DMEC | Chapter 25

Returning to the Water Palace, Lute headed to Anna’s room on the second floor instead of Melik’s and his own bed on the first floor.aaf0b8a9a4c43486

In a psychologically unstable state, he pulled back Anna’s blanket and crawled in, hanging onto the window. Anna’s room had two windows, one next to the desk and bookshelf, and the other beside the bed.d255741a8051a80b

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He placed d416b9d048 his hand 2cf995b0e2 on the 74549dad08 window above f0e678c47b the left 583de29c0f side of 5a184f82fd the bed 2cf6622ae9 and looked 78ad5cd2dd down while 9669ce95bc hiding under bbd37abce8 the blanket.35b4a02fd3cbbdfe

“Gasp!”45a7e6d475e97b80

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Below, the perverted e63338e234 Alexander, Joel, was 526f2a4f84 still there! He seemed f136457497 to know 3013f72d5f that Lute e07f07826c was peering cc74895031 down like 14000608b5 a necromancer 68d4098f36 commanding dead 1de8055337 men, as b0e897ce02 he waved 538c94cf53 both hands. Startled, Lute pressed 9f6f862a8e himself flat against d3f2ce1cbe the bed and d7730774f1 muttered.a991b5b893351b6e

“But what does ‘adult way’ even mean?”6728483e0d52c66c

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Adult way. He needed to ask Anna when she returned, but it would take at least three days for her to come back. He couldn’t ask for three days, and the curiosity was driving him crazy.115ef158473f695c

“And what does ‘my own way’ mean? Joel’s way? What is it?”8a027d57748d6ece

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If it was Joel’s way, it might mean blocking his lips with a kiss when he pouted… Hugging him, carrying him on his back to comfort him. Sitting him on his lap and coaxing him into marriage.f7191e59c9d54bcb

“But we’re already married, and he hugged me earlier…”89e71a32fa15ef72

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Counting on b5bd3910db his fingers, 97d7a57f0e Lute frowned 3a0c49b847 deeply.4d358eeb4b8706c4

“What, was he just talking about kissing? I don’t want a kiss.”e4dd0b409aeeccd9

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Feeling upset, Lute buried his face in Anna’s pillow.f6ed775c301bc2a8

“I’m not a baby anymore…”f86b70cb40141f95

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After a while, fbbc7c83a7 Lute moved his ddda4adc9d hand, bringing it f7996a4695 between his legs.baebade6d52d53c6

There was something he always did secretly when Melik and Anna weren’t around. He felt like he’d get scolded if he did it when Melik and Anna, who were older than him, were around, so he could only do it when he was alone. Besides, didn’t Melik and Anna say they’d be gone a little longer this time?841325bb8d66765d

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He could do it thoroughly. Lute, who was gently stroking his hardening member, quickly got out of Anna’s bed. No matter how close they were or how much Anna was like a mother to him, he couldn’t do something so private in her bed. Lute pulled up his shorts, which he had lowered just enough to expose his member, and hurried down to the first floor.a209e50aa8681fd1

Upon reaching the first floor, he found a kitchen, bedroom, and living room divided only by walls. Eager to start, Lute sat on the sofa, twisting his legs impatiently. He couldn’t do it on the bed either, as he shared it with Melik.403fe8bae66b696f

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“Haa… Ugh…”e8eabb817753f030

Lute spread his legs b56108e002 wide on the first-floor a98d937c00 sofa and stroked his b24339f189 smooth member from top 49443224e3 to bottom. Just that b1b8038baa made him ca99e443d8 feel good, 2ae5d7ed0b and his c5c1b1c9bf body trembled. After one 874680332a stroke, his 6f9d0556db toes curled 8fece6164f and then 0e7cc01b7d straightened. His white, fair 1a3af2fb71 legs gleamed like 39ed151468 topaz in the 59d01b866e slanting sunlight.7b1b1c9a9bd26a68

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With his 907b2e405a head thrown 0a1832c6a9 back, Lute 9b08bb1b6a closed his aeabde81b4 eyes and 80a98e7924 stroked his 9454bb30e9 member, making 5fa727dff4 a tapping 60304ce68d sound.73cee7e359f1b283

As expected, a8f5daf53f Joel appeared b6be474beb in his 8f8a337861 imagination again.ae68af5e70b696bc

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“Ah…!”3b3017f99ff85787

Disgusting, Joel, you bastard. Bad… bad…e8a914e413912f9b

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“Mm, mm…”2785bb088ec5529a

Lute bit his lip 214840da7b and shook his head.fcee97a3d836ee9e

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“Haa, I don’t want… Joel, ah, I don’t want…”34cb2eb16cb0a689

Joel kept appearing in his mind. Joel, gently laying him on the bed and kissing him. Even though it was just a kiss, Lute’s hand movements quickened. The sound of friction came from his hand and member. Lute’s body tensed as he threw his head back.781e0ceadc36e069

