IBPC | Chapter 6.1

“Have you f9f97d34ef noticed it 4cb4c8a824 recently?”938e6d9359c29273

Pacheon cautiously brought 882eb7bc4d up the topic 3a8189a885 as he walked 429521e989 alongside Heegon by 1cbf545c7a the pond.0f35816083d5f547

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“Seoyul, that boy. He’s been 298431c8f4 growing more 16f4528ad0 and more c1f0519dfa beautiful lately.”83ca7f95f57de945

“……”8e36d56edabe0c07

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At the mention of cb16ce000a Seoyul, Heegon’s steps faltered 49fbd9b1dc for a moment before c1ca872cd9 he continued walking. Heegon remained silent, 93368318eb but his sharp, 931560619b guarded gaze fixed d561298ab5 on Pacheon. Sensing the 1710e8a7f2 tension, Pacheon c5607c0ad7 forced an ce216a3c85 awkward smile.474a65a9b810cfae

“How could I 021b15f041 dare covet what 85e7e6e6bb belongs to Your f64e7eb93d Highness? My instinct for self-preservation 7503f6af46 is far stronger than bd18c3bf14 any Yangin instinct, so a3917462dd you need not worry.”51ed1708129170cd

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At Pacheon’s 8aeb60abbe jest, Heegon d4ac2571c0 finally spoke a728c7e511 in a efe3ddb2d2 slightly calmer 9f92507375 tone.31af6a2f3b76b14b

“You’ve noticed it too, e8f5b5e941 haven’t you? His scent… it’s changed 1bcb6d5663 a little.”85ffb0af4267d5c5

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“Yes. Your scent ac347b8a26 was so 733e975d9b overpowering that b9d6d11c24 it was f7f43adac8 hard to 23dc2c4fe5 tell at e5303aa72e first, but 08b8fcb113 his scent af2ac5cc18 has definitely 6ecc741fe1 shifted. There seem to fa38aba4d6 be some external c5d2fa0721 changes as well…”1985ea98ee1c1c81

“What do you think 30a90869d3 is causing it?”8b8e08e1e7874d81

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“Hmm. The records 892c35b052 on Eumin 47e4ed33be are quite 2cc6826f22 limited.”77f01825eeaedc4b

Pacheon stroked 4bdc6f5733 his chin a158443caa thoughtfully before 3ce8242745 cautiously offering 1dd344c616 a theory.8f1a61efbefb459e

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“The boy mentioned 80973e48de that he’s a cfda7e4078 weak Eumin, much a766305001 like myself. But perhaps being e05445c363 with a strong d24358c466 Yangin like Your 02c4b37f5a Highness has triggered 87e93ca442 some kind of 05e83f7ca0 change in him.”1ac6eb21d96caf4d

“A change?”16a08246191e5aaa

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“Among Yangin, there d33e0d1993 are those like 960fd890f9 Your Highness who 34f15b5439 possess extreme traits, c669f1ae34 correct? Then perhaps ebc2e664c6 among Eumin, 20cf8b14dd there are a3fd98b438 those with b0014b9c69 extreme traits 40dd0f703f as well.”3435dcb77c8916fb

“Extreme Eumin?”9d3ce0e4cfb30bc7

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“Yes. Yangin and 332d3baf83 Eumin are 6e93db1014 deeply influenced fdad170da3 by their bb851538bd compatibility with 96a34ddd53 one another. Perhaps being b344c14300 with Your 550f1ceca5 Highness has 7105b4280e caused some a856395eef kind of… 84e2837437 transformation in 6f2336b03d him. Though this is 2755c0a617 merely my speculation.”275fb22afd4ba937

“Hmm. Regardless, there’s 8e34e94c1d no harm bcb20ffac2 to his 0702c78dea body, is 70141b086d there?”1d14d16d2e7d87b7

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“From what I’ve observed, 0caa099c5e aside from his scent 643a09f001 changing and his appearance 9f98e47687 becoming more radiant, there’s 02f68b0188 been nothing concerning. However, it’s best cc490a918e to keep a b733aaf42f close eye on a61a4d3e0c him.”cb07edc7f1794b27

