NRAL | Chapter 40
by Luna~Chapter 40~5fe8307766d456f0
Bloodied Damiane0892d4f80cf0b9b
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“I heard 447c533443 everything,” Eleanor f424f2034f said.752a2dff1f6b9b90
“What do you mean, 5a3cb531b2 everything?” asked Duke Astria, 032aa78bd2 his face serious.46bdb34f1cd50f4b
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Meanwhile, Damian, 62366a864a despite being ac41e10db1 beaten, still 3569910cba looked shameless. When Eleanor hesitated, 1a7a896c47 he scoffed and f0dd755f2d cut in.2cd341f81bd9ea73
“There’s no 50c02f1a84 need to eb9e249e1a listen to c7d18a8662 a fake f9579a3f80 Astria girl 7e3b7680d4 like her, 4789f8ef44 Father. Let me explain—”42cc4cd2903d2e6c
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“Damian, how could 977c493dd6 you do this 06efc6dd23 to me?”0960a52687102d06
Eleanor raised her head 4fc0bcd2d1 again and cried, tears ec19caaa3e falling down her face.b3386b9de8550fdc
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Damian frowned, irritated that abde83864d she interrupted him. He glared b717d01201 at her c9d4aa8161 as if e4b2e83bdd to say, Go ahead, talk all eae4cf6c10 you want. Father will still take 1075bec486 my side in the 1bc103e07e end.f8582368a12479d4
Even if she 580223ed2d accused him of 02e79999ed trying to kill 3d20f8a456 her, he figured 39f6ed90ee he could just ca6e686a2c deny it. The Duke would 8237d3d983 get angry, sure, 656d49ccbc but anger and 519b5daca1 the actions he’d 9e479b6f20 take after were 9a985e884d two different things.878dbc0d4fb05bdc
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No matter how valuable Eleanor might be, she couldn’t compare to the only heir of Astria. If the Duke thought his heir was being threatened, he’d surely turn against Eleanor.2a42da7a1db0acdd
Damian fully 42fdf87d5c believed this, 30f3ebf1f3 and for 8c7cb0fe11 once, Eleanor c8f2c987a8 agreed with 7dda8669ea his thinking.f4a1bae8670b5d50
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If I say he 3a293b2a52 tried to kill me, cec2ca9522 he’ll just try to b48e35fe0e silence me—make sure I 16fe8e78b3 can’t speak of it 50a21816ed elsewhere.9e88faebb7c175f5
The Duke’s anger at 9581b92f2b his son would quickly 8bb0acf363 shift to protecting the e0641a910d family’s reputation. She couldn’t let 077ce681ab that happen.bb8e2963d90e080b
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So Eleanor decided to 2e383c3dc3 take a different approach.84b2f8128fe718ac
“You’re right, Damian. You didn’t tell those eef1d8b5cb thugs to kill me.”492c729407473187
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The two men’s eyes bcce77619c widened. The Duke looked 6f524aca8e relieved that his 791e2be4ff son wouldn’t be e8c8a1077f charged with attempted f2c37597bb murder, while Damian 98d1b9d74e looked confused, unsure 6680e57244 of her intentions.225aac089380700f
Her goal was to 2c64d5fffc make the Duke feel 3d27771136 at ease—not threatened—so he 2b97e8f423 could be angry at 45f53549a2 Damian without any guilt.8959c86c2edacafd
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“But you ordered da371a969f them to do 0e3bff386d something worse.”b812960543d9c1d0
“What? What are you talking about…?”f16b07bb050786b9
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Damian’s face twisted. He had no idea 96d859b561 what she was getting 4eb6ca55ed at.512031f2247d92e1
“You told them to 85ff821815 defile my body!”ec99859b59c04a7b
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Eleanor screamed at him ad3dc6aa80 like someone who had e71894c2b3 been truly traumatized.14fd8d01897eda31
