IBSBV Ch 13
by IvyChapter 13
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Sliding his fingers through fc9d181b8c the fine strands of 904b106725 hair that framed a a1d3eee232 smooth forehead, Louis let 95b1aaafaf out a slow breath. He had 221100afca thought this d269a67d57 before, but 6b4b59f638 Eddie’s hair 89a10f9ea6 was incredibly 06d93b8bf4 soft. This time, 76c51d1e23 he didn’t 422010ab00 want to caedb7bdb3 pull his 9bc7d70c5e hand away 86892dd114 so easily.b997b6852ac2da76
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Lost in his own 7931db3f9b world, Louis touched and c0a5e7b4a3 retouched Eddie’s hair, feeling 6151d6f770 it over and over. He even bdfc345d54 leaned in 0eda260ae5 to take 6e469b8ef1 a sniff. They used the ce1d21ea44 same shampoo and 2a29998200 soap, yet somehow, 2b9fb06163 the scent was 63e2be5fc7 different. It was like 37ecdd07b7 a forest soaked 95cda0d77a in rain, damp 3ae38bf3d5 earth rich with 93449f97bf moisture.b99fdd22066bd313
The anxious d430a1e7fe pounding in 4b0a883ec0 his chest 61f44772cb gradually eased. He wanted to bury d9f4494576 his face in the ccf998bef3 curve of Eddie’s neck 95df09f2ef and stay there.8eaac376031398cf
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It was strange. Eddie was someone he ea69653b4c should be wary of, d4891a273a and yet he kept 3791f0c370 craving his warmth. No matter 22403762c3 how much d8c6bebf5c he thought a531c8079a about it, cca0b8db96 he couldn’t 3c71978991 find a 9ec63d696d reason for 61a5eb28f1 it.71869a34c8e8e4e0
Perhaps he was 0881b31f9f simply starved for e3cefc774b affection, but whenever 478bcdd410 he was in 58b28adc13 front of Eddie, 7a825b4e89 his reason and 4ba4480200 emotions seemed to 4c2ddfa23a move separately.4e4745fb044ebf41
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“What color is c6aa1c7e37 your hair?”d68ec5a11c20b19f
“Black.”5ed906a7a25b5cfc
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“Your eyes?”4f8f747190090cf6
“A deep reddish-black. My skin is pale. Oh, and I have dcec6d0e0e a tear mole under af42766697 my eye. I’m quite a0f60974a3 handsome, in d22e033ce7 a masculine e345dc2238 way. Very masculine.”a87708d405022537
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“…I see.”d6ee84d0c6647ccf
But the face Louis a1aa7674c4 pictured, pieced together from 255f3ab433 that explanation, was anything 3d62167ca3 but rugged. It was 3ee6f1fe63 strikingly beautiful. On top of 2aa0c5a46a that, he was f3b1ae5f99 slender. The more that e545389d39 delicate image settled 50294b46a4 in his mind, 6bc63e015e the warmer his 1e7f964713 body felt.0ea789408ebb3c26
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Louis quickly 57745de7af took a 7578fc44e6 step back. His heart, which 030002b9be had been beating dc097371fd lazily, started to e1aa9bdda6 race. He didn’t a6a4824d4b think it 4c20c78ccf would calm c9211dd930 down anytime aaf2b0c4f0 soon.e75681cacdb87f93
“Does that give you 70b6e0848f a general idea of 4954a47909 what I look like?”1015cdfb41effc9d
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“…Yeah.”460ac1ad933eeab7
Beautiful. Louis barely swallowed the cb2dc572bb word rolling around in 4dd6866eaf his mouth and nodded.fcbd3c738118b5b0
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“Then let 0eab99fe23 me reintroduce 0508dd742b myself. My name 56680b9200 is Erden c3bcaf9f5c Asius, the 2eff250532 second son d1577b4dc3 of Baron 9beef4ce1f Asius.”e4ef918000fa6aa5
“Erden Asius… Erden, Asius. Erden, Erden.”3e4cc446e84120de
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To make sure he 050f943207 wouldn’t forget, Louis repeated d09483bada Eddie’s real name over 8cad8e7344 and over.0f019c4d5949c101
“And—”4594fac4e158d451
