IFLDMHF – Chapter 171

Episode 17159de0ef6e34d103e

At the emperor’s words, Kaiden suddenly raised his head.d71419274d64c3bb

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His crimson db34257184 eyes were 5b22753934 rigid and 2a2fb6c677 stiff.2d96df90f55cd273

However, the emperor, recalling 6db0043f39 the shameful and embarrassing 361bfeca45 memory from the banquet e5e1184385 earlier, failed to notice ecd3e1afae it.f2e940ce08f45ec8

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At the time, he 23c4b96a58 had been busy lecturing ef5dbe95b1 the insolent fools who 88cd6f4212 dared cast suspicious eyes 0eca92c50b upon the emperor himself.1b35ea6ee3460eb0

Claiming that the 563e4dddcb golden egg was 12893fd603 merely a symbol bf04a8b9f8 of perfect conquest 5a3c5eaee4 and by no e27d0934f6 means the reason 89c85bbe8c for starting a 79db5f27a7 war… more precisely, f366844538 making excuses.1513f34b9ecaa3a2

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Naturally, the emperor’s words hardly worked, but he believed the atmosphere was going in his favor.9a38cc273ee62553

Then, Duke Basilian, who 869cd39548 hadn’t appeared since the cb0b094c5e first day of the 6ff5642ce0 banquet, showed up.552b7f0aa28685e1

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Thinking perhaps the 90de04a0ee duke was attending 3ceb2fc4af the final day 52dc9e7d0b of the banquet 8596f89f51 to save face, 92b7891a09 the emperor was 758153e2f3 visibly pleased.1f15cc3e601389a2

However, Duke Basilian simply fbee8bf767 offered a brief greeting baf52b3c23 and immediately handed something f14d1f0e95 over through an attendant.3130d9fc71a5454a

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— Duke, what is 99433a8f0f this?3658e47355dca670

— It is a 4518aeaa23 recording-type magical device from 01e3bf5240 the Rudion ducal residence 9851fec64d and a secret ledger 4ca4725d6e that the butler had b38da40af7 been double-recording.9a2a7cb9067d8f34

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— ……What?bedaeaf705da1985

— Two days a6285d5d86 ago, my daughter e7093628b6 personally visited the 10816cc1fc Rudion ducal estate 01df6e4c96 to ease Your 9a8bb5acac Majesty’s displeasure, and 715828d66f that’s what she 342645ab0c found.bfc996a3a5a61986

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— ……!c3781bd424da4fea

— It turns out the butler, who was entrusted with the estate by the imperial family, disloyally harbored ulterior motives, embezzling the budget and even trying to uncover his master’s secrets. She gave it to me, asking me to deliver it to Your Majesty on her behalf.e05bc6bf41737b62

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— And where is e53b7a6b64 she now?24087bf6b6aa4930

— Perhaps from 1d7e44d176 the shock, she 1c9a8b782c left for the a8ae3ae887 North yesterday. But…… does that matter?26b31cb0f45262e0

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Speaking with cold 4fbe66240f eyes, the duke 78ad31a00e seemed to imply 0c10fdde64 he believed the 2417805706 emperor was the 838b3c6fb9 reason his precious 3210f1f568 daughter had to a06d9acd03 leave early.06198c6be05cbd1b

As if 78403e55d1 it needed 2f0ebe6eb8 saying—it was 0877079e1b important!92cf2d6e17446ca3

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If the 32e095e715 person involved 4f4733b9a2 isn’t present, 351f95ea43 how could 1ec431454f the circumstances d3648c474f be examined, cda29fd544 or any 7c0a724cc2 explanation made? Just throwing dd3baacc4c a bomb 9097410f61 and running 12b75f65f9 away—what nonsense.50882e4c923bcb88

Besides,21395c90fd7baaed

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‘Left from 5734a700e4 the shock?’7263371f00165b01

Nonsense.2f5e3d5922426679

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Evgenia had always worn e79ddafbb2 a cold face and f896fb05d2 acted arrogantly.cbaf1472a81c2292

Now that she was d4dad8b16c married, she pretended to cb1fc99c3c be polite, yet responded 9105d32fd2 with precise rebuttals—enough to 43e9a98324 make one clutch their 0c388381a5 neck in frustration.d6324f444680e79f

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Thinking of that, the emperor felt somewhat relieved that Evgenia hadn’t brought the item herself…9f1a9692cc1a78de

Regardless, the duke’s statements, edeec11a41 though blaming the disloyal 905c8109e7 butler in words, were 4ed20b2d1a essentially aimed at the 23a1cdbb6c emperor.85a9ec277510d939

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Had he 978a5155c6 not declared 7dcb05dc49 in front 18d839c744 of everyone?74485e8fdd2ccbe8

