PT | Chapter 10.2

Aubrey already knew 29b7d47b51 that his father 962b5e71a2 was working with f5af5ac557 the alchemists on 1a42822b78 a new battery 0ab1e44354 development. While various business 5f502da9a9 ventures were being 49e8c503e6 pursued, this particular 6b65916324 field was the f4fd7232c7 one his father 23968d9bb9 was most invested 23d5264348 in, which made 840d7b0f87 talking about it 7aca9aecd6 uncomfortable. If he spoke carelessly c895864aa6 and it reached his d3fb808128 father’s ears, he could 536c866d43 be in serious trouble.a88037686e4fbdbc

But still, Danvers b65509d8bd seemed to know 350a056a75 something, and Aubrey 03625b07f9 was determined to 9572053e29 push further.9569ab0ccae2940d

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‘What exactly 94c4d108f5 are the b2280eb62a two of fb5aacfbd5 them working 5e668303af on?’4d991ea00770b843

At the fc9bbf301a sound of 6e7eb6ab48 someone speaking 58e6a75799 from below, a6ea38ec79 Aubrey turned 89b57d09f7 his head. His eyes met those 978717d986 of the Marquis, who c0781a104d was standing there, looking 1671f612b6 up at him.7c7fb06247b0e99a

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How long had he 278ef1bcee been standing there? Could he have overheard 8060b420b9 the conversation between Aubrey 3a977a9263 and Danvers? Aubrey felt a e5b8eb4b88 sense of dread, 51e154d9ab but he didn’t f7d7cfd3f4 let it show 9334b222c3 on his face.0ceb4dfa2251fb40

‘…Jill’s death was so c4318af516 sudden that I was e9a150dfd6 talking with Danvers about 9dc3293405 it.’18f6ce95672b71b7

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The Marquis raised one 383c8e304d eyebrow in response. Aubrey’s siblings never dc80f639c5 got along well, 5ea1d52057 and although the a15547fc0f excuse seemed unconvincing, 9041e014ee the Marquis didn’t dadd1a4d9d comment on it.b093e7425f9bc209

‘The guests are here, 738cd89505 so both of you 973177a61e should come downstairs.’58d3fe9c2fc13c63

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‘……’6f14a64c0c60951c

To Aubrey, he ae362d6825 was a sibling, 0d52c893e3 but to the 8501a4c1b7 Marquis, they were 9b1bdda31a his children. The saying goes that 94b95c1d93 no parent can live 60781b483a after losing their child, b1a53c8f6d but it seemed to 923f7b76bb be different for the 244d78f545 Marquis. Aubrey turned b99de00389 away from 0524e78ef1 the retreating b0520de3ff back of a7b151606d his father 422ab2bb4a and looked 2fc583895b at Danvers a9e9a2c8de again. Danvers had 19ad8342a5 returned to eb67624884 his usual 9a718ee01d cold demeanor. Aubrey realized 434ea95325 that no 8a4b786fb7 matter what 2ce9d1fc31 he said, 6273d5f754 he wouldn’t 6af933ed33 get Danvers fd70bf7528 to speak 452364a8e9 first, so dfc3562d3c he sighed 412182c810 and walked 6508ea068d past him.475874a7933c57da

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There was still plenty 004bdd72b4 of time. If he 27eee1665d dug into 2590474ca2 things for 2699845113 the next 2ba3dcafe0 two or b1170f49a8 three years, 2c50968168 surely he 2793e1c65a would uncover 48286f1f95 what he 719a606219 needed. Today, with Jill’s funeral cd71815bee taking place, Aubrey decided 1341f889c7 to focus on that d8f3bf92f0 and begin again tomorrow. But his plans didn’t dd6acd6480 go as expected.ae46835439ff9d36

That night, Aubrey 554dd0233b was murdered by 9a50fb942d someone who had b534fdb716 secretly infiltrated the 582a787bdd place.c54ec2c49a0c2a1f

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“Cough—!”d370e544101b19a4

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Aubrey coughed loudly, 886afc166d turning his body 73dae59a32 to the side 8e1715f01d as he noisily 6dec944a41 cleared his throat. One hand gripped his ca5e78bf92 neck, and he quickly 1b7ff4f5ef looked around, scanning the 5ff5cf30ea surroundings.69cbdb14e3cd2bfd

