PT | Chapter 7.6

Aubrey silently surveyed the 88006cdcf3 people around him.08af598afcb3a044

Most of them 255fb50b50 were people who 29579e8a28 wanted to get 334ba67562 close to the 629a28bbd3 Wiidin family, or 193fd89a3e those who pretended 4c4ae4feb6 to be friendly 89e44aa3a8 while gossiping behind 3aa1f23f47 his back.706f12ac4a1bb934

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He thought 5c1ce1ba52 he was 7bb589347e used to 4ff858a385 people’s reactions 691ebd5ae7 after going da175d0d6a through multiple 8fe40ae1a0 regressions, but 0cf68a037b maybe he 4ccdb00d97 wasn’t. Still, he couldn’t 7327df2a6e show discomfort. In this life, at 4ab364eec5 least, Aubrey had learned 5a78ce2fff to handle people well, 435a79b350 having socialized and played 751373ac44 enough in his previous 88183b5f10 lives.d79472b1a5ac1698

“Well, I guess 15c5f942d3 some light entertainment cb1a8d1670 for a night 6b1abe5f11 wouldn’t hurt.”d0119542434ac52f

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“Oh, I see. Looks like 776d992ec9 you’ve finally 8f8500f1ec decided to 5ae63562a7 open up 7830f6aace and mingle c9ffd7cb70 with us.”759f71b71a3947a9

Usually, Aubrey would have 6d5c906e02 run off at the bf8b1ad639 mere mention of such 8593ca0dba things, but tonight was 2885a0f880 different. It seemed 63fa48297f like some e36c19469b of them 061bb92faa thought they 9547d24b32 could form 3e925efdae a closer c453aa1cd9 bond with a653505176 him tonight, 6687bf992e so they 1c22af963b all eagerly 64bcefb406 approached him 7509430875 for conversation.440dab7e3764138b

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They started by asking 30073cbf2f about his recent life f370ad4bb7 and complimenting his appearance, 83c1d14d4b but the conversation soon d9b6b7ee21 shifted. The predators 97f8367113 among them, ff456f4c2f eager for 08ca502514 information, tried 925d3553d5 to find a9beca7c1e out about d5352fd551 the businesses 6cd4c1bf93 that Marquis 7d6ca47c89 Wiidin was 0101628a8d currently involved 0b50a729bd in.743362877c0b8c86

“I heard the Marquis 617502ad21 has been putting a 2d5488e536 lot of effort into a1ce47d84e bringing a railroad from f2899ea37f Toroso to Alman. Does that mean 2a68c8e225 he plans to 40c77a94d5 expand his business 4275840a1a by teaming up 3b9ebbbc21 with Alman?”56bcca2afc1a778d

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“I heard he’s 52a6e9f5ed developing a new bd50a8a8d9 business district. That building’s 9f9aee9ce2 supposed to a19e7b1254 be quite 604463efd4 unique, right?”ebe5abd9bea324b2

“Unique? Could it be fefa7730c8 that he’s modeling 67f8459cb1 it after the 7e2adc52d8 ancient ruins discovered 99b7c6535c in the north?”b361928561b32780

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“I also heard 7f5b15b78e the Marquis is a5c74b5581 interested in developing d15732f9ae a new drug…”2edc6ca623a4b0b8

“…”8042f421939c7b2a

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If you c50dea4513 listened closely, 84cf6f8af2 it seemed e97065b203 like these ba7fb94fca people were 9f043c979d more interested 99b316fb75 in the 46635e0138 Marquis than 60cc25fc0e in Aubrey 5707ad7ead himself. It was 58add01b9e no surprise—if e136573ee7 you could 0dbdfecc76 even get c42435348c involved in 880dc65656 one of 7425d9d41a his ventures, 6800f4e4ee you’d make 4111f3720e a fortune.1dcca81da71fbfa1

Although they tried to 5e350ced2c act as though they 1b4cf33a3c weren’t fishing for information, 57cae42353 it was obvious. Aubrey almost 4a91cad761 felt sorry 23279b8e69 for them. He considered b3bdba60ff offering them 538e2ff2cf a few 3397bb4bb0 tips, but e44bda8eb0 just then, 7511668979 a masked ffad18d855 servant entered 71fd909bee the room, f496bcca18 heading toward 90b315cd1c the group b4a02d77a7 of men.ba8fe804aaa35e67