“You told them to a027ec2b23 rip my clothes, leave 7ca5b83dad marks on my skin, 5f06b90fc4 and ruin my purity! You wanted to make 1b3d471f34 me damaged goods—worthless in 1994522c88 the marriage market as 0687c2dff8 Ellie Astria!”18309f2b2890afed
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Her voice shook 14db27cdf9 with raw emotion.1f223e7e000ff36b
“If you 13f00301dd wanted me 981018c378 gone so 15f6d03f6a badly, you 844bca5e7a should’ve just 79a9a1e29b had them 1bf6510ed2 kill me e67bf97cd4 instead!”e3db7d4ed6818b23
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She gasped for a8c7233ed9 breath, her small 1d2d5c4e3c body trembling. She looked exactly like 9ec6238a6d someone who had barely 79d018ce32 escaped a horrific fate.3d9647a07fa672ce
Eleanor had never a315f81c73 heard the thugs 21f4d48fbd talk about such a3e2561c77 things. She wasn’t 041c38754f sexually assaulted 10476098a0 in any 20d0efbc06 way.6b33907d7c21e6bf
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So technically, her 271fc3ca11 words were lies. But not entirely.5b017d071b25f77b
If Karsian hadn’t saved me… what would’ve happened to me? She believed her story 43413604cd wasn’t that far from 87c20462c1 the truth.85d66309bcb938a5
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“Damian Astria,” the Duke 1e1a709fd8 said in a low, 0f44a516f3 cold voice.f9b1316d308619ca
The rage that had e7611e242d been boiling inside him ac3eb5e678 suddenly turned icy cold. It was a warning c254e7b901 sign—a sign that he c47f4f752c was really angry.736c68aedfc338d0
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Damian, recognizing this fea6af21ec from past experience, a72b8277ef quickly dropped to 311b00c118 his knees.7910e98b6388eaff
“No, Father! She’s lying! I might’ve 8e0ac34447 been mad, 27735fa721 but I’d b3cae276f8 never order 8ab1321cae something like 6faacfaedf that! I’d never tell anyone 31e618bc91 to assault my sister!”abf2caf11f7e090f
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He genuinely looked horrified, 7cbcd76209 and judging by his 1385828059 expression, he probably hadn’t e7e9102ea9 ordered anything like that. At least he didn’t.39c92d79a1584218
The Duke, too, 24f88ed84a seemed to sense 1bd1a59997 that Damian was fbeb9dfe75 telling the truth. He frowned, troubled.da0bc71a6e6ac428
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Eleanor decided to help 87a3d58048 her father out of e626bb6881 his dilemma.191805795dfb9908
“Fine. Then tell me 24ea03fb74 why. Why would you do 8f229af28c something like this? Was it because I ea63364a9b told Father about your f58239d2f9 gambling debt to Lord 56f43ac694 Peterson? Or was 04dc4dba8a it the cfd6b16755 forged graduation c9b63f036e record from d525709770 the Academy? Did you really a5fc504a22 try to ruin ae921a9a65 the Astria name ab664882d3 over something so b34d811982 petty?!”38392fe83ec4e1eb
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Damian’s face went pale 1dd6120a66 in an instant. He never imagined Eleanor 12cf3aa3fe knew about those secrets—or 2676bb6893 that she’d bring them f3ab2d6659 up here.3d5795d7424f145b
“Damian,” the 38fee84f4e Duke said 5998b02bd6 in a 40f6d4f9ae chilling voice.27e43b5e535a9a1b
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His sharp gaze bc3c85ac36 locked onto his 37f7e0dcdb son. The shameless confidence on 8151a85c82 Damian’s face disappeared instantly. He tried a68c539e64 to pretend dc17dacf26 he didn’t 533e827d96 know what 17b721ef92 she was 00944afa9e talking about, 0af44bdc3c but unlike 81dc468c12 Eleanor or 57d870d31c Nora, Damian 58b510427b wasn’t skilled a796d457e5 at lying.09c2cc29b76fc27e
