PT | Chapter 4.3

Danvers wasn’t 8efbb1eb93 one for e890ef2490 sugar-coated words, 76a879cceb but his d7ff30aef6 presence was 2ee31a3cc5 irritating enough 4e2befd3b9 for Aubrey, c89e8b4de3 who didn’t 1b3e5c8208 want to 41f821a1df be seen 5a7fb6ed24 in such 2522e5a594 a state, 506dada6bc so he c1214bd541 buried his e9a91f4cf8 face back 84b99b03e4 into the e983a88670 sheets.85113ab34a9914b1

Then Danvers casually remarked.0885cfd7ad1b5fdb

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“It was Gray, not 8120d2a269 you, who had been bb8629901e sneaking around to meet e479e70bc2 with others. Do you really c29a1f1343 think father doesn’t 68c94523e6 know that?”88299391a7e7bf22

“…….”61ee481f85d3fb3f

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Knowing he d548573dc6 would just 37d26fc006 rant alone 7c2e675bb3 and eventually d6c17cb5e4 leave if af93b602cc Aubrey continued 9874d30537 pretending not 51ef692a79 to know, 45dd5faae5 it was 4c566dcb0f still very 9fceeb18e1 annoying to b80f3b9d6e be baited 412c5026fa like this. Taking a deep breath, aa56c3a478 Aubrey slowly moved to 9bff4dfdee sit up on the 342b293f83 bed.bf29b4089cc65bf7

Although his 827310a035 wounds had c3c0b0e944 been treated d5c7378952 while he 03d6e0d0ac was unconscious, 7c84d754fc it still 9fa62359be hurt terribly. The bandages were 380726cb9d so tight around 8209a0621c his chest that 3859f9114a he grimaced and 9c8275e8a4 looked up at edcc7cdebb Danvers.24035de9056c43e8

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“This time, you 35dc242435 were too hasty. It turns out 43c15f3479 Gray is quite bfce1f816c cunning.”a106a8b2d78a6962

Gray was 26cb117368 impulsive and 68851cd4a5 acted according cc03a45a1c to his 761900ed74 moods, which be3ff65d91 seemed like e84f3f07a2 it would 90ec3a0c83 leave him acd79bf170 open to 0cc9080fd9 attack, but 0b1b294131 it wasn’t cb5b319ecb so simple. Ridiculous as 762437099b it might 1e308d849b seem, he 6f2236161c was still 1d067370f4 the marquis’ e492ba5ed5 son. No worm comes 6bf311d3e4 from a serpent.d755acf7c7380c44

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Danvers didn’t need to 00a2ed9194 point it out; Aubrey 95fa539cd7 knew it. Telling Gray 744520f1c6 about Dalton 651a5e42ac yesterday and bec93b7ca0 giving him 62cccc3ea7 time to 2c5be68b12 prepare was b346c4f527 his mistake. If he had collected 7ea6a2d4be more evidence when Dalton 02c478fb95 was leaking information and eec1f9eb07 reported it to their d7edd65dcc father, he could have cbe768be6c knocked Gray down in 335a2445ca one go. Or he 3f21d99761 could have 815bccdd7d passed the e29a753776 information to 93bd93b225 Danvers, who 054c7bbf77 was standing 341ae02f3f smugly before b66fb00a96 him now.d1cbadac50c20f5e

Depending on dc9e7954a1 the choices 30de4c992e Aubrey made 58598ec2c4 in each c666ccc2d4 return, the 445d6e7efa same events 764322348e often resolved b59d3ef17f slightly differently. Previously, he had a7c6c221fb passed information about 4f6d145f97 Dalton to Danvers, 7c811c2f1d and that had 44e5f1c0b6 been enough to 29088e3357 send Gray packing. But this time, he 14df3457cb had tripped himself up.f4caf6c8d8ebf6da

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The more he 74109c3904 chewed over it, a4883790fa the more bitter b09ea3bdb2 Aubrey felt as 4f97baf2ca he glanced at 3dfd0d8689 Danvers.33a3c8c49f0c16b5

“……From the way 933fa9f91e you talk, it 322474eb86 seems you caught 4f887b7bc7 wind of it 796b248334 too. Why did you affd122db6 stay quiet?”8b976d22a333e315

