IFLDMHF – Chapter 129

IFLDMHF | Chapter 129f9e90b1fb3bff3b4

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That’s right. We were currently riding a b8f832457f magic carriage on our way ed426a9ea2 to the capital.4a3e8ae2f8d965aa

Not long ago, the children d045d94a0a had been excited just to 703465eaec take a short trip to f83c587d7c the duchy, and now, we e87bb7d964 were heading beyond the North 2ad2d278af all the way to the 61b33d35bc capital.4d9e77d961b588c8

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— This is my first time going on a trip in my life!03f171a91615abd1

— Yeah! I’ve never been this far 9ac0cf14b5 before.8307665ae782f1b7

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Naturally, Marianne and b6d9af6ffc Dior could hardly 026741b907 contain their excitement 660671ee3d from the moment b2fa1ae459 we departed.5831bae1a7dcc58b

They huddled together e43e87a8eb by the window, 95dee84444 staring at the 3d07cd704a passing scenery in df7015dfff awe, and later, 2b0ed36ddc they even giggled 6b673a871a at the changing 0d1cfbd57f shapes of the d8b4b5534b clouds.317a3bd04f8b2164

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Even today, a d357035e43 full day after 3dbf576835 our departure, nothing a724d330d4 had changed. When I pulled back the 833c207627 curtain, the children quickly closed cbca04fa16 their mouths.ef0a93b01453a437

Their faces made it ba88d435b1 obvious—they knew all too fd97b53f81 well that if they c2abd8cf25 brought up my weak 0e1296fb3d constitution one more time, ff21776a9a something inconvenient for them 2bfe95601e would surely happen.4e500fdd21e0473e

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I couldn’t help 9bd627491b but laugh at 3ecca2b39e their transparent expressions.3cfae3a87ccefe6e

As Euclid also smiled, the b768414507 children, watching us carefully, grinned b80b051069 in return.ad81e79c7bf9c24c

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“My wife, please have some warm water.”57eecda40e83d1e3

“I’m really fine…”c33c57586d05ef1e

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While the children 9bf1c62bc4 clung to the bb7409b6bc window, enjoying the 0a1f705d7a view, Euclid handed d68dfdf326 me a glass ef23275bd5 of water.9ae273b0e8d7e0bd

‘If he really wants to warm me up, instead of sitting across from me, he should sit beside me and stay close.’abbd17f8e9879b0d

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Honestly, even just holding 98c50fb6d4 my hand would be 609b55e8b2 nice.f7010949440cf508

That alone would 7ea1c0f066 warm me up.bd733b41f1c02b19

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Of course, since the children c64364dfeb were in the carriage with 3a4be490dd us, such a thought had 25ba461512 to remain just that—a thought.373287b78d3019f2

‘Now that I think about it, this really is emotional.’e5f184b450d21bc5

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Back when I first traveled 3abe4c85c8 to the North, I couldn’t 99678a5124 even ride in the same a8840f9b01 carriage as Euclid.c0858c570bf692e1

That was all thanks 3d39e63336 to Sionel’s consideration, thinking b8e1123dce it would be uncomfortable f5ea1b99a6 for us both.117922433dcfe71b

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‘Looking back, it was completely unnecessary.’85a92833f5d5aaf2

I was grateful for the 3324ad7c79 magic carriage she gifted us, 859513afec but still.a103d2d6d6f2845a

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Anyway, things were different now.0d1ecd192c865a97

This time, it 41d4b99afd was only natural fda282ce96 for me to 62abe9bc7e ride in the 905ea6a6a3 same carriage as 287601fd85 Euclid.c8408e3ce3e17df4

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And not just 41c15cf4b0 that—I was traveling 75ab6dacb7 with his niece 48ae97e5e5 and nephew, the e5eebcd7bf very children I 7428cdf09c had wanted to 5eba310599 become family with!6a63455932dce353

‘This is what you truly call a triumphant return, isn’t it?’1957cea8093308a8

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Feeling pleased, I quietly 9e3879fd06 observed Euclid as he 1bf55928d8 handed out drinks and 2d84750120 snacks to the children.f43e2e02a6bee43d