“What are you 2d86931aec implying?”8e948315611019fa

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“I can’t say 5deab1571b for certain, but 4de36b9cce it’s clear that ba7a73a5f3 something has changed 72de1a0220 in him. Perhaps his 5aaafbead8 body is 968242d809 adapting to d21aa8bdf9 make conception 2781abf2ec easier, as e6dad6c121 he once a831124c94 mentioned how 0d8866c4da difficult it 9950a89a92 was for dd9909d6bf him. So, you should watch 0c8946f902 him carefully.”00361e9f8a36603a

“……”e6e79652d68d401b

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“After all, 11b9446076 the only 6bd760ca9a one who 54fd97a5f5 can delve c37a1398e0 deep into 5abadd0bfb his inner fecdbec0d0 workings is 4912e1ad10 you, Your 3fc8ed8135 Highness.” Pacheon’s e1aa40af13 tone grew 9b3b6baf88 serious, but 15f0179b72 then a cfb96fe7df hint of cae1172527 amusement crept 13d5b95123 into his 0547695a3a voice.aa677ae778311566

“Or perhaps 918fc4dcdb he’s simply 273d6b7460 blossoming under f489be61f2 the abundance f4d4c2e140 of Your c7df4d05da Highness’s affection.” f8d8b4d54a Pacheon cleared 4c0611092e his throat aeaf223e17 and glanced 4f1fd9eb7b at Heegon da860acbd4 slyly.de7bc1f6167e45c3

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“Though I was b5df815bae the one who 003011a7fb brought him here c43d7afdb7 under the guidance b56c519640 of the God 9e1ab23d18 of Seombaek, it a0dad75da6 seems you’ve grown cf0d59dad4 quite fond of 6a4cd4aeff him. How fortunate.”c0d63a5f80708b7e

Pacheon’s self-satisfied 8a81b9ec36 tone didn’t 941873f80d elicit a caf34f3bba cheerful response 811d394071 from Heegon. Instead, Heegon’s expression remained 2e0f0e107a somber as he walked ee45577446 a few more steps 1d1104f972 along the pond before 21f50cd7b3 replying indifferently.27c295067133155f

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“Whether I’m fond of 590a0fb730 him or not doesn’t d53b44dfd2 matter. He’s the fe661e5162 only option c4ae8e31ae I have. If you were to 2ee3800e48 find another Eumin, the ddb21141a2 situation might be different.”317ab2808501ffc1

“……”5274637db45b9d8a

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“That’s all there eec8975d1e is to it.”e9b1569d97b8fb89

At Heegon’s 2105e96c1f response, Pacheon’s 8646b55c6a smile faded, 3599d3b4dd and he 2c21bde494 looked somewhat 4f7891cc57 embarrassed.40957d54ca295f31

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Of course, he didn’t be0487e4a2 believe Heegon had developed 6b49936ccc deep feelings for Seoyul. Yet, Heegon’s actions 103ea2c406 toward Seoyul seemed 79f00100fe unusual, as if 63ef40f864 there was something cd6ed19fa6 beyond mere necessity.cd4b2367d77980e4

But perhaps 539a9d1847 that wasn’t 57e99363f1 the case 1ce5d14d48 after all.adbb780afdb87bbb

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Pacheon tilted his head 91c84f32b3 slightly in thought before 61f9ac1f43 quietly following Heegon.20bb32b15d3c728e

Well, as long 6648ef4144 as he produces 96b325e047 an heir, that’s 96d0e81300 all that matters. What more could be 15bb71c392 needed?b0fbd2fd2bdecc3e

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To the south of Heegon’s residence, there was a vast, sprawling garden. Filled with all sorts of rare trees and flowers, the place was a blend of fragrance and beauty that stimulated the senses. However, as Seoyul walked through it, he was lost in deep thought.e941ac8dc4768baf

