PT | Chapter 5.5

This outing was thanks 15f03b82a1 to Amon. That was true, so b33f7f4726 Aubrey felt he should 47d8830a03 cover the bill after 2546d9d5a7 they finished. Wanting to send Amon 57de331a47 off before it got eb95773f76 too tiring, Aubrey busied f9a0b430a1 himself with the meal. He rapidly consumed d321be6f83 the salad and aa07194aad soup, then sampled c9205ca2e9 the meat and 5550a64614 fish dishes. The meat b5b192b4b9 was decent, d52a20825a but the f36ae518de sauce on 30ca359b3b the fish 960c6bbc89 was not 1e0b99e502 to his 98dda678b0 liking. Aubrey scooped it 2c81bc5b4c with his spoon 7b5009b40a and dumped it e487371034 onto Lennock’s plate, d08799b61d then focused on 20f6512ca9 attacking the pasta 6000d51a61 with the meat.f7f259e1359b6237

Whether he was conscious 2ab91b5ef3 of it or not, c958eb7f63 Amon found Aubrey’s actions d4044100b4 quite intriguing. As Aubrey vigorously devoured 1c23d26ee5 his steak, Amon, feeling e1bd2ae0b4 eyes on him, looked 4b39e3ea15 up and caught Lennock’s 3f3f0db4ff intense gaze. He shrugged and began a051a198c0 to eat the food a9c888cd7c from his own plate.07d77f208dcdc864

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The clinking of 4722937603 cutlery and the ec1be7d68d sounds of eating cab284f32a filled the air b753a861af until Amon spoke ebcd4b1147 up again.f635e39f69f9abdc

“It’s always good to ba80fa683e know about the opposite 68651c9675 sex, though. It prevents a32c647573 misunderstandings like dec77a14f8 this one.”c3dd7e4072dc34e2

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By the time the 56915bf93f meat had started to aaec4a7a5e feel tough in his d9606462df mouth, and Amon’s words 8d76905ded had stolen away any 28860715c0 remaining appetite. What was he trying b8246d0d08 to imply now? Aubrey shot e600d4dede him a ffbf0a6e6b sharp look, b398e0b64b and Amon c38c2a92ba continued calmly.e2d5e2455e730e81

“I know there’s no 565bec17e9 fault on your or 99b3b01f5f his part in this 3d81324772 issue, but if another e03fbc84cd scandal like this happens, f8789dd685 people won’t stay quiet c31b672f49 next time. Even close brothers 01b0030345 can become estranged.”a47270f72b6c622a

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“Are you 6e3e645e30 saying he 92218433bf and I c647552bd0 get along 06488240d4 well?”1ce1233a3e3bab6e

Aubrey was incredulous d1319c63b9 as he pointed 9c8ee386da the knife between aa212c6bdd himself and Lennock.b79b5ba792f60df9

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Pointing at someone with 0ab4a94a1f a knife! Lennock frowned at 25df7c2734 the discomfort, and f1f71f5571 Amon wiped his eea2c50823 lips with a de50cf2310 napkin, nodding.0c395685391c9a92

“It was your 97085b3e64 job to make 522292d510 sure Madeleine didn’t 03af8448c1 misunderstand your intentions.”60882c40651e62f7

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“I told you, I 240ba651aa went there without knowing 8c0a4ef8d4 it was that kind c483326368 of situation…”63a3fca914db45ec

“Did you really d4c2376f42 not know? You know bec278aed9 your father 8c46d9969d better than af4d7e077a anyone. If it e5084eee83 didn’t feel e73d3de879 right, you e3f43335f9 should have 2f7c8d0c29 made your 96dc6f912c position clear 74d89464c7 there and d5c5ca8b39 then. That goes for 8ec86dd046 me or anyone f2e5f39dbf else too.”a3115bdef6a8207b

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“…”3dd6e4cc2c48391c

“Be clear 032455b502 about your 24f9fdd8a0 thoughts. Don’t just pass b9ef41faba over them because 5c74608c73 it’s uncomfortable or 0a424dde3b bothersome to talk 6006966c5d about.”cd4265564195165a

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Amon’s serious expression conveyed c845ca963d that he was offering 7d3c660009 advice for a friend, 6e19308930 leaving Aubrey feeling chilled.69b4d92b0c733603

