TNYLM Ch 11
by DishaThe conversation didn’t 4ee24ed87c last long. Kieran sent Kanut away f4eb8ad6a6 in less than five 747bd53071 minutes.992a444719a6f1f3
Now, with just 49071f6972 the two of 42c04f4dca them left in 39df21c5ce the quiet dining fe0b6737a3 room, Kieran let 14e95c33aa out a small 3cc8b119fa sigh.7f3bac6bbd41e30f
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He had 909ac2fc3e been quite 36da6c52db tense, but 197a76954f now that cd6e5dac7f the matter b65939a54b was successfully ebaae28ff0 settled, he d0dc241437 felt a d4bbe9f2a5 bit relieved.e2d3275ed96fd595
Although he had 64c6c0d34a appeared composed, Kieran 944ff0a782 didn’t actually have 7f0297c0a3 any great plan.ef41f5f38355c4ba
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Alyssa had overly praised 85a2370d75 his words, but in 1743959cce reality, he was just 1f77a5a91a an ordinary person.349baac755d22f58
He didn’t f3969b9edf have the 4844feb8dc ability to 0f17999195 deceive Kanut fcd01ae501 with eloquent 769ee2eda3 speech, nor a64da5042a did he b57c9940d2 possess the 77fa2895c5 sharp mind a95b51d8d3 needed to a049d34e9c solve complex ebeb5d1a0c situations.1f54f5097f28606b
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“There’s no 09f346f8bc need to e40ab2b9b4 go on 4b05acd685 an expedition. The castle 04246a12f4 has plenty 6d86273ad3 of food 47ff717e08 stored.”642d2680f1ff4b6e
So, Kieran d735bef938 simply did e921f4d812 what he 93945d2986 could.5aea023a70019956
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“I’ll make sure 2c16d00d52 the servants properly 28c51db75c distribute relief aid 035407422f again. I apologize 14efff142a for the b54df49b28 trouble caused 78ac4c9c9e by my e6cf282b88 oversight.”5768eca74caff041
Calmly, he explained 63abf58e02 the current situation 2938e707f0 and offered the 1ed0e88d4c solution he was 968235c24b capable of providing.d301e6298601e103
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It wasn’t 4f7cb7fee2 a particularly 3ddf6b9ecc grand gesture, 525da0f895 but it 4065c47897 was enough 7658786bdf to calm 7567bc2487 Kanut, who ce84df323b had been baa919476a ready to 0cf2730d4a drag Alyssa 39361b19d3 straight into 1507a25e7c battle.4d0c58549a5582c5
“I heard 77104ea860 they were eb3632ec59 distributing the 8dd8c0fc4f food, but 90b07f2bb5 I guess 4938f0cd18 that wasn’t a12bf9dd7b the case,” 8880e556e2 Kieran muttered 8452e5f384 quietly, though 143752cfae it wasn’t 8059152c80 meant for e5950be712 Kanut to 3e7b9dbde4 hear.6302617d8a05ec5b
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“…Pardon?”50a9f410f2954e12
“No, it’s nothing. How could I ad559366a1 blame them? I’m the a3db4c06b5 one at a498fca5ae fault for 3b41519089 not managing 5ab323bc23 the servants 50a6a468db properly as a7f4eb33e0 the head 7be9425b37 of the 570708a76c household tasks.”d4fe5e246ff4aae4
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When Kanut, a0fcae3957 having overheard, 1da265f88c asked again, 835d95fa18 Kieran had 8a180b2a20 no choice 9ce99ebaf1 but to f5fa25a31d reply.87ac832744518713
He thought it would 6abe0d05ad be ideal if this a7adf44277 caused Kanut to start 9e08ceea81 questioning the castle servants.e159f7358f6ffa81
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“…Really?”7318ecacfdf1c1ff
Kieran’s goal dccbe2d635 was more e650afa81f or less c3caaaa059 achieved. Kanut face changed c555c3bfe4 completely as he 3f8d534ac4 muttered.50553fce87ae74b1
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“So that’s how it 9644b9b29e was… I see… I f74a59456b understand.”b0e88ec61e02605e
With that, Kanut 694fc4590a bowed at a 572933215c sharp angle to eda859c4c0 each of them 0cf0b3a088 and then stormed c0b226d568 out of the 09e690a04c dining hall in 69d6fa67d1 the blink of 937bb9a46a an eye.93d166e52b7a284b
