EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 116
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‘Could it 0d2ef9a00f be… Lia? No, that’s impossible.’9b7e955c52fb0880
The duke 09eab567ef let out c74c3add77 a hollow 29c6966e22 laugh and 0bb207e1f6 shook his 8f2c603123 head.0c69ed4387776807
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He pushed away c98a7e92e9 the ridiculous thought 2deb3f69ab that had popped fc5a4accbb into his mind.2fd1796704801333
Lia didn’t even have 5c75b13a8b the defining pink hair 61b11437be of the Grand Princess.9ee9314e365dcd31
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Moreover, though he hadn’t 033c38716c had the chance to f93a390c95 check the child’s eye dfb80383f7 color due to the 63e800aa67 chaos of her immediate 3aae869c56 abduction after birth, if 79de3ebf17 she took after her f7b780bc2a parents, her eyes would 527821b388 likely be pink or d335a51c5e green.f8575d2196aac23a
‘Whether from her fc91e3b68f paternal or maternal 08167f8434 side, there’s no 18076ad8f7 way they’d be fbb20bc5cc brown.’91a630782fb22c47
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Yet, despite brushing 42b2341e27 aside his doubts, 309b3d1e1c the duke couldn’t 92ecc8c10e shake off a aff4ba3108 lingering unease.0785ef12d2d5ae11
“Are we really… really going to find our Adriana…?”222c4f1f0f299de8
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At that moment, 14fb776ad9 the marquis, who aa35b37d61 had remained silent 87b1175f46 for a long a93f20412e time, squeezed his d6ce49437f eyes shut, unable 2ade906d4f to finish his 551b6519cf sentence.536f6c39ecc30c39
He had 06e658b2d3 never suspected feb7d4e423 that his 9b27235fb2 daughter and ab2be699c8 son-in-law had 6c6bc13ede orchestrated such 6e4458575a a scheme, 1ea8c87dec so he 1a35f9fc3e had all 4546734d2a but given d5ff3027c1 up on c7baee855c finding his 80c6de29cc granddaughter.eb3f6b8c7fb98fe0
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Of course, he 89d7ecfdab had planned to bdd77832a8 search for her d065be0c1a through the information 080effd489 guild once he 5fe6403cc9 returned to the 205c69637f capital after passing 920af0a90a on his title, dce370cbf2 grasping at straws a9bdd40460 if necessary, but e0c1e6bca7 that was about 2037478da6 it.a17fb4f745a58996
“Father, I apologize. I couldn’t tell you in advance because I wasn’t sure how long it would take or if it would even go as planned.”451d29ab613c2987
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The grand duke d1ccb74dc3 apologized with a 295cfcf988 contrite voice.60ba1643b7e96160
For once, the marquis c26edfe12c didn’t object. He simply nodded and 1930ea655c acknowledged the effort with 3e5ab8c0fd a slight tilt of 6e99f4282b his head.d709bbeb8ff4b089
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Then, after gathering his c1ce72ffb7 thoughts, the duke spoke 702bfc97d2 in a low, calm 23f3c5eb31 voice.cc66f021e15aeb7c
“Your Grace, the Grand Duke. Did you accept today’s dinner invitation just to talk about this? Is that why you suggested the children dine separately?”f0581f1995fdb815
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When the grand duke c1ec5e1701 nodded, the duke continued.d4adca9a2d3f23fe
“But I don’t understand. What does this have to do with making Diana your goddaughter?”d9e3881f8807f5fc
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The grand duchess let 78d1991191 out a cold smile.5344ca0a81b62405
“When I announced that we would release all of Belus’ magical artifacts to the empire earlier, you looked confused. Many others must have thought the same. Especially the emperor, given his keen interest in the principality of Belus.”7c25a76e21b09fd1
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“That’s…”4ade0be5e82a2066
The duke was about 0e6bf86053 to point out that 55f421f233 the emperor was more 402cdeb56d interested in something, or 9174dedb50 rather someone, other than 3dd23b3398 the duchy itself. But seeing the 411d890d9c grand duchess scowl fcf663523d as if she 8c3b4094a8 didn’t even want 17ada98cba to hear it, 8230fb0f39 he swallowed his 152e3e0c68 words.d8843a565d4ef378
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“If the emperor finds out that I’m using magical artifacts to search for my daughter, what do you think will happen?”18cdc4355514f41e
Though imperial mages f0390fbe44 were less skilled e38fd8ea36 than those of a015a4d722 the duchy, they 79ab7a4338 might still be 4c2d9a1366 able to decipher f5c168e3d8 the magic circle.c26fc3c43828b1eb
