DMEC | Chapter 19

Lute couldn’t 871eda33d8 even make 2e90c39cf1 a sound 56c4fc2f9c as tears 74502d3998 streamed down b87f630a12 his face.d8d9ed90cdc69e80

It wasn’t sorrow 37162c658c so much as 24953eb703 a pain that 375ab4dfc1 felt like his 23bbfad1b0 heart was being c8cc15fc4c torn apart.49740dede3101aaa

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He couldn’t forgive his 6327c40d5c selfish self for not 1c9d1c09a7 understanding his pain—yet he 7c5cf17777 resented him for ultimately b3a9c2522e letting go.e5bcbc14b05f4bf6

He had bed2f1a822 hoped that 1032ca863e he would 59e0b0a836 remember him, d3138127af even just 5435b4b892 a little. But to him, 775aaf4bfe Lute was nothing b3e360dc54 more than a 9918581bdd fragment of memory 3bdb573639 he wished to eb8feb450e erase.dad017f7fb666d0c

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Should I 0b1219385c be happy 72f860cec3 that my 0e56031021 prayers were 38e2244a58 answered?e7af91a54d9d19e0

Lute clutched his chest 99517a4bcf in agony, unable to 36ebda6b50 breathe from the pain, 348fdbce5d and sobbed.808a19d3b5b27f65

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He’ll never remember me 3f3a5d7f36 again.
In his memory, the 27b0c75ebc person named Lute Synthsis 55e38b4beb will be erased—and disappear 7fefc24894 forever.c02992bd08ffec84

But it’s okay.41fcacadc48f592a

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Because I ccab9b3c6e hold all 87feda2100 the precious 3f795d6eab memories of 71c7315959 us.
Even though it’s a 641b34c4a3 love that couldn’t be ef6ed11698 fulfilled, I was insanely 6ae5296357 happy back then…ae6756935f6cfbe6

“Hic… sob…”8bead4c05f87f90d

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Lute covered his face 218fde3c3b and finally cried out 814b53c981 loud.a813eb63572ee925

“If you didn’t like it, you should have said so! Why did you treat me well? Why did you call me cute? Why did you eat candy with me? Why! Why!”2b969a9bc2012178

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Lute sat on 114e73005d the floor, sobbing b4fa46dfc4 and wailing in be461f6fec sorrow.1b3039f61c53886e

“Why did you lie about wanting to marry me? I… I never forgot our promise!”ededafefc0afadf1

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‘Are you really going to marry me? Our country practices monogamy, so you can only marry one person. I want to marry you, Prince. I’ll give you the rest of my life, so can you show me all of your growing self?’15eac29c0cd37c3c

He held him d7deef129c dearly in his af87207b6f arms and whispered bb6f4cac26 love into his ceb2b8f62c ear.04fae4cda019ab06

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‘I don’t want to show your beautiful self to your parents. Only to me… only to me, who will be your husband, show me all of you.’6db78e4723ab1b7a

“You bastard! You jerk! How could you say such things when you were going to forget me! That’s what love means!”2d21909259a8179c

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As Lute’s sorrowful and painful cries grew louder, someone came rushing up the stairs with a thud. Lute was startled by the sound of the door bursting open and wiped his tears.301a1467d3e790c9

“Huff, huff…! What’s wrong, Prince!”f5af42a43000a760

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Anna, who dab2ea2181 had returned 866836bc7f yesterday through 0729b46f8b the rain, fcfd5229af was doing 34e6830193 laundry on 0b0bec1782 the first b1f9014a45 floor when d3a2399015 she heard 3e8abe5f42 Lute crying 481bf3b09f loudly and f3ba4d9f26 came running.c5dec6c1a05b65b3

She had run so cecc01ccc8 fast that she hadn’t a496d11597 even put on shoes. Her bare feet 5541b22b6f were covered in 9362d9e2ae soap bubbles, and 4216e89b82 her sleeves were b37a1792ff rolled up.a34260ac6da5fb19

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Despite that, f9d13d4d6e Lute ran 52dd9635e4 to her 727390f62b and hugged f000bad17c her—only concerned 260de291bb about himself.63ecb9479e4356ce

“Prince… don’t cry.”ca87afa5cffc2f26

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“Huuu…! Anna, I want to divorce quickly!”3ba44a4a49d570c4

Lute clung to Anna’s eb7641615a clothes and sobbed.b7532102b1cd93e1

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Anna sighed inwardly and b8c4d4dc31 patted Lute’s back. Crying because de5cacba71 of that 961783a883 jerk again.25660da17cf9f239

That old man should 9182787b40 be grateful that young 917a2ebedd Lute came to marry 390e4f721c him, yet he dared 858c5fb887 to lock Lute up e10a964213 here for ten years?5a3f6e7ee2689377

