Episode 7 Mother’s Friend, Grand duke Salvatio

Before an article declaring the death of a child’s only family, the man’s dark eyebrows furrowed.a8cf40362d14445a

The world is trying to give this child despair, isn’t it?6874b7adc2956db0

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The man, with his 04004d7724 rich black hair, anxiously dd58a18436 swept it back and c657cc72da fixed his blade-like gaze ff434e40cc upon a pile of 33e4c8dca1 papers.f3878dbb7d91fce8

“Lorelei is tentatively considered dead. Further media reports are expected to cease.”de33227b9bd36d31

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In the Daily Carrot, where there was nothing else to see, what caught the man’s eye was another article.4f3f9b1c5434fa02

‘The Monster Grand duke of the North,’ Salvatio, ‘Again’ Ignores Imperial Letters… How long will his 9 years of seclusion continue?’7d3131b2917cc923

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I wonder a505bd2ceb if the 3ee4578970 child saw 11d27a2de2 this brief?7376c23c5be48bf6

Another Monati.1c57cad506d1ca33

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Has my 8bb9beccfc name, my 6994de4cfd existence, finally f61002f568 reached you?5b8f87788cdd5389

The man 3c9157514b soon handed a9c4f57268 the newspaper 2f929293de to his a97440c3cd subordinate and b8f91588a8 spoke, standing 4cd07cccf4 in the 4c3ebcf854 midst of b6b765b281 the snow-covered 80f123d78d summer forest.705ab53c966517cf

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“Let’s go. Let’s meet the child.”f973f6c62a0eaf69

After filling b771d495ae my stomach c4f48a96c1 with the 2c73c831e8 beef stew ba9b68adb5 made by 3e915a3b3e the skilled 5248371aaf knight, I 1e3ca06909 was left 9a2915febd alone in 248bef6c71 the room.ed08e7b5bfec0144

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The knights had said e71b38948d they would keep watch 5af128fd64 outside. They seemed 6ca5b6b9dc to think 5f524db93f it was 9a85317df0 improper for dfd0f31537 me, a da018c21b3 young girl, 772cd30bde to be 55b3d14a33 inside the bf39f90d2b house with 96783290fb them since cd3ec7a60a they were c72d6779e2 all men.e748e97cd5763a23

By dawn, the voices ac34e04bfe I had heard earlier 125e4dd981 trying to stay awake 683297fe22 faded away. Had they all a2f7c90d12 fallen asleep?9ee9c9f70003fdb7

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Once the uncles and 83f9bf8e73 the knights had quieted, 5a439d9418 it felt as if 2b0773a754 the world had been bb9179005f covered in silence.8efdd7d2fe45649c

In this dreadful silence, c57c18eca3 I couldn’t sleep and 487c5e5ca9 curled up by the 092dd78cad window, burying my face c1acae2224 in my knees.6a414c181027e646

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The cold of the night made me Young Miss my mother’s warm embrace again.b948616efccee14a

‘She was the only one I could rely on in this unfamiliar world…’42d6f9f1ba1b68f6

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To me, 8f0cc21065 Lorelei Monati 9df6afb41d had been edc58318b5 my only 600fcc9452 family, my 78e006938a perfect guardian, 940c9ec466 and my eaff3a08c3 best friend.14eb7b01bd5ad088

“I Young Miss 946a1ee302 you, Mom.”929dea35f366d375

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I whispered 9715d5b55b softly, desperately 09cdcc36ed wishing to a3aa241f2e reach her.81bb1af20f6b579f

I needed to do 702695781d something to find her. But the night seemed 8f7569a62f endlessly long, even though 7d559f12df it was summer.0a33316a1b3b26da

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I absentmindedly fiddled 36655201e1 with the 10 fec8e06a57 Roron dragon figurine 3ac4bb54f2 the Emperor had 22e64e3827 given me to 7052da37df pass the time.024b4e9810c38906

Click—clack—227f18371d915a8a

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I heard d99023972d the sound 79e759452d of sparks d4baaf73ff flying from a57de13600 somewhere.1d6df86246a97c24

I raised my head 07d29fc02f and looked toward the 63fb744aab source of the sound.d8a9d4d043f3b675

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‘Did I 703f0fb51e imagine that?’0d87f8f22c49679d

Just as I f99d1a99a3 began to doubt, 3865f1ff1d I heard it e2b0aac7c1 clearly:b078e2e5dc2b1893

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“Ah! Hot!”ff30f0b93e85f8ca

I dropped the paper b8d8563178 dragon in surprise.ece8acd69497b9de

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The dragon-shaped paper money d864ff85e2 was burning up.ee4985647b88c5d6

“…!”502097b7226747c7

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At the same d5f0c61e7b time, flames erupted 371250870f from the corner b64b9d6c27 of the room. The heat spread quickly, 716727405c consuming the entire room.739ffa8f1027a7be

