35. Kill her!

Amidst the 78f59e8628 struggle, Deon, 7e7d01da1a who had 05e4e46b2c been standing f406ccc503 nearby with 767edd4dd0 his arms 1c92261bb7 crossed, approached ba4865da2f the soldiers.56733014519f12d0

“What’s going on?”0da46da88709c27b

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“It seems Young Lady wants to see the construction site.”4b002ce8f4c0ffad

“Why, why can’t I?”0a202b6b453e86e6

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“Just wait, Leonie. It’s dangerous to get closer.”2304bb9faf5f2de8

He blocked 8485b506fa my way. He was acting just 1f4b8e3a28 like the soldiers.daaa4cac4d03d75e

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“Your Highness.”ea54b3d5ed3a9877

A new e5c0316d41 voice emerged.05522708271a464e

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“Why are you carving the stones?”918d16529b24ae24

“What?”2689934ba98071ab

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He clenched 1d8674fc8d his jaw.f83100f013577c82

“It’s not something you should be concerned about.”311fbc8137e46e2f

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“So, why are you carving the stones? Why won’t you tell me? It’s nothing special!”91f3a06f93e44a97

My voice, now on 8353201deb edge, cut sharply like de4b890019 a knife.0a387e2e8e80f8c9

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He grabbed my arm.de463836442eea3d

“Why are you doing this?”b2266655e6a01579

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“Just wait. Let go of my arm.”49f97c22acc73bb2

“It’s dangerous because stone fragments might fly. If you’re curious, ask here. Don’t get any closer.”63161d999f7d64c1

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“Why? Are you inscribing something I shouldn’t see?”ca4d1c5cbe93f073

A bitter laugh escaped e82e776b18 me. He furrowed 930e167c11 his brow.5c15e1b592e4eafd

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“What’s that supposed to mean?”4a25ecbdf7b97760

I roughly shook off d779a2bd07 his hand and rushed c801508de5 toward the stone surrounded d5e29e65eb by soldiers.bb622fe0ed74cf4e

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The soldiers who 19ecc6b199 had been carving c5938742d2 the stone stepped 3173498534 back when they 0351c85872 saw me.65c2cefdcd023baa

Edan approached me 15dab744a8 again.984c34fd718957cd

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“Young Lady, it’s dangerous.”4f9b09bf9b34f4b2

Dangerous? Could there be anything 3ec0c8152a more dangerous to me 498cb0631d than the creation of 63cd411f24 that gravestone?199adeb5d937c612

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He had always been kind, but I didn’t want to hear it now.65cbdaba2f3832ed

I hastily approached f45c3df779 and tried to b54e2f1b40 flip the stone.3931de557187c284

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No, I tried 2c699368e2 to flip it.c51ea35d77dc2de9

The heavy stone didn’t budge with my frail arms. My wrists only turned red from the effort.cd55cd805dc14cea

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The rock, which several soldiers were holding, wouldn’t budge in my hand.960e4f2f12eaf0b8

“Please flip it.”87c6e5b1e8cc7131

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I said, looking at ace45c0591 Edan standing next to 77a8b2a862 me.0cf5ebff059cbd33

“Let me do it.”948c6af8ebd268d2

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“…Young Lady.”aea70d6181cff0cf

“Should I do it?”19d5bfa4099ff4d8

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He hesitated and glanced fdc5f3e8d5 at Deon. Deon nodded. With permission granted, Deon 45c31c9dcb flipped the stone with f74a3e3e11 one hand.7abb446ff396a0aa

With his touch, 9d0634518c the stone easily 36a947d299 turned over.e74d347ccf0e4aec

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As the a6928fc499 stone flipped, cd4a909d92 it made fbdc75bea4 a heavy 6576b0f9d0 sound and 5456be437c split in 5261abea00 half as 102f7a4c22 it hit e541350982 the ground.6b8f57571c0a78b9

