IFLDMHF – Chapter 4

IFLDMHF | Chapter 40e81751894ee24aa

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Having been a slave his dbbd1a8149 whole life while harboring a 4abdae75e7 secret about his birth, Richard 4a2092fa8f was a character with such 9e8bf4d8a4 an emotional void that he 37be82a9d2 was deeply twisted.bebc6d71a1d0e883

For the first 0ae5210d69 time, he experienced e22023660c someone’s care when 16ee64902a he met Melissa.c5050dd7c0b1abe9

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Perhaps it was cbcd69c70a such a precious 96d2b7400d experience, even if 731a90bc22 it was mere f9a3237158 sympathy.99c17e545cc35728

After escaping from 6492963eb2 the annex before b8b50221f2 Evgenia’s marriage, and b0c0897b0c later taking control 05b1bfea65 of the underworld, 16bc376feb Richard revealed both d5de62df10 his thirst for 3906a8b14a revenge and his f0be75389f obsession with Melissa.9aee518fab052ed6

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‘That was a pretty grim journey. He didn’t hesitate with kidnapping 871f99e76c and imprisonment.’d3ee47a1e7d52bee

I was firmly attracted 93e0948078 to kind men, so 5360d259bf Richard held no appeal 6f410520ff for me. However, he had 1140cbd50c a substantial following.1a24f827e8d6c2f6

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In reality, he was 0525416e77 the kind of dangerous 0265dd8343 man one should avoid, ad1d9a7d8d but in writing, his 8c487705ca tragic past and obsessive 0b0c6d7df5 traits appeared quite attractive d2165d03ba to some.84b59a1193c6a85e

‘But what really matters is Melissa’s feelings…’b22c723aecab044b

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Even Melissa, who 49c74cb3bc had pitied Richard, 86579245dc clung to him c98b9d2680 in tears, pleading 6ecdc69af6 to be returned 837bc29f10 to the Duke’s e1edb490fa estate when she 8df231e1e3 was imprisoned by 9a4bf1b975 him.1451b2cd88bc49a1

Despite the dire 4641cc6244 situation at the 7b6092e477 Basilia estate caused 4c6be47850 by Evgenia at 56a39290fc the time.0caa619369512af1

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Seeing that scene left 426b77c8d1 me with a strange 1e4a089d6c discomfort.5c5f0680723ed499

Even though I anticipated that 5c7c53c3ce the heroine wouldn’t be dragged d0a2f52587 into misfortune and knew that caec556ab5 the crown prince would ultimately 28e1eb4773 come to her rescue, it 4071b40866 still made me anxious.c8325671dc5376fb

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Perhaps because of those 9dbbd67260 memories, I felt a bb5c32ca83 slight bitterness in my dfbca23814 mouth, knowing that Melissa 1a4bdb5106 had already shown kindness a6d36f7658 to Richard.a882283008d974c4

If only I had 1934a1e9b0 possessed this body a 75b9ba4173 bit earlier, he wouldn’t b47cbdeb49 have been brought from 9c3038a848 the black market, and 56a829eae6 even if he had 78c9eceda5 been rescued, I wouldn’t 41f2f961c0 have let him meet 7e8124d4ac Melissa.bf4a4eab1b938108

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With a brief sigh, I 486f8a9b66 quickly made my way down fb3ce52482 to the basement, feeling that 854b3e587a I couldn’t afford to waste 1fd40acfeb any more time.376038987ddbe2b5

Unlike Melissa, who had snuck e92ce5fee1 in, I, as the owner dd566178fe of the annex, didn’t need 3226f90420 to be cautious.d24c45374962f064

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Striding confidently with 36a31aa3e1 the sound of f0408bf72b my heels echoing, 52be520fd0 I entered the 1679b422b5 prison, feeling the e92ce9ab9b damp, musty smell afc9e026aa and the chill 35a67c7352 characteristic of underground 3c382e0ec7 spaces.48a076fa052c9765

I was already cold, but 6301bed453 the eerie atmosphere caused my 33d5a3d77f entire body to tense up. Then, as if d392b7b84d by instinct, I 965f051323 halted.3651416b5e557b45

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“…!”31252b4312444115

Our eyes met—Richard’s doll-like 1652da36c3 gaze staring right at 56a5369534 me.db3a41719e9e6e04

