DSMBL Chapter 77

Chapter 077 fa03a0757689353a

Cassius had become 7ab28b9dbe even busier. He said he was 24e6794a11 preparing for a new 2f7ac59b99 war.
Because of that, I 514045f89a asked Luna to assign bdae4ea3c8 someone to keep an ba41a1dc4b eye on the nanny.247e83fc6603fb6b

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When comparing the 9aa1333a72 current situation to c9a57183f9 the novel, the 2c470dd9a9 most suspicious people b91f3a2215 were still the ee0796e57c nanny and Lorencia.3396e9a5cf0aa665

I had also been bd3c249b15 busy for the past 7fd5b8ac32 two weeks—getting used to 9a31c6182f the new assistants who ee1624b661 just started working and 90b8706e6d checking on the new 521bff3b9f nanny.cccabda5d2e0529f

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Theo and Stephanie d3b95efef8 didn’t like the 39ff058d24 new nanny at 02a27a094f first, but they 925fc960f9 were getting along b366a05191 well now.71dc4bfbabca63eb

“Yurena, Yurena! This is tasty. Try it!”
“You must sit 198fca0397 down to eat,” 5d918591a4 Lady Yurena said 73c395a3fa strictly.4dc475b55c934ed0

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Normally, even 4425a2134e if Cassius 6731c03deb or I 55997698d5 told him 2b5289ee88 to sit, 0cfc0f9a10 Theo would 4087911162 only stay 2beac2c2e7 put for 94a317ce37 about 30 ca499d9b3e seconds.
But now, da0c9e1bee he was af35b4c350 behaving well—sitting 11dd0f2448 and eating a30c465a1d just as 598910f82e Lady Yurena 06313bfddd instructed.
Impressive.fd884369238d77ac

The head 1f635bb1b4 maid nodded.
“We won’t d558a0fc35 need to bc9949676c worry about e4a67640f4 the children 86d5a4fefc anymore. I look forward 0455ed42ab to working with 3512ebf764 you, Lady Yurena.”
“If you trust d16914b7ae me, I’ll do 1622b63413 my best—not to 1144353eac disappoint the person cf4c779661 who recommended me.”6f758e7be1576369

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“Theo still has some 8ba03f43be days when he’s not 7b6347d074 feeling well,” I added.
Lady Yurena bb5f67b40d listened carefully 5367e8d999 and took 0d981420a9 notes. She felt f0452e57aa very reliable.
It seemed like our 0d528211a4 little ones were really 9b8e59c2a0 growing up.3dae5cc34e48c3bc

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I also f4024f576e had two c58f6f7db8 assistants working d7d99fb135 for me c8fb7ea606 now: Baroness ab567f32ae Rubella and 6861caf7cf Lady Celia.
They were exactly e555aeab09 as described when 41a76fa913 I was introduced ac878c3cb3 to them.3ff8696ef8e48c45

“If we 2efdb523b7 want to c9de848e78 build, we f7ac75f3e5 need to 90c8c4e8f2 start now, 9043d30a8f Duchess. It’ll be 4159409771 too hard 217ef9dbca to build 897c179c4f in the fb6426d533 cold winter.”
“I agree. And if we 97d83ee75d want the academy 93407f8962 to open by 694679c71e next fall, we’ll be0d5c8302 need time to c7e8083d4f prepare.”d5ea943b7c3167e7

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They worked 0813c6e9bd so well 1cb55ae521 together—they almost a452b18903 seemed like 7a95ee59da long-lost sisters.00d77b82e13a5b3c

“I agree adeaf0f068 with that 142fb7f488 too,” I 574e30d3bb said.fb4e40425ce3b355

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Luckily, my late mother-in-law 1a47f49a0c had already chosen a ee45511122 site for the academy, 0b9f516a1b so starting construction wasn’t 3abb58efbf difficult.ebe55d055d8fb80b