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“Haa…!”37e7e1f46f2919ab

The image of Joel before him was no longer the adult he imagined. It was Joel, pretending to be Alexander, the knight commander, smiling slyly and warmly. Did he think I wouldn’t know?ae1951768d41cabd

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I know everything.ec6d915c264f22d8

“Mm, mm…! Haa, I don’t want… I don’t want…”25f2dfb7ac9e7b9c

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Even though he shouted that he didn’t want it, Joel kept getting closer.a531fa9297d867a2

‘Have you been lonely all this time?’2910579b712e66b5

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Tears welled up in Lute’s eyes. Even if he wanted to run away, he couldn’t. The magic of the shackles he had placed on him was binding him. Once, when he missed him too much, he tried to leave the Emperor’s Forest despite being bound by the shackles’ magic, but the overwhelming force pulled him back, dragging him to the Water Palace.e7dd24f090819db8

As long as the invisible shackles and chains were on his ankles, he was in Joel’s grasp. Unable to go anywhere, Lute trembled as he watched Joel approach in his imagination.40e029ce61e79eab

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Joel, leaning over c2aa559999 him on the 381c2c3018 bed, whispered in 4ff07636ab his ear, trapping 7d0f738b4b him with his a227c9d939 arms.73ad1c6b3abd0f21

‘Did you think I loved you all this time?’9b59dc0e8ba99ec5

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Lute’s pupils dilated, and tears flowed from his eyes, soaking the pillow. Lute opened his eyes, groaning as he looked at the creaking ceiling of the second floor.2897f9d7b6a38f50

‘It was all a lie. Someone like you, how could I love you?’74277b5ac7322fbd

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Right, there’s no way you could love me.f941c4c64adcfc22

Having completely given up 8d9bf68d60 on his love, Lute b48f7ae49a closed his eyes and 165cf227b6 climaxed. He bit his lip 647ec9d975 to suppress the moan ff8acdb77e that threatened to escape 82b0a5ed94 and instead cried out b904f6e66d loud.f46cf01c3474c52e

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“I didn’t want to be born a Synthsis person either…”8192b2ed6c8d63c3

He didn’t want to be born as a Synthsis person, hated by all nations, and he didn’t want to love him.1dddd8595578a969

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But what can he do about fate? He can’t change being a Synthsis person now, nor can he stop loving him.018e0375fc81c320

“Haa…”566bf4897ecdab4f

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Lute looked at the f50f75fa8e sticky liquid on his b881ca2430 palm and muttered in 35de97808c a weak voice.de8453c82b7185ed

“Then why do you hide your identity and come to me?”a9424c6ea3a37551

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That’s why I’m confused. It seems like he loves me, even though there’s not much time left until the divorce…f38bc5787c36ade0

Blinking in the aftermath of his climax, Lute smirked. After enduring for ten years to get a divorce, now he’s hesitating about it? He’s deceiving you by pretending to be Alexander, the knight commander, and playing with you, and you like it?de9f64b67dff7537

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“Pathetic.”d9a3a4d24dd8699e

Lute muttered coldly and 6c277f98bc got up. As if anticipating this 0a0a1c096a situation, Melik had warned ad57a265ce him not to go d176e09e1f to the lake and 02c162ae7d had brought a lot 275f87d742 of water from the 74a127a75c lakeside, leaving it in aba0490788 the kitchen. Lute walked a04352b417 to the 2dff820f6d worn-out kitchen, b9cfdb7223 opened a 6eb849ffdb glass jar 8f6ac5e1a5 filled with 4bff0c86c6 water. Originally meant for 33b639de70 jam, it served 2a500f46f3 as a water 884b22d358 jar here. He scooped water with a230820a1e a small bowl and e480af3605 washed the sticky liquid 488eabb6db off his hands.41490e251b2e184d

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As he closed the e0130d0098 jar again, the world 8042567571 suddenly darkened. Startled, Lute ran to 49407db920 the first-floor window and 7c2026f681 looked at the sky.a1fc5064c0b0cddf

“What…?”94638e6f3ebf8b4f

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The sky, which 0864bf4dc1 had been glowing 83148d297d orange, had turned 0a138ec9c2 pitch black. And an eerie sound cd6fed7aca echoed.782103c85ad9dd27

