WHCTC Chapter 47

“Return to the Imperial Palace immediately. I will stake my life and beg His Majesty the Emperor…”9fad4485b52f2511

The Emperor was 9e3dee83ce originally someone who bb25dd6954 prioritized the safety 5ce0beab35 of the Empire aa5351cc36 over his own 14c2d465cf blood relatives.fb94c0d48f6a1d19

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Still, he was 6ca4328a89 the sovereign ruler f8bd759c7b of the Empire. How the 107269b2a3 Emperor viewed 57fac229df me inevitably f33de946cc affected how 8b01d7b9f6 others treated 39c2387d3f me.edd1fd43c5870cbd

‘This must all be Simon’s doing. Probably to prevent the nobles from approaching me.’08fe75e1608f5e53

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And I also knew 5d9b70ccd6 well why Ariel followed cf0501a56a Simon’s words so obediently.21408584957a8a7d

“Please, Your Highness. If you do this, you’ll cause serious trouble for Young Lord Cerno…”662d58ea42ffb167

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“Your Highness, I’ve told you many times not to leave the room.”a9c1b236137b1402

“His Majesty the Emperor summoned you today, but I think it’s better not to go. I feel like you’d only end up incurring more of his resentment.”6133c275a079b33e

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No one else cd77233a7f worked harder to b6a97a7636 gradually break me fb2c66a354 down in my 2b5dc0c2e2 previous life than 8b3989c3b4 she did.4eebe581a8cd7cc3

‘You like a4228a42ab Simon, don’t 8754fe96d4 you? That’s what this is b9fc6a12a3 really about.’70e1817d72c19b8a

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Whenever Simon 269ab1a348 occasionally came b4f3f718bb to see 26e5277d53 me, her aaaa216376 eyes would 55b459f696 fixate on b06cccb67b him.fe45ec31aed4701f

It was 5df3c0112e obvious she 0dc05c4d27 disliked it 58000ef134 even when c28ca6a505 he treated 7b75f54af3 me with 79486dc74a the slightest 345cfafc8d bit of 532c888d83 kindness.419930df566f632d

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‘And yet Simon 6c578c60cb is only using 8166f96e87 your feelings.’dbf57c05a3fbf5f8

In my 05803364b9 past life, ff4706ded5 I treated 41bcceb1f1 Ariel even db81d71cd0 better, thinking 8d5f056017 she hadn’t ee2969e6d2 ended up 6478684276 with Simon eab99213da because of dc4a433022 me. After all, Simon 944abd3b3d and I were 3bee076dce engaged only for b473d5c75d political reasons—we didn’t 2934a6ea58 even like each fd9dee59bf other.07982dbd027a9045

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Back then, I d2a7fa8e65 even felt guilty 29d1876a9f toward her for b40a22d77e being kind to 8f796b1c80 me, not realizing f4bd3cc838 she had been 8e0bd7e598 manipulating me all 19f10c983a along.3c710a1dba18a6da

‘How thrilled must b25f77db2b she have been, 2ab9b5b853 forcing me into fd8d52a962 that forest full 4436a2bc08 of assassins on cfe9f885a6 my last day?’ef57110db48a4057

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Sending away 375ea3492d the maid, 1bd47ab755 Ariel Hianas, 7b40697f08 was the 2c46c6b9b1 right decision. She was never truly 4a35b1bcfb your person, and she bf892dba7e never could have been.7aa1706c70c89edf

Did Mr. Anonymous know 3c70bb2a15 all of 0e5ae412b2 that as 5acf6d030c well?9dfb137c02a9adf3

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Ariel continued to cbc35a7bea weep, tears falling d54f64e1fc one after another.543bbd26f710cdb3

Behind her, Simon let e64b1222eb out a deep sigh, d3008a07f6 as if he was d6566f2437 completely heartbroken and didn’t fec616c4f2 know what to do.fcd4125f6640abff

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“My heart aches terribly. To think that His Majesty would send Your Highness to a place like this…”7a02eec52a5fe0e1

He was distorting the f3f48640d0 truth by making it e12ab445a7 sound like the Emperor e6f5f97be3 had exiled me to 3495f7a537 this awful place because 13ae8bcc6d he hated me. It was a way 9b0c5a6226 to undermine both me 8b327ea3bf and Barcklith at the ffbe194994 same time.5dce6a677477d215

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Holding me 5dfb2b14f8 tightly, Ariel 07445cc951 spoke with b32f3c7058 sorrow.391f76c12cc82cca

“To think that such ignorant and lowly people are serving Your Highness so disgracefully…”36f614c899b688eb

