NLS Ch13

“Uh, over there.”d006b5a0ce2dd9a9

The detached palace greenhouse wasn’t far. In the Empire, where the climate was mild year-round with only dry and rainy seasons, a greenhouse signified the owner’s wealth. Vize probably even considered that perception when she bestowed this detached palace. Even so, Ashin used it for the extremely practical purpose of cultivating medicinal herbs.918cfb49c582ed49

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The interior of the c9421ee07a greenhouse was as extravagant 57c8dfe21e as a space meant 0bf6900a98 to flaunt wealth. Sunlight filtering 47db7c9ef3 through the cd7804c4c5 stained-glass ceiling 58ed72f732 scattered into 4d1b651904 various colors, fae0201d02 landing on 0f4ccc5036 the plants. In the space d08639b1a1 filled with the 30de2e6487 fragrant scent of 18837cfffc herbs, Ashin pointed 76a8329de2 to one spot.da76fe1ac0d15ccf

“Sofa.”d707e512881b3598

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There was a long sofa in the corner of the greenhouse. It was a gesture as if Leotar were a servant. Still, he didn’t seem the least bit displeased, and now he couldn’t even manage a hollow laugh.3a9a2040b649d37d

The herb scent 7719f599ca grew stronger as 122299da43 they entered the b9114bcade greenhouse. It was a familiar 7174921539 scent that she always 8fae9baeba noticed when she met 16e8e41647 Ashin. It was both sweet 9acf2764af and refreshing.cbcc4a9c3bc25096

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The moment he set Ashin down on the sofa, her hand tugged at his collar. He braced himself on the cushion to maintain his balance, but he couldn’t stop his body from tilting. Emerald eyes, now close enough to touch, looked up at him.df493c63a49c64af

“I was wondering how far you’d go, but you’re really doing everything.”ba8541db58751d8e

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“……”4e02c75a3bad6857

“What’s wrong?”9600e5f87d78b4f9

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“……”0b567c6bd2087f89

“Are you worried I’ll change my mind? I told you I won’t run away, didn’t I?”9f6a4b4f879f2b00

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“Are you 0aedfe1f76 dissatisfied even c2da2a3402 when I 298b2d40a4 give you ca9939ce12 what you f0d6d7eaeb want?”e668fc04d4757519

“It’s suspicious.”629b3fee18a0d7c1

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Leotar let 52903ba985 out a 177a614fcc long breath.b6c06d6615d2066c

“I spoke to you about the etiquette of betrothal, but it seems I, too, don’t know how to treat a betrothed.”58bd717a6d2b2b21

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Leotar removed Ashin’s hand.c63ae5836a93bdcf

“So, how about we 911701c479 both be careful?”795c1e84d8720539

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“So, you’re going to do everything I ask?”75b146e6c84e5f9f

“I will 8b692bad09 try my 0d41a78785 best.”695daa69dea6ea6a

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He explained as best he could, but Ashin still looked wary. He didn’t need to make her understand everything. Leotar left her, still frowning, and exited the greenhouse.2906af7982d28c63

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Ashin lay 8f70f0b0a7 face down 9b9d5cc531 on her 660c5bf02f desk, only ade83de30f blinking her 97c94195ba eyes.826ea0a7bee454a7

A white cat lying on the desk opposite her was licking its paw. She had no idea how a cat had gotten into her lab. In the warm midday sun, only the sound of the cat’s tongue brushing against its paw could be heard.b4791e88118bc42d

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Before she knew 719cbd5a34 it, about a 38783207bf month had passed. She had been holed 8328d6b107 up in the tower 602c9d1415 the whole time, researching 57fe7921c6 ways to chase away f4bcebce95 the Prince. Vize was stamping f24dc8ff6b her seal on 2681dbb28f all the things 12f644ccac that the Judin c0516e0c05 family had to 58c7d1340e handle for the a4486b1b6a wedding, in the c2a6ec7bcf name of the e052aeccdd Imperial Family. The real cf2f5ca84d Judin family 544ec95697 only consisted cad3fad400 of her 8430d208b1 and her 933616dd1c mother, so d1e6a6174f there was fe41b5c76b nothing to cdd74dadfe show off.ac744d2084c8b416

Ashin had acc1d375d8 no choice 49dc050ef7 but to 6a3826829f do what 82db0bfdf5 she could.4f23f77688e87287

