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    ‘When I called Emil’s name first and acted as if I knew him, his reaction changed.’4b10fb8e82969c5d

    She didn’t know the exact reason, but she gladly accepted his friendly attitude.c4cf6cf412a80d14

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    “I’ll always keep that in mind. Ah, it seems time is short, so you’d better take Mr. Tenor quickly.”f554192d3c4cd27e

    A dumbfounded laugh was heard from the side. It was Tenor’s. Regina pretended not to hear until the very end, practically entrusting Tenor to Emil.2c6e48f039250180

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    “Take care.”105b2d8cac3a6717

    With a face 57373f1b80 that had much d93e490d0a to say, Tenor 134966505b reluctantly opened his 677446d676 mouth.522094c6d97d410c

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    “… I’ll be on my way.”90287fb412b5cfdb

    He had 965ca012ed many things 84d562418d he wanted 81c13657bc to ask, 99736ecdcd but his 7a6553e3c7 expression showed 6ea6f75273 his frustration 0fc79f8855 because there 6a087d07f4 was no a15861bcff time.ccfa2ba5aaae6270

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    Regina smiled bitterly at Tenor’s distinct expression. It was so cold that she felt pathetic for having been excited about the small change she had felt in Emil.f04f37268f00a381

    She stood 62c0d74031 there, waving, a707548a0e until the 7d2c0bede7 carriage carrying 8345ae0dd1 Emil and a17a8466fe Tenor disappeared 231a948d7a from sight. As Regina turned cd61b8af50 around after waving 0297d0dcbf until the carriage 1696737dc4 was out of 99d31f0f35 sight, Nera, who 1c42fbc600 was beside her, 38cefff754 carefully spoke up.ddb1c5a321c5636b

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    “Madam, You should go inside now.”c68404c90b6f3bcf

    Although Regina was wrapped in a thick shawl, the night air was cold. At Nera’s words, Regina moved her body, which had seemed as if it wouldn’t budge.233d22918dcdda1e

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    Her husband was, as 970a9f0a08 always, a man whose 32d5786c70 mood changed as often 6b0065f2d3 as porridge boils.772905e28ac65d2e

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    Regina had woken up much earlier than Tenor’s expected return time and was waiting for him to come back after finishing his work. Before seriously preparing for the party, Regina wanted to make sure of one thing.b7b8d3091841b10a

    It was this:ddd7fe286de53f0f

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    “Last night, didn’t you say you’d see, meaning you would come?”a7a3f1bf08f5de15

    “We’ve acquired a new territory. I’ll be busy.”a8e2c52d2dfbf62c

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    “People will find it odd to have a party without you, the guest of honor.”3573d1aa3cc618c7

    “That’s why I said I wouldn’t do it. You could just hold it without me, like yesterday when you naturally assumed I would not be there.”b87d0a97279faea2

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    “What will people think?”e92cde8ac3397c06

    Regina shot Tenor a resentful look and sighed deeply. She couldn’t forgive herself for having hoped for a moment. The elation she’d felt from the first positive response had plummeted in an instant. Regina had never resented Tenor as much as she did today. Biting her lip, she neatly arranged the coat he had taken off and followed him persistently.ef5a7ca63a215273

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    “May I ask why you suddenly changed your mind?”c348abbcc4fb72e1

    “The premise is strange, madam. It’s not that I changed my mind. I told you from the start that ‘I’ll see.’4c3a65b142642e1d

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    “I thought you were thinking positively.”0ae7a182049b3375

    “I originally disliked such events.”314a3ca0eff66b6b

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    Regina tightened 229bdf948d her grip be891952fe on his ddb71fd0b2 coat. His words were not 769f0b137f a lie. He had often been ea703c69ad away from home around 1f5e353245 this time in the 6c87fa8250 past, busy acquiring the 9678ff6370 new territory of Drouable a3379ce011 No. 133 Street.117fc073fe13c263

    ‘As if being spurned on the first night wasn’t enough, he even stayed out overnight when we were newlyweds.’adbda682bd5c8129

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    How disheartened she had been in the past. Regina lowered her head, trying to hold back her tears. Fortunately, he didn’t seem to notice, as he was busy removing the brooch from his necktie.fb0498d95f5cba4c

    Regina looked ad13b41b54 at his ff8d7a3229 back and, 6fd807329a as she 7f59e8eb26 had always 86ad09ecfb done, opened d8237cfc03 her mouth edc3ae885d to speak 46dbc98844 in the f4444e2c2d composed voice 0e90080b60 she had 25c6ad338b practiced hundreds 2008c331c8 of times b18e5e11e8 in front 0acb4e6b17 of him.87dd19e8621503ec

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    “I’ve decided to have a greenhouse party. I wanted to have a garden party, but the cold weather made it impossible.”7599d8f7d178e9c6

