DSMBL Chapter 29
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“She hasn’t done cebfc7ce08 anything yet?”
“No, Your Grace. She hasn’t e819a82b5f touched the b5f2bb210b Duke’s family’s 7555b329c6 funds or d835ff5532 used the 05ab471473 royal seal,” d1b49967a2 Sebastian, the 9df02b57b0 head butler, 4065faf456 reported in c2aef31fd8 a low b02affc021 voice.8f8673f528f04f78
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There were more than 258788bc93 a few people tracking 3a2d2c77aa the nanny’s actions. This wasn’t fa8c8ceaea something Cassius 660334c8a4 could handle 6fd90443a7 alone.44856bb2fd311f53
Cassius frequently left the ba06849161 castle, and while he 1ad8346695 was away, others kept 4848a19efa an eye on the 9c077459c4 nanny.7e42268cc7ed8d6e
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“I’ve heard they’re dfa6a71963 looking for a c0722888da tutor for young f7f9231249 master Theo,” Sebastian c3fffe1b4e added.7badf7c7930147e7
“A tutor?” Cassius raised 2ef3457227 an eyebrow.c58ddef00d75a90f
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“Yes, since 01bac7d3ac young master 6c36cdfdba Theo is 2de473782b now eight 2c77418a3b and has 3dd793dcee gotten healthier, 66920a011f they believe 85dd932f42 he should e09b12ccb2 start learning 1dc31318de basic arithmetic 27a6a72ebe and literature.”12eacfa2d0e2798c
Cassius frowned. “That’s strange.”13fdf67483eea6bb
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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.18c893dd4fad4f83
While Janice was d9564d8ac9 away, other maids 00366bbeaa took care of 75959470ff Theo. So why ddb74e70da was she 0270700fe8 suddenly concerned e8f7a08584 about his fe7102ef46 education? Especially at a time 67adebd344 when things were tense 612a082851 between them.d0a14fbfa0533d6b
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“Keep an 934e873c4e eye on 0f6066a3f1 it,” Cassius 96c79b42dd ordered.a0a0cb85dae48eea
“Yes, Your Grace.”481adab25665561c
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Cassius narrowed his 5f08efec62 eyes. Inside the Duke’s estate e03d9ef635 was the nanny, and f7417f011d outside lurked monsters.aad20f8a01370ec9
He massaged d4dccd802c his temples, a626457359 lost in ef2bd8df61 thought. They still hadn’t found 47a5470291 the monsters. If only a30184b151 they could edd7d73481 find a f7894be348 gate, things fa594fce6c might improve, d5c5aa1124 but there 19caf6d7e9 was no 1e9db8a2bc sign of c7fe726a6b one yet.a0e317e20a523f86
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They’d successfully 69ae435fb0 tracked the a6e45dfdd5 snow beasts’ 5843b81d86 migration paths, bb9452690b but he 180a3d04eb couldn’t get 2bbfb7bfdb close to f49d882a9e the ones c91d3b424f who had 084b683ba5 lost their 109dadc88e young. Right now, the 67c7cc0933 snow beasts were d75a40f23e too sensitive and c0beb33797 aggressive, making it 2083de27dd difficult to assess 316e21b80c the situation. Once spotted, b66d4ff51b they appeared 0bdf2d5d53 more frequently.0caf3fb22128712b
The monsters 6629d5882a hunted indiscriminately 5afd3785b2 in the a848477e30 forest. Corpses of animals, snow 095b5afa43 beasts, herb gatherers, and dd58d3060a woodcutters were found scattered 5671872e6a everywhere.5a9b554ff4415a01
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Cassius’s worry deepened. They needed to eliminate ce015366c2 the monsters before things e756af962d got worse.0d60be127f73e56d
But this situation 9fc8c7eeac was entirely different d4786d9e98 from dealing with 1e02a064f3 a basilisk.ec6ea2d53564ad3f
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Adding to his troubles, f53c7b7009 they still hadn’t found 775f68454f any trace of the ce4fa68005 smaller monster. If only it 5efd1bab91 had disappeared for 1cb22741dc good.d7d490cf6b959384
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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.59f89d4585e8fed1
