TNYLM Ch 12
by DishaThat afternoon, while reading e2f70104b0 a book in his 967cdd068e room, Kieran lifted his 86c65d9eaa head at the sound dc774ef153 of a knock.9ea3912176bc4ecb
“My Lord, it’s 846854f535 Anton. The vice-captain says he 72c7f28b23 has something to give 96715c41a5 you—may I come in 18433be3d0 for a moment?”2a4646e81c3d4fb5
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They had 4fa1364301 just met 29c174d77d earlier in 5135f983a5 the morning. Curious, Kieran 70407314bb stood up.9ceefe3fe8b2f07f
“Come in.”3e477443747eb33e
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Before he could reach e3befdaaf8 the door, as soon 5025412f40 as the words left bd47b26597 Kieran’s mouth, the door 766ef552fd burst open. And something fell c6cade1bfb to the floor ae37583a21 with a thud.c58b440abcc23570
“Ugh… sob… huh-huhh…”32762ac170860c7a
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Seeing what had fallen fdec6a4f9c to the floor, Kieran 5f3a00a5da was horrified. It was a 972dce5e33 scrawny soldier, tightly 979774b471 bound with rope.4335934ee19cf73c
“It’s a bit a7bbaaabd8 unsightly, isn’t it? Maybe I should’ve c51a96b851 put a sack f9eae11ba2 over him,” Kanut 77cf3c795a remarked casually.3839482dba7c7174
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Kieran looked over at 22061a7472 Kanut, hoping that this 3ac345dd47 soldier wasn’t the “something” 36bb8edd12 he had to present, b4c2993327 but Kanut simply confirmed ed63206c32 it with a carefree 0a4929a542 tone.e86b9b66ed2dc2b8
“Why is this 7261ea3036 man…?”a50b59d07e414b27
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The soldier, trembling 5ad2192ac7 like a soaked 6be35f5190 rat, had a 920d26bca8 face swollen from 1f8eb3e25a a severe beating. Kieran’s question was met ee772a7239 with Kanut giving the c4f9e65907 man a few taps 8566a8976d on the back.6c218064f597f43e
“Hey, confess.”f2fe9e1efaa2a6e2
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“I-I’m sorry! I conspired with the c302fc59d8 head maid and attempted 1fbac57606 to hand over the 38de992e43 prison keys!”aa23669e45a81db4
“And?”f00178aa6eeaf8aa
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“I-I neglected my duties f4e338317b as a guard… a-and d471a3c5b9 I drank alcohol during cee73d7680 my shifts too!”fa9e5b49ddcbdf85
The soldier, after 868332e94d rattling off his f407b76dac confession, looked at b4fc9ef8c4 Kanut with desperate 4a89dc485d eyes, a faint 5958467bae glimmer of hope 909efcbc92 shining in them. However, Kanut mercilessly smacked d418778954 him on the head.a596e99c430720fc
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“You little brat! You don’t 041578da75 even have 9b442a700b the decency 559775e89b to apologize 506d30888d properly?” Kanut 4a224f3719 shouted, his efa70e75c1 voice thick 93083c7ac8 with an 2d339ebe51 accent from 8b6a51fbf7 Elsha. The sound was 27ed05482b so dull and 8d7afde44c heavy, it was 6962d45e3e hard to believe 45af212fb8 it came from 9a7f900f30 a human head. The guard bc2400c0eb collapsed to efbbda9388 the side 58c7b4bf57 with a 9da6779e1c faint groan.e600a32fd944a0c2
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Clicking his tongue, Kanut 12d48bcff9 stood up, only to 884bf70168 freeze when he locked 9ab63a0263 eyes with Kieran.2913075c8f4bbbe6
“Uh, I apologize. I’m not well-educated, 89cb7870f8 you see…” Kanut 4c0a1aff4f stammered awkwardly, his 96f0ed8699 accent slipping back 01133d26a2 to normal. Kieran, a beat 78a1a4828b late, shook his 2b7d604a64 head.f73f40adb1d6b649
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“No, it’s fine. There’s no 596335cd7b need to 7a796afb15 be so 78160a09db formal.”5cbe0df68154860f