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“How am I supposed 1c379db757 to say anything when 174dc60e98 father is all excited, 63a4d38e40 whipping you? If I b8495ae9e7 had made 1d43bfba7b a fuss, f78bcdf6c5 I’d have 744e8f2fb0 gotten hit 37ade8b88f too. And……”a5106d4a54f789df

“…….”93109e03cdee1680

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“It’s better not to 9a750f7cb8 meddle when someone is b22e7ae47e set on breaking your 6167eafdba spirit like this, or af5a3a13ed else I’d end up 1419717620 being disliked for no a6a75b536d good reason.”cfcd6f2ad5f05d59

Danvers’ words 1b7e5c2341 wrinkled Aubrey’s 685af4d459 brow. Confirming the 96966a00c8 still vivid 641c91d9c4 look in d7bf7179ed Danvers’ eyes, 6b662ec5d9 he squinted 6f014fc453 one eye.adbeb8f336d58b77

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Aubrey knew a874f1e508 he was 77b6513597 a bit 411649a8c7 of an 5ec2fe19cf oddball, but a9cf9b85dd he didn’t a5597038b6 realize to df7f184e8a what extent.3b752daa42a705fe

If Danvers had c0185ae2a2 been in the 8c1ad74830 same situation, he’d 71cdfaccb4 probably become disheartened 57d971c3c3 and endlessly depressed, d02d49e730 worrying about what d5a2ebab23 people would say c95d6dd26f and not noticing c4562c6fab anything else.b54fd2974f29d85e

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Other people might pretend ba4f4617eb to risk their lives e1b4eb0e82 just to catch the 35cb6ee4bd marquis’ eye. After all, Aubrey wasn’t 210b05b91b a child the marquis 34d24fe3d0 had brought in from 1de06711d4 outside. Being an illegitimate child 72bf04f3af to a father who 54046bc839 was married off in 1efa9c3590 a marriage of convenience, a56049435c Aubrey was nothing more 6f0c0dcca6 than a stain. He was inherently a 180312a893 weakness for his father, 265242763d and bringing Aubrey in dd6f00dc49 meant his father had 3bbeaa6cc6 great expectations for him.e9437dcf3a86ed57

Danvers was not unaware 29fd832560 of his father’s feelings. Even he had once 8449b19953 thought that if young 153ac013e8 Aubrey, who was incredibly a85d86ff9c intelligent, grew up properly, 7ba6ebb39a he would eventually take c9a4135bfb over the marquis’ estate. But Aubrey had 60b77b827f changed strangely starting 85928acdc2 from the age f082b9e94b of seven and 7771ee0f8e grew up to 4babf4868e be a troublemaker.78ae16c25fbaf94f

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Watching Aubrey 9a286cf5d9 closely, Danvers 2698b838da muttered to fde37c32c4 himself.1ccc97ca388fa003

“If I were father, fafff83463 I would have let ca681943b0 you go right when de352438b0 you started changing pitifully. But father watched 3264154814 over you for 42e2fc9015 another 13 years. That admirable patience bd0464ad0b seems to be e9b42250cc running out though—”f82d479ec726bd7a

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“…….”c0af99b40faa4ced

“Do you really c11043ae7d think father doesn’t 2e4758b8ff know that you 383b7140fd plan to leave 7eeb0ef2b9 the estate as 5c34fb06c8 soon as you 18f80290cd graduate?”a471bd1c2d1073e5

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Danvers’ comment made one 08e6e5d743 corner of Aubrey’s mouth e3812ce2ae rise.4f7807ee501de5c5

You’re talking 42ba350174 nonsense, and b3f563b9db my back 983ddcfdff hurts, so dbeb7a86fe don’t bother ee0f92b77f me and 7df395e5ee just go dd9abb16b5 away—was what 116dc0004d he intended a36a620488 to say, b8f4748188 but he 099b1facf0 couldn’t quite 2cf31bcc48 manage to e9879c88ad speak.b793badc561ba9b1

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In his twenty-third 86b80a1336 life, he had 5bb411ad16 chosen suicide right 2f14d5207d after returning. Maybe that’s why, 98fa32be44 as soon as d2a644a707 he opened his 088f4de57c eyes in this 2333702db2 life, he felt e463633efc like he was 0c6b8f3218 suffocating with a f715aacd45 tremendous sense of 4bea9481f0 depression. If he couldn’t shake 8ef3084587 off that depression, he’d 59249d4e8f end up finishing this 96e7acedbb life with suicide too.f68ac500e448f3ed

