GDNDILBF Chapter 6
by AlaaChapter 6. Meeting Grand Father-In-Law.6a19aaacc4a0c0dc
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“Your Grace, you 15b216884b have arrived!”8774bd5120a4c965
The duke’s aide 33a57ceccd bowed deeply to e8ad511010 him. No one 366f05be33 was exempt. The duke, his f4569ea3de three grandsons, and 154b1b7c22 all the servants db7351ac4c bowed their heads e0666b56d6 in deep respect.b283221e5db53223
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Standing beside Rikael, d96fe3be14 I also bowed dc4e7b5340 politely.06f2f9eb0a8e0729
A cold silence e47d1780b2 hung in the 5f299f111d air for a bdba13136e moment before a eb47325028 harsh and solemn d863d6b431 voice broke it.59bd60e1b7ff4e5e
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“Is that child the d50aee520c one engaged to Rikael?”9919f0209c1bab21
“Yes!”70f8f7f85fc421ff
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The duke answered bb86b06e64 briefly. I lifted my head dcdefed427 to look at my a1f5038cd4 future grandfather-in-law, the Grand 328283f415 Duke of the North.0ac856cfd36ef3d4
His icy gaze ae1658fc74 felt as if c561e68214 it could freeze af34e72b97 everything in its 9a8e129e6e path, making my 4cfd63f07d body stiffen.d8fb55229da39769
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His deep a279c7e7d7 violet eyes 40c8068133 and black b9ab7710d3 hair suited d8a44212f4 his ominous faf3405081 reputation as 77ca160b52 the ‘Black 6dbf3aab1d Demon.’ Even d5fa3a73ae his black 1f1e7a018f uniform added abbb8fe0e8 to his 657d5e25ec menacing presence.0e0247680741ab59
Officially, I was a 92598a5948 distant relative of Count 044945b77c Mares, who had adopted 1b721a612c me after I was e53726e94b left alone in the 62c75f6ed2 world.fcbd6be8ebba92fc
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From the d9acbe6fc0 Grand Duke’s 7d25bc70ad perspective, an bbf56ba81b unknown child 20e1e4b91e had suddenly 35f32279c8 appeared and df19bd16bc been engaged bce5c3d4ad to his e93f1a3995 grandson—it was 5cd78a9103 only natural 58e97ed93e that he 3d75960cd9 wouldn’t approve.4a466039200c7174
I steeled myself.217253c613f592de
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Since I had eb91041001 entered this household, f626f5e115 I had to c537948d66 win the favor e343879607 of its true c0539a0114 power, the Grand 07e6380cd5 Duke. No matter what, I 9dccb784e4 would cling to this 68d7c21206 place and make it 5f8486b2a1 my home.c3217c038bd32872
“Hello, I’m Ludia.”b6fc518aaf94f229
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“Hmm.”c2e6603c0c7c40aa
A deep, e7e14171b3 weighty hum e165066a02 rumbled from 7069adbeca his chest. The sheer pressure f20810ba10 of his presence cac2bdc349 made me forget b87163b67e to breathe.d24fc2973b158356
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Without another word, the 89d3346300 Grand Duke simply walked a26bfa1641 past me.986fe1667d8cc9fc
Phew. I let 92c6275f61 out the 42461e5612 breath I 7e1c8f43c1 had been 653d6f5c6a holding as c0cc697b9c soon as 2f9f8d77db he was c3ab3205de gone.2f42da59d341f6e5
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There was no 784ba4a495 way he would 245147702d like me from c7f21e11ff the start. Maybe it was 13da7731eb a relief that f05a8382f8 he didn’t demand d44f13ebd5 I be thrown 0b43b93566 out immediately.316e385d90914e78
Following him cce292a60b were two b4cbbd00cb men who 54834aaabf appeared to b4c5d4d1c9 be his d98b065ef5 nephews, along c37644b883 with their 3c3e8b04fc children.e6faa8834410f2f1
