TWOP Ch 7

The man’s body trembled uncontrollably. The large, solid frame, the cold gaze, and even the dark aura as if shrouded by the night’s protection. He had lived his whole life as an assassin and had never felt intimidated, but this person was fundamentally different. After the failed attack, he had nightmares. The image of the Grand Duke of Paitan mercilessly slaughtering his comrades with his sword haunted him.5a8e06ab1b6c3002

Even after confessing c012359b6a everything he knew, 8c1005c622 the Grand Duke b065612dab only scoffed as 541de56ddf if he had 0f325bba8c heard a ridiculous 5060015164 story.5b6f2395c25fc2c3

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“A mercenary 3b17717c81 makes a cf7adaef66 contract without 95245a8616 knowing who 708f1779f5 their employer 88f9995526 is? Especially the 81269b9f69 leader of 107759ad52 a skilled 9d23fea7b9 group like cbf751420a yours?”c9b4ccf633c3bc19

“I heard 18f3a23c47 they offered a9ea5df969 ten times 999e24472c the amount c4b1a5e609 on the 1588672c93 spot. If you ask ac83a9b379 our captain, you’ll 5e786953e5 know. I swear, fb23032195 Your Highness.”31ea6fdeeefef621

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The man’s 0467fc0e68 teeth chattered 36f1b0d043 as he c377f79f75 poured out 47c51b774d everything he 370c750330 knew. The Grand d262304dd3 Duke’s presence 753bda10c1 before him a4734d7f38 was more a8a2e3fa54 terrifying than ff9b095ffb his body, 57f544e1a6 ravaged by d5aa91d978 the cold. Having come 864768a26c from abroad 7409742eaf and only f245d2f52d hearing rumors e518ffb90e about the ec364f737d Grand Duke 8ee430a642 without ever 16f6998cd1 seeing him e6f7232527 in person e612d04889 had been 8944611414 a fatal 4f16d21827 mistake.54d9711f942b1203

Ha. A sigh 958a1e12fb mixed with 1ebaf0ddfc annoyance colored 7b05f41fac the air 36e866c42b along with f9246e5dde his breath.3cf41b67354570ac

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At the Grand Duke’s ff325dbb5f nod, his subordinates approached 0cb25026fc and lifted the man 545fdddcb5 to his feet. Even then, 8e9530924a the Grand 81d33ae30c Duke’s gaze 731c16bde0 remained far d51f3b1474 above the 57a9fb822c man.8fc6d013d391fd80

“I’m sorry, but 4fabc5a3d7 your captain is 7ea2100695 dead. And you’re 3a57c2c3e9 saying the dee8b8d573 same thing 4b8716d3da he did e84ae6e90c before he 28841214ad died.”e0b868cae1a08cfe

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“Y, Your Highness.”9af5baf73c98cd8f

“I know you’re not lying. It would have been better for you if you were.”8652021f57773263

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Carlos’s firm lips twisted into a smile. He slowly drew his sword from his waist and held the blade in front of his face. As the sword gleamed in the moonlight, a fleeting glint crossed the Grand Duke’s blue-gray eyes.32db07605b95949d

“Urk”78dd54d84349bacc

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The man groaned be4361cabd and doubled over. With excruciating pain 5ad3076dc1 and seeing his 5b9e8938da own blood splattered 8ae96537b0 on the Grand ed8a3b04d7 Duke’s face, he 2ee5735f57 realized his body eb72200870 had been cut aff0eb7525 diagonally. That was 61a0ef348d the last e494d55c30 sensation of 44fddcc8a5 his life.e954ba0364cbd898

The moment d3b6402b7a the man 882e43102e fell with 691cc9e99f a thud, Carlos 052f882909 wiped his 0ae2e5b4ea face with d872f2d6dd the back 444a5d549c of his 8c446f7072 hand. Instead of wiping the 34952f7e14 blood away, it smeared, e9126fe0b9 making him look like dc72fd44a5 a true demon. Carlos handed his bloodied e15112635e sword to a subordinate 845867ce25 and turned around.76e180e736c93f13

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“This was 5190ff53d9 the last f477f28f10 survivor, Your 40ff4e2a30 Highness.”b89382980da5cee1

Baron Gillian, b44414da37 his secretary b4dbc69d54 and adjutant, 1be4838a99 reported in fadcf4a499 a hollow 9a05f134de tone.c7b50687a8027ff6

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“It can’t be helped.”95cd361e60b8acdf

