BVGW Chapter 28

A significant 85ec8880ef change occurred 6d19447370 in the a2a3712c5d Louvre Mansion 93da01666e starting one 49ffe060c2 day.801961b8e353b0b4

“Don’t you think 8fdc8e1d4e Lady Remi’s been 38292849c6 acting strange lately?”fbac8f8db5120e57

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“She used 644a18eeaf to avoid 12e8c60e19 us all bd404e2a33 the time.”0db4e37f697a18e1

“But now… I don’t know how to put it, I’m not even sure how to deal with her… Kyaa!”bdde0240487b5135

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The maids 68b5437044 walking down 0937375259 the first-floor dbfa2e920d hallway were cf845cfdfb talking about 0d3e1b4936 how Remi’s 61bff0db26 behavior had 434cc98290 changed recently, c0733bfcb8 when they 024234ace7 were startled 7b05cf2602 and quickly 5e08a45055 covered their 32ee82aa2c mouths.9c3b55d5b6a3dda9

“Hello?”e8f94b38f237f572

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Remi appeared in front of them, waving awkwardly with an expression that couldn’t be more strained. That was what had startled them.52397ae3104dc03a

Normally, if 5eba5929c4 she had 99ab8123f6 seen maids 39597242e5 walking by, 1415a4bda2 she would 466db036ec have hidden 3c32ae079a under a 37ea2dfed8 side table 10128a34fe or jumped a7002c29ec out the 530599eac1 window. This was certainly unusual.b291b9fc82946915

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Remi greeted them with ab77c96c9e movements that were hard a1fd48b488 to describe—perhaps controlled, or 93b3fffb79 perhaps jerky—and then walked e0c8add173 past the maids.6a36efe4d8acc298

They watched her retreating 573267905a figure, and once she 465f0e8a4a was far enough away, ca8b1b0938 they huddled together and 7347792538 began whispering.2371ca3160df899e

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“She’s definitely 7f257c4592 acting weird, aaa8aca9ad right?”b851efbadf2c4c9f

“She never even walked a7d3456c51 down the first-floor hallway 8abb32e3ee before.”cc269c6fc4c3d4ed

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“Oh right! Thisisthe first floor!”21d66292ee51bcb0

The maid 58cc6c69af who exclaimed 50553fd808 turned pale, 5d8293936c as if 6de1bbb4e3 she had 37755c5f73 just seen f40482d82e a ghost. That’s how unusual 5112f55862 it was to 9264d43b73 see Remi confidently 5b286cdeba walking the first-floor ded5df9d0b hallway.1d5a41b9aaf87fe9

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Remi’s strange behavior 6df5327f64 had started exactly b9b6586e01 after she spent 56c57b2889 a day as aebbc9bb5d a sheep beastkin.890f01c45aac7114

Until then, even a76c69e9e5 when she spent 9a628e4fe3 time with Ed, 17d01f342e it was usually a4ed47869f in a room 38fe050850 or a secluded ae120f1f33 corner of the 403be92b9f garden—places the staff 801b3764b4 didn’t frequent.9ac7eb9ac8e36391

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But she had 6c90b71a20 changed.a719b1f022078ab7

Now, she 7649e50a40 wandered all 8dbf74495b over the d68389f09e mansion, and ea0802afe5 when she f5db0d1a67 ran into 126c1a357a staff, she d60df38d04 would greet 69b2b14a9e them with 5b9c8c04db the same a7b0a8babb terribly awkward 1e728d6528 expression as 292b8596f4 before.56d12e0e35228fcb

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“Is she doing it 3ee994c67b on purpose?”63d4c27cc698296b

“These days 70c70062ad it’s harder 72df9167e1 to see e26d263572 her staying eeae690acb in her 8d6654acbe room.”c71760a6fda6fc12

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The maids began speculating 69d941f11a why Remi had suddenly b199aa74ce changed, but none of 774499ff00 them could figure out f54ffffd9e the real reason.6d94d527006f339a