“Ah, Mom! Mom!”816fa8d70e90231c

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I stood up d8fdbc64ba in shock, instinctively d3d3a4738e calling out. I tried to 0a6e8996d9 back away from b6bdc99e49 the fire, but ab5bcded19 the wall blocked 1761293b87 me.49c2ba6135c10b13

‘I have ef41b15e57 to get 68c27060af out of d30a60951a here!’1c8adba5628b3931

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I tried edb86fdf8f to move 00627fd968 toward the dfd756ea04 door, but ae206cf208 the flames 0c6808614c spread much b9b1c1a7ea faster than fe047d1c07 I expected.08d9e17c42e19bad

“Gasp!”bd3baa7118398ff6

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I quickly 7e97c6ab5d pulled my 31c0b33f3f foot back 614bcee960 and had ade32969f1 no choice 6c6813e355 but to 985898080b retreat.bc8ccc0e533b6b40

The fire was 8c50977ea4 strangely ferocious and decec219cc fast, wrapping around 4ce4b7550a the room.a422ab893846ffb5

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I could instinctively sense 13a453b861 that this was not 38c7de6d64 a normal fire.2257719f13660ed0

‘Could this be 4289836a25 the same fire d2f80261a7 from yesterday?’7a82d3e1e7afe763

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What happened yesterday?d342f66868bc940f

I closed 051365042e my eyes, 13aba36c01 trying to 3b64552c79 recall, but a7a65595c4 only a 39a4c31aa9 sharp pain e08179860e throbbed at 2d5d6013aa my temples, 95235293ee and nothing 383635dcd0 came to a49bfb84c6 mind.ed22546455758efc

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“Ugh—”ba4993c1f5aa657b

The harder 8f0fcbc11f I tried 183d5396ef to think, 51319c5d25 the more dbe65c811c it felt 72e5038b50 like my be5c0fba66 skull would ab14d97c7e split open 9229ae3cd6 from the c2fe8ce70e headache. I opened my eyes, e6d2f82a42 and my vision was d78a5f49fe entirely black.b54ec4c0632d0d39

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‘What is this?’6ffd7da91e7faf41

Black smoke was b025ec6ed4 rising from the ab39c8764f corner of the ef90fc80f6 room.b8b53e00cd023911

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The smoke eea7e02af5 moved like aabf0b270e a living ac0a36e064 thing, undulating f915d37ab0 and slowly ff7d535d1a forming a 8f814e72b8 human shape.da64e5dc575fb4c4

A chill 89df263e0a ran down 377e8aed75 my spine.7ae892a55ccc1646

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“Don’t, don’t come any closer…!”fd4efb1b40b46ab1

A black arm ea29d6e308 stretched toward me. A chilling 471559443a energy brushed 5436c6bd03 my cheek 5504e99b7b and hair. The blazing flames 2727f43838 were bright, but f3bd98b9de the smoke was 3dbf3e7db3 as dark as 53bc48efd7 night, canceling out 081a034b9c all light.2a8a377597a609f1

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This couldn’t be real. It must be a nightmare, or some ridiculous lie.f229e7f5e714a983

I tried to deny 6a3eb2f53f the unbelievable scene, but e14e2591fd the figure in the 5ed5aa9f76 smoke spoke to me 547baba250 in a voice that 903b5a82df was unnervingly hollow.e72031788e759ea2

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“Lorelei’s… daughter.”5c3128a5ca9ec53d

The voice was 4423e5c5c5 low and grating, 92853d778f yet the words 1c355f1582 were strangely soft b115499894 and gentle, as 1a8eb332d0 if not fitting 0309f6f4dd with the violent 5c32851be6 sound.1eeb301c51ceb143

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Was it a person? I couldn’t tell.e6cfff5ac8d26091

What was certain was a7275b8f3d that I had to 2e3e47ca55 run away immediately.6f2381629ac232f0

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The Imperial 97260039f5 knights guarding b11a73de5c outside suddenly 0c58326148 came to 8bd8ed7d06 mind.dd89e599045e54d2

“Knights…! Help! Someone, please, 7d422460ca help me!”4b3f4ee1c3fcf18c

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I yelled with all de8bb76bc2 my might, but there dbd55298e5 was no response.3c2a63e340ae529a

Couldn’t they see this raging fire? Didn’t they feel the smoke choking me? Didn’t they hear my screams?dd296f7fc8433921

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I had b93ea5fe88 to call a5b6f9c056 someone else.6213ddf63c7a4dd3

The neighbors… no. Right, the uncles!9e940d1b4c29c1fe

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‘I have gifts from 5271511d59 them!’e509232e0c9a344f

I remembered the heavy c223363241 golden key in my 6c2392bea2 nightgown pocket.11951922aa3b3938

