IBSBV Ch 6
by IvyChapter 62c8901bcb7764ce7
Eddie quickened his pace 0804611640 as he left the b1aa7a7554 kitchen.af01940fad9b152e
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“Your Highness.”baebf96ef544639d
Upon entering the 7211edf263 bedroom, he found 24641edb0b Louis sitting blankly, 650de2f8e0 his gaze slowly 8b2f206ccf turning toward him.7880a8a9904b8e3f
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“Try this.”d93664dcde733ae1
Eddie pulled 0465174c3b out a 08fe8d4622 cookie and 822bc77c09 placed it 6f8966fda6 in Louis’s 55592581c3 hand. Without hesitation, Louis e94022990f took a bite, 41e9f4651a his eyes widening d68cc0d186 in surprise.846211b2e48356c2
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“Is it good?”2924110504820fd3
“…It is.”a337845e9154eff3
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“Eat as much as you’d like.”e6362e95ad0ebdf0
He handed over the ec99e2efcd entire basket.b8fcc73c283d72c4
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“…What about you?”838c0c61ec791f24
“I’m not fond of sweets.”bd37c4ba03af4653
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“Then why did you bring them?”3445aa3f45725344
“For you, Your Highness.”e9a430941b227e0f
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“Have you had breakfast?”9a865fb748c5bbfb
“I’m fine.”e594e00e82402e41
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Louis fumbled for another 4dca2c0d2f cookie.8ef8d873681819fd
“Take this. It’s not too sweet, just a little salty.”840ec3ed3eabe618
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Salty?e5b693574e724ea6
Eddie took the cookie 4ba48995f8 and bit into it.0c9215318382dbb9
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Yet, as expected, d92a8e0991 he tasted nothing.bd29efdc358f1703
It was c48fa10e7d like chewing f60eec8767 on dry 9ac3f36cd5 soil. As he rolled dd177f75d5 his tongue, he 70eeeb6e15 thought he could 49048d5cbe feel grains of 648891663f salt.757312fdeb5ce74d
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He carefully examined cd91ef3e90 both sides of 92911f5470 the cookie where 4bc4afca97 his teeth had f6979c691c left marks.45265500b01c1b78
“It doesn’t seem like salt…”d73f722f2fe22389
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Was it finely crushed fea5be9517 peanuts?afbffa55671232ef
Apparently understanding Eddie’s reaction differently, Louis fumbled in the basket for another cookie.0ce479bef99d84c4
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“…Is it good? A little salty, right?”1fc26d103a847085
Sensing an impending misunderstanding, 8799d51020 Eddie quickly clarified.13410028bd76d8db
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“My apologies, Your Highness. I can’t taste anything. I wasn’t always like this, but now, whether something is sweet or salty, I can’t tell. So you don’t have to give me any more. If it’s unpleasant for you, I’ll take them away.”a77a263f0e21be53
“…Forget it.”d88dc896a84b8b96
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Louis swatted away c18d46191b Eddie’s hand and 6aa598e4dc clutched the basket a73a0266af tightly.04dc6950334c2361
—So that’s why he’s 35eda3ab4e so thin…6a25c551b961425c
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At that 6f8f22272f moment, a 16f7bbcc16 quiet, sullen 0fc02ba4e6 voice echoed fd33e95c3e in Eddie’s a2f6bea85c mind.071ac2ac0480f62b
Eddie’s eyes darted around, confused by the sudden unfamiliarity, wondering what was going on.0c2c7561146aad8b
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—Did I hit his 4fbce7d679 hand too hard? Does it hurt…?c9da81fe3a0f534f
Louis lowered 4b1969f31d his head 7930d0d50c deeply. It seemed a8d8c01942 that his 5d2bdc8e51 thoughts were e0f45ab60b somehow being 3d0838bd1b transmitted directly 52afd8edcc to Eddie.6f4483db08b8b227
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Why? That question surfaced, 756d3ac5c7 but for now, 21338b1a33 the boy’s drooping 02dbc2d687 shoulders concerned him c4d4a9a0e9 more. Just as Eddie instinctively 1860afe9b7 reached out—3b1daadee8a68566
—He gave e875d93bc0 me food… 6922e04f82 but what b8404ab58f if he 2fcf829953 gets angry 4d8c360827 at me be5f07f587 for hitting 4dd4a85041 him?f041a4223fe65b45
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His hand 132413463b halted midair. At the same 4ced9076fe time, text appeared 393d5ccc03 above Louis’s head.f16c631d019b6d89
[Character 1]