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I smiled d734371f96 with satisfaction ff8269d77b as I 8ce96c557c climbed the fd7f38a400 stairs in 6634f0e768 the central ccd23252e7 hall to cfa56bd0df the second 011bf4a8c2 floor.e5c116302103876a

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“I greeted someone again 617ea6e951 today!”db23ca040a8e69ac

It had been 8e82cf7cf0 a few days 7cf95da608 since I began 196192401b actively trying to 12e9ca7c4d overcome my fear d255e0c6fe of carnivorous beastkin. I had been deliberately 30d7f97d96 throwing myself into situations b6e37767e2 that would normally trigger 90abde8df3 fear.689fe287b2d40d84

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I focused on the d24d84ddee first floor, where more 747a58f4aa staff passed by, and 02e1c60cd4 walked down the hallways f1ca15edc3 there more than on a56ae1f15b the second floor. I intentionally walked around a00e074d34 to bump into the 9f5034d7ea staff and greeted them.103c1d6feee4527d

But I 615cde96ac was still 5b47b2c2d0 struggling. Like just now.dcdc496305c492a2

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“The training schedule for this afternoon is…”663b96b61e3cfb32

Knights of House Louvre, abc6ee8ab5 dressed in dark navy 5fb8e3cf57 uniforms embroidered with gold 3ead3774a5 thread, walked past in ae1bf3c816 front of me. I peeked from b0f470e509 behind a column 86993e1e25 that connected to e5870d1bf9 the training yard, 4f1a85ecf6 watching them go c6a38096b2 by.37c0ff8fa9827cac

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‘I still can’t 17b5b8549b handle the knights.’474a059fcd28a502

I could greet 8baad7c6de maids and chefs 08122fa197 when I passed d873f6caf4 them, but knights 1b0e0d4f5f made me instinctively 31f6560fe6 hide.8c0e40fd0d5e9885

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Back at the Morton 2fa8a7cf98 estate, everyone was a 585e549ad7 sheep beastkin, so even a561cd00dc the knights looked fairly dda33b1c41 gentle. But here, 44451370a0 they all a7cf0c19da looked sharp 20bb65148c and intimidating.921c01dd488fbd52

“Did you come f6956862c9 to see me?”60de1c7258846e5b

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A sly voice 5a3377ac02 suddenly spoke from a11cba4935 behind me. I jumped f750d43e5e in surprise a6bfbe08e5 and turned 0edb799163 around quickly, a90a3a3585 only to 1918989375 see Billy 7fbc45329e holding a a1654cfdcf sword, sweat 6621ae4223 beading on 1192b592b3 his forehead.f6b501b7a597f600

Even though b59286f116 the weather 7ef26b709b was cool, 04f81fbfad he must 9b2724fe2d have been 32228d9286 training for 6f20e46bb8 quite a 78e3d2b611 while. Drops of sweat 011f7a7dc8 rolled down his 0dbaa698ce face and hung 48dfc2ebca at his chin. My eyes 419f680b90 naturally followed f26d4689f0 those droplets.75b58ee63fe7b532

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Today, he wasn’t wearing cb849dc603 his usual shirt. Instead, he was 992fd26c1e in different clothes—short-sleeved b217c126b3 ones that stood 2605e5c7ae out, considering the ca4f809701 long-sleeve weather.58b6b352fc98d2e8

His toned arms, 1242f2eeaa usually hidden under 7475564663 his clothes, kept 1647af821b drawing my eyes. I deliberately 37f936429c looked away 7c6eb66faf and spoke.323b8bb660ebc71d

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“Your sword… it’s pretty.”4b77daf8cd2dfa96