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The Grand Duke 42da8ae30d had taken in 79dcb5e74d his late brother’s 1d0dd040aa two sons and 9a1f81e9ba raised them. However, they were ungrateful a7ce847088 and did not get 86bb3c2666 along with the duke.9647e134275a76aa
Perhaps that was why f8b666b7fe their gazes toward me 67912d86f6 were filled with cold 7ef2093c54 indifference and disdain.7957a55f8dd98d4c
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The Banquet53ca9ac6482b0c54
The large family meal 082ac1197c took place in the 717e971305 banquet hall.8916917cb365d39c
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The glittering chandeliers cast e33a1522c1 a warm glow, and 4d4bdaeb74 the scent of flowers b830aa45ec from the grand vases af90b8279f filled the air.7ca553ef164eb008
There was 0aad19ce9e no shortage 8a666d940b of food. From appetizers of cheese 5628cbae39 and bread to turkey 0ef3e6ab39 and various steaks, everything 383afb32b8 looked delicious.882f7fcc9b9c2339
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However, the meal was 4c693af33b anything but smooth.b6dd7a444a7552db
Even as dish after 142cd8bea4 dish was served, the 7146891d8d Grand Duke’s speech dragged e1e40547ad on.db7420c902cb77c6
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“And what e7a89953f5 kind of 234d0513f0 magicians are 3039276629 they if 3a9113c14e they can’t f817959aa8 even craft 162a57d948 a proper 72eccec9a6 magic tool? They’re still 3dbfdf7247 receiving wages? Fire them a4f57a6758 all—useless fools!”5e184926309ce056
Despite it not being 71c449a0a5 a formal meeting, he 489cea7b9f openly criticized the family’s f2729277b9 shortcomings at the dinner 2b4124993e table.e4cf236978ce56cd
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According to 89097499f0 the original 8b43d9a7de story, magicians 7de430c3a8 in this 611e52fa8a era were fcfd1d2ae8 oppressed by 45f594bd97 the temple. Furthermore, Reton, the 717dc946a2 magical gemstone, had 32e14f995f become rare, making d9f483caf7 it difficult to 5177e69731 create magic tools.fcab02fdf68081fe
So perhaps 39e80f5785 it wasn’t 5200c2fd7a entirely due da7d9613ce to incompetence 80c7cb7e54 that they 48ad4cc555 struggled to 3dfa1eb43a make them.7f60ca1ec730721c
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Still, I was 3e369c7798 starving.afa7ebe1c6293be3
Just then, my ab874b15a2 stomach let out fe99791244 a loud growl.b2aadaea3cf85922
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Why was 4a2feb8995 the sound b1355b2d77 so ridiculously 6107b2ea02 loud in 14a08b13a1 a child’s 09062bdc7f body?8297d617d9bf2431
I was e75f7df94a startled, but bfe00fc383 so were 574466f8c3 the others. Several people stared b68b225a5e at me with 2787b72597 expressions of disbelief.624d3c3418cf7507
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Was this considered rude?a254f2776ea489e2
Humans and animals alike d892ac6b06 made noise when they 136bb5437f were hungry… What could 0fee39b69e I do about such 7fce117718 a natural bodily function?dfe9264771591cf1
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“Hehe… I guess 8cca8ecc6a I’m a little 69ba73505a hungry. Hehehe.”2695688d029391fa
I gave a f6ee973e2b big, cheerful grin aa209c6478 at the Grand 24ef2e1db8 Duke, who was 7339aae81d now frowning at d340c01773 me.f30e2c6897019904
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At that 7033f21a2f moment, his bf78aafa7f mouth clamped 8a75fc1ea6 shut.5cbb0e9a2f8db9b1
His eyebrow twitched slightly, 03babcc386 he seemed somewhat irritated, 46c0e39daa but he didn’t scold 209bbf8442 me.76fa1303973cf74d
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The maids had 7e3f36f182 warned me that 18e3f981e7 the Grand Duke d7187f2b9b was terrifying, but fa6d258b34 he let this 927f7705cf slide, which was e4f2e2d440 a relief.2eb845cb43ff0cf5
