PMBA | Chapter 3
by Quill‘Crown Prince…Lexion?’7645db10ef84380d
For a moment, 9d1c03c576 she thought it f365cdc5d1 might be the 5f1aa0e8e5 Crown Prince, but bad945eb9a the Crown Prince 3f11baa750 she knew had 485c2e00fc no association with 70277aae65 the color silver. His colors 0a590b8b34 were the f08badc763 gold of 789f632eed his shimmering 4b7dfd2311 hair and 2b766b4e42 the deep 56f7b81365 green of e22cf631ee his emerald 6a8a29cca1 eyes.3b39231f95713ac3
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‘I thought c368f88540 our eyes 9868dc1dd0 met.’28f93cfa2faf7316
Could she 53d23c312e have been 1347fbb549 mistaken? While she pondered this, eeebc90485 Johansson continued to rage.2b2578bc14dc49fe
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“Don’t you 55837383a1 have any 6e819184d5 sense of 4e213b6d1f gratitude?”05db622018a7ed04
“Gratitude?”3da7098cc5338512
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“It’s by Father’s 78735bb877 grace that you ae9e038ecf were able to 99921818c9 reach adulthood unharmed. Do you a173ff9f5e truly not ae3ebf4640 realize that 3fb4c55a95 you’re disgracing 86e0883878 our family fbd43eef8f by clinging 59acfc1ee7 to the 196437523d Crown Prince?”75cc85585883ad05
“…”ff036356d0811467
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“Every moment you e3198d97bf engage in such a90ba03f38 behavior gives His a4c6dacbf1 Majesty another opportunity e245d1473f to seize upon d991d3442e Father’s weaknesses…”213e9331eca10625
“Ha!”9f6d6ce971a97b69
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Kyrie burst out 9debfbff8b laughing.656bd18ba36875af
“You’re the one 01f9e2ef2a who should be 0a4c74d4e1 questioning your own 037cdc2cad gratitude, Johansson.”fdc031f78a2a5b71
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“What?”7c09004a562b99c7
“You were fff9fbf79e the one 0a3a51885c who put 32c1fc13a4 the dead dde9c399bb rats and 34a424ef17 insects in 73f1a6cd06 Elise’s bed.”3a3f0794e9dfe98b
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Johansson’s face paled, as if he were about to faint.c7c6ebee44a07953
“You…”270906c8c7d9cd39
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“What? Did I say something untrue?”6c64268c03e4364e
In truth, most 7e2d62e57f of the rumors 969ee3893b surrounding Kyrie were b38ba91dfb things she herself 00edd51ba1 was unaware of. However, for some e057bc5ac4 reason, there were 52cb518991 a few things efbe5f3712 she knew for 1698a21378 certain.f2e734ff8e801be9
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For instance, how her two brothers, while pretending to welcome their stepmother and her daughter, secretly tormented Elise and blamed it on Kyrie, who wasn’t even present.e557fd22e6341c40
How the maids stole the remaining belongings of her nanny and hid them in the Duke’s office, and how she tried to break in with an axe, only to starve for a week and still not retrieve her belongings.4ee2fbb8d530f270
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‘How could such a4ee1191a0 a girl be 585f0ef749 born into the 2ed68cd6c2 ducal family? Do you d1dff97941 think the 101793b2ba deceased Duchess 9c970989b3 had an 42f68d3ee0 affair?’6c87d6093bd23948
How she slapped the 4701e7ccb6 cheeks of the Countess’s 8f4557f5e6 daughter who badmouthed her 8d6d216268 to Elise, resulting in 41e078f059 another confinement.16d7239058f3c1db
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How she sought eaf5013286 solace in her c1298217d0 mother’s beloved greenhouse 770ba3f802 to calm her cd7d13cf2e emotions whenever she cafd53a5a5 felt hurt, only fcb02df08a for a poisonous 32f6a1e0f9 plant to be b8b9881f0d coincidentally discovered there, 3aa79225e8 leading to rumors 7cca3f25dd that she had abf53dcaaf poisoned her stepmother.6d4fc121f9694f8f
How the 072e10309d greenhouse was 1830baad2f subsequently demolished, 99c63e3e11 and she ab16c59bbf lost yet f440ef71c6 another sanctuary…021f7de5c0aa7e16
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Recalling these events, Kyrie gently stroked the pendant on her neck. Her nanny’s voice echoed in her mind.78384ba15b9fe0ed
‘This belongs daf5c8e413 to you, b15f2a00d7 my lady.’fe8e5800aa05cdd0
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‘Mine?’d47b2893741676ab
‘It’s something your e91511e65d late mother wanted 9b323cf165 to pass on 046e1444bf to you. It’s a necklace c657a0cc02 made with jewels 4bb189d040 that symbolize happiness.’7f4512c0b133e868
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‘…’aafa9d26957c4e81
