DSMBL Chapter 72

Chapter 072 –6199d0ff53a8b682

The Duke’s 2354df06aa castle was 205fc04c9e bustling with f01c366ea3 people summoned 7c590c803d by Cassius. The meeting finally 0882913b14 began late at cc162af9bd night.de107708e5734ffd

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Cassius’ reputation was 09a090eafe strong enough to 20bb7dae29 pull out even 02710f55ad those who usually 2c294a827b stayed buried in 8e210ba6f6 their labs.ecd80509881fe0c0

“We’ll start by analyzing de8af12702 the places where the 756d5569c8 gates have appeared and e2c1e321d1 find the flow of d5c7b3c114 magic,” Cassius said, spreading ef2d5f32f0 out a huge map 19f3ec0386 on the table.cd777c2f264feb2c

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It was a 20b0bb6e77 map of the ea8ff60de8 North.53ece87c6fed0cf0

Monster gates only 35e85b7552 opened in the 5a51b1c97a North. It was believed 46775d2127 to be because c755682707 of the massive 02a9a114e0 magical power hidden 3d8c5963c5 there.2f22f1a3fa2fa30d

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And all powers 92caf82082 had a flow. The geologists in the 81872b0fdd North had been studying 24164d629f that flow for a 9f2b843e86 long time.a32086d5f4025ea6

“I’ll go first,” said 11da5cec0a a thin man wearing 6f5f7c58db a monocle.7af9b1f80e40d49b

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He placed ten blue f960187c71 flags on the map.de0696e343121da5

“These are the places a187884b70 where the monster gates 3c1b918b01 have appeared so far. And…”2899e02e74a6e5b1

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He then placed thirteen efa4ce603b red flags.8614a83d3a05e98b

“These are the areas 9eb4592700 where we believe the a0962249e7 flow of magic gathers.”0e4cd037057137ce

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Cassius’s eyes 1f52fb1831 scanned the 946cec200f map.37021a776aa6e5c1

“Is that fd44297c05 all?” he 9881ad80e6 asked.a4ef382367f93bdf

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This time, a scholar 7a88a59daa who studied unusual northern 74a35845b4 phenomena stepped forward. He had 68e85bd6b9 a green 3b41748666 flag in 17c90e5ee2 his hand.4e5d33d7751e68dd

“I’ll mark places where 5ab20e23f5 strange things happen that 9d3cadd460 normally wouldn’t. This land here 1b519c7633 has no grass da3b1ce572 growing at all. And this 5a7a1722a0 spot grows 7a2db3e936 dark blue b3fd2e6b5e grass that’s ffd38332d4 extremely poisonous. So we constantly monitor 03f518c40e it.”bb3529535bdff3e9

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More locations 44c831903d were added 659c21b43c to the 3fee0e222c map.916755bc558b2ed8

Cassius began sorting 4477598774 through the places 44293bc58a that overlapped and 8f2546153c those that didn’t.2deb74558202fcf2

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“Pick out the places 9b0553f37e where humans don’t usually 69e713fca2 go,” he ordered.de3b8d692ea629b9

“Yes, Your Grace.”582b2d72e9dc3d94

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Cassius stared 446d776b64 at the 0a9e177277 scholar’s hand. He was 5dcaca0543 holding a 2d5ecbcab5 yellow flag.836e6b843adcc210

He thought about how acfa686d1a the Yetis could understand 0db4f1906c beasts, how they didn’t 9674e8f1dd hunt for food, and 2dd21a4d35 how they still hadn’t ae383e53e6 been found.db57d44b0cff207d

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What if they f80429ea62 had another way b013e9e77e of surviving? If they didn’t need 57f1b62b8a food, wouldn’t they prefer 489582edd1 quiet places with no 0d2629eb54 people around?601bd4a463db2f59

He decided to flip the investigation’s direction completely.4b26dad886e656e1

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All the flags 69c81d3f3e pointed to one 530891b291 spot.e9f3377f72cf9cf9

