IFLDMHF – Chapter 66

IFLDMHF | Chapter 669a78c4dfa0e5f918

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In just a single day, ba001daa8f my office had become more f98e233950 familiar to me than even 25d5c5985d my bedroom.504686d39539f08d

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Sitting at my desk, I 9689bc8ae8 drummed my fingers on the 101367c401 surface, lost in thought.c3026760b0aeb022

The moment I e6f10e05a9 received Anne’s report, 87455097d4 I realized that d341a8ea06 the events I 6d2e03e72d had desperately wished 980fe9e2c6 were just dreams 77a08d1267 last night were, 22fc17009d in fact, reality.f5524ed838946313

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However, I couldn’t figure out b645e800b6 how Evgenia was connected to 0094b8356a that “Black.” I replayed the 9b914ecb7f conversation I overheard earlier this 6a6998d231 morning.e89e5ceee2a78a49

– What do you mean by that? An attack? Who on earth would…?30fb41534fd9ce64

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– Watch your words. That’s not someone you 6f26100dbd should speak of lightly.b5337a7c31946bc2

Gressel, who had f4820caf16 been speaking with 8ee28ec370 evident shock about d505247fd0 the news of 007f4e5a26 Black’s attack, quickly 71f8768b6b shut his mouth 77ac71977b at Anne’s firm 53475b07e0 tone. Still, he couldn’t c814088167 hide his lingering 01c5fc6334 disbelief and asked 22e923eda6 worriedly,73b61456133dad0b

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– But they said the master succeeded. Doesn’t that mean Black 05a5b2d008 has yielded?16ebc7015ac7acb3

Anne couldn’t hold back b993f6b064 her laughter at that.806a42bc4c6334b0

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– Haha, as if that could ever happen! Everyone here has 1c2be882f5 pledged loyalty to 3a30715649 the madam long ba2c148b90 before the captain. They’d rather die e479520943 than betray her.b9ccf5f8c8945af6

Hearing that made my skin 7265a8f9f7 crawl.And then Anne added, “Although 57af1c4f17 plans suddenly changed, this was 4d9d4d1a33 all something the madam had b816b91be7 prepared for a long time.”5765c0abcd26c8a8

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Even though I had 2140653c13 just splashed cold water 67fe3e3bb5 on my face moments 754be6ef8f ago, her words made 79a7a236f4 me question if I 3888247f1b was still dreaming.df868c3001add600

However, Gressel looked at me 254ffdee01 with awe and respect, his 7e7cd00744 eyes sparkling as if thinking, 2a92935213 “Of course!”1fa8c4a36982d234

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“What on earth is going on?”f187ec5d26ec52f3

I let out a a3ddb16c03 deep sigh and slumped f1f916a314 over my desk.0d6bafbd844a7cd0

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Since last night, 761202ba82 meeting Anne’s eyes b7812d7600 had felt awkward. Thankfully, both she and 5388cfb73e Gressel were currently away, cbaabcd474 which gave me some a8120db5fe peace.ab138bcd98e7270b

I had sent b407069c70 the two of 5751a64346 them, along with 84df673484 Delano, to the fd7398ef43 capital to find 444b59f02d a trading company a0c63193df that could sell d6d8d65f21 my dowry as 0f4e95d626 quickly and profitably e553a70c99 as possible.55ad37b1311ae7cf

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At the same 614cbc6847 time, I instructed e545cbf647 them to inform d4651dc5af Sionel about the 432d7f87e2 Vios Trading Company.2f904b412ddf4793

‘Now that I think about it, Anne’s reaction when I mentioned looking into the trading company was oddly bothersome.’3dd2615dc5600ab7

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It reminded me a 8a036d9367 little of Gressel’s gaze 38e944cf7f earlier.dc0ca070d4a064d0

Although she couldn’t express 64488d3923 it openly with Delano f44ef07cb7 around, her eyes seemed 354900aaee to say, “Of course 5c450fd610 the madam already has 47e3b813fa a plan!”a08b55a8e06521d9