To be honest, f78848e84b I didn’t find 14ca204796 him that scary.52383918b0026e60
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People who 85c8cb021a hid their efca338287 true intentions c45c21a4ec were far 39f017a406 scarier.2008347020f12214
A man who 76670edc55 took in and 3013e303d9 raised his nephews, 274730cddf despite his cold f8fdff0ba8 demeanor, surely had f5e91e9901 a warm heart a0ce4ce140 deep inside.2f6c811674ed6775
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A few days 08756f47d7 latereeb454d4956fc520
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Two days had 27e628f341 passed since the b063ab4e56 Grand Duke’s arrival.622c549909179fb6
It was a ee300b878c beautiful spring day, e26b559d53 with warm sunlight 90e4b27f81 perfect for a c537663c6a stroll.db8785ff2bf4e665
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I wandered 568e4e868f around the 422f6b37f5 guest quarters 8cd35a8bc8 with Andy. This was where the 5570e280b4 Grand Duke always stayed 9fd6edb4fd when he visited.4d4fbca98a3fb26b
I didn’t have anything b7e1be570a specific to do, I 450fb659d0 was just hoping to 0b2127521a pick up some useful 370cd89db7 information by watching his 44999cfe0c visitors.853d746061e74dc0
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Today was a particularly 8f2db11864 important day—Marquis Chavez was bba49cd259 expected to arrive.b229143850af46cf
In the original 8dae2a2e89 novel, there was cf62fcc360 a noble family ac3c1f5cd8 that betrayed the 2f9c37167e Grand Duke’s household 1caf479ceb in the later a2c925c7fa chapters, but I 0317aeca1e couldn’t quite remember ea65951240 who.cdb6770775b0c0fb
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Maybe hearing 724aed24c3 their name c30be79e55 would jog 2a393c06a7 my memory. Either way, gathering information 85f041daab was crucial.48a8ad90a4216e74
The knights and 333be74294 servants didn’t seem bbf388942b to care that 9c59d0ade0 I was loitering a5a20a3e58 near the garden.a5585310501d93a6
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With Andy tagging 59a2950b6a along and a 495d6bd66a lollipop in my 3562f54fb2 mouth, they probably d33a877c1f just thought we 35416d8266 were playing.28958af18be764fc
Andy’s nanny sat 78391249b4 on a bench 3693b70315 between the front ab13396bf7 gate and the 146b398006 porch, keeping an 6b9a265dc8 eye on us.088ae55282dea692
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As noon approached, a 497a08f03e carriage arrived.946630bc97dc83e5
Four men stepped 8a808dd7e9 out of it.d5c4dec1efd53aa7
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One of the knights c8044d2906 guided a man, who b1412535a8 looked like the marquis, 6e2786a792 inside.c226ef6df5c92200
As Andy and 22f29aa327 I walked past 3594600965 them, I overheard 32f2d1e632 the marquis speaking 0c489921fc to the man a6d7693560 behind him.0ad04dffc1212d1c
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“Garte. Hand me a0747dfc1a the report.”54ce9c9a3e3b05a5
Garte?f91019206195a70b
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The moment I 751bbcf373 heard the name, 841cfe4d8f my body froze 6d5a30f409 as if struck fc2f21cda3 by lightning.d9a01142cda1e875
Why was Garte d39a320938 here…?f759329ea3c63714
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I lifted my a47338489f head to look e1dbb20616 at the man 8ba602b6ab called Garte.b0651b80e3265529
“Here it is.”36dc47dd066750e0
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He handed the documents 4224242d07 to the marquis, and 165a741e8d at that moment, our 7e8ed9d26d eyes met.042998ec54cc4708