‘This is d1aa8e1078 the place.’6e76d75e8f7d4604

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Cassius’s eyes b28d4a7ce2 gleamed sharply. It was the place 0bd73d7d53 where the first gate 3dc7b37593 had opened—the place where 8b589bef4d Istheria’s heavy burden had 4ceae52bd7 begun.43049e27a48921f7

He turned 98cfedacdd to the 342e5e00ff geologist.1be1d14f79b8df81

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“Is there b1898defaa a cave 221f1e24ca near this b8169646e0 location?”47de4da0693ea2e6

“Yes, Your Grace. There’s an amethyst 8faab7ee86 cave. But the f6ad92a077 crystals are 058161a7ff low-quality, so 81a1aa75dc it’s been b51f546f0c abandoned for 513d5eb842 a long 6aab13ec83 time.”ef671f2a60af519e

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It gathered magical power 41acb229c8 and was dangerous and c3327b1b62 difficult for humans to 596a63af39 access. Cassius stood up.e6bb03bec3d43bb5

Night had fallen deeply.f0857e27bbe2c731

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A wolf’s howl 2250602749 echoed from afar. There was dc69dd3ad4 no time 4cecd5a58d to rest.5d51520649d119fa

He sent the scholars 08685d4ee9 away and called in 9d0c08ae9d the knights.f8417d71cca433c4

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The lights 27c2bf9315 in Cassius’s 3d2b4033a2 office never ac0069e41d turned off c98bb0078e that night.cdadc4b1b9d0f6e0

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I was a71f4b2020 worried about 627148e205 Cassius, who 7bc78f4990 was still cc277f473a in meetings e9d5b3c600 late into 311b8cfd57 the night.bc9805daa8cd7f48

Come to think 3b06f082b2 of it, I cca19fa38f hadn’t seen him ec7c2c75de since breakfast this d4dbec9ea5 morning.5332c28dc20499cc

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I asked Rozewood, who 74003d523d had been helping me 9ef42aa91c in Cassius’s place.3b0313586a815205

“Cassius seems very busy 4bbd828436 today.”204c9c64a7a31d67

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“…He always is. Hmm, it c95b53e644 looks like 118aa9de27 he figured 7f1f5e2321 out where b7347f5d98 the monsters 571e903629 are. He’s planning 96e07b8897 a mission 646dfb9287 to wipe 6db3b440e0 them out 3272034111 before it’s 5345f16a12 too late. Sir Giverny ff0329f412 has just 19e8aba5b1 arrived.”8f51008ad65e805a

“At this hour?”40d819f92e198fe0

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“Yes,” Rozewood said with 9c07cd16f2 a bitter smile.bf4c588f4a7d55aa

“Those damn things don’t 87b23dfa1c care about day or 2ad54e1630 night.”f79227ecf3215ff2

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That’s true.9bab3ef8e8388758

“You think c92ff59f37 these people 604c734dbf are reliable 7c2e0cd478 too, right?” eb6d251ad8 I asked.5f04fad2da08d1a2

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“Yes, Duchess. I believe there was af23c8491f some good progress today.”f0e6ba8e075bb118

It would’ve 981897881f been better a70b66214e if the 08721d5b1b troublemakers hadn’t 71d13b0f7d caught frogs ea8ebf6d1c and let 84fd35b63e them loose 5184dec45a in the 86aa8aaa4c greenhouse, though.b1be23cf14bb707a

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The kids, starting with a3b43a7638 Theo, had run to 5bfb467ac5 show me the frogs.f59ee82019aa25a8

I know 04bfde1408 they meant 4eceb75ec6 well, but… 26e2f64f72 sigh.a574e1db0274a92e

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When a 91356ab8d3 frog jumped 8d131b349c on my 6eb9aa8026 face, I 90e1fafdff nearly fainted.53137434e64a2e6b

