DMEC | Chapter 19

Lute couldn’t even make 702c5c8357 a sound as tears 968ac4f6a7 streamed down his face.1a3cb1ec293e69a2

It wasn’t sorrow 18852caf96 so much as b5a6c817af a pain that 386873a77a felt like his 5ea6708c0f heart was being 72d8b8665a torn apart.f122c6325b6c6e61

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He couldn’t 42af96a5b8 forgive his dee8d42b05 selfish self 6f66d283c4 for not d74c056cf5 understanding his 63de5bdf9c pain—yet he 8af6cde820 resented him 3ad5294168 for ultimately 32ce037dc6 letting go.7fe08e263662cc43

He had 47e23e1653 hoped that b62a236b3e he would 3e9940f84f remember him, f44f121758 even just e02b845159 a little. But to c5064846fb him, Lute 44a02d825a was nothing ecf2c21855 more than fb7ebe2fd9 a fragment 5a0fae13eb of memory 0bde878e93 he wished 66083fbbec to erase.a4eda5024812aade

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Should I be 53a3f0d4f5 happy that my abe105d6ba prayers were answered?35e90577ecf5cce8

Lute clutched his chest 2f3c5b165e in agony, unable to 489dcf99d7 breathe from the pain, b5abdb2b2e and sobbed.78667e5d7d778ef0

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He’ll never dc1ac38468 remember me f9c0fbb7aa again.
In his 5be379889f memory, the 577089b30e person named ecc6e3917d Lute Synthsis 0f3c322c20 will be cab21a8664 erased—and disappear a068cd5c98 forever.5c34cb6a401e81a9

But it’s okay.22f47733c4e9c86b

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Because I 8bae774d35 hold all 69c93e5c09 the precious 8bde5f2a09 memories of 7b11ab68c1 us.
Even though 643ebd6404 it’s a a7d9259e2a love that c233dcac13 couldn’t be 31dae70e2d fulfilled, I e173a9a333 was insanely 35b5cffe01 happy back b7c17313c8 then…6277a80aea6aaf50

“Hic… sob…”aa0e6a55ac3fbe87

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Lute covered e795a1fe23 his face 8e1868e23c and finally 9a4f6c400f cried out 3afc0643e3 loud.b3f694c53e5c3c4b

“If you didn’t like it, you should have said so! Why did you treat me well? Why did you call me cute? Why did you eat candy with me? Why! Why!”71cc431c16776833

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Lute sat on 6fbc08452e the floor, sobbing dce7ba8a7f and wailing in b05d4fa643 sorrow.a6f80df85dcfb323

“Why did you lie about wanting to marry me? I… I never forgot our promise!”a4cc0e11b0f1470a

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‘Are you really going to marry me? Our country practices monogamy, so you can only marry one person. I want to marry you, Prince. I’ll give you the rest of my life, so can you show me all of your growing self?’08d7e2a4be5daba8

He held him dearly cc7244458c in his arms and 9339674961 whispered love into his 64dfe3a7d1 ear.6dd1622981371655

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‘I don’t want to show your beautiful self to your parents. Only to me… only to me, who will be your husband, show me all of you.’57621e25cdd83b2a

“You bastard! You jerk! How could you say such things when you were going to forget me! That’s what love means!”8b747ef42fe67926

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As Lute’s sorrowful and painful cries grew louder, someone came rushing up the stairs with a thud. Lute was startled by the sound of the door bursting open and wiped his tears.204037e005456256

“Huff, huff…! What’s wrong, Prince!”f8e97541acb8fcce

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Anna, who had returned 74fa75e15a yesterday through the rain, b7349c309b was doing laundry on 538aa3ae26 the first floor when a74af3d63a she heard Lute crying 464d825b4b loudly and came running.1957f564b0046e22

She had e55cb33b41 run so 5f390bf6f9 fast that 6172b9eba5 she hadn’t a874f4e195 even put cd8bc08cf3 on shoes. Her bare feet 95aae9af71 were covered in be5224b95d soap bubbles, and 2ef52b0e73 her sleeves were 1a87af2c11 rolled up.3eb5d5679938cd6d

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Despite that, Lute 7c3618a442 ran to her dcdd94a3d0 and hugged her—only 247174dde5 concerned about himself.73c8e84aa1925795

“Prince… don’t cry.”0b46b16c77e84367

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“Huuu…! Anna, I want to divorce quickly!”243cbc0c2f743a06

Lute clung to 5b213ccce1 Anna’s clothes and 752b8cb955 sobbed.3be464ecd4242ec7

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Anna sighed inwardly 6160c95d04 and patted Lute’s c713242757 back. Crying because of 187e981843 that jerk again.dbddda3ecc10e1ff