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“We’ll open the c9f2fba8c0 doors now. Enjoy your time.”5a109d37a03820a1

The men and women 7f5da141df would each spend time 4ab24df984 in separate rooms before 30cfcf73de meeting in the middle f621d07a0c to mingle. Here, they would 3bb8cfdf7e either seek a 7bf70bb01d new partner for 8fe6c97d72 the night or a0586da1b0 enjoy a secret 7f8629ab07 rendezvous with a 8254e2f3c8 lover they had 2ffd3fa18b previously arranged to 3c687cd08e meet.68a22b012246b15c

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As the men rushed 61f9e37052 out to enjoy the 52f78bd8c3 night, Aubrey also began 9bcbf021cf to move. Just then, a nobleman 1770c1b1ec approached him and spoke 6305e9cab3 softly.1db8216bec5f0567

“Your father is f977b679d4 truly an amazing ad7f5f2d4d man. He can 054c9027ec smell money 95249cbce1 from miles e89cd32c6c away.”9fc1b02008a8e212

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“…”c7654f9ce5ae868e

He chuckled, tapping 66662e69e4 his nose playfully.ea433752cefca762

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It was true that 3d4539cf2e the Marquis had a 8bf2ecb7e8 knack for finding money, 1dadc58a89 but hearing it mentioned 17cc1b3c41 like this was unpleasant. Aubrey gave d84da3e6f4 him a 6bdca8e648 sharp look, 6b3b1790b3 thinking, What’s 5f64de68ef this guy’s 84fe8c0709 deal?a1ad1c1916095773

The man, undeterred 98354500ea by Aubrey’s glare, 0d7bddef39 continued.07268ce0e8efea4c

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“You know, e464884d94 everyone thinks 187eacb83c Madeleine’s family d44aae662d only runs 1eee8f57a9 a few c2d60aa1f3 stables, but 1869a5673d they’re actually eaa47536f5 involved in 1ed04b916b selling something d72a862ffd quite well-known 99b49fada8 in the 7c5e68ee2f back alleys. And I’m b29bb23702 the only 52b1674928 one who 2d956e87fa knows about 109c252458 it.”21bdda16523a1417

He pressed his 67b0645f24 fingers into his 526d59e3dd chest as if 76eab7b2cb to emphasize how 2ba52f14a0 important this information 0062c86432 was.cd46baf2cd8c6ee7

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Aubrey wasn’t interested e9cb26723a in anything other 108ca2ffef than “escaping this 3525f93adf damn regression.” He 25395ed3d9 hadn’t really paid df03868a3b attention to any 88f5682b86 of the people 62a56e2f4d or their connections, 6784b49132 so hearing this f7559f67f4 was new to d314dd5f63 him.5a3668c640a4af50

He raised c5b9497724 an eyebrow, 78b1a0b303 wondering if b21905a704 Madeleine’s family 1d750c97f4 had something 79f3b0365f hidden. At that moment, 39eddec64b the man waved 2745ce37f0 the envelope with 05bfc19cc6 the powder inside 1eaa1dd3cf in front of db9b0e0be2 him.669bddc58dfb151b

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“This stuff is 5937a84b72 amazing. If you take it, 94c5840765 you’ll open the door 61a35afc2b to a new world. It’s a 1102b77b35 masterpiece created 0c1533888d by Madeleine’s 87e48a3805 father.”dff774dc53996902

This was starting 71264b37b0 to sound like 830761e79a something from the 4bb4713d66 underground world.4a9c8fe540267282

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The man was pretending bd9ee2e9f8 to be a gentleman, 1ef5854427 running stables on the 1282d3c06f outside while secretly making f228476d72 and distributing such drugs b53ab474e5 on the side. Aubrey furrowed his 1d10082538 brow in irritation. The man, sensing Aubrey’s 523a50c4b3 discomfort, casually draped his 4c39468060 arm over Aubrey’s shoulder 3151bbb999 as if trying to 535280203d console him.71895cc639292501

“Don’t worry. This is information aa3ec84386 that only I ffc004dc47 know. It’d be shocking if 389dabd80a Madeleine’s fiancé’s family was 4fe8efc7c5 involved in something like 1b7975f2dd this, right?”1e97b7938f105923

