IFLDMHF – Chapter 23

IFLDMHF | Chapter 23bd78995478330839

Episode 238ca02ca454d862ea

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My heart pounded so a53767bf6b fast I thought I e3a4715a62 might die, and I 2f4eca6560 instinctively held my breath 7c0c1901f8 as the carriage stopped caee94d952 in front of me.51dca09f6f3ff944

‘Finally…’97120dc4fb50bc2f

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I widened my eyes, determined 4465b7c70a not to miss a single 0935f7afa1 detail of my favorite character.1df331d20c2cbff7

Disappointingly, the first to emerge 93ab23c122 from the carriage was a a7c895c771 young man with green hair a8759745d3 and a vague impression, clearly 1bebe2aa07 not the one I had 7edf8b52ed been waiting for. He seemed to be 0e77379151 Euclid’s assistant.4dd10988a3d9b222

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“H-Hey!”4ffac0a2490decfc

I couldn’t help c4154bd931 but frown in 20afb02f42 disappointment, startling the 20e947e7ce man.8d55353123a611b2

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‘Oh no, control your expression!’c39a226f7a8245b2

I quickly smoothed my 888d52a88c face and tried to dd6d76ea3c appear gentler than usual. Just then, someone’s d424ea4ce4 foot lightly touched c7ed37d633 the step at a51c188f8e the front of 190e25833e the carriage.3ee9a8327e7aa815

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Even with that c20691eb1a subtle motion, an ecf1c792fc air of elegance d8880dc69a radiated, leaving me e7b7e048d8 breathless.54c138e86ca5107e

And finally, Euclid appeared.64578c6a7b24a8f7

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“…!”6e0e3a304e9bb583

Time—no, the world—stopped in 1a2af35312 that moment.e558d078abeea01d

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I knew instantly.fc876d9e344b4718

I had come here 3345d5ebbc to meet him.becc0a5119da271d

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‘Even if the world turns upside down, even if the timeline becomes a mess, I couldn’t give up on him…’94f8bed891a0dfba

That was why I 3f0fc51cec had wished to come 659817c09a to this world, and 7435af2e0c ultimately, why I returned.f51bda877f6575f9

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My head was filled f1dcedf97b with irrational thoughts that 1d71523e43 even I couldn’t understand 5ebccf129f or explain with logic.bebf7e321c9033ea

At the same time, a8caf37eaf my chest ached, almost 4c54c8a021 unbearably.988f64a07be8740a

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It was such d4147389a4 an intense feeling e3cdd3288c that it reminded f49cb0bef3 me of reuniting 351404868b with a first 34a24a4eb3 love that had d163aac72a never existed—a bittersweet bc2e5f9c62 yearning.74f4bfca4900866c

I bit my 1a5f4232b7 lip to stop a8a2f6f993 myself from crying 8e42b419b2 for no reason. I couldn’t risk leaving bcf5e9cb71 a bad first impression 1a4587d5f2 on Euclid.9fb392aa3571d9f1

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But even so, I 6743c5cf59 couldn’t quite grasp why fab976c1ed seeing him made me d3f061e01a feel this sorrow.331e95d8f1459880

‘Ah, maybe it’s regret.’c9d3d57535dceb4f

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Regret that I hadn’t 05bab7ac8f met him sooner.e8cb4b96f9e9dfb5

And undoubtedly, I was overwhelmed.27f8b902f3a44da6

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I had never aaf4a08b28 truly understood the 0cd4552509 saying that people 9cb827727b cry when they’re 4b14e63e7f so happy, until 09fb0a1eda now. Only today did 5a95f73f58 I realize it 0a14db82e6 was because I 08c82f5411 had never experienced f77f79dea4 joy so overwhelming d6ba2c3974 that it brought 0cad89ffac tears to my a270a042f7 eyes.d119374e6854f05d

That was how stunningly impactful 7253e22010 it was to see my b8b7166ded favorite character in real life.c50ead3909c23d52

