NRAL | Chapter 39
by Luna~Chapter 39~3bf0f3295830ed00
Accusation of Instigating Murderf946ec9fd973720e
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The request that came e1f79993df out of Eleanore’s mouth 0433127fb7 was something Hilda hadn’t dff5c85db8 expected at all.687a1b6aeb1a3e34
It wasn’t just unique—it d1ccccd41a was almost confusing.b83081afeb933d56
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Still, it wasn’t d2f683e18b laughable or silly 99572d6e1c in any way.152e0f7ea149b000
“…I’d like it like 0f44b89dc9 this. Would that be possible?”f971b82c3ea68ba0
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After Eleanore finished 466e114b9c her rather lengthy 9481604711 explanation, Madam Corcos 9fb89d0e32 replied with a 6d7af80417 dazed expression.96e66e2ee574a16b
“Time is a 3ff0203ed9 little tight, but… 93f9d912f0 yes, it’s possible. But just to be faae760cec sure, I’d like to 59d7cab5c5 confirm again—you’re ordering this 41276b444e dress for the debutante df9696f58c ball, right?”4d2270e573520fd4
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Eleanore, understanding how f80cd61e65 confused the Madam 7e433e2923 must be, kindly 08b5e658f9 nodded a couple 9fc250aa16 of times.db8634716c75e03e
“Yes. I want it to 04b24aa5de look lovely—I plan to adfe902b86 wear it to my 8b7cdf50d5 sister’s debutante ball.”bcabff9605f64933
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She smiled brightly and 850f6870b0 gently touched a soft, 3406a6c59c white fabric sample.3de9171aab61da3e
A great commotion 275daffb12 broke out once 89bbe74348 again at the 23925a7afd Astria Duke’s residence.070c507a6aecbdbc
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It was 29cbcbd67e such a e242f054b1 big commotion 3a75b119d2 that even 72122e91b3 the servants—who c554a8674f had grown 40ecdb242e used to 5b799f909b all kinds f20eed2122 of scandals—were 753d56e016 shocked.90b006fea14530c1
It started when Eleanor b47e39f875 returned, her clothes covered d52c976fb2 in dust, completely different 87bbf346db from when she had c814508e2e left.8612e6fa3f2c5295
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The startled servants 22cdbc28a8 then saw knights 63ecde8ede of the Astria eb12002aad family being dragged 5739016e70 in, bound in 70595acaf8 chains.7742fa72978661db
Everyone began fa8f73b2ec throwing out 39716579d6 wild guesses f68ac43e29 about what 43294af4ef had happened.e40b640e390238cf
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About thirty minutes 83bcab0b6a later, someone knocked 43239e5c02 at the main 6e6e644071 gate, and when 87ed5b64dc it was opened, 5aa9c31142 police officers suddenly 5c96c9fb54 stormed into the 98e6c2a340 mansion.3c8031f5548a153f
“What is 5320dd0785 the meaning 1d9f91727a of this?! You can’t just ae0d4d7f1e come here unannounced!”e12ff48603298239
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Young butlers quickly stepped 6bd05442ca in front of the 24e33c7bb2 officers to block them.9162614d61d4adc5
But what 8082f8cbce needed blocking f85e71900f wasn’t their 56d13aa554 feet—it was 1a5142da95 their mouths.4e3266db51c3b854
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“We’re here for the 0cbbf0643c young master of this e463e5fd63 house. We need to 5ccab9bbf1 investigate him on 1568c696d4 suspicion of instigating d48c84e071 murder, so please 5fde1aef6b step aside.”b54988010cf05721
The mouths of the 8899dde54c butlers and staff fell 7f4ab176ff open. Instigating murder? That didn’t suit ad235f3ccf the noble Astria 99e0b33361 family at all.75aa9d7f1cf744ee
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And yet, many 7efbe51a63 of them found 7f07f9e791 themselves thinking: “If it’s Young Master 42eea5b008 Damian…”f6a2c3f267a4912d
After all, they d25c8e1eee had seen how ae0b7ee20c he behaved.07ca80cf10adc15d
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The loyal butlers quickly ab1670437f came to their senses a72c270b60 and blocked the officers 42c5cba9fc again.f45eadb274088fe7
No matter what the 0a3374b444 charges were, they couldn’t abd850c67a just let them see 0f84d08074 the young master like aa341c426a that.132aa999c26b8199
