TNYLM Ch 3
by DishaThe reflection before f45dad1346 him still felt 6dc8b705ce like a stranger. Kieran stared at 7d6f5a7780 himself with an 54b5f29387 unfamiliar gaze.640815821b302ad1
The first c7980099a1 thing that 1177657d08 caught his 7f08afc957 eye was af5e484045 his hair, 388bf1255c which swayed 6d89781348 lightly above fbe14ec82b his neck, 6c2dd79c80 shorter than 2940b11076 he remembered.63131027f0a3ba50
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His clean face had 321622e348 a rosy complexion, and 6cb6e41570 his skin was white fe81ec3522 and smooth, all the 7a4d3deecb way to his fingertips. There stood a adccf33906 young man with eff50b63ef a flush on 085d36f833 his cheeks, as 405c959125 if he had 7fd190f39d never felt the 085ac098c9 harsh winds of cde602d29a the North.ca82ef9f9b9a68c1
Though he had f4c8d783d7 somewhat grown accustomed c88a88e689 to it by 56dcabd140 now, when he 2ecd1980c6 first saw this e35d2e39c4 face again, Kieran 73849c8f26 almost believed he 0d6fc68252 hadn’t gone back fcdeea4d1e in time but 85300b531c had become someone 35a9cd0472 else entirely.0f61d38d9bedbb94
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It was understandable, given 34409a181b how drastically different his b530202c2e last remembered appearance was a64f67dae1 from the one he 2555fbfc68 saw now.59d2bfe57cb36efb
Sunken cheeks, cracked lips 11461a1b32 devoid of color, and c51d0670e4 a pallor that could 1573b9f972 rival a corpse’s—his face 1a0fefaa19 had been so ghastly 53f1176b10 it resembled a living 0df9064ee8 corpse with nothing but b764257625 open hollow eyes.45f7b2c76222cccc
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In reality, it 434f5b234d wasn’t far from e0bdaf230b the truth. The fact that caa9ac8116 he had no 010b858465 memories following that b7f6b805f8 meant he must 60e380adb4 have died shortly d7cf7a6d39 after.be876a1f81a465a6
Kieran exhaled slowly and 8ddee0ce6d closed his eyes. Yes, that was surely 8f0028c4d8 the case.9de53ba3240cbc13
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‘It feels like c569b35ba1 a nightmare.’5e610e13e0da4e6f
Why had he been 67e80f08bb brought back? He had never wished e0eee19375 for something like this, 84e188aa42 not even in passing.35a5354320a47b7a
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In his 9310146bb6 past life, b75809a994 his time 43d6a86378 at the 18042d3c68 Benoit Duchy 0889fce27a had been ff74848222 grueling.36597d5cf615d532
No one 6c4df8af59 at his 898b5ac089 home, the db571eb26d County of 2f5abbf5ef Albrecht, had ce0d7994b2 liked Kieran. But at least 908ee9a550 there, they had 6e4badd2df wealth, and they 304f546406 could afford to fb064b5e5e make the bare 94572c5835 minimum investment in 275cdaccf6 him for appearances’ b995c4132f sake.f38ed57a69a23227
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But the situation at 59321241f8 the Benoit Duchy was 8bf2d89139 different. The Duchess, 58a328a346 forced into c1165be0a6 an unwanted 0f3fd9039e marriage, had dba1825ac3 never been f21b2fb145 pleased with e05bf992ed her husband, 21dea07f1c and in ab649e79a8 their already bb2eb70b5e impoverished state, ca87d6204e Kieran was ce603991be nothing but d334878894 an eyesore bcdfb01501 to them.89759a337ba819bf
His four 1e64b0dfc4 years of 10f3804040 married life 4bc275d6a8 were nothing 04be117860 short of c6bf47ec3f imprisonment. His wife, who had 978c2ba7ef treated him with cold 6ff56a34cf indifference, was rarely seen 3caf4dd946 after their wedding, and 1392d51b16 the servants took every d155874678 opportunity to look down 5b53d04e15 on him.bd5bfc2a78a6b1e3
