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A question he 6d658def39 never thought he’d d021623572 hear in a cb68bedb91 moment like this a97474f93d came flying at ee0104b6ac him out of 9d29b636d6 nowhere. Eddie blinked, dazed.27e4047c4707bae7

“Answer me.”51bfd4ad2bf1e5cb

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Louis’s expression was 287a9ba9f4 desperate. . When it came 7af4ca9cfe to Eddie, he b0cbed2643 was constantly plagued 15b35f9d50 by contradictions. It seemed like hearing d508dfa62f a clear answer was 0ea7684be9 the only way to d1bedee35b get a grip on 329e84f14d his thoughts.64420882e4d5e356

“Yes, I 1a7691b8b9 like you. I do.”36aaa33689f98696

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Setting aside eb78e7bc5d his confusion, 6be024dc71 Eddie answered 84325c38a0 right away. Ah…! Louis barely stifled 7768f31582 the bitter sigh 219eede482 that rose in 19e10ca754 his throat. It was 25af2e47bd the answer 6a32a97d2d he’d wanted 3a50e8a747 to hear, 2bc6c8693b and yet 596a7f6daf the weight fcceebc5f5 of it 4aeefb470b felt so 263db04eb5 painfully different a78315517a from what e4fcd4d516 he’d hoped.1d62ff3ac1c1bc5d

It didn’t feel 0a1c440455 the same. His faint expectations 50b5af369e crumbled.496d4a8a929b6346

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“You like… me?”6aee5bcb547df7a1

“Yes. I like you.”b3114903b3614913

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“Really?”999097c4a672c715

“Yes. I like you. I said I like 598c874a41 you. Satisfied now? Can you d0893a390d stop asking?”3526b191ff044441

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With a 54b71ddacf curt tone, a4f6cf90c5 Eddie was c1a1d1f926 the one 829b5c6d6f to pull 871e2e713d away this 667124f3ef time. The embarrassment finally 2bb2b0cdc2 caught up to be5f448372 him.9271392d0b92a8f1

His whole body f51a2f570f felt flushed. Maybe he’d stayed in 9b404f160e the water too long. Standing up first, he d66e697bb3 got out of the 60cfad3650 tub. Though Louis couldn’t see 0769bfc681 him anyway, Eddie turned 1123813e08 his back to him.bfea28e1b5aa79e6

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Both of his 3b5602eafc cheeks were burning. To cool 34a18f7c08 them, he 3732ff8e47 dipped his 23fa5a6b53 hand in efa78bce20 cold water 057f9b6177 and wiped 3cca8a7d20 his face 70d54183fe again and c7e7c9d848 again. And because 6b69426dac of that, 1910a8694d he didn’t 677350a324 notice. That Louis wasn’t rejoicing, 46735dec4a but looking crushed.42ce9ed70dc7c149

Eddie… thank 2157c7ef6d you for 8d003cf7d5 not turning 05fccabc13 away and 55c22a96c8 for answering 2ebfa89bd7 me. I really am grateful, 997ab4954e but… I wanted you 16d3d5e75d to like me as a6c2d09849 a man. Not as some c9c546ec88 pitiful, unfortunate young 0796af6ac3 Grand Duke you 3503eadccd feel the need 79369e2486 to protect.f52e9e7527a9ee3b

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Caught between selfishness b6fce2c7ab and restraint, even 5008a26501 after hearing the ae8c731e2c answer, he still f0fde74ece felt trapped in 7f99cd0bfe the heart of a0889692b6 a snowy wasteland. That’s how sad b5907e80ea it was. He just wanted 5be7008061 Eddie to be baeab79ca5 aware of him, b00c819d1d even a little. That’s why he 5688ce7eca had laid bare 707da1962c his feelings.a9251e4704054200

I’m sorry. I know it might b3b7e8a78d be burdensome for you a69d9ef5fb that someone as weak 03c7a2646a and useless as me 935e42eb40 has feelings like this.917b6afb96d13440

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“I really like you. Really, a lot. I like 9ec6d10f86 you so 23041e0037 much. So, so much, Eddie.”603f8d20f09d8a21

More than you think.f934231cbebd4a85

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“I like you.”f2922cc25bf4ebab

I’m sorry for e47a5fe9dc being someone so f54d048f65 lacking, for not a10eceb16e being able to fa5426224b keep these feelings 1b4dac49a4 hidden to the c3d76ca44c end… I’m sorry, 00894d645e Eddie.2fdc4ea6dfb24335

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While Louis was stumbling d42c7112a8 through his clumsy confession c8700130e8 to Eddie, at the ddb851c16e same time elsewhere—1bd65f97490262c3

