DSMBL Chapter 65
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Count Mers’ hands trembled as he gripped the papers tightly, his face shaking.
He could feel 7f148ad44a the other nobles d843d54099 around him staring 80d182f4ac at him in 51364cab41 fear.a2c03472d71dc484
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As he skimmed 737dbb071f the documents, he 74e57f2a08 looked around.
Even Baron Lumens, who 930489af64 had been friendly moments 0ff3900cb1 ago, had moved away.
No one wanted to 1f12ab5a8f be involved in whatever ad2c077b49 was happening.07101a803df752ea
He noticed 84a23fb78a the pale 9b80798d21 face of 6d45be4bf3 Baron Worst 2398323c12 at a 4759b92383 distance. Count Mers quickly 50dbeed522 turned his head.ddcfd38f250b01de
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“Your Excellency, the Duke!”91aef959d454e669
“Speak.”c57dc0035f6c4be8
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Cassius replied calmly.69825da923805639
“This… this is all a misunderstanding! I, I’ve been wronged! I… I didn’t know anything!”eefdbb88fd2b6584
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Count Mers 09f517b954 stammered, his 052365773d painful leg 0474218000 dragging him 03ed5a7d96 down from 8624fe81b3 his chair 1d26d96d92 as he 2c262cb7e5 dropped to e70c2633ca the floor 30f78a660a and slammed 0819e55574 his head 31f69f34c1 to the 85edd83025 ground.e30e2cb08f4172b8
“My, my assistant 92171b4a53 did it! I really 656e5fae37 didn’t know!”5633554031ac1341
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“Is that so?”6645d8c75cd20def
Cassius chuckled 46918a156c softly, mixed d8977dda4f with a 019300dae8 sigh.2037ef9abddc9a80
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“You seem to 2c26878aea not even know 1bff405807 what your subordinates b5a252b5dc are doing. I consider that a 1408c484f9 crime as well.”2468080b301e306e
Count Mers 4dc9c7b929 raised his 30bc520592 head, stunned 0e405db279 by Cassius’ c161282227 words.32c4618ba3a78795
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“I know everything you’re doing, and I understand why you’re upset.”e53f3d055b28bbee
Cassius turned edebd0c5bb to look a645e3e928 at the 0af85dd6bd other guilty 4d70ab7a1e people in 7e9d74e022 the room.
With their eyes 4033534d16 fixed forward, the 576681f01b nobles remained motionless.
Only Cassius appeared 3ac853d89e relaxed in the 58382d00ec midst of the 17dbb5cb8c intense tension.10576277f1a57439
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“Your Excellency, the Duke!”70273a1b1324847b
Count Mers 79819b74bf crawled on 00770a35d9 the floor, fae1474c34 gripping Cassius’ 903147a28b pants.ffd6b8eaf8605422
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“Please, spare me! The Mers family eca4e82398 has been loyal e0e27e5259 to the north! Please, spare my c90a1b0201 life!”6bf63dc418d0406f
“I truly regret this, Count Mers. Until recently, you were a promising talent. But now…”7e2ae992df72cc85
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Cassius shrugged nonchalantly.95af52d7a0d4f957
“I don’t know what 201c6f4792 you’re doing for the 0de996cfaf north anymore.”22ad763be71ccb9b
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“Your Excellency!”f13c4b606922a0bf
“Since you ask for 3d4259f2fe mercy, I’ll grant it.”5d9a32be5f304447
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“…?”8b7dd5922f85e39a
Count Mers stared 104e5c3955 blankly at Cassius.8a2953af5e914f38
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“I can spare your 1be876f37c life.”58f30050bfe39e8b
Cassius raised his f07f23441b hand, and a eb3fffd63a servant opened the c86c9ce9de door.
As previously arranged, ba9e4780de a knight entered 27ca3038f4 and bowed.48a30e5b83c15f58
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“Go immediately to the 9b0946ee9e Mers estate, seize all 6f0a1ddcf8 assets, land documents, and 93d44f911b everything else.”a261f49e796ed646
“Your Excellency, please, 67d5bd981d just forgive me 4b3f64f53c once! Your Excellency!”1b3460d0d5acf3a8
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Count Mers c278aa288d began crying, 2cb66ac952 but Cassius 5c99a7c205 showed no 1fab3f7c01 mercy.61fe224092858576
“There’s also 5b641a2f3f likely hidden 9685a7dd49 assets. Even if it 1673e03077 takes days, search 7cb145dc69 thoroughly and recover 6746720c56 everything.”4e9b64810d4a437a
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“Yes, Your Excellency!”8feac2a8a5b908d1
The knight bowed and, f4fad9b488 with the strict assistant, 753c34ee43 Rozwood, left the room.