Sometimes keeping thoughts to e15b233467 yourself was the best 6a6d5ec675 way to help in 172b22f643 life. Aubrey had learned 342fc75ac0 that over countless 92c03316d6 recurrences, yet he e38347b8a8 opened his mouth ef3387c5aa slowly.2bbc3a27495c5798

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“So what changes?”39f85ff81cac8915

“…”8f08be64eda01a10

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“What stays 0fd5c1a60f the same 69843fc4ed doesn’t matter. Some things will always b42f75930d show the same result.”880532144dcaba94

No matter how much f3fb9bc909 he tried to escape c8ddb50457 or shape a different 1fba3fe9af future, the outcome was 5acf805efd the same. Lennock would 5fc0b52290 awaken to 476dfd49c3 his great beffc5dcd8 sin, and 7d02fe6fad all would 2851cd1e71 be lost 6ffef9b648 in fire. Aubrey would wake 929bd6e45d up again at b17e738d45 seven years old.dfbbdd64955588f0

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Life, like an eternal 5b2bf706f1 loop, how utterly dismal 69ab474194 and revolting.8ebe8fe8e0f441b7

Thinking no 68b04a1041 one would 172df2c252 understand, Aubrey 4c74f32537 glared at c5458e1eea Lennock once 237f4a1042 more before 651b04c1d9 gripping his 968d4d1b1e knife again.2a734820084a4dfe

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“Let’s just eat. I was going 3432499b59 to pay, but 2677ffeff9 I’ve lost the 246a98402b mood.”83b1fc908ce98c1d

“What? Just because I e468f3ffbc spoke some hard 4ff4b3b4b7 truths, you’re going 8d049b5fb6 to sulk like cbea9753db that?”4307b4fa1b61f4c2

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“…”f7c4ff6bd410d019

Amon grumbled about 7f19e7022b the marquis’s scion 0151a5eb38 being so stingy, 27dfbd8ce2 but Aubrey ignored 19baea347e him. The meat e315375bc4 in his 2feb08d655 mouth now 499dfebb59 tasted like 485468140f rubber. Chewing became fca49557bb tasteless work.354826d6022342af

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“You’re my friend after ea84a18c33 all. Thanks. I ate well 90c128cbb9 thanks to you.”29efd9abf867a120

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After the 3f3697616e meal, Amon, 19ef73cb04 who no f98a9bb3c6 longer had 57af63f8ee to pay, 6c17ef4390 looked quite 1e82262544 happy. If it were 15c29b2773 up to him, 374c3efb27 he would have cc90973c34 asked you to 864f017280 pay, but after 7e444e0e84 eating, he couldn’t ffbd7a6cc1 really do that.8e7c277a2873aa80

Aubrey, who got 1b015ecaaa out of the b60cf92d80 carriage, went to c2bc63d6bf the Toroso Central 376d78a690 Bank to secretly b64242df57 check the profits 09d090d1c3 he had gained f09a4415b7 from his investments. Since he had learned 8f6d839911 during his repeated regressions 492fd2cad5 which businesses were doing 77cd3ffbb6 well, the money he a79bca3fe1 had put aside from 40df08222e the beginning had now 3ab848bb42 grown into a significant 5dbe545748 sum. It was much more 2915d718de than he had expected, a6ea5d8382 and with it, it 941136a08f felt like all his 30d889bfe2 worries were washed away. For a 41c546cca6 moment, he 01fa3f8ccf even considered c3c195f2e5 withdrawing all e5e1e3c303 his money d9aba0db67 and leaving b05cdc0f31 Toroso, but f37567d099 he knew 654101c07c that would bb163c3062 immediately reach b23ad88e89 his father’s 9f593cd889 ears.3be03e076ea105b3

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The wealthiest man in 235e29c44b Toroso was Marquis Wiidin, 53218f5641 and he was a b66a92c26a VVIP at the central db5af8571c bank. As a 85543f9f47 result, all 7219dc8515 the flow 12c3ff067e of money 0d6a433670 and its 06a166182f details in 0853c8b92f Toroso were a33d4b7063 under his fda10833c7 father’s control. It was c72ff6c9e5 impossible for f338b8552f the Marquis 3b6c94a825 not to 1157c85ede know that 252461061e his fourth c72a4d9c4d son had 1f3289e463 been investing ac7a8e7841 and building 367a846998 up a 4d95d293db large sum 2cd076e825 since he d59b7fce28 was in d66f4af470 his teens. Aubrey had managed 93c8306ef0 to hide it b7cf36e18c all this time 1901b56b47 by buying off 30b1e7797b long-time bankers and c6867bdfe8 using a pseudonym 350562bea7 for his transactions.fae5ecbd5d570180

