IFLDMHF – Chapter 69

IFLDMHF | Chapter 6916631c6e26dc1fbc

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Thud!5142aa541a888414

“Eek!”c46aeac29f9d483b

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How foolish. All I did was stomp f6e5d6518f my foot threateningly.08f6a38c4a738b7d

“Get out. Now.”c78cf3dc38bd5737

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As soon as a92c1cc30b I spoke, Lady aaa1f44301 Biers, who had f34972a4f7 been screaming hysterically, b10ba66c80 scrambled to her b91ae2241b feet, stumbling several 9ef1244b0d times as her 6acd612667 legs gave out ffa2bbfc7b beneath her. Watching her flee in c85f426532 panic, I twisted my aa45524e14 lips in disdain.dd7f6f71ac16f9e4

If it were cd34ecaca1 up to me, 1839fd3f7f I’d drag her 2b59159ff8 straight to Euclid d75433a61e and let him 2a1c3efb8b hear all the d467f5e836 vile things she fc918f71bc had said.4877b92199dc0557

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But I couldn’t do that.2d9803b8e0e839b2

Because…755daa84718e9fde

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“It’s okay now.”6368c10b31f5aac8

Marianne’s face had gone deathly 5ea0ba1f99 pale, and Dior was stomping 7521cc1747 his feet in distress as 18b8194a74 he watched his sister.353365a4ecd90207

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As I took a step 614256f4f3 toward them out of concern, 3ec23b6ccd Marianne reflexively stepped back.108ad1e2aa9203d2

I thought it was Lady 93cf3af2b3 Biers and her threats that 3ca3021a0f had frightened her, but…46dd44b2e9c1418c

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‘Was it me?’118a92446a8568ac

Hurriedly, I softened my 748a1a5f3d expression and let go f274a1f0bc of the cold aura d84a4d8719 I had exuded.ddfac24563457241

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Meanwhile, Marianne, tears e42e91211c brimming in her 1e9a54d543 eyes, pleaded desperately.acbc9991386f2475

“Aunt…”239d75cecd902445

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“Yes?”942bb70787711fa5

“Please… please don’t tell Uncle about this.”aba1649e6e24d8a3

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“P-please keep it a secret,” Dior added timidly, glancing at me for approval.1c92ffbefc43dfd1

So there’s something going 34dd0de9c7 on after all.8f40be210a7459cd

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I was glad I 37959706dc hadn’t escalated things and 8212554ffb had instead sent Lady d4c5047fdd Biers away quietly.edae7f18c7185aee

“I’ll decide after I’ve heard everything,” I said.cf35dde5c42c7f29

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At my words, Marianne clenched 9e35284eb8 her jaw, trying to hold 2e5c183b46 back her sobs, and nodded.4965d84f5be688d8

***b642f8681dc58fa7

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I listened to e8b84a7bda the children’s full de26632008 story.3f1c92daf1ca4fb6

And now that I knew 67297f3cba the situation…42f11f57c428881f

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Though I felt sorry for dd9aea7bfa how difficult it had been f8a24515cb for the children to open fac1c620c9 up, I couldn’t help but 13b3a0a684 let out a dry laugh.9f75fd8757a464ad

‘So, Amy or whatever her name is…’c484f31e733485ae

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She had been threatening the 7043f4e41f children by invoking Euclid’s name, 53b391b7f4 so I assumed they weren’t fb02b2c99c actually his blood relatives. But that wasn’t true 2f692b280a at all.bc77cb90f29d13f8

‘Is it because I came from another world? Am I too used to 080621872e the wild dramas filled with 1782231ecc hidden birth secrets?’aa8a2a4204510c11

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When she claimed ed193462dd they were the 5cc43e6996 children of a 0169a04883 con artist, and e687fd2b7d that Euclid wouldn’t 03f75e9830 consider them his a3c6bf6dc9 nieces and nephews 0306e7f145 if he knew dbf5ace2aa the truth, I 5f1244ff11 thought they weren’t 34e145df4e related to him 51f79b5781 at all.529916a2f6ec3df3

Specifically, I imagined Euclid’s 240ad04403 brother had been deceived 726ef264f7 by some swindler and 2430294bb8 raised the children as 37fce26bca his own, unaware they 1d5b326f42 weren’t his biological kids.ad66cd57d5d603c9

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But no. It was actually the opposite—Euclid’s 4b02dc3b3a brother had been the one df44f8080d deceiving everyone.6401435a71f94171

He had been conspiring with 690c5b0d71 Count Biers, whom I had df2247c9b8 vaguely suspected of shady dealings.40e1c6773e1e1c3e

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‘Does Euclid know about this?’2166277cca32181e

Maybe that’s why, despite knowing 2bccdaf69a it was unfair, he had 079bfcc561 continued to send the money e16814321f his brother had promised to e52415ff85 Count Biers.98f054d996311203

