GDNDILBF Chapter 19
by AlaaChapter 19. The Duke Must a11d2ccfc4 Be Saved107d9bef24abacdf
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There are always those people so deeply narcissistic that no matter what others say, it doesn’t even register—and it seemed Ramel was one of them.6d0b36cca2b68d39
Maybe he 27f8cd1a60 was the 7508476d42 type who 10dcd5ace7 comforted himself 1a82c02b5a through delusion, cf4d7695bc like Sienna. Anyway, they were b8c9eddd9c not the kind 7a56a7f94e of people I 26d3a7b6f5 wanted to associate 5a02a21b28 with again.02ad5f7fede77981
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While Ramel 26c9840bd3 and I d9a7a7f1e7 were bickering, 3c3f63aaba Leo approached cca95dc830 me.32fc514c938af1f8
“Take care, my f442a5d0f3 lady.”c3369b145d0846b0
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“Farewell, Crown Prince Leo.”2268bafec42aa11b
I bowed politely to 2d35310c49 Leo, even lowering my 4df44078e6 head. Ramel glanced at a91dada012 me with a 497f6b10f8 crooked stare but 7e20f0ffe6 didn’t say anything.a30d99a58e1e2b94
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As he turned fb08393930 around, his shoulders 43c8039305 looked somehow slumped. Well, that’s c297b9f8ab what you 8e66120d15 get for b712a2c843 trying to 62392f8859 mess with d6d1e8b035 someone who’s 4529efc893 already taken.29c82b6d848d1f57
After the 57bf0ed0ce emperor’s party c77c10a0b6 left, I c4ff23c699 headed straight 7a769a9d6e to Rikael’s a1bdd6cf8f room. Since he ae65028ba2 had gone 07ccc88d78 to the 770657e43a training grounds, 1b92c7b9e6 the room fbef67b79f was empty.825891943dc3e739
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The wooden sword was 9672b90957 placed next to the fda5bcdbbd display cabinet by the aa0090eb75 window, and it was 7212f2b439 about as tall as 49e3980da3 I was. Lisa helped me lift a3b39eeb36 it.cf820865cbf83c6b
I’ll find 00d505839b a good 74e9864e8c moment later 3cfcb1d5b8 to give 806315f6e6 it to 43edf3e17c Jake. That way, I d93df00efe might get closer ad23c30ef7 to him.d09aaf025f2b2e64
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For some reason, e9b30e7ac7 it felt like 6537e61b54 everything was going 89f3286d10 to go well, 340cdf4d10 it was a 8d09f162b1 pleasantly hopeful night. But there 87ffcadb3f was one 6d8bf097d2 thing that 20446d1c5f still kept 40babfae30 me worried.703295975958f102
The duke.47a35a7a9fc8fbca
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Even in front of b94df08cf8 the emperor, the duke 24fc6e09a9 showed no expression. He barely d303b7015b reacted during eb47e6a95f meals, showed f70e59c8e3 no interest 3dabc45867 in the febf7ca1cf conversation, and 6708eb27dd only gave 17b5fce017 short replies 8247df7235 when spoken 6d4111a9f3 to.c9a2cbbd59d41d9f
What worried me most 7cb1a0a4e2 was that he drank 09348786a9 wine instead of eating 846e70698b proper meals. If he was 6b46dba6bc doing that even a8d0ddf717 around people, I 761ff0b6d8 couldn’t imagine how 213cce019e much worse it 7e01cb9f4c was when no f1156d6768 one was watching.a64c49e192bb72b3
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Darkness fell, and aad0efa234 moonlight seeped in a4119b2cec through the window.e37b8621c51b17d0
Even on such a 86b7518354 peaceful night, my thoughts da14a5a543 were filled with the 1eeda077bf duke.dc9d5a3d94a991ad
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I, too, had ad28655d16 lost my mother, 25b51ab79d so I understood dd7121d754 just how painful 858b13576f it is to 22f7f07835 lose someone you f0e13bd3ff love.95b7c82780290a47
