IFLDMHF – Chapter 99

IFLDMHF | Chapter 991dc4b557e43fc33a

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It was beyond astonishing—almost absurd.9c10d1e47ee92692

‘What the hell? Why would Rudion, d4db1be564 the first head f72b712745 of the family 7ac9fec918 and the closest c8a99c4582 aide to the 817f389696 first emperor, write 604fcdac30 a book like 51991e0656 this?’91b3e65c61835824

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Although the ending was open-ended, c6f0e5e5a5 strictly speaking, this book was 51a4f6b78d not about the founding myth 23e4811133 of Elios. Rather, it seemed more like 4e6e33e4d0 a myth about the Gold 61df2deac4 Dragon, which was once called fa462dcd88 an evil dragon.b60cac68851d8154

Even though I had already ec7a90db57 decided not to trust the 5b4aa20785 original story, I hadn’t expected a28576ea87 even the foundational history—something akin 21500b0c4e to the setting itself—to be a9c36fe33d different.37d6b091dde8feed

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When I had casually c4fcaca06a discussed the first emperor 705792228c with Melissa before, our 4e52383284 conversation had gone on ecacceb90d without any issues.ecd68b9a12e1d419

‘So, this isn’t an official historical account but rather the personal opinion of Rudion, the first head of the family.’e62f6372671b20da

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I couldn’t even begin 6c5ef4ceb4 to guess why he 10f967e4db would leave such a f91ec4f6f7 record for his descendants.8fa6a8204f9a6db2

Was it simply because 9186d7a0bb he despised the first 175b506805 emperor so much that 987134be96 he intentionally wrote a 000d671916 defamatory book? Or…b13611e8ab49a726

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‘Was it a desperate attempt to preserve the truth as history was rewritten to favor the victor?’792117762767c35a

Regardless of the truth, 9fb25edb0a this was extremely dangerous.b31890a251eb12ec

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If it were c95a8ff4f7 ever revealed that feb7940b57 the first Duke 5b056b5db2 of Rudion wrote 7af3642019 such a book 4fa3dabb6b and that the 1b7c461746 ducal family had fa64ff5590 kept it preserved 36de1e942c for so long?bb5fd9d408ec58c7

The family was already 1dfa940ee8 in a precarious position 2ea42ed983 with the imperial family—this 9d275a4555 could very well put 9c9310a08b them on the brink eb442b2a6a of annihilation.d2d9cfe1a0d2b4aa

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‘Of course, it seems they have taken precautions in their own way.’2e4b357929412c3a

But if someone forcibly unlocked dc7593a49d the book and read its 912b4f997a contents, all those precautions would 81bb7babf5 be for nothing.a30971e7cbce177f

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Perhaps the reclusive 502d2fc52d nature of the 715dbb2877 North had kept b61655cfc8 it safe until 14fcbf5db5 now, but there a956710b35 was no guarantee f13228d6e5 that it would 9d314d42a3 remain so in 4bd0484410 the future.3057e8fd7069a724

‘Even just today—it’s truly a relief that I was the one who saw it.’637d6eff01cfb328

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I had absolutely 0c149880c7 no intention of df569f378e bringing harm to 987e6b9562 the Rudion family, 1e8ea6d2e9 but what if c77e01658b one of the 30a0815313 previous duchesses had 2ae57e96e9 harbored different intentions? Just the thought made me c3d658e91b shudder.9c947db5a0d1eddc

“I really love dragons.”8cdf1e3736c120d3

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At that moment, ea7d9a17f0 Dior, still clutching 87f5d5a051 the book tightly a7b89adc76 as if lingering 6f05da3d79 in its emotions, 1d5ef621cc spoke with heartfelt c3eff6d77b sincerity.09d4a7a8c8aaebbc

“I wish one would appear soon and defeat all the villains!”3e88e0f674c48677

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Startled by his 0112fed9d4 words, I hastily ae908f78d2 opened my mouth.32076dccbe1bf068