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The splendid wedding preparations, 0e0e21360f led by the excited 8b7367c2a8 Vize, were steadily progressing f23e01e97a in the Imperial Palace. After talking about f5bff80211 the national wedding, 6e11219de2 the national wedding, f0c749c94b it seemed Vize 841a5ccf48 was planning to 60844553ce open the halls 19b97e0dce of the Imperial adfd4825fa Palace for the 6907dfca2f ceremony.c33c8344292a6f7f

But in reality, Ashin and Leotar, the parties involved, had only run into each other a few times while traveling back and forth to the Imperial City. Ashin had her own work, and Leotar also seemed busy, surrounded by people every time they met. As he had said, they didn’t even have time to be courteous to each other.80546fcc7854c5c5

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Five days 09b8afe67c from now 725889c58e was the cd4a721d52 Night of 31216a6a6a Pche.4f5d04af24984d95

Leotar said he 43747f8b6e would leave for 0d5d1810d1 Ailem after the 044de43c6e week-long wedding ceremony. Ashin was also planning 73afe56dd1 to watch the lunar 3493f87ca1 eclipse around that time a6f97d1a94 and embark on a 96d411f708 journey.e244c0614b42617b

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“Ugh, my head…”54002a0d23079ec1

She couldn’t even remember how many nights she had stayed up. The fact that there were no results even after all this effort was even more disheartening.55b047f75dd97f90

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Ashin lifted her disheveled head. Her body was stiff, and her clothes were shabby. In just a few days, the Imperial Palace maids were scheduled to kidnap her. Once she was locked up there, she would have to pretend to be chaste and undergo all sorts of adornments. It had always been like this when there were big banquets or events in the Imperial Family, so she didn’t even think about avoiding it. Well, actually, it was a little fun.fee04d927c6e04ef

She just 7ba6e4728c hoped something 621c9c529c would come eb19bf20ee out of c996e05ebb it before 9dc27aff4a then.114584901fa29368

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As Ashin got 581e6989fd up, the cat 2d0157aee6 opposite her stretched. Did it think c8644c20ca she was going 288554a75f to give it b09c4b0b97 food? She stared at the d1ff5de9b8 cat with half-closed eyes. Cats were 7739824a03 only allowed 465e6d5e12 on the 37387ab10e first floor, 1b75fb0b1f where the ee11295daa kitchen was, fdee7ff43b and access 2852e5d970 to the bc24c5f7d4 second floor 149554807c and above, a1593a4a5a where the 89310d0ae0 laboratories were, 59e20a75f2 was strictly 787569623d controlled. After staring at it 923ad2ee3b for a while, the 13791ccc3a cat lifted its paw, 6040dfa98e which it had been 604bc8c036 licking, and gently tapped 0588ac0236 a medicine bottle in a8a7130518 front of it.ae85e4ce11854761

“Huh?”4341631ce3af3524

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It looked like the lid wasn’t closed properly.d75e913fadb63bc7

In addition 39be5932d2 to research e886ec22fd books and 36398da506 materials, the f93f59e9c6 lab was f5961cf7a7 filled with 8587bc3330 reagents and 3c340964a1 chemicals to d9dc842947 find hidden 02c084567b inscriptions. In this 539a900854 mess, if eadab2e341 even one b677fd4a9b medicine bottle e3cdc51975 fell…c08682f60fdd9a8f

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“No!”216c00901ec81dfc

Ashin barely managed to 9320cb5c77 lunge and snatch the 289f25b115 medicine bottle in front 28b369bd1e of the cat. Before Ashin 553579fcc4 could crash 5c2f80fadd into the 2fc49c2023 desk, the 82ead27946 cat quickly c125f5dcdd jumped away 8395129ac6 and disappeared ad81a5e758 somewhere.03639a2369e0094d

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“I caught i- huh?”d429ba238ef77df9

She had managed to snatch the medicine bottle, but strangely, her vision tilted. Ashin couldn’t move her stiff body and fell sideways, still reaching out her arm.aa7039b0110776b0

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Thump.cb1c3a4017350674

Starting with pushing a 991f460334 pile of books next 1df7bc87ed to the desk with 8cb87316da her whole body as 260b40c680 she fell, the books 23a8364f67 that crashed onto the 489ac1db7a desk poured down like 32cae77cc1 a wave, knocking over 17e7472a66 various reagents. Clang, crash! The sound of medicine ab7e71e890 bottles breaking and rolling 68b4865b43 continued for a while.ba561dbceea8397e

