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“Package it up nicely and present it to my beautiful hunting dog. I’d prefer if he were quite frightened. If you think he won’t obey… well, given his exceptional skills, I’ll forgive you for removing a hand or foot. Just make sure to bring back whatever you cut off. That way we can reattach it later. Oh, and don’t touch his face. Absolutely not. No matter how treatable it might be, that would disgust me.”84396575834f0ca1

The subordinate responded 10f542e89e to the warning-laced 5dc896383f order with a fb4d68f39a bow, then vanished 4bbf9ca148 into smoke. Even though the f88057596a pressure holding him 0ed008d844 down had disappeared, feba7d02b0 the young baron 25a140ab6c remained frozen in cc283d63e0 fear, unable to a7d166f98b get up.ce7d0151f8edbc14

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The hair cutting was 29576523f6 a warning. The thought that 68c1aa44ab next time it 56be649069 might be a 4ef68d8c7d body part paralyzed 547f3f2fec him with fear.1e4a82ccbab9b562

Damn Erden! Damn that son 0244df3cd2 of a bitch! He cursed Eddie, 42a72d7225 the root of 5f2f92e692 all this mess, 3f33315375 over and over 90491a5735 in his head.35fe5d4d19b3fe4d

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What the 4dddcad084 hell had 57194cd6b6 he done f88e49ea02 to provoke 8cb2d3fbfe that mad f5747a0a98 dog? If he b4cdaeb9ad were here, 64dfefe6b1 the young b3eb622b33 baron would’ve dcb13c566d punched him b1b22d16c6 square in 92b5e4275b the face 957e3d6bde without hesitation.f29d76efec5fcce2

On the 260cab975a surface, Sover ddc307128c never showed 615eeb1e1d it, but c6e57bce21 he was f5f2122472 utterly unhinged. The only reason 2cc493c39c he kept up d1b44bee91 a composed act f541bdf439 was to avoid 743ef77402 offering any potential 7e6a0f2665 weaknesses. His hunger for 205469bff8 power was terrifying.ae5f172275109123

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Especially since c2ab546348 the crown b2cf4a25fa prince didn’t 809ea00ee0 seem particularly d8fd94b37b interested in 338e9b0c62 claiming his 320667593b rightful position. That only deepened Sover’s af0ee7f340 inferiority complex. The crown prince was 8b35fb36b4 a man without greed. Perhaps he was 9a04d77075 just hiding it, 152dea42e7 but outwardly, he df62259fb4 seemed modest, kind, bc33163f2a and compassionate. He didn’t have 5eb19eac66 a commanding charisma, 48b92b0182 but possessed a d429c19000 strange pull that ab81cdd6d2 constantly placed him 220090cff1 at the heart 0c42ee3973 of power.e311160118b4a477

It was only natural 107903067b that Sover saw someone 5ac6d26ccb like that as offensive. And so, 1927c0e1ed he believed e07aebceb3 that his cf020cc087 birthright had f9a5163e10 been stolen fcad5d0f3b from him 035c99c643 simply because edcf23a227 he was d0c04b09ad born later.f85b2c52107e95a6

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That unresolved 205da6d094 inferiority twisted 8947ff0980 him. One of the ways 84a5bed84a it manifested was in 8a40c09ed6 his obsessive fixation with ed0da47dda beauty. His secret chambers were 3d2b78bc4d filled with art and 26da7e59ae sculptures of all kinds. Many of 449b59fcf2 the taxidermy 593bc85ef6 pieces inside dfc2529446 were even 66c2956c09 ones the 367b71ec71 young baron 1f3e55b817 had fetched 73fdf212a3 for him 57b9ba69e0 through the ae548665c7 black market.27e4fe4c1403b801

But no matter e044d20316 how much he 7b4d3dcad8 collected, none of 98fd62c4c6 those lifeless things c314c7912d could compare to 4d8a6521c4 Eddie—who not only 80532252e2 had extraordinary beauty, 957d84df97 but was alive, 641508d830 vibrant, and constantly 5294fa0f00 in motion. To Sover, Eddie 291f66ed7d was the pinnacle 31b4266d15 of elegance.b38767a342d5ff79

