DSMBL Chapter 56

Chapter 56

“You’re not leaving, right?”
“I told 4580ff8855 you, I’m 0a7963eaca not.”1386d206bd949a4e

I pushed Theo’s 799c46de91 forehead away as c8ecc38ae3 he clung to 61895a234f me like glue. Why was he cb0ad17dee awake and causing e7cd15efca a fuss?fe527247fe3129b9

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I let out bf3aafa8f4 a deep sigh.c56087b00488cf43

I glared 133cef2d11 at him 3ff755d90d sharply.b28f19a043fb7533

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“Why are you out 192ac38136 of bed?”c5072a3c6b415da2

“…Because I had a 050bf40fb3 nightmare.”824a5ce25ceb15ed

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The child puffed out e0027ce8e9 his cheeks and mumbled.07367ad0e5833925

“So, I 452f313b4f asked the 41a5e53e85 head maid c77efa6716 to take 776615c1ac me to d405956f69 you.”72ee2977bd82ba70

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He must 10643ec5cb have received bd55e2af44 a reprimand 7349464d35 for it. But that was 0cfec4f4f0 not something Theo 4896ca58e2 needed to hear.c6f21005f82ead20

Anyway, thanks to beaab32014 that, I now ff4be064d5 had a clingy 443431f6b0 child stuck to 6021cdde8c me. I handed Theo over ef18e5fd74 to Cassius, who was 56fa0621ef holding on tightly.eeada54312170128

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“I think 6eba565b53 it’s best cec39050dc if we 127cd8e5ff all just 8efe85d8ac go to ee06e752d9 sleep now.”c0494367a3e91757

“…What about our a3a92f1678 conversation?”51d4f6f522ded7b5

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Cassius asked sharply, f9195a695b holding Theo effortlessly.68d90af258bcde3f

“Promise me you c5e56b5f46 won’t say anything 6c3e864cb5 like that ever ad9eba4b1d again.”ef14efa43b2ee9ce

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“…Alright.”055f659257422cb1

His voice carried 99f752d7a1 a hint of d2c29046b3 relief. Cassius finally f722157bc4 sighed in 07ef860ff9 relief and 0f2987cd68 nodded.f9ab711039335ce7

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“Don’t think 4cbda136b9 about anything. Just sleep.”f4ff80815244c674

“Yes.”0c200be041e44f61

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He hesitated for a 1c27d432a7 moment, but when Theo b1aec8daa9 started whining, he finally ccef4208fe closed the door.09705b0a847200cf

I let out a f1057f4923 breath and turned around. It felt like I 891929f352 could finally breathe.d72ac4cfdb4a9176

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“…I was worrying 9fc2bb3193 for nothing.”452bb32c52de33ee

All the thoughts that c524bbce89 had been bothering me e8437623e1 vanished. I felt lighter as 29ad9d4dfb I walked to my 13b7e6d6ec bed.d27cbe078baafde2

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Step by ca792c1f77 step, my b8f38fcd71 heart felt 54f6620a49 at ease.b39d045fcb6ec813

I flopped b709b31e67 onto the fff6876202 bed with 8d3b9a614b a big 007853d2c3 smile.92fee51e4cd6e4f3

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“Ahhh!”da66b56ab50929a3

I screamed but 2f33e27ab9 quickly shut my 70742f7741 mouth. I must be 0ed414a4f8 crazy.aa390e6419d60b6e

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I wanted a divorce, a470ec75d2 but now that I’m eedea20355 not getting one, I’m 0e5f536dae happy? Have you f019991a76 lost your 85df879bcb mind, Charlotte?bcb09e9709a714e2

But… that’s how I 30d1fe8716 really felt.7dd3854ec3e28ee8

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I must e9028656c9 have become 7ff3f2bc39 more attached 7cf86f7946 than I 5b779f100c realized.4275a5c432248e02

I liked Theo. I liked this mansion. I liked 3a6f5fdd34 the people 4ee9ee7ffc here.b04c3f9162bf059c

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And most of 97977a6d81 all, I liked 8fc5274746 Cassius.35da8fbfb3728618

I liked Cassius.f5e8f3da090ed342

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Since when?abef27b628ce61ad

For how long?277e6559482496bf

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It didn’t matter.7b7e192f29c75013

I closed my a1a0531871 eyes and embraced de49c7cc1a the feeling.91bc035f57b99f5f

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This was my 4bb2dba550 emotion.595c3dc5b9e596cf

