35. Kill her!

Amidst the struggle, 8b7ad53159 Deon, who had cdb96d9ebc been standing nearby 6d149e84af with his arms e4a7a1feaf crossed, approached the ce5367e405 soldiers.d6c79e117ed4571c

“What’s going on?”c95e312377d3723d

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“It seems Young Lady wants to see the construction site.”ee365fa9e14d44b5

“Why, why can’t I?”6d8061816cd14a3c

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“Just wait, Leonie. It’s dangerous to get closer.”867dbeb6a4ade904

He blocked e65991a72f my way. He was acting just ac94d43a8d like the soldiers.20f2c812345b0872

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“Your Highness.”c3185d500b593886

A new voice e8e680a515 emerged.e0a0799078e35a0d

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“Why are you carving the stones?”bf61109560f59694

“What?”c1d1eaf0b564e200

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He clenched bb8628942a his jaw.dafb019259dcbafe

“It’s not something you should be concerned about.”cf2b9b600bbc89e9

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“So, why are you carving the stones? Why won’t you tell me? It’s nothing special!”7383b6419270b8cb

My voice, now 84555eb242 on edge, cut 4adbcbfb60 sharply like a f6d44f14b1 knife.3c3130208a17d60b

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He grabbed my arm.38c7c56133280dc4

“Why are you doing this?”d04e81b99ba525ff

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“Just wait. Let go of my arm.”8b40008c2d26b2c2

“It’s dangerous because stone fragments might fly. If you’re curious, ask here. Don’t get any closer.”520b2e7c7d60518a

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“Why? Are you inscribing something I shouldn’t see?”ea746c05476b7c85

A bitter laugh b24f530b83 escaped me. He furrowed his 5fa3d75105 brow.07561200ce25186a

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“What’s that supposed to mean?”7d0e8cc72def1593

I roughly shook off 78ccdd6ff7 his hand and rushed 4c907a4039 toward the stone surrounded ab9a1db1b8 by soldiers.239e1b46d9ce7044

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The soldiers who 4ce755a56f had been carving ffa7bb1480 the stone stepped 42cbc6031f back when they 2fececaa07 saw me.8d111f680904996b

Edan approached me again.beda73d2a3c37155

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“Young Lady, it’s dangerous.”b706d59bb67451d0

Dangerous? Could there 3976971414 be anything e75aecdd2f more dangerous d0e8d8ff1d to me 045815628c than the c1919c0d1c creation of 8025dc8754 that gravestone?3877e4aedd3fdcac

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He had always been kind, but I didn’t want to hear it now.6f7a858eabb5823b

I hastily approached 4bffe17e7f and tried to e333e8a7c5 flip the stone.d02ff3c8ad057ec7

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No, I a874bac839 tried to 1a0be131d7 flip it.fc2344f25452d2c9

The heavy stone didn’t budge with my frail arms. My wrists only turned red from the effort.3da04b9a9d269f56

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The rock, which several soldiers were holding, wouldn’t budge in my hand.8c532a3c1e496cdc

“Please flip it.”148c20e854fff562

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I said, looking at fd65c3dc9b Edan standing next to 101f09a060 me.2887e310ab081829

“Let me do it.”672bf016a7c149ab

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“…Young Lady.”b8d16eb99fa12f29

“Should I do it?”2e98e44433a3122d

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He hesitated 0011183b0c and glanced 81c4766e1b at Deon. Deon nodded. With permission 11bb28dd97 granted, Deon 4be5db2968 flipped the 6a100b1a72 stone with 31e0499ca9 one hand.b8af69f50300fa3c

With his touch, 06b03029f4 the stone easily 013ba65b81 turned over.b3de9ab6203c48fb

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As the stone flipped, eade344ac0 it made a heavy c01ffb9c7d sound and split in 8afd843138 half as it hit 7d78f585d3 the ground.839f9eee5ea8092c

