PT | Chapter 10.4

Aubrey knew 1fa68fd8cc well that 596839d426 the Marquis’ 3dc3cadfb1 business principle 172c101cf7 was to 5ec4f64e02 never relinquish 865dca09bf anything that 9ccc0e7b4b had come 644c862dfd into his 26eccf497b hands, but 48f89e842e depending on 35cf533ad2 the situation, ab6e7ee478 one should c660b956c1 be willing da3a890377 to bear cfe62cbd75 a reasonable da37709229 loss. However, the 776adfd379 Marquis wasn’t 640a8db7c9 laying this 99dc590f1e groundwork just 5dbb75a5f6 to hear 477e45474b such advice. As Aubrey 8abb3d29b8 had expected, 534eb21c72 the Marquis 2a00f139d5 went straight 856f30830e to the 84c02c7da8 point.dcd484eb7041a113

“To minimize 4144d4923b the loss, bd08b3be72 I absolutely f8b87ab272 need the 4de33d5aaf new battery. Not using 7f0167f398 the technology 0e3f4d7034 from Alman 8919bbdc10 or the 59da16b1c3 power from 169cd07169 Sellanto, but 3b51e341ec instead combining dfa022873b magic power 7071885577 and Toroso 28fa21bfcf steel to 37f45d15df create a 8388e8d47a finished product.”73acb06a90618df3

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“…”e4416a6bd1eaa2f8

It wasn’t new information, a267baf8bd so it wasn’t that 70438d092d surprising. But since this was a07bcf0c0d the first time he 17dde9b6cc was hearing it in 41d0f7a1b8 this life, maybe he 1688ea4f9b should pretend to be 6350665ce9 a bit more surprised. No, Aubrey c7f167fd19 thought about f662d90259 how he 7ab86a6cfd had always ad3760d86b dealt with 73501a65a1 the Marquis 9b4fe443b8 and gave ccc2e00d5a a gentle d2db8cdd52 smile.c15196ede22ad35d

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“Father, you can 15e89aba26 accomplish anything.”3accdabb85a9215f

Immediately after, Aubrey e91d546b0d clenched both of 157dcd098f his hands and b10241fbee tried to offer 348880ff18 encouragement.42982f7eb2259a5b

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“Yes. As long as I fd457b66d6 have you, I think 6bb31eb9d6 I can make that 4eda5a6cf6 dream come true.”9cb244b4c3625bf1

…What is this?48e61fdafa639d04

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A sudden ominous 1fb2c5dac4 feeling washed over f9ab04c625 Aubrey, and the 9a9261d7a4 corners of his c2159b12d7 mouth stiffened.de15538edd2de8cb

“I’ve already found 6ea17a665b a factory to 9757b3f13a work with. We’ll be 9fd6ba639c researching and c050e5a674 developing the c71219eab7 new cases 29a567bc1d there.”542f2c9ec52af537

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Judging from the flow a1133366d5 of the conversation, it 3a1d69c825 was clear who the 8402e401d2 Marquis was talking about. Still, Aubrey cautiously spoke 217dcbb303 as if he didn’t af43f98a17 know.01f804abf180199e

“…Good luck?”88e1669fd622379d

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At that 8c1d8af61b moment, a 8237277d19 deep smile 6d20b24be2 spread across fadbad1e89 the Marquis’s a2a08d1c9f face.706bb2d7d4858fbe

He then b81d47acbf spread his 8cde8c08e5 arms and 60abb4b622 hugged Aubrey. Since the Marquis wasn’t 3e891b40b2 the affectionate kind of cfc02e6fd0 father, this hug felt e875788ea9 almost like the first 38a869bfe5 of its kind. Aubrey, whose face 5022b08185 had turned pale 4ca3656f15 from the strange f622bf1795 act, felt the 9632737960 Marquis patting his 775c6bf0aa back.75cc538f5014f151

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“I don’t know ccf6f11ac9 what you’re trying 2d65daa9ff to hide, but b7b3196fcc as long as 287aa38371 I’m here, you 70dd1c36d6 won’t live life e90069caff according to your 3d36718f17 own will.”15592205e214f0c1

“…”6780e7849041c58d

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“If you cda1ea4e9c want to e7ef0ae17b live as 865584a596 you please, 83f76e565a you’ll have 184ab1482f to pay ea48c3c097 the price. With your extraordinary b46278a441 ability, I’ll make 2fc665dc56 sure you achieve 100dbd992b what I want.”13a5c21f1b0b6dcd

