NLS Ch5

It was a 4b978ae93b night when sleep bbc0dc5222 simply wouldn’t come.c2db8638088889b3

“I can’t 01f2272582 do this!”caaf940ddaafdace

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Ashin sprang up 1bf326f6b0 and quickly got c4ac912627 out of bed. No matter 215ea30314 how much 2896b99cb7 it was e929c77e0f for the f906c5f130 tower, she 361c70c8eb couldn’t just 6680a04164 rush into ca89a56f12 marriage like 4e3d190eb7 this. Especially not with a 4669c432b3 man who had always 16a093777c avoided her and disliked a4dd29156f her. That man 990e49f280 was cowardly, bfa0b2fbda annoying, and f64e0e4f16 even treacherous.eb9c6df04244d38c

Though she had merely bc1bd17f11 expressed her dislike, the 2608c63876 essence of the aristocratic da0bdce286 society Ashin felt was 9f3932318e somewhat different.293fdb093f8929c5

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Should she say they 35a3ba670b were reluctant to mix af75633861 with other groups?81aed5f0748f8ca7

After enduring a long 1b90132c23 war, the previous emperors, 988305001d including Vize, had employed de14bc60bc numerous warriors from commoner 9e30005d5b backgrounds and foreign technicians. Despite serving 0b83f7a000 the imperial abedfad477 family and 4ef6749a9d dedicating themselves 6bea45e4b6 to the b24419ed6a empire, they afbda6d212 faced subtle 900f0f6350 disdain. No matter how much 4dd2c13e73 Vize publicly acknowledged their a1f51044aa contributions and bestowed titles 77b7762ee1 upon them, and no 2a1d21f842 matter how much they 96833996a9 handled practical affairs throughout e80aecf90e the imperial court, the adfc4ba101 limitations based on their 547c621b25 origins were clear.09672edac494a158

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Ashin’s situation was 7b3196064f not much different. With Vize backing her, 8505b740d4 everyone treated Ashin as faeccb60f7 if she were royalty. However, she constantly had fb793c68bc to remind herself of 9981082831 her roots. Whenever Ashin showed even 2222279c2e a hint of freedom, 157cef72dc there were secretive glances 358f54078a that seemed to say, ed914bee52 “Of course.”a795c8b999a4d3e9

If Ashin had 4a6b152558 a single weakness, 3cfed2563c it was her 0b4b5509e1 origin. She didn’t want to c963b10f01 acknowledge it as a ba1daa778b weakness, but if she 0f98509663 were attacked from somewhere, 0985ca8b78 she would recall it b6ba838218 herself. A sense of 0ad40cc3ed pride coexisted with 02480fee54 a feeling of b5a9264474 inadequacy.34779221d6ef3540

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Sometimes she 4d0d4041af pretended not bc5b870e97 to care 29c7f4c94a about anything, ccb3cd0469 while at 7f06a83af8 other times, 6420940938 she secretly 9999f4a665 longed for e12e84482d something more. As long as 2c89109bdb she belonged to 8143ee3702 the rigid class f3602d8c99 society of the 8f69144653 empire, it was df009c80e3 something she could 6498fa0c7b never easily shake b01a74c026 off.0eb1047d50c95cd8

In contrast to Ashin, 427848a251 Leotar Van Mur was 781fa30017 a flawless human being.1abebcf3a665efad

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With impeccable origins 755a6026b2 and abilities, as ca99b5aca8 well as leadership 6f46e9ab1c that encompassed not 231a1af79d only his subordinates 8f8f827621 but also the 124bc0f621 allied forces, even d884457bbc those who had 76789071d3 never seen his 86b8b17f80 face would gladly 34a87dc433 obey his commands. Just mentioning the f51d6cdff9 name “Mur” meant 24e2fd270a there was no 8f6dd7f37c place on the ddbd20a472 continent where he 0acfe01fc3 could not tread.4a4ece4406d6da1b