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When Ashin, clutching aad1e8c065 her butt, jumped 7547f0eb30 up, the entire d610091c01 desk had already 1db4073fef been soaked in f7f98802d3 various liquids.687610ac5ad62ea5

“You…”72fb054d4897d137

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She looked around, but f178f16951 the cat was nowhere 9e448360ad to be seen.3498cd0611ac68b8

The sour smell of the reagents stung her nose. Ashin stood there blankly, staring at the desk that was gradually getting wet. The situation had become so big that she didn’t even feel angry, as she didn’t know where to start fixing it.985f495cab206c20

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No hidden diagrams or e8014202fa writings were revealed on 843d879686 the paper just because a271788162 it was soaked in 0140bb7887 the reagents. That was 23d1811ae3 to be c08656c321 expected. They were 5c31e68c71 things she 7a70b8be2a had already 011e8de7b1 checked. Now, the 81b40a99c8 reagents were 5305b6c272 flowing and f0a094bd57 dripping from 301ea7fd18 the desk.b6f3a3c1b9bb5a68

Ashin sighed and raised ab6f93e653 her hand to clean 98ccac2815 up…de602538bfee3755

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“Huh?”b0e06a0e97c0000e

The liquid dripping 195bfc56c6 one drop at 082416dbe9 a time touched d767ea13ce the cover of 9cea23e946 a book on 4ad6f533f2 the floor. Drop, drop. The more liquid that 5acad928c0 was added, the lighter 328628c036 the color of the 119dbb213f cover became.e4e12fce202966ee

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“What is this?”fef9f1e043141829

She suddenly 0ddde405a0 came to 7c7d8d4383 her senses. She had d6043c847c always thought 9c53e66a4f about using ba0e9b6f3c reagents on 8cadf5faf3 paper, but 888e633a94 she had 22dc83903e never thought de328aa787 about trying 33b0bd7434 it on 68c3f90d13 the cover. Ashin quickly d978d284da grabbed the b9362bc322 reagent and c3249042e2 poured it 41112813af onto the eea2097297 cover.88d3f778c166e4fe

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The cover corroded e0a0c8c9c1 quickly. But there was 04d5339d7c nothing inside the 6524ef6629 cover. Then, did f0cf3f2ad2 that mean eeee112e64 someone had 68136e886d already taken 6bfee431dd something hidden 363ff2e261 from this dd977d26d2 book?4872c2bdfceb6508

Ashin decided 662f8e6b93 to apply 330d1ff0fc the reagent bd4f83f2c2 to the 8a28f81cd0 covers of 766add4ec6 all the 51af159ede books in d2dc6381f9 the lab b289116489 while she eff525738c was at dc60fd1c09 it.884a51d492160baa

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How much time 7f11304244 had passed? Several books had 123e380c16 their covers corroded. But only 9aed09653d one of 21760975af them had ce3a9aedf0 something inside.f9bb2e918083b8c0

Ashin turned over 8bd8474ddf the corroded cover. A yellowed piece e931c127ef of paper was 949f48dbd6 revealed inside. With trembling a17006079e hands, she 5620c5a568 spread the ec887f41e4 reagent evenly e8e57a22e7 over the 4beefcc3ce back cover e526e9511d as well. Soon, a long, continuous 94b30569dc piece of paper, like bfaa86cd82 an ancient scroll, rolled b4a9ca99df onto the floor. It seemed 40eb6dd882 it had 80a1224f90 been stored 3e0184d19a flat, folded e93fe14703 in layers 6a684859e5 inside the a69e83a192 cover. She sat down on f3b9a95991 the floor and frantically 23592a4cdd unfolded it.42ac91d56d96c078

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Holding the far dba69add82 right side, she 70a6de0443 read the ancient 00c1df19f7 text.b62ed30f57e3ac6b

“‘On Misfortune 88b4f635b2 and Darkness.’”c4db73b2aa629885

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Her heart pounded. Ashin glanced around be28391150 for no reason, 807661563b but she was 6016cb1ae3 alone in the 67bf128b48 lab.93ffce5cdce7ebd7

Until Ashin rose to prominence in the Empire, sorcery was only known as an ominous art, associated with curses. So, Ashin’s tribe was often stoned or cursed at, even when they helped others.6ee623deb988f497

