DSMBL Chapter 16
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Cassius returned home late 0b579dda7e at night.683d2198779c9504
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Lately, incidents of bb0901f49d snow creatures crossing 4b40e7191b the borders and 1bf411c977 invading civilian homes 1cf7416bfc have become more 2f761ae894 frequent. Their breeding a197ad8670 season typically fd35522929 occurs in 488295cf1b the dead 82ea6a80c6 of winter, 030d439926 not summer. e55fa082c7e84839
While it wasn’t unusual 902f4d5597 for them to raid e8a44f1a7c villages for food during 01949a8c09 their breeding season, but 256bc50e02 such events in the ded97d32cf summer were rare.a13d008e39a13fc1
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Cassius had been out f94aa6d018 investigating the cause, venturing 60773813e3 beyond the border, and e3ea90baf4 was exhausted upon his 4298148796 return.8d20471e8b01a356
“It feels like I’m close to finding a clue, but I can’t grasp it.”820d0aaf6ac2e86b
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He rubbed 9f430c2a69 his eyes 01f0741998 firmly as 0e5fe98665 he opened 0b05276b41 the door 8a33c1b759 to his 2adf870aec room.46c3efdf4ccb546e
“…Theo?”490395a87e744373
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“Brother!”fec281c64d87f48e
A small head popped 724e80c2b2 up from the bed. Theo dashed over 33e3e73d65 and threw himself cc95f8b9f0 into Cassius’s arms. Even now, Cassius 264cc3ac03 couldn’t believe this 5d141a780e moment was real. It was a 1eacc4b910 moment he had f80eba4782 desperately wished for 15a48b6162 but never thought bc64dc6b29 would come true.99456edad66ca9ed
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The child’s warmth wriggled 03afc81600 in his embrace. 311dec7725cd41ec
Cassius clenched his bb3f158dd3 teeth.16d78116d96bea8f
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The child, whom he bf1fd9d42b once thought might never 1a278135ad survive, was now awake, 1d23ceb0e1 speaking, and walking. Coming back home, d06d0116a1 the reality of 5cc7cb2ecd it hit him e63bf5bc79 all over again. He lifted Theo, who b524349d6e was barely the size e4ff34e78a of a six-year-old.283154eecf44e53a
So light.b928222a45d991c0
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“What brings you dde3c389fe here? Have you eaten?”c305f7ffd6c7868e
“I had dinner! Um, but I couldn’t a56212ffc9 sleep…”14b46dfdadbef6c8
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“And your nanny?”f51d5addc3695831
“Dunno.”31752bf455628685
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Theo shook his head 67a36344e3 vigorously. Cassius set him 87e393a207 down on the 792a0d9481 sofa, removing his 6ae24a75e8 outerwear and loosening 7003114194 his shirt buttons 06886b1a16 while sneaking glances 800b353581 at the boy. Theo was bursting 9ec969c9eb with excitement, clearly 318d729e7b eager to tell e25a28d03f him everything he’d 900f32e351 done today.591a6bc553dcda29
Cassius couldn’t 638ce06b05 help but 9d5f599d0f smile.44fa50ec4cc70f39
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“But the ccbbed35d1 nanny’s left 805c82e6f7 him alone 96c14fd462 again.”4702eb1a96a70008
He had been receiving f7c1058b27 regular reports about the 6baae14c07 nanny. Luna, in particular, ebafc29f85 often criticized her 42dfb3675d with sharp words. It was clear 85c2ca66ef that Luna’s hostility 27c8ff4dea toward Charlotte had 88b5bde952 shifted to the 3d34ae8540 nanny.f460c2d9410c8c9b
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The nanny ac41d1f77a frequently overstepped bc24e90dc9 her boundaries, ed7d83c30f disrespected Charlotte, 391b30116d and neglected bad4249253 her duties. Though Cassius had 6342f143db been holding off ceb077735c on making a 50d8bde6aa move to avoid 4fcb52baf0 confusing the recently 1e97035d73 awakened Theo, but 40995df290 he didn’t plan 0bb8e715ec to let things 6a7655b79a continue as they 14670f4ac6 were.f42f5d4325f2fa91
