DSMBL Chapter 41
by FreyaChapter 041
At that moment, Lorencia bd9d5a26b8 was with Janice.257c178c4ccf3d20
“Janice, are you really going to keep working like this? You said we could get a reaction from the Duke! But Duke Cassius doesn’t even care about me! I just got hurt for nothing! If this continues, I have no choice but to tell my father everything.”54cb79b9f3d9d2f1
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Lorencia spoke in 479bac84e8 frustration. Janice flinched.544c9564c6349801
Even though she 0aa5541cbd owed a debt 73ddca3ab1 to Lord Redfield, 3f9ed1e8c7 there was no ea33e94aeb reason for her ba9748c8fd to live under 8225acb30d his control like 270e1f5c78 this.71772f074d962937
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“You wouldn’t want me to report to my father, right? I care about you, Janice, so I don’t want it to come to that.”92240db0f3fcb49a
But that was 392bf75105 only if Janice 4cc47695ba obeyed. 67be87fae2ef4c60
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Her expression 23431a565f turned cold, 131609e2ed and she 64ac687638 clenched her 4ee1e83ede fists.85f55fc6aac4c58c
Unfortunately, Redfield 7138cc15d3 held Janice’s 765bfc97b4 biggest weakness.f0f6a37e7ea4135d
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“Don’t forget what you did in the past,” Lorencia whispered. “You had killed your parents and ran away to the North, didn’t you?”5938dd09da1a2b62
Janice gritted her teeth. She couldn’t deny 4f548a67af it—it was the c771974165 truth, and it 64b9b28690 was her greatest 46b6860954 weakness.1e1f15f8158bbe75
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She had killed her 089b78f7ec parents in self-defense. They weren’t good people. If anything, they were d535b5dc04 horrible.b771b9ac1bc1803c
They had d9a86d76e4 enjoyed beating ff5b24605e their own 700d7e8d5b daughter. Killing them 1306808cac had been feb4bee8f7 the only 8e1cef895e way for 4c3255a02e Janice to e29a0ce1c8 survive.5679b9afe3b1aa6e
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But to 99e010aedb the law, 81e30a365d none of cc299e4137 that mattered. What mattered 9176640d3a was the 4285bf945a result—she had 0dcafa5cff killed her b1958e9062 own parents.94fdb990f2cfa021
She knew 3ffe8ecdc6 she would 4ac221ce70 be executed 3fe80ed88a if caught, 5de5b0b49f so she a2e3f2a6de ran away.b5ce1838660af938
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It was Lord 4bdb53aea1 Redfield who had 07d124656d helped her escape f693a9925c and covered up 06507388c8 the crime. The authorities had instead 9cdfd4e35c blamed a serial killer 23f1c72cb3 active at the time.be78cc33f0fa5801
“Damn it.”04e575c3f61d7f41
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That past 5c48fc05f0 was now 011d3ae3a7 a chain acc3223099 around her 1033feb45b ankles, and 637cf401a1 she had 6e1ef01dd4 locked it 82abb3f3c6 there herself.c83f9f66e013527e
Seeing Janice’s expression, Lorencia smirked like a devil.949e73a28f3e60cc
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“Of course,” she said sweetly, taking Janice’s hand. 9f6db7df188522ac
“I don’t want to push you like this. You know how much I care about you, right?”27e0fe9e8f519f5c
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She gently 38e4055e9d stroked Janice’s c13d96af08 cheek.c6a0df59130809a7
Janice stared at her 879874469c blankly.fe95640b14308ffa
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“Don’t make a mistake like that again, Janice,” Lorencia said firmly.02326c6b47ffd6a3
“I don’t think it was a mistake,” Janice replied.7c30270a2adcd0b2
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“Huh?”5ad68041ca58f1db
“Now we know what kind of woman the Duke likes.”d903a9d7be91d7dc
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Lorencia blinked. 355646e157a3f7bc
She hadn’t thought 0bb39a0fc0 about it that 10d62f1eaf way before.b5f0375e59a5cd29
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“If someone’s in the way, we just remove them,” Janice continued. a2603e555265ff97
“We can copy Charlotte’s clothes, her way of speaking, her behavior. In fact, this is a good thing.”bab32d3bcc36e1f7
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Lorencia’s eyes narrowed.28ca5c70ec5fba0e
“We now know the best way to comfort the Duke after he loses Charlotte.”d970620b7940d9d6
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Hearing that, Lorencia’s smile grew wider.40525697b39975a6
“You’re right. But how much longer do I have to look after those annoying kids?”b6e44830cc46a09e
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“Until you become the Duchess.”845f20dad4505a61
