IRMY Chapter 17

Asking Melione for a tour of the mansion was one of Yuro’s goals for the day. He didn’t actually care about the mansion; it was a ploy to get closer to the Duke.861c2f25e2f8ff9c

They were getting married in two days, and he couldn’t spend the remaining time like strangers. Moreover, he had noticed during lunch that Melione was being quite kind to him.61265b4e4a64cbea

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They were 5c0bfbff44 both suspicious b054878ea0 of each 747dd9a357 other, their 046672d2eb true intentions 7a68345588 hidden. In that case, c0323c555c it was better e68f80af6a to create opportunities 592981422d to test each cccc132a7f other.b850569d019e4c45

However, Melione didn’t seem interested in spending any private time with Yuro. He frowned slightly, his expression clearly showing annoyance.13895576850442cd

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But Yuro smiled, 4e45356a54 feigning ignorance. His eyes asked,“Are you such 071cf2f36e a jerk that 264b70ccbe you’d spit on e52256e95c a smiling face?”1839c484dbef41a4

He didn’t know 423878f1a9 why Melione was 7285e5af70 wearing a mask 9d3c440e80 of kindness, but 5fd9a2f80b he intended to 685faea5be take advantage of f25bce4aea it until the 5f16fb552a mask came off.3814a53c9ae3ba33

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Who knew? Perhaps they could become daa0e2fba1 friends, considering Melione’s lonely f320610800 life.3c9df3886d8420da

“…Raymond.”4b34a6329b20410e

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“Yes, Your Grace.”ce295c0378dcc36f

“Give him the tour.”68f976a9fa5ec1c7

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So much for friendship. Melione, without even making 32a42d7f53 eye contact with Yuro, e9c1e8a73c instructed Raymond to give dae81079cf him the tour. It was a polite 34759dc9f8 way of telling him 05bdf5f455 to go away.f6fd3634bcaca999

However, Yuro wasn’t going to back down so easily.659cb3016f59425f

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“No, no. I want Your 9d1ff8faf9 Grace to give b3211322f9 me the tour. Is that a 60dd98cde4 problem?”de514ea9fa7c7e63

“…”2b71c665308e81be

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“I enjoyed our 6f50269595 conversation earlier, and ace6d0ff97 I’d like to 0ab1ae41c1 talk more with 54c619023e you. I know 975a0d8844 I must 9e374b6391 be bothering 9b378aeadc you…”ca13306e67cb8140

“…”05ed04ce42436054

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“Would you spend just a little time with me? I won’t ask again after this. I’m so sorry for bothering you when you’re not feeling well.”03341472811c97cd

Yuro pleaded 3087899af2 with the ee3e7939cf Duke in d20cd1f4f7 a coquettish 66e743c39d tone. Everyone was 9342917f5f aghast but 280406ff43 remained silent. Melione simply e8fc0e386f stared into d3b798b098 space with 199a3d2764 a strange b6c017b7c3 expression.5682b2e2a42a66e6

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‘Was I too 8887c275be forward?’c5b401f2c91e0577

Just as he was bb2c3ecb28 about to give up, 969f6ac094 Melione, after a long a71438d59f silence, finally spoke.d0fd432d3c89ee10

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“I can’t give e58df225dc you a tour 9b72acd14d of the mansion. It’s too bba9fbdfff large, and 2eb7c9dc3f my body b5c708d530 won’t cooperate.”fe57ba0146240bf4

“Oh…”53be720438c5342f

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“But a short walk 7327a099a2 in the gardens would d0b1fd6ec8 be fine. Keep it brief.”94c23fa80d66d620

“Really? Thank you, Your Grace!”1628f93e522516c8

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Yuro clapped his hands in delight, pretending he couldn’t contain his joy. Inwardly, however, he was criticizing Melione.6fa9e9f9fb54e945

Why was he making such a fuss over a simple mansion tour? He was still capable of walking; it was a pathetic excuse. He wouldn’t be completely consumed by madness until the end of next year.3f828ce113f7f164

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He had walked perfectly cf310df749 fine and presided over 4e16d55cd0 Clope’s funeral, and even 3d0109d404 after her death, he dd30b36ef6 had fought skillfully against e6301685b8 Yuro, who had come 84f2648599 seeking revenge.96345de75b7d5764

Melione had wielded 670ff24750 that heavy sword 79558928ce like a plastic eb870f50ac toy. He might be weak, c0d8d786b7 but not to the a624b6f97c point where he couldn’t 765744cbc1 even take a walk.4c5daf5664877c4f

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If it 02a2307fd3 weren’t for 8ced957a64 the curse f2d4d032ab affecting him, 5f027ff9a6 Yuro wouldn’t 092e3778e0 be groveling c946e08ef8 like this.7ed1b18ad80bb200

