IBYSRHML – Chapter 15
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The first person 1e28765ef0 to notice Liliana’s ecc45bff36 disappearance was Emilia.4a9fd16fe95c4536
She had gone to 6b2deab8fc Liliana’s room to get a68927a8c4 her ready to be 511cad2c3f taken to François, only 5d965dc90a to realize she wasn’t 0bebd70c03 there.37c544da4b3bdd73
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“Liliana!”6782e56dd06e2ab1
As Emilia began searching 46dc9c0ab5 the entire house for 3ec7e5b30d Liliana, Regina and Alice aeadf8ffdd also became aware of be9de1f774 their youngest sister’s absence.de75afce3773061e
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Emilia, panting after rushing to bd32aee8b5 check the playground just in b0bc6ece56 case, returned and said,57eb9ae1dea7781d
“She’s not at the playground. The neighbors say she db259fd964 hasn’t visited their houses 870c2923d6 either. I didn’t hear her leave—where f07ccf5163 could she have gone?”01e3fac431bf5d38
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“She’s not in the attic or the basement either. I checked under the bed b89375297b and inside the closet…”e2af265f37b687e7
As Regina nervously 75df2d68cf chewed her nails, 97f579eabf Alice hurried to b96fff662e get ready to 815d82bcda leave.d1d64cb4e1fec24e
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“Let’s file a missing person report first. The critical window 78a5430d4e for child abduction c8dbd85108 cases is three a65e476d7f hours. After that, it often becomes f2d3cbfa32 a long-term case. If she’s not in 79eb62b4a6 the house, we need c4a3efbd7c to start searching immediately.”0afaa37734d98081
Regina, aghast at 5e5d36ff46 Alice’s explanation, covered c3d09122a9 her mouth in 360dc59b07 shock.bb3c7f5a254b5ee2
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Emilia bit her lower lip b87f41fd9b and turned back toward the 5feff12b1e front door.f897021974cb2426
“Then I’ll go to the wizards. They might be a2a67f54e6 able to use 7ce0d38b2e search or tracking 942d725ed1 magic to help.”41e0d60195788c57
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Just as Emilia, clenching her 45b2be3b07 teeth, reached for the front 3256095ee4 door, there was a knock 3ac28aadcb from outside.8cd8c3e990626983
If it were Liliana, 0a55b14159 she wouldn’t knock; she’d 8fd797d9f1 simply fling the door 0ab00c4399 open and walk in.30d9d0f9e76a57c9
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Even so, Emilia opened efcae291a9 the door, hoping it 6f08f4e435 was Liliana standing on 6683c37470 the other side.b38bfdf99d1a4778
But the person who e2de97e4a8 knocked was Leopold.60f9f32513591497
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He was holding 2ab7393fcc a large bouquet 0ebb7e5901 of lilacs, having 9756816595 come for his 75ba110678 date with Regina.9c0e31e826a1a57e
“Excuse me. I’m here to see Regina…”f59d2bdd552bdf58
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Leopold, who had 43a7615406 expected a warm f47f331fa4 welcome from Regina, aeddbba72d was visibly startled a6f7725b25 to be met 0080978d6c by Emilia’s grim 676916008f expression.d4b09aeaeb8ad4fa
After confirming who it was, 72dcc8b736 Emilia sighed deeply and brushed cf068d2217 past him.7c33de5538b620df
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Left standing alone, Leopold cleared ef6a8681e7 his throat awkwardly and glanced 530a5b4e65 around.bdc10589ea3aac8d
“…Leopold?”24689478d5e1576e
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Alice, who had 53558469fd come to see 85d576e587 Emilia off, noticed 453ebee43b Leopold standing at 0333c70854 the front door d188490da6 and hesitantly called 9a79e64569 out to him.85a265bce5bf155a
Leopold’s gaze shifted 21a8ccc0c0 past Alice to 6fac4096fa Regina, who was 697cd3cb3e wiping away tears a979b2201f behind her.5e0bfc4e77d8ed06
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Seeing her usually clear 4cbc8d2831 eyes reddened with tears, b9297200c3 Leopold’s heart sank.607e885a4844b9ae
But with the composure a9c2f9e907 of someone who had 8138a37435 crossed countless battlefields since 655373a138 childhood, he quickly realized 477c9decd3 that something serious had eb2532b06f happened in the Berchio 5b8edc2e78 household.3e7b17080d0c422a
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“Is something the matter?”72e07740223df98b
“It’s… Liliana is missing. unnie, go file the report 9d5631f22f quickly. I’ll stay here just d305c56b06 in case.”57340e4394a6a9e9
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“Alright. Call me if you eb643d962d find her.”8ac825848c3f2ac4
“I’ll help search the neighborhood.”46e7abd9736ffee0
