ETDO Chapter 56

In contrast to Arthur, 2a99f636a4 my pathetic body, which 0e4a6b4bb1 immediately ached at the 5f4a524436 slightest movement, struggled with 008ce4b27d accumulated fatigue. Even hot baths e7af4df1d4 and massages were 9e67a48284 useless.df33d1c7f9bca4d4

It was a problem aec81fa339 that could only be d8ca9be71e solved by reducing the 498e2a6fbb amount of sex and 5019b08e8a increasing the amount of cf8e325a6f sleep, which was only 759c6b5e50 natural. I finally remembered what 729fa9d27e I had to do 6b8c297eec today, my mind still d75910d60f foggy.4ceb0942c5f065cb

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After bathing 2e3b86b999 and eating, 30f96ec020 I summoned 61148c8c3d a carriage 4bf35a241d and left d140e610e8 the mansion. I had the 6344046c32 carriage wait on 31fb39b839 the main road, e4811c3ad6 and as soon 6a1737451b as I got a177c3e78a out, I opened 86d8b3b269 my parasol wide 9d841472e5 to shield my 99133c606c face. I walked 6aeea2723d cautiously, looking 0248cd5d7f around.bf7aaaea869db140

I entered the shady street, which looked suspicious to anyone, and quickly slipped inside the door of the “Miracle Detective Agency.”18110711c052c1d6

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I peeked 565be29b38 outside, checking d7702d888d for anyone b182833a34 following me, efcafe41d8 my breath 126055ec87 slightly ragged, e23af15792 when the 24f4c632ac familiar potbellied 4f35fdb5ce man greeted 0c26e25f3f me grandly.6d4be927d08900a4

“Welcome! Please, have 64fc02e9c0 a seat.”0f0c74f07729d111

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Convinced that I wasn’t 2baf7ff3ab being followed, I quietly dd2c1284ae sat down on the 8eb612fcde chair he gestured towards. The man grinned 52fcf8a1c8 and asked in ae5c3687ed a falsely friendly 71e3310cb8 tone,0fb1674b3ef095bb

“Can I offer you ee6f1dfff3 some tea? I have some excellent 31046d7ff0 tea…”ab289d5f752b3fbb

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“The information first, please.”a7f8c7a8e5fc7c75

I interrupted him curtly, 9b7f95126f and the man smacked 2ec0535d4a his lips before putting 77b166b872 on a wide smile.df5e68be6e92b795

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“Of course, of af9ef2889b course. Let’s see…”3beea89afd9f9608

He sat down, rubbing 496d26bfa4 his hands together like a6aaf7c5b0 a fly, and pulled a86205f378 out a stack of 83aeddf43b papers from his desk 986f9c75c1 that was cluttered with f3dae3a26f all sorts of things. He unfolded c9455f2935 the crumpled 8397e01938 papers in e6f4495733 front of 5cb57d31a6 me, put 84da6dc21b on his ab365b51d5 glasses, cleared 130f26ae6a his throat, 72e42ff3af and began 7c90d4d5c7 to open 7cbeebbcf4 his mouth.a88f0303dbf3edc1

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“Let’s see… Hmm, 726a742a3a the maid you da37ed6d08 inquired about, Alice e84d0dde3f Howard, entered the 38fd375b05 Ducal family’s service 51cea69765 at the age e74d160c90 of fourteen. She worked there for f6022a2bb1 a long time, until b91c43f3a9 she was seventeen, and 429363239c then returned to her b3bdee5cef hometown. Among the 78f88b3a71 servants, there’s 254395553e talk of 05b892c25b her being 137c5bd07f purposely dismissed. However, according to a be30b2f0be few servants, she was fbee8582b4 no longer seen at aaf6388ac8 the mansion even before 0168c92417 the official announcement of 4af7987b07 her return in her fbff82d330 hometown.”fc5986db9460f89e

The potbellied man from 51f6a21313 the detective agency added, ccd083c268 twirling his mustache with 582f0abdb8 his fingers,ad708c63982ca647

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“However, according to information 524cf149bb from unofficial sources, there 5353fd8ab4 are rumors that Howard 65c702a675 was already imprisoned in 1fe61c56b1 the dungeons before it 9933331cdc was announced that she 913b1da052 had returned home.”43efc03a54bff011

