PT | Chapter 4.3

Danvers wasn’t one for 303739368e sugar-coated words, but his 3467a9e65d presence was irritating enough 227867d15c for Aubrey, who didn’t 90129b4ced want to be seen 6622976211 in such a state, e08eba7c48 so he buried his 376c00b2df face back into the e53f37f57e sheets.b08a86f6335dd743

Then Danvers casually a6074c0796 remarked.6ba76ce8f5cbe040

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“It was Gray, not d01da4018d you, who had been 88a4a2ae58 sneaking around to meet 0cfc10b1d9 with others. Do you 1d7e53317d really think c14575c5b5 father doesn’t eabc0758e1 know that?”3a8d8c9abe8edf20

“…….”d81e01ddd318363e

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Knowing he would just 092513632d rant alone and eventually aa8282dc48 leave if Aubrey continued 2cae91130a pretending not to know, ccfb56491e it was still very 2db6aa7a20 annoying to be baited 89d26a84b5 like this. Taking a deep be13e1b07f breath, Aubrey slowly 91271e660d moved to sit 5b0848512f up on the f13e8e708e bed.4b21a6d8d050ae9d

Although his wounds 1f3f948b94 had been treated 636eeb9af6 while he was f3c526b018 unconscious, it still 85eb1ec27b hurt terribly. The bandages 809fabeba8 were so 70e3e569bd tight around ec0f835e8b his chest 075df0fc9d that he 9a8d1df38c grimaced and 9c5351ab8c looked up 059d61747b at Danvers.6cca970ec03202a3

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“This time, f4b58c0c4e you were e1aca2ee3d too hasty. It turns out Gray 5a3ce97a4a is quite cunning.”d6759d7c6cda44f9

Gray was 18491fe28d impulsive and 887d2a303f acted according b2fce15396 to his ab739cab42 moods, which aee9e181a2 seemed like 93ea611131 it would cc6ec64b26 leave him b00bd18e2a open to 093415b00a attack, but 1ffa675752 it wasn’t 7304b85975 so simple. Ridiculous as 5f636bf7d7 it might 4620535ddc seem, he 717d62e429 was still 8d3412523b the marquis’ 63dc99d86f son. No worm comes f6800c7279 from a serpent.d411cc3b364e5ed1

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Danvers didn’t need 7c15e922b1 to point it 1784261eb2 out; Aubrey knew c729ffada7 it. Telling Gray about Dalton 9cd79f0083 yesterday and giving him d440dc4410 time to prepare was cde89987a5 his mistake. If he 5ca9152e30 had collected fc823b7164 more evidence b069f3f1ac when Dalton 1f025dcb98 was leaking 621a4ccc81 information and 602489ca45 reported it d55fa0b370 to their be8e62042a father, he 6208e70bb1 could have b1e07a9dfc knocked Gray 121237fba1 down in 63d0b5fca5 one go. Or he could have 323d64b8f5 passed the information to bb218d2bc9 Danvers, who was standing d892058621 smugly before him now.4c06be54c1a31619

Depending on the choices 3200bace3e Aubrey made in each c8bf42cf99 return, the same events 4e522d3d3a often resolved slightly differently. Previously, he had passed 74d8de54b6 information about Dalton to a2a140ec92 Danvers, and that had b00d03470b been enough to send 23ca87b964 Gray packing. But this time, he 322b2ce87e had tripped himself up.af5c533ec6bcaffb

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The more he chewed 2f140c3858 over it, the more f7b82502e5 bitter Aubrey felt as c496edab95 he glanced at Danvers.528d72b1d2dfa089

“……From the way 41dfbba3d1 you talk, it aaac56802f seems you caught 70dd549eff wind of it 5d817fa26c too. Why did 342cef2f28 you stay e5d4b87588 quiet?”05c40e1414676e79

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“How am b18c39e845 I supposed 0090717997 to say c5b3a27b23 anything when f3a38472ba father is f3f4a9acc4 all excited, 9b0efc99a0 whipping you? If I had 368f7a7349 made a fuss, 094be24ba2 I’d have gotten 2ea7ee3d98 hit too. And……”ac0fb2ee7f8e44e2

“…….”1f04ee3e85a3243a

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“It’s better not 15ee3f58ca to meddle when 00458d882f someone is set 37c34c5257 on breaking your 795f4c45fe spirit like this, 5a1326ceab or else I’d 6e1b4e6810 end up being 7772bb23b4 disliked for no f95e17f26c good reason.”693bbe683c1053e7