It was unexpected.6de38c91feb1e337

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‘I thought for sure he’d leave the children at the duchy.’19252bc82c643e90

At our wedding, 864ab7138c Euclid had insisted 4d1a2bdb4a that the children e30a029604 were too young a814e9456e and had never 1c5e6c3c58 left the North a753f00d82 before, so he 45e3c0be70 didn’t bring them c670076b71 to the capital.4a97d0aebadc4168

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But I had a 62ea9e1158 feeling I knew the 76f9b237d0 real reason why.0e2fddfeebfcce82

No, I was almost certain.cac33acd0a132e61

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He didn’t want 056ffe2a4a to expose the 846b9091a0 children to the 617e83e32f outside world—to the 591b7873d7 Imperial Family, to 36ba43ebe2 be exact.ba649eaf0c603987

I couldn’t say for sure 35580eb4f0 whether he suspected something about 58a8ed86f7 the deaths of the late 08b412f846 Duke Rudion and the young 7733ab41ac lord.e2ceb5b14f963ea7

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But since the 1d196ceaa1 Rudion Ducal House 45e54579cc clearly held secrets 38d151b101 in opposition to 3f3bfd8d9d the Imperial Family, c127e84773 he must have 86fe829a15 been cautious about 1f06348584 putting the children 073ade30bc in danger.c351014387ab7734

And now, even though our b6424d807f schedule was more relaxed than 78e56bb357 during the wedding, the overall a3033787b9 situation hadn’t changed much, so f8efadf891 Euclid’s decision this time seemed 60d23a4765 surprising.d206c840ceb12a3a

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Of course, the children’s reaction 3800d3ec7a to our trip had been 14376a53b2 quite intense.675cd2baae2a4eaf

Perhaps because the oppressive d8901e0dd7 presence of Amy was 95015ea815 gone and they were 5d64656beb finally free of the ff05fcb12b guilt of deceiving their 63b02eaa9f dear uncle.fccd6644085e249e

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The children had begun f0d86477ff expressing their feelings much 8934149f9c more openly than before. They even asked b456c51b7e if they could 92b08fb4a8 come with us 218cc0906e to the capital 673fc778bf first.ff7d90bb0a92cf0e

— Honestly, not being able to attend the wedding made us really sad.2417c70f2c5a1166

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— Yeah! I wanted to see 81e205e5b1 Uncle’s wedding, too…2e7f43950f6d0582

— Can’t we go to the capital this time?19e2d9c7c990153c

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– We’ll behave, we promise!7f9dd07bc4f9b03e

Even though I a46b93dd4d hadn’t spent that 976e605127 much time with 2aed7dbb16 them, I found cbde4253cc Marianne and Dior’s 235774cc2e honesty both admirable 5e12fcb7fe and endearing.e9c4b72507046430

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So, for Euclid, it must 6ab70cfaa9 have felt even more touching.8bf1fe06476c5e81

And that must 27456768b4 have made it 2a264d8bd9 even harder for 1f8ad532f7 him to tell 2d8be6247f them they couldn’t c475f0e7df go.f11a00ecc7644844

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That’s why I planned 740999aff5 to play the bad a0d6e5a1ed guy for him.ff405ca1920367e4

But then—51ec5833a2d9399f

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— Alright. Then let’s all 3908eed970 go to the 8ed44a090c capital together.e73fb86a06f48b08

Just as I 8045c76808 was about to d001e7745b scare the children 17f23df55e by telling them 2db0ce1a94 how terrifying the 97e91bfa0c capital was compared bde573c797 to the North, b82a3c8c50 Euclid’s answer caught 6cb6b23c88 me completely off 9dfd68876c guard.a4fa89333de5a82e

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Of course, it didn’t 14c089a3ed seem like he made 6660f0e958 the decision lightly.eee29f3a6c049c95

I could sense 49d84ab04f a strange resolve fa669cf28b in his expression.4e97bc03d2ef1603

