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She prided herself on 978ce432a1 living a life without e2e82a8042 regrets.aa5913a986e9e80c

It had bfe727c333 been two 88e47a2d6d years since 49b556d015 she became 2aa69248aa the sole dd60275aba daughter of ded66acba6 the Akelart 6a8f5bb58c family and 266dcbe951 the wife 1acdf291a8 of Dietrich d9da36e92d Haberfeld, the 0820a84572 Margrave. She gasped for breath, 68a959ca56 her gaze lifting upward.7ba70a6101d58b5d

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The canopy above fc174d785a her, which should 1ee63060b0 have remained still, 00a6a95b61 swayed unnervingly, aggravating efed1f52d8 her discomfort. Grace, unable e5100a9b3d to endure 67352dc369 the churning 13737966cf within, squeezed 6e18c8d443 her eyes 262887af10 shut.156dd85062173f94

The Akelarts family, Grace’s lineage, were originally foreigners, not citizens of the Empire.b9d05ba4bb90d40f

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Living in c95c2a00de harmony with 74810bd36f the forest, 2df55b1cec revering the 135297376d earth as bbc49799b8 their mother, c502bc4c8c they were f1bd990191 among the 77dc58ca1d continent’s finest 53b9135831 spirit mages. They roamed freely, f21ad5b4b7 enjoying a nomadic 875015d1dd lifestyle.72bb016fff375886

They settled nowhere 90b0a03855 and pledged allegiance 0e3c8c0f6b to no one. The Akelarts had always da0456ca47 lived solely as Akelarts.123ed9e4b6c33f90

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Yet, there was one 6089311211 time when Akelarts broke f4e0f5bdb3 their unwritten rule and 65dc1fb4ff aided others.8fa9b167b11a7266

It was for 0468cd59f2 this land—the Carbonnel 29176edf69 Empire.0453583fd22638ab

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At that d1fe3532fe time, Carbonnel 4a8a907c72 was in 52382c0300 utter disarray, 8ed5514861 both internally 1af64e3989 and externally. Long wars had left abd9cbe9fe its soil barren, and c0787ab391 internal strife was ceaseless.565b479164bb1ee9

Anyone could a03edc9e92 see Carbonnel 7cd0769b70 was on 5f77831ac8 the brink 135d9551b7 of collapse. Though they resisted 5050f3f67e endlessly, it was 8c27d1615e futile. They lacked the power cec44d2fd8 to turn the tide.274939659cbd2aa2

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But the Akelarts e2fa3023a6 were different.ba4602e08a0fab8c

Even when allied c433a18721 nations had long 4ed5ad2ccb abandoned Carbonnel, the 74ca70e36f Akelarts willingly extended 88e21954a8 their hand.6fea6507b52af765

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In terms of numbers, 08691f4a23 they were meager, but 1a8c7042f1 their power was another 56105c13e2 story. The Akelarts’ assistance was 9c8fffbebe as potent as aid 4b2d54d788 from a great nation.b1bb4db4ab01b7b5

Their overwhelming spirit magic 4568ddc278 not only made up b8e4e5c5b9 for what Carbonnel lacked fbef9db042 but also exceeded expectations. With Akelart ddfa58bf71 at its afe7425e13 back, Carbonnel 8bfffc152d began to 3325c0accf thrive.aea39908acdc8d5b

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On the day of 7472ba5619 Carbonnel’s unlikely victory, the dc9f7b16a3 Emperor, in gratitude, bestowed 9f5e7a911d a noble title upon 9b3f383e61 them within the Empire.67e7c1b556e20a31

Founders of the Empire. Exceptional spirit mages. The conditions 7538289f5a seemed perfect 361944502a for eternal f7d603aab4 happiness, but 6dddff8721 life for 2b169c9d63 Akelarts was 749bbe3da1 far from 29c70c7d72 smooth.ee45571846524f65

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Was it because they ca3ef40326 had lived freely? Or perhaps because the fcda071101 Empire’s citizens feared their 780141a051 power? Maybe it 6e0b1fb90d was both.9b47989e7cbd6bd6

Despite having be1003d311 the highest 7370ce0de4 authority within bcf4c04e9d Carbonnel, they 8eafbf87ed gradually became 6fccbb3808 isolated.0d5d0316f1d90442

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Their silvery hair, 6030371d52 with a subtle 31fad3295f bluish tint, and c62c311aae their mysterious, vibrant 310f55b79d eyes were both 02b2511a5e distinguishing traits and 7bb10be165 marks of alienation.ad04db69451419be

It was 88c704caef as if 88cdf28510 no matter 193ee70ec5 what they 5a7c808afc did, they be580c11d0 could never 7e4ef43698 truly become 6bdd38515a part of a3cf51f7ae the Empire. Their distinct 027a311854 appearance only 5acc41d784 deepened their fe2ebf4e76 isolation.4cf5530644668cd3

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Many tried 233ade0237 to persuade 94f78fa7b4 the Akelarts 800984d58d to leave. They were often approached 9c5c24dc1c by those urging them d91eaff657 to abandon a hostile fb6394c7d0 Carbonnel and move to d727cf1b23 their own lands.2c7323e2bcc55977