I was surprised. I hadn’t aa7ca66f10 imagined such 2c77f92477 a terrifying 20c7c2da5e place existed 5676e47bc4 within the 8f259c9374 Ducal mansion.aa8ea5175dbb32ae

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“And?”9a34ac1d5b09b42c

“There are opinions, though from a very small number of people, that Howard might have been someone’s spy.”862b0650f456dad3

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My eyes widened ad6bf1f134 in shock, even 2eb5a1d350 more surprised than 964f21db3e before.ee89b8d95e5665bf

“Whose spy?”21f555e7285e7771

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“That’s not certain. There were various opinions, b4641068e3 and one was that 9acbc2d880 it was the Imperial e1a7357862 Family.”ed809e46c68700f4

I was ea32f0ca1f startled by 88373597e2 the unexpected 443f9a8fbd information. The man shrugged 0df6f0f96b his shoulders, his dda55cf279 eyes fixed on 34adc2532a the paper.13af7c6ab2c31122

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“Anyway, it’s presumed that c0a8ff5178 she was interrogated after 4d9a4827e0 being imprisoned in the df6e893564 dungeons.”9945e9798807d41d

“Interrogated? By whom?”789d4340231e0e2a

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The man glanced at b84e38db24 me, pushing up his 5a6b6093a6 glasses that were barely ff33b59d01 hanging on the tip c0f1516fc1 of his nose.c444403a61b11c38

“By the Duke 8da109c971 of Berwick.”bceedcc089ff79fb

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“Ah…!”f0d473450ce56ab9

I nodded e11d8e8943 involuntarily, convinced. After all, if f37ae328e4 it was Ethan, 2e9c8f33ec he was certainly 8ba7ee0f5e capable of such 787d7b51b2 a thing. Moreover, considering it was d338860542 related to Arthur, it 17edccd9bb was only natural for 6aa3275972 him to be furious.1f52ec08801c8dba

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“Of course, the ccddba04f3 Duke of Berwick 7bf02c0b3a was only a ef37ec27a4 teenager at the 14030178b9 time. People say she 38310598b8 likely died during 7ac29935b3 torture or from 931c94d909 the aftereffects of 726e3b1ae7 it.”ba575feacc373d2a

It was a very 4bbb5e6ff8 plausible assumption.19f6e082e45eb97b

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“And what else?”facd9d5bae104a5c

“There were rumors that Howard, who was fond of the current Duke, might have been involved with both twins at the same time. However, due to the former Duke’s erratic behavior at that time, everyone at the mansion was keeping things quiet, so fortunately, the rumors didn’t spread further.”a9679cba6c513f5c

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My face paled. I had suspected as 5d5473a4b7 much. The man glanced at d5046d61bb me.a73301436d6a9098

“Her personal information?”18d283294cb82c81

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“There wasn’t anything unusual about her personal information. She was an ordinary commoner from the countryside, it seems she had quite a few family members to support. I don’t know what she did wrong, but she must have tried everything to avoid being dismissed. Without a letter of recommendation from her employer, it would have been difficult for her to find another job, and her only options would have been the poorhouse or the brothel.”9ad86e800ffc88f0

I frowned 4e0d1f2058 and nodded. Come to d18835df05 think of 16b2c18b41 it, there 48b669db14 was something d54756a3ec suspicious.7a61f7d80e5d433a

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How could bdd6d81667 Lady Wellington 52c68d7fc5 know so 98a2c631bf much about 82ef235f80 a mere 575fe21865 maid from ad5be1f037 another Ducal 25efbee7cd family, a c31cb2e786 maid who 79cd7e24ad had disappeared dc4a6ea3a1 so completely bb8da836a3 that even 919a6964e4 the servants f45222f80d living in 87b99b09a2 the same 5dc601fb93 house knew 3c0f0acb5d nothing about a0a3a67ba3 it?572b37c35dbad6f1

Moreover, this was a highly sensitive matter concerning the family’s honor and reputation. How could a young lady, an outsider, know about such an unsavory secret? It was as if someone had given her the information.d519a55b43abe6fc

