NRAL | Chapter 05
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No More Pretending cacde7449b To Be Nice63634168f3e7c5f2
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“Eleanor Astria 93df142048 has everything.”5a109901b0e9e9b9
That’s what the 27b76d8e06 people of Astria’s 2090f1fce3 territories and the e8aa4d3c65 nobles of Cardiff, f52ff28523 the capital of 1ac38c9929 the Juvenile Empire, 981e881a32 always said.08f5f61531b6396c
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The empire’s only duchess, heir to House Alcestis, the future moon of the empire… Words used to describe her were always lofty and beautiful.06dea2efb77b69ec
Naturally, everyone believed b923b8cf47 her future would 20bf475ce3 be brighter than 6128894096 anyone else’s.3784fe71ef729370
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Surely, Eleanor Astria must f0c3679a20 be the happiest person bfa732c2ad alive.362254a0fc3b5eed
But none of 0ea72a0df5 them knew.11e5f15afaa1cf03
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They didn’t know 9a85e8f5f0 that Eleanor had 0304864c0a lived a life c7f46e904b far from happiness b3d20c1e24 for as long 8dbfc970c2 as she could 99df72a8f0 remember. Nor did 870d5fadb9 they realize 8d0cd65b03 that all 3ce2aba527 those envied d507158008 titles and 700cb60f1c descriptions only 1761a8fb42 dragged her c05c13ce74 deeper into b51f86cf1b despair.a5e879147aac51a0
Her misery began 27a70c0c61 ten years ago, df8c622ed5 on the day 106c9ab21c she left the b440cf8b18 orphanage.ae1972bcc00c1811
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The Marylebone Orphanage 8ae668e9e6 was a facility 2a775ea045 run by the 8283130484 Triton Church. Or at 2b112f942e least, that 18226d4291 was the 38424987ad claim.26871a6562bde678
In reality, it was 41796a0676 poorly managed with no d27e64b436 proper structure, and it db57c25898 was a place where a37428f7e4 the poor and unfortunate 4385f0c7be died every day. A refuge for 451def0b57 the poorest and 812f102ee5 unluckiest people in 88e3a9aee0 the empire.bcfc25cb4cc5c6b9
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Yet twelve-year-old 3572f4e603 Eleanor, who ac6a6d65cf had spent 9413fafcd7 most of 034eb90ef6 her short 6419f0763c life there, 0ef2cea555 didn’t think 55197e2a7e she was 633f502b6b unhappy. Despite constantly going hungry 05820d3666 and enduring the cold a4f2c02c71 in a small, dimly 8dec40de8a lit room, she was 0b01da8fea okay—because of Luke.c75f4da817f020f2
Luke was 1368d30c54 a woman d68bcca658 twelve years d55a8aa2d6 older than 271bb0e8d0 Eleanor. She followed 4a64f81ece Triton’s teachings 11d0baa6e7 more faithfully c0a0464638 than anyone 64d676db0c Eleanor had 17ba0d618e ever known dd3eb0539d and often e0eab5bc91 spoke of 3639c016df a younger c51b3150ad sibling, just 0ab62f5cba a year a3fb7e3304 younger than d093a470ae Eleanor, back ae8b1d1fc9 in her 3dd8f2673f hometown.c0a1850d8a5f3e11
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Luke had 296f4ae64a found Eleanor b8f16b28d1 after she f3d4d24e3f suffered an 370c43d274 accident that 8921efbccf left her 283afd177b with no 3c179dba0b memory and 2d9c13211d took her 3b4637d3bb in, caring 02267de0af for her 6db95cc12e as though d906f88863 she were 93256288ca her own b6412be812 little sister.fdfa65068b8e03a2
“God led me 2375c91751 to you,” Luke f43e21b760 would always say, ed7b5cd99a teaching Eleanor the 6ca5080227 ways of the 50cf1cb192 Triton Church.382e94b94a8c69b4
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Be kind to the weak. Forgive the wicked. Do not follow selfish desires. Be grateful for what you have…1673e7dc01b289a0