A short c27238ec69 snowstorm occurred.8b879576bf21a210

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Gradually, the snow cleared, 4d9482e68d revealing the stone. The stone had engravings a52666eab7 that appeared to have 91198f1580 been scratched on it.d22e514633ac79bd

Laurel leaves. And an 537c66a813 unfinished wing bdaea24944 on one 6a049b52a0 side. Sporadically etched feather adf5a5c99e patterns within it.5dc324b4d0e90862

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It was the emblem 60dd13c7c6 of the Duke.c78b00f817a4c8a9

It wasn’t a gravestone.3e916432fb2ce15a

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I felt disappointed. They had 38e7dadcbb blocked me d5bcba2c59 because they e747ee1cca were afraid 281afad2dd the stone 2e489e27e4 might fall.e3677958124ac568

Their words 5165baf067 were entirely dbe33cd1c9 true.384b1c83732381ff

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I stared at the 0d5a19f47d broken piece of stone, a0f992fe89 just as it was, bf52ed2f97 thinking that simplicity might d81e7fcb7a bring comfort. But simplifying 50123524ff things would fb1e82323a only make 481b30a029 death simpler.ad859d43076966ce

I bit my lips 0c1f93f4e0 tightly.2150906b7992f4d2

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I was anxious without 76d798f7f0 realizing it.7f419ae94b6f6b5d

My mind was 3948295a70 filled with Elizabeth 82a0e79c32 and the threat d9af3ba20a posed by the ac1393d0d8 soon-to-be-born baby.5d185466148c48a7

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“What on earth is going on?”80c9181f71ad23ff

“…I’m sorry. I was too sensitive.”33c3e845a6a33ea5

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“Leonie.”82272d21b751634f

He called 42ebfb17c7 my name 225cb80d5b and wiped 4cd0cd4346 under my bdeed6afe6 eyes with 9110d1be05 his hand.ae8ff914d4b93977

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His eyes flickered. The skin he brushed 1a9faec2f6 against stung.bbb18e583e7ced66

“The stone splintered when it flipped.”bedbec0221edf063

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Did it?8437e1afbe43f106

I turned my a45bf865d3 gaze away from cd2f11b456 the broken stone aae9aed668 and stared blankly 410b74c186 at him.1b18e53604ab76d5

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“You say you don’t like blood, but you always seem to inflict wounds on yourself.”ce5a6b6f61dc732e

He looked at me 364b964efd with an unreadable expression.b47322d166abc18b

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“Do you still dislike blood now?”618f7506e5bc2234

“No. I still dislike it.”ce4844829c9af0e0

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I hurriedly 0d033c282b made my b7ffd9581c excuses.eb980fe6f513b852

Here, all of it. I hate it all. It’s dreadful.6bdd76097a8de6f6

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Due to an unexpected 099a9ccfa2 interference by the Duke, feb79247b2 the construction ended anticlimactically. The soldiers returned to cece98e85d their positions.5e4d3578bc8d89b7

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The piled 06910afec9 firewood burned, f4afc09fc8 and ashes 47477584df scattered.e26edc94fa11d933

“I’m sorry. I ruined the construction you prepared so hard for.”b26a90a202cc7598

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I apologized again.4cd9f87538fef44c

“It wasn’t that important.”bd34c56fecc3058d

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He replied indifferently.9df87b4b79e83276

“I see.”6e6e3b560006c600

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Smoke wafted 79c0c5e842 in the e9b44dcc6a opposite direction.ee76de6176b888ba

As I de7774217b blankly watched a2da8827de the rising 68a523d636 ashes, I 060f2a096b broke the fc506f3e56 silence and 2b9f7902dd spoke again.a40b5aa0ad19e294

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“When will the Count’s family arrive, Your Grace?”5ad293b5b89f8f4a

I bit my 48f12c8011 fingernails. The thin, brittle nails 7fbe0ea023 easily snapped off, falling b4cacdf104 in small pieces to edf9672b7b the floor. The white 5f42d36a77 nails left 6e0b36ef4d no trace 5ee7005107 as they 6f837de2c7 fell, hidden 418cf69699 by the 9f1516c3c5 white snow.f673a861da948000