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If that happened, 0c2792c62e the artifacts could a07fb013a2 be misused, or c6a87e7cf8 something entirely unforeseen 9820c613a2 might occur.cad9270199dceff5
“We just want to find our daughter quietly. And to do so without raising suspicion, we need an excuse.”9c9153d5e8d88939
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“That excuse is making Diana your goddaughter?”9e10ffea5941120d
“Yes. That way, the emperor and everyone else will think, ‘Ah, the Belus Grand Ducal family has finally given up on the grand duchess. Instead, they’ve decided to treat Lady Elard as their daughter, even selling their magical artifacts at a bargain to the empire as proof.'”fe8a4bf6fe00cc18
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“The principality’s title, lands, mines, jewels… Whatever she desires will be hers. She could become the most precious child in the empire—no, on the entire continent. Even more than a princess.”e777f69a77998866
With the grand d038932e99 duke himself affirming 67e1c0b248 it, the Duke 5a24dc6b8f of Elard scoffed.8b62c10178d1ec7e
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“That is unnecessary.”32dd69cfd9f05fd5
His voice was f02415911c cold.9509d59b29d578f9
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“I don’t like it. It feels like you’re using my daughter.”0ab16f5a7367096a
“Dominique!”c11431fb1506a3a3
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“My dear!”8a7cb11e5e39a858
Both the grand duchess e99d17d67a and the duchess of 6528e5f198 Elard called his name 4d4d8895e1 in shock, clearly not f5aae92e4f expecting his response.c8f4c793d8671da6
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The duke 77e84a88e3 sighed heavily d614009ea3 as he bf3683a502 looked at 32a395aebf their astonished 82362ebdc4 faces.a5a3d6c1f25153bd
“…Is what I’d like to say. But there’s no way I can refuse.”0291ed604afdd22a
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“Sigh…”100b3ba04284dea4
Relieved sighs escaped from 541b55bf22 all around.50d582810fa439e7
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Though visibly displeased, c24824ea4a the duke conceded.57dbaf0ca46fe5fd
“If this causes Diana any trouble, I will hold you accountable.”797698c5ab5830f7
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“Of course. But that won’t happen. Thank you. Truly, thank you.”f7c9e26071e68d8f
The grand 2cc37f6647 duke, his 8f2896ac70 green eyes ae0388bd17 glistening with 25b4f1eabf emotion, beamed.870efbd21a00d378
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His dazzling beauty, 2740d26277 like a sacred b4fa0ba5ee statue in a 28a68049c8 grand temple, was c103b668eb so breathtaking that 9051132497 even the usually 6585e1e605 unimpressed Duke of e803990ab2 Elard hesitated for 74429e0363 a moment.a5024bd39ef6be66
And so, he thought 763d9cb727 begrudgingly,b2dd1ef3e34a69f7
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Perhaps the continent’s e7d8839266 mages weren’t drawn 6f222148c7 to the Grand 4be599007a Duke of Belus be10888cb4 solely for his 2ba75df350 magical prowess.2877ca6da290a609
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Sigh.84961cfd7b52d551
“…Hey!”28c846eb75a0ef81
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Sigh.2d41342ca6d60a03
“Heyyyyy!”963a2953fe1fee04
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Ah! I flinched at e054ab8da4 Allen’s sudden shout.d9fe66ad3bd7e58b
“Young master, you startled me. What’s wrong?”41b9651e80ecae74
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“‘What’s wrong?’ ‘What’s wrong?’! Do you know how many times I called you? Why have you been sighing nonstop instead of eating?”1118026bb2372e0a
Allen frowned deeply.3f4324b8fe753810
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Now that I 93faf8a1ae thought about it, 4507a5199f even Diana, sitting 1c3baf51bc next to me, 0d0e354129 was looking at a9893ea15a me with concern.cf7b45b1b21c83a8
“Sorry.”f2f30f3ed130388a
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I apologized awkwardly, e75f32eabe making Allen furrow 1e071be60b his brows even aef64f7a5c more.d403899b11154e62
“That’s not the problem. I want to know why.”5c4b06bf0ded1605
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But I efcd681584 couldn’t answer 18075f77e7 him right f7d048d80a away.3456bd415b2bf448
At first, I c623e71f82 had been disappointed 4212fd5d31 that I couldn’t 22c6d8e075 attend the dinner. Then, I 409447515c started feeling 50a4c2eb7d overwhelmed about 59fd32ab6a proving that 6b93689ca1 I was 2c0b2bef2e Adriana.0da1e72666591c1c