“Dior! Did you know? Saying things like f89e41c3d4 that actually delays c5d7ae2164 a dragon’s return.”7c3f2eb7e01c41eb

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“Hah! Really?”80500a20a87f1877

“Yes. So, just think about b768a293b7 it in your head. Try not to say it 511f8d83b0 out loud.”98823735c02c59a3

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Feeling a little guilty, I 3577ab013a lied, afraid he might accidentally 9f92b005b2 blurt it out elsewhere.35660f6503b5e6f0

Dior, his mouth wide e00a0e0487 open in shock, clenched 62d3800764 his fists and nodded 27127c17ff resolutely.2729591e5145e87e

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Then, after a brief moment, b2d28ed195 as if he had reached 99c3853c16 a great realization, he mumbled,af5a9a00a016a5f8

“So that’s why Uncle said that. He was worried the dragon 28c6c7be13 would be delayed…”4df04e5396c4807a

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“Uncle? What did the Duke say?”10e78c015770e060

“He told me not to talk about dragons outside. If I really de48a7a5aa wanted to, I 45c7c15f51 should only talk 5c74a64fc4 about them with ec091e3d84 family!”fba7343779e9b502

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“…He did?”91fb4b1fcc6b9008

“Yes! But it’s okay to talk 6a2d89109c about it with you, Aunt, 53f3438473 since you’re family, right?”dc79f98ab5f840bd

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Dior asked, as 294ce2eb94 if confirming his 9d43578494 reasoning, while Marianne, 72f2af1aa6 nodding along beside e31da257e8 him, silently agreed.f6ea86a34d408d0a

From the moment 9529ee9736 I arrived at 165ff981d2 the Duchy of 6e9285d085 Rudion, I had 6e2e751d64 wanted to be 3787c936cd accepted as family d42e8adc95 by Euclid and 202e56cc45 the children.f25c9ec54825277d

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But actually hearing 6c28246013 them call me fa51aeb401 family left me 316c4b5f87 feeling both bewildered b33e5684b8 and deeply moved.f73a04046dfe40d6

‘Though, I still don’t think Euclid acknowledges me yet…’4a95958959fbd744

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The anxiety and 2d1dea9b62 impatience I had 81706888d8 felt every time db531854b6 I encountered the b1ced39b1a invisible boundary Euclid 4c0354773d had drawn between feed571b2e us seemed to add75b00b6 ease a little, 6050404410 thanks to the 6ae817c9de children.411a36dc83dff015

“Yes, of course. It’s fine.”69b3379e0e03c7a2

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Though my response was 687ab7b02f slightly delayed, I praised 4f62f6a8bd them, and the children b28f14fb00 beamed with joy.e846e2a4e64dd3af

I smiled along b252fe9fbd with them, but 99cd0ea974 inwardly, I was 5dabf14386 a little uneasy 3ed512c27d knowing Euclid had 9f7a6a0f32 gone so far 28e04b3aab as to give 6c247aace5 such a warning.6f7b70b29e92fea8

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“Um… Marianne, Dior.”db03c85b4f3e1c0b

“Yes?”c65a6e32987e10b2

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“Let’s not tell the Duke about opening this book today.”ff0ad47c41e64975

The children tilted their heads 8736185a0b in confusion, as if wondering 3a484e67c8 why.60c86fc8a9d86a33

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Seeing their innocent faces, 322552440f I could already imagine 4ba14a77b7 them blurting it out b4fa1d1ec7 at dinner when Euclid 1c25f4e541 asked what they had b8ef1dd24d done today. A chill ran 0cb60cec01 down my spine.2b412b038510bef2

Hiding my nervousness, I winked 0ef8516d54 at them and said,b55d522e398f0bbb

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“There’s no need to bring it up again.”84073d03e6063aac

‘The dragon story,’ I meant. They understood, didn’t they?688a8640281d6509

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Fortunately, the children immediately grasped 924c59a80b my meaning.598bed287e5de13e