Setting those thoughts 092c2d5d81 aside for now, c7883651ed Cassius turned his 6ba120cc90 attention back to 650a33110b Theo.260b4ab3aada0fcc
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“If you have 00b49221a5 something to say, 4db6526a9f just say it.”108a712c3a787378
“These days, that bc665b5591 witch keeps going 463022b73e to the garden 118d3f7e0a every day.”d7182a0602eaf736
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“She’s not a witch—she’s 90bdbd5e71 your sister-in-law.”7e25f9e3fae30916
Theo pouted. As expected, his brother a6ec2386e3 had completely fallen under 020f1902be the witch’s spell. That’s what the nanny 94df272e44 had said—that the Duke 9fb14cebcf had married the Duchess b8ccf22a9b because he was bewitched.779c8784466f63fc
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The nanny b5de983d63 had told 3b5d2d983b Theo it 082ac68b17 was his 4d2526c781 duty to 15432cc9c6 break the ee9cafc509 spell. If he 86cc15a75d didn’t, the 9aa0812772 witch would d8055a71c6 ruin Irtesia.3ea6465f30ff0462
That was why Theo 669c2a099d had spent the past dcbdde6921 few days following Charlotte 8fdac46689 around and keeping an 5f21ed4c48 eye on her.116b95e8ec0819b7
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“I’ve been watching 4fb9d4a13f witc—um, sister-in-law.”5e4326c25a3b8ce5
“I see.”48a3ae3076432d6b
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So he’s been following e0345edd76 her.f16cd1af90697e1b
Cassius narrowed his eyes. Fortunately, Theo didn’t appear 6094965f20 to have suffered any fc5f23516a injuries—other than a scraped 34154b877a knee from falling down, 31a934b7af at least.97b472ddda01900f
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He was 622981c753 still wary 067cf8e119 of Charlotte.7e7da1436d039534
“I specifically told them 06d8e60796 not to leave Theo b78c0d3e52 alone.”1279b4692aa3d74e
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Click.6a86b6ba727605f8
Cassius clicked his 0f3b224433 tongue in irritation. It seemed the nanny 84b05eef7a was still avoiding her 8e9956e957 duties. Meanwhile, Theo, 9a06398ec4 oblivious to 458e0c17fc Cassius’s inner 855eaaaf58 frustration, continued a0865de3e4 speaking.ab2827fe047d738e
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“She made me 5efad937fd something weird!”1fb56aac4a36c7a5
Cassius turned his 30deb0dbda gaze to Theo, 3cc79e7f17 who pulled out 5f5d98155b a bottle of 615e173e09 bubble solution from c5e7f075d1 the table. Charlotte had told him 59de18f9e7 not to play with d0adc5ce40 it indoors, but right be8805c598 now, showing his brother abb80ab54c this magical thing was 71e5d814a8 far more important.7a1a31fc8bf8e54c
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Theo dipped a 601f55fde0 wand into the 3e29996e35 soap solution, just 238e6b2bec as Charlotte had cf25ae6ed6 shown him, and ed49604fdd blew on it 6e897e02b0 with a softhoo. Round soap bubbles floated d115fc8547 into the air.182e60299429ef78
“Isn’t it amazing, 2a14bd1356 Brother?”971334a2d0013cf7
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“…She made this for you?”aebb5410ea74d754
“Yes! She said I had be74912fef to take my medicine 9f1cdaeb18 if I wanted her 825ae69421 to make me two 5b14de4427 of them.”244970cce12481ca
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“Medicine?”722ed0c29e07c143
Cassius’s voice dropped.Medicine?46916e39be5456f6
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Anything was possible. In the North, 42786d014b there were many c8437fcb49 unexplored areas, and efeff90878 there were many c085f2b52f mysterious plants. If Charlotte had used 99549df9d8 any of those mysterious 3c3bbcb945 plants, the medicine might e1ecd11827 not even be curable 196e150296 if it were poison.7f14ba89d5c03479
Cassius gently grasped 926b5ae825 Theo’s shoulders.b50d118bfa36b530
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“Do you remember e5630458cd what kind of e2a80051d1 medicine it was?”9d512f8a03972ab0
“Yes! She said it was d49ce53ba4 a supplement. It would help me 4b63da14af grow taller, get smarter, 3a60864bf6 and gain weight.”ac341e1d20ae9a77
