PT | Chapter 5.5

This outing was cb40a5cd5f thanks to Amon. That was a22db3fe4c true, so 60bd47358c Aubrey felt e6555d82bc he should bac361f249 cover the 0b55067147 bill after bf05880033 they finished. Wanting to 8f529446f1 send Amon c23f5ebe8c off before 5449322584 it got 500f88689b too tiring, d670bd2f1a Aubrey busied 5ee4144833 himself with 7e382953a5 the meal. He rapidly consumed f491492dad the salad and cba56d666b soup, then sampled 3f06b595f9 the meat and 67184b561f fish dishes. The meat was 9e71d4d3af decent, but the 073736f591 sauce on the 9dbb0b7d44 fish was not 73ed796912 to his liking. Aubrey scooped it aca94943b9 with his spoon e37e00d8e4 and dumped it a876c00661 onto Lennock’s plate, fb4ecd58f5 then focused on aff6f57915 attacking the pasta 514feb6da6 with the meat.5af9af83dd8f405c

Whether he was 506da5a8e0 conscious of it bca6a7ff74 or not, Amon 7bb1de36b6 found Aubrey’s actions d170323afe quite intriguing. As Aubrey vigorously 7550435a72 devoured his steak, ddee1e0d35 Amon, feeling eyes a2f29f5872 on him, looked 619c33a1ea up and caught f8898ce64a Lennock’s intense gaze. He shrugged and began a94f6d3bf2 to eat the food 78dd48d9b5 from his own plate.6c87538686caf02c

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The clinking b8a6f7fb53 of cutlery 7ed861e7aa and the b2f8c3ca33 sounds of ca50227233 eating filled 6ab554cd48 the air 63f8f9e9cb until Amon ff3d9041aa spoke up 42caece51d again.9144f511a9021256

“It’s always good cb6c18b38a to know about b474f61584 the opposite sex, 259666bffc though. It prevents e2d8db83dc misunderstandings like 8e1439eac8 this one.”473c64c6eb4ff3a6

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By the f49bdb059e time the 831045da58 meat had b62d6c02d0 started to 41313e3f4a feel tough 303d8f0bf8 in his 5d300fed69 mouth, and 3134080809 Amon’s words 3e09cb0e50 had stolen 943e218b6f away any fea6a6f02e remaining appetite. What was 62fee8cc86 he trying 5cf53198e2 to imply 49cef7a1de now? Aubrey shot him 6df9290daa a sharp look, 036558df4b and Amon continued 8fef82d0dc calmly.f936f5ca3e288487

“I know 57f4646277 there’s no 9ea4e49f68 fault on bd0e5ef4c0 your or cfb9d36cc9 his part a5f02d9b72 in this f342ec8363 issue, but 4c7708ce55 if another 2ae2ff2423 scandal like 66841c629c this happens, 454c9aad81 people won’t aa2c6628ce stay quiet 5c21b1aa4b next time. Even close brothers can 0558dd8634 become estranged.”b1fee38936f22731

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“Are you 13792c39ac saying he 7566a589a3 and I e096558101 get along 8c4941d2b1 well?”73e2f736f81662be

Aubrey was 6cdabc2365 incredulous as 2cdffa6c1f he pointed 8805bbfe04 the knife 1d4f2a2786 between himself 1059c74f0f and Lennock.74cdef1592ace79e

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Pointing at someone 6e9fd66506 with a knife! Lennock frowned 4f11d8f8f4 at the 338bb16a4b discomfort, and 5104ba28f1 Amon wiped 75ae20089a his lips 782b262c65 with a 11598beb6f napkin, nodding.dceeeb8388f42f02

“It was your job da74c4387c to make sure Madeleine 9852dc51ee didn’t misunderstand your intentions.”cf91ee48cebb7263

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“I told you, 622207484c I went there 5d2ce09ff6 without knowing it 29514b1f76 was that kind b6ffb11e81 of situation…”ec89bd22ea54ab8d

“Did you 32687273f5 really not 5bba604b8f know? You know your father 5529db26d7 better than anyone. If it didn’t feel 925d40cf3b right, you should have cf024a025e made your position clear 6716359e1a there and then. That goes for c0d03ea543 me or anyone 855c564c4c else too.”9ad51da62cd8815c