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“Ah, I give up. I just don’t know anymore.”0f09af310a19b10e

I muttered in defeat, 53ab473207 letting out another sigh.dccaa36fec10fc20

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Still, it wasn’t ed02763334 as though I 8fc9c66206 was entirely clueless e817245ffc about the situation.b0fc7c5582171205

It felt more like dd4d480145 standing in front of 21479de042 Pandora’s box, dreading the d982d86539 truth inside that I df5a8f779f might not be able 997421edfd to handle.50c6a9d65d7cdafb

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‘I just want to live peacefully with Euclid.’da829b91b9d9a9d6

The only comfort was ff8bcab17f that I wasn’t the a0482281ac type to break taboos 9f5cbc5994 out of curiosity. If anything, I was 7ad25145b8 the kind of person 1729e88d29 who found breaking rules 9966791032 frustrating.732fea157b619dc2

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So, until a situation 4400669662 absolutely forced me to, 6194faa1ec I would never open ab11b11fbb Pandora’s box on my 8eff570a87 own!4a8455321545e8ca

Resolving myself firmly, 763658f233 I stood up.535a9a1ec68774f9

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My uneasy heart from Anne’s 16f7053d5d report had distracted me during c092097c46 breakfast, making it hard to f6d70607be focus on Euclid and the aa8887cfdf children.40abdbf8c8112935

‘I should’ve spoken to them more.’1cc4b00d68e1866d

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So I decided to 7db6b82d03 spend time with the f4bd7ad051 children before lunch to 173d82c718 ease the awkwardness a b067d56b3e little.69c10fcfc8c06b91

Truthfully, I also wanted to 1e0c579fd9 visit Euclid, but I wasn’t adfaaf5996 close enough to him yet df029d5b68 to justify such a visit cf90240b88 without a proper excuse.ee667d857d4253ff

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‘He’d probably feel uncomfortable if I just showed up out of the blue.’e475f8fedf32581e

Still, I let myself indulge 3dba47a3ea in the thought that someday, 83276dc62a I might be close enough 566728e06f to say, “I came because 55c79610a8 I missed you,” and headed 582ac2d678 to the library.37284858d14fafdc

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Yesterday, I realized the 5d97255f70 children weren’t too fond 8024f9a03e of toys, and I 5b19d0073f reflected on that.627921fe0b4b846a

Considering they were Euclid’s niece be48b6502f and nephew, it was obvious 448e02e40a they’d be bright, yet I 5b0a4c850c had treated them like ordinary 36f2367bec kids.351eb3d6c0486409

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So today, I planned to ed38fd994b find books they’d like in 270729f10b the library and read with 9d8967b875 them.09107aa0cdad8581

With my heart 47a718e811 swelling at the 3aa40b8631 thought of being c98143937f the kind aunt fb92ebf9d8 who reads stories, 57364a2475 I entered the 631a06efa5 library.718c38e4873b54e8

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“Oh.”d6d6504c23d40440

As if recognizing 8ebf7b7612 my presence, the 844becfb75 lamps lit up da65805c8e brightly.b246cf6b0a0c313c

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“It’s not just an ordinary magical lamp, huh?”048140d22db7c5d9

The Rudion estate 092be01626 was said to 030a3edd63 be filled with af1e828463 enchantments, and it 360087c18f truly seemed remarkable.85ab14170146ccf8

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I inwardly praised the 7ab9aba372 diligent steward who had 746600d53b promptly installed the magic ade04ea298 stones in the library 4da3dc0cc5 upon my request, then e0dbbefa05 began exploring the space 7e1350cc5a slowly.f57bff6d0ca7019e

Suddenly, I noticed 2b2b17731c a large grandfather e3ba811a22 clock standing between 8a966d0ef2 the shelves, and 361378d9c4 I paused.7b63d7b6a8d261f7