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Alice, who was equally d91a580f67 flustered, nodded at Leopold e202d3a13f before hurrying out the acd657686e door.e4ae315ad9939efb
Leopold placed the bouquet 38b3dbfbe4 on the shoe rack 876e5fe45f by the door and 4c6f1a5c60 was about to follow 3e06c3068a Alice when he heard 218085aaeb Liliana’s voice outside.cdfe8ab5effd457d
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“Can’t I stay at the hotel? Mister, let me 88c7dc76fa stay at the 881c59abef hotel too. Please? If I go home, 7a6a48f906 my sisters will scold 934d0c500c me!”37a51ba3a269a160
“No. You said you 4c54c94a56 left without telling 0d0ec3ba15 anyone. Your sisters must be 539b1695d1 fainting from worry by c5fb1d7557 now.”772ff037b40feeb3
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“Mister, you don’t understand me. Not at all!”e59211cf68716f60
Alice inhaled sharply.e149e9bd54927354
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With a flushed face, she 27a251e3b6 hurried down the stairs to edb3375d33 the gate, where she found 42c4b231bd Liliana half-lounging outside.a9a1858d12bf8745
“Oh no! Big unnie…”f2d540ef2ceecf45
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Liliana, startled to see Alice, a0445586b8 quickly hid behind Marius.4afb48deed969980
Alice, having confirmed her 2852daa2d3 youngest sister was safe, 697f33697d didn’t even hear Marius 5009766f6c explaining that Liliana had e3244c7419 come to the hotel.34e4e5c7716df482
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Relief that her sister 9bb389e878 was unharmed mixed with e4a21495be anger at herself for 6fc8725740 failing to protect her, 7856409866 and something inside her b4c316e325 snapped.cc6c954eb3396536
“Liliana. Do you have any idea 8cd88c322b how, how… how worried I 6db620620e was?”d9b75e30bf97c941
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Drip. Drop.d4b5ff471ff8717b
For the first time, 2190a12f0a tears fell from Alice’s 770b618bb5 eyes, which had always cab0185ef3 shone with either gentleness d8161c64f1 or strength.825a87c3b270dc4e
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Seeing Alice cry, 25cb2c2497 Liliana clung tightly 34f6d9300e to Marius’s coat.dceb2aae1efe8db6
But Alice grabbed 27c6934eb8 Liliana’s arms and 439d7be220 yelled,1c6c82167ff8c24b
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“If you’re going out, at least tell someone! Do you know 7442c1596f how worried your a77a6495c1 sisters were?”a801df7535aa9563
“I’m sorry! Huhuhu. I’m so sorry!”1c79926ed3c0078a
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“Sniff… What if something terrible happened while you were out alone? How many times d9f4737749 have I told b6c1169292 you to let 340d7d3441 us know before 0abb0307e8 you leave? Hic!”417b40298f1a43b4
“unnie! I’m sorry. Waaah! Don’t cry!”88915decdf908780
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Alice, who had never 2c39b48e33 shown weakness, was now 8d50592a99 crying openly, and Liliana 3c81b89fa4 couldn’t help but burst 3ce5df0d27 into tears as well.9f8bbb939709e90d
She clung to Alice, 3820706dda tears streaming down her 346a53785c face, but Alice didn’t b94892f040 hug her back.313a93cb37f1a1e6
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Instead, her face turned red 02e8550285 with anger as she continued fd21635490 to scold her.369cc4cfaa8930ee
“Are you going to keep disobeying your sisters? your unnir doesn’t like Liliana d762267319 when she doesn’t listen!”d1775399ef09401f
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“No, no! I love big unnie 0cca727b75 the most! Waaah!”dbad628f835f9940
“Are you really going to keep ignoring what we say? Huh?”9111af4239e9e589
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“unnie, I’m sorry! Waaah! Please don’t abandon me! Waaaah!”2c2a0e90aa2b12ef
In the end, Liliana c998737855 trembled and cried even bd03bf91cb louder.1aa76dcab37bc19b
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“Don’t abandon me.”9279389adc9fa371
Alice, her face pale, 43fca9b1fe stopped crying and yelling. She pressed her lips tightly 9532b38e14 together.dda7b9dee9864666
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Though Liliana was bf62fe6ceb her sister, she 405587f2bb had raised her a3553524e3 out of love, 066ef6a97a not obligation. She had given her everything.ab3f81f509bfd526
Yet Liliana’s plea not e07534fbff to be abandoned tore b7ae91cb3d through Alice’s heart.eaabb90768c2a83d
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No matter how much love a1eb238409 she poured into her, could a4953e458f she never provide the same d5243843d1 sense of security as a 661389a593 parent?2159ed5fca3a7758