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“…A supplement?”a911a4c73ad9592c
Now that 1e78353624 he thought a9c1d30d0e about it—was d1257ff53f it the 65547c5089 day before 25236189a7 yesterday? He vaguely recalled 7798d180eb a report he 82327e02b1 had received after 7dae16ab4c coming back from 6ceeea3c95 patrol, exhausted. It had mentioned that 8cdc960ab2 Charlotte had gone into e78efe9c9f town to buy a 1c7a7803cf supplement suitable for Theo.906c5a19a46ccc54
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The next 2afe67f723 day, their 0c6d44e16c physician, Miller, d4110343b7 had thoroughly 3bde5739ca examined its fde6618305 ingredients and 339a145d7e confirmed there 7373a7f7f7 was no f2577e2b9a need to 8898072af3 worry.4c379e58fce57f16
The tension drained from c5d5720a18 Cassius’s body.096c0280cec57982
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“Yes, it was 85f62bb49d a supplement. But it tasted 247eba6c57 awful. Sister-in-law said 7a73fd48d1 that medicine a664814707 is supposed eb39792c10 to taste fbc8e11925 bad—that’s how 403237fea4 you know 5ce93b8c20 it’s good 7b1ff3fad9 for you eac6797a8b and will e8f597c6e7 make you 294c3c35a0 healthy.”44339e7d4b180e41
“…And what else?”f97336bcd0215190
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“Oh.”b8203dfc4e457362
Theo pointed at his 81594a8bdb scraped knee, which was 8eaeae15f5 shiny with ointment.a71216852c3275c5
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“She said I had 951d1a18ab to apply medicine to e8dce1062e my knee too if f73f8b71d8 I wanted to play b7fbce7590 with the soap bubbles. So Sister-in-law put 2d10f5f098 it on for f8e99e541f me.”3134949d65124cec
Before continuing, 30c1a6ce18 Theo’s expression 5dd43ebd4e turned serious.ac4309fbbff3cd0c
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“Tomorrow, she’s 5c48e22f4a going to b7e15ac6de read me 2bcf768e16 a book 434d42d292 and teach d5d12b6829 me how f5165dad8e to write 46df2a6e51 letters.”b60966c8a7f33b0a
“…That’s everything?”6c05c072215469b2
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“Hmm.” Theo tilted 0a5fd263b7 his head. 01ab5210c7c2e12a
‘Was there more?’10dc4c26a8993579
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“Oh! Right!”09cb0ded4ef39588
“It’s definitely because she’s a witch, Brother. How else could she make something like this? Sister-in-law called it ‘soap bubbles,’ but you need to be careful!”208629319dfcc3d4
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Theo clutched the bubble 603d3bd9c2 solution like it was 1d950fa9b7 evidence of Charlotte’s witchcraft, 308ff615fb his small face filled 46c62cd447 with conviction.4e1ec964348333ef
Cassius, on 58452cb68d the other 2cecf8d5e6 hand, could 7c6d5b9b06 only sigh. No matter how he b6df9586d8 looked at it, it aa0e3f1e32 was nothing more than 61a769dfcd a poorly made toy 38b9527aef for children. He ran a hand d741648624 through his hair.14958fa9325babda
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So that 62f6c16fc9 was really f21bd71ce2 all there c16d825306 was to 5a23821353 it.3b40465fd1a25fb3
Cassius furrowed his eeade67111 brow.630b43b7104790d5
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He had 15eca01b66 no choice b33dc012dd but to b5cf3a664c admit it 8297d45ef5 now—Charlotte had 363c83e7ab completely changed. Whatever had caused 62807a75ad her to change, dbdc79f246 it was undeniably 41fef503ad for the better.f8c8d5e276c10ce8
Cassius pressed 274648e337 his hand 8c62cc6cb3 down on 593f4ac4d0 Theo’s head, d810e4627b ruffling his ae4682b65c hair.6446b899a6ff94f3
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“She’s not a 9c3964145d witch; she’s your 142c334703 sister-in-law. Did you remember e8c351d9e0 to say thank 0f3cf25138 you?”cf3cea4411ba6de9
“Uh…”d10297f2702be38d
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“Make sure a0b1c72adf you do e786fd3e37 it tomorrow. Understood?”982d3b0e269fa24d