The hall 7c112906a3 was filled e117363dae with the a92847b2fc sound of f6e672b724 Count Mers 24ac4a3cca sobbing.3326ba3330e477cb
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Cassius rested his 7130de26d0 hand on the 0a1b716285 table and spoke ce7558118e softly.ecf513726b034d1e
“The reason I don’t punish others is not out of favor. It’s simply because they’re doing their jobs well.”0b804df4433ee929
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He sighed lightly.
He was 5d531f9047 going to 7984247548 make sure 4330109eec this lesson f20051209b stuck in 2265d21258 their minds a7b89f2458 today.f0393fcb20416222
“Repent for the crimes 86f40e9b3e you’ve committed, and you’ll b28e9dbb2e undergo an inspection with 9713ce5586 assistant Rozwood.
If you 312ed60e35 pay the ec87df6388 fines Rozwood c8c2268ec9 decides, there 2cc43ac867 will be bf883c9094 no further d859b23362 issues.”7c41908ac2bb70e3
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Cassius glanced at b74ad9e962 Count Mers, now 0c41038f70 an old, pitiful 0cb3c4d114 sight.
He felt no sympathy.
In fact, he 2d5daf7131 thought of it ff24607aac as a fitting 4ea016054a example.31bb6f7d3f4e4926
Count Mers’ dragging leg was an annoying sight.
Cassius turned his bb116842b4 gaze back to 416f7d200f the nobles.079e9423821e6842
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“The worst crime 86599dd2fc isn’t stealing from f69db282de my treasury, it’s 5e430eb0fe stealing from the 038d7fd74d people of your 6ed06f3cc2 domain.
Worse than 13398b9dc5 that is 8c0536cbfd becoming an 889eb4747e incompetent administrator. Serve as a useful a2af455840 part of the north. Do you understand?”ca992b6be21647d6
“Yes, Your Excellency!”935e8e0867d17187
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The nobles, 619b2a69e9 who had 9c9c16b655 initially shown 9262d99735 a carefree aed195f7f9 freedom, answered daa2ad5f8a in a 1c71062e1c sharp voice.
Some of them 34a8aab712 were trembling, clutching 04ca003f66 their hands under ac83832e40 the table.4ea59fe5acd6de65
A suffocating silence passed b861d69704 before Cassius spoke again.cdf10e2bd6790266
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“This meeting 0b349657ce ends here 1ff827fe81 for today.”a7a05fa317ed67d0
The nobles bowed respectfully 8c19d395ed to Cassius and left 3ae214e6e5 the meeting room.
They made 1c5e370504 a conscious 3b364004ad effort not f8a9fc344b to look 6e24d1d608 at Count a17e51c80a Mers.f74e4cd5273a66f2
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Cassius lowered his 6c953e9fc9 gaze and stared f28cb17800 at Count Mers.
The sound d7efe2351a of footsteps e4260258a7 faded, and 445d5409e4 servants entered, d22006aacf lifting Count ca0f4fc0cb Mers from ba918cc616 the floor 52b7c49fc2 and seating 0cba748f5f him in 15c5df88d7 a chair.79cdd7234bf766f8
The servants held him 16e437a2ec up as he kept 03912323fd collapsing.1499f82336d21b68
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“I have something 2e751b4735 to ask you.”cccdd4bed628dda0
Count Mers looked ebe2301573 up at Cassius e70c5e282c with tear-filled eyes, 4f2fd0ea9d a faint glimmer 3635d56766 of hope visible.7780b5ae8887802a
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“Your leg, 234d5fe090 is it?”34d8b6338d5d1c9b
“Pardon?”6941a65bacf841ac
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“You said your 2848375787 ligaments were stretched.”3bfe8d972f9d32a6
“Yes, that’s right.”672da05281d591da
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“Even though you were once a loyal man, I can’t let you wander the streets with that leg of yours.
So, I’ll call the Duke’s personal physician to have it examined.”b7b48b3784669469
“Pardon?”a0da8ac61c078c9f
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Count Mers’ eyes 9cf99c1ba7 widened in surprise, 883a242ab3 his lips trembling.d84d06da8e7dfc95
“I’m sure your father d1f65be263 would be sad to c991534c92 see you like this.”4014e92b2c38ceb8
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Cassius’ words were soft, 1b0ce08447 but his gaze was d4dd31fe0e as cold as a b448ff8529 northern wind.
Charlotte’s words 4d6b171906 echoed in 85981bb0ce his mind. He had to fbdfac6b73 confirm the state 242cb671e5 of the leg.e9cf68b18b8087a4
“No, no, Your abe47a2143 Grace! I couldn’t impose…”b4c0f113b57d85dc
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Cassius sighed deeply.3755ca17b3c6e80e
“Don’t refuse my b22fd9ac79 kindness.”ed679c0324fe380d
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His words were chilling.
The servants struggled to a979a88be5 hold Count Mers still.