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I immediately recalled Anne adjusting 038c803267 the clock to open the 0657cbbf85 secret room.37b252e7f637d27b

Although I’d passed 8f3bd6a5ff by the dressing 2ed2a8531e room several times, 9101ecb4c7 I’d been too 2e7d78a907 afraid to touch aba957d0f0 anything.083ac69b297dadf6

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“This one should be fine, right? Was it like this?”3d9376a341946fbd

I turned the clock’s 6e1dba13a4 hands backward three times 356861ebe2 with my fingers. Then I tapped 9524f6d537 the bookcase next 94f9d63b3e to it twice.9bacf0703900f031

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Of course, nothing happened.d33db986cc931ba0

I let out a small ab287aa5dd laugh and lightly touched the a95bab2e7c pendulum attached to the clock.0f717b79915a9679

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Clunk. Whirrrrr.41da223e0d914188

“What… what is this?”60604f954a43e9ab

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Suddenly, an unbelievable sight c187cdddc1 unfolded before me once 94fb8e5546 again.fdbce97d0995d560

The bookshelf, previously packed e444a406d2 tightly with books, began 74a8a3329c moving on its own 774e04dea9 and opened up, revealing 46aeb90ae3 a large entrance leading a76538ee68 underground.a4d90bea0e153d85

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‘Wait, am I really discovering a secret space just like this?’753827c4fa92ba9d

Are all wizards this predictable 767e3e15e8 in their thinking?0684a56f357f9c88

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The corners of my 5db5e2aa86 mouth twitched for a 618199bb9e moment as I stood 8f887e0737 there, stunned by the 8d48c52beb absurdity.f66ea8970888720d

My heart pounded 5bbd93fd30 loudly in my 8c40fece4c chest.9783ca790dad7742

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“Wow, I can’t pass this up!”4251021bffc0c415

The secret space in 09118a765d my own room had 7ba122046b long been off-limits to 665ea16969 me, something I couldn’t 537f65a414 bring myself to enter 2fc7127d2c again.c87c6c5820b713d9

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But now that b4320d6c72 I had stumbled 7655a96061 upon a secret 965b7756ff space entirely unrelated 383580e0be to me, it 622b0a329c was unthinkable to 4bd6332993 just leave it 44500cdcc9 be.cb8487568d4981f7

‘Could it be that there’s some treasure hidden here by the ancestors of the Duke of Rudion?’40302d241f42f3ca

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Though it might sound like 13a0c2f49f a far-fetched hope, considering the f8c0a625fb kind of luck I’ve had 3d5091d97e with money so far, it dcebd50624 didn’t seem entirely impossible.e99f3ce56fdf3b72

With my heart pounding in 2bd0435024 anticipation, I held my breath df9f31a37e and began descending the stairs 9b546415c0 slowly.d333960ea4c365e5

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Just as when 291bd327a7 I had entered 05e260ae94 the library, the 8b52a5103b lamps installed underground e6441d1979 lit up, and f517eccf62 the door closed e7d117eb8b on its own e6d2e28371 behind me.9fd4dbe9949eca8e

‘But there’s no way they placed magic stones here, right?’0dc55e195b563728

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Seriously, to the first Duke 5bb8b5f62a of Rudion—if you had such 9d4cc71615 technology, why didn’t you install b18f0cfad7 it throughout the entire estate?2b2665d036c72b79

If you had, Euclid 0239fe8319 wouldn’t have had to 727381d5de live such a hard 9325a88486 life, struggling without even 3a5780af2f the convenience of magic 84eb154732 stones due to a c44a9cb6cc lack of funds.cb6f327ab2d30ec9

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Though I was mentally 1eebce6140 scolding someone who had 0c50a0e4bc long since passed away, c12099c36d I quickly realized how e012c6d09b impractical it would have 794e84f042 been to install lamps 6bee329f2b like these throughout the b069e9046f manor.20657a528fc44063