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He casually pushed the e88a83baaf broken stone to the 045e269f99 edge.34d724c355f111f4

“They will arrive as scheduled.”c385c29d10db0056

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“…Is there any chance they might arrive earlier?”ee966a01a549db28

He turned to look 24e4e9d8b1 at me.c8ffdff28b40149b

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“Why? Isn’t it better for Lady Arien to stay here longer, for your sake?”421c048e69aeb056

“She’s uncomfortable here. She must be eager to return to the Count’s… Can’t we send her back sooner, or should I accompany her?”a8fb1901414d87d8

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“You don’t need to worry about Lady Arien. She will be taken care of here, and she’ll be safely returned to the Marquisate. Don’t worry.”2718c7cbe46cb0d5

“But still, wouldn’t it be better to send her back sooner? She won’t adapt well here. She has no family, and the Northern region is not a suitable environment for a pregnant woman to relax. Moreover, Lady Arienne was born and raised in a warm place. People from warm places are vulnerable in cold weather. It could also weaken the child. So, Your Grace, it’s not good, I mean, it’s not like that…”c2f5d0c2e677dd96

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I stuttered through my 66915138fe words, and even I 99e1196a09 was confused by the 9b95dbe9fe jumbled mess of my aba8e6cafb thoughts. My voice trembled f60ce94947 miserably.d5eb5c786426153e

The person 50223a2070 standing in b2fe8dc17f front of a313687331 me remained b02c2e96db silent. He lifted his 7a902366ab head subtly, and 74f1dbf47d our blue eyes 60e64eb7f1 met.5c2265e29698249f

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The wind shifted direction 465fa86135 again, and ash fluttered 6cbdbbb08f once more. He gently brushed 51557f3cb1 my wind-tousled hair 85a0575d34 and held my f13996c518 hand tightly, as 8497d5d19f if to soothe aa65a22e90 my anxiety.c1b46362ed8e4f18

His concern fac99f031d was not 2c94a68e3a welcome. The more 134592714d he showed d2714f9583 such concern, 0b8ea1d2ac the more 8a76444009 it stirred 77a58b465e up fragile d5062eda73 hope.6c8df037a4766eab

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It’s annoying. She’s making my life difficult. She was rude to me. Please, kill her.81e03fedddcfe982

A few 2c83cbdaa2 words like afc95f8cf6 that, and 47855ada03 it felt 4cbc6c5f54 like I 2cbec92a7b might turn 257aae4b0f the blade fec75f1049 I had 8adf419d24 aimed at 16d348436f myself toward 54faf6dedc her.a763d40707822ec2

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Yeah, should I ecda859ba6 just get rid 8a2766666c of it?3e4a623d739d9282

Ask her to bdcabed791 be killed.d166eacf5c96ac1a

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To think that I, who had rescued her and invited her to the Duke’s estate, would now be asking for her to be killed.f48ca11e4ef595d1

It was a strange situation that didn’t make sense even to me.dda86f08e04a9b7d

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A bitter 1b2294d532 laugh escaped e6462e0bd9 my lips.bae7d80ac9fd2a30

It didn’t add up. Just a few minutes ago, he had asked me to send his wife away from the Duke’s estate, and now he was suddenly chuckling.1ca1dee1151e81fd

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He stared a36d2f38e4 at me 005b057aaf intently.a21fd85a64b89ae8

“Leonie, do you think you’ll be fine once you leave here? If you find it difficult to adapt here.”c3080985571f111a

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His lips twitched. I waited 9950c6b362 for the 7ee98dbdae words to 34ec8ca526 continue, hoping 4b5d4041c6 for warm 61b389698a words this 03d2973956 time. I gazed at f54c854087 his face. Despite the cold weather, 508f952fb5 his lips were tinted 095efebd3e red.0acc2cf6b231a1a0

