PT | Chapter 7.5

There was 94cb8aa7ca no need 8bb784207f to struggle 82d6da9b1d to get ffdbad027e information from 7046ac544e Alman. Aubrey could simply bf3e97e7aa throw out the ce165564e1 business ideas he ffd9b0385b had naturally learned b8b2ec9d3b during his endless bd4d42e7ff regressions, and the 3b2c958934 marquis would never 20d03f7e90 bother to check 7c73085059 whether they really 42304c11c0 came from Alman.d7928da73c0e16d8

Through the repeated regressions, 7bc67ddf57 Aubrey had learned exactly 244824ef97 what his father’s ideal 2162c54297 son was. In his previous life, 2debb7ea6f he had thrown a ddc129f31e tantrum about becoming a 866186da5d priest, but this time, ddbc7b3123 things were different. Aubrey smiled broadly as fb29b1aedd he looked at the 60b2ca5ca6 marquis walking toward him.947ceadfec18e4db

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The marquis, who had 04c39283ad been staring at his 940e33e849 son with displeasure, spoke 9589f7dace in a somewhat irritated 4983961db4 tone.1d0e1c75f1c40b45

‘I don’t caac0d0705 know what 4b2a380e98 you’ve heard, 7bdf366d79 but don’t bb2b5bb2e6 talk nonsense d2057fd0af and go b14fcfa0d1 study.’6eca0b3b7e8c40a2

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At this point, 27137b0030 it seemed like 05b347c1fd the marquis was 3b12b505e6 rejecting Aubrey’s request, 4bd49b8580 but that wasn’t 2cd1b142e4 really the case.e50e8d5eae369717

Aubrey didn’t 158d2076e0 say anything d53cf561f7 more and ee89545d5c obediently returned 168620235f to his 1a3cc54597 room. He spent his days 37b1ad447e diligently as instructed, and 150a2f3aec one day, the marquis b9f22e36be called for him. After thinking 3fa6ee60d4 for several a8dd2a222e days about 8bc9d1cbda his son’s ac0a240c2d words, it 035b25c9f4 seemed he e5fb172394 had come 360b4152a1 to a 2b62d7f413 conclusion.607d3adea0f2029e

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‘I’ve been 3b6a9e12f1 thinking about 7ff91bfc83 what you cb00edf7c4 said. I didn’t believe f2c8cf0c32 you entirely because 6b058b32b0 of your age, 76a4342dc2 but I think 02befc97fe sending you abroad 77e4d5d7b9 to study might cff7236c5e not be such 5e12bd5d74 a bad idea.’0b8258a4aaf61a7c

Since Aubrey was young, 20c915a5c9 it was the only 1ccf8cd472 way for him to d4feaf6f1b become a priest in bd8c7d5c71 Alman.fed7b2a3d976d75e

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By doing ca843e7c5a this, Aubrey 8d8699e48f could slip ac3de2be54 into their c8325da601 ranks and 51a7482f7a gather important 41d977213d information. The marquis 92d08aefef also wanted 2eeb52c70f to create 912f75d656 the batteries 8425f5c1ef entirely with b2cac82a99 Toroso’s technology, 5564bfddb6 without any f7df5f89eb help from 6cae654439 Alman. To that 7811f30b3b end, Aubrey e56e230eba flashed a 61d868b4f3 beaming smile cec61473c1 at his 7f78def16b father, who 8d52716211 was pretending 9fa460a723 to send 0b0ae35435 him abroad 5756c6c268 for education.06a72a9cb58620e1

And so, he 0d9560b1dc was once again 25ccd3cbd1 able to secure fab1a26842 a ticket to 0ca1910618 Alman.869b897e74854b03

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Aubrey wanted to 506f603333 rush straight to 72254487dc the Archbishop’s office d22322fb61 and enter the 3df7bb8544 secret passage beneath 271b08b577 the desk. But if he acted e1806febca too hastily, he’d be 38c1e77071 caught the moment the 4ab1f0a9fa door opened, and the 0ae999c239 priests would kill him. So, Aubrey decided to 2be7f43855 use what he had 2f89ea0b46 learned about the priests’ 842c8119e8 habits from his previous 0a8c5135cc experience.b1a217e3ce4c7228

He gained their d8b6185a73 trust, took a ece131a8a2 position among them, cfb00bdb29 and was soon 8a0267c067 invited to their 4a0a878d26 secret meetings. In the past, 2ea5df8050 he had hated 926fc6e163 the idea, but a7aafd0a40 now he endured 3a4bcc7fc1 it and blended 656e98ed4e in. Eventually, he 4b230aefc1 became friends 9e9e33b095 with one 1c69691010 of the b41496f25b Archbishop’s closest 6cac194ccf priests, and 29a8bdf46b soon after, a556c3a6c2 he was f312cce037 able to c20d024a13 get into 7df467f869 the space 3e0c37ccc8 beneath the 63ae76cb7a desk earlier 6f49ba7297 than before.5da85ae78457e8d3