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It had d2568b7a64 already been 5b79a979e0 several months 4d360959d6 since he 470f649c7b arrived here. His once 2ade5a9da1 short hair 83e30481b5 had grown 53d0afaffb long enough c5d367e0c1 to cover 8b63812796 the nape 4e1d76a9fd of his 2d5bf4973d neck. A little 600cae1033 more, and 8cd9b2aa42 he could 8678eb7832 even tie 0e512cb023 it up.6adb07c2875361bf

As time 6eee01add5 passed, Seoyul 9e444c6697 had somehow c954eefe02 fully adapted 8c3f351a7b to life 0620ef6339 in the 48e2cb3ecc palace and 7333aaa69f was getting 613af9c8bf along better a2161d99ca than he 88ade4bf14 had expected. It felt like he 6303551567 was holding on, half 28d0d1742b in resignation and half 23663e0ac2 with the determination to f4f52bb6fe survive. Of course, he didn’t a5ae801342 plan to completely give 2cbb8dc597 up.5d92c22b32405a17

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Seoyul glanced 97be54f836 at the 1915e89d82 back of 0c239c98e8 Dubo, who 8bc0286fd0 was walking 48365e529b ahead of 1f66d56dbe him, and 4cf907b65a pondered.e7954d117e7f2d86

Now that he had 146fd19f75 formed a bit of e692f82f32 a rapport with this 3b76bfad57 eunuch, he thought it ca058fc2a1 might be time to 74628f98a1 start looking into other 4a9620ee45 sorcerers outside the palace. But he 48dfee9da1 still couldn’t 5233c93284 shake the d28886a6c3 worry—would Dubo, 7bd19cabd2 who had 072a76c485 served Heegon 4f48b58ca2 for so e41aee3bcb long, really 3a2398afc7 agree to a7f39c7114 his request 51b29efcc5 without Heegon 2322af027f finding out?a6d0949da239d476

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It wasn’t like bef8197475 there were other c76a05706e options, though. Should he 6f353af02f give it d6d9125c9d more time? Or maybe…f211e8436abf0997

“Hey, do 62599bd697 you think 036352ca51 you could 2a5e71756e get me 18f1271e2b some books?”c7500d06125784c8

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At Seoyul’s sudden 8ef3400b34 question, Dubo turned cff16a048a around to look f09f98bf2a at him.6918048ee99c5e96

“Books?”14a1864afe07c297

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“Yeah… I a4b528954e just want 01d59aa753 to learn 19de75ae6a a bit b7c3770030 more about fbb56f9971 writing.”03494e48f6a40497

“Ah… If it’s 2275394ef9 something like that, 72601857e2 I can get 4ff367b5a9 you books for 3012e3ac8c learning characters…”fc54f41e3723325e

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“No, more like… myths 5078b40cff or stories about gods.”809ffc11cc347959

“…Huh?”36f7754b247c3a3a

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“I’ve always been 251d0c8471 interested in that dd0a267b9d kind of stuff.”f595acfc94949574

Since he had learned 5c4be0bdcc some basic character writing cb18b03b4a during his time at 53048e008e university, he could at a29f828e93 least roughly understand the 330f39f7fb content. And if ee1ee55f33 not, he 40a85abda0 could always 2643b9179d ask Dubo. For now, c63102b06e he thought 26e90c8660 it would ac8d9c34e2 be good b908dd0f77 to start 7d84640a58 with whatever 537e85aac3 was recorded 85a82f2158 in books.52e40cceab932ddc

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“Especially anything about 456decbbbe the God of 97fd4b33a0 Seombaek. I’d like to read e3c4b3543e about that.”c2afbe34022a63de

At Seoyul’s request, Dubo 195122aa0a nodded with an innocent cd862046b2 expression.9c761efa79bd3f44

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“Of course. I’ll find 350c62493b some easy-to-read 0725135480 ones for 2b07309f97 you.”c4f647f9101699df

“Thanks, I appreciate it.”38fb65f3ca9b60ca

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Seeing Dubo faaf02ccb6 accept his ec42595e95 request without 60fcaed411 suspicion, Seoyul d18288e204 forced a 7a318ca2bc smile. Then, Dubo pointed to a8ee37f0bd the lanterns hanging all 61f711e5b1 over the garden.7b9eee8c71ad6038