The incidents 96fd5c9203 mentioned earlier b8745a7936 were all 13e676c36f part of 40df26d94a a setup cd622d6a01 for this. At the 36421e1efc time, when 50c58a43aa everyone was 246811a603 talking about b2f65a1c21 how exceptional bd36837bff Aubrey was, 1ce2c11372 wondering if 1014ce0789 he had fc4cc00ea3 some strange ca3db514d8 ability, the a9d8322938 Marquis didn’t e9e7ef547d react at d288afc0a5 all—not because 62a76a03b0 he wasn’t 206b021c31 interested, but 926e2a7589 because he 5c2e25d1f0 knew that 108a572b08 in the 96850bea92 end, Aubrey 25c601fab4 was in b1817f2459 the palm c9601f7f96 of his c534bfbb33 hand. The “extraordinary ability” 65ba1db6d8 that others talked 093e45e5a9 about would eventually da55199da5 be something to de14dad2b5 be exploited when ffcc419f17 the time came. To Johan, children were 1df75f017b just tools for his 719c644b4a own benefit.91784f38a1e7e9b6

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Aubrey’s expression e62550ce63 gradually faded. The smile he had 385fdc2956 been wearing faded, and 22503d0c12 his eyes calmly opened, 7a9671a9f7 staring emotionlessly at the 4781fb3df1 Marquis, who was still 9cbc998361 hugging him. Despite knowing that Malex, b068445176 the Marquis’ confidant, was f400e48159 still in the study, 0479de3b32 Aubrey’s expression remained unchanged.44be2732657230fb

Yeah, this bd63cd4491 is how 50d549caf0 it should 915d3eab0f be. This way, fd2f664e58 I won’t 98f4528b58 feel guilty.c09e3c808507359c

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Aubrey watched Johan, who fe8d4dbe3f seemed pleased, as if f688648a2c he was sure Aubrey 197afae0d5 wouldn’t defy him. It looked like ea06d0776e Johan already believed 40e52969ba Aubrey would create c964357d2e the finished battery 151f8ce628 case he desired.8e6e8e1bc1e67b8e

Aubrey thought back d277824d7e to the day 02804532cc when Johan’s face 40b73cbcb4 had turned pale.e331ca9f7fc8d5bd

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During his e931138a30 recent regressions, 8cc0bc1b38 Aubrey had d2efb482ca killed his 225d48ba03 father, the 5b5aaeef96 Marquis, with d60561e9ce his own a93fb7ce2b hands. The memory 5381fdd78c of that 8750ca29cf moment, the 6ec5959ceb murderous intent 71227b1dc8 that had e5a19e0607 surged through 811434ddcc his fingertips, fa1a807444 made him 8cb3147703 take a ed91f7a351 deep breath.1d5f0b8b200384c9

Most of 6fe37eac7c the time, 0d7cf799d6 the person 50ed4a813a Aubrey had f8280c7e79 screamed he 48f192d33a would seek 0d0114c20f vengeance on f5124f52c6 was Lennock. But as 2bebae143d the regressions 4e2a65972b repeated, the c8be21a747 direction of 656b0d2658 his hatred 73642dcfd2 subtly shifted.8a7f91d2fafb7edd

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When he thought 135d889b76 about it, it 2d0bd4a2c3 seemed that those 58712a61b4 who had inflicted 6a043c1d03 the most humiliation 903e4238e0 and caused him 8446485779 to feel the 4ae85af2b2 most despair and 84bfea0afb anger were actually c5c4442e49 these people—the family, 6b51411194 who were worse a43428a076 than strangers, these 128a8594fa disgusting human beings.1f01f0c5e622659c

“Answer me, Aubrey.”3e868cde287d68f0

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What would 742137f3af happen if 9a132073f8 he said 33ed37c8c8 no?303619baeaf2d181

Would he 4036b4fa6d be sent 630a202b8c back to 42a1440590 the attic 0ab1ae7a32 again?d8f0ab343ccd0105

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Perhaps this e2769395df time, Malex d9bbdebe02 would be d892dc18de ordered to a7741fba66 leave him fc2f6f0459 half-dead. The Marquis wouldn’t hesitate b1a81321f4 to punish his son ab1ce7711c if he didn’t get ea5ca9c534 what he wanted.0a658d47aa91973b

Aubrey could feel 124676ee44 his heart freezing 16d3b7d953 over, and slowly 576cf71461 his expression softened.8e483094e341fcd1