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“…”f74e106435605685

“Be clear about 081d244b6b your thoughts. Don’t just pass over 8498f564df them because it’s uncomfortable 09a663e8c5 or bothersome to talk d5aadd3295 about.”26ef956068ad5dd1

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Amon’s serious expression conveyed 8db157ef2c that he was offering 686b25c5af advice for a friend, 11cefdf527 leaving Aubrey feeling chilled.d72ca69e523ad91f

Sometimes keeping thoughts to 435ab48ab9 yourself was the best 2e49dd1879 way to help in 5d280dc217 life. Aubrey had learned that 1516f7c50a over countless recurrences, yet 36b4399a55 he opened his mouth d754d498ab slowly.1334976e5825c9c5

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“So what changes?”4eb15c45f4ab5874

“…”88462ca4fbec8a49

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“What stays the same 697fe64bc0 doesn’t matter. Some things will d2faf565cb always show the dbd48bad21 same result.”87dba82970ee7cec

No matter how 266cb59707 much he tried 777cedc52b to escape or cfb650c966 shape a different bdb5c761aa future, the outcome 9e8c53e371 was the same. Lennock would d6a8a8851f awaken to b4f0267219 his great 7ffba2ca7b sin, and e296ffcfd3 all would eef28fca76 be lost e92f7b13a6 in fire. Aubrey would 3197e0ff14 wake up ddf2e47d34 again at e66be74c3c seven years 7aa576c067 old.768b4f4e95df5163

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Life, like an eternal de2e117495 loop, how utterly dismal 7a002d8eef and revolting.b2359ed62c351832

Thinking no one would 90480a6980 understand, Aubrey glared at 0af1ed8a05 Lennock once more before d13dfb42ba gripping his knife again.d4f3bb10fc1908b8

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“Let’s just eat. I was going 8372cd03fe to pay, but fa25a00a6c I’ve lost the 1a401e6942 mood.”f8787bcc1b06c984

“What? Just because I 41c63f4d79 spoke some hard 0e79105843 truths, you’re going 3ea08bc657 to sulk like b62a0b413e that?”eed9b498632a5666

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“…”addf0e2d0027370d

Amon grumbled 2acb1f8749 about the 7ad8f9ec38 marquis’s scion 638d33228c being so 7be3701a2b stingy, but e9ecca52c4 Aubrey ignored 808ffd9c5c him. The meat 74e2685a85 in his 1b6fa7be5d mouth now e80705048b tasted like 12df15ad92 rubber. Chewing became tasteless 352cf61087 work.1a971e0166e35fc7

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“You’re my friend 36fbb3d400 after all. Thanks. I ate 0a7b8434a4 well thanks 0b0793c389 to you.”c71e85761e39598b

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After the 98a7f914db meal, Amon, 28d146e613 who no 5af09e459e longer had fdedb5e27c to pay, f56a6c2c0f looked quite ac5c52e92c happy. If it were up f16d71ec73 to him, he would 001e773d08 have asked you to 87c90e2b7f pay, but after eating, 4f1b7ea1a9 he couldn’t really do 0f90d53b83 that.19887e251aed104b

Aubrey, who got 2ff04ef177 out of the ae82a6470c carriage, went to 00aef2053e the Toroso Central 18c88940ce Bank to secretly d6e3814852 check the profits 78e97730f3 he had gained 247e87b7a4 from his investments. Since he 9e7d634c88 had learned f2e4649869 during his e277bb7d46 repeated regressions 41450982a9 which businesses 15704ec2ac were doing 6da64ab2a9 well, the 326174b8e4 money he 095292d275 had put 145278bc0a aside from 7a96a65b6d the beginning 3ba27e4aca had now 925e43f3b8 grown into 6994a52cfe a significant 77271833b6 sum. It was much more f38cf0c862 than he had expected, 56d18eabe0 and with it, it 7c2296c8d4 felt like all his 4de40b3878 worries were washed away. For a 0baafcdc0e moment, he 3b00e81d3b even considered def13a5d5c withdrawing all b560b674ad his money b8090e0078 and leaving 45197dede2 Toroso, but 0001ac44cd he knew 44dd726955 that would 27e491f77b immediately reach b3adeb3488 his father’s 5977fcf588 ears.b13c2aebb85b95ce