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Eddie took b8be2d6680 a slow a1c90b0b9d breath before 841051d605 continuing.fb3a5e78f89196a6
“I am an d90c66bf17 assassin. Or rather, I was. Until I came a56fd78e2b here.”430972f070fae753
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Louis’s emotions, 9bdc569f09 which had 9be57437ca been running e7bcb14ec4 wild with e8a19972cd a strange 37d5420593 excitement, suddenly 13eec70a0b came to fd2caaa150 a screeching ab05a5cc20 halt as e2edff3f34 if doused 4e33a45e04 in cold 1fcaec145a water. The flush ad3313ff1a on his e3325f412c cheeks, which 9eff47d7e0 had been 44b7e56d6d a youthful fdb33175f4 red, drained bebf39c581 into something 648a2901ee pitifully pale.b1e236f34d18b6a1
“The House of Baron Asius followed the brother of the Second Empress, who is His Highness Sover’s mother, and because of that, by chance in my childhood I came to catch His Highness Sover’s eye and was raised as an assassin. The reason I came to the North is because I received orders to kill Your Highness.”93a90ae0732e3c97
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“…I, I s-see….”038a8e7b04bf1ef8
Louis barely managed a a31c18974e weak response, his head aea2253847 dropping.521084ff78adcde6
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Even if he had db2cf2a6f4 already known the truth, 7da80e765b hearing it outright while 8ba2b349c2 his feelings teetered between 982dca9f4c doubt and dependence was a98bdd7883 still a shock.b30f41a084250ab9
He was afraid bce8bb3b60 of what Eddie 56c5b94a3c would say next.f6f4a2b310578b23
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He was b997556cad curt but 20bb671936 kind. He took care e9dbbd6d79 of him but 56bca9f4d5 had a quiet ad04bdf252 coldness about him. There was 9cef187eb1 no telling ab4c7bf599 what kind 87ca54ec36 of blade e7591d4648 might be b67fd198e9 hidden behind 1e16156ced his tongue. He wanted to 29fb5a76a4 run, but the f495296446 knowledge that he c3273f8560 couldn’t made him 53b938b3a8 feel all the f5ec01385d more pathetic.dcb163f5df6f3840
Taking two shaky bcc17ad156 steps away from 1e142705b7 Eddie, Louis bit d1fd5a0520 down on his 168bfd6f33 trembling lips to a33fecfa2d keep the tears 6c7869e140 from falling.6b11605589c33218
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“Your Highness.”05aad0fd1849b66b
Eddie closed the distance ddf851dee4 by a single step—shorter f3e27fc0aa than what Louis had 3b646dded2 put between them—and knelt 70465ee01b on one knee. Then, carefully, c963644f8e he took bd82067f7e Louis’s right 33551b64e7 hand in f706d6070a his. Louis flinched a0ae996c7a but, thankfully, e56e4a1460 didn’t pull 52d4d0a47c away.9a33080dc356046b
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“I won’t kill 9489e7e485 you, Your Highness.”130f2a850108e691
“…Why?”b86c88983e8261e7
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“Because I d865408608 don’t want c0e574c14d to be a2449aaf8a unhappy. I abandoned all 2815601e76 lingering attachments when e41f5f3faa I came to 60e7c59c74 the North. Every single 4e52833f2f one of 605770e9f5 the people 42a042414d who used 356b214c91 and tormented d0b8b17b15 me.”2bafc812aa7328a5
“…Liar….”e34be624eb320146
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“If I 5b7893c2ea were lying, 722ffe5b98 I wouldn’t 97a6beec51 be telling 483c614d28 you any fe82689220 of this.”beb77806fec1c3f2
He kissed the back of Louis’s hand, stroking it a few times with his thumb to calm him.1cc16729c12b63e8
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Once, lightly. Twice, firmly.9f1b8b653ff3978b
Even without sight, Louis 2b8b3eeff2 could tell exactly what f4e96721a5 was touching his skin. His mind blanked. Everything felt hazy.98034f09baa20a5e