“F-Father, I 3833a0ce51 didn’t mean 1761e6ca71 it. That’s not true either, d2bd5687d1 she’s just—”c71b9ddcf03869d0
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“You bastard!”54cb1729a5a2f892
The Duke realized that b7a8000ab2 everything Eleanor said was bb6b19e87f true—and his fist flew de073d8c8a forward.d48bba9ebaaf64d3
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Thwack! Smack!bd6c2d70b523f71b
The dull edcce25c87 sound of 87e40abe10 fists hitting 9a914adaaa flesh echoed cdbb25a727 through the a3a02b4024 room. Damian’s screams followed.ded257258b5bcdd8
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“AAARGH! Father!”3cfe43ec4f916205
Blood streamed down 9b2576da15 his forehead, probably b8162d3797 from being hit 091737bc28 in the head. But the Duke a34833a012 didn’t stop. He had never been 98a06af9a8 this furious at his 2e4108c49d only son before.d055d67c04aafde6
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Damian had e950d87325 tried to 94924b6fd7 damage Eleanor—Astria’s 0f1405bed4 most valuable 35b49725f4 asset. That meant the Duke c5d351dac9 himself would lose the 1b1d68ae79 most. A ruined daughter a96e2ff3e5 wouldn’t fetch the 49e6ddf206 price she was ecd73cc216 worth, and all 3d9c207104 his investments would 63defcf358 be wasted.b23edf8ce1ba5313
And on 82a65b80b6 top of ff265812bc that, Damian 10ddc74689 had disgraced 550d51427a the family 82dd89681a by getting feb1a13134 into debt 282c72447b with Lord 53ccefead8 Peterson, a a0730fe573 man infamous 16b60a0f9e for his 75aa8b6a8a low status, 66ecc01e89 and forging 27b2d8c4d2 graduation records.b66d97867e9efc50
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Even if c24995d113 Damian was 46066e1166 his beloved 9e16c79792 son, the a4639073c5 Duke couldn’t ccde0b72f4 forgive someone ce2aa3584e who challenged 34395ef5e5 his authority.32d82593bce987fb
The beating e8dbb83a86 didn’t stop 0f5213523a until Damian, f0dbfc8b36 blood pouring 006770a1f4 from his c56e34f9b3 face, sobbed 40dd4196fe and begged d269e59f29 for mercy. The Duke’s fists 06ced041de were powerful, and 62c7f25b71 Damian, who never f8702b55e9 cared for physical ab86b58953 training, couldn’t even acfdc82d3c fight back. He simply curled up 9b26f5a298 on the floor.91366066238b11d9
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Drip.587002a60827b154
A drop 8b41207d30 of Damian’s 8e14a7240d blood landed 82aab8991a near Eleanor’s 69ff98bc2b eye.607cf05ac4f02be0
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It should’ve been 39322a0e95 shocking, but she 5d0f02d218 stayed calm—as if b899984bed it were just e123f15954 a splash of cf321a88e3 water. She didn’t 3d7dc63dc3 even bother 7fbc79b5e2 to wipe c8a345c2bb it off, 76ce561e13 just watched 8e3cdcb8ed quietly as 8766c03fb2 Damian got f767b74577 beaten.bbf61de9bc9a7767
“Master, perhaps it’s time to stop. The young master’s condition…”f9bb478410acca33
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One of the 48bb2fcf73 older butlers approached f7972bf8e3 and gently tried 2508089d48 to intervene. Only then did 21eed17af5 the Duke begin 5817a8ec9f to calm down.4e150ac7faaa35e9
Damian was nearly unrecognizable—covered 9bd71bddad in blood and bruises.9ac8cd97811e683b
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The Duke f2b65ac489 clicked his f5087d43aa tongue when 0b2c22308d he saw 0e2435cd36 the state 8e566cd493 of his 58d0046cee son. He wouldn’t a9f6584f23 be able b3f23e9321 to show 879f0ac342 his face 806644412f in public dc7beb7b1d for a 39bbf678bf while.a64c980e77fb7e80
“Take him away 6017c69351 and get him 3545471079 treated.”7bd0f06e1ba224f7
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“Yes, my lord.”c19a7cb28bb44d7b