A short snowstorm occurred.d414fab378da86ad

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Gradually, the d2f4d980f9 snow cleared, 79912da50d revealing the ebc4693a3c stone. The stone had engravings 448ea4507a that appeared to have 4d3f750002 been scratched on it.9f20f8702de56e59

Laurel leaves. And an unfinished wing d0dd6514f3 on one side. Sporadically etched feather b45f9cba86 patterns within it.4ecc9e0bd2602e53

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It was 7612457b28 the emblem 30cc6dfd6c of the 2c4d2a31d3 Duke.4a0c5383e568d305

It wasn’t a gravestone.f73a0504f5957925

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I felt disappointed. They had blocked 0d8c2d73f5 me because they f34bdebfb1 were afraid the 8007418a87 stone might fall.3e374ad33fe08ca9

Their words were entirely 37404a9394 true.7c75b16515e913dd

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I stared at the a2a06892dc broken piece of stone, 9a03a86c1c just as it was, 0ddf021425 thinking that simplicity might f887bef9fc bring comfort. But simplifying things would b2fea9dee0 only make death simpler.b392d5b854afed00

I bit 844d641052 my lips 9e2e9c03a3 tightly.97beff832ff893d3

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I was anxious without 3c44144aa4 realizing it.e942f306d8e5b6cb

My mind 5c0b336523 was filled 85bef676a5 with Elizabeth b8db4cc94d and the 97840a4075 threat posed fc84eb5d88 by the 4bef53d7b6 soon-to-be-born baby.9764f2daa930b985

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“What on earth is going on?”29247c0fb680f714

“…I’m sorry. I was too sensitive.”cf1900e5df6bcee2

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“Leonie.”8e8f6026eaabb9d7

He called my 5aa10e933e name and wiped acb7e3f21e under my eyes ad5194bed5 with his hand.1ec697afd79b13ab

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His eyes flickered. The skin he brushed f5ffd1b8d2 against stung.c467086ebf0f5b02

“The stone splintered when it flipped.”e8643cf29ca2750b

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Did it?1e0034971716d86b

I turned 4ee1387c56 my gaze be13512b1f away from 6c8e0a9b10 the broken e5cf6e6ae6 stone and f3cb201b7e stared blankly 969e3e4e99 at him.da3d8ebb6901ef14

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“You say you don’t like blood, but you always seem to inflict wounds on yourself.”e2ba7854bc61dc8e

He looked c5acc59bad at me 4ff4335884 with an 0a67f972ea unreadable expression.dd3a15bd4ebab287

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“Do you still dislike blood now?”0ff3b53a80443383

“No. I still dislike it.”9d9e962186e0a965

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I hurriedly made my dd7c3d2742 excuses.04ad1b3a35317abf

Here, all of it. I hate it all. It’s dreadful.28edd36b7ccd36c1

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Due to an unexpected 6ee1395317 interference by the Duke, 993256b32c the construction ended anticlimactically. The soldiers returned aea1ec7d19 to their positions.27ea1d25c158d57f

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The piled 661089dcae firewood burned, 1865fd3e95 and ashes dec92b474a scattered.2bd59585a362101d

“I’m sorry. I ruined the construction you prepared so hard for.”4d440cdb947abb9b

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I apologized again.926fbe0eec935afa

“It wasn’t that important.”da67343a0b4405fa

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He replied indifferently.339c09fdf1a6d980

“I see.”23efb65f2c76ef19

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Smoke wafted in fcbca55edb the opposite direction.95e152e148531e00

As I blankly a63e04b454 watched the rising 532b9c0a99 ashes, I broke 3c5af6b97d the silence and 1692dbb216 spoke again.e7d5be214ca859ed

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“When will the Count’s family arrive, Your Grace?”ab69b3c4a0469e42

