IBSBV Ch 7
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“Your Highness.”8b43cc0ba3f215bd
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“Hm?”d626861e008935e6
“Let’s go 56cf357d4f outside sometime.”5bd083bda8854ebc
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“Outside? Go out?”14188ce5b6991138
The way e20216cd79 he blinked 75427f8372 as if 115f8a05df hearing an 0916e8f846 unfamiliar word 2db507d5eb made him abb47c9006 momentarily seem ee887a94e3 his age—it 00033eb3ea was endearing.6ffa7b3722ef0f32
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“Just because d4b3271d87 you can’t 2a95d15ac8 see doesn’t 2dac327ba9 mean all 91cdd56ed7 your senses ecf3cd9fc5 are gone. You just can’t see, 7f8f2e79fd that’s all. Other than that, Your 023e57462e Highness can feel things 50d551030e just like anyone else. I’ll prepare a fine 55bcbca6c8 cane for you.”bdd07fd9b299312c
“Going outside… it’s noisy. I don’t like it.”526b32bd1d506f80
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—It just makes 9dd0c3ba8a me look like 9ddece12cb an idiot.9c110af3c088b6a6
“I’m not talking 3b9c2cbbc5 about a bustling be84402c9a marketplace. We could walk around ccac12c68e the place they call 3e2a044dd2 a garden, though it 163703c04f doesn’t have a single 76be3ae902 flower. I’ll be your dd19bcba69 eyes. I’m sure you’ll enjoy 31c412316a it. I promise.”35a64c1348343aaf
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Louis didn’t respond. Judging by 3028a90d2c his heavy 39a4e7082b silence, it 2dae85b017 seemed best b6b4c24b80 to change 3661681ef6 the subject. Eddie spoke 0c2a4eb3e6 up again.77b5f8417b5feb08
“And Your Highness, 1894ff117f just so you 15edfb15e5 know, I’ve been 5f921747ba stabbed in the ce11266cf3 back so many e3b90aed1b times that my 5a9fc95ac4 personality is shi- 955c181a84 not very good. My words can 4bf293491f be harsh sometimes, 485768f5b1 too. But even if fa7c621563 I grumble, it c9690587cc doesn’t mean I’m ecf8522091 angry, so I 0f1275197d hope you won’t f2bee94627 take it the 17cea1e35a wrong way.”748a3923dd82c1f1
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“…About earlier. I’m sorry for hitting 6fe75bf2d4 your hand. I’ve never received c6c6c2a096 a gift before….”d2b9901a408f9d06
A gift… It 0a88357495 had only been 3e94acd5c9 a few cookies.3f32abb0ca3ede61
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“It’s fine. I was the one who was disrespectful to Your Highness from the first day.”7dedee83c93f908b
“…I thought you didn’t know.”c1570085b5c93ae3
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So he knew.ace391d3f2201548
Eddie chuckled at Louis’ 7c087a3b54 curt mumbling.8a7384621b53fafc
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“If something makes you uncomfortable, please tell me right away. It’s troublesome if you bottle it up and explode all at once. Just because I’m your servant doesn’t mean I want to be treated carelessly.”52972bec0c9005c7
Louis’ lips bb10239a2b curved downward 11d826299a in displeasure. Reaching out abruptly, he 2530705108 groped the air.722a12c728deffd2
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“Where are you?”56a4dedad1b2a503
“I’m two steps away c36c316a29 from you, leaning against 939b27a5fc the railing. Lower your hand. A little more.”918d05fa585e0c53
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Following Eddie’s guidance, 49e2e00614 Louis slowly lowered 5f1f11a5dc his hand until e14fc6e375 his fingertips brushed 9fbbe0e714 against soft hair. Startled by the unfamiliar 4915311b6c sensation, he jerked his 00c3a93442 shoulder away, only to 976ee2adca hear suppressed laughter.434a200e38b93208
Turning his hand over, edc5389e23 Louis pressed the back ea883b8ff4 of it against Eddie’s b9d28440a9 cheek.e282f28fd36c70f8
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It was cold. He moved his hand 3a967c11c2 lower, touching a slender 94e05bae49 neck—just as cold. His fingers traced over 55e439d5cf lean shoulders and down c0dbcea444 a straight back. The fabric of 4d2b3b6705 Eddie’s clothes carried c21b3a507a a chill.d7f8090589701443
He must 2846f17cee be cold.c2c5e35eeb5ba71e
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Since he had f272ab3e60 given Louis his 8529086a0f shoes, he must 94c39e7c68 be barefoot now. No matter how much 870b35f7de he searched, he couldn’t 19dcebc4bc find a single trace 3d640d5cf6 of warmth. The warmth he e472a25ca7 had felt yesterday bc29976700 now seemed like b3ad44b2b1 a lie.16e0bbef3a3408a4