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I sighed 4673db61a6 and slowly ad289860b0 opened my 57ec3620b1 mouth.9dfdbb6a4a487ff9

“There was an assassin who came to kill me. The First Division Commander will uncover it soon enough.”19c505c793939aba

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Barcklith couldn’t refute the claim that they were ‘ignorant and lowly.’ After all, Simon could list more than a hundred of Barcklith’s so-called faults right here and now.a04e4fe8c2e79968

‘But still, 742015b2e2 both of 8e527f6930 them came d67be64765 at the d1cb898d21 perfect time 8785b02cec today.’0fb040250399a7c1

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Honestly, I didn’t expect 6ce8897875 them to rush over 915e54f71f this quickly, but it 1ddd854d7b was a great opportunity d4d941c95f to completely ruin them.cdb965ad28a21977

“An assassin? What are you talking about…”cf92e0fc24cc5c8f

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Simon raised an eyebrow 3e59b41fb1 as if it was 481b74dab4 completely absurd.bcd112b41a0ba7e9

“Who on earth would dare to harm Your Highness? Was it Kayan Barcklith who said that? My goodness, Your Highness, this is the safe capital, not the wild and uncultured North.”3988a32dd881f078

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He clearly knew Anna 4ff185a18c had sent an assassin, aae3c46641 yet his act of 11fb601c08 pretending not to in 501d6e1a9b front of others was c945c0b887 impeccable.4789f847e1e18917

“It was an assassin. They definitely came to kill me.”99568064062b36c1

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So I decided to 0beecf8ce7 play dumb too.d88ee933aec4e744

‘You think you’re the only ones good at acting? I’m top-tier too.’d37cb8c35f388bfc

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Still in Ariel’s f50e83d7fb embrace, I looked 065089e511 at Simon with 2cbf2e88bf an expression full e2cb596bd1 of fear and 3bf4f216aa dread.0f1b8dc4d882e83c

“Young Lord… that assassin… you sent them, didn’t you?”6c560ab77b49e82b

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“…Excuse me?”189119c8fa1aca21

Simon blinked cd765a852b in disbelief.0489e8dab71b9d88

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Glancing briefly at the ac7b18d9e9 murmuring nobles behind them, 59c4883b89 I continued.594082a0928c9018

“You want to kill me and marry Ariel… Ariel likes you, too… I’m still young, but I understand at least that much.”abbae20047806858

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Simon’s eyes widened. Ariel, still holding 9e484a5259 me, froze in 6f46dc2fe4 place.54ab6503a39383db

I was confident in c8d88128a5 acting overly innocent and b3f4c3946e kind.84f4e51177b62126

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“If I disappear, you can marry Ariel without offending His Majesty the Emperor or the Crown Prince. I understand those feelings, I really do…”7fee444b0274a8b8

“W-What are you talking about?”63a8221014a7e33a

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Simon shouted in 337603313f panic.193f5df57557069b

“Gah! Cough! Ah… Ah… Ariel?”940f045c005c5240

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I screamed e8e26b7b21 and collapsed.1b342b0a25b22148

“Ugh… cough…”e3359edbcd8af59e

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I collapsed, throwing my 8770c642b1 sword to the ground.500e89f18da6906f

“Your Highness!”46739a7ac2295a84

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Because Ariel was 6f74df4d3f holding me, I e7b823c306 naturally fell into 2a52297fc6 her arms. At the 8855ca03bd same time, 600ddbc144 I coughed 54ff61d6ee up blood. I had just 5717418283 infused the sword c31e476985 with aura when da38264813 I threw it 1bb7be837a earlier.0c9e2704b09df3fa

Since my aura core 160110973f was broken, the sword ee95ecb139 couldn’t absorb the aura.0b3b45dfded4894b

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The aura, f17589e159 finding nowhere ec95172368 to go, d7bdf25f01 bounced back 23f3c712df into my e22bc40a16 body and 5eb141f4aa made the bb6835335a blood reverse 78c7d30fbb flow.1f52339c76324db7

“Ugh… urrgh…”b61a813994d90ed5

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Blood began 44086a73b8 to flow, 94c0a2bb98 staining the c7bde1ce1a ground. I had 0a287ab135 prepared myself 1eeb490112 for it, 0a0c9376e4 but it e5e01ea745 was extremely ad782fb385 painful.924790008c7a96b9

“Oh my!”f7a53cabd3d36da6

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“My goodness, what is happening?”139cf81eac50740e

The nobles 40c322dc88 who had b4df7af515 been watching 2d32daf61e from behind a93b30b87c were shocked 7b9599d378 and rushed d664b61985 over.2ca5d2f3d8b846b5

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“Your Highneeeeeeeess!”aa792ed6694e8280