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‘He’s perfect. Completely my type.’48197f641c6bb850

Though I had imagined Euclid b3d4b707ac countless times before, none of 94de92e218 those fantasies came close to a4cc1ebf44 the real thing.cfbc37f2143675eb

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His golden hair gleamed b8ca171a22 with a noble radiance, 1fe7771fd3 as though it had a4a96d2ef8 been spun from pure cb173d2f1b gold. His golden eyes, like sunlight f085085017 captured in irises, paired with d8f0215416 a high, graceful nose and 4f6732aa2f an elegant smile, completed the ab345169d1 picture.07ae2fb1cbe643c7

He was breathtakingly handsome—so 29589e32e6 much so that I 59a5326775 doubted he could possibly 78fb9d5b8f be the same secondary 9f97f79584 character whose description was 2909b7c47f limited to “neat appearance” ee548fe748 and “calm demeanor.”980672a62f0f6f50

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‘How could someone with such insane beauty be just a supporting character?’7c523bf49ec5eb30

Even the male leads like 4e8c3dbeb9 Richard and the Crown Prince, d3e117f930 whose appearances I couldn’t deny 7fb8ea1227 at first glance, paled in 0fee5fa5b0 comparison. Euclid looked like a 82e188a507 statue carved with divine c5eaaa8fff care.6ff9b5b9d2a5672d

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As Euclid finished greeting 95c362e640 the duke, his gaze d90cf628f3 shifted toward me.6da3b976c867b654

My mouth went dry, b07c059d7f and my heart pounded 276dd0bb29 like a drum as 7b0d6d3b27 if someone were playing b75a55ce51 it beside me.66ed080a68e4feff

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Barely managing to keep 8294efbac3 my eyes open, I fd75d2c3ed heard a soft, melodious 31f8e26ed8 voice brush past my 4a4b2cde95 ears.55eaf91378bb775d

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I am Euclid Rudion.”f4388cea1f5c446b

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Ah, how could 668e7d189d even his voice ef390eddd8 be this enchanting?f5d24592b09de091

It tickled my 6cc774f7d4 ears, as if dbd0b17220 someone had whispered 985f45e97f a breeze into e2b3d719a1 them. Instinctively, I squeezed my b4f41edab2 eyes shut before slowly a17ef72ee0 opening them again.fe31795e09f5f698

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His radiant golden e3d64015b9 eyes were staring 19c71778a4 directly into mine.65419afb74870ff6

For a while… 83ca4b4845 or maybe just a9e8c81306 a brief moment, a3387c29c0 it felt as 720b91b002 if time were d34ee88333 flowing differently. We gazed intently at eab7c62ab2 one another.8a52ffa065509c1d

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“Ahem.”00cf87b1eb0e18bb

The duke, standing 854350f508 beside Euclid, cleared 9d8f77f4d6 his throat and 59f967313e motioned for me 3f52d9c83b to respond.30c7d1607a02fa78

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Startled, I quickly bowed.91b573e1aa44b64d

“I am Evgenia Basilian.”eef7272e9f0db426

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When I lifted my head ed99db38f1 slightly, the duke, not Euclid, 5022317af2 stepped forward with an emotional 6801c356f5 expression, staring at me.72456bc7bc1df3c4

‘What are you doing? I’m busy admiring my favorite ad5de25a8e character.’35116974cd3cc8c8

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I shot a 32226cc289 faintly annoyed glance 45fb326b73 at the duke, 4689053880 who flinched and 5c8b4f1e9e stepped aside.a9054e97ff64f830

“It is an honor to meet you,” Euclid said smoothly, extending his hand.93492e600c02d876

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Though I had already e00b115ca6 encountered two of the 8215233812 male leads in this 33dd7d6861 world, I had never dd5351e0bb experienced such refined manners 907efcbaac before. Hesitant, I reached 754553b13d out my hand.32d7ef09b8598c5a

