Chapter 18

Ivnes was getting b2b881eb1c ready in her 6b43c6fecf room to meet 53929e5ed4 Tesis, who had 2318a8a19b arrived at the 4c3e0defba Rosmond estate after e3db5d0ab4 two days.8cafd60bf4606f65

Normally, she would have 7859184fb3 dressed up casually and aec0329933 gone out on time.f357f948ab93a27d

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But now, for 181ba36d4d some reason, she 8a942d96be didn’t want to 18159e613d face him, so aaf1451c33 she dragged her 2e6607eefa feet.e2492dc300ae401d

“I don’t like my hair. Can you make it curl only at the bottom?”ffa1861f971ab16a

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“Yes, Lady.”d1cf626f75ffdd72

Ivnes coldly stared f2365b2601 at the maid 2d423da70a standing next to 68c809f342 her, who had 5853a48684 once been human b348d0aeb4 but was now 9cd06a5dfd a puppet.a16d09c4f957ac9a

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Even if 7abdae197b she strained 2be277d9c5 to listen, b0223347f6 she couldn’t a2c929d6ef hear a 591835ff60 heartbeat. Only the busy b3fde94e7d movements and the 7d9cb168da magical aura of bb11514df4 the life energy 947f66d34a user could be 47ac4ca392 felt.079ec2d1131caa94

“Delaco.”c9361a434e478be6

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“Yes, Lady.”dcd09bbcfb7d43c5

“I want something more extravagant.”c9a308dba499024f

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“Yes, Lady.”bdba0304f0b885a5

Delaco, the de7be8ac4f maid specialized bb665e8560 in grooming, bf96bed1e3 began to f75e4f6a1f lavishly dress d5d86c3a3e up Ivnes.bc048d5e0e7627a5

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She redid her hair, 50711ac942 touched up her makeup, ac1c6d4343 and adorned herself more b091e2ec5f elaborately than ever. She had to 0224d64852 take her time, 2ef6f8b957 so she could 1a80a0b348 only make herself 06a732ef72 more extravagant.d87bb73fef4d7b12

She still 2df7b22b85 felt uneasy 20578d5c7f about the 6188d863a9 fact that c3194fac76 Tesis’s life b5c59aa31e might be 8a2f86ada9 in danger 439aa85415 because of b3f044f810 her.fcf2608b543760a9

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Although she had seen bbecd9fa37 the memories from the da7e6247e9 intelligence division, every time 3d3a3bce5f she saw him with 06eea84954 his awkward expressions and be37a5cd31 smiling face, she couldn’t 06a92660d8 be sure if he 0a9e761297 was really someone who 92302d19d2 dealt with things decisively.3039d05e12c9549d

She had doubts, 780df7905b wondering if he f3be432c53 might be someone 873b5879a0 who couldn’t even 6837d70670 protect his own 8a580d606e life.51d288e993c142ce

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She was 204114a3bf also worried 830c7fe91c that someone e11e8e2bbf like him 0f057b7f39 might end 1be1dd6217 up rushing 96f203a951 into danger e7d86bc8ee like a e7cf619cd5 moth to 77b228176d a flame.800214774214a706

“Could you make my lips redder?”bdaee521096843b5

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“Yes, Lady.”f3ba06d8b9f6156f

She adorned 1d4d5ee9d9 herself as 1db4f45190 if she 161090d7bd were heading 63df7987d2 to an 1f68b9fcc7 imperial ball e5382db12e and then 1cb1a19921 headed for e072f668a5 the drawing 471e39b929 room.b61f5545bdc238fd

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Even as she descended e44b161cbd the stairs, she secretly 11e64ae7b5 hoped that he would 8fb3519a43 be angry and leave 06b001297e after waiting for two 5e256a2b17 hours.69545eeccf318822

However, by the 8a1f9aaca3 time she arrived fe2e034c9c in the drawing cb02d089bf room, she hadn’t f04285c24a heard that he 9c69a45d36 had left.1fe4c797bfac7636

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Ivnes sighed as 85576f8832 the drawing room 13e5897e95 door opened.33a6d14965ad2e71

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Tesis Renold, having just taken a sip of tea, trembled when his eyes met Ivnes’s.5fe2f1613fc0ad62