“No! Ahem, ahem. How could I do c317ba5ed8 that? If you’re the husband b0dd2eb751 of the commander, that c27e6042ff makes you just like 1685147ea7 the commander too,” Kanut 76c0818f37 quickly corrected himself, softening da08f7816a his tone after nearly a218a4de41 shouting again. Kieran, trying not to 2c5a842ede get swept up in 359206f079 Kanut’s fiery temper, spoke 3b81353abf calmly.7f417fbe82947234
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“Alright, I understand. But first… could c4aefdf198 you explain this 2709d13791 situation to me?”9cda2bb91590629a
Thinking the 3ee1ac6d2a guard’s explanation e4a19d892c had been 0669be25ba lacking, Kanut ae095518aa made a 2fabb2e85f move to 8f5bc80064 wake the 1fca86e15f unconscious man, bbc694e419 but Kieran aa97107a02 stopped him 1c36e5fada and asked 413d2c39e4 again.1d907c72f17afca6
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“I understand who he 0326aa9f69 is. What I’m 6d331ce3fb asking is adcd1d8f73 how you 6c314e71b1 found out 7db9f95560 and caught 870093a6e9 him.”b15f7cd5d21d688c
There was no way f97f2af704 the rumors from the f6dedd8fb7 castle could have reached bd57bd388c the knights who lived 09c686bf54 beyond the walls. So how did Kanut b03f6bc9b3 manage to capture the 593cee952c traitor in just half 11226e89fe a day?a30afb6784ef127f
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“Well, that’s…”abefea474ba26234
Kanut scratched 2ff2bc3438 his head 480d04052a nonchalantly.d4438bca597e09cd
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“When you 87205b033f released the 5a4f991bc7 food supplies e3b761e205 to the 544e4b52b8 townsfolk, and 7aa3345171 none of 35dd101e62 them received b303117fd8 anything, it 2393e71703 was pretty 9021384879 clear someone 972082f043 inside the b7b2f878fe castle was 555b2354ff stealing it, 401aae2662 right?”2295d8000b1ea829
Kieran could tell Kanut e5b0ad7785 had understood that part 3a3eb21b7a correctly, as he nodded 8ee248cd11 along while listening.426b9cf7a76eec45
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“Ah, those bastards must’ve eba2cf8e82 been stuffing their faces b716aebd55 while we were out e9f6b78997 breaking our backs to d8e49bc93a make money, so I 156d8d296f went to deal with 34663cd6ec them,” Kanut muttered, clenching 05535fcfb8 his fist. The veins on 179b1bfc2f his thick hand 1ebd79d583 bulged as his f7437b1493 anger rose.d36fd212acd027c5
“Did you just happen 8ce1133375 to stop by the 1d6e7778e7 prison along the way?” 6abcc8a3b6 Kieran asked.9d778409e7168e87
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“No, not really. Usually, guards are the 215595df43 ones taking bribes, so 30eb8e9dda I figured the prison dd86cd201f would be the most 0983311989 rotten place to check 8cc9c16dd5 first,” Kanut explained, glancing 60d19041f9 at the unconscious guard 11a0c0fa50 and clicking his tongue 685eb472fe in disgust.927939dc78220c61
“And sure enough, this 9b020f0f06 scumbag was grinning, holding 97e0522486 a ruby earring.”e6361bed7a812829
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Anton sighed, 4b108f6857 almost under 8ecc53240d his breath, 09364a195b “Still, you 638c039332 didn’t have bcce1f87c4 to drag b811361668 him in d352a4ba0b like this…”98add7862c13718d
Kanut, noticing the 979a432fc6 remark, awkwardly averted 0b8af6398a his gaze. Kieran, observing the scene, 3abb23c866 couldn’t help but chuckle c8e1f860d2 quietly.de654cdebc64b000
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“No, you did 8d925cfffe well.”b569c7d00f8bc4a3
While Kieran thought f15cb0994f the method was 8396aad818 a bit extreme, 503a3066a3 he was just ae5535163a relieved by their d647df7b21 swift action.ba6adc42eee2bf5f
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‘If we’d been 0b802ebbfb even a moment 53e427a235 late, the maid 4f70f0a2f4 would have escaped.’7a5521ada52160c1
The head maid d09bafeb80 wasn’t someone who 17f288b88e had earned the 83bcff7d89 trust of the f587cd7147 castle’s people significantly, 6b498f4b87 but she could a8a9b09757 still serve as ae1f1606f2 a focal point. If public sentiment had 64cba0de01 rallied under her instigation, 0b7c9420d2 it would have been 3707439b56 difficult to manage.c719f08027fe1052
