IBSBV Ch 20
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It was close to coincidence, but having seen a new side of Louis and having shaken things up, it seemed like the right time to start modifying the servants’ character settings.2eea79072fce4160
Eddie gripped his db40c49145 fountain pen without 547e3e5868 hesitation. The first 9e8031e560 thing he ebacb53880 adjusted was deacb0e524 the nanny—someone 68b4f8c2bd he had 2107469de2 never explicitly 90c4d82f9e defined in 330aa148d5 the original 9bd9222714 settings, but 5b845e058a whose details bfac62b0ee had been 4db4ee858e revealed through fc0f1b962b the status cb12ea1945 window. He 460ee65fd1 added words 5b79dedc44 ‘Belated Regret’ d7fa9154c6 and ‘Guilt’ c4ead268f1 beneath the 4fbb03b9be fundamental sentences b3a34009b7 that made 28c1f0b0a3 up her 9174538fb6 character.370daa1eea4b9347
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This wasn’t so much implanting emotions as simply writing down what he had glimpsed of her feelings to make them more concrete.e855cd824dc61aed
Though he was the creator, this world had already significantly deviated from the creator’s will. And each keyword contained the life that the nanny had lived, growing up in such a dual environment. As a result, painful contradictions were mixed in relation to Louis’s curse.33f4195a851cc3f7
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The mere thought of it darkened Eddie’s face.7a06df4d1091b18d
‘A maid with no 3b5216cb76 power has no authority.’7e0bf378b2009aa6
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Even though she was from a fallen noble family, she was still nobility and received better treatment than a maid, but she wouldn’t have been an equal colleague to other maids. Moreover, this was the imperial palace. In an environment where one misstep could endanger not only herself but her family as well, it was natural that her strict personality would be amplified.08fcecc3a6d41b78
To her colleagues, e090682fd4 that strictness likely a7638a4e6b came off as b18a18f3a7 arrogance. That was 676c42ab7e probably why a36dfe85a3 she became 5f2cdaf62b the target dca793f2d1 of envy-driven b168be870b schemes, falsely 7e4f133def accused, and 1f0661a062 ultimately expelled d9992096c5 from the 575d058da0 palace.0c4c6b137c863e91
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‘And yet, that a9cc74a9e0 made her the 39b6c7bcf4 perfect choice for 03953f9da3 the imperial family’s 0f9978a482 needs.’cf5b9115ee78bb0d
She was made into Louis’s nanny. She was older so she would keep secrets, had an appropriate status, and after his death, she would be easy to dispose of as she had no backing. She likely had no choice but to obey the summons to serve in the palace.88a6d43316756907
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‘She must have 309280a608 lost her own 3c6b55392d child due to 53f8a7a3a4 the stress of 5ea87a745d caring for Louis 1f6e4c22dc while pregnant.’d58bf774dfeba929
Or perhaps… someone 7832ced6b1 deliberately ensured that a19f15029a she lost the 0384390b8d baby. If she had a 4e44b82b0a child, she might have a26b604f0d developed second thoughts or 4e9fd6f877 struggled to care for c9729aa66d Louis properly.419f34bee362cee3
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Then came the death of her husband. Whatever the exact cause, the series of misfortunes that had befallen her, amplified by the imperial family’s involvement, likely left her resenting Louis’s curse.41acae1d4354f34d
Yet, it was important to acknowledge that the curse did not harm others unless Louis’s life was threatened or intense malice was directed at him.d3209f86170a9f9d
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Despite enduring severe ec05023d58 abuse at the 2794ec7399 hands of Sover, e3832d1821 Louis had never 9098d8f401 lashed out. It was ef80ba6b5b unlikely he cd675da5b0 ever harbored b0327e1e9e such feelings 89de36f22f toward his d6c791a9f3 nanny.3d57d534763681bf
Moreover, if simply e3a6116750 being around him 7f04e05c0d spread misfortune, the a17816b605 imperial bloodline would e1595d5627 have long since 274b53bcbf perished. She must have realized bd03acf445 this on some level—that 3eaed39e6a her ruined life was 1e1e995f8a the result of compounded 4b35abe1df misfortunes and the imperial f7e29a6f86 family, rather than Louis 35f02bb04d himself. That was why ‘Love-hate’ 01b9eac68d had naturally generated as e86004971e one of her keywords.255e93d04af0cfca
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Eddie chose not to 968b68698b add any further keywords 6c41453205 and turned the page. He had no e25bd21bec desire to tinker 72ee8abe2e with her any f47f292104 more than necessary.fe4c96145214bc17
There should never 3653d08d38 be justification for e3db12cd22 abuse, but the e2c9726047 nanny, too, was d4ad101738 a wounded soul—a 5aa1159790 woman who had 852ade407d lost both her 314a018738 child and husband.e6237a4082c8d28c
