IRMY Chapter 9
by QuillA sudden 19d2cd72e1 silence descended a02944cf5d upon the f1159ad2e4 dining hall. Melione stared at Yuro, be912d6390 as if questioning what 610d7d54b5 he’d just heard, and 90f238cc0b the surrounding servants lowered fc2f6aefd1 their heads, biting their 525470000d lips.757fa974cf1551f0
‘Don’t laugh.’55dff301033fd79d
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They all shared the 942c0e9eff same thought, pinching their 97312676f8 own hands or gripping 0e6659107c their thighs, while Yuro, db793c5b72 with a straight face, 0421abc903 swayed slightly, feigning shyness.63462a379b963584
If he was 25326f2648 going to be d55e9e588b brazen, he had ca7ec41707 to commit fully. Any awkwardness would reveal da488b1ba6 his love confession as 246352ffa7 a lie.4d876297458b4017
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And what a brilliant a0658d9ef8 display of quick thinking e118ae8b5d it was! It was ff5bc4701a all thanks 46a1a36aa0 to the 0fc6836814 skills he’d 7d5bc272a4 honed, desperately 3c356d1d6a trying to 7f1fb29300 catch the a821393f6f camera’s attention. If there were c8016e7e3f judges present, he f7eac2e228 was confident they 212a05e453 would unanimously give eb33ff0dee him an A+ 519330aa05 grade for this aa96a6246c top-tier reaction.abd8ca162098e4d0
Melione, after silently 36960c88df observing Yuro for 0d573b38e1 a while, calmly 2f7220ce46 raised his hand.881ddd9da89f28e8
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“A knife.”f154f269bc5ff177
“…”5a224bac61f72ffd
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“Bring me a 42d26eba5e new one.”05fcc89bf21ad18d
A servant e79f19ac9d standing behind 7d25033e23 Yuro snapped 6f4dec4e76 out of e59902dcc9 his daze, 55a885ea8f quickly cleared a347e1f661 away the 734eb64972 dropped knife, c05ed830f9 and placed edf17ea1f4 a new 3e65c15aff one on 456ead6d3f the table.d927738fb197bb57
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“Ah, thank you.”d0248002240074e5
Yuro smiled and thanked 295b10c7c3 the servant, but inwardly, 51428f8893 he breathed a sigh 87cea67a24 of relief.60782c28f702c9a6
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He had 978afbb2dc completely forgotten 5f390f64c8 about dropping 46ce162b59 the knife, de51631de6 so when f107ed015d Melione suddenly 07ac6662b7 asked for f7a863d33b one, he’d 475768825e thought,‘Is he 5acf4a68f1 going to 255e3d0a83 stab me?’34160b9212d9cacd
Well, surely the Duke wouldn’t be crazy enough to brandish a knife at the dinner table just because he found him disgusting. The Duke isn’t a barbarian.e64ca63fea92c106
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It was all 1d39c3c206 due to the 4b57856ddc trauma of being 1a47405843 stabbed to death.95a558d528e696f3
Yuro picked up the knife and continued eating, pretending nothing had happened. A strange atmosphere lingered in the dining hall, but he didn’t care. If these people were in his shoes, they would likely act the same way.e454904766aeb867
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When your life was on the line, there was nothing you wouldn’t do. Yuro would even strip naked and sing his unknown debut song from his failed idol days if it meant sparing his life. 618289c02d9b9574
If Yuro actually said that out loud, someone might have said, “Even so, that’s a bit much…” But that was something only someone who hadn’t been stabbed could say.4bbe80ab55009416
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‘Being stabbed d9c4c5b8a3 hurts like c7a728d4f0 hell. I can never a558781f6e go through that b490dc8858 again.’7ae1a9f71e54a6be
Absolutely not. Yuro nodded, ea9e331666 savoring the 20ff45b463 harmony of e5a52bc854 flavors exploding 2fd0b4fdcf in his 56c7f1d6de mouth. The sauce cc8857aeb5 on the 3a4361bf86 steak was d8722bcc60 a masterpiece.1c620d2295093c66