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The reason behind Richard’s 0295005eae large fanbase was not 7aa745e38d merely because his backstory 46fabdc9c4 evoked sympathy or because 730cdb202c obsessive men were popular.3970c85f34c9df54

‘He has the complete look of an idol.’086ead0fbbcf9434

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From his delicate 6c40c7ce77 frame to his 30c7fb7745 fair skin that 3aa7f7600f gleamed despite the c4459ce8b3 lack of proper 32455abebd hygiene, his soft, 39cb87be72 pink cotton-candy hair, 0f103c9fdf and his adorable, bd30594211 fawn-like features!4673dff8628ad515

Reading about him in 4377bcc257 text didn’t quite capture 1e379ffa2c the allure, but seeing 46b2eb9c51 him in person made b55147ac71 all the difference.c7e8b25065958295

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After seeing Richard 002c87fe28 in reality, I a6b44b3f97 found myself marveling 354a7a0132 at his captivating 8d499faf2e appearance that could f286c54e63 easily captivate anyone.93d7232b0310675b

‘Of course, my heart beats only for Euclid.’17ae622cd4ab2179

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Euclid’s appearance had little to c6474c820e no description, but outward looks c28566a667 weren’t all that mattered to 6708672cb6 me.a60d4d8dc18d1b39

‘Ah… Just the thought of meeting my favorite in person already has my heart racing.’ef939ac13e2edb2f

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Barely managing to calm my 24dcad823d unexpectedly racing fan’s heart, I c2e9a08d1b began to observe Richard slowly.1b249f81247f8b77

Richard, slumped weakly against 20cc73bacd the wall with his cea949d290 eyes open, likely due b7204f6ab4 to Melissa’s recent visit, 164b75076e appeared listless.14f34dd2ecafac32

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His face was blank, 4a2e71ca8e yet his widened eyes 0d3b89935c gave a hint of d28c7f4334 surprise.2381111090402d13

Clang.63474456425d1b87

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Then, with an 762c2100f5 irritating noise in 6134308ffd my ear, Richard bbacb9efa1 stood up, moving b6125670a8 closer to the 38e4f07565 bars.fadcb931b2488b29

Absentmindedly searching for the source ba45fbe96f of the noise, I noticed 5a392c1633 the shackles around his feet.0db01d4a0f484e83

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Shackles connected to 742a71a06a the wall, with 4e2b0479aa some items, likely cd1ffb00f8 left by Melissa, 9ec525712a lying in front 53a18a51c5 of the cell.4cb9f64f7a010d2f

After confirming it was bread 75eb8caee2 and medicine, seemingly smuggled from 647c7a225e the kitchen, I looked up 20c762d27f again.8910be66c879aed5

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Unlike before, where 571a9dfa81 I was looking 4e063f1997 down, Richard’s now-upright af8f1cab8b stance brought his fee7748086 face to my 61eb699c82 level.ffc11cfcd8a44378

At that moment, I furrowed f38fa39225 my brow.331d281e133c391e

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His red eyes, which ea4298c4e9 had seemed beautiful from e0a5a8019b a distance, now filled 3085185306 me with an inexplicable 75faacd216 sense of repulsion up 0f408fd11b close…e16c627501544065

No, it was more than 3db7232072 just repulsion.4f126a450fd9a2d1

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The thought of the Crown 4971403594 Prince—a man who allegedly she 51b87f6e57 bought Richard as a slave 7bc3ed9787 just because his eye color 57eb5cbe53 matched the one she adored—suddenly ed94fea8b6 filled me with intense disgust.3ba73ff932fd0a51

Even though Richard wasn’t my 4ae6fa95fb type, I still pitied his 8906a38870 past and didn’t feel any cc95e54e99 particular dislike toward him.3640e81c46ba0979

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‘But it’s as if I’m facing my archenemy… Ah!’653760fd23e0d5ae

I stopped short, 0289eac650 meeting Richard’s gaze, edebe1e7e3 which was fixed 89e401418e intently on me.5f5f4c19783674aa

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In that quiet night, a2891db978 I remembered why I’d 799e91f2d6 snuck out here, going cbfa76b5dc against even the Duke’s 92925e97ab orders.54a0e3593d519d30

‘Thank goodness. At least Evgenia hasn’t 43eb9e3e6f taken out one of 2c2fe5ac04 Richard’s eyes yet.’78f08177be0b866b