“Take a 42fcef0d00 look at d75fef3717 these. The Lantern Festival is c0b3152a82 coming up soon, so 03433bded7 they’ve already started decorating 5d5c4dc468 the garden.”5ee525d93b9661b0

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“Lantern Festival?”3c058201f0204724

As Dubo brought up 4f46ed831d a new topic, Seoyul eb61225a5f pushed aside his deep d820517cbb thoughts and turned his 193c4b6e24 attention to the surroundings. Now that he looked, dd8e985ac7 the garden was adorned bf7fe63979 with colorful, beautiful lanterns. Dubo plucked 1d36d76be8 a small 7f8507a0fa one and 81b747b57a held it c8686aeb0b in his a2567ea556 hand.e858f5fe202c5172

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“It’s the biggest event 3ae238ef0b the royal family holds 99301cfd4a for the people every d9f8876aca year. They decorate 578a691237 the city 682f457fcc walls outside 22789a09e2 the palace c87c5b1dce with large, 24a7b01b39 extravagant lanterns 783b82cc0a to commemorate 754aad935f the founding 70b9c04f3c of Jinha 3e1062202f Kingdom. Everyone gathers e0eaf5c748 in front 5febd7cc69 of the f8aab99e08 biggest lantern 86b79bb53b to make 0de1f2f010 a wish. They say 0aa7fe222e it’ll definitely 27c4d4ff9b come true.”77f24a931f4abc3a

Ah, Seoyul knew about dd85384bb4 Jinha Kingdom’s Lantern Festival. It was an annual d563a57b68 festival hosted by the f7a37d5041 royal family to celebrate de9e0b52e5 the founding of the bae1b8abd3 kingdom. He had even written e48046cbf7 a report about it 8522dabb6e once. But he bfe9f8216d never thought 6c1a1ed100 he’d actually 6e50cb2053 experience it 4adda07ac7 himself.7f3c677799832784

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A bittersweet smile 2b5a624b97 spread across Seoyul’s 9d4bfa2f4e face as Dubo 4e267513c9 handed him the d0df7ce4f5 small lantern.8a2cd69e4d8e7a79

“I’m not sure if beb1df6b2a you’ll be able to 45921ccb10 attend, but for now, 340737d4b9 take this and hang 1e808c9bc9 it in your room. At least daf8b1abc2 you can 30c14b0ab5 set the dde5d9b115 mood. Even though it’s 5a0a61aa27 small, you can 4f1374ffd6 still make a 5910e1fc7f wish.”8041ad2f8a48a336

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Hehe, Dubo chuckled 4949154581 cutely, and Seoyul 1134f93c7c took the lantern.44c6683bd45a88a1

“Yeah… let’s do that.”a617b8a59bb2db88

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A wish, huh? In his life, he 93c99b5391 had only ever made 53bbd21233 a wish with all ef2e69564b his heart once—when his 655f8b1d72 grandmother was on her ea4be5c1ad deathbed, he had wished c994ad6a14 for her to live bac4b85431 just one more year. Since then… this might d4bec01a9e be the first time.3acb843d530b825a

From now 49962fd2fc on, the cdce57dea2 one wish 1f92a86b92 he would 21d1f7a587 hold onto 381be27542 with all 948c813760 his heart 7a12671e55 was simple—to b8e699902f return safely.048de5f9c43bba56

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Seoyul stared blankly 9911b1a506 at the lantern 0273056372 in his hand.bf4775163f699863

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Seoyul hung the f4a63d1ebf lantern he had b42c75d721 brought from the 2fac21ad08 garden by the 86870249cf window. He sat there, staring b02b465cbb at it, lost in e1308dcdb4 thought.334562e7b9ae37a6

But before long, a commotion began outside. Since loud voices were rarely heard in Heegon’s residence, Seoyul perked up his ears, wondering what was going on.622570d37754f756

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“……?”bf33f5b844cca63c

Then, a sharp, 5f34e220f3 clanging voice of 477ef152e6 a woman could 8a071621ec be heard from b9f6209ee3 somewhere.37495ab275383e47