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Yet, considering his falling 48c078f20f out with the royal 92319ef0cd family, I couldn’t say c0818c9527 for sure.62ca62d3030e7256

One thing was certain, though:dd48308540242ec0

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‘No one really understands Euclid.’567040a3e704f5d1

Even if, as Amy and 58aab88ab7 the children suspected, Euclid didn’t 1c3d4a94aa know the truth…4a78ad0d9322132c

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Even if, as 2e4862817e I imagined, the adc55eb81e children weren’t his 1c496ea65c blood relatives… Euclid b211ce6cb2 wouldn’t treat them 769a8f019f any differently.a33a76a0723149cc

‘He’s ridiculously kind, almost to a fault.’455346812541b586

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No matter how many times 0c3645c310 he’s disappointed or betrayed by e2ba5bd10f others, he could never turn 26f252a2a0 away from them…55e9a4623d3ab427

“A-Aunt…”7400a9c17fa49b9f

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Marianne’s tense voice snapped me d8242b1f00 out of my thoughts.8e8a1848089e21b3

When I turned 9a1141d268 to look at 8c314add5c her, she flinched e18fc6f99d and bit her af03a71629 lip, her gaze 27cd14d08b falling to the aa08250566 ground.74b5e9f204dd8864

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“Should we… should we stop calling you Aunt now?”6d253bea91532867

Why all of a sudden?6cd6ed3b6bab3702

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I tilted my head in 1099e6e60a confusion, only to catch a d6d369b920 glimpse of myself in the 06f35bcffc mirror hanging in the children’s 875d951cde room.18563708d6ebcdd0

‘Wait, what’s with my face?!’894bb667dc9c7159

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My expression was so f007cd5de3 cold and twisted that 78df461b47 even I found it de5b713e89 terrifying.cade84b7defd9ee7

I quickly cupped my 836b8ea910 cheeks, trying to soften 4f44d4616b my features, and spoke 33eafa87d7 to the children.643145849b05c0f5

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“What are you talking about? I’m your aunt. Why would you stop 3fede39051 calling me that?”e8c9af31ae7bea8f

“But you heard everything… We’re not really…”d1e4c80a5da9d689

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“Yes, I heard everything. Count Biers and her fa8e11da79 daughter claim you’re not 3219bf28ee their real family, right?”e6af00e3003052aa

I asked for confirmation, and 3d497feb57 Marianne, visibly deflated, answered timidly.8da6142d483e3dd4

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“Yes… Amy isn’t really our aunt. And Mother… isn’t actually 07bb073aef Count Biers’ niece, either. Also…”d1e3ee7601e07128

Even though they had 09af2e9084 already confided everything to 62b06ffdc0 me.5d7514b3f0813369

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When the children couldn’t 95c1f9d2e6 bring themselves to admit 92d77df85d aloud that they had d5bd8c563a committed another crime, I 90b1a6579c casually intercepted their words, 969048d7a8 pretending nothing was amiss.b4ccd1651f01b341

“Really, it’s such a relief, isn’t it?”9a843c7ef68b43b9

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“…What?”1dadf0a8bc24a335

The children widened 36af44f398 their eyes in 49674dbd32 confusion as if b121e7a6d7 they had no cbd32ddfbe idea what I 4ded21f4d2 was talking about.ebb0c8c3481ede11

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Their reaction reminded me of bb3b409333 the first time we met c753bdcd7c at the construction site, and f7554b9af5 it made me chuckle slightly.755112dd50c38cff

‘It must have been because they were told to call me a witch back then too.’4c4a16b170074e5e

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Although it annoyed me that fdf485cdec not only I but also 7140650ab5 the children had been put 1bbdfde401 in a tough spot, I b9dd11ab4c was relieved that they hadn’t 779c0e53f7 genuinely feared me.44975e5f7c600b32

I shrugged my shoulders.fcd00052060c2f4d

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“Isn’t it true? At least you’re not family c059325932 with those vile people who c3712de712 resort to threats.”66f4328dbff2e2c2

“Uh…”3265b77bdd1c6f2a

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The children blinked slowly, 65f655ed8b as though the thought 81770af0db had never occurred to 2e94863acd them before.8e0f28477ca7fb16

Marianne fidgeted with 4cd46f52a1 her fingers and 38c61c4f57 murmured softly.6c805e17d5d6a5c2

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“But we’re not nobles…”1469c4480e359b91

Coming from a world without 17440f07e9 a class system, such words 2395ef7505 didn’t faze me in the 0125a62ea1 slightest.3632759a85bd89d9

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Honestly, I thought it 1f09090623 was meaningless. But to these children, who bc6cad6451 had lived in a world c6ae473009 where class distinctions were ingrained 461b8c7fbc from birth, it wasn’t something 45c9eee969 so easily dismissed.e06d63962f1f7369