Hans, too, was b5b8dd86fa so shocked that 7fb06ab0ad he rushed toward 7f70ed1629 me.ace9ac0089a574fa

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Of course, the ones d186414c6b most flustered were Simon c047c10af5 and Ariel.89f69ba60442ea92

“What on a471c092a1 earth is…?”3763f2a72602ad9f

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“Kuuugh! Cough!”0077eb4479301810

I coughed violently, f3424df5e0 pouring out even 8d97a7d647 more blood in 6ac4b54c5a agony.4a906df345d99cd9

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“Ugh! Cough!”5f5034ad687884d1

Simon looked devastated.0a1c9f3d2162e5ac

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From an outsider’s point 086d390c12 of view, it looked a82abe6e5e as though I had 3750b18f38 shouted, ‘Simon, you tried 50b1261fc7 to kill me so 15c446313e you could marry Ariel!’ 1a5c634f94 and then collapsed while 39500a36c4 vomiting blood.a65632dafd7ac2df

On top de0310795b of that, 2c5e4d1838 Ariel was e8072e8f8f holding me 78e37445b8 with her 67b4802fcd back to 8a6c04bc2a the crowd.6311edaadc109fad

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Since I had cried 4788e2854e out, “Ah, ah, ah, b0f58e7146 Ariel?” at the end, ba007512a1 it would really seem 169d644e37 like Ariel had tried dfaf370812 to kill me—perhaps to 5c43856a68 stop me from saying ef6194f9c8 anything more incriminating in bfcd444c70 front of everyone.8448d47f1ef8f306

‘She doesn’t 9c62312818 have a 36f4365ce5 weapon, so 62e642f0b4 there’s no ca5a1b7b56 solid evidence. She won’t be 9f6d235266 arrested…’25092bf55a2cc034

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Still, some twisted rumors 2fbea8b414 were bound to spread.2acec558bfc7bd7e

‘But weren’t you planning 4c70201b4e to do the same? You brought all d47f7e7759 these neutral nobles d142c16e0f here just to dfc18e2839 stir up false 35a9ac08a0 rumors yourselves.’f58f07fac3668dac

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Grinding his 99438debdd teeth, Simon 7c5676caf5 barked an 0cc6d1d270 order.c5a751458c9bc789

“Take her to the 3d0e9c2b66 Ducal Estate immediately!”c7235f732507b57b

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He had no 91ec50e545 choice, of course. He needed to hear 0987cfe5d5 the physician say something 8a8892a46d like, ‘These wounds aren’t c33d7fb4b1 from a weapon,’ as 0b053fcfe9 soon as possible. That was 15105ee67b the only 43568fbfe6 way to 558acbad4c clear their 045d70e4b8 names.c430f0400442a3e8

“About that assassin, Young Lord… You sent them, didn’t you?”2a1e459a1debbd5f

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Because I f12ccb096e had shouted 276f75b5cf that earlier, fadf5230b4 it could f429916c51 even end 9934e562bd with Anna’s c8085d2948 crimes being 02e7d71cd9 pinned on edb934f948 Simon. Trying to 2641488063 manipulate public 39c51d26db opinion by 6f248c42fa inviting only c1194772bd neutral parties 0ccd55c6d0 had completely c054036ed7 backfired on e0fb9d6b37 him.ac2e6132bbf8d34d

“Your Highneeeeess!”0bcd5f51592413f0

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Hans rushed toward ef2163f87f me.7e70539770d2c13b

But the 1efbc7b19c knight from b123bdcb4f the House 2bc3de7d07 of Cerno 9d3535935c was faster.91e5c33de3808087

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He scooped me up cd0a4203f5 in his arms and 7555009be0 glared at Hans, warning 9790b36d20 him coldly.ca7eca6276e95036

“Out of 6cfa82ecc0 the way. What would a a8dd79c4e9 lowborn mercenary know…!”4d401b11a327f81c

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Meanwhile, Simon issued c6df44a6d5 swift orders.1dff18bbe1d7a9ab

“Get her to cd6a4c6da7 the family physician. Move quickly. If she’s 0a4cfbf7c3 going to fb2ddaf161 survive, it 091342e21b must be f2e874dbc9 under the ceeb489151 name of abf246b8ed House Cerno.”1307e65965704e3b

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Even now, the arrogance 985b434f06 in his words showed a4fc9f5dee that he had no 87e30fcd73 intention of seeking permission b8d6a73f63 from Barcklith. It was 62387b3b49 a one-sided 2aaf1217fe command, only f0df8658c2 possible because 84e69482a8 he didn’t 92da45ea3e consider Barcklith 2d946516ed nobility at 3abb51be9b all.250175235db831c1