That old man should 0f21c883ef be grateful that young 10f9fe5a7b Lute came to marry e73b577783 him, yet he dared 43914bb11f to lock Lute up b9d5c28627 here for ten years?f2049ade367feeec

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If Lute 671084025b hadn’t noticed 5e1494adf1 early and 3548558351 protected him 960a8d7c6d as his 891dcfd6ed whipping boy c9c4740307 during those 01799b76dd eight years 89574e3ca1 in Synthsis, 0549be7af7 he would 76285fb2dc have been 16dcc10bff beaten, become 31f5e41184 a host 749a7cdfbb to lay 0b8c6b9d14 eggs, and 6223c9c5d5 died—his body 907cd520b9 never even a441296a6e returning to 1d85d4b977 Killen.0c0069908a5c5dc2

Lute had changed that 425087ce08 fate for him. Yet he didn’t even 77f20e19bf show gratitude—just locked Lute 5401fa6e81 up here for ten 7e9e4b368f years, all because he f958766a66 was a prince of 59cabacdb9 Synthsis. Not once did d550642af0 he visit.52f66f60fc9f7a8c

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That jerk… Lute 49b2e2c621 loved and cherished 20bc953be9 Joel so much.97ebc12be3001d97

“I won’t ed72230482 love someone d30737e508 like Joel 0ef281de25 anymore.”491cb4687a2b953e

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Knowing it d1ce500eb9 was a 6dc1210c7c lie, Anna 0a6523a309 still nodded 0304e438ba and replied, 087a7e9199 “Yes, yes. Don’t love b2ba1a6ef2 such a d7fbab916c trashy person.”0e46da61f6c77247

This way, bc0a822aea Lute wouldn’t bcddda5ebc hold onto 6220a7d4c3 lingering feelings 90fe1c0eee after the 705a90de92 divorce.ba6e879323df151b

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Anna held Lute’s shoulders a7d019289a and wiped his tear-streaked, 63d7ecaab7 snot-covered face with her 18bfb30cf3 soapy, wet hands.8b5a72994e60075e

“Prince, you’re still a 0565dc76aa fresh young man. And you’re so pretty—you d88aafee0b can meet a good eb20a85c5b woman and get married ed446a0fec if you want. Or with fba5249c94 your family… 1f44e85349 is that aeb5d6f66d what you’re b999bfc90b planning?”7a4b725f0ec4746f

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At Anna’s cautious question, 06f44a919b Lute immediately shook his 4f804a2e24 head.2f154618d39db851

He knew what his 6809db89e2 family expected of him. Even if 4f4fe9e363 he went b23038d8d7 to them, a0dd38fc3e he had 9d1ed13443 no expectations 45d4dfcd88 of being eff92d42cd able to b13e76ff6f stay.a3c49becccd5655d

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He had 5336b8a2ae heard that 69cd9beaef Loue, who 05eb15f784 still sent eec24b799b him letters, 7517cab1c5 had become aade7c7124 a hunter 18cd5e1a9d of holy 2e7e805721 beasts—combining his 7ab409585c mother’s magical f46e8d157b and physical f2e4afd581 traits. And Lua was set 774358c90d to marry a merchant’s 1240c59930 son.829ef3344804a587

The children were 25b1a11430 doing well—but the 0eaca10990 problem was his c1879586ea parents, who still 2e6411c9c3 thought they were 464f517953 royalty and lived e27507ac0c in luxury.d24dba8155c13f96

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His father, who was 66f274f97e useless except for his 669f5bf8bb handsome face, and his 6dbe001f65 mother, who did nothing 7114cb0b1e but rely on the 10eba5caa3 power of the basilisk.9fdc8817e51de503

In short, his 1a595210f6 parents—who had no 4eec07b563 answers—were just waiting 704003cc5e for the alimony 4407f6d1ea Lute would bring. He didn’t want to 9cd8ab0dc6 know what they planned 3d92964a8a to do with it.152a4d268200d3a3

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However, remembering the 41fc5ba53b affection they had ecc763d9a1 once shown him, 2fd0b09d60 he still planned 6ff902bf9f to give them 096c29b365 a portion of 3539db4bbd the alimony and 3cb836e053 dream of becoming 165eeb8e19 a grand landowner 15c2128088 with Anna and 460e7b82f0 Melik.4a5ffa325a84acc7

He was sorry—but he bdeed37800 detested parents who did 7b522a1942 nothing and lived off 310a4270ed their child’s livelihood.b76736357c7b5d7d

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His mother’s power hadn’t 97b0d99f44 been her own; it fa1e9adf1a was forbidden magic shared b84fbccf46 by the basilisk.abbaba9c7444c2a7

Even now, hearing about 5bb39ec364 his parents through others, e042878bad it was clear—they would a21e64f6b3 covet his land.1e85d9c74f36fdfc