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The wealthiest man in 0e22d2015a Toroso was Marquis Wiidin, d9e81c41a8 and he was a 63a8f1ffa5 VVIP at the central 6f9d9066a6 bank. As a result, e2e92692ad all the flow 20d366849f of money and 42d0e0c4ce its details in a5ab4e243d Toroso were under f02f990c91 his father’s control. It was impossible 4559f94096 for the Marquis 58beb1c5e1 not to know e717f8c9df that his fourth d89ab22057 son had been 9c483ead71 investing and building d0cae8099b up a large 538c941c42 sum since he 75faf1708b was in his 305e5ba767 teens. Aubrey had managed 69a13f508c to hide it 9ca534fad1 all this time 0497a8ae32 by buying off 2dba3ba618 long-time bankers and ede3b5a902 using a pseudonym aa73cde4bf for his transactions.6f5584f823157b8d

He thought he would cdd3f39b27 be sent straight to 1454a3e39a the attic when he 0bfb8c64f2 returned to the mansion, 48f6be2a21 so the desire to 8120032e77 just run away was 9c2764b1ed strong. But he suppressed ef377132ef it and withdrew 0d8bae9f2a a thousand blim c3efb3efe7 to pay for 843af85f31 the meal.ea15cf2e276ba59d

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To think that e959eb14a6 the first time f4a6082c6a he spent the 22755e2df5 money he’d saved 7593dd9576 was for food.1a230b204bcccda7

After eating so well, d9dbb56898 Aubrey’s mood was still 0d0c9e3ecb sour. He turned around 871b39cb2e and saw Amon 647de898a4 and Lennock standing 8ea431a9b8 at the entrance aea6976af2 of the restaurant.2f2e2e41acb39a89

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“….”6d19f3d67d21328c

Lennock, who ad6d1ff9be didn’t need 43c76b8f58 any extra 123798de55 explanation, was 48ddaedfa4 a handsome 9dadc1a346 man, but b6acb529d0 Amon was fa90fbccfa also quite 4bedeaf02f a handsome 6a458a6dbe guy. Although darker than 356fa301e9 Lennock, he had 2b02a4d40e blonde hair, and 41a51cdc88 his eyes were 31bc205a73 a sharp blue, 36feda0875 making him quite 81c21a63fd popular at the 2fa22bf5c8 academy, despite being 414f1d7878 a foreign student.84728b47d75f075e

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Amon was from the 84a1ab7dd8 Holy Nation of Alman. A place known for a892c8356e its priests who could 4ae7172994 condense magical power, a 116d14ca90 vital element of batteries. Because of this, 773c9b1c86 it was revered, 153f98019f but when considering 7d28421d67 that it was 6cb4dfd3fa also the site 0d7ed01f61 where the head 3dc417d21c of the Great a2a8ed7822 Sin was sealed e94c90932c 400 years ago…f15ab7cc7ed59cbd

Lennock, do you know? His head 3104b3f86b is buried bb5333b50e in your de33b405e9 homeland.0a663e1a318ff883

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But they 5223afce67 were speaking ae2dfd4a83 so amiably. Aubrey secretly scoffed as 95aaf4ad70 he walked towards them.1ece92a57fb0f1cd

However, it c3ff1f3db1 was only 2665f3a88c Amon who 138a68625c was speaking, 2f1fd039c7 while Lennock c6c449d40b seemed uninterested, 0cd7065491 gazing off f0f54ee13c into the 08543556b5 distance. Normally, people would ef00f817fd have felt awkward, 4333b601c3 but Amon didn’t c7f3a7800c blink an eye b004099e0e as he kept a3c375075e pushing his invitation d10f7d15b3 to Lennock, offering 66dc88d2c1 to hold a 30ae3d1047 grand party at 669d25ae0b a friend’s mansion d4e39612fd after graduation and f4018d8ec4 inviting him to 2cf3054e7d attend.905d7ca04648eed1

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“If the most e4759784a4 handsome man in c8086e01ff Toroso attends, everyone f0bab7d9fb will follow. Parties are always 4b866e829f more fun the 6ffb5802a4 more people you 1fecedcecf have, right? Lennock, you’ll have 3048ec7893 to socialize soon 991c378d21 anyway, so why 7bb5bd9346 not treat it 8a4c4bd71b like a rehearsal 323b3b6882 and come along?”c339b5e89263c45e

