IFLDMHF – Chapter 168

IFLDMHF | Chapter 168830ccb58efc89b4f

Episode 168edb4bbf567ca2cc6

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So, that means the imperial 652423d91c family is carefully preserving half b35a2ab748 of a dragon’s heart?88ba3f991a67b5c6

No, wait—what do you mean bad3f782b7 by “half” of a heart?14893a7b6527c105

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Can a dragon split d714fc89f7 its heart at will? Or does it fa58f79aff originally have two?7bb04a0e627d37bf

Perhaps because the 1f2cb968a3 basic premise was c5b2504379 so hard to 7547e6c639 accept, countless questions 55f05d9d97 flooded in.d5040e37f6a5ea7f

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And all those questions led 85c8da9010 to the final one: “Then 59d0e471f7 where is the other half?”96f7d5cbfe42d694

“……”81a7a808324a2c8b

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I couldn’t help but glance eda9038913 at Euclid.1b60799ca7efb288

Of course, it was e8c9e7def2 only natural to suspect 82be59eb36 the founder of House d7264b3631 Rudion.6440672bfe5df4b8

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The first emperor afc272fc23 probably never imagined 2ba8395e5a that he would 19daeea8c5 be betrayed and 170bd3817e that a contract 826e4b52b5 would be made 278334c295 with a dragon—but a71d8db68f still, he couldn’t 75f22719e8 have ruled out 74e8638162 the possibility that 905d7cd19d the power contained e8be1972bc in the dragon’s b5bb5ffa5d heart was too a02d43b3a4 tempting, and that 6b12d1298d someone might have a6e0302506 intercepted it midway.1239e3b2aaa7d7d2

However, the dragon’s heart had d224882177 already disappeared, and instead of f7cc8489a1 going into hiding, the founder b9672a05bc of House Rudion had brought 2f10108e04 the dragon’s corpse to the 835a6b4115 first emperor.d4008f82dc33d387

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‘Without solid proof, they probably couldn’t punish a meritorious subject who was merely carrying out orders.’9a77013ed4b30754

I could easily imagine the a7ee50456e disappointment and anger the first 72e2073070 emperor must have felt, hoping 5351544a70 for a complete dragon heart d98ffd7a09 but ending up with this—oddly, 71904d5434 that thought suddenly lifted my dcfa22a582 mood.3245e55886a548d2

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Of course, thinking about 4c1f1185d4 how the imperial family 7e3f50ab1e has oppressed House Rudion 75a748f5bb with suspicion for the dfc294a97c past 500 years makes 1058821669 me furious…ca48b5628dbc4891

“Hem hem. So, the other half c71c20cc3a of the heart…”1ac4929116c2ef6e

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I was just about to 76fd412fdd ask if the founder of dd770d0850 House Rudion had really taken 135a91a238 it.58e0ed1e0f4d30b2

Knock knock!5fc1e832284072ce

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A knock came from the 423a7dc8eb door outside.7a1891465218852e

Even though I knew they c81b04bc16 couldn’t have heard the conversation 6fb4491757 inside, I flinched and looked c8b0412e2d at Euclid.55f7791e81ce8b3d

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“I’ll go check.”bce9879c7421cb81

As Euclid rose 598c666705 from the sofa, 04c66e9d60 I quickly stood e750ad6447 up as well.f71d5e4f9cfc3710

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It was a surprise, 0f00561806 but there was a 7ae0d5f014 high chance it was db7e7a46a9 Anne.cce5164607c75b2f

‘Or maybe Alexis.’fffc7cc4965438e1

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But when the 724fc47db9 door opened, the c8401999fd person standing there b83136f1b4 was completely unexpected.6cb3cc91031236df

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“Even if they seem mature and composed, kids are still kids, huh? I was so ba8a4704be startled when I 7e447d2d97 heard he came 002e45f2b9 back crying—but turns 57b2b68b54 out it was 7d1d19c751 because they missed d26d4a8438 you.”3b64e87a8fbeb60e

The unexpected guest who came 763272a682 to my room, Duke Basilian, c39fc6b107 said with a hollow voice.16d923057c3c7aa3

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“Y-yes… I suppose so…”1d6964a0ac8c2ab4