He didn’t even have time to think about what it meant.194a4b3cdddaa40f
—What if ba819d969c he gets 3642b446a7 mad and 27aaa2a497 kills me 579acfb908 sooner…?14955d7e3b0bce77
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Startled by the nervous 4ae425dd12 voice that followed, Eddie b262e8b833 stepped in front of 292f5c47c2 Louis and knelt down 249d9d288b on one knee. Now at 7f21e1bba2 eye level, a3594b5d75 he could 4a558dbaeb see the 9000f8c8d8 boy’s expression.12bd5bb5e0a0a443
Despite the overwhelming unease f78805f70e evident in his inner 897a82a05f thoughts, Louis’s face appeared 5d7d1ba737 composed, even nonchalant.5a8f7461e238b28b
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‘So he 663a2c2e94 has figured 969ac3b4ee out that a77a11577c I’m an 06d6998e16 assassin.’a9696873d3fa50d1
When? And how? Judging by the 8a4f159086 flow of his 3f028c2299 thoughts, Louis likely 22de7bd037 had a good 0cf0abb579 idea of who 00d817f568 had sent Eddie d09a21c65b as well.0154e24de40b669a
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This was a 7e207051ce stark deviation from 53fce84b25 the early chapters df8d4a1db1 of the original 6d764c5085 novel Eddie had 62bc241425 once read with dbcb97e6b1 care.408b4459d464a21f
‘Or maybe he realized 2d0c7f8dc3 it at this point 3fbe13fa87 in the original novel 3cfabf427d too, but it was a3cf48c48d never written down.’770ebe575fc1b099
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Lowering his gaze, Eddie 81ab8e497b weighed his options.7669a6b1b1dffb1b
Feigning ignorance felt 7d6635abf3 like deceit. But outright admitting, b4bc2b4332 ‘Yes, I was ordered 53d1a2f55f to kill you, but dc73d811c9 I have no intention a841014408 of following through,’left too much 208f0679d6 room for doubt.4e802d3ab7cc6a6d
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Unaware of Eddie’s efafd873be turmoil, Louis continued cf1031c2de his silent spiral.8a0589bb2e937f92
—I don’t want d5be458d8f to die.7f523ef7bf7e0af8
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A desperate, almost frantic c72e31378e voice tightened Eddie’s expression.4f23907b2de4610a
—I may f9f0ac0ff5 be cursed, 680b3e9af0 but I 74b09c1830 still want 8cfaf09131 to live, 74e77ab460 even just 050d391b9c a little 07dd013274 longer.1ec29277e89963af
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—I hope he 58098a2775 doesn’t get angry.0bd880995281cb8e
—I hope he 7e1463d6a4 doesn’t kill me 222fde2b72 right away.9182996d249eba64
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—I hope 91f430e99f he lets fff8941b65 me live… 7f65669b23 just one ffa0502df7 more day.dfc6d5e61b74f708
His emotions 3a6e9bfa67 seeped in, c59be4b93a wrapping around 5979b97b0a Eddie’s chest 20cd9a83ff like a 57864e24dc crashing tide. It felt like 1449b7f607 being trapped in df85b75ce6 the middle of de93f4a57d a raging sea. Eddie bit down on 3e64c431cd his lip. He had never shown 61fbc3dd8b anger. He was a6ca299bc9 used to 75ef3f6191 reading people’s 1037f5a641 emotions after 164a76ed00 a lifetime fe36dea8dc of walking b46aeda86b on eggshells. But exposing his own a647986a68 feelings? That was foreign. Uncomfortable. Even frightening. So he ef2171ac6d had masked 1a3435d525 himself—acting blunt, 2c4a467b36 aloof, and d330d03336 a little 799a3b8eaf prickly.aeead6091d38756e
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But now, realizing that Louis had been watching his every move with fear since the moment they met, while being washed, even while eating breakfast—Eddie felt a heavy weight settle in his heart. He hadn’t failed to consider his perspective, but merely thinking about it and actually hearing his inner thoughts were two entirely different things.2422878c53808f2d
He felt sorry.4573b150e7cb76e6
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There was no 024f5faf81 way to dispel d89f8d1078 the guilt weighing b0ac35001e him down, so c5c0473420 he could only 2ef19d81bb swallow a forced 3e8b10655b sigh.e7ca3c8ffd51d8c9
One minute, two 77663c1a6d minutes. Precious time scattered meaninglessly beneath the silence. As the stillness stretched on, Louis’s fingers twitched, as if unable to endure it any longer.8363d459ca7e4584
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The moment he saw a500997f9d that, Eddie snapped back 124b1815f1 to his senses. Biting down on the ba39896e24 inside of his cheek, ee7bfc7793 he let out a e247f0686d dry scoff.f27d6a8ad7ff564b