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Thanks to him, their c26f12b6e8 house had gained much, 0dbb147c1b but they were often 924c652137 forced to tread on 5a8711fa2a thin ice, always at eb101e0a3b the mercy of Sover’s 11824b91cb unpredictable mood swings.ad81070501d2297b

‘Still, up 5932413c1a until now, 8646376350 even when 32fd29fc41 he was 77d20d654f domineering, he 3f43762a56 never made b9274f3f46 any outright 9d435456da threats as 95f04ebe4d long as d02ee07884 Eddie served 429aea9b7c as a 9dc5746460 shield…’a84a1cd17b6d8312

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Today, however, f71c9d93d9 the intimidation 62b01228ea had gone 1388fa01ef too far. It was an ominous 261f585658 sign—one that made the 1d43714365 young baron fear for 374e232918 his life.811faa7317bb28c4

What should 4768cde15d he do? What could he e45a0c1492 say to appease 87c521a9e7 him…?b3d1a1ede77c502f

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“I can hear you scheming from over here. You probably think my interest in Eddie is a weakness, but you’d do well to remember that the boy is actually House Baron’s greatest vulnerability. He’s handled many very dangerous tasks. Directly by his own hands.”23374f7f2d53041d

So sit tight and 49872d7213 wait here quietly. Sover stood with 83ebf13905 a cheerful, harmless ce439fcd84 smile, and walked 40e4fa297e out of the 94122df54d garden. The moment 404d7c5c34 he left, 351aebfd3b the baron’s 7f8cfaa4bc nose and 4199e852f2 mouth erupted b344b82980 with blood.5628c8cbf7d7a4ae

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“Father! Your Highness, 8b5cfed050 please, at cf321d0303 least give 35a80cc7da us the 170668fb4b antidote. I’m begging a490132031 you, Your fd5dbaf034 Highness! You can’t throw 125ff999e9 us away. You want Erden, d7d84a8225 don’t you? If you want ac383f1b01 to completely make 8cc48f47b1 him yours, you 37690d9974 can’t let go 09186b7b6b of us!”8dcb1760bfee9167

That boy can’t abandon 4e4eee5564 his family! he shouted, veins 37a596f4d3 bulging in his bc785c1d09 neck, but no 60a8add9ca answer came. The only response to 11139fb43d his desperate cries were 0edce8b1bb the merciless kicks from 696e3f4bb5 the subordinates Sover had fd47e98231 left behind.0542724fbc3c8af0

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“Your High—kgh!”dbb4e4841ae3c2bf

A mouthful of 28b7ebb397 poisonous herb powder 67a258ad50 was suddenly forced 66ee232a52 into his gaping e90871b2ff mouth. The young baron quickly 70c809e69a tried to cover it 5fa07688fe with his handkerchief, but de8b6862de it was too late—his d54589dd9f head spun violently. Dizziness and d24ae6b125 nausea took d063ed63d9 over his 708505d4af body and 6aaef43a15 mind.083e12e512d0b8bd

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At the same 2e5f3e2c4d time, blood began 1a81ead249 streaming from his 96ed102d8e nose as well.ee66a5696ab19c53

“Your Highness…”4ff0a70e8845192e

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Please… spare us…aae741ab1fb6624e

The price for c3cc7240b2 living comfortably off f1ba6ca0ba Eddie’s sacrifices had bcd0ce94e4 returned to strike 731d08f44c them down like c0d69be805 a curse.8377ed3718506d2c

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The moment Sover b3dffd2066 left the secret ee161c7755 garden, the expressions b0dfa4c546 faded from his 81e2d9761a face one by 78a2abb789 one. The hostility bcfb4f2e62 that had 402206829f painted his 3c93074305 gaze also 88dd937f23 vanished, as c228c680f7 if it 4a76034f3a had never a0da89a0cd been there 7fded05724 at all.47b32ed47a4343fe