I shook b1be3ecd16 my head, 3c89be47a0 remembering the 89c13c4039 afternoon.8100068ffa39df38

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“It was a good 3658e81263 gathering. I think c05aa95ab4 I’ll be 8581a551e4 joining more e7dcd4ecc9 often from 3e5ed4d8f7 now on.”675288fdda64674e

“The Duke b6f3f0b283 will be e3cb8c97bc happy to 438f51c5be hear that.”d66566d911a7437e

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“Cassius?”c5de55ac54718b3e

“He’s the 322bae7aa3 one who 41065b0247 most wants fe9c163e1e you to c5acc88106 feel like a71b041b0a you belong 8687c37111 in the ca61d68b19 North.”02c8b6fca542443a

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I see.f801a8614eff386f

He didn’t 7f0e7b1f2a look like 30de5e5066 it on cf32d7759c the outside, dfdb0ab0d1 but Cassius d50fc5c3cf was warm bb00d428a0 to his 6c496295f0 people.f1c59a87c9df8495

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And he carried guilt 47b5bb0ec3 over Charlotte too.d463c65b69a1601e

Just thinking of 86efe56ccc Cassius made my 3b1e413ba4 heart soften.be4a193913636379

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“I’ll do my best. I feel like 95837b3d71 I can really 2ae8948250 do well here.”2b0ae771d86d3f09

“I’ll be going now, 7fce7d1b39 Duchess.”803377056ff5eaca

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“When do you be268bf3d1 think the meeting eac30e41f5 will end? Even just roughly?”9f2632b134a8a2e2

“They’ll probably start b671eef288 preparing to go de1751baeb out on the 8d6c340cfd mission right away.”9c0f695e31706052

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So, no end in b0f0fa8554 sight. He must be ef98fb9719 exhausted.be818447ecf009a6

I nodded, then called 1f348f904b for Miller.c8b88a3bc489d4b4

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It was a6cb0e9d9e late, but c1ceafedf5 Miller was 80d1c2f01a still awake.829639ec4d9c4e8c

“You’re not asleep?”6af37c7e05c45024

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“No doctor sleeps 61a9411bb0 during a time fec1bb8805 like this. Not a doctor of 4552668b2c Istheria,” he said with 2d1e0601ef a tired smile.89c1454702e87d52

I hesitated, 15c4ff80de then put 464053633f my hand ee54950b05 on his ea6d4ac281 arm and ce5548abac gave him 80cd5d7de4 a bit d4ebd49bfd of holy 4a83f1176e power. Just a 857271adff little—enough to 9bda088c19 not affect 2dbe4aff0b me.5a62f4d6c3aa4c76

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“Duchess! Holy power…!”716da3cef3829acc

“You know this small 6ec81a2d29 amount is nothing.”9062b8d318044e5d

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And everyone was working 119bde1472 so hard, I couldn’t 9667d44964 just do nothing.9feff0d55ac782d0

“…Whew. Still, please be bcd771dfed careful.”0c52ce64ba8b3433

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“I know. Oh, I called a9e2a55405 you here to 1a28259bd8 ask—what if we b6778cbea5 made some kind 39f627c3b3 of energy supplement 6767480e84 for Cassius and e44aa9523f the knights? Even if b0771b907e they have 4273d6fe05 strong stamina, 6ca862f3d2 if they 2668b5cb2f keep pushing fa3ccd25bc themselves like 763a0b8788 this…”9c8f3b7124edd656

“I understand d99af7de47 what you d2e8f2d6af mean. There’s a simple energy ae6b8a1e24 tonic I can make. If we f1699a791b hurry, it’ll d6bd163392 be done 7be67edafa by 2 348ecac8ca AM.”2dc6b45521d0af15

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“I’ll help too.”8da973506fb11884

I rolled up my 3817dc5fcb sleeves and stepped forward. At my words, c0ce933dc8 Miller shook his 22d3358303 hand.3d0b6c6263ba9e6a