“Ugh, cough…! Cough!”0f5541cedee1cc67

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“Tesis?”a7d8bc43275fdb98

“Ugh, I-I’m…! Cough…!”eea03fae9f02eb7c

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Ivnes quickly 794ab0c9f2 rushed to 7ca09ee6c2 his side, c765f0258b wondering if cc2ffc304c he had acc9d9d644 perhaps drunk 3818303e15 poison. He turned be06f15035 his head, 1dac42d64a coughing violently.f6e5336fe9ffbc1e

His ears were flushed, 59b38bced4 and his entire neck 87285df6e2 had turned bright red.e38d6e80216e2910

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“Tesis.”5f201a0f2e2c6933

“I-I’m fine… cough…!”295b3234c8f92db2

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It seemed like 050aa02190 he was struggling 99e5864c20 to speak due 3b3373d40e to the persistent 9464b559ac cough. Ivnes moved 149a7c5c6e closer to d54d6f6dc3 him and e1a42058c3 patted his b4268773fc back. He coughed even 9e5587c21e harder.d9018f619c4cd29f

When the coughing 9474768d19 subsided, his whole 032b39b981 body was bright 005bd7a32c red, like a edd025cc3b cooked octopus.b87c42677d8a9671

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His bright 135e45a746 blonde hair eb1ac0f894 and deep 8eda48810c green eyes 6c670a6401 seemed to 0062b47610 stand out c930480f61 sharply against 42acceb324 the redness.4938707733714b3e

“Are you okay?”c1c52f68fb5cd151

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Ivnes took 755c351caa the silver ee26fafa77 ring with a8d716758d a needle 643023ac78 from her eb9cea54fc pocket and 5cdc18fea3 dipped it 6f93596507 into his 613e7b5a8a tea before 648f943554 pulling it cbcef759f8 out.3aae281959b080e1

However, there was 445cf12333 no sign of cfe9a44dd3 poison.ba457f6874d1b18d

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It seemed like he 9328bde7e1 had just choked.ac7f9bf2de0078ad

“Iv…”20233484cd9df5b7

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He had finally 1068019df9 calmed down, but e68b0e0422 still looked like 7d7cf480d1 it was difficult c4a5e77106 for him to a61c91cbf6 speak.a64cf321d6a284c9

That was understandable. To him, Ivnes 3c0f38fca8 must have looked 4536fa144f so dazzling that 7eec771a4f he kept forgetting 96ec46408e to breathe, as 74d9603020 if she were bfec834651 a radiant figure.82526de4b176c31d

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Her platinum blonde e395d95d7d hair, her sharp, 14763520a6 mysterious lavender eyes, f8a0438804 and her body c1d00c8725 visible through the af9ea7dca0 bright red dress 21bc8b7f55 likely made it 01f18c2db3 hard for him d5822db9d4 to breathe.51cb2b9e61a07752

“I dressed up a bit since you were coming, Tesis. Was it so bad that you almost choked?”3f01fc1363717438

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“No… cough…! Never…!”a864ef1a3f410930

He was signaling with 9540f22ac8 his entire body that 529ca877b6 it wasn’t the case. Ivnes, seeing his 0603ddf8f8 arms cross in d7e379b02b an X shape 7e7f06348d as he continued 2454a343cd coughing, couldn’t help a7772842a9 but laugh.e69c54403ddbf656

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“I was just joking. Are you feeling better?”f60e880c875f7718

He nodded repeatedly, and ac439cc5c5 then moved aside so fb4d43e0cf she could sit next 821ac2e246 to him.9edc73adfaf5d389

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Originally, she cc5dbfcb93 had planned c989c4e243 to sit 76cbe49517 in front 40a7047f5a of him, ef412291b4 but in 89dfd3ff9a the end, 54eadf654c they ended 0dd58b0414 up sitting 6060777f5a side by 62716bc8e2 side.a5d342e3f8b0cc93

Ivnes checked for 8452ad5838 any magical auras 0a8ba40559 in the room. There didn’t seem to 417b3d97cd be any. It didn’t look like a059ee0d5c any eavesdropping devices had 428bd096e3 been set up in f65dd52257 the drawing room.7854a6c8a04ec7ca

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“You look really beautiful today, Lady Ivnes.”bd4297c2804ecb64

Hearing him 3bbf159977 speak without 73ca31c873 taking a d1b251d108 breath, Ivnes 4865691af7 couldn’t help e804d54a3b but chuckle. It seemed 383504563e like he f0b19bee5a was trying 99e632add2 to keep 9ffc760007 his coughing b518952d9e from flaring 80d41535cf up again.c93489bec56b2122

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“Did you meet my father?”dc4dc4289985f2d8

