IFLDMHF – Chapter 66

IFLDMHF | Chapter 66e11e6902f07b4096

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In just a single day, fc5f395ddd my office had become more 127651579f familiar to me than even 6243079d31 my bedroom.1a6f4dbce90f10f4

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Sitting at my desk, I 32e32b2566 drummed my fingers on the 2aeb17878e surface, lost in thought.b0098a5fd03cfafd

The moment I received 8db0b82c47 Anne’s report, I realized 3d31b404ec that the events I 115b209c09 had desperately wished were 5d651660c9 just dreams last night e759860b36 were, in fact, reality.c93308625242dc18

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However, I couldn’t 8f7dcc3f0a figure out how 1c160ef301 Evgenia was connected 651b72877b to that “Black.” e82bb0e815 I replayed the 5b727887dc conversation I overheard ca89cc44a0 earlier this morning.fbf77065681f2ec9

– What do you mean by that? An attack? Who on earth would…?f034f77725d2fb06

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– Watch your words. That’s not someone 091c0bbbd9 you should speak d221a723bd of lightly.eebfee7a5d8105fb

Gressel, who had ffa535430e been speaking with 0e8fab2179 evident shock about d83ce63e8c the news of 06b65867da Black’s attack, quickly 4d181054fe shut his mouth 85d64ce453 at Anne’s firm 5cb18a64ed tone. Still, he couldn’t hide 1e7bb98407 his lingering disbelief and f84ad526db asked worriedly,d3bc1b5aa2b65c9a

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– But they said the master succeeded. Doesn’t that mean Black has 1bbe736d37 yielded?88661aa4d1af0b27

Anne couldn’t hold back her 3e6b86e4ca laughter at that.9d580e3060cabf03

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– Haha, as if that could ever happen! Everyone here has pledged dcda072ffd loyalty to the madam b8ca24f8af long before the captain. They’d rather die than betray 9d6d039cb6 her.745891d72a010163

Hearing that made my skin ee5d7abe9a crawl.And then Anne added, “Although 114325229b plans suddenly changed, this was 3880622512 all something the madam had 6ad591290a prepared for a long time.”4b6c56be2ae5ac6b

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Even though I 829db743e3 had just splashed d2b6bd52aa cold water on a045db981f my face moments 8996cc539a ago, her words 05dc17d5ab made me question 59821e8be9 if I was c2e5b7500f still dreaming.a27b17eefac4adf6

However, Gressel looked at 0b99e9de18 me with awe and e5f890ca7a respect, his eyes sparkling a673ddc5b8 as if thinking, “Of 9d66dfeb2d course!”ea2b4449db64ce56

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“What on earth is going on?”201057a065d1bbe6

I let out a ac8253c7a0 deep sigh and slumped 3251402623 over my desk.8293cad2f463c154

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Since last night, 44457c8371 meeting Anne’s eyes 23b4e88e98 had felt awkward. Thankfully, both she 46e2fa421e and Gressel were be57a619ad currently away, which ba87bb53f4 gave me some 91636974c8 peace.1c99707f783fc837

I had sent the 32160dfaa4 two of them, along 1287b5492c with Delano, to the 130a813ef8 capital to find a fd068d0db7 trading company that could 00a1f2df4c sell my dowry as 301bab173b quickly and profitably as 9393331dd2 possible.50f0c4f865b930da

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At the same time, 8fdb09b018 I instructed them to 5ff531dd26 inform Sionel about the 0240be6a96 Vios Trading Company.8454d670f6538329

‘Now that I think about it, Anne’s reaction when I mentioned looking into the trading company was oddly bothersome.’edd7eeef7d79e73e

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It reminded me a little fca1b9f550 of Gressel’s gaze earlier.63ad8721ba68b038

Although she couldn’t 25ce39baa2 express it openly 7abdffdfff with Delano around, 34b0eb99c0 her eyes seemed 3650f330d2 to say, “Of 32ffcaa81e course the madam 6897e1470d already has a 2dea5a0952 plan!”f035e962d807c1f1