“….”4d4897a0dea3f310

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Lennock knew 431d6e8a88 that a dc1ac3a893 party wasn’t 4a2544cbf3 just a eac6945a1a place for a5ad0359ca drinking, dancing, 31c80f0b4b and fun.445c0dcfedd3a68e

In order to attend ffbe522e6b a party, a certain e6da2bf4a6 amount of money had 58a47ea5d6 to be paid. In exclusive parties bb57ff9ba9 where only the 1efe7937e8 high-ranking nobles gathered, e7c9037526 drugs were often f3c4ccdf2e passed around, and d9ec6aab2a those intoxicated would 4bed1cd152 end up mingling 2ddb6653cb with anyone. Some students c159bd447d who got 2a4463e4a2 pregnant during dc0910aa42 these events 43e1c81270 had even 52ec8f8c92 left the 3eed8ed7ce academy in c7fca68363 the middle b2040cb5b7 of the a8d7d85c06 semester.eead48c4b1131a59

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Although they tried to e9b8b4b643 cover up the fact af92433337 by calling it a f24b20fd1a fun time for like-minded f4aa51328d people, Lennock, who knew 767d4edb7f the truth, firmly rejected 36edaf8a6c Amon’s persistent invitation.ec511d7953146d13

“I don’t go to ffa965cf5f places like that.”00d611ad056c2bf4

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“….”303dd83b3a90940f

Amon’s smile slowly 48e99b3961 faded as he 432cd7cda0 tilted his head, 9056b52d95 his expression becoming 46f142d4c1 slightly confused.6cb29728f7d1844e

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“What do you mean, 40b737dea9 a place like that? What are you thinking, cbbda33e49 saying something like that? You’re about to hurt a37a16ddd9 your senior’s feelings, how bec34c359a do you think I 342ce29830 should feel, junior?”215655e96d3203bd

“Everyone who knows c0c4f00857 about the parties 558987bd5c you host knows d8c8c5c1d9 exactly what they’re bf4f8516f7 like. The only 011cc9c6a4 reason it’s 623d399957 kept quiet 3cc4ebf559 at the c8cd71a532 academy is 217b3a8b3a because most 666cd244f9 of the 9dca1af628 attendees are d70461435c Toroso’s high-ranking 4d377ca3d2 heirs.”f6a3fc8ee8232a82

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“….”a4b4fa42604b9902

“From the start, you e7ce5642fb bringing in noble heirs b829fd5d38 from Toroso to indulge a7687a4c5a in such pleasures doesn’t 767a8344a6 reflect well on you, 72eaadf151 especially as a foreigner.”b68f7f2fd44d770c

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At Lennock’s words, Amon 6e62093c13 closed his mouth and 07b431050e blinked.cdc60c5173c38653

He acted like 87220dc118 he didn’t understand ed1267bdf1 what Lennock was f7d58b6f53 saying and tried 12e427d6b2 to brush it e75d338d1d off, but Lennock 97fd599a00 wasn’t easily deterred. With a be6dad24e7 heavy, cold df35626666 gaze, Lennock 3339b870cf looked at 83f274233b Amon and 053220403e added softly.284de2abb2a8147d

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“Don’t involve my 9f0ec4b23b older brother in 4e0c784046 such places. He is fa4c9c1aae the son 34dea22456 my father 242f879f6e cherishes most. If anything b9c1a23c33 goes wrong, 77dd0a29ed you won’t d82f648062 escape unscathed f7a2bb6b66 either.”8c48f22efc624fd6

For a moment, 051102b316 Amon’s eyes widened. It was as if 409488f137 he had heard something e8fc06cfea completely unexpected. Amon chuckled and 270281e50e shrugged his shoulders.ad487864cd213c9e

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“What, so 0c0cb28be7 in the 9cd509494d end, you’re 69f01f931a worried about 03ec349644 your brother? You know, I’ve always 1f62f80b25 worried about the two 53c33e717f of you fighting like ef70e642fb that, but I didn’t 637d1fe90f need to. You guys 35d1aa6065 get along 1988c7477d just fine. I must have 6b6631bd23 misunderstood.”2c1a18ce17415d85

And that ae5b5fea4c was when 7ec80f2928 Aubrey appeared f153c7d033 behind them.a161c52d228f41d4

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“What are you 80d8bb166b two talking about?”62311faca6a6198b