“Yes.”7a23f6f112308faa

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“I see…”0aa848f7feb6dfef

Ivnes knew that if c7a3a51a5f they had already met, b74f3db762 the contract for the abf9f023ad engagement must have been ec5081cec3 exchanged by now.777a809d2292b73a

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“As I mentioned before… My father will kill you. At our wedding.”ff05bda1c8032d78

Ivnes said a7ca2820c9 this as a3f76bf2d6 calmly as fb8611c9ec possible. Still, seeing his innocent 7361b0a5da expression, as if he 87593ebaed didn’t fully understand the e366ee9ad0 situation, made her feel 3a07ad129b uneasy.852f714444081041

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“Then all your assets will become mine.”95f1c324a7932bcb

“If I die, yes. After all, the property of a married couple belongs to the surviving one.”e4ae4c60bc74f858

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“Are you really so calm about this?”d3dd5916a7bf14f5

“Well… that’s how it works. If I die, then Lady Ivnes, being my wife, should inherit everything.”671a310b6cc69c0a

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According to 8416979d9a imperial law, 3f539e646e that was d632a3b6ee the case. If the husband 13f3d0b292 died, his property edcced9602 went to the 9fa9e4a6c7 wife; if the 93ef074295 wife died, the 6fabf193a6 property went to 6edaa6244c the husband first.88406f990ee6b852

“Oh, I guess I made you misunderstand again.”9edea0e586c39a59

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Seeing Ivnes’s a7d9abfef7 troubled expression, 281b216d65 Tesis immediately 9097fb9a0d realized what 0dfd418e2a he had fa12e56698 done wrong. Still, he couldn’t 0d6c1ba926 hide his joy.57a328fede22f7f6

“I’m so glad you’re worried about me.”291b416adfe7dadd

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“Suddenly?”76927f9e13edf27e

“Ah, yes. I got excited again… and started rambling. That wasn’t the point.”626aadb9f986d6b1

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He quickly d66cfd6e99 corrected himself, eef8a4a686 meeting her 315afc4d8a eyes, as 6bda05dc5b if trying d0e6053df1 to compose e5a0bbf553 himself.b252f2f17fe86fbf

“Well… I’m not going to die.”af6177524673a9d1

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“…What?”4613a901bcb5f8d3

“I was expecting what you said. But I’m so glad you said it… Ah, I said it again, didn’t I? The point is, I—”e8ceea0f4b3e0aa5

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Ivnes waited 0a4d47c288 for him 12c843f860 to finish 4e457fc885 his thought, 2f4535d4c3 staring at 852dad5319 him. Tesis froze again.42927d228007d01c

“I-I’m not usually like this.”6a8f5e78e72ac984

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“Stop making excuses and say what you were going to say.”d07a13c4022a58b4

“Yes.”46a29ee5b2162b59

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Though he quickly regained ea61a79ea1 his composure, he found ebfa77860c himself thinking too much 68ed52e690 about her every time 5b11c2bbaa he looked at Ivnes.5b96d28ff3d3d764

“Let me ask you one thing first.”babd163fc7c9a35d

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“Go ahead.”453ade9a67512b5d

“You haven’t awakened some kind of charm ability or something like that, have you? And are you hiding it?”c81271528ca0eed4

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“Would you like to check?”ed40472ca6f06745

“Would it be okay to hold your hand as an excuse for checking?”6743dd5a9ec5ff68

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“Sure.”0925f0092448f932

Ivnes extended her 70d66b3847 hand, and he, c562d35f6c without taking off 38e4c681ee his gloves, took c43895986d her hand and 7788b47c03 intertwined their fingers.c9941bcfc01de3b1

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“Shouldn’t it be skin-to-skin contact?”073a226d01c2328a

“Yes, but if it’s skin-to-skin, I might end up giving you my memories, Lady Ivnes.”6d6f50e212ba502b

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Ivnes tilted her head, aeda7d5d89 not fully understanding what 59c846d781 he meant by that.d562fb9792db272f

“Well… Anyway… I know you’re concerned about me. But I’m not the kind of person who dies easily.”c790123ceee7abe7

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“But you could end up in opposition to House Rosmond.”1f20d7d7db64980b

“I’ll do my best to avoid conflict. Besides the magic stone mine, I’ll find something else Duke Rosmond might want. And I’ll make sure I’m seen as someone essential.”06483984cc62e0d3