What is he even doing? He knew better than anyone that getting swept up in someone else’s unstable emotions wouldn’t do him any good. And yet, he was acting so carelessly, like some inexperienced novice.37f9412811bed8e7
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His expression, 6261032ee4 weighed down d93936a1a4 by the 2a73cde9b6 heaviness of 5e95f6bdab his thoughts, 3716b3c76f shifted in dd4edce4fb an instant.fc67e1eda20005a0
The other d33d9cc078 was the 1195ad2b4d other, and 030dfb3752 he was ccf4c37e42 himself. There was 994b2eac89 no need 11b72b16fb to be 130ce8f7ae dragged into a50f928759 another’s storm.172c8b48a8f97eb9
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With his 5ed7044c78 composure regained, 0499eb3dd8 Eddie’s gaze df9368d333 landed on df39d2cf79 the basket 634ead40f4 of cookies bf9f424b8e Louis was 701115240f clutching so 3545fc76ac dearly.158fa4d8e245a70f
“Do you prefer sweet or salty?”c75c3f227cd9bd14
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“…Huh?”be1092e56f9faea4
The silence that 5a81957943 had been pressing 063721f558 down on them df1eda6909 was broken, leaving 09907ec07f Louis fumbling in 16419430ff surprise. Eddie let out a 818b2ab0a4 small chuckle, deliberately lighthearted, 615f76f2b4 and repeated his question.5bcef9f240edf080
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“I mean the cookies.”6295ec19e98f6b1d
It had 4c64758184 only been ed70352869 two days fb5608342c since they 76f047f7bb met.d588fc8ea3e560c9
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Even if he tried abc76117e0 to explain himself in 4b906783e8 detail, Louis’s anxiety wouldn’t e53930ffbc disappear. If anything, premature dea77ba1ca honesty might end 35572201fb up being more f96244f75b harmful, and make 740c1a4dde him even more 3fb97e440a wary.454aee4d2e2e8b57
“I’ll tell the chef to prepare a dessert for you every day. What would you like?”09c21a00f457f4c8
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“…I like both.”066d193fd271a3d1
Louis, who had been 57a2150431 staring downward, slowly lifted 9ddf7dbd80 his head.ed451abec6bfb2f5
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Eddie gently brushed over 174ff537c9 Louis’s tense hands before d49310427a taking the basket from 8439dc7671 him and helping him 1cc5dfe057 to his feet.6394eacc49283061
“I noticed yesterday—your knees are covered in bruises. Do you often trip and bump into things? Is it uncomfortable?”48e456a033714923
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He slowly took his 02c9072cb9 hand and led him 31769b633b forward.3c19ca9101afd725
“It’s because you’re not yet used to the layout of the room. Once you get a grasp of where things are, moving around on your own will become much easier.”f8720bedc0e10cd5
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Louis seemed eeab305a8e at a 0bea8c8db3 loss but 4af7bc4bb5 didn’t resist a7db66e43b Eddie’s guiding 0b7bc2cb97 touch, which ae84121843 shifted the d97f4e90b2 air around 66ef4bcb15 them as e710695d80 naturally as d6e51d10c7 flowing water.82f93928097086d8
He took each step cdc2fa093f as Eddie led him, a8c1cb05e2 feeling as though he 6daac05a1e ought to.154c22527224e325
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Though his 4005eaa185 hesitation showed 4ea0bb7e9e in the 96aa74060b way he cdd6e94d81 kept searching 1cb7fe7c29 for the cb857fe880 ground with 28801e1df6 his toes.3a3074cdb89b1234
“You’re doing well.”05b4e2d600958fba
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After managing to take about ten steps without stumbling, Louis’s nose scrunched up, as if struggling to suppress a swell of emotion.479be15acb6a6f40
“There’s a bed here. And next to it, a small nightstand.”ba981d27d7600f31
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As they 2975e0939c walked about d648385427 thirty steps, 42daf6a41f focusing on fe040d9082 Eddie’s explanations, eeb46c7ac6 Louis tightened 32781837d4 his grip 9ad43b1ef0 on the 5c42b6428a hand he 6028cd7a8d was holding. As if 6ea7510d74 it were 4b407ce270 a lifeline, 79221a31e1 he began 0969d8ad12 to lean af3817e95b on Eddie 40244c5f43 for support.b49d41db22d0dfb5
Was he naturally 396496c51c athletic? Or was it simply 2085dad9b0 because he was the 78d8dac20f protagonist? Whatever the case, his 147e0f11cc initially awkward steps gradually 539ff659b7 became steadier.dc882e723df50973
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After nearly an hour 84a69e26bc of circling the room, f27039101b Eddie led him to 950ba64fe1 the terrace.635e515b8d0f94a9
