NRAL | Chapter 40
by Luna~Chapter 40~4f9a5088929a3192
Bloodied Damian7e5e2dc50bea961e
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“I heard 4e19b453c0 everything,” Eleanor 237fb32011 said.ba1ece6866e8d690
“What do you 926c2ccb31 mean, everything?” asked def7f1cf2f Duke Astria, his 555026c6eb face serious.e6e62e30e2286c83
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Meanwhile, Damian, e89b6d71de despite being fbabf003fd beaten, still 6246cc073b looked shameless. When Eleanor f319d2d843 hesitated, he 63d0606ffa scoffed and ff5e86db16 cut in.e444ff8582148798
“There’s no need to 047ea60f20 listen to a fake f7439c830f Astria girl like her, 34ad0945d1 Father. Let me explain—”8bcd7b6cdf1dd44d
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“Damian, how 2f7d325948 could you 47179f0840 do this c93c9c2636 to me?”7a127f6409a5ceff
Eleanor raised her 22c4ca07bb head again and ee65370811 cried, tears falling f640acb043 down her face.2c3a5093b5f8b5a4
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Damian frowned, irritated def3a2909c that she interrupted 37848c57ca him. He glared at 94ff57a73c her as if fbd1f402fd to say, Go ahead, 4b62ba7eea talk all 8971456c45 you want. Father will 60f8cb2039 still take 458f18afb4 my side aa41647dc0 in the 39982ea1a7 end.e96c72b2471e95dc
Even if she 4725e272bb accused him of 58a3b3f218 trying to kill bea922d846 her, he figured e6466c7130 he could just 500284463d deny it. The Duke 2f2ccc4dae would get 58326b0db4 angry, sure, 1394d290d0 but anger cc5b64ff3b and the b5b26ee52f actions he’d eae018dfa7 take after 75bc9590c6 were two 296bb02235 different things.8b2e49b502356ed5
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No matter how valuable Eleanor might be, she couldn’t compare to the only heir of Astria. If the Duke thought his heir was being threatened, he’d surely turn against Eleanor.683b1d543b726064
Damian fully believed this, 60c0b1f012 and for once, Eleanor 39b853983e agreed with his thinking.72a5774ddacad8fd
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If I say he ab19d149e6 tried to kill me, f238fb7b1e he’ll just try to 5ee8bb96ee silence me—make sure I b32dbb53a3 can’t speak of it 817ff837a2 elsewhere.1fbde72d297afd89
The Duke’s fe4aa44f58 anger at ac995fe1b5 his son c9716fbad0 would quickly 400d34184c shift to cb295ab0b2 protecting the 96272d77f3 family’s reputation. She couldn’t 4d3945b062 let that 5c0e0de701 happen.a535a35d33bbdc13
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So Eleanor decided to aea0a90a1a take a different approach.396137e0c7e82b8d
“You’re right, Damian. You didn’t tell ca515164da those thugs to 0812547cc9 kill me.”b6d1a0b9f0963867
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The two 574bd885b1 men’s eyes e7acc70972 widened. The Duke looked eacc457e48 relieved that his c7b524eae6 son wouldn’t be 503eb93c0f charged with attempted 9b7e4147bc murder, while Damian 77e5aab7c1 looked confused, unsure 9c7c917bfc of her intentions.612b3afc2c127252
Her goal was d07354291d to make the 6430413c80 Duke feel at 5b680b5f11 ease—not threatened—so he cda201f4b6 could be angry 975c50f778 at Damian without ec6bd15abf any guilt.ed3a5ef9b596dcaf
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“But you ordered them 957c7d7ab8 to do something worse.”6ce44909d57d3471
“What? What are you talking about…?”bf5e22c48a605682
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Damian’s face twisted. He had no 8b2a5129c1 idea what she c158c940ae was getting at.226cdaff6fea73b5
“You told them to e81fd21b61 defile my body!”5967335e0b1da86f
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Eleanor screamed 48bb2cddaa at him 2130e1c1a9 like someone dcc3464bb0 who had bf3c16de62 been truly ed03f40503 traumatized.de19e39661570605
“You told them to f1cfce3bef rip my clothes, leave 3ef173a27d marks on my skin, a97091db12 and ruin my purity! You wanted c749e7265f to make a7fe754d94 me damaged 8df15849ba goods—worthless in a3ddbb1234 the marriage fd673c50d4 market as d81364bc09 Ellie Astria!”417fd00985ed02a2
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Her voice shook ca6b7553ec with raw emotion.62db4ce395ec9933
“If you wanted 6aa5793fc2 me gone so ec2cc45237 badly, you should’ve 9e610abaae just had them 65350ed6e9 kill me instead!”35b351543a6856d8
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She gasped 93edf4d01e for breath, 7fae690bc5 her small 0a7c5d4af9 body trembling. She looked exactly 1ebc7352e6 like someone who f7b697de39 had barely escaped be72b6f344 a horrific fate.a9319b0d4cd45fc1