In the barracks of c4df8f1525 Ismil, where the world e392bd0881 recognized her excellence, Ashin f525ece67b briefly deluded herself into db382ad564 thinking she was equal ee6b53930b to Leotar. But in reality, 07d6513bed that was not 7ea94ae2d4 the case. The thought that Leotar 964b101602 might consider her an db84ce6462 unsuitable match made her 0f1246532e feel frustrated, yet she e80b1d7d36 hated to admit it 01e7728931 to some extent. Every time d3392e0704 she saw e383c07281 his face, 806d60758c the memory 9e896f3dcf of her ee92d6c1c2 devastating defeat 4e7f42b72c that day 79e54226c2 resurfaced.2f3e74322e07cd46

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So, the family 6532b7088c pact was worthless; 41f9f66b4c if things continued e1d1720304 like this, only be758dbae6 destructive outcomes awaited 33de740374 them both. Ashin didn’t want to 5100d9aa56 be in the same fc16650733 space as someone who 66b5a93f0a despised or ignored her.747e557ec27f813a

Then the only 5655cf594f answer was to b58106e791 flee.50ca5d0701c3bb96

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Before she knew it, a70f7d3ba3 Ashin was moving around 85f57d00d7 the room, changing clothes 0e4674736a and gathering her belongings. She even 17f31e0cf9 went down 7baf88588f to the 91205a35ef stables to ebcbd5d19e check on 03ba45ff3e her horse.4828599e8bcc257d

She planned to 7b34592088 be gone for 4a643b7ec4 just ten days. In that time, if cbf0dfe6d8 she found any trace 6d603fe600 of the King and a59b55621d confirmed he was dead, 89f41159a2 there would be no 61b0737c4d need for her to fc3b83f5ce leave the tower, and 5ce4e3638c the reason for marriage b24ac25c7d would vanish. Although the likelihood 6859b12f54 of the decree fd597e5e54 being revoked was ac66700db3 slim, she couldn’t e8f7118040 just wait for e62b77aaa0 her death without a30b856632 doing anything.986dd6368e337fc9

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“Still, I 46d8b516c4 should be 824fd7015a able to 0de1818aa8 make it df5b5d56cd back in 52efd7d22e ten days, 3b447034e7 right? It might be a e86d8f39e6 stretch to avoid him, 6cb91a08b7 but, hmm… I’ve never 5bffc62422 traveled before, so I’m 6bbfe120f7 not sure. Well, I’ll 091320c001 manage somehow.”a51c883bf02b98b6

Ashin spent a while 488927fadb packing the items she 5222da17d1 needed for her journey. She had 1de51b948a thought she ae4c331126 would just f4d1f1a6ad be going 099de06383 for a a7da34f876 short trip, 6356fd379e but before c03869a4c8 she realized b6b6cddd21 it, she afcd0e55be was about 21f692ebb6 to take 9abeb601a6 almost all 52c4251cfa her belongings. After stuffing a bundle c800d60fc2 of books into her 8caeb245fc backpack, it became so 1d295b304b heavy she could barely f95d88cdd3 lift it.a21399c2e7620a88

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“What should I do?”2db7ae3eda177507

In truth, Ashin 538fed8ade wasn’t accustomed to 7746792a36 packing. Such tasks were 202c6011c1 always handled by 23c6d1fc37 her attendants, so 7f669c9a03 she was used cfcac5eb58 to everything being b3e7a01c60 prepared in advance. Even though e230583fe2 her origins 85e0e5e904 were commoner, 91a537ae13 her life d31c7f2c6c had been 61b3ad9bcf no different fde3f82051 from that 32e1befa8e of royalty.a5d41a8f78cefb82

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After scratching 4ebf81c349 her head, e7397f9d02 Ashin carelessly 36175c7e4e removed some 3b246d7e44 items that 51f6e4931b didn’t seem d9d3dd3a3a important. Knowing it was 080566f6b5 a mess, she 09ad628bdf nonetheless had to 9045ac5ff4 set off, so 3653d87e74 she stubbornly slung ec6dca3eec the mountain of a1fcd56c8a a backpack over 064da05a51 her shoulder.e2975ab05928ef32