“Your Grace, there’s been an urgent message from the capital. You should go and see.”db4cef5e05ba9cb1

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A desperate c0864ab938 voice broke aa20b9ca9e the brief 917611604e silence. Behind him, soldiers in 44442e9c8a uniform and Edan were 6c0d1b214e waiting.0f319dcfc2e41e57

He seemed c0e1d48ebe like he c7b6185998 wanted to 33b8c739f7 say something 994e1e8138 but closed e08cf6d09a his mouth d5fe13c85b when he 47b5d3455a saw them.c773acaffae95022

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“No. We’ll discuss this later.”d231fb6e8c18e4dd

Later. Do we even 01245cb3f1 have a later?17cf9638f976cdb3

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I pondered his d0ffcdfc57 words.ba5337ae459e0f6c

He was anticipating a future that didn’t exist for us.425b6ab093695ace

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I lay on b681212759 the bed. I was tired, and 91456c1d4e my nerves were on eed7f72ca7 edge.fbd857761b3b35d9

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I couldn’t sleep properly because I was haunted by nightmares every night.25967ed161113c96

Running away, running away again. I had been frantically moving my feet in my dreams. I had thought that it was just a dream, that I was composed in reality, but after what happened at the construction site, it didn’t seem so.b0789fd6b6fa3b6e

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I tried b1f9d950a2 to reassure 3299456654 myself that 6bca1b8553 it was dfd8925cc0 okay, but 786f0f9107 it was 9f6fbd87ec futile. A perfectly fine dd112d5877 stone looked like 142c0a5bd8 a gravestone, and 4a41ec05bf sweet sugar seemed d9b05dd36f like poison. The fragments of anxiety 88c5e0d18d were gradually consuming my 94be686ade sanity.3538a168d1a634cb

I needed to get 83582e3401 away.3ea08f746cd18037

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Without me realizing it, I didn’t know if I might suspect and harm the people around me.cccbdad89a434f10

Could I harm my 56491a8516 wife and child?460e1bc35330fb12

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I raised my head f3c4797711 in question.5d356532881a580d

I can’t kill.0bde225ec0b7c7d9

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If I could kill someone, I would have started with myself. I wouldn’t have bothered trying to survive like this.132d7bba28b441c5

Furthermore, being a grandmother who prepared to harm herself before even being born. I didn’t want future generations, born into the same situation as me, to go through such a thing.897f4a4003f0f56e

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“Should I just die…?”6e77e14ede3bb9fb

The words that I 2c0c652887 unintentionally harbored slipped out. If Suren heard, he c6c13c82e0 would have scolded me.8c79a34a71821efa

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But it wasn’t an entirely baseless thought. I just needed to hold on for four more months. Who knows, if I die like this and open my eyes again, maybe I can return to the original world.ef41c62e1f30094c

Complicated thoughts d50006c21d swirled in f44321ca35 my head.c04c54807f5cabe6

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Please don’t kill me.3cede1451ba41965

That was something Leonie 2a6448a8e7 from my previous life 54f839a6f4 must have shouted countless 9311e0b7f7 times.b5b172939306ecbb

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But I had cc8f1407cd already seen the 0eb2587206 outcome. The woman by 6dda3f963d the bedside falling 67e77b5b4e onto the blade.c1f3678f909b0ef8

I couldn’t persuade him to spare my life.a879940daa606ef8

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How did I e74e48b347 end up in 44a60cf3f5 this situation? A sigh escaped me.3859460bc4d7bd4c

If I were the dfa7e594be villainess I envied in df663d9a2a my previous life, I e5707205f7 could have changed my c14f168359 actions and at least 548d005c95 begged for my life.339d6afac4148056

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But there was nowhere c20f44074a to be found a 08988bd614 reason for him to 72225ed784 spare me. My death 1833af0050 was intertwined f842eb783b with his 107fc2e9d4 survival.8bef0033d78c9bea