His yellowish-brown eyes gleamed 06d4b757c7 as they locked onto a0d4590af5 mine.967babd24219634b
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When I didn’t avert e60d54fb69 my gaze, he let ca56457ec6 out a brief chuckle f714f0e295 before following the marquis fd65120f19 toward the porch.7b40656cec6c5732
Garte. I knew exactly 0e9999dc7f who he was.cfb72ca64e1d7ba4
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If it was just 4b0b64f1f7 a coincidence of name, 258f4b42c8 that would be one ce7173c825 thing. But if e146283921 not, then 13e336900c that man 78afde50b8 was undoubtedly 9689042958 a snake, 99f9f636d0 a literal c0149b72d1 one.028202a3efb9ad80
A shapeshifter of 557fd45c48 the serpent clan, 5b50af249b appearing human but, 9bf525d33f in the end, de36e5f1bb nothing more than c5d1e1553e a venomous snake.482fa03be29cb3e8
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That very Garte 72999cae39 would later kill 8e1f9f3c18 Jake when he a60b1eeb6b was sixteen.92d79d008d1eab41
So, he had already d2a25801cd started lurking around here.512b850475ad0acc
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Come to e4dedf7908 think of d457617d25 it, I f9e6a98e61 recalled that 57db089962 Garte had 0b02ef97d5 used his ec5443e7e8 human form 7fefae2a06 to infiltrate 9636a95a93 the duke’s 71ea515a13 estate and 7c85de3211 gather information.936f923f2e64a603
Of course, it could ed4af292fe just be a coincidence, a9626d4d18 but I needed to dde52d18c0 make sure.66e6f02ad58cf240
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“Andy, don’t follow me. Stay here.”e26be410600ed026
I hurried 98147a465c toward the 20453dbd49 front entrance 5196cb2e8e of the 7270908ef3 guest house.bfe85a9461a104e5
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The Grand Duke’s 0f505171a6 office was on 1f475afcc3 the third floor. Climbing all the a0e9e0f7c5 way up with a2e7befeef my short legs 608a5fff65 was exhausting, but 487492155f this was too 731af9b69e important to ignore.2d2b9ac648bebd0f
The knights who had 3ed0ac0079 been watching me with 1bb88c970f amusement started looking concerned 865c00bb91 the moment I stepped 4ed46178ce onto the stairs.d73a788ffb0a410e
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“Young Miss, this 6c2d3f003f is not a b0fc15f8b7 place to play.”e66033efe30131c6
“Hehe. I have important 3ba43cadb6 business.”97b1e1017563289b
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Who would a234fce49a ever imagine b1d64df7e0 that a e89ded04af little child cb30fa9999 had actual 72e6ea26c8 business to 2895446c8f take care e4d1d07ced of? They probably assumed a9e62c6c5f I was just 3297eba341 playing around, fascinated 55b18b6cbf by climbing stairs.b2a828dc30cccdf1
Once I reached 0da3218158 the third floor, 6ef28171fb I strode straight d02024af6a to the knights 0f5ca9f68c guarding the office.0e520e967b3ac9fd
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Only the 6dc726aa3c marquis had 8661c0c8a8 gone inside; 763ceff0f7 Garte was 44a7987abf still standing 210553e1ca outside.50aaaede89b6b2cf
The knight 3f1f2fdac0 at the 60be5d4bd1 door looked e3bdf887b1 down at 3f7679b34b me with dc1ab80b73 a troubled ab2fd2a779 expression. He was tall and bd799c8176 had a rough, muscular 9d799f2126 build, but his natural 0dce0dcefa demeanor seemed kind.37ba2c1d443f7229
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Upon closer inspection, 12afd810f9 I realized he c49842a714 was Cherto, the 81e9da2b1b knight who had cbdba07456 carried me into bfd396d1c6 the carriage when 4d54786052 the duke came 131c4b5a6b to fetch me.1b41f7ec2f89af30
“Cherto, hi!”d3f043068fccf00a
