Chapter 50

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After the commotion had subsided, 68a7028f89 Diana lay on my bed ac8e2f797c under Grandpa Gordon’s care.7fead5c5610964a2

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Shortly after drinking d3acc06afa the Povlata flower 5092e10da7 juice, the rashes 9ba552e8a8 quickly subsided.cc308ab1b894383c

“If it was this bad, she must have had trouble breathing. Did you handle the asthma?”02aace78d0706963

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“Yes.”7d3bb623c31ef45f

“Well, it’s a good thing you caught it quickly. There are cases where people a97a06291f go into shock and die e25107f736 without knowing it’s an allergy.”ef92d109ab12fdbf

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Grandpa Gordon clicked his tongue 37cda3cb77 and spoke in a dissatisfied 3ba095759f voice.9edd4ff7b0cce214

“An apricot allergy, huh? Many people have died from 7d8c470b7d eating the wrong food. Be careful.”be2b296f625570f9

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His tone was gruff, but 81c0019c99 Diana laughed as if she 0f2b0a5968 had heard a funny joke.48ae6d66cbe502b9

“Yes! Thank you, sir!”1cde9559ee72d428

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“You should thank her, not me. She’s the one 80e865305e who saved your 0bebefb943 life.”e6c5e852a35b17e1

At his words, 5dca04bbcf Diana paused and f2ab9cc0af looked at me.695b7ea9bd66c2b7

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After a moment’s hesitation, she spoke slowly.6dcc23e2d079a6c3

“…Thank you so much, Belze. If it weren’t for you…”3186edafd7815d79

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“…”e06037810d3f195a

“But how did you know it was an allergy? I didn’t even know.”5ea936881e70e757

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Her question seemed e194401506 to carry many cf4e348a41 implications, making me 86fc48ba78 frown.7330b44980ad4f2a

It sounded almost 7e0e4d9457 as if she 3cfd8bd153 was accusing me 5dc63521b6 of deliberately feeding 2582cac3ba her the allergen.c49df43b46014b59

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Or perhaps she was questioning 4e60c0e19c how I managed to identify 8948e07cfd and treat it so quickly.daf33057e6cc6572

I chose my response nonchalantly.b893ef75f0f40f6a

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“Yes. I have a cucumber allergy! When I eat it, I 2a6c718128 get like you.”7538ce79cb157388

“I-I see… Thank you so much. Belze, you really are my lifesaver!”eb7ca2217f8468ff

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Despite having gone through a c10c9e1646 significant ordeal, Diana remained bright 524e815f31 and beautiful.1909c5e60cf64b2f

She seemed more spirited and f0860e548d lovable than anyone else.4a3dbe67a6a02b7e

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I looked at 9140274c79 her with detached ae539da1a1 eyes.639349c43edf0549

Specifically, at the now-clear 1213e64dbd area around her neck.303042f91e80b0b2

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As Grandpa Gordon said, 31466d4b11 without my healing potion, 508842ddd1 I might have believed e7b43ced50 she was poisoned.965d91c7014b8022

I wouldn’t have been able 4fd4b70d4f to think quickly and provide e19d5a4d8c immediate care.2f9d0eb42dca3085

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‘…Like in my previous life.’e06eeb08dfe0691a

I realized today how terrifying c2699a5d98 trauma can be.9e2a0253ee25ce46

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Of course, with Grandpa 4e240e9e5a here, the allergic reaction ae5588c641 would have been identified c3f781a68c quickly.3dc3cef604a54fa6

But if the person who entered with Diana’s maid had been the Marquis of Barrelotte instead of Edwin…c0eaf3e6bf4de574

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‘Wouldn’t I have been slapped on the spot?’c6955306f1a85f3e

“This commoner girl, blinded by jealousy, dared to…!”3c7dccd9f6706241

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Was it a 348b53567a memory or my 40fd2bba73 imagination?0138bf0b08441319

Unable to distinguish between 11ea493e9a the two, I squeezed 8cc1c6a690 my eyes shut.caf65060efe8f2fe

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“…Are you okay?”21bbcfcbd6ab98ff