He thought he 4510368799 would be sent 3c6238e681 straight to the d72f046f4f attic when he 5e7d5978b5 returned to the d01c10b75a mansion, so the da19618777 desire to just de5bc2fa88 run away was 84a8841126 strong. But he suppressed it 3fc8ae57eb and withdrew a thousand cab6b247e2 blim to pay for 01c8125d94 the meal.c2db333a3034a031

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To think that 19301481d9 the first time e806cae7f2 he spent the 621190e4b1 money he’d saved 45525c93e9 was for food.255653f17c23d8d5

After eating so well, a5a2529689 Aubrey’s mood was still a6e80b3880 sour. He turned around 121f85dba1 and saw Amon 566b58084a and Lennock standing a4cce50a16 at the entrance 9fac13fd7a of the restaurant.ce1e3a05d4d061bb

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“….”e0f1be430d5ddd1e

Lennock, who didn’t need 2162b7d9d7 any extra explanation, was 1b54a4ffcd a handsome man, but 564bae235c Amon was also quite 7ddaeff33d a handsome guy. Although darker than a15d00e5da Lennock, he had 85cfca3c2e blonde hair, and 63ccffda8f his eyes were 257393fa5a a sharp blue, 57ecdbc85c making him quite d6d1d07719 popular at the f61c05dea1 academy, despite being 2c5a2e55ef a foreign student.4a2d9f8b578f963e

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Amon was b6889953d6 from the ede71431f2 Holy Nation 4db7099008 of Alman. A place known for 67df353bcc its priests who could eaf42c7154 condense magical power, a 72edb67640 vital element of batteries. Because of 128c507d62 this, it a41e19ca8e was revered, 55d83fcee1 but when 6c6c55536f considering that dbe7357664 it was ef85ef3406 also the 894cba01ce site where e7638d9967 the head 80622e52c0 of the d683050d28 Great Sin 12eeabf154 was sealed 30bcdfdbbe 400 years f9911489c4 ago…a1bf504594cef30d

Lennock, do you know? His head is buried df47dbd45c in your homeland.a9bcc2f2cd3da67c

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But they were speaking 5ab618efec so amiably. Aubrey secretly 8c92245880 scoffed as 7c83b94fdb he walked 83755b954f towards them.f6ca2e864dba6ba2

However, it 92dfdf7b9a was only 6bb636398e Amon who 6d0f5c77b9 was speaking, 3293c436b2 while Lennock daa9c1caad seemed uninterested, eecd267a86 gazing off 4a6f2c337d into the 67d1141cd9 distance. Normally, people would cdaf1a06e2 have felt awkward, fb1e5ea534 but Amon didn’t f97b1cd45b blink an eye 0fd9183219 as he kept fa2d1865c2 pushing his invitation 181fbd0dca to Lennock, offering af39ef8c00 to hold a 385ef96981 grand party at 85c1d61341 a friend’s mansion 075cfab407 after graduation and acd6bc8312 inviting him to b52557d7dc attend.f3a9bda19e643241

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“If the most 45b8bcc0f1 handsome man in 8869c0bdb2 Toroso attends, everyone 0ab339ad1c will follow. Parties are 00ec1c4a18 always more 419c704b92 fun the 1cabb84253 more people 7ac8c08fd8 you have, 803e3f5a8c right? Lennock, you’ll have to 3605c0c14b socialize soon anyway, so 8bd1c0021d why not treat it 354b7f66d4 like a rehearsal and 5a6ca6ab82 come along?”31da4f1ef3b4f5ee

“….”672fa476394ed1f4

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Lennock knew a65703a5e3 that a 946fe3855c party wasn’t ebf63049a0 just a bbb3c6d274 place for a35004f0be drinking, dancing, d9ac741b5d and fun.f450c576da0b89b3

