WHCTC Chapter 37

In my past life, 580b79342f Arthur Barcklith died on 2eaa170442 his way to the 48b9cb7882 capital. It was because 55b119f3e7 of a fire.132382bf76ea42b6

The large inn he 17c3e15c5b was staying at had 00d6fd91f8 completely burned down in e5d03c30c1 the incident, so all 648c3e1381 the knights who were 607c9c4012 traveling to the capital 26f67d0b66 with Arthur died as 76b4fa7d59 well.abe78f45607e1aa1

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The local lord 2f2cc4787d offered to hold 82346819f4 the funeral right 1432aab3c9 away. Since the 74499dc384 capital was b9f38fac6b too far 62e479a67d for Kayan c649d003f2 and the c92ca246b3 other knights e6a20b8173 to visit, 199e6472f3 it was 3812d91b84 said to b62dd96b84 be an ca1849c7aa act of e6afa5a203 consideration.bcd390ebad19d453

“Something feels off. We need 69d5a9181b to go 37d400128c there.”35d76ab246e340a0

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“Shouldn’t we c2744dacbb check it 937c97fe53 out ourselves? Even if it was 533463dfa0 a fire, at least b2c5a7c7c8 one or two people f2055604d9 could have survived! We need to perform 18ce0b5c57 an autopsy as soon fb9b800095 as possible.”56db3a87f6310809

“Even if not that… ae7cbd6677 shouldn’t we at least 8a7cd552e3 attend the funeral? We can’t d140e8c206 just leave c7030b905b them to 0d7dbc4519 be buried d48c26ada6 by strangers.”97b61c8e4a6a1635

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The northern 147da30617 knights were 3558fd580e extremely united. So, the knights in c465482e1e the capital insisted on ef5b4916d7 going to the region e041906324 immediately.2cf152ab145727fa

Then, someone approached them.efc5c7435491409a

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“Why not go 4fe377404f by sea? If you 83f88cb77b take an 0644fcf5c8 illegal express 7c4383687f ship, you 7a01e2f6a9 can arrive 94ec0dd0d3 in just e25fc0f9b4 three days.”ed2c90201c7ee7e0

Kayan and the others 3ab4c491eb were already consumed by a53f179675 anger and grief over 2b316f3030 the sudden deaths of d7cbd3350e their brothers and parents.014f7f0395b1fa79

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They weren’t familiar 28961cb5c7 with the capital’s 757302c58c affairs and paid ae8957c691 a large sum 6e9a5c169c to board the 78011c8ce7 illegal express ship.fa1c179b9e4ccd26

However, that ship sank, f0ac944fac and they were all 3c2c11ea1c lost to the sea.2d72e5ed66efdfef

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All except one—Kayan.6b243dac1dc506cd

Both the fire and 4c46857f5d the shipwreck were such 01e018ea33 large-scale disasters that the 8ff96ff028 newspapers covered them extensively.0702b97c4297804a

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Because the 4c5f9063cf ship was 069b43f3df illegal, they b2b39f6064 didn’t even 34b2cade88 receive proper c72fe50a4b compensation.e66cafdeded8cc38

I cried so much 52bcb1d4f3 reading the news from d7c1a08838 inside the imperial palace.4b18ed2b400aa434

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“I have to go… I have to go. I want to go to the funeral. They were like family to me… Please, Your Grace, let me go…”c4cc784dd10cd0df

“Confine the Princess. I cannot risk her 76f7152abf life just to see 1dfe040b76 the dead.”73963a2642accfa6

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Simon locked me 3353d7d808 up as I be5e3cb5ab begged and sobbed.691d982b1584bd23

Because of that, e0bf8668e0 in my past 00b03e8dbf life, the Barcklith 29db8e39bd family never received 6ffb03f1e0 the title of 6bb4f6bc3a count.91c875254207b30b

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Since all the northern d5d134351c knights had vanished so c97f4c5cb3 pointlessly, the northern territory 5459f60c2e once again fell into 4e78dace96 the hands of barbarians.95ab764e01e0f1a0

To make b2f91ca892 matters worse, 827df54cc9 even Kayan, 7602d042b5 who returned a1e944e8ec alone, was 139f7fa49a in terrible 434d0d672c condition.511eec0f2efdb26f