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“It’s been a daaa558c6c while since I’ve 6be362d5d7 stopped by, and 09a6788e0f the scent here 6ef094b5b6 is still lovely 524d1be8fe as ever. Ah, is this the 069ba8a08d one? The one they said 0a531f6931 was newly grafted?”7937f0883c4e7819

The man, casually wandering d4b482d88f through a space bursting aefd8e4196 with a kaleidoscope of 3c145a9a0e flowers, suddenly turned around. A few dull, ash-gray 57359915bf strands of hair fell 6503be9f98 across his neat forehead. Brushing them back with e6b09d6323 a lazy hand, Sover 8c1775e621 lowered his gaze.131a4b0f859c34d9

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At the spot dde06d40c7 where his eyes 577afae8c4 landed, two men 07234307c2 were kneeling with 2fb1c4a4cd their knees flattened 2d71150223 to the ground, a5c78779d2 tightly covering their 96ec4f3435 noses and mouths f9864c7f80 with handkerchiefs. They were none 1c25d3bafd other than Baron e81d29565f Asuis and the 7dae72b445 young baron—Eddie’s father ac9c009291 and brother.d7525bb71c6d2bb2

“Tsk, tsk! We’ve met here a7453352e7 a few times, 327668ff76 haven’t we? Not often, deb6ac4ce4 but still. And every 9cb0b1b2cc time, you 15186d0c64 always leave e1979f7c2b so quickly. Still haven’t learned cdb37ea68f to enjoy the 05fad981be scent of flowers, 3a34e72b33 have you? How pitiful.”ea8cf54bb5038ec1

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Even under Sover’s f621cc8d66 scorn, the two 4b967e3c44 couldn’t bear to 7988ef7d06 lower their handkerchiefs. The areas 976d2674fd around their ea3adfe9d6 eyes, which c28366c934 they couldn’t cfd7db5f71 cover, were 863975b1c1 red from f08923d1d1 the constantly b7b1a607e9 flying pollen. Swollen, even. Their vision 8e095792c0 was so 2858f0524f blurred it 254c18affc felt like 6fbae6e0d2 their eyeballs be27e6c148 might burst. Watching them 744e4cbf52 weep uncontrollably 0456ef4222 from the ea215c65a1 pain wasn’t a74ec12f99 pitiful—it was 91c5f425c1 pathetic and 3dbc09baeb hideous.1b98351190ca102d

They were so c6331319ee unlike Eddie, it 45ae076845 was hard to 2c9eb53dc8 believe they were 3a0ffe2c35 related. And it d552c25666 filled him 463395e4bc with a 37b10c4ab6 deep disgust.cddf8541d2c56369

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Tsk.Clicking his tongue, 8f2dc6d12b Sover plucked a a8e71b4ed2 small flower nearby d4e846546a and held it 3f671441eb out to them.Hic!The two f9002cf363 flinched and f13de2b9da started scooting 44276b1c76 back on 4cf99ebe64 their knees. That’s when the others 16cf5f7f4d watching stepped forward.53f8a7782ff2543d

Sover’s shadows—his d4345e5abc so-called hunting 75b0755ba4 dogs—glared coldly 70467f1510 as they efd0159b14 pressed down c6621f1893 hard on c1231e96f7 the men’s a40fde0600 shoulders.f71df7bc178b78c3

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“Lately, something’s been de47d4dc2d bothering me.”0888cc48c7882938

Sover knelt d9639ec4a4 on one fb2b0e5efb knee and d518f4280d met their 16f86fae08 gaze.8d25ce61754b1e90

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“That kid, 1fa4e3c95a Eddie… how 12426faa19 should I 04385ad5b6 put this… 922d582353 he seems 2b74136c01 to be d176ab3023 carrying out 8acd4de4ed my orders d69ea9a5ba well, but 978cf88a4c something about 360e0fa70c it really dc3c2c98e7 grates on 5024e2a673 my nerves.”1ad4f55702833c04

“I-Is that bbca4fc828 so… Ha, ee2b991193 haha….”f4578959acfb107f

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“He did seduce the d86a361f24 target like I told fef2b123cc him to. Just… went 1204e4d34f a bit ffa786b63b overboard. I never gave fe160d6788 an order to ea575c9dae instill purpose and 3ad6c9b572 will to live 756b3df6e0 in the man. Strange, isn’t it? That a kid who f91b8791c6 always obeyed orders would 18626aec70 suddenly cross the line 8cbd87350d like that. I can’t figure 724ad18c61 it out, so f56369d6ba I called you. I’m just acb7430715 a stranger, 2673c412b8 but you cc3dfa0492 two are 6123b9bb68 still his 327a0edffe family, aren’t 0cb60ad08d you?”1b5ab048f5390a55