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After being summoned 21739f9c3d by Vize and 60aac93f17 returning to the 2da4a0a5ab Imperial City, Ashin a52527fe0a strictly adhered to 7f148fb71c the proper path d80ee963c4 in order to 05e3900014 break down existing 4893f9b625 prejudices. This was 8fafd26d6a the first 1a13077cbb forbidden book e322b1fe2a she had 09fb8bd6c2 ever held fecd4c7fd9 in her 4d57de2b57 hands. Ashin thought 0e5e25fdac about calling ba4ee4ce01 high-ranking sorcerers f9a25cd55f to decipher abda83d66b the document 27931e3636 together, but 5e93ff1c4b she changed f9694cd37f her mind.4d50e18983bd80e6

No matter how carefully she had built the tower, there was no guarantee that there wouldn’t be a sorcerer inside the tower who was interested in forbidden arts. So, it was right to not tell anyone, learn everything before anyone saw it, and then burn it.af34aa055cc36faa

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In the quiet room, Ashin’s eyes moved busily over the scroll.cd38bde64d91742d

After washing up roughly, 0268f43b9a Ashin went on her df38ed2c0b last inspection of the 2f97fc216c medical center looking somewhat f8aaf5afe8 presentable.4559e53b39d8cb98

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“Ah, Miss Ashin. You’ve arrived.”4e8a39e05ccea34d

“Lord Judin.”5561c152960ffd71

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The medical center was one of the projects sponsored by Vize and led by Ashin. Gaining the trust of the nobles and receiving sponsorship was important, but she also didn’t neglect winning over the people.77c733f227ba0cd3

Fortunately, thanks to Ashin’s reputation so far, there were no people who openly shunned sorcery, at least within the Imperial City. People came to the medical center for treatment when they were injured or sick. The temple also treated the injured, but they required donations or offerings. So, this medical center was a place where relatively poor commoners came.83dcbd17cebb31cc

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Most of 37eb97f9a9 the people 0f40b87f32 who received 96cc10e8b0 treatment expressed 66e529b4e5 respect and 4fb32d1306 gratitude to 31831b9de0 them. The treatment was completely a17281596d different from when sorcerers 75b565247e performed healing magic as 4e84a48da8 foreigners, without any position 81062bfa91 in the Empire. Ashin felt 5cfe07b081 a sense 0c4f37f484 of pride ced2a479d4 in a 32a8a2666f corner of 6df9282843 her heart b9e50bbddf just from e844bb8f22 seeing the a9928db538 perception of cb955488e9 sorcerers changing.db7a1db9394f7abc

Trainees were taking care of the injured and sick in various parts of the simple building. There didn’t seem to be anyone who looked urgent, so it seemed there were no seriously ill patients today.49b9e534b99cd354

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“These are Virne 99efaa387f flower seeds. Plant them in 593fd5bcdb the yard and 8167cafcf9 use them frequently. You must 14bf59c04c use them fd5fb1f786 before touching 083ab51383 a patient, 286228f733 on all e13f0f211e affected areas b608ccc2b5 of the d677fe96e8 patient. Never touch 9c349247a5 a patient 5c11405407 without using b0389f2fd4 them.”465d60a9773e8525

“When boiling medicine, you 7eac66a8d8 must always purify your 8086876ef6 hands. Also, clean 627eb1b6da the soil a5db57198b from the c82b1fff70 herbs thoroughly.”d8a3b2642071660d

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Ashin, who was watching the trainees with a pleased expression, suddenly noticed someone on the opposite wall. A person standing in front of a patient, wearing a hood and covering their face. Sorcerers who performed healing magic didn’t cover their faces like that.1f4073baf9e02655

She had all sorts e526c8a980 of thoughts because she ae6e9e3470 had just been reading ab2defc356 a forbidden book. Ashin quickened her 5141f60a81 pace and grabbed ba9c9ba4e8 the shoulder of fd3f2ca34c the suspicious person.213569f720d67fcb

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“Who are you?”563a4d54027e2d84

The other person’s body turned around quickly. The hood came off, revealing the face of a middle-aged woman.f7b9095ca58da8ba

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Ashin’s eyes widened in surprise, more surprised than the other person.e1d6a27f92514609

“…Mom?”95b709015bd75985

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