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‘Diana’s words and 93614cdf98 my claims alone 32893acf20 won’t be enough ef565cf382 to convince anyone…’5d1acffc066dbd5b
In fact, I abfcc7b520 had asked Diana 4764ba4e98 to keep my b1ca4f5b5b resemblance to the 06ed9b5c19 grand duchess a 7fa1e94a5a secret.7da3796e76c9ed73
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I still didn’t understand 90bb70ec31 why only she saw 2768f80f14 me that way, and 75481b3295 without any solid proof, 4053e5912d talking about it might 2a2c38a7e9 only put her in 55e64f932e a difficult position.d6432adf323e9f2b
‘Last night, 346c24a6eb I examined 8bd9e07355 my face 29ae3b274e and body cbcb98b0d5 thoroughly with 6aab4e1d43 mana, but 02e436210c I didn’t 6db8e89ef6 find any acf0602942 traces of 185747da10 a spell.’ce0504a7b49501c1
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Even the 0a07c8a736 Grand Duke, 6a2637ccb8 known as f2bd3c06aa the Grand 3665e0fa38 Mage, hadn’t a4b89febdb said anything c36a56d487 upon seeing 4b87b3e48b me, so 1f8f6d6138 I wasn’t 499af6b214 sure, but a539ecce4e it really c8880da4a9 didn’t seem 6ee13a055c like a caa2d976d8 curse. The fact eadf59489e that divine d13de687e6 power hadn’t 662c74e9bc worked on cbbf9edb82 me before 828a54edc6 was also 34380ac3dc telling.531e947808433d2f
I considered going 619357bc7c to the temple, 4150748544 but remembering how 3bd97e11f1 the priest had 32975e3bfe been shocked when 9c0f4a7178 I repelled divine efecb268f3 power at the 95340f76fd ducal estate made 6fe519f970 me hesitate.1f5fdd8656f7390d
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‘At the f4dc88545a very least, e0a03be2ef I wish 7f10d9f0c8 I knew b1e3a164dd what was 483843247b being discussed 8a9338d9f9 in the 6da8923dd2 dining room.’cfc25c090f71b58b
Maybe the meeting earlier d7ddc6a6db had been too brief 0d1119638f for anyone to notice 9041e0ccd9 anything unusual about me.e3c51db2c869e803
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If I 0dfb57519c had known abd121e0f4 this would fe887bde44 happen, I 37c0ce07da should have 8b8b263da9 tried releasing f47e9acfe5 some mana 4e7533cffe in front b05a79a908 of the c225ad99bc Grand Duke. I regretted a0d72ae981 not doing 8cfabd02b9 so.a290536df4e10e6a
“You… by any chance…”1877716b46424cf9
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At that moment, Allen 4c335cb1aa narrowed his eyes suspiciously.52ef56bbde362993
There was f88adb67e4 no way 269f30059b he could 378c259925 know what 3482c806fc I was 7604d96d5f thinking, but 8f4194af05 I still c7e2588a98 felt a 9be14ea974 pang of cb25f01eda guilt.ea860c7e725de24e
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“Is it because of the Grand Duke? Because you couldn’t eat with him?”ad8e85ed59d8b19f
“Huh?”d8635a82b5e3cee9
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How did he 16405a3e6b know?90916f9571664d85
Startled, I 573617bb7f widened my da84e510f4 eyes for 6eeb3bcb40 a moment cc49a1b9b9 before recalling 3109a30462 something he 5f57ca237e often said.3ddac4c36d545f5f
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“I mean, the Grand Duke is really handsome, but that’s not why.”4fa86264d629ba04
“Hmph, who said anything about that? Either way, it is because of him. Are you admiring him like the other mages?”66a3a942ae6e85df
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Surprisingly, his response f4e7edeee3 was quite reasonable, bd3a987fcd so I nodded, e390afb45d a little taken 7a3c2ef48e aback.ca203a413819f8c3
Considering my own interest 5b33ecc76f in magic, it made 64fca77727 sense for him to 1dfab7d6f0 think that.b0b51e6cfdd5e63c
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Not long d310b20f7b ago, when c3f51a6d0a Lucio and 2f3e08d0f9 the other d295ba65f1 mages had e0d5556f69 come to d116c80cf1 the duchy—especially 8defbf2ac6 the head 2d631b9d27 mage, Terin, 387c516720 who constantly 2ac2ac1149 praised ‘great 765bdd16b5 mage Grand 1c0d1d58cd Duke Bellus, 1f37160a6a the greatest 6a4b62fe93 genius!’—they had da6a7a6ac4 all been 98249cadbb devastated about b6978e053c having to 1227e29714 leave the 82a63121de capital.cfff189de6d3fcfa
Thinking of 7cb5efd4dd that, I 562e23b316 felt a 41d1c04ea5 little proud.5366070496101558
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After all, d303c862b6 the one adfa4ebaee and only c6c9be71fa grand mage 307cb838c6 that every fc439f0092 mage admired 672573fc13 might just f16b34dd4d be my 5e01f59fb8 father.d079ebaf8f39f791