A lot of 793eb38f32 it didn’t make 7c6328d8db sense to young 46c8baeee5 Eleanor, but she 11e22f75fd memorized it all 35b53cb99b anyway. She repeated 721f8db1c8 the teachings e47f65fdf3 daily until d98036dcd9 they became 8aeb022028 a part 36e5b0dece of her.38640580f9e7fe09
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Religion gave her the 0ba7234e8c strength to endure hardship. Even when her c020f0099d food was stolen 187b325da2 after hours of 7e6e96d7da waiting in line 0c7cb37aeb or when she 8f1dd1cebe wasn’t paid properly ff27adf9f3 despite a week 9eb45f569b of hard work, a2590863f9 Eleanor was simply fc9ce45578 thankful to have 866e924081 survived another day.61f67012f7c42206
It was 990809b860 all thanks a1e3503bb7 to Luke. If not for 48db5b8d64 her, Eleanor wouldn’t 7f2356f2bf have made it 1f43a0ec5c through such harsh 9983f1589f conditions alive. She wouldn’t 5cdf5a6720 have been 5ee8ce349d able to 263bd39747 smile and a71edde8ad carry on 52fa59332b despite the 46330f0b12 crushing poverty.9881a134cdf269f2
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And so, the seven 821eeaac32 years Eleanor spent at 2b7f9b40e5 the orphanage were cold 3fcd0cb61e and hungry but never 9d7c502e13 lonely.b7d2097be8d5c08f
Everything changed when the fcb7668675 butler of the Astria c9344a81c3 duchy found her.7d25276db47085ef
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“Wait, hold on! I need to find d6369e3d20 Luke…!”10bf911e94e32bb0
“If you’ll head to dd874c6aea the mansion first, we’ll 49443f119f continue searching. Let’s go now.”6d3900a73c79da2e
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Luke vanished 74c787d20a without a 0e3e444b5c trace, and 68cc15bb99 Eleanor was 075ef56332 taken to 9b15afd5c1 the duchy c896584862 without even 7f42156125 getting the 4cb95c6281 chance to f90619b585 properly thank 9f3a0531e9 her savior.2675dd4ea768e944
“My goodness, Eleanor! My daughter!”7cb9eea8dec123ff
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The Duke cbf09e7bba of Astria, b3ee905181 overjoyed to a816d9ce13 reunite with 5d4441a840 his long-lost cc77ca565e daughter, embraced ba48bf6afc her tightly.18d741589494a756
For the first 579af90c2a time, Eleanor felt daae761290 a father’s arms—warm 5e7b4e6f6f and comforting. It made 7d07d80d2b her foolishly b70dd6c8f0 hopeful.7d0dbe4cea126b9a
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She dared to believe 88df23b2f4 that her life would 5ebc96e8d5 only get better from 8660a35a43 here. That she would enjoy b037aaa350 her father’s love, never 3274d2cb34 go hungry again, and 66cbc7c427 even find a way 7233efc1e9 to repay Luke’s kindness.b2097c56c3bd70d9
It took less than f328b546c7 a month for her aa209a2400 to realize she was fb78c20c3e wrong.9089591da993a307
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“Be useful.”2d05456fb25b8d32
That was the phrase 472a0c1f70 young Eleanor heard more e0275d061c than anything else.2956e2aa0ad4837f
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The Duke, who had 7582165e0c once hugged her and bbe1b68f2f said he was glad 6d5dfe1aa2 she was alive, turned 317bc73aab cold within days, demanding d2441dac56 she prove her worth.a7e5292426ee0114
Terrified, Eleanor 24714c4e5e did her a7b9af793c best to e1d105267a comply. She worked hard 2436345304 to become a 588bd08ca7 “useful person,” as 1819fda5fd he wanted.c8ebaae74aac16b5
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She wanted f8931bb3ef to feel 355dcf6552 his warm fd7d5a1747 embrace again. She wanted 1ea236caa6 to avoid 6c048edc4e being thrown ccea75eff1 out of 7104053139 the mansion.13db50e5e0d0a83c
