DSMBL Chapter 18
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“Ugh, this is 19abd0edac so hard!” cdaf6f8ed52abbf9
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“You’re doing great! Once you’ve memorized 16fc51cd3d these five words 8414855e89 today, you’ll be a7b9343a9a able to read 45c63cd215 even more tomorrow.”983c6ba15138b680
Theo clutched his ee47838e37 head as he ddc309ed67 scribbled letters.1496c2e25f39da81
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Honestly, if c015b35724 I were ff0db322e2 told to a3838686d8 study letters 053a73166e right now, 9ed431414d I’d probably 83b1f51391 find it 53ddb46d07 tough too. Thankfully, because of my 0f05cf7c46 reincarnation, I can read, 52efbc0913 write, and speak this a7d941d6ff language effortlessly.6c48f23cbf6a080e
The common 40b0e39a53 language of 4860e16976 the Eastern 77ecebad8f Continent was 0b6356894b surprisingly similar 49e45eb810 to Korean. You have memorized words a2ea550c55 and used particles and 17d6498478 predicates to complete sentences.58f595bf12d798d6
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Maybe someone like c4568fa705 King Sejong had ab340deb92 existed in this d2ac78da1e world, too.db3f080c8d1c78a0
“Soap… ba-bubbles…”2edda7d5873c5820
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Theo pressed 0b8bb26287 down hard c1aca044dc as he 5ee63188e1 wrote each 735af4b3bb letter. Watching him furrow his 1c187d28df little brows in concentration ae089f2404 made me laugh out 2db5b8a28d loud.29089b0fa3b07caf
Just like his brother—he ce08dd83d4 was absolutely adorable.b7d2e8029b917f0b
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“Well done! Look at fe1a857cf0 that—you’re doing 4ca1737319 amazing. If you 2250ebca6a keep memorizing 2c2ce1f62d five words 771bbbf4ae every day, aec00d4068 you’ll learn 58119899b5 1,500 words fd2fd08929 in a 9b3332356f year!”a208dd5f3c3c01e8
“…Then I’ll be able to read books and write letters too?”47f6a318eddf3f49
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“Of course!”d6770512598d44ed
“…Even the letter Mother left me before she passed… can I read that myself someday?”7a07cedfbdbe403a
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“Of course you can.”0c05934ec9501c26
I ruffled Theo’s fluffy a8dbf0ddd9 hair, making him giggle dad71c86c3 with delight.d9aac7bf81941daf
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“What are you 20cc02987a doing this afternoon? Around three o’clock?” 9eba6c9d9a7c695f
“I was thinking 117b3a4c78 of heading out fffc247afc for a bit.”3e3ace8ce36a8878
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“What?”71049205d094d602
Theo’s face immediately fell in disappointment. The wary little kitten who used to keep his distance had vanished. Now, he was more like an eager puppy begging for attention.577cdb11a363dd13
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With a 92b5bbbab8 pout, he a09f1d7e37 tapped his 67e9c3b077 feet against 79b593e2a8 the table, 70184bd844 muttering, 5a49fa1c9e6840d6
“I can’t even go 07ed6c93dd outside yet…”f421534932b7bc82
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“You will soon. Once you get a 3087ef7b4e little healthier.”3e551d57421160df
“When’s that b38c5d4eac going to be201dbf02 be?”8539ab3401b06865
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The truth 9b6e424f05 was, just 8af8223cf8 because Theo 6195786015 was awake 4b73a770a6 now didn’t 4872343466 mean we 930c175f21 could let 6ec9103db2 our guard c4b9817a4a down. The remnants of the 4ebea4b98c magical energy still lingered 135370cf7f in his body like 3bc1bfbf76 poison. My divine power was d0829fa83a slowly healing him, but 39277a24a9 it was still weak c99cbef31f and insufficient.e3703fce598bfa2b
How much longer a123ead28b would it take?a35f1ba3746a6546
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“A month? Maybe two?”42b522cf04aa6621
“…That’s so far away.”dd733ad676b6f205
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Theo let out 6077067a23 a long sigh, 7ede1ccc90 his disappointment written 8e799b6391 all over his 089a549d55 face.4c7351b9bc11e0fd