Oooooo, oooooo….fc8ce8a7bcc45f4f

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A mournful wailing sound 3a3b4411f9 spread like waves with 70b656c60c the wind. Lute, holding the bad05d6af0 curtain, looked at 69c7f88104 the sky with eb3d975e6f trembling eyes, then 8c3ed0c533 quickly closed the 810227bb55 window, unable to 27e984f43f bear the sudden e265383f9e fishy smell. He latched 3b839aea81 the window 840c19f330 as Melik efaf7d3ee8 had done, 2684108c3b drew the b8abd079f0 curtains tightly, 2223e9fd99 and barricaded a9b6b9ce21 the door 392cde2f9e with heavy 302e2f0dff furniture, grunting c7cbe6ba26 as he 8bb497b80f did so. Finally, as 46a6b0d3c5 he climbed 5bb79d6b7a to the 8d2be14719 second floor 77b068633a to close 979db0eebc the window, a1d7eede67 he froze, d1b4b0609e seeing someone b973544bfe clinging to 86ec40565f it instead b3dd134135 of coming 9ff09a1364 in.45874213782039f3

Oooooooo….e5a9cf046d06fcc3

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The mournful, 5983c8a9e7 sorrowful song eeea73f4c8 began again. A requiem, a8d4521709 a funeral 45804b6797 song. The song for the bc553abd0c dead flowed from the c57799a2db black figure clinging to 6decb1d974 the second floor like 13e5b481d9 a spell.5b6748dc2e1d6542

[It’s you….]

Lute muttered, seeing the ddd8c40ff1 figure pointing at him 5b4dbe2888 with a decaying index d67cd6677c finger.c4e3b39b6d792c67

“Deadman…?”11191a344c61142d

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What was 497e64ad37 moving was 3eddd3e71d a corpse. Who would dare 17dc63a2ca put a soul ee88b9654c into a corpse f679aa0f08 and make it 0a59357b25 move?21805c8cbaf30ff7

Lute, feeling powerless, 3726c793d4 slumped down as 7a56399de8 the deadman seemed 724c5e4254 about to climb 49a0dd6167 through the window. When the 6506f0af41 deadman smiled, 7147bd5617 its decayed be82b23d3e skin fell f4997bfaa4 off with d86b00ac83 a thud.29a6b529d0f01363

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Oooooooo.5c11098dde160241

The requiem, growing 4807d0dba3 louder and higher, 9215293c6c abruptly stopped as 1d6697b1bc if cut with 6710e7de43 scissors. The pitch-black sky 42fe2332a3 cleared as if 73a7afeab7 nothing had happened, 3a77c5ffbc but Lute sat 1e85cf1df3 there, unable to 8dd68f53e0 do anything for 72d2910328 a while.af0d029c4685383e

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The stench 64214244e5 of decay 614acfa62b from the a6db2e7090 deadman, the bbd7104826 corpse, filled 156225fc0f the second d5896f9ca7 floor. Unable to bear 97cd509bf4 it, Lute retched 519a5f3e48 and then collapsed, 1cbdba7c70 losing consciousness.577b65a2c18593d7

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[One Hundred Ways to Win Love]

[Ah, It’s So Easy! Romance!]

[Marriage Before Romance]

[Romance Was the Easiest]

[How to Politely Ask for a Dance ~The Start of Romance with a Dance~]

The emperor’s study was piled high with romance books. That wasn’t all. Next to them was a series of romance novels popular among teenage noblewomen.18b039a860f87f17

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[Dancing with You in the Moonlight Shadow]

No one knew who the author was, but rumors circulated that they had become wealthy due to its immense success. The advancement of printing technology had made owning books easier than before, but it still wasn’t easy for commoners to access them. Books were a symbol of wealth, and having a personal library was impossible unless you were a top-tier noble.1e86e8ffcaba67b1

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Therefore, nobles had 46b7100c59 no choice but 4c457aaba9 to use the b96243193c Imperial Library, which, 81466aaf16 like the monastery f1485da5f0 library, had chains b9e5e1e60a on each book 885634db45 to prevent theft. They could never de92651c36 be taken away. If you 7ee9e225d9 showed the f7800eb670 imperial librarian 0bfe8db8f5 a list d32ab7725b of books 7e06e0be42 you wanted 6c47d44eee to see, c83311d721 they would be1a3fbffb guide you 51961150a6 to the 5041431a1b shelf, where c8f5dbaaa3 the books 711255ff03 were chained 0b9c10aeaa to the 1680f6e20b floor.5a8fc6b0ac74e950

However, the 7cace31544 emperor boldly e737c18bab broke the ed1c1b69ae chains with b9b8155958 magic and 240001fd23 took all d13942c299 the romance-related 4e651384d1 books to 533cf9b07c his study. Then, with a rather 5536614530 serious demeanor, he sat 4d3d5ef994 upright in a chair b9866929b1 and quickly read through 30f0bacf80 the books. Watching him, Alexander sighed 00fb86ce1b and spoke in a bac9584a29 weary voice.47a95bbdc510430d

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“Your Majesty, that’s not what’s important right now. It’s not about reading romance books; you need to reveal your identity and apologize first. Tell him you’re sorry for locking him up for ten years even though you love him.”f1b5137fd6f8e0aa