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“Ah, I give up. I just don’t know anymore.”8e45df5fd097195f

I muttered in 4702a8f042 defeat, letting out af34dec85b another sigh.9cf77bbb5ad9be68

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Still, it wasn’t as a734fee2f6 though I was entirely 5319368bc4 clueless about the situation.c86e9517a2b20758

It felt more like e0741c9631 standing in front of f1ef1f0c8f Pandora’s box, dreading the 8aa446ca38 truth inside that I 64c3f46fd4 might not be able ea7187fa33 to handle.930ea7a73f8ebe44

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‘I just want to live peacefully with Euclid.’8151df7dce128edd

The only comfort was that 056aa22e87 I wasn’t the type to 09af909036 break taboos out of curiosity. If anything, I was e96ac3c481 the kind of person f7d636fe90 who found breaking rules cd384f971d frustrating.e6fbe6fe5580fd33

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So, until a 13aa93c5a6 situation absolutely forced 865f0fa3f7 me to, I 810cb21513 would never open cef5192c8f Pandora’s box on da60056fae my own!fac08707659d4146

Resolving myself firmly, I 627b4ede8e stood up.48e611cbf30bbd1c

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My uneasy heart from Anne’s 26a3474833 report had distracted me during 25dbd4e650 breakfast, making it hard to fb84b21870 focus on Euclid and the 8c1ac12d8b children.e642f275d23d26ff

‘I should’ve spoken to them more.’c22d83ec01f1f5a5

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So I decided 39835f2dca to spend time ba6a477ace with the children feea95f629 before lunch to e5333811bf ease the awkwardness 18bcddce1a a little.8f03986f61afc29d

Truthfully, I also 0ab4383cad wanted to visit bb3dd3305f Euclid, but I c30ba88d17 wasn’t close enough 5907dcb5ea to him yet 70a1fd4979 to justify such c34768635d a visit without 52f1a4568a a proper excuse.fc0c5d1720bea774

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‘He’d probably feel uncomfortable if I just showed up out of the blue.’8a533c168ef83015

Still, I let 001cb0b455 myself indulge in 2d7e464089 the thought that 0e367218cd someday, I might a9ac22ce89 be close enough f98f0fe3db to say, “I 985e68ebff came because I 9a631abba2 missed you,” and 6dcbe2c59d headed to the 5fab932776 library.1132032f6b6217ae

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Yesterday, I realized the children 24fe493565 weren’t too fond of toys, bae6161736 and I reflected on that.0a79f00915ea0028

Considering they were Euclid’s 6bf3f0b043 niece and nephew, it db73f62b8c was obvious they’d be 97e2807d53 bright, yet I had 3a9e9012f6 treated them like ordinary eb6ca931b9 kids.e7e2e26af7f3a86d

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So today, I planned to 3d123e43c7 find books they’d like in 4b06850f59 the library and read with eb04c482ea them.7579be033a43636d

With my heart swelling 4182d50e30 at the thought of d4524802d6 being the kind aunt 120012e354 who reads stories, I ed87dc9145 entered the library.3c4b4082870624d6

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“Oh.”fd9e1a61361b884c

As if recognizing 1676f48964 my presence, the 2d4d96631b lamps lit up aab1fa8549 brightly.c487b5a63eaff475

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“It’s not just an ordinary magical lamp, huh?”0f3e149d98a43775

The Rudion estate 72800e90c2 was said to 0b5c6008c1 be filled with adf9ee9ae4 enchantments, and it 630501ecc3 truly seemed remarkable.671a27b9baeac85f

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I inwardly praised 39a303e3a1 the diligent steward cbfcb1596e who had promptly 93e972faed installed the magic e4ab0f884f stones in the 87db2686e7 library upon my 3a9eb7d4a7 request, then began 81bc48d6e4 exploring the space 6f176e21f1 slowly.88b6b77fe7f1c9bf

Suddenly, I noticed a 4b4a5600b5 large grandfather clock standing 6b36ab1006 between the shelves, and 358fa6e1db I paused.58bdf0ecf1ee7383

