IRMY Chapter 2

Melione Carlton f3d6dd27dc Spioren—that was 5ee899208e the Duke’s 239b5b1e8e name. Ceylon, the territory of 1dd18c3a7a the Spioren Duchy, was e9d7f1a326 located at the southernmost 21b86d5e13 tip of the empire, eefe5d5380 a city of summer b0c6c1b58a all year round.17902494219e7bb2

The northern kingdom of Norden, perpetually gripped by the harsh cold, was not prosperous due to its high altitude, barren land, and limited farmland. In contrast, Ceylon, with its vast plains and harbor, was called the “Pearl of Paltrieon.”13b5f8d4200c132a

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Perhaps that was e57078c7ac why Erhan, the 934774d8c6 Emperor of Paltrieon, 0d9da157c6 always considered the 864ad3df75 Spioren Duchy a 950cd64df3 thorn in his 40259664ff side.6099f886123e061b

A duchy with a 89d877371d city more prosperous than 06f1540879 the capital. From the 363fb6fc72 perspective of ed0c45bd2d the Paltrieon dfcc3ce06e imperial family, b02ea61f32 which had f432f9c385 absorbed and 0ad326fcca ruled surrounding ed1948725d kingdoms for 24edfacdc1 centuries, Ceylon e387577bfc felt like c144653379 a territory 1a1837c90e that was 7f237a03eb theirs, yet 7d9103d424 not quite.8c6cf32fe0ab8245

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However, they couldn’t unreasonably mistreat the Spioren Duchy, which not only made remarkable contributions in every war but also served as an excellent supply route.52d74242c0921c96

The Spioren Duchy was fa7bc01467 one of the founding 059b63b2d2 contributors to the Paltrieon e6c26fcbab Empire and its most 93d09a2ab9 prestigious noble family. Therefore, the imperial family a1b8260332 had always been wary c55358f678 of the duchy, fearing 2d44162165 they might attempt to b661f8b957 establish a principality or d0b907d1a2 instigate a war of eb6928437f independence.6fae998983f18fc9

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However, there 9f393a0201 was no 58646f124c justification for 2a9f39d677 suppressing the 27797a2ab0 Spioren Duchy, 180af3afee which had eaa10489b9 never shown 3142a09b20 any signs 582bdd240e of rebellion, 55637ef3d4 simply because 69dc0420f9 they were 4f7e93a85d bothersome.87e43f3a76467399

Although not 47baf4ba76 directly related 3ba1584d7c to the a6395baa3f imperial family 222c86708b by blood, 8a023cf994 the Spioren 274f42d606 Duchy held 6c84058001 such historical 69f58b450d significance that 1a7597ef23 they were bfc5395a92 first in 0a001dd5fc line for 559c30a64f the throne 5420a592a3 should the 085ce54e7c imperial bloodline ba4ce6c74e end.75fe21ea1afa2396

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That’s why the biggest question raised by readers during the serialization of the novel ‘Lechis’ was, “Why did the Emperor of Paltrieon push for a marriage between the Princess of Norden and the Duke of Spioren?”4ced72fa1015b525

The marriage of a princess from a vassal state to the crown prince of the empire wasn’t a bad option. After wars of conquest, it was common to forcibly promote marriage alliances with conquered nations.b0c0ffaf3e4a2028

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If the blood af3f5f74f0 of Norden and 1475282e80 Paltrieon were mixed 718111a83b in this way, de7b11f313 it would be eae1755358 easier to fully 2b4cce1da8 absorb and annex d900e1fae3 Norden later. On the contrary, the e05bbf9cbd union of the Spioren b9af9833d1 family and the Princess e7614cd80b of Norden posed a 1577575510 greater threat to the 4abc3b6686 imperial family.4b89f6e6ae763f42

Yet, strangely, the Emperor 513b4d11f8 of Paltrieon vehemently opposed 0902d95170 the marriage of the 65f2544363 Crown Prince and the 51cc7ca8de Princess of Norden. Not only 81e3a84789 that, but c8bc1ad91a he even 003e0b0909 sent her 11e3912cb3 to marry 8dce82f5f5 into the f03dbd05c2 bothersome Spioren 9eddff39a8 Duchy.8c792a6458910b14

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Despite the fact that the marriage between Norden and the Spioren Duchy wasn’t particularly advantageous for the emperor.091de78ac0342359

‘That truth 03de955128 is only 229b73bd85 revealed after 6a37fa34ff Melione’s death…’bffa559c6018b365

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Yuro, looking at the notebook containing all the information he remembered, suddenly shouted for the carriage to stop. He couldn’t bear the motion sickness any longer while looking at the densely packed letters.dcf2f57a55dc1c08