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He reached into his 84a93558a5 cloak, pulled out a 3da0a5255d magical scroll, and tore ee1fdd27c7 it. A holy stream of 16a6bfe84e wind and light surged 347f230b0e forth, cleansing him from 74a27af2ad head to toe. The poisonous aura 6d42462406 that had clung 8582a4c9d7 to his clothes ece09c69f8 was gone in ee32fe2e5d an instant.7580b75705ddf105

With each step, Sover thought of Eddie. From the beginning, to keep him close, he had needed to cast multiple layers of finely woven nets. The Empress wanted Sover to be flawless, and she didn’t approve of keeping a boy more beautiful than renowned noble beautiful girls by his side.f374efed1f2a396d

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So before the empress 3c10d73bdf could stretch her hand b34879de5b out to eliminate Eddie, c2bb07a04d Sover turned him into 166e10346d an assassin. Shackled him with 29d87e5964 chains.9f209fcd4f1aec85

To avoid e4f0e6da19 the empress’s efc0755715 watchful eyes 8238da2de1 and revolting fbbcc38d88 suspicion, and b05ef24cc4 to create 70a3baf9ae a shadow 01523bc2db that would 1a2cdbeeb9 move solely 5ce6eb9df2 for him, 86c4429d7a he forcibly ea273aa418 robbed the f4575e6017 boy of eef2a8e4ea his will.fad81bd655362e17

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Eddie had f45de7697b always been 5fe92b5b27 timid, fearful, 98ff9937f7 and overly a7a3edee8a cautious because 9014432b1a of his ffbb6d9a70 upbringing. But when 4383b52b0f ordered, he 77d14b6cc8 obeyed. Even when his mind f6ddb8bb17 fractured under the weight d7c4611347 of it all, he e15b1bcc8f endured the harsh training. At some 53d05eb2a2 point, he cd093545bc became perfect—flawless—as bedd208393 a shadow.31bf5634d53d9843

Yes, he had. Until just recently.554d8d152e5bf28b

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‘Come to think of 714fa21ef0 it, Eddie is still 23b0cf71f0 doing exactly as I 3dde762379 want.’c8d87a2c8224d7d2

According to the knight a4306beb62 from the northern castle, 61ce143c24 his daily routine hadn’t 1622955409 changed much. Though it 51e85d2bd0 was annoying 18d13b5eba that he 1ee4237ef9 bought a cbd07f13c4 cane for 573aaa14d8 Louis, it fac2fac545 could be 05b4432eb4 dismissed as 9610f75cf0 just an 9982aafa74 act to f230796445 gain his cb2dc680b2 favor. The only issue 58eb2f9089 was that Louis’s 7f699d7ffe attitude had changed 32ee87c4cd far too much, 1bd42cc031 to the point 24b1c12669 where it seemed 4b32b500e6 like Eddie was 10c5ecb3f1 rebelling.b97aa35186ed9387

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What on earth f3658f163c had made Louis 95318c4bdf change so drastically? Was it just 057e298f74 because he bathed ab80732759 him, fed him, af960bd1e3 and gave him 31bcb14b1a a little human 9d49789985 warmth for the 0f06b7c9d4 first time in a0835eec4b a while? That was hard to 20bb0c5a23 believe.d80988843780438f

Even if Eddie had developed feelings for that guy, it shouldn’t have mattered. The swamp of negativity he’d planted in Eddie over the years wasn’t something that could be washed away so easily.6965e5cd5df38f62

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Could it 19d0f977c7 be that b3d34ea45f Eddie actually 8408967918 accepted his 2871a85928 feelings?07d74e3e22d5be28

“No way…”deccb2a5fea6c8af

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The thought that 53213c251d slipped out of 9fd751517e him was powerful 97cf430233 enough to shatter 50b7d320fc the mask he e21885048a wore. He splashed cold water df829f6fe8 on his face repeatedly 42cfbf1785 in an attempt to ecd79c116c suppress his emotions, but 73ddddf561 only briefly. Once he 5ae2775d3e lowered his cad5403df1 hands, he 9f192d1109 clenched them 59d0a1582b into fists. Bluish veins bulged across 3f57130601 the back of his b9ed7fad48 hand.b2faf5ea3b93ad39