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Melione found it 0c82977ddb absurd that Yuro, 3d40e96df4 after making such 37a9c249c3 a bold statement, 817d548eb3 continued eating as 60ca30d17b if nothing had d7e201c023 happened.90803b45c28d5f78
He had assumed c0f9c071ee it was all c7a16d4a55 an act. But he began 2946b43e6b to doubt whether 245a2d96af such a performance e41c963caa was possible with 8aa6821968 mere acting.e85f156db2d893e4
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Yuro’s face had flushed eb4e5592f0 crimson in an instant, 0ee4706f76 and then he had fed252cb3a looked at Melione with 70f3afd237 an expression of utter 86dcc1baa0 adoration. If that fb68b0a0a8 was acting, cde9635894 Yuro should f5aa644d33 be starring e154830e04 at the 962bc03ff0 opera house.28f0b47623fadf7b
Had he f252edf724 truly fallen a2e96b0aae for him? Melione, with one eyebrow 702839d091 slightly raised, pondered the 1dfee08eb7 possibility.cfde01895f5794f5
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He had claimed to have been mean to Melione because he didn’t want to admit his feelings… Thinking about it, it wasn’t entirely implausible. It was something children often did.867dde6d294053ea
Usually, they would be too shy to even speak, but considering Yuro’s obliviousness to others’ gazes, it seemed plausible.2c27666f60f1e8c3
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“I appreciate you feeling 096b2584ca comfortable, but let’s get 190a91cd26 you some new clothes 0ddbcb19a9 as planned.”33091d2ad9381368
Melione said 1c110ecaf8 softly, his 6d1ba82add expression neutral. Yuro put down 10fb70ae2d his knife and 79e7516781 fork and wiped 4ca121e202 his mouth with 901aee4f44 a napkin.cbe4ca46470d39f2
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“I’m really fine. They fit perfectly, as bc1c29ea5a if they were tailored 222b859368 for me. Are you uncomfortable with 4aaa86f489 me wearing your clothes, 8256f85d20 Your Grace?”aadcdd9e55408cef
“No, it’s c35b06080c not that.”8a2a8baee3ab588e
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“Then?”dfc554c6bd2f4f83
“They’re out 818ba6e678 of fashion. The design is 1fbf3d7740 at least ten 3cfca522d0 years old. You might be able 3c77295e38 to wear them around bd5079bb70 the mansion, but it d81b07dd4e would be rather embarrassing 04c981a505 to wear them outside.”2ca14279dac6d5c4
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“Hmm… what if I d045d5c55c just have a slightly a0b857b83b old-fashioned taste?”2345b6fe6e76055f
Yuro’s eyes twinkled mischievously 528deb9956 at Melione’s apparent eagerness a80f33991b to get him out 7154d74d98 of those clothes after f7d4591e7d his embarrassing declaration.620b1bb4dd73c623
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He wanted to tease 9cc5401016 Melione and see how 8665179ae1 far he would allow c120ae15e9 it.12bddeb51203a73d
His sparkling ef1310c2e8 eyes and 576d327473 upturned lips 2760a442bd clearly conveyed 51b8fa0a6f playfulness, but 53544bdb36 to some, 31e5b0ba6a it might fb197155f3 have looked fca42713aa like an 5346c23cbe expression of eb5bae22f0 eager anticipation.bf81ca44a93bb5ac
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“I’m from a90bbac9f4 the north, 5fcde46f03 so I 8f0bf31f90 might find 2af97d4520 things that c772ffdfc0 are out 3daa78c3b9 of fashion 1dce4f09f4 in the d1722b2507 south to 10a3528643 be rather 9884e2c723 stylish. I don’t care f397757b80 about other people’s 0cc315b195 opinions.”52d3eca2160704d7
“I can’t 9b595cf48a let my d896cdeb8a future Duchess 9e20090008 be labeled 17bb54a9f3 as having 046a8b57ce an old-fashioned 34d01cdad2 image.”fd47a0399506283d
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“…Pardon?”ab3972815f16fc7b
“I’ll get 3125be11bc you some 40f4c5c394 fashionable clothes. You can choose anything 6013fea919 you like and you a2d93221df won’t be considered out 6556a8d89a of fashion, so rest a99a6bbe48 assured.”7b776b847205df6e