This was his room, d64b48b4f8 a place familiar to 9d2c1b6d93 him with the usual 758c3b690a furniture and items. For Aubrey, it was d2cbc620ec a space that brought 7a85cc7ce7 both familiarity and discomfort ebb8d48a39 at the same time. The familiarity ec15c11cad was because 2670d821b4 he had 5a085e1059 seen it 70fce9ef34 so often, e71121fe43 but the f68a43fd12 discomfort stemmed 76c9727ee6 from the 170c97e889 twentieth reincarnation. That was 546ab16f2d when Aubrey a0d77e54a0 had been 0458f8e3ef killed in c6823a8a08 his sleep.cd6ff1599acb3b98

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He didn’t know exactly 9e51d3a3e8 how he died. The next c048ab0a2d day, when 4d88ed88e9 he woke 4bf4723ef0 up, he fb5cb7533e tried to bfa6c54e80 find Danvers, 34bc9829d6 but when 7241b60c5a he got e87e82868e out of ec02760e87 bed, he 9a606887d8 saw his d30cbd94c5 seven-year-old face 532cc74e40 in the 66054ec2f4 mirror and f58eefa41c confirmed his 85d5eb59e3 death.341fc173c5289b10

Out of 7ec535474f all his c59eeaba5e deaths, this 8bd2d1b05f was the 2e6b7bb0f8 most peaceful 3b7b6df5e5 one, but b4d417773b it was ba6c2e8ea9 also the e266ada514 most disgusting. The repeated cycles 826070bdd4 were frustrating enough, 6d038c982b but not knowing 3becef51e0 how he died 2cd8538831 made it even e3818b6ba7 worse.8552b4d25dcd254f

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“…….”5d13febfc438c568

Waking up 33b876dd4d from a 8298c297f1 bad dream, e167817f29 Aubrey sat ef2f29f398 on the de6659fd73 edge of 8fc754e1cf his bed, 65947c6549 burying his 19ad81eff6 face in c6fccecadd his palm. After a moment, he 14a964c7b0 moved one hand to 56807778c4 his waist and massaged 96328bc6c8 the area. The discomfort a5138784ce and aching fd41ae9e1b were still a166687d91 there, but bc25efef61 it was cf0e145d4a much better 0812aa31f0 than before. However, it couldn’t be 89056d06f6 said that he had 086637dc1c fully recovered from a fc722dc8f4 deep sleep like this.298f07b63808a4dc

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“At least the medicine 918fc67179 he gave me seems 9f39ea4650 to have helped.”37da7d217579e43a

Knock, knock.b5977ecdd59f11cf

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Aubrey stiffened at 29ab606e80 the sudden knock, 21d2b24557 his face hardening. Wondering what was 53b1a9b56c going on, he 60038d3dd8 directed a stiff e3a294f44f gaze toward the 2babf964b4 closed door.ddd1f7d2f227e6ec

“Young master, may I 1d0a10fc85 come in?”b2d2594c4f1144fb

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It was d7e51f492c the butler. Aubrey had a50c8fdf9b taken the 0d39653ef9 medicine Lennock 727322b960 had given 5667553b9a him and c2e33702aa fallen straight d377032861 to sleep, 2a3a31991b so he dd8c8500c7 couldn’t tell 06aabcdc38 how much 684dac0cf2 time had 3eca7457ba passed. If the butler had 08ee374149 come for his meal, 75e28db074 he’d just send him bbcd4c8fe9 back politely, but if 8b86a45e5b that wasn’t the case, b19b331872 something else was up.d2e5276064ee71cf

“Come in.”4345e6864ab0e68b

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“Excuse me.”030127088adae143

The butler opened 84cc9047fb the door cautiously 8c3c044894 and looked at fb82f46833 Aubrey, who was 768001288e sitting on the cbb6dbe64d bed.11b98b5379d5c123

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“How are you 6a91ab2e2a feeling?”4b2087bd826f8b51

The butler e0c5b7bfe0 had seen 4bfb2bc252 Aubrey slumped d856f3cf80 in the 78385f95d2 carriage, looking 8e178e62a1 like a 84f2d77275 dead fish. Since then, he had 8eb53e2442 seen him suffering, so ed3e038382 it was clear that e0d695619f pretending to be fine 614651e0b3 now would be meaningless.b60cb5b1b6a2427c