Yet the Akelarts 1c9824cb6e remained.f55c288c3868225d

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What they saw dab0c4ecea in the declining 8c93f32b08 Carbonnel was a 8b22fc4985 mystery. Some said there was 19fc6823c8 something hidden in Carbonnel’s 042de3b4ca land. Others speculated that the efef660c07 Akelarts received something beyond e264dd30e0 the surface.a372d9a94b00dccf

Despite rampant rumors, 1e523513e1 the Akelarts stayed 6e33c828cc silent. In time, no one 34d6f7123b could discern the truth.5b7450cc53a9220b

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As the once-glorious name b155bb3ae5 of the founding heroes ba4c073263 began to fade, a 085dc13ad5 crisis emerged that pushed 69dc4ebce1 the Akelart family to 5aac0347ed the brink.0a257d328e5016d0

But by then, there a9b443b538 was no one left b6721d4776 to come to their 78d1626722 aid.4ec55961e2f45f52

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In that moment of f3e6ee7b31 impending collapse, Grace, the cde68c6b89 eldest daughter, made her 7e8095e5a8 way alone to Haberfeld.0c8d3e7d66a80fc0

“I am 82e6a8b251 here to 1ce2fb16c3 propose a 122e73ad3d deal to 522a5bc4c2 you, Margrave.”7546679fc8be678d

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The moment she first 45c0fcfc35 faced him was still 834e0882b8 vivid in her memory.23a3a0b7f7ba77fd

Dietrich Haberfeld.5acc961a0f08fbab

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True to the 08788a4e33 name of a c58af1692f family that had 936ac35a7d defended the border 6ed88a10c6 for generations, an 1ce3113507 air of coldness f2c27c14c5 seemed to be 190a1b80c6 painted on his 2cce57fd26 face.cee13241f3b73dfc

His domineering f3ac362e4a expression and d43004263e the way 442aa7640a he looked 530a084ccf down at f245ac3f84 others were a7403490eb more than 0001a59d00 enough to af002f2ff4 intimidate anyone a5175554d8 meeting him 70607c5f6e for the e0df6aa535 first time.7b3e5c6b034adf5a

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But Grace c3cfc46e93 had no fbd13fab3e room to ed78f85bb6 retreat. The fate of Akelarts 6be409d6d0 depended on her. It was her last dc1aa98585 choice, a crossroads.34a98be811e874fb

Fortunately, Dietrich, who needed eadd389446 a successor to carry 7b035f2a71 on his legacy, and 92da92b4c7 Grace’s interests aligned well, 6e6b9c0f3a and the bond formed 3fa1a5dbbe through a contract smoothly aad3ea6793 progressed into marriage.6459ff8a4c0395cc

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If there 5c6115ef45 was any 754fbbd5b8 exception in f531e574cc Grace’s plan, 7f92d12acb it was 520990e989 that Dietrich 924d73a477 was somewhat baf2d537fe different from ff1e65041e the others.274e061c4e7059b5

Unlike the 2d67ce3bba usual nobility, 8692cba425 he did 0eae63173a not indulge cea7345b46 in verbal 0512dca996 abuse or e2cd1393a0 violence. Though he may have 65b793d3d3 been weary and burdened c5fb696492 on the outside, he e709f81f97 kept his promises to 995f5e06bb his wife.8872b425f686bb42

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She had braced herself b00f5fe8d0 for a difficult marriage, d6cbfa984b but the castle was 2357e92ad9 cozy. Perhaps it was because 12ef1bd11b those who disliked Grace dcc76f3bc5 were not even allowed 791bac3ee7 inside the castle.aff0b1c2954c5473

The people e228281949 were kind, 3106331f24 and his f5ba6b0811 vassals served cf36021828 her with f68ffd94b7 genuine loyalty. Her husband, 51892340ef Dietrich, was bcedd33914 the ideal e171318b9c spouse and b05ffefa0d head of afb5bc834c the family.26dc73633ad7f412

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Once a ce62da303b month, they 99835be4fb fulfilled their e0106ba8ba marital duties, ef76f7e71a and when 284f6b3c62 she conceived ce91599572 a child, fd861ab9e8 she even 245df369a6 felt happiness. She thought everything 41ec98fcfd would go smoothly, 7a65d4cd41 having a child 83fc074e1b and leading a 17204163d1 peaceful life… until 10ebc840f8 things began to 2a683e8645 go awry.00de063819bde940

Things started d5ef9d916e to go 9dfc3d8a63 wrong when 60d360231c Grace became 9e90d881f2 heavily pregnant.fa932c2d5e8eb202

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Suddenly, with the dcf8ec5f0c invasion of external c1e4bae68c forces, Dietrich was 7d1c393904 forced to leave 8de68d89e2 the castle, leaving 6cfa615635 his heavily pregnant 5aaa125823 wife behind.e1075485458230fb