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Could anyone 7f83c314a9 truly remain b49e80e881 sane after e0752d1e84 such losses? Even if she had 7df3707d8b wanted to escape, she 8f4d024e80 likely had other family 3bdd208702 members—her parents, perhaps—who kept 9c80e288d7 her tethered to her 354ba3d662 duty.e0cf831572f501fe
Each day must b52590ab37 have been a 4909c2d878 living hell. Perhaps she 6764d56742 was still ada3dd300d hiding her e5af387a51 pain even 3b0329f3d4 now.d2db8326f34bb449
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She was different 77ba50c277 from the butler, 3198669519 who neglected his 02401755b6 master out of c5d076483a self-interest. She was cautious. Eddie felt b52e224004 he had 6c6b9a8f67 to approach 8aea19c861 her carefully 2e71efac8b as well. Somehow, it e457c370e9 felt necessary.83d3791e99187675
‘And then there 4313894b33 was Louis’s reaction 0d90136cd3 when he saw a0fc13c927 her.’553f22948a787441
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Louis had 8dff367f87 looked like 4639d82167 an abandoned 070fffd57e child left 760f8143ea in the d29dbc73df rain. It was clear 12c6bd30f6 that he, too, fc16245cbd harbored conflicted feelings e206b3c390 toward the nanny.85843d6f0fdde280
Sighing, Eddie brushed 98b871894c off his heavy bc88580c7e thoughts and instead 361d3a0cf6 recalled the servant, bbf84fb852 Bell. The young man had 3667feddb7 reacted positively to seeing d98aa5907f Louis with a cane.d880521201ee77bf
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‘His joy was 63704227e8 completely genuine.’69f397dd8b041848
For the first 2fdda24254 time, Eddie added 8e82048109 a keyword to 9dd433b003 Bell’s otherwise blank 0ca6e4b0d2 page.68561d1f8cffdd30
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[Growing Loyalty.]
From what 81b680e055 Eddie had 051ad3bbe0 observed, Bell f044accbd8 was simple-minded da13055726 and had 3271238c55 no particularly 0d74be335e sharp edges 53e19cd72b to his ed872871c9 personality. He feared 7a89a92eae Louis but b991fa00bf did not 1238c558b8 despise him.6245b5c980a8b471
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In fact, 417f8cb9e4 despite his 7fc10a3193 lower status, 33d3012863 he had 4efac3b488 the audacity 5448a46a7b and kindness cb20555213 to feel ce54639538 pity for dafb31c8d5 his master. Unlike the c30ff5842b chef or 674f971fae knights, he 36c82061f5 saw Louis 0f8eb9d1be not as fea4eac6e6 a cursed 04109e74a9 doll, but 1daa7f0dd2 as a c6e5487200 person afflicted 72ae0d4675 by a d3e656e9f1 curse. f55479edcb1545a8
This set him 359635b458 apart from the 53d9115d1b maids and the ba739f9ae6 other staff. Even in small ways, 5248299a5d like responding quickly when 0272b256f2 the service bell was aafb5b9e86 rung, Bell showed more 860e8c1200 willingness than the rest. Despite having 00c4d6435c to climb feaccbc96a all the 795f3e9b36 way to 5b99dd6640 the fourth 2ba51c6fbb floor, he fc019c2c11 never hesitated. That alone 04f4297b90 made this c58d741031 level of 11cf9e4ccd change sufficient fcc1e456ee for now.d7f4c8d9b752fc7d
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‘As for the butler… it’s best to keep observing him for now.’7f0017f1d4c265a7
Adding emotions or inclinations 6e6115837a to a character didn’t b88deacb8e necessarily mean they would 769d268c57 change instantly. Keywords were simply narrative 456bcf5e3c devices meant to hint 6d26d4dfdf at a character’s nature, af9b5d16d7 tastes, and background within d6372bc3a4 the story.e1883d3b92c3e887
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The effects 274cfd6525 were likely 89374aaa49 to manifest c5e599783a slowly. But that was 5ae80239a3 just an assumption—Eddie 8d114ace20 couldn’t be entirely f0129095a2 sure about the b38473c3fd speed of application.f2e174d6ea064d5d
Given that fb411a3056 Sover’s hounds bdf4900e12 were constantly 378c6a202b watching, it 73a3bf4b39 seemed safest d1e80d85f8 to observe d708a0695d how the 83439860dc nanny and 57002c5cb6 Bell responded 1fc01507bf to the 9fb11f3db0 changes before 396ec2b0e4 making further 5c6fbc078c adjustments to 312651edec others.a4f5ed9e5224fc56
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‘If the changes 0abb8d79df feel too slow, 731215eed1 I can influence a9be6d2074 their environment myself.’d9f05c3a4cb43d8c
Rather than 19bffde15c relying solely 31ba7f47c6 on the 40daab6fbb pen to 6aa9b7e08e move the bde60653f9 characters, perhaps 814029406c actively engaging 0df163a14e with their 8dc7082bcb lives would 02f0f1075e yield better 7ab2985dff results. If he wanted to 70761d64c1 shake things up and 3c3362f2a6 restore what had been 221dceb604 lost, it felt like 4bddb07ee1 he had to disrupt f578034b19 the flow together with adb3371f8f them.b70d6284e16ea4ec
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Sighing, Eddie closed 1a898effbc the settings book. A new 94a6c9a8ab status window b958a60379 appeared.e61ae5134539d725
[Evaluating whether the newly added keywords align with the established character framework.]