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“I’m feeling much better.”baecd23ce5f9e28b

“If that’s the case…”54278cbd21fe4789

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The butler’s trailing words 1980ef9021 were suspicious. Aubrey had 99fdeca843 initially thought 0a1509305e he was bb50aef04e here to a0831a26cc bring him f49df8c610 his meal, d16e0ab2c7 but when 8a1e81c488 he realized 2de1025b90 that wasn’t 5f709b447f the case, b43fd9b484 he stiffened 9523592b25 and asked, df9b7e8570 “What is 7c2f8ab365 it?”8ee31b7e7e750522

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The reason the Marquis 340056cc0f called for Aubrey, who 1f85931d4d had been with him, 17f4560088 was because something had 396b25334e happened. Specifically, the 72fcba1a5d issue was 39fe03db3b with the 0f8be9d627 battery case 4f3054af13 that the 5201ae0b8b Marquis had f94f4aa824 invested a b7abf460a4 lot of a24d19854a attention and 48c3b6861a resources into. It had come to 644dea3250 light that the people e828ae9846 involved in its development dc23ef57eb had tried to pull 21fe09c036 a scam.5cbc235043852442

Yes, the very d4210d7c52 same person who e02459afc7 had tried to 43421e53a1 do something to 9798d4aba4 Lennock while he a52eee7fb5 was drugged at 23fd8794bc the Marquis’s gathering.baaee3acfb9a3f3f

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The person who 231bacce2d had been humiliated 466681e048 and kicked by 43a0f66fdf Aubrey, and had c50ee72c42 apparently sent several 960aabe94f protest letters afterward. The gist of those de94f30ecb letters was that, despite 0ead75ae2c agreeing to work together, 272b004537 he couldn’t understand how 2fb26cf022 he had been so d57dae3ff4 publicly shamed. It was laughable. The man had de4e3b5abf tried to take 8a913b4f2a advantage of someone 5abfcfd028 who was intoxicated.8ef7bc540e70e552

Aubrey didn’t think he 22acbfca78 went to that place 789411af74 to help Lennock. His actions were driven db7a3ef5b7 by his disgust with 45a606513f what had happened. He couldn’t 1302662bd1 just stand e3194e4052 by and 9d12ec5ed0 watch such 024c92c420 a filthy, 0312899a99 disgraceful act cdaab80165 take place 832c365af1 in the 43bbcc00dd space where 2bcfdc7dbd he slept. So, while helping Lennock 3820e337e0 had been a side 67a51c0e10 effect, he justified it afe58deb80 to himself as doing 4080a32a98 the right thing.baeda31ed5c17606

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However, after everything that 1f79ab3591 had happened, he now b309fdbe83 realized it was a 2fdbbb98da good thing he helped. Yes, it was b0f16ea3a2 a good decision. Now, at least the bc601a0aae Marquis knew that the 38209fe5f2 man was a scammer, 849b504fcb so it had turned 90de117e17 out well for everyone.e751f3f170e0109e

Of course, the Marquis f7711b62d3 had suffered a considerable ee32b4890f loss due to investing bfcd55c0c4 without knowing the man’s 7d4eab0929 true nature. But at least now 14778db54f he was aware of bd00d56acb the situation, so he 58b3894505 wouldn’t waste any more d903e8651a money.a914e788f3f97b40

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“Aubrey.”cf27534b1c65ff90

Called by the 569a969bda Marquis, Aubrey looked 31799b6d31 up and stood 797d98fb37 before him.b032a263ebba5b43

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The Marquis f7ce01df6c was sitting 240b234820 at his 2d7b3d51dd desk, looking 7bec0183d7 composed, while 6563b121f3 his secretary, 50d1399441 a man 3bae336943 from the c8be532d37 Mondo Baronetcy d0ec077af5 named Malex, e02b218c9d stood beside c1db3e0b02 him. Malex, originally from bd1309b6dd a low-ranking family, 79ad07adca had risen to a783e9236b the Marquis’s side f9a88c7b4e due to his aeb4c80bcc quick wits and 38a9d6cf6b sharp mind.9cb865b33eff74d4