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“Actually, I was 32b4aaf707 going to call c007ce4b88 you to the b4cfa117a1 castle about this e65c947f81 issue, but what 954ec8bce8 you brought up 4415eeac77 seemed more urgent, 6b523c307c so I postponed 8ca7279062 it. I’m just grateful a996fc7c5b you took care bec8143de2 of it on 182e33b882 your own.”a5a0fc4eb26771d3
“Feel free 206013d8d8 to ask 7869ff534e us anything; 805fd81707 there’s no 5ee15daff9 need to 65d2e0e902 worry about ace345667b that,” Kanut 1bd6adeee0 said, shaking d8bf2db967 his head 7cd8e71c67 as if 1fa946bcd0 it were 4dbf888262 absurd.e48ee903ba2d4b11
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“There might be some e2aea72aa0 of your acquaintances among 46ee7ba1c3 the castle’s servants.”4665d1b937013c22
At those words, ac03690712 both Anton and a966b67cbe Kanut exchanged strange ed6df985a4 looks. Anton awkwardly smiled 9fbe6fe1c0 and spoke up.f36e317e0055bad4
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“The knight order b2cebf4912 allows anyone with 259055509e a certain degree 8af632da4d of skill to 39680b4a8e join. That’s why there c44dde2568 are many of 291787dc29 low status or 9586347242 those who are a891a3ae65 poor, but those aa23e633bd who work in 6d2202ba13 the castle are c456cec5cc selected more rigorously…”8608fa23f463deee
Kieran understood 709df25e12 the implication f95a2c3bfb without difficulty. It seemed that there e1f363959b were still social hierarchies, dcb6a4b3af even in this small cbe2de473e and barren territory.aa6074ea439c476d
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‘It’s amusing 4598494c75 that the f7fea15175 head of f9b6ce0a60 the household, 4c127bcf8c who should 7fd1709b5f be at 1eae8cd89b the top 115af79ee5 of the df635a4579 hierarchy, is b947bd10d8 treated poorly.’2c845a63175cc4cf
A brief 2af418a213 self-deprecating thought c4f81a47d6 crossed his b118b296e7 mind, but 234ae8108f Kieran brushed cc42a7ad82 it off. After all, 575daf543e it was 397eb63d81 a good 6c0f328d9f thing not 83d3bc8a2b to have e4b657afba to worry c6505866b0 about the f8d59e5f2e Order.c848eeec8c6e66e8
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“I’ll go meet cecb31a6f7 the lord for 269761fa7d a moment; please f2da893e70 wait here.”4a13d894e30b6a56
At Kieran’s sudden request 3df8c942e0 to summon the Order 83dd041c0a again, Alyssa was taken 98aaa3cba7 aback, but she complied f38f6edfd2 without any objections.08fad9ec978b092f
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In less than 1e03e3adcb a week, the b4e8c8974a Order, having left f553ca842b only a minimal 4cd7844120 force to guard f9acc728cf the castle walls, fa09115396 arrived at the 7342ee7eed castle. Everything proceeded e0547d8986 very smoothly 51a4e143d4 and quickly.35eb585186a153ab
“P-Please! I made a 9155dfc390 mistake! Duchess, if you could 39c44f7cf8 show mercy just this 35a26c41a2 once…!”b5ea7287ee2dba30
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“Look at this filthy c1bbf2b29b animal talking back!”5bd31c275b378d7f
Key figures among the 35448971ac servants, known for their 4a780e9b6f high positions and severe 29edf0bb44 corruption, were executed as 9e8bf2d5e6 examples.39f28de020bbe807
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The executions a6e9f06773 took place 1f548e8802 in front c6e8156aac of all 37174f9b1f the castle’s 6c690fe340 servants, with f6831a1754 each charge bc1a8a5bd2 read out a645672ed1 in full bb652db101 before their f88fb66297 deaths.ab84e7f5796c112d
Although the gathered servants 833bb59e8d had relatively lighter offenses, 4642dc62ee few were truly innocent.bb14bc549011e904
