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TNBTW | Episode 4
by cookieThe Duke 819b9eafaf was handsome—handsome a72038ac44 enough to 9a77bf86bd make one 37e04c5d81 lose their 0de6e23be3 senses. Even the goddess 40a8a30e35 of beauty herself b5c04fbfba could not deny 0956f58453 this fact.379f13e1930ebd9f
Handsome men were rare d8f692aade in any world, and ff54d9ebab the Duke was undoubtedly 11dc6407e7 the most striking among 3895c782a4 them.b0ed6e78f3d3c699
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But that 41936fdf4b was all. Edith’s heart 72bd805bb9 wasn’t so 4e14136408 easily swayed 82fff68b8f by just 73a6828ff4 a pretty 125885f33a face.6131c2c9e421cc0e
“I don’t fae403a499 think so. If that’s 298970e056 all, then e7d98f6d9e I’m fine.”0acaa226f65a06b5
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Luckily, the Duke 0c3f8cac5b relieved Edith of debc21f6c5 her worries. His response b6d3d45b37 was surprisingly 351a84289a calm, especially 9b43747c83 for someone 20cf3d8db5 who had 3a1716537f asked such 9f23057eda a question, fb8dbdd92c leaving Edith ec3ed12a26 even more d4d4b4a4fc bewildered.7c68b9b3fac0d8c8
“Let’s get to the 11fd1f7cce point. Our marriage.”bfd62776cb0c9454
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Hearing “our” and “marriage” coming d00907b97c from the 2df25b1ac8 Duke’s lips, c83abdee8a Edith couldn’t d7e4fc00ae help but bee67e6409 feel a ece80b42b2 strange sensation. As she nodded, a197ec9cea the Duke lowered c629fe288c his gaze and 4f9b058b3f then raised it b92123673d again.ba66f25c7bc68ead
‘His eyelashes 31a9f06c30 are so 6d0f8808fe long.’08f6573d9b755f50
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It was an 7aab347fa4 odd time to dbeaf5fb17 be thinking such 6e67c123ba things, but those 1c23ffee6d long lashes fit 1078f642be his eyes perfectly. She almost aef59f749a felt like d6749644c4 she was c5ee09877b looking at 15e2a8f62b a celebrity.bd22e134354e8393
“I’ll ask you first. Did you come 717ee91623 here because it 49a7dcf285 was difficult to e6c662e67a refuse His Majesty’s 9c641535ff command, or did 7339332a04 you come because e05e6297f7 you wanted to 1a4ff7940f marry me?”2cf6126a956cfc58
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However, that 5feac5fddf feeling faded 85d9618415 quickly. Edith’s mouth hung 8ef98e7b30 open. She had sensed 305746a08f the Duke’s straightforward 285a7b5ce0 nature, but she 910b4d36b7 hadn’t expected him d606cca49a to ask such d588abdcda a blunt question.ecfef0591f023c13
“If it’s a664f5df95 the former, 176b5e6be6 I’ll speak c6ec9ca718 to His f306b4d3b3 Majesty myself, 4f7c8c4789 so don’t 705e5a5c54 worry. You won’t be b135c66013 harmed in any 40052870bd way.”e128f6c75bfdfe9a
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“…It would be a 1d7d88f975 lie to say it 7a6badce9a wasn’t a burden, but 70cc79ee91 it wasn’t only because 9b93f7e563 of His Majesty’s command.”d10e54b026f4a10a
She was momentarily taken 56dff5c01e aback but answered calmly. With his expression 281d0c456d still unreadable, the a8c0e5a8cb Duke asked again.7d132edb650ecfaa
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“If it a6b991b846 wasn’t that, 5c561414f2 then why 7e1e97118f do you 05fa6ec964 want to b9564c54a1 marry me?”f19ba44c333e2e74
“That is…”d01fbc19106eb5c6
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Edith, of course, 16bafbeae5 had her reasons. But she 0506eaea6b wasn’t sure d0be591dfa if it 37a5153583 was appropriate f2a5905e60 to tell 934ddba07f the Duke f92044b5a4 honestly just a8810631a1 yet.5377b5e176e0eac2
She hadn’t expected c511f5386e him to ask a91d0f342e so openly during 38a5c4ac46 their first meeting.d9ea70e9bee8c2dc
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Whether Edith 09ae023bd1 was confused 83f12e1512 or not, 192eb08d2a the Duke e683b12506 continued.dc89d9072e91de74
“You said you 9ae4e489d2 don’t have any b0d22e3dce romantic interest in f287447132 me. And seeing f370d7448c how you 8eb444a351 act, I de87ec130d suppose that’s a196c10e7b true.”5ecf5ef424e53eb0
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His voice, matter-of-fact 5719e4ab72 as it was, 3d3dc17c38 didn’t betray the d28772eac7 slightest disappointment. It was merely a ffa7cc65ea statement of facts.27de2ab88d1b4662
