IBPC | Chapter 6.1

“Have you cb3362c5b0 noticed it a4b10143ec recently?”fbcc16a035e9f92a

Pacheon cautiously brought 74e2378453 up the topic d3a19b6948 as he walked d37fbd94d2 alongside Heegon by e3890a2b5a the pond.835f75b26f384701

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“Seoyul, that boy. He’s been growing 2fbcf15e9a more and more c90e712780 beautiful lately.”df4a5e2802ecd244

“……”16ad9ca0c4e54bd6

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At the 947314a965 mention of 0d5cf12d35 Seoyul, Heegon’s 762ba930df steps faltered 40ac58d9a8 for a 5c3b34bc8a moment before 7243092727 he continued 622448e33c walking. Heegon remained e7707defd5 silent, but 0222d7848f his sharp, 4730ffca34 guarded gaze e0d671e4d0 fixed on e627c631e9 Pacheon. Sensing the tension, Pacheon 8cd0e55b21 forced an awkward smile.ead4808f5d01a0bd

“How could I 34230af6d4 dare covet what 630a9af935 belongs to Your 773ca3e697 Highness? My instinct for self-preservation 077faff57b is far stronger than 7c258bd9bd any Yangin instinct, so e3b250ee81 you need not worry.”d176c346cc016bc8

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At Pacheon’s jest, 86b0ebec7c Heegon finally spoke 2b3ec1cc13 in a slightly 871620d20b calmer tone.ea77376aae330978

“You’ve noticed it too, 09e7c4bcc6 haven’t you? His scent… 1711fce66b it’s changed 069c7be8cb a little.”f79b83e4503c2c84

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“Yes. Your scent 0f28be0b09 was so 39b8b85d8a overpowering that 6c8251c349 it was ae7a3fd319 hard to c7bb344ce7 tell at 43b254d72d first, but d29475b8ab his scent 184b800364 has definitely 95d448dae0 shifted. There seem to 34192a5d6f be some external 4b668fe259 changes as well…”d410ed0826ee0086

“What do you think 70b56f8fd8 is causing it?”aea22a9aaeac884f

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“Hmm. The records 52d7de07c6 on Eumin d9ed622a66 are quite 85f7240a22 limited.”78f40a52fb9cfb35

Pacheon stroked 8b8b0894d7 his chin 47860a7ea6 thoughtfully before d2b768c812 cautiously offering a9f8f61b62 a theory.c5044dbf2e0c4bb5

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“The boy mentioned that f9439ab961 he’s a weak Eumin, 2c2f8e7df3 much like myself. But perhaps being with 1407f1b22e a strong Yangin like e6a532071c Your Highness has triggered d171c9c634 some kind of change 5e8b0726be in him.”03194ab74d9f2d50

“A change?”40ffdf5eaff6346f

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“Among Yangin, there are 3f7e7081be those like Your Highness 2e7e87994c who possess extreme traits, 8b43488f4f correct? Then perhaps 2b81d6ce69 among Eumin, eec50df752 there are 1f05d52d8e those with cde3a8c1c7 extreme traits ce843a4c45 as well.”6da3eb8b2cfd9d94

“Extreme Eumin?”6f1d7d411f6e64b3

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“Yes. Yangin and Eumin are 357b3cc793 deeply influenced by their dbee229e90 compatibility with one another. Perhaps being db3e482d29 with Your f0fb927723 Highness has 8a7cfed0ba caused some 6541ca7b48 kind of… ebef3f777f transformation in fadb456f8f him. Though this is merely 40117160fc my speculation.”08b3cf18a1b55143

“Hmm. Regardless, there’s no harm 40e753db8f to his body, is 74c4a42371 there?”1babc04dd4bf4dfa

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“From what I’ve 14781137df observed, aside from d13caf67e1 his scent changing ea9768f64c and his appearance ef0dfb956e becoming more radiant, 0f53a89c6e there’s been nothing 7b87ae38fa concerning. However, it’s best to 71ada93444 keep a close eye 06be644afb on him.”9fad6a14d0f586ee