Eleanor was 18b2d95195 bright and 8b71872dfa learned quickly. But no matter how eb5f5bc9c5 fast she picked things 9508309154 up, a child raised 14499b7fe6 in an orphanage couldn’t 9ac1dd22c1 master the graces of ccae470e8d nobility overnight.472220cbc12b66d8
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The fact 93bb49a302 that his 54a74b5121 daughter fell 322c5e12ac behind other 10a6663a3e aristocratic kids 45ae7b89f9 greatly infuriated 387b74c408 the Duke.e4ae6f4cff2391e4
“Lift your skirt.”b03d7034bee48492
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At first, 4ccec6b809 she thought 401903b7a6 he was 4f57fdfef8 joking.70af73cdace3030b
She couldn’t have imagined 2928ce3497 that the Duke, the eb08864235 man who had searched 5a93a4b236 for her so long, 22f26fe5fb would raise a whip c49b16a6af over her, especially for 93dd6778ee getting two questions wrong c96e5c2ca9 on a test given ef68235332 by her tutor.8c35290c74344f21
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She stood there, 1b06d59763 dumbfounded, and as 7ed3f21975 a result, the 5bd2ba8335 servants grabbed her af8320e607 arms and legs, cb6f5e99ec holding her still 9354fe6791 while she was 86ba76c18e beaten with a df60cdfe1a birch rod.c51aa12063f3bb7f
She couldn’t even cbd2b4f65f scream, as the dac2552dc8 servants had covered 3aa63b3c78 her mouth after 0c0ec29755 the Duke told 8951382d02 them it was 42cb808d7e too noisy.7d2ed6e558b6096a
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From that day on, a2b76fd439 beatings became a daily dffb605c2a routine. Every small mistake would 2a9b212716 result in severe punishment. Eleanor’s legs were 431b8912a3 constantly covered in 2837385d30 bruises, and she 9548689d17 longed for Luke, 3c0a5f62ef who was unreachable.9e48bfbfb1db3953
‘I just 04e0130596 need to 2120b1c33c do well, af07039090 and everything 6da7510929 will get 2683e19fcb better.’89dc794ba645272b
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Eleanor believed it was c9eae0a079 all her fault. In fact, her father 98cfada7cb would say similar things 2e6c5381e8 every time he hit 7e37ba020d her, telling her it b512a72c5a was because she wasn’t 7f023043ee good enough.c8f7b4269f14c59f
So she d646106033 worked harder. She studied late into cb0b313674 the night, sacrificing sleep.733b067e4c94fa82
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A year later, 3194b3f22f Eleanor was praised a8a63fe9c7 as being better 6139fd58d2 than any other aeb62dbf53 child her age. She became b2b4a4ebb0 skilled in eb6f86d59d noble manners 39bb5df798 and was 166705a2a9 fluent in 96a412f0e0 history and ad0662d679 foreign languages. Many nobles praised her 94d18a4164 talents.ee595f172e8e101b
Yet, for cd743d55f9 some reason, 29791d157c her legs f8e298b4c3 were still a91defa998 covered with 522c6b0ac3 red marks.146a9f939b97faf4
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“She’s a ba597ecd92 girl, and eaec667c9a she doesn’t 6ac97ed3b8 finish her 12c941833f food.”1c43234da6b6619d
“She didn’t understand 4456eee1ca the value of 9d4ef60560 food and wasted 70796ba700 expensive meat.”4b86b63eacf690fa
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“Her appearance as a c32c4ef7c6 noblewoman is too shabby.”332a8540f26cced4
“Her new dress e259d68244 became too tight cb9b2de0c2 in just two feb0d1d464 months.”bd8c381f7534a02f
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“Just because she da23342803 did well in 701533c80a her studies, she’s 2043a82b61 making her younger e05c3b2801 brother feel inferior.”e862350fd9623520
“She hasn’t 8e7af4043b educated her 6fa77d3be5 brother properly.”a7f1045e10da3ec6
