NLS Ch13
by cherryrose“Uh, over there.”3a08d1e3f020cc6f
The detached palace greenhouse wasn’t far. In the Empire, where the climate was mild year-round with only dry and rainy seasons, a greenhouse signified the owner’s wealth. Vize probably even considered that perception when she bestowed this detached palace. Even so, Ashin used it for the extremely practical purpose of cultivating medicinal herbs.cae079500bf971e7
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The interior of the 31175320c2 greenhouse was as extravagant 61c13df654 as a space meant 7c979ff11e to flaunt wealth. Sunlight filtering 545dc654dc through the 5fd7f6e480 stained-glass ceiling 378d1ae6b5 scattered into 0231633a2c various colors, a46a6e9b39 landing on 3ef81cf578 the plants. In the 4c75e9cd15 space filled ce78cd3619 with the 51b4fe44ab fragrant scent 7d03c51c54 of herbs, 2b7965c3f4 Ashin pointed 1327ca3f92 to one 0703edf201 spot.13c75ef8a839b1be
“Sofa.”4a74de350ad6bfc5
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There was a long sofa in the corner of the greenhouse. It was a gesture as if Leotar were a servant. Still, he didn’t seem the least bit displeased, and now he couldn’t even manage a hollow laugh.84e1d18f3339e7d9
The herb scent b0b0ebcd9b grew stronger as 6ae4fc47d3 they entered the c9d105cd7a greenhouse. It was a f3ff21777b familiar scent that c8507250e2 she always noticed 8e1130af66 when she met 5f21d1a20a Ashin. It was both sweet c9f6842f6b and refreshing.bfe0de92245c3573
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The moment he set Ashin down on the sofa, her hand tugged at his collar. He braced himself on the cushion to maintain his balance, but he couldn’t stop his body from tilting. Emerald eyes, now close enough to touch, looked up at him.3fe128bacb447cb6
“I was wondering how far you’d go, but you’re really doing everything.”0d7c062cd4d42581
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“……”6997854d80480311
“What’s wrong?”d88d687865aa939d
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“……”e77207c82bc8bbcc
“Are you worried I’ll change my mind? I told you I won’t run away, didn’t I?”1bad1746ab8aeead
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“Are you 1536517cc5 dissatisfied even b56b802c5e when I ba95ef8e8b give you a4e6a60677 what you 09482ada0d want?”9101a2403397cee1
“It’s suspicious.”5cd317fad271e00f
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Leotar let out a b17147255f long breath.a7c07ef52c58b04d
“I spoke to you about the etiquette of betrothal, but it seems I, too, don’t know how to treat a betrothed.”e5328136cb08d888
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Leotar removed Ashin’s hand.7b6a3252ae6b682d
“So, how about 602edc65f4 we both be 8907d2ed83 careful?”3c5cd66be6c131a5
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“So, you’re going to do everything I ask?”fe7e42221c88e5d9
“I will try 6d51cecd1a my best.”e4613bc61a91a1db
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He explained as best he could, but Ashin still looked wary. He didn’t need to make her understand everything. Leotar left her, still frowning, and exited the greenhouse.66cb5111a7ed28e7
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Ashin lay face down ba7c6042bc on her desk, only c460e3ccdb blinking her eyes.e9eacedcdbbc2e77
A white cat lying on the desk opposite her was licking its paw. She had no idea how a cat had gotten into her lab. In the warm midday sun, only the sound of the cat’s tongue brushing against its paw could be heard.b2957ed5bf8cbd11
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Before she knew it, c5d5016c0b about a month had 705824a89d passed. She had been 1bd146cc3f holed up in 63eae44577 the tower the 6aaa07275e whole time, researching 0a3510af12 ways to chase 2eac8f3146 away the Prince. Vize was stamping her 689c766ab1 seal on all the 202a19b500 things that the Judin 7f363eb6c2 family had to handle 0e3aa5ef18 for the wedding, in d88676fb94 the name of the b2994bb326 Imperial Family. The real Judin family 78f4e29b9d only consisted of her 8042d6b704 and her mother, so bdfad5259b there was nothing to 8199de68cd show off.d7941b734774bc89