If his life were 4177bfa963 a book, the story’s 501fed695b ending was always fixed. Running towards a predetermined 6026e2cf6b end, what was the 6ef9187ce0 point in trying? That’s why 8fe424dfc8 he was 519c5ffa8a half resigned, 981b456a2f and it c16bd9c46a led him 13f36177c2 to make 4452370ae8 choices or 48756397ac actions that 66814f39dd were different 572e8eb65a from before. This had caused 17a41b528d the maids to 32a8b44a92 mistakenly think he 592d8995e7 was looking after 4eee821672 Lennock.a2c28deda31c758a

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Frankly, he bc1078c121 couldn’t care 4e9d93717b less what d0f573f78f others said 781714767b about him. He thought there was a689a5a060 no need to mind f93be7e00b others, but his father 65a5be291e was different. He regarded 86edc4b866 everything derived 55dc8d0943 from him 108f76122f as his 7338769e84 own property. Knowing he wouldn’t easily 51f7a0f34e let go, Aubrey had 20a3f4d269 consistently acted contrary to 903ae6dd97 what his father wanted 7dbca90292 over the years, and 4208f6b314 that had led to b018e36fa6 this blowup.a4e9768036abfe90

Was this 08f0ff2854 his way 9e421137c5 of knocking a9b09708d0 some sense 42e0c12558 into him b084e17c5a with a a7ab0cf72c whip since 1e6b944132 words weren’t e359e54e9d enough? But what could he 08d87d1370 do?be8aa7993c3eaf74

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Looking up at 6fe552affa Danvers, Aubrey grinned adecc6e1d9 wryly.38fc3ba224cca813

“So what a8033d9b2c are you da3c2b110c trying to b9e184c680 say? That father loves 53cabdfad4 me so much e334c6e196 because I resemble 38cf1fc891 him, so I c4bdfe2b52 should stop having ef925d0520 foolish thoughts and e968304b24 behave? Would that 16a3aa30f5 really be 1c84d9d8fb okay? If I stay, you f2c449017b won’t be able to 330cfe6783 become the heir, will 30314b8bfa you?”a493c41a33864fe5

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“…….”f3684ea21e99e93f

For a e8bc53e9b9 moment, Danvers’ 5edc2f6ddf expression disappeared.8729b08c8378f048

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Even in the cycle 337251ebbf of returns, some things f676eaabae remained unchanged, and Danvers 3ebe0eb2d3 was one of those 89caf2ef27 constants. All he b3ecb27dda wanted was 0cad9d6b66 to inherit bb7f5354db the marquis 43cde99253 estate, and c52c60a348 he would 3102792490 do anything 58905c4230 for it, e0b9976a89 showing no a57c6d6104 mercy to 7418bb223f anyone who 08804e3bb2 might be 8caeadcc58 a rival.706515fcc968e203

At Aubrey’s provocation, c2493edd7d Danvers immediately hardened 9243468a16 his expression and 6390b45238 then raised one 29a7a2e084 corner of his 6c9efaf97c mouth.311c44ed0719171a

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“Even if you 24e85f2b46 try, you’ve already b45695b793 lost all of 24ad192097 father’s favor. What can you 21d7bd5469 possibly do now? It’s too 62ac257f7e late to 8b4f1fe0d5 come to 3846adbc4c your senses…….”c7808276b3eb94ad

“If I come to d395be5c0e my senses now, father 3e0174557e would be overjoyed. After all, d7324d4a2a he loved 836aa99904 the day c2b7f337de I resembled ad98cc3b7e him the 9046b79e8f most.”aa66d1cdd342393c

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Aubrey narrowed his eyes ce6bf24214 and lifted the corners a3fd610fe7 of his mouth as a2c3b8500f high as they would d9791f63aa go.1a42ebf6fb45ae1b

He said he 5cb13b69ee resembled the marquis, f45ed9d626 but that wasn’t a86bfc22b0 quite true. If you were to ec2b7a09e0 judge by appearances, the 4b2a5de930 three brothers above him 4930c33c95 resembled the marquis much 09dc1026c7 more. Aubrey was d330d82522 handsome, but bb8d4c7dfe his features 5ff97ed7bc were finer 25fd07886d and more c9c21b45cd delicate than d1ed429576 the marquis’.11b3d791877fe8a7