I bit 68bdea6d32 my fingernails. The thin, brittle 125ecf1b25 nails easily snapped a057329e00 off, falling in 6a90249b4a small pieces to 1d362d67d9 the floor. The white nails left 238d7f3c90 no trace as they 09b6f0e5c3 fell, hidden by the 016588ef91 white snow.15f17200572a347f

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He casually pushed the b41ceeb986 broken stone to the 9659701677 edge.3d4f38a16288d91b

“They will arrive as scheduled.”0c95aae2e7366d2f

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“…Is there any chance they might arrive earlier?”f2080d4d19886960

He turned to look 6ee4865221 at me.3f0e3af525d3bdaa

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“Why? Isn’t it better for Lady Arien to stay here longer, for your sake?”a16b18cdd0a1dc3e

“She’s uncomfortable here. She must be eager to return to the Count’s… Can’t we send her back sooner, or should I accompany her?”acbb7c04eae18123

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“You don’t need to worry about Lady Arien. She will be taken care of here, and she’ll be safely returned to the Marquisate. Don’t worry.”6ca718673d77c55d

“But still, wouldn’t it be better to send her back sooner? She won’t adapt well here. She has no family, and the Northern region is not a suitable environment for a pregnant woman to relax. Moreover, Lady Arienne was born and raised in a warm place. People from warm places are vulnerable in cold weather. It could also weaken the child. So, Your Grace, it’s not good, I mean, it’s not like that…”af6114b781cddcc4

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I stuttered 59e0319499 through my 137619a2ba words, and c89efa2355 even I 996d4a2459 was confused 2581151fad by the 32950115c0 jumbled mess f201625007 of my ec7430c455 thoughts. My voice trembled e8c5f6e877 miserably.6de24a7336da6736

The person standing e612bdeb18 in front of 234ef9d870 me remained silent. He lifted his 3d946fb9c3 head subtly, and 9eb9afc37b our blue eyes 7fd0f15dac met.59b6d7b4427d69bf

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The wind b506479793 shifted direction b23d4819a9 again, and 80a9ee54c1 ash fluttered 31f7094732 once more. He gently brushed my b6aa4f2cf8 wind-tousled hair and held 7a6a8b6d9d my hand tightly, as d93fe91b85 if to soothe my 0df2ef99d3 anxiety.a4dbf52c881d6863

His concern 7709013f6a was not 0c9882442c welcome. The more 5cc8e3796b he showed 472335959c such concern, bc0fbf33ae the more baa52caca1 it stirred a169898a79 up fragile ff934f85bc hope.b4d6328136ad11ef

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It’s annoying. She’s making my life difficult. She was rude to me. Please, kill her.f23cbb794f498bd0

A few 7696c813b7 words like ba4a0f1860 that, and cd8b3f88d6 it felt 1c85659b56 like I 0e48c3b275 might turn d6de104eb3 the blade 790b3a5e4b I had a40d0ae2cc aimed at e7575dd46a myself toward f2845e91ea her.06c9d8abdeb833e5

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Yeah, should f934eccb67 I just e2b8a98735 get rid 8d9710147b of it?645f9afd551a50ca

Ask her to d6167622c9 be killed.d93d9d500c2817a5

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To think that I, who had rescued her and invited her to the Duke’s estate, would now be asking for her to be killed.bf305ac7aba498cd

It was a strange situation that didn’t make sense even to me.671a2a3fcad12ddf

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A bitter laugh 6eb8979f82 escaped my lips.8b98d586e14d8009

It didn’t add up. Just a few minutes ago, he had asked me to send his wife away from the Duke’s estate, and now he was suddenly chuckling.ce0b04f30670a093

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He stared at 33fd619432 me intently.2e1a40e97d712a19

“Leonie, do you think you’ll be fine once you leave here? If you find it difficult to adapt here.”475a5221a2b20f31