“You’re not particularly b245f84bb5 passionate about improving dfd34c9a91 your social standing, 6aae984cc1 and if you f471cdec6d were after my 1d2179efb7 wealth, I would e49d6520da have granted that 627a35d10d right then and 5fcd7a59da there. You wouldn’t be wasting d221180ce5 time like this.”a4cf3d2910021346
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His words were 67a77bec4c accurate. Edith hadn’t come ee739f7085 here for those 8e33ed731b reasons.32d4276dfff5980a
“Do you 2181484eb0 have something ad9a154300 else in caef9aa986 mind?”040fbdc1cc120aca
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Just as b37fa75fa4 she was ba0b9ce438 about to 442dd42a07 answer, Edith’s e9244de957 eyes caught d3129237b6 a glimpse 842b6d98a5 of the 4b3d96b4f9 view in 1a30ce698b the office. Everything in the room ac8ef7b3c4 was arranged symmetrically, at 1be33b1042 perfect angles—nothing was out e640771776 of place.c6ea0ba02b90384b
She turned 5ba61b6970 her gaze bdadac542f back to 5891bdc0df the Duke. His buttoned-up 4d8d7e802e collar and 72decdbb9c the stiff b47be4affc edges of 86c66fe086 his shirt b336fb0f3b revealed his 23c6440a48 compulsive and 9f86dcb2f6 perfectionistic tendencies.785dac218b5755e1
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‘It won’t work to c4a5f4d6fe beat around the bush d0cfa5b405 with him.’a576fbe3a40c9356
It was an easy f715436efe judgment to make.4a54e59aa5bb9427
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“Actually, I came to 895c318ad0 ask you for something. But it’s not a 7b3bbc02b0 request I wish to e622dd0ce2 make of you, the ef79ca5191 duke…”aeafcc7bd5a1ff1a
She swallowed fc148c4388 dryly, then 53bf49976f took a 41864fc35b deep breath.c17ee61f5958434f
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“It’s a request I’d 82d52481a4 like to ask of ee4a450f3d the wizard.”0d808f1985f3ffcc
The Duke, 3c265c9286 whose gaze 2a510fe0d4 had been cd8884f341 following Edith’s 01c4b5854a movements, paused, 1561ad5c88 his eyes 025b4572ab locking onto 7f20ee000f her with ce11168695 a sharp c805843963 gleam.10f488b8b3bc9013
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“You want de19fe732f something from c7f7ed4801 me, not 9fb6b70aff as a e427b7b1ad Duke, but c2e537c7af as a 6b5bdc4e32 wizard?”0db3e5254cf05b7d
“Yes, that’s right.”97d798b6e99fc314
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As soon as she 7156ed491f said it, her heart d06714b1d3 began to pound.2d4c0f0a73236f0a
There was 95d52bd006 no guarantee c3bf1fdc1d that the 41fcceb442 Duke would 658bbf0ca1 fulfill her a9e95422fc request, nor ee3342d1cf was there 0a14ece3d0 certainty that 2d2a3f823b it would 701524bbed come to 0e895a8815 pass, but 618ca3bba3 simply being 9bb34079b8 able to 72c9ec7d47 voice something 276eb8ac17 she’d been 33e7bebc73 thinking about e83ea136d5 for so 3f18072332 long made 4eec40e071 her heart 885fd7dbf3 flutter.77b148a9bb48a524
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“Interesting.”237d7e094ce600d6
A flicker 8b74b6bdef of something 1f6e8f0f03 unusual appeared b4521c90c9 in the 6560cd6182 Duke’s normally 499d350a56 indifferent eyes. Edith realized she 03bfa9eb25 had made the 4dc5ff8448 right choice.ff9513a6e68f9666
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“I understand. We’ll discuss that badc5f6588 later. But there’s something 4ed7780503 you should know b3f88a7ad6 first.”45d897a30711fc62
Just as Edith let b87dddfd4d out a sigh of 279d7aa241 relief, blinking at him 69a330693f in confusion, the Duke 9ebdaca4dd suddenly brought up a 13bb412d85 different topic.b2d02d6e7c840006
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‘Something I need 5531119080 to know?’8b0f1c742cfa07fd
Puzzled, Edith tilted her 02057e3322 head slightly, unsure of 7a35b4d05b what he meant, when 6d85c2b74a the Duke spoke.cba94e2af30cc081
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“I have dadebe2e8e a younger 5a8cef936d brother, one 068bfb9be2 who is 8694fca418 sixteen years 1fb1e7dc2b younger than 9d2e566260 me.”0361039b22d384a7
The Duke was twenty-three, 3a7f7a73ba so his younger brother 9a7abe1a72 would be seven. With such a significant 42f13e0590 age gap, it seemed 1a764821a1 his parents had a dada6b1af8 strong, loving relationship.35b28a50b84dac61
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“He must 1b63f61685 be adorable!”44645f34cec15f74