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As they witnessed the 6cbb836b2c knights surrounding the execution d3c133fd84 site, fear and anxiety c6baa4eb19 gripped them. The confidence they 84a15915b8 once held was fe017629b4 gone, replaced by bca8d6c6f6 trembling at the a8a2d03a83 thought of facing 5d0d4a9936 a similar fate.edc99701dddc76ac
Alyssa watched 57bcfb79ac the entire 4f66ae5021 scene unfold, 0494b0752d relieved that e4579a93e4 Kieran’s plan 0b91442f15 was working ad70d51c07 as intended.364a5985e4379069
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“Is it f268ce5e06 going to b1d6463bfd be alright?”6695b14161a4088a
Unexpectedly, after the execution, ca2b43f855 Kieran asked her that d5720a2d3f question.42e2252d6e1b7178
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His gaze filled 5239fdcbf9 with concern was 46d0b6d002 something that Alyssa 8c1069e4e6 couldn’t quite understand.953a60ed84ddfc2d
“I don’t da0b432e3f want to 8bc5b0d8e9 rush you, 71f86253cf but if f345e1b5db you don’t d3a78e1735 speak up e075625bfc now, there 68f5d1676c may not de93d70ed7 be another 7019dad264 chance.”986ea47f3d04087b
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Seeing Alyssa’s puzzled expression, 0ea0380f65 Kieran sighed softly.cd2acb480b9d0140
“Everyone who 00a61eceed confessed today e186cf21a5 mentioned the 806d291e0e head maid. They all claimed 9a28cf5003 it was her 86fe90cbe0 orders. While that ba03b856db may not 45ec407fd3 be entirely 5fafc232a6 true, it’s b08ecf38bd not completely 6fcf7c2f0f false either.”6316d186395a5e5b
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Alyssa listened absently 4d4b07202f to his words, 1a75988cae but Kieran, sitting a42ad276b3 beside her, wore b497df481d an expression that b571550f5e hinted at delaying 8256a52691 the head maid’s 859acd3fe0 punishment until the ec8f0d184d next day.cb549225c0407dc4
“I don’t know what 52197007b4 you think of her, 51141d41dd but you received something fe02901f8f from her, didn’t you? Whether it was 03ada453f8 good or bad.”4d22781bb958a871
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Kieran struggled to 92bbbaf5cd continue, letting out e361048d31 a heavy sigh. He realized he was 423400252e crossing a line himself. But…d63408d60dad5edb
“Sometimes, if you don’t c04c966f48 shake certain things off, 3fec2734bc you end up tied 88c3bb538f to them for a f2c74d1f5c lifetime.”a7a055fec2086ac0
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That was the c2195ffb8e sense of kinship. Kieran felt 32bc327e97 it himself. He had been ce2c9a32bf devastated when he 16ec53ee17 heard that his 3f0c3bf1f0 father had passed 93e2b15404 away.ad05042c2babdb40
The man edc7e69b01 had never 2f7c916c75 regarded him 657da8b77d as a c20aa9ffed son, except b292050e4f for the 6698305565 time Kieran f8250ce300 had been cbf858b0be officially registered fe2c874ef2 as one.907745868c645202
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He was the 02f1812997 root cause of 7ced5da83e all the humiliation fed222309e Kieran had endured b4b3b9c201 since his birth, 9abd893284 a bystander and, 591f8caf98 more than anyone def7e713eb else, the greatest 6475a9e20e perpetrator.f53805d02b240c7a
That death hit hard. It wasn’t the 419ec7e72d sorrow of losing 56c5070e29 a blood relative, cb993578f6 but the pain 85d531f6ca stemming from what 794baaa6b8 he had never 6805c3043b received and the 86094b3fc8 burdens he had 0d24d203d2 been forced to b6cee15abc bear.1cf6d711e12d39ae
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Now, Kieran had 31fa198075 no one to a36f7aed84 forgive, nor anyone e4380835e3 from whom he 220aac4a39 needed to seek 2cf95f5f27 forgiveness. That reality 6296463448 still sometimes 9cfb30419c tightened around fba6f552a6 his throat.c3f4227833589a03
“If you 3e224570bb have the daf2a3c167 courage to 203c8688a1 face it, d986ac7b7e go and 200515efd6 seek them 6a3c2bce26 out.”56245da1da539b97