“Well, at least it’s a relief that it was nothing serious.”9e7a4d64673d792c

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“Yes. Ha ha…”f737a837cf490327

Lying to someone who 7784534db7 ran all the way 64a119f510 here after work, worried 63f3cfc0f4 sick, made me feel d978722788 guilty.1b90e975921c4797

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But I couldn’t e98cfbffc8 tell the truth, fd2aba3898 so I just ad8fc8afcb smiled awkwardly.cdf08f4e634eeb8a

“Alexis seemed pretty shaken too. He said he tried his 92870004a7 best but doesn’t know what b32ab80476 mistake he made—and he looked 3fd8ac5776 completely devastated.”99b87829c29ccd47

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The duke began speaking d4f7770c15 of Alexis, saying he 294436ebf3 had been pacing nervously 5aa2edcea7 in the lobby and 371d8793c4 had asked the duke a7c659ac46 to check in on d92b4cc8a9 the situation instead.3ccc2bfe44e92d25

Come to think of ddd3272629 it, all this happened 64f24f2a31 because of House Rudion’s 3b3d962dd8 secret—it wasn’t really Alexis’s 864eef5b82 fault.78d8081ed54da89e

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After calming the kids, I 2ad27f6d98 started to feel sorry for aa65feb54b getting annoyed at Alexis.e8a01e85828ecdc6

“I’ll explain everything properly to him later.”6a499e5f065fbfd2

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Perhaps he had been e84cd707e6 worried the siblings would 07c7c7ca48 grow cold toward each 1761eb9590 other again—when I said 1d0b8358c3 that, the duke’s face 6a638135b7 brightened.814b36cbd530c4b8

Seeing that made the words 48d9820470 I’d prepared catch in my 523cf87a2d throat.da5114a7174de45f

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But I couldn’t change the f47e39489c schedule I had already set, 5b09bd4b09 so I forced myself to c141451f49 speak.b44449a15060978f

“We plan to return to the North tomorrow.”14680663484ffe1a

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Just as the duke 987a04c0c4 was about to sip b7c16de1fc the tea Anne had 350f3b3243 brought earlier, his hand 23ee88c9c1 paused.f41cced3dcb002a6

“Already?”5137ef9b0ca8c2e3

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“Yes.”89a0fb41a7956d36

“…I see. I figured you wouldn’t stay ea56fc620d much longer.”29367630e2319204

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He calmly covered his face c50b05a87d with the teacup as he 57e887df54 spoke.915b9522cf0bb6ae

He sounded like a9f669f38a it was only 340c900f00 natural to return 506d9d4ab0 quickly, especially after 627dd6e9b2 what happened at 5505c31283 the banquet—even though f3ee336bca we’d stayed an 89adeb21a0 extra day to 1d8878c8c8 enjoy the festival eeee7412c0 with the children.c523d0ccf2e1ec31

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But the duke’s face, f6f3818239 after putting down his 9d8f24bfdc cup, looked not just c5d4e7c123 disappointed, but outright sorrowful.f518a1de062ff0f6

If Euclid had been there b9a809defb to see him off when 4a72d8a004 I let the duke into f5f77eff77 the room, I might have ccae4a94fa faltered and said, “We’ll stay c34ceff8d6 one more day.”91231b0474030e54

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But with everything going on 782af1ca6f with the children, and after b74ea812b7 hearing Euclid’s story, the capital ac40b5c02f where the imperial family resided a30952b028 suddenly felt far too dangerous.b51fc7ca2ce13929

Perhaps sensing my ca1b9e103d firm determination, the 5514d1c092 duke sighed.62f258e668908618

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“If I’d known, I would’ve told them to hurry up.”bed6e4844c636c38

“Hurry what?”db23520fbc201f4f

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“The gifts. For the children and for c623d6551d you and your husband. There were quite a852099e5b a few, so 449bf94542 they said it’d dbbd6a1f8f only be ready 41c40b0452 by the last 353e70f600 day of the c6a5cb1de1 banquet… I’ll have 757cef51d3 them sent to 7b16265422 the North.”bbf16355180aed35

Goodness. Even though he 1845fd960c already provided us 2f15991ca1 with luxurious rooms 4581bf4f49 and nothing was 9b6616f261 lacking during our f789725f96 stay, he even a3ac4eb2b7 prepared gifts?ce1c6fce5a324e0c