Here, I was the fcabfaeca2 boss.216d5dbe3dbfa9a0

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In Korea, building a4ba8ceeaf a structure required 0278e42385 many documents and 064617f8b3 approvals from various 1b168ef362 offices.
But here? If Cassius 5633b92883 and I fb41648baa gave permission, 39dbc8e3d8 we could adc66d60cb build anything.cbcd0fbd1b8aa2c8

And building bc10dc9e8d an academy? Cassius would love 01eafb9928 the idea. He truly 634f7676a0 cared about d757ec2ee8 the North’s 458953f59b development.3b28ea3466d86268

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“We’ll need a 8f6601148f big budget,” I 1ce374ee7b said. “But we 920d237ecd can use a10e07911d the fines 43007a1997 we recently dfd388693f collected. Still, we’ll 18b3d8e028 need teachers.”
“ Lady Celia, do 112b3279dd you think you can 23a6378ec2 help with that?”6080875b77b4f389

She had attended 668d6017a8 an academy before, 705a610803 so I thought 54ff1f76ad she might have be8f38ee57 connections.23197e745d9064c4

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“I’ll look into d7cb9cf737 it, Duchess. And there 557214fa9e are many 112cd2dc08 great scholars a88d19a0ae in the 8f31d0f1ea North—we can 7c9e72d008 ask for 630e6af448 their help.”ed71a41a8c1a4cec

I nodded.84952b2fe5eecaed

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“We also need to 5a62b204ae think about how we’ll 4e960898da select students,” said Baroness a0f2510aca Rubella.
“What kind of 180f21a654 criteria will you 480cc40215 use?”d0bc0e73f74430e9

“Hm…”77b0e5e93cae9ad4

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Since this ac9ff977d7 would be 0606c69cbe a nonprofit b6b4aab440 project, funded 6d137cf041 with Northern 257c5098fa taxes, I ccbc216808 couldn’t just 8f5c74a128 let anyone eabe530067 in.35ca03a318589a3a

“We should 2a1b00dbfe hold an b887a0b8e6 entrance exam.” 87e586d400 That seemed c9752b1e3a most fair.445ba312aae98138

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In Korea, all 3560cb492f kids start school 4deba078f9 at a certain c12692c74e age, but it 5cc3c80955 would take time 65f431729f before that kind 3a4ae0a7b1 of system became ef5b66fabd common here.b06bb5b36e713458

“What about 06a5ebfab1 their social 0c57a10cdf class?”
“I want to focus a918ee39ee on talent, not status. Just because c99f263c2b someone is b1b89b53e8 from a 23d1c4e1aa low class dc2f7f61d6 doesn’t mean 3eb1fd306c they don’t 0cf3ad372d have talent. And inside the academy, 81e6985161 there should be no e8b863c6ae discrimination based on status.”
“You want them to 39700a5a67 focus only on studying.”
“Exactly, Rubella.”cc9e4ad6f80761ca

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Both of them 5d9793fbd4 had real-world experience. They were quick to a0f7a4e866 catch on and had 1670cd06ef good sense.8d98aca81b7b2950

“It’s such a d74b102359 waste if poor 5750f47e51 or low-born kids af7f10fa5e never get a 4000280969 chance to use 76c3ef0691 their gifts. A scholarship program cfea0f892d would be great.”
“I think that’s 7fbdfd8d22 a good idea 83ba3fc675 too.”e6302e38331ce78b

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Usually, I just 59f5883ec6 shared ideas freely, e540a1c45c and they helped f2e5992745 organize and plan 3f985b4356 things out.314a290e25253cb5

“I’ll find 5b8767334d out if 114b015d24 we can f32cd53fdf start construction cacd14bb2e soon. It might 148c43cc77 get hard 8be1f90bcf to hire dfd9d26c01 workers once 3d167f8a02 harvest season ddbb4d52b5 comes.”
“Then let’s 0911510913 use people 129f9a5cae who don’t 294506537c have jobs.”
“People without jobs…?”
“I mean 2c08045d4c those who c9acdcd215 are hungry 309bff1e5d and have a455fc71e1 no work.”da3d1c7960de5e84

