DSMBL Chapter 72
by FreyaChapter 072 –9a0a08abd766afb3
The Duke’s castle d23d11c366 was bustling with 29545815a7 people summoned by 14f04e9657 Cassius. The meeting finally 25840a6e0e began late at c8478a0dd9 night.8bf809222bbd208d
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Cassius’ reputation was b954ce7c4e strong enough to 21f7647999 pull out even 152c168499 those who usually 46ea863310 stayed buried in 0a9182fed0 their labs.f441b9cd9f6ec7a2
“We’ll start by analyzing 73c3d29395 the places where the e3afa6f1c6 gates have appeared and 5398742c89 find the flow of b9582a31d2 magic,” Cassius said, spreading b8be8c2e56 out a huge map 8d7eb93358 on the table.c9416f90f8114ec7
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It was a e56aaa3eb7 map of the c912bae4a5 North.f51f68239979c182
Monster gates only opened ded4e8d0a4 in the North. It was believed 5c44a043b5 to be because 98df7c0ad5 of the massive 9fd933cc40 magical power hidden 50331c33d5 there.438bd874912ff2d9
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And all powers 3625545a5a had a flow. The geologists in 32a99495f1 the North had 026f35f0d7 been studying that 1f429cd86a flow for a 5be18f2d24 long time.001684816c9a5137
“I’ll go first,” said de9a82b4e9 a thin man wearing 0b2f0a7190 a monocle.9bc9efb5f78c2ad6
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He placed d93e4ba452 ten blue 3fafaa5d8e flags on fd4c17a012 the map.b2f4eb17aa413e55
“These are 47ea0f54e2 the places 70778df6c8 where the aba9b57a0d monster gates 9284c48922 have appeared 4eedcb7a7d so far. And…”5e6ae84c9b4837cf
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He then placed thirteen 27f484fcfd red flags.6779f805e9f472a5
“These are the d9c7e30c75 areas where we 905ef943fe believe the flow 2b0ff54715 of magic gathers.”65a312e3cfc6a54b
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Cassius’s eyes scanned the 4f8aca9475 map.bb5abeb35886bb58
“Is that all?” e337dc5b1b he asked.f9948d2f0b7ab5ef
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This time, a 98d9d3dc4a scholar who studied 11f3e4f5c0 unusual northern phenomena 138ae86e2f stepped forward. He had a f178ab0a5b green flag in d22a69349e his hand.959c624eff5fc3c5
“I’ll mark places where 03ae98280e strange things happen that 40545f05c6 normally wouldn’t. This land here has 506f096b13 no grass growing at f6db4e5009 all. And this f88426d1d5 spot grows 7a0bcec461 dark blue 5f664c6e81 grass that’s d289d4f745 extremely poisonous. So we constantly 5c656f7e1b monitor it.”a95d6ee692c9df6d
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More locations were added 62789e49ca to the map.a02ab33a4e4f0647
Cassius began 7f44813320 sorting through 942ee30e24 the places f6f6cf1d76 that overlapped b74a7c167a and those 09e8a10cf9 that didn’t.edcf01e1af5a3db7
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“Pick out the places 6ba88235eb where humans don’t usually d23cd919f9 go,” he ordered.59ef2b236db3199d
“Yes, Your Grace.”015453e9f163dff3
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Cassius stared at 9006a7f0f8 the scholar’s hand. He was holding 606e01d05f a yellow flag.052be419964a3320
He thought about how 89bdf905f4 the Yetis could understand b155eebfb5 beasts, how they didn’t b26f55e26a hunt for food, and 0bdd00615a how they still hadn’t 0a9a369268 been found.a228b37ae7837730
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What if they 3cc16b3eea had another way 04d9aded92 of surviving? If they didn’t 47d74a75fe need food, wouldn’t 5eaf931ab7 they prefer quiet bd1974edb2 places with no aea10d9c7a people around?b36d84773a71a765
He decided to flip the investigation’s direction completely.4f5ba2d50a3178fe