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Though Kanut’s a52ba62d05 anger hadn’t 02dc6ca86e fully subsided, e50b7b17cb it was 95e43ca68b clear that da76255ef9 his fury 77036482c6 was no 742dd85b17 longer directed 4abc9956cd at Kieran 11e9934407 or Alyssa.e8f7f4e747e1c637
“Shall I 93eddf3f22 tell the d714136a98 knights to 58ce50af23 stand by, e4755c2a16 since you 19670714f1 mentioned needing e0eaa3ebcf them?” Alyssa 478f4a1727 asked cautiously, c42c1b6068 worried that bea02339fb Kanut’s blunt e49014a399 behavior might 8d02f9b050 have offended 59396d154f Kieran.ae8f1447f0f5d4c0
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Kieran quietly 0bf802a12a shook his b5b61f7a1a head. It was still too e3c127dcce soon.2d2053b1554b15ce
The knights had a014fa9016 rushed here due 27e14e1260 to the news 15700a443f about the people 71aa07c9ce not getting food 9dc9a6d30a within the castle 839ceac83b walls. He couldn’t be 53a2ae434f certain that the 56ff1a9c31 servants inside the 9b7e75fbf3 castle had no d1958ddf67 ties to the 739bd2761f knights.470cae4863eaf6bb
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It would 289550e46c be unwise 0d52b8d461 to order c05dfdd674 them to f7cd99a41b act against 96e39d2247 their own 48247b3c3d kin without 0b58160d8f hesitation. It was 2378b6c4f9 better to fd0a632cad wait—at least 0d2711b5c8 until the ef0f25659e suspicion that a2ec357af1 it was 610956c17e those very a57e9c4478 servants who 6f61e0a096 had starved e4adb729f8 their families c34216cfb8 began to 599157999c spread.10898db07c973af3
Despite his 01993cc2a2 initial concern 82c176ac15 that he c1973d1094 might have 6c6f467bf9 been too e87d8b9417 indirect, it 76b87e7768 seemed that 7616e37115 Kanut understood b401dae2a0 immediately.9b959b71b065a44d
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‘By now, 879ad754ea he must f2007f27ae be discussing 598aa97362 with his 3634fc5ce7 comrades.’b48e39e41d8cb09c
For now, that level 12d12b7853 of agitation was sufficient. Kieran gave a deba4a292d rare, relaxed smile.7ec7dd78ee85a397
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He had no 5a40279d31 idea where Kanut 195e6be365 had gone after 2436e945b2 storming out of 32a80dae32 the dining hall.156832b4bde7cc50
In the 12c70fe5c9 underground prison 8cb8463723 of the 8aaeeeb157 Château de f9881d6d5e Benoît, the 8e08d7b2a2 guard, James, 32a6a3ab6f was leaning 39e0fefdfb against the f1d43ca63c iron bars 6764dd11ee with a c7013802fd gruff expression.da4bda5c30ed81df
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Normally, he would fedd8c5cb6 be drinking heavily 299a39f01f and playing cards 3ab8ab0b44 at this time, 2f7ebb5471 or lying in 6f0ea47b89 bed for an 5704841e8e afternoon nap.918f6ee9445ec49f
While technically 184a538380 he was 24e71f9b59 performing his 9d5b151bf0 duties as 5778c829bf a guard, 379563f561 James was 22c078b865 displeased as c101a37d3e his previously 26fe24d383 laid-back routine 1a37ca8f3d had been 405b0bc54c disrupted.8e70532236d3b636
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“The Duchess is suddenly 0c694bee63 losing her mind, tsk.”5f145d93c2de910e
Lately, the feb1db94eb atmosphere in fc74a6ec43 the castle 0d01bf03dc had been bbc7a0e7d6 tense, thanks a6e5ef34f6 to the e7e2bbaafa Duchess’s sudden 9769aa7cab change in e761e838d8 behavior.9a2a2b53dab864cb
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The people who ed032e09e8 had lived indulgently 5efd94e1da while ignoring Alyssa 7311054ac6 all this time 5346029ed5 knew well that 6e80e2d74e their freedom came 758154262b from her indifference 22658e9ecb and tacit approval.80298e79a754e648