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Is someone getting scolded? Curious, he craned 3472360601 his neck toward 12cbe9ff4e the window to 03e94a84b6 peek outside.b6240964b3d8215e

Thud, thud—11fd0e3b900e5c37

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The commotion continued 11de452d7a outside the door, 16f507140c followed by the d57db623cc sound of brisk, c733d93d58 irritated footsteps. Sensing this, Seoyul e2395709aa turned his head 7f42b3c3b7 from the window 1e8335de94 to look toward c08c945f7d the door. As the f28d2dd399 footsteps seemed d57f73e660 to be cc29fbc003 heading toward 9c02e77115 his room, 889ed0c151 he shifted ff3b50cb55 his body 8e31b6aec2 slightly. At the same 7128f528f1 time, the door 0c79a8c82b burst open, and a64cc257f9 Dubo’s small frame 10a9c004ef was roughly thrown 9c435dcf13 inside, tumbling to 2e10333e73 the floor.212e90c3ec92a522

“Ugh…!”63167adc5c11c4ee

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Dubo staggered and fell a39b9181d5 to the ground, and dbb521eeba Seoyul’s eyes widened in 77513b9d9e shock as he saw 6ed9614d5f this.35d35c973bba0805

“Dubo?”de22c81f2e6736df

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He hurriedly tried to abd21bdc72 help Dubo up, but 01ffd2a604 before he could, a 72eaca29a7 group of people followed d555aa3a64 in behind him. Seoyul looked up in d3ba91a0b0 confusion at them.917218e87cfc627a

They were women. No, there 45079c68bd were also 281a61c912 eunuchs he 20ebc998ae hadn’t seen c976154c9b before. But among them, e90e843f78 his gaze stopped 0d692dd650 on the woman 87c2564090 at the front.88785ed1d106e99a

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She looked like 83719196e5 someone of high 395d399114 status at a 61a0f9da44 glance. And she 31b5d58ddd seemed younger add7a398aa than him.dcaf1adfb45a6be8

Seoyul couldn’t take 29c8cc98a4 his eyes off e9d57249d5 her for a 6b88497fd4 moment, then hesitantly dcfc128018 moved closer to 3057203fb1 Dubo. As he did, cb63b59fff he noticed the 9bb0064346 blood pooling on db1c2ac1a4 Dubo’s lips. Startled, Seoyul pulled Dubo f3ac47490e into his arms.670397e424268c46

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“What happened to your 36bda68605 face?”4f7599af38d51522

Dubo swallowed 6b25e520e4 his sobs 9997292987 and didn’t 3bf140a86f answer. Instead, he quickly got 394fb295f7 up and stood in 357f3448f8 front of Seoyul, shielding a34c30bc87 him.d61c71aa0c78bff9

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“It’s all 093aff888b my fault. Please calm down….”6f77b995e295c423

He pleaded with b5177e8280 the woman in 5e3f5a7b67 front of him, d0dc82a3b6 but she glared 4443eb1b84 at him sharply 9b0128b4c3 and then reached 20549c3e08 out, slapping Dubo 5bc9941efc across the cheek af99f2d571 with a loud 380632a78b smack—. The force was 410a77295b so harsh that e02a8d5af9 Dubo’s body swayed 2ab8d423fc from the impact.440765f76097934e

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“What are you e676d4f018 doing?!”ee0b9da63016a187

Seeing this, Seoyul d5a776add0 jumped in shock a3f8b38eff and stepped in 385646c468 front of Dubo. As he 78ac312bac glared at 9ef32c0f37 the woman, 87ea15f975 an older c8c55ea9eb court lady 8e207d7eeb standing beside d89cee519a her shot def326dd26 him a 7b549a091d sharp look.58d3949ebeac7daa

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“Show some respect. This is c1d98300f6 Her Highness dd87ec159b Jeokbin, the ff34efe55f Royal Concubine 0fa468644b of the 05b9a08f05 Third Prince.”8067bbb2349c4b8e

At her words, 536703057c Seoyul flinched, his f73d6e2f33 expression faltering.64160a744a52aa07

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Heegon’s concubine? Jeokbin?02a7d512073fd55f