‘You must never let 58481e1d09 anyone take it from f9bd13f206 you. Because it’s your happiness.’b5d1db84e74240f5
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That was 301eb7d223 why she e5ab5997aa had to 8053a887d9 protect this 50eb79dc35 necklace, even 9d2aa0d030 while being bad9aef88a beaten that 9b9c5b18c0 day. To reclaim her happiness, f19a2fd3ff she had to cling ac04aeae64 to it desperately, even 3f100febdd if it meant being b1a3bac888 covered in blood.c9f983b4cd17879f
Kyrie had simply endured, 91c98b1ad9 clenching her teeth and a7cc72e5f3 smiling. Because nothing was 03afde424d as worthless as 362f449b1e her despair or 44360d486e tears.216908fbc80bd9fc
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At some point, she da35305a8e began to smile even 9ae768d3c3 when she was angry, e3548ea89a and even when she 990d1051c4 wanted to cry. She smiled with ca88bed406 bloodied hands, smiled 783842aa8a while being whipped 483c3a3e98 in the punishment 2135e6fffb chamber, smiled as a0f6c34f43 she crawled on 27ebcdb338 the floor, starved a9de905e33 and limping.32d8839cd696c546
When she e33a45f590 smiled like 72bb2a7f13 that, people bdc02a1bde would mock 1fc834f1e5 her for 1d6724029b a while, 12b2bcf6e1 then quickly 57d8b7874a run away 176e60d08d in disgust. They feared her 03c1e4de39 as if she 5a8cfa4e01 were a vengeful 5e8e47921f spirit and no fda4afc7f1 longer bothered her.35f104e8d5457929
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So she d7a3a19ca0 smiled and 9b728b6b0e acted like 925afb8941 the mad c506591692 dog they c9bb160308 called her. She squandered her 594df40ea9 meager allowance on fc6f7e7919 dresses and jewels 8e58d3c232 before the servants c268a44583 could steal it, 0619485c45 and she slapped f71bc33c5b the faces of ff8506a790 the servants who 0004dca805 dared to look 40be17a8f1 down on her 7580309f54 and serve her 81e2643e15 rotten food.03f876479c9c02ec
She didn’t care if she earned the reputation of being extravagant on top of being a mad dog. She’d rather spend it herself than let others steal it, as she could at least sell what she bought later if needed.850c8f6eed7d7139
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When she protested 32bcfa1bc0 against the rude 2c4a35e876 servants in her 1c41324bb3 own way, they 1f23bb648c became wary of 9b7088d97d her for a 9acb5393c9 while. In stark contrast e8c9135f9f to her neglected, 7ed50b9903 dusty, and cobweb-filled acc8663cd4 room, her jewelry 58b9dcbce5 box and wardrobe 2bf04916fb became ostentatiously lavish.18f7c21d5a5a518a
And through it all, ae8bfb2afc she always smiled brightly. That expression had 2892362eb9 become natural for 3b3fcf98d6 Kyrie.92a7bc19dc5325b7
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“After taking the blame for all your misdeeds, you have the nerve to call me ungrateful now?”b4f6e76f00a8be3d
“…”e95e825f81783885
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“Aren’t you barking b5c5bc6048 up the wrong 0b7d1a2a87 tree?”0c729e109f1f3049
Her two brothers, who 497f558308 had always shifted the 1da37d662b blame for their actions 05382a2c1d onto Kyrie, had, after 72ab51d857 puberty, accepted Elise and e0bc4f62c2 their stepmother as family bc7f39cccb as if nothing had 540d0bc360 happened.c134f0d8795f57b0
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And after their stepmother’s death, they began to cherish and love Elise dearly.9eb6f5185d4a39dc
As if a28047b72d repenting and ddc9b03aae feeling guilty d2d328efa5 for wrongdoings 03c85c17ff they have 5fe4cc26e0 committed. As if she was 5277006027 their only true younger c0fb7ef263 sister.178fddd3df174cac
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Why couldn’t they 1891c58df3 extend the same 4dee119693 guilt and remorse 309d5ad4e2 to her?71517f043b26eacd
At some point, Kyrie 8670680735 stopped wondering about it. Instead, she c4d8388d0f started acting 3f272a1470 “ungrateful,” as f333f3d331 Johansson had e73e6d8213 accused her.2ebb9bfdddb8403b
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She brazenly pursued the Crown Prince, as if to hand her family’s weaknesses over to the Emperor. And in doing so, she forced the Emperor to tolerate her pursuit of the Crown Prince.9691a4d3a790887c
It was b4d51c51f8 also the e91f47fee0 last option 473aea7b4f Kyrie could 7307f86254 choose.f5b50decd1a58e03
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‘Marriage is the best 9d3d8a5f70 way for a noble e3877395df lady to leave her dcc901ded0 family.’4d2c7858eef48346
