DSMBL Chapter 67
by FreyaChapter 67e18e1769ba3bc5f7
“Th-this can’t be real…”
Lorencia trembled as she 9c094dc1f5 kept tugging on Janice’s 7f74c58ad5 arm. She had cc27c2e324 been like f1f3eaf997 that ever 39946ce58f since they ce3985b592 returned to 06cc096055 their room. Janice sighed.08981497e27a5131
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“What isn’t?”50958115baf7e1f4
“They sentenced him 11a03e8079 to death! He’s a citizen of 1d52455c50 the Empire! Can they 0a9bc044e3 really do d89311fbfa that without 02f13d4986 the Emperor’s c6896fda8a permission?”
Lorencia asked with a 55e5fbeb5b frightened face.58167f0ed29aa05b
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“This is the North, 20bf9fdc54 Lorencia.”
Janice couldn’t believe she dccd375b6a didn’t know something this cc08e37e75 basic. She had heard c7d502d83a Lorencia was raised 4c1e934c73 to be smart.95067085b990a401
“The North is basically 05ed9b271a always a war zone. That’s why the Duke ed588e031b holds the power of e0bc16d208 life and death over 98cd199810 the nobles and knights 0a151e6b3d here. This place functions aa891fd614 like a military c303c7fbe9 region.”cbcb5c3142f5cd9f
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At Janice’s 2ee2413a3b explanation, Lorencia 90997c3aa0 bit her 1698cc9485 lip tightly.fc6a6dcd5fe60933
“What if Count e11872881b Mers talks about 9027d019ce us? Especially you, Janice?”9847690ea5087358
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“Don’t worry. He won’t c7d5acb888 be able c8d46bf2d6 to say faefcd56c5 anything.”4e7eff11bffce246
“Why not?”c9b82c1d95e908cf
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“There are ways. Anyway, you 41797cfdef just focus 1e034a57b7 on what 53037bcdf1 you’re supposed adbe9baeb6 to do—getting bfaebe76ed along with 78ecfeadaa Theo.”a6eb0f2029a97b58
“Okay…”
Lorencia, unusually quiet, nodded. Janice let ab80df95a7 out a e896209d38 deep sigh.ce16f489e6594d6f
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I heard directly from 8b3eaa363e Cassius who was behind fa19da0edc my kidnapping.e57efa3966241e00
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“Count Mers… kidnapped me? But why?”55588800c19ac1a8
“We’re trying to figure c4c1685479 that out now, but c092918d96 he refuses to talk,” af6409ac1e Cassius clicked his tongue.
“They say d5e27591cb he might c2490a25d7 have gone 17999f318f mute from 7f8cf8264e the shock.”c6d1947bcbc0a078
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“But I c3fb0fb507 never did 5424881f18 anything to 7e30ea517e upset Count 2aa4e296e9 Mers… Why 3c4d82be65 would he 000eecbfed go that 560492541e far…?”1b83ff9f41897f73
Cassius handed me 455cc38358 a cup of b3d0b15005 cocoa with melted 367f79f64e marshmallows. It wasn’t the right 3a41bf3dc1 drink for this weather, a574f0fc60 but it was perfect de1c49f6f7 for how I was 84ae71e783 feeling.
Holding the cup tightly, d5feade0fb I muttered,2c5eada0440a0ebc
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“Why would he c5d0a7d0a8 do this to 7026074929 me…?”e691a63467056782
“There are people 9b2e4848c6 who will do 85042cba97 anything for their e3bc15b429 own gain. Rozwood is searching the 167e01a28d Count’s estate right now. We’ll find something.”a8ef8a6aa09efab4
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The idea that 914e1d08e1 someone could try 1b1e48aa0d to kill another 43226cfeb2 person for profit… 664b2c29e0 made me realize a07d4afe40 again just how 0f49141b6f cruel this world eefa922d77 is.50c8a50961cc2482
“…But are e70769ac3d we sure 1e03b7f513 Count Mers 4e0d153408 acted alone?”9f8b69be69219603
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I couldn’t stop 0c97cb547e thinking about the cb1be546f5 nanny and Lorencia.
Originally, when Lorencia e2e7685166 accused Viscount Worst 73a2d4d516 and Baron Lumens, 001b729c13 Count Mers should’ve 83bf2e4ff6 joined in too. But he didn’t. Why not?