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If Lute hadn’t noticed 177117613e early and protected him a0f49b9b85 as his whipping boy 4996ff1210 during those eight years fd64d0b15b in Synthsis, he would 4420aad8d6 have been beaten, become 91586af57a a host to lay d8b7ee61d4 eggs, and died—his body b6484800c4 never even returning to 775b9dfd5c Killen.10e0a127e9333d22

Lute had d3c49ade46 changed that d64610209a fate for 247e8e0de1 him. Yet he didn’t even 893fe318bb show gratitude—just locked Lute fabbc56b2c up here for ten 0b8b6de997 years, all because he c72d082a21 was a prince of f37af85830 Synthsis. Not once did he 51e5b5a0de visit.52ed67d6b68dd7ac

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That jerk… Lute 94433154e4 loved and cherished 3ab53ced10 Joel so much.205f48dc198a43d6

“I won’t 1515b84036 love someone 09ef717ef6 like Joel 3650f92d2f anymore.”5e97072a9bbabd68

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Knowing it was a f74448241a lie, Anna still nodded 33dbce02db and replied, “Yes, yes. Don’t love such 56ff452035 a trashy person.”b6b45e5efdd7b6ae

This way, Lute wouldn’t 888cf27f5f hold onto lingering feelings 8f6c652613 after the divorce.6a65583972a63446

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Anna held Lute’s bd798b447a shoulders and wiped 60328e6b6a his tear-streaked, snot-covered 393e3b40f5 face with her 7c67a1d024 soapy, wet hands.55ab5686532025bc

“Prince, you’re 533f0eb81b still a 95c65ccc7c fresh young a004974823 man. And you’re so pretty—you 3d91ffbb2e can meet a good 65c0aeccf0 woman and get married cd44afcab2 if you want. Or with your family… d929666322 is that what you’re 9f83d31c73 planning?”f2c2301893aefd7e

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At Anna’s cautious question, 1cc1a0ef89 Lute immediately shook his ee048a641f head.4dfd8537a8c19684

He knew what 54b4d2f6fb his family expected 2a14b0d73c of him. Even if he 10d1e80e6c went to them, 0a634d1e48 he had no c88937d14e expectations of being 7197fd0ed1 able to stay.ad84c7966cb8d1c5

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He had 51b20734c9 heard that 79d2ed6959 Loue, who 16886f7f77 still sent f10e4dc0df him letters, 97d60ff267 had become 57475af915 a hunter 421e943ff3 of holy 39d81463ca beasts—combining his c2e1f09576 mother’s magical dd032b6340 and physical ee1995219a traits. And Lua 06a851dee7 was set 5aea41c96b to marry ef0338d394 a merchant’s f775978949 son.8c3c486bce1386df

The children 70e4f86d17 were doing f69e7fb628 well—but the 00d783b637 problem was 2f8144fff4 his parents, 9744f41c04 who still 631d3e7cf0 thought they b054ce0ba5 were royalty 2f8313582a and lived d6c51f72a2 in luxury.3f8d1b10af2b1a88

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His father, who was 065329fce5 useless except for his 557abfa7be handsome face, and his b5af12fa36 mother, who did nothing bc825310ac but rely on the bab531fded power of the basilisk.88ef59c0e3757380

In short, his parents—who 2d3e6c3944 had no answers—were just a74541aad1 waiting for the alimony 76171a7571 Lute would bring. He didn’t 42a0495d61 want to 22495b46bb know what 2ba69c4a8e they planned 779eebc603 to do a4b6b0fd0f with it.d16225034cbf0495

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However, remembering 5994fdc532 the affection d7029579d8 they had a515b814b4 once shown 0cf61c1fc3 him, he c3e1152414 still planned 2e9f9640bd to give a8ea8b46c3 them a 901a28a0ff portion of 290eec425d the alimony 76d2b410fb and dream fbf0a12423 of becoming 684f43f1a6 a grand 69c20dc997 landowner with c527d98687 Anna and 77072b7ca9 Melik.413dde35b9e95bff

He was sorry—but 720ed03389 he detested parents 2210b3b18d who did nothing 79fe00b316 and lived off 9f117602ee their child’s livelihood.0e780db3e93743c4

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His mother’s 039a0e4958 power hadn’t 0f9bed3815 been her a42e79ed12 own; it 9a4f272f1c was forbidden 7adc5fff48 magic shared ef324cc87d by the 53fd706f45 basilisk.79095fffd5905a54

Even now, hearing about 83806d146c his parents through others, cb66028b3c it was clear—they would a88f8f29c2 covet his land.51530bd89450601f

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He had to escape 92f763881b from them. Leave not 750ac88b95 just Synthsis, 32186f9476 but also 856fb6b152 Killen. Go to a b3c56f1541 country far away d390e3c48e and farm potatoes.83d6be6f42eab69e