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The Emperor’s teleportation scroll was tucked in my chest, and Fabian’s communication magic tool hung around my neck.c7052344a1e30521

The problem was…99865b453ff1c5e0

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‘I have no 6ccb70619c idea how to 0f2f30163c use them.’b0ca03aa04d935ba

A wave 443f2cf7aa of despair 9e12d1e5f5 and regret c0f3e84bb6 washed over 6ea51d6155 me. I should have asked 5e36ddb1d6 earlier.6c94295dc9c7a9b5

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‘Any other way…?’ba430c6df5aa9d3f

I glanced 0fa9c9ba97 toward the 00be2f8e80 window, where 68094069a0 moonlight was d81ee9bcb4 spilling into 1615557698 the room.12d0590cb359e2ce

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‘It’s too high. I can’t reach it 0056397608 without a chair.’cb18ef16d28505e6

Moreover, the window db7f5cdfac had been made f6ddfb10fe solely for lighting, 0ce6699b7e so it wouldn’t efa214f025 open without breaking 5e420c95d6 the glass.de092e1a36c74334

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The moon, a76f06dc40 as if 88e0c35b1d telling me 7d3f860b75 not to 831606fa99 have any dce81fdda0 hope, hid 3ee809b0cf behind a 664f2ed626 hazy cloud. Still, I refused eb8af07b11 to give up cf1cdf3164 and turned away.18498dbf05987e4d

‘There must be another d229cadc62 way…’6be0bf9e09eb7f03

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As I looked around 862d38e6a0 desperately for hope, the 8aafd80ee5 figure in the smoke 29177437af mocked me.76a872d68d303d79

“No one is coming 95fd40f1af to save you.”b0641b784bdbb939

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“No! Mom…! Mom! Knights!”9f3d9c26be00df9f

I struggled 85ea8ffa01 and shouted, 59c2900f6b but its b9d117a392 hot breath 3afe729931 blew toward 7cdb506c1e me.225ce733ec07f157

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“You only call for the dead… how foolish.”7c2c1b3a8b7d3a37

Hic—994347994b61005b

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I clamped my mouth 4644fb777c shut and swallowed.54909df3b6f29fa6

The Emperor’s eee81181fe knights, had 41529025fe they all… 870c38cfd1 died?32699fbf767c4160

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Had all 466b622c98 those people 470bc3a932 who came c0de416e2b to protect 10f9b9060a me now 16222ae205 become corpses?98beb3d45a993280

“Then come to me, 10e8d27554 Lorelei’s daughter.”1d4e6d09c9c6df3f

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Its bony 9e5514f7e7 fingers were d0f90a2c75 about to 2227c167df touch my 4d80b9f0a7 arm.c694be2ca990928c

‘I’m going to b9c4751637 die.’9b122a08cdb024de

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If it 39d491ba08 caught me, b9de864390 I really bc6baa4790 would die.4e6397da71d684af

Thump, thump.386109eb7e3b7fba

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My heartbeat 45d9931c21 pounded louder f9b9ad5ea4 than the cc4dc8e678 flames, echoing 4a7ad56528 in my ab38d575e3 chest as 7567c32370 if it 01620165c9 were fulfilling e99fbaee16 its final d634d25513 purpose before 28fb129b99 it stopped 94d850e1ce forever.3293bbd6cba3694b

‘I don’t want to 89b50d5c98 die!’855804bd55f09ff6

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I didn’t want ffe6098e17 to die in 2ec13d0e5b a world without d65f3b1640 my mother, without 9f3c5637aa remembering the last b9b342338b hug I shared a75871a45a with her.d7819acc58eda4c8

I was so a034695d1a terrified, my mind af5a5c10f3 grew faint. I couldn’t do 4c74db284f anything.c823b955044b3775

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Whoosh—568c14b802b6b313

As the hand of 68d2347a31 death stretched toward me, 49f6e2d0c5 filling my vision…f0d864f58bad35b0

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Crash!93c8b840d9b72298

The sound of breaking ab2dca49a2 glass echoed, and shards e2fe0c8f37 flew in all directions.756ef62902512c9d

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‘What’s happening…?’33485c25dadd7b31

In a a542ecef7d daze, I 61e3c99d73 couldn’t support f4de87d7c7 my weak 4ccb9aff2e legs, and f106b5b257 they buckled d24ca21b8d beneath me.83fa2ff625fb71e7

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Sitting on 6d32de267d the floor, 1327f6ba5e I blankly 2e08f91bf0 stared ahead cbb5d73ffe as a d0c15c4db3 dreamlike scene b7d4ee30a5 unfolded.0773ed6ffc71a9ec