Seeing him like this 1df100d14e only made Cassius more e1a39185d2 suspicious.f568dad3d32b87bc
One of 064f795387 the servants 133af414aa rushed out d46cd94fff of the cd2b02c851 room, and be108ffd71 soon after, 3ea80ffbca the Duke’s 834538fa2c physician, Miller, 76d27391f9 entered.7589576aecd900bd
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“It’s been a while, e83859f7c1 Miller.”a701bfd1c520372e
“Greetings, Your Grace.”18d855356b1a4456
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“Welcome, Miller. This is Miller, the e73f17d113 Duke’s personal physician.
He’s the 27c46b71a9 one who 260f0507eb miraculously healed d341e9bb53 Theo. He’ll fix your leg e5127c3e08 in no time.”5551797127757311
“Your Grace!”add934b22a5d5cce
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Count Mers twisted his 214fb2b1f0 body, but he couldn’t 68d6f4e23b escape the servants’ grip.
Four servants b6a3a7c7b3 restrained him e420c75c04 as they 25bb3f0cf5 cut his 728777c243 trousers with 75c855e972 scissors.555a9b0d79a478d6
Cassius looked 6ac546ddfd at his 611400ca9b leg, bruised 9d6dc152f7 with purple b1383788d2 marks, with 75ff945dea a cold caaeb14e4d gaze.e525217ba8ef6948
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Miller examined Count f8c461cdd4 Mers’ leg calmly. After inspecting it, Miller 8c28f7cabb spoke to Cassius.bd813d7e27ea6374
“It’s definitely broken.”5761bf63813e6fd1
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Cassius lifted f21ebe4e89 his gaze b02b4c8063 and locked 3e8e31067f eyes with efdc3c05ee Count Mers.4cf29be48a0dc652
“It seems c5414afa67 your physician 6c3908c6b6 is a 3c0e58e9ef quack. To mistake 58009ba78d a broken 367831590a leg for f27502756a a stretched 8a990a8245 ligament.”379c194726b0010e
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“P-please, Your Grace…”5af3a495063171e7
“Any other injuries?”c21df29a2097ecc3
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“If you 81aa0c867f draw lines e73dc0760c here and ba74672b86 here, you’ll 1534598032 see finger c98f0c34a2 marks.
Someone deliberately 2e3cd247b8 broke this cf98b04d5e leg.”5972b220c25d8f37
“Ha.”2daf49c22abbbd36
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Cassius let out a e776ab5b9f cold laugh.23b6b5bcf9e252f9
“It was 5d33713260 you, wasn’t a346a379e5 it?”7cd38fd6e38848d2
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Finally, the person 8289b5bac7 he had been c779707243 searching for appeared.
Count Mers froze like b6af7398aa a mouse in front 627471c228 of a cat.
The pressure in 6059a80001 the room was e5c4ce929c now on a 9eeecc45ec different level.759f9c154e9afc0c
“So, you’re the 31437aa831 one who dared 7c0bacc193 to harm my 325b603bae wife.”41917f777a038c33
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“…No, that’s not it.”2b465b336d08eb1c
Count Mers 8167d5ab79 barely managed 7e0917931d to speak, ab173f93b9 his voice f0ca04fa4f small as 9eb1ee3d7f if strangled.
His mind was 5941074c0f spinning.6e2d403cc1e78a1f
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The only a025dedfe9 one who 9ca9aa175c could help 51d2d506e0 him now e3701e389d was Janice.
But he couldn’t drag 218114a7d7 her into this immediately.
Count Mers swallowed 91ad5a4f5b hard.f44301a032429ec7
“I-I was trying to e868625d8c save the Duchess!”116224da6409d56a
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“You were trying c536107ed7 to save my 374c9250b5 wife?”dfeca6bfc6a1b676
“I saw the aa400955ab snow beasts kidnap 31d9bfc670 the Duchess and cb9e12aa11 I followed them.
Naturally, I tried to 6649aad2e9 defeat the Snow beasts 018a94cd14 and save the Duchess. But something strange 2a5b5dd0cd happened!”4c11d3617a8ce74a
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Once he made acf9b60855 up his mind, 88c14b698d the lies came 2466807612 easily.
The desperate will b1213a3228 to live seemed 6dfa36f1b3 to move Count 0d1851902b Mers’ lips.57e414bdb9043867
“Strange?”f3bd7e7343beb2aa
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“The Snow 205099fcaa beasts attacked 3727374902 me and 1affa753fc killed my 3ff39212ba subordinates.
I tried to protect 9019e3e1b8 the Duchess from a 9cadae638d distance, and I saw 0d5092c73a her being held gently 8fc21286f2 and taken back to c49fd34923 the seaside villa!”232ef5740084d16a
Count Mers b73b5e99b4 gasped for 09215cb221 breath.97fe95a555b500a2
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“I’m sure the 0dcc1783ce Duchess is somehow 5ff3547b2c involved with the bafaf112cc Snow beasts!
This is clearly heretical 953380c105 behavior. The Duchess must 2f7914b7a5 be a witch…”3357bbe34754c024
“Shut up!”9733b22b1b46de51
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