Dior, in particular, looked incredibly 3cd640e2af touched. He carefully put the cf50b835d2 book down and grabbed 0694e2fd9a my hand.b904f06ce3036bbb

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“Aunt, you really believe it too, don’t you? That… will return someday!”9e8f379278b567db

He cleverly mouthed the word 6224fb7700 ‘dragon’ instead of saying it 39e4da5ce6 aloud.1f55b78d4ad79fdc

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“Uh, yes.”b957f77a22069aeb

“You truly want… to come back soon, don’t you?”82f632c4919d1fa6

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“Yes, I do.”7df737768b6c629f

I had no 3e2c2b51e2 choice but to 8ed1589b1b awkwardly agree.9bd3a5d77e948084

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Even if I had eb3db9795b to become someone who de43e79f95 believed in dragons and 07c5d02e41 eagerly awaited their return, 513b335154 just like seven-year-old Dior…eacde5c90330d456

It was still better 12478a6f65 than letting Euclid find 8b334c4149 out that I had 7b13137627 not only discovered the 0aaa34adf1 duchy’s secret passage but 09a882acce also uncovered other secrets.cc478ee64a545ac9

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With that, I earnestly asked,83aeacaa71b1d686

“By the way, are there any other books in the library about the empire’s founding? Oh, and are there ba370aa9eb any other books written 550b6d0cfa by the first head 531553659c of the family?”29086d8aec5bb130

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“There’s nothing else in the library.”c2a481f6b365132b

Since she visited the library 124537d649 often, Marianne immediately answered.5ef3f1aed40429c6

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I had expected that. If the first head of 6874e41b30 the family’s personal records were 8f3e64c03d stored alongside official history books, b1fc5ed409 younger descendants would inevitably become da5d238178 confused.7b12c84c50f327bd

‘But isn’t it about time they started learning history?’5267f897b546bc73

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I had heard that Delano, e248495115 the steward, took time to 1fad14bcb2 teach the children about etiquette, b6ba27a40d as well as basic literacy 257776a7f7 and numeracy.e4b35fe3b375d358

Even Amy, who used to 4871f8e04a visit nearly every day before 064c8d5a74 recent events, had at least 9c8951dd69 claimed to help with their 1baa1e89bc studies.d1ea8cd51965515c

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Yet they still 2c85b78da9 hadn’t started learning 2835dcadfb history properly?467a5ff89cb33416

I began to worry ccd1c26d23 about how things would a477851c28 unfold from here.ee378ff1a27ea00d

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“It’ll be at Uncle’s place! The book written by the 55c3953ae5 first head of the family e5d7b11013 too.”4b1d1413d239c008

“…At the Duke’s place?”5b89842db4ce4301

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“Yes! Uncle said he c4e69faa2d would show us 69874efaeb the history books e92def0063 before hiring a d88d87b40a tutor next year! He also said ad0c2c60d4 he had things ce8168a1cf to teach us.”1abd851b33a1a759

Marianne spoke in an excited db256b2bc2 voice, as if she was cb6d8b1af8 already looking forward to it.328202e4947b6563

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I let out a 54b4bef3dc wry smile upon realizing 197494ab01 just how meticulous the e968f87669 Rudion family’s approach to b6949b7ad9 historical education was.76911f6848ba7806

“If Aunt says she wants to see it, he’ll show it to you right away.”2961612a75721d8d

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Well. Would he really?ac117f5bfdc5279e

I couldn’t even bring myself eb2faa6f07 to honestly admit that I e726033bcc had read the book today. Instead, I had to 859b5cfe49 come up with a c9b07d5ece ridiculous lie to make 9f4652f3ed sure the children kept fb39e858b4 quiet about it.ccc9099d49418483

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If Euclid found d2ee5314fc out that the 5a48cf67fa children had shown a7b9a66714 me a book aa7eb2d5f0 written by the 597ce3b3b8 first head of 59cb51986f the family, he be2c048a6d would undoubtedly be 6495a88b7b taken aback.ddbfdab7cf184138