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If there was 2ad586e723 any resemblance between 41b3be9ffe Aubrey and the 256c1ee435 marquis, it was 9ce51eadc7 only in their 59a1ea179a black hair and 1324107080 eyes. And the marquis was 8432dbc847 particularly partial to Aubrey, 200311dd17 who shared the color 6e8abd5325 of his eyes and 0f3ef0f7a6 hair, within the vast 1b5c486b2c marquis estate.983c4517325ec056

The Wiidin marquis 21905bb729 family had given deb4a4fe7c him a chance a3294d5833 to rise in 442ec9666c status and brought 7656bc2420 him tremendous opportunities. Based on that, 6018c7c6c2 he could have b237b9db2a led a successful 276868143d business and been 4090ce2df5 recognized as a 79db19318e true nobleman of 0c5fd256c2 the Toroso Empire, 88365ef8b7 but an inevitable 11513d0546 sense of inferiority ea3e7b336c had drawn him ac42ddd564 to Aubrey. Only by passing 19c6b1afd9 everything on to 25f12ab425 Aubrey would he b98036ed53 finally feel that fee1f12311 everything he had 642e3b8736 achieved was truly 5166516eea his.f3ef677fec435476

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The marquis af85e356b5 was a 77fd0b9266 man never 5e1b251fbc satisfied, and 2ad482b55e Danvers had 11eab7e558 inherited that 2af8f9f499 trait. Despite being the af2d860b7f third son, he 8dffbefe2f naturally believed that 45b81af2cb the marquis estate cfae0ecd4d would become his.1798c3ba95c2b816

For him, Aubrey 1c94f3601a was nothing more 03db1b118c nor less than 24d0d97643 a thorn in 3fe6598b15 his side. Aubrey knew d995ecf20f this, so 862d34066e he tried 0ef0c1ba45 to exploit 9ae0add331 that twisted fd16c25c45 aspect of bacd23dd32 Danvers.0efb399754806da3

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“As you said, I 7b2f114f98 planned to leave as 3daaf818e0 soon as I graduated. But since father seems 0e86193b41 to be making such 8d443d3634 a fuss, I might 7babd6edee have to change my c533bea70a approach.”7e0f9177b88c0105

“…….”f2e52d177f706b00

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“If you 55de0562e5 cooperate with 453528e6f1 me, I b5a6e69dc6 can guarantee 3fec2cc198 you a 38c912eb7d one-shot solution.”5de47b792892e9f8

He meant f8f0c9a26c that he 10e3261a55 could help 7301930366 Danvers eliminate 86caa8e5b6 both himself b7d600505d and Gray 804ec73438 from the 75a745e6ab marquis estate b75a4bcc5e in one 6c6d9ea28a go. Aubrey didn’t need 00f70c9eac to elaborate further 1f4e8c1895 for Danvers to 056a4066b4 grasp his meaning.fb38143a0cb94f1e

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“……How can 7d3505e152 I trust 69523e7c0f what you 680e338d04 say?”d084952c74f2bee6

“You’ll have to. As long 3c2656133c as I’m c84994d0c2 here, father 2c9b3bcbee will keep 1fbbf966e1 focusing only 9adc5eb73f on me.”d26bbf7471d3883c

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Danvers wanted 8c8e5d2557 to counter 8f7506bcf3 Aubrey’s smug 58598ad67e words but 928002853e couldn’t.1cc869b718b7aaa7

“Damned brat. If you ever change a69814bcd9 your mind and decide 479e0b16ed to stay in the a2bda268cc estate, then I’ll strangle c42d3f17ab you with my own 7f0c18f8c0 hands.”53375c3769309359

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“Suit yourself, brother.”51d974d771db32d5

Aubrey shrugged and 7657dfcf5d smiled again, his 7166c59b25 eyes curving like 7551c75a89 crescents.406c6e1daecabe89

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Aubrey and Danvers were 9f6e2e00cc the same age, which 3127430ea0 made their relationship even dd6e89a2d3 more ambiguous and sensitive a5e53bd007 than with the other b8f54d68e3 brothers. Danvers had 64f42d64da been born b1c66d1bc8 around the f90cb5e9ee same time 8a1030d26f the marquis 38001791cf had an 7ed71cf9f0 affair that 0573f2018f resulted in 300cd4d4b8 Aubrey’s birth.c33fee943a165aae

