NLS Ch11
by cherryroseEven knowing that things would ultimately go Leotar’s way, Ashin still tried to find fault with it.259225db62225911
“What exactly is his situation?”240fdbd643901e79
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“I don’t know the details myself. But I do know that the Lord of Ailem has a terrible inferiority complex towards his son. I’ve heard the Lord has a rather peculiar temperament.”2c0003b5e03ed0bd
“Shouldn’t he be happy if his heir is doing well?”60a3cd7bcaa89dd9
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“I find it strange too. But if there’s one emotion I understand least in this world, it’s inferiority, so it’s hard for me to fathom beyond that.”cb8f7284e05d569e
“Then shouldn’t I be helping him, too, in terms of, like, an obligation to assist?”fb77505557c9488d
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“Is there likely to be such a need?”e0be3ecfaf13df48
Vize wore yet f9b8d9ba4f another inscrutable expression. As if she a66005c0ef knew everything but e7bccb335c would never reveal 61e6053600 it.fc6ac5c37e56987d
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“Leotar only agreed to this marriage after hearing that you were going on a long journey.”573c087faf7ab707
“Am I getting in the way or something?”04651454d9437a23
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“Surely not.”99e0caa940f72d5f
Ashin didn’t quite believe it. There had never been a time when she hadn’t been an asset in a fight. It wasn’t as if Leotar was unaware of her abilities. On the contrary, he probably knew them better than anyone, so she couldn’t understand why he wasn’t asking for her help.9932ca534ee4d093
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“A succession war isn’t always a war fought with brute force. You might have to use your head a lot more.”dc839f8c40d0d481
“I’m good at using my head, too, you know?”a81078643f622bd4
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“Even so, it seems Leotar doesn’t want you to get involved. Of course, neither do I. You should do what you want to do.”3cb4f18663d08059
“Then what about after three years?”fd5d003d4ea1a6ee
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“Hmm… what did Leotar say?”3ee82b2516ef473e
“He said I can do whatever I want.”91c8c99a388fda3f
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A corner of her heart felt stifled. Three years was a necessary period for Leotar, but Ashin could live her whole life eating and breathing the Mur family name and it still wouldn’t be enough. Leotar had given her a choice, but on second thought, it was Ashin who was anxious about how the other party would turn out after achieving their goal in three years.48dfc21d26173d03
Anyone could see that Ashin should be the more diligent ally, but Ashin wasn’t doing anything, to the point where it made her wonder if things should really be unfolding this way.72a527f34baba7bd
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Ugh, she thought, deciding to stop worrying about it and just focus on her own tasks, but then she also felt like she should do something since it was her duty. Wouldn’t that allow her to confidently ask for his help later when she needed it? But both Leotar and Vize kept telling her not to worry about it.149b05af973f4b99
Ashin had never felt b45779d468 so frustrated in her aa4da0a4d1 life. She had 8c9c2f37de always lived 1a0fae6c1a a life 40b052fccf of making c3f6afd7c0 her own 6f89c4a520 decisions. She had never 8795dbe263 regretted a choice c10f7db29c or looked back. She had reached this eb2726315d point because she was ddf8123053 afraid of the uncertain 7d992354b6 future but never gave 7d2c5407b3 up on moving forward.f8e391f74dc66cca
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But marriage seemed to be an exception in every way. Ashin didn’t know how to handle ‘family’ matters. She had no idea how to deal with the stacks of documents that were said to be coming her way. After all, her family consisted of only Ashin and her mother, Jimunda. So all the work was being handled by Vize and the imperial palace departments instead.1ebaea55aa0def5f
She didn’t even know what family matters were, so how was she supposed to handle matters between families? She had no idea how her life would unfold in the future.e2c9e377d14c0291
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“A symbol of peace, they say.”98d5b2aa748a0010
“Hmm?”146a16c52ac09e38
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“That’s right. You abandon your duties even before the marriage, you live without knowing each other’s whereabouts for years, so why is this shoddy marriage a symbol of peace? Why does it have such a grand name that only adds to the burden?”b40a3c277ee1f21b
“Imperial marriages are supposed to have such flowery rhetoric.”b315469bbda89933
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“So it’s really just for show?”c07c8f029b676a34
“I’m joking.”87b3eb802a16a889