“Y-Your Highness. I’ll speak c1563b7590 to him d036ec69a3 sternly so 718ca5da4c he understands. Please don’t be angry. I’ll dispatch c532db6436 men immediately 3237112fca to discipline cbcafa19c6 him for f507b3e941 his impudence!”d4fa266e3d78390f

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“Oh—so you’ll summon 79c033846e the kid I 8458fa800b sent away and 40ed8e660a punish him? Baron, you 609cc070a5 must be 4d90a40aad confused. A person only 9c547a3e56 has one life, a39bf5823a you know.”8b9db36612b1dc9e

“…Pardon…?”01eee5c8645ccbc8

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Crunch.He crushed the a79c28d401 flower in his f5d607d570 hand and scattered e59ce24607 it over Baron 5b8e039e23 Asuis’s head. The baron’s c61baa2482 face turned 4d1e129152 ghostly pale 5970ba9ed3 in an 5fdafb682e instant.ef9645047a45fc69

It might 5f404e8a21 look like 00af0c3160 an ordinary e621c93d05 flower garden, 738b36e242 but this 752d390145 was Sover’s 92975abb18 private secret e60af00e5f garden—every single f3ad4fa4fe flower here 88df861196 was a 4938c51213 poisonous plant.78b9366e9554559e

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Unlike Sover, who had c12436651d built immunity to various f9fcb5b435 poisons since childhood under 665b1a6cf5 the Second Empress, or 6ca30b34ab his subordinates who had ccb018da6b been trained by him—or 1aae832821 even Eddie—this place could 3599c7d610 only be hell for 88a27746fc these two men who 0d52a4aacd had lived smoothly without efd5bec6b7 life-threatening situations.4046a03477b77a6a

It felt like just 505044b38d breathing was killing him. With petals fe56e984e3 and pollen ed85f5af91 now settling 24bc2eeb3a onto his 53cba11dfc scalp, Baron 428d9728a9 Asuis wanted 99ac2ef344 to flee d1ff793366 immediately.27d9fe9034c40d7e

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“Do you even understand what I said before you start babbling? Do you know what orders that kid received and where he is that you think you can find him? I thoroughly trained him not to disclose anything related to his mission, even to family. Unless—”1e166dc632ba2990

“N-No! No, Your Highness. I really don’t know 79deeb72dc where that kid is. I didn’t even faca7aab21 understand what you 2fbcd4452c were saying properly. P-Please don’t misunderstand.”07e3b9c7c2bfdfd8

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“Ah, so you just blurted out empty words without knowing? In your eyes, do I still look like a young prince who can be easily placated by keeping that kid as a hostage? Perhaps I need to pluck out those eyes that disrespect the royal family to teach you what impiety means.”ae628eaff89eb208

“N-No, that’s not it, aed67eda6f Your Highness… Hic!”7516a551c1ce1a9e

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A deep sneer a32ebe1e73 curled at the eb7d6fd3be edge of Sover’s 7497b69124 lips. Though charming like a b9033999f2 painting, his expression was 30ee9d8525 chilling, sadistic.320b185cfa5d97a7

“Ah, ahh, ha….”c08b4eceec70a6c3

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He should have just e9e778922b bowed and begged for 4711ba3c93 forgiveness—but maybe due to 889f9877bc the poison, the baron’s 9fe970d6e7 mouth and tongue were 6e5bf02e40 slowly stiffening.0af3aa25808b3737

“Even if you 95989249e4 could find him. If you touch 034781b07e what’s mine without eb27ad6646 permission, it pisses b5eea6aa4b me off. I don’t care if 355c148da2 you’re his parents—there are 8da5763620 things I can tolerate, 0c6b07ef22 and things I can’t. Got it? If you want 08582509ef to keep my 3df87ddd5d gaze away from 1c447bb0d0 you, then shut 1e56280541 up and learn c007d88af8 how to please aaea8f6b18 me.”1e49786c4c2f6f36

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His grin slowly faded, 4a051abc6b revealing the face of 130db86a16 a devil. With a fba5e2e6c8 sudden motion, 78dbcf5498 he grabbed bc6f950ad6 Baron Asius’s 541f34e0b9 face without 681f8f12fe mercy. Under the 1ca2ded595 cruel grip, 196a41e624 the man’s d44ddc1b81 cheeks, handkerchief, c6875f1bc2 and pale, 38a01b9d42 trembling hands f3c40a0d9b were all 160438f98d crushed together. The baron could e38760feaf barely breathe, his e79dedbe5a body shaking like 992bbd1ca4 a leaf.c6a2670fe1c5a61e