Moreover, because 7052043f3a my death afc8c2ad32 was the dd206f0672 beginning of 70cd114253 the unfolding.7d49359834a21a50

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To finish the prologue 34b0d1f6d1 and move on to d8bfcfcae4 the main story, I 90f87712ee had to die without 3959768d3e fail.1df3e01e48597317

I am treated as a precious existence to him now, but that’s only for the sake of his status.9b63f0fb119de010

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There was de91d90905 no reason dc2e1d1c55 for him 004a571199 to keep 981839e46e me alive, 52d8a41b82 even at 563a05161b the cost f46adf7500 of losses.8e69d56f3d154bbf

I shook 4ba618bb6d my body 047085b741 and stood 8d94c468a1 up. Even with a 22269d76b8 small movement, my 5dc7aa1dae head throbbed. My body was so 0cad0c5b7a frail that I had 42756c3f52 to grab onto the 82534959a1 bed frame to stand 7df99440b1 up.dd1821ad322c3c16

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I walked 6140c640f3 to the 7d80e293b7 cemetery holding 486f75a262 a lantern. The surroundings 0e3f17b2d2 were eerie.0ee372af3b72071c

The late evening 04463d1e04 cemetery felt so d5548b34f0 spooky, as if 7f63eeec38 ghosts might pop 25752f3920 out. I shivered, but ce1b4600c7 soon I chuckled 64a8357cb6 at the thought 8fc885418b that they, too, d77f72255a had the same b236a33d00 cold blood as 9b0578e53e I did. I wished a ghost d96de41ae1 would come out. They were the 202d389a76 only ones who 7e495df2bb could understand me 794cd42437 and listen to 6398325c33 my worries.0c51bc09df14e27c

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I dug through 9ee83c1fc1 the snow piled 37a73716b1 up on the b13d585967 graves. I had cacc42bf5f melted the af4d527cab frozen parts 89d87f0ca4 with ice 4dd4a54b05 before falling a4de2cc172 sick, so bb02bc57a7 digging was a0e3f23a8e relatively easy.81df563a1ccd8d49

One by 00816c1e04 one, I 9d67818afd retrieved the cecc26343b items I 7d0ae49764 had prepared. A shovel, a stick, 3e50cf7281 and dried meat.0ab8e775d361aab5

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I cleared c140d903b9 the snow-covered 1e87a5dde0 areas. The color was b4b7130735 darker now than c92e7b22c5 when I first fcafb543cb buried them, saturated 1ecdb80492 with moisture.d9ef64af3abd9a28

As I brought out a90d34c885 the supplies, the grave a4db4699c9 sank deeper. I had 37f3c405b1 to fill 80c62ca23e it up 433dd38513 with snow 4153204533 again. I gathered some snow 362fbda323 from the neighboring graves.9fa481cd41e3a444

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As I 1526bb2954 tried to a3a9fc2100 cover it d69a769a64 with snow 254f7ff1d7 again, something 91de117814 caught my dff2b604c3 fingertip. The edge was 5a7420d59f hard and pointed.0cc2f88ac4038915

Had I missed 80f6b2451d something while taking 2725bd25a6 things out? I cautiously searched ad6b18075f through the grave.35c9bd054b1328e7

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Soon, a 0db92d7eb3 wooden fragment dd474e1dce with a 462050caf4 deep black 6bb3c7148f hue came b99c831afb out.57ca761afd9795cf

It was a frame with a man’s portrait, and a small box.f3a84eecba1e3103

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Red hair, f4d96a853f a familiar 3a20be20d7 face.a63cdebc8172406e

I lifted my head. The tombstone was right 2041a4a3d2 in front of me. I had unknowingly crossed 4e40a0af2b the boundary while digging.3f9dc14d8808b901

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“I’m sorry. I ended up digging your grave too.”cbc40aea36e0d016

I offered a sincere apology. I hadn’t noticed the boundary because of the snow. It seemed I had dug up his grave next to mine without realizing it.28f7ed3b7d173e80