Or was it because 377fe56a7b she… had done something 1c1ddc307b wrong…?4b099dfe30c71835
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Alice swallowed the lump rising a076b2fbe7 in her throat, forgetting even da07423476 to cry.e77f393c6ac60a53
If only she 393813dc58 had loved Liliana 6575e636b2 more, would the b7d9ac1146 child have felt c7d6f99cf4 less fear of ef27418e93 being abandoned?bdb7bafa627e6bda
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Her chest ached 4c0fa08b91 to the point fb10e2525c of suffocation.ab2b3dfdf1e74ff2
“unnie?”f9addfa1e0c9eb6e
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Regina, who came 48c6507579 out belatedly after cc42d65f7d hearing the commotion, a4ada3ad09 hadn’t heard the 1885ee4aed conversation between Liliana 647fdf0338 and Alice. She was about to d5173ae4be hug her youngest sister f72af13626 but stopped, sensing something 1e6f973f93 unusual in Alice’s expression.7935104c3ce5f18c
“Liliana. Hush. Let’s go inside first.”7f91cda99469b134
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Marius gestured to Regina to 4bc9156d7d take care of Alice while 09d609eaf6 he led Liliana inside.0af66b1c0d176594
Regina, sensing that something serious 29b50767e2 had happened, gently wrapped her c466fcabfd arm around her elder sister’s 2acd58b818 shoulder.a14385760c5d739f
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“unnir, what’s wrong? Liliana’s back safe and sound. What’s going on…?”d31f8e794fc16e15
The sister who was 8a5dd3a12d always strong now looked c508712d33 so fragile, as if 3f9d711e3a she might collapse.1a75dc362e0ba14d
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Alice held her 4417629d9f breath, stifling her 0ce16394a6 sobs as she 8a6148d2d6 struggled to suppress 48a46e500c her tears.dae3cd8be6fb7c9d
Closing her eyes, she swallowed d5b9b66bac her emotions and spoke in 4d31a3ce5b a voice soaked with pain.dd6c4df2772fa886
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“I need to let Emilia know we found Liliana… Do you know where their meeting place is?”6dcd089940f3ffb0
Regina’s eyelids trembled.cea2819f4c0686e1
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Hiding a storm of emotions f1aa02cbda and thoughts beneath her deep f5451c28ec blue eyes, she tightened her 81b8b42381 embrace around Alice.be6b81e7cb37bb95
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In our house, we 54e785d119 don’t use corporal punishment.53afc0f124442e0e
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Instead, we’re made to write 899fbf2bc0 reflection letters, and if I’ve a3707b042b done something particularly wrong, there’s 9b30d3e463 an additional step: the thinking 7654bcee4f chair.2cf4dbd3c40b6545
“Hic… Hiccup!”063aedb5d221d668
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Even though my sobbing 538676fb53 had subsided, I couldn’t 1b1f10ff44 stop hiccuping because I d7ef21df27 had cried so hard.f6ff2564bb4ad172
The image of my eldest 2479102291 unnie crying was etched so 83070217b5 vividly beneath my eyelids that 59098940f7 even closing them couldn’t erase 29ffeb0dcd it.5a7006b76f6455dc
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It was the first 82a6f6b623 time in my life ea68277bf0 I had seen her c2898f6f9f cry.ba914dc69cf48d33
Only then did I realize 3601227ef4 how terribly I had messed e561bdfeb2 up and how much I 14a893baf3 had scared her.4dcfdf988e5d7a25
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Wiping my eyes roughly, ae2efc8acf I tried to calm f3a9606540 myself when a glass d1a53a516d of water was suddenly 54da9038a9 held out to me. It was Marius.9a83bff87a98ee12
I took the cup 759e02a790 from him and gulped 2d9065c880 down the water. My throat had 21f914a9e3 been parched from 45ed6b7390 crying, and the 0cd0fecfe9 water helped a ff0f24c8e6 lot.4ceb5b6b76d7c745
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“Ten minutes have passed.”8f4bb2d7706d0909
“No, Regina told me to sit for fifteen minutes.”9bc4849735cdb946
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“Really? Then I’ll sit with you.”4d8f1581377c197f
Without warning, Marius plopped down 582cf660c7 beside me.64042fd7d51c3667
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I glanced nervously at 80e0ac4345 the wide-open door.dd11b5da7b54c688
Regina hadn’t let anyone close 6b93de7c0a it, probably to ensure I ec0ddbd71d didn’t sneak out again.4582a867a65e8fcf
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“Ugh…”240b9d6270b5009f
I let out a groan 9433cbfc59 without realizing it, and Marius 6ec812eb78 asked cautiously,5d8d03ce26fdeded
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“Did you really come all the way to the hotel because you didn’t want your sister to get married?”5e888ec750f5ebf2