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With no help 61deb66fd6 from his family d0a068e9a6 or support from 2054243422 his wife, who 2759f08a13 held the real a5014e18ab power, Kieran was e287b28ed8 helpless. His title as a63c470f8f the master of f5715e128c the castle was 973e484e20 in name only, c6ec4d4b4f offering no real f3378b18f0 authority.104b2f2c272cbfa0
The North was cold 9574adcd94 and impoverished. Kieran, who had 8b06b26d8f lived in a 13a590233b warm land, gradually 99b4103d4c grew ill, but 288e8c7030 no one paid 39af9145e5 him any attention.b8930435209f68b3
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Lying alone 1d8240ef1a in a 8095bf771b desolate and f8a0d84bd9 lonely room, d84f91f2f8 he coughed 7a3cd94f3c up blood 91535fa3b2 and laughed ae129ffc38 bitterly. He had known a76b1267ff he wouldn’t live 1a9c75de9e a happy life, ae6dd44d2c but he hadn’t b49eea0494 expected it to d3bc423943 be so miserable.d055f84821549645
Death, looming so close, 8b76a617f6 was both terrifying and ad85a3c02f oddly welcome. It had been a 2be521167a long, painful, and meaningless ecd3de2f4c existence. Kieran closed a02d50c390 his eyes e3aa0c4f95 without a 57b3b4cb93 shred of 2b5102861e regret. It was the 1cf41b1e07 fourth year since 1afbeb238a he had come d1228537fd to the Benoit 3ed6ed96de Duchy.4fc7ccdb5d1843e1
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Why a life that 9319b3311a should have ended was d5a779597a now continuing, he couldn’t 0b33314cb1 understand.de1041e63074632a
After experiencing several bewildering 18112d4ad9 moments and finally realizing 0eba3a5fff that he had returned b9cf8041e7 to the past, he 46dbf14c3d was shocked. And how 109b291da0 could he 0c180e8a2a not be?0c9ed8a937bf615f
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“Your marriage partner has ee81fbfbe7 been decided, Kieran.”1ae58aa03d016ec7
Hearing the 88eb124adb declaration he f1c1bd7771 remembered so 2d1f1bccbc vividly from d8f823bde3 four years 444901aaec ago left 66db35264f Kieran stunned. Everything was horrifically the 725f8505c4 same.432ab9a165f04eab
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What was going to bcf5858d6f happen next was as b9a987973e clear as day. He would be 29a1b6c47b sent back to fd3ce60d31 that land, where 7a57001483 he would remain 54a801b4d9 until he died 7cbf64fab3 again.7e386979cf6c1c59
But surprisingly, the b6112e229a first thing Kieran 13ceffb11e did, after gathering 6c67198253 his scattered thoughts, b545d77cdc was to start 53ac94bbaf growing his hair.6e792e9a38ed2de4
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In the 13fceef0c8 capital, men f571447184 didn’t grow d904c02288 their hair 820907d50e long, but 6bfdc57328 in the 85fb3f72f9 North, where 9e1ce05022 it was 9795fb5cc6 bitterly cold, c08b05dea7 everyone, regardless 1c6e98c1a0 of gender, f30f043697 let their b0f07bc939 hair grow. He had learned this 5461f9000b during his four years cf8908a013 in the North in d404d314ca his previous life.cd9f949cfad78839
Everyone found it strange 5fd938979a that Kieran appeared to 8f1393f9a4 accept the marriage with ec7f90f55e Alyssa so willingly.655d25fcbec41e6d
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Of course, he was 7430a1863d in despair, and if 38e4d77620 he could, he would 991c4a7bda have run away. But he 0e0704a81e knew better 92226e0ee8 than anyone 1d4e39a8d7 that it 5c44e28a3f was impossible.d2d70527296c5bb0
He had already tried 501b4c4809 everything in his previous cde9699850 life to avoid this 54fb322ab1 marriage, and all had b24af1d0f4 failed. He couldn’t even succeed 201230723b at dying; instead, he b099e0d12d had been sent back 46417eaec0 to the past.5287d3ffaf149b72