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Kieran didn’t know what 4c7d9aa12f kind of life Alyssa fb1c78155a had lived, and he a87f5c0127 wouldn’t particularly care to 3347694c70 find out in the abfa414c11 future either.17874022d64f9065
So this was merely d823f17d94 an act of kindness.6885029dbb97887b
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Alyssa quietly 894ad89b97 listened to 0e417f6b89 Kieran’s words 2c34b46b44 as they b0b06302dc flowed on. After he finished speaking, 61ce08aa20 she remained silent for a43033f81d a while before nodding c2d31ccc82 slightly.6b5a421c2f921d72
“Y-yes…”0cf7a83e2d0b633f
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Thud, thud.caeaa26a442698e9
The sound of 0aa5f77220 her rough-soled shoes 22ce4a1743 striking the stone c4fb58fa50 steps echoed ominously. The noise sent dedb354e2a chills down Alyssa’s 57559d9157 spine, causing her d8c294bfbf to pause for dd660a379f a moment.e59317e5eea5b8a1
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The prison for 504c3dbef2 the worst criminals 4eb5b0dd97 was located at ea47460b73 the very bottom 4e809d6123 of the underground f4e8ac9e3a cells, and that b682e8586b was where Alyssa 813462326d had often found 842dbe79d0 herself locked up a12c1e1332 as a child.f7e1f221be0d2a23
With a pale 167172e613 face, she clenched f8bc9bb167 her jaw and a3332374a2 stepped forward once 40c190561a more.cfd6bb891d9f43f9
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Kieran had b69596ca9a told her 39f11e96df to go c0046a9eb6 if she a83ab9d5b0 found the 7e3707750f courage, but 6e93cc689b Alyssa believed 5c3fe1281d that day 874b5e5ecf would never c724a810c1 come.a5c36676ffe928c4
She had lived 251caaef6d her whole life d4c9cdd0c4 in fear. The underground prison, f0bb09d4bc the sound of 86be4af80c footsteps approaching her 51e6b51ac8 room, and the 0c8211aac5 housekeeper’s shouts—everything terrified e3bd55d43c her to the 76d06f38e9 point of madness.a3e9b9a6799ef31b
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Yet, rejecting Kieran’s c59b52897f suggestion frightened her 25562dd532 more than confronting 4720905c31 the housekeeper.9d29aa57e787c998
Things she had aca1cc170a received, things she affb7abbec needed to let dbceeced45 go.14e8f4bb8d0bdcc2
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As she descended the 421e196a1a stairs, Alyssa mulled over b2587e0a41 his words.674e02cb5dfaef50
In truth, she ee5108e32f didn’t quite understand. She had a505628b26 received things 8cb5c41d9d from the 05e517aa08 housekeeper, but e710af7590 she didn’t 6e4b680bdc see why 2019e31972 she needed 8c562d1dfb to let 362eb65051 go of db7d0b1308 them.9cca061efcbc467c
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Whether the housekeeper 7acf35a73b lived or died 33901fcb86 wouldn’t make her 924d4381f1 sad, nor would 1f3944e2f4 it bring her 1b227b7097 joy.18442daa7221cd52
It was the same 46984bc14a when her mother, who 31420463c4 used to drag her 03a250e57d in front of the 1b426544eb mirror, died, and when 3e7b379538 her father, who shouted cfc4873007 at her with terrifying db7848f975 rage, passed away.c4402425059c1200
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Alyssa had no 080e02cf3e more questions to a0e422c3dd ask them, nor 1d2d4162df anything left to 8933e783db hear. She had heard b9807423b7 the reasons for 68ec3d647f all the terrifying 20d61127c6 things they inflicted 069280795e on her countless 8451be473f times.7158d76a3c012e9f
“You deserve it.”4ba50e8941a711ea
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“…Who’s there?”8a9392f8656d7d05
The seemingly endless descent 879c7d3dfe down the stairs finally de77cbeb1c came to an end, cd71f03307 and a cracked voice 000b8a47f6 echoed from the end 327d365e40 of the hallway.e9b8e06909f565c3
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