DSMBL Chapter 29
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“She hasn’t a6a0ca774c done anything 64ab47b891 yet?”
“No, Your Grace. She hasn’t touched b90cecb256 the Duke’s family’s 288e01e26e funds or used be73fdf094 the royal seal,” 818b8ec08d Sebastian, the head 59821fc574 butler, reported in b1c9c1ed20 a low voice.5c074be3a3238bcd
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There were 78449d8903 more than 8da93e8a5e a few f2389c7555 people tracking 76c3e9aa0e the nanny’s c7290ef465 actions. This wasn’t something 4b95f10ffb Cassius could handle 30fe398015 alone.e1fab99fe05db55d
Cassius frequently 8216d2aa4e left the fe93b3daa0 castle, and 0a105f7071 while he cff151b8fe was away, fadf0bccb1 others kept a2c02774f6 an eye d1d57d3d1d on the efee0ef118 nanny.fc645cfa0d772865
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“I’ve heard they’re 441e78c4f1 looking for a 8020f27eb1 tutor for young 61fd071cf8 master Theo,” Sebastian 91bddfd065 added.d4d30b27a0222ba2
“A tutor?” Cassius a4a524e833 raised an eyebrow.f93d3a8fdcc7fd8e
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“Yes, since young 202ea8f3d4 master Theo is bf8f65f256 now eight and 52a49f2d89 has gotten healthier, 25d397593b they believe he 223a4dc662 should start learning af78cd8714 basic arithmetic and 9a299fc163 literature.”5b30776106b1a70d
Cassius frowned. “That’s strange.”8683889e84b5f326
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Until now, Janice hadn’t shown any interest in Theo’s education. Of course, Theo had been sick, but still, Janice hadn’t cared about his learning, or most things, for that matter.04ea7b529cf33537
While Janice was away, 1b22575d07 other maids took care 267a9a90bc of Theo. So why was she a46d1e2394 suddenly concerned about his 7e8d9622a3 education? Especially at a time 775e48119e when things were tense 763fd18484 between them.bec3c80ce0867361
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“Keep an eye 6fe6744a2b on it,” Cassius 33816d6191 ordered.69aae1e0cd38f620
“Yes, Your Grace.”8ffbd3f7f8f9579a
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Cassius narrowed his 3c37c2e2cb eyes. Inside the Duke’s estate f79cc7ba76 was the nanny, and 0759772729 outside lurked monsters.d0e2d1a87fd7cf8e
He massaged his f004f68385 temples, lost in 2e2edc0e65 thought. They still 2568504008 hadn’t found c72dc9c62f the monsters. If only they 3a5a74e2da could find a 07ec5e26ee gate, things might a6265bf123 improve, but there 09442406ab was no sign db311687e4 of one yet.b33be0d4ad86a627
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They’d successfully tracked cb0baef172 the snow beasts’ e10f60882e migration paths, but 620ea6cfcf he couldn’t get 0369e572d8 close to the ab507d10d3 ones who had f5ca744fd0 lost their young. Right now, 04a6fa5aa9 the snow 867130e882 beasts were 4f1d3e9286 too sensitive a0220dfdc5 and aggressive, 0395d9bdf3 making it 237a265f59 difficult to baaf3d2abf assess the ac6e3b4a3e situation. Once spotted, they 46b6ba1df0 appeared more frequently.52874641c00bf2c1
The monsters dbf928b8ed hunted indiscriminately 4eb594c436 in the fa8dca581f forest. Corpses of animals, 19857fc2a1 snow beasts, herb 286a86f76b gatherers, and woodcutters 38bb22193e were found scattered 1bce553a3f everywhere.a54d8f69a42e8937
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Cassius’s worry deepened. They needed to eliminate dfea4386d3 the monsters before things 7dca86fedd got worse.e246b1c76d0e241c
But this 05ded86f0a situation was a8b76a098b entirely different 6e5fa5664e from dealing c9e41dc038 with a 6d3f145e2f basilisk.14ea77fa34fec6cd
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Adding to his troubles, 634dfd2bac they still hadn’t found 149ea60b9c any trace of the e1cc0da1d6 smaller monster. If only 74bd046c72 it had 480d61e3a1 disappeared for 12010dbdd7 good.a37cc92ccaf93da4