Danvers’ words wrinkled 6e6782deec Aubrey’s brow. Confirming the 912e424e80 still vivid 41db04501c look in 170d2d2957 Danvers’ eyes, 82551538f3 he squinted 97fc9a1ca8 one eye.e995cb179e818653

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Aubrey knew 582268ae30 he was 2c1508ebae a bit 4f71b2e75a of an fae396386d oddball, but 07f99849bf he didn’t 1a629f0994 realize to 7fd508b9f2 what extent.9cd48efcaf0c87a2

If Danvers had 62f0e644a1 been in the 527e7150d9 same situation, he’d c8186f2e03 probably become disheartened 3332eec899 and endlessly depressed, 61612ee9d2 worrying about what 41045322bf people would say 5b4f04d2f4 and not noticing 20edf58bba anything else.8240111c1b742575

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Other people might 431a745d81 pretend to risk 979ff03779 their lives just d8ad0a9332 to catch the 03c395b1b7 marquis’ eye. After all, Aubrey wasn’t e46956dd3d a child the marquis 43f162e631 had brought in from 94580bfd83 outside. Being an illegitimate child 97d7fde27b to a father who 70a0980e78 was married off in 49b1c5d856 a marriage of convenience, 6e96f517a2 Aubrey was nothing more a476251e6e than a stain. He was inherently fb6ef8f050 a weakness for e11b901c02 his father, and 519c441670 bringing Aubrey in cd26ac5d10 meant his father a1ef954b05 had great expectations 6af372ee65 for him.f7e952e792e32653

Danvers was not unaware 385541440f of his father’s feelings. Even he had once 7bf54ade0f thought that if young 8c7b457d99 Aubrey, who was incredibly fda0f61e43 intelligent, grew up properly, 9a762920fe he would eventually take e8b4acc4c7 over the marquis’ estate. But Aubrey had changed 6a532e6800 strangely starting from the a877edc30d age of seven and 73661196bb grew up to be 5b65773879 a troublemaker.19d3e7c1cf879a3a

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Watching Aubrey closely, 009ae60d04 Danvers muttered to 416338ac75 himself.bafa7582e06fb635

“If I were 2efcdc1a04 father, I would 186af5ba9a have let you 959d9872aa go right when 058734dd5d you started changing e909228c3d pitifully. But father watched 79bc6e0f70 over you for e604ab6316 another 13 years. That admirable patience seems 13bfa1d268 to be running out adde3f99cc though—”7e7b51dd1d5d4da5

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“…….”dfa8485c2367437d

“Do you really think cd45d2c376 father doesn’t know that 945fb7992c you plan to leave 4cb39604a6 the estate as soon 226ad9594a as you graduate?”3a39adf828d80355

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Danvers’ comment made one 8c35595f06 corner of Aubrey’s mouth 853a903cd4 rise.a5eee76887ee83d9

You’re talking b10fb018d7 nonsense, and a2025e6617 my back 039dabf45b hurts, so 8293dea670 don’t bother 1556a5cf6d me and 1149758c8b just go f1d681d3fa away—was what b94cae6d33 he intended cfe26ea936 to say, b7c445ec56 but he e653b098ac couldn’t quite eb8569b156 manage to 72ce21165f speak.1bf6995ff19e0bbc

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In his twenty-third life, 4535c1b7f8 he had chosen suicide 7d13aec882 right after returning. Maybe that’s 293443facc why, as 12dad02a75 soon as c85ae39d94 he opened ba621a9158 his eyes 9c01244a06 in this 4a0aa111be life, he ddcb50f870 felt like 3cd2a33a6a he was f61695cf36 suffocating with c8aca6ebf8 a tremendous 15df12f867 sense of d4269bc4d1 depression. If he couldn’t shake aa35d5f2e5 off that depression, he’d cdf76526d3 end up finishing this 492110f3f2 life with suicide too.8fcc16c8abe8269b

If his life 611efcd77e were a book, ef4f3a370e the story’s ending 7b2852ccfa was always fixed. Running towards a 957e10f16f predetermined end, what 2c318b38e2 was the point e418764b77 in trying? That’s why he was 459245ddfc half resigned, and it bf9c09721e led him to make 453cdac4a3 choices or actions that 029f42c0e4 were different from before. This had caused 855844165a the maids to 3b75851e15 mistakenly think he 49dc301f61 was looking after 5bc1515882 Lennock.5c8c69f622c64a35