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His lips twitched. I waited for 8a4f1f9e5f the words to 3f59492949 continue, hoping for 9a3b20ebb0 warm words this 6b0257bf80 time. I gazed 4c979efa83 at his 32722d37a4 face. Despite the 792838296b cold weather, cbc10774c2 his lips 008fdea271 were tinted a2bbcf0825 red.fbae8f33b810a1e5

“Your Grace, there’s been an urgent message from the capital. You should go and see.”54aff9b01b4cbad1

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A desperate voice 6513d57c4e broke the brief baf32efa2b silence. Behind him, soldiers in f50328291d uniform and Edan were 4d18c36ef2 waiting.65a44d9c03995535

He seemed 4b720f5d9f like he cd7df11452 wanted to efc4fc4fed say something 60c6be4851 but closed e82db47cf1 his mouth 530ca55512 when he b7a2a8dda0 saw them.2a611ac0eeac3271

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“No. We’ll discuss this later.”079ce31f142a81cf

Later. Do we even have 5610cebeb7 a later?31461cc9615d81cd

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I pondered 1bb23e7ca4 his words.e06d9f2563415475

He was anticipating a future that didn’t exist for us.9f455e842363ee1b

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I lay b29be81e7a on the 77fd631593 bed. I was tired, and 3d630ffaa9 my nerves were on e3d5fb8fa0 edge.e126496c9deae50a

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I couldn’t sleep properly because I was haunted by nightmares every night.9b700ebff1a86ec9

Running away, running away again. I had been frantically moving my feet in my dreams. I had thought that it was just a dream, that I was composed in reality, but after what happened at the construction site, it didn’t seem so.62843bd0e100c186

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I tried to reassure 5817bade99 myself that it was b8a2cd403a okay, but it was be73640a72 futile. A perfectly 2a7fc1b1fd fine stone 7da49113b7 looked like 21aa0b682f a gravestone, 44e1797003 and sweet f28795321e sugar seemed 62800f5751 like poison. The fragments c5d96079c0 of anxiety 6d2ee3df9d were gradually f9620687d5 consuming my 43660416e1 sanity.9558f5548627cbf4

I needed 401b0db28d to get 8c79166d6d away.70fb45852b0c8811

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Without me realizing it, I didn’t know if I might suspect and harm the people around me.dc8689c1c8bf6f64

Could I 54edef8e37 harm my 56b00b1ed3 wife and 781b42c736 child?bfffd0e009ea9895

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I raised my 8592166bca head in question.c40295b5c0e13c32

I can’t kill.ceec8ec13edc466c

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If I could kill someone, I would have started with myself. I wouldn’t have bothered trying to survive like this.f67b63928a260bdc

Furthermore, being a grandmother who prepared to harm herself before even being born. I didn’t want future generations, born into the same situation as me, to go through such a thing.ff7ba8dbfac6dae0

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“Should I just die…?”3d5d558c3c5c3d87

The words that I 2b23807c6b unintentionally harbored slipped out. If Suren heard, he 173f16d146 would have scolded me.f53b594e73ae5964

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But it wasn’t an entirely baseless thought. I just needed to hold on for four more months. Who knows, if I die like this and open my eyes again, maybe I can return to the original world.b48be1677fe56fd3

Complicated thoughts swirled in b1de18436a my head.3b3e9c7432b70243

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Please don’t kill me.0d1eb23d40db143f

That was 6f6fda41ca something Leonie be7c0e3a05 from my 04843f0d5f previous life c6a1e71c09 must have 1dc44a0b5e shouted countless b49999227e times.d361ad7b5e1adee1

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But I had already 6a952ead5c seen the outcome. The woman 6150518860 by the 9dd4cf3756 bedside falling e1bf956e0f onto the f89b1bb668 blade.e735a2de424d3560

I couldn’t persuade him to spare my life.e17687bc2c5c7f4c

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How did I 8323178e9c end up in f063ef2fd5 this situation? A sigh escaped ae2c24ec5e me.12f8fd6a7b9fbf8d