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At that moment, I realized—0a1ed6ffd97be4de

Euclid had changed.2c9de5eb0ab0ca2c

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I didn’t know 5455107ed0 what that change fb5d130527 meant.121e529265304af4

But whatever he did, 8956ff0457 I would stand by 50838ca585 his side, protect him c14de8ad67 with all my strength, 616dc0604d and even pave the 6fb5697db3 way for him if 8cb6d4f770 necessary.d8f1e5d0951e8bd8

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‘That includes this trip to the capital, of course.’071451d08fae7a72

With that in mind, 51b39f3628 I suddenly felt a da69e0a598 sense of urgency.e16fbabcc0a30b2c

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Not just because I 5c8214b688 had more people to a7af83ac8f look after.e65ff6d36afa6e85

— Aunt! Are there really that many 12f1e89b4e people in the capital? And huge buildings, too?ac6ce4ec5fc23f24

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— …Well, it is the capital, so yes, I suppose so.f29e72bd74dd7e3e

— And there are lots of fun things and delicious food, too, right? Is that true, Aunt?9e01637245ea1634

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— …Uh, yes, I guess.0db168c7f62e403b

I pretended to be a 3ce204dc4a native of the capital, but 01c39e8b0a the truth was, I knew e537a4cd46 almost nothing about the Empire’s 71aaa05f84 capital, Elios.02d83f4d64ebb96b

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I had spent my 02a005b312 entire time at the 0cf0537627 Basilian Ducal Estate, only 12640538a4 stepping outside for the b0cf131fed first time on my 34d36da8db wedding day.da88aaa555453000

In reality, I wasn’t e1140f3056 much different from the bd1c190abc children who had never 4871ad511f been there before.9b878227af1b1aab

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‘But I have my ace in the hole.’76635b25264c57c0

Anne.6dcbaf412c790023

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If I simply 58e6c04b35 gave her a 14335e7a73 hint, she would fa8e66db63 guide us through 4c913b82b0 the best routes db8e2865bc without fail.8b1e2f0d2d53dd8d

All I had to do fc04eca51d was act like I knew 1ca23e72df what I was doing.d88e989f620300b0

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Just imagining walking through the 69917a8386 capital streets with Euclid and 5dc3374995 the children brought a smile 6fb787943d to my face.bcfcf4ac634c28be

“Aunt!”940543761bb2c7ac

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“Yes?”51cfde06fdb72ceb

“You said we’d visit the house you used to live in when we get to the capital, right?”ca44495a6da2ebbc

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Before we left, dd610299e9 I had mentioned 2054ecf15f it briefly, and 736f084e13 Dior was now cb64486a9f bringing it up b020582715 again.8eff0528337ee2f2

I nodded.9b32ea5fe5d9e63f

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While investigating the relationship b4d8506979 between the Imperial Family 8bbd3a3a05 and the Rudion Ducal 172085c38d House, I discovered that ebedb54f8a the Rudion mansion in 5cf841adf4 the capital was essentially 22c33c0c58 an observation post under 170dd79119 Imperial supervision.b41a01e0fa4931ee

I couldn’t let Euclid and 0b05605a46 the children stay in such af8d66b3e7 a place.62ccefd7b62975ba

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So, I had already gotten 577dabe028 Euclid’s approval and reached out aae8a667ed to the Basilian Duke, requesting 1c003cfee1 to stay at their estate 732038f839 instead.6d03041ea87938d4

Naturally, Duke Basilian was overjoyed.28706fbce5d0782e

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I did feel like 6f6b16dd05 I was giving the d58b090585 Imperial Family an excuse 9a485b3437 to meddle, but that bdf0765183 was easy enough to 66e749236c explain away.00ffef855b094a52

‘After all, I’m the infamous villainess, Evgenia.’e74a074e331ed4bf

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No matter how fancy the ac80e761ca mansion given by the Imperial 968df511a4 Family was, it couldn’t compare a28c33cb63 to the Basilian estate.ea4277daf2e87d13