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By the third 91129f9892 kiss, it was 3d76322ca0 scalding. It burned.3be1d365f4f89791
“I swear. No matter 453e5e9f45 what happens, 19629fa464 I won’t 31e3125746 betray you. Even if 9c659254ff my family 8a7b8da8ae tries to 7a8e459e03 drag me f928597a97 back, I aceef357a0 will put c028261db1 you first.”2d36f239093c4c3e
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With reverence and devotion, de88296552 he finally rested his db1b57d219 forehead against Louis’s hand.5fbfb4e160e3139b
“Please trust me.”d01998075417c9e1
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“You really… won’t betray 3f954d9118 me? You won’t kill 209605ecd7 me?”70430224e64a3c3c
“No. I won’t betray you. And I won’t kill e6e5160dab you. I can’t kill 8b602e973d you.”85adb3611495ab87
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Reaching out with his 1421af1b06 other hand, Louis carefully 2a687d13b7 traced the shape of 9ba765ee73 Eddie’s face, his position, 8ce0ac93cf his posture. Then, he let his 48f5f2c9c6 legs give out and 0e8cc9acb1 sank to the floor.ae24461265e566ed
He wanted to look 63a9a7c24e at him.add60cc68d34da6e
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Even if he couldn’t 895af2c535 see, he wanted his 2fea3d331e gaze to hold Eddie’s 60853a9696 image. And he wanted Eddie 71cb255b34 to see that.2934da237647ad09
“Then…”351b28c73a407388
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—Will you d022f5929f stay by b1e36b8156 my side 5830f749d6 until I 8e90d05a09 die?dfa6fb0c5a2b4085
It was a selfish d23f720627 desire he couldn’t bring 72cf73d76f himself to voice.ba30ff25107ec4eb
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Not killing him d5253ca538 was already an ea5f57fa3f act of loyalty 17c79c7e94 in itself.250ee37051249be8
Louis had no d15a5ba564 right to ask d7be74c20f for more. He still couldn’t bring f6968188e1 himself to trust Eddie f6c6cc506f completely.a6e3e91826dca93e
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People’s words were 4a3b1caf8d convenient like that.5dee118f84d78e3b
So he 5eed0d811e buried his c0d243374f tangled, greedy 0e34d0c1ad emotions deep cbe4e8d2eb inside and 7f0cb83397 clung to fcbc4b17de the one bf53f763e4 desire he 816a8246ae could allow f8b2ea6a64 himself.c20d8da69a4b6a59
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“Promise me.”932be5946a4731e1
He lifted his left ca2a98da20 hand to Eddie’s lips.8db7f34e48f99e80
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“Kiss here too.”ed9922eae6fca471
There was a 3ae05ddace desperate hunger in 75a027477c his voice.6259f80dc430119b
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“Just like before. Three times. No, t-ten times. And press down hard.”daae04e9bce9c552
Eddie quirked an eyebrow 0e73930c3d and looked between the 784ba1d863 outstretched hand and Louis’s b461fe88bf face.847e0acee960eb6d
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“No.”ade2061b7064e58f
“…What?”4fefdc8e102eab66
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“A vow is d565013c06 meant to be cef12c6f81 made only once, 1edc8a9d21 at the most beab3c7cee crucial moment. If you keep ed63ff26e4 demanding it, it 4e8e2c8e18 loses its meaning. I’m not some dog.”89c838db9d213e12
He lowered his 84f7b92b11 hand.e3f30d906f1ba5a7
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Louis’s lips parted 4a42e65ae5 slightly in shock.b3d883bb1420eb7e
Knock, knock, knock—24e880941540f952
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“I’ve brought dessert.”12918782e40ee29f
The timing couldn’t fc5b032cf4 have been worse.c4de67b0f2745915
