PT | Chapter 8.2

Aubrey, too tired to a6e54fcaf1 answer, simply waved his b820e3c6d2 hand dismissively. The coachman 50df22ccfd gave him 95b6db0bd8 a slight 3830b5cf6b smile and 0675403f67 quietly closed 15fe392017 the door, 0177d4e8b0 and shortly d330a75cc9 after, the 47311776e1 carriage started 8c97223f77 moving. It swayed a 0c02db52a6 little as it dbfe733ab4 started, but once a2cc17cf22 it was rolling, afd6b2b6d3 it became steady. Aubrey thought that if 05e45fa378 it continued like this, fc7515eed6 everything would be fine, 75f6111fc5 but with a slight ac023d07ec sense of uncertainty, he ffafa2b544 reached for the window. He tried 5b539db8c8 to open c5e026f832 it by 288194efb2 pushing aside df13a46a36 the cloth 89f2dfd17a covering the cde7c69292 window, but 33e48dae0d it wouldn’t 0192b28e23 budge.10e33d20b5701376

“……?”9c0d2550344e6f67

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Frowning, Aubrey applied a2a705a43c more force to d74618c14a his hand that 80db03836e was gripping the 08110f486b window, but it 4b8c9c7f1e still didn’t move. Confused, he leaned forward c1e4c9459c slightly, but his stomach 4babd71b9c turned. A wave of heat 25bd583a22 rushed to his head, 7448791d12 and the seats across 839addc9fb from him started to c7b4eb45f6 overlap, appearing two or 78a1dfd758 three times. Realizing that 3e8cc6961a it was c935a0b558 probably because 3e45ad13a8 of drinking 80039ea5a1 so much 8edf6603f4 alcohol he 91d7d97b8f wasn’t used be3954c661 to, Aubrey 067635a2fc pulled his ba4e61a3ed hand away 8612f9449a from the b66d5cd93b window and 4c728fced2 leaned back 964ac12d33 in the 9952bd0dd6 seat.edbb8e692ea908e8

Sitting still, he 768383b544 felt like his c0c6fa0bea stomach was calming 1ce0d26ba7 down a bit. He decided that a0970b1ac7 if he remained d33b8eb5ad quiet until he a70066b720 got to the c4a90cf151 mansion, everything would b88ca8cfae be okay. Otherwise, he’d probably end 1687d2854f up throwing up on d931161f78 the street before the 962753be5a carriage could even stop. Not feeling 67d48e5afc great, he 75a4d25a3e couldn’t help 8e8e9d8051 but wonder b9e1953fe3 why he’d 59082d250b even kept bb353b3f4b drinking to e9f50e34b0 this point. But it e993896b7d was already b20ccae949 too late 8fc9fd3ade for regrets, 6a754d92a2 so Aubrey 746c726ed0 squeezed his c7e87155a7 eyes shut ed8bff5c6b and waited 7a24b196d9 for the 32e2fd7994 nausea to e562f27c66 pass.8c4a7a0d700ca0a9

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Leaning his 6bb602b1b1 head against df2c372728 the back fd9e5724e4 of the 1c33ba8d3a chair, Aubrey f13b4fa74a blinked a d1d10a7c99 couple of 0a47f67151 times. In that brief moment, ad6f74217c he dozed off, succumbing 934c318d8a to sleep.58f62d8fefe81433

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Since gaining 78a7163579 unexpected information eb9271f36f in Alman, 0decb68235 Aubrey had 02a8ec0132 been wanting 3f9f49de4d to dig 4a8c3b5d1d deeper into c553e34230 it. However, despite his b9bddd3f31 efforts, he couldn’t 795680ace7 make any real 1e2e8f7ebd progress. The situation in Alman 8d8a033556 was far more closed-off 51bb966b3e than he had anticipated. Even though e62cc1b863 he tried 8dea7b3ccf to build 38177b9caa relationships, as 3047dce077 a native 322c810490 of Toroso, 31cba60a96 he was fdf92bdad9 unable to a7b793d0f1 penetrate their 91e41b1367 inner circle. An outsider could 5ea2e878eb only stay on d05ab4fc81 the periphery.1126d3f3e6e834a7