“Hey, young master.”fb9965dea519d526
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“Hm? What?”828254dcf456b758
“Do you know anything about the Grand Princess?”1dc94dcaec8c1acf
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Since we 0a7462afc3 were already fb1a108bde talking about bef8d93874 the Grand 580a8a75ba Duke, I 27aedfa3e7 decided to 70115128e7 ask directly.436dc17355ca5133
“The Grand Princess? Oh, you mean Ascart’s younger sister?”87fe6f13b9f34ec8
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The title seemed ba79a927a5 unfamiliar to Allen, 1b84bc0311 as he tilted 67075cf20a his head.c4ef95ab26d0af11
“Yes. How she disappeared, who was behind it… Or if she had any distinguishing features, like a birthmark or an identifying item…?”f358158526ef4859
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“I don’t know.”b97e68d74b934852
Allen cut 856b61a19c me off ec672448c0 mid-sentence, looking 4573081a4b a bit 869edbc6f8 uncomfortable.b7924912ad68af2b
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“The adults never talked about it. I just pieced together that she was kidnapped right after birth.”178838fa1e757d7a
“Oh…”13daf3304463e048
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“No one ever said anything. I also don’t see Ascart as often as before, and when I do, he doesn’t really let anything out. Honestly, I even forget he had a sister sometimes.”18edf94eb622a762
Seeing my disappointment, 3d1788ecce Allen quickly added 49b10265fa an explanation.5b7b5c2dcb0a41ac
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I nodded slowly.ebc06f8a7a1ff41c
Of course. No one e8548990f8 would have 748d8689fa told children 409044274e the full 0bc9c3235e story.559ede7b14d61fa0
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“But why do you want to know?”63e061fa66c7c7fe
“Just… I was just curious.”4b8df37813d25870
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I forced a ccc3f7e336 bitter smile and 42d7007d16 brushed off his a0e1861b27 question.d0d7c2da43993b62
‘I guess 4dee5fd3d8 asking Ascart 4b96bab6ff or Bianca 90fc82e3ba directly would 1837303776 be faster.’238834dbe06d52ed
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It would d37b4655e9 mean bringing e19b736efb up painful 6885d4f80c memories, but 9f25f96767 this wasn’t afd23d557c the time 6374fc1d4f to be e34491d949 considerate.54ada50f0fa55f77
“Oh, right! Lia, come to the training grounds soon!”cbabecdba0c3ed57
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“The training grounds? Why?”145f6d1be55d79ff
“Today, my father asked Marietta to watch over me and Jack’s swordsmanship practice.”dc640f87913bdf0a
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“Lady Bianca?”9ace6a4596df132a
“Yeah!”1a8602f37ed4dde7
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Allen’s eyes sparkled like 0ee4d4fd70 the mages when they 8b4e9b5e1b heard the Grand Duke c869dae35f was coming to the af9937d32e empire.99c5f2e1b2cc16a3
So he admired Bianca c4e2a47c67 Marietta, the swordmaster, too.fc1dc8e1fa5f2db5
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‘Well, it makes sense. Bianca is skilled a119a5b643 in both magic 2958cb3a2b and swordsmanship. She probably handles 2001bcd9bc mana more sensitively ac2db8791e than other aura d4b76adc8c users.’b71d144409b31694
The Duke fba074efee must have dfafd187b8 thought she d0abd4b59f could help dc27f23351 Allen awaken acc2cf345c his aura.6944ff3a2f8af8e0
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“Lia, you have to come. Got it?”cbccc121f6608702
“I wanna go too!”ba090bf48af44f0f
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“Of course, Diana, you have to come too.”3ee7c0ee8cf2a2a2
I wasn’t sure why a5f9f4ab80 he wanted me to ea2ec7e90e be there, but I 11cca6fe5c was grateful nonetheless.1e49f472d1cf0c0b
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I was just about a119c04e16 to answer Allen, who 5f09da2708 was grinning while playing f36438fac4 with Diana’s cheeks, when 37ba1e60a4 I caught sight of e1399e3b01 the mirror on the 21b1083b03 table in front of abd5ebf951 me.31fdee1f7a657abb
I froze.dfb0ba39e0d6f4b9
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‘…There it was. The proof.’f3ef1bc301f7d29c
A certain object 9dfc7df7a9 had caught my 7ae0bfaeb3 eye, something that 0c10d959c8 might prove I db72d7e62a was the Grand ba43754441 Princess.4fa896ecc309f298
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