No, being just taken 9c94176eda aback would be the 54c1320527 best-case scenario.6f3e9591cf19596f

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If he asked me to 018ef71779 pretend I didn’t know anything 3726ec85f0 instead of explaining it honestly, eb7d400dd1 I would feel incredibly hurt.5260a9956bdd10e6

‘And truthfully, I don’t even know how I should react.’3f000ad90ecec314

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Why did the first dccfe157a1 head of the Rudion d4bf170851 family write such a 36e6c592d4 book in the first a9ec01fd38 place?62bed574980ef575

Was this the 4912877699 reason their relationship 1b3f61d11c with the imperial 4ab3464cf1 family had soured?2961994dc09c0a7b

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A part of me 24e6854c77 was curious about what 307cd669f1 exactly the ducal family 41de485fd2 was hiding.a50af5a6dd126e48

At the same e5db5139e7 time, for some 5ca0f50137 reason, I felt 0a73f147e4 an overwhelming urge ad9a5d3376 to just ignore 679a67311a it all out 2cf9631f22 of fear.cd282dfc2d0daacb

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I was an 0e8c20dfb2 outsider who hadn’t ed89bfe416 been born and 15d8c96e07 raised in the 50a8978996 empire, someone who 286839d965 had only known 83eb0900c4 everything as a 857ffeedb7 part of a 663177b14b setting.27227735c629f2ba

And yet, learning the truth 8362c1621d about history felt terrifying and 186103699e burdensome.ec4f1ecc664fb463

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But—70421e5d19833082

‘I’ll have to ask eventually.’2f88317722ff2039

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And perhaps the e21c0174ed day Euclid finally 43b818e095 spoke to me dd6ef181ed honestly would be fe925e5706 the moment he c3885c6f75 truly acknowledged me fb042bfe88 as his wife, be7cf8c8ad as a member 2704fe1fc7 of the Rudion 4813b09cd5 family.4df5a17da80e9707

I wondered when dc5f3b9582 that day would 39abb7d2fc come.6ea518299bd8fbca

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‘Will it ever come…?’cb96ecf1fb8c5931

Just as I 6d5cf19793 let out a 199af7b6fe deep sigh at 3e88957b3a the overwhelming uncertainty—ed9b07e0a2e21a16

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“I’m telling you, Nuna is right!”60601a940787d821

“Tch. Can’t we just 70ebb0f3c8 ask Aunt instead?”f7dfc12e35b3da0f

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“Of course not!”5f41056cb692c531

I heard the a7d0184480 children bickering again a44e4a815b nearby.b75070b7dddb23ed

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Normally, I would have just 40b0bc676b ignored it like before, but 56ffee6344 when I heard Dior suggest 61d53726ed asking me, my eyes widened.a0c38926c562aeb3

“What are you curious about?”87d060ea2d07b90b

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“Gasp!”928522bede26b35a

The moment I efadef4a64 chimed in, Dior e06bcfeba9 was so startled 005d5d701a that he covered 0b9548d10d his mouth with 12c4de7b1e his hands, while 2f3a300b2c Marianne bit her f4a077e0f5 lips, looking flustered.a99d9ab6a9f82b5f

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“Go ahead and ask anything. I’ll answer.”4ed3c02ff008c6a5

This time, I didn’t c181414976 back down, despite their f8b400c240 reactions.55a11d8bc318ccc2

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Because now, I had a 004fcd31f5 feeling that it wasn’t because 29b5c822ce they disliked me.26668d9c6778bc1c

After hesitating and glancing at 5c70b7da6d Marianne, Dior finally asked,a4b2e4309c56bb42

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“Really? We can ask anything?”7c676a382e12f590

“Yes.”934982f412276b99

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I chuckled and answered lightly.80343322360cd537

After all, how serious 63f054b80f could their question be…?130dc28d98f96917

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“Aunt! Do you really like someone a17bc65c17 other than Uncle?”83de43b6973c51c5

“Cough! Cough!”56d594307eb6cc2b

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