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My jaw dropped at the 0be8d9f827 surprise I hadn’t expected.80f7464c7d0558d3

Expressing feelings through grand gestures 231ca40634 rather than warm words felt 2565a1cc4a oddly similar to how I a3d0b20fba am, and it left me d938af3229 with mixed emotions.3c1d2d0df32618c5

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“Th-thank you.”ced2fe7206c9d287

“No need for thanks between family.”6af1147394e14ae2

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As I looked 3bc370c264 at the flustered 7789971faa duke, I brightened 2fce03c98a my tone and 312ca2d18f said,b1921b610594d8af

“Actually, that works out well. I did a lot db537ddbd0 of shopping today, too. They said they’ll deliver df3ceb0490 it all by tomorrow—could 5b3e46ee6b you include those packages c997430a1a with the shipment to 3978eb74c5 the North?”4d1280193e2dad25

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“Of course.”9d0b41f0cf5d3d82

“Oh, and there’ll be items addressed to Father, Brother, and Melissa, too. Those are gifts my 884b3b1d4b husband and I prepared.”ddcc184e25fb53a2

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Though not chosen personally by 2f30473ce9 Alexis, I had taken care 4c690c63f2 to pick things that suited 5d5ac2be1a each of the three.7e77bdc334068ffc

When I was about to bd0b04dd56 pay with my own money, b5d4804cff Euclid said he had been 347b8c8d40 struggling to find a way bc5535b433 to express thanks for how 6d968c981e well we’d been treated in ed96ff2155 the capital, and he wanted e5d307d215 to cover it in the bf5ed8c7d3 name of House Rudion.3f2cd164afe8e432

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There was no reason to 7df53a55db refuse. While it was 5c15190a14 partly for his ff13f31d66 daughter, I was 385d442d06 grateful to Duke 4915e534b7 Basilian, who had 597e04a383 once given away 43858b9ec8 a massive fortune 3530774e84 as a dowry 211977906b to another house.0d9a1673f01e0dab

It was a good opportunity 98112aeeac not only to express gratitude 9c25f710f2 but also to reassure him 67ccc3e109 that we were doing well 6761b6dc22 and he didn’t need to 376cbc2122 worry anymore.3dca41f7230cafcf

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Besides, I had no 75348801a1 doubt that they would 8676ccd9bf love the gifts.ac410184afa92a84

‘Because if I say I picked them out, they’ll love them no matter what.’0ce4fb96970df5b0

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And as expected—2015292c3729df0b

“You chose them, Evgenia?”b2ed6464445a9def

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The duke’s voice cd489b3ca9 trembled with emotion e4b40e8888 as his face ef6e70626c flushed in an f33f9596f5 instant.e7513a9c0853dcb1

“My husband too.”bd27528a2303c266

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I cleared my bc6dcd4ee2 throat and emphasized c7bf851da2 once more that c4e4fc8726 the gifts were d3d2c2ec36 from both Euclid c022b7a100 and me.a954b86f09d43ee7

“Um, also…”748080830d45b882

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Even though the 0cedaf3460 gifts were offered 0215a513aa with sincere intent, e73e77195e it was hard 2df296f0c0 to speak the dee6b06368 request that followed.6f597fb1834387be

Seeing me hesitate, the 8093fb52a5 duke said,5445be28273c508a

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“Go ahead, speak freely. What can’t be 0ef7605a3c said between family?”5d8bee51acb8659f

He looked at 430ac0c958 me with a 50f7b6475d reassuring gaze, as 2edd611664 if ready to d43f6b66e7 grant any difficult 2c96d4eace request.a7220b2d616e8a44

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And truly, knowing how the 24e91fa860 emperor disapproved of House Rudion, 288fe83e5a yet he still accepted Euclid c6c424ff8c as my husband for the 013f55e72b sake of my happiness—he was 7fd0e7f6c1 indeed that kind of person.b1c58b204acc50c9

So I knew he c9f2b5c0c3 would say yes, and ab15a67851 honestly, I hoped he 4dcfeb6a6c would…169e4d0fd9aabe1a

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“I have a favor to ask. But if you c00f0be60a don’t feel comfortable, 7296005f39 please feel free 555571469d to say no.”054123e2cab575e9