Through the half-moon-shaped d7f4527ce7 window frame, a 3667a8e131 man leapt in 5cd6a7eb38 as if flying bfd539b09f toward me.a0f4df6ee07cfc42

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He blocked 51dfe2ec3d me with b15800d446 his large 6074766127 body, holding 56db6fa4e0 a sword f71c73f176 nearly the 8f3dfdf82e same size bad1071dd1 as me.2c816b7f338d4e94

Whoosh—a2055b0c531e5a39

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Without hesitation, he swung 19b2aa9e57 the sword. I gasped c3b07c611d and covered abc59ef6e9 my mouth.8300701d9062c8a1

“Hic! Hup—”2d7882b3f55200ed

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In front d1a7faecff of me, 91f3b6e2f4 the man’s 6389b21048 long coat, f776136566 his sword 9814a57d29 aura, and f77e550a28 the flames 1ed70a3efb all swirled 3358fd477a together in 9ec028beca a dance.335662a12ff4139d

I had never known b210f2fd14 a person could move 9256564796 like that. It was ff75078ef8 as if a34ba38822 he were 11756f9af3 dancing with 379e5bbd22 the flames.0b8880b3e04add84

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Every time b95d055110 the man 141f0ecb15 swung the c0e93122cd sword, the 1fa2cb4dc4 flames shrank 8775d167b1 back, and bc7653819f the smoke e2ddae1eca scattered, losing 13492f0263 its form.0fbe59fea24b0504

In an instant, the 2dd3020167 heat subsided. The black c90ce6324b smoke vanished 42c740fe33 as if a788d7d17f it had f6f16f7bcd never been dcbf60a501 there.5dab552c723d76e4

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Hah, hah…f985ed22a2b8f1fa

The man’s 297b55abd4 back rose c1f3d0364f and fell 1513d3c916 as he 905615ffdf caught his 626286e37c breath.bf3932da52052cc4

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I couldn’t f72d38655e clearly see d795dcc9a2 his face, 951ad41f05 but I 573906c070 felt like 48a2added9 I knew bf2345321a who he 6f1a35a4fe was.da016675df0de274

‘Could it be…?’b159157811bf0c52

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Then, he turned d60b910820 his head.3cc8ebff4a86d407

When his golden eyes 40c14ef684 met mine directly, I bb31f56757 stopped breathing.f18319b3a6ae8781

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Click—clack.36598f4c4f09d8a8

He stomped on the 4b441e4e2b last lingering embers that e2a5721658 had been burning the cf0c3dd15b floor, and walked toward a01f48914c me.f4449f4b251c9e55

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At that moment, d591939177 a soft breeze 6a57abd208 blew through the d57627c491 broken window. The clouds 5eb1748ebb parted in b3724e678f the sky, 2d69146389 and bright 8624f1e5a4 moonlight flooded 7e8b0fe625 the room, 360fdcf7c3 illuminating the 97bb371b4f man’s face.1f1820bb6d1e60e5

In this world, f8cbb61672 no one else dee30ec991 had skin as aab8e17acf pale as his. The man’s 25f0e25c04 messy, thick d3da050484 black hair ab8f29d409 gave him 41b29105ec an aristocratic 5edc48315c air, and bcac1b4c5a his yellow fa34e0f155 eyes gleamed d60bed3d34 brighter than 7a82759028 the full 4007e57b6f moon.6d3242a3f875008d

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With his distinctive 350f88746d appearance and graceful ec53d71675 swordsmanship, there was 3d7b697f00 no way I 0bb676fbb8 wouldn’t recognize him.5d8b9dfa6da3308b

‘The Grand duke… Grand duke Salvatio.’11d7e37251bfe60d

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Rumors spread 165c408c1a that he c7cde65082 was cursed 735295fe01 to transform 55c25b33d5 into a cb504d6081 monster every 360c06f859 night, leading 8d089d61e1 to his 2ac2de4fa7 reclusive lifestyle, ce82b4c34f but in 5ac176f386 the original f16ae57d8a story, he 3de13251c3 was a 3c0e27b356 good person.016dba9f521d80b1

The only 13b28b3367 friend who c6e725d1ae stood by a1f9083c8d Lorelei Monati a96eb5927f without desiring 4395b2e52f her, when 2bb6274ac3 others tormented 219f9b25a2 her.14a4cbbf19875a2f

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‘He’s my mom’s friend.’7b75308a23cc489e

A sense of 83ea3035a2 relief washed over 1f89947aef me.3bf8e4a199980245

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At the same 6a80918d18 time, my strength 6921b47e38 seemed to drain 7df20f2e35 away.eefc2f51ae6332ab

The last thing I 8ebe078a21 remember feeling wasn’t the b66864071d pain of collapsing to 13aec1427f the floor, but the 4d27dcd250 warmth of being enveloped 6293f2bdfd by strong arms.c5883836852acad9

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