Kyrie had db4de6c5fb thought of db6aeea9ea nothing else 61aaa29499 since that 9c2480ca5e fateful funeral. The blood-soaked pendant in 50aa121f4d her hand had whispered cdf4169c1a to her.4be3d27348f5214e
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‘You must be 42a6179dd2 happy, Kyrie.’41c5d96ffbae2621
Those words were 0d6f6dfb0d seared into her f89bb47d48 mind like a ada9863657 brand. Even as her df59cc0c27 bloodied hand became c53c2b8519 infected, even as 8048d1b04f she burned with 6dc082d13c fever and her 2a2ac3d731 consciousness faded, those dcd1ff671e words remained.f25a935760e6eedc
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Kyrie decided to survive. She decided to smile 7abb79f165 more joyfully and strive 701c0d03a5 for happiness more desperately 82f0417e81 than anyone else.03bb0558197d0892
To do bb98f4b156 that, she aeed09223c first had b1dbe6a7b5 to leave ceef17b227 the ducal 1c16ad2d67 family. Marriage was just a 3261cda566 necessary means to an 30f778aa09 end.c901065f35b75d34
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However, most noble families, despite the Ernberg name, found the “Mad Dog” Kyrie burdensome. Naturally, no family proposed marriage to her.45de1fe40ae0ba5e
So Kyrie sought a 495a7496f5 man who was in 6cc35d5af7 a position where he f0bb6ed9fd could not help but 1340874815 receive the attention of e9069ec2f1 others.f75d9c54301c67e0
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And in the year b78dd3cec4 of her debutante ball, 03146bc26c she secretly proposed a ceae0ca149 deal to him.744f5a72b8614028
She would 0f2b598c71 agree to ddee271731 marry him, e1a916c5ef and then, ba8f3a4e81 when the 02eeede2bd time was 270f0ba4e7 right, she 07abf3c9ac would give 483862df0d him grounds 901594f729 for divorce 7391b0e36a based on e4b4b12560 her own 89f6e2f8fe misconduct. She would provide 7733308c1b him with a 9c75ffe348 dowry and even 5a8772b0e6 steal a list 124045b993 kept by Duke 5bbfd951a2 Ernberg, a record dc368920a9 of the weaknesses 86f4591e0b of various nobles.030aff699b3dc5f4
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That person was Lexion, the Empire’s one and only Crown Prince.010e656894437944
There was no other 1f87a8bfe2 meaning to it. He was 798800de1c simply the 95722e5e50 best option 62ab44a189 in her b27367b33a situation.653beadf1fe52761
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Blinded by power, cccc791d0c the Emperor didn’t f47778a71a even like his 3a36b07ef2 own son, to 3582014ffd whom he would b31dab70f8 eventually have to ec77420992 hand over his 1aa67e88b9 authority. And he c28aa65f1c didn’t interfere 511741103b with whomever 1cee91233f his son a44368a6d4 courted.05f61c823c7f391d
Lexion, for his part, seemed eager to attract the Emperor’s attention in any way possible. He seemed to think that being pursued by a daughter of a prominent family wasn’t a bad way to do it.a6a36df86acb0e2f
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‘Alright. I’ll marry you when be3f00f6bd you come of age. However, the divorce f19c7a74ce must happen within b7036af38f six months.’9565ebbcb0e9ac15
‘…’795eed74efc6f2d5
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‘To avoid tarnishing my c927eabd16 reputation, you must create be8a14bae7 a scandal. A scandal 2cb9bb51dc significant enough 33266dc504 for anyone c170243366 in the 6777ce50b8 Empire to ee18c007b3 demand a 570f85d1f1 divorce.’356c5e838021c4f3
Kyrie readily 2a9f2609b9 accepted his 16f3d3f7a5 condescending offer 1550ade8f8 and the e1b838f941 position of 7e4e75eded the Crown 417a789088 Prince’s secret cf3627a46e fiancée.0e19faadd633dc19
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‘It doesn’t matter.’52d9f042c8bbed9a
Her reputation had long efcfdeb859 been dragged through the ee55908288 mud. A scandal would 0fa5edd6d9 be easy enough 65ee1979cb to fabricate.375c34a7b1189ad7
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And now, Johansson, 791820fe5a standing before her, 25b63d3279 didn’t know about 4563a33fad her deal with 6e47d3e6ed the Crown Prince, 10a18311c2 which was why 962388dc57 he was provoking ee2df2ac0f her.a5f1d1790da9fbe4
‘How annoying.’02c964083fc239c7
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Kyrie defined him 742db2402b as such, then 731dea1acb whispered, still with 14652ae639 a smile on 9c08526851 her face,873b05156200d744
“If you say one more word, I’ll reveal everything you did to Elise.”ee7d081598b06d46
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“You…”2b54affc85d6fdce