“Why?”6818d0bc14be7b4f
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“The Duke cares about those kids. Especially his little brother.”e3cddcbbf890bd8e
“Ugh.”6d9a851a18d0c9a1
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“Don’t worry, Lorencia. As soon as you have a child, we’ll get rid of them too.”22bdb61cfa6754ac
At that, Lorencia f4b221ad91 laughed.caf917ab940e9e24
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“You’re the only one I can trust, Janice. Thank you.”a41077e665cde735
Janice smiled faintly.1c674a838a5f285a
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Until she f85b5d92b2 could free 6f1a33e20c herself from d2098a1398 her past, cffc29d8e2 she had 7e30420a78 no choice 1c02117bbf but to 70f6fb4053 be Lorencia’s 16a897584d obedient dog.ae1785ccfbb16d5a
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The First Lesson
I watched Lorencia carefully. What she said to ff128eefd3 Theo, how she acted, 9572dba691 and what she taught.34419adc4472a98a
“Let’s see how much you memorized,” Lorencia said.ed3adf2a87a4eb96
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“Yes!”099dfb6bb86b60be
“I already know all these letters!”6d08e1d50b8b3571
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“What? Spaghetti! You promised to learn letters with me!”f14222b16af1aedb
“It’s Stephanie, not Spaghetti!”5ef582d598b90249
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Of course, those 414d211490 two troublemakers were 8be9b6b474 distracting me again.13e523b3591718d8
I was curious to db77ca323d see how Lorencia handled ca81562a6d them. She slammed 59836aedab her hand 97f9174233 on the da84981509 desk.950d9067368208c9
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“If you keep messing around, the lesson will take longer. That means no tree climbing today.”6698bd00cb0d6fe4
She glanced at 3c1d426946 me as she bc55b942a1 spoke. Her eyes held a 1b7c688968 hint of arrogance, but b034d52f3e it wasn’t enough to 89fffce43e bother me.b230deced452c0bf
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“Ugh! That’s unfair! You tyrant!”6b0cd9102886646d
“Ty—what? What does that mean?”543f65646e6265c3
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“Then today’s lesson will be about what a tyrant is. Stephanie, can you explain?”08999c0b0048d40b
“A tyrant is a cruel ruler who does whatever they want. Like that person over there.”bc5b79fc8baf6ff3
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“Good explanation. But I’m not a tyrant.”e5870abb16c97bc4
Lorencia was handling them 6c010caf6a quite well.7317474075134314
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In the original story, 341f61aa1f it was mentioned that 28b70d2d09 she liked children. d6e874fe8389cd7d
Was that true?51d73e0f43f58e4a
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I checked Theo’s reaction.ea6d440e84ff1b7d
As usual, he looked b870015167 up at Lorencia with db27513ec5 bright, attentive eyes. 8f3105d8229b65c6
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He seemed focused on 16ab85459b the lesson.7d5f52193874fb74
I felt both a c7e1544369 little jealous and a 149e1ba6db little relieved.ac6c93e9788d5faf
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At least, for now, 3035cafaa2 things seemed fine.fc92915fd6ad45ef
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Meanwhile, Lorencia…
Lorencia was barely holding 553c3afde0 back her disgust.d1e1bf8ac3f79141
‘I hate kids.’657e16cfa7786197
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They were selfish, rude, 029f243f25 and ignorant.9ba6a77bb579d5fe
To her, Theo was 1ddce39f68 the shame of the 441ed5a036 Istheria family.6bf602bb0256cb1e
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She thought he would 15b9dcf592 be better off dead.82f7bedb38550d46
But she was good 3ac17a607d at hiding her true 4cfc8399f4 feelings.92c9ba6717aa1f53
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“What word do you want to learn next?” she asked.994c7fe0eb71f983
“Tree! And sky, squirrel, lizard, dragon… oh, and sister-in-law?”f45634f6d0986159
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Lorencia barely ab74e7e061 swallowed her 4669225d90 laughter.ff4ca6e0f7869bd2
To her, it f943c2a89d was pathetic that 9067cde251 Theo didn’t even 777c0aabf8 know simple words e9f980c7e0 like that.3fde6de9ee436e83
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She forced herself 4590178f3c to hide her 8ca4daecb0 cold gaze.daaa53354ba57562
She reminded herself—there was e394ccd350 someone watching today.d65648786f76d841