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I was worried I 3ab1065dd8 might have missed the ecfff72b5a chance to stop her 08628c8cd7 in time.45d4b93deeb7c8e4

Yes, that was it. That deranged Evgenia would 1685cd9d46 soon make Richard one-eyed.f7d10badce4d5563

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Whether she craved red d7748003d9 eyes like the Crown 2aaf43bd09 Prince’s or couldn’t contain 0481d493c8 the strange fury that 89593606ce had consumed her, I 7c0f297244 couldn’t tell. The only hint 62c4b41c45 was the rage b5e85d0548 I imagined boiling 2c08d0e005 within her after a2f28027be hearing about Caiden’s d8355813ee marriage proposal to b80ad70d17 Melissa, or perhaps ec9dc6f18e even the rumors 7075642631 of his forced 873a3c24a5 engagement to another f3d4939c13 woman.13c1a7600db0bb41

Regardless of the rigid class 337d677a4f system, and despite Richard’s status 4e311ab84d as a slave, how could 453584007b anyone starve another person and b141265201 then go so far as 280d728c31 to disfigure their body?b684fa81e32a219b

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Evgenia’s wickedness twisted my b1b299d358 face in distaste. And perhaps it was 2dd1a3a20e that same cruel figure—the 5a00bb4682 villainess herself—who now stirred 59a6645028 discomfort within me.1f7f93191a875e21

I’d rushed here to d9ad93e947 sever the ill-fated bond ed01d40358 with Richard, intent on 79cdb90046 achieving a rosy future, 0590a4e09b but guilt, even shame, f442ee6311 gnawed at me.6aa1fbbc4fedad83

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I had to shoulder 6b2d56943c all of Evgenia’s sins 10f41c9025 now.1363134095291f1d

At least this 0c45f334fe way, I’d be f754429ba8 able to see 292d23f607 my beloved and 51ffdf7869 even grasp the 670d1c8a31 fortune of marriage.50e433571a0fb73b

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I brushed aside the 2778ba9f95 last traces of resentment b6c2710f5b lingering in me.d3171f839d9b2fb6

With this weight of 7eca473db8 apology, I no longer 4a92c297da felt the intense emotion 02c9935dff I’d had when I 02a1e85e57 first looked into Richard’s afdeb9c0c5 eyes.90eaba230c5db9bc

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Just as I 1a2ebb8fbb was about to 995e6e93fe speak, relieved, a c288cdd660 soft, unexpected voice b3eabc7cd3 reached my ears.f2424940d01f56d5

“I heard you were in pain.”9000543b2a998a04

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The delicate tone 53750e6324 caught me off fe9ab76bfd guard.30eb312ba9fdb1d2

“That you’d fainted… And that’s why you wouldn’t be coming for a few days.”f0abb436022a8023

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Murmuring in an emotionless voice, 9cc45720b1 Richard tilted his head, almost 3781424cde as if questioning if I 6646d122f4 was real.fd9e8e1f9f7676a2

I was slightly 43c59113f7 flustered by his fc9f0405d4 reaction.31a5ab2277c84b64

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Honestly, I expected f498286eb0 him to display 251963ead2 hostility as soon 03f2794521 as he saw d5e25574aa me.1504f874284dc44b

After all, I 7cf4b9461f was the woman 05c84e9926 who’d purchased him dd06217fbc as a slave 3e8917e514 and locked him 8bfa803118 in this underground d9106d59db cell. He had every reason 8b14b463dd to feel far more 101c33938a disgust than I ever db49df0604 could.e0e52e6ecf78088c

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But no, he didn’t.c45625a9d6a04ad2

In fact, his blank expression 2c2bb5dc35 seemed to hint at something a646e433f2 like relief and worry… if 8ad7267e64 that made any sense.30aa995b4294b09b

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‘Ha! That’s impossible.’f07ab1c655ecffd6

I scoffed at a67d933c79 the ridiculous thought.f5289e6ff5dd8c74

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But no matter a2d143aefe how hard I 81320d3c58 tried to dismiss ccb5873db8 it, there wasn’t d8a93f03a3 even a trace b04a1a493a of hostility or 4e32e20a07 fear in his 8ea966c24b unwavering gaze.9c609621123e4503