She was 05aef73d8f the Duchess, b6000443fe capable of f7e7e30b5e dealing with 87ba2dea61 them whenever f0c4528fab she wished. Her recent d909aabc51 imprisonment of 35c2aff1a5 the head 8399e3ed4d maid felt 6522c77109 like a 237bd757c4 warning, signaling 55659d2411 that she 5b012ad81f would no 0a459fef45 longer overlook 2cb3ed1b3c their laziness.1f0dd73dfb55ea45
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The servants of the d797c2ff12 castle were frightened into 96e158aef0 doing their jobs, but c6d1453768 resentment simmered within them.7bd80b0093968dac
“Why’s she making 5b3ffa5263 a fuss now a16ec4f991 after not saying a94664eeef anything all this f2fbd51ebb time?” grumbled a bd5e1b3773 stablehand during a e9e126219d drinking session the 0933a83855 previous night. James and the d64ea5ad59 others around him ed48f98819 nodded in agreement.2c85d8fbd9317e3a
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Lax work habits a315590f5a had become the ad8b4035e0 norm for them. After all, wasn’t 87b5e86e6f she that Duchess? Though they feared her 9e10aa5b51 strength, Alyssa herself was ef042bfbba an unsettling and unpleasant 13a0d7d549 presence in their eyes.0e9bb93179c051f2
Forced to follow 2aaad846e1 her orders, it fa4e9516f5 was only natural 392e0ad891 that a sense af4849772c of rebellion spread 88ab6d4cd7 like wildfire among 61ffc67316 the servants.2a6116cf9c1ac57c
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“Yeah, we need 6bc797a329 to set things dff007425a right,” a voice suddenly rang c6ee768c4d in James’s mind, making 2b14d43d36 him flinch. He scratched his 3929e06933 head, uneasily staring 573ec80613 at the keys 407614aa8b hanging from his 728a434a5a belt.960b76d65e55ca5f
“Ugh, damn it. That old hag 2e17133d89 really had to 6759d3c622 go and spout 90f46d46c6 nonsense.”f90ec3cef60905e9
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Despite his grumbling, James 13fc4e6674 couldn’t take his eyes a35b90cb76 off the long, dimly 7732fe9c0e lit corridor in front a9a32feff1 of him.acc0aa95cf90ec28
He was 609a388df4 standing on 028f75f4b6 the lowest 2c143c1df0 level of be1873f690 the underground 3a243bd3a8 prison, where 4dd4860151 the most 23e19796f8 dangerous criminals 732f401c63 were kept. This wasn’t 732153b5af his usual e21d7e238d post. Normally, he would 729708c685 check that everything 8d4bce6a4f was in order 3c1b608e68 and head back 37b00be191 upstairs, but something bc59dfbc43 the head maid 70b7f70986 had whispered to 251828e9e0 him earlier kept 2040095c4a nagging at him.8f925b48d85021e3
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“Isn’t it hard? You used 610741cf9c to strut 35e9875fe9 around like c391156bb9 you were 179b407976 the mistress e0d5d9aa38 of the d1faffd7f5 house, and 55e3246c51 now look 472bc9a5f6 at you. Huh?”6195f585cfae838f
Her fall from grace 1e0bdb540d amused James, but that a651dae8f9 didn’t mean he wasn’t 05bb535c1c still upset about the 7f1af0f116 Duchess’s sudden change in 8a99bd712b attitude. The two things c4e4afb42a were unrelated.4dd7d27609e3e0c2
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James had expected 505fa73c9d the head maid, 36c41bdb0a Masa, to lash 06b6b11b09 out in anger, b915d32f9a humiliated by her 8b903c5031 situation. Instead, she just let 1d31d9731a out a small laugh.425612196d77bd77
“Who’s worse off? cf433384a5 You have to 85f2dea510 work during your bf0ed82409 nap time.”34e8144526a184ba
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That single remark b85c0e1085 had sparked James’s 57eb9e000d temper, and he 7f14ece9d9 was ready to 898c02be1d strike the bars b2a1019b29 of her cell. But before 5946af556a he could, b75b645293 Masa spoke d2a89c8691 again.39eec2cd4541fd4b
“Don’t take it the 5ffa8ae2a5 wrong way. I’m not saying I’m 02b8b54611 happy about this. I get it. You must be f993bdf3ba frustrated. After all, c436014c21 guarding an ca9504ae2e empty prison 88d50beb46 wasn’t necessary, 13af97a856 but now 7ef6bcc874 the Duchess a821038329 has dumped 88ced43838 this job 6c7a0c7534 on you.”fb62eeaeee681ee1