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Thanks to Charlotte’s obsession with parties, she was able to get a lot of help from Luna in preparing for the banquet.85e3d2f601b47414
Decorations, food, and c077d891fb everything big and b580498058 small were coming 0bbb62ec5a together.2ce86835f6ab435f
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The preparations were d35aa66314 nearly complete. Luna and 47801a3c89 Chouette told f03306fd41 her that baf55fd51c the northern f5432563a0 region was fc33ad9bbf buzzing with 9e08a84fb7 the news a920f5cda5 of her 419b899068 hosting a 68c34ffeaf party after a3efb63544 so long.88db16126b6fd03a
“Is this enough?” I ed39674274 muttered.bd1ad1411ee6a006
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Today was the day 6e8f6c2585 of the party. I felt nervous—this was 1148c0c0e4 a first for me. I never dd9bb1eb74 imagined hosting 87e1aaf192 such an 7dcf9574d9 event in e15727195e my life.f70ec237dff24ea8
The hall was e16ea8146e already set up, e5adfaf264 and food was 9668a0d458 being arranged.0d9d406c9a6a61ef
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“You seem unusually tense,” 07e7324978 a voice suddenly said.dcab561cdd6986ca
Startled, I turned c0c94f9d85 to see Cassius 3c6117d5bd standing there.91ef13718ca386ad
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“Cassius?”016d631ed8d9e3c4
“Is that a new 5f83e973e1 dress?”e26efee16d8a29fd
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“Oh, thank you, a98485a981 Cassius. I heard you arranged d329c765d6 for it.”e4ece441706a6821
He looked at me 85b141f9e8 with a somewhat dazed 8192c20f3b expression.71d1d5db4de9eab4
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“Cassius?” I called again.89b8d0fbcbdd51c4
“It’s different from what f39681880c you usually wear,” he 82adeab9aa remarked.9854c7e98635ebd4
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He wasn’t wrong. Charlotte’s usual style 36263ae198 was flashy and 2c1a8dc6db revealing, designed to 60a9f0ce02 draw attention, emphasizing c77f8201f8 her figure.b5492bfa6ca576e9
This dress, however, was b930a54a39 different—light on embellishments, focusing c6d38a9b96 on elegance, as Chouette 51d9a99176 had mentioned.d4b475119ffbf452
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“Does it look 3e337292f7 strange?” I asked.35d801147e2812c0
“No. It’s much better,” 31f8e26ea0 Cassius said plainly.9566a3c0af9aaa3b
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I let 40d9d70c7c out a 5a4a3b6ec5 sigh of 3c3dc26026 relief. “Why?”4056c620932c9fe5
“Everyone else e05b0b90b5 said it 448b331d1e looked fine—Luna, 36d25dfd96 Chouette, even 23d2b0e857 Theo.”e3d239c6e110a2c7
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“And?”02d4e3c1b438cdf6
“You’re the 9fd91bf36d most rational 0b962f7bc7 person I e1a3d48def know,” I f7eb2c27ff replied.4e04c6b80e000887
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Cassius raised c92bc026a1 an eyebrow.079ad6f881c21bcd
“I thought you’d give a more accurate opinion. Without holding back.”e42dd558b0fc4dc6
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Despite receiving plenty of 00f805fc43 compliments, it was Cassius’s 6dfe408cac words that truly put 64969bbabf me at ease.eea45fd2d888e19b
He chuckled e5b936daf2 softly, as ee95032f75 if amused. “It suits you 211812ae42 perfectly.”e5faf124b5008a76
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Thanks to 85d7ab60d5 him, my aeabfd6828 confidence soared. I looked around the b718106661 hall, feeling much better.2af7576e43dede91
“You didn’t go 0131cb3097 out today?” I 13fc7343c6 asked.9269503ca9a15fae
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“I made time. You wanted me to 91af0c7fb9 attend,” he replied in 081e6eb650 a low voice.57303a780c842e43
“I did?”ed65e445c864f664