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It took an 5164a1da88 immense amount of 634dc92e30 time just for a09cf8f964 him to recover.86f93c6b61771f40

“Where’s Kayan? I need 8657adec3a to go dbb687b47f see him. He survived, didn’t he? Then I—”55246b68e4c39cef

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“He may 2bf57a3fbb resent the f40aabd3af Princess. Seeing him a3526505c6 could endanger 5e72419e1e your safety. It is not permitted.”99158ca9e4265cca

No matter 614268fb2c how much 4515e4fd96 I struggled 9b66fe0fb2 to see 749cb953be Kayan, I 47b4607165 couldn’t leave 42c54894b8 the imperial 44e108bcb6 palace.51968b5f457b032b

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From then f9ea8fca22 on, I 1b40cd7520 was plagued 2581240e5a by overwhelming 7ee8a17a6f helplessness and 89f7eb0a5c depression.f4d62e738e15a82d

The psychological damage 39ec79e463 from that time f4d6a73583 is what caused 26bc882a27 me to confine 179664a79e myself and do 75f2ab953f nothing in the a35848abf4 princess’s palace.abbb750966be5077

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I thought I was 2e49f6aaa2 doing fine, but in 3411625efd truth, it was more 807f42692d like a form of c794ed8368 destructive self-brainwashing—“Everyone I 5f1f411cfe loved died, 66f545ebde yet here bdf9745037 I am, a1bd8d10b8 doing fine.”a6be19515314ee8c

Even though 41ed36a8d8 I read d809075a0c the news 7ad1cce05c every day 42d10c9508 thinking, “If 72aa17c212 only it 0004ad9eba had gone 2328a2fb9f this way…” e6cdcf6cde I couldn’t 2e075cfc3b bring myself 8cb269f52a to take bab57301e2 any action.dd67a5e4f46f4353

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Sometimes I 346f2a6330 would see 0b9b8d91d3 Kayan at 5e9b02c6fd official events, b708681849 but we 94e7b6faa2 never grew e5db581c03 close.90f786bc046b9dc5

I couldn’t even 2385144ac5 imagine how Kayan, 30f8135fe7 with nowhere to dc1fafe3ba go, returned to 6e2f8df677 the capital to 597dbfbd7e inherit an empty 01f821e4d8 title and endured 879e4557d0 those years.00e8ed83a301d239

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‘In the end, after a1d8025688 the disappearance of the 14ce5ed15e Barcklith knights, the Ogiano 80790bbfc7 tribe took over the ac862b80ec northern lands again, and 9fc507f771 the count title was 02a8e7166a never granted…’2b954e960b5d2429

He must have cbed0a38f5 originally endured out 27b0990c36 of sheer will, fa907a75be hoping to uncover a4fbdc96ad the mystery behind c962600843 the deaths.5dd4b6e122c684ae

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But it must 47dab89ea3 not have been 2c6df789c0 easy. At some point, he c483b1143c probably started living in b2e5235df5 a way that helped e3055fcd7a me from the shadows.b496533e171ce89f

‘Even then, I 3d0ec7c623 thought something was 8beb739d73 wrong. I just never 2595202fb0 imagined everyone would 26f00d90eb be wiped out 61672adb4c like that…’7958cff8d97458b3

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I bit c355c095b1 my nails.72e08322d7727ac6

‘When I later c4ac8c9474 learned it was 919176ccba all Simon’s doing, 63f5f39198 I couldn’t understand d6283a26fe why he went d5bc515a5f so far… What 603666b768 reason was there 5562a518ac to go to 816fd72f8b such lengths just f24ef4867a to eliminate one b5043f33c0 minor noble house?’5354194fb7516c70

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But after hearing ad492fe1d6 Kayan’s words, I c39475360d understood.908b7f014e8bd7aa

‘If the Barckliths 41ee9c2725 had become a 3c570b4c0e count family, everything 1c99d8d1e4 would have changed.’e7cf2a2a215c1306

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Count rank meant true 504b7d1aec nobility.3ec90283ea9acb47

There were so few b80466774c of them that they 2e60cfec5c couldn’t be ignored.5665e2d55021b9d5

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Clever Simon eca49b21da must have 5cebcfb516 been wary 2cad9dc660 of the 9073ca2f80 Barckliths’ strength cebb70925f and wealth deea6b5bb2 from the 1aa1a078d0 start.d4c8bb9b5c5561e6