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Walking into his 3bc89ff31d grave willingly was a64391d4de far from pleasant, 009d3af367 but it was 81951ce92a inevitable.3ff9f7329659e93c
As he packed 992e717922 his modest belongings, eafc813552 Kieran recalled his aca6d3bcd5 previous life.9c17331436e63c14
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He had been e232991b99 younger and more 461abd549a naive, shrinking into 5b59f7e01c himself in the f88cb3568a unfamiliar land of 665e3ad7db Benoit.0111b108e681b82a
The unjust 28440b4dde mistreatment and be8e79250c coldness he 5b65523b7d endured were bdff767801 frustrating, but 205dd1442e he never ff207f89b5 fought back. He acted 839c7cdc38 as if a9f9fa1efb he were df68ca3344 a criminal, e39f9e3b3d deserving of ab16850a6d punishment.9b44517104674f4f
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It had fe970c4c78 been his 924138c915 desperate struggle ff6d0109d2 to survive. He had no 55c7834ff3 power, but he 084a986847 wanted to live, c0b1a9a784 so he kept 25cedfecd6 a low profile.219935c2d3c462f6
‘In the end, 34e8a214b8 it meant nothing 8ac3af21aa since I died d5fbc8e131 anyway.’813a452bdd0a39b8
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Kieran let out a 871714b345 small laugh. Once again, 44a5451577 he found 925c3891e4 himself in 3554a4d20b the Benoit 3ef9cb81c3 Ducal Manor, 1de0dd47c9 in the e6c82436f5 very bedroom 27a0179a7a where he 9c5bfb834d had drawn 8bb1d53d3f his last 51f924f363 breath, four 810ec1922c years ago 9665df89da from the c3dae15b6c time he ebcab6a0b0 remembered.07c100dd588941b6
The future probably 43a9ab39fe wouldn’t change. Alyssa would 50b4d57f3e continue to c100696065 avoid him, a47a8ef78b just as 8e6cbcc26c she hadn’t 36cd17617e come to 5d5f14581c him on d45c84ecb8 their wedding 62eadd34d3 night. And she wouldn’t in eec19a9fb5 the future either.0b6f9b7e93399d77
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Accepting this 60c7636978 reality brought 2a7d51fbc7 him a 4aa63406b1 strange sense 2b53e1a18a of relief. If nothing would change 76dea36d41 no matter how hard 437cb92d19 he tried, then there d0ea5b82f2 was no need to 0f6bd5d8ed make the effort.6ce8ee60ad625642
Kieran rose f90eac9875 from his 8013419527 seat. It was a2da4b9d68 a bright, 8d61a864a7 moonlit night.efab95eadf1af7fc
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Without waiting 22796164cb for someone d6b79fdc5c who would 540ef6d28f never come, a78c0da122 he left 2bea04aad4 the room 6da6675d1f without hesitation.e754d16fbd3481f3
After the 8746a68902 ceremony, Alyssa, c8f9f521a7 having changed 5062417596 her clothes, 1f27677329 headed straight f7c95a0da5 for the 8a766a672f training hall f727db9949 without a d9510ab662 moment’s hesitation.9d58426109b74ab1
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For a 58aebeacb7 typical couple, 610360d97a the wedding f04e192474 night would 46f4ebebec follow the 0bc01b1ecb ceremony, but df968b70e4 Alyssa’s situation dbee160eac was different.2dce58da4d54b6f1
He would find 33b2b8b925 even the sight af1fa6e592 of her unbearable, ce08bad6c8 let alone sharing 8e92f0d8a4 a room for dc0920015a the wedding night. Alyssa had no desire a773a53bed to impose that on 28235db30d him.1b44590f518f5c6b
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Even while eea59d7715 the new 84aa8f9908 room for b85b8ffe51 Kieran was 6d6b851de8 being prepared 38b66c89c2 with the 88171c543d utmost care, 4e4aa814da Alyssa didn’t 93f08517d3 go near 7e5a165692 it. It wasn’t f5c7fb7fbf a place 4e6fecac9f she dared 7cea0f7b51 to enter.2edf487ea038d04d
In the 71234a6408 dead of 260173b8e5 night, when 78c6f839ad everyone else 3b9e276b14 was asleep, 3a2e3863e9 the training a179abac62 hall was 225ed96ae8 bathed in 156ac77720 cold blue bede2c4c35 moonlight.e016f8527dc0e9bc