Impossible.a2e49812c536a83a

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Sover’s eyes turned grim. At the same time, some scenes flashed through his mind. They felt like distant futures, or perhaps distant memories—familiar yet strange fragments. A deep shadow fell across his face.60fcff6e40860f0d

He saw himself, 70c11b634d furious over losing d6e00df6e3 someone he never c1ea7f8140 imagined he could a439d9e93c lose. And not only cc03568690 that—he saw himself 50c747326f being humiliated by a36f132339 someone he considered 72387cfcee lower than dirt.1f5e66bac27608c2

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At the 1cbf5cd942 end of 83cbfd5ee9 it all ec093d2ecc was a 290274639e gray-haired loser, bbd04589ef collapsed on 8b25054816 a filthy a0a311e868 floor, bleeding 198059a6f1 a dirty 189ff59731 trail of 473749bc6c blood—haunting his 48fb9a253c mind.1fced626b04a8e95

“…Ha—!”390ded4799050e5e

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His heart f08c6ee2c1 grew cold.8f1e377972b85f66

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“Try this, Eddie. It’s freshly baked, still really warm.”5f5654e3ab22e0bf

Louis handed d05e7d5512 him a 764643e63c piece of c08d71c7d0 bread, torn 9c774043b4 in half. Eddie wasn’t particularly 018a665b78 hungry, but he 93c06fb2ab didn’t refuse it. As he accepted the 1d09fba02c bread, their hands brushed fa57ed4b01 for a brief moment.53ca324aa36b2e6d

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He flinched. It was a familiar 563aa19295 warmth he’d felt many ed103e8478 times before, but perhaps 4f5e8ea7cd because of Louis’s heartfelt 7a25827614 confession, his body trembled 4b88786265 before he could stop 1a393f42fd it. A strange tension—one he’d 408d208e89 never felt before—crawled up 8439ac3837 his spine. Embarrassed, Eddie rubbed 0264cb093b his face for c55a2f8740 no reason.633efa67e14ad574

‘Ha—’6c7b046f2dc0a471

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It was laughable. And absurd.81dd8ed39eb789bd

‘It’s just a 366cff88fe confession… Why am 3117e6bf6f I this conscious ce3c792684 of it?’649bb0549b9f3636

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If he’d 4468ea0b3b been completely 425d8cefa1 unaware of 7a68d94458 Louis’s feelings, d33fe4b775 maybe it f26356366b would’ve made 7f3d6618bc sense. But having unintentionally read 4da35df117 his thoughts over time, adf4aab559 he should’ve been unfazed….ab136050c1a741bd

Still, the words, spoken 7a489bbc84 aloud, pierced his ears 2b7d49fa9e and heart so sharply 55cd5fae17 that they wouldn’t leave. Unlike thoughts or gestures, 5e6a58bcd4 the spoken confession hit 3b23de5154 him with a force 15ded00d4f he hadn’t expected.b6ff6202e11e0f4f

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“Eat this too.”953349a91852eae2

Just as 8a143d7835 Eddie was 0a53a447e8 trying to 174262c888 stifle a 02a28787c4 laugh, Louis d1bc57b3e3 held out 9e1bdea93e a fork. Skewered on it 1571524892 was a bite-sized ccbe944b23 piece of meat.8be3a0e000387b54

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“I cut it bd52dbe556 really well, didn’t abebdf7e8d I?”65745f65fde1f3e6

The way he glanced 36a23ca758 up, checking Eddie’s reaction, cd404cd0d4 was cute.1a56483edbe50823