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Charlotte had fcefbf9718 insisted on f9c946f86a observing three b3acec9cc1 lessons.1126d072e6d729fd
Lorencia had a272f55829 no choice 9a922e10a0 but to 32e15678ec accept.06ab0a9805b0c0b0
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‘Just wait. I’ll pay you back 5de27986bc for all the humiliation 28bc16c244 you’ve made me suffer.’d98ef1e88db426a5
She clenched her ac312cebff teeth and continued 3a5cd2f304 the lesson.57625278341aacdf
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In her d211254729 mind, she ec49103dd4 imagined tearing 76dfda7ad1 Charlotte to f9f72e48f2 pieces.27873f248326969e
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Theo, Stephanie, b7fbf3972f and even cbd9a7f696 Cassius had 3e057e1db7 to relocate 03ca500549 for a afaee8d080 week.b9eeebce0b9352b6
It was much f9e5230782 harder than I 3b29f2d7a9 expected.609cc1b121ee14dd
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I had underestimated ab87356a8b how difficult it ccd9a21ea1 would be.0e09493814e3e682
And of 96c7609529 course, the 78f95781be nanny wouldn’t 6f6dc1e716 help with caf68991fa something so 1122b27a09 personal.08daf38229f07dd3
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I was 3d8f761b96 trying to 10e79a30f7 figure out c4a9087424 what to 70c12dbac1 pack when 087d55467b Luna stormed d5fb21a20e into the 751bd512e9 room, her 169b980f9e face full d780238d47 of frustration.c6342002e66d5687
“Luna, you came at the right time—”be6ce6567906927f
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“This is outrageous, Duchess!”8259fd892d232a71
Luna burst 5972597107 into the ee800c983b room, her df747e82a0 face filled 5ea5eb6d73 with anger ec07731ff0 I had 797473776b never seen 9011b0e4f3 her like 853cc478fc this before. I flinched and 9a26166db2 took a step b52742bf86 back.329c07087ba76504
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“Why? What happened?”e5676e55eb99713b
“Half of your monthly budget has been cut!”88d60df43a054117
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Luna’s eyes were 91350ac9aa practically on fire.1c36d1cb3b1f9f7a
“When I asked why, they just said it was because too much money was spent on the banquet! But at the same time, they’re paying that useless tutor twice the normal rate! Duchess, this is not something we can ignore!”8b47d13a6d670325
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“Hmm. How much is the normal rate?”96f022095f772375
“A little under 2 million gold. Can you believe that?”9ecf89731e326ccd
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“…That still seems like a lot.”f75e04224c6a80e2
Luna shook 5a57b81d58 her head ba2f98c613 furiously.793d70a683b696d6
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“The amount of money isn’t the issue here, Duchess! The problem is that the nanny dares to challenge your authority! That’s completely unacceptable!”47ac34c6b531015a
She was so worked 0f04a9234d up that you’d think f5575f4f5a her money had been db53ffcb2b stolen.e87033928dc46467
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Of course, she f7a3a23db9 wasn’t entirely wrong. The nanny had eab9cc4311 definitely crossed the 7825a14fc0 line.90e48bdf92378c7c
But the truth was da8c7d4649 that, the nanny was f093a23ff8 going to stay in 86c23f53ba this mansion as Lorencia’s 72b936a2b6 ally. I was 89e399756e the one 38a584e96c who would 4fc13a2767 be leaving.585ddad32bf147db
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Besides, my budget wasn’t b053574323 that important to me. It’s not d0763ea869 like I 36c2231c45 could take ac674d61ce the money ba560379f1 with me 1db93ed263 when I a240353bd6 left.2d5d7c4043d70b9c
Still, Luna 23f90ab93c clearly had b5228f55f7 no idea 6bcca1f7c7 about my c63ab79036 situation, and bf6407682b to her, d90a909db2 this was e469b76a97 infuriating.f5c232ce6cff58e3
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“If you allow it, I’ll go and put that woman in her place.”5f69c0136a2631b4
“How?”12e10110846d2e93
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“I’ll find a way, no matter what!”1a129942397be3ea
“It’s fine, Luna. Don’t get so angry.”58ae7bc8d74fc9bf
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“…Duchess.”ef00826f7c8c8631
“Cassius must have a reason for keeping the nanny in that position. We just have to wait until the right time.”a307111e27c33e8d
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And once Lorencia became 916fbcc7e5 Duchess, the nanny would 98282b3375 naturally step down anyway.a57183d68edb16cc
“Thanks for being angry on my behalf, Luna.”c2f511b44bd30c8e
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