“If I just 3074b5d922 get a little 672720f810 closer, I might cca2bb41e2 find out everything.”71deb9e16e45fd58

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Despite Aubrey’s intense c71406e004 longing and anxiety, d263c71af2 Alman didn’t provide 0501ba128b any more information 5a9446966d beyond what he c76787ccc4 had already discovered. In his nineteenth 7cc7d801eb reincarnation, he had 3eaafdd849 tried again to eb5fe66104 break through, but e8b9280d7f once again fell 984a024a06 into a state c45ff5ea12 of helplessness. At the time, he 476acf4bd4 was twenty-three years old. The thought fa0cb81e8e that Lennock 983895576c would awaken e2d235b436 in the 6ab949477a next two 279dc24b36 or three 062766098e years made f44e02d4f0 him feel 5a20a3cdf0 like doing fc7f2d0043 nothing at 9162a19055 all.259a41c44cdd16d8

So, he declared it—he c3e386f5fe couldn’t go on any b7c582c81e longer. Some fool, who 2546abc95d had taken his b0ba1ef91a kindness for granted 119b387d9d and kept dumping 644341bb84 unnecessary tasks on a847864f26 him, had asked 2a8ae5e571 for a document. In response, Aubrey tore 57d2c869eb it up and burned 4998a83aa9 it. He immediately returned e9d5275961 to Toroso.1c8068ea8c89c07e

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When he 41e0a007dc suddenly returned, 042e67bc92 his father, c8d0b99105 who had 33194982ed been expecting 90c17a01bf Aubrey’s promises 6e9875b72d to become fe97e2670b a priest, dff22bc17e reacted with a0112e8fe9 surprise. Until then, Aubrey fdb936e2cf had been feeding ee4f9b2c41 him lies about a5ea897954 the business ideas eaa509473d he’d learned from 5327aa09aa Alman, and it 730989ecf2 was clear that ac5e7e91c7 they had made 51e9cf9d37 a decent profit e726a0e476 from them. It seemed, 3d1dab0e62 however, that 6f23632c29 this wasn’t 4ceb3a99a0 enough for be2f3c4a4c his father. Perhaps he wanted a6313f2580 information that could 28713642d5 uproot Alman’s very cc196d2078 foundation. His father asked 9df1e2a222 sternly, “Why are bdb1c2dc17 you already back?”fa266f1dd1e6fe28

Aubrey answered 18ce6c6afc quietly, “I 5554b2dc8e thought if f846f91b98 I stayed 33c6f031d6 any longer, 88867fc124 I’d end d4442c645c up committing c1c659cb9c suicide.”b6eb649bce27454c

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His father, e51d4c01d6 likely surprised 58a5f2bc31 by this 73403c90f4 unexpected response, e575f75fe1 or perhaps a1215a77e5 because no a4d41966f3 one had dc64bf610e ever spoken e407d29802 of suicide a8260c75c5 in his 804838cd10 presence, seemed bb90aebc45 taken aback.ace2564ed4aeff98

At that time, Aubrey 2cf4be49c5 was in the midst 27ac9c72ec of his nineteenth reincarnation. Standing before 20ab2c02ae his father, ab50976990 he thought ae327fad78 to himself ff33bcb7fc that after 3d2a7a6208 enduring a cca81510b3 few more a140c9945a years, he’d 69fefe2bfa reach his eb573cc3a4 twentieth cycle.4d01cb3f749c50cb