He casually asked, 2f53a940cb but his gaze 83cc8641f7 quickly shifted between 1783fdfcee Lennock and Amon. Amon smiled 30c9cdd103 as if 86e27f6441 nothing was 147ce19bfe wrong, while 48d6fe8e03 Lennock turned 9229d615d1 his head cc4bd7e9b7 away.27f0c71b174099e3

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Amon’s reaction was 8f38779b56 nothing, but Lennock’s 599123cc89 attitude irritated Aubrey. He briefly fb6e83dd22 considered slapping 637a265957 the back 1c9de7427b of Lennock’s c46d43607b head but 68686dc902 stopped himself, 67c989977a repeatedly clenching 040bd19c1d and releasing 1ff8237e73 his hand 28b0983ee8 before giving 3e78b1deb3 up on e796765dc9 it. Then, as he turned 20a1f78073 away, he spotted a ca7d20149f newspaper stand.a32d7886e74cdbc1

There was a8106e5e5e nothing better f76103f459 for checking 756cc9ebed on the bfce9789f3 various problems bdaee71558 happening across 550f552a43 the continent b90d04291e than a d33c4793ce newspaper. He had a f6ae2ef21c general idea of 2ffbee03a8 the kind of 3da217a0ec incidents that might ea9f24674e happen at this e0bbd3dd28 time, but he 1007f54443 decided to take b325bee16b a quick look.b1240a254033d151

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“Welcome-.”8be07960164114ff

The boy selling acab15143c newspapers looked to efc508bd04 be about thirteen f676539cf9 years old. Aubrey noticed that one d8021c3de7 paper cost 2 blim, 96443bc431 and handed over all bc1cf166ac the change he had 48df22350f received earlier. The boy’s 9c4f7b3a87 eyes widened fb561ecfc9 when he 739f6e5067 saw all 2c2ce62a65 the coins 6282fdc616 fill his c0c565194a palm, but 7e367d0b6e Aubrey just 0158afce63 grabbed a 87e6aec404 newspaper and 6b4af79606 walked off.13bc89b0e501ab57

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“Th-thank you, sir!”2849c8ec27e92035

Whether the boy fb9b616187 thanked him or cfa1c38edf not, Aubrey quickly d11c3010d4 scanned through the 39f7026204 paper. Most of the things 4881adba5b in it were what c0f9e60bdd he already knew. He was almost 15239ead45 regretting buying it 712fe6a290 when his finger 7c9d7b43ab stopped at the 6300aba984 bottom.48c225e91fe412bb

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“It looks like d4cc90fad0 a new battery db36a5c541 case is being 2c46a9e67c developed.”b1fc3970082a5014

The finger 8b745dd22f pointing at 1a6bd0c447 the newspaper 1b3f1c56d9 was Amon’s. And the new case 9b664461da he was referring to 02f906f4c0 wasn’t something worth caring 39f83db001 about. The business 0d41266b06 itself was b95e8e414e a scam.0731e2b9aa978fbb

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The man who had 43bbad2c04 confidently boasted that he fc782d4bec could create a more eb19a5931a durable case that could 791d9aaad1 preserve magical power for 2d578dbdb2 a longer time was 44b0d8a796 a fraud. After developing 937e857016 the product, 184d94912f he had c9747c6701 realized its 41f14bb67f flaws and bfb04545e9 then approached 156c7c05d2 the Marquis 8fbd2e07ef to extract 94f3487d90 a massive 74f3ee2205 investment from 399f1544a4 him.d8652dd5bd6e5525

What had started aed2e307ca as an acceptable d5f7780683 product gradually caused 10028ca4d1 problems, and after a770990f62 some time, it 5bacb8af44 was revealed to 948953c250 be worse than 595d094dc1 the original. Because of 5541e8dfc6 this, Marquis 80216bc449 Wiidin suffered 85f88e1e05 huge losses, 95cdf0bc66 and his 0e69cf6ca6 reputation took 214f9ffa1f a hit 4fc50d0666 as well. Moreover, that fraud had bf8f82c129 tried to make a d303f467a9 move on Lennock at 85355197f8 an investor’s meeting a 737707c7c5 few days ago at 712e747acc the Marquis’ estate. Aubrey had beaten 60d81511e9 him up a 412397b078 bit for that, 03737ca0c7 but apparently, it f20f2e3434 had upset his cd57201922 father.988258b804d75c9d

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