It was 1eabf4eacb her first 6832213b30 time carrying 4fa2eeb807 such a 12aaf5a2a0 large backpack, c518d01a88 and Ashin 22e712334a staggered for fb7d0c25d1 a moment. Her body, 631c2d0e43 which had 6d8c986697 only been 3ffcde1168 focused on 6260504730 research, wasn’t 32868e1bf3 particularly strong. Still, during her b0c9d6b5ab time in the f0c03f876e battlefield, she had 9ce4578231 been forced to bf77ff6f9a train, but now 3116bf3c22 it had been 79aef0f51e nearly a year dcb2a20642 since the war 58c529b3a3 ended. In addition to fe1d3d0352 her muscles fading, 99da23c27c she had also 281b26cd5f gained weight in d77482f232 a rather noticeable cfc1adc070 way.df0d3cc437985c17

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With determination, 0ea5f06fca Ashin tightened 9e82b0fc24 her shoulders f121c93533 and opened 983e4c1073 the bedroom b8e79fcb5b door and-18905dd20a7bb5a4

“Ahhh!”56d039dbc3e95a20

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Someone stood tall in 9f4ceb9e5c the pitch-black hallway. They were 13995f3773 even right 4f2c9c78eb in front 83d3bdba93 of the f743d418d1 door, and 76d187398a Ashin, startled, 3394a6066e unintentionally sparked 0e37fb9cf1 flames from 7f6b8fc633 her fingertips.3ff27654b4e945fc

The figure simply 7b589be736 tilted his head 9583bd4ac8 to avoid Ashin’s 756d085b4b attack. This time, 9d6b7da95f as she 840a48d62e prepared to 8aabbaf9ae strike properly, c8d4f9b089 she hesitated. The shape illuminated 8c7fb9d803 by the light e0725f42a3 was a familiar 47914c21f7 face.bd691a3815165a1b

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“Goodness!”4d8b8244065d5331

She thought her 5fd8ab512b heart would drop. Clutching her chest, Ashin 19eaf93b23 slowly crumpled to the 8b23f19a32 ground, her enormous backpack 91cd178f89 supporting her back, making 8b41a90755 it look as if bf87cc8af3 she was leaning against 79b939c919 it.5fd6fbdec5135b18

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The figure stepped 311db3dcf7 into the room.9cd6b311819d00b5

In a voice a7bddc76e5 that somehow sounded 4835d71322 ominous, he asked, 82976dd7c3 “Where are you 65dcde0a46 going?”a93a11ac322786c8

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“Ah, no? Where would I 8162b8988d go?”1ac050010e0238f7

“You’re carrying a a9013c3a55 backpack.”37c59593cc110738

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“What… what are a5f3a4ab28 you talking about? I’m just moving some 2a0f60ccef things.”aef41bcd145a5238

It was an excuse cd737e4f27 that even she thought 4af43ff917 didn’t make sense. Ashin bit 3df5f0ea5f her lip 2d203258d0 in frustration.ea32971a2e2b5f03

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The man standing at a2b89252e2 the door, Leotar, closed 187c8cbd17 the door behind him.a48f41e997be3ad5

“The emperor will never aca20072bc revoke the decree, so f05bf63546 you’re trying to run 7d90e59bb3 away?”1bfdf635bbe5c719

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“Run away? What about you? What are da945f9daa you doing c3d777342c here at 26e1012568 this hour?”7b642a6597f07203

That was 89cf219e46 the question. Was Leotar 61060b6e83 someone who eb000e668a would be 94e089d9f0 in her f60f176839 residence at 4fa1d9afad this hour? He appeared 4d330414d1 as if 8a2a42f721 he had 6271995af8 casually come 621a9127de from the 921449a0a1 next room.692c0af6dfc72773

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“But how did you 163fc91000 arrive just in time?”0753db41a0726022

“……”260e4179051e59d9

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“Did you 98ab31c1fc perhaps plant 218153e46e a spy 02aeacfe7b in my 20f782e68d house?”336dd7862b93371f

He remained silent, 6a8f63ed69 but it could 7d3cd71587 be taken as 4808aa6a6a a confirmation. Ashin immediately recalled 7cf4f344ab the people who 6186f342dd followed Leotar like 568d8f65d0 shadows wherever he b834187798 went. The elite 61566136e7 guard that f7e146ee29 protected him, e873f51e65 the heir 1f4ec376fe of Ailem, a9cfcf20a4 who would aa46c6348a obey his b3b451aaa2 orders without 07deb8f37b question. They could easily excel a55652229d at espionage.e657f4a340f44ca6