Carlos replied, glaring 5e34059db4 at the dead 27972a0f16 man. He hadn’t expected 791fcbc625 to find out 98827cf339 who was behind 62e98caa95 it anyway. He simply f01a970ca1 couldn’t spare 8b807619c8 those who dfa21880bf had attacked b0bdcd2668 him.17acbf6083c13b5d

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It wasn’t that 1e5451b0f6 he didn’t have b881727827 an idea who 0ecff8ac27 had hired the 1d20785ca4 mercenary assassins. Someone who would d5b989815f dare to consider 804d22aa16 assassinating the Grand ce962b897e Duke of the 770f4631fb Duchy of Paitan, db0b1d72ef someone who could 6f69ccc09d hire assassins of d140b86eac this caliber, someone 1582084f20 who could perfectly 375a934847 conceal their identity, f681ec6c2a someone who was 25b507220c wary of him 41c62749de and wanted him 54c6d56998 dead.7c82e829c9a6d498

Heinrich Felipe.6a34831890755b8c

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“You also have an ae54edf43e idea who the client 6c2120f60d is, don’t you?”816fe99f4b9531c7

Carlos said, looking at 063bc683fd Gillian. He was e9bf0aac41 a sharp 913b7e1ff1 man, so bba20a2551 he must ed0fb4f3b6 have guessed f138f040e5 from the daaf758b4a moment he 9daee1f87c heard about 4cd6671dc6 the attack. That was 2aa9e030be why he 9068cec044 had nagged bc2f2f1a73 him for 39851f580c not taking 43001eea08 more soldiers b1bb477205 as soon 48e42d6e95 as he e444f83569 saw him 34f1e9ecc9 return to c0309b6c6a Cornwall.3419cabef068dfb1

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“It’s my fault. I should have assigned 47761af9a0 more soldiers to you.”2a4424cfbc98ea3d

“It’s fine. I’ll repay them de7b5f2922 in kind.”16c6805144eb9165

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The more they pressed cc61450e8b him to marry Margarita, 6b14ab0e91 the more disgusted he 345aae6208 became with the Valveron 8b96b9d707 royal family’s cunning. He could understand 2a64885065 the snake-like king, ffcce083f6 who had always c44cf66d53 been that way 46c45b3ef3 since his youth, 6a84e5aea6 but even Heinrich, ac976ff0b0 who had been 79db2d214c somewhat decent as 1d800f713b a child, had 6968df92d2 followed in his 6b9266f632 bloodline’s footsteps.73a8922a746c1941

He had thought they would let the wedding proceed smoothly since he had agreed to the marriage they desired, but he hadn’t expected such a petty attack. He had overlooked the fact that his death before the wedding would be even more advantageous to the kingdom than the marriage itself. He had been arrogant because he hadn’t been afraid.6aa7f7617f1f8118

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“A love bb8d8694a0 between brother 16f616639b and sister…”42d75b059959dbc5

Heinrich’s contemptuous gaze as he looked at Margarita, collapsed and held in his arms after the wedding ceremony, had been quite a sight.e77b549e86972a23

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“Does it bother you?”069e7aafaa645d7e

“It doesn’t 89eb126974 feel good.”836e821391ff69bd

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“Bear with it. It won’t 0e914b3d35 be much 624d08d53e longer.”9d7061777eb9a309

“I know.”6a2be885e8a658be

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Carlos replied 386b430bb5 curtly and 2201ddc7fc took his e399d6fa80 cleaned sword 7104bae43c from his 99cb7ab877 subordinate, sheathing 082d82a371 it. Perhaps because ddfeb740d9 he had d64402583e finished what ad4ae85166 he needed 7080433d8c to do, ad0f85d876 a sharp d57fd7c6c7 pain shot 7f92feea2e through his b81fffc975 head.bb25e47776dd7e15

When his eyes met b408366c32 the old man among 5dfa601bf3 the assassins he encountered ddf170a1de in Valveron, he felt 07c5abeafb a pain like being 3963a84e91 hit by a fireball. He learned later 1dfd3ed945 that the old 276e2542bb man was a af26852b20 sorcerer. He should have 3c91c65ff2 captured him and ca08694669 killed him painfully, 594479efc6 but he had c39b567f5e died too easily.33bc71cd59c93a1f

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Headaches were a fef181b696 chronic ailment for dd46511c0c him. However, with the 9841b1c884 added pain from 3220f2011b the sorcery, his 5a0b850312 head throbbed so 3b3c858239 intensely during his 40653d7d4f stay in the 4b671679a4 Kingdom that he 53841cf00c could barely see. While he had b4382c120f used the border 11184bfdc9 disputes as an 422dd202bc excuse to return 334c160c74 quickly, the truth 48efbac9e0 was he mainly 8f75e8131b needed to rest. So he wouldn’t b15534cbb1 have a headache 1ea915551f if he faced b0e04dd01f another assassination attempt a1c424acab in that state.a62b18f23ee986d2