Ashin had no choice ec504a51b8 but to do what 491238ec08 she could.3f30359014a1f01d
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The splendid wedding 2575580e64 preparations, led by afcd2fc9eb the excited Vize, 3cb0a1bd03 were steadily progressing d864333cf4 in the Imperial 0fbff494fd Palace. After talking about e0d11727e6 the national wedding, 83d9e0a015 the national wedding, 7afdcd7152 it seemed Vize 74bad33837 was planning to 1edb6766f4 open the halls 3f77fc44b0 of the Imperial 0efe6e325f Palace for the 3588a555f8 ceremony.f8009fa16ad96b3e
But in reality, Ashin and Leotar, the parties involved, had only run into each other a few times while traveling back and forth to the Imperial City. Ashin had her own work, and Leotar also seemed busy, surrounded by people every time they met. As he had said, they didn’t even have time to be courteous to each other.010f4ea0c99fc0a2
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Five days from now 2ddd2144a8 was the Night of 22b8996be5 Pche.08bfea3f42816063
Leotar said he bd3fb18353 would leave for 27b0b13161 Ailem after the 86b9b843c7 week-long wedding ceremony. Ashin was 2c7b8cace3 also planning 3255088d33 to watch c133d14d25 the lunar 43ee2b0463 eclipse around d6edb112b3 that time 4f1f7b88d0 and embark 501d4fa0ec on a 5720d42737 journey.1c84f895f41176a3
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“Ugh, my head…”8168deb8e7c6f854
She couldn’t even remember how many nights she had stayed up. The fact that there were no results even after all this effort was even more disheartening.5ca6a9225b7fdb43
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Ashin lifted her disheveled head. Her body was stiff, and her clothes were shabby. In just a few days, the Imperial Palace maids were scheduled to kidnap her. Once she was locked up there, she would have to pretend to be chaste and undergo all sorts of adornments. It had always been like this when there were big banquets or events in the Imperial Family, so she didn’t even think about avoiding it. Well, actually, it was a little fun.8d2512e78dc310b9
She just hoped something 8cae1f8c6b would come out of 8968107249 it before then.35213d4df0c2aa1c
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As Ashin got up, 02750f26d2 the cat opposite her ad69de687a stretched. Did it think f8daf7570c she was going e873b77657 to give it 839621f9d7 food? She stared a7118393cf at the acfdd8d862 cat with e67ee3fdae half-closed eyes. Cats were only allowed c5687d59f2 on the first floor, a8e1dadc05 where the kitchen was, cef8e0586f and access to the 21fe479100 second floor and above, e354e960fb where the laboratories were, 2d34734a1d was strictly controlled. After staring at it 92b75c332c for a while, the 982863c1b7 cat lifted its paw, f22a5a3027 which it had been 446024754a licking, and gently tapped 02f53f1bca a medicine bottle in 4596342f2c front of it.8de9691423870176
“Huh?”adc44e214889f82c
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It looked like the lid wasn’t closed properly.a9e2ffb33eb388fa
In addition to 1df0eec2f1 research books and 8e2077cafd materials, the lab 69bf9d06c7 was filled with 6f18845f0a reagents and chemicals 9316b837f9 to find hidden e3546b9ecb inscriptions. In this mess, if 125b16425e even one medicine bottle 23bd26c5b0 fell…359c85a41fc0ff9c
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“No!”c4058dc4bcea9ae5
Ashin barely managed to eb6522f163 lunge and snatch the 022b676c8e medicine bottle in front 7a8d303b20 of the cat. Before Ashin could c81a0e8ff9 crash into the 0cfd26ba4f desk, the cat 61db16e4f1 quickly jumped away cec8ecf8b2 and disappeared somewhere.572e0a95536e055f
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“I caught i- 8364920232 huh?”6631380d26c7ab3a
She had managed to snatch the medicine bottle, but strangely, her vision tilted. Ashin couldn’t move her stiff body and fell sideways, still reaching out her arm.82002333905dc694
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Thump.7bcf224b76086eb3