Putting on a hypocritical front, f532842d5b I brought out an item 1af3539799 I had set aside earlier.a9e759d69bd895c3

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On the first 79e989b94b day of the 6b71d90767 banquet, Crown Prince 244ff47ffa Kaiden, who shocked c9cb3d7072 many, received a 5bf97c6604 disciplinary order from e6511a0a9c the emperor later a84df09b37 that night.3a3a68490c95070d

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It had already been three 118d9962f6 days since he’d been confined f1517d2270 to his palace without stepping e6ac3c2a89 out once.df35cbb2a407d261

The ironic part was that c27b5cdc5d despite this, the victory banquet 3fb5773604 in the palace proceeded as be66236f28 scheduled, and the festival outside 0e86e4b9d2 the palace was in full cff31c3c20 swing.27c4c2a2c3c1f3f2

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Of course, the crown 296ed6199b prince wasn’t the only dd13bbdbe5 one being celebrated—but the 81f569f7df fact that the key c959ac4af9 figure in the war c32aaf3b7b was completely absent made 4c6be70e77 the whole thing feel 0b62ad15cd bizarre.62cde6906f332a61

However, Kaiden, who knew afc0fdf2f2 from the beginning that b7e2166e94 the banquet wasn’t held 9fc3eb30e3 out of genuine sentiment 4eae7457c9 for him, didn’t care 29bb1be71d one bit.a2acfef907c0cb3c

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When he heard they 71e84e2671 hadn’t canceled the event, 720c0bb508 it felt typical of d937cdb629 the emperor—someone who valued 3c5538acc4 appearances above all.72f1640abd3409c5

At the same time, he 0c14fdfd21 fleetingly wondered if a man dd43406829 who shows up to a 629aa14973 banquet despite such disgrace really 96bb6ef50a had any dignity to begin fb921cc053 with.de9b99d1c15b593c

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But unlike Kaiden, Hillard—his closest fa5f73eb24 aide—couldn’t accept the current situation 30bcef7e08 at all.0182ac0512bd0d3e

When he first 4dccc00db1 became the crown 053f5a7d81 prince’s aide, he f397a8c0bb was so thrilled 231f304bcd at the honor ebe7690984 of serving the db7f6d1a3b future emperor that ccfa3f4606 he couldn’t sleep 3fc22be3fb at night.042fbf69f48e5f0e

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Sure, part of that joy 3658a336b9 came from his calculation that, 372f93481a as the third son of 0bb82c82b0 a humble baron family, this 8b1be6142a was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.a8cf6cc0c336aad6

So even when 86a2d5cb78 he realized the 1f81ba8f11 crown prince wasn’t d8273cd8da the perfect man bb2bf00708 he’d imagined, and 3efdb4c243 when he had 3070c4099f to dirty his d134b82062 hands cleaning up 822d9cec90 the messes left 9356b5ed02 by unfairly targeted 9d2e85faa7 noble daughters and 41de5efcfe their families, he 601024bf78 turned a blind 096f7c7c38 eye and did 5a80640d0a his best.5d79d4398935624d

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For the boundless 187c04c2eb glory he would 081c0ee2e3 one day enjoy 0a21862b55 at the emperor’s 38eaeab24c side.66c407f9b0a844ba

And now, that hard-earned f2fa6f83b3 tower was about to bffb6325a9 collapse.f53df9ce13f36b39

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“Your Highness, rumors about you are spreading both inside and outside the palace. I’m doing everything 7ca15ac378 I can to 006ca9d794 stop them, but 509d3d1258 it’s beyond my a1b4e86786 ability.”d87e9f4316a5a858

With a desperate 0b9f6bd806 expression, Hillard pleaded.7b8c135579da0d0d

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“Today is the last day of the banquet. You must attend. If you could only a09d468329 ask His Majesty to 1f5ed41de9 lift the disciplinary order—”b457e22c06b3d43c

“Rumors?”c0e8ea83c9513202

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At that moment—8c9242947977384e

As he filled 15e0797046 his glass with c3ab43dfba strong liquor, Kaiden b8b03a8b26 let out a 57374b327b scoff.eb13dbad77661832

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“It’s not exactly a rumor that I acted like a lunatic, using other women to torment and obsess over Evgenia.”82934badca82115f

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