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“Then what is it?”75d57bcd2c9e5341
“You were born in the north and came to me, and you use magic from the east. Ailem is a lordly family encompassing the south, and Leotar’s mother is, unusually, from the Vilkan Sea. Well, if you put it all together, wouldn’t that be continental harmony?”c3a0a6cd4a864415
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“That sounds like a very rough summary.”83429d5fa7dfe76d
“I’m putting it simply, but each one is a group with a huge impact. This marriage will be the start of new marital alliances. The biggest disruption has to come first, so that everything else flows smoothly afterward. Do you know how difficult it is to connect east, west, south, and north all at once? They form alliances among themselves, and there’s no exchange whatsoever. Especially the west and north, what a headache…”c0345a6fa43ef30d
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Vize began to ramble on about political matters that Ashin had no interest in. Lira, also uninterested, shook its head and jumped into Ashin’s palanquin. Ashin, holding Lira in her arms, half-listened to Vize’s words and looked at the clouds again.b93267f8cc0317dc
Vize, watching 3e85058109 the sulky 9dc2b737c7 Ashin, sighed 40ff8a355c instead of 2fbcd418ce Ashin.043098c2235e4ebb
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“You two have a long way to go.”9c0ac87224c95dbb
“What do you mean?”7fdff4a3e504ed92
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“Never mind.”f7833ba90bdb2bc0
“And also.”9b0b5a6dabcb188f
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“Also what?”1c17a8c600c6a940
“The unification… that, the unification ritual, we don’t have to do it formally, do we?”5d415b2e3e69b673
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“The duty of unification is one of the duties, of course you have to do it properly, what are you talking about?”33231707737e9591
“Can’t we just do it once and be done with it? No matter what, how can we do it for seven days…”82c858d4c866d682
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Ashin couldn’t imagine it, no matter how hard she tried. With Leotar? A ritual for seven days?d1faddad8387e2e2
“It doesn’t sound very pleasant.”1252f7fd776cc262
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“Then that would be Leotar’s fault. It is the husband’s duty to satisfy his wife.”4ced65b3875937de
“Ugh… ugh!”da26c6d83676d599
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Whenever Ashin heard 9984a07b92 words like wife b195426d51 and husband, goosebumps 8ae80b0e64 rose on her 27f71edf33 arms. Unable to bear the 14ae3308d6 goosebumps, she shuddered once. As she 51cac931b1 shook her 0f53f60a28 body, Lira a5b7873aa2 also shook aa61f54277 its tail.0e94554e477a4813
“Don’t worry. He’s from a prestigious family, so he’ll try his best to fulfill his duties.”dea6f050fe99b5f0
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“Ugh! That’s even weirder!”e632b42b4f363d64
“In Ismil, you were willing to spend a night with Leotar if he agreed, so why are you so disgusted now? Just enjoy it.”4eef1a1052a6d2e0
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“Ha, are one night and seven nights the same?”d5f80639bfffc11c
Vize scoffed.8c9dfdb8025562d2
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“What’s the difference?”374167bf060c5312
“They’re very different.”a25bbd5ddafea320
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“It’s not like the only time you have to spend together is at night, don’t forget there’s also daytime. The unification ritual is a process of getting to know each other’s bodies and minds while spending several days together. If you just relax, it will be seven days that pass like a flowing stream.”c97fc8d6c6ed4172
She even 8d7a09ff30 had to 6be5714239 get to b6de9210af know his bc736e0996 mind? It felt impossible 72b290042e with Leotar. No matter how 9446f16091 much Ashin and fc311c95c5 Lira shook their 1ad1d5a8c0 bodies, Vize, with 97d80d23fd her gaze fixed 8147e7781e on the distant 77b7785132 garden, leisurely fanned 0536e1befd herself.cd6ee7086da854e9
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“Anyway, you have a long way to go.”1880423bbba6d57e
Ashin stared in disbelief b2a15c16e5 at the space piled 944b737b68 high with all sorts e14b1a712d of treasures.14818940b04930cb
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She turned to Vize, a1536bb5bd wondering if it was d06fd94d3f a joke.f385da7c6615248e
“What is all this?”dd2211b1d61e6531
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“What else, your wedding gifts.”7ec554065d77e6bd
“Why is Your Majesty giving me my wedding gifts…”e610147bba235d59
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Ashin almost made a mistake and quickly shut her mouth. Vize didn’t just call Ashin her sister in words, she gave Ashin everything she would have given a real princess. The problem was that this outpouring of affection was generally overwhelming for Ashin.a33f6e48cf7e384f