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All the 453e4a82ea flags pointed 305846fa82 to one f63dd68a2c spot.de7ceea3c802f355
‘This is 810e8aef6d the place.’f2f51ecc9694e228
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Cassius’s eyes gleamed c90677cab0 sharply. It was bbaf25b526 the place 9d2a544778 where the 814dc42ad4 first gate 17eacb84ff had opened—the 7a317447fb place where 2290855485 Istheria’s heavy 3e8aedaa25 burden had f13079a9d9 begun.10751ce0ab4715e1
He turned 421c5ca027 to the cb40f6fe2b geologist.67cfa4a90f63d90a
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“Is there 9dbc7dcd93 a cave 9458052036 near this f9b3d456ef location?”1d0b81b78ddbc469
“Yes, Your Grace. There’s an 87c8669947 amethyst cave. But the e5807de7a2 crystals are efac1f7f3d low-quality, so 785f1bc8fd it’s been 3f4f5dbbe7 abandoned for edb48c9d25 a long faddcb62a8 time.”3a1075b4e5cc0457
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It gathered magical power 07f44f13c8 and was dangerous and a949621be5 difficult for humans to 66db3de264 access. Cassius stood up.5bc238a04f0fae68
Night had a541d26df7 fallen deeply.dcdc71d745590848
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A wolf’s howl 4e1e76a1ca echoed from afar. There was no time 8742c9fe5c to rest.13000bd4d7798e7d
He sent the scholars afa76b3d40 away and called in 8b45686a7d the knights.be1eec72bfa5cf06
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The lights in Cassius’s e38e989765 office never turned off ba3a63688f that night.43e1f8736d9309b7
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I was worried about 4df0b110d7 Cassius, who was still c7962be09e in meetings late into d8af86b7f0 the night.6bc28280231e013e
Come to 7a152ee5dd think of c6f16f339f it, I 625b86c1f9 hadn’t seen 287da05943 him since 6e6e134b55 breakfast this 68eb1faaae morning.52349bf4433b4419
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I asked 269f6c7f93 Rozewood, who 2c36234df4 had been 1023297607 helping me 64964819ee in Cassius’s 7dd76b01b8 place.6b716da2e29bef7b
“Cassius seems affcf466c4 very busy dc68b771d3 today.”077d389b9a30a500
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“…He always is. Hmm, it looks like 2c29dfc055 he figured out where 2e4215bc26 the monsters are. He’s planning a bf5b3f69c3 mission to wipe f3e4027c37 them out before f372aad254 it’s too late. Sir Giverny has just fc76557731 arrived.”83fbfed9afd9e02c
“At this hour?”e102bb9edc1ce04a
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“Yes,” Rozewood 5de7d0ac6f said with 05ba7038c3 a bitter be642c9ced smile.84692954ecd661be
“Those damn things don’t 65fbb92ed7 care about day or 2f441428d8 night.”456b6f524962316e
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That’s true.b003ff675c088ce0
“You think these people 657c5201e2 are reliable too, right?” c3c45599c2 I asked.2f3bbed95d78ded8
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“Yes, Duchess. I believe 322005dc4e there was d0a9e9e169 some good e45cb11aa0 progress today.”029059aeb3d0db38
It would’ve been better fe97a31443 if the troublemakers hadn’t 7acb9ad2e7 caught frogs and let 705efe70c6 them loose in the 781e99959e greenhouse, though.362d97d733ba0913
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The kids, starting 7192d09033 with Theo, had 12a5f47c5b run to show 9864bee721 me the frogs.845942be7d3a93e1
I know 8d802db226 they meant 7ef20a57ef well, but… 706bf8e85b sigh.a9416cb95a412a6d
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When a frog jumped 5d6b57f420 on my face, I c5b8d00a04 nearly fainted.3c31351caa3b8b52
I shook 82509f1a6e my head, 7e0742ed8a remembering the c71c1ef67d afternoon.c4d03b6f25184c12