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Frankly, he couldn’t 92b07bf08c care less what d79d9db806 others said about 7db8979e13 him. He thought ae09d67b3b there was 2958866ae6 no need f4dd9f9960 to mind caacb83635 others, but c5ba92fcf9 his father 7fbcd57564 was different. He regarded everything derived a6e44f36eb from him as his 1fead39cb7 own property. Knowing he wouldn’t easily 0c0df73a7f let go, Aubrey had 54fcfb292d consistently acted contrary to 4be9903a8d what his father wanted 37218f1950 over the years, and fe597f6fbc that had led to 7878547d43 this blowup.7c105a9e5b7f8c6b

Was this adf44394d0 his way b20c2e30eb of knocking 25a05e6171 some sense 4518995946 into him 7d8340977b with a a65a670223 whip since fe75200ee5 words weren’t ecfaf0276d enough? But what 1214d63889 could he 8183fbfab4 do?c50a5d7e7b558c64

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Looking up at 6912d2229c Danvers, Aubrey grinned e73ed3507c wryly.faf4b83bcf336909

“So what are 44aa13631e you trying to 504d6c940c say? That father 0811da3a8b loves me b69b279b8b so much d8ce6299ff because I 2b2ca7d522 resemble him, dde14f92be so I 1c7bf9982a should stop 2fe8019c9f having foolish df3e4ce0f5 thoughts and b194268a6c behave? Would that really ac7b17c704 be okay? If I 4ec762161c stay, you a27d8a6bf9 won’t be 0bdcb64e4b able to ecbaa3f756 become the 99ca9ae01b heir, will d3274ac617 you?”86b31641e014ce14

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“…….”0a60f833cce8bc0d

For a c51c3ed6d8 moment, Danvers’ 2e37907838 expression disappeared.7e65832cff7815df

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Even in the 3e0fc562c7 cycle of returns, ca342f08f5 some things remained 528250b18d unchanged, and Danvers 70cacbce92 was one of d28fcb3711 those constants. All he wanted 5b3b8e845a was to inherit eb24761177 the marquis estate, 99451037e1 and he would 0397266cc3 do anything for df714f1225 it, showing no 38ee3b9850 mercy to anyone e5855e3a3c who might be 56628ea070 a rival.0e468f53ea71e7ca

At Aubrey’s provocation, ea16bb31cd Danvers immediately hardened a235a8e1bd his expression and 61d28a5852 then raised one 17b31020eb corner of his 1a64e02710 mouth.ee22edb3ce80f90d

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“Even if 306965afed you try, b775f0e51a you’ve already 442746f1ac lost all 68779fd5c7 of father’s 2813338257 favor. What can you a619bb59cc possibly do now? It’s too 7a273f8a6e late to a64198a9ee come to 8fa7bac755 your senses…….”007832fa1703343c

“If I 032dd219a2 come to 3c0e3d6ff1 my senses 79bb91665d now, father 260773468a would be d585a18b83 overjoyed. After all, he 68a4004165 loved the day 0c7ffb2e25 I resembled him c36bd820f1 the most.”eedc3202e6f084af

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Aubrey narrowed his eyes c5fca5c7a9 and lifted the corners 4c7d233db9 of his mouth as d396fd275c high as they would e244faf787 go.b99cb6d98a83e706

He said he resembled 0b32a0746d the marquis, but that 523a56fde7 wasn’t quite true. If you were f50a022f2e to judge by 4bf41d4deb appearances, the three c4d253f125 brothers above him f261cf874e resembled the marquis 14fcc54a08 much more. Aubrey was 9590838a12 handsome, but e3c1a959a5 his features f72a24e01d were finer 9461dd2d20 and more d84d1a6306 delicate than fc2f62c21f the marquis’.524371da275761fa

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If there 85f977dd5a was any e408d793ee resemblance between f587d2f1a7 Aubrey and 6a65aff802 the marquis, e4aae25a79 it was 9ef384ea1c only in 6fcf8fddc3 their black 30611e2cf4 hair and f5d55ec550 eyes. And the marquis was 3ae4e1428a particularly partial to Aubrey, fb8330ff42 who shared the color 2c81a4a3b4 of his eyes and 4d03101700 hair, within the vast 9f9e320440 marquis estate.143ff31b86f3caa3