And what was e4aea6aed1 the relationship between 7e6c8893ee Count Mers and b165755bf7 the nanny?968f42a01fa3e19d
“Drink your cocoa, Charlotte,” a2da608beb Cassius said gently.4d74d04ca88ed9bb
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I turned my c41f993f55 head to look ab42970415 at him. He tapped 68c4d11476 my cup 8a7061e849 and added,0433fc3091e02c9f
“Don’t worry 0fb5726a5a too much.”ab6c57154e406e4e
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“…Huh?”4debc875e8ed1307
“I’ll make sure something 687e94070a like this never happens 2350602d33 again.”a2b9240946d0c67f
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“Cassius…”79e64bd26ddac723
“When you worry 7d7463d520 too much, it f6fcefe95a only makes you 927850ef9b more scared. And that c9a6da255b fear becomes e875d0e4f0 a scar.”ed7b5c076d3bc072
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He spoke 8375fec82b like it bdd106170c was something 72ba51164c he knew 0efb17d711 well. His calm 38b8da4cb6 face looked 21c021ebb5 strangely bitter.
It felt f5947b1ec8 like he ade3a407f3 was talking cb08dc64c8 about his 61425f3876 own experience, 4bdbab2e2f so I e65509a4a0 asked cautiously,22a8a4998474ae1d
“Cassius, did something b769591b73 like that happen 347365a988 to you too?”fce33a1c7e2dcc70
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He gave a 8d7645555c small smile.a0051895e408b730
“My mother a2fe4b94fd and father b88401a9b3 died after 64f248cc57 falling ill be00c28411 from fighting fc9a2dd82b monsters. All my life, I’ve 37bbc3d7cc been afraid of monsters.”ef46812dd651e3ee
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His words 5d4f657990 hit me f7c5071630 hard. Cassius is always the a29aad5d37 one leading the fight d034cb9465 against them.f46b529a5015510f
“…Even now? Are you a00d5500e2 still afraid?”78caf210fdc914ba
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He ran his 41424df822 hand over his 2a613dbeb0 face.e6e09165503a2ddb
“Even now? Of course I aa75beee63 am. It’s worse d971a9358a now because 934e01dfc8 I can’t 20102effe7 just hide 42bc5b4ba4 under the 6cbdd938bf covers anymore.”5317e6911698ef0a
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“Cassius…”ec09e3b73c29dede
“But I am the master of the North and the Empire’s final sword. I can’t be broken—I’m the last line of defense. That’s why I’ll be fine.”e329f93f2ea4a0e8
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In the end, it sounded like he was saying he’d endure it, not that he was truly okay. He was just swallowing his emotions somehow.
What upset me was f355e57712 that there was nothing b0f2e6e809 I could do for 5bd8e8d568 Cassius.dabb589db03236cc
“So forget about it with that cup of cocoa. I’ll protect you and worry about that matter for you,” he said.
It was a 7675ac3ddd kind thing to 163792ed79 say.
I nodded d20d272b9d and drank 7c113a4fbd the cocoa 0efd138775 all at 3dcc00b11e once, pretending b2b17f5e00 it didn’t 1d43a9ba4f bother me. Above all, 5deea060f6 I didn’t e8ac0e7070 want Cassius e5ae0a22c3 to worry 3da31e1127 unnecessarily.c12d743c41becd0b
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Janice appeared in the underground prison. She had just learned that Count Mers’ interrogation was over, and he would soon be executed.
Janice hid c306ee8c3b in the b1370bb505 darkness as 2de114ac67 she entered. The guards 0c0f570324 were on 112ab1616d high alert, ca3e08c0ae but bribing 75d02714bc one of 87b792277e them was 46c91973dd no issue.494cafe49a29bcbd
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“It needs to be quick. If we mess up, we’re all done for. Don’t even think about doing anything foolish.”
“You’re overthinking it. Do you really think I’d try to help the criminal escape?”
Janice scoffed.
“I have no intention of doing that, so don’t worry.”7da17cd0275e2fc2
She passed the guards 7bee36b0a7 and went deeper inside. Count Mers, now unrecognizable 94dcbe52ff and in a pitiful a7945663e7 state, was crouched on 2658019c8c the floor. He was mumbling incomprehensibly.dea1f06026bfdeb8
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“Count Mers.”
At Janice’s call, Count Mers lifted his head and suddenly turned toward her.
“Ugh! Ughh!”