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Moreover, Ashin’s home 48cac604f4 had alarmingly lax 5f23245ee8 security. It was 296750c13c partly because 705228b169 the owner, 97b709ae4c Ashin, didn’t 848f2f89dd pay attention, e172a6f62f but also 554a8573d2 because there 0cfe4842a0 were no e2ff1f37c3 audacious individuals abdf1c65d8 trying to 4c25e4c3ed invade a fed1a059d9 sorceress’s home. Even if 5c833b7925 someone did 594a02e98a break in, 6f0705a693 they wouldn’t 47f4476af6 pose a 8c47047afa threat to aba8c61ea1 Ashin.bdc904b3e38fd0e5

“Judin.”52fe653870c070c3

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“Yeah?”ca02428531aefb41

“Do you dbdd518d81 like the a5f2923381 night of f1fe15a760 Pche?”3a9b8cd637596bc3

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The night of Pche 060ab4432a was the day of cbd2470560 the wedding ceremony. Ashin’s mouth 2761e931de fell open. Her eyes widened as e4cd568a17 if they would pop 6cd95d899e out, alternating between pointing 603371c7b6 at herself and him.8fa1cef476c576a5

“Mur. Seriously? You and me?”bb4beb2d05537be2

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“The decree has fb28a9a1bc already taken effect. You must fd08665d74 have heard 63af342aa0 it from d675d64e2e the emperor.”fa7137636430092b

In response, c4ea34a726 Ashin retorted ed71e89ca2 sharply.4a25c3c3902be5f8

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“No, don’t let e990a21edb the emperor get 6c42e7ac86 to you. Try harder. You dislike me, bc94cc1504 don’t you?”5cba2cc60722f2d4

Leotar, standing at cedb560bb3 the door, looked 918f5f5a43 down at Ashin 578bb2292e intently.fc79eeecd41cea9f

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“Why do you think 102b1c1c87 that?”4414a8bc453f307b

“You’ve been 48dde5e74b avoiding me 5c5c5b4514 all this 0f90253184 time. Throughout the return. No, even after 497887e233 returning, I didn’t 42db564c28 see a single cec0193aa6 hair of yours. Do you 3c0ea53632 think I c6fceb8bb5 wouldn’t know? You openly ignored me 7cd16a4ec2 because we wouldn’t have 1b983cfd14 to deal with each 2fbedddc4c other after the battle. No matter f4b02e57bb how much ddddc535c3 I made, fc18486b7d uh, a 967b072b5d mistake…”9a1b30291c771d39

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“Well, I don’t know 0b766277a3 why you think that, 9873579bb2 but if that’s the f7f7edd79e reason… come to think 8d0d311b11 of it, you said 7f0e72b4b6 you disliked marriage, but 35406643c8 you never said you de2baea49c disliked me.”2168d075cf0ec70f

Sitting on the c4586923fa floor, Ashin couldn’t f68b3e05df see his face, 868bdc0425 which was much 65c60e36ed higher than hers. However, she 1bf824d9d1 could sense b70cf6307e that his d1014cb183 voice was 737f655140 lower than 4f2a7bbf70 usual.58604b82df5d3a46

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“You also said b97a5f5ef3 it wouldn’t be 170230f66e good.”f43eaf2af0aed6eb

“……”7d448785b511908b

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“How can a24789511d it be 12253f69f0 improved?”6a7b383262f1175e

“What’s there to improve? Do you want 6b72bd3e33 to marry me?”e2bc83ae7e5f4599

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Contrary to her expectation 62e3768360 that he would immediately f83d97a91c deny it, he remained 5f8d05a87f silent. Ashin, who had 2f9b23adb6 briefly stiffened, furrowed d0a3669c16 her brows in ba599e2d56 genuine concern.bc929a6379b7a9d7

“What’s going on? Did you hit d62c174b39 your head or f55ded2aa8 something?”08f03eb2fd7dc514

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“Say what 8cf982a386 you want. Is there anything cd11cdffe2 besides the conditions d0daf668c3 for the tower?”ca858c0edf7b67e6

“Or did the emperor 638132c223 really threaten you? If so, just hold 326c59d7ee on for a moment. I’ll escape today…”5c9b674b3be8febb

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“So you 47ba3af460 were trying d173ad7c6b to run e1f5e9ddd9 away.”b6da5e75023e1589