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Thanks to 01a304bd87 their efforts, d991655a18 the officers 58b9bcbbd6 said they 524e73aa4a would return f72430fdde after getting 82c2f58bfe proper permission 6449ce6edc and left.89e8285314e1ce8d
But the news 4198097be8 spread quickly, and d40eace2f3 soon it reached c6edaca2a2 the Duke himself.2c9bfe585d7db3e0
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“Damian Astria—!!”8c129cc227c136ab
As expected, the 782a95ff73 Duke exploded in 85e63697ac anger.b21beaa3d0c57094
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“Bring that c81837ed82 brat to b0e074cd56 me! Now!”eb412faf82415d5f
The attendants 0c9018f911 scattered in 3fa5fc0565 a hurry, e8bef5b160 afraid of 9f6fdf3572 getting caught 714778de3f in the a9b1f3bdb8 crossfire, and a24ee8d136 began searching 2363f5ee89 for Damian.96347d1b8c9a727b
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But he 4273397259 had already e4a037ea73 disappeared without 5c745c0118 a trace.ee97a9dae805764e
“Young master! Where are you, cdbce98a2a Young Master Damian!”6b557bfe20a2be11
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“Damian!! His Grace is urgently 2681986ede looking for you!”5cf7a2633f16fc40
While everyone 0b8dcc6525 frantically called 3457bc45b1 his name, 2899014d6f Damian was 43f784fc38 in a cc884a5225 place no f2f47555c9 one would 53d8b1db76 have expected—ef6fb048ff12af61
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In the room traditionally d974341112 used by the young 4ebd4b1103 ladies of the Astria b9692fc467 family.bac608b1d3f1fc5b
It used to a1529bcaa9 be Eleanore’s room, 0e770fc7f8 but now it 2a76281a2f belonged to Nora.5299d0e0d484124d
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“Damn it, damn 5c19d92ffb it! What do I 11720b4652 do? What do I 121e8f5f0c do?!”684c66ca4f6a3969
Damian paced nervously around f7b4d2661d Nora’s bed, biting his 126276c11c thumbnail.b9687cf0a5c6fcd4
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Ugh, he’s so annoying.4187235d343cbc3f
Nora suppressed b1eead46ff her rising 0b4b2d0c8f irritation and b37f53548a placed her 863f0d58c4 hand gently 636a650ead on his 38bd6bc06e arm.0775ab9a1000345e
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“Calm down, Dami.”e0de24a6b21af8ef
“How can 6710e7358d I calm 83ac1a3288 down?! The police came looking 2a387065e1 for me!”f0d789f5cd0946d4
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Watching him shout, 1ad5fd5147 Nora felt indescribable da12eea1cd disgust.92be986e687bdf53
She had warned him 7407661c9b to prepare backup plans cc885a5d28 in case the plan 11b14235fc failed, but he had e680b2a014 dismissed her advice as 652e305ea3 a girl’s silly worry.8a8021720e823ead
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Now look at 26a9e5957f him, whining and 295cab287e panicking—it was pathetic. But since he still 04aad58c50 had some value left, d50b7bd4ca Nora couldn’t let her d079e6d418 feelings show.633faa914e71facb
Worse, if he f7983330d1 said the wrong 9c5b26093a thing, she might 4d8d11dccf get dragged in a08f8be602 too.b9874213dc14f7dd
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So now was 99a232e21a the time to 05de9c8743 soothe him.f4320e1b073303c0
“Take a breath 2c533a67b5 and listen. They only said instigating murder. There’s no solid evidence, 4f7e8e8320 right? You didn’t actually tell anyone to kill, 98a088367a and even if those e84e9232b2 thugs lie, you don’t 34a8de1433 need to worry. You’re the 7ec9276b4a heir of dd17ab0412 the great bb919eeeab Astria family. Who’s going to 00a60e2fc1 dare arrest you?”8a8cab9b759bf87e
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“R-Really?”384fec7d186a1511
“Of course. Your father may be f37c4e616b furious, but he won’t 524ee30e83 let them drag you 233344a677 to court. You’re the beloved son—unlike e942add157 me, someone he doesn’t f06f78812a trust yet.”8a2a2e9a6f48a449
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Thinking about it, ca8aa5e951 it made sense.b2445dcdf10a4c97