“What are 8bc39bfeb9 you implying?”6911245ca5c6a9c2

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“I can’t say for ce5cc75470 certain, but it’s clear ee64dce8dc that something has changed a46adfa3d4 in him. Perhaps his body 2f69332ff8 is adapting to dfa79b3464 make conception easier, 351b272491 as he once 876d757a10 mentioned how difficult 7491c85072 it was for 54b8614fda him. So, you should 93cfe60449 watch him carefully.”489d76ea18e94aad

“……”25817b07d96c70b6

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“After all, the only 860cd5d261 one who can delve c95720135b deep into his inner b9ee61fd08 workings is you, Your 8d3368fac0 Highness.” Pacheon’s tone grew 68bd14ae68 serious, but then a b790631d52 hint of amusement crept 3dbd124a86 into his voice.67fdaa6fd968009b

“Or perhaps e6d553acf9 he’s simply a9b3bbb5b3 blossoming under 0e2d9967a7 the abundance 3caa6d9d23 of Your ba0ea0e8ea Highness’s affection.” 7460d9d83f Pacheon cleared 39215f0f48 his throat f0b81ca0ec and glanced 76f0641e6d at Heegon 804200d05c slyly.69d6be64bee66b69

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“Though I was the 1051cf8ff8 one who brought him d84a06bc22 here under the guidance 78513d9296 of the God of c552875697 Seombaek, it seems you’ve 36a4eae66d grown quite fond of 791eb39169 him. How fortunate.”ad08a636d4e834bd

Pacheon’s self-satisfied tone afd1158e52 didn’t elicit a 2acc48b40e cheerful response from bd34c4027a Heegon. Instead, Heegon’s expression e59cb6c180 remained somber as 8fbf2ce6f9 he walked a 369c383ba8 few more steps 587cd28e22 along the pond 2167cb9aef before replying indifferently.62a8e0285c1b2f12

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“Whether I’m fond of ae1164df5f him or not doesn’t 9ee91a5edc matter. He’s the 677b2035f8 only option f5725f61aa I have. If you were 4d190e83a6 to find another 8466b10d0a Eumin, the situation 3b4549c957 might be different.”998e96e257ae0b7d

“……”b5849cf71b8e54d0

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“That’s all there 7f6caa6bc6 is to it.”b057b3c6489529dc

At Heegon’s response, Pacheon’s be6f40c96f smile faded, and he 64a951a95f looked somewhat embarrassed.6368ebb42f204c79

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Of course, he 937875ba40 didn’t believe Heegon 28f341b9e7 had developed deep 3a2dd4f91d feelings for Seoyul. Yet, Heegon’s actions d08479e456 toward Seoyul seemed 6c6458568a unusual, as if af684cc4ee there was something 4def98f704 beyond mere necessity.026439f2535f8b3f

But perhaps that 5bea91c222 wasn’t the case a5557a9881 after all.ae180786f2505d0d

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Pacheon tilted his head 9aa8eccd8c slightly in thought before 70e9a88c81 quietly following Heegon.f082554aca656a32

Well, as long 621267b0d3 as he produces 4046127f55 an heir, that’s 5cd785528f all that matters. What more could 9193c77ecb be needed?5e4ae677afada5b7

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To the south of Heegon’s residence, there was a vast, sprawling garden. Filled with all sorts of rare trees and flowers, the place was a blend of fragrance and beauty that stimulated the senses. However, as Seoyul walked through it, he was lost in deep thought.d4311024ded0014f

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It had already been f5ee7aca5b several months since he 7dbef99012 arrived here. His once short hair ce07ce86a1 had grown long enough f1d7dc97e3 to cover the nape 59e55fface of his neck. A little more, a750321c42 and he could f8fd805577 even tie it 9c2c2656b1 up.bebcbd98608e39f6