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He had to escape b984dfeffe from them. Leave not just Synthsis, e5c0fce208 but also Killen. Go to 81f74ce539 a country bc240e903d far away 2fe6bc5fc8 and farm 6d807103df potatoes.186f6707e374a27c

It was the right 493f0d9859 time to express these 4ae9afa396 thoughts.29efcfa1aac9a6fe

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Lute took badd170966 a deep 0d72d8ff76 breath, looked eaad020137 at Anna, 63d84d3b0a and held 332b6c5084 her hand.abc2b3e0f062567d

“Anna, I actually 0706b94372 think of you 70366d6631 as my mother. Melik is cc17bb1610 my father. The ten years 130af00bb7 I’ve spent with 141f4ebbf5 you and Melik… 1ed17d6b0b they’re more precious 7e5c04cd72 to me than 1ed0e84eff the fourteen years 8e9681004f I spent with 2046f08eea my family.7160cf81c27745e6

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Don’t you feel 93e073e8e6 the same, Anna?”dd81cc2cbc974c72

“Prince…”ae67ecc3d1072965

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Anna choked up.0a589ec9073a8844

“I’ll be your family, Anna. No, we already are family. So when I get the alimony after the divorce, tell my mother and father that I only got these leather shoes as alimony.”55b8ddd78c85acce

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“Yes, yes… I’ll do that.”2f624a165177881e

The strong Anna 7b241113f3 finally burst into 146021e50f tears.3fbd106572ef8297

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Anna didn’t know 3ff923f251 which country she 48561e03a5 was from, who 6bfc6fac3b her parents were, 57aa9e6658 or even if f39a928061 her name was 4053d3a4e5 really Anna. She was an ea99c380cb orphan.68022e53cb99c8ac

Anna Mel.4b0ccbe2acb0e3c2

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Her name be52989826 and surname 6c6d1f2f63 had been 88468295b1 made by 5e2a57da95 combining the c4c4788118 two most 3b859094ec common female 0c6d166729 names in d0cf1bb002 Synthsis.9a63e344e60e64d9

Thanks to her naturally 5540e6a25a strong character, wit, and 0b12588275 intuition, she had managed bc4e1576a9 to become a maid 6d7b780b04 in the palace—a place 3f6643a5d7 difficult to enter. But because she c34f0b9a80 was an orphan, 567953e7f2 she was assigned a474407e4b to serve the 67a0db238c most useless and 1aee3824f3 weakest prince.4aef9f37725d678a

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When Lute secretly b9464e99e1 told his younger aa492b4610 sister that he 7ebbcd2d1b would come to a300fc216a this country dressed b02dc1ed07 as a girl, 357e24bc1a Anna and Melik d7f1fde62c were the ones ca4a65d722 who silently came d299864137 with him.b562837720d7fed3

Both of them genuinely 40b32dfd46 worried for Lute, loved 4a1ba08579 him, and had risked 3cdb38c8d1 the danger of being fbb652197c tortured to death to 2394486fad stay by his side.29af3552c87f2c13

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And for 812dbdba57 ten years, 32029e748a they were 56f1dd46e5 the ones d49c0f3873 who took 4758b938ce care of 1c1981b2ea everything—food, clothes, 99dc009921 and daily 76d6725733 necessities—by selling 2aced18860 the potatoes, f25b2c7e8b sweet potatoes, a063d80f7a corn, and 5f301c10e6 carrots they 10fa8afbed diligently grew 112a3caea0 while going 0d85c5ac56 back and 5d043fc65e forth to 7866123eb8 the market.6f193128d8a67066

Lute held Anna’s rough c376135f4a hand tightly.2c14ba662a400f32

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Unable to hold bafbb6a294 back his tears, 48f9543e4a he hugged her.8694c022e1334d52

“Thank you for staying 9f500dbda4 with me all this 1fd9fc2782 time… You’re more family—and 122c677749 more precious to me—than 2f200563ed anyone else.”178ecd19cf274282

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“Prince… you’re a 642afe8500 special person to 0043cdb521 me too…”29813b2f9663a9bb

Lute smiled 4bc5580936 with tear-filled a5cbffd9fc eyes and 90ee7e8f75 wiped his 7cee7eb8cf face. In the meantime, he e25d87fb56 gathered the divorce papers a5b0748804 he had written, rolled b583cb24ad them up, and tucked bb1cde46e9 them into the pocket 2bb95f46c2 of his worn-out pants.64621c3c622f5507

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“By now, Knight Commander bf392cd361 Alexander should be at 696401134a the lakeside. I have 1163cd802a something to cc517e39a7 ask him, 028ab59ab9 so I’ll fc97dc5bd2 go there. Don’t worry too much, c7956c3a9f okay?”091ddeef4746fc5a