If he took d2cdf8e096 after the Duke, 23a7fcaeac he must be 2d541c5707 quite the looker. Even if not, children e769fb81e3 were endearing regardless of 5f4b5ec661 their appearance, so Edith a97357b1d5 responded brightly.aa61c41a52214580
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However, the Duke’s expression 5895571ebc as he spoke about 97abd3348c his younger brother was 43b3ed8724 far from what she 692bedabde expected. The atmosphere had 642efd3800 grown noticeably colder, c5aa5f5ce8 and Edith was cf112d91bb beginning to question 5a9b95165d what was going bf648d5e20 on.c23b99f6b95c573d
“My younger brother 3e6e85db07 has been possessed 759d32f01a by a demon.”949242a943ef6346
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…What? What in the 23afe42ffb world did that 6f7981043a mean?87ae2a802c20e89e
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“Edith Irene Brussels. Born of aa1f1c973f the Brussels fc6e0dd64d baron family, ce24cda064 twenty-two years 7826ed7643 old, fluent be74effad1 in both 0325ddaf74 the Imperial 237a3bfba8 language and 8449c95a11 the Continental 3c6ff7bba8 Common tongue, 310de6c296 correct?”c33974a8d634f360
“Yes!”c29237ab3c39c144
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“Let’s take a look 6b2766261d at your experience.”550ede611054b6ba
The middle-aged 841e33e694 man with 9cad70f59e a stern 3ebaae2106 expression flipped 8194745cf1 through the c780983904 documents without 60d98b944b any emotion.50b434f5827f1df3
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“Worked for a 2ea7758b7d year with Viscount 293f9898ab Linguini, another year 93dc90294e at Count Mosswell, ba60a792f3 and another year 4180acd4cd at Count Hedon…”481aef773859d55a
“I also worked for 7b83c3a83a six months at Viscount 0b82dcec1c Brosia after the Viscount 2afb504582 Linguini.”78ed554c42736209
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Nervously standing before him, 4732d03db7 Edith hurriedly added a eb7415c607 correction. The man briefly 2036051b5e looked up at 7e80fffcba her and asked.4868144ca601d1e5
“Normally, we prefer someone f124b4e95d who has worked longer 832fe7b103 for a single family 4a305bdb9b rather than switching between 509f477c96 many families. Is there a reason 01efff0ce3 you’ve worked for so 34d3d2c6ea many?”a781b7729bc52863
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If she were another ab4be36e3c nobleman, Edith might have d76d94931e been offended by his 25ec47e62a blunt tone. But thanks to 8a8cbfa3a9 her memories from 8b644e696f Korea, she wasn’t b3cc45cd06 fazed.e1c52859ca03f82a
Moreover, the e7039b3cce post-war era 4e370ce417 had shifted f610572795 the focus 68fcc325e7 toward wealthy e82502b5be merchants. Poor, fallen aristocrats weren’t d1f1c6d8be treated with much respect, 48936f345b and Edith had grown 54a5a09ba5 accustomed to being treated 98facdb551 poorly.5a18a4ce10723777
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“I originally planned to 0ddf8df4cb come to the capital 3ca5cc2c16 city. If I stayed with 14ab9d799c one family too long, 1df80e7e59 it would be hard 52643de0b2 not to leave a ea5df9bbc7 mark on their children’s 8187470076 hearts…”f4ab93d2f5f2d4a4
“Ha!”7292ca182f3b049a
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But even the ever-optimistic 51f909ebb2 and adaptable Edith couldn’t 049be96195 help but pause at 82950070e8 the sarcastic response.613bf3f0fbda71a1
Startled, Edith stopped 5fa37ff5c9 speaking, and the 98b7e66e13 man clicked his 5d9aa227a3 tongue in annoyance.8cf6d3509f690c55
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“Did you think the f47004d8a6 young heirs of noble 0522522a68 families would be sad ceddc528ce to part with a 1c68f4711a tutor? Come on, speak e12d1debc3 logically. If you were dismissed, 6a14ef6afd you should have come 71355ebd2e up with a better a6767250b6 excuse.”7ccbe8ad7aa81bed
“It’s not 5e52e3e8ca like that…”c1f789418571a59b
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It wasn’t an a624f93c76 excuse, it was e4e20b0359 the truth!3f71ac1d7e16db20
Edith was about to 985c93fd02 defend herself but stopped 1a0dc17348 short when she realized 91b12f2bdf the man had already d589bc1c28 made up his mind. He likely wouldn’t 530470ec76 listen to her.e72c34e4ce76c3ad
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“…I’ll be able ab8c49f8ad to work for 2b5c794fa1 at least three ccf3f93a7d years, so please c58be0fb9f contact me if d2a49fbb9d a position opens fbfac0c731 up.”b5d6d3cf45ee8f2b