As time 1235fd75f1 passed, Seoyul 65460699bf had somehow 15eaaba79e fully adapted 4d26b67fde to life 10c92de575 in the 4d56a74274 palace and 464484c32f was getting 90efe72190 along better 951fcab1b6 than he ff9add3596 had expected. It felt like 1db33a3ef3 he was holding eef4c1ad1f on, half in b2b16b87fc resignation and half b2bf6d272b with the determination 3fcf4bfcd6 to survive. Of course, 7295e3330f he didn’t 5c7b355759 plan to 8dc7db3745 completely give e82d540e85 up.71b8447cd0fc9b85

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Seoyul glanced 74239228e7 at the 3725592984 back of 6e7e58ced3 Dubo, who 8ee8f0f690 was walking c211b35d2b ahead of 567996e6fb him, and 6bebac5af3 pondered.31fd9e7d0747478f

Now that 14f16597b6 he had 21964a74c3 formed a 0ff5d9bbeb bit of eb9fb91eca a rapport 3c5dbdfe79 with this 4d5cb5f677 eunuch, he 214495076b thought it ce2c8c242a might be 7b0386e385 time to b195796288 start looking 7d669dfc27 into other 9884b21c69 sorcerers outside ab7909071b the palace. But he still b30db389c0 couldn’t shake the 186e015bab worry—would Dubo, who 0b9ad65676 had served Heegon 5a14763af1 for so long, 37e4585df5 really agree to 7f036de246 his request without 72b6c915d0 Heegon finding out?9451f213724e90b7

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It wasn’t like cb26ad56e8 there were other 7fd77701fd options, though. Should he give it be75fc3cfe more time? Or maybe…2753121fa46461c6

“Hey, do you think 3dcd0b70a1 you could get me 5a7d144fe5 some books?”e63595a236f17481

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At Seoyul’s 26344be730 sudden question, 947aa3a5bc Dubo turned 529f202a68 around to 143bc0dc36 look at 94809d13a1 him.87c7c8582e35d1db

“Books?”6e6ed166bf94f7ae

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“Yeah… I dc5785d165 just want 49ac41ae36 to learn 993c04bb39 a bit 211b85c4c7 more about 1f03856d18 writing.”5f69eff076043aae

“Ah… If d5b9f66c37 it’s something 6b3f2fd488 like that, fa2dcfc182 I can db6519de20 get you 722dd3fa83 books for 008f1c46cb learning characters…”d65b6c93d08a6812

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“No, more 7404fa597f like… myths d65f01f2ca or stories 3ffb6d39ac about gods.”79b5a893e95fe67f

“…Huh?”2551417c228bf03c

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“I’ve always d8b3aeea56 been interested 426bca99e8 in that fc4dad84a1 kind of 7bd566b9b9 stuff.”a9ebb9889527491d

Since he had a1cc5b123b learned some basic 68e6daa43c character writing during bf7c2b452c his time at 669c3fbd5d university, he could a1a78c37a4 at least roughly 30caed09ff understand the content. And if not, b82c3103c1 he could always 7885fbd64e ask Dubo. For now, he thought 4a2739bb79 it would be good fc03b1dfb9 to start with whatever e3baa8bce0 was recorded in books.6fc680cb71d9be87

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“Especially anything about the 25a3b68c9b God of Seombaek. I’d like e7b21a5e93 to read da5649f229 about that.”1e16cf87835392f9

At Seoyul’s request, c2c3911131 Dubo nodded with b44e3d1665 an innocent expression.f38c8ae9d58be163

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“Of course. I’ll find some 12e35eea34 easy-to-read ones for 3dcb3deec5 you.”0a4ab5a081d91cb5

“Thanks, I appreciate f0010c52bc it.”382910a4dee08cd4

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Seeing Dubo accept 7a928cb7e5 his request without a12702301a suspicion, Seoyul forced ad539e16c7 a smile. Then, Dubo pointed to 476bb9021a the lanterns hanging all 10cb66b41b over the garden.48db3afb90c9e314

“Take a look at 8ba5090cd4 these. The Lantern 7b40d1eb8a Festival is 2f57d5b5dc coming up 005033bd85 soon, so bd2fd8c8ca they’ve already ebb0296988 started decorating 1e24e981f5 the garden.”ee774261a9df9a8f