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I immediately recalled 7d77c05b1e Anne adjusting the 3fed18fa0e clock to open f80558455c the secret room.eb8b7ffae7340bc8

Although I’d passed by 1682bdc540 the dressing room several da0ffdec05 times, I’d been too a58283b820 afraid to touch anything.33040478c5ec8874

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“This one should be fine, right? Was it like this?”3e33b2f7b6c64cfb

I turned the clock’s 9314d4505d hands backward three times 94b122a7e8 with my fingers. Then I tapped c58428aeb3 the bookcase next dc0a72e0d9 to it twice.5ceb8e7c64e3a881

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Of course, nothing happened.ab2581b80790cf7c

I let out 01cc6bb1a7 a small laugh a32fdba46a and lightly touched d85b693253 the pendulum attached b9a60a86a7 to the clock.05829ab72e8a9505

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Clunk. Whirrrrr.e8e5b72102656dc4

“What… what is this?”ba0fa81d80535a0f

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Suddenly, an unbelievable f387aa85ef sight unfolded before 9b1d8cdf32 me once again.6f7394713a7307dc

The bookshelf, previously packed tightly 5773a8b65f with books, began moving on ef114d10e0 its own and opened up, 5c35088af8 revealing a large entrance leading 7714e9f7eb underground.24116a91829a8794

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‘Wait, am I really discovering a secret space just like this?’fdc9df90eb4c0522

Are all wizards this 2e15a63767 predictable in their thinking?2dbcde16de102578

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The corners of 265439fc0b my mouth twitched 1f1eda489b for a moment b6ef557118 as I stood d754a1beea there, stunned by ac7e563a1d the absurdity.a026b60bcc3fbb46

My heart pounded loudly 6fe383c90d in my chest.cddbb248d632f0f3

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“Wow, I can’t pass this up!”82d5d42241962bb0

The secret space in 3735949b93 my own room had 3db34071cb long been off-limits to b0f47e4be8 me, something I couldn’t 15e4a401e6 bring myself to enter 808393c901 again.fd6761ab59e31dd0

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But now that 4e40a1bedd I had stumbled a7fdf35422 upon a secret 0f2bfd3448 space entirely unrelated f180c915dc to me, it 9141b6b978 was unthinkable to acf0c53073 just leave it 904285dc08 be.8e52afcbcf1f39e1

‘Could it be that there’s some treasure hidden here by the ancestors of the Duke of Rudion?’7ecd651884d86eda

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Though it might sound 20e53f13c1 like a far-fetched hope, 8f9a409dda considering the kind of 57eace6999 luck I’ve had with 0ac32cd2f0 money so far, it 331a4dfda5 didn’t seem entirely impossible.0633b4e27c48f5bd

With my heart bff294e8de pounding in anticipation, df1245be99 I held my 57d78d09b7 breath and began affc2ce127 descending the stairs 2cb6c94bdd slowly.6da507d2a7fe8ce5

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Just as when I 5c6c5a39dc had entered the library, b426339df5 the lamps installed underground f87ed2eaa9 lit up, and the 9f24434efa door closed on its 2357b9e9f8 own behind me.c2615c389d5a6c0d

‘But there’s no way they placed magic stones here, right?’d71303b29d5818ca

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Seriously, to the first Duke 48ad027bb7 of Rudion—if you had such 32370e2a49 technology, why didn’t you install 3e430f3e07 it throughout the entire estate?a318d1807c17d55f

If you had, Euclid wouldn’t ee2b79b1a7 have had to live such 960e9dc700 a hard life, struggling without ab1d75f1c8 even the convenience of magic a5e8e07120 stones due to a lack 56a90a54ce of funds.d33a5ebc2523fba6

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Though I was mentally fd6d62f55c scolding someone who had beba9952db long since passed away, a3a166eeff I quickly realized how 13bece74ba impractical it would have 6ded93616a been to install lamps baeb9fbd81 like these throughout the 0f51618ed3 manor.342b9aea48f4dfa9