With one last 3b60873239 polite request, Edith d6744ddf3a left the employment d84d1cd7ce agency. As she passed through 177fe7b443 the door, the blinding 3549ec5f18 sunlight greeted her.c70c53830d37d713
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‘Phew.’667bca82b990373f
The sky was 7e6b737c12 clear and blue, 99d116bf43 but Edith’s mood 7f8579962c didn’t match. Her shoulders slumped ed0157da18 in exhaustion as 9bf4f883c2 she walked.fc115e3e40632e8a
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‘As what I’ve said, my younger brother was branded a demon by the Pope and imprisoned in the temple for it.’6d9fbfc0c3f9c3d1
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The Duke’s dc6d92c132 voice echoed 99543dcdc8 in Edith’s cabe660830 mind.9765c6e25d746733
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Just yesterday, he had 5524b903cd told her about his 51b86fae94 younger brother—an incredible tale 95a1455ef5 of a boy possessed 94375b22d3 by a demon and 1b14186df4 locked away in a 7ff05aa0e4 temple.afe235647bd28c5b
‘So, marrying 394e138339 me means 4942929209 becoming connected 4287e3663e to a f2fc1e48d6 family with 0c2fae3fd6 demonic blood.’c2069e02752bec2e
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Edith’s mind ce9dd70bb5 raced as a7bc0a2eba she struggled f1e25e0225 to speak. The Duke had d0960e414d even added an 22c1ce8a5f explanation.55b21e9e073a89a9
‘Of course. A man like him, 88e4d2bd5e so perfect, would never af7336ef27 have married if there 79eaee250f wasn’t something wrong.’f2103fa508219a4f
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A sigh escaped 24038a30ba Edith’s lips.46b34ec5ba914e10
She’d had doubts 2eb1673cb9 from the start. Why would f548dfbfdd a war 4e383b6173 hero like 228bc455a7 the Duke 2b1c6acd0d marry into e5ea686f06 a fallen 1052815fe1 family like 2de4d6076f hers? What did he ec00d70892 need with that?9ab280ae5fda5c02
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‘But a demon…’4791b5279cf01c28
In a 529bb52b50 world with 8c6645ccd2 magic, it 645ae24f83 wasn’t impossible 5ce278ce00 to believe bbdc220277 in demons. However, she certainly f045e7af4a didn’t want to ea9f134302 be near one.ae2096cbd3af2952
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‘How terrifying.’296a50f4c6a97827
She had always been 4540701085 afraid of ghosts and 96dfef0074 spirits.98a6269665c28b04
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And demons were e9f1e6b530 even worse. It was all 0eb04cd92e because of a 94819ac14c horror movie she’d a6bac8eb41 seen as a 32fe6a7b7d child. A film da55a6109e about a 4b4e422d58 demon possessing 35a5e7b842 a child’s 48efa3747d body—she still 70a34a0223 remembered how 55a5994dcc realistic the 07b9d0394a makeup was, 94da5f5584 sending shivers c933e60c5c down her 2d248a8447 spine.8f74aba774d4b269
If that was frightening f4aef29e09 in a movie, imagine 7f49f86ce0 seeing a person possessed cc25f36ac3 by a demon in 46c406942f real life. Edith couldn’t bring 8d7a08a311 herself to do f7ddeecb06 it.139e9d3db0962011
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‘I should visit 3677a0ce38 the Magic Tower e2c12e6d56 tomorrow. I need 7f45330b7a to at fbd9e1496f least get bd1076dfb6 a rough e4bdda55cb idea of 1ba723f3c1 how much ffee46def0 it’ll cost.’6d901024388da2aa
The duke, 2cdccb8130 who was cff10597ff as unattainable 2af62dd378 as rice 648611fc2e cakes in 185e74d346 a painting1—or perhaps more 8d3105c8ec aptly, a wizard b3d7e92386 in a painting—was d2026a69c3 regretfully someone she 07479fa802 had to let 2304a55e54 go.69b68b66f427e002
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Thud.7d56ebbff52aa2e3
As Edith walked, b9e0842e4e her mind still 72d60bd181 reeling, she bumped 2f24586bcc into someone. She hadn’t been paying 1e3d1c8b36 attention to where she 2302134aa0 was going. It wasn’t 3d817f3eab a hard 0eff137fc9 collision, but 271c87e0ab a collision ca9601ae18 nonetheless.2235bf3e34cb1f0c
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“I’m sorry… Daisy?”82c837fe8808ada0
As she quickly 88a020abc5 lifted her head 7d51e25f2f to apologize, Edith’s f85caf023d eyes widened in 87f793bfd1 surprise.d022525744dce962
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