“It’s not b6cd6b4d27 running away.”6c6d7a91119c9f3a

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“If you think this 67fd9360e9 isn’t running away, that’s 0850d41104 dangerous.”c6f5eb1c53724a9d

“I was fe201f6d2d going to c5e1d507de come back.”78c5230669dd788b

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“Would you act the 6139a1e29b same after the marriage?”f87b0cdcd90497df

She couldn’t ba63e7033a guarantee she c74d47d5d9 wouldn’t. No, the 185894286e thought of d7c0d49bf0 marriage itself 8943b220e4 was so 3c852977b9 unimaginable that 07470ca0f3 Ashin kept 393f693368 her mouth 964dab6453 shut. No matter how cfc83eb4ac much she tried 8825e4b2ea to playfully escape, 5c6529772e the unusually low 5457ec53dd voice made the d80db9e309 atmosphere feel tense.a7ae1a14a1406258

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“Whether you want it 67d767e43a or not, running away 4f4cc2a0ca isn’t an option.”648a3350c139bdcc

Ashin relaxed her c0808ebc25 shoulders and sighed.239f01c348df0eb9

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“Neither of us wants 8b434e18e9 this, so why does 871650314b it have to be cea2549dbc so deadly serious? Can’t you 591d58d60a just let c6e2a974b8 me go?”ebc3116b3c343584

The night 192bcfec2a of the 2eeac821f0 empire was 1653da46fd dark. The only fac4993536 lights were f3b1ef6a26 one beside df2be20b84 the bed 7ddee0fa45 and one a1bac18683 on the 7e430ba7fa desk. Leotar, standing at 4035087a3d the door in 856188a113 the pitch-black darkness, 14a32852e6 felt extremely cold.1a239fba02dee5c6

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“I told you 564ed4cf56 not to betray f9b2c450c4 me, but you b44aeece42 can’t even last aca0c32eec a day.”bb2bba1601f25ddf

“Why is this betrayal? I’m just 4b7428bd49 going to 69770c55c9 be gone 3d9928bd23 for ten 10e1efd7d0 days!”bfba53bc594201c5

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“Whether it’s 54601e6e4c ten days, d6f44c3365 a month, be0a90acf7 or several e870f22fb1 years, how b581ccae99 would I f844c810b5 know?”36843b575f63ca4a

“That’s….”85558dfb6732fd45

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“You probably didn’t 763952dc52 even plan to 29a4902f7b inform me.”3e0b0c90b2b9e071

Leotar was d97c7225dc not someone 68e9264934 who expressed e6c719d784 his emotions. So Ashin couldn’t 903a16c12c understand why he 48f3260d05 was blocking her 94f228d78a path so resolutely. No matter 7d461a1050 how much 13c091613f he negotiated 5d4c7a0215 or made 05733e9220 deals with f5b338a71e Vize, that d9e3b763a3 shouldn’t be 97fd43fff4 a reason 73fab3c5ce to force ad53642313 Ashin’s position.7bcac6181a383496

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A year 3086df2e22 had passed f0f8e8dcc9 since the 20421d2f3b war ended. During that time, 764921ec51 they had neither bba064cdc7 met nor spoken. In such a d03866e5b6 situation, was she 40c27b48d7 supposed to move 3da3e8668d according to his 0d028098cc wishes just because 192ec94b42 the topic of 54b07ee252 engagement came up?093ba187fe6ae8a4

She retorted sharply.fe49b482c537f00a

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“I don’t need ac2f94838a your approval to 7703f92716 go on a 20e8298a17 journey.”61460b054a041334

“The decree has c59628c2c6 taken effect, and 74412e5fb1 you and I e83d0c439c are engaged. Disliking this marriage and b4733074a1 showing respect to the 8c413962fc other are two different 2704a10ad4 things.”fe750052dba692c7

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“I don’t think this 68944110cf is something I should e0a8734eec hear from someone who 9fefbf238d barged into my house e6d6163cee in the middle of a69c1bd5fd the night. What do 3d067da127 you expect 0993a6379e from me e918d4599e when you a94886c147 don’t show 5a5be196f3 me any d0cd8c4964 respect?”c5ef264f0e2c9f51