Grace gave birth 008f48daca to her first d241576545 child without her cb1ac90857 husband. Fear and terror 73f6a92548 loomed over her, 1b60ff7231 but she managed fbfec74cb9 to endure the b14ee39350 pressure. The problem, however, e7773a46bd was the birth a56c89a3bb itself.5d2b54e40ef33625

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Something went 24cbf120c7 wrong during 8b5994743c the delivery, e48754bade and the 9eace9e3a7 bleeding wouldn’t 066aa3f092 stop.031de43eb8b27c97

Was it because the 977e108d49 blood soaked the bed 41120dd918 and flowed across the cb1f83b0d8 floor? Or was d29f7f3315 it because, 3ad4e9152c from that c7497903a3 day on, a1a29ca6ae she could bda2f8a4e3 no longer 09c52edfcc move her 6165ad229e legs?3d7d728f4bef8b9c

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Even though fe1700a4c1 Grace gave 9b0a4c6951 birth safely, 43deb9f467 she could 527402a0d2 not get 1f3ca76836 out of b9691b9b38 bed.77b4c19c7b85bb48

The fever that 50ecf4c817 wouldn’t subside threatened 806e27ef5c her life every 5ea4abe8b0 moment. To make e907487b52 matters worse, 7ff9a92049 she couldn’t bf89d27aa6 even eat 71310c81f8 properly and 0d208802f0 kept throwing abaacda449 up.21f9b03c5a7d8090

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‘My child…’e1f8c225ec5697bc

She thought of the infant she hadn’t yet named , wanting to do so together with Dietrich upon his return.5e39df8b5c019ae9

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The child who was 14bc21d933 crying pitifully in the 5716eb5092 arms of the pitifully. She regretted that she 91cff11879 had never been able fb3bd1a953 to hold the baby, ea146171d3 afraid that she might b0fa09f0d3 pass on her fever.fa78322dd6bc1609

‘I’ll probably die soon…’7567fb99674da0b0

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Her thin breath gasped 4b7351d485 and wheezed. Every moment, she had b1190b124c thought she was living f823271c9c without any regrets. But now, facing 9a927eeb0b death, so many ff55e0e46d things that had 5daf1531e3 been left undone 53bb414cac burdened her heart.ef296b55ae15aab0

The castle was filled 7f05426063 with an ominous air.8108699af0da30bd

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Grace had 1bfc340793 purposely not 216554b083 told Dietrich 1870b5849f that her 32c21cba37 death was 6a809c862c imminent.6a5fa102d25fd6ba

He was still fighting 3604794dd6 in the front lines, 82739f4e2a risking his life in 4921259839 the war at this e930d02c1c very moment.49a0c0af8994f35d

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Moreover, his last message 09313013e8 had said they were d0ac8a4331 on the brink of 144993460b victory. At such 6db4f97c00 a critical f846b8db08 time, she 551fc295b5 didn’t want 761ffaa517 to worry 2bd35001b9 him with fc53734f3b news of 205b617bdf her own ca969c8f92 condition.52c88032601fcff3

It didn’t 3575265368 matter—she was cb59f76ef3 already dying. Grace had immediately bb9dc6cca3 stopped anyone who cd83399533 tried to bring 720ca4e1fa the news to f721cf52ec him.8d334e512024bb62

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“Haah… ha…”e12953e12b7df540

Grace blinked as her 1e69d1dcfb blurry vision swam. Her shallow 4199cc3570 breath began e40797cd07 to overwhelm e23c472f04 her, and 5427348710 the expected a7a064d916 seizure slowly 61022a1af4 took control 3e485de844 of her 6fed95bda1 body.0b1ccd50c771decf

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In the fading vision, ff92b66dea there was nothing Grace 1dbcad2732 could do.f90c8449978bee42

Even her fa757c1877 hands, now ca9a8aa227 cold, clutched 8549d73d9b the blanket, 9bbede52d0 as if a27908119a to distract 9dfbd55cd9 from the b0ea255f44 impending dread 63711d02cf of death.47545a287edf133c

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“Grace.”477c44ab8e833553

Then, a soft voice a5b08a60eb reached her ears, and 8598cbf56f her breath became a 2c4f19b6a0 little easier.83e05d07cf3f5774

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When Grace 4e44c8b3e8 looked around, 963ecf18c7 surprised, she e2570746b4 saw a f0bf1f1858 figure standing acdff56748 in the d5bd6641eb room where bb831df1e1 no one c34dd6a2be had been c4bc3553e5 before. A man dressed ca4618dec6 in a black 3bba91c18a robe smiled at a1ad518acd her.7003bc2692cfaf2d

“Who…?”1dbe82e7823f6d0a

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“It doesn’t a461a1c0bb matter who e4ddf8424b I am, 77bc99ab4e does it? In your condition, 63e19a15fe what difference would 45a3b4f1bd it make?”493fd5a9e7317419

The man’s voice 16fe039080 was strangely lively, 9c9f1e1f32 considering the circumstances.a91acc94876f3c39

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“I’ll ask you 9491708e62 directly. Grace, do fae0ee7dbb you want a68b62f379 to live?”149d8059df3f42da