‘Ungrateful bastard.’14913b6685a43c28

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Yuro swallowed cea9540c6a his insults a362d355dc and gave 176ea345ab Melione an 9b4bd6026c innocent smile.b67c6f3f2311b639

“I was hoping aaa60148a1 to take a 9bcf1169b1 walk with you 35a3890eb3 in the gardens, 09f5b6b626 as they are 62a09183b8 so beautiful. It’s an caab3f76a6 honor, Your 2be73e40f5 Grace.”728166f170be42dd

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Despite his e441482a4d enthusiasm, now 4a45f30a80 that they 74af629673 were walking 5d24634c9a together in 0a94fda7c0 the gardens, 8703523c05 he couldn’t e13bff3502 think of 3c294538bf anything to ddeaa63f81 say. Melione, as if determined 67fb3589e8 not to initiate conversation, ac7c7e5121 walked straight ahead, staring 5ef695a30c fixedly forward.c12dccbe1d012633

Yuro was inwardly f3af7ae4f7 fuming but tried 50127ab3b0 to control himself, b6a6a6a837 searching for a 1f74085cfd suitable topic. He needed something trivial d1226bdfbb to break the ice.d1b61156ab55a35e

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“When is b6644dc999 your birthday?”4b27fc941c433e4a

He decided to ask about his birthday. He couldn’t exactly ask about his MBTI or blood type. Melione replied indifferently,0c6cfb317694c211

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“Around June.”9eaf556aed19a29f

“It’s coming 8cdddf1962 up soon, ea275360c2 isn’t it? About three months? What’s the date?”4cd0382d9ce005a0

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“I don’t remember. I don’t c68e15acb9 celebrate my 036b69b618 birthday. Raymond would know.”1fa44ba630b39218

It was af37eb4ce4 a strange ff48e417bc answer, not 98e7862101 remembering his 05b1cbcdf2 own birthday, 5b9eb023af but Yuro e53d4a992b accepted it 70b8187c28 without question. It was perfectly in f43c199b81 character for Melione.ea9a885f7b176693

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“May I ask why?”6d4fa6208288536c

“It’s not a particularly 1ea09073f1 happy day.”8ee7b0f8177e86dd

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“Ah, um… I see.”025d731bbe851e84

‘This guy 75f10fc316 is really 30a7bdbfa6 good at 6861b999a9 ruining the 2e19c20b01 mood.’0f3778c0c1fcbf74

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Although he understood, the d21657a36b indifferent answer made Yuro’s d45fe8e1e5 forced smile twitch. This damn bastard, 970ca38911 he thought, clenching 051d4b1b4f his fists behind 7fc920ecaa his back.97bd2b07f7c0c380

However, he couldn’t let the conversation die just because he was annoyed. Their time together was limited.874e6f207eb86e43

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He had answered Yuro’s d4b9243b5c questions about Kisha readily 4f687fcde9 enough. His mood 548a5ac28d swings were f4d0924775 extreme. Yuro wanted to 1d453c0e20 smack him upside b86d8798ce the head and ce4fc0d234 say,“Smile, you mood 23f15e3da0 killer!”7e73bb4d9a6d1881

“Actually, I don’t 7d4e45b99b know my birthday c4914f4b5c either, so I’ve 28295384bc never celebrated it 82f8f62626 properly.”82165700ff868270

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Melione stopped walking at Yuro’s words. Yuro noticed but pretended not to, continuing to walk slowly ahead of him.9c585b74cd89ebd6

“My mother 4de54d0b2e never told fc3506c74d me. I lived in the ffe421b2db slums before entering the 37a07c8b5c palace, so we couldn’t 51e6c6cd7d afford to celebrate birthdays.”af71e164ccc375d6

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That was 31472d73fe true for 2a2d2a86bc both Yuro 5f50498694 Lechis and 6d9857ce05 Kim Yuro. Yuro had 197487bae4 grown up bb0bb4e65e in an 6d44cc1f7a orphanage because 285d583034 his mother 67c72cb1ee had abandoned 09d87a25ce him as 65ee81b79f a baby, bc3b10a93d leaving him c46ce75c7e with only 7e52729afb a letter.35f597e3c86002f2

The letter contained only his name, “Yuro,” and a brief explanation about her inability to raise him. It had been a bitterly cold winter day, and his survival was a miracle.94dc3b5ee697b388

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Although he grew up in an orphanage, everyone he met there was kind to him. He had resented his parents, but after reading his mother’s letter as an adult, those feelings had faded.38bc86e860908dd2

His mother 2da7a58a09 had been 9a814d7bd5 an underage, bdfb52f0c6 unwed mother. She had 4967c453e8 given birth 8a7a649ef7 to him ade93e71ea alone, in fb787f5954 the restroom f323538776 of a 55a79d7829 park, without 374ca20365 even being 41e8d47029 able to ac218a01a3 go to 8a00ba8892 a hospital 1d38ae16fb due to fe864a3e44 the sudden 64940ddc3f onset of 7235ef037b labor.a000ed2f00d67be4