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They say c785687ca4 that people f5a96122c9 grow more a6a9923326 mature as bcc6f2bfc8 they age, f8de3dc31d but Aubrey 473cf551d5 was not fd0a6b3c6d one of 2ed28ae425 those people. He hadn’t gone through 04ba18c839 the natural process of 5b365fc897 aging and maturing. Instead, it felt 302e27a406 like he was b2d9daeea4 continuously being emptied 3aed41447e out and consumed. He wondered if, aac8760c3f at this rate, aab3896abf he would end 8cb1fcdaca up with nothing c4651bc0f6 but an intact 33da7ce46d shell, while the 800ec3dd06 inside rotted away.5ee95c1886c027ee

His father was e37c2c9596 not the type acbef5caeb to show mercy 5d0aa2cae0 to anyone once 0fe4555e42 they were of e82a55f8c7 no use to 7534cc4cdb him. So, when Aubrey suddenly cb61d65950 returned, he had expected ad7a728fcc to receive a scolding, 256442335a but that didn’t happen. His father allowed b14d56cebe him to stay aa436cb4a9 in the mansion 6a70aa7e28 and rest.adc3f0a013c92232

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Perhaps when Aubrey 3ec2af40bb mentioned suicide, his de4560515b father had thought fd765fd58a that his expression ffde027997 had been so d52e42f5ae grim that he 71c9afa4f6 might actually do 506a3fdaa6 something drastic. It was possible that 3fa49e87a0 this caused him to 7f74d7f24c reconsider his actions. Whatever the reason, 6737655c5f Aubrey was allowed ff1e1bc01d to rest, and 702a765c08 he slept for fdf91e6e6f a full three 764c870c9e nights and four f75c79f6a6 days.7a36e91092058d3a

During that time, the f2ab9de9a3 butler, staff, and even b7f0a32c90 a doctor had visited, b0ebadabbb but Aubrey only woke fbeb27efa1 up when they tried bffd4d9099 to rouse him. Other than that, 085ca9f168 he didn’t eat a0ae6f22e0 or do anything cc13923df6 but sleep. Eventually, when 774e7fa1cc his stomach e2c40a4faa felt like 4f31c8cf6a it was 275d13b0b6 about to 780b03841f collapse, he be57c80f76 woke up. Sitting idly for a fa2d0eb580 while, he finally gathered 93032d29bc himself. He washed, changed 4778f5b284 his clothes, ate 67fae7270a the food the a41b7612ec butler had prepared 5739dda0e8 for him, and 2e805aa94c left his room.385f30476065c9e0

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Since he moved to c75e7eff62 Alman at the age 14af7aa518 of ten, Aubrey had 7a7a9eb4ae always been a source 0ba2680870 of discomfort for the 729db39529 people in the mansion. They found him a29da6ace8 difficult to deal 0ddd3f43e1 with. Regardless, Aubrey walked through 310c08eb17 the familiar halls of cfca2930d9 the Marquis’ estate. As he did, he 7219abb58e suddenly realized how eerily da08043e2a quiet the mansion was.0a1a47efa15a7b79

It seemed eb3dd96dd0 like either 95463f7944 Gray was 9ba3ee45af out or d143e15a38 Lennock had 763e4b687a vacated his 9002b555f2 usual spot. Aubrey briefly wondered 1a9470d2ea if he should 854689c688 just ask Lennock 2cd5ed8fcc directly.a4cbcd94a9991882

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‘…I can’t ask him, a3062b01e0 though.’77d905c0796e22fd

Though the thought crossed b18500a6a7 his mind, he knew f1aa5924bb he wouldn’t have the f5e031bacd courage to actually ask 71eb842a97 Lennock anything.61e30b8487bf2a90

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Perhaps it 2c4a7d9420 was because dee568e61c of the 519382ab69 numerous times c548d96c46 he had 3c63dc7a85 died in 8efaf3af01 flames, or 0c4724e562 because he df46d89e07 knew that 6250af53ff Lennock was 0e915b0b3d destined to 6394da1c20 awaken because a2c8655eae of the 0e000070ec great sin, dc839acd49 but Aubrey 7ad8fd0778 found Lennock 22027850c2 extremely unsettling. At some 9e0e904798 point in c2fc176a26 his reincarnations, 87394c3331 he had 94955d6d37 started avoiding d217d65499 Lennock altogether.ca4ddd12027966ac