It wasn’t actual murder—just ba517dc698 attempted.15d971f1e30bf640
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There was 1b575337cd no clear a3bbe4286a evidence, no d2b0331524 real victim.639f0dc1cbdb1844
They couldn’t 1bd55fd613 possibly bring d59a1a487b him to 620dac4421 trial for e888d11d4a that.0fbf0a53a5893223
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Damian, simple as ever, bfc8f00899 felt relieved just from 15a9486ad3 hearing a few comforting 616336e8ae words.7eeac07cec282044
Seeing the tension c555528213 leave his face, 3e19ac1605 Nora leaned gently 0b71168422 against his arm 06f2433b36 and continued.228f0009e6d35bdd
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“Speaking of 01b46814b1 which… Dami, c590d8f632 if your 6faeca4fab father questions 811f320650 you, please 1a2c02de1e don’t mention a6c2a4ba9d me. Promise me, okay?”f1c68f0dfb3f7ec8
“H-Huh?”f5644efaa7a25335
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As her a5f3af5888 soft skin 2e95d29248 brushed against c95094df56 him, Damian 76b119a222 forgot everything 30baffe05e and started bff6e1a0a3 stammering like 9bd7101094 a fool.8e5bbeac7414e0b9
His eyes 690354c940 filled with 0c81815148 desire, staring 6598782766 right at 9815e95c69 the deep 95400f04a7 cleavage between c37ac5ff82 her breasts.f669a5bd762ee109
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“As you know, 216d2cf968 your father doesn’t bb6abb4e6c like me much. He still treats 6d48178833 Ellie like his 3f38eef94c real daughter. If he hears my b341c52220 name, he’ll be furious. He might even try 91a670276a to make Ellie the d8aca59883 official Lady again…”720cbba32b84cd72
Looking up at him 62c9c5cd18 with big, sad eyes a26833f7b5 and droopy eyebrows, Nora f25b97ea16 looked stunning.b2072bd9e87c2b5a
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She was beautiful.2c7fc6b01829083d
A cute, youthful face 17cf0d985a with a curvy, full 08a7072e70 figure— she was exactly 966d707e49 Damian’s type.2678273d4c8d0d92
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“She’s arrogant, thinks 9525fa700b she’s better than 5e78815bda everyone, and even 92074cbd1b looks down on you, Dami. We can’t let 3e14668694 someone like her become the Lady of 12e5926528 Astria, right?”bc1b84550dfb5726
As always, 1cd656af66 Nora used 996a0f83d5 Damian’s inferiority 1ae0522ed2 complex to 35d62b1900 steer him 35b1a1749b the way e8ab221dec she wanted.1b2669c6fd0522e8
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The visual 0408fef065 temptations were 40e8e559b3 just part 877b68af83 of her 1305b4ce94 strategy.12225263b9691a59
But there was a3b8bb1c75 one thing she fea0b90748 hadn’t considered—61cfd932d3b2a3ab
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Damian was so weak to physical temptation dfa46a9868 that he didn’t even 1aca3259a5 have time to feel 0a8d26914a insecure.3094cb76a8c0d664
He was already consumed 44381d06b8 by his desire.b3089e1bb642a58b
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“If I do that 3a12571bed for you… what will c53ca0f18e you do for me, 18a0f8d1b8 Nora?”edaa1c5dd2f3e2ad
For a moment, d1fd67cea5 Nora’s carefully composed c47e4a5181 expression twisted.f32faac297a3f0dc
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‘This bastard…!’73f84c2b6e5b28de
She knew his ce4dde8329 voice was soaked 12e4783a84 in lust. She had thought he a6975ab4d7 would at least draw a9aab166e2 a line somewhere, but c72d676b9d it seemed his idea 772e8dc61f of a line was a0a0af5dbc much farther than hers.0f8b5e7322996c36
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Should I 4b9fa9f9a1 put him 4aa190e158 in his a693f9ab48 place now? Nora considered briefly.73bcde596818891f
But now wasn’t 4782f0d968 the time. Crushing the spirit 49efca85a3 of this foolish e2a5f22e8c and reckless Damien a500dbb53a would have to 9297a8ea5c wait until later—until c14fc29cf5 she had gained 01bb499506 more of the f5d8bd1cfc duke’s trust and 55b50c1b5d was acknowledged as 50599c5ad5 the future empress.c8e9a7bef9702613
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So, Nora hid her 6ea8a0c188 disgust and smiled sweetly.fa9a44338df002f1