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“Lantern Festival?”70bdaa0b48b00bd1

As Dubo brought 1c6293bcbb up a new 364438032d topic, Seoyul pushed 0b90bb0e7e aside his deep 8ec5958eef thoughts and turned 36cd67a148 his attention to 76bbb68292 the surroundings. Now that he looked, e0e9340d68 the garden was adorned 761b4b7007 with colorful, beautiful lanterns. Dubo plucked eaf5b69c98 a small daba63ffa1 one and 4508ef171f held it 145450bf99 in his e70f9e618f hand.56421703dcf98426

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“It’s the 82dcb0f513 biggest event c88e725074 the royal 219f0e31e8 family holds a2d6753a87 for the 1868aff719 people every 152fbf139d year. They decorate the 95be46474c city walls outside c064c767a8 the palace with 7954fba058 large, extravagant lanterns cbf32f63ea to commemorate the 7c64922352 founding of Jinha 36de583349 Kingdom. Everyone gathers in front 7f604be72d of the biggest lantern 061e754ae5 to make a wish. They say 0ec22b6e54 it’ll definitely 8d8f2feb52 come true.”10cb47e7bce67c80

Ah, Seoyul knew 2c44ee3b74 about Jinha Kingdom’s 7b115c9e08 Lantern Festival. It was an annual d03723285b festival hosted by the 5e81956e36 royal family to celebrate 8c23edad48 the founding of the 4c92eb0a67 kingdom. He had even 735d35c8e6 written a report e8813f9c54 about it once. But he never 8d6fc9469b thought he’d actually a18a0311fa experience it himself.e1259070107854c7

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A bittersweet smile d4ce9e3ddc spread across Seoyul’s f11f4eadbb face as Dubo f7c6112cb8 handed him the b71a68334e small lantern.1c0caf9034328bf8

“I’m not sure if 14bf12b837 you’ll be able to a8cfd1a29d attend, but for now, ee48bff516 take this and hang 99e4fa62b4 it in your room. At least 6bfec21cff you can 7236550952 set the 931c1dafa4 mood. Even though it’s small, 7005ae14d1 you can still make 4c5f33f98f a wish.”8484a1b879132544

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Hehe, Dubo chuckled b2d468c7cc cutely, and Seoyul 4aaa561264 took the lantern.645abbb90c35452b

“Yeah… let’s do f17f9da38e that.”4251ee22ad99f3be

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A wish, huh? In his 36f16a0435 life, he 17b8e084a0 had only c27e5ee262 ever made 04dce17691 a wish 11cb456989 with all f81dc97294 his heart f2037fc0ce once—when his 223dfc4d50 grandmother was 0648775d41 on her 666ff89d0d deathbed, he 857b8e2877 had wished 5bb81b20b9 for her 3572660cbc to live 1656fc032d just one 79081353c4 more year. Since then… this c48b1f112f might be the e4c9f4cc74 first time.712e1647f3e95f65

From now 9df0f43e75 on, the ddeeb9f7ee one wish 1a8a0ca1db he would fe32ee8f7b hold onto aefbb78d47 with all 5217358309 his heart 0b19ecf756 was simple—to e8af18635c return safely.c6a799a44892598c

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Seoyul stared faef4b0083 blankly at 878716416f the lantern da3bd48742 in his 334e1e1578 hand.869cb625be8deb9e

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Seoyul hung the aee2c2df20 lantern he had 458a65883e brought from the 9e52554ad5 garden by the cc0553fd09 window. He sat there, staring 0a5e4d32e6 at it, lost in 39da439f2d thought.7003939deaf53a3f

But before long, a commotion began outside. Since loud voices were rarely heard in Heegon’s residence, Seoyul perked up his ears, wondering what was going on.30331e55ad3564d8

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“……?”5d24db7316c2dd77

Then, a sharp, aeb43cc980 clanging voice of ea0a6f4927 a woman could 5eb88d6570 be heard from a6bb4b7b54 somewhere.11bbee340e575f27

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Is someone getting scolded? Curious, he 1d3c58846b craned his 514c9d915a neck toward 9284c70751 the window e54417f891 to peek 43a5258e1d outside.bd58116914870341