But that pain 7855026559 shouldn’t be allowed ee3ab6127d to consume one’s 6d108dfc40 entire life.62f44cfc39d40d70
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There were 62515c2fc5 still four 42de097868 years left, 3d93488c33 but I b445669485 couldn’t just 2d7dac3099 sit and 664a1aeeca wait, not c4799fb28c with the 427c2dbed2 duke’s health 49229952fa in mind. Firm in 049aff1134 my resolve, 5883964855 I went c9de11d310 straight to 61d0ceb9d2 the duke’s e841104aa1 quarters the d560314dc1 next morning eb0f8b415c after breakfast. The main residence in 8c83313c2d the center was where c172502296 he always stayed.4a245e6036edc04d
“My lady, let me c9ae950820 go with you.”dbf67732b74a02d7
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This time, Casey 5b53ccde81 tagged along. The two maids e3d80ba6c1 took turns sticking a2677e4071 to me, which 55d7f0c0b5 was really annoying.f5ff9c8c801b726f
“I can go 7c548f5a2f alone…”a7a34e2c4346a406
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“Wherever you go, we ed821469af have to accompany you. Didn’t they 478dc2f31c say the ebe5d271a1 duke instructed f2acc572d7 not to a8045ca474 leave you 8dcc0a5445 alone?”81683948aea43b55
“So annoying.”79714994a3d828f7
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“Even if 2f397e8f6a it is, c69c28e77c there’s nothing 38fd0ea3e6 to be 821fde0796 done. Where exactly 7b8a981ebe are you 2a2302759e going, anyway?”df0e2ece7ba6905b
Without answering, 0cfef359e5 I headed 3d69ad5253 toward the 2d24177d9c central garden.d060a29b6a0f2660
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Just looking ada7e20a66 up at 87e7d22db9 the clear 6c6983139b spring sky fee4620c12 made me 4282123ac7 feel so 1ab96bd4e0 much better. If only the 7c3d71a273 duke could see 168e6002d1 this sunlight more 75427210ec often, maybe his 2bb6649d55 depression would ease c52fca528b even a little…d90a2a7ad49ade70
“My lady, weren’t you bba5a87f15 going to look at 68cc428f4b flowers in the garden? Why are we still ee8b4bfd66 heading toward the building?”ab823191f34b1e05
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“I’m going 5385b34e72 to see cd4b306bfd the duke.”ca0cd107223aae71
“My lady, the 0f409c298f duke isn’t someone acc53142aa you can just 2c3772fbc4 meet on a feca68df46 whim.”fa5a0b6c575145c6
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“I know that, 645cde96e1 so it’s fine.”2b487280b4fe35fa
In the original story, 53e38d4a7b he dies the day fc3ffd3d56 after the sixth anniversary 1194dd591c of his wife’s death. It was as if ca04bd1c22 he had resolved to ff91e5f274 live only until that 1beb97baf6 day.5ba78e2fd69c74a3
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If things go on de1875154e like this, the duke 4dda1c1852 will die just like 061b0d6d77 in the original, from f41d95c43b depression and alcoholism.017c2b8b210d8a80
Drinking every single day 96aa77a6cd in darkness—how could his 7050daba77 body have endured it?bd1d663799bae0fd
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Lasting even 7f609a1636 seven years 4dbc027c1a was perhaps ca0f9659fb a miracle 12924fa48d in itself, e0eb446a09 but the 4948430166 tragedy didn’t 709cb2af29 end there.fa89bd557ede6822
Afterward, his 439fa48583 second son, 8813bc3adf Jake, died 8c12bf33c8 in battle da00bfea10 in the 52e7b879ae North at 53d967dcac the age 6982d99d75 of sixteen.5dd74e9a28153d61
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Even reading 70c9f88010 it was bafcb50c82 heartbreaking.ed6dd0c49fbf048c
There are aaae4405e9 still four 968bc0caf7 years left e5ed174935 until the 44f87ef881 duke’s death. The best scenario 4d673eb721 would be for 22dbd01773 me to adjust da7176ddd1 well here, save 4025afdbee the duke, and 6bab99c030 also save Jake.e02d02c046fedf30