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In a place like f3ac72d244 this, no one used c7bcdd1357 drugs less than anyone 7b3962b425 else. But just a6598906d4 because they e37699f3df indulged didn’t c03e3f9c7e mean they bedfbd3440 had to 644ecc23cb look favorably 51d357f9ac on those ae2e3ede6d who made 617d850ff1 and sold 4208e323cb such substances. Aubrey thought they were 2c07bff263 hypocrites and shrugged off 7db4fc8d94 the man’s arm from 292af7936b his shoulder.052bc6d5133d4cd9

“Excuse me.”e838961872982f0c

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“…”8247775811ee3ac2

The man was e2e6667c2b clearly flustered when ec1a479810 Aubrey began to fd20c9a487 leave.b8dcbe845fbe5c2f

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He must have expected e1fd5adf64 Aubrey to react with 7acdb99bc3 shock, asking “Wait, really?!” 70dc17fda2 But instead, Aubrey gave 7f00cba6aa him a cold look.7a2e0e85f89fa9d7

The man, now 8311b0ca4c panicked, quickly tried a82ec95575 to recover.5cabc41a67201ad8

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“This stuff 0b014dfbd2 is really aa37c36a20 good. You know, the alchemists’ 825faddcb5 skills are amazing.”d2aa7920aad226ec

Alchemists. Aubrey’s expression hardened 8e4398f96b at that word, 2f01fe8235 and the man d402b0dc96 grinned.8f2af1c204dee3f6

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“Yeah. This is e591a74133 a potion a0589d8804 made using 5ab6851c02 alchemists’ techniques. It’s top-quality stuff.”ca18fa059f6fb4b3

“…”a4809ac67c9d6730

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Alman was a c9193c192f country ruled by 1d26f16799 clergy. To someone who c8ef1db6af didn’t know, it 6c1d21b5c5 might seem like 195543a2b6 a deeply religious 0e3e7d5cc5 place, but unfortunately, c1b0db6dae Aubrey had once b14be93145 been a part e59553f1cc of the clergy. He had learned 5ceb18b0d3 all too well 038d9b018d how corrupt and 0b07575b3f ugly they could d2682730fb be.4edfb13cb1d8483a

Over a hundred years d3c20ebbce ago, a group of cf0b4a1bf8 clergy had left Alman 8eed7a4931 due to differences in 65e2565355 beliefs. They had concentrated cc14db58e1 magical power in b250ba6c1d a different way, bf6b1f184b and their results 9511b40eea were far more 8d0bc611d4 refined. The batteries they 56109ccb3b created were known 43b59f76a1 to last much 3f8cf60f57 longer.60c35925abbfd3ea

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And that’s why the 5082340587 Marquis had partnered with 9ec737ab0b them to create entirely b9b15528b2 new batteries. Aubrey couldn’t help 1d550825f9 but think that 7ab360bf2f this was still e65f854d5a ongoing. As he stared 9f34d09aa0 at the man 749d6f47ae shaking the envelope, 28d131ba6b he remained expressionless, 23d7f01b07 but the man 78a1e515f4 eventually spoke up, 92d727a54d sheepishly.df01348e993c898c

“Well, you see…”657d676179d5fc3c

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Aubrey cut him 19a47c1b7a off, speaking sharply.0f60bd44d60665d4

“I know you want a94f47bf58 to succeed with the 12f1e66b7f help of the Wiidin 5059b04122 family, but you’ve picked 8e3e894be3 the wrong person. I have no 598678da1b intention of introducing 5600affb2b someone like you 62243b18b5 to my father.”4b45089c2a235d77

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Aubrey gestured toward ac6f3ea091 the envelope the b8cd163da5 man had been 975b8b22fa waving.1789aeae6d628eb8

“I don’t 9ec2140c58 care who 7b79379c91 made that, 92e0870e46 but you’d 03d55165ac better watch df110e1dda your mouth. Alchemists may be fb7c390941 skilled at creating e54eead607 things, but they’re 1a557014da also very good a6352d206c at… other things.”e4a9249cbf76e07f

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The people here were cc5b6758f5 skilled in the art 7c678ef020 of cutting off a d56604339f person’s neck without anyone cf6214e458 noticing.c61c060deffa357f