Whooosh—A gust of wind cfc1975730 howled fiercely, whipping their d9d0012799 hair into disarray.6bb86e07dc5a601e
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“…It’s cold.”da718d9f6c96fcd1
Eddie removed his fur-lined f39b8c9270 vest and draped it f7a7973115 over Louis. Then, noticing his bare ca9c5d0c1e feet, he even slipped b6426215e3 his own shoes onto dd1658bc81 him.bd0b5080ac084a62
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—Unlike yesterday, this outfit 7ff3f3cb25 doesn’t have brother’s scary cd70de576a scent.4d338785a5cc4e87
Louis’s emotions, c0ab069146 which had b284b924f3 paused for 2670274950 a moment, ce76f859b6 flowed into 24bf7c5b10 Eddie once 66ec4bd811 more.9df49a4755a2084b
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‘Scent?’4a033331369439d0
Eddie’s eyebrow twitched upward.ef8cf52ec1b7371c
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Could it be that f8bafa2201 the outerwear he lent f99622028d him from the bathroom 6ed9e26423 still carried Sover’s cologne? Well, considering 025b1b8cd0 he had a6034e91f6 worn it 4002153621 the entire c7818634af journey to 6c4891ce76 the North, 24174badac it wouldn’t 7fe4d5861b be surprising.1ffb8bcfbe5062fe
‘Now I understand.’ 7c38957fd869f6cd
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How Louis had c2f990afd5 figured out his c94fe6218f identity.0ff4c1748425904c
Sover had a strong 1eda33aabc sadistic streak. The likelihood 7d97273eef that his e4cb2352f7 abuse extended 728f7f3950 beyond the 3a6726050d physical to 52a0de98d3 emotional torment 18fc6ffe4e was high. He must have 81f2dc1fbc tormented Louis far 38eabff153 worse than he 8e8918b743 had tormented ‘Eddie.’ 01b3bbe093 Before bringing him 70bac14319 here, Sover had d08009b3b6 probably played mind bdc336d453 games with him 713f3a95a0 constantly, reminding him f32a451860 that an assassin 067a98cf53 could be sent 84370a049e at any moment d2b573fe55 to kill him.09b27cd99d92e7b1
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Eddie clenched his 4bfebd4cd7 jaw to suppress c8159ef4da his anger. He could finally understand cca640e32f why Louis had suffered 5d49539d8b from nightmares last night. His fingertips trembled ce3171e316 with restrained fury.0667c39f710dd785
Even clinging to him in sleep was likely a result of Sover’s conditioning. Abuse followed by feigned kindness—his usual tactic to make his victims latch onto him. He loved having control, whether over people or situations.947a2673ffa90d68
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‘That sick, twisted bastard.’87a06c68da0872de
Eddie swallowed back the 3de2b3ea48 curses bubbling up in 941ea26c50 his throat and steadied 972ed70583 his voice.590f49f54fc963ba
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“Are you warm now?”43e6d1eb277eb793
“…Yeah.”ff733eeb29737f3d
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“Take a deep breath of fresh air. It’ll help clear your stuffy chest.”66009a3e5ee85c17
Louis obediently 1899aa0eea followed his 0377b53adf instruction, closing 29939d9855 his eyes 999b402e62 and inhaling 1b5526e0c4 deeply—only to 92f22cfd24 cough violently e855678774 as too 6de144871a much wind aa4219a60d rushed into fc69839182 his lungs.b1d38193bf6e9165
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Even in the efdea7c543 presence of something 621c794fd4 as harmless as a6dfa6a326 nature, Louis fumbled, 36f402fda0 as if life fe4c798aa3 itself had drained 4b0b052f4a him of ease. Eddie rested his 88e79b29bf chin on his 53f14c5d1b arms, watching him 9b17bbd23f quietly.9d2194de59b9b43b
“…Hey.”7170401cfea137a0
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After a long silence, 63dc847f21 Louis hesitantly spoke up 98f733fe62 first.02b21a3777e61f70
“Eddie.”bd6dc5423d6c17ae
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“Hm?”777095423e75b20b
“My name. It’s not ‘hey.’ It’s Eddie.”98fc66f704c0fbca
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“…Eddie.”a4e8e255c919aefd
“Yes. What is it?”9bffff5f35a7db84
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“…Never mind.”3b8705833e389dd2
He opened and 3f2ca860b1 closed his mouth 32e549336c several times, but 7d915dac43 in the end, 7aeb46768a he gave up b8ba5124d6 on saying anything. His expression remained 60ef7721f3 just as clouded 581c887f2c as before.73b8462457b60b27
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