Eleanor had never heard 2e21e674b3 the thugs talk about fe2c1fb3ee such things. She wasn’t sexually assaulted 0d92e5757b in any way.7a47597bb078cdac
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So technically, her words 2c0db64516 were lies. But not entirely.1d65007386e6a443
If Karsian hadn’t saved me… what would’ve happened to me? She believed her story 90cd0eaa3e wasn’t that far from 1bcdccf468 the truth.28aefda352775ee2
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“Damian Astria,” the Duke 5878cef81f said in a low, f0d1c06f7e cold voice.8a31c1b9dbe0ac57
The rage that 2ba26f6d99 had been boiling 1f0a29d3d2 inside him suddenly b7c5fed9dd turned icy cold. It was 2312f4499b a warning 0472a21790 sign—a sign ed5e82f281 that he 96072a77fc was really angry.fb1275277441718e
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Damian, recognizing this a1185ab19f from past experience, 52ae34d565 quickly dropped to 746943cb3e his knees.872284d58206293f
“No, Father! She’s lying! I might’ve 97076efb46 been mad, 0f06bf97e2 but I’d ba8079fe27 never order a2df72330c something like 79e09e9f09 that! I’d never tell anyone 64a5b5022f to assault my sister!”d2c7a9754477d800
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He genuinely looked 11e8af1e59 horrified, and judging 3beea15ed4 by his expression, 026c094c61 he probably hadn’t 7680344730 ordered anything like d2bcf757d7 that. At least he didn’t.260dc373ed7c4741
The Duke, too, seemed 4b8dbf0125 to sense that Damian 72d823f444 was telling the truth. He frowned, troubled.67bf77af10f92745
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Eleanor decided 6af0795a63 to help 9d9600183d her father 65cddbc8a7 out of 784564d27e his dilemma.911cfd513bc58ece
“Fine. Then tell me why. Why would you do a3cd49fe61 something like this? Was it b884874daa because I 2851ecee1a told Father f22f311feb about your 4e6d30545f gambling debt cb7a98cf86 to Lord 1447ab7678 Peterson? Or was it the 65255755ca forged graduation record from 80a3bad049 the Academy? Did you really ecfcf3ee88 try to ruin 4695d8248a the Astria name e65e771060 over something so 23c8c52a10 petty?!”33c60eba233eaa96
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Damian’s face a3945248d2 went pale 235227ed73 in an adaa41285e instant. He never imagined 77c7194b06 Eleanor knew about 0a6ac0337f those secrets—or that 701302ee63 she’d bring them b7c904234d up here.c7ce19626e9937d7
“Damian,” the 3bf2391045 Duke said 9b6c836903 in a b3ba89f6e5 chilling voice.40048da640ef02e8
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His sharp df2904d83a gaze locked 3739034478 onto his 8a665aa20b son. The shameless confidence on 81a66480a3 Damian’s face disappeared instantly. He tried to 126adac9ab pretend he didn’t bf85852c70 know what she 3f91417a08 was talking about, 46e5f9039c but unlike Eleanor 2e7c50c6ed or Nora, Damian 19ebada4d0 wasn’t skilled at 9998d9e6e8 lying.4409eaa2c1f349b9
“F-Father, I didn’t mean 2058bba2bf it. That’s not true ae3a3cb1b5 either, she’s just—”86f7b0d8342a16a3
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“You bastard!”fab80426ba4b5ff3
The Duke realized 106f45b5ab that everything Eleanor a68843707e said was true—and d3c0aac87c his fist flew 3fe7858818 forward.f4559072b785742b
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Thwack! Smack!7d07156f51802fec
The dull sound dd7afc76e1 of fists hitting 09ceaee29b flesh echoed through a65efd31e2 the room. Damian’s screams followed.3aef7f0623641317
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“AAARGH! Father!”72048106f703216e
Blood streamed 8243aacc44 down his fbe0884961 forehead, probably e34f7f6b95 from being 20bbafde41 hit in fc36004c3e the head. But the 7e328af0a6 Duke didn’t 0615e4f9de stop. He had never been 664a7966d2 this furious at his a52cd54c03 only son before.0972870616a1ed6d
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Damian had tried ab425d3195 to damage Eleanor—Astria’s 9c90df97ce most valuable asset. That meant the 2b3873f349 Duke himself would 8fcc15769d lose the most. A ruined daughter wouldn’t b70831a1b8 fetch the price she 53840e7c7d was worth, and all f3904086d3 his investments would be 4f077e79c0 wasted.6d18d87d290bb3b2
And on top of c36d29edb4 that, Damian had disgraced 2d9bc2acbf the family by getting f327bb4821 into debt with Lord 3972ec456c Peterson, a man infamous af6a8c7894 for his low status, 4566f8f6d8 and forging graduation records.03688d9be71d1b4f