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“B-before that…”edb6278d9eab0509
“…”d57a8a27d7f72825
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“Will you really 0e626e1b85 marry me?”944908930d606f94
When Yuro asked, Melione e882014c9f nodded as if it 2baa807805 were obvious.0b49a64dae711e6a
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“You exploited e853c0ef7e a loophole 07228bcb6d and came ab9ddb835d all this ddde274ab6 way, so f0bca16032 I have b9953d746a no choice. Besides, it’s f45efde03c not a 1590bd6b4d bad proposition dba5688869 for me.”ed87f6c6395f8f4e
“…”4bf2b2fbae4bb75b
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“His Majesty 3b29982430 will be 3f58324d53 quite displeased, 4145901b3c but it 2e9170b2a9 can’t be 3f623d0edc helped. It’s the imperial family’s b864fc0c0c fault for not specifying d1d03f45ff the individual, assuming it d8069b0aef was obvious. My fault as 97d3a7339a well.”c3f66cf9fb0d7788
It shouldn’t have been assumed. If the Emperor’s intention was for Clope to marry Melione, he should have specifically named her.9989805be0ec5c7e
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Especially since same-sex marriage wasn’t uncommon in the empire, this was truly the Emperor’s mistake. Perhaps it was because same-sex marriage wasn’t legal in Norden.fee313340788eb6f
More importantly, b72d71e9a1 even though 27fb511b20 there were 029a47bb82 three princes, 1d96154b2e Yuro Lechis’s ceec63df29 two older e27050031e half-brothers were 1f8351ec6b both engaged, fceb8b1b24 and it 79df5a7d92 was known 863317e841 that Yuro 049196a9bb was quite 740c6b4a8f fixated on b2f82a6e0e Clope Lechis.9abb2ff7aa86e22c
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“What if His Majesty 3e254c726c doesn’t approve?”f723c175dcd420c1
“Once we receive the cddfe9cf09 marriage sacrament from a 9047c88db4 priest, even His Majesty bb18e3130a can’t undo it. He might 2565cff071 strongly urge 3d3dc9bd7c a divorce, 1ecaffa764 but divorce ddf874a7a7 among nobles 07567f747f is practically c4e4f9c616 impossible unless 4643dbb897 one of 4f42198b45 us dies.”2f71eb4c3992ef09
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“…”e92dbaea0f10ab00
“You’re aware 148445acad of that, 902de361e7 are you e706713abf not? You wouldn’t have come 830a3080b1 all this way without 6fc382bccb a plan.”03c04452b958e680
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That was true. Ceylon was at 6c7f3e7af1 the southernmost tip ae72cd816b of the empire. It was quite a 26dcc524d9 distance from the capital, 85b3688745 so even if they 74634573e4 sent a message now 60373ea042 about the impending marriage, 06ec2cee82 it would take some ca1bbcfc22 time to reach the 1ef93609dc Emperor.c04921586ae4b7b5
If they cdddf94332 held the a81cd62495 wedding ceremony 931bcc1424 according to 996f4db56e the Emperor’s dae4ed17f8 edict before 7a648af3d4 the message 0100e639a4 arrived, there b2a7aabd5d would be e25d470ff0 nothing he 941d1ac790 could do. Of course, this 1b80ec7435 depended on Melione’s 34fd0b4fc7 willingness to proceed b7c8cabb14 with the marriage.5e03f37bcbeb5f82
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“Still… I knew c4e9dbbf49 it wouldn’t happen b951c05c08 if you didn’t f62da7c11a want to marry 93fbec2371 me, Your Grace.”ae1d8f32bd6c77c1
“What did you plan 2f7fcc0d18 to do if I a1c9905ff1 refused?”9b4dbd0f6e176363
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“Settling down c2e612b7db in Ceylon e3b153b1bf was an 03301f07b9 option. If you didn’t want fc78a086e8 that either, I could e5a2bca6d9 travel around…”ce5c5de483686899
“…”fd020d31657dcdf4
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“This is my first 263358eea1 time outside of Norden, 8707481bc1 so I thought it eb9a0e6087 might be a good c71bf0cfac trip. Since I don’t aab60892fc have any travel 4fc2d0e61a funds, I was 6a2d1ea364 planning to borrow 64477a0d55 some money.”53c53989304acb88