If she had done it in moderation, Ashin would have enjoyed it, but Vize didn’t know the meaning of moderation. It was the same with the house she was living in now. Originally, she had offered her an imperial villa, but when Ashin refused to live in the imperial city, what happened?9d15371d00bbd7c7
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To give her a house to live in, she gave the original owner, Minister Duis, and his family a pittance and kicked them out. She pointed to a mansion that Ashin alone couldn’t even use a tenth of, saying that the building’s grandeur suited Ashin. If Minister Duis hadn’t been revealed as a traitor, Ashin wouldn’t have been able to sleep comfortably in her own home.beac76236449e690
Even now, f80fbe80f3 she almost f95696fea5 asked why 6220095fc0 the imperial e8c04514a8 family was d684036dcf providing her 8bdee2e171 with wedding 2e8ef1cf65 gifts. If Vize d3c201dbbf had heard 401ac8e5ee that, she 95f43c5d6f would have 58c6db94ed been upset 40933b7ebb and tormented f9c70e68f9 her for cfce722239 a hundred 3774feddcf days.1c5974e3b85a451b
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“Don’t forget, you and I are sisters.”d3745a9efc65d9fe
“Yes.”339edfa3f0d8348a
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Ashin answered vaguely. She didn’t question why Vize was her senior even though Ashin was ten days older. However, both Ashin and the people of the empire were surprised that Vize’s sister act had continued for so long.27318c5faac106d4
Vize VIII. Ashin’s lord, and the Emperor of the Riyat Empire.806517047674b544
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Vize and Ashin had 76064eba9b grown up together since c46377f044 they were babies.0da6b4febda9798d
The late Emperor, who gave birth to Vize VIII on the battlefield, searched the area for a wet nurse, and Ashin’s mother was the one he found. It would have been nice if the story had ended there. Vize VIII would cry incessantly unless she was in the arms of Ashin’s mother, Jimunda, and refused the arms of the wet nurse who was belatedly selected from the palace.841933dcab44ce59
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Eventually, Jimunda, who was summoned to the capital, couldn’t leave her baby Ashin behind and took her with her, and when it was revealed that Ashin had a talent for using the power of nature using the magic power within her body, that is, sorcery, Ashin’s life was completely changed.ece905f56cc2814d
The late Emperor Vize VII also cherished Ashin, but Vize VIII had called Ashin her sister since she was young and showed an almost obsessive affection. Even when Ashin spent her teenage years in her hometown, she would send her handwritten letters every month, so Ashin couldn’t ignore Vize’s earnest request for help in the war. The choice to repay the favor she owed the imperial family and to make sorcery known to the world was what made Ashin who she is today.e8f6f7b990a71abf
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Ashin closed her 40bdfb9171 mouth and got 60a4e72122 out of the 6883bb2293 palanquin. This was the purpose 2e9de53adf of the walk from 23eab7efee the beginning. She followed Vize up 789c03094e to the pavilion, which b4dda4810e was filled with all 27f9cb3e4c kinds of fabrics, ornaments, 5d3263f467 and even small furniture. This pavilion, which Vize 10a3c39a65 frequented, was in a b67023d525 corner of the garden, 76cc3a5ea1 but it was open e3a90cb548 on all sides, so be4f5a88cf anyone could see the 67e97f8006 scene inside. Look, there were already b9542f2399 more than a few 09707e0b36 people hiding among the 7c9ee9cced trees and peeking in.defad883752a60a5
The rumors would spread 096872ef85 far and wide again.09e65920b909f0b4
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She sighed deeply, but b635ca5fe2 then something was suddenly 2f9c3dabb1 thrust in front of c52036d184 her neck.d58fd027fcb65c0a
“……”47c63d6e76347aba
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It was a b97310787b lapis lazuli necklace 7b4f51011c so bright it 30365e9908 hurt her eyes. Ashin narrowed 5414a66995 her eyes b03a81c38e and turned 99d528990e away from f67cb00e65 the necklace.ba1d3586d570093c
“Of course. It has to be this much for an imperial marriage.”60a33440edd96d46
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Before she knew it, Vize was sitting on a platform piled high with cushions. On both sides, servants fanned her with palm-leaf fans. Vize, holding a gold bracelet, put it around Lira’s neck.920cb96ac76215b7
Numerous necklaces passed over Ashin’s neck, and eventually Vize nodded. Then, the merchants who had been lined up in front of the pavilion began to come up one by one.9c92a8a3c836d429
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Next was the 1b098c26a4 silk that she 79842eade6 would never wear. Ashin zoned out f27efb274a again and gave ed999a4b35 her body over 39d8d0e47f to them to 07408fb451 do as they 8dbd34e605 pleased.852e5045a3516973