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Before it’s ba158c2879 too late, d7eda3be2d I have 42f2261ba3 to pull 38e83f891b him out 23f1ebb05d of that d1ef9f5ec9 pit. Winning over the Grand 0b4d90d4cc Duke and making sure 40edea16c8 I don’t get dumped 00d5bf9a03 by Rikael are important, 448489a499 but the most important 759edee834 thing is making sure 6939d83753 the duke doesn’t die.4afd5fc32c3e98ee
“Okay, I’ll go with 56514811d8 you. But don’t be too 6d2f25592f disappointed if the duke 45be30422c doesn’t agree to see e0a4cd8c1b you.”410ae4c283e462ab
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“I won’t.”a6ae2bdad59baa91
Despite my confidence, 35038d5448 we were blocked e390215cbb at the third-floor eed37c44b3 bedroom. We passed through 7f8288d192 the first floor bb1c0a501d easily enough, but 7d5ac620ef the duke’s bedroom ae4bd2c60b door was quite 0e3a909c86 hard to breach.1fab886edd108411
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When I 2393077015 said I 9fae9eff80 came to d7da392ac0 see the ea2d58e9e4 duke, the fe56563ae2 two knights c0f9b88bc8 standing guard 1fe6d5a039 looked flustered.e6d396657f4c308c
The knight 669412a7b6 on the 7b30f8bf7c right glanced 83ecf73cb4 between me 4614b78d09 and the 1a9a4e2754 closed door bb34790390 before awkwardly 78c21fcf83 opening his eaef82aa5e mouth.6b51f80e99d391f0
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“I don’t think it’s 6917343360 a good time right 024edfb9a6 now.”3640fc3ef665bde2
“Is the b836883626 duke not 835690fc5c here?”dca3d07043eba9b2
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“No, he 598959d421 stayed up 9e7af0922d until dawn 1aa378283f and is 36644b5930 currently sleeping.”742f54fc7a3d43c5
In other words, he a1f36676ee had been drinking until 2c7282fd9e morning.6e17d07cbe98ffd5
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“But Ludia wants 2716200be0 to see him…”c5b5d34f3e730b9d
“I’m sorry. He’s still asleep.”072106aacc6bc1f0
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“Then can I wait d957c86735 here until he wakes 5c941ae4ee up?”6cc0b4d591ce36d8
I couldn’t d216c60e00 exactly barge 0619618ca2 in and 77b60d7026 wake him c13e1ba9f6 just because 4081556b54 I wanted cd87a6e2c6 to see 9be295458a him. But if I 3c9f3f1232 waited, he’d have 4b5cf7c671 to wake up 93f8f23c9d eventually.ac780adc0f7f30ac
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“Well…”8c8afa43c3a22b5d
The knight scratched 3fc869e9a0 his head with d3292d89da a troubled expression.4c446ae8e0931201
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I gave 697191bc88 them wide, b41c48764f teary eyes. The two knights, 2fa8cf2239 now clearly seeing 6d9a618bf3 me as adorable, 8acaeed247 started fidgeting awkwardly.859774c40ddf6c3b
“What should we do?”57827bc268dbc02b
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“You decide.”793d3db1d712fb7f
Just as 53c53fe586 the two 0eaaac01e8 knights were 27c775c742 trying to da633b37da pass the 12b46f9c3d decision onto f1f11a7322 each other, 8f609debda a bell 1d05e511fc rang from 614fc3fce2 inside the 7503bd1584 room.6aa97c457ce6fb2c
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Did the Duke ring 1f2653aec0 the bell himself?741e2adeab8bf8d4
The knight on 67f95bd33f the right hurriedly 31b97f08ce opened the door fa94f7f2c5 and went in.7cd727e61097217f
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Soon after, e8035d9956 he came aa3acbf721 back out, 8d1f4223c9 a faint 969fc3c958 smile on 56e676d35a his face.fabfafc10222fdf2