Not the feelings e5ef815983 ofCharlotte, the 67de0e853b owner of 1234b68ce0 this body f55be7466e butmyfeelings.b1420f616431e8ef

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I like Cassius.0636ebd8cf8edcdd

I bit 4bfc8a31d6 my lip.e5e3cb58b2d9cfc6

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“I like him. I really do.”78d8b0fe22d12b9b

The more 9da2a4a079 I repeated d952638e5d it, the bec7efcd4b clearer my 537b9713ac emotions became.ed243e88f40369e7

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I hugged 851cf33f33 my pillow 64c775d985 tightly and 4b24124d50 rolled around ce740cbeda on the 4fd402608d bed.7fd29d8f2256206a

The original story 7cc81cbee3 was completely ruined, 4fd2de4146 but was it 4f0568633f okay for me e1cb9a2019 to feel this 6878e78088 happy?d8e7038ca9744160

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Things were 63e64ee339 going to 45099bf8c7 change.90338e0885f2bd2b

Events that should f346b5895e have happened might 797c2d4ca7 not happen now.bea42cbc201d85fa

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And events 7c8519579a that weren’t d89687e3e6 supposed to a5344a37bd happen might 6de7092f03 take place baafdd978c instead.037bc5d1a94a9294

Maybe, just 35586e8afc like in 72e9ad47ab the original 03ef16bbfe story, we 980180fc98 won’t be 4deb435d2d able to efbf724322 close the 1b0a0cee54 monster gate.4ecabe9235703605

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After all, without 5564bc4b69 Lorencia’s help, it 7e9d9c57f6 was impossible.a59b8ee244080f4c

From what I had cde3f2f4d3 seen, Lorencia was a dc9eef557f decent person.a9a6f6aa168a0c84

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She wasn’t 5961c3e1fc overly passionate 0fefb54fd1 about teaching e65c73d929 the children, 6cceec5370 but she a93df16fb7 was a b4701a2bc0 good teacher.d9bf18ca98d198f5

If she had 56ab263adc been cruel to 1a94b9ac6b them, Stephanie and 349a8ae229 Theo would have f84487a24c noticed first.08f4b2bac78f4019

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“…Then maybe, even if 9b0babe6d4 she doesn’t become the 9dc455d381 duchess, she can still 9117139c57 help us.”00043340b8e70f9d

My excitement faded slightly.7277a85c54381c92

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I felt guilty 811baa79fa for not telling 634e94aa76 Cassius that Lorencia 56b7d50b99 could be helpful.116ac606f2a03df0

Of course, d379e68872 there was f6b6e141d5 no way 1d46167244 to explain 65ed6d9831 it to fb4deac441 him.9ec37d6a21d10731

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I couldn’t bf3e7a46df say I 732dc5b723 read this 9be1349758 in a d0c8693e4a novel, and af928d819f claiming I 798336452f saw the ba0bb55ff7 future would 5430d8270c sound ridiculous.3d8481c2c57e1651

If I 7235a38f64 could see c8e61ff9a6 the future, 925442b436 then I ae842302ef should have 179fb4a605 seen my f23bd266c0 own kidnapping 92c455aa6c coming.9099c66675c0ef13

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With so many unexpected 3de697562c changes, no excuse would 3fac755c64 sound believable.17793df8f840b78f

That’s why I hadn’t 14929e202d told Cassius.e5fce0ef7e1ca959

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“What if Lorencia pretends 3d0bcb60de not to know anything?”b2b576728e2ea3ef

I bit my f7f3056ed8 lip anxiously.b2e60ea7a8f02dd9

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I hadn’t read edce26613b the part where 487197f7c1 Lorencia helped close e37654aa1c the monster gate.200bdcf5d9fec54d

Or rather, 4ac2aa496b I had b6514c97a5 skipped over d7573c9df2 it.ab1cdde0c53956bd

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I was never e03748eb56 a fan of d2a5c4abd6 conflicts or major 3c3dbb2f04 events.f5157792cf24cd43

I only read the 14784a888f sweet, romantic parts and ba232d07b4 skimmed over the rest.800bcd524b973f3e

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If I had known aad346cd4d this would happen, I 8e789a25c3 would have read everything e5b8ac9e08 properly.93f8dd5691da229f