In a way, 82d63c9db7 the man had 22ff073b03 essentially provoked both 073094308f the Marquis and 04a05d2687 the alchemists in d015b0b083 order to get 54225d25c8 closer to Aubrey. Realizing his mistake, 6dbfb6b5c0 he was flustered d6cd957e40 and tried to 2e9117becb smooth things over.ceba0b3df1b32e43

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“You must be misunderstanding e075f225f7 something. I just…”95829f815421dd50

“I’ll be excusing 9902ec713c myself now.”1f41430988465694

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Aubrey didn’t listen e4cc272571 to the rest 7751f632f0 of his words c1bd26cb0c and walked past 08d13cb678 him without looking ff307acbf7 back.4137d2594ea8c386

If he e77e64d914 thought they’d b3f12b5df5 be seeing 781d748c8b each other 225033d6d9 for a 957029e1bd long time, 4365a9240e Aubrey might 35af2147a6 have tried 85fd7f1b8e to be b2fa6f38e0 polite, but 9255e4cf55 he had 95cf207403 barely five 09dc79e6be years left 88741666f1 in this 9a54c4493b life. If things followed the aae18870a4 usual pattern, in five a9c5c08f00 years, everyone present here 6baeee78cc would likely end up 6ce11aaf76 like roasted meat. Thinking of that, it 37abf2b727 was a waste of a09d2bb54d time dealing with people b4da5de168 like that.7300d5909b9e5847

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Aubrey, now alone, 3393e71fa7 looked up at 5fb5faefe2 the beautiful chandelier c7a4f721b5 hanging from the 5924975b7b ceiling. Truly luxurious. Every corner 0dbd7a8bf7 sparkled brightly. There were already 6a150a3e35 many men and be06c3ce91 women gathered in 19a1677f75 the hall. Most of them 32fb2c5a69 threw sidelong glances d2d05cc3eb at Aubrey, but 4cb551d7fc he didn’t even bd0ea0ee38 spare them a 1f7a42219d look. He had c3b3ad2faf another purpose c34a28e42f for attending 1177c251db this gathering.c5508ec85a80a769

As Aubrey 577b052cac surveyed the f55d85c3c7 crowd, he 76d5b070d5 eventually noticed f7a4bf83d4 a group 5dd8cbe592 of young ca0f1ca214 women, and 54400a0478 among them 2dae2f154c was Madeleine, 3fcaa7628b who seemed 37096a5312 visibly uncomfortable 55eb9fbcae and was 3ff5310baf keeping her 449a15238e head down.51290621ad36048a

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“…”6774edc19de28c1f

The first time d81062e2f8 he had gone b8f1b68ea9 to meet Madeleine, 7538442466 he had thought b75957a8e0 it was some d58afaa7a2 sort of sudden ea34509a21 introduction to a ab8c49a60d woman, but now 0a081fd744 he understood.4ebf0db47db4930e

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The drugs 2cb8cb4eff and the af2b816a49 underground dealings 26e8915db6 didn’t matter 7228e4356d much. What his 902afd1835 father was 31dd310a99 really after ac08a5cd01 were the 5f866bd280 alchemists who 2a87eb8041 helped make 6b22c24fac those drugs. The Marquis 1b4fa3f9ed wanted their df60469d7c assistance in e5717ce784 creating refined de9424211a magical batteries. If they could e3b583946a get batteries that b36a7811fc lasted longer and 2e8c079654 were more durable 9f17f3ab36 than those from 407b1f9281 other countries, it a66bc2fb8f would give them 3907e6cce3 immense power and c6843ad773 wealth.cd7c5087ff130465

Aubrey didn’t f9a7f57a3e particularly want bcae05c36c to interfere ea67eb0eb4 in his f67e95ab1b father’s plans, 5f65594b93 but the 8f9eed505b alchemists were 33ef2c89a6 a different 88577ee47c story. In his 17th 7453109e10 regression, Aubrey had c14c02185c become quite obsessed edac1a75f6 with them, especially 95fac9ea1b after discovering certain 9e07416a6e things. In that 5eb9462382 life, when 58aa2e7559 he had 89f879bef7 dug into 04a98878a9 it more d5e5826e22 thoroughly, he 76e3fd4f53 had discovered 1b0348070e something shocking—the cd683ffed0 painting found d7c5547bf6 under the 166d12a04b Archbishop’s desk 7201643b43 was of 282d7f4582 Lennock, and b26d9e89cc below it e6ede99dd7 was the 3e93c65665 name Leila, 1bb920831c the Empress ea37b6186c of Sellanto.91e53d6a3473d92d