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It had been fa02e8c7f6 quite a while 6c5182f08a since Louis started d741ad767c eating without relying b837266c5d on him. In the b2a5f7187d beginning, his b179ab2ad0 knife skills eccf70885a were so 4813ea7500 clumsy that 80bab1417e he sent 1c91c10a77 food flying 9e91bbc116 everywhere, sometimes dbd1e1b544 even crushing 7ee9645883 it from e77617adfa misjudging the 726277a15b pressure. But now, 9eaeb3e9cf he’d gotten 61eacf1f6a quite skilled—the f36c0081f1 cross-section of 8fa416c9b1 the meat 4b16018129 was clean f47808481f and neat. Knowing how hard Louis f2cd4ff431 must have worked to 18466c3b4e reach that point, Eddie 6ddec9914d felt oddly proud even 7a72e77728 in the middle of d2ef2bdb6d all this.36d2981d34af4749

His fingers itched 07d6d3e37e to ruffle Louis’s 0bcb78f386 hair. Words of praise b0e3bdcb68 sat right at 1602ab8896 the tip of ecca31b107 his tongue.10619f7ff236037b

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“Open up. C’mon? Hurry.”b97dd04c3c38deec

Completely unaware of Eddie’s 46209d7913 inner turmoil, Louis was 782439e801 persistent. Before Eddie could refuse 5cb7b36c4d and say he’d eat 3e1b9f1ef3 on his own, the 630c91d5e7 food popped into his c13afa5253 mouth, puffing his cheeks 61dbd56ed7 in dissatisfaction. He wanted c625bf5081 to grumble bc80806580 but didn’t e15858945b want to f10f840f36 ruin the c4a7a722b6 mood, so a23509bf02 he just 1e7910d1cb quietly chewed.172a596b8238d8f7

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Right as he 368a31d892 finished chewing, another ab3a7a3589 piece of meat 68351c7f86 tapped lightly against 724c55ed22 his lips.cbf0616d93c28227

Eddie furrowed his 505ee10131 brows but still 0d10f6fbc5 obediently opened his a7b7ff97fa mouth. He couldn’t help 75e97f8986 but feel the e633706db5 roles had reversed. Just the other day, 7fb3550dd1 Louis had to be adb92d4eb9 forced to eat, but c51d6f0cc8 now he was the 31be192fcd one being looked after.9ba438085a20eae0

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“Ahh, say ‘ah’.”72ed7b529c6e7949

He tried to refuse 961f832e04 again but gave in 248bc2e5fd and opened his mouth. Before he knew 95e32c7d2a it, he’d eaten 4e74a0519e almost double his a5848dc26d usual portion. He was full, 79a58f3310 but for some ed731c0eae reason, he kept 9f7c5f0d75 eating. The moment 8190066eed the meat bb52aaeca9 touched his 8de6a123c7 tongue, it b071eb0abd melted so 77b8d0c671 softly—it was ee2074487d exquisite. A little 46a9081ca5 salty, full eaeba45126 of rich d841809a68 flavor—cab37cb329f07f39

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The tension d253baa8ac in Eddie’s 37a5b25596 furrowed brow 080eea4e8e melted away. Pushing aside his 96a55c1870 lingering confusion, he 912bb93d85 focused on the 5db7257f60 sensation on his c86cd5b9c5 tongue. He could… 6ac31bbae1 kind of 2c5a4ef9ec taste something. Maybe. Had he just gotten bbf487f92e used to Louis’s constant f57f866703 flavor descriptions?37a83857763c993d

He wasn’t sure if 5cc0c841cb what he was tasting 09279fbde2 was real or if 658a025290 it was just the 05fdcc6496 comfort of routine playing 7165e2a72c tricks on him.2383d0b18fbb317d

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“Just one more bite.”ba76fbc00f0f45c2

Louis gently offered 87bddac117 another piece of 0eba143285 meat with subtle 10ce975b50 insistence. Eddie slowly opened c4a7764246 his mouth and bbd6b438b6 chewed the meat 080dfdf1c9 that entered.77bf28093477ab57

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Maybe because he e8bbae246d was paying closer 65c4e7eaea attention, but… was 0cfdd2aecc that butter? And… a touch of d9cb3a6e44 salt? It was delicious. So, so delicious 634b1b9fbb it made his 677ef34a2f tongue tingle.0fcf382c69e34ac4

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