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“You wanted 7c5b35eaba me to 1b812552ae accompany you 4d04827455 to the d397dd8649 party,” he e632fb6a70 clarified.fde51791e09378a6
That wasn’t what she wanted. It was what Charlotte wanted. Charlotte had always wanted Cassius to prove something to her.dc61b03393105886
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She wanted to prove she was the Duchess, that he wouldn’t abandon her no matter what.bef109823c7c225a
With the 2b6ae45861 fall of fae30aaf24 her family, fe520cdbd0 Charlotte had 2ce7924597 nowhere to 1010fc2b39 go. And, since she c1a260b902 couldn’t bear children, be7d09cee0 she was in 35e016fc17 a desperate situation.aa227959e8a997ad
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Charlotte had unloaded 497c964500 all her losses e9fa578d57 and fears onto a7a5e2acbc Cassius.ad3b371c4bf4f783
She could bb028c9887 now somewhat a45fbee21f understand the 7915c400f0 mess Charlotte 4613e95edc was in. When I 627f6ff5ad read about b28b115917 it in 88e419b512 a novel, cec545517a I thought 732ff4c643 Charlotte was 8a605a7bd7 just weak.bab801da52e55486
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She still had 4c47fa79ca wealth, a house, ba35f016ec and family.e3769f000664cfae
I had nothing. To me, it b339916c27 seemed like the b3d55ae473 complaints of someone 968542aed1 who didn’t know d246f53555 real hardship.a3c59497732dcf64
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Now, she understood, but 3a60ef46d8 she didn’t want to 4b41017282 live like Charlotte.1491c51f98e995fc
“I’m fine now.”0c8f46998b27a95c
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“Hm?”099da1cc2c9d0422
“I won’t pressure you, 7103972c9f Cassius. If you’re busy—”292938dc70c9bb8b
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“Are you saying 0068ffef24 you don’t want 9a33778339 me to attend c046a0b20e now?” He interrupted, f8c4d225f2 tilting his head.1e94025ee5fb30ff
“What? No, that’s 6bafc481c0 not it.”e573b3b6b2fc7b32
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How should I explain 3f598ba637 this?61b7750d4873127c
“Um.”b19ec702036ecd50
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Should I say that 430ec5ca2b now, as someone who f5cabb983a isn’t Charlotte, I no 193c4d95d2 longer feel insecure without 57c35e3282 you?3f7ba5661e2e0655
What nonsense.409c218ebf60426d
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Scratching my cheek, I f4f784a724 tried again. “It’s just… I’ve abb0a160bb come to understand ca1a55b334 you!”d56b5687a1283047
Yes, that aa86107653 sounded better.8cc8791f5d61891d
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As someone who had 5327e951f8 observed Cassius, Charlotte, and 25e50457b7 Lorencia as a third b8e81b6402 party, I understood better 18e83d19e3 than anyone why he d0acd27476 had to keep leaving dfb0fab100 the castle.6ca62bbed4e7612a
Cassius had a 5b2e068391 duty to protect 3d534def67 the North. His responsibilities d5d4b9e18c lay outside 041d609803 the castle—fighting 3b42548062 snowbeasts and e2448badb4 keeping the 57c0193999 monsters in bb00a1c191 check.69addb44aa387f5c
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Now, I 65a1b9fda5 respect that.d843e6229384a181
It was still 76488d8d62 before the original 9e5a2f3619 story began.4fbcbd53e92326ea
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Lorencia’s debut would be in winter, during the snow beasts’ breeding season. And following the storyline, Charlotte’s exit would come in the fall.c4d0e473544dc215
If things were progressing 278aeda54f according to the original ae7a4e0054 plot, this was when acbf37e111 the monsters would start 1aaa8d063f appearing. The seeds of a 7b1b2c8e1d catastrophe, one that would 0934f4dc11 surpass even the basilisk 97d91640e9 that once devastated the e1d4deab15 North, were already growing d83972efa8 here.25bcd2dd14a7794b