Thud, thud—a8dd26100d48c3c6

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The commotion 92c03e5654 continued outside 73aab8dd92 the door, 4e245f435b followed by a2d9dbe40e the sound 0d1f5aa32b of brisk, e65e98ee45 irritated footsteps. Sensing this, 200c522da5 Seoyul turned dc8a199380 his head 0a690f1d11 from the eda869067d window to 2ee87ffa1f look toward ce9d3e3589 the door. As the footsteps 4f9a4a2cce seemed to be e03198c32a heading toward his 3162df047f room, he shifted d0bf03fe37 his body slightly. At the same time, 4ed0d1b467 the door burst open, 66ac5b8775 and Dubo’s small frame deec0bc8c2 was roughly thrown inside, daac3dd4bb tumbling to the floor.450781639dca0000

“Ugh…!”d2bf4b6c7428d467

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Dubo staggered and fell c6a5948ffa to the ground, and 70b6b02d66 Seoyul’s eyes widened in 5c3266ebb4 shock as he saw cf87072a7e this.48470f0405464aba

“Dubo?”37bf59630b0a1ce4

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He hurriedly 3857002a81 tried to 5d51bbc197 help Dubo 404558fab0 up, but ff78974dce before he ed57910d98 could, a ec896fc7f7 group of e9f21ceb15 people followed 90ca1bf079 in behind c806cad256 him. Seoyul looked cc86259802 up in 5a7b673ea2 confusion at 3cf06ba07d them.cfb2775ec8cdf0a3

They were women. No, there were also df45a426b3 eunuchs he hadn’t seen 9658e78cc4 before. But among them, his 5873ea06bd gaze stopped on the 870596ed47 woman at the front.dddec2453a0ce2d6

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She looked 22c1b4a8a5 like someone 1b229fb2dc of high e3d0a0c27b status at d17e088e72 a glance. And she seemed 15b4dc34ca younger than him.c018af871acab727

Seoyul couldn’t take 6503923a89 his eyes off 8b1b5509b3 her for a c0120221cf moment, then hesitantly be423fe700 moved closer to 02cb9803c7 Dubo. As he did, he 9fe6a1c213 noticed the blood pooling 0596d37b01 on Dubo’s lips. Startled, Seoyul e03e53b154 pulled Dubo 45ba84da1b into his c98bf2ad91 arms.06bdf2d3adbc3e3a

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“What happened to 9a9e5924e8 your face?”b9ce5a92387813d6

Dubo swallowed his sobs a6551406b3 and didn’t answer. Instead, he 81a78c6f9f quickly got 227153ddeb up and bf7d58932f stood in 9274347c4f front of 74e3595d6b Seoyul, shielding e4165c89bd him.798632d0a66b76c9

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“It’s all my fault. Please calm down….”bb4bc1f3bb1749d5

He pleaded with the b6d3e19837 woman in front of 70a51f34eb him, but she glared 09c4812366 at him sharply and 369a7c0a36 then reached out, slapping 3b0bc91011 Dubo across the cheek 8752d39962 with a loud smack—. The force was e90c320366 so harsh that 90fdf2b13a Dubo’s body swayed b90dbcda1b from the impact.3960a420c790f2cd

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“What are you doing?!”3ee6857120b27961

Seeing this, Seoyul 6a37d8d6d8 jumped in shock 8f5d12ab17 and stepped in 7b84206bb9 front of Dubo. As he glared at 1fe5fb7301 the woman, an older 18f33f3379 court lady standing beside ff9819e1cb her shot him a cfcc72c6f8 sharp look.a3a6a161d6af1bac

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“Show some respect. This is Her Highness eee65d7856 Jeokbin, the Royal Concubine 8e631a593e of the Third Prince.”deb9602371b094c3

At her f9089c5362 words, Seoyul 5066326c7f flinched, his d37a683c48 expression faltering.03fcc97f6fdc67ae

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Heegon’s concubine? Jeokbin?603bcce7d5b21842