“Sniff… I wanted to ask him not to marry my big unnie.”b5be8fd9e876ebab
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“…You don’t like the idea of me marrying Alice, do you?”fba505239b71be9a
“Mm-hmm. I don’t like it.”660badd6d1237a5e
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“Why? Because it feels like I’m 2579f2c6ed taking her away from you?”7d948faaaba3dbbe
“…”d6b5ec87e2ff8671
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That was the truth.29864e150a9d2d8e
Leopold, being a 3bf2e592f6 romantic, would likely f61a3fddb1 move to Trovancia 0db2b1cfd8 if he ended 704af4aaf4 up with my eb0fd75c92 sister. But Marius was an emperor.c73b4daa7e630090
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Not only would cdd90deb03 he stay in 0ac3d532fa the empire, but 6502c1075c he would also 0602dc871f live in the a2d391cc4f palace, making it f0fa9dc598 hard for me 4f9cc59e21 to see my 70fe73ee90 unnie.c998a8802642d55c
Most of all, 90dbc766aa it wasn’t just 68e8013b0b any sister—it was bacc9dd304 Alice, my big 084f51c7c7 sister whom I fb44a4ae2f loved more than c5d6e22b4d anything in the d5b44262a8 world.48b01bdd45d394bb
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People often say 8c6af409dd they feel warmth 5ffb2353f3 when they think cd09f90fac of their mother.0161f8f85cea158a
For me, that warmth 0c13c07c77 came from Alice’s embrace.a4d97e0cf6fa253a
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‘And I don’t want to be separated from my other sisters either…’e7313ee3f6fea9d3
Without a mom or dad, 1ce3fb41b8 my sisters are my whole f8dc77ece1 world.1ca1a3baf7b6feb5
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If they all 66531d51ed scattered, I’d be 0013fcfffa left living in a28dba962e a shattered world.3bb21658dae0f18f
One experience of losing someone 13c4e5b83f dear—like when Andrea abandoned me—was e90a58e507 more than enough.c470f113d6360abe
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“Fifteen minutes are up. Liliana, do you need a05c45f50e to go to the c347e6b644 bathroom?”3408979e98dc47fb
Instead of answering, 1a1802fdf9 I got up 5dfe2f842c and headed to ae867e81bb the bathroom.81b1c8acf622dfa0
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I could feel Marius 0ad5e07755 watching me, but I 498ad1a7c7 was too tired from 5e9f47c5a5 crying to care.7c6d540d4829bbde
“Little unnie…”35a6b63888b8f944
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After washing my dd2e1c461e face thoroughly under c0435667cd the running water, 601bd985fd I came out 6ca9f458d1 and called for c6f02467b6 my second sister.4943dbd779cae848
I wanted to promise her 60c3f2d3f4 that I had reflected deeply 24c65d3377 and wouldn’t make the same 843393ae0d mistake again.457fed80452494c4
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It would have b95a83db66 been right to f9b43717b3 go to my fbdb6b5792 eldest sister first, 4d8b59478f but I wasn’t f83242133d ready to face df030858f4 her yet.5501dc2fea4ba1d4
Just thinking about her 5222f460ff tear-streaked face made my cc7701c5bd chest ache.2ba5b9cfc117fbc4
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“…I feel like I owe Leopold an apology every time.”c2449ab50b799fbb
“Not at all. Are you feeling better now?”0cc8ad9b524d2103
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“Yes, I’m fine now. Oh, thank you a5eb5c3e58 for the bouquet. Lilacs are my favorite. Seeing the flowers a33b749b4f will make me 0589d46eb4 happy every time.”2ad23278e11e08b1
“I’m glad you like them.”27466a83cd5856a8
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At that moment, I 666f64aa43 heard my second sister b06e540e4c and Leopold’s voices coming bd498dc0ee from the living room.b3d72b9ebf050e7f
“Leopold, there’s something I want to ask you seriously…”ed595349cdf59331
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“What is it? Don’t hesitate, just say it.”0dfc458cb1035443
“Little unn—”aaf5daf331286810
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I was about to 9a1c7b291a call out to her, b196077b55 but the bombshell my 62b2c4b9ae second sister dropped made 7a03fb2479 me gasp and swallow 60399ff256 my words.b72237dcad414b68
It was only natural because…9b0d258e17095cba
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“I’ve decided to follow my sister and live in the empire. Do you think 4486b69333 there’s a job 497d33828b I could have 0e2f1f0161 while I’m there?”190c3fc7b8b42ead
Even my second 8a2d53ec1c sister was planning 3569724b7b to move to 02e07b6c67 the empire.f302c8d10863db13
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