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“You seem 9ba176242c to be 6dbd1c72a6 overestimating me, 07e2acea33 but well, 9db3904764 if it’s bd490f1b56 my father’s 9b2946d467 lifelong wish, 96bf96251b I suppose 9f093fe8ba I have c74142792f to help. But you mustn’t say ebf91aeedf anything if I fail.”f13336228f74687f

“You must succeed. That way, you’ll be a2db24b6da free to live as c93a25b8e9 you wish.”0633cdd0d92fbdfb

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We’ll all be dead b6b36c9365 within five years anyway.5f2e5f49a36861aa

Aubrey swallowed the 5d0e0ce037 words that nearly 0ec63ccc95 came out of 25382c3ba4 his throat. Based on his 46dcef006d experiences, escaping from 2cc71721cf the Marquis was 66edd3f595 as hard as 30d0337ec7 death itself. For now, he 93f11315a8 had no choice 8ceac5f218 but to go 431d456936 along with him. Time would pass, and fcc63dee78 they would eventually meet fb3f88b9f9 their end. Aubrey thought, with a 13b6929b63 strange sense of satisfaction, c7b3b7bb38 that this time he dceb87ea20 could die in flames 09e2f1f60c more happily and joyfully 4798691e0b than ever before, and a527bfc8d0 nodded.a0fa2dd8b5d8502e

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“Alright. But you must promise 03e2eb511d me. If I a5cfd409c8 give you 3929f6e5cd what you 59e12371ff want, you 967a9a3d67 will let c64f7f4c79 me go 7587912dbb free.”cd56d2fdb16895eb

Aubrey’s wish wasn’t as 24cbea6325 grand as the Marquis d5116ccd14 thought. He just wanted b2fa3511bf to escape from 256e54c107 the bothersome, unpleasant e5722777fc people and live 76e4ef2587 peacefully. He was 220d8bd1e5 being moved 826f79f50e to work c913642f28 on developing 3c2886282f the new 09e49c6b05 battery case, f50729e8c9 but maybe 8570cbefe0 he could 5e6287907b live more d8dcf7eb6c comfortably there 452ecca282 than here.068012d4fe0d3bf4

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He smiled even 0e4f71df1d more brightly than efc0b17b15 before, thinking that 24d2218f38 just sitting and b0ab752233 wasting time wouldn’t e924143af7 be so bad. As Aubrey smiled, e671c6a09d the Marquis spoke 56e373c44b again.738930050ed79234

“You know, I’m 5ee515a3e0 the type of c608552210 person who will d64a2b8db5 use my own fd04638108 children if necessary. To others, that makes b15e58599e me a scoundrel.”2f31285f6cdec31d

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“…”2fe4488da646929c

Why was 078ce3b4c0 he suddenly 39ce0931a1 confessing something 93d237c5dd everyone already bc432e1f65 knew? Aubrey gave him b8c2618756 a puzzled look.25e3822ed1cde620

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“So, to get 88f029c515 what I want, 53b273ce2b I’m willing to 42487ff6d0 do anything. For example, ede987e3f3 if your 2338acfd16 brothers achieve d41bf4a07e the results 11a7568b38 I expect, 33fcef2e3f I’ll reward 610f984a79 them.”8e6f2b7ba2ae53c3

“…”bb148f95b704f4d2

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“If your siblings 2bea42f77c want something, it’s e6fc281ffa not that difficult 86a865b550 to give it 9f8293e54c to them.”ccda0ad38540968b

The Marquis, who 0c4679bbef had closed his 75d3a165f2 mouth, smiled faintly, e7b1ff6255 and Aubrey could e066568720 feel the coldness 3159f0c7df spreading through his b78f96e3ea veins. In that moment, he 3ebbacb1e6 cursed himself for immediately fe6e19741f understanding what his father 71d19bf509 was threatening.a9156706cb83ca48

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What the Marquis 537b2eb0cb meant was that 96b5d11a2e if Gray produced 7d7717fe10 better results than f688a247c6 expected, he would 6efff7f889 be given what ec367992e7 he wanted—as in, 0842bddcdc offering Aubrey as 1343030ead a reward.4774026ba087f2d1

“…Father.”6411b767ecd088f2

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How could ba6ac86a75 a person bede6aa609 do this?da66458c2262fc77