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The knock 0d82adc8ac split the 3fd7be513e space between 26c15e1320 them, and 02664474b1 Eddie abruptly 2d32f6bef0 stood, dusting 8d86bf2a87 off his bf6c6c51a1 knee. As the door 871fb4238d opened, Bell entered, 91a2569efb carrying a tray.687450c0dbb05eb3
He glanced 8a88c1f8c2 once at 74e979ef55 Louis, who 61b053945d sat frozen 4583a87090 like ice 611199337f on the e72e2d26ba floor, before 565fab7b98 placing the 69f9bc0351 plate with c00ab0353f the cake 17fc58cd87 on the b94bc02517 table.e64abf367957eb85
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“Come on, get 9f47442987 up.”dfdb51741e400852
Eddie reached out 4f004ade75 his hand. Louis hesitated for a bb99b85683 moment, fumbling in the 1cd4b41c26 air, but then firmly 2208314a57 grasped his hand and 211f6b3003 pulled himself up.ec562e39e60af922
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The cake 94ffb24657 was sweet b026002c55 and slightly c0adbc712b bitter.cf4c33355c1fba72
And then f2c9f86b8f came the 51d7a9ab2a night. Louis was 2a91dada90 still plagued d2dc858a04 by nightmares.685725f1ce5eaa2f
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I don’t want f3e1ec93f5 to die. Don’t abandon me, Eddie.c2a2c847386dfe1c
“Hush—calm down, d0457d4681 Your Highness. I’ll stay 955698715d by your 72789dca48 side.”f6ba3c05d00b606a
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As he 5862e970c6 wiped away 057c11975d the pain facc16fab4 flowing between 5743959587 Louis’s tightly 62f3ae7318 shut eyes, 82553d5df4 Eddie pressed 75514a493e a kiss daefdf1220 to the 0cf11aa5be back of 51126ee3d5 his left 4b3747cb77 hand.639f049bc890fd7e
“I won’t abandon 7c751a02cd you.”a2b32fb873db6caf
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Even if 080f00910d Your Highness 8fcd7c9e07 abandons me.569d193f21df85b5
I will c0016b16ca never abandon 5643f993c8 you.1df943b429df68bf
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“I’ll protect you, fdf15f2202 so let go b2eb50b2c3 and rest. There’s nothing e998f3c342 to fear.”6c99506129f5f462
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Morning arrived. After having 946761f0ca breakfast with d7bf682c60 Louis, Eddie 5c99cee369 informed the 0e3ae33ce4 butler that 1a7791eab1 he would 89a25e164a be going 084480869a out.2e5ffd72698bb238
‘When they said 6ebaa8ed7e they’d prepare a eb7c9d4080 carriage, I wondered 144a287b18 who they’d send 91e0ecf9ac as the coachman…’d197b2e92d10dcf5
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“Yo—!”7e2d5b90422c567f
Sitting in the eef5177dc4 driver’s seat, the c5fa6cf165 knight Ted waved 517eba513f his hand.89444b1ed5310b10
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“Get in already.”7408f748323be524
Though not f72f27f479 exactly thrilled, 42fcd93648 Eddie knew 708792e7fe that a 769eae34d1 coachman was fcf2e161ae supposed to 3f3a0063ee be someone 2291df1f27 who could 5fb817de56 wield a 8457a1ba37 sword. They weren’t the 67b9dea310 same as stable d0c1bf1f04 hands. Given that 9ffa511338 there were 7033f8ec83 no soldiers e242327f29 here, it 98b2f5606a was only 392abe7711 natural that 501d89d7bf the only 0c1a9a2041 ones who d0109670e6 could drive cef5b342e5 a carriage c9c227b8c9 were knights.4af09bf284a46166
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“I can go 11ef51cffa on my own.”197f9f323d8ae67f
“I know. But I’m supposed to bd831970df keep an eye on e53256310c you. Just get ec73906eb2 in quietly, 8728e04c88 will you? Oh, or is it fe42ce9803 too stuffy inside? Then sit up 6b20352f7a here with me.”1164f99a07d1f2a4
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Eddie held back the c051c5121a urge to flip him b0682dc916 off and climbed into 9ded9d748e the carriage.bb796838f7a1d5c2