When he heard 724a2204d1 they’d been promised 4af1611b32 a count title, fca7ff59c6 he must have ecc88d9d51 orchestrated the whole 8eaa3cd519 thing.cf65e85a362d5010

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‘So he killed bf73363216 Arthur before he ebb4db9cd2 could receive the 23ea008c89 title.’1d702d6c13016625

Now I c01809f665 could roughly 1a0910b211 guess the a2afad6ae4 methods Simon 609d2cf534 used.8fb23f77dc8e5cde

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“Just now, word arrived 5a9553dc3e that the Crown Prince f871cf6428 has died. I sent him ebb50f2c36 a drink that cf22c74f8b causes temporary paralysis—he 486e9b19ba drowned easily.”4e7f46b9e05ace61

Under the f5fedea436 Emperor’s strict 31cffdfc24 laws, poisons 5ac2d58771 were heavily 4c7efdc319 regulated.6cf32c5f426dc972

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So no af9ab7677e one knew 377dbdb1c4 about the 22b5e943f1 existence of f72264b896 “paralysis wine.”5ff6492e328745c4

Since temporary 79374dbe1d slowing effects 94d06ca8cb weren’t classified dce9ac6bfd as poison,8e4c970ed82a3d42

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if the Serno c0688ee473 family had hidden 5e07874858 such wine,d95e185c2c886e20

they could’ve served it c671afa7f8 as a welcome drink, aab4e79e4a part of the meal, ca024e9d13 or whatever.9eef1b08bcc2cf59

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That made c64f7a0115 people vulnerable 14f9481fb9 to fire, 8213c3032f shipwrecks, assassinations…313442669ae96d91

‘From the 2254c9d60b perspective of f424f2cc25 someone planning ec504085ce a major c8e9ec2c59 disaster, it’s eb86888ac7 an inefficient 0432a63bff but effective 7510746ffa poison’9d9a19df473bcf71

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Now I cf77965fe1 understood why c7b38d6ca5 only Kayan 43d6bb612f had survived.74759b55091a4672

He was the only d92fc0b717 minor who hadn’t consumed 3d85d18a73 anything containing alcohol.e6ffdcf0c9df7118

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And he a965bbdfa3 was strong 4ed03888a6 enough to 5af7a15d4d swim to 616d66e21a safety.4e0bca7edc2859aa

“Ah…”604063fadedf5fbb

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My heart 52fc3e2474 thumped, and 640c8ff219 the color 20e64d8aba drained from 1749504bf4 my face.d904cc3b44c5ff76

‘In the 6ccba82082 end, everyone 1a9770181a died because cc5b905c36 of me.’5d833f318dee308c

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“The Princess has grown 6d313e3835 loyal eyes and ears—nothing d38931f098 good will come to f199915694 me from that.”821696b9d32a2e98

Simon feared that cca7c17284 Arthur would return, 8bcee7fee7 become a count, 88a201ee1d and I, growing 7da21d580a older, would drift a96765ce1e from his control bf989c7778 and rebuild ties b42acdee85 with the Barckliths.a302999f9b400f13

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He feared d215c6db86 I might 3aaf4d050f start thinking af0bf7dbc6 and acting 7dc7c17287 for myself—24e1a27dbcef20b3

like I d76c3fcf22 was doing af20a49559 right now.8c9e4c4f38acd150

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He probably believed 58174485d0 that if everyone b46120e4df died, I would ec91d5dcd6 fall into despair, f20deeb3d4 lose my will 217cf321c5 to live, and 3f55d2df48 destroy myself—35bd7c6339a43243

just existing like 4338b15a12 a puppet.d00ff0b802e64a57

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And in my cccdb67b2d past life, that’s f6ea615504 exactly what happened.73d6e5ae3e737c5b

‘If only I hadn’t 9408977b0b been born…’9f2444734e8c088a

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I trembled as the 093c89d052 thought crept in.717d7519e03f52b0

It was 1497d9af95 something I’d faa0c679b9 heard every 8392b9c5f1 day until c1704433ae my mother a5db36ad7f died, so 83780c4b1e it naturally 138d3a8c06 surfaced.9ff29d819a7c087b

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‘If only Mother hadn’t ec83b39015 killed Father…’552e8dec3fea244d