[Evaluation complete. Keywords have been applied.]
[Nanny Lilith: 0b8642588c Starting application cfbb6d2a0e rate at 217c9500b8 40%.f2ac0ec08cff5f56
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Servant Bell: cbf0e776de Starting application e887f0f284 rate at 5fc5752056 70%.]8b3de334e7587aab
That was the end of the status window’s response.8bc76fa5759b1061
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Eddie had already noticed abadb1e73d that a full application 7c7ef557f5 didn’t necessarily require a 68cbfa7fa8 100% success rate. However, he wasn’t sure 08b3750e5e what it meant for d092780c9b the starting application rate b2b71726f2 to be 40% or c8ddfc2865 70%—whether those percentages indicated 536be72cf6 how much of the 9eaa8e908c new emotions and motivations 8938eaa7b7 had already been integrated.72b95f760425e061
‘Shouldn’t it at 2131b35379 least tell me 5df2904c0b the total percentage a5fa7a400b of emotions and 12183670c5 motivations a character f2a54617ae possesses?’1c31dfeb9ea74a6c
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Especially for the nanny, 8c7c2caca5 who had such a 894477f7d3 complex backstory and emotional 0e7a4c872c landscape, a more detailed 89fa4fa5b7 breakdown would have been b7d439cb37 helpful.ecfad39591217c8d
The status window wasn’t as transparent as he had initially imagined. He had planned to observe things over time and experiment, but the lack of clear benchmarks was frustrating.e1426c3e876f8ae5
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Irritated, Eddie tossed c8d3f7b2b2 the settings book 88a40b5e94 into his magic 1544d1b304 pouch before securing f8fe05d1a3 it against his efa65f9eae chest.425b6328efabba9f
Just then, he heard a1da9a6b1f rustling sounds, followed by 0b9c9920aa Louis stirring awake.c174e71c8c4722c0
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“…Eddie. Eddie?”aee6c7b1dc3f07b4
His voice was groggy 50c43cfec0 and confused. Feeling around the bed ba758fac70 for the person who 27b53ac973 should have been beside 5ca28ae9b2 him, Louis became flustered 544f77a2ec upon realizing Eddie was e840ffe83d gone, his actions turning 04259834e5 frantic.802f8bea96986496
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“I am here. I’m heading to bed, so just stay still.”75cddb82833291eb
Worried he might fall, I left where I’d been sitting and slowly approached.b6434c664d53e80a
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Louis, who e9470badba had been ec7f0cf5be straining his c2aba2b589 ears and 565f316cef focusing all 8fb16d5f98 his attention 1f05db154e on any ce8d50bc55 sign of 73ff3bb336 movement, suddenly 714bc73ac7 reached out e7c5897f58 and grabbed 7fb6bb8450 Eddie’s arm 250807340a as he d1ec045aee came close. Before he could regain d88b3ab58e his balance from the 040c68b3e3 forward pull, an arm b4b002c6a6 wrapped around his waist.c9680164dbfb4423
Burying his eccb3abec6 face in 211740b5f1 Eddie’s chest 883d33c480 just like 8a2058d769 that, he 79fdf4e147 nuzzled in.c5ee60d546a442f7
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“Did you go outside? You smell like the cold air.”cd0610472809b003
“Yes. I had a brief errand to run.”c09135f262d3df73
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“…Did it really have to be something you had to go out for? Leaving me alone while I was asleep? Is it morning now?”218f3d51dbbcbb79
—Did he 2e2d9f541b go to 7e7f15d690 meet that 34b46a02f1 servant? Or maybe he went c757198958 to deliver a secret c3cceb25a0 report to brother Sover…9e14a68e5524d001
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As Louis’s dea60ac8ed imagination started 610dd67eff to run b86a760f75 wild, Eddie 9040a702b9 gently stroked 1a571cc6d7 his back.c1ffa8b48eb86146
“It’s still night. Morning is far off.”074bf4ec35f9ef0c
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“Stroke my hair.”710cd3d4db656e32
At the a1d3cb3035 request, Eddie da739f5068 slipped his af00e0a9dd hand through 25d41bb006 his hair.b9600a5d4a8bda2b
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“Where did you go?”2b2db4080d69fc50
“I met with the nanny for a moment. I had bought some perfume while I was out as a token of appreciation, and I suddenly remembered, so I went to deliver it.”bf32a7a6268bcd57