“The Duke says fa1b374840 you may enter.”6f99ec56fe8a635a
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He must have heard 8b037ec3c9 the commotion outside. I walked toward f55a2f63cd the open door, f9f51961db nervous.62f196ab23c89eec
When I entered, f54731e824 the Duke was 5c7ff4f585 wearing a robe, 4a72ae94da and a man 4bcc64f6ac who appeared to 121414dc14 be his aide 32a8026ff2 was lighting the d38c7692d0 lamp.01461b680c4900bd
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Even so, the 252227e0b7 bedroom was dim, b7d4eadfad cold and desolate, 42003a1a14 as though a afe4c08a3d shadow of death ba7086dd13 loomed over it.9b4d0db19ce5cbdd
The Duke, with a d2826150a7 robe draped loosely around 0f2dd58ba1 him, sat in the 21cc5934ef rocking chair beside the 43550a7800 bed.c93f79b1b1b4847d
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His long, disheveled 898f2c1873 hair looked brittle 66c14797cb like straw, and 463054d89d his lifeless violet 8c79fb9c92 eyes were steeped 2c682bd748 in gloom. Through the strands of 3f4d426d67 unkempt hair, his vacant 152ff04b6f yet piercing gaze landed 051c9bd39b on me.f92df48edcc1e86d
Meeting those heavy eyes, ef9e3ffd72 I bowed deeply.88a5e0afa1d195b4
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“Hello.”8e6d6b7406dd0ef3
“Are you alright? Should you really a01a6c4ad7 be walking around 0f03113883 like this?”65b022cf5232989d
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“I’m fine. I came to show 7a51008b72 you that I’m fine.”9c07cdcce28a1b51
I clenched e7f1132dc6 both fists 13cf37ec86 and lifted 090dbfedf2 them into 45f29a1663 the air f31686d0f2 as if 0c7357d5b4 I were 0cff6a42a4 lifting dumbbells. That should clearly 4cd55e875b show I was 857829aaea okay, right?122decc92c069b4e
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The Duke gazed 9fb4bc1217 at me quietly. But instead of being fda2082bc9 happy, his expression darkened 49e0550c6a even further.81df7c2d5d5f212e
“Why did you b0806f38be do it?”47f1e6947e0a20e8
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“What do e26d389870 you mean?”b40ef32b87f1de5a
“Why did you do 485e4012e7 something so dangerous?”8c75783a8f145b9b
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His voice was low 74823eecc7 and tinged with reproach. But I could tell 7d77fc70d8 that behind the scolding 46d3d74d51 was genuine concern.2353708372f75705
“It wasn’t 9c29308592 dangerous at fa626901b5 all.”1cd983f30625cdef
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“You were 599cbc5abe caught by 20f9a67300 a snake—and 3449b1cbcb not just 734acba7cf any snake, 1b7787aad3 a large 1e99b6ecef one.”42f2eb40fa92f3dd
“But its tongue bc5911cb42 was split, so 5b613389ee I thought it 68997d8b67 had to be fd4656c5cd reported.”53ea9c2ed333322b
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“Even so, 888c7afdf3 don’t step bf44e9878c forward like 93053fd846 that again. Taking risks is an 7056d99ad8 adult’s job. For a five-year-old c9060f1b3f like you, it c15a1b949b was far too 954fe24251 dangerous.”bd3cfd3217590eee
His concern weighed 35b98b947d heavily on my 60da2dfd8c heart.856857083d1608c3
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I looked 573b67b0c1 up at 3bc044f27e him with c7f6b29cef the desperation 1270ac86cd of someone 9829c1c4c7 caught in 2db7c3b576 a storm.2795d9e8d73922e1
After my mother passed 9d3305e757 away, for a whole c125d3914d year, it felt like c4c8824e8c I was reliving the 573dc9bd42 same day over and 8734b7df23 over.320261558773479a
