the banquet, drop some blood b905aef5f1 on the pattern drawn at 7ac61166bc the bottom of the invitation…? What is this crazy nonsense?”41fdc0c80a04aa25

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As explained, the d8fb5fad4b bottom of the 2295e93caa invitation had a fb61094cf5 strange design engraved 2728b5c764 on it, showing 1f424de885 a giant snake 3f83f23ce4 curled up and d77290bd5a biting its own 4838d81316 tail.25737b584976b1a5

“…Who on earth brought this here?”03ea75cf8407bfda

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No matter how I looked 7b3574db02 at it, it seemed like ffcc4e7322 a bad prank.2b5b14aee6b0b6ca

What did they say 4dc1a22443 about this… That’s right. Isn’t it just a chain 582b192533 letter?a85107ac88d63d15

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I pulled the rope hanging 5c0287d514 from the side of the 297670d9f2 bed and called the maids.c89dcdff1f403ef5

“Did you call me, Grand Princess Edith?”c7566663caa64d72

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Soon, the maids came in 6218c7c39d a row and bowed politely.9b6eabe5fa0636af

“There was this invitation on the table. Who brought it in?”62ffdf75d6b3c54b

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I asked, flapping the piece 5b42a53009 of paper around.0b7df1821559f11a

The maids stared at the c0cb38e495 invitation in my hand, then 09bf6276a9 looked at each other and fe5e14783e responded with expressions of embarrassment.2f49aafa2e44989b

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“I…I’m sorry, Grand Princess, but we never brought you an invitation.”7ddaeac085140390

“…What?”a17a5e58d8ea41c3

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No, why was an 0b4fa65853 invitation that no one a59bc81a0d had brought in lying 0feab97afd on the table?a0f909ad11411e2c

“No way. Who would have brought it f7ee9fbdf7 if not you?”88c7440996986840

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“I really have never received an invitation like that…Which family sent it to you?”5c33855c404f63a0

I asked, thinking it couldn’t d3bba4eaf8 be possible, but honestly, I a0d6db33f5 was starting to feel uncomfortable 978636a948 about this invitation.dbb10570b9662fd2

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“It says the sender is… Kandel.”7cb2f29d343b2938

I checked the outside of ac7a0ed228 the invitation once again and 42adc0f695 read it to them.a61f6011799ee20f

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And the moment 6c589f4ef8 I looked up 7260f623ef again, I was 3539f82029 faced with a 8123389c82 shocking sight.f76a84f75e77de5d

“……Yes?”6abf269f89f547c9

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“Grand Princess, what are you saying now… !”7d076b33f5307357

“Oh my God, great Fire Spirit King, please protect us!”3563c42347cfb883

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“……This doesn’t make sense, what on earth is going on?”de7bc5e706d7a176

Four or five maids, f7c6310b00 all with faces as 12e52e970b white as dead people, a052cc48ca were staring at the b8f6d0f014 invitation in my hand 9902d2b820 with expressions of horror de088ad358 that went beyond shock.4e4a0ccfaad3e8ed

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Wow, is this f9a0907f72 the legendary cliffhanger 65377027dc finally making presence 82cf794d62 here….3efae4f07131b985