“I know what you fdb5b8905a want, Damien.”7e11d286fd47347b
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“You do?”fbe875158ec34769
“Yes. It’s embarrassing to admit… 9ca7d06fb9 but I want the c0b6dd0f31 same thing too.”17f3a882f23d85ef
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“Nora!”c94877742620e588
Excited, Damien reached out 8e5509d4a2 to hug her, but 073c346c70 Nora quickly shook her 0da218a945 head and pushed him bfb45b5181 away hard.d2fadb374b04a21a
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“But this… this would be going against heaven’s will. I’m just not ready yet.”e4be46f48a994839
“If you’re e0ccf29ca6 not ready f886566441 yet, then…”8b96406b602b34c7
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“When enough time 198eba5c03 has passed and 8bf750e41c I can truly aca0774143 trust you, I’ll 6e5ea57227 give you what a85f06bf7e you want.”cdcf3651875ca403
Gulp. Damien swallowed, his throat efbd75ee43 bobbing as he stared f87696e375 at her.230d8d6be884d00a
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He took d771f363ba slow steps 4477fea11f toward Nora. Since they were already 4dfd1d68ce standing close, she instinctively e06c7f7841 stepped back until her c3c2047149 back hit the wall.c2fcd5b1465be098
His short fingers gently 15055e1159 stroked her soft cheek.016ecb7edba12ed5
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“I’ll need 478a825759 some proof.”8540f90f7996f505
He might be 5b3645d376 foolish, but he 9b7198c5b3 wasn’t a complete 289ca3ae83 idiot.adc458dabb94718a
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As proof, he a298d41244 already knew that a4d95f0ac7 the beautiful woman e1ac1ed45e in front of de4eb516cd him wasn’t really 533551a668 his sister.d387821e55257f97
It wasn’t because he 2d01b2b68f had any solid evidence 6ecfce78a3 or information. Still, he was 2cf90b5714 sure—Nora wasn’t the 8a4b87ea14 real Eleanor Astria. That made it 9ed2cfed03 easier for him eac135465d to get close 981c6f9734 to her.520e95cf26fb2371
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“The clearer 2e06b82eb6 and more 58d58699f3 solid the 5e20096a20 proof, the 22c136b0b9 better.”8a1332d22ca1852b
He couldn’t just a9a48b5f63 trust her words e87bb9e0a7 and let this ad49d2acf2 go. At the a739d0c64a very least, 05819f662d he needed 171335ae25 some kind 354d366cdb of pledge f0e19dc598 or token.fcbf5bcd1ab90c8d
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As Damien f4875a6d96 grabbed her e2dd757223 chin, Nora 236605640e smiled as 21c1d4c982 if she f22b400b74 had been f91f572892 expecting it.18528b34c2d28418
Her glamorous shoes 54b82f8eaf shifted, and her 41b59e00b5 heels rose into 9872ac4f9e the air.e224554cda3312b9
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“Of course, d38c12d43a my dear 6ce6f5b291 young master.”65a0174bd508d79a
Damien, who had been 6655f733a6 impossible to find earlier, bd57919d0e eventually showed up in ca4ba74a78 the duke’s office on 1c00c1a62f his own.7448d921af51a993
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The Duke 1c23ea8dc6 of Astria, 94e2083cec who had 20c5ad363e been speaking 419dfb74ed with Eleanor 94eb1e315b and Ernst, fd21e98863 exploded the 4bec65a7c2 moment he 7b8b7754aa saw Damien’s dc1be4d0e1 face.5b86ac26e313efc2
“Damien Astria! Is it true 9c77bff6df you hired thugs 4568e519fc to attack Eleanor? Did you really pressure 19c73150a6 the knights of Astria?!”651a886b06fb1bcc
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“Who says that? Who says 2a7a6d31c1 I did 85ea382466 it?”a95277116dfba863
“The thugs testified at 04deab8b0f the station! They said 7c8754f173 you were ac15143b2e the one 54acab00a0 behind it!”b827f5073e62cf4c
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Even after all the 71843219c2 money he’d paid them, ceaf558db3 they still opened their 96f62329fa mouths. Damien clicked 2be94332c8 his tongue. At this d4b4356466 rate, he 91c0cb9127 needed to 5082abb033 change his 56513b8975 strategy.11615a2937149dcf