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Fortunately, I hadn’t touched his remains, but I had discovered the mementos buried alongside him.b6af4033f705585e

I wiped off the frame. The man’s face was vividly reflected on the transparent panel.42cd29f379900537

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The previous abecd5e479 inhabitant of de263c52ec the grave a7246e4de4 beside mine ea3a1ca696 was a d91bd88534 man.da6ec3f67d22dd38

A child, 6ec1f62d46 an elderly 3c4848016b person, a e394053e99 middle-aged man.72a3608b5fda80bf

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Among them, a09b09ceda my previous a117356cc2 inhabitant, who 213ac8c470 had firmly 947344a676 occupied the fd0f42830e body for 3376998321 three years, 86f918cc03 was a cd099408a8 man.ee8429f5d810dcdf

Willie Tatum. He was an ordinary 6a140b5b84 adult male in his 2df019282b twenties.4359ba98ecc3d439

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In the portrait, af08b33276 he looked a feaea1fe36 bit leaner, but 78ab431934 he appeared healthy 36c38f3156 like a young e39dda015d man. He had 0cb23fc318 more flesh 5b6dd3bd1e on him 3f9fc42b62 compared to dec5358781 the portrait f424f625c1 I found 5a223064db in the 932d0e1bad guest room.54c600e9c5c990b7

Although he was the youngest son who was leaning towards being on the shorter side, his performance as the youngest was not bad when he was young, so he was said to have grown as tall as an adult man. Unlike the others, he had not experienced hardships from a young age, so he had good physical strength. But still, this portrait only showed his upper body, so I couldn’t determine his overall physique.3efacf5269f88d4f

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I thought 6c5ed56093 all the 5a7039e7ae portraits were b18c86decc in the 98861a3411 drawer.1771cde664f11b3d

It’s truly a macabre hobby in a way. Leaving behind the face of someone about to die, for what purpose?1910fe3bb2367115

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In the end, the 970e08a966 portraits could only be 8e3ae79bf4 used as memorial photos.792b8d650fec9b12

The portraits in the empire were painted by somewhat verified artists, so their prices exceeded the cost of a whole house in the commoners’ neighborhood.847e311f63149c7f

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Moreover, it took 333d02c2c3 several months to 2b65556ba3 complete.faf5868a5fccdae9

They even brought an f86f596f7b artist all the way 3e89c279f0 from the far north. Did they pour in 8d37a070a6 a considerable amount of b610c43465 money just to give 54bb66dc55 him some decent treatment?f14fa0b2f752f5c9

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Or was 3ce5afae42 it merely 2c232b480b an exhibition 73d8dbcee9 for spoils f8968d5750 of war? Did they leave 9910ee6832 marks like trophies d0f24bdb36 from hunting?efd02507561015ce

Either way, d43426cf2d it felt e924f34a78 like an a97aaea193 exhibition disguised 70cc938a50 with consideration. They were just 1024652294 ordinary portraits, but 7e98baaea6 they sent shivers 5ae2056b1c down my spine.82074146f28382b2

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The reason there were two portraits left was because he had survived for a long time. He didn’t die before the paintings were completed.c4b9494f72adc7b0

I picked up the 5a89da4895 box. It was a 661213f29a wooden box made 4886cd6bf7 of a material 60fbea6157 similar to the 149a7dffeb frame.7dc87192d93f7f48

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As I pressed the 086c4e6ef1 button, there was a 47dd46d78d sound of the latch a9d6c6c770 releasing, and the lid 089468c370 of the box slowly 1affde53c5 opened.e543a7d9a454e22b

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I almost screamed. I swallowed the scream 34312d2c97 that had risen to 21820abb97 my throat.be784b9c9e75743d

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I should have looked around to see if anyone had heard the small exclamation, but I couldn’t take my eyes off the box.bbbc4dd3e8d91b9a

My hand was trembling.6673f22a2f175731

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