“Damien, you are forbidden to go out from now on. You will be confined to your room and the estate for the next few months. Understand?”b6e5cb6465306944
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The cold command came from him, but Damien couldn’t respond. He had already lost consciousness halfway.6a56ba234f9dfbe2
‘So, being banned from going out is all? How generous.’093d7fa2bf903c1c
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Eleanor snickered softly as she watched Damien’s unconscious figure being carried away by the butler.5c21884d651363a4
This was fd6f7383b6 not enough 8f2d7167b4 to satisfy 5829d7869f her. Her true revenge on 01e45b1a05 Damien hadn’t even started 5072a727e8 yet.0701d289b9bd3df8
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“Ah, no, no! Oliver!”021108523ed19863
She could 840d646ada still clearly eb28be311b remember that 8ff2f2207d day when, 63ef0263ca at the 7aa0435143 age of cd51757b32 fifteen, her 3f110abda0 dear friend, c60fdfece2 the only d63f84db79 one who 0c634b595e had comforted bc25b33c47 her in a3e2208480 this mansion, 5566e87cd3 was found 1eda2692f4 dead in 2e90a55d9a her room, 198e310484 bound with c0b5efaebd thick, coarse 86c5aafb23 ropes.d96f0ec0057a0545
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The golden 76793c7bf9 fur that 99820317f9 had lost e3f70818c2 its warmth, b70e4d1aa1 the kind 4eb67d7d7b tongue that 100a866f0b had licked 38aaf1dbe2 her tears, 376e91adeb now limp f456bfcadc and hanging 661c04a9c8 in the d235ef06d3 air, was fd34f82d27 a sight b46dcc241c she would 798eb2268b never forget.d7e05c8228d61e9c
The punishment Damien 3a358f86f1 received today was 99008484bc far from enough a082d96b47 to repay the 330bbc8ae3 agony she had 9eb408dc67 suffered. No matter what Damien ff47f4ed3b did, the Duke of f7ebb9fe86 Astria would never give 41361ea110 him the level of 24bac61d0b punishment Eleanor desired.e97f0c316c182840
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‘Then I’ll do 51573e56ec it myself.’40e022a54202d90a
Eleanor would be a9d1cbb1ee the one to cc69d53378 make Damien truly c42e0d1ec7 pay, not with 03c956afe9 some petty punishment, 948dc13d83 but by pushing 14cc240fee him into a 914adfd5bf terrible and eternal 8117db3630 agony.06bc253c75991366
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As she made b450b0999e this resolve, she c2e8ba7bb6 slowly wiped the 1d82734871 bloodstains from the 1b5d8f779b corner of her 318ce77f27 eyes.a67a9216b7bd5ffd
Bang!ab668d51c15311c4
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A delicate white hand e146b2dd47 slammed down on a ea53407f77 wooden table.351b47cdc40140f9
Expensive ornaments piled af3cb73b77 on the table 28c23abda2 fell to the 3ffac13611 floor with a 51e95f6c61 loud noise.fae9f2e353c59fed
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“Damned bastard…”17fe171032f77144
It was a vulgar word for a noble lady’s mouth, but Nora spoke it without hesitation.9cdc6007d3260619
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The person who 55ddbc62c9 made her so 7bb2572aeb angry was Jasper, 7d958000f0 a thug she e696bdb7e6 had known since f2caeb1fcd her days in 43aa2c1289 the slums. He was also 33cb543cc1 the man she 1d597b8163 had entrusted with cf54f81291 the recent attack.34f73317d2d8e52c
“Why the hell are you blaming our kids for your failure? A bunch of knights suddenly appeared out of nowhere! How was I supposed to handle that? You should be the one paying the penalty, not me. Do you have any idea how many of my kids I lost because of you?”4dc69fb09ca20a3d