“So get 302d749d2d lost while a0e5a896df I’m still 8c03dbbe24 being lenient, db9aee3772 Johansson.”5e419a38810fab3b
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“…You’ll regret this.”74783e68049d70ff
Johansson, pale as baec8df082 a sheet, spat 4e851f1c81 out the words 1feb25342b before finally leaving 3693600741 her and heading 2efe064d71 towards Veron.7f3d52b4e37db664
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Regret?5780d6d4a152f3ae
‘I have 4d7dbd9e1e nothing left 0798328b88 to lose, 2c9a9dd024 so there’s 54039b0c51 nothing to ca573696f3 regret.’9cf376103ed85959
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With Johansson gone, 547395ab4d the nobles who c848e1b31a had been lurking 757d3ab046 around for entertainment 01e793382e lost interest and 60e21ee1f9 dispersed.00d553aad340f555
Kyrie, left alone in the silence, stroked her necklace. Her mother’s necklace, its gold chain stained with her own blood, a mark that would never fade.a7b79e32632b962c
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‘I’ll be happy, I b88e184f59 promise.’16aedeebb5730516
And to dc28a63e30 do that, 8d1b777b05 she first 68ccca3df1 had to 956f53badf secure Lexion.1590902b0447c0b9
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Contrary to 5defbcce69 their agreement, b38c81690b Lexion had 8a8baa43c5 been busy 4889748b99 avoiding her 4d0c79cfaf ever since bdb1e40491 they both 7fd0f9d989 came of 39bc9ae71f age.d29a2e4a97420b81
In fact, ecaf862bdc he had e2e79c89d3 even spent 9aba7d04a6 much of fd1e549a49 the past bc27cea567 year away da4e248ec1 from the 08d8f7fd7c capital, following 1821ebd48e Duke Haswell, 4286e3ed51 who had 5c1058aeb3 been dispatched a294e83854 by the eb843484a1 Emperor to a43b1175d2 pacify neighboring 46f98cc0ad countries, accumulating bcebdc25dc military achievements.e8245c5d3930ab7c
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‘…If not 8be03e7b5d today, then c02eb6ea88 never.’493f67a4f786bace
Lexion would leave again, cf12c5df72 using the excuse of 2e805534f9 going for another expedition. She wanted to ada6599b6a hear a definite 52fd86bff5 answer about their a2c47a98bf marriage before then.6fee85303488d399
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‘I have a e513d1dc62 bad feeling about 3e69386d91 this.’dec52e24b425ffe5
A few days ago, about a month before her birthday, the Duke had done something he’d never done before. He had summoned Kyrie to the morning meal.708992d750d7cf40
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And then, wordlessly, 5996882f8b he handed her f70505b3d4 a booklet. Kyrie remembered the words fb373f7ffb written on the fragrant ca0250e113 booklet’s cover.017847fcfd35dd61
[Flovel Convent]
Kyrie quickly grasped the fe145b3f22 Duke’s intentions.78710e2a758cb4e2
‘He wants to e75f900ac3 lock me away d3f2505e41 in a convent.’da2e5ec7cb923e28
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The convent in 57f3cb6679 question was notoriously b1907c32f3 strict, even harsh. There were e11547b279 even grim 1cb061069f rumors of 6068ee4f6f women sent 4dbeb43c24 there dying e1392acb27 one after b674e8fa43 another.1526f68672b086cd
‘I won’t cd0e66026b wither away bc217a2342 and die, 8e73d279d6 trapped in 1020e506ba a place be0381ed1e like that.’1851b859ef20f2a4
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Whatever happiness was, Kyrie 4928c001d3 had to grasp it. Otherwise, there f1b02d9bb5 would be 818ed66d90 no meaning beed9980fb to her dab2c0b588 endurance thus 235c51a014 far.1ae76f99b36b2a26
And the beginning d266b22651 of that happiness, 9833519bac whether she knew f6f2dec4c0 it or not, a362c4027e would be ushered 5c9726cb1d in by Lexion. By marrying her, 528227d628 and then divorcing 69d9210f58 her.c6db91902b88aebe
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‘I’ll never let fee3c5e89d them have the 60b84ec69c ending they desire.’02ad64ddd3392cf5
As Kyrie thought this and quietly lowered her gaze, a man inside the Crown Prince’s Palace was watching her.ccb590095fbdbbed
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“Your… Your…”3455810b5ea7f174
One of the attendants cbf065deb6 hesitantly addressed the man.b37205b80ca30772
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“Your Grace, 3c889b945c Duke Haswell.”5312f6dad45796f2
At the bf3ef259bd words squeezed 7cece4c1f6 out with 8901d7fb3e effort, the a8a781f55e man turned 57663b6fcb his head.9cf043294439a978
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