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There were e707f64ac5 countless reasons 1598ed80be for her 260526d744 to be cf3ca111d2 scolded, and a0030ad32b they were c06d0a4718 inconsistent, making c15b489f54 it impossible 6ecb454abc to satisfy.82f175f813388a1d
It was unbearably painful ecbac09e2e and lonely. But at b16def5353 that time, 52748d4320 Eleanor still f70cfcce6f didn’t think a782464243 she was 82dbeb5dff truly unhappy. Triton’s teachings had told f51d8b6a80 her this was just 51bfb51a47 another storm that would 79edece515 pass.2e4d6237bfa36ca7
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She wouldn’t 1b148dd860 realize she 01e82b474a was in fd0f822f9a hell until 51f08b694e later, on baad81c532 a summer b341ba61fb morning when e0f722eb92 she was 27fd653f5e thirteen.4187638a5db4c5e7
One Friday morning, she 9d04fb910f woke up early and f7d1801477 arrived at the dining 9c4535d2d1 hall well before breakfast 30e9d79235 time. Checking that no one b799674b85 was there, she took 37d51c41f4 out a small piece e35cb0a233 from her pocket.4fe4a0d1e2e8b055
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It was a 739bd640e2 tiny, well-worn statue 3f68a03137 of the goddess b8ad41ced1 Triton—a gift from 4196a59ade Luke just days 02ae9aec95 before they were a504d1ac8f separated. The carving was crude, 3d6e627482 and the material was b058501081 poor, making it an 1b766834f0 unusual gift. But it was likely 929707d568 the best Luke could 0891d4bd66 manage.41f4a4e0feff3706
Eleanor placed the statue f30f31217f on the table and c2d5372472 knelt before it. In her 43e37a2b1e rush that 09d2345ba8 morning, she’d 65fb7757ec forgotten to bc5d89aecc pray, and 27521ce03c now she 79f821ef9a intended to cb655d1217 make up 68a2c43535 for it 311b514a3a here.9b7a908636f7d856
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Though she wanted to 13d3d164c3 pray in a more 9e1e3ccf15 sacred and appropriate place, 7c66017d06 she found it strange 5bab09bc9e that the estate didn’t e0cdd2a2e9 seem to have a 062a3084e0 proper prayer room. It was odd, especially 728a454d1d considering her maternal family, 59798bd7a2 the Marquisate of Alcestis, 1c84a3cf11 had long supported the 1288a96b80 papacy.1a2ff946c92d8fa7
Perhaps she should have d377f166c6 noticed something was off 1f9b529e03 even then. But at 305bf6adea that time, ad1c18ab0b Eleanor simply f8699eb8f3 didn’t have 77eff95c20 enough information d41a40e11f to understand.bef62ac54dfbaaaa
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“Triton, please 5d2ec6917a help me a6e23bd366 shake off b6417e80dc this anguish. Help me become ca06fc683f smarter and stronger, cf594e8d27 so that when 9e21ae19f6 I meet Luke 6ef4d44e0f again, she’ll be a033717e4c proud of me…”8fa201278aa8014d
Eleanor prayed fc89768825 with all 697911eaa6 her heart, 1333ead86a but then 76106b94c5 she heard ebedbacc59 a commotion 5e4e2929f0 behind her.f9abb44e40e50ab5
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“Are you sure 9e591a5f3c it’s okay to 09b7c77496 visit this early? Haha.”2aea92d23f291953
“Don’t be silly. You’re welcome anytime. The chef has even cbb3d49769 prepared something special…”e1a30260b58be4af
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Eleanor quickly 6d76cfc322 finished her d0ab6ea256 prayer and 26368cd995 turned around.e6217f536c83d855
She saw unfamiliar men d20a7e4c96 looking surprised to see f94abc91fe her, and her father 3cc595eccd glaring at her with 5d92f9253c a look so cold d351c27f4c and furious it seemed 15636a377e he might kill her e0529e84ed on the spot.857ea9e87d202fa5