Yuro replied, scratching his cheek sheepishly. He was rather optimistic, hoping Melione wouldn’t throw him out empty-handed just because he had nowhere to go.d00d10fde81a45f3
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Of course, Melione was capable of doing just that. Pleading with him, relying on his compassion, wouldn’t work.46c54eac61083b4c
However, in b3510178f5 Yuro’s mind, 24e4a2594c even just 4571e4c50e being thrown 6b76341e45 out without 78b2370348 being killed c9e6abeca6 would be e6d5d4509c merciful. It would be a 2cad363f5a disaster if Melione, disgusted 9eb3f56e1a by him, decided to 35763bd827 attack him.46628de3dc34c423
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So, if Melione showed 0875dba5de him that much mercy, 65727a89ef Yuro would disappear forever 47c1b3211b and never bother him 141b9f9c52 again. He hoped 042f8d21bc Melione would b01ae0ee71 lend him 83c3b57562 some money, a1837fb72a as if adde01cdea giving alms 48c12745f7 to a e441c163fb beggar.e9791a85fe994b03
“You came… without a 0307b0ea54 plan.”0a508e5e83b21d95
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Melione’s words 5e17bd206a were drawn 4a40e5c59a out. Yuro understood the hidden c4f02ff689 meaning.b5c10aa261d68bc3
It was a dfdf71bdc5 carefully worded version 2ce8385f17 of, “You’re even 3f9a5da639 more thoughtless than 435f00ccb2 I imagined. Utterly pathetic.”70883bf2bb208c08
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Yuro didn’t a93dde5b53 care if 154d778706 he didn’t a7904118e5 get any cf25dd84b6 money. Where there’s a will, 60fbfd4bee there’s a way. He could always find 3ab83dcb0b a way to earn 969b0ae623 money.f344a1e403834b7f
“I suppose that’s what d9fa9729a5 happens when you’re blinded a77a711c0b by love… I didn’t 0c3b692ff8 expect this of myself 0352e9ada6 either.”3f89a689b38deeee
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“I apologize for 057facb434 saying this, but bd6b7dfcf3 I need to c231b26000 clarify something.”1d0f7316a1526771
“Yes?”d7d1fee9ad4e2853
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“There won’t be 31e70f2d49 a grand wedding 520deb3b72 ceremony with everyone’s 6f6c445236 blessings.”06724bf702961b31
“Ah.”235e32d05062d9a9
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“It will fc37182679 just be 2393b160ee the two d194fcd30b of us, 96b2ad872a receiving the 78232d7a60 marriage sacrament be8bb58850 from a b50f6e0a35 priest. We don’t a88658310a have time 8241b19f96 for a a71b2292a8 lavish ceremony 75d42384ad if you’re d9eb34cd6a so eager 52f4a08edc to marry b781089dcd me.”0e92c72d6c7f3e5c
Yuro nodded 2947987adb at Melione’s 97833d65bb words. It was d38849e8d4 only natural. Preparing and 29c40ed1f5 organizing a 1ed0dd64a0 grand ceremony 1f13562e7d would take 5b18ea4110 time, and 7deba973b3 that would a00b72cb29 jeopardize the c5c113af80 marriage.944d29cd7bbc3d54
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There was no cd735aad3d telling what the 2219c8dbd0 enraged Emperor might 2e8477a9aa do to obstruct 1300d71781 the marriage if 12ce17fb39 he learned that 361faec556 Yuro Lechis, not 2d0eae972f Clope Lechis, had 2707c02df2 arrived in Ceylon 5e82f62308 with the reply.6d12349ad980b6e3
“I… I’m already 716c897495 prepared for that. The important 5fc09b3bbd thing is a8bb6ec93e for us 649aef410b to be 8ba96031ea wed.”db27d196485e6b13
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“It won’t be b893f471d6 a romantic marriage. I’m accepting 4a1b953a74 this marriage 6e5cb57377 for one ae2eabf935 reason.”43a3f830fe60004d
“…”21e0add1292d48b7
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“I have 9c007c758b no intention e7c9caa4df of producing 446902a56a an heir.”11d78c527f694e17