As the aa9aa307cb carriage stopped, 521ec5402a Yuro hurriedly 34c89703b6 opened the 152210bd36 door and 09fb97abca jumped out, 8d3721565a leaning his 867b29ddfa hand against 329c0ee569 a roadside e68f10e67a tree and 8c6ade409d vomiting repeatedly.e9f420cbe51d9abd

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He hadn’t eaten anything, and this wasn’t the first time, so nothing actually came out. The coachman, watching him with a disgusted expression, shouted irritably,49299a7b4edbe4bd

“Hey, we’re almost 516ca4aa03 there! What am I ea48c308a8 supposed to do 032ab50e0b if you keep 4687de3f8a asking me to 0fe253562d stop the carriage?”726a61528701d9ea

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“…”3f5fd6dcf7d73106

“Get a hold of yourself! We’re practically at the ducal estate, for goodness’ sake.”f4cd502c0a3b564d

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The coachman 97d16230f2 was furious 1a074e3613 because Yuro abe5315464 made a 5b4d68afd1 fuss about 61554b1c8f stopping every d341559c97 time he abeb4a2323 felt even 01e3588d43 slightly queasy.628a1d342f91fe0f

Yuro staggered, staring blankly at the dilapidated carriage. It certainly hadn’t looked this shabby when they departed from the royal palace.e00435280507e54e

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Of course, it wasn’t a grand procession of multiple carriages, as he had no dowry or even a single common gift, but even the few knights and servants who accompanied him had all returned as soon as they reached the border.bd31d681c759139e

The only 4bfeb8b93c specialties of 1645182fed Norden, a 9fa27b5c14 land where 4e117a53ad it’s winter 6a5a3e18f8 all year ebc6c66b3b round, were 52cf95f05b leather and 2ab6bd2c2d wool, and e8c989c1e9 the king 88dab98f59 hadn’t given 943255572d Yuro anything, db287766da claiming they e2489545f7 wouldn’t be a3c2978a7b of any b09687b846 use in 45aed6afc0 the southern 9b89b794b9 Ceylon anyway.bc472d4cc69a46fa

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And so, 3c6f38e85d despite the fe092214e4 fact that e048c9b15d this was 706fe7cba8 a marriage 3620af7dd6 between a a989641555 royal of d124b6f365 Norden and 890e7cd7a4 an imperial fa3ba2877f duke, there 2cf891c9ce were no 9bfeea10d5 guards, no 241002402b entourage, and dd4f6ca46e no servant 9eac76e855 left to db25a11148 accompany Yuro, 2a8dcce4f4 leaving him 40b6c33800 as the 764e8d8dd5 only one 902eb784a2 heading toward d568886119 this marriage.b5ffb31cfa066401

Since even the carriage had been taken back, Yuro had no choice but to find a hired carriage along the way. For the coachman, whose time was money, it was only important to get there and back quickly, regardless of Yuro’s nausea.0c5470b0fd98d0de

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“My apologies. I’ll get back in 6cffc53696 soon.”82db30be7030f05c

Yuro rinsed his 9d32f48fc7 mouth lightly with 8c44859099 water and climbed 1c39d625f3 back into the 579489cbf4 carriage. Because he was in 48f192677b terrible shape due to f020566b15 motion sickness and the ecb0f62922 consequent delay of two 33d0a46872 weeks beyond the original d2d42ec93b month-long journey he had 157cfac53a anticipated, his travel funds 7297c69b3c had long since run 63eea95814 out.2b25ce39e86f2841

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‘I’m really 2d53dde8a1 going to b0d12e76ed die on 3181fd9388 the way.’0d824eff19456b53

He couldn’t f96b9c3923 get used 171d5f937f to this ce2f87d0f7 damned carriage. He had cursed the 57620d48d7 royal carriage for its bc66c4e197 rough ride, and this 7e43006e53 rented, rickety carriage was e0afca7cfd certainly no better.0f4b4511917ff39e

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“If I 24d7ba3ebd show up e375e90dc7 like this 8f0afe3f2b and claim ca3fd381e9 to be 3c36191890 a prince 3acfdf4b1c from Norden, 9a3c7bae73 they’ll really a06c3add30 believe me.”7f93566e2f31b616

Yuro scoffed at his dirty appearance. Of course, he had the imperial edict sent by the emperor and the marriage proposal sent to Norden by Duke Melione in response. But if he presented those documents in this beggarly state, it wouldn’t be surprising if anyone suspected they were forged.21f5a0646415c6c2