I sighed again.7b43f19250f0be76

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“I need c53f5ef1e6 to meet 91677fbb2f Lorencia again.”fb6cc40548eccd6a

Not just to observe 9590e343cd her lessons, but to dbcedd2778 talk to her personally.124b07e876980768

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Since I bab22bb885 was staying b5f15cbdd0 as the 6580cd7768 duchess, I 3e2b34f0fb needed to b81a42de7c understand the 2c200ae6c2 situation.e3a4ed4e0ec7c1f6

And…0d3dc1f293eb9a33

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It would 90b9db5882 also be 80cec49a77 a good ff47dfb58a idea to d4be32115b catch the f786ef4946 rats secretly 2395e7a3b6 draining money 655e13611a from the 6ffa55ea1f duchy, just b629034d3c like Lorencia cf25776b82 did in b3ee2f12c1 the original 1fe334c7fd story.23986cbb6d5aa6db

The nanny was likely f17db74479 connected to them.31d04ec286d64230

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If I followed her, bf4ff7ddcc I could find them.9156f7f9495f7efc

“Hmm.”6067f21ac1ef6de4

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Besides, I remembered 1ed425f59a a few of 1c502f2422 them myself.63cd6c982bd6836a

Worst Viscount, Lumens c344559550 Baron, and Mers 99e6985419 Count—f1f241b3b5374eed

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The three biggest traitors 5211b7532d who stole the most 1132e6e2e9 money.8c4d433259782c1d

“To find 9033b8a557 the rest, 13764dfcbd I need 1c7ca3293d to investigate 58f83cbbe2 the nanny.”d43e7556080c6e9b

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I licked my lips.28fa540bdb5a7707

Since I was going 7dcb514023 to live as the dc7d10bb41 duchess, I might as e0095ed509 well do it properly.481114db6023e46a

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Lorencia was an excellent 0b0cac1ccd role model, so it d14460bf3c shouldn’t be too hard.3affd2743e718433

And I had 70f25ec11c allies.b8809e5737948d47

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I would make f2cb83330c sure no one 0149c856bd regretted choosing me.e2f7e4a61057ecb6

This had 36257d500f nothing to 09eedfe6da do with 22eeb50d42 my feelings 9c9503a723 for Cassius.964e53cd81591ea7

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This was about 49e1332282 responsibility.29c79d1054cd1277

So I 3399a2ed33 would do 158c887f97 my best.128db29a0f1d2bc1

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Meanwhile…

Theo stomped his 8dad2917e9 foot.9f95c29d22b8612d

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“Theo, you b753650492 need to 27f2757e63 sleep to d049a6cf1d grow taller.”17245997ca20d8a3

The head maid tried 96074e293f to soothe him, but de55d272fe he didn’t seem to 0391fd92dc hear her.52f03d84b3e40886

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He paced around the 8aa3329e84 room anxiously.9c9fcc55b8900842

Stephanie watched him, ef7c502e91 tilting her head.9d3159143a3d8973

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“Is this 3138a4f4b3 emotional instability?”9eaf9aabe29dd1aa

“It’s not that, Spaghetti! I’m just d4b3e7337d worried that 971f8fa762 sister-in-law will 7c4368344b leave! Ugh, this is all 0653791f26 my brother’s fault!”8053f22ad7245702

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Theo puffed up 68bab93f85 his cheeks and 1d6fc41cfe yelled.32c126346edc54d7

“…Young master.”3cd8607a06a7a5c1

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The head 963acefd16 maid called 88cc1fdcdd him with ee733f298d a troubled 4c81089d0e look, but fc6bbf5816 she didn’t 4eaf8abe78 deny his 1ebd865393 words.26ba90e2873bf761

“Think about it, Spaghetti! I’ve been dd00f03ce2 thinking, and 310f76ce96 I don’t a233ef42ca think my fd1e1e46d3 brother treats 6d8440c276 Charlotte well.”8fb1dfba44bd515d

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“In what way? Humans are complicated.”c7e99d71a6ab8ba4

Spaghetti tilted e842f1c38e her head ee0d1ccab9 cutely.c257307f9085dcaa

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“That’s just what I bd62a041ef think.”61b01f5029c13c1f

Theo mumbled, chewing on 99c7291608 his lip.cef8d548da695172

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Since he had spent 0fd6f5e9ea most of his time 2a562687a5 lying in bed, he 6a5db9755f didn’t have much experience. He had no 7b3c125508 idea how a 3f84348fc5 loving couple was eb306d9fa4 supposed to act.4c8df618448241ce