Someone gently touched my shoulder.045572917c2f4809

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Startled, I looked up d7ad45f116 to see warm golden 76af2469af eyes gazing down at 042c624ea4 me.5c580bdaa37a3c9e

“…Edwin.”6c8dec863ef7b55e

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“Your face is pale.”324c276d55797ace

Poke.422a0a52013fb26d

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He poked my uninjured 314654c6b5 right cheek with his 496483ff06 finger.c88590527f0b5bd4

I hesitated before asking.814410c89483518b

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“…Very?”c98069aa3a42c8f9

“Yeah. You look a bit like dough.”b123831f47426cca

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Why was it?1e15662cdbc5a816

Normally, I would 2f9d982761 take that seriously, 15d2698f7f but his comment efe20315ab made me chuckle.f93d851114282558

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Seeing me laugh e3732b1358 weakly, Edwin whispered 2222d00231 in a firm b77f7a1d1d voice.a248fea81725f9a3

“You know you’re not at fault, so be confident.”b9315ad6420653a9

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“…Okay.”73df86cc33162a9e

“If anything happens, my father will take care of it.”7720bdee94d6a4d6

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Of course, he would.dbdd162b17f15cf5

It wasn’t difficult for the mighty Calios to figure out that the pecan pie contained apricots.8c2f016661dfaa7a

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But despite Edwin’s reassurance, I lacked confidence.b2ec9f9858ab3b58

‘Will they really find out?’e8ea45aa7a0285ab

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That there’s a crazy person who would deliberately eat something that triggers an allergic reaction just to get me into trouble.1fb52e54083513b7

And that person is 6f457eedb3 the heroine of this 2acbd74590 world.39e4bb1c511c750b

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‘This really is a messed-up story.’3d82595dd0e63f58

Suddenly, a question arose.1b759214df06b8ee

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‘Come to think of it, why did Edwin come to my room?’20a377682db91131

Of all times, why then?29f4b974a453d1a3

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It almost seemed like cba2173185 he could have been 69d8ce1bc1 caught in a misunderstanding 144a5de4b4 as well.0f54d3a529d1809f

Not everything felt coincidental, and db01cd4883 a chill ran down my 6065226e97 spine.e00758e3293af541

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At that moment.819dce6817d2e77b

Bang!fb1488c834b42b6e

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“Diana!”300b3f01130c52ef

The door burst open, e79ead9c6a and a middle-aged man 084770f3a9 with brown hair rushed b603c7efd2 in.864db2076ee5908f

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“Marquis…!”99ca199772374a88

“Diana! My goodness, what happened? An allergy?”6bb016185b309897

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The Marquis of Barrelotte, looking 54d7feb5c0 younger than I remembered, embraced a36a4be716 Diana with exaggerated concern.91614fe8e3a3693f

“I’m fine. It was nothing serious.”840460d77a0bfbbe

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“Nothing serious! Lily told me everything. You almost died from breathing difficulties!”ef65ee6c279597ca

The Marquis of Barrelotte fussed over Diana as if he had witnessed his own daughter’s accident.320606b8aea29a64

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I wasn’t the only one e6636cba4e who found the marquis’s unsightly 3b1aa89786 display distasteful.fec032ce3fd4b55a

“Tut, such fuss…”7ef2a93a33779a96

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Grandpa Gordon muttered under d28fcbb589 his breath, barely audible.4d2c09242c360244

He stood beside 5d4c0589f4 the bed, so f9e53072b1 the marquis certainly 4b349ed5c7 heard him.3927cf8d2919020a

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“What, what did you say? You there! What did you just say? Fussing?”61d30681c10e5d5d

“She’s not going to die just from eating a little. If people died from allergies, half the world’s population would be gone. The girl handled it immediately, so there was no real danger…”0d791a0a4521aa7c

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Grandpa Gordon finished e2dbbc3be7 his words with ebfab70f29 a glance in ba586cc646 my direction. It was his 3da4b3dce8 way of giving 2276c27d5a me some credit.8e751250c33f1150