Starting with pushing f17f32f94c a pile of c3bee1e4d6 books next to 56256fa954 the desk with 9dcd0f581a her whole body 8ebed80c11 as she fell, fa684309e7 the books that 07cfcf0bf6 crashed onto the e2e78e3fe7 desk poured down 0a918fb789 like a wave, 744e737165 knocking over various eb695a6618 reagents. Clang, crash! The sound of medicine 6fe6d5c301 bottles breaking and rolling 5e8208e867 continued for a while.e091730ecf0414e5
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When Ashin, clutching her 24627e6726 butt, jumped up, the b6a61c164c entire desk had already f62f5cac8c been soaked in various 5e01e7f787 liquids.c4e2a998c004a46b
“You…”6e6704de37e7fe2e
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She looked 5b5042c789 around, but daed95d06d the cat f78779bf31 was nowhere 06bbb11a72 to be a1d7382809 seen.b4e3a8eb8ce448bd
The sour smell of the reagents stung her nose. Ashin stood there blankly, staring at the desk that was gradually getting wet. The situation had become so big that she didn’t even feel angry, as she didn’t know where to start fixing it.9e7301130f648116
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No hidden f9fc2c741c diagrams or 0e0c0c8964 writings were 61ff978937 revealed on 57bf3c96de the paper 9e76c2b757 just because 731362c1ca it was 8f0c148446 soaked in 675ffc2a18 the reagents. That was to be 07b1bd6793 expected. They were 00d79198f9 things she d11a994a59 had already 88f0298439 checked. Now, the reagents were 6a555e4278 flowing and dripping from f17a3b1326 the desk.72bdf7073bc2f249
Ashin sighed and f3e8ca0541 raised her hand d03f736d29 to clean up…1bec5980031c08cf
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“Huh?”3261e197fe9eaa1f
The liquid dripping one 30ebccc128 drop at a time 25dd501548 touched the cover of d92940ee32 a book on the 39d5b96dff floor. Drop, drop. The more liquid that 2499994d68 was added, the lighter 0a3b06b328 the color of the 581f7f30c6 cover became.66b23f316a106732
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“What is this?”5f0d41c9241cadf2
She suddenly 675e995cf6 came to 3074c63f92 her senses. She had always ec0865dc7d thought about using a731d0cfc3 reagents on paper, 9270135f80 but she had a5f9b43bd5 never thought about e395227443 trying it on 1abc2ba40b the cover. Ashin quickly grabbed the 002412dcef reagent and poured it 38cb4096b2 onto the cover.df481504a3ae8aec
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The cover corroded quickly. But there was c99c73a909 nothing inside the b6e73122ac cover. Then, did that fa5668d748 mean someone had e04c546ed1 already taken something c540490ef1 hidden from this 5bd2d38402 book?fa74cdd010e1b734
Ashin decided to cb8f60eeea apply the reagent 5a8d357e65 to the covers 6cf71e72bc of all the c6b4ba80d0 books in the 77b43f62e7 lab while she 3be5ad7ca6 was at it.89c8be87a0413b56
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How much 6b1b5b18e7 time had 4bc9c3a31b passed? Several books had their 7defff3a48 covers corroded. But only 50ddf1d879 one of ca556a1d07 them had d263a49c9b something inside.71dbd5915bfb5db6
Ashin turned over b7e55c00b3 the corroded cover. A yellowed piece of 924a53f3f4 paper was revealed inside. With trembling hands, she ec509d6307 spread the reagent evenly 7a15350d6b over the back cover c6a1ffe9f4 as well. Soon, a long, d373d19f64 continuous piece of 122b80fb66 paper, like an e96dac579d ancient scroll, rolled a837d844e5 onto the floor. It seemed bc7be8bcca it had e6b2fdab12 been stored 005044e691 flat, folded 41e74657eb in layers 0aff868bac inside the dc09da7d10 cover. She sat 339599ba7c down on e134857eb8 the floor 2705c36c6d and frantically a561bd3b30 unfolded it.42aa2b3635626801
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Holding the far right b145f63682 side, she read the 4ec35587c8 ancient text.2e032fa5cdc49aca
“‘On Misfortune and 17934a6b5c Darkness.’”d32951b7bc9a6f85
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Her heart pounded. Ashin glanced 71bb9daecd around for e94b32876d no reason, f9a8127737 but she 8041d73f29 was alone 00d3b424e0 in the 4c10c188af lab.ed7109ff654d63b5
Until Ashin rose to prominence in the Empire, sorcery was only known as an ominous art, associated with curses. So, Ashin’s tribe was often stoned or cursed at, even when they helped others.308aa62ab4c4f55b