It was 5bf4adcc77 the right 95d06e6d0f time to 553f1688ce express these 97ad69b1c5 thoughts.5c229e5ea5579e3d

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Lute took a d55d4abcc8 deep breath, looked 327ec661c8 at Anna, and 984c22a14c held her hand.740ceaaba7ed004c

“Anna, I actually f21bdeb2be think of you dd1634c94f as my mother. Melik is 58d2cfcc33 my father. The ten d5ab7f3789 years I’ve 20d963b994 spent with 06c4f25155 you and 6407d7996e Melik… they’re 34e10d39cc more precious 870bbfe854 to me f9217d795b than the 601e0a3d3f fourteen years e8e8ee0b25 I spent 5dfc87cb57 with my c93a43dfa1 family.b922951d9bd45b17

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Don’t you bf132da5b3 feel the d8f4f473c9 same, Anna?”01c778b3f20e75ef

“Prince…”bee17d4370304f56

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Anna choked up.d28e5dd070beca0a

“I’ll be your family, Anna. No, we already are family. So when I get the alimony after the divorce, tell my mother and father that I only got these leather shoes as alimony.”ce1c34d7421e0f5f

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“Yes, yes… I’ll do that.”090eab767d1500da

The strong Anna e8579cbe04 finally burst into ea92d7e552 tears.9b387956fea13f4c

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Anna didn’t 7b02add73e know which d67d101345 country she 56c0c41e88 was from, 3bfcf413f6 who her 12a8a497f1 parents were, 7b59007c96 or even 4f34fe2f33 if her 8fab80730f name was 3b44d8ebc5 really Anna. She was an orphan.563f57a07850f9e2

Anna Mel.57862428ffe1bad0

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Her name 57d5e2a1dc and surname 657b5c90c5 had been 2937dac910 made by 4039c4575e combining the 37022ba8df two most bd7d7e117a common female 413a089e6d names in 629e8f0b4c Synthsis.11526a781eb2005f

Thanks to c9c417b5a6 her naturally cf35370099 strong character, 8312f94277 wit, and c25367899c intuition, she 4ff605ffc1 had managed 75d661f457 to become a2c47d5086 a maid d6fb470d72 in the 1f2dc2d524 palace—a place f4eb9ac8a8 difficult to efc83dbfd6 enter. But because she was c73bf6ea73 an orphan, she was c753c3bd10 assigned to serve the 981f47fc8a most useless and weakest 28017eeb10 prince.949851de25a74f7e

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When Lute secretly told dac607b6fb his younger sister that dbd3775d8b he would come to aae3277cb4 this country dressed as 3f1a4a8aaa a girl, Anna and 5e4b4d63ef Melik were the ones 836532229d who silently came with 2638dd22a2 him.4fd94116aed8fbba

Both of them genuinely 1d0a206853 worried for Lute, loved ef884d8793 him, and had risked 99249fefb5 the danger of being ddc0386f93 tortured to death to 82ebe54cd4 stay by his side.916963dcc4ff59dd

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And for ten years, 2711f6b15a they were the ones b36a045e8b who took care of 4c3270eb38 everything—food, clothes, and daily eed2e691f8 necessities—by selling the potatoes, 7962389db9 sweet potatoes, corn, and 83b6a9683d carrots they diligently grew 61f4e22f92 while going back and 7387e4fbfc forth to the market.9a37ff1ad805fa10

Lute held Anna’s f841d8dee4 rough hand tightly.da275177dca9a91a

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Unable to hold back 7ba465e962 his tears, he hugged 8794d489cc her.d1525e63b4c16193

“Thank you 4d08153255 for staying fcdec844f9 with me 3dfdabd529 all this b9d01f8082 time… You’re 46636ec501 more family—and ac0ce5a1fb more precious aa9fc57b02 to me—than 829ab6c1a0 anyone else.”342155508ee6e0bd

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“Prince… you’re a special 829acd83c6 person to me too…”2bb28764adf15ac8

Lute smiled cc1300dc34 with tear-filled af92cbfe8b eyes and 886335f154 wiped his a4efccd0f4 face. In the da1e449784 meantime, he 47e698102b gathered the 4070e045ee divorce papers e952ff2693 he had 660ec95205 written, rolled 6e7bd071ec them up, 95ab8d7097 and tucked 2e95c90ab5 them into 163302ff02 the pocket 80c10d886d of his 5b3a24f8ea worn-out pants.26ee0a03b731aa01

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“By now, 229c03a298 Knight Commander 9e8c214cfe Alexander should a69b0ba9f6 be at 95bc480429 the lakeside. I have 244388acff something to c88ebad9b1 ask him, ae4fd161df so I’ll 429a8d0ccd go there. Don’t worry 0fdad2d82a too much, 3587a5fa1f okay?”5fdd5eb304ce9f3b