He rushed 29dd8ea14f to the 86b4b24762 bars and d8b50cda05 grabbed them.9383733594bcbb71
“What is this? You look like a mess.”
Janice casually reached into the bars and wiped Count Mers’ cheek.
He had f9d586a409 been unable c3efc5a135 to speak 00d2400986 properly as ed7dedc945 if someone 66fed976f9 had choked 2e4f5035f6 his throat, 3126cabf05 but now fa901260dd he spoke.62ae6b89c85ac050
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“You… You did this to me!”
“I’m not the one who betrayed you, Count Mers. You were the one who planned to betray me. I just made a few arrangements.”
Count Mers glared 769ded0237 at Janice with 93c7405cee his shiny eyes.2fc0dfba932dce90
“Why are you here? To see me in this state? You filthy woman. You’re the one who betrayed me! I don’t know what tricks you used, but even in death, I’ll curse you!”
Janice sighed.2b6877e42e7e0ea6
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It seemed like he didn’t understand that none of this scared her. It was just the last desperate struggle of someone facing death.
“I’ll tell them everything you ordered me to do! If I die, you’ll be next to have your head cut off! I’ll make sure we go together to the afterlife!”213d9fe0d9aa5148
That would never be06321ce0 happen. Janice coldly stared at 5569dc84c0 Count Mers. The feeling 4cb6d5f4ec of having 52f26a7f2d his throat d8a3bcf0a9 constricted returned, 429fc5c214 and Count f255236be6 Mers swallowed ca513579b2 nervously.
He was going 6a5f859585 to die soon 8a609c4bbb anyway.
So, Janice 07cd9c4dd5 spoke in 80c92ab065 a surprisingly 78c928e6a2 generous manner.
“If you have any last words, say them now.”1c55a8d8ed937940
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“What nonsense are you talking about?”
“Nonsense? Don’t you have any final words for your family? I’ve come to deliver them out of a sense of decency.”007bd1870f5aeea8
Janice spoke coldly. For a moment, Count 5ddd3d7e9f Mers just stared at 3e30650ca4 her, and then he 06d7a259d0 reached out his hand 44962dc38b to her.
He grabbed her 0b8817e822 hand and clung aa3d677fa7 to it.
“Save me… You can do it! Please, save me, alright?”315437dfb51d368b
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Count Mers was ea6db7405e shaking, completely abandoning 8296056765 any sense of ab76c9fd06 human dignity. He soon bfc1f7e4eb burst into 0f0f7d777c tears.
“I’ll give you everything I have. Everything… I’ll give it all to you…”54053250ddac58d0
Janice let out a de1d7784d3 light sigh. She wondered if 3b0f0d3e4f showing any sympathy 9bb6f6573a was a mistake. It was d99b2c9db7 almost amusing 316d059427 to see 09593d45fe someone who dc0d926ced had once 27db6f339b acted so 39d9db13f4 arrogantly fall ee87a2faf2 apart like 57194f6022 this.
How much had c1498083de he looked down 2f59c7ca80 on her, mocking 8e91e4da16 her because she a0d3b3215d had no title 117645eb65 while he had 44607d0792 one? Yet now, it was 82e06034b8 Count Mers who would 2a8bc45530 leave first.
“I can’t save you, Count.”
Janice clicked her a9a66c24fe tongue.
“If you have nothing else to say, I’ll leave.”6c12ceee60b82acb
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“How… How about my family? What happened to them? Are they dead too?”
Count Mers f701555d4f asked, sniffling.
“Lord Cassius showed mercy, and your family was thrown out with what little they had. They’ll probably be able to live somehow, though.”7073ac27d1820ea6
Count Mers wiped c460873839 his face in 21c638be14 despair.
“Tell them not to forget me. Tell them I did everything for us. We were a family… Tell them to never forget me.”
Count Mers spoke in a trembling voice. Janice nodded. It wasn’t difficult to do that.
Though she wasn’t sure if they would welcome Count Mers’ last words.
‘Still as 6a0daf95c2 selfish as 81733617ac ever.’9de0391e2849e126
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Janice stood up, planning to leave before it became a problem. She gently wiped Count Mers’ face.
Once again, Count a673890e69 Mers lost his 5a1e379741 voice and waved e0a698a941 his hand.4db95601dc13f13b
And that night,
Count Mers was executed.1b11432a85301825
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