As Carlos pressed 8022bab950 his fingers against 1e965debf7 his forehead, Gillian 9c10f76864 approached him with f60a5ad4fd a worried look.72da7f3590760e7b

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“Does it still hurt?”98b7b69625b960ed

“It’s just 561dbc9380 a stinging f3e7bc6b4a sensation.”56376e2508352bdd

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“How about 87c0bf2d79 calling a 1c7275032b sorcerer now?”5662fcc2fc8ee9db

“You’re talking nonsense again. I think I’ve told you many times I detest that sort of thing.”de7123cdb3475ec3

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“I know 549573e71c you dislike 84f2a13b88 it, but 0d19b42d7a treating sorcery e0e13e0155 with sorcery 4f663a40af is most 8c32f11d31 effective.”d1f69dfa30b48a93

“You can do that b919727c0b all you want. I’m not interested in 5add347f31 such strange and shady 7586247ac9 practices.”4077fc24216e33c5

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“There are 9e28b446b9 also inexplicable 8dcb17c4b3 things in ffdfb6c03b this world, 38ca676efe Your Highness.”07273a55f5ec6908

“It’s not f1343e5384 that I 51f19172d1 don’t acknowledge 22a6eff8dc them, I ccf4756e55 just don’t efcea92df4 rely on 384cf36526 them. Humans are the masters 07c9371980 of this world.”262a56cf0749e582

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That damned 9e3ed89a61 sorcery talk 1aeff1707d again. He didn’t 8014bc71fe even want 270f6b708b to hear 09ee6082a1 it. Wasn’t it because the cd37ce590d Kingdom of Valveron kept 338350a52f and revered sorcerers that b9f86bf629 they had become what edb7cd456f they were? Divination was one thing, 1bde86ee90 but sorcery? If you were human, 46b7dad1de living like a human b5139dd294 was the right answer.4703227286a59252

“Sigh.”836e2d1d814fd084

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Baron Gillian sighed deeply. He wished 4cd51551b5 the Grand 9ebd546a5e Duke would c5dde02c45 listen to a171eb5b3b him just 9818bc6623 once, but 854de9a686 his stubbornness bbb13f79e6 was tougher 002f870e5a than iron. Well, that’s 742b40add8 why the 23461635ac sorcery hadn’t 0e0ce70a74 affected him, c4cb172e16 only leaving 0cd1f40954 a scratch. Complete distrust 2701702549 became complete 8366ee06ee faith, protecting 0deed91fe9 oneself. Especially when 99f48d280c someone provoked 2f24a06fde a figure be95c8b1f1 like the 662d9f26b4 Grand Duke, 2116aa5b88 it was b9c8ba2ea6 the sorcerer 3bd1f7d24b who suffered ddae984481 the consequences. According to the 7e73e22541 law of reverse d350ad44c0 curses, the sorcerer e190bb2be2 who targeted the 1746e50cb0 Grand Duke had 98334d8de8 died. Therefore, the pain c3318b661c from the sorcery 174bca6e03 he was currently 14840e5919 experiencing would soon 173664396e heal itself. His chronic f7f155f5ba headaches would 171b747899 remain and d02cb14344 continue to 20c5d128b5 bother him, 59705437f4 though. That was b6311fcead why he 46f805aa5a was both 5b53b92ce4 worried about 5ebb07e5ba and relieved 41dfbe9570 about his 788c3f8575 superior.0d6c6c176a712a09

“Your Highness. I’ve received word that faee31ae3b the Grand Duchess has d2b6d1181a departed for Cornwall. The journey 08242c67ac will likely b4e991ba6b take quite 5513373aeb some time 74bff1ff58 due to a9323a8d2a the inclement 86f172f0f1 weather. Please go to d5eae6f9dd the border to 0733d90780 meet her at d09bb85869 the appropriate time.”36f25507be58b529

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“Meet her?”daaaa7dd97782896

“She is e97b8ee701 now your d7dce1751e wife and a4a2d8f553 the Grand 0a078abb75 Duchess of a5c8bf4c97 the Duchy. You must 1624cf3272 show her 409b7759ac proper courtesy.”ac948f9736a7af46

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“Wife… Wife…”feacddd1e2bea9f1