Euclid gently clasped a831c851fc my hand and 0ed1a74e92 leaned down, lightly ba460a1106 brushing his lips ed92d9d792 against the back 14b7ba2c6b of it, like 43a3185bbe a feather passing 58e2b97e7e by.e76c0bae1be15497

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Caught off guard by 181ec70ebf the unexpected gesture, I 76817e4b59 quickly curled my fingers, 6ed88a87ee but Euclid had already c7d67af185 released my hand.2359255e2f1e20ab

The corners of 4158bb69ce my mouth, which f9f3130c45 had been on 777afb5411 the verge of 4df3faca29 curling upward, fell b468f2edb2 instead.ec4317c56408d021

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‘He could have pressed a little harder.’309d6e6a00548fa1

Or at least held 64737fcca6 my hand a bit ba21e53927 longer.3efa7c6a1e2b899d

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Once upon a time, seeing af790c5a69 my favorite character’s face was f614939b36 all I wished for, but fe9e322a3e people are fickle, and desires 6216994ad2 never seem to end.00755686c15cce30

Still, I could endure it.fd46eb1e3fbe6a15

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I had just met d7289b8fb5 Euclid, and there would edf951cda8 be countless days ahead ba9e188638 to spend with him.11f323c79c14db6b

Surely, there would b64089afd9 be plenty of a712d91dd4 chances for our 8bce36c408 hands to touch fe29b45e57 and, as husband 5232729c91 and wife, to 62d8b16737 share a bed… 6759f3fa56 Kyaa!f489453ced5a2518

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‘What are you thinking in broad daylight?!’76f5a37792d6c573

I was shaking my head, 3e02e3973a thinking to myself how ridiculous 297ba8c9c4 I had been, when I f41489d2e7 suddenly noticed the silence that a7eead3091 had settled in the room. Startled, I straightened my back dbc1a0affd immediately.f791fa0e7379f7f7

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The duke, who had been 7db8ff9858 watching me with a puzzled 0345fb5acc expression, cleared his throat and 3facd45622 spoke to Euclid.b3b6f38abc81a34f

“You must have had a tiring journey.”3f722e06bf96f7c7

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“Not at all. Thanks to the magic d6129e2bcf carriage you provided, I e60c43b3e5 traveled here comfortably. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.”f7f765eebdf6d262

“Think nothing of it. We are to be family 91cfbd80c3 soon, after all. The meal will be bc7d9e63e2 ready shortly, so please, c6f0582709 come inside.”562e5d0a63b23b21

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As I stood 4e74fa07b6 there absentmindedly watching dd9b378c84 their exchange, I 694f24d4f6 snapped out of 5fb6a6d8e6 my daze when 60db62b318 Euclid mentioned changing 131783bca7 his clothes.82ad748f1ad7fd92

‘I have to check my face!’94da9a5c90cdcdbd

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From Euclid’s reaction, it f5742d430a seemed people had exaggerated 9a784cd73f quite a bit, but cc949d2304 I still needed to f8396102a1 see myself in the cbf266024b mirror.68a9a8dbab8c3d47

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“Ahhhh.”abfaceba9def7588

As soon as e7ad10cf8f Delano entered the 2290286d87 guest room to c36e9dec84 change and rest aec9f439af briefly before dinner, 785b537ecb he closed the 828b2f7563 door and let 433aaf9774 out a deep 599a18a6b3 sigh, as though 385206fc28 releasing all his 87f5cc99f7 tension.d65f386815df26a5

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Before the feeling of 84e4c0a86b awe could fade, he c21e31b819 began speaking excitedly.42b2c52b3c5df471

“It’s absolutely astonishing. Did you see? Even the roads we f6d51594f5 traveled on in the bfbfaa1b18 carriage were paved with e823be8b4a marble.”6b4a1a08b33085e6