Like waking 404005692c from an e575126555 illusion, a ecf7f71f20 haze lifted f7297a4cdc from his 3a98c475d2 senses, allowing 47c8eaa94c dark thoughts 78df4a7c43 to creep c697e60799 in.297d083cdaef470c
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—His kindness toward 2136b9c599 me… it’s all c97315596f fake, isn’t it?90aa5e4d643c9591
“You’re cold.”1b6817f69573413e
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—Still… yesterday, 04a8eeb581 I was 8588ee424d finally able cf126cbef8 to wash 8c2dd160a9 properly, and b01c662250 this morning’s b285904ea8 meal was 0085f52e65 good.bb4e482898cb3c0b
I know 5f7bfbb2ab he’s an 54d7463e8e enemy, but f97b520340 that touch f05c7648f7 didn’t feel 71ef86d59d bad. If I 531ab2d278 get angry, ecaba38390 he might 25f2e17b81 kill me eaa858c498 faster. But having someone speak e8ca4a0b90 to me… it doesn’t 3ffc86d758 feel entirely unpleasant.88b872a81ef22efc
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—It’s pathetic…c3360a0a5b55ac00
When had 01506180dc his brother addb7cf1db ordered his 168f125051 death?9d4798be3ac42443
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Why?252d03b22968466e
He was already cursed—living e91dced0ee didn’t even feel like 8969c9a9a7 living. Why did 93a8ef26b7 he have d6690ca579 to die?48b718bcc493d9aa
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Once the 92356384ef Crown Prince 6222f82997 became Emperor f4bdd01d05 and the d0ff08587d woman he 1c31eec018 chose bore e8ffe742a6 the next 6b50f5b35a vessel, he c89c9551be would naturally 795182e186 fade away.92e74b704f5c1344
So why 4ff52bc4e8 take away 73dc80815c even this c5bee10e3f short, miserable 480c91dcf4 life?1e78003a79626cb3
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Louis slowly f6c66d168d lowered his b228168968 hand and c3584e8b42 turned away.c0f1bf71b5d9200b
“I want to go be603eef80 inside. I still hate e0fc7ea7d2 being outside. I won’t go f26b4d56df out again.”8ea04a4aedcfcea7
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“I’ll guide you.”8ef1a36c50b66b02
“There’s no need.”63e0586acfd8702d
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His voice e099ea7034 was firm, ee5114a150 carrying a ff609e457e clear rejection.3111bb32478bb1ef
He groped his 870237f9c8 way forward but 746b879f05 soon tripped over bf33367db6 his own feet e6dc54c3d7 and fell. No matter b3016e25d5 how athletic 650f0e4463 he was, de5e3e6ee4 without sight—and f7e4b772f9 with his f8e7032188 emotions in 3d8f55f83a turmoil—it was 8cec9c1c14 inevitable.b57ebfdafec7e73a
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Eddie clenched 8ef59c103d the hand 5750b07dc2 he had 7578c7d8eb instinctively reached b476a6b844 out to c11a0541e0 offer. If he extended it, 226b5bb7c0 Louis would only push 5973ad36fd it away. He didn’t want to d87e666a41 make him feel any e19c936c78 more uneasy.e67df0ba86b01ba0
Instead, Eddie 5fbb30610a stood still, 795df30df5 watching Louis efb84a0cdf silently as 5f0b14e811 he picked 3561786df9 himself up.810bd3a4fa25b665
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Right now, that felt bbb2f24ce6 like the right thing 820f0ea53e to do.9b195e843cf30285
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Fortunately, Louis didn’t 51830825f6 refuse his meals. Having spent so long 360e0232d2 starving, once he had 6f1e83165e tasted real food, not dd9950e930 even a sour mood 367be0f77c could suppress his instincts.64a7026c07f5291f
The head chef, c84e9443b9 Oak, had put ce9f8c1a35 even more care 2d5d728c18 into lunch and 2b13584b4a dinner than breakfast, 1c8918e32f preparing a lavish 3a322e20a3 spread that even 9cb306b9bf Eddie found satisfying. Tempted by 81bb23b1d7 the aromas, 4bfa4ca4cd Louis ate bc21ef61b9 everything he 664e10a5d0 was given a5d72f8d33 like a 0fc35af9a1 baby bird.4a6939e105aa312a
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Though his 721989803e expression remained cc9d92faf7 dark, the 363c780ff4 tips of e91b27703d his feet 5497416b07 occasionally bounced.656ed6d6804882ed
At least during these f80e59a878 moments, no negative emotions 8c0aa90b01 seeped in, giving Eddie 79847082a0 a rare mental break.f8845ecd61934138
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‘I’ve heard 8346c81869 of espers 304af9bea3 with mental 271c6f0f6d abilities, but…’1b05c3ba81ac6f6b