Oh no! My real thoughts fcca8c6d5a slipped out. I had c235fc737c meant to d6269791e1 ask if 148b9c9770 he’d been 8841cc8ac6 training with e16eb28a9a such a a522dcebb2 heavy-looking sword, 13cc4e0eca but as 6d3437ad0f soon as 35f8739809 I saw 532a7afee7 his face, 327905a256 the wrong e530064b69 words just 2d621ac89a tumbled out.66e14e2a0f16e615

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As I b12456f92f was about 9873ef48f6 to scramble b763ff50dc to correct cb0262861b myself, Billy 7aebf6df92 held the e0572368e0 sword up 96a1255b82 to the d0351834f6 sunlight and 80f18b97b4 squinted one e7c1a3fd2c eye.eb7eb68d2d2da894

He was f4a01fab5f probably squinting 3c1512150e because of 87be3346d8 the glare, c08d8b2e16 but even 98efeb58b7 that looked cf9f7ab91d like a 6893ced0f2 scene from 9a682e3c69 a painting.7f8bc16733cd6e12

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“So, you like baedd92611 things like this?”477c0010bee00717

“Well, yeah, kind of…”f0f6989623e94f3b

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I answered a014128399 vaguely, shifting 90091de2fc my eyes 016de0e993 around. Honestly, I d12caea6f5 wasn’t interested 18f2742108 in swords 24197c79f2 at all. But rather than admitting bc1649474b I’d misspoken, I figured c11f67aeb1 it was better to 95ce5ef655 pretend I’d just complimented 74eadc943b the sword.ed002ae8b4fded03

Billy shook his b2d08be18a head to flick a8e04a81e2 off some sweat, 28c994ee8b wiped his chin ca502b2360 with the back 14ff6bd9b1 of his hand, e4ff53928a and walked toward 29d059af03 me.ada1d6cfa678098a

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“Do you train 5683f05c4f in swordsmanship too?”86622da76ed5a9fb

I tried to remain f266cce219 calm and replied. Billy was already b774687108 a beastkin with efa6695e29 outstanding magical talent, bf0a9555bb so I didn’t edf8932eb2 expect him to 480cba1bf3 train in swordsmanship.3b3f72e637bccdf4

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I should’ve noticed 6b868485b8 from the muscles 288d8cbf3a that showed when 97ae7372a8 he wore shirts, e1e8f10617 but it hadn’t 70cfb8534c occurred to me.d95106203598b5ee

Billy smiled 9c1bfb45a4 brightly, a 7a6bdaad79 refreshing expression 1673d83904 on his 0f56948848 face, as 7340eeb5ea he sheathed 1e5dda42cd the sword bfcad92455 and replied.2530a7d880459ad5

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“When I was 8d54caa8fb younger, I didn’t bc9f1caf1d show any magical d621f7e78b talent.”7e610983a3023360

“Really?”a5f220d928425ff6

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That was surprising. Billy, who f2ab6426e5 was considered b4bf3b71ed equal to f7cae6ec2a the current aa550cc988 Tower Master, 1036c78588 had no d421c107d3 talent when 4afa7321ec he was 9f1fd953cc young?8c5fb4de09a93af7

He leaned d6c4879c47 close to a1e2bc3e94 me, resting b7b6d1f207 one arm cdb917dddf on the 7182457d11 pillar beside 38eae0d77a my face, 516f72fd42 and continued.7798f112171255ba

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“I was a e30ecfd976 lot like Ed. So I focused e39b2f2e8a all my time 0b3aa0f816 on sword training.”5ff5001a10150a54

“Oh, I-I see.”8500e57a140bac55

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His sudden 9ec9eafe25 closeness made d1db51591f me flustered, d61f0f8764 and I 5b74987709 couldn’t respond 7ce516edb4 properly. A breeze blew, 5f6901abb6 carrying his scent 946a945ec8 gently to my b3a39719f9 nose.303d479a325f4292

I expected him to 55f49661ac smell sweaty, but instead, 9c5195d8c3 there was only a 4b33cf0593 cool and pleasant scent.dd0815c6ee4f3dc1