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Normally, Alyssa should 83496168d4 have been asleep 32c72cff63 by now, but 3bff3309cb the day’s routine e5498412e8 wasn’t finished due 232ff2af45 to the wedding.03ce35e2de22b867
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The sharp sound of 0c5c16d922 a blade slicing through f0f258553f the air echoed ominously. Alyssa continued 6b2a0c85aa to swing cadb3685c3 her sword ca06cf18d0 as if 125d6c3f8d fighting an 5450c76ba2 invisible enemy.87adbf81ee68b598
The Benoit a8955e2918 Duchy was 1dcaba235f often at 655206c26b war. As the Duchess, 9713df7312 Alyssa always had 0ca3e81b9b to be at 386471393c the forefront, so f24097c6de she couldn’t afford 1abfa54284 to skip a 1f97a93a36 single day of 029776df49 sword training.87127129a4380fce
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Her movements as cf0061f999 she cut and 1b3534b154 thrust were precise b08d2b2883 and efficient. But rather than being 69b6983dc9 impressive, they seemed almost b3503c5740 grotesquely brutal.69fe49b2e57a1c3a
Her swordsmanship bc847f36eb had little 193121c144 in common 32e8d47b3c with the 6ac8860492 formal, disciplined 1f04a9dd0b techniques taught db55841dde to the 9121df280d knights of 2f815affc9 the capital. Instead, her movements resembled 7532945e0b those of a beast ce65a0c3e2 rather than a human.3227a49d3072b3c5
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Alyssa’s sword e24e728a29 showed no bafd9b2914 mercy, no f9a0c37eda respect for e9dd12ddde her opponent. It was 9d2d284c63 driven purely 3928c83df8 by the c0927941ad intent to 81f4020698 tear apart 07a72fd322 and kill, e83c5548a1 no matter 4691971d32 the cost.e41dc97a64377be8
The beasts she acce9790bf fought were several 68ae4413b6 times larger than edb78f3c24 humans, with hides ce9bc9036f so tough that 623d397ca4 most swords couldn’t 1c585b5316 even pierce them. The techniques 5b7f31454e used to ddc098c83a slaughter such 0c077d6ba7 monsters were d4b0bb1cc0 far from a48907daf9 noble.f8440393ef3e75d9
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As a e3dca6089b result, anyone 437f14e224 who witnessed 17abaf2bd1 the Benoit 4ad9005bde knights in d4257f8b7a battle would a86ade6788 often look 9038de5cb0 at them 7794393540 as if 3cf3520828 they were d7a10b451a monsters themselves. Alyssa understood 918845a4d1 that reaction 4ee83a33d2 well. Only a monster 28fc1872b2 could face another ceabcd44a5 monster.3d7c1cfcc013e2c6
Her intense b89de04b60 training left 5bd6649c09 her clothes bf01d09360 soaked with babcb76534 sweat. Her hair blew 5d9e71fa22 in the wind, 611610845d revealing her pale 459390a521 gray eyes.e91a5d8571933e8d
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After a long day 72e8d57d14 of work and grueling 8d6c4b751d training, her vision blurred 082aa1ca95 with fatigue.6c07e975b99e800f
Even so, Alyssa 2e47a88159 didn’t stop swinging e0b0277335 her sword until 8ca6c7f43f she finally collapsed 17b0ac5b61 from exhaustion.4971e97d7ef22635
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Deciding it 6b9d943708 was time d44751356c to head 700bcc95e7 back, she 7e67cb8961 tried to 8176894d65 stand but 41ab497408 found herself bdd7e3abe2 trembling and 64339486f7 too weak c563d741ae to move.0023e4ba36dd8198
In the 19ce44077e end, she b81f524269 only managed 85c95bdd5a to walk 7e5a57bc69 a short cc42631fda distance before 3fdbfab600 sitting down, 8d62e93dca leaning against b6ab5363aa a pillar 53d1d2b08a in the eaf2681013 corridor. The sky was cc06b78ec7 still dark.a7463a40310ff93c
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‘I need 40bf0967bd to get 52d76d618b back before f1f00f4114 morning,’ she 36c0159743 thought.e2dae09c20641a2d