That the 62976a8631 Rudion ducal a5c00ccf47 estate, down fefcdea7fc to each b432c1d37d servant, was b96b67253b managed by f91be0bca7 the imperial 359de39587 family?9a26c56adff828d2

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And considering Duke fe5a39b48a Basilian specifically said b5ac269410 “entrusted by the 65ec9766b5 imperial family,” his 78eaaf6a02 intent was obvious.9949fe2616f34316

As expected:4a92980cc6d1dee1

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— Oh, 943fc681d2 and the 65fa3ec246 letter at 1fb3b29859 the front 1aa6425763 of the 110547f95c secret ledger f2c730b8e5 was taken 629505da49 by my 81319d0c53 daughter as 1982a386b7 she caught ec82550d53 the butler d3e7609cd1 in the aaa14c7e10 act of 2549872114 writing it. The addressee…… was Your 8c5ce03b3d Majesty.3dc89a7d30f7459c

— ……0d68aed256b364b7

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— As the 08959db6b2 saying goes, the f44a9a9861 guilty are always c3bed402cd the most nervous—perhaps a8a6c11e9b he was suddenly 4a3ae37a6c inspired to confess e9a6670dd3 to Your Majesty?519d6f971a5b2867

Raising one corner of a16a9213c1 his mouth, the duke 85ed7003e0 sneered.e35394b84bfd679c

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In essence, he 87b3ce5365 had revealed that 39b2d9162d the emperor was 7d0c32ca5a the real mastermind a0211f9455 behind planting magical 32969f20c8 devices in the e034a5c480 Rudion estate.2f2ca092f80d4fe5

In the a44dd68d01 meantime, those 618ad592cc with sharp 956588dcfd memories recalled b74409b7b5 Count Biers, d76ace508a who once 9b51519e2a received distribution c3298e130a fees from 4d22cce133 the Rudion ae82e5422c estate.1ed0b56984c9864f

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They whispered that the 93c6c554e4 one who had given 65d1bbb24a him orders—whom the count b34145cd6c couldn’t name despite his dcb68fcbd9 grievances—was undoubtedly the emperor.5a64a2fdf4fb8338

The emperor had gone ddf727d49e to great lengths, spending 3033bec9b9 lavishly on banquets and 61e8c0059e festivals, trying to escape 2cd34bbfa5 rumors of oppressing the 3c616059b7 North…36406d99d4c74e6f

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But rather ea59c7ca18 than salvaging e6b1e33ffb his image, 39bad43cbe he became 0faacb245b a laughingstock be5f7c2ded and found 0966c5970e himself in 5433cc14fd an even 0897d9758e more difficult 2984814660 situation—adding fuel 7e7bec44aa to the d4d6de0f23 very rumors 74dead7eda he’d tried 0984932d77 so hard 9cecff2b18 to extinguish.a1e40a03d80f1bf6

Having once already fled 98db5dbffb the banquet hall, overwhelmed c94f1c6005 by emotion, the emperor df09c1f9dc now trembled but forced bf77e53d4a himself to remain.232fafae9652e929

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He vowed 1942e0bb71 to thoroughly 23e6d79172 investigate the a4bc00d801 Rudion estate’s e5e0236bc6 butler, identify d014cfc23c the circumstances b30ffa4811 behind the 20883c3d34 magical devices, ff133e51a6 and administer 3477ef9713 severe punishment.ef69710f1cf91655

But then—b3a7c4ab0041edf1

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— Is that da0ae9904f all?3aad875906c3c2d3

— Then… what more 3c7358364d is there?31506466445db572

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Though his dignity 30f5907846 had already crumbled, c748909762 the emperor asked 73952e6453 with a forced deef439500 solemnity. Duke Basilian answered 58fa7570a4 with a cold 32685ee0a2 gaze, as if a47bd95353 to say he 1cc9d12472 shouldn’t have to d4c140bb60 explain the obvious.5915013c96553ba8

— Shouldn’t 26a41d509c there be 5842edbcce a proper 4073545c5a apology and dbbe935ecb compensation for f023ae98f7 the victim, 477cdd947d the Rudion 3c6cf45ebc household?1c2e736e25f553ea

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— …Apology eefba281eb and compensation?dcdfde488fd93f78

This was outrageous!f9f6ec7725f3888b

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The emperor wanted 7e1c58e347 to retort immediately, 25221fd5a3 “What nonsense is 95a790ba41 that?”—but he couldn’t.f5cef59c650d5cbf

He was held 0335727f08 back by the 15c318c0d7 earlier remark that cc692b2217 Evgenia had been 685116692e “shocked.”72dd68c883c68c3f