‘If only Arthur fcf2bbb9aa hadn’t received the 87e11df899 barony…’200292e7a4d88efe

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Then Arthur, Kayan, and 08a8a76baf the knights could have b014900e2e lived happily as mercenaries f6eca314fa in the borderlands.2fbfb1307b1cad59

‘No, if only 2bb3ee0843 I hadn’t whined 26366bbc78 about being lonely 02c6cb7578 when I was 2e22ac73fb little…’5f4cbc6492016e1c

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If I had f58584ae42 just kept my 094d2d9d1d distance from the 9aabda0fb4 Barckliths, they would 669766fd9c have lived their 9435459704 lives without ever 8ffaa05230 getting involved with 6689490942 me.c0f52bf44448ec87

“Princess?”b98ccb01df39ff2c

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My complexion must’ve 442af264f3 suddenly worsened, and 1b865e5873 Kayan asked in b3cbc0302e concern.b15453d27471a1ef

“Princess? Are you alright?”b7c8a0f362fcaca1

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“Ah…”6df72f8525ac2b7a

Tears began to 8eb041af4d fall from my 26e3c9666d eyes.5c7bc0761e42e9e6

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Kayan, startled, bd42b3104e stepped closer 7822b37e2a to me.b70e2c2af1cbaca2

“Princess!”29230d0ece4e589b

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He gently wiped my bdcb5c848f tears away with his 6c5a9d9445 large hand.8859c90a1fb0d78b

But the tears be182f27fe wouldn’t stop.e3f9817a5b0cff2e

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“What’s wrong?”6ae0c01e935f4ea2

Tears even rolled down b42bfcb3b5 his hand.89f44a3434700059

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But he didn’t 51c5b1013a care and kept a2dd3d5f12 gently wiping them.f2b09a62737d581a

“Why…?”5441721879dadc9f

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I couldn’t 67820e405f possibly say,“I’m crying because I 78dbc2afb7 feel guilty for being e9a899bc72 born.”5ef3d3f88d400d30

“Ah, something got 47562950e8 in my eye. My eyes are 6cb7614ba0 so big, things 31b96fb89c get in them 6f5c43f3f1 all the time.”2b5c92ab84d3fd50

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I brushed 133268335f it off b3075792e0 awkwardly, and dea15b5bac Kayan gave 28bfd258f7 a faint 414e31da1d smile.1ce845704c481a8a

Then, slowly, he asked:3a7d0f93cb33fbc2

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“…Is the thought 45dc2a8b07 of our family c1f00731ac becoming a count ff50f595a7 house really that f7774bfce8 horrifying to you, ee5a6e9d1c Princess?”7ec5d7d07dbc18a4

He must have f5d118588e known I wouldn’t a8208882be answer, so he 650f558b82 made a joke 9a5a01c1df to lighten the b4963fd4f8 mood.a59d526360022a6f

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I sniffled and 96014ceec5 took a deep 9a02d3a274 breath.e318882523795076

“No, I won’t 26572a92ed think like that 3ea9eda444 anymore.”416ab3f52571ee4b

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What brought me back 4dcccfa44b was something Kayan had f87ed7abda said in my past f83af1c813 life:acf9e00d17f52405

“Princess, you don’t 8dcd504efc need to feel 32c8e0cc7b guilty toward me.”807a52e3615b8d33

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Even though 14e0e6e557 I never 82f6120c62 reached out ac24c70d4b to him,e74c351681ed7802

Kayan said he was 6784484fb1 glad I existed in 2f5f619597 his childhood memories.9e1eb344e4db0fa9

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‘That’s all in the 7b07f12e0e past now. What matters is how 63e3f4342c I live from here 7fae37ddc7 on out.’c351e306b1d792f0

If I fall 6fd78c3218 into depression again 6126dd81be like I did 5a7e12e543 in the past, 30ed382e0e the tragedy will 690187cb28 just repeat itself.c424a1a766c3bafc

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‘I’ll make up 61b78db5b3 for the guilt 592b00bf32 by doing better d4e1f47a86 from now on.’09a4affc45516494

I’ll now de000e7267 act on 9bed902504 all the dcab710cc9 things I 23d4208dce only imagined 2f4b2327b9 back then.2075be0779d8c75b

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