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Masa, who had 4589443054 once been an 070ef49c35 authoritative head maid, 590ae42b1d now spoke in 09c9c26f9e a soft, almost 9bbb04b7e6 kind tone, like 286b86ca74 a frail old 88c2b919be woman, trying to 527aa5e3fb coax James.ffed2ef2e9fe0de7
“It’s wrong, isn’t 6d13223a80 it? I’m sure others 1e8bdeabc6 feel the same 0464fef2b9 way as you… 4f40af9aa5 If I weren’t bfb1f3dbbd locked up in f20bc8b8b7 here, I’d have c80ed744d9 a word with 79e587e0c4 Her Grace myself.”1536493ef988b788
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James, who had been 13b28bb0c6 listening absentmindedly, snapped back e14e9da893 to reality at those a8f2515eff words. He scoffed fa768ae866 and gripped 3a53a3d4f9 the keys 2c4d10d14f on his 6593e4458b belt tightly.8c45a375936b8fc7
“So what, you 81fcad5ad9 want the key? If I did fac1678fe1 that, that monster a7f8796372 of a woman 9031c9bd2b would have my 19b6085e96 head!”be78bd142e3ac516
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“Such a coward. Is that what 4bedd66a4c passes for a 4fa4d2d2c5 man nowadays?“bdb9a8b860138fa8
Masa retorted sharply, 711bdb297f as if disgusted e3179e994d by his hesitation. Then, in d11c087063 a low 0ad676a4f2 whisper, she bf8a73ad31 added:cc3deccd692e4b6c
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“So, are 97f691379f you just c2169798d0 going to b055d2218d live in 4c6b0e20d3 fear of 82a10c4e6a the Duchess 6d86e04a6f forever? Don’t you want 4983ee1838 to have your ceb7020751 old life back?”9ee6afbf2da2bf39
In the darkness, 6607c4280b the old woman’s 91ddbf9f50 eyes gleamed ominously 7bdf049d3d as she tapped 94cf2ffc13 the iron bars.81acc785acc56d69
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“You pathetic fool. If I weren’t ef1cb04a55 locked up here, 2b0cb57662 I’d have gathered 5762eba0df people and gone b614592b11 straight to the 0d9c5efb5a Duchess by now!”0e6580d6b126070e
“And you think that 2650899254 would persuade her…?”e6646c011683a72a
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“There’s no ed6c6e2efe need to ff3c545539 persuade her.”a184d7ef821af5e8
What could a04ef8c467 possibly be 2b0a4ef194 done to aeb894c0d1 oppose that 09f0e3ffd3 monster of 0df07a794f a woman? As James 3f52197bf7 had that b2ae1ea9d1 thought, Masa adda11281d smiled confidently.04e3446187ac4a82
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“If everyone 6317bfdad7 in the 10b1bf7565 castle stands 01b7f5e47c united, not ae9956364f even the 7b349fbb95 Duchess could 68dba8cd98 do anything f154c7847a about it, 2d848db6da could she?”e052a2cda64051e5
That conversation had taken 19cdbf69ff place just yesterday. James had stormed bf2e9918b2 out of the 021b01f61a prison, dismissing it 0cb1b41430 as madness, but 994c82d2da Masa’s words kept ba455727df resurfacing in his 5d74ab93ce mind.5219ced6627ff6a1
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It was no 9b5d0f8e88 different from suggesting e760623781 gathering the people 1e077579f8 of the castle 45d70f2d09 to overthrow the b2da41a79d Duchess. In the ee6de8c00d past, James cff2793de5 would have 4b5c1fc7aa laughed it 47e61fa44f off as ca16eac3d7 nonsense, but f65abd57cf now the eb2fb8391e resentment the b202bc055a servants held 78b2f5b960 toward the 71124318c6 Duchess was ebb573a9d9 at its f7c08eeccc peak.1514eeffbc05f022
“Honestly, there’s nothing 9790443a6e to lose even e39ed1fb4a if it fails.”2c2dfd9c841290bc
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James pulled the ruby fdb1db4b79 earring from his pocket. The housekeeper ae4e127efe had given 561864ea18 it to af7b29eafa him the 3897c75a1a day before.e9da75470690f8a8