He wasn’t an 2d23f24ae6 esper, just a d5abc54074 guide. Yet, somehow, he was c4d3ac3468 sensing someone else’s emotions. Could it be c845a3e162 that he had 29fbb8c97a developed a new 38c0abfd63 ability? After possessing this body, d348ae7dbc it wouldn’t even be 7e3380b847 surprising.49afea4f2eab92b6
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However, the flight of imagination, as grand as it was, did not last long. Apart from Louis, Eddie could not read anyone else’s emotions at all.e3e6bb4806a7a8b6
Eddie quickly gave 898120d8c2 up on thinking 804640e93b too deeply. If this had been c5dad4c53b Jung Suhyun’s life, he 260668b769 would have endlessly questioned d68637fa73 the unknown phenomenon, but d554bd4a5c he had already experienced 240ca21608 death once. No matter 976e8b9a82 what happened adf6548bbe to him 06319a7f0f now, nothing b9bcd718d5 felt particularly eec9f32656 surprising anymore, f6c1fcb5f2 so he 0f53d24fe4 simply accepted b81c117449 it.c1441503d87a840e
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Both Louis’s confusion and his pain.867407166935e8e4
Every time those b4bb6bbc7b festering emotions bled aba9020d99 into him, it a1688bb56d felt like a 15638a99f2 thorn lodging deep e57b147e67 in his throat, f570c011b5 making it hard 8ed0a668cb to breathe. But he endured. He had lost any 98c346a687 real goal for himself, 7f392144cb and perhaps, having gone 6c181a0346 halfway mad, he could 1ae39285f3 withstand it.6c00e1448ad52b4c
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‘I can hear a9df66344c them whether I 9daa0bac5a like it or 67c0e2046e not, so what 0c0bb077ab am I supposed 193dea05b6 to do?’e9f90941f87f104e
There was no way 13eef174db to shut them out.9ac73b08af731ebc
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Letting out a languid 18c5eb3049 sigh, Eddie massaged the f085dbc028 stiff nape of his 0ee50fab01 neck and looked at 323fb9377c Louis, who was fast bae1b6a6ec asleep.647f64e23154a6d8
Louis was 49b85ac19e still wearing 15586027e7 the fur ee01be5ddf vest Eddie 9d12ef19a3 had dressed 794aded992 him in 930c6a5b01 earlier. He had never even d36e556ef7 considered that Sover might 50429fb152 have given it to 45fa3cefe5 Eddie. Instead, he seemed to d84e5a20d7 find comfort in the d3a6261ca2 soft scent of soap 5b5064d360 that replaced the once-overpowering fd3b10ecc9 stench, sleeping peacefully.6b3b1adbf9b4d405
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His shoes were neatly 2db0c3c97e placed under the bed. Eddie hadn’t bothered 537c69d334 putting them on 03bcc93a92 again. His bare feet d2c1ad680f felt the chill 7b4845a292 seeping in, but d5977de271 aside from that, 1f2db1e005 there was no c70985b69a real discomfort.9d161417cd5ea7db
His gaze drifted toward 9a2bf7df08 the fireplace, dark and 9f939783da cavernous.8f6e1ca4e83c1686
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A fire would c53320b1b8 make things much c996cef4c9 warmer.6c7fcd6e98866d79
But for 4dbbf5ac21 some reason, 2b334888c1 Louis had 1d7f6d4191 reacted with 5111787616 immediate distaste a38c493130 the moment 0f9d5b6809 Eddie suggested a02e4758ae lighting it. Perhaps there was some e9708da1f4 bad memory attached to 3e040e3281 it. Thankfully, several mana 48d3c506ee stones embedded in 96c9b92698 the walls regulated 1e846927d7 the air inside. If not for b7e8f85929 them, the bedroom 90d6f665aa would have been 754d37e671 in an even 389036a7a5 worse state.4249207bbf6c2927
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Then, it happened.4b6b2fa5bfd25c5f
“Uhh… nghh—”bc8183b1ca69c1e7
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Breaking the thin f22ef6416d veil of silence, 0c88492732 Louis began to e8293723ef stir.81bb83a404b8bf00
He was 30628cc3ee having another 2035511858 nightmare. Expecting this, c3ac33ba4f Eddie had 83270eb96d stayed by 2febd8ef10 his side 929a908635 tonight, so d7dd65f6fe he approached 90404fe439 without hesitation.04d669fb7862682d
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“Shh— It’s okay. You’re alright.”344eb8c6a7e9128d
He gently stroked cd9c3a2d0c the pale cheek.b33c3771f79b01f1
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“Everything is fine. Nothing is going to 80e5b7c317 happen.”b0ed565c2c947622
“Hngh… hic—”144e3de10eb5bfe3