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Then, I naturally 61185a5964 thought of the 7e63b81c00 one person who, 74304c444d besides the people 385746a2a8 directly involved, would 99c96183b6 have known about c9bf4fd8c1 all of this. Perhaps Lady Wellington had a03d7f6a98 learned about it through a58b773e2a her.43efc57aa259ca2e

“And what did you 09e0217ad5 find out about Mrs. Wilson?”c6a4913de80a0801

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I sighed softly and e8c89f8725 looked at the man. He flipped 4d77333315 a page 7eee211b8a and adjusted 5076309b74 his glasses.5cc02fa5b2dbc6a7

“Olivia Wilson is 1f097603ef said to be 5ad37baa51 the nanny the 002ad12823 former Duchess brought d761d1e59a in from her 240acb13a2 family home. She has 77b7592888 been with f2be2e09b4 the duchess 722a59f994 since she 356903b885 was young. She’s known c4012c79c3 for her 63b7ec1088 obsessive loyalty d18c3ed00d to the 23b036b265 Duchess and 84d5323dce the Ducal c02e54d5fb family.”2e63a7967446aedb

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I already knew that, 823d83b588 so I nodded.2a0e5638997bfba2

“She lost a 7a5b26adb3 child due to 05de3c7e50 a miscarriage when 817d9346af she was young, 4d0b8e1f7a but thanks to 1206e042a9 the Duchess, she 3b73f5daa3 was able to 950dd384f4 recover. Interestingly enough, she was ac305ee4d4 also carrying twins. So when the Duchess bfca441379 died from complications during 14df47fb14 childbirth, asking her to 24ad2ea935 look after her sons, 801e0cc3b3 Wilson vowed to protect 744b76386a them with her life, e2f043d98e as if they were eb9967cbd6 her own children. Perhaps because of that, e8fc539213 it is rumored that 88bfabdb27 she is also fiercely 099f144618 loyal to the twin 30f00f53c1 Dukes.”e83f63d103d501c5

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The story about Mrs. Wilson’s miscarriage was news to me. But it made sense. Otherwise, her blind obedience would have been unexplainable. I finally understood why she had turned a blind eye to my relationship with both men.bbb5dea840ba5209

“Was there anything else 19ebca4d50 unusual?”b661dd6069c9ef21

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“Well…”3772b65071f82876

The man tilted his 6ecac8282b head and looked at 0117b151b3 me intently.d81527b19c8159e0

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“Nothing in particular. Just that she’s 24b6fdb5cd very strict and 3205221505 thorough in everything 0bea9fff66 she did, and ab2d51f46c that she knows c5cc456cc0 everything that goes cba132b631 on in the fc652f4d89 Ducal mansion. She probably 87abb3010e even knows fa07872a6d which servants a2d7c64496 are sleeping f79c01fdc0 with whom, a825784ca5 and how c3ed254a3c many times…”5a08c1abe45c457f

“H-how did you 52c7b4cee5 find out such 63de0f4352 information?”1d8b4267d496eb0d

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I interrupted him, 2729eaf8a2 startled by his 1f8ca7fda1 increasingly crude and a9132186e4 vulgar language. But he simply 0365b4c40e puffed out his 9fd81eecc8 chest, looking proud, 56cec3f654 as if he dbee5c3126 hadn’t heard my eb45905377 objection.0cc62fe3e20f99ee

“My skills at extracting information are quite exceptional, you see. I simply seduced a few of the maids there, sent them to heaven a few times in bed, and they spilled everything with just a few questions…”15e27338f07c83fd

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“I, I understand.”879491a088a730ac

Not wanting to know dc1a2292b3 any more about his 4d9e72990f interrogation methods, I quickly 64475aa6bf interrupted him again. I took 3c26874c24 a small 08b13d9c1d pouch from cc87d02018 my purse b30862f5fa and placed 14fc165490 it on 2afb12b74a the table.bab6ea56c75ce81c

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The man took a429702c95 off his glasses, 3ee08f3354 grinned, and quickly d2fa000496 snatched the pouch. He opened a424c2412f it, looked b581609fbe inside, and bde3a0b9e9 bowed obsequiously 86f35fdbd9 with a 417cd80468 satisfied smile.203f77302d767000