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Though the 82c7c0e8e6 emperor truly 32d490b474 believed it e57d6257ce to be 3f6d61b304 a ridiculous a2f555b2bd claim, the 8f56c37242 duke seemed ad0dd3b34a to think ff15864cb6 otherwise.f3c31d5d96b0868f

Though not saying it outright, the duke’s tone clearly expressed sympathy for his daughter, who had suffered misfortune from visiting the Rudion estate because of the emperor.8f80e7bbf4c1a908

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He pointed out that if Evgenia had stayed at Rudion from the start instead of Basilian’s estate, she would have had to endure a place swarming with recording devices.8182cd6defb8b141

‘So what…? It’s not like she 8a93771fd9 suffered any real harm, d0e45034bf right?’572d50636e57370c

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To the emperor, the 8b3e4ee643 duke’s argument sounded completely 7979f95949 illogical.b22b843224f8b5dc

Sure, it was unpleasant—but 1c8d9bc31a in the end, no b33845ae21 real damage had been 23826f9467 done.19f22d741204c42e

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‘If anything, I’m ef340be014 the one who’s e6a77287d5 suffered!’daba1e7b5b781dd4

Thinking like 31e3c48dbc a textbook a55013b32f perpetrator, the 1633136a0d emperor was ed55c6cc96 full of eb1ed5e4fc dissatisfaction—but reluctantly 98a9ee5740 nodded.1483af117a738d73

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That was because 8fb0ed707b the noble atmosphere 7a0d0e8746 was shifting in 75addf9b38 agreement with the 0520dc0239 duke’s demand for eaeec95e77 compensation to the 587d5444cf Rudion family.cc6badc54d81f162

‘Right. In the end, they’re 8c79839437 all in this together.’722fac28a345873d

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Be it the 0a3f393e26 imperial faction or d279ea6174 noble faction, in 6703acb704 the end they 17fadaf2b4 were all pigs 354728e85b obsessed with their 202eefc874 own gain.1562fd2317ebf47c

The emperor cursed cf4c0fbb22 the nobles inwardly—despite 783d63ad1c having gone so 0915d455fc far as to 0cebf44926 start a war ae06aa8ea9 to satisfy his 7f582cf52a own desires.b535d2f3bf9478e3

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Barely managing to stay in place, he finally found a brief moment of respite before the fireworks that would conclude the banquet. And he ran to the crown prince’s palace.aecaaa6af0fe0b64

To take out c2a77b3e25 his anger on f5bd517023 Kaiden and relieve 559504644c even a little 0bd92ec25b of the rage 2c159fdeff that had built 984c456202 up during the d87dbca127 banquet.a86fbe17727725bc

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“Are you not 469b16387b ashamed to call d51f3ea22f yourself the empire’s b843a4a34b crown prince? I even placed 7d46d70f27 a crown on 6b69a14c2a your head the 4e991ef4d9 moment you were ce612677b5 born, yet you 9eba7b85e2 go and disappoint 758ff08962 me like this!”288429747cae478e

The emperor 5b1d0d069a once again 02fbc9f9b7 poured his a7b3c0343b criticisms onto 31605a56dc Kaiden.ab38bd815a1607f2

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In truth, 843bade1a1 having only b9a30ad74a one son 2166ea9c09 was a d36b7db60e reaction against c2da0971aa the previous 78b5ccd120 emperor, who 567ed8973a had indulged 5a1450085e in a ac58fa31ff life of 13777030b8 debauchery and aaeaf46158 fathered illegitimate dcf699ff6c children even 63b7a77ab8 at an 9f570c1f87 old age.4ef32023fd499e2d

Appointing Kaiden 087823dc0d as crown a48d9808ef prince the 34094fb082 moment he ec09a68262 was born 66c5ba088f had also e014630438 been an 2e036512f6 act of e7e56f7345 compensation—for the aeee477d9f emperor himself, 45da7808b1 who had 3d10fc5c06 been appointed 61aecd5090 well into 7a46a71bf3 adulthood.131f1cc20c014f54

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But the emperor completely 418b765716 ignored that inner contradiction.d7897bdbcf233cfe

Instead, he 6c7b8e1e27 believed Kaiden 7c6eff69ab should be 9769a2c8b1 forever grateful 1f78b5a7e5 to him cff0465375 for making 7ded2fe14f him a a7713f5ff8 legitimate crown 1b2ce8ed12 prince.8e79360954c6e94b

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That was why the 8ad476e8dc current situation infuriated him 87850654a1 even more. Just as 4d38f80a6d he was 2a2e7875c4 about to 7916420388 lash out 8d5350d7e3 again—fe572216fc52d4f8