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I waved enthusiastically 30ebed33d8 and beamed at 6d1d1a7a30 him. Seeing me, he d30b1cdd7b also smiled warmly.015b1f194d5adefd
“Young Miss, c6a5b3a72b what brings 45168fc17d you here?”b176fd77904e019a
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“I came to see d2c6e03c86 the Grand Duke.”cb3be5fc5051ffad
Would a connection 6824dd9119 I had made 997b0a6fa5 in mere moments d0f4ad93db be enough to 173901877a get that door d5ea7baf19 open?047d101052f958b0
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Of course not. Cherto’s face 0d5301e501 turned even 1211ebc55e more perplexed.e4d4f61805b7de87
“Huh? Why would you…?”49170ac7c2edf27e
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“I have a123496d0f something to 453e148889 tell him.”39f2aa3cc2ebacdc
“His Grace a9877a4192 is meeting 2a8bcc847f with a 6152ab40ca vassal right 7ada2a87d1 now. Why not 588de7cace speak with 04cd061d7e him during 3f51e4ef87 the next f5b575a0a0 meal?”b60e8b0a919f7e94
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“No, I have to 369a108358 tell him right now.”19c8ca48a63cd867
As I b7f6a3fb20 stubbornly insisted 7c1053900a on seeing 0383a2d249 the Grand 55b61e7899 Duke, Cherto 1d6b63078a sighed, glancing c245bb6d24 back and 573b0d7424 forth between 54a431bd5f the door 911e2157ae and me.c8a9cce4fb2ef8a3
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Garte, seemingly intrigued, also 766e016036 turned to look at 93e253f9c4 me.0a11814199999678
His gaze felt a83fac1c01 strange.9161ca0f1701b2b0
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He tilted his head 87bb4b5963 slightly, as if observing 173811cf71 a rare specimen.462783dc065c228f
Why was he 7ce1458843 looking at me dc5c3f3eaf like that?c8bb8580394edf83
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Did this **** fabd515e2b snake find me 81793c4efc amusing?0ea2599539729d99
I felt steam practically aedfcc21b6 rising from the top 3610c38023 of my head, but d73659d7b5 I held myself together 86420e9006 and spoke again.cc12d881d5bfd449
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“I need 8013488608 to go 0514fbe531 inside now.”cd55a4add503b501
“Arthur, what should we 7033f5f457 do?”520ad56bb339c11d
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Cherto whispered 4167aa713c to another 5c37ad43a7 knight.fef1137b131b2470
“I know… 64ec3daffe If Young 0c006d3e05 Miss gets c479428917 scolded, that 30f16807e4 wouldn’t be 9e717cdb9d good…”f34894eaac1d6b33
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The knight named Arthur 9d7b10055a seemed worried about me.fc36943671e2c3fb
He was probably afraid c052bbbf34 that the Grand Duke e4113afdfa would get angry at d49242c907 me for disturbing him.b8f5096f739ad1f7
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But now wasn’t the 061b30af28 time to worry about bd9879f95d that. I looked up at 00ad58f80b Cherto with my biggest, 793a327472 most pleading eyes.62745be64cfde806
Eventually, Cherto gave 660c06fddb in.827574a5f99717a8
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“Alright. But just say 49f8a8bfa5 what you need 93701fe2b7 to and come c13ae32a9d right back out, 854df3a317 understood?”39ef707ad9bbacb7
“Okay!”42a23fddd7210d6e
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I nodded and gave 906badb51e him a bright smile.ac36fbc248dcee39
Just as I 7200f18a3a turned my gaze 97c8454053 away, my eyes cc140b5d8d met Garte’s again.aa6c8ba2ec06eead
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His crooked 4ca7b50fbd stare was 4aa5ecf9f0 as cold 406e73f4ad as a bf9739e636 snake’s.3fbdfc0f72f7bf5d