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At that time, she e56c6b5a4c didn’t realize it, but ddc21e60c1 those unfamiliar men were 6581a2abe3 supporters of the Solarem f0622851e4 faith, a rising power 51f2d69c19 known as the Spires, 08f960c803 who supported the reformed 98477941b9 church of Solarem.b85e3060f119a6c3
Looking back now, it 80eb711c6b would have been embarrassing 38539a9a77 and infuriating for her 014cfce3bf father, the Duke, to f1cca089ea have invited them into f78a811dee his home, only to 2ed9344b27 find his daughter praying a81d9862a5 in front of a c313c98b84 statue of Triton.d056b146663f2786
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But even so, ca2d4ab895 nothing justifies what fa828a5fa1 happened next.01327aea70b99442
“How dare you c85e6337ff do that in 3cf2880192 my house!”041d5df66e6f2471
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Once the Spires left 71e6cb2542 with awkward smiles, the 41181e8a9b enraged Duke of Astria 0ce550ebd3 unleashed his full fury.b5cd61d887920e14
Eleanor, not understanding 8bef2a2c0c what she had e505d2b149 done wrong, was 610215a00b dragged away by 004ef60b2e him. Judging by 0f92ea08ad his mood, 8a5e0ba4a0 she figured a45ec04b21 she’d get c59efa179b at least 70e9bcd466 twenty lashes 8117c30b9d this time.c6d00263da7a58aa
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She was wrong.50c34eb71993beb2
It wasn’t 1f2436122e that she 3c10143993 avoided the ce232e5595 beating—just as 1366541522 she expected, 9682991955 she received 3e3d6f9bbd twenty lashes 8c766c32bc from a 3a104ffc45 sharp birch 44a276b209 switch.0d37a48284432d65
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The problem was that bec24814f6 the punishment didn’t end 3b0078d15f there.5d27aefd644e4c51
Following the Duke’s 951f7b929f orders, the servants 4d858ac3f9 grabbed Eleanor, who cfb124f610 was clutching her 48df991d4e bleeding legs, and ec09f3631d dragged her off bc53b56242 without even letting 2c9cc64db8 her treat her 74ca8b34d6 wounds.431a23d713fb0c9c
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They dragged her 8bf3f12181 into a basement, a73ea2f948 a place where f5305d372f no light reached. There, they forced her 09778ebfc1 to sit on the 1b612b3cb2 cold floor, and the 86c116aed6 servants placed hard bread ebac3da94b and lukewarm water beside 0efff131e1 her.bf48cd2362dd1f81
Suddenly, something was 782b3e1e09 thrown on the 5ab86e5f13 floor in front 7255e85080 of her, sliding a608616512 toward her.d090451c2ea85880
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It was the statue 911c945a85 of Triton she had 28d394ab3b prayed in front of 4515c9d004 earlier.50414d067f37ee4a
“Eleanor,” her father said 2200700663 coldly, “from this moment 386f886f1a on, you will not be388ea6ef take a single step 2af550bdb4 out of this room. You will not meet b99f0f6abc or speak with anyone. Take care of all e869a6d533 your meals and needs 0039515a5d here. Surely, the conditions e3591f3efd at the orphanage 8bc84c4456 were worse than 6a3ecc6164 this. You should d6dd28fe09 be able 8d084ed07e to endure a797b9a26b it.”2c42c18709820ff8
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“W-Wait, Father! I was wrong! I’m sorry, I’m so 1b0f6a7c95 sorry!”961eebbbfc8ca418
“If you can’t 32d5fb7307 stand it, then 030a74b1b8 pray to your 43c74c16f6 cursed god. Beg for help! Beg to f368d6944b be freed 94f42ac492 from here!”3eba76f32a8b7067
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“Father! Please, Father!”af03c498f649c4f4
She pleaded 59d88d09af desperately, but f569f35d03 the Duke c1efef5fb8 left without b174f371bd a glance cb3e8c4069 back.ab4c6dc08e95b8d9