The Marquis d619d100bb didn’t care 72c5509547 about a d8e4bc2b3c person’s background a06cf30825 as long b86ec270ef as they 126f0dd14a had the 85512199b5 ability and 0aa539188b loyalty to 6ac5b80afb him. In Malex’s case, d231f81fb0 the Marquis had 4a4a5ff763 been the one 5f1f31dca8 to break through 59dd8f6fac his family’s icy 99977063c0 ceiling, making him 2559da89b2 the only one 2b50038e9b who could save 8c98355df4 him. As a result, 9c9ca7c796 most of those 4accf9f82b working near the 5cfb698f96 Marquis had a c8fc9f0999 deep loyalty to a7cee8a3c4 him.8a1d0a90eebdc726

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“According to fdffe5ab55 Malex’s findings, f888d77262 there are 67053cbe09 defective materials 7554660259 among the 0006ce5af6 battery supplies b6f94ddd80 that the c781963ff9 man brought 75b4b4fb5d to me. At first, I fc96e7a03a thought it was cf09d6c349 just one faulty 7898e43069 item, but it e20d9e41d6 wasn’t. Apparently, they d014686261 had been c7fc25eb73 made wrong 4f5a9aff8a from the 4921085e1d beginning.”00d5161daee3d5a9

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“But the defect d0c89888b3 wasn’t something that 646d131002 would be immediately bde2d5d6a4 noticeable. It seems that it b7a229bde8 would gradually break down 2843072bac with use. However…”90bb88aadcd35b8a

The Marquis muttered, glancing 3761324f8d at the papers in bfb19c4da1 front of him.594ccdc8ac912fd8

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“Perhaps because bccc6812c5 they were ee49f72589 scared by 7597ff67a8 this incident, 10b874bd16 mistakes were 7862374d72 made in f0b81c6dbb a few 705b78f9a6 processes, and f49bc0c94b the materials d763666484 were exposed 317a4699e1 to the 90065c91ff outside. Malex took action.”db4b65a9afdbf0f9

When Malex took 4e3afcd20b action, it meant b49f1eba88 that he had 8a996a90da dealt with a 60429ccb2e few of the fa8ee56398 people responsible for e2b77f4fbe the battery cases bcce22f90c and made sure 317aad2705 they wouldn’t be 9617ac07f3 walking away from 81bb499959 this. On the surface, e2294f547b Malex appeared to 8246d35c51 be a mild, f776399a8a scholarly type, but 49d0e12a25 his methods were df67ec6c87 far from gentle. Aubrey knew 14a06e1669 that anyone ef0755401d caught by 8d6c928505 him would c50001d48f be forced 9a7ee91d2f to speak.ac9da5dcf4a26675

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“See, I c9475c6245 told you. You need to 5247c6038f choose the people 920cbcbb38 around you carefully. Do you think there 02965c1b59 are only a few a68c7a163d people in Toroso trying 368d546f28 to get close to 5a24ef2138 your father for personal 462828410c gain?”762c9acf18a22338

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“The Wiidin family’s 14c8d368ad power may make f8a92853b4 even birds fall 0c9236cc11 from the sky, d88c48d3a3 but that doesn’t 6ec3c171c8 mean there won’t 9e1ab93f95 always be those 4983408c31 looking to stab a7be18104d you in the 20b664ac87 back. You need to 01babee843 be careful.”b030b71f01a0eacf

Aubrey said dfa59a971e this calmly 58708211b7 as he 0099979a66 looked down bb1345bd29 at the 8492085876 Marquis.ae73fc3f0cfc22a3

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Apparently, this was something 1515805f43 the Marquis hadn’t expected 994f47c534 to hear. He looked at 04df582aa1 Aubrey with interest, 90ea42f2ac and so did 4a6629ff55 Malex. Normally, Aubrey 5e739b0a2c never showed de9aca1de9 interest in a930c692a1 the family 5cb715b742 business and 7b7c552731 spent his 815ac19f12 vacation holed 8f4482f7c1 up at 9bda96a811 the academy. Although Aubrey d1a57d2690 was smart, df68ac3f67 Malex hadn’t e05bdd4cc7 thought much f9e661fec6 of him a1bbe0f173 for not afc4a9b1c9 helping his 8de68f8be7 father. He turned 03802f85f2 to the f76f4e9e6f Marquis and 0bd65168d1 spoke.2d0b99ebd5650cd4