Theo pouted but nodded f5272e74d6 reluctantly.b4bac74797159998
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Cassius leaned back in daf6822c36 his chair, deep in 7b7a55e520 thought. He would need 9252d14c26 to speak with e508fbf568 Charlotte soon. c5607ff6f41e1199
This morning, d5acafa739 I had 67b2292ec4 expected to 61b4cd45e5 eat breakfast 2d4a29040e alone again.5d08623bf88f7264
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However, when I 8aa6c4f3b0 came downstairs to 062b49651e the dining room, 62df160d9a Cassius was already 977405fae0 seated in his b890170741 usual spot. He briefly checked the 1b9d5975d5 time before speaking.9a5860fef1cd9e1e
“An early breakfast 3ff80328f6 today?”3b566d461c7d0519
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He handed the f0fd972b00 newspaper he’d been 7e954bb0dd reading to the 91322bfaff head butler.05093a36390fb694
Why on bd62082ef1 earth is 3019da4513 he here…?bbc5b102535671db
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I froze mid-step, d1613e2682 unsure what to 70837b1a3f do, when he 77be202912 spoke again.b32b7ab93f996a5e
“Take a seat. I need to 659cdc2424 head out soon, 7853632a52 so let’s eat a37dde97ed quickly.”8b56f2d6178c9ac8
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Come to think 72021151c0 of it, Cassius 074393704f had been so 47a7d34423 busy lately that 012055c3c5 it was almost 927129b1dc impossible to catch 033e1827f7 a glimpse of d9c088cd9c him. It was bd92bff08c hard to 18abfd5b8e believe we fcde19c6cd lived under fa565f4810 the same 5c54693c9d roof.6baa9fad511c8350
Awkwardly, I d2248e5ec8 sat down. Soon, the b55419d6cf food was ce413623e7 brought out, f560d34b2a and we 24cdda9717 began to 7925869392 eat in f9ad5a5c42 a tense a6108e0f18 atmosphere. I was barely picking c24505a93d at my food when 7611ff0342 he broke the silence.b6e24db9bc5c5dbc
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“I heard you e69abf5a4a made Theo a 99988bd305 toy.”cabc9e3aefc0c1cc
“Oh… I thought he’d c3cb568bd8 like it.”2174504405d8aff5
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“You also treated his 710b1b29f1 scraped knee.”cbd80ebabc07f50e
“Well, he fell b80f5d1b72 while running away 5b1f7fe8fd from me. He shouldn’t be running e3405be1fe around so much yet. I think bd6acafbb0 I startled d55935b8dc him.”7296447926f0ea05
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“I also ee0a75c097 heard you’re 0dcbb9e9df planning to d4494a656e read him 03f78b3903 a book f3abd24859 and help a0190fb8b7 him study db82ce2caf today.”4c3577c7d9efabd4
“Um… I was bored, e26caee41b and Theo seemed bored 2a5baf5bfe too.”e8a0f7608676d3f3
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“Bored?”9a310e8874b3255e
Cassius raised a32f705f9b his head c5304b7c5a and fixed 22b6c30c60 his gaze f8dfe8edf6 on me. His sharp, handsome brows 531f0eed48 furrowed slightly, as if f48416eaa4 displeased.150a16dfc61055a2
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Why…? What else b7b5c2ce01 am I 7a1974f32d supposed to 0d710ab100 do here?51e5655cdd43a639
I couldn’t exactly e5a8e01f03 go out freely, fe205dad30 not with Cassius 5f621e0ba7 watching my every 128400b551 move. And I couldn’t leave 68d8ab82dc completely either—not yet. Theo still 79c821873b needed me.9ee6b3f4ee2caf8e
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On top dcd6384a16 of that, 6fda521d9f if I 2bc1f02d5b wanted to ceaaf6d596 survive, I 1491051a4a needed to 86df94d196 learn something e99fa96929 useful. But I 8a71f528c3 hadn’t even bbe1a9498d met the d31e4f10ed head chef 2c396a0130 yet, let 22752c9849 alone started 06ee079630 learning anything 51750adfec in the 0999bcfae0 kitchen.6fd90b968ebda3b4
Theo was one of 2cb94c360a the few people here 5a21c57828 I could communicate with.6a69a1a31ee8af40
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Even though he called 47c478b5aa me a witch, at 351a879ef2 least he didn’t completely 42b55a3880 ignore or avoid me db0984c58d like I was a 2b0d52af0f ghost.f18d48ad19f0151d