If I were the 89a6ac7e5c villainess I envied in 4209f71d86 my previous life, I 1b83084b52 could have changed my a5c50a394c actions and at least cac5fd8484 begged for my life.ebe3fb8bab404387

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But there was ca93b9758b nowhere to be fbe2864fe3 found a reason 227b9c4c94 for him to 6b6559eb43 spare me. My death 08531b1192 was intertwined 2a47670ede with his af20080929 survival.c83e460ccd9d8986

Moreover, because my death aadbd3183a was the beginning of bfe770b191 the unfolding.f664353cae262f42

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To finish the da45d9183e prologue and move ab6960b7d3 on to the d7237e309d main story, I 1745e7ba6a had to die 65ad06a593 without fail.bb7ed2e15511e7a9

I am treated as a precious existence to him now, but that’s only for the sake of his status.500d0708faa851de

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There was no f454bc2674 reason for him 5afcc5c47f to keep me 909afd7af0 alive, even at fab7002dcc the cost of d856f60c81 losses.8fa85aed78d108e6

I shook b52364cb81 my body e6e81909b1 and stood 6d1570dcf1 up. Even with a small ffd60efe65 movement, my head throbbed. My body was so 2f78764f8b frail that I had 58970ba6fa to grab onto the a5c5bbd574 bed frame to stand 38c509dc24 up.3b4a89e5f3aceecd

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I walked to the b25e049a1e cemetery holding a lantern. The surroundings were eerie.d466b5a0e91c1954

The late evening 59bf2fe635 cemetery felt so fc587e2aa6 spooky, as if 0718937460 ghosts might pop a8d8a30e38 out. I shivered, but f88e6ca983 soon I chuckled daad63d098 at the thought e3c428b95e that they, too, df9e7e1a89 had the same 809a0b113f cold blood as 3aaffa4ed7 I did. I wished a f07b33ac64 ghost would come ce31ca867d out. They were the 4037fa4fbe only ones who b64672b28e could understand me 03b338f7b4 and listen to 6fce5445b2 my worries.f9f5e1b144dc19a9

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I dug through 9d9c06c5a4 the snow piled aafe7fc267 up on the 16d15a587f graves. I had melted 033af35cf4 the frozen parts f05eb6b35a with ice before 5f7f8af42a falling sick, so 3415ee2537 digging was relatively 1db782f906 easy.11f0912ef3476b45

One by 24f5dd7282 one, I 07d7dde60f retrieved the 964c901f5c items I 6d369665df had prepared. A shovel, a stick, ee80f87148 and dried meat.d0593b50b94de55d

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I cleared the 174c8c893e snow-covered areas. The color was f0a435dd17 darker now than ea691d415a when I first cb2c63ba65 buried them, saturated abe31a8eb2 with moisture.157bacd18393a3b8

As I d93cd26516 brought out 7b2f5ba992 the supplies, 57f41ab8aa the grave 34e8690289 sank deeper. I had to fill bdcbbdb265 it up with snow 3b79ea73a7 again. I gathered some defe45acc1 snow from the 584ed9f4af neighboring graves.09253ca66fb78646

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As I tried b152d7dc45 to cover it 1a7ef4352b with snow again, 04ff99912c something caught my c36430817f fingertip. The edge was cb7d88664d hard and pointed.86548d7df393995e

Had I d2f229985c missed something b2fa9f99cf while taking f7e7d8da9e things out? I cautiously searched 9d7b0dfb64 through the grave.24b2f0ae35a3c41a

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Soon, a 50b1726938 wooden fragment 77fb454d62 with a 6b1295fb96 deep black b2e68dda7e hue came 2b22f813a8 out.e0d294158235f94d

It was a frame with a man’s portrait, and a small box.44e3bfccd9916e53

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Red hair, 7f0df83190 a familiar 1c9dee39a3 face.8c44baeece8c5866