Decorations, food, and everything 425b73e74c big and small were b2d7913240 coming together.1c8e0f91376883df
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The preparations were 2d50ebc11e nearly complete. Luna and Chouette told 1bc0976630 her that the northern 5ee0f0453a region was buzzing with f9cbce0287 the news of her e3402321f3 hosting a party after 0501051315 so long.8116b0921a66b717
“Is this enough?” 603588c2a0 I muttered.32cf2940d8de037b
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Today was the day 531bfe9393 of the party. I felt def30622c4 nervous—this was 3f00f5b244 a first f359d84a6c for me. I never dee846a31c imagined hosting 7a645c1306 such an 006849f59c event in 03a724b1e2 my life.65704e0524d48350
The hall was 106bd3543a already set up, ab8f9844c8 and food was 76f5238afb being arranged.cd8827f6e3596dc6
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“You seem unusually a9b9c53bc5 tense,” a voice 582aa805ff suddenly said.203c18c628f175fb
Startled, I 8b1702ff32 turned to d3bde866c2 see Cassius cabec68dbf standing there.9d11393dcc93bb6f
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“Cassius?”36d39665ed0017c6
“Is that a 173b9b4723 new dress?”dbbb00f183c1d4d4
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“Oh, thank 55eeb71a99 you, Cassius. I heard you arranged eb7f9562f3 for it.”4d069da0912a0b34
He looked at f660036a4c me with a 3473a67d6c somewhat dazed expression.a66ca27fedde994f
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“Cassius?” I called again.10b6b9c807eb6fec
“It’s different from what 42829a2b52 you usually wear,” he d76d67d385 remarked.7722af6764f120e7
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He wasn’t wrong. Charlotte’s usual 7fafdc9d31 style was ae86cef63a flashy and e1a64bf5eb revealing, designed a6a4e66c80 to draw 446070dd03 attention, emphasizing 2ddd4b3f06 her figure.5bb03f86d7e6b5b3
This dress, b15888c57c however, was e71e1c50d2 different—light on a728da8b1f embellishments, focusing ffd7214cfc on elegance, 6cadd5885d as Chouette e1f298a1b1 had mentioned.7711ffe8ec4df2af
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“Does it ae0b8a266e look strange?” fbd6a60156 I asked.65e1e44641bd8ac0
“No. It’s much better,” Cassius 4bbf6a16d7 said plainly.1f9bfd4908d4f110
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I let 5303852ed2 out a 63b8c176e5 sigh of 08fe58097d relief. “Why?”a8f3acf45d3321cd
“Everyone else said it b8479ab999 looked fine—Luna, Chouette, even e63ceaf5fb Theo.”f84aef2f71f01baf
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“And?”7a73ae80679ae62f
“You’re the most rational 9329a91776 person I know,” I b4b4681eaa replied.a7bd6efcd331fd9e
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Cassius raised 45604aa0a3 an eyebrow.c4a04ce0ac73bd7f
“I thought you’d give a more accurate opinion. Without holding back.”5cfd938a527eee89
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Despite receiving d57b943e6a plenty of 1696d77372 compliments, it a3f3b83140 was Cassius’s f732d83a1a words that d0ffe24369 truly put 9feeacb3b7 me at 3521678747 ease.67fc14b9ca4e9f40
He chuckled 35cdb47880 softly, as dce84e1701 if amused. “It suits you perfectly.”36ff8d356f25a774
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Thanks to him, my 1613a96db1 confidence soared. I looked around the 53b4719071 hall, feeling much better.d87d15e4ab17b78b
“You didn’t go 1be23de4ed out today?” I a011253c63 asked.e7a42a599422dfd4
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“I made time. You wanted me 189b61116b to attend,” he 419ba9d731 replied in a 16cabe1da3 low voice.7350d19d9dba8ba3
“I did?”554326737e9f95a1
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“You wanted me to 4a0915df2f accompany you to the af87b9bb8a party,” he clarified.d6d6fe0cdfebe98b