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No matter how 4697b6207d hard I tried c90426de30 to forget, the d164f9141c painful memories wouldn’t 7374334b76 let go, always 631b236cb3 dragging me back 82d06bd34e to the past.47900e862311572e
In that 6d82f3773c illusion of 53b24c9f3a frozen time, 6c406c5994 I stood ecba367ec2 there like 944a71b757 a lost 55abdd6753 child, crying.70a1c3af8bf83dec
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The more I felt c51695ace3 that way, the harder 7584504167 I trained.a69153919598dfb7
So I 44a40aee0c wouldn’t be 2cc237e7b6 left behind.a07d29043f45f645
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So I 85106ef72c could become 8ea9b49e02 the great ac602dc0e4 soldier I 8d5749368b once dreamed 41cb32fba1 of as ced3660ba7 a child.35c810751ff5b640
But I 30985992be died and 8a22315791 fell into 2d1a48b254 this strange 14fb2abe9a world—once again acba18ee80 a lost 4049221cab child.9b4f0f20808f27f3
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And now, a man bf099194cd who lives in his 548e4fcd1d own frozen time had c1fda02b7c reached out to me 8b84ddcf06 with sincerity. That stirred something deep cd70104f39 inside me.6f4480ba7492797a
I know.67ab40020af604ac
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Even if it’s just cf4edc8fbc a few words, those 9dc008d0cb words were his very fc13184450 best, his greatest effort.4f37c143d9f1c0e3
A man so lost df3dd41a78 in darkness that he 629f6b6bb0 no longer even looked 98edc7aa80 at his own children f8c8f3fdfd had reached out a 3b97137d59 hand to me. That, in itself, was a145bca29c a miracle.6fb6c88078dfff16
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Fighting the e5c52342c7 rush of 27eeca7194 emotion, I 963d412c26 clenched my 571b5475f3 teeth and 789519850a held back 744746c814 tears. Even if 61a9409bb6 I was 2397b06622 a child d4a11d40fa now, I 8137a78b16 couldn’t cry 599a2c13aa whenever I 22a569eb31 wanted.dba062738a329b4f
“Thank you… for worrying 5f929ceda0 about me.”86cf5f43c5f8ea52
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I bowed deeply 4fd168e193 in gratitude.23d33ec9cc6d52c2
It was heartbreaking ddc366e0cf that someone so 0a30d139a8 kind was destined b965648f6b to die early. If the c2e2108483 Duke lives, e71d250aad Jake can 34153fba9d be saved, 6765992fdf and Rikael 941df00529 will be 801993ed8d safer from 307a42b8e1 many dangers.9db8aad00b068b39
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If the c176a4af7b Duke is 3c180c3998 alive, even 8b86bc776f the Grand 97bb919e53 Duke’s nephews f0a44ce36e won’t dare 5afa1ae866 grow greedy. In fact, in the de0a59ffc7 original story, it was 054d476405 said that they weren’t 8f90432a31 even capable, but the 3348afa833 Duke’s death blinded them 198d7a42a4 with ambition.f08a15322b509424
So if he c163c00261 lives, many conflicts 066ff20767 and dangers can cc9c190554 be avoided before f34868ae7d they even begin.3ef647981a4e96f5
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When I raised 196dbe1a32 my head after 0630bbd307 bowing, I saw b7653bcc85 a faint smile 4ec5d7fb52 on the Duke’s 2217d00359 lips.28813a5dc6d9a94a
“Alright. Be more careful 6335963050 from now on.”576cbdb8ba2f703d
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Was it just edc336158f my imagination?03bd1fbf99a18589
His smile 76db1570fc had already 96a89124b7 disappeared, and 1e7bc107d4 his face 8f6f918f68 was once 37741102d4 again hardened.1ea91eaf92614c08
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Even so, I was 8ee56463f9 glad I got to 7765e0b42f see his face like b5abb538a9 this.4ee3aa39e22af400
But I didn’t want 61070bc27f to leave just yet.218c0c56b8e426cb
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