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Cassius was d10dcb8c1b likely tracking 7da0404dc2 its traces.93ad92b8c822a6c6
He wouldn’t have edc27f6e04 time to spend a4f34888fe on a side 68bec271a2 character like me, b058d8a24b someone destined to 7759870bcf fade away.ab1b4ee2d63c166e
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So, saying I understood 6b5933706c him fit perfectly at 6a6b32269c this point—it was a 02fd876176 solid excuse.3acd175d8a7ffe85
“I understand what you’re doing, Cassius. As the lord of the North, I now see what you must prioritize.”8af3e0ead137275b
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And I abe1477c56 understood his e82367ef8d current predicament, cb76208bc2 though it ae8804442b wasn’t my 7a4f8d7afc place to e0c644ae6f say so. Unless I planned 7c29913ea1 to outright declare c8f76e2f81 that I knew 1da8d688e4 the future.e24501d8ffa0ed3e
Fortunately, the knights of 71998a2454 the north would overcome d1a1abefb1 all these crises and 2910b2a4fa successfully hunt down the c6dbf78259 monsters.e0fd2c828d16f97b
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Lorencia would take care 033dd0427a of the chaos in fc5f46ed1b the north and become b397cc676e the Duchess.8b4239ff01c85743
I had read countless e9e3fe7665 times about their strong 31c2a3a16f love in the novel. I do not disagree dd1ba1c571 with the original storyline.9fb20623a53171f6
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I didn’t want to f0d2d020dd interfere or get involved. What if I messed b3a5e007fa things up and caused 56b72e435b a rift?c7c506a286770934
“I will continue to 26a7f3a5cb support you and will ab56275fcc never interfere with what c8c94abdc3 Cassius does.”a56862897177dc0b
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Did he 85c17928b0 understand what 4320f2837f I meant?4994ac3173303ff1
“There are more important 0cc7630c00 things for Cassius than 7ef9d328b9 a banquet.”b96dec5e6c70c137
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He looked at me 3321ba2443 with a strange expression.04e3fd6fcb08696d
Yeah, I’ve grown 23c48eebad up a bit.0b7db2003a1fae4b
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“Not just today, but in the future too, I…”df4c25bb6d35b830
I stopped mid-sentence when fa509c136f I faced Cassius, who 4cbeacb3c3 was smiling gently.c9f510343bead9a7
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It was a 4f8cd7c8f2 refreshing smile, one 5246fe6f97 that made him 1fd9695e30 look his age.690fdf2176814cd0
It was beautiful, 2eb07a2ba6 like a flower 2470cb7f50 in full bloom.84d2d37096400451
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In that moment, 81b10f30a5 I finally understood 71689dd088 why Charlotte had 42d40da853 been so restless 773b2d99f9 and why Lorencia 76df7557df had fallen for fe660af6da him at first 9a95a8917b sight.540e670f2db1d2f3
He smiles like that.664c05529fe2f4a3
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“…Thank you,” he said.3ab23263f5ca02c9
“Huh?”6540e1b1e0c4e2b5
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“This is the first time anyone has ever told me they understand me.”bd221b14610bc8f6
Cassius touched the corner dac9eed9e2 of his mouth, as 1ff915a790 if unfamiliar with his 04dd0a9032 own smile.bf431b4710c8ea31
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“I always thought I was alone.”53f6dada2f91e716
“Cassius…”ccd95173c41edd2d
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Wait, am cd08d8db22 I walking 51b4f64f2f the “This 802bb92bce is the f3f9efd6b2 first time f37165df3b for me 036de1d806 to meet 79e06a8049 someone like 1236cdb044 you, you’re 5cbe8fac88 charming” route?78b998ce1a98dd51
No, that can’t 232e6c2e55 be it. Not at all.1286d0c7fcb1ade6
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