I lifted 66e1d313b8 my head. The tombstone was right 349583a242 in front of me. I had unknowingly crossed 7a30e2251b the boundary while digging.dc84f8fde20f3e52

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“I’m sorry. I ended up digging your grave too.”e1da7bff7ea33f76

I offered a sincere apology. I hadn’t noticed the boundary because of the snow. It seemed I had dug up his grave next to mine without realizing it.ee4ceaaea838cc29

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Fortunately, I hadn’t touched his remains, but I had discovered the mementos buried alongside him.de12da9b3e81ea87

I wiped off the frame. The man’s face was vividly reflected on the transparent panel.efa69225084604fc

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The previous 0ba458fea7 inhabitant of 0534a8f028 the grave a9a71d0bf1 beside mine fd439300ba was a 772ca58cf7 man.87bfa16e99d20f13

A child, c5ff8652b6 an elderly b41b53c486 person, a 88febebdb1 middle-aged man.1e88d035b684622f

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Among them, 4e71f857e8 my previous 7b0e603eb7 inhabitant, who 426903e669 had firmly e0ce99de0a occupied the 2d25a4ec7b body for c259271daf three years, bc0ef3595c was a 29ca5208c8 man.e4fa2f14e42c519e

Willie Tatum. He was 39328b5793 an ordinary 4d71c65eb3 adult male 198e8c5c01 in his 1dc4194f8a twenties.0cf7aadabe8b22b0

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In the portrait, 2cd81024c5 he looked a aab6006bf4 bit leaner, but a00d765308 he appeared healthy 5c6e52ecfa like a young 4d14ac7ea6 man. He had 25d10c4c0e more flesh ab4d04c8ef on him 3cdfc511ea compared to d97f7a9a93 the portrait ec3d1837cb I found b0cf47cb68 in the deba61982e guest room.be92212f4cd27b2d

Although he was the youngest son who was leaning towards being on the shorter side, his performance as the youngest was not bad when he was young, so he was said to have grown as tall as an adult man. Unlike the others, he had not experienced hardships from a young age, so he had good physical strength. But still, this portrait only showed his upper body, so I couldn’t determine his overall physique.2ccd6e71bc0db9fd

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I thought all the 6f2cdddf44 portraits were in the 86d3e0c35c drawer.65ec3c162391efdc

It’s truly a macabre hobby in a way. Leaving behind the face of someone about to die, for what purpose?bb4d606615b93f9d

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In the end, fb3db89b0f the portraits could d35e63e5ec only be used a082f70687 as memorial photos.223690be5f34d7ce

The portraits in the empire were painted by somewhat verified artists, so their prices exceeded the cost of a whole house in the commoners’ neighborhood.cd92f2ff441be3ca

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Moreover, it 7133ffbd04 took several e34d83ac87 months to 26f5759a0a complete.6bac52a67a537f10

They even brought an 926bef72b4 artist all the way 9a2d75a2dd from the far north. Did they pour in c17664d15b a considerable amount of 3a0e8ba527 money just to give b74e3a9309 him some decent treatment?64571500e65531a9

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Or was 888034613f it merely 774f75b38a an exhibition ca7da68cda for spoils 1104d19b98 of war? Did they 08618af8a0 leave marks eab92324d3 like trophies 7549a10238 from hunting?562e5a76fbbaf6ea

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The reason there were two portraits left was because he had survived for a long time. He didn’t die before the paintings were completed.6b9510bba0e14a67

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As I pressed b171f6aad2 the button, there c625557cf3 was a sound 217d35bdfa of the latch c44926815d releasing, and the 36f938164c lid of the cc9d876e34 box slowly opened.fc5e32640201a692

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I almost screamed. I swallowed the scream 237cd6da7e that had risen to 97ad672968 my throat.e949b8806ab6c4e0

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I should have looked around to see if anyone had heard the small exclamation, but I couldn’t take my eyes off the box.b55645c9be7c7177

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