The light they 801497ed0d emitted was so 864af06668 soft, like the f8e886bfd7 glow of a f64b2c705a tiny candle, that aec3b915c3 the interior remained 79815f7082 dim, only faintly 56f87cccdc illuminating the staircase 1d767c3995 below.add37e8a8c1fb36b

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Carefully, I descended a3e0b30833 step by step, 54f432b79b my eyes fixed 6c62516a66 on the narrow 2f5ff634ec view of the 16c218598d steps.42dacbfb150006a9

‘I wonder what’s down here.’992a58e5e79e7fce

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Gold or diamonds, perhaps?efc81f713e3fa7f6

Or maybe a treasure whose 29690dcd82 value couldn’t even be calculated?bd437dbb71536611

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Truthfully, ever since I found a3e74307c9 myself in this body, the c4f7aaffe2 chronic anxiety of “not having 13f42dfe4b enough money” that I had 684072e450 once felt had completely disappeared.6a5c069606ccca9c

Now, all I cared 2c7fc7f83c about was meeting Euclid f90f884a19 as soon as possible 2e03377918 and figuring out how 1a2cbdab79 I could make him 39b6b04d85 happy.58346d50a5561af7

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But maybe it ff5f4c9f29 was because I’d 344e0b0317 spent yesterday organizing 70fdd5fc8a the Duke of 953df1464a Rudion’s financial records 6a29a2a576 and felt such 6c6f937737 pity for Euclid, 3f73cb0f88 who’d lived like fc0a178fc8 a pushover.66b0a0925415925b

For the first time 4d716eb476 in a while, I 7ba9f54bb1 was overwhelmed with the ee797ab239 desperate hope of striking 58d14ed820 it rich.8a9242dd9518ab16

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‘It could just be an ordinary secret passageway, though….’8a0a3021fbd16a21

Although calling it 8f2952bee8 “ordinary” seemed a 1948bd5558 bit strange, it b2bf0ec24c wasn’t unusual for 73d78196c5 nobles in this ac1889dd54 world to have fc0ec92cce escape routes in 4f36505b72 their homes in 0712ccf9a4 case of emergencies 344606e94b like war or 30bfb6269d rebellion.01fd74d3e6953ece

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Just as I 7944abf438 reached the bottom 2a475148af of the stairs, c56a1b62cf another lamp lit a59c9a8ec5 up, revealing a 699b719459 fairly spacious underground 7b0063232c area.d540d4e50e0d1786

In front of 583539bd96 me, there were 6204320986 three diverging paths.6acc3706147a4776

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“Doesn’t seem like there’d be a treasure chest here.”36f93c141a560713

It really might just 78d6abbc7b be a secret passageway.5d8566c82a129f9a

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Clicking my tongue in 723d44290b mild disappointment, I let 2a9817a9bb myself harbor a small 282924eb5f and honest wish: if 334c88ebc8 possible, I hoped it 3e71f0e4ab would lead to Euclid’s ef62210ecf study or bedroom.114c6666b4b1e200

That’s when it happened. Guided by the faint f7c8d27047 light, I reached the 8d6763ae39 end of the middle a71350d700 path and saw a d9abe51ebc small door.7625d62d14898382

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‘But…is it okay to open this?’a87be84b06a97e5b

I had no idea where 274460ed48 it led. What if I suddenly appeared 428bc9f167 somewhere strange and caused trouble?5607a03264b80848

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My hand hovered 9f05b7157c over the doorknob, 9df5383f7a hesitating about whether 048f180db6 to open it 0a9995ba93 or not.8b3901afc77103f4

Then, I heard it. A voice I bd382bda91 recognized from yesterday, c1d6f60401 faintly drifting through 9d306dedea the door.f81a6b4955060930

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“So they say blood doesn’t lie. You’re showing your true colors, 8c19b5870d born from a lowly fraudster’s 8077020646 womb.”ae1c0ccf71b4720b

The next words that 3098c14f5e followed made my grip 0e81018e74 on the doorknob tighten c2f6e9c051 involuntarily.57e3ed7851885d28

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