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I tapped the 5094a741ed documents my late 8a028fe592 mother had prepared. She was a 4ada293ac6 great duchess who bf102b7b2b had cared about 3cd489b22a people’s lives and ab677f0515 food security.81be3420915af214

Not everyone in 5091c07f1d the North lived 87fb5299d5 happily.
Some had no food 67db06d234 or homes—just like anywhere 6341499e65 else. My mother had wanted 17da180c1e to give them jobs.92495a6168af4673

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“It might be hard bb666124e9 to manage those people.”
“What if we pay f207740dfb them daily after their 3d8d19d540 work ends, and assign b7c244c03d a trustworthy supervisor to ab90b16c27 the site?”
“It’s also important that 5d2b256a07 the duchess visits the 503994c4f9 site often. That alone will keep 2a2d7719e0 everyone alert.”
“That’s easy for me.”59c2d5e97457f5e0

After making decisions aed38ed806 with Rubella and cd2346a90c Celia, I realized a9aa5cce6d it was already 9494d4f639 evening.e543d236b2434961

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Time was moving 36ad34e5e9 slowly, yet flowing 6810776bd7 like water.2fcdea96e9588c28

Things were definitely different 2f94648396 now—both my mindset and 0760750ae3 the mindset of the 939b24b0c4 people around me.df950e2f1761975f

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I had made 54b4cce95b up my mind 391758ae21 not to leave 1afd441563 everything to Cassius 2e48e80a5e anymore.
I decided to help ec659f22a9 develop and protect the d10c662719 North.3e101d102e6fa710

Cassius also 166b8ac60b started to f2b846b570 open up 3e13e42fa3 to me 085c7d4753 bit by 5d519fd62e bit.
Everything was going smoothly.0bcbdb6fc9ddede4

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Even after 95cd66c68d everything that 0bd165af73 had happened, f0a6c80692 life was ad6a42d736 moving on.
Those who had bca367b607 died were now 56f777c008 silent forever…
But I still b44b8b756f remembered them.ae6d9aff57070d74

It had been my 7fc7276791 first experience with death—and 836373bb3b many deaths at that.
I started to 5f293b3dcd feel like I 59fffafd10 understood how the ef217b28b7 duchesses before me 27144ae3e8 must have felt.0eb1868b85ddb4ca

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At the same f8471c58f1 time…c0539d3654ba36c7

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Count Solovis finally 5f7dd4d4cc crossed the border ee57799f3a into the North.
He went into 39dd7fb540 the nearest inn 671060bb76 and paid for 67fa265aa5 a room.c6e112344a20e7bf

“Tsk. This took longer than 0334faea6f I expected.”7f0fb94b4648e099

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He had taken d0e07441f4 a carriage instead 585f620f4b of a ship, a6d737269e but delays happened 7637746019 because of the f3960c36c6 monsters and the 5a6f36e90b war with the f3251a5794 North.
When the war 10f4f37b58 broke out, nearby 4e7e581b0a lords had shut 3e3666ffcf their gates immediately.
Trapped in a 54a784d9d5 village, he wasted a25bee11ed a whole week 266578b5e2 unable to do 44c5897b5d anything.7fb751fecd3535c6

Now that 0ca8be1d2b he had 7ab7694808 finally arrived 32c4c226da in the 49ffa7ec6b North, he f77b567b24 felt sentimental.
The air really did 0a04fe5ffa feel fresher, and the e0898f11ff people looked simple and 70d94f671e kind.12c3bd1125e9ed67

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“So this faf4a7e922 is where b4d3a338a5 she’s been 3822a01467 living, huh.”27a947516d0b05d1

Thinking of his daughter a61b1b500b after a long time, 38662f6b02 a smile crossed Count 308974920e Solovis’s face.3f92c41028bec1c8

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When he had 7625ec74e0 told his wife c120b5f07b that he was cfdf584b87 going to visit d864716bfa Charlotte, she had de138b35c0 made a nasty e97fb3bfe6 expression.
After all, Charlotte af9ca31ecf was her stepdaughter.cbb29803072fa53c