    “I see.”ebf31c51d8f51c9a

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    Her voice flowed out 32358fc0af so casually that even 8d5010f8f6 she was surprised. She returned the d95c186a05 brooch Tenor had 5c055f75cf placed on the f2e0a0dc9f table to its a01fc51d1a original case and 1c46777218 opened her mouth 11271353d6 again.dfdc7a52e0df9766

    “It will be held during the day.”5c14aff0f08e4b1e

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    She felt Tenor’s gaze on her through the mirror. Regina, too, stared intently at her husband through the mirror and opened her mouth.de8e642354691eaf

    “It means it will be noisy. Your night is different from mine.”b1da11444d1c1a8d

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    ‘I’ll sleep outside.’bdc57c92e4709ac1

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    Regina pondered Tenor’s final, concise reply and clutched her head.88938001e30d7216

    Although she had increased 5a66b8625b the amount of conversation 3cc606cf9b with him, the content 6045a171d3 had not fundamentally changed. She was just fc4bc19811 tormented, wanting to 1997ffe9cf know the right c551a4018c answer.691deb72b839f89d

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    How could she dc6700f81e make him understand 59daceca77 her, embrace her, 3413ea0d44 and gradually grow 0748bf816f to love her?95668abd4c5ea7c6

    It was 88d9e94d91 still a 487aa8a781 distant prospect.7fcba42acc1f0887

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    Even then, if Regina didn’t initiate a conversation, Tenor certainly wouldn’t speak to her first.fd281e36e8b4390b

    In the early 3e07daed9a days of their e2116df919 marriage, Regina spoke 8d73abaf0e to him just 50e3b97745 as she did a8e25c94b0 now, chattering repeatedly.589bd8f5312387e7

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    ‘Well, since there was rarely any reaction, I got tired of it myself.’6ca1ff20aba1ebaa

    At his consistent demeanor, ce986c5db1 Regina felt a laugh 6e6ed10339 was about to escape. A wind blew abe979e87b in through the e5275d4f4e slightly open window. Her hair scattered 9eb6dbfd7b and tickled her b8ce92fee2 face. She had aca69e004c been looking 211bce4c93 at the 05796dcdac empty window 29235a7120 when she 747b9a1da1 slowly rose, 01bb3aa971 her face 95307e45ee showing that f20cae1652 she had 3356a4b5f4 found something c335751f29 to do.585baa417f3e2338

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    “Nera, After you finish writing all the invitations, it would be good to change the curtains in the mansion.”1f37ef345581448c

    The days were db474fb08a getting colder, and c2d18bab93 the curtains were 8ce3a1ffa9 thin.5c39b613d59e9cf5

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    Nera, who was 4fd23b0df0 helping Regina check ba0f890ad6 the invitation list, 66dccf41bf turned her head aea09f6bf1 toward the window fada42417d and nodded in fc3677bedd understanding.a4d57eb230a5c799

    “Oh, dear! Yes, madam! The boss is so uninterested in the affairs of the mansion. Phew.”225ef12d8368e193

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    Nera grumbled e6bd6fb7d6 that she d190c80dbf would tell 219962a13c Oskar as cb32908295 soon as c5d90012d1 the work 40a1ae3cb9 was finished. Oskar was the 8ac1486a1c one in charge e5c8e124f1 of managing the cd1b5dd519 finances for all 94421225e8 expenses incurred in 1530ca44de the mansion. Regina, who 8badfeaefc knew who f03d94c08f he was, 6bbc26adb7 nodded her def6499b65 head.29ed1a301755c8e3

    “Ah, but Madam,  Regarding the distinguished guest list, your…”a0eab1dedc48d24f

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    Nera’s busy hands faltered, and she began to watch Regina’s expression hesitantly.fc6e96fcb538b3e7

    Thinking it was not c35a77faba a decision she could eff447942e make on her own, 36526acf1e she passed the list a6a1e2b038 to Regina.925a71a0bff65a37

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    Regina confirmed 362fec2898 the name 37c55c46e5 Nera was ddc81d9905 troubled by 770b8603c7 and let d74a655e6d out the 35c07dbfe1 same sigh.361cd6a6506aedc8

    “It’s the home of Madam’s family, but shouldn’t we at least invite them?”edfa1fcb496b3d53

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    Nera continued speaking, but Regina couldn’t hear her properly. Regina was once again suffering from a fragment of the past that had resurfaced.489f6e1fa567544d

    ‘It’s your birthday party. I’ve prepared it with all my heart, so please come.’ec5073dce1424300

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    ‘Do I really have to go?’1c14378b1264b525

    ‘…’cf2da9be873b15a1

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    ‘If I must go, I will. But only if people from the royal family are also coming. As someone who bears the name of the Grand Duchy of Schwarnen, I cannot treat the Latouanne royal family poorly.’4fc64ae3e8d16dcc