But it backfired.21f1eaa0ee3df03b

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“You, over there!”3f359aec74b350fa

The marquis’s eyes flashed as 25db11c068 he spotted me standing there.1669b5a6a822ecc9

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“How could you manage the food supplies so poorly that Diana ended up like this?”6595ddccfd133c23

He pointed an d0dafb17ff accusing finger at 81606e6727 me.693e8cab8316f9c3

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He probably thought I was 08e3d8bd0d the easiest target. And perhaps he 9ad6c50227 also wanted to 160b9380da belittle me, since 623892c19f I was the 507dfb621d one who ended 02a4445ca1 up healing Joshua 44c9ba53b6 instead of Diana.79902c0eeb4531cc

‘Managing food supplies? That’s a new one…’a0a99a744ad06aa3

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As I pondered e9b6409449 how to respond, 4bc4f9fd59 someone else spoke b8d110d7de up.b3451fbcf98abbb0

“Why would she be responsible for managing food supplies?”33f10bb17a0d1684

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“Young Duke, return to your room! This is a matter to be discussed directly with the Duke! A child shouldn’t be meddling…”739f9a28b5f9438b

“A child, you say?”184ebe06a6abe316

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Edwin cut off the 1675b35ab1 marquis’s words coldly.82588fadb79d22b8

“Have you not heard that I recently inherited the Novellius territory?”43ebe609803e4fa3

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The Marquis of Novellius was 9caf3e41f9 Edwin’s great-uncle, who had no 2af9b1ca6d children of his own. Thus, his inheritance abc8085522 naturally passed to a75384a9be his cherished grand-nephew.b848a322f5f46482

It was one of the ac4032e474 many titles Edwin held in cc75436791 my previous life.b65bd9e3765d6e0a

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Though he was still young 23f6e5e12c and hadn’t formally taken on 603e50fb30 the title, having a territory 6e3abe8e53 to govern granted him associated 3357260d9c authority.af8d826a3f05ae64

In other words, 0a84db9546 even if the ffed004ea7 Marquis of Barrelotte 7a6bc2ba57 tried to belittle 030941f10b Edwin by calling 805b6eda07 him a child, 559b2dd869 legally, there was ca91163a9f no issue with ae2e55b64b Edwin standing his 1db102f25a ground.3e858c1a2897eea4

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“I would appreciate it if you showed some respect while I’m maintaining your dignity, Marquis of Barrelotte.”b05a482b757d67a4

“Ugh…!”760993c26cac4994

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The marquis’s face twisted with 20de04b094 humiliation at Edwin’s polite but 0856005388 firm tone.36b4dfe42190bae6

His face turned bed1eee1da red as he 3e6de27704 grumbled, but he 7e59a85dbf couldn’t find any 43dd2a04e6 words to retort.fb85a2eaecde0c14

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And I watched the exchange c38d13897b between Edwin and the marquis 25dd9215d6 with sparkling eyes.0e9bb338752ae045

‘He’s so cool…!’4b8e057928510e21

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Being a marquis at such 110e830423 a young age!29de4143ec03a8f5

Even though I 6c7f36e9f1 had felt it 2dd8259860 before, nine-year-old Edwin 0a12ec9cf4 was strikingly impressive.15a52e1183bd08ee

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It made things increasingly difficult.6b1081e15ed15284

How could I ba23155d68 send such a 938602b29f cool, powerful, handsome, 4501f1efe0 kind, wealthy, and 7797d93799 influential Edwin to 88a77b97b1 a crazy heroine 0b61c814f8 who eats apricots 129338ba94 to trigger her db56a61f2d own allergy?1c5bd37f2c7ce6f9

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My heart grew cfa19487e6 heavier with the cb273ff77b thought.fe64c41bae0a50b0

Looking at Diana with b2109f90ab conflicted eyes, I saw 19dd421319 her belatedly trying to 575ebee128 calm the marquis.a3328ec03c6cc000

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“I-I’m fine, Marquis! Please don’t blame Belze.”4f3bd05235bb9f82