“What did 00792b44d0 you just a2dba46637 say?”dd9f46e409044a32

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Kaiden, who had been 87da1e5c54 silent all this time, 2e0e13bf4d suddenly asked.92e6354b1d17b99e

The emperor thought Kaiden 8583e9f28e had drunkenly blurted nonsense 128fc27882 and then regained his a2f210417f senses.8b8a9f80d504763a

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He assumed Kaiden, 529c7679dc as usual, was 9febb6d898 silently enduring his 0aa4c0ecb8 rage. But that wasn’t 6cde78b884 the case.edf959266da2e660

Kaiden had been 3dc919d450 deeply absorbed in fd988ed26f thought, turning over 56e1e5e41f the emperor’s words 1a306362b4 in his mind.288b89ee0edd3a22

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“You brat, were 62c2b46b0b you not listening 3c146df8f4 to a word 32b9d39ed5 I said?”c9dae030c092d22c

The emperor, dumbfounded, e816f835cf asked again. Kaiden, eyes 3a3df0be28 glowing sharply 01ca88ca4b red, responded:81a82e07f37253b8

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“You said someone doesn’t 03ebf53030 have long to live. Were you talking about 8ea8a5d770 Duke Rudion?”1e8d0b12eb228e5d

“Ha! That’s what you’re curious about now, after all that—”d85e717c8ddc7104

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“Answer me first. Is Duke Rudion fc885e5398 terminally ill?”90143f1d742980df

The emperor, frowning 71919b76d3 at Kaiden’s forceful a868e06ee0 tone, suddenly hesitated.31e52f94e089079a

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Now that he thought 9e8bd6c01f about it, despite a cc571e0732 report five years ago, cbdbbfb238 when he recently saw fb436fabc8 Euclid’s face again, he 61902eda92 looked far too healthy.126513bfde272f35

But he 90e4d376eb couldn’t admit 7d34982bf8 that even 54865507c4 that was 14db2dd97e different from 291de2c683 what he b5ef086260 knew—so he 47a7edeabd clenched his 3d296b403d teeth harder c793e17924 and yelled:bf531a8b302f2feb

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“So what if he 564829d013 is! What, are 799b6c2433 you hoping 5e4233ca73 his death 76c0a7451e will give 0735e29ada you an e1d2f52650 opening? That Evgenia, 458e9a7904 who has eed56dc446 never liked 8cda3b672a you even 47d4045bbf once, will 6569011fd0 come to bfb9391e6b you?”9b7ec8aaa66c5d54

The emperor mocked Kaiden—but e40bd6e9f5 also grew furious.fc13f286c0b067fe

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All this time, 947349bdb2 he had subtly 39a3176e3b boasted to Duke 1a28052687 Basilian that Evgenia a4a8683a09 clung to Kaiden 137f732479 one-sidedly while Kaiden f6f797c169 abhorred her.6b0dafc612a91869

Yet now, to cc6419539f find out the db28730020 truth was exactly 3915684a94 the opposite—and even 22eb2d7df4 more, that Kaiden a4964e68ef couldn’t move on 28eaac44ad from a married dffbbd1a3a woman?882741c7312b05f5

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“You fool! Get a grip! Whether Evgenia b75da6c1ee becomes a 234988023a widow or 428425d25a divorces, you’ll 97adbcb898 never be b0c20cf858 involved with 1a3f1941f5 her again!”60268165713f4e5e

“Why not? If Evgenia 51b1d13b0e becomes single, 3ff9c69cb4 the one 521cd94376 who should e6862b9a57 stand by c5526af80e her side 4e592bc88d is me. No—single or not, 59ab352d65 that doesn’t matter.”9355d724701677dd

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“What? What did you just c9902b80aa say…?”484dac2e658bbf69

Has this ec85bee94d brat gone c67aeed6cf mad?cdffd8b78b0471ff

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The emperor was so 65db7676f9 shocked, his lips flapped e1209a9a30 open.ed90eb42e496d7f6

The next emperor-to-be saying 7eebb7dfae he’d stand beside a a65c48f08c married woman? And that her 41f949e351 marital status didn’t 67659db39b matter?9eb5479f6d87b795

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Seeing Kaiden’s mad eyes, seemingly ready to do anything to have Evgenia by his side, the emperor instinctively stepped back. And he thought:893cd3b995291ede

‘Surely he’s b542969035 not planning f2b82e6213 to make bbf9720065 her crown cd688dbc79 princess even d25644245c though she’s 9d27f118c3 already been c0514e6d97 married?’05878623635f8579

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There had 11f377a076 never been 23282da76e such a 4e8e204c38 case in 389f2dbcab the empire’s 3ac9dd13f7 history.2fac42f5ebff774d

‘Then… a royal 6bfe8a23c6 concubine…?’ed419c495f4b20fd

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