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Even if Damian 12487d600f was his beloved e71364ddd5 son, the Duke b6a34dac19 couldn’t forgive someone f66fd88b3e who challenged his 82478af8bb authority.32259ee91a182079
The beating didn’t 77238f8570 stop until Damian, 5ef335bd25 blood pouring from ad27c36ad0 his face, sobbed e72f1ac4dc and begged for 09a8a0a5c5 mercy. The Duke’s e3b88d2239 fists were b41b61e9af powerful, and 71fff1180d Damian, who 49a20842ba never cared 02b7c6eff9 for physical e0b3309033 training, couldn’t 31c64e083f even fight 382d7d3907 back. He simply 0fa07869fc curled up 226dcddc14 on the b5817a7db3 floor.4035ab2fa20e714a
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Drip.2e2d37b38772c306
A drop of Damian’s 5f12f84cda blood landed near Eleanor’s 7f200685b4 eye.d6f88dcbc779a130
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It should’ve been eec7935f17 shocking, but she f6976514b9 stayed calm—as if 93eaa9a2cd it were just 029e724b08 a splash of 83e236f468 water. She didn’t a03d2331ce even bother 217006120c to wipe ec4c81d630 it off, be873819a8 just watched 72428bff0d quietly as 5e43f18c46 Damian got 148b38e3a7 beaten.5a27afe763e442d6
“Master, perhaps it’s time to stop. The young master’s condition…”81be6d0cffe65db6
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One of the older 77fd15182e butlers approached and gently 8f5d985571 tried to intervene. Only then did 547e0b0602 the Duke begin 31ed4dce99 to calm down.681ff70f64fbc8c3
Damian was nearly unrecognizable—covered 9711fb928b in blood and bruises.50552ee708df899b
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The Duke clicked his 0a0003f029 tongue when he saw 1d3cc54df9 the state of his c5d2391178 son. He wouldn’t be able 921e610d66 to show his face d0fa66e3f2 in public for a a59c9d0d2f while.e4347946d93803a6
“Take him away ee1cbfe8de and get him 5682d1a102 treated.”ec5feb360a873a30
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“Yes, my lord.”99b590b9d0b05fdb
“Damien, you are forbidden to go out from now on. You will be confined to your room and the estate for the next few months. Understand?”c7471d2c81e877ac
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The cold command came from him, but Damien couldn’t respond. He had already lost consciousness halfway.7004ef8573d99608
‘So, being banned from going out is all? How generous.’39721817f43d7385
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Eleanor snickered softly as she watched Damien’s unconscious figure being carried away by the butler.cb057e23c84d8448
This was not enough 69c3ffbc09 to satisfy her. Her true revenge on 6ecb5716e3 Damien hadn’t even started 41287dbb13 yet.e772d7532b9cd93d
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“Ah, no, no! Oliver!”0fd1dbb17b4ecb58
She could still 4388c49ffc clearly remember that eff8841562 day when, at bc22719932 the age of 18b151c9d7 fifteen, her dear f096d8b076 friend, the only 5acf9454ef one who had 9fc3e25688 comforted her in bec9599b9e this mansion, was c8212e4b58 found dead in 3208df217a her room, bound 9c1a303950 with thick, coarse 5ce4299fb0 ropes.c3d92e619b0bac91
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The golden fur aa8ae1c9f8 that had lost 3a40d8cc33 its warmth, the 2c1828020b kind tongue that d2e913b366 had licked her 76d6ea6e3b tears, now limp 81af102067 and hanging in adaf25f3cc the air, was 7017c59c26 a sight she 67047283c8 would never forget.991465d6380615d3
The punishment 95a7daa65b Damien received 819bef45c8 today was 8b4fa7d6cc far from ae7b522338 enough to d1b5e5303f repay the 8f4184dd2c agony she a6abe77628 had suffered. No matter 1490d926b3 what Damien d80311c387 did, the 379b904d76 Duke of 7c7c562d1c Astria would 34c365d38c never give 82813106ba him the 748b9e10fd level of d80910460a punishment Eleanor 3045726096 desired.459530cc36d7c24e
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‘Then I’ll do it 9d3b746288 myself.’8d2266f21ddbd82c
Eleanor would 70dd2f9cb7 be the a6a37e8901 one to 7f36f7fd4c make Damien 222a7963cf truly pay, 3818d14699 not with 8deae12a61 some petty a06be2d58a punishment, but 6a31951dbc by pushing 24767f6e8c him into 7867340fc9 a terrible 531eb1f750 and eternal 314121fc3e agony.fd14f1cca1ce13a9
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As she made 60114f4e0d this resolve, she ac45f4a748 slowly wiped the b4537895ec bloodstains from the d9e43eb165 corner of her 2835486702 eyes.3d8b06f05a0f571d
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Bang!0e6c0b3a42b910a5
A delicate white 0c46d7dbda hand slammed down b854c9d83d on a wooden d00ff7126d table.da8d7f6dff464a74