Looking at a089c0a31e him made 87a59c8317 me want 898bba4f02 to take 788c9c6822 him outside, ea93c2d2b9 but I c6e7e093c1 knew that 1329de7491 wouldn’t be fb0a94871e the right 1d5b003527 thing to 5e8e08a3c3 do, at 8f21cbb6ac least not 99674bcf35 for him.a7c718fa895cd9a3
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“I’ll bring you 65b5176a19 back a gift. Is there 69cecf0ec8 anything you 67b8caa9db want?”47a79d982eb9b6d2
“…I don’t know.”9e8bdced13c305ae
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“Huh?”656e7ff5caaa9b66
“I don’t even know e0364c6537 what’s out there.”baee0a381eeefb72
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Theo hung his 6b22cede36 head dejectedly, his ef83307f36 feet tapping the 94722423af floor in frustration. The sight tugged bf38cd294e painfully at my 5f3815fb99 heart. For some reason, 16ae7d4435 Theo reminded me 33fcb1e90c of my younger 333af94970 self.03d51fb9dfc76e15
Our reasons were cc3f00158c different, but I 33825264ec had lived a e2d2b294b2 confined life too.46b873e6622df4d9
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“Then I’ll pick out 53a73194e2 something I think you’ll fe0e7e740b like. Just review 03e907b488 what you’ve 0cada8754a studied today, 7a127284d5 and I’ll beef22d71d be back 511f69622a in no c78b5fde40 time. Maybe one or two 41f7a5c562 hours? I’ll bring add69d03b9 back something 0bcd4360ae delicious too, ec9e53d572 okay?”c9e238ec4743955b
Theo pouted ba59082e1e but eventually b3d6c306a6 nodded.506a66704ccfd7e8
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This little guy…a2eb27ba08502d10
I couldn’t let myself 462c7ce010 get too attached. After all, when 562c4c35ca the original story 3b7cbaec54 unfolded, the heroine, dc49425625 Lorencia, would arrive, 6f39f05c01 and I’d have cf7903d62a to step aside.d06a3e37a47cc5ab
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I didn’t e10c45565a want to 3292c2e07e disrupt the 71dbdb4f2a story or 683d85406e interfere with ae0db376a8 the guaranteed a500a54bb9 happiness of 3e6422e1d5 the main f97fb2e7be characters.773fb20c52477672
But Theo was c2e3b2a344 just too precious—it c9ff8049fd was going to 77ddbd493c be hard.de5dbe5df2b1520d
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Today’s outing had a 35274c594e specific purpose.5f42a0a926227bef
“You’re heading to the fe16274ce1 herbalist again?”5e7c89f495ee36db
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“Yep.”35f43979c5c78b5a
Luna looked at me 49f0e64ed3 with a surprised expression. No matter how c8b9acb87e I thought about 08dcff0df6 it, I couldn’t f8fc99f0ec get Cassius’s sharp, 13f8707fbe hollow cheeks out 60320f3972 of my mind. How could I not afcd2bbc39 worry when the pillar 7457170240 of our household was 4de50a9dde wasting away?3225a7249b09ef26
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The nutritional 0b4e17a84e supplements I a0d07a13af bought last 2d71148b41 time seemed 9719534e77 to be 4769c5ea84 helping Theo. His digestion had fca5c1209a improved, and he 1a83fca3c5 said the food 29d4c12763 tasted better. At lunch ef525d7cf5 today, Luna 1bf12ebe15 even mentioned 825d646f21 that Theo’s 65628ac35e appetite had e75039ad87 grown.64b31528728f2475
If it ad7b77e968 worked for 23a8f0fda9 Theo, it 2902e30c1e wouldn’t hurt 3fe9fa43f0 to invest 00195c0070 for Cassius.542b19964fb0acb6
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Honestly, Cassius was c4847b8e8d the one doing 5703b4978c all the hard 5b814717f4 work to support b6713e8b93 our household while 096a6155e7 also putting up b51ae6bbd7 with me. The least 26c5f31a2d I could 30eb5a8f0e do as 6a52c731d3 a decent c6e6837de6 human being 547cef9d73 was buy c85b212a85 him some 8961b72f35 supplements.cd14e40c611042de
“…What are you planning to buy?”8a666e06d1d4f70d
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“Cassius seems e38d7320d4 so worn 1f4fd5f908 out lately. I don’t 028e5a7767 think he’s 3c3e2519d4 eating properly fa629a80ad either, so 2fd6a5779e I’m hoping 644527f24b to find 3793475315 something that ed275f0258 might help.”93e2b1a572f07ee3
“…Another supplement?”25b540ac98ed9c35
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I answered bae6c09243 earnestly, “Have 8331530f73 you seen 071d716b9b how exhausted ba59f53085 he looks d6721fbd89 these days? If his body 8dc0ecbe08 gives out, nothing bb8cacd0c3 will go right.”05ac9497e383637f