So, I said this instead:46f2f63f594ce4fd

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“What do you mean you’re not nobles? You were born from a 3b74f54283 legitimate marriage and officially registered 15698b3b34 as members of the Rudion 794bef1a2b ducal family. You’re the only d70cbed4f6 precious nephew and 42a8b337d8 niece of the d20baa3dd7 current Duke Rudion. Who could possibly deny that?”328e27930a27c7ff

Perhaps it was because I 7b6b259537 had refuted all of Amy’s 363ede7576 oppressive words, or maybe it dc3ea12f0a was because I still acknowledged 3ed54f8143 the children as Euclid’s nephews ba1b91b235 even after learning everything.515adbff47935636

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Marianne, who had been 76ff8df6c0 holding back her tears, 7e4cd5af16 finally burst into sobs.021256899db7a492

“But! We’re just a burden to 1a3d3034bd Uncle.”1461e53e3842a40d

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Goodness. What on earth is this e06129f4a6 child saying?ddfc926173e831de

Just how recklessly had 1787c83c18 Amy run her mouth 2432b7d321 for such words to e60880b9fb come out so naturally?c2ea931e1b642b1c

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‘Here I am, holding back even my laughter and speaking carefully so as not to scare them!’343c2b1689ee273a

Hiding the ache in my 987ad855ec heart, I asked gently.b154b66f79155685

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“Do you really think so? If you mean 4446faf732 it, I might 8950dbd202 be a little 69449b2701 disappointed.”817baebbff7e1183

At the word e7ef5bd4df “disappointed,” the children 022df8c828 flinched and looked c29104e7e4 up at me.cb6ba3abbf6eea4d

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Perhaps it had hurt 596675e276 their feelings. Dior, whose tear-filled 53f8d3656e eyes finally spilled f5bf1ec8df a drop, pouted cd4c2d1655 like a duck 523fa46bfa and said:6db1ee12ae8d6641

“B-but we didn’t do what Amy told us to. We like Uncle, so 211f35ec73 we didn’t say we a32298978a wanted her to become 4ba81cfe31 Aunt.”ed4bdcb85005b1fd

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Huh? What did he just say?937c938c117c91db

“We didn’t do it even when Amy yelled and got angry. She told us to say 1ef2015b9a we’d like it if she 1e3b3f3668 ate with us in the 594ca0bda6 dining room and went out 44c264ff5b with us, but we held a6537c897a back…”8a0312698127a980

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“Idiot, be quiet.”f1d5709579f249dc

Marianne belatedly tried to stop 775a6df0c6 Dior, but I interrupted her, 137a784cc9 asking:4adb1d7415fe082d

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“She told you to say those things?”9059d7de92eedec2

So that’s what 1402bcaa49 she had in 01046095c5 mind?5106ba69769ddbc0

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‘I thought she just wanted the kids to make me hate them…’64971882efd9b751

I had no 39a75f1eec idea she’d been 0fdf5f579a aiming for my ef7de2a414 favorite’s spot right 71fda25195 beside me.a43b578aed1864c0

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“Hic, hic!”64a66d1107848017

Suddenly, Dior started 3b74791ae5 hiccupping as he 055487ad95 looked at me.0167e889d1f5f308

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I could guess the reason.a7291b42e6110765

Even without looking in a ac57a61fcc mirror, I could tell my 22a1d97dc5 expression must have turned fearsomely d43ce8e619 menacing.f97f2cd1e5d940ff

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At that moment, 6f518d147a Dior, as if 6217976698 something was eating 674cefdfa1 at him, mumbled 35ede360f6 and confessed urgently.cede0fff8ce1e991

“C-calling you a witch… she said it was to punish my sister. I didn’t really think 2c12481dae Aunt was a witch. I’m sorry. I was wrong.”5d937c74923f6122

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I was about 3bc6dd7acd to say it 28056f85ba was okay since 26a378aec2 I’d already suspected 53075538ed as much.c3d4f935b319afba

“And on the day Aunt came over, she told me to beg Uncle to sleep together…”99564e4f9021266b

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What? She even planned that?d15ecd4eb5c03eae

I realized that my d3511ee142 first night could have a7f0a3c129 been ruined without my 862947d115 knowledge, and my face 27fbaac449 stiffened instantly.bda6f83c1eea536d

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Noticing the children flinching c5d041684f alongside me, I quickly d926cd2474 softened my expression.395bb63041cbaaba

Then, addressing the still-tense 415597e08d children who were anxiously a367e623e3 watching me, I spoke 440684bddb firmly.593c6d853303876c

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“Listen carefully. You are never a dba83d8ddc burden to the Duke. If anything, you’re d85f14acac a source of db048b1ca8 strength.”63906e58ab3c0c8e

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