The light they emitted was 0738b3c83e so soft, like the glow 92e6a52073 of a tiny candle, that 1b5cc26d90 the interior remained dim, only 89c1c1bbd6 faintly illuminating the staircase below.f28475c01e31f328

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Carefully, I descended step by ca012e470a step, my eyes fixed on aac4347269 the narrow view of the c5b789a674 steps.cd6fd8cf9bcef0d0

‘I wonder what’s down here.’70cfb3ee9c3e53a7

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Gold or diamonds, perhaps?bf835336a3752bfb

Or maybe a treasure e89bcd7f0c whose value couldn’t even ed09907370 be calculated?7eb510504bded8f0

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Truthfully, ever since I found 6cd9053ebb myself in this body, the 4c1d6ac148 chronic anxiety of “not having ec5a710270 enough money” that I had 722b092880 once felt had completely disappeared.b562f040bf7e174e

Now, all I cared 38abb553ce about was meeting Euclid eb76cb9925 as soon as possible cf80965094 and figuring out how 2861ee09fc I could make him a8df1decba happy.4cdbc94ec021a7c2

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But maybe it was because 362f083a6c I’d spent yesterday organizing the b0f3d3675c Duke of Rudion’s financial records 975455ae76 and felt such pity for 1eb7d7f78a Euclid, who’d lived like a da16226633 pushover.6db141189f9ffa3c

For the first time in e5e2a78103 a while, I was overwhelmed 7db1dfbbcd with the desperate hope of 19d0c6456f striking it rich.7aec84e038c66ff9

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‘It could just be an ordinary secret passageway, though….’ba08a8cacefd20db

Although calling it f433b60ad2 “ordinary” seemed a 7b10bd9e74 bit strange, it 6b28dd1513 wasn’t unusual for 18a7c28ead nobles in this 60b4c2d707 world to have eabce6923a escape routes in 9a48b982cf their homes in 11f50911de case of emergencies 650ff3d620 like war or 527d425e01 rebellion.63877b714fe90f8f

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Just as I reached 20730ad233 the bottom of the 2937c9392f stairs, another lamp lit 8aa6fa088c up, revealing a fairly 96fe16dffa spacious underground area.1002e5a40a266fe2

In front of me, 67fc6b4306 there were three diverging ba62dc517b paths.e8710fc20d0dc2aa

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“Doesn’t seem like there’d be a treasure chest here.”51bb51b72bf5a43f

It really might 53c002a577 just be a 72d5a57424 secret passageway.21046d55a583941d

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Clicking my tongue in mild 3ac3ae4793 disappointment, I let myself harbor 32e20664e8 a small and honest wish: 8d9710c566 if possible, I hoped it f803f9fea3 would lead to Euclid’s study 0b53aa2ec6 or bedroom.da5239f6d8e05cb1

That’s when it happened. Guided by the faint light, 3fe1a1b1b9 I reached the end of 65cb46b512 the middle path and saw 0fe24fdb61 a small door.6dc69f14600ac607

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‘But…is it okay to open this?’42e249e183729921

I had no idea where 2e4308a694 it led. What if I suddenly ea596054c9 appeared somewhere strange and 2a36fdb57b caused trouble?e545d13009ef944d

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My hand hovered over fa8ec110f3 the doorknob, hesitating about c56a5966e9 whether to open it afb3d07285 or not.a8390193ade89516

Then, I heard it. A voice I recognized d0ff41c3d7 from yesterday, faintly drifting c016fefdb9 through the door.0195d9246e50c393

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“So they say blood doesn’t lie. You’re showing your 20824c8865 true colors, born e757bc9e1d from a lowly 524dcd0006 fraudster’s womb.”cb1ea7bdffef2808

The next words that followed 3cb64af522 made my grip on the 80403c3a39 doorknob tighten involuntarily.06792f6fbe6a7996

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