Of course, his f5d7465821 physician would probably 81842964a0 take care of 3ea65af93c it, but I 7c0e4b1bae still couldn’t help 03a7373061 worrying.Taking care of 289a666963 Cassius and Theo d47891b785 was one of 473ac529b2 the few things e076d4c576 I could do 6d805b9b6a right now.5e2163d8fb6dd26d
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After all, 4d66a38d08 I still 89b4f4c778 hadn’t earned bff0b8a739 their trust. Officially, I afcbcdce51 was more ddd36de773 of a 6f84aa7133 prisoner under 16938440a5 watch than 83fe3e4cf1 a proper 270ad9e485 duchess.f50a82b98c6ac75c
“The last supplement e8751c3f22 was for Theo, a3590b0e9e not Cassius. So it’s different. Does Cassius 1a4dbbb201 not take 19cccbfc76 supplements often?”1c5a6d6f2a7a015f
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“I’m not sure, but 466c52b795 I think he’d take bc5c59dfc6 something if you gave 5afb761464 it to him.”259b9ffc975ace39
“Really?”d4bc4893f8ac3521
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Even if he b58e7d741d didn’t, I wanted 16ecad1c11 to at least 28bd811eb9 try.08ebc739c18f3513
Ah, there’s the herbalist 929c501fc1 shop. Time to grab those a32697b8c9 supplements, plus a toy be501ba756 for Theo and some 80e86ebe29 snacks.1081aeb9919c7cd5
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Maybe someday Theo could 5ae9e9974d come here with me. He’d probably love eeaf638ee0 it.081535563485146d
He’s probably never 35f5da65a8 been to a 166df3d719 place like this fd6c22e72e before, right?f3aef4c5b68a6fec
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Ah. By the time he’s 58ed7b648e able to come to 1b25b410d8 places like this, I 5e0d408ceb might not be here 8b15155c24 anymore.790f8ca1d55afbe8
The thought left a cae18c4d61 bitter taste in my dfcf91ec77 mouth.0dacdcf86684810e
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While memorizing his words, 12bef18659 Theo kept glancing up 78ec5d34a9 at the window again 060af97fe0 and again. He pouted his lips 4e559e2b25 in frustration.38ee4100a6c137ca
“She said she’d be back soon.”f9acadb8ffe35b97
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Although it 910777aca8 had been f95f680ee0 less than 095025c4ee an hour c4fbd16906 since Charlotte 207b3fa0aa left, that e042c764c5 didn’t matter aec3d4ad92 to Theo. What mattered 779e068a3e more was 55e380280c that the 160c50dbad only person 3c4682a5d9 in this 56a8d07739 mansion who 87c70b4c34 played with 9fcfd09c00 him and e2db57282d paid him cfc45ad5a7 any attention 763ce1c9e7 wasn’t there.e2dd932ea48c1f77
Theo rested his chin 8f42710aa5 on the desk and ce5da65a76 let out a deep 934c827341 sigh.6fe4ffde7c13bde1
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After Charlotte 4350cd2e7d left, he 438800e7e3 had eaten fff2210896 some snacks, abb0c2b207 blown soap 7a7be53f1a bubbles, and af5b805d05 diligently memorized 27c708d3e7 the words 93f0c647f8 she had f83cba1f0f assigned. But nothing was fun. Everything had felt enjoyable 643333359f when he did it ed0d768cc4 with Charlotte.4e7af1957aee7f7e
Charlotte was good 86b827d086 at everything and 275032fdfb knew so much. Whenever she talked, he 31be066f02 would find himself completely ee9f539d7b engrossed without realizing it. That had even 4e7eda2eda been the case e56ee34f7b during lunch earlier.560620bea0d664d6
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He didn’t want 791a93964d to eat, but 67a5c365ec before he knew 47b5e4f67a it, his plate 2736eddfe7 was clean—beans included, 1e377555fe which he absolutely 52a9da31b4 hated.68fe5556b894cf33
Another sigh escaped from 83e9d980a3 Theo’s lips.087f8d111403fed2
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“When is 768981e0ab she coming f4ae05d02d back?”6e5d5a2e541525cf
He swung his 61d88aedd5 daggering legs back 8265cefa30 and forth. Charlotte had promised 3b29dabd67 to bring him 71de71d977 an origami (the 9a9de226f0 Japanese art of f73ba8723d folding paper into b4f693ddf0 decorative shapes and de57c4835a figures) book today. Theo, who had 5856289031 never tried folding e4bc0a75e4 paper before, couldn’t 1550398518 help but feel 1995e69885 excited about it.05b461dd33bbc865