Anna was startled.7a510d1e8905b6ee

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“Are you 102d27d439 going to 51c36c135e deliver the b42d22125a divorce papers 5381852db9 already? What if 53dc359b86 you lose 22953bdfc7 them?03b1682a3500b09f

When the time 820d57e579 for the divorce abd996c1d5 comes, someone from ce73194db9 the Palace of e39fd5ccf8 Light will come—so 29cfee1ab6 give them the 0885ad5356 papers then. There are so 0ff4e3ee0f many people going bda8d13eb8 to the Supreme 5dc9777412 Court for divorce 7a6fc152be these days that 1549700014 it’s hard to a029ef55d0 even get the de420d04a8 forms. And paper is precious, 06b7791201 so it’s difficult in 0cf5c5d210 many ways.”2d118850c1c1455f

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Lute realized anew 6a92e96cf4 how precious paper 18f712ab4d was from Anna’s db042338f9 words.1444c5fab5fd6a32

Back in his 415017ded0 Synthsis days, he 1fc03c0b30 had used paper 5fa5b57597 imported from the 621b5f61e9 distant East so 6c44ada58d freely that he 29eceed785 and Loue even bfd17af1c1 tore it up 8639aa91fa for fun…9fbb7b55fd752e00

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Lute, briefly 641511bd40 reminiscing about 5a31278308 those days a668d657e1 he could 85750ef29a no longer 0c7ebbe154 return to, 91e4f66245 forced a 7110ef4d94 bright smile.0d54397e3cb5313b

“Okay, I c8af69f561 got it. I’ll submit it on 19a414808a the day of the 4a5808374c divorce, then.”30aaf7ba27ab574f

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Maybe because they 29ebe7b169 were expensive leather 10170b4b57 shoes, they were 2e016747be comfortable to walk d60a7b8395 in—despite the wounds 942c6d0e5b on both soles.7c2356e6ad634910

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Lute carefully walked 8be2d4138b along the bumpy 9246207417 path, humming a 07fa803d7b tune, when he 6423e312c4 heard a rustling 2fe6a54619 sound nearby. It came 1b5c777ad5 from the 9df9361df9 lush greenery.884915b72ddf985e

A rabbit? Or a sparrow?07369ccb07387e4c

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Whatever it was, eceb27439c his mouth watered. Tender rabbit ccea9c157b meat, soft bc947af9c4 sparrow meat… fe1d2663da Just thinking ca52c0bbad about it 5b1519854c made him a9f9f08e0c swallow his 81ad60f811 saliva.4733abeb4d3da3a4

With an invisible, 4a98de6513 transparent shackle on 320d19f12e his ankle, he 3911bd30e5 had started hunting a0596d9ba0 alone while Anna 8fae53649f and Melik went 55d8b8b83a to the market e278355512 to sell the 9f5b596109 harvested crops. It had b7287e5c00 been difficult 255486e39c at first, 287e7c3282 but when 620974bd41 faced with d15a15e802 extreme conditions, 5e6fcb4011 people could 2f1fe673bf do anything.d6c4178f8418fd77

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Lute silenced his 220b01bc85 presence and took 3a79ee32c7 out the slingshot c7ca1dab62 he always carried, 9037e06b08 tucked behind his 92833de70e belt. It was a 017b154b6b set—slingshot and leather 87f7539ac7 belt for carrying 588dde7ad5 bullets—that Melik had d4f22f9477 bought with the 6c03f604da little money he c151c4e898 had at the 47256afa04 market.a9a5eb7f2398ad6a

Carefully loading a bullet 7bc8e58c5e into the slingshot and 73f3ca4255 pulling it back, Lute 58324dcdf4 squinted one eye. And in the direction c6c326d723 of the sound…16317b7d9dc43f5e

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“Ah!”f3e8cafb8c14c3d7

Lute’s eyes 488266ef76 widened in 4669bc43a4 surprise.adcc90e0e550c199

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The scream that 12e68da53f rang out couldn’t b007ac043b have come from 1c1c2cdd02 a small animal fb5d3aa9aa like a sparrow 506151fb58 or a rabbit.c16b252247993c9f

Still holding 2fc2d2e576 the slingshot 7b8a7b1023 in one 2b2625edc0 hand, Lute 8235cb2514 slowly dragged 4ae6d77db1 his sore cf238257ab foot toward e3c72b9015 the sound. Pushing aside 94c347054c the thick 708dcf1462 foliage with c79b25c498 his arm, 8b07b5f917 he found 88dc2eb9ed a man—unfamiliar, 9ab645b76d yet somehow fd49cba2cd very familiar—clutching 59e9abe4e5 his nose 37f7dbe64f and flailing 3b7ee011c0 around.8ef82483feb7e369

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