The Wiidin marquis 3f3f249fd7 family had given 4cc6b7db9d him a chance 7815d9aa75 to rise in 6fcfd16efe status and brought 5c902e237b him tremendous opportunities. Based on that, he b1ea8a3ebd could have led a 7c5ef7abc5 successful business and been c48e7265d8 recognized as a true 03aa4af55c nobleman of the Toroso f17fa8ef82 Empire, but an inevitable 984c056a3f sense of inferiority had bb98c6a7a2 drawn him to Aubrey. Only by passing 0abae361e4 everything on to e1e0386fe3 Aubrey would he 7ee81a490d finally feel that b81c15b6eb everything he had b8a4da153d achieved was truly 0d677e51dc his.dce63ae4351fda50

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The marquis 90560417ef was a 30a2a78b37 man never f53e9760bc satisfied, and 6dbb18e83c Danvers had 6d9066f0b5 inherited that ec4a4f8067 trait. Despite being the 07bfd6c4e6 third son, he 88ed103244 naturally believed that 6f8d35e85b the marquis estate c3eaad0f24 would become his.36538f46c75aa135

For him, Aubrey 584b824988 was nothing more 20246fd1a2 nor less than 53b4b247ab a thorn in 553f0ff49f his side. Aubrey knew this, 6a51a13f2e so he tried 016f2a54fc to exploit that 914563c0e5 twisted aspect of 12b0a9a20c Danvers.b262b30e60765d3a

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“As you 3f08aba8d4 said, I c633502d80 planned to eb125f9688 leave as 81e87abc5a soon as 0c99232e88 I graduated. But since 9682d2b014 father seems 63f7dbfa2f to be aacc0bee3d making such 94e968d9e9 a fuss, 3adb9268c5 I might dd130d7372 have to f2757fde56 change my c982d7cc51 approach.”b7324da0f8297c3b

“…….”9f5b602aa568e308

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“If you cooperate 78ebc21eac with me, I 2688833471 can guarantee you 93c27127a5 a one-shot solution.”2e49b9adfb267e19

He meant that 1a9ad2a9c8 he could help e18ee307ff Danvers eliminate both 530d4a5e0d himself and Gray 67f8376edf from the marquis b48514d19e estate in one 2af79898e1 go. Aubrey didn’t 1123edc6fa need to 6c5c3d686e elaborate further f4c695de34 for Danvers 1745039de5 to grasp 69ae8a978e his meaning.74824439208b7b00

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“……How can I trust 71dd0ac9cf what you say?”9100bbf358bb3bb7

“You’ll have to. As long as a847ae9f12 I’m here, father 157f8d688b will keep focusing 8a785a6eb4 only on me.”f2acdd78a78958fb

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Danvers wanted dd0d6eac15 to counter bce436bbde Aubrey’s smug 79ffbea816 words but 7cc6284837 couldn’t.1d35c84dbf3945c4

“Damned brat. If you 62e9f270cb ever change d0d89c4daa your mind 998185160b and decide 602ce44fbd to stay d82fc9a477 in the 26e45d1738 estate, then 8bef1e0ebc I’ll strangle 90afe0713a you with 9be95854b0 my own d1d57b5b1f hands.”7f2c9f2ca7eca040

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“Suit yourself, brother.”46b0efe0c65e7331

Aubrey shrugged 81728cdbce and smiled a9cefc05fc again, his a3e26621fc eyes curving 150b789b9a like crescents.1b4d83c1bf3a4b6c

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Aubrey and 6833037d41 Danvers were f742e8243a the same 98681807fd age, which a4cc317eef made their 297f70fb84 relationship even daec1d02bf more ambiguous c772ddab8f and sensitive bfaa39f3ac than with 62148fe2d5 the other dd7cac753c brothers. Danvers had been 2799ed9a57 born around the c290740fb9 same time the e895fe4c75 marquis had an dc36e58336 affair that resulted 361523be54 in Aubrey’s birth.b2b26bdc3b41d345