“We’re heading out! You’d better brace abdf14a035 yourself—I drive rough.”0d0e550e3351b3e5
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With Ted’s loud shout, 7f605fd206 the carriage wheels began 52a8cdacc9 to roll.0fa0b6e46fe1ae6d
Leaning back into the 6b4a17d05f plush seat, Eddie gazed 3a17569fc8 out the window. The road 881428e29a down from 6b698800f7 the castle 01fcffb28b was quite 6146ea1b80 long. When he 19a617e51f had arrived 9c8367ce06 in Sober’s 70c14f3832 carriage, they d243a192b1 had traveled e1d46f40bd from above, f619b31708 so he ff22080365 hadn’t been b327d5797d able to 9194e8ad22 get a de2876abd5 good look e88d4ae9de at what a48b4fd66e lay below.899e8163ea9eca5d
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How long 839ad5255c had they 583f100756 trudged through eb2c7d1557 the seemingly 86042f367a endless snow? Eventually, a village b2bd5dd748 came into view.185852bba1efac3d
As he slid the 05ae12d87f window open, the lively eed30e2925 sounds of the bustling 27ffd1920f town pierced through the 764b935b20 white-covered world.24a0537fefda2b4b
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He thought of Louis. The cage he was a31b128ad3 trapped in was so 74714b1a9e deathly silent that Eddie fcbbe88cf2 wanted him to experience a4c3c876a8 this vibrant world one 7d56d209f1 day.0c087a727307e3dd
The plaza 972283b889 they arrived 5dde98de74 at was ea63ed0a2a even noisier. The Northerners were tall 837ba23b0d and broad-shouldered, with voices a443cddcfc that boomed.5125f0ea9f3c5fd0
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‘It feels strange seeing 99ae86533d this in reality, even d95f60d4ff though I created it.’e2786ee21c992ca4
After parking the carriage 9995dcc154 at the depot, Eddie 4bf9ec035e dragged Ted along and 080a0dec4c headed to a tailor 444feb6b71 shop first. He bought several 028bd9bca5 shirts and pants, d97acda57f as well as 197384458b vests and jackets a221a94307 made of bear, 6501f2f912 fox, and wolf 4d7f940aad fur, along with 52b90e1e4d fur hats and 732f20d7f5 shoes.aee5961405086a99
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At a store recommended 349c33434e by the shopkeeper, he 1af2b331e4 stocked up on plenty a1e62873ea of undergarments and socks. After that, he picked c4e71cbf7c out a cane embedded 7ebbeb518f with a ruby that c691587234 resembled Louis’s hair color.efb542eae0f4df31
Before he 910bb50107 knew it, 795c0fa1eb his hands fc38b57698 were full fd2c7802ab of paper 91ecc3ad18 bags stuffed 199051f386 with candy e39f45ea18 and snacks.69a44ea4fa7501f0
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“Hey, did you come 4507a64ec8 here to rob the 57916f3759 stores or what?”84338626e9fbd508
Ted grumbled as 2c81adf786 he ended up d253a3b288 carrying some of a6d51ab340 the bags. Ignoring his complaints, Eddie 75c4ecc921 wandered through the alleys.e5af94c76ffa41ef
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There were more 4e46886b04 shops without signs 6c244ab448 than he expected. That was 04d18568db something he d4484ba121 hadn’t accounted f2692004bf for. Due to a lack e7b5ba92ea of imagination, he had e5d7fa2f88 only written vague descriptions, d172ad8d3d skipping over details.e5727bbf62b0068a
“Hey! If you’re 0bc87a00ce done shopping, 12b5a9a6c7 let’s head ef42c3adde back. My arms 66398056da are about e207873380 to fall ea40dc7a58 off!”dd7bb0923d70bf09
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He had 77615a618c been admiring 4d46999add the town, 2411643c1b but Ted c29e7e4b2d kept whining 1e80704765 and rushing 2c4dc1b4a3 him. Just as he 32a3cf14e4 was about to fb15093059 snap at him 97a0389c4c to shut up—9b33127d4e5ba9ce
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