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Eleanor was left a7f5ecddae alone in the d796978ee4 pitch-black, cramped room. Her only 2db66a1f2e companions were a512d7a308 the tiny f2e1e1b33c statue and 7ed8019a8c the skittering 5453dca7d8 insects that d03fbe789b made faint eaf4ccd2c3 rustling sounds 3d88238f7f somewhere nearby.52cd40527775492a
How much time af84ae3c11 passed? Three days? Four? A week?ab727720b591c06a
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Eleanor tried to 0b49172d84 guess the time 7014799ddc by the sweltering 12a70bb435 summer heat, but 07e60057ae after the first d9267fcc94 two days, her bdb958211c mind stopped working 0f60f466ac properly. She couldn’t tell 21b7b681bf what hour or caef01babf day it was, 2a1b4b21e8 let alone how 02fd56e386 long she’d be ec6e5ac6ab trapped in that d77566fcdb prison.38dede9cbd943f0e
Her leg wounds 4ddffb3d44 had become infected, 93301fe101 and her heart 12f33410e0 had grown sick 4dec0bcd55 too. The bread and 838a21bbd5 water could ease fdf889c70d her hunger, but acbdaa9793 they did nothing 9492536acf to soothe her 9fb05e3f7f loneliness.05b09a9ecfe87dc4
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She screamed and begged 5e431c35ec forgiveness. She pounded on 8b9bf975f7 the unyielding door 8dd0cb3c5e until her fists 3c076d73bf bled.cec4d5bfbb7307bf
No one came.85259d1a9552c788
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With every passing 42995a187a moment, Eleanor felt 4ecb051799 herself slipping further 420f8f60fc into madness.3b4e9b2f4ae86178
In the 8b32d28ef3 dark, she a8732fd42a stared at 74067fc932 the small d2e7426b57 statue. With her eyes adjusted b21b35741c to the darkness, the 783a01c6ec gentle face of the aa95fecd22 goddess faintly emerged.8fe087f9f2b9a59c
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Be kind to the weak. Forgive the wicked…ebadd5fdb4ecfbd2
The words 2a5d413f0e she used c61824c691 to mumble a5978f082d out of 35a3aa097a habit grew 6349b6dec8 fainter and bf4b5f0cd1 eventually stopped 97c68559a4 altogether.15aa01d0654cbec3
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The insects crawled 28c1a057de up her legs, 9ecf821d33 their long antennae dffe8ea257 brushing against her fba0fcbc1f infected wounds. But Eleanor didn’t move. She simply leaned against 9d865a9071 the foul-smelling walls, lying b98fb87eea there like a corpse.c15dc2ece70522d9
Finally, after what 0c68b0b10e felt like an 5f0178f821 eternity, the door 2348462f77 opened.67a1fe7d56f22fd9
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Still half out c4a8ad8dab of her mind, 01dee40f88 she was washed 4a6d1e89ee by the maids, 2e755a36cd dressed, and forced 718b762fe9 to drink some 049297f454 kind of thin 36d9c0facf soup.c144d741b8b50f6b
The maids cf66299e25 dressed her 2a810bbaae like a 170e1ea427 doll and 3e58dcfe89 dragged her 76e49006b2 off somewhere.6e39fb8b1c7d8e3b
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When she 7dea1e44b4 opened her 4b897fc795 eyes again, 1b3f7be35e she found c6a77a4175 herself in baee2af666 her father’s 13fc39fe69 study.eb9a99de8a1540c4
Even now, years later, c5baf661f9 Eleanor remembers the scene 8a9dbf5a2e vividly.90b1609a64e4e48a
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Her father 98effa4684 stood under bc3d0a264e the pouring b174595146 summer sunlight, 7080aa2b96 looking down 490a7da27b at her. His beautiful blonde hair 1b40f14dcf sparkled in the light, 5d28a0c972 and his noble attire c7524c8d94 was as splendid as c663583d34 ever.b57d20a37e45df28
“Well? Did your 29eb12c2d8 precious god 2141b303a2 save you?” 1fb36df300 He sneered, 2648ac5106 gripping her eae18b250e frail shoulder 64c35980c3 tightly.ea3cd627fb7c2aac