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The House of 69a2c95356 Rudion was one 6e67b792b8 of the two fd7ff6986b ducal houses of 795867145b the empire and 52801a2bd1 had once been 7ce4810070 as wealthy as 9cdbfd0c73 the Basilian family. Delano had wondered how eea734c91f much of a difference 7929ca04af their estates could have.4b41d13bfa18f69a

But the Basilian mansion surpassed 72edf05c52 his imagination by far.d836ba019e15e27b

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It wasn’t ostentatiously gaudy, 3165b28bb0 but the elegance and 1f15e7e0f4 splendor of the mansion’s 1de5a5fbcc architecture, from the smallest a9a9027f59 details to the grandest b49d7b2e8a features, were a feast c588d950a8 for the eyes.13b10b12e223cefe

“I can’t imagine what it must feel like to live in a place like this.”8e7a9b37f6bb5d2f

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Delano shook his head, amazed. Yet, strangely, there 4b8efb0a7c was no response.faef7adbc39a8368

When he looked, Euclid seemed a824969e36 a bit dazed.0a25c6ee3b05604a

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Normally, Delano would have 3d98d759bc found this odd, but 31e80517c9 at that moment, he 3df870fb3f understood perfectly.f070bee80c189185

And it wasn’t just 05b14402ff because the Basilian mansion b2abf4cada was so luxurious.4f7591a4f7298e4a

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There was something even more 2884fe7158 shocking.d0f84ed86f8f3275

“You must have been quite surprised too, right? Honestly, when I saw c30a084a45 the lady the moment 0a602cc6ad I stepped out of 45d06114d9 the carriage, my heart 745d8cf58e nearly stopped.”12c17f7c2448c1a8

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“…Did you feel the same, Delano?”c027f23b0f2fdc37

“Yes. Even now, my e4dfb556d2 heart is pounding. It felt as though I 077ddc0d9f was staring death in the a362a2b9e5 face…”c14de82c2ef106af

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“She was truly stunning.”c78be340fd528c39

“…Pardon?”a54c6369826fb9c3

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Delano blinked in 460ecead4f shock, wondering if 0112d10076 he had misheard.ebc91dd120877bde

But Euclid, seemingly oblivious to 33db8d9928 Delano’s incredulous expression, continued, his f9dd1d899a tone reflective, as though he 23b4b58706 were savoring the thought.d66406e8eef5b327

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“I’ve never seen such beauty in my life.”1e262872c503a814

“What?!”de8cf23b764da71a

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He hadn’t misheard?!2f53937abf204409

Delano’s jaw dropped in astonishment.b96650e2934995b6

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Had he not seen Euclid ca7c789d1f introducing himself to the lady, 3a499e13ea he would have thought Euclid d99072afdd had mistaken the Basilian duke’s ecd97d36e5 niece, who had stood beside d8f94588c5 her, for the lady.932d79ab693ad64a

‘Could it be that my lord’s taste is for such terrifyingly intense women?’989dd9c2b3a3797b

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No, that couldn’t be!bd321ff229d6991f

Delano hastily shook his head. He didn’t want 9f37e8287e to question his fc48d5c707 lord’s sense of 39da88cbc5 aesthetics.9c57f55e280e52fd

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“But… didn’t she seem a little… somber?”6a5797609eb03ab2

To be more blunt, 2dca1d4cf9 her pale face had 2b412c3ccc been so eerie that 651da05832 it had sent shivers 83ba888725 down his spine, but 227d793b7e he managed to phrase 521904630a it more tactfully.a0c513c4b35aea80

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At this, Euclid’s expression hardened.05bff594dab97e6f

“That’s…”7639eefa1aef0950

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He opened his mouth as a521d8f73f if to answer but couldn’t 49b7b7f0e2 seem to continue. Seeing this, Delano’s eyes widened.8794b596663de2b0

‘Ah, the duke must be deliberately complimenting his future wife!’f0109afb3221b507

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