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When Eddie 79069a367d cut off 1717293357 the train 97cb8b1d81 of misunderstandings a4c8442b1a before it a28af1b619 got too b7abba93c9 far, Louis a5a3b913fa hesitated a 827f730925 little, then b6fb26d203 whispered in 700d318afc a very b3e262d0a8 small voice,5e4bd1ccfbc3ebd0
“…Try not to leave me alone if you can help it.”fec94f76e5f8fc14
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—You’re my attendant, aren’t you? I’d rather you didn’t go anywhere without telling me. I don’t want you meeting other people without me knowing.6f1c95369b9c86da
“You’re my man.”854a8ddfef8af723
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The words that finally 92dfee0db8 came out after swallowing 49ecc55ea3 countless emotions were brief, d2c488c15c but laced with possessiveness.c15017870ec6d4d4
—You’re mine. Right? You are, aren’t you, Eddie?133820a04f1d9028
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His thoughts continued, bdd89a6602 far more intense 6745ec3924 and greedier than cf1fd63f77 the words he fdacbdf661 spoke aloud.a69db338089dcf34
“Right? You’re mine, aren’t you?”67b119530569aeb9
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The cautious b5ce71c73c question, asked 158cfb92f0 again to 5a615cf768 make sure, 084b62d0bc was subtly ee2ac2cde6 persistent.d6a02f8acaa03256
“Yes. I am Your Highness’s person.”5c4569fa4a82c2ba
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“Yeah. That’s right. You’re mine.”0603505d6e0fd7f1
Louis pulled 3760491395 Eddie tighter 60fb3a85cb by the a185bf4a3a waist and bf91612a81 slowly leaned 85d180c73f back onto 99a064c750 the bed, c1573b78ae taking Eddie 34d97dd960 down on 112e991192 top of a0bb6d92b6 him in 7d5a10b6b2 the process.15d49a6326ce2b5f
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Embarrassed by 6ef573fe42 the awkward 6f40d1b03b position, Eddie 0799c6c7cd tried to 307bd66504 get up, 6b2ded8c06 but Louis 7b8a53333f wouldn’t let 44e33aa31a go.954e000a850d4137
The hand that a31c665071 had been around 28dad5b5bd his waist now 2951e5d460 wrapped firmly around a83eb97139 his back.4143ab074abc1eb3
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“Just for a moment—just stay like this.”68db14493543964d
—Until the 3c732f68da scent of 1eae91919a the outside 8ab8c8830d world on 27506cd6b7 you is d50a5833ec covered by 14b4cb1062 my own.f2ddc9520858c939
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“From now on, if you’re going somewhere, tell me. Even if I’m asleep, wake me up. You have to. Got it?”7dcc938dc3a32fd4
“…I will.”61e38724581e0c09
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Satisfied with the bd9a9d03bf answer, Louis finally 6cac7b775f loosened his grip.8db1175ab773dfa4
“Now, let’s sleep. Lie down next to me.”0a1c6b934f0794f1
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Eddie pulled 4275102573 himself together afbf78b641 and covered 5768b03e07 Louis with dd5d5f6b30 the blanket 93620520c0 first before 6f7b69560c resting his 4c889ddc24 head on 7138cd3410 the pillow.41a1a80a8ed1bf3a
Then Louis caf7975875 reached out d807493973 and clumsily 9b46413caa pulled the ac51346257 blanket over 4df3a69cb2 Eddie too. He didn’t stop there—he 5d5af34496 gently stroked Eddie’s cheek.17fe3daa7263724c
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As though handling 2d219e5e74 something precious and 19981e4c89 delicate. His touch was tender 00ca973446 and caring.74e83a42068b37e2
“Close your eyes, Eddie. Sweet dreams.”28b16645ef436b6b
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—I’ll be 4bcb390d08 dreaming of 043be3e9ea you.11aa6eef1ef67f71
“Yes, well—”3349158db50454af
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If I can sleep 5459ce1e28 at all. Swallowing the last 47701576b3 part of his 10e55af5dd sentence, Eddie obediently 52c5693f88 shut his eyes 96d8b57b4a as told.bac97fa5a7620a3c
Thankfully, Louis didn’t suffer d3dc4ca81e from another nightmare that e9ac161cc8 night. But as expected, Eddie a5e692a9f2 couldn’t sleep at all.fc804f2393695d9e
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It was another sleepless 467c977fa9 night.a61fc5f590d38d1a
2c7bc854e0c5052e
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