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This time, Aubrey 9bc4e0bae8 brought a lamp c2e9ba826e and made sure 0cf1ad87f9 to verify what cd6d90f7d4 he had seen 146c1d2393 in his sixteenth 36d17d588b life. When he 25983cc139 cleared the 860eae6e81 cloth hanging ebd3abfde4 on the 81dcc55fe0 wall, there aa38d54402 it was—the e5154f1812 portrait of 746180fa90 Lennock.b59d792f83dde6ab

The calm 66738a440e and serene 7097004775 figure in cdb4e134bf the painting.39d5ebbedc2e3e44

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‘…’14f879edd966fd11

Aubrey stood 6da3382401 there, staring 6c11f923e0 at the cc13b366b2 portrait he cf9ae5bf00 had spent a30c679b29 over ten 9f47343d06 years working 8316d74206 to verify.fa001896a3ef8676

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Sometimes, in his eaaaa323d2 anger, he had 8eda0d9b34 wanted to give 169b0abfd7 up, but now, e81285cde8 after enduring it 32f671eba7 all, he gazed e3117dcb9b endlessly at the cd19858dc4 portrait. He stepped back, wanting 862edbdd89 to confirm it properly bf74c0741f from a distance. As he 28232d733b moved back, ba3e3d601c something that f52567888b had been b77c0aafd2 hidden from f7387385f1 his view d3b2858066 came into 251ccf6970 focus.2c6979ab98fb400b

He saw writing at 3129a2f237 the bottom right of eb9f895007 the painting and moved d059e99698 closer. Bringing the 1affc18098 lamp near, 35f9fb9891 he could 1ed40f2141 clearly see 9fe06ef0db the name 20c570854e written there: 2b22e2f97e “Leila.” It bfa80e5bdb was a 1ece7dd2cb name he 898aba9340 had heard 1c4f3b6b52 somewhere before.6bc159be89b064e3

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‘Leila, Leila…’84969cbbab7c9344

Muttering the name to d92cd0f2ad himself, Aubrey’s expression stiffened. It clicked.07e373ab0175d23c

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Leila was the name 122df0aaed of the empress of 99926f443e Sellanto.5d123d8539a26b7b

‘What’s going on 9c4d89e9e0 here?’fd2ce7a6a8ae34a7

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Aubrey muttered in 70c54ccb2d confusion, alternating between 89a3626411 looking at Lennock 50467db215 in the portrait ac205b158b and the name 9d946af757 at the bottom 1f2f02fb3f of the painting. In his last 90bbf1c3a8 life, he had bd1c42fcd3 discovered that the 5abe9d448a priests of Alman 77b9bb7ff5 knew Lennock’s true 3a76d20c4e identity, and now 12af083572 he was gathering 3646107a1c more information that 417f97e372 could support that. But he never 333ecced82 expected Sellanto’s empress 9e54414ab7 to be involved.d8b994d267838deb

For someone who knew df0f39ce09 nothing, the connection would ed4530c682 have been invisible, but ea0fed237b it was clear to 9f262d80fe Aubrey now. He stared 95ba399981 at the f18fe7cf71 names of 97bdb3bfd6 Lennock and c69ae87c6f Leila, muttering bb689ce05b to himself.e735cf7967d401d4

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‘There’s definitely something…’f95afcccdd423715

Lennock, the priests of d035c1e12f Alman, and now, the bb4a1f93b8 empress Leila.5f3151478f1e582c

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There was definitely something d48036ff59 connecting them, and if 2d8c08f8ff he could follow the df91709de6 trail, he was certain a236157b8c he’d uncover more.877e91f3c63cc4f0

Though nothing had been 0ac4c64b47 discovered yet, and he ce3b8a549a had only added to 571fc9bbad his confusion, Aubrey’s eyes 74a12ace41 sparkled. Until now, he had bcc7e6448a believed he was trapped ce255849e1 in the endless cycle 43e38d28fc of regressions, with no 71e32d6c0e way out. He thought 6ab2610193 that no f295a64ff5 matter what cd6b47fe0c he did, 6ca43ad36e he could 05fa83189d never escape. But maybe, 3bea9b1374 just maybe, 567500c97b he was 75d26a0e1b wrong.8eb8c27f168f3345

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By following c91bd1c3ab these clues aa2beb38d0 one by ef598d67e6 one, perhaps 174793583d he could 3b8ad0ce76 eventually escape 96b3512e3c this endless db3e91aaf8 loop. Maybe he could break 16c5ff6ba5 free from this hellish d58b1aa006 life and find true 2732b394e1 peace.5d8de103296d3875