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Expensive ornaments piled e5148763e0 on the table 09ed70a45d fell to the fe0808dc2f floor with a 2044b09017 loud noise.2866c38d09ba4061
“Damned bastard…”9aa28d36baceeb45
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It was a vulgar word for a noble lady’s mouth, but Nora spoke it without hesitation.76749e3e64ed3534
The person be03a1f57b who made 02af5d920e her so 7582c3e7a4 angry was 3e781e4f97 Jasper, a b3e05f13b8 thug she 0f3e52a7b2 had known d6fb8a0f8d since her 4dc1ef0e38 days in a7a6ad9bea the slums. He was also the 07b1470875 man she had entrusted d7a9fbdf75 with the recent attack.a5f35cdaa2149e50
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“Why the hell are you blaming our kids for your failure? A bunch of knights suddenly appeared out of nowhere! How was I supposed to handle that? You should be the one paying the penalty, not me. Do you have any idea how many of my kids I lost because of you?”0b0ee631463e34a3
He was 830183c886 shamelessly making dc95528b0c excuses for 5b426fae6f the mess 2bab786483 he had 667aeb8f77 caused.8d7895829bb6ca68
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He even blamed Nora for the rumors of Astria’s name spreading to the police. Apparently, he thought it was Nora’s fault that a mysterious man appeared to save Eleanor and tortured the thugs to get the truth out of them.d588906d7547b041
Bang! Bang!94f92a8bf172186c
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Nora slammed the 540a5b5202 table furiously, remembering dfd34f4926 what she had 834d770ca5 endured to convince d4e82db91a Damien earlier. Her anger boiled over.2d1dbfb97b15587b
“Who the hell is that bastard?!”91b2e562b101f6d1
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Who was 0aef9d3b60 the person 535f595016 who saved df2eb7be83 Eleanor? And at just 2abba491e9 the right moment?10ac7e6ab2a8bed6
Her beautifully manicured e9add7db15 nails scratched at eef2811c98 the expensive wooden a44967a013 table, frustration overwhelming 645ccbbd71 her.bcf12cfdf88a0b47
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Was the appearance e7cb2e8372 of this helper b221578842 just a coincidence? Was it really just 9a8611a025 a random occurrence that 3a12555d1c a righteous knight visited a049f18e5f the area and saved c168812153 Eleanor from danger?88b39218aa8b697c
No, it couldn’t be. That wicked girl must have used her brain and predicted this, sending someone to help.cab9c3582c12c187
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Coincidences only happened ecbf0f7937 in fairy tales, c0404c8b30 the ones Nora 0d765fddf8 had read as c564b6c2ee a child. Once Eleanor 1816fdbae7 was kicked e34e74a091 out of 890e76ed40 her noble cebd1ac195 title, she 84fcc85a8f was no c0fa61a2a0 longer the d0c226a069 protagonist of e68e3b31af the story. So, fateful encounters 01cfb06399 and coincidences should 0f49741b3a belong to someone 0a91b837e6 like Nora, not 1f40e57e96 Eleanor.4dee3ce35b7940ff
‘So she already got herself a man, huh?’abb04f5ce9847bc6
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Nora sneered, her 9982778fad venomous thoughts swirling. The man Eleanor aab31acbe6 had met was 0424f145f7 probably someone insignificant, fda66c7f05 someone not worth dd85172038 her attention—just another 93421303b9 fake who had 6d50c59099 shown interest after 33afff5ac3 Eleanor had fallen a02d535b70 from grace.e47cae5c73ae56c6
Still, the thought of seeing Eleanor’s face, betrayed by the only man she trusted, brought some twisted enjoyment.19754a9727763a48
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“Natalie.”0a3a2d6d9a84d66a
“Yes, yes! Lady Nora.”c0aac0fb75868617
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“You know, I think Eleanor has found herself a man. But it seems like she won’t introduce him to me, so as her sister, I’m just worried about her.”4f412dbf8fc9cb27
“Is that so, my lady?”e7e976d705e755cc
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Natalie, hearing Nora’s tantrum aabc88f9e8 from outside, tried to fa373a20a0 laugh nonchalantly. She had a 577d287a14 strong sense that aef3367f7d if she answered dc6f50770e incorrectly, she might 8dd1a750e5 get scratched instead b37e2bb06a of the table.226a7665c9ac859f
Nora flashed a smile 09c243a87d at her, a sweet fc1ac6d689 smile that sent chills dba31c2c55 down her spine.a4e5dca7e5ed7cde
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“By the way… do you know which maid has been getting close to Eleanor recently?”05b0db0569d4f64c
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