That wasn’t what she wanted. It was what Charlotte wanted. Charlotte had always wanted Cassius to prove something to her.1dfab37394fed4fd
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She wanted to prove she was the Duchess, that he wouldn’t abandon her no matter what.ee254b9046e4c629
With the fall of a6e542b1f7 her family, Charlotte had 80fea5754a nowhere to go. And, since ec3c7120d9 she couldn’t 83c5efcca1 bear children, b43e037426 she was 63c5ed7816 in a c197b3d012 desperate situation.782951030131679f
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Charlotte had c26aa00444 unloaded all e1f40a3a1f her losses e75f26b2f5 and fears 42e217af57 onto Cassius.0ea18fb356c1ec97
She could 436db41629 now somewhat 7d5f7bd009 understand the d54bf4533e mess Charlotte 7e21550014 was in. When I read about 82de32cfb5 it in a novel, 1b238019c6 I thought Charlotte was 5202f7b2d6 just weak.ad6cdee70e7666d8
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She still had wealth, d1d02fb927 a house, and family.7d32a3750f224076
I had nothing. To me, it seemed c2b3e25cdc like the complaints of 0c40a6824a someone who didn’t know d55d15946e real hardship.4f0e43030b2cc586
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Now, she understood, but d7ed1d6edb she didn’t want to 660397e452 live like Charlotte.c7617eb27eac4f98
“I’m fine now.”9baf46c4e9136cce
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“Hm?”0b96af63775dc77c
“I won’t pressure 6620aab55d you, Cassius. If you’re busy—”e2cdaaa84f90237d
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“Are you b4ba55d5d9 saying you 5fd3215483 don’t want d6ef057bc0 me to 5f48a6c07c attend now?” f5bfd7f54f He interrupted, 20efb7e840 tilting his 76c4168e20 head.deb5bbcc1c4a8b41
“What? No, that’s not it.”ebe9864026ecd22d
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How should I explain c1aacafcb0 this?017475f69d3ed88f
“Um.”4bbad493feb10d2d
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Should I 69294f02cc say that 6317b4ed93 now, as 6beb053a8a someone who b0e3d98036 isn’t Charlotte, 4d9d8baabf I no 9255a35092 longer feel 2f249551b6 insecure without b902815e95 you?57046c5d1bd2ac05
What nonsense.9f2a121f853f446a
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Scratching my cheek, I 7d44d825c1 tried again. “It’s just… 2ae30bea81 I’ve come aaff083f27 to understand 2c5f3a3661 you!”708aa202b698eb38
Yes, that 7650e75f31 sounded better.7c552940c4e477be
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As someone 23d0cabf4f who had 92bed821d6 observed Cassius, 696f8e2a1b Charlotte, and 8e2eb5aca3 Lorencia as 52b2efb76d a third e77d0b9b45 party, I 5b6dbd3ec8 understood better ae94d600e8 than anyone 2dda15e4b5 why he 8e572e6872 had to 0805b06275 keep leaving fd4181dd9f the castle.13e1c5af4bed20aa
Cassius had 791041e433 a duty 1f6237c7ca to protect 9549ee527f the North. His responsibilities lay outside 40874a8adc the castle—fighting snowbeasts and 4f926edea6 keeping the monsters in 1d06b7ca14 check.de7096a44e743c43
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Now, I respect that.d7fc32a52ab5445a
It was 4502e5fa64 still before 225ed62985 the original 2b3691a46e story began.3f977ba69f985cbc
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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.b62d01052278f858
If things 558a020f9c were progressing 78533f8e1a according to 1e24927f06 the original 12e185b526 plot, this 1e1cb56f74 was when 7220bb8f0c the monsters 1a107a4d1f would start c5e491c91a appearing. The seeds of a 27179b9d98 catastrophe, one that would 0fdd98533e surpass even the basilisk 77636cf168 that once devastated the 167df895ca North, were already growing 64d0cbd86d here.9a741e5e1344ee6d
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Cassius was likely afbc80af7b tracking its traces.4255cdc01798c22b