“But you almost had a serious accident! Are you hurt anywhere? How is your holy power? Can you still use your healing abilities?”290ef7b39665e9df

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“Yes, I’m fine.”935107aaa77b8a8c

Diana nodded with a ca0aa20096 troubled expression.ccdae15aeb0d3ab7

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Watching her, I felt incredibly fac182ab58 strange.d787edac8ad64696

‘I heard she might be an illegitimate child…’65d805ea33f5d734

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The marquis’s concern was f506ec4721 ultimately about her healing fd7ffa3d67 abilities, not Diana herself.88da21c635236fdc

Even the fact that she was still wearing the same shoes she wore at the temple…7e1d62c6d1cc2752

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I had thought she would be treated with utmost care at the marquis’s household. This was shocking to me in many ways.4361ff508126f84d

Moreover, seeing them together like this made it clear…d5408914cfbe7b58

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‘They really don’t look alike at all.’1b76e472b893cbf9

The Marquis of Barrelotte had common brown hair, eyes that were narrow like a weasel’s, and a plump build.56d1acb11beef98a

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In contrast, Diana 040e561353 had mysterious white 98e3a8a51e hair, large purple 91f1768392 eyes, and a 97c8baec8f slender figure.8ba2408f548e6eb1

There wasn’t a single feature they shared.bd855dba8f5cf67d

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Why did everyone 9072ff57ab so firmly believe 5d7af6bf37 that Diana was 0f9594aa9b the marquis’s illegitimate f9c8702e82 child?fe084378cb85cf38

“Even if you’re fine, we need to get to the bottom of this! How can the servants be so poorly managed that they don’t even apologize…!”4f28ec519ed6ab51

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“Are you talking about our household?”b34b7291a20ba9ec

It was then.666579a9a8389bcd

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A tall figure, a cf22c5c567 head taller than the a90340e2e3 enraged Marquis of Barrelotte, c419632623 appeared behind him.ae70db0e32106035

“Gasp! D-Duke…!”d1a54901b923f4d6

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The marquis turned 4dd1bcd1e6 pale as he 3ff2052df1 looked back.7ece9da70919ba8c

He had been caught 7e79b643d4 bad-mouthing the host directly 7ba4022f0e by the host himself.277fb73c4b504bb4

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The duke stepped 233433a264 into the room 6b6cc5b129 and stood behind 61126cb0fe Edwin and me.0608f678d15a583b

Thunk.d8df9205c1e0ab45

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Suddenly, I felt a heavy 9c0e0cf0ff weight on my shoulder.e171729c58170eeb

When I looked up, the f773a43c33 duke wasn’t looking at me.16370937ea22e910

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But his large hand 16ff240ccc resting reassuringly on my 3affd27a20 shoulder was enough to de3de77971 calm my anxious heart.297e24548a426bcc

“I don’t understand what you’re asking them to apologize for.”8f9af010240858af

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The duke spoke coolly.a3355c7d42dd2151

“No one forced her to eat. Are you trying to hold someone accountable for something that happened while the children were playing?”3f97ca2b650530f4

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“Of course! Diana almost died; we must determine responsibility!”cc67e4e6e45958e4

“Then if Belze had encountered a problem instead, would that mean it was the Barrelotte family’s responsibility?”1edd754ae4eb38ff

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The marquis’s mouth fell open at this seemingly illogical statement.157d321ef091aa59

After gaping like a aeda69cb2d fish, he shouted,ae723f96c770213c

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“That’s absurd!”d235dbdf8e670a2b

“What’s so absurd about it?”f4562d50834a09a0

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“The incident happened because of the food provided at your residence. How could we be responsible?”71bd3057f0de3b24

“Unfortunately, our kitchen is also blameless.”46c99168dfea9f98

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The Marquis of Barrelotte 52a5d7573c frowned deeply.fd995b5ade6c6216

“What do you mean by that…!”ce963aace0377468

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“My second son also has an apricot allergy.”56651fbadc03794f

The duke shrugged lightly.9ee7b7bd7ac34430

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“Therefore, no food containing apricots is supplied to our house at all.”6f56547995c13ddd