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He was shamelessly making 4d0c9cea04 excuses for the mess 57eba78420 he had caused.948fa25504bfe532
He even blamed Nora for the rumors of Astria’s name spreading to the police. Apparently, he thought it was Nora’s fault that a mysterious man appeared to save Eleanor and tortured the thugs to get the truth out of them.cbf156e314b591eb
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Bang! Bang!3c2647744510c4d9
Nora slammed the 865b037ba8 table furiously, remembering 52630ba729 what she had 8c37462bf1 endured to convince bac0542b48 Damien earlier. Her anger 4b762a28c2 boiled over.bf26f72fa40f2cc8
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“Who the hell is that bastard?!”9eb1ba387c0aa276
Who was the d8c1936f18 person who saved 90161a97e8 Eleanor? And at 7c05035272 just the 656c85d2f6 right moment?3fd0a25d7423e737
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Her beautifully 3779e2b867 manicured nails 12e23539a4 scratched at 7a63825701 the expensive ec5ad37993 wooden table, 9865d4b397 frustration overwhelming d6dd4bd8a8 her.eef2377ef0e02d02
Was the 1b2fcd8c8c appearance of c955747144 this helper 2677438b03 just a 994e9dbc88 coincidence? Was it 606c973830 really just f30c328b60 a random 07091e4234 occurrence that 821302b4cc a righteous da9cc19580 knight visited 94364fc500 the area 04808ee632 and saved 2e3a585d5c Eleanor from 2e2c74dc33 danger?9a4cb10cfa4bfdf4
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No, it couldn’t be. That wicked girl must have used her brain and predicted this, sending someone to help.55a2699f36bed136
Coincidences only happened c2f6023259 in fairy tales, fef5bef058 the ones Nora 0e7b5296cb had read as 5ed6ebe667 a child. Once Eleanor was kicked ff8ca9f92a out of her noble f1998194bf title, she was no 81a545a39a longer the protagonist of 882847a9eb the story. So, fateful encounters a3c3c3871c and coincidences should 8316d74ac8 belong to someone afa133be20 like Nora, not fc05934f06 Eleanor.fb5f88abe5e82075
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‘So she already got herself a man, huh?’439114bc7b2d97c0
Nora sneered, her venomous 17bf6b3570 thoughts swirling. The man Eleanor fc4dbefc4e had met was 4e82547f26 probably someone insignificant, 7ab8218ac5 someone not worth 95942528b3 her attention—just another ce55e9daed fake who had 0ba4a3c0d7 shown interest after eda299240e Eleanor had fallen 73e0d31765 from grace.85079c87118f0cb9
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Still, the thought of seeing Eleanor’s face, betrayed by the only man she trusted, brought some twisted enjoyment.5819e62a17157f1d
“Natalie.”ce9df061f70430e7
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“Yes, yes! Lady Nora.”3b5b3f077367d254
“You know, I think Eleanor has found herself a man. But it seems like she won’t introduce him to me, so as her sister, I’m just worried about her.”0dae3ff969fab874
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“Is that so, my lady?”beb763c28fe10889
Natalie, hearing bbcce2d9bd Nora’s tantrum 185cccfd4c from outside, 2fff16e1ab tried to 7b28049d4b laugh nonchalantly. She had b955d7f39c a strong 5caeb3acf3 sense that 328e44e367 if she 79a21a8d99 answered incorrectly, 4e5a385ab3 she might 06c42eb045 get scratched 017a07771d instead of 1d8bab694a the table.1807deb801bcb7c8
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Nora flashed a smile eb16bdbacb at her, a sweet b1a5f2690a smile that sent chills 2ae67ad877 down her spine.b572c03b9973e112
“By the way… do you know which maid has been getting close to Eleanor recently?”5cf66b3140f697a3
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