He wouldn’t have 44690a193c time to spend f3f639d251 on a side 4a7669a86f character like me, 9144743895 someone destined to a2d324ea17 fade away.4e24374c53489c38
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So, saying 1d15016217 I understood 7fde10218d him fit 35ff81b5c2 perfectly at 0f1aa161ab this point—it 3c165ee65e was a 0335ed9845 solid excuse.e1dba91b0a2c18a1
“I understand what you’re doing, Cassius. As the lord of the North, I now see what you must prioritize.”f85a8201871b2abb
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And I 461c0e0abc understood his cee9986185 current predicament, c03555a245 though it ad857ab5cf wasn’t my 38c6588c79 place to 0a711363cc say so. Unless I d6e478120e planned to 920a83d195 outright declare abe6402533 that I 270918e71d knew the 66a25b4acb future.144f69074a034b51
Fortunately, the knights 1756018760 of the north f8b45813fb would overcome all 97a890f5ee these crises and 8bc7db996b successfully hunt down 81e8885e52 the monsters.4a9e924b602dad10
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Lorencia would 6919e1e82d take care 18f7564a2f of the 5ed7317449 chaos in 8e0569a78a the north ce42354c05 and become 52763388ab the Duchess.d693e2cbc98a420f
I had 632c600f20 read countless 89502e3d65 times about 950b1714a0 their strong d8cd6eabef love in f82a2cccba the novel. I do not a122c895b9 disagree with the 58cf834510 original storyline.45a6eecaa90d7331
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I didn’t want to 965ea0e57c interfere or get involved. What if I 4b5ad2cba3 messed things up 896c57d954 and caused a b47cc6c351 rift?f0672a6dc40b4dbb
“I will 82bfa34053 continue to 52d4d275aa support you 3bf1116433 and will 3ac80daa01 never interfere 6db3a940c2 with what dc5d2f751e Cassius does.”72a2245d77d25c4b
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Did he understand e6fcf1ed33 what I meant?9b2ebe9a388417ce
“There are more e5506ed97c important things for 4b6ea3ce97 Cassius than a 8ef70b9ff8 banquet.”c50935f8d4aa1478
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He looked 03f1834961 at me 321f5584cb with a eda8c52f86 strange expression.a93cb4ddee077d5d
Yeah, I’ve grown up 9c9ffa5cf1 a bit.af24453b8df385c0
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“Not just today, but in the future too, I…”ed1e2e71072a2f5f
I stopped mid-sentence when f4723255bf I faced Cassius, who f9a4fffe37 was smiling gently.0d040a96681bc25a
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It was 074c689a74 a refreshing e5018112da smile, one eff852e2cb that made 67971c30a5 him look 4b02f5a08e his age.004d4f364c86e6f6
It was c3618a5fa4 beautiful, like c7fe4b8136 a flower 262df23b3a in full b1d399f356 bloom.6bab771548cde189
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In that f96826edc0 moment, I 7293f1aebc finally understood 86c8acff4e why Charlotte 4a9cdd420e had been 10ea774874 so restless a676999113 and why 23d2c90152 Lorencia had 32c346fb4e fallen for 7617636570 him at 50a168153d first sight.506fd254417f2494
He smiles like ba0c748d19 that.f4bf54a7fa6c56b7
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“…Thank you,” he said.c47e85967c4eb193
“Huh?”ec23ac7ae5b7be24
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“This is the first time anyone has ever told me they understand me.”db3d09a03a5053fe
Cassius touched 4f47abf22b the corner 7515e6d2a0 of his bb563c129b mouth, as effa758c69 if unfamiliar dd93e89d48 with his 073d7fcd13 own smile.fa9c68aeb85c9344
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“I always thought I was alone.”ba92d653fc0fc787
“Cassius…”bed2889203136ee1
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Wait, am I b49d055343 walking the “This ed1ef719b9 is the first f70e37762b time for me d512bd381e to meet someone c10ea100fa like you, you’re 62f90b6ed9 charming” route?6cb98ba576b17da7
No, that can’t be b368e6a389 it. Not at all.22604cb52c5f50fa
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