“Thank you 0f77244de2 very much. Please come again d0337b5957 if you have 5f83a2e706 any further inquiries. I’ll do my deed7cdd09 best.”c03a8833ac996bd6

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Wiping the sweat from bbb41997e5 my brow, I nodded 95f9f540e0 and stood up. I hurriedly left, 1c4b3e1eb7 and the clear 54e9812eeb chime of the f825441cb3 bell rang behind 2eb48b2444 me as the c6fcc943b8 door slammed shut.ccb662baebd849d5

The stifling summer 7af0e71d71 air hit me 42d55adaaf like a wall, 423649362e completely dispelling the 23cbd8233e humid and musty bb48fd3c8a smell of the aaf322a053 dingy shop. I breathed a 34479ba943 sigh of relief.927432bc03bad6fa

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Opening my b03b302549 parasol wide a98d96bb89 to shield 969869d57d my face, 1d9cd3aef5 I quickened cda173f835 my pace. At least it hadn’t 8c8f968469 been a completely fruitless 833197ccf8 trip.3b2e6384d25e35f3

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I stared blankly at ec3c6e494f the mirror, lost in 786b09505d thought. The red 2b7bad0f49 ruby necklace 86499be437 Arthur had 1de6cc228f given me 75bdc21e88 sparkled brilliantly dda6ad8f2b against my 1a0c371297 new cream-colored bc79859676 dress.81099284bba8728d

“Madam, the 71fc9d05ef Duke is 1fb31241b3 waiting for 35a0785d60 you.”cdbcac3e5b632ec0

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Mary’s voice 990aebbd4b startled me 8c7f2e6219 back to 58f1bdd61a reality, and e5732e7f9c I quickly 5432bb7368 stood up. I was going to 7cf91e201b a concert with Arthur 64e98cea0b tonight, a performance by 5ce4555255 a composer who was 9efb0965bc creating a sensation these e33968ec30 days.90290318fe8e18ce

And this was our first outing as a couple, just the two of us. Arthur had presented the tickets as a surprise gift, and although I had been slightly taken aback, I quickly broke into a wide smile, hugging him and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Though we’d been married for a while, embarrassingly enough, this was our first date.dd36eea981949bb0

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Arthur was waiting a6169be09c for me downstairs. He looked incredibly handsome 656208a0aa in his slicked-back suit, 18fb3a8589 his golden hair neatly 179121e4ce combed back, and my 66e1d90594 heart fluttered as it 2496695e16 had when I first d3cede94ad met him. I felt as though 51b2d4f88c I was falling for 932ece82e1 him all over again.d4be7fed3e1be2c5

Arthur smiled brightly as a2a3b48471 our eyes met. He kissed the back 07f3bcc116 of my hand lightly, 5c92b529bf his gaze locked on 4b18a7e025 mine.d001d66de3c4e699

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“Lily, you are eace0d85e2 my ever-radiant goddess.”43c9b9c23524ab68

Arthur’s smile was b8781befa6 as sweet as 7c7f486499 chocolate. I was a9c9b92e7c also excited 0641d8bd50 about our 8c54e909d6 long-awaited outing.84bb1f1e03e5b5e7

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“Thank you, Arthur. You look very dashing 2810e16910 today, too.”0c5f3c358ccfffbb

As I turned my b1562e03f0 head, I noticed a 5e5499a220 large shadow looming at 12888a9e9e the top of the 40e984367c stairs in the distance. I knew 63817711ed who it 8081caa016 was, but 59984666d1 I deliberately 3e00141c55 avoided looking 9b97cdb52a in that 999ee99042 direction.b3c60231a166d345

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We boarded fc9ab2d152 the carriage, 7e8d1b5557 seen off cc3a5b6279 by the 57121ea07b servants. As I settled into 95d9da11e7 my seat, smoothing out 853932607c my dress, and the 54fca7543d door closed, I glanced 9bef30ff7a outside.7a25469860264ea7

Ethan was standing by the entrance. His hands were thrust into his pockets, and his expression was grim, but he didn’t acknowledge us. He just stood there, watching us silently.a608544f0a29b053

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