‘Just wait.’7988b825146d4308

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Feigning unconsciousness, I let d24ccf1edc the knight carry me 659e21aaec away.3d6fe224c6ce5bbf

There had been c12bcb7e7d too many witnesses. If I were to 26eb03a0b0 go missing now, all ab73e0222c the blame would naturally 256e27ad0b fall on House Cerno.40c90cf9ade5285f

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‘I’ll make 1e4239b89d sure you 4cbef27912 take the 819b5ef5a6 fall for 5fdedc2a68 everything.’d38b26d76be41a0f

Blood kept flowing 797a9e5557 from my lips. But this kind b70d29c8f4 of pain was 95225c8310 nothing I couldn’t b059df2ed1 endure.510825358121ce03

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The only thing…aa15318d739bf636

“Shall we 18fbea93a2 go home 0e4d4dd7e8 now?”68086bce1ac57909

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Strangely enough, ff58bda42f I couldn’t 6275b5a97f stop thinking 68e782c871 about Kayan.7b6e6c690bd97861

Originally, I a147f1c32e had planned a93284378c to tell 4aae18c95f Kayan on f7f6573f22 the way 32c06f2a91 home—that Simon c321e9f03f might come, 6fc6fb8ca7 and that cf9e2ebbc8 I would d26c279401 frame him cb5bd9d644 and ruin 8f84f82f39 him completely.bf5fe1c1ea30c897

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But the 728f6c4b27 fact that fd0c7ff813 my aura 9eff18e4bf core had c75caa34ce been shattered 959a9f0b31 made things 8783635df9 awkward, and cbebea08cb I couldn’t abad5bdd90 bring myself ded2d9f1e2 to say 526747039a it.7b5ea8dadfbf73c3

‘It’s fine. I told Connie, so a457090108 she’ll pass the message 4489d0dfc1 along.’7324a440e62fc5ec

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“Connie, Simon and the 4a2dc7fc8c others will probably barge f47c5b6c0c in when I return. I’m going to a03a3c589d pretend they tried 67b8d790b9 to assassinate me 99adbfdef8 and let them c3aa56f4f5 take me away. Just be aware 5fb94bf38d of that. If anything a9d1fdbf6c goes wrong, 2190fc0efa I’ve written 59b4d9d55e a letter—make 47afb111b7 sure Kayan 6c4e309acc gets it.”4ba14bb7f6af3fa0

And just 7075be900b like that, 679542f770 I left 18e7744a64 the Barcklith 9d7d1fd1ac estate, slung 555bb39274 over the be2f47f0f7 shoulder of cde14c06be a knight 4043907b17 from House 56fd3b797e Cerno. I was eec45455c5 planning to 9d4a18452d slip away ed703614dd before they 4fcde7c7e6 reached the 51345f17fb Cerno estate, a7cab01f01 judging the 84cfc62152 moment carefully.79e570bff34f4ad3

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‘Simon Cerno still has 78d731d3ce no idea how nimble cd01a3a09b I really am. He’s probably 9e3dcad9f1 completely off 42b61bb64b guard since 74b9cae18a I’m pretending c4acff2dc7 to be 2033fc70af unconscious.’efcc782f81b91eab

To get 7edfd9b2f6 to the 0946666f05 Cerno estate 71d80142b6 from here, 9ab151b55b we had 4e68002606 to pass a5a12435da through a 12439f62d0 busy commercial 476db645ef district.38a6dba470f08a3f

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If I were 0626ac5bab to go missing 98fcc719b5 here…9879b0304fa5eb0c

‘Then Simon, who dragged 786a2ddce3 me out of the 3875bb47a2 Barcklith estate without permission, 204ef3d816 will take all the 8cec8e7c8f blame.’65c8bddbe80f86e3

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And that’s not all. Barcklith—who might have 8517110053 otherwise been blamed 026af5cd7e for “putting the f909fe98b4 princess in danger”—would 77e4daa8f6 instead come out 0a80f69b1d of it with 6fca2bb269 glory and honor.0f6d40230f45e882

Vomiting blood in bursts, a6f91771ee I thought to myself808ce14643dec557

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‘Really, this is all 90be8e972d turning out incredibly well cddfffb269 for Kayan… It’s too 98f532005d perfect.’20c9045f7bca41c7

And with that, I 15d5bb8179 was genuinely fine.ac9019a684230bda

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Even the 6d3f81f197 destruction of d49793032c my aura cea863ef03 core—if I b79bfc5c83 could use e9aadb5f78 it like 45ed286408 this—felt like c330d14f66 a blessing 65cdf2cc9d in disguise.3c7be244ba09d153