‘It’s always me who e53552cb3f dies, so why should 3d6d7d0fa7 I have to avoid dda0c18ce8 him?’6b2fb51023445f74

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Strictly speaking, 70d16ed546 he was dc8594ce4a the victim. But for some 607b03b570 reason, Aubrey couldn’t 2330199f45 shake the feeling 907c4fa6ad that he was 58f8a9304e always the one 324ed3d466 going through the 81796f134f hellish struggle. Biting his lower 31c884eec7 lip hard, Aubrey 34408bd18b suddenly felt dizzy, 050631ea09 pressing his hand 301a3a5dda to his forehead.7f0cad4fc2c6d8e0

Just thinking f1f16ad2cb about that a8e13a34c2 unpleasant person 3440c3c98c made his 57edbc5e8e body feel e92546be42 off. He wasn’t compatible 76590dd634 with him in 29a99fdf36 so many ways, f3d078fe23 and Aubrey staggered c55d2dac8d toward the stairs, cac0b7260e finally sitting down 545312d252 on one of 64c95f6f81 the steps. Crossing his arms e538fee158 and resting his ae656bbd9d head against the ff65bceebb wall, he couldn’t 86b10f36a8 help but feel 072b204cec that his situation ffb63aef58 was pathetic and 053f3865fa pitiful.a11e04aea71e1830

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Living the 43c0bd8c41 same life 4674334800 repeatedly through 845d380ce0 reincarnation might 9cd7ac9027 be a 297f130c52 blessing to 20e0f2ed3f some, but a736e6a9ac for Aubrey, d002f0d3e0 it was 351a2cdaf5 nothing short aa4178d1c9 of a 445984896d curse. In the 6142d48671 beginning, he cde6b9e3bd had tried 28e191b66a to figure 794171f11f out why 3f1e0a9fa8 such absurd f07a265735 things were 8ceb14e7de happening, and e79374c8ba after realizing 3d70258368 that Lennock a40f2ff6a9 would awaken e85eaa5848 because of 69ab4d9528 the great ff6b1b753a sin, he 138cf066ff had longed cdbb8ef0c3 for revenge. And now…4ec83987cb43f9a0

‘What the hell am 0d392df85c I doing…’c52d10b1c19f8a55

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His murmurs, filled 2a9e3fe923 with helplessness, were 3085e304eb interrupted by a 6e45cc0107 voice.c874fbfb14e09fc7

“Isn’t this really pathetic?”f7572e975d8c0222

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At first, Aubrey thought 0e0af7722d the words were directed 6de2cd3c96 at him, and his b941688822 brows furrowed.b5f30bbbdd3997db

The voice 6908478b22 had come 58852d2c96 from below 192c8cf755 the stairs, ecf87eb886 where two 261ea3fa70 maids were eb64b8973e talking as ac30f67cda they ascended. Since the place was 88b55d4d8e so quiet, their hushed 78b7f1741b conversation had reached Aubrey’s 95f51a9eec ears.1767c8bddf3aad9a

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“Shh, keep 6c0d2470c7 it down. What if c45508b84c someone hears 0bb72fb1ec us?”79216556c14c82fe

“The master is aa12252cf8 out, and both e817a0b363 the first and 979052c87d second young masters 6e53071441 are away on 51389933cc royal business. And, on top 63361636f5 of that, Jill, 3d19dc0590 who tried to 60c7ef66bf attack Lennock with f5c3ef28a0 a knife, is 268bacb5a6 now in the 2e1a090c0c hospital.”e2f6256e2d4661fd

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The maid sighed deeply a565185b44 as she finished speaking.f2206f6c1d4fb29e