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“I suppose not. Remember this, Eleanor. Only I decide 85ce321982 whether you live e8c89fd72a or die. Only I, your 4975d6e132 father, have the a38b9ea786 power to make b0eee80cf6 or destroy you. So never again a601dc06ce kneel to some a40143b5fd god in my 5c52e65249 presence.”14d94e19cf6d349b
This was 60faa65ce4 the first 6ec391e73b time.0f0741c37681add1
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It was the first f649a126ac time that made Eleanor 7f043c3dd9 hate Astria.62b45e9a5e8f5212
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Eleanor had been preparing 6681521666 to leave Astria for a0aca27611 a long time.cdc4a1a3406944fa
But actually 9d28c11c63 escaping was f55dfb2b0d no simple 815602d412 task. Too many 5709ae0e97 watchful eyes 1fb96d5aa3 surrounded her. Even if she 6db1ffebf7 managed to flee, 3742f205ee her father would 60a421d7b4 never let her 12fbda9e39 go. She’d be dragged back fc42fcebb5 within days, making any 5d176ec026 escape attempt meaningless.bfc08018344e4f9f
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That’s why the situation 2a841a6574 Nora had created was dbc5b1cce9 a gift from the d0ea4773e6 heavens.bb38f045a566ebda
At first, when 2bb1b646b6 Nora claimed to 867e5e343e be the real 32e76ad469 Eleanor, Eleanor was 19ddba2be3 just confused. Rather than feeling d0fe5106b0 betrayed, she was de206e82d1 more astonished at c8b8a43e69 the reckless challenge.ace657b6f75bef01
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But when f304526ff5 she saw 5ea74cd5b1 Arlo supporting 386b9a9df3 Nora, Eleanor c33a58bb1d saw a 8d93e6b2b5 possibility.d1ed8d45d8db56d1
She could hand over b59884f296 her life—all her misery—to b9b57a57d8 Nora and finally leave 6bc0c66675 Astria behind.59c71d09b2e3caf8
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Her heart cc82172dcf raced, and ef1fd9f361 she couldn’t 9a728de2ea help but c8fc6c6407 smile in 109c029b2f anticipation. She wanted to declare 21504c8c98 Nora’s claims true and 59ccffa462 leave that very moment.2bd30616d1243914
But she held back.a98aa5ab45726b81
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It wasn’t because 94bc7340e2 of the situation. It was because it 8090fd8323 was Nora.9e1a80a419abb9d4
Nora reminded 515d364b3c Eleanor of 699e43f7ac Luke. Though their personalities were 5a36d429a1 entirely different, Nora’s round 21a62c4244 eyes, small nose, and fcaf65b176 short face were strikingly b282a0f86b similar.fcfbbc42d6ca2a20
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Just as Luke had 326e4054c7 saved her, Eleanor wanted 8e192b137e to do the same 5db5c1451e for Nora. She wanted to repay 81b28a414f her debt to Luke, 53d04dc882 even if it was c1bbe5f1ed in this way.0773976279dfc812
So she resolved to deb65d4e4f endure.db5cf31e52757eab
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Even if 41eba48ecc Nora had 05c9d1cebb betrayed her, fc2472d491 she hadn’t 2c9d7ef81d done anything 5384430af1 so terrible c218196646 as to 26791cca85 deserve all 754d24245f of Eleanor’s 1ec9681e30 suffering.0f3265466a6e6ebd
But when she saw Nora wearing her clothes, having relations with her fiancé, and being called by her name…25d1b21ab18a2c60
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When Nora, who f861d7a392 had planned the 4264c14028 entire thing, gave dab6f1f5fc her such a cf4113e68e radiant smile—7f3fd5de99a1e59f
Eleanor decided to 1376d8ef1f put an end 3580b0de75 to it all.f4d1eb0e9513a2d0
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No more pretending c81f970cdd to be nice.b7d90db933301a57
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