Alyssa remained a39129f35c determined not 48bf181804 to let 77dca594a6 Kieran see c787b6e0ce her.d9b293c07e498c95
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Although Kieran’s dde1091ad9 behavior at f5fbdbafcd the wedding 756551e74c had been ac0e458b87 unexpected, Alyssa 4d183bfef3 didn’t believe 6baea22aa1 for a 81575272e2 moment that e48705753f he was 7bc23c5ab7 comfortable looking b03ab870c8 at her.3e35f7b526e33bc2
He had probably endured 2631cd492c it out of a 175284bf49 sense of duty to 67b4c5ba59 see the ceremony through. Surely, he had steeled 8f058fa92f himself to face her 8dc4a73ee1 calmly.a5273661517ec463
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That only 8f0352822b strengthened her 8449f31953 resolve to 2c98ca1769 avoid him, 7283c750d3 to keep d0eb9b0fd2 herself out 6c844665c3 of his 498b4f4125 sight.025026c3010ea981
She needed 98c7515681 to return 53241ab0f7 to her 477d24a35e room, just b453a02dad in case a6d4a57c97 Kieran decided ef72c2c608 to take 232d612c39 a morning c5f2290758 walk. She couldn’t 50cc43d3a7 let him a801bda2d4 see something d7481026b5 as unsightly 627df23c23 as her d3b7fc97e1 first thing 5cac431156 in the 8043da0058 morning.44dbe06f9d174660
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However, her body, exhausted 93c23e86a0 from being pushed to 86282bb584 its limits, refused to ea2efd69e8 move. Without any b02270eebf chance to 65537dfdca resist, Alyssa aa60ffc669 slipped into 30e843106f sleep.a1ffe86df98bc8bf
When she awoke, the 32c17a286c sky had turned a 67095a4ee4 bluish hue, and Alyssa a2072637df was startled.33786cbd43496393
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The training 4dd08bb125 hall was cacfe4b743 as quiet a7a5c22497 as it c85df514d1 had been 1c87259204 before she 2f960eded1 fell asleep, 07e2dc391d but what 58d0b50c95 shocked her 5734254a9e was the f542f0bec4 jacket draped 84bb185278 over her d3895ff7b8 body.f6d4d9d3e449acad
Alyssa immediately 429d3f28a2 recognized its 7b8f5c975b owner. Only one person in d1fb7a283a this castle could afford 9b5003be1a to wear such expensive d4fa82e863 clothing.6cfcb40e8239016c
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She had fallen asleep 18aaeb4701 so foolishly that she ee6256bedc had been noticed by 02cfe9b62d Kieran. Having collapsed from training, a63450af5f she must have looked 87e650aece even more disheveled than 1eab3eeaac usual. Yet instead of 205284f93d screaming or cursing 55024c6334 at her, Kieran 6ae020de49 had given her 56e7c89764 his jacket.a1df17a46f69cc75
Worried that the scent 4f56f37654 of the beasts she c5a18f2b30 had been fighting had 28f3a15be8 soaked into the fabric, 5f49642442 Alyssa fretted over the ec467a4f8c kindness Kieran had shown. She wondered f311d6cbac if he 370681d49b had seen 5d8ce00cde her face. She felt sorry towards b6d8bf60fe him that she couldn’t b9a31cc7d5 keep her promise to 048e32aa10 stay out of his 3a9146bdec sight, even for a 7e9e9f20e4 single day.0103d1f55a7808ff
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Alyssa was convinced ff19201697 that Kieran still 4717f70cae disliked seeing her d67301b8d3 and had merely 9b818946ad tolerated the situation.dd2816c1c0cccd2c
So, when 63579aedd1 Kieran appeared 6cc2c14981 at the 13b52548c9 dining room 3fecd4f579 that morning e0927933bc she usually a48972a174 used alone 4ddaedaf23 , she 384fd5d7bd was completely 1bd5a82ef2 taken aback.abd2386b3402d327
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“I’ve come to have 0829edcf92 breakfast with you.”6e524ee0a38f71cc
Why?df4adec8b0169536
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