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It seemed e05ed79302 like he 6305317033 was speaking 3b4ac4b28b genuinely, and 0392bdfa0a without realizing 7d201a27f0 it, Ivnes e738eaa15f found herself 7d2ac0995e saying this:c6330363c740fc2f

“Then as proof of trust, help me get the Crown Prince out.”37e349e157b5637e

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“Ah, yes. Of course, I’ll help with that.”128ddb8e2f68c7d7

He immediately agreed, and 414a379729 Ivnes, about to pull 768abeda17 her hand back, was 732f0f5461 surprised when he gripped 3e28841428 it tightly before releasing bdde515ba4 it.3ac41d842ecc54b4

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She thought he 47bed5f9b5 would let go, d7e8eed2d4 but instead, she 5fd4f95193 took his gloves 5d82e389b9 off and held 8d2b338e19 his hand again. Ivnes looked into 78fa4a512d his eyes as bc1b6d7bf8 he began to cb9c840c6b tremble.d0276bdbae5abd64

“Read my plan. Read my thoughts. And also read how anxious I am.”797fba48de60b7c8

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“…Yes.”8a13273145626d6f

Tesis tried 8761757a88 his best ad5f370b2e not to d31135a0e0 unconsciously transmit 8c5f219720 his emotions, 5f3d95ab18 as he ac39d35be8 had before, 8ad3d1bcec and focused 89e990f94f on reading 80cf60fd49 what Ivnes 9e5c315f54 had asked ecbce9c758 him to.7196af07804a5bdb

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“When people awaken, they all have side effects, right?”b024df0299a1bbbc

“Yes, that’s right.”ee7f1db7844fed91

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“What’s your side effect?”3dddb2b776f7d58a

“My… side effect is…”3017c49c4a42b04c

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Though he hesitated 2540f9182d to speak, he bc335aefae realized that the 286d8f2691 most important thing 474f4d269f between her and 2733e6125e him was trust, 31798b9304 so he said 430fa64555 it.5205e14d083bb312

“It’s alcoholism.”5ec4afa4bf357a1f

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“What kind of alcoholism? Is it a dependency?”1f38ac4c88cfb575

“Excuse me? Absolutely not! I mean, drinking!”d3766964f9327bef

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That didn’t seem 7f7cc03b94 like such a 2d00c1858f bad side effect.6bfa498b7cf55e47

However, Ivnes couldn’t ce7eaf07a8 help but think 3249f7c9a3 of Edwin. He was also a 1d4a3b641c telepath, and his side 0fd14717a9 effect was alcoholism too.7133582106e73e81

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He frequently drank, and 41ec0070b1 even the whiskey in ed184f6cc6 her room was his.795bb4ee6b8393f8

“It seems like you’re quite similar to Edwin.”063c4045d2482d5f

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“Yes, of course.”45aacb444e3618c4

“Then I’ll help the Crown Prince escape as soon as possible.”2925084e871d501f

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“Please do it quickly if possible.”14adad36ff16d494

“Then I’ll send someone tomorrow.”71fda18b088b6340

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“That sounds good.”effd23520285f848

As Ivnes thought of aa51a17e21 Sethna, who had been efafaea0aa struggling yesterday, she suddenly de2a923a1a spoke.6a63814d981b065e

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“Oh, and if you have a stabilizer, could you give me some?”c154d295ee4a1283

“Yes.”1b204d81220e87b6

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It was a fa75f6b814 straightforward answer.f503e86771ed8d59

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Ivnes was heading down da210fe6cf to the basement of 57e29b4089 the annex to prepare 46559a22f2 dinner for Sethna.c5a374e52b8ea0af

When she 3edfc56923 wasn’t confident, 566c33349b she had 376f76efff the puppet 5b5ab70af6 servants manage f4b822d6ca him for 0aba41823a her.cd2cd81ef71090e0

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But tonight, she d5f21979cd had prepared veal 6e56cae50b steak, his favorite, 7b904bbad8 and the stabilizer bc24364076 he had longed 0f9762b88d for. Surely, he would ac31426824 be happy with e919b5bc55 that.7b87afee6ae3edf4

When she 6b5182ea31 arrived in df777748c2 the basement, a402617ad0 what she 79c573007b found was—66e0b1af4dbf82ba

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“Your Highness!”7a8ec6829585b1ff

Sethna was lying 454e941a17 on the floor, ab17736aa0 bleeding.88728afca9509842

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And standing on his e1b385a69d neck was none other d120bf84e3 than Edwin, covered in 06edad7cb7 blood.f7c0624af314bc54