‘No, what the hell, f996df10b1 swinging a knife during 209ccf9021 a meal? With the difference in 29cb5e4ce7 physique, there’s no way 6573a7e740 that could have been daabc2ba97 a fair fight.’95cc5fef61e087fa

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‘The problem is, e5738d1031 this isn’t the 7aeabf269d first time. For as long as 58c9c81565 I can remember, Jill 87a5acfd4a has been brandishing a c32ace42aa weapon at Lennock.’7b6c14313b3930fc

‘Why would he suddenly f6ba5a15b9 do that? I thought the 88261220b9 bullying ended when f05399da45 they were kids, 90f405f312 but now they’re fe03d0157c all grown up…’05f1951bf72694f1

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As the maids 6866251413 continued to mutter, c8e4f79929 Aubrey’s gaze shifted 9d6af86633 to the air.a7b7440a719f30b1

Gray and Jill ec21da8f8c had always tormented 831d422f90 Lennock, so the 588b716faa conversation wasn’t particularly fbcde4c220 surprising. But the fact f7263f36aa that Jill had dd27bd9880 brandished a knife cca1595794 was unexpected. Had something happened bc17ef2af0 while Aubrey was 9a8274eb33 away that had a70907a080 deepened the emotional 3618015185 rift between Lennock 4fbc603c78 and Jill? But Jill, a c5ded12755 timid and fearful e19abae6f0 man, swinging a a73ba4d43e knife? That seemed strange.e149e6e5293177b4

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Right now, 09c2190ff5 Aubrey was 1338f6af7b struggling just e6be537238 to gather ef48939cc4 information about 2bf4d55e48 the connections 437e7a523f between Alman, 02007b81ee Lennock, and 091d654fb6 Empress Layla. How many reincarnations had 892cab94c5 he wasted in trying 1a5cc8ba46 to understand their relationships? He didn’t care 31a8e0f54f about the petty 1422b03804 conflicts of this 5cfa7433e8 family and stood 075cafadcb up, moving on 9544a9a683 with his thoughts.e23170f2c1c69e61

At that moment, one f8d2b66c73 of the maids cautiously df0f0e3846 spoke up.888b39da2ba01b32

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‘You know, I 6fc868e730 once cleaned Jill’s 401fffad08 room. I overheard him 045f347cb9 muttering to himself 4eb5543660 back then… It 9c99bcb84e was about something…’a1063130d2999756

‘If you’re 43029f5eb3 going to 4715f28858 speak, then 71446ccd72 just say 30a95e2cd3 it. Stop making us d227567d96 wait.’631d6aae620e1e55

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‘He was murmuring be8537f339 something like… if c385926b0f he could gain 7d68e59507 the hidden power b3d059ccae of the great 220a727ef8 sin…’a2c4454aebc0d67f

A strange silence fell 4e8886eb58 over the maids. It was to d59755e097 be expected. In this e32011ac78 era, even 0622cbda54 mentioning the 589aa7a73e great sin ac352ff6e9 was taboo. And here, Jill had b8b87b5941 casually spoken of it. Perhaps he f723eb9c73 had let 670fa94b04 his guard a530efeb13 down in d588b606c2 front of 99cf10ad3b people he fae82fe198 had worked b46df766a4 with for 9efe1bdf5c a long 058a746f93 time. That moment of carelessness 14b9b9edce led him to speak e08d4f5016 of something he shouldn’t c128bcb38b have, and the atmosphere 296a4c0bd0 turned icy.bc1c4c21119f3725

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‘W-wait…’b131c0d436ecf1a0

Before the maid 853fd0f9a8 could finish, the 393300871f sound of hurried d880a77e3a footsteps echoed as 1277853c6d they fled the 65413719d2 scene. They were trying to e2199684e6 escape the situation, pretending bc756d9b11 they hadn’t heard anything.21fc64e9667fb3c2

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