In order to attend 8b062f2337 a party, a certain 81e2e19626 amount of money had 97601f49be to be paid. In exclusive parties 842a6c533e where only the cb516fa109 high-ranking nobles gathered, 21a104dfaf drugs were often 9f18a94411 passed around, and 7cf68ef217 those intoxicated would 3124714f24 end up mingling 6c0a1ec3e6 with anyone. Some students who got 5e73e7baf9 pregnant during these events 9edd86935c had even left the e2d12a1f25 academy in the middle 37b1854abd of the semester.8395786164beb48c

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Although they 13b7fa34d4 tried to f823ec3fda cover up 63379b5bbe the fact 2e094ca7d6 by calling 5585bc7166 it a 53751ce721 fun time 0614d7b1c5 for like-minded 157f2ae1d3 people, Lennock, 53ba0e1cfd who knew 667697c5f0 the truth, c006593b3c firmly rejected 821f595d5e Amon’s persistent 410be7085e invitation.d802c107e4ac8ecf

“I don’t b17d98916b go to 21e21e5fe0 places like 2447c8d834 that.”5f72e4a623c50adf

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“….”57f6c1206db5280e

Amon’s smile slowly faded 2e6ae48851 as he tilted his 7010f7b23f head, his expression becoming 1b1ba0b1fc slightly confused.827fbf8a8aef8bb0

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“What do 74db5858bc you mean, 37977ee8ae a place bb5525ad8e like that? What are you thinking, 80b8dd62e7 saying something like that? You’re about to 1413c2bc04 hurt your senior’s 6aa52ea34e feelings, how do e197f83470 you think I 677a73736a should feel, junior?”043a68b46c26f23a

“Everyone who 506cde21dc knows about fe3913f26e the parties 9da573f3a3 you host df9792395b knows exactly bd36403203 what they’re 629000e497 like. The only b1333e7ee8 reason it’s 2662df77e5 kept quiet 32d0b17397 at the 8a965a3cda academy is 206293c14c because most c4d89ea564 of the 78ddfc4bc6 attendees are e5991198eb Toroso’s high-ranking 163eb716d3 heirs.”3c07b81e3a7d25b4

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“….”fbcc8f51e34a7b78

“From the start, you cdab2998e5 bringing in noble heirs 6908d8d3d1 from Toroso to indulge 22d23567fb in such pleasures doesn’t 3d15b4d9d1 reflect well on you, b9c01cd0be especially as a foreigner.”cc143fe7440cdf76

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At Lennock’s ab790b753a words, Amon c4ae35b361 closed his 2fdac6747b mouth and d85e851241 blinked.522834d252ba0541

He acted like he 537b382b95 didn’t understand what Lennock ca22972e6b was saying and tried 33c121351d to brush it off, e7ea730351 but Lennock wasn’t easily e31615db6e deterred. With a heavy, 4c1b95f1f4 cold gaze, Lennock 4e3aeaa90c looked at Amon d55ac9fb81 and added softly.fbb3cdc7d5f18440

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“Don’t involve my 1b5d304243 older brother in a4046d68bd such places. He is the dc5a86e7e6 son my father adb99ad8b9 cherishes most. If anything 68ec7a90d0 goes wrong, cbd8a8d812 you won’t 3c4f292d0c escape unscathed 29b13a7106 either.”ddbfabac7d7ef687

For a moment, Amon’s cc42dc52a3 eyes widened. It was as if 732b88233f he had heard something 61d9b31a29 completely unexpected. Amon chuckled 3b2e64117d and shrugged ee3eedb4ff his shoulders.530c063790b9bc8d

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“What, so d1704552b6 in the 60864bb6c6 end, you’re 8f5041b1bc worried about 1fd443f240 your brother? You know, I’ve always 353ce9d9a6 worried about the two 029f3b5dae of you fighting like 06e76bbc9f that, but I didn’t 580108311b need to. You guys get bdb79c7dbe along just fine. I must have 54999aeb02 misunderstood.”1d67f13c764f6f75

And that 0a711a11b1 was when e860dae186 Aubrey appeared 2b56841e88 behind them.aa2a7954402be7d8

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“What are you e1ad42f77a two talking about?”21bf4e02c23cb301