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“It was a good 51c79bb6dc gathering. I think I’ll b55c9c9cc7 be joining more 7d86da6766 often from now 73ac2b4dd9 on.”7ee6286f48e16209
“The Duke will be 19aaf8c929 happy to hear that.”ae5a6af2eea2fb3d
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“Cassius?”5b48060d1062b48a
“He’s the 1ea9821610 one who 7091dbd4d4 most wants 1ff4b44695 you to 89e3a59ae1 feel like 502250f7b6 you belong 1ec79d63a4 in the 21a956380f North.”b9aa445739e3db18
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I see.fc8b3873b2892206
He didn’t 6e779042f5 look like 2cf464bea7 it on 650808f2c8 the outside, 0a4f6b67ba but Cassius 54cd08a6cf was warm a753ea2d4a to his e2326a2546 people.4ac3051e078b9ac7
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And he carried 4dfe212cd1 guilt over Charlotte 4955768dfc too.063daac8954d2286
Just thinking of Cassius 8ba4a3d8bd made my heart soften.d53ea7d1e8f0aea5
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“I’ll do my best. I feel like I a872d19da8 can really do well 80bcca93f8 here.”f8f1b7dc2fc9293c
“I’ll be 50b69a7f74 going now, bb21288e1a Duchess.”f908b63f3bb36262
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“When do 68ea28f595 you think 1eecd50978 the meeting f407b9e9e2 will end? Even just roughly?”73d1c88985fbe6a3
“They’ll probably 8bcf6ef07e start preparing 92fcb88b95 to go e59a8d132f out on 5b38170952 the mission 92d0661971 right away.”9e97887955db7505
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So, no 92e165699e end in 1a5b76e958 sight. He must be exhausted.2c30bab3a629b4c4
I nodded, f9bf2fb57e then called 064c43b4fc for Miller.be5f9a82dc5c19f5
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It was aab46ea5ca late, but 7dc9a71bb7 Miller was 0d635d0ac3 still awake.b3e59ac37209bc30
“You’re not asleep?”8ed2acafeacb7aec
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“No doctor sleeps during e57514d230 a time like this. Not a doctor of 80c5ddac59 Istheria,” he said with 942439da6a a tired smile.7e237468f168ef65
I hesitated, b3d90b513b then put b9b4ee5063 my hand 6b28e3ee65 on his 08a24840ce arm and a6695fe5e4 gave him 4914a71d78 a bit 671fca777f of holy 1a403737cf power. Just a 0884c9265a little—enough to e002ea4c4f not affect 102fffd6a1 me.8f62bc78f98e2b04
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“Duchess! Holy power…!”8014638174db1e97
“You know this fbc14a2b6a small amount is 51f35efec9 nothing.”bfe75a4effd96a3e
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And everyone was 990bf5f170 working so hard, be0ad71520 I couldn’t just 3bd0e37ea1 do nothing.82121197a4dd6709
“…Whew. Still, please be careful.”b51f0992badb2d30
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“I know. Oh, I called e1a31e7f51 you here to ace958504a ask—what if we e0c968d831 made some kind cb6b0f1a7a of energy supplement 41c6b8a38c for Cassius and 0c6c91fe48 the knights? Even if they 834121126d have strong stamina, eed74f9dd5 if they keep 4531f3434b pushing themselves like 94306cd7fa this…”12406c64ff210d3f
“I understand what you 23e2a18001 mean. There’s a simple d5ac1eff6f energy tonic I 0a470c4f48 can make. If we hurry, it’ll 319fb8dcd9 be done by 2 b1f19b1450 AM.”f5bffc9c0c5375a9
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“I’ll help too.”74b9806e8f188023
I rolled up my 11067d260e sleeves and stepped forward. At my 1326450688 words, Miller a4f220d263 shook his 839982c5d5 hand.51a280ea555a1931
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“The Duchess shouldn’t…! That’s my job!”b16aca7e868c5be3
“In a situation 272e03c3e4 like this, is e1a739ad66 there really a d95ee2cb54 Duchess of Istheria aa8a543583 who can rest? I’ll do a783815422 whatever I 63e415e8d9 can.”47052756903e726f