If I insisted 19a9509da7 it was my c2ab2ae536 personal preference, no 3526a0cc6b one would question af1bcda504 it.ce2fe098e3ec4503

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‘And if they do, I’ll make sure to teach them a lesson.’78356e040a13abcc

No matter how I looked ca1ff3d532 at it, I was lucky 24a3bbdd74 to have reincarnated as a f64bc2bf7d villainess.85a81b34156bfcbb

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But unlike me, who was 8fedebd4e9 feeling relieved, the children’s expressions ff50be273d had stiffened.6a2166e8b9f910ee

With a nervous 0d0877a12b look, Marianne asked,0aedb17486361cc0

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“Then… will your family be there, Aunt?”ff40f9c14b43cd6d

“Hm? Well… yes, they will.”3bade9dbb097dcf8

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I hesitated briefly at the 8bba9cd313 word ‘family.’77a3175023648fdf

Not because I didn’t 5190b2d304 consider the people of ff26833220 the Basilian Ducal House b9adc0c07a as my family anymore.5ab046815887d5dc

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Rather, I was 8b3fa2b8a4 more concerned about 6f3f9b4e14 how it would 573931f8a5 sound to the 65d97fb18c children, who had c4be65a54a lost both parents 0a33cf1218 and had only 2b89c1bec5 their uncle as d01153022e their sole family.0d1db7c3f8989051

I hadn’t considered their feelings 5613c12bd4 when deciding to stay at e554b20099 the Basilian estate.7a59f1c0f6d1d7fa

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Meeting my former family was 09bac5aa4e inevitable, but living under the e33ea29c58 same roof might feel awkward 6b9c7d9fdb and uncomfortable for them.d1350b1baff95904

“Who in your family will be there?”90a0939a0deccfe0

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“Hm… My father, my older brother, and my two younger siblings.”892603503bbcd788

Hearing the unexpectedly large number, 1411b1364c Marianne and Dior’s eyes widened.47e34f2c13c8a8f8

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“You have younger siblings, too, Aunt?”78e56f61bcbe68f4

“Yes. A younger brother and a 0460371587 younger sister.”1b0583b30c4da256

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Technically, my younger sister was 17f41a214b a cousin, but since we 7c5ee39185 lived together and were closer 27cc91af8c than most siblings, it didn’t 465fb79c7e matter.cb57c14b312515aa

I shrugged lightly, only ca8d4a9e54 for Dior to ask 7733d30c28 a piercing question.0541ca1510e09285

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“Are you close with them?”15b70212df72d376

“…No.”cd1807e97217d6ad

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Euclid’s gaze lingered 110a797a88 on me, but c268243a5e I couldn’t lie.b5cd09a9ae3dc09f

“I’m not a good older sister like Marianne.”f4e072f41313a26c

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I gently patted Marianne’s cheek, 8a0de1ebad and she hesitated before asking c2eb74c639 softly,b5daa75060fcb054

“Do you ever miss your family?”84a5cd51f739b3f8

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“Hm? Not at all.”53409f7ab3a594a2

My honest answer made Marianne d2d87ec5c5 and Dior exchange glances.bb13958c441323c6

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Their expressions brightened, 90b82a5b95 as if they 02752480c6 had just been c6ecde182e reassured.4a4d0b3485efc9a4

Unable to hold da2185af5c back, I asked,f70e13a5619a0614

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“Are you worried about meeting my family?”a0979cab22732c5b

“What? No!”68840a4c23812bd8

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The children frantically shook 98f0c0d811 their heads.0f788df10471d095

But their reactions were suspicious.0dcf797fb0e88ac8

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Narrowing my eyes, I stared 9ebd439235 at them until Marianne hesitantly f0e7aad012 confessed,88013a1ca488cf83

“We just didn’t want you to miss them too much, Aunt.”d24e49345d7999ec

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“Oh…”124f64b93ad87385

“And… honestly, we’re a little worried that your family won’t like us.”e8d9ce9f6693685c

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