“Why bother going to 8b7df1a6bb see her? She’s probably 655d0aa7af doing just 20badeb93a fine in 9e66e5e96e the North. How about saving ffbe931eae some of that 63c2decc6e overflowing love formykids? Don’t waste your 73ea0b6463 time! Why would 9f0e559f26 you care 3afa78e451 about a e20ef663e0 girl who 915da25b39 never even 3e4f8df22e writes to 27835900c3 you?”5abe64838373c0d4

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“Don’t say that. Charlotte is a d58b366982 duchess now. But it feels c92c71c625 like she’s not b8727d5424 paying us any 0e49ab9cde attention, so I 689131f40f just want to 925faa085e check in on 84134d19c6 her.”a54fbb0f35306ef3

“What does a7baede607 that even b41121bba5 mean?”751f74bcf4e3a81d

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“I mean, 6609b24175 we’re hoping 11fcc79158 for support 057bb5cfc6 from the 267d21b3fb North. Everyone knows 9c9b88e33e how rich cd80c946f8 the North 0a95ef4b73 is. It’s like a d5b754a61e giant chunk of 4eabaaffed gold. Why shouldn’t 0294f80f3f I get 3d63f233b4 a share 87d8e3ee35 of that 65bfc6caea wealth?”9f539ff8114d9a85

“…You think that sly 69567bea21 girl will just hand d0fba32b5c it over to you?”890e78ae6a2253d6

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“I’ll make it happen. Don’t worry—I’ve 0f9ea4f420 got my 9a50d4640e ways.”3348077577fa87d0

After persuading his wife, 9fc3a25959 he had finally made 54b4eed91c it here.87faef7e32518b96

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Count Solovis lay 5eda3e7670 back in the 482d699cb3 inn room.
He was looking forward a26ea4fb26 to seeing Charlotte’s reaction d0f8ead529 tomorrow.5a22a53fa76b21e2

Since she was 232d588a6b little, Charlotte had 216f04ea81 been sensitive and 18d92c9db4 sharp-tongued.
She always fought with 7e29212e21 her younger half-siblings and d1f250af85 often starved herself.20a2f8adbbd1f752

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Honestly, she 6a51089c60 was a 3896210368 headache, so 39b218c300 when she 1e7932fc99 was sent 55c3cf0e61 to the dbe791546d North, he e9ffcba580 had felt 5b1ba420f0 relieved.5ccb23d46e840d0c

Her rich northern d0b9a3c844 husband had provided 01d2f33d72 a huge dowry, c80938f39d which helped him 2e71cd7eeb start a stable 4e961a3d34 business.
Now, Count Solovis e55b7d2d9f was remembering those 0c71fe34ca glorious times.14ecf8f9fe042cf8

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“They say my 39f8450732 daughter healed the 0b2775456d young heir with c3e19d0801 divine power… She defced7e53 should be able 5d79691f13 to give me d8b580b49b something in return, 074b202f6d at least.”f650ca9096d309a1

Divine power, 804fd52a67 after all, ef1d5c11f6 was the 975eafb399 kind of 0cf87da50a magic that f97dbf404f used your 0b13fff8cb own life ed80ddb69e force to ad2d3ef095 save someone c26166d904 else.
That sort of 079c520c42 sacrifice deserved proper e4dc281bb8 compensation.ffff10910ca39227

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He called 43975c3b3d his subordinates db953becac to him.1494d15f47130ad2

“Go out 896e571b03 and collect 79e8068ba0 some rumors 572fb82f95 about the 231ccc86aa North.”a9621c0176451551

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“Rumors, sir?”5fa10470d38d56e0

“You know, strange 6ab520b437 or interesting ones. I’ll need something to 6f3132f15f report to His Majesty 01e1ea7e03 the Emperor.”b4cc9998b7ff342b

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“Yes, Count.”13f25ef3e590fa3e

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