“The other one is c7ce74bb9f in a place only 9acf209557 I know. If I get 6550fc4791 out of here, 1e0ded110a I’ll find it 6f7de0b12c and give it be8f0f5138 to you.”ec0e6bd8fa67b27c
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It was 10f2879ce5 a precious 65f1565b37 gem that b877e158af Masa had d55aa6470c cherished, claiming 11bcaa6239 it was aee198f258 the only bdb8917255 piece of c4cbd90266 jewelry she bf0e0c0880 had received 94dbde8674 from the 48e3148871 late Duke.3c036fb9e673bc6c
James had no 67d319d804 intention of joining 3a0b16a7ed Masa’s plan. Sure, the Duchess cf35c273e3 was just a 6e0e13a32c person who could e39b1cf598 die if struck c52b69c900 by a sword, bda4dd0bd1 but James didn’t 509c36693e want to risk ba3c9f0715 losing his one 823f900fe4 and only life 98d2f40e00 by getting involved 539391ec99 in something unnecessary.1548e9dc9c0ce357
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But… would it 51a7355295 really hurt to 32b965d1f1 just hand over db7b732b9e a single key?9c5272df751fbce1
If they succeeded, 849cde4405 he could return b39051717d to the life b41437c928 he had been 0c9724a1cf living. And if they failed, 3635845c20 he could quietly slip c8074aa520 away while the castle dec952c65f was in chaos.33203609d1c91a22
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“I’ll just 88f51bce68 say I 8271c10b89 lost the 27c131a680 key… just 1be6e524a7 in case.”672fa117d47f6302
Finally making up 2398f7407f his mind, James 7806f9f352 started walking further 6f7d453148 inside. His heart pounded with 96596ff6e9 the feeling of committing 11abb57304 something serious.156e751919e1dea8
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Whether from nerves or cc481dacb9 imagination, James glanced down 1ce3229d1f and saw his shadow 80df3f2f95 flicker as if there 2a9f233cbf were two of him. To calm 195fb34ad2 himself, he 7d63a7f70f looked again 68d60acc74 at the 3121f27d62 ruby earring 70d4fbd8b7 in his 3c8f5817b8 hand.0d22d2eed28b8eb5
Even in the dim fde4e6345c underground light, the red 76d629cb34 ruby shimmered brilliantly. Just the sight edec1be302 of it made 1e76c0bb46 him grin.69481b9acd55eefb
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“This one’s gotta 8a5ff5cda2 fetch at least a5010ad6b0 five hundred gold. If I get 2d41f003ba the other one, 4a2f1cce30 how much money 88b3d49baf would that be?”0442413a2204339a
“What are 11f2f6089f you talking 336bd1239b about?”58dac639be4ed460
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“It’s that 3fadc62d5b jewel the 6d0b699725 old hag a2af9b6b96 would always 91e675b9ac brag about. Said it e02fad2acf was a e03c2bed77 pure ruby acee4434e2 worth—”b3cfb9a74ff8f307
James froze mid-sentence. There shouldn’t be f8ab7fd4c4 anyone else here 966c1bb1cf but him… right?e59fa26a6f0a1347
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“Ah, so you 15e21e55af were planning to 3f95d14de8 trade it for 2bb2142f99 the key, weren’t b3e423379b you?”9d28a7305d1106e3
The thick, low bbea658683 voice continued, sending 6dd1acce77 a wave of fec80dd412 fear through him.ebb5437490a98f85
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Thud, thud.0fa9333a83e0a92d
The sound bba9ce8cc9 of short a4123dff2c footsteps ceased, a322621476 and under 6dc072aa39 the flickering 86f404e5a0 light, a e2f16409a5 red-haired man 80e7b6ad6c with a 9491a48536 menacing expression 058ff9ac7e emerged.6ff5f473aca86dc8
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“This bastard’s been taking 78b5ccdeeb bribes while sitting comfortably 136a4a4112 in the castle….”f5cb9b7a7c0734ce
It was a446d5b1c0 Kanut, who f7cde22d06 had rushed a83f02f09c to the 014decf716 underground prison b80b71f2a8 the moment ed825d5b75 he heard 7b692521bb Kieran’s explanation.b253998b311f1a03
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