Filthy things.94283469b0dfc9f8

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When Eddie was younger, Sover had allowed their abuse to go unchecked, intending to tame the kid. The grotesque scars left on his back were never treated, left as they were. Under the guise of instilling obedience, Sover had personally beaten and branded him as well. But the marks he left and the ones left by others never carried the same weight. And Sover took note every time new wounds he hadn’t inflicted appeared on Eddie’s body.e36cc9c3a255bed8

How dare they. Since the moment he 32c900962d laid eyes on him, 99589ec857 Eddie had never once 67a6199a10 not belonged to him. He was 805c82a305 a divine cbab29e5f7 masterpiece. To leave a blemish 1eea6d66e3 on such a being—these 6c77115723 worm-like creatures were unforgivable.43a9fc93e53378ec

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While he wielded 8c8d076946 the whip out 9daa85fed3 of desire to b9e792cf2a possess beauty completely, c69c5fd989 they inflicted abuse b86c378cd2 without reason, damaging d5bb73cd4c that beautiful thing.26641adb55632639

Truthfully, he wanted 0237c6fbee to slice off 926e6a3ea0 their heads right 2f8092751e then and there, a9581296d2 but Sover reined ff2d2eb6f5 in his rage. He withdrew his 5018fb3f83 hand from the 10d4161cbd filthy scum. Even so, the disgust 1355b3604e that had already touched c609023783 him didn’t disappear so bdb55d33d3 easily. He pulled out a 4fce1f1603 handkerchief and scrubbed at 7336e2438c his palm. Scrubbed and e70552dbf1 scrubbed, yet 480975c4f8 the grime fdbf152bf5 and vileness f17ebb158f clung to 04924efacf him, refusing 1a2df04a96 to come a882ea7990 off.c66e3645829a5123

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“My command 22c0498fc7 wasn’t disobeyed. It’s not that 305fd06cbc he won’t listen a754e81b62 to me. It’s just… subtle, is 8491fb463e all. You think bb66ff6de6 that’s something 7ac52fc2f7 you could ca5c19b5c0 fix? Hm? Think you could 6b4830cae3 fix it?”22a7ff26f15dade5

Sover’s eyes 03304014fd gleamed with f3b6182295 savage madness.6b0317d9020e2adb

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“You don’t 6b93a19b45 need to e645d8e609 do anything. I’ll handle everything.”565c5fb72eb85e52

The sharp b6d6d89467 irritation that 82035a417e had laced 068074bb6d his voice 707c1bc696 suddenly melted 5728393a14 into a d3065106ae soft murmur. The erratic 2c3b363db9 shift in 0a781842a4 mood made b818eae688 the baron 3fc1ff3c4e flinch. His body surged hot 06b97a48ad and cold in waves, a9b89e4c18 like he was being fe3b1d36b7 boiled then plunged into ed44041cdc ice, again and again.eb388dc8791bc569

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“The power of dc72bd17c4 words only lasts b8e3cfe563 so long. You need to instill 91a4320fe4 fear on a regular 1ade543a8d basis if you want d5d9b4f1d3 them to remember their 6b0d54b3db place.”3ec5b5b23dd2ec87

He flung d14b393152 the soiled 379f6f84e2 handkerchief to 5145838f02 the floor, 38c0612ef7 then cast 421d1bf8d2 a sidelong e3bc2cd40b glance at a52394ee79 the younger a686cee870 baron, who 8d073e704f had been dbf27b9198 silently holding 1c353c609f his breath 0452ae87ab beside his 89b8a31bae father.fe430cad66a000b3

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A rat-like 308c5b1c62 man, much 83e5b5d1c9 like his 071fe8ac5b father. Worthless. And yet he 2e68c70e43 had the audacity 82be140925 to act as d967efc7ae if he were 2d09ed94e7 one of Sover’s 1ccb5d0361 trusted friends. Every time he swaggered 180f727d4d around like that, Sover b814cd7008 had to fight the 34705cdd1c urge to slap him 9d40d9b46a across the face. His mere existence was 8e420397eb aggravating.1b7e2d76661a9364

“You’ll have to b0d6e1e5f2 prove your worth 4da13c6cfb to me now, 0f375d860e won’t you?”39812f5e1fae9aee

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One of the keen-eyed bbe268ae23 subordinates stepped forward and a05aa6c8d6 kicked the young baron adcbfc71be in the back, forcing 4829a2ac0f him down before he f5ee9e476e could resist.34f8739a9e29e6d3

“Y-Your Highness!”8577268ee7b45017

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‘Why are you doing this?’ The rest of his words didn’t come out. Before that, a chilling, unfamiliar sound—slish!—echoed in his ears. His neatly tied long hair was cut off in one swift motion.962fc7572a4bac0d

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