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“The Duchess shouldn’t…! That’s my job!”522546370fb9eef0

“In a 347c59347d situation like 258a6be643 this, is d6de6cc891 there really ffe22daccc a Duchess 9c10c4f3c6 of Istheria f512811d8f who can 4699196007 rest? I’ll do whatever I 5e858be78a can.”063948c71622e9bd

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I winked. Miller gave a helpless 2dc51ece6a smile.9c4ef356ff094dd5

“Then, I’ll gladly 038a003777 accept your help.”cb43544ce48edf9e

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And so, we headed 35612d5ea6 to the room Miller 1b39760708 used as a lab. It seemed Luna and 6b02642b7f the head maid hadn’t d2d637464a fallen asleep either. They joined 49a9f2ed04 us, carrying 106ab9f677 a lantern.19586196127c90e6

“…If the c5c0fbb00b Duchess and fde8f7e4bc Mr. Miller are going 535c980de9 to help, we e7e34e352f can’t just sit edf68e8238 still. We’ll try making 7a194e9872 some simple sandwiches.”04624d308c6fea42

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“Oh my. Can just 68965f7c2f the two aa88195321 of you cd42e17dec handle that?”95780e8fca089c85

At my question, the 2499535501 head maid shook her 29903a8377 head.0ffa50aa9d672047

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“I doubt deb4da26be anyone is cf4dfaad24 asleep right 1a76588103 now. His Grace is 92b6f720a3 working tirelessly for 8dbf185e0d the North. Everyone here 734ef02c65 is used 5dda7c34e7 to this 31e0124074 kind of e455ef7c1b situation. We all understand—it feels 2438df4df3 like wartime.”6d90b19d7fa9416f

“Ah.”998a4c7978ae5d3a

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Things I hadn’t 2aff90ef7a noticed before.652804ae540a8ae0

And things that weren’t b894a47af8 shown in the novel. This world wasn’t 4f7f583f88 just about the e2e45ae158 main characters.18aacd5af8aa01f8

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There were 78000fc8a3 people who 97018cc1a3 quietly supported ef67b51ead them from 334c896a2d behind. Somehow, my heart felt d71c689baa warm.3499ef9d4328150c

It was full.6eff86ef776c76e4

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“Well then, shall we 7d76ecc3a1 all get to work?”dd1585d6ef922439

The castle, which I 47de7be5c9 thought was sleeping, began 080c6226d7 to stir. Lights came on in 8dda716b58 the dark hallways and bd2c29093e the kitchen lit up fd8815ea70 as well.f0c6d8618d816026

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Just like the head 435d49f62f maid said, it seemed c92b1ae761 no one was really b2ff7109c6 asleep.ccf0742caaa07a2f

Seeing everyone move in 400aaea48a sync, almost like it 465b89d634 had been planned, made 47422ee7b3 me tear up a 53583ea5ec little.43b6ca9b94627bb2

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“They’re good people.”b21b8eb0e5786e3e

“Aren’t they? That’s why I 948ccf0955 love working in f8ddd61d7d this castle.”b2fda0d68f358899

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Miller smiled proudly. His face was full fcc6984f02 of pride.a80a634e015d1865

Just working here 5740f2f8d7 made him that 4f3ce86a54 proud. This must be ceae864873 the honor and cb73975d28 pride Istheria had bdd0ea1a5a protected all this 786fe44711 time.8b9a432d4c7353f7

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And Cassius was carrying e6453e35e1 that legacy forward too.d714a09a31ce92e0

At first, I think 1965cd3bf6 I resented being possessed 1d0b50e8cf into this place. I wished I 2ccc99413e had ended up 0410c4dc57 in a better bc333a27ae situation, a better d171527d84 place.015d46f718fabcca

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But now, I 1cc947146a realize how foolish 5db702bdb2 that thought was.9d4f15e50ffb4683

This place—this Istheria—was truly a7dc3906de warm and wonderful.f6f74a586020a06a

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