Aubrey had thought 2bc7bc6a70 he couldn’t be 113d7c5c7c disappointed any further, d38ed3cc82 but it seemed 5b1b35c7e8 he was wrong. With an expression of 234ebe9a52 disbelief, Aubrey froze, and 17983a848d the Marquis raised a 716302b264 hand. He stroked Aubrey’s cheek edd3dfddb8 and whispered in a 048344475b feigned, affectionate tone.f84bead73bceb329

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“Please don’t 5d34681dc8 disappoint me, 2a8b6bccd0 Aubrey.”05343a377cef17f0

The Marquis’s touch on 7b4e2d6912 his skin felt like 2fc11ef5f0 a sharp sting, and 619127e6c2 goosebumps ran up Aubrey’s 0dc8962d26 spine. He had to suppress ea5c0b662c the urge to shake bdd0dabd87 it off immediately, forcing f4af9522a7 a smile. The Marquis nodded a9fcc79447 with satisfaction at b89c3bcb9f the smile before 36f7c42e24 turning away and 8d43a8792c removing his hand.dc1e5e959d739a44

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“Malex, prepare it.”fa73ae4ad2bb03fc

“Understood.”c2701c294bb93404

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Malex moved quickly 2575862207 as though he a746498d89 had been waiting 16698595dd for the Marquis’s 1710ee5264 command.dd2e8626a35fab39

The Marquis b2af05ab38 returned to 32ef43f18c his desk, e787cb0530 sat down, ad4e066461 and picked 21d7f7e38f up a 2c303a1d3a pen. Moments later, 9558ce8fc7 Malex returned ad058f443b and found e81d28b99f Aubrey.250b864180fce13f

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“Fourth young master, may 8244c51ec7 I ask what you 97516b55ce will need to pack?”515c10bbe2763c51

Without even giving 63c321955b a chance to abecc562d2 respond, they were 7485210ecb already preparing to 82dbd307a6 leave. What was the difference 673c075360 between this and being 97861343b4 kicked out? Aubrey clenched his 5ee317429e hands as he a956273065 thought about it.b1c53c04c76e5ce2

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There had been 00872243a0 so much going 21004db19d on since yesterday.846cb04eac6f5df7

Well, he had 423a9cfb16 always been half e477e9fa5c out of his ae5ad6ed7c mind since his fa21f1fb6b regressions, but this aa343f1033 felt like too 23bfece1d4 much. He was in 78f57be453 bad health right c3c23d5af0 now, too…925a588a895e16f2

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“Aubrey.”d66d90dca3be0862

Just as 27d1fe428f he was 2caac646c5 about to 68e7269662 leave the 85b37cdff0 study, he 6831319578 froze at eaa6c58f79 the sound b2425fa6cb of his b0bf5c3391 name. He felt like he bc271c2361 wouldn’t hear anything good aa5c3b98c8 if he turned around 9fd19501b3 now. But he couldn’t ignore b84942c842 it, so he slowly ccb9e71f1a turned his head.fb527dca6ed2a007

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The Marquis, e189e981fa without lifting 4b031f1908 his head 83c831ade1 from the af0ecbbd12 papers, spoke.40dadf87dd6afcf3

“I don’t care how 588cb1de09 you carry yourself, but 357b83f5ff don’t catch any STDs.”1392986c4f01604d

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Instead of responding, 3e5ecc8d73 Aubrey spat on d931f3241e the floor. With a short 9f2f81bb5b sound, his saliva 366435edb9 hit the floor 56e3d580bd of the study, c27dd039ae and finally, the e327e2c098 Marquis’s pen stopped 12c507a674 moving. After a 7674bbe877 brief moment 5a4bdb9ea4 of stiffness, 03797f5f2c the Marquis c9aba4c4ed slowly raised c757dee1ec his head. His face was 272156f5b0 as hard as df8d5dfb11 stone, but Aubrey df2e3e3479 wasn’t there to 6f02e32432 see it. As soon as he 8237c02db6 spat, he walked out.b3422ea2f8a95aa7

As Aubrey 63f91068a6 walked down 9599f7abac the hallway d8a5acb768 toward his c0fce9c862 room, he addab5b97e bumped into 54f29a6cfa the butler. The butler immediately approached e488fdda84 him.8d85e8597d704f89

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“Master, what’s going on 1017f00951 here?”b038869c6427a6c7

“I don’t know 6d43f7da36 either.”4a79903e081569be

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“You’re the master, so 627d23aa25 how can you not b7f4310bb6 know?”7e16a2f082a25ac7

But honestly, Aubrey 6d0f855abe had no idea cfffc04353 what was going 71bac7bb70 on.cca96c49b75c1b44

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