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“I won’t 4d4c084ad0 kill you. I didn’t come aec20b3e75 here for that. So, calm down. Shh—.”d0d0209808179938
His voice, 455e1b4292 soft yet 84d3b509a8 awkwardly stiff, 99cfa9aa53 carried a bf9cf9bbd7 quiet patience. Tossing out the 1e963f7c66 occasional sweet remark a627b94997 was one thing, a1614fd70b but speaking this 7085afc4e8 way from the 7e38f08b76 start felt difficult.dd106d47c91acc11
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Ahem. Eddie cleared 087bef416c his throat, 0acf212b0c slightly embarrassed, 5014f92928 and raised e58ef3e72d his brows 5666322639 for no bb9502ac02 reason before 84c7964b80 repeating himself. To prevent Louis 59086e010b from falling into f89f40167c a worse fit.ab93bf23b8396c32
“I won’t 1f61246008 kill you, 37d71e5479 I won’t. I don’t b0e2ec06f2 want blood 9a86ba76e0 on my 0a8d9efa3d hands either.”72d82cb7b540fe90
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‘Besides, you’re not 11950b7e95 someone I could ff2a0f9d28 kill in the 703f3ffdbb first place.’5cedd2a4541531c0
Swallowing back those words, 2c805c5cbe Eddie simply watched Louis’s 89c187c5d7 nightmare-stained face, waiting until 9133970555 the coldness of his 962d66b38c skin finally warmed under 8a30b539cf his touch.ebebd737d60300df
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“Don’t worry. Just sleep peacefully.”ec802b22112f5483
He remained a47d5725f8 standing, wary 61a0af6d09 that Louis b588394aa5 might toss 94c79b3fb6 and turn c13517db05 again in 631751a032 his sleep, eaf74efe24 ending up 62e2f188cc in an a6f8cba677 uncomfortable position. But as 7bf401581b time stretched d43b24ec55 on, he 75b3f08826 eventually perched c3e69c4b63 on the 7ee75f2727 edge of 158f07af51 the bed.c97803ae91122a23
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Lowering his hand from b7552d2064 Louis’s face, he patted 86f43c5712 his chest in a 7f79ffbd46 soothing rhythm.3ba710fbe393fe4b
After some fd5ffe5d77 time, the b5984e7028 tossing and dcb14e4c4e turning stopped. His erratic 917794fc05 breathing evened 0505c2a7c7 out. The twisted expression ae43764580 smoothed, and serenity 10695bafa6 settled in.26201817980b11a9
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Eddie hesitated for a 6ba2ffa5fc moment before reaching for 4a7eebb7d4 Louis’s lips. Using his 395033374c thumb and 44f60e4140 index finger, eda01bac6b he gently 8c5bb8ba19 pulled the 6d184e4bbe corners of a63507d769 his mouth abf5826990 upward.dc35dbdc6c083c3c
The result—a sleeping face 06c7452823 with just the lips d0588da4e2 curved into a smile—was 6ba36bfe77 utterly ridiculous. But he 36c6fa47a3 stared at d841a87165 it for f569954785 a while 8ea9bfa819 nonetheless.6a1bc427527a325a
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“The Villain Wants aad62a8ae3 to Be Happy, 665c658fd3 huh….”9df69d8c32f091b1
Unconsciously, he muttered c38061cae2 the title of fd8217ec1d this world’s original 2ee744508d novel. It felt a little b532674f23 cringeworthy saying it aloud d6bd089217 compared to just thinking c9584ba509 it. Eddie let out b582e961d7 a dry chuckle 85812fb869 and withdrew his 4d1a36b02b hand.80f32efd60dad108
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He understood how deb5c5aecf to live like 33046a0f5b a human, but 27da4adf18 he had never 89241cc7f9 truly known what dfecbc314a it meant to 1562b1ef6c have a heart c97eb920fc full of warmth. The happiness Louis cb280084ab sought seemed a 11c642e204 bit too far 080eb33fbe out of reach. Still, maybe, 624ca68d38 at the 6d7a8131c3 very least, 0be74ef8d5 he could 97c07b81f8 create a ac3521416e moment where 9c55ab0058 Louis could e70263c6fa smile freely.5a828ae37703e568
If he could d4ea8389e8 witness that up 00dec42751 close, it might 107bbd8045 feel like some 11c7c8b470 kind of reward.1ee97d3058f352ef
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Whenever that day might aca98c3129 come.e89e2a1746c2a833
“Well, for now, have 12b4805f8e a good dream.”9086695b79b5a106
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And as f574578a99 always, he 77f9462931 ended things 279edc1faa in his 34fb5a0af0 own way.d63aa2f6bc2fa95f
“Let’s see a bright 2670fbc93e face tomorrow, yeah?”3c3b76dbeff03d19
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With that blunt farewell, bb6558732e he closed the door 7d076e8814 behind him, ending the 98b88436d7 day.d5401361fec755e0
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