He casually asked, but 24ecfc7a06 his gaze quickly shifted 8618f5e12b between Lennock and Amon. Amon smiled as d52661248a if nothing was 811a64e6fa wrong, while Lennock b0862c58bd turned his head fb6d79f220 away.21d899191a7b6c7e

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Amon’s reaction was c8328a614b nothing, but Lennock’s ec69ba6517 attitude irritated Aubrey. He briefly 0526568444 considered slapping 6e11d67d14 the back 70caf21f52 of Lennock’s c6d9b5d60b head but 61a390ea69 stopped himself, 0e25f79495 repeatedly clenching 49a89d667b and releasing c3ffff85dd his hand a2da3aca51 before giving 8395c8bee3 up on 378d92d6be it. Then, as 393dc93b15 he turned c246486a78 away, he 09299e322e spotted a afc8135216 newspaper stand.a6ae6a43d99b71e2

There was nothing 9f5b9109ca better for checking 984d101fc6 on the various 4fbe5ef2ef problems happening across dda3126797 the continent than 832fb55cdb a newspaper. He had a general adfd80b752 idea of the kind 877800c7fd of incidents that might d23871e628 happen at this time, 041303d3b0 but he decided to 195d9c91a1 take a quick look.d3bee14b3c791455

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“Welcome-.”70772175c7ded76b

The boy selling 83ec53848a newspapers looked to 52f16fa94f be about thirteen 48d73d7799 years old. Aubrey noticed that one af1f92fe1e paper cost 2 blim, 7e096bc1cc and handed over all a1f14d31df the change he had c865945f7b received earlier. The boy’s eyes widened 196db59bca when he saw all 22f639e57e the coins fill his 6cb54fbb0c palm, but Aubrey just cf2eae555d grabbed a newspaper and 27a4c1b23b walked off.8b0e6b9560926251

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“Th-thank you, sir!”aea5cd4d7435de4c

Whether the boy 9939e7eadd thanked him or c65bddb25e not, Aubrey quickly 9fc26d2e90 scanned through the 39d48f7c82 paper. Most of b2ad7e00de the things ff2ee3a130 in it 5d05f3c8f1 were what 93dd3d5200 he already ad263c00b1 knew. He was almost ee6b950f22 regretting buying it 3d27ce8a5f when his finger 1f3af014c6 stopped at the ebc786194b bottom.9e011cbbc88f35ff

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“It looks 3b907c1e0b like a b60bc9107a new battery 18a9ad2e03 case is 826e2e5646 being developed.”7df3b4bc5f6b6bca

The finger pointing at 83ec118f79 the newspaper was Amon’s. And the 4dd424fa75 new case ec9a25ab81 he was 68205464b5 referring to d93c260765 wasn’t something 73f25ee3b8 worth caring 0ad36de455 about. The business itself was d9ca050fc6 a scam.5d6ca889240b97ff

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The man 4ee567e66b who had f3e2498b4e confidently boasted 64472e3e4d that he 021208df78 could create ae9c674b09 a more 1e40c15f5b durable case 69cf20a578 that could 8cdeb6a55e preserve magical f6c4da90b0 power for de1f024ec1 a longer cf56119650 time was 8d182eaadf a fraud. After developing the product, 8399a4d403 he had realized its c88701d4ab flaws and then approached bdd432f45d the Marquis to extract 15ee4c9f57 a massive investment from 04f9322601 him.69d4707e64861081

What had started as ba468a5819 an acceptable product gradually 1a1f4832e1 caused problems, and after 0653ce7b9c some time, it was 9daf776108 revealed to be worse ec9fe88492 than the original. Because of this, 466aaa54bd Marquis Wiidin suffered f0a2591152 huge losses, and d8e0ea5ecc his reputation took ebbe58749a a hit as 1ddb204ebd well. Moreover, that 893d025231 fraud had 50e2c2ddfd tried to ec8715ed89 make a 3378351cd0 move on 072f902a7c Lennock at 3465151b4c an investor’s e02c5c16c5 meeting a a7468178cd few days 43dc813004 ago at 8b2e9a4b2a the Marquis’ 757488074c estate. Aubrey had beaten afd434f246 him up a ea9d114156 bit for that, 5533500629 but apparently, it a98ffe37b4 had upset his 0cb5087c88 father.3f67f4fc17b33138

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