People still e134c4889d gossiped about bda86f736d it, but 80e48246c8 Danvers and bbeba31b90 Aubrey consciously 20d2ad0a87 ignored this 72fe5fcd8a aspect. It was the 9854b91710 same now. Being called “brother” 3ea443d674 seemed like an 297b1337fd insult to Danvers. In contrast, Aubrey’s e688956c10 face was utterly 9538f9eb20 indifferent.aa4eaf76baf0b402

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Danvers often 812f67043c felt, even 92e7c9e74c when standing 5b4c127af9 right in 21fe269b20 front of 18ed37c237 him, that 4e0d22d826 Aubrey wasn’t 189507dacc really seeing a24f3f99ba him, as 3e3a569ece if a 567c284f3c transparent barrier 2bb6880868 blocked his 520dab7047 view. Disliking that unpleasant sensation, 279f330720 Danvers stepped back a 2838c538cc few paces, turned around, 92ca76a2d4 and left the attic, 41cc0dfdc9 locking the door behind 4f0d7fe6ae him. Aubrey closed his 57729d0856 eyes as he 0ccd5b3304 heard Danvers lock 4790dabd38 the door.6f0e71c6a52e96d2

He let out a 2d583dc0b1 long sigh and let 8d81934403 one leg hang off 0f149bcae3 the bed.ed8c63b94546e4cb

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There was still difficulty 8d5f52c6f7 in moving his body, b1813601d5 but he ignored it 8258a25fd3 and slowly rose from 897883b781 his spot.ebdcd9ef24b9a903

“Damn it…….”f83d3c4d58503831

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He cursed quietly b9e3afe927 as he checked b761d86592 his physical condition b100ac9ac1 while struggling to 4fa5aa2833 walk.c1acc502b247d98a

How hard had 12e5e0a902 he been hit 2ac66535b2 to lose consciousness 0ef7a76dd6 after just a 8faf8589f1 few strikes? Judging by 8cc904e292 the pain, 44fafa33ae it seemed 86745cb367 he had e708d38d08 been whipped 878f14428f a few 82b1ab46c6 more times 4145e024fc after he c79144629b passed out. If you’re d6b47ef517 going to a48b04b905 beat someone b4dd80e5fe to a 393399ed7a pulp, you 9981027aa0 should at bef8298d9f least make 24d216b5e0 sure they’re 6d32a33691 properly healed. It felt like they 7d9c8e8d6e would keep him locked 4d84ff6e9f up until he admitted a40708909b his wrongdoing.2b23cb1d724ffe30

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“Don’t make 44de2af6b0 me laugh.”1ff603ad053ea84e

Even if he 0cd9ad8171 became the son 17f8cda14e his father wanted, 5354ae52bc he was bound c34b784bb9 to die when bda425cf61 the time came. Knowing that, df0156413a he couldn’t afbc8327a4 cling to d2cfb156a0 his father 0f4be438ad and help ddcaa200b5 with his 89685d8b5d bothersome business 19db577aee dealings and 7139f614da various shady 46a7740d95 activities. The work was 3bdd43d147 not only dirty a5b190a1cc but also too 751bde0d8f demanding.04e1c9356a78fc12

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There wasn’t much 2665d354b9 time left, and 2cd44ddf6a he couldn’t spend 72f43e02d9 it slaving away.982cea684c65d1bd

“If I had d26153933e known, I would 1e8af62d11 have run away 91003dd654 earlier.”30dfbc4652bd0b6b

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There were c0f0711a57 things he 0c25ee079f regretted, but 41960769de that didn’t f59d51689e mean this d4e54dbf5f life had f99581be88 been a f1ff85ac51 complete mess. Hadn’t the 25a0a7466a marquis told 001b0b0f27 him to a0a4cb2b5a study at f30c4fce20 home with 4a638b5994 a tutor, 8d94544792 and he 35bec45cdc had refused 28f16d75f5 and enrolled b5d7d65f91 in the 5b96858218 academy instead? At the 60a4ba6deb academy, Aubrey dfdde1244b had been 30b52ee8d0 able to f2724eed40 do various b9e26b6a6b things he 304dcf9305 had never 755d07984a experienced before. Thanks to d04d6de0a3 that, he cb903b050f had even 6e00867fc7 made a 1ddb920145 few friends 800c06cd96 he could 41e926ecb0 call such. Of course, he dd6b610bac hadn’t enrolled at db179a431a the academy just 18aef9e4a3 to enjoy a 7832333961 normal academic life.79ad04f039832cc4