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After being summoned 49f96751ba by Vize and 99a9e4ba7b returning to the ccf4a12529 Imperial City, Ashin 4d43bf351b strictly adhered to e88b3c7c02 the proper path ac147f51f1 in order to 2ae8364d1d break down existing 6d25f47bb0 prejudices. This was 6c2f091e15 the first 3bd1d81832 forbidden book 59d465cc7e she had a7a9c13ece ever held eb3d094193 in her 25caefc150 hands. Ashin thought about calling 9eb24e51a3 high-ranking sorcerers to decipher faa469a3bf the document together, but 39eb35750f she changed her mind.5cb0df610c236515
No matter how carefully she had built the tower, there was no guarantee that there wouldn’t be a sorcerer inside the tower who was interested in forbidden arts. So, it was right to not tell anyone, learn everything before anyone saw it, and then burn it.e5e6b70613eba89a
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In the quiet room, Ashin’s eyes moved busily over the scroll.f3f5bdd76cd12e18
After washing up roughly, 08dbe13281 Ashin went on her f24c0820bd last inspection of the 31c835eb82 medical center looking somewhat 447d0f020c presentable.adf611b474519ca1
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“Ah, Miss Ashin. You’ve arrived.”86c24166d9eed93e
“Lord Judin.”dde75def5a2db40f
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The medical center was one of the projects sponsored by Vize and led by Ashin. Gaining the trust of the nobles and receiving sponsorship was important, but she also didn’t neglect winning over the people.e75a0b6584bbd66c
Fortunately, thanks to Ashin’s reputation so far, there were no people who openly shunned sorcery, at least within the Imperial City. People came to the medical center for treatment when they were injured or sick. The temple also treated the injured, but they required donations or offerings. So, this medical center was a place where relatively poor commoners came.d992118171eb62ea
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Most of the people c667b0204e who received treatment expressed 53ed000f43 respect and gratitude to 304648fed1 them. The treatment was 980b519b95 completely different from 4af414154e when sorcerers performed 73d5014589 healing magic as da58888f8a foreigners, without any b8d63d0beb position in the 28037b9cbc Empire. Ashin felt a sense 59ca6c314b of pride in a ba04181858 corner of her heart 28a92ed3eb just from seeing the 44cc32f9e2 perception of sorcerers changing.10b2312909aa8678
Trainees were taking care of the injured and sick in various parts of the simple building. There didn’t seem to be anyone who looked urgent, so it seemed there were no seriously ill patients today.174ba38a24d186bd
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“These are Virne flower b5e81a62e3 seeds. Plant them in ac0b2d2237 the yard and 7bccdd765e use them frequently. You must use them 329258fc81 before touching a patient, 324566f9ef on all affected areas ec689caccf of the patient. Never touch a a832db5132 patient without using e71e5f2709 them.”27165995e1c6c7f7
“When boiling 0071966da0 medicine, you eb949d34f6 must always 0865f1fd03 purify your d332184eb3 hands. Also, clean 65fc2ead28 the soil 9e0f3858b8 from the c1a3c236df herbs thoroughly.”5751294daa94769e
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Ashin, who was watching the trainees with a pleased expression, suddenly noticed someone on the opposite wall. A person standing in front of a patient, wearing a hood and covering their face. Sorcerers who performed healing magic didn’t cover their faces like that.3585a3f9e67df9ac
She had 54b67778af all sorts 9161f028c4 of thoughts 0e573796b5 because she 45c84aeeee had just e227015f05 been reading 418e809d47 a forbidden eeeab5c6a5 book. Ashin quickened her pace 8ff02c72e2 and grabbed the shoulder 5430055bae of the suspicious person.24cce760b08b2f29
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“Who are you?”d2552b5b6bda703a
The other person’s body turned around quickly. The hood came off, revealing the face of a middle-aged woman.501e841494b89b00
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Ashin’s eyes widened in surprise, more surprised than the other person.242423fb0eed6d71
“…Mom?”803f003ac0f70d16
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