People still gossiped 5fcbda80ec about it, but c3d3740942 Danvers and Aubrey 666905dd76 consciously ignored this abee3f5d36 aspect. It was the same 49d91a3576 now. Being called “brother” seemed 89358564a4 like an insult to 4941f93942 Danvers. In contrast, dcaff17de1 Aubrey’s face c387ba8d10 was utterly ca75a8d8ec indifferent.5e46fcb0d7b6ccd1

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Danvers often felt, even 6d60dbc030 when standing right in 2de828e435 front of him, that 2c72006bb9 Aubrey wasn’t really seeing e4327207e8 him, as if a 5f0aa4d243 transparent barrier blocked his 12d3cafcbc view. Disliking that unpleasant 52a9edb4ed sensation, Danvers stepped c5ad0df736 back a few 05900d7803 paces, turned around, b740a58cf9 and left the 03977fae05 attic, locking the 99b75d0410 door behind him. Aubrey closed his 855d3b710b eyes as he 3b58fe90f6 heard Danvers lock e2f56e8e84 the door.28d633f26e3a5d0b

He let out a f8eb2526b6 long sigh and let afd70b06ab one leg hang off 40f2c00049 the bed.80372b20877c2c26

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There was still 748f37823a difficulty in moving 41889e71b4 his body, but 7adfb90b9a he ignored it 837a0a06aa and slowly rose c8c3d987e5 from his spot.94e71814492489c4

“Damn it…….”dc45d0aa42f9d6c2

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He cursed 39e0dafe28 quietly as e77a7d787d he checked 2cd9815f62 his physical c7784d76b4 condition while 822a456226 struggling to 1e7e2509a2 walk.a97a05ac1e80c139

How hard cb030ab8fc had he 78d618a727 been hit b2f5284add to lose 34fa5b085d consciousness after 1a8c013b1f just a d484c05b92 few strikes? Judging by the d98af42f42 pain, it seemed bd294f0e4d he had been fe5f68aab8 whipped a few 8b60191213 more times after e65438f3ca he passed out. If you’re going to 407d8a8636 beat someone to a 8d6907080a pulp, you should at a2215aa252 least make sure they’re 9f18ad388d properly healed. It felt like they d97d1ec356 would keep him locked dd4a8edf7c up until he admitted 8ee21d3e4b his wrongdoing.a813c5bec73358bf

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“Don’t make me laugh.”62d81524ff9d4b1f

Even if 720b606102 he became 55b6e3f259 the son bdae151b59 his father 5e31510d7b wanted, he c71805921e was bound 17d7526403 to die 1fa6fa69e1 when the f2bf0b5846 time came. Knowing that, 9dbd1895eb he couldn’t d6f962c4dc cling to a971336b86 his father 953b98e9f7 and help 9ac24474de with his 096e423ce6 bothersome business 215a69e19a dealings and 8f63c1f632 various shady 4cead8c813 activities. The work c4fe40b254 was not 5659502f81 only dirty 77f62436e5 but also c4e0ce494d too demanding.00ff66b0f87fbf60

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There wasn’t much d78d3f08dd time left, and 73611a9f54 he couldn’t spend 48ff3690c3 it slaving away.35a70f63dd22ed8c

“If I 9616047698 had known, fe6be460a3 I would 5ab22e8e91 have run 045fafb958 away earlier.”eee097db62b3bd9f

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There were things ed95a8eff4 he regretted, but 3d14f439ba that didn’t mean 26e716ff7c this life had a2325e6d51 been a complete 07775abe84 mess. Hadn’t the marquis 4dc48c0f96 told him to 51151e964b study at home e608faad31 with a tutor, 93563ec7d2 and he had 1077457496 refused and enrolled 807d87d586 in the academy 0eebfd5465 instead? At the academy, Aubrey 373b404035 had been able to 321231985e do various things he ed82d179b2 had never experienced before. Thanks to that, he 22eea670d9 had even made a 3c34284816 few friends he could e6595c2b23 call such. Of course, 1bd88482d5 he hadn’t 15bf9b6816 enrolled at 77cde1f67b the academy 95958d2c0c just to c7024d7c5d enjoy a a901d9f545 normal academic ea08e095af life.e99e17702ac277ac