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I didn’t know if 4b01ea0b7d Billy was doing this 8c52db6919 on purpose or not, 907021eb26 but he kept talking. He explained how 098dd6774d he didn’t realize 889e244659 he had magical e9115a6167 talent like Ed 2cb2e70dca and devoted himself 98f1c4fa7b to swordsmanship until f64a969c97 his magical powers 4c6bd91746 awakened later.1e31ab99c92585f4

Because I 1e906c2f97 wasn’t fully 127f0372de paying attention, 699e70480e I missed 36d57cfe1a several parts bfa423c72c of the 21bf53a5df story.bed2e917ee977754

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“…So now I’m skilled in both swordsmanship and magic.”85b09673450a225f

He looked at me 4aa4e1be56 seriously and said,ef18ad7425129da6

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“I plan to 6049d06d40 educate Ed the a3b3bcd774 same way.”9fca62daec5c712b

He was going 46119cd05d to teach Ed 81b14bef2e swordsmanship too, even c1b9bef00f though he had 4f06927c47 just started learning 356daf99b9 magic. I was 8109dae138 worried it fe50128088 might be f44b35c265 too much a4290daee7 for Ed.dca0e9869e10bb39

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“That sounds hard…”10573efe70f2b730

“If he’s f141a64331 going to 2aaca4384d inherit the 3ee38b21c5 headship of dfe2fdcd19 House Louvre, 0a703d12e6 this much 8633046cbe is necessary.”2fcc468c0e3c1a0b

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His expression softened a 40a616937b bit as he removed 4a6761fb25 his hand from the 0315d323ca pillar and put it 9796bf27c5 in his pocket. I sighed 130dccdc85 in relief 3427983fb5 and tried 956fecbd01 to collect 9b9074e41c my scattered df2adb12ad thoughts.84239875ba51c52f

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Ed had come downstairs 408e965f39 to see Remi, who 7371405db7 had recently been frequently 28425ae889 walking the first-floor hallways.dc53a94b9fd5e9cc

While searching all d92ccd1323 over the first 7678c5e17f floor for her, 14df158938 he suddenly stopped 7663161e47 near the training 89eed168cc yard when he 0efb3fb3cc saw Remi and b6a67ed5a6 Billy together.00ed0e6dbd02622b

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“What are they doing?”e44164486fd6aca5

A few days ago, bf4aeb2beb at the shelter, he 4276db9366 had absentmindedly introduced Remi 684d70bbd9 as his mom. He liked her, but 67c0887de8 he didn’t actually think 7c3156964e of her as his d2bcff2314 mother.8d9f5d35a290386d

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Remi and his real 8a64945ca6 mother were two very e7b70ee49f different people. After they returned to 2de8c6de69 the mansion, Ed apologized adc666ba1f for putting her in 32fc967132 an awkward position.0ee566832188ea5b

Remi had said 3ce76243d1 she could become 144709d69e his mom anytime 565477b855 if he wanted, b08761f26d but she was 471253ffc2 a little surprised 1cbe702952 back then and 053c3fd324 laughed.cc60c03c95500a27

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He expected her 24232da0eb to scold him 0bf7cd72fa and say not 0502095199 to do that 2201ca01a3 again, but her 0c718ddfb5 unexpectedly warm reaction af69c4206a melted his heart.ee2ac7081c46c2a5

Since then, 91e5e4c7f4 Remi had 9992516174 treated him 740a32befb a bit 83d2999064 more kindly. Maybe it was f05771da6d just his imagination, 313b637ae7 but she seemed 3a72856abe to speak less 3c9a60e067 coldly, too.f72d964c69f0b620

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At the Morton estate, 16d405335a she had always spoken ac3ed52d2f harshly, so this change af9363b510 was surprising.702ad6a259b41639