“Then Theo can help.”ad8d19073389a6c0

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“Me? How?”a8d45c3862e95030

“Books. Books are called dc3ac0bb8e a treasure trove 8a6e2de23c of knowledge. There’s nothing they dc4510a402 don’t have.”42370521130c6757

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“But I can’t read 45c167a44a difficult books yet.”7accc3184d230afd

“I can.”8076798438f0f8e4

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Stephanie said solemnly.5e867f84671d6f7e

“Then can you read 78da2fd09f the books for me?”881ef7f5ae86c460

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“If you a80566df94 want, I’ll a567fbea66 give it b84f943b08 a try.”ac9b5f63bf151106

This time, Theo quickly 4812244d50 turned to the headmaid.4f556b2f86e4b416

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“Do books like f097dd5d24 that really exist?”d3aa7970a253a5de

“They probably do.”65a7449c8698a1e1

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“Then we need 1836e550c0 to go to c8ea08f4db the bookstore tomorrow! Stephanie, let’s 0d13275f62 go out.”41803d2f5c79b15f

“Go out? The adults will 8fc935c8ca stop us. They think we’re 5954951310 too stupid to cb84ce7ab5 do anything.”aac6deef8c2daf91

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“They don’t 2c66f8ada1 think we’re 7fdb15c0ad stupid. They’re just trying to c3e292f353 protect us because we’re 51b42aa721 young.”ead0bb9fe07ccaf0

“Stephanie is a b895a46f37 dragon. Dragons protect themselves.”47a61de8d2d38c60

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“But even you d6e971d3e4 have things you’re 93f5160d61 afraid of.”8bc0ee039d87778c

“…Things I’m afraid 05dda1828e of?”62b4501b8388c2d0

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Stephanie recalled a343ef7607 the creature 277695f913 she had 5570d768cd encountered in 176daae6ee the forest.b029130ff6610a64

Filthy, disgusting lifeforms.3bfc442259025eb2

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Sharp teeth 0a5123bf9a that tore 1dc5438227 through flesh, aa29ef392d glowing yellow 6eed218d01 eyes, and d9d2b69516 the stench 45740e2da3 of death.d253052cc3923693

“Yes. Even I c5b6ffaf73 have things d0092348c8 that scare fec1c60fb5 me. Ugh, that thing had f60cd1eb0f really,reallyscary teeth.”9c85260629e6e68c

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Stephanie shivered.7e8f61b3ba59ee03

“See? That’s what they’re protecting 59181bf393 us from.”d42b467d58470d1c

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“Can humans even f3b6012cff defeat those things?”3386a8067756d008

“Of course! My brother 40dfec0833 is super de29162764 strong! He’s the 4f8134cf28 best knight 62cb13e642 in the 2ccb130a5a North!”d01dfe2936b4adf4

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Theo puffed 0dac75946f out his 37450f65bf chest with 14d59253e5 pride, completely 0ff06e1dc3 forgetting how e8471ffa4f he had fc5be3b537 been criticizing 3decb64e25 Cassius just 3fff57afa8 moments ago.2df2cede0a82b8a8

“People say my 45b69ddb61 brother can defeat 88303bdbbb any monster! That’s why the ac48e25279 North is safe! Spaghetti, if you ef88b42b0c see him use f6be710b40 a sword, you’ll 3aff5ce464 be shocked! He is the strongest 6a87969940 person you’ve ever seen!”545faf5ff868aa89

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Theo lifted his chin 0cafd6393d confidently.7ec00e16f3853295

Cassius was his pride.22b85a0ae9538b5c

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“He said that e6268269fb if I train, 0b222226cc I can become 2135d6017a a knight just 52bd830d48 like him! When that happens, I’ll 09ad26af16 protect you, Spaghetti!”24a4fa98e5d24ed2

Stephanie looked at Theo 011d604a13 with a strange expression.96321898ae3235f5

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His soft, tiny body 4cbd501647 didn’t seem reliable at c13e53cf67 all.925e92e15c91932a

Feeling her doubtful gaze, 715a96f1ee Theo’s face turned bright dddf952c34 red.7659593cbf72d09c

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He shouted loudly.8d945eb2a5683810

“I’m serious! You don’t b972396e20 know anything, 59f9d8d9da Spaghetti!”c23a9c038e3edab4

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