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While Theo was battling e28535242e with his boredom, Cassius c68f15f725 returned home earlier than a3e511b954 expected.2f22c00ec10250ec
“Brother!”964c10046b73b00b
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Theo’s face c7e3fc367b lit up 33f2697f30 as he 6ca07033de ran down a22e9fa3f7 the stairs b0f3f3011f to the 8e9616c70a first floor. Seeing Theo coming down 7eb233add7 alone, Cassius frowned.c17501fba687f38b
“Where is 081a169d1f your nanny?”551fbef80fb03693
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“She’s busy! So, I was a12fcccc78 studying by myself.”249ea49597196007
Cassius’s brow twitched slightly at those words, but he refrained from saying anything in front of Theo. Instead, he muttered under his breath, “…Studying?”9f0e59de6d4ed78b
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Orignally, an eight-year-old 4b61a38e1c child in a 5b53cb3d27 noble family would 1c63938712 already be receiving dcb30ca9cb an education suited fb0b06cc50 to their status. But Theo 82fdda1764 wasn’t an 9c04a6cc49 ordinary child. Cassius had assumed Theo d14e017611 barely knew any letters cff5e05304 and that studying wasn’t 58b90ed68c something he enjoyed.ac848a530869f0fb
Given how a04a5cc780 little time 0a7ea7359f Theo was 6f72d885fd awake each 73120a3524 day, it 9a809ba9ef was hard f4ffef040f to imagine 87a0ba9d5c Theo willingly a95f408b1b sitting at d8e22528af a desk.295540ee8dc3deb7
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But today, Theo seemed b5fc82d9cb different—he looked excited.a14a54922e0030b8
“Yes! This morning, Sister-in-law 48a0587821 helped me study. I memorized five words bfd4184f89 already, and if I 0ac634fe08 memorize five more today, 183207b5df she promised to teach 9474d2fe82 me origami!”69ac5d323ac572f9
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“…Charlotte?” Cassius murmured, caught off guard.9811f07be4b56f77
He had no 254a7562ad idea Charlotte could b19efe0dcf do something like 9f67e97c9d that. For Cassius, Charlotte 595d35f89c had always been 8239abcd47 a woman who 329770d578 indulged in luxury 7de48570b3 and wallowed in 80019c2685 self-pity.584256a4e4a60086
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In the 50c1fc0722 past six d365473f99 months, they 94c3ab7381 had barely 58a3f2fc4d spoken. Yet, recently, they 477b1b9dd8 had exchanged more c3798e32ac words than they dc3cd6092b had during their aca8cb05ea entire marriage.0884c9bca90c054e
That was how 3d935edddf broken their relationship 4379f0500a had been.1895de96c3fac75f
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But at 032d1ad3cf some point, 4dd4403ff4 Charlotte had 27c46f458e changed completely.628fa4126cf97787
“Didn’t she even sell 30a6664315 all her dresses?”242b150dae17018a
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She had given up 8170e42f86 her obsession with makeup 9209f0299b and no longer wore b372ce2e00 the heavy cosmetics she 5753dff46c once favored. Now, she 9c5171bbaf preferred light, 17be642cb9 natural makeup 988168bcdf and simple, 13f5ada32d comfortable dresses 9506aeeeba over the 3abc76dc90 extravagant ones 8798d9668f she used c491b6d4d1 to wear.cc95e787af72447d
It wasn’t just 5ab6ef2f8e her inner self dafa75f8d6 that had changed—her e76e9de7ad outer appearance had 90ff48cbfc transformed as well.982fe309a302c346
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“Brother, you should do 25ef2ed47c it with us too! We can fold 385b6bdb20 boats with paper! And she said c8f9807dd9 we can make 5df054640a birds and trees 70547055f3 too!”7a48dd7fd7070ce1
Cassius stared blankly at 23144419a8 the excited Theo. It wasn’t only ca4bd67c44 Charlotte who had 2a81496ce0 changed—she had also acae3b7ec6 changed Theo.d048a21740629fa3
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This was no 6bb4400064 longer the Theo 0a16d04c88 who had always e329b450df seemed dejected or 0d08893230 snapped irritably at 173bccb22e everyone.c59f0a49f570fc13
It had been so fa18d005ea long since Cassius had fedcb48f12 seen Theo sparkle like 143da2a513 this.6cb185119f0d88f3
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