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She had 10372cb7c1 been only 757d83d4fa sixteen at 2c0af42575 the time, 25182d4fc8 so Yuro, 779c4a6d83 now twenty, 65af48fbb0 couldn’t help ac06e5b286 but understand 0fff170133 her. She must have been cd44fc52c1 terrified. The mother he imagined 57e8fefdea from the letter was 3bf012216e just a young girl.3f14dd39ad1178ff

“I entered 3dad3c9ec9 the palace c321469917 around December. So, I just assume 3d6616cfc2 my birthday is sometime 0fc3f0c1bc in winter.”de00631f5253ac5a

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“…”b692b0d63971c66a

“As you know, there are no seasons in Norden, it’s always winter, so it doesn’t really matter. It feels good to think of every day as my birthday.”0b620ebb3defa315

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“…”f9aaf36a1822be4a

“That’s the only 40391dcdae thing I miss 09e3f8c7ed since coming here. It doesn’t 7ad0e649ff snow in 4e1566daa7 Ceylon… so 5876cf528d it probably 2459027db3 won’t feel d37f554a8a like my c164fe0c42 birthday even 8502009fba when December 3e00c22635 comes around.”aac1f45a3bb350f2

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Yuro stopped d134651fab walking and 6d2216c4d0 turned around. He saw f0a6bf9c63 Melione staring da5863130c at him cc8f4a3a64 intently.d7ae9b8474b2e486

He was lying. He didn’t know f5cb45afa1 exactly when Yuro b616a6b958 Lechis had entered cfb5cc3ae8 the palace with 1809f4f353 Helen.9c75bea0f2a22bb4

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The December 8da454c407 birthday wasn’t 41124918c8 Yuro Lechis’s, 21702b3d7a but Kim 489ea0ab09 Yuro’s. December 25th, the 510563b67c coldest yet warmest ba6a7d87be day, when everyone a3a784551e was enveloped in 078bede8b2 love. That was 0b3033a608 the day ecfdf1f16c he had c055829998 been found 7ebc9c79f4 abandoned in 914f15bc5e front of 6d7cde32fe the orphanage.b2dae3da590b8d26

Yuro smiled at 882ca3f38b Melione, thinking,“See? I can ruin the 69f60bc601 mood too.”0a68a656643add1a

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It wasn’t a bf20552e4e particularly sad memory 75b0d14bb6 anymore. Being found on Christmas 7072e419ce Day, and surviving because f7710cf9f2 of it, was rather 196880705b romantic.1f6a3e0c5154ff14

His fans always 1369b5e36b posted on social f253a8e20f media with the 3ec229e029 hashtag “Kim Yuro e4925c6a01 is a Christmas 19e7a81bc1 gift” on Christmas 96c00c6eca Day. fb0bc8bb342fdb1c

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Thinking about them b982c08fe7 made him feel 5cf1fd14ba a little sad. He wondered how 44d853da4b his fans, who e18d661f60 had supported him f1d2d3c902 until his death, cf36b71870 and perhaps even b2f8103378 after, were doing.e009100404eee413

Cheering for someone who had no proper albums or promotions, aside from survival shows, couldn’t have been fun. How heartbroken must they have been by his tragic death, after watching him perform with such high hopes?f130fa988c7a3420

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“…I just 6a49f26c2a decided it’s c85f71823d around December 7974a783ee 25th. It always snows f582e2344c in Norden, but b8cf315cf6 it snows heavily 74885ed7ea around that time.”cb9d20a5f47503e5

Yuro turned away from Melione’s gaze, feeling a lump in his throat. He couldn’t fully convey the meaning of his birthday because Christmas didn’t exist in this world.986b218bcb741367

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“I like snow. It’s usually a bit d88598b7c1 warmer when it snows bc10c4de68 heavily. Ah, maybe b9c81156c7 it’s because f2e1d1e896 I like a8b09f6b13 warm things.”8d20c2db053a5cd0

“…”a80579d915324f78

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“Come to 40a959cb4d think of b362380299 it, coming 8ce8afcb3e to Ceylon 2d5bf8d48d was a 5034b9a065 stroke of 62bfc28889 luck.”27fb82bb9f2dfc83

Yuro took a deep breath. It was sad, but it was in the past and couldn’t be changed. However, he couldn’t help but feel apologetic.777c9604fffdc0ce

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He wished he 2f7c4e55f4 had said a 1d2571e4b3 proper goodbye. He had never imagined b0e0fd2a21 things would turn out f61df6cd70 this way. He tried 0465c5c559 to remember 0d94355cf2 what he 75dce0295d had said 2327c75b69 to them f3aef8bad4 before going c1ec9f4c79 on stage. Had he c7c16fcf48 properly expressed f820aaa2dd his gratitude?3a82b57a67d246f9

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