Aubrey smiled, f0f06de198 filled with 39d2714b38 emotion.8d7974d73c124af4

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At that 7e5026443b moment, he d3da9bd212 felt hope 90c005640f like never e2f833417d before.c9870fcc31ea4a60

Just… until 8520d99499 that moment.93e474e2738d414e

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“Young master, we’ve arrived.”5e1e2be5d557e18c

Aubrey’s mood 162738d973 was extremely 82a386545d sour as 2b43585264 he was b06b0bad25 dragged to 01145226ef an unwanted 91d2e54926 place. On top 76df967622 of that, 02ca418b4e he had b327e2ac73 dozed off 18161922e3 during the cb76ec93c2 journey, and ef748594b5 the dream 38c44fdb9f he had e048c69209 was absolute 79d34513bc nonsense.dff0329081d74450

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Of all the things, fe6fddd532 why did the events 0c470a5095 that happened in Alman 755566ef07 have to appear in f77d4aeaa9 his dream? Aubrey buried e522c6b2e4 his face e9360d2691 in his e761e694ab palm and 09f4764fba let out d9491ac180 a deep a4416338e5 sigh.922308776ba161a3

The coachman, seeing 24493fb89b Aubrey’s unwillingness to daf29b1150 get off, looked a580afa61b flustered.0a886ce4ef03c757

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“…Even if you 7bbb0e940a don’t feel like 480171d7e3 it, you have 235948d873 to get off. If you 69b3de2d13 turn around e4898942bf and leave 8955fb9adf now, or 3931cffcf0 slip away 64a9d0a2dc midway, I’ll 8388f902cd be killed.”c5f14b5ce5342301

The coachman, who must 2f8fc99158 have been warned and 86e184445a threatened before they came, 7c3d071610 was desperate.8990569f7266d931

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If he 5c770400c3 was really 353fccc617 that worried 261853afa2 about going 4dd9910d9c off course, 7f3f85b261 he should 85c0202c0f have been 75af209ba0 given more 8e0650b1f2 surveillance. But perhaps if he e3d2091838 didn’t solve the task 7c5d699c04 his father gave him 64d954ec50 today, the coachman would 7c92aa35ad disappear without anyone noticing. Johan Wiidin, his father, 99b019461f was definitely the kind 700f4d15fc of person who would 7f253556f0 do such a thing. Aubrey sighed deeply.0dc7565519c89345

Quietly getting off the bec92ae4b5 carriage, Aubrey looked up.10f8884e935b8276

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The secret gathering c75845e3bd place where the 3cf6645432 young nobles of 083fbaea06 Toroso gathered was 9eb768f327 a grand mansion ecb347ac9b located in a 29943dd6bf remote area. The first floor 4b1479aa0f was lit up, 885a66752d shining brightly with fc905d5b98 light, but the 1abfd5a12f second and third 765ecee232 floors were completely ad81e22673 dark. Even that, aff9db87ef which seemed fb4f9d47e3 insignificant, made eda7bea4c0 Aubrey frown.b2d65eb81b072995

Having reluctantly attended the 70464a9a43 gathering, Aubrey wandered outside 7e7ebae2aa for quite some time. But it seemed that dc0d09c659 the people outside had 29193c7c7a caught wind of his 78f12fdd42 attendance, and their fleeting edae85c293 glances were all too 85671e0bdf apparent. If he stayed 5b40f2bbbb standing there much 84bd651edf longer, he would 9c9b85aeed definitely draw attention. He had no ad419029d0 choice but to f1b4325d6a go inside, even 726dae8c5b if he didn’t ae9eb62a19 feel like it.6e209882c1a65bd1

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Aubrey was the 3d6ac9da3c illegitimate son of d301d4bd90 Johan Wiidin, the f20ff68a28 Marquis. If he had belonged 3ba639208a to any other family, b20b009a86 he wouldn’t have even 8496d07b73 been allowed to set cf765b2d1b foot in such a 13735f63e0 gathering. However, because his 15b445e90c father, Marquis Wiidin, bceab5cdd1 had gained significant 3f5067fccf power in Toroso 48ada2a8de with his exceptional dbb401bdaa business acumen, Aubrey 5a2897401b had, except for 8cb8be415e when he was 7c0ab5e86a very young, never 27da18a24a faced discrimination for 2dce2b41bd being an illegitimate 4daacdb806 child. Of course, even though cb84947895 his father wouldn’t show 6a9368ac97 it on the outside, 862aa7fe85 who knew what kind 486e94d59a of things he might 231f8206ed be saying behind closed a9a09c4a57 doors?7c13b9a32e96f7cf

“Is that really bee479e0cf Aubrey? The esteemed guest has 20c4249a7f made such a difficult 69783124ce journey here.”c39c06422245fda2