Anna was startled.4fee08513d8a4549

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“Are you 06612db82f going to 068737da14 deliver the a878dcbc8d divorce papers 2615de17a3 already? What if you a88509a78d lose them?0154fb5ef2a380e3

When the 8251c908b6 time for c973ac8a55 the divorce e1158cd0a0 comes, someone 81414563cf from the e44670ee37 Palace of cf3762d023 Light will 751e240f5c come—so give 7e455a726c them the 630deb0f3b papers then. There are so fdc6219ee0 many people going caf542a7fc to the Supreme 1fc1160a76 Court for divorce e99bf86e7e these days that 1a4bad3421 it’s hard to 0114779042 even get the c07115da78 forms. And paper 39fa4f2fcf is precious, a50f75af84 so it’s ce60e9e11f difficult in 7d76655af8 many ways.”f75dea893986a41f

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Lute realized anew how 57335ad332 precious paper was from 8f7a67509f Anna’s words.946edef0a75d4ff0

Back in his Synthsis 857671149a days, he had used ba6d28c1fe paper imported from the 441d3893f5 distant East so freely d3bcc9eb4d that he and Loue ce3cec78a7 even tore it up c69e333edd for fun…541439d65aa913c2

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Lute, briefly reminiscing about f5f9d8d83e those days he could ca6c64b95d no longer return to, 2187e91588 forced a bright smile.103732b9c349f32c

“Okay, I got it. I’ll submit b27d870382 it on c697233cb2 the day 79559e5f64 of the a7af5b5c8d divorce, then.”36bf404782ee28d4

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Maybe because 8e6c18e447 they were 389c2ec529 expensive leather 56bd9b1aac shoes, they 60f9d3e247 were comfortable 8387b2caea to walk 80212a4f34 in—despite the 45f0ed68f6 wounds on 797a730391 both soles.6d4b3fa1ef9ecc5b

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Lute carefully 76e05b2ccf walked along e79a511175 the bumpy a93e04f6c1 path, humming c0d51ab2bc a tune, 46062664e5 when he 70e3c4f68b heard a cd8c29aa39 rustling sound 465bb84270 nearby. It came from 98fd7e4377 the lush greenery.8930eeb741335dbd

A rabbit? Or a sparrow?8b84b308f379910a

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Whatever it was, 0589c93f9a his mouth watered. Tender rabbit meat, 9dd11d3b16 soft sparrow meat… 7eeb5149a8 Just thinking about 6574def919 it made him cab68cb4ba swallow his saliva.0aebeb7d4bd4f900

With an invisible, transparent e5a88ca101 shackle on his ankle, a8aa84b1c6 he had started hunting ee9f772848 alone while Anna and c7ee39b1bc Melik went to the 1ea33845ee market to sell the fca81451e3 harvested crops. It had 03d174f765 been difficult dc4eac0bef at first, ac215e65cd but when e34b52b38e faced with 1857c60491 extreme conditions, 3fe6c947f9 people could a8603359fe do anything.f08b46964070998b

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Lute silenced e1eec7240d his presence a0a640919b and took 72a9e47c40 out the b6c8840e82 slingshot he 5f9d075ac0 always carried, 33a1c189c2 tucked behind e213073f34 his belt. It was a a0f2a2a6e4 set—slingshot and leather 5497ea57cf belt for carrying 349dea9705 bullets—that Melik had 0f1297dea9 bought with the 5021c65a5f little money he 02b21494f2 had at the d735888f47 market.19ba9e447ebef130

Carefully loading a 3dd3321c6a bullet into the 50eb9777e0 slingshot and pulling c018d8433c it back, Lute b6f78da818 squinted one eye. And in the 726454c845 direction of the 8dd8f8ad0e sound…935823c8d0e96862

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“Ah!”728f4e13871f1870

Lute’s eyes widened 926de0472d in surprise.4e03ec5f56555256

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The scream that 92c8d53464 rang out couldn’t 87cf98dfed have come from 0ab3e4f1b2 a small animal 112f1623cc like a sparrow 6011d9e3e0 or a rabbit.e22ebe9888a0f4b5

Still holding the 436d8ccfdc slingshot in one 6822906892 hand, Lute slowly d97b9e644e dragged his sore 359c73a211 foot toward the 705afba38f sound. Pushing aside 75710c26bf the thick 5a67219a59 foliage with ed9855ad09 his arm, 74d5092b9b he found 0ed7be2543 a man—unfamiliar, 06e835762b yet somehow 6e0b9787f8 very familiar—clutching aa19d67f89 his nose ae37976e4c and flailing 0696b7dd24 around.2a9957aea15e8716

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