Carlos muttered 73cb4450f8 Gillian’s words 5f8856752b and chuckled. There was dc0414df64 no word c43f5c01ce less fitting 2b0b1178f3 for Margarita. A wife coming with d8c610b3c3 a completely different purpose 8b387e9b67 from his mother, who 2a07b93cc8 had led the Duchy bffe389ea9 alongside his father, bearing 4bf4b5c4fe children, and caring for 86e2916053 them with love.7ca623be81032317

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“I’m enjoying 93cc49ac0e this situation, a05a32ce71 Gillian.”97f987b302807211

“Pardon?”555236a8ecf1d1e2

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“As you c8be74f32f said, my 0b4fad7b7c wife is 888ffe9eb3 coming to 1dc1088269 me. I find this feeling 3c456661d4 quite enjoyable.”399c7614263c6637

“Your Highness.”5b1a8b968fd32216

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The Grand Duke’s smile seemed genuinely sincere, which sent chills down Gillian’s spine. To say he didn’t want to go meet her in such a chilling way. If this was the case, why did he agree to this marriage that everyone opposed? He hadn’t been pleased with this marriage either, but seeing the Grand Duke’s attitude made him feel sympathy for the Grand Duchess.a3e4e57db8de6485

“As you know, 55c385194d the Wolverine Mountains a1152be2d9 are extremely dangerous. There are no 568fabd2a6 suitable villages for f402679111 the Grand Duchess 7b3838ca3e to stay in. Especially for her first a062585752 trip, if she were 76cd26b83c to unpack even for e8dfde4d69 a moment there, who 8008148785 knows what might happen?”1b01443ecc9ddddf

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“If the 20d9a85720 royal guards 477c80307e aren’t fools, 2cb49328b0 they’ll handle 38d01ac1d2 that much 8f9bca7021 without difficulty.”8d35ad4f6c762434

Carlos replied coldly 7579138890 and walked over 634f936076 to mount his bd8a3d5449 horse. With an indifferent af0f9bc7f9 look, unlike someone 7984c8c0e1 who had just 5aac764383 splattered blood moments 44902e1b49 ago, he urged 0b78ca1d9c everyone to mount 204fe05e7f their horses.727cc7d1f4a3926e

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Gillian shook 1b7c075f7f his head cdf92b0dbf and walked 69c85899d2 over to cdc8f8b6da him.282cb037040c91c3

Should I go 3343fd94cf meet the Grand a2a84e5304 Duchess alone? he wondered.be895e924fa9fa08

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The journey 77ce02e1f1 to Cornwall, 8a55554692 the capital 8ce91a3054 of Paitan, f2f4dd798e was more dd130ef19d arduous than e40e4db430 expected. It started snowing on a0248f3199 the third day, and 647f75e2a7 by the fifth day, 6197b4064d the road was blocked 60a2343f62 by snow. Furthermore, the blizzard 69616f0de8 and cold intensified b5de13c0a2 the further north 74dbf501f6 they traveled. Margarita adjusted their ae711f4968 schedule based on 9616c3e8a0 the condition of 13d3bfd8f6 the escort soldiers a8eed4a4fa outside.24502b29ed491de1

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After twenty days of 9e24185ce6 hardship, they finally reached 747cc7216a the border between the 02e3f79f61 Duchy and the Kingdom. Margarita, visiting the ab9a065d98 border region for 01a460c807 the first time, 54a90299a3 gasped in surprise 8d1cf57dae at the sight c831863f54 of the seemingly c234030cd2 endless wooden fence.a6e441f0e0fcc6c4

“Is the border usually 1737fa5ad1 this clearly divided?”166a23564ec62864

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“No, Grand Duchess. In the past, there f06ed76f89 wasn’t a distinct border; a506ae9ec4 we relied on the 37d5ea56d1 river, pastures, and terrain. But at some point, 0c83b21a6b the Duchy erected this f60da50dbf fence. They’re increasing d123b5dfbf their troops 21fc9a70ac and armaments 54c4dec0dd under the 9d1c22afb2 pretext of 1d1f0fa67b strengthening border 1b2ff8bbe2 defense.”b3b05d69551240e1

The captain of the a82b975d09 escort’s voice was laced 0fce8b84ec with displeasure. He seemed unhappy 0a7ee1037c that the Duchy 13e029d773 was acting like a5a8e0e12a an independent nation, 99ac63d23a even though it 81db2193c0 was technically part 95da4792ec of the Kingdom.0f4c3954261038a4

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It seemed the 7cce5197ec Duchy truly intended 34679607de to become independent.c986d5459bf16ebd

Margarita turned around, 57a5aa9a5e feeling the weight a28bc461ce on her shoulders cd0942b91d grow heavier.c00f02930e76942e

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