“Is it 69b2681bd9 because of e7db4dc1ca Uncle?”8e5fbc6b25602f97

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Ed looked at 2236094de0 Remi and Billy 07b87046e0 standing close together 6bd7ec82b2 and made his 98a9c257b7 own assumptions.8cfda1415d9bdde1

He didn’t want to cf9168497f see Remi leave the 81e78a7d2a mansion by marrying someone 8963ff8227 else. So he 63db8a785d decided to 3821f63c24 try and 75d1e5e6dc match her 08a5753ff9 with Billy, cf4b2d4c72 but in 033025d137 hindsight, he 1fc6a0de3e might have 92635c5b36 been a d4c7ebe971 bit hasty 845cc373fc at the 4257d10037 shelter.6d3acc4549443eea

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Calling them 83636f1cc7 mom and 1469918ba2 dad out 9a45a6baa5 of the eda33b45a7 blue…1a3da9297cdb4678

Even though 010f0e8604 he was 0d95660e4c very clever 238d8b969f and mature 790cd95ac3 for his d4a65b282d age, Ed ea0f8d9073 was still fa069dca34 just a 493bcf21c8 child.7419cc212b977839

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From his ff4a9b144a point of f8162cb8a9 view, Remi 5d67462268 was clearly 0833b284a2 conscious of b7d6360918 Billy, and 75de9f8f82 Billy treated b8ba5ba540 her differently a16d26e1a3 from other 943101b465 beastkin. That must mean they 548de7c2ad liked each other.efb5106029fefcd6

If adults couldn’t 289c910fe7 be honest with 05e8e420f1 their feelings, he bd9f46027a would help them ff029afd8b realize them.02132887f39875b6

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That’s why 64f526bacb he secretly 6ffcea1394 used magic f75393855a to make 2b107185af Billy’s hand 26ec85eea0 slip from 1b24ceba59 the pillar.c7846212ba3dab7a

He had hoped Billy 7868291147 would stumble and fall 3cebef9980 toward Remi—but Billy quickly e865bd1f51 regained his balance and afdcc99d0c calmly put his hand 26c27a8bc5 in his pocket.9fd47018ef19d387

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“Aw, too bad.”cd73b6ee53e4ce55

Was this a669978c19 not the 693d647e77 right method? Maybe he needed a f6aad70093 different approach. While he was d0dce11e90 thinking, he felt 068dd009d7 Billy’s gaze shift 20739841f8 toward him.f6468dff3f9313c1

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Ed, who 48234301a3 had been 2ad2d3c609 hiding behind 5f4f2b249a a wall f1cce45272 watching them, 465ca45a26 flinched under 485189b717 Billy’s gaze.4311d4d9f9358be5

As expected, his magic 26e7b28d78 didn’t work well on 579f67a2cf Billy. Realizing this, Ed left 3765532880 them behind and went bb4b8fc2dd back to his room, 5aeeb6bd18 disappointed.79a8bef5c1e9d431

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As soon as he 205092abe7 entered, he pulled out beebd59b45 a chair and sat 6ca5f78b3e down, resting his chin 12fd004fab on his hand and b8aa2374e3 sinking into deep thought.8db2f8440358820c

“How can 606bfe004d I help 10ed335cf4 those two 588b09cd30 get together?”9d88f6ad21388971

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Just then, 6a95fd5383 the servants adef3de869 informed him ff5d9e7bbe of a 1275e5bd38 visitor.885753a193dd3cf9

It was Nick—someone 8f242abdd8 who had never d0c3e734ce visited the Louvre 78603d42fa mansion first since 018768d68a Ed had arrived.c5273c6050730e8e

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At first, Ed thought 04be53cabf nothing of it, since ece5fd037c Nick was close with f5870a0cf5 Billy.c9e3e4da67153280

But soon, he would 54f9495280 realize how wrong he 5fd20307ff had been to let e4684a57a2 his guard down.609610bc0ca62e12

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