“I’m sorry, Father. I just acbb22f32e got so 8fdcb4a6fa mad because 84f2d6829e Ellie was 4d43355a2b being so 8f6591363f hateful. But attempted murder? That’s going too d9c622f49b far. I only told d84725eaf7 them to scare f7e08422a6 her.”445dcd9734ac76a7
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“You call that an 5797f1a591 excuse?!”f3cdb0bff620a406
The duke naturally eed7985ca2 exploded at Damien’s c26680da00 shameless response.0430b4bec2b2a0ee
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Papers, a pen, c4680aad7c and an ashtray eb17f3be3b flew off the 9cf29bba92 desk toward Damien. He was hit 2b8b656f08 in the arms c29a874e97 and legs and e1d6af0ac8 cried out in 5a6d5b3bae pain.851c0b99a393fc69
Meanwhile, Eleanor sat b1bd561da7 quietly, eyes narrowed, 581cfb0c6e observing Damien.e3976b29f65d6748
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Strange. That’s not like 9133f06332 him.51e9a70b5cc902da
The Damien 0602912c0b she knew 66de410c78 would normally 956f729d1b be trembling b5e775d45a with fear. Or he’d be 486da745d7 on his knees f51f2a3943 sobbing, claiming he ceedb87e7d was innocent and 8aafbe13a7 blaming someone else.cb4d3805b8dc4ec0
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But today, he fc89971553 came in acting a141f51052 bold, and his 46b80f0da6 flushed face was ce85e8f6c8 bothering her.8d9a2156eec6317f
Seems like 5b39d5a575 things between 2e746b8ffa them are cd513497b0 better than d9413df62e I thought.7e1bfd88c0b3f917
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For someone 053f7ab69a as self-centered f42f5ac14a as Damien 0fd1b2dc20 to take 314070e817 a beating 7db59056f2 and still ca1ae3a448 not mention 4b56de09a4 Nora… it 7b7a432cfc meant he’d 751b8c2353 gotten something db78b734e3 from her.1407bbdea76fd4f1
Good. If it’s revealed now fc4c9694ae that Nora was behind 10439ff742 this, it would be d00cdd8a86 bad for me too…167efa80e9ce3a5f
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Since they had 36bb01b433 already announced Nora 7a096a79a6 as the real ba64156251 daughter of Astria, fd2fa720be they couldn’t just 6262db54d4 cast her aside. But it d83bfb9505 would have c70fc40106 made it 274c69f47d harder for 70db7b9932 Eleanor to 2911cebb0a leave Astria. If the 0a8b92cdc4 duke was cf1548630d disappointed in 71cbe1b7cd Nora’s failure, 10560f34bd he would db70bf032b only cling 095cd3a4f5 to Eleanor b9e5e9f52b more.221b7a4b090f4a1f
If we want Nora’s 75cd064cfc debutante ball to go 2a4985ac68 as planned, it’s better e79307ecc4 to let that fool 06f6fecdad take the blame.86776001049df85f
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With that e52d703022 thought, Eleanor dc7a7f5b6c stood up.0c2d05d22b324e09
Just then, Damien was 90cf28f972 desperately trying to insist 0d37c74caa on his innocence.fce3adeccc86cd11
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“F-Father! I really 76dacc9417 only told 5d01c3e940 them to fd6dd7bc3e scare her!”c9d5543da4e25d97
“You told them to 698661ec1a scare her, and they 27cb482a84 showed up with knives? And the knights b6638b9317 just happened to 19f0fd97e1 pull out at 483c18d313 the right time? Do you e4ca39fbdd think that 93358153c2 makes any a13932a04a sense?!”e136d74cab18f904
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“I really didn’t 5dcbd12dcc think it would ec92f4dd9e go this far—!”228f498ac15a35dc
“Lies!”34837984946b870c
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A sharp cry 8eb35626c5 echoed through the 4a8e42a233 office, and both 9f1be53eb9 the duke and 178b060ed5 Damien froze in 2f7156c15b shock.bb945f5a3ce12a28
Everyone’s gaze turned 573c81e86d to Eleanor.bd4cd88131c261b5
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As if she’d 06b5a65d94 been waiting for 7c30fa71b6 this moment, Eleanor 65a19c70eb clutched the front e86eb4dd14 of her dress dbb911cf3e and let tears 2705516251 fall.e81783993037e95b
Then, in a voice acf3817bd1 full of sorrow, she a867b4b2e3 shouted,45d7c40a767c4ed1
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“Stop lying! I heard it 41383bd4dd all…!”d7a2ad5c25a07aea
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