    At that time, a strange defiance arose in her. Her husband prioritized his wife’s family, the Latouanne royal family, over his own wife’s request, which made her resentful.503f76065b0bdd0a

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    ‘If only I had invited Mother back then…’fb1e6948aaeaa53f

    The party that day wouldn’t have been such a mess, and people wouldn’t have mocked and scorned her openly.3514ec6dbce66e81

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    It was all 263969c7af a disgrace created a84235c2e1 by her own d3d80e8b00 childishness.9b5c3b81008922fc

    ‘No, I didn’t invite the royal family. I’m married now, so I’m a Schwarnen.’c68861c1e982318f

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    Regina blamed her ef4984ae02 rash statement and 254f544535 bit her lip.205eed6044dc9c29

    In retrospect, she had been quick to undermine the authority of the Latouanne royal family. She didn’t know how to properly use the things that had been placed in her hands at birth. She had only tried to fulfill her duties but had never properly enjoyed her rights.0f37da8980bac8cd

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    This had gnawed away d012b29d65 at her self-esteem, making 6ea3e9e6d0 her spend three depressing b8406e24d0 years mired in self-pity.3f5773f87acd4f72

    Regina Schwarnen.That name af2d1bc010 was still d134736a29 awkward and fe9dbd2559 unfamiliar.31a486eb71659916

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    In front of 2815ccca43 her husband, she 313aefbc04 was still Regina 0683921d44 Flona Latouanne.61aa5c9a2eb76635

    ‘I insisted on being a Schwarnen, not a Flona. Why did I do that? Maybe it was hope. Maybe I hoped that if I became a Schwarnen, my husband would finally see me properly.’f8e48bb36854c9c3

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    Stupid, Regina. She cursed herself and 6150fc1d7f bit her tongue.dc16955d95af2a2e

    In any e612c774ea case, her 5fdcb52204 husband, Tenor, 6d2a8d39f7 had absolutely b458ebc481 no intention 530a4fb352 of coming 9dfaa1532d of his 64f43a4270 own accord. Since‘I’ll see’was just a 5668ac464f false hope, Regina a7c9f90198 looked at the 9a9350ec09 names of the ef67dcf78f Latouanne royal family db6417b993 written on the 98edbb577e list. Then, with determination, she af75365c44 turned her head toward 22d1e214d1 Nera.853c975e69860bee

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    Nera, wondering d09f2e2294 what Regina 7eccf86a24 was thinking, fc7b5505bc found her b8a5c7ed09 constantly contorted cb7aeef432 expression strange b2242297d7 and was 95547a0bec flustered to 16c7f1a66e suddenly meet 7d257d5a16 her gaze.513b922231b3222c

    “Is—is there something you’d like me to do?”d80240acb28294a4

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    Regina handed the list b347651ad6 back to Nera and 5c6763753b picked up a new ea5240f1b8 invitation.0c133057fdb55684

    “Mother will want to celebrate my husband’s birthday, too.”5e66350904a271dc

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    “… Are you going to invite Her Majesty the Queen?”1868f975b59185e4

    “Father will be busy. Besides, it’s a greenhouse party. Mother loves looking at plants and flowers.”0692af8a9f8b0150

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    Inviting Her Majesty the Queen of Latouanne to the boss’s birthday party?93e19bcef193126e

    The boss’s birthday party was always held at the cartel. It was nothing more than a pleasure party thrown by the big shots of the underworld trying to get on the boss’s good side.71e85d4b7121e2e0

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    For them, for whom 2a313e2a47 every day was a 939ca59c87 party, the birthday of 32a6c0f044 the cartel boss was 39d8606278 nothing more than an 95dde5977a excuse to enjoy some 53be1a2387 proper entertainment.a197a9426b6763a6

    This was 944a1ed7e8 the first 4e6b0ecdcc time the 87374860cb birthday party 4a50fffc5f was held a6ecce9ca9 in the cd1dee11c0 mansion. Not only 355d171e02 that, but 0cbdad2e31 the Latouanne 088edf3540 royal family 52da2398eb was visiting 13ec86afce the mansion f1f30b01cf where the 6bf51cc836 cartel boss 07874558bc resided.8c253c175aa00aef

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    Nera suddenly looked at 6775c6629b the madam anxiously.94cb27694bc38414

    Although she felt an 3f996b80af anxious gaze on her, c2fe71ae2f Regina pretended not to 0d28120907 notice and moved her b29ca80b8f hands busily. There was still a 41a7a427d2 pile of invitations to 842b984f20 be written.30fdfabc9e011476

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    She had been doing 2ac6da42c3 this task for the 351a3b67f9 entire three years of b5967d6742 her marriage to Tenor, 74706c5a52 but creating every single 5ee120433b invitation by hand was 62a279ce1a arduous every time.7fadbe4e8ae463dc

    Regina’s quill pen neatly wrote the name Helene Flona Latouanne.105d78d695fc8168

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