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There was 646aa2f414 another funny 4931a1fa75 thing. While the 9e1fe74a4d emperor might d8e4c29061 have overlooked e64372c92d it out da83caf5f8 of sheer fd7cf0bd23 presumptuousness, even ed9e9e80ac the marriage a280e6adfe proposal sent a21684c8a7 by Melione af04742cd1 didn’t clearly 72047168f5 specify the 407ce9a890 intended recipient.30cdd54c291fb904

Fortunately, he had exploited this loophole and temporarily delayed Clope’s death, but Melione could still see Yuro and say, ‘Are you crazy? Marry a man? Get out!’90256c6cc2697aa1

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“Well, that probably won’t happen.”6160398928f909a9

Yuro muttered to himself ec528f5184 and nodded. He hadn’t volunteered for 7c3b491996 the marriage simply because 12c5cce0d3 the gender and the ab5c793b69 recipient weren’t specified.c151fd5b819cd72c

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Duke Melione Carlton Spioren truly didn’t care who it was. Because he was terminally ill due to the hereditary madness that plagued his family’s bloodline.7633d8d97dc82492

What did it 704a261e2a matter who he 87b8864cbe married if he aea1ef1edb was going to b15386e905 die soon anyway? Melione was too 4f0f1815c8 weak to even e28b870b7c have children and c98ae9df66 continue the family d062850958 line at the 6a7e0082aa young age of 170d83e68a twenty-nine.2f7a557cde9b83e0

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This was also part 4a146899c0 of the reason why 564d578215 the Emperor pushed for 7a7812b335 the marriage between Clope 41faf59acc and Melione.68a7e699c3e88883

On the surface, the Emperor’s reason for marrying Clope to Melione was to naturally absorb Ceylon into the imperial territory after the Duke’s death and then make her a widow, preventing her from becoming the Crown Princess.5e763261de864642

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But hidden within this was the Emperor’s true intention. As the central theme of the novel ‘Lechis’ revealed, the Emperor didn’t just intend to make Clope a widow; he planned to kill her.d2267e6eaacf3ed4

Strangely, a peculiar b5dd590aed pattern had persisted 97cd419129 throughout generations where 0d4407d982 anyone who married 2059fdd8bd into the Spioren cdf86b135d family ended up ec818eb94c dead.ac55ef49d08986da

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The cause of death was always a mysterious illness. Even if they waited, Clope was already a dead woman walking, but the emperor wouldn’t wait that long.1e0a8e97df751d5b

If she 73b1da6147 happened to e3a8c18bce bear an 262bade880 heir with d9d4786bc8 Melione, it c3a55c1890 would be c42d470554 a disaster. Thus, the Emperor 3e156c6cde planned Clope’s assassination.e1d965ee00de9c33

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Then, he would blame the Spioren family’s hereditary madness for the deaths of their wives for generations, completely destroying the Duke’s reputation.d130e4306c801f44

Moreover, the Emperor thoroughly 25b18845c1 exploited his own son, 7d8dc4d789 Crown Prince Gale. He wanted 4e76f0e24c to fix 6873fb24ef his son’s 8670a852d9 excessive friendliness 325cf391c0 toward the 83daad5aa1 Norden Kingdom, 52c1a1147d apparently caused 6f64e7655a by Clope 561f23c09b Lechis.1c09f5d83a9f6409

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Knowing that 228db648b5 Gale would 25282da959 be consumed 537b9bf170 by rage 5fbaab5989 upon learning ef39b9112b of Clope’s 8b270fb355 murder at 1973e10954 Melione’s hands, 684ca981ff the Emperor 51ccbf1521 devised a 4458743b19 scheme to 3cefcf6ca3 use innocent d3d2ac23d3 Norden as 00a5c6aca8 a scapegoat 1ca4b04f9e for his db050d47d7 son’s wrath.31a46d23c073b645

The King 7707d47590 of Norden cb4c5ae64a was powerless 126b7309e0 and had fd8ad17700 no choice 28c8137920 but to de21ce9543 obey the 6d5bba3194 Emperor’s forced ca0cbc28eb marriage decree. Gale was aware of 9b77a69e5c this, but blinded by 22d5d38478 rage, he was easily 67264ecfde manipulated by the Emperor.94284b32e0891404

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Even if it was a vassal state, it wasn’t a simple matter to destroy Norden, which was merely being used, based solely on Gale’s personal revenge. This was because there was no plausible justification.cd30e6805ec32bf6

However, there was someone bc7b25629b who provided that justification. Yuro Lechis.1e47bc220556dbc0