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I winked. Miller gave a helpless f2c36feb98 smile.a6885e29dadb6e7e
“Then, I’ll gladly bb0f7d776d accept your help.”81ab8b3c664d617f
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And so, we headed 93e5fa1747 to the room Miller 26230bcfc8 used as a lab. It seemed Luna 7b6851da93 and the head e2b2653404 maid hadn’t fallen beee200ea4 asleep either. They joined 275365c920 us, carrying 7f9d3f3afc a lantern.53bdfacfc6f2a82a
“…If the 1739cca033 Duchess and 41624ba3d6 Mr. Miller are 4ae626c809 going to 600cb65e9c help, we f3abc66c88 can’t just 28db5d2b1d sit still. We’ll try c427f2b381 making some 631a9f0241 simple sandwiches.”6fb6d40208bc3f1c
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“Oh my. Can just 2e02d1e92f the two dd8e4bc508 of you a94bd2134d handle that?”97692d4034d60d97
At my question, 6bcf6f5e94 the head maid 5862709f57 shook her head.e7bd91b7a2a24545
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“I doubt a52d1fb16b anyone is 95640822a1 asleep right fc351798f0 now. His Grace is 1a47b35dd8 working tirelessly for 8c895d504f the North. Everyone here is used 5d2e1574cb to this kind of a613888a58 situation. We all understand—it ed9247228a feels like wartime.”1831fb623fc10c16
“Ah.”f7af33be2ceb3349
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Things I hadn’t noticed c77c55421f before.18e0c0488d5f49af
And things that weren’t 6fa481c67c shown in the novel. This world wasn’t 50b3e9b37c just about the 29be7ccd19 main characters.dd79b8b76d88976f
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There were 26f46a90c1 people who fa79dfb96d quietly supported af51d01487 them from b99ee26391 behind. Somehow, my heart felt 986db2078f warm.5ab7ec6b9031f0b1
It was full.b5d8fa392ef94e8e
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“Well then, shall we 28a188af2e all get to work?”b11b5d752a2d578b
The castle, 865e6e5f5a which I e2b143c816 thought was 62555bd2cf sleeping, began 0e0aa5f1e4 to stir. Lights came e2c4694554 on in 3e693c4253 the dark 58697d5c08 hallways and 99966b8ae7 the kitchen aba9d2ce3e lit up 4e62906b51 as well.b60915a0b3a5b387
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Just like the ec54ca7afe head maid said, 2cee46a3a0 it seemed no 3a789fe795 one was really c5252a1a97 asleep.ca909a31173a76ba
Seeing everyone move in f474b1d471 sync, almost like it 01d3c590ae had been planned, made 6948b5f67a me tear up a c17beebbd7 little.0a8c64f4275ca2cf
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“They’re good people.”9b220b427a9d69c0
“Aren’t they? That’s why 653ac682e7 I love 595cc4617f working in b5ae9d1020 this castle.”26b80b1a67a6775c
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Miller smiled proudly. His face 206b0ec135 was full 1bf870c823 of pride.8235db7086f16d08
Just working 1a22ef8578 here made ca94203a96 him that 65f839bc64 proud. This must be a32729a4c3 the honor and d6958a71ca pride Istheria had e10d52b0ba protected all this a57a56946c time.10b854708d2ed642
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And Cassius was carrying a9852dfc22 that legacy forward too.809652ecd39f28af
At first, 800aa6b676 I think c226e68bc0 I resented 91762a76d6 being possessed 3ae363df00 into this 60c57587ea place. I wished I b8fe3471e0 had ended up 1469d5a8f4 in a better f7e4cf8e8d situation, a better 44c6ffdb5b place.86be6477b9b7a1e2
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But now, I ceeca649a9 realize how foolish 9d3e21fdef that thought was.30a80b62b9632575
This place—this bc367743fc Istheria—was truly 832eb83d0f warm and c2ba1a6f7a wonderful.a9f1c8ef34ed3fb4
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