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Alman, Lennock, 90258788e0 and Leila.d18510273585e0a6

It was 4da9d8b506 too late bae618aa17 to begin 505bd9d8fa unraveling their c2ad7057a8 triangle. He had tried d2dde180e5 everything, but eventually, 15446e8596 he had been 31a10bde82 branded a strange 19e77de596 person and was b08be4ca83 exiled. Still, he 65f84eaca6 hadn’t given 2d812bd88a up. He had continued ac5d64b51a pursuing their connections, 492577e786 looking like a bf474625b8 madman. In the end, b6b5f4dd32 he had been aed1376eec locked in a 4cba41d90c room.7a4b513c4e6f3d50

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The last c2ef8cb3d1 bit of 8fa7ebd7cc information he c15a582d27 had managed 560a0f4269 to uncover b3865c1132 only made d650cd5f0b him more d32c52611d desperate to 22d0955ab2 find out 3cf4f1b525 more. He was almost e9c749f758 going crazy with d0821e17a5 curiosity. And just when 3d71e9a31c he thought he b77e855643 had almost caught bc741c44c9 something, it came f85e69003f from an unexpected f0dedbfd7a source—Jill. The Marquis’s 25608801e1 second son 8aad3552d2 and Aubrey’s 1beb567511 half-brother, Jill d99876344d was a cbc01c3b56 shadowy, unreadable 6393d3f507 figure who b001283578 kept his e5a525cfdb distance from 841cc6657a everyone. Aubrey had never 2590419b7c bothered to get 2f6e554c54 close to him.a56d91eac1b853f0

But as it cda717427a turned out, Jill 45b874a09b was deeply involved 615066f290 in alchemy. Although his goal differed 73fd17ccee from his father’s, he 7a696fcf24 also wanted perfectly refined 1050af28dd batteries. The problem 05885abee9 was, rather ad4ab1b6ad than using d523e45d54 the power d8c0136152 from the 7b40a696fe batteries, he 6c3500d2da intended to 02c8699402 use the ea09dd50c1 magical energy 6ca567a808 contained within 7b13412f6f them—something that 3c5e026f7c was considered c0b6410522 taboo.05e4fa21b8a4d03a

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Extracting the 97172f00af magic from 9b99b86f52 a battery 62d0f86c02 to use a3fa819812 it separately 297e8cb981 had been 07376028d0 forbidden for be73497bac centuries. It was 8be5e3f2d2 ironic, but a6193fc115 not entirely 8dc33d724d incomprehensible. Over 400 years bafca0f552 ago, the great d59f4e4e76 sin had occurred 78fe77372a when a human, df92b862f1 possessing an impossible a8f47fbf50 amount of magical 81c9f4c03b power, had tried 343b2828a8 to challenge the 8229c61378 realm of gods 69b6b1979a and failed. Since then, it 016d279a16 had become absolutely eaf16dd6d5 forbidden for humans 14106c3ce8 to use magic 1861714750 in such a 7940bc5f04 way.021406c24ff5fa6e

It was laughable c1ff0ba09b to think that 0a37e64a47 they were still a83be49aef making batteries while e4d92c2ac1 simultaneously rejecting the 6819926766 idea of dealing fd1509b1e8 with magical energy.841e22a8e10a5e8e

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Despite their hypocrisy, 0acfec5c52 they continued to 860063dadf desperately create batteries. Aubrey found d0b153aeaf it ridiculous, 13e7ea1fb0 but he bd308b0d3c pushed the bf8e78799e thought aside 443ca2da2b as he 00b01540e4 continued moving e8f32516e2 forward.2f82f12914ad3984

What Aubrey needed to b861d8851f do here tonight was 05df46c65d to improve his relationship 269dce4113 with Madeleine, who had ce7f2818f4 become estranged from him.48117b2dc5626078

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