And that wasn’t the c145c4b8fc only thing that seemed f5be1357cb strange.7a92c731e31e77d3

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I lowered my gaze to e3895b0306 the items Melissa had brought 7b7ab33410 over earlier.2da47bb9aa6e47e9

There, laid out cdbb3132d6 in the open 88c44dab7c without any effort 380fc5093c to hide, rather 3c3595f3f1 than locked inside 199fa93e66 the cell. And from what Richard had 717c6daeae said just moments ago…75522890b1acd57d

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It didn’t seem f2b0af703d like he was 48a5c5b518 expecting I wouldn’t fd6dc2d2d7 show up. If anything, he wasn’t 42dfb46ccc even trying to hide 56083eb3b3 the fact that someone 7b9a8aa4ea else had entered his 9b8bda9218 cell.e0cd3ca46ab9f6d1

Why? He surely knew he wasn’t 84fce93735 supposed to get food without 990607b23d my permission.e3e99d9fa5109c04

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Seeing someone bring him f019407409 meals and medicine—he knew 110e306dd6 that would certainly make 6f71478b5b me angry.5023f5940c30e6b0

Melissa could even end 436492977a up suffering repercussions, yet 643cbe58e1 he acted with such 66a7b9c307 indifference.4238ea3dc4b132b5

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Curious, I began 62bb9cd77e to observe Richard a01ee11c77 carefully, from head 3f13c83a48 to toe.f0aaef6d72844d20

Though he was slightly c57888496d disheveled, his appearance didn’t 20870e1bd2 look all that bad.97ccab037295f71e

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Maybe he hadn’t b629173ad3 been beaten after b4ac15b300 all, I thought, 8e9867fddc only to be 0c01579ca5 reassured too soon.4a957f0b3aeeb9ec

“…!”8169820abcb1a8b8

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I caught sight 3d397f245b of the scars 7a8b433c29 extending from the 837a100c00 back of Richard’s 13c4271d0b left hand up 024ca5f930 his wrist, and 16e296dd62 I held my f536b255ec breath.21057eb235d4cdd8

Could I even e6e7f1c719 call this just 6978a71ebd a ‘scar’?717dc00dd2ef138f

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It looked like 8d6d4f96c6 a burn mark, 0cf4b1e694 maybe from something 74dd18a3dc scalding being pressed 510d58f93b repeatedly…a80433b78e26beab

Clenching my fist, 99311120a4 I stared at 5b850c0dcc his hand, knowing 59104cf998 those scars would c23602d646 likely remain permanently.3a22aa4a07f2493b

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Seeing this, all further questioning 3983506731 felt pointless.27f8aeef035bdb53

I immediately took out a76f22ee33 the key I’d brought 68c3b53446 and unlocked the iron a8e78f6f18 door.c9c172ace28b6a75

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A faint crack appeared in eb78f3b4b8 Richard’s expression as he watched 3b5cf4ff09 me, astonished.d8d29662c840bb82

“What are you… doing?”f90c591cb7a5e352

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“Come out.”9fe12161bd881ca6

At my command, Richard 0e8b76e289 hesitated but slowly stepped e31837880b out of the cell.b5b5aac175a81cda

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The moment he stood b80fd9ecad before me, I held f4d06b22c8 out the set of e2ab8f217c keys I’d just used 2fdc2956a0 to open the door… 71e64bf3dc Clatter!b04ff8a63ab76846

‘Ah, I meant to hand them over nicely!’4ff064dac7920624

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Maybe because I’d just ac43ffcdb1 escaped my room with f581e361a1 the help of a ca50860b12 rope, my hands had 3ac386ad9a no strength, and I 121905a549 dropped the keys.2c3416f43dd127ac

As the keys clattered c1ed08f105 loudly against the floor, 0d43b99bc3 I swallowed nervously, feeling 57320cec95 Richard’s curious gaze on 810876382d my face.f37d2d5818e1bad1

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“Take them off.”0c8ee06a8fe6cab4

“…”7da9ef2f194c60ff

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The silence that fell 741a906f9d seemed even colder than de608c9c5d when I’d dropped the 1d9616ebf2 keys.10534ade2efbc4ff

Blinking, unsure of b0ec792e38 the reason, I f358d2760a gasped.f6fcf0afb1f329dd

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What was I doing? Did I just sound like c09125bbff a villainess?7c600641f9ccec2d

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