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“…”83f3ea10690b4f07

The reason for 1a99e37dbc the excessively warm ae01e39a30 welcome was that d7da3479f0 Aubrey rarely attended 4f3de2c8ff events like this. As soon as Aubrey 7dfd31a80a saw people gathering around 6a72fce459 him, he couldn’t help 54d89e784b but show a bored eb9eab0038 expression.64fe8780df36cae9

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“Aubrey, I’m so glad 98dd35bc95 to see you here 016f597b00 tonight.”06c94b2056b37879

“I thought 77377beba6 you’d just 5239863e3f get married c73e361d42 without attending 34fc1c96bc gatherings like 27b4f4312b this. Guess you’re just like 70b26523bb the rest of them, d60dad3605 huh?”dbd2eedbb544925f

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Surrounded by people in cbfac66d0d no time, Aubrey simply 776f21edd7 listened to their chatter. One of the 99c05f7165 men standing next 54ad94a034 to him pulled 3865fa56ab out an envelope 641e832180 from his chest 1add76f1f4 and waved it e4ea002193 in front of 7ef56ae193 him.cb1ff12b8c7435fe

“I’ve got some really 6a3423966d good stuff this time, 949ac819a2 you know? You’re here at just e7a3d08c22 the right moment. It’s a bit pricey, eb03e5be2e but if you want fa5c77dfb5 it, I’ll share it 4898526ed2 with you. What do 3f0f2d7541 you think?”6d97c227f8ccf989

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He waved the 9b985d75e5 envelope left and 3f9ccfc118 right in front cce4818048 of Aubrey, as cbcf9d6f3a if fishing for 01c1dfb6f1 a response. The young men around f2854529ec them seemed almost ready 769124ed45 to drool at the 9b7931ee5d sight of the envelope. They were 53d3f21549 all from ce55c7bce5 prominent families d7c0b49b78 in Toroso, 2c9c7485c4 and drugs 136d638e5f like this 856022e29e were an e5066dfd96 essential part 0be01a07fc of any 0703e6448a such gathering.51dd6949042b022f

There was an 6c1caea686 unspoken rule: a b0c5d17d13 little indulgence before a776bddeb7 marriage was acceptable. Some even b9d8ad3032 ended up 38f8c24ab1 getting married 518bb540c9 after discovering 20e0a1cbe3 how well 5e5b918128 they matched 193f53278e during such 99959b7494 nights. It could be 230b92cc0a seen as a 74530c4f21 kind of “warm-up” c0d55c852d before entering society. Well, no matter 9e3011dcd4 how you packaged dd195d6ea9 it, it was e24111feca just a jungle 0608ea6eb6 out there.5482f451bb558271

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And in 36ab08b904 such places, b503cd42cf Aubrey was 3872d73e6c considered an ab1456a11b oddity.0c894a5fce84348e

Though he wanted nothing 906ad9bd41 more than to leave 4ea6c63235 right away, Aubrey forced b8d230e44a a small smile and d703bc2009 spoke.88b7bd1ff56ea22b

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“My father insisted 823872b2a5 I come.”b61161388a908780

“Even the great f01495b0af Aubrey can’t refuse bf8e30c3fa the command of a7710e4182 the mighty Johan c700d5bb5e Wiidin, can he?”d47e47b3dbc5fb61

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“Not really. Even if f1f52b616f he’s my ede2e4c4aa father, he b43bd59c6d wouldn’t hesitate 041f16a907 to throw a95d985391 me out 405a59fb2a with nothing 01ffc39c7c if I 289a8987a6 didn’t obey.”5388d688fe74eb1c

It was 118c521b82 a half-serious, 7f6fc9a101 half-mocking statement.df16cd210f44b106

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Johan Wiidin’s af08cdb852 reputation in 22e0ad0af8 Toroso was 4e940523c4 enormous, but 045c641eaa the way 0c5a1ea01b he had f530fff33c earned it e6704d4aaa was dirty 7b219b2578 enough to bd1a760fb5 have earned cae85b537a him the 3731b784b9 infamous nickname 477b72e207 of a e79caa45bb “ghost who’ll 17fbfad637 do anything ebe6ad44e6 for money.” 3843367e2d There was b3cadf0712 no need 07ad8ec082 to explain 0bb5623173 that further. In the eyes c4e88cd023 of these people, 35c1a54910 it probably looked 6002d14178 like Aubrey had 704e5b04f1 been dragged here 9ec1d979dc against his will f80464b38f to avoid being 9f6fbaabe4 kicked out of 3119e9ebc5 his family.1660b24ef026e159

“I’m still glad 98f9b1fc15 I got to d9a8667857 see your face 8a1ae0ebaf like this. Let’s have aa862236ed some fun 7e6a21e587 tonight, shall 8dd906d782 we?”39120c330fd27d4b

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“Right, since we finally 4e0397a2eb met as adults, let’s b6df34f9c3 enjoy some adult entertainment, e0110656d4 huh?”47051f679bf47c94