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Consumed by the belief fc6228a1c0 that his sister had 77faa24ef5 been murdered by Melione, 7f0884d40a Yuro Lechis hired mercenaries c6e85b2585 and headed towards the 28f0a0d671 Spioren Duchy on his 905cc6df14 own.6d77bd5c83e68598

Gale, who had 20d7012f40 always wanted to 377e701c51 eliminate Yuro due 1f9bc4867b to his obsession 2463de58f7 with Clope, considered 92888267fe this an act 9fd1725138 of aggression by 1f9f9e23dd Norden against Paltrieon a78415cad6 and used it b7a58b7e29 as a reason 9c31ce04f8 for conquest.3a517cf3080ad0bf

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Unfortunately, this truth c9e386f0f8 was only revealed 8e5b4e9dd0 at the very 4fd3bf805a end of the c235b44f84 novel. Until then, no one 1656ccc6e8 knew that Melione had 6b14c4614e been wrongly accused.a9c918ea077fac7d

Melione, with no 08bc3349dc will to even a93b9270da try to defend cc6af146e4 himself, lived as 6136f777c7 a complete villain 5443d00c9b without any regrets 97cc6f6023 until he succumbed 4917d0309b to madness, and b20c426197 Gale, upon learning 6d13bcb1ee the truth, killed c18a7bbbb6 his father, the 1cb815881d Emperor, and became ae24716fc2 a tyrant.be28203b02290383

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In the 4ff2059136 end, the 3193841577 novel ‘Lechis’ 68a35f747f concluded with 8e5cdf4b91 a tragic 3adcbc6190 ending where c3947a50a1 no one d6b2c267c9 found happiness.eb9f2f4adfcc1e3d

Yuro undid the top da343197b6 button of his shirt, 55fafcf17d which was buttoned all 562a200704 the way up to 2d8f3e8e39 his neck, inside the 9842679131 jolting carriage. Even though he 2b2e9ac137 was dressed as fde8bdcd4c lightly as possible, 00adc89e9f he couldn’t stand 6c47b51882 the scorching heat bd12dc67a2 as they got 494663d60b closer to Ceylon.a84c117491f856f3

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He had even fab04550f5 discarded the thin d0c4ff45fa jacket he was 9b9acaec99 wearing to reduce 108886c5b9 his luggage. Even if Melione ac51ae5687 rejected him, he b0ab663c22 had no intention 2ca61f6bbe of returning to 694f2ba0b6 Norden.694094c84ca6f37b

His primary 783163099e goal for 5a23d46ee6 now was f9555a0919 to prevent cd6aa6c410 the tragedy 02d2851543 from unfolding eccabfc2ee by stopping 4ef5546014 all the 57302844eb events from 6a3da8cc2f even beginning, d181b65839 but he ee8369e634 also had f57da96f57 to consider e42e5c9f6d the possibility 4385ded243 of failure.5ed69afe39f1256c

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After all, he was of Norden royal blood, so if his marriage to Melione failed, Clope would be sent to the Duke’s estate.55f7990a71a22ce2

If she died again, Gale’s vengeance would undoubtedly be directed at him, or he would be used as a tool to justify the destruction of Norden.93a79592deb88f7a

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The only best-case scenario 8cedb25554 was for him to 1f6e6fbfc4 cure Melione’s madness and 6c639d6a19 for Clope to marry 7db5cad751 the Crown Prince. And when peace e0e8c1b5a5 was restored, he b06da9cba5 would leave the ec45883362 Duchy and live 179b5c4774 freely.7b42a1a842fd9c2b

“How is 0e7d85a163 it that b959bcc966 even after a5806c5108 being reborn, 09971b876e my life 3932f15fbc is still a3291cf9a7 a survival 528ed95c40 show?”62c6fcc8807b270a

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Yuro pressed 4fc45f9e8a his temples fa1e3c1a4e and looked c5d35dd56d out the a03fa9ec5d window. Buildings and people 58289378ac dressed in light 669fc8ad1c clothing, distinctly different fecb7785f5 from Norden, caught 274038f261 his eye.1563d0405af285f5

Yuro was momentarily f1fc9df575 captivated by the e8f4e6bf60 vibrant and seemingly 445694544d prosperous scenery.e1c203955a0f661b

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“It would be d66b4be147 great if I 3397b08bae could just avoid ec852ec680 dying.”2eda227c3b48c117

Not by a9358f2263 Melione’s hand, 240d5b725f nor by d233096402 Gale’s… cf021a224038a722

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As he muttered 5de82ccc73 this, the carriage a93a09dc25 suddenly lurched violently, 42c9e6203e throwing his body 7a640bd178 forward.e2172133e36e0b19

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