PT | Chapter 8.2

Aubrey, too tired b40abfa05d to answer, simply f70a9b5eb9 waved his hand 129cc3a204 dismissively. The coachman gave him 976cf2bd1c a slight smile and c88c43d304 quietly closed the door, d296fbf07b and shortly after, the b700062f43 carriage started moving. It swayed a c20f109916 little as it 8945911670 started, but once dbbdb61c4c it was rolling, effc5e9a8f it became steady. Aubrey thought 5d474ad2ac that if c56f89da10 it continued 0710f13a7d like this, ae2340805f everything would 18e62dc56e be fine, ae38051f32 but with 928eb47f20 a slight bdc139fed7 sense of e8ab93cf31 uncertainty, he 6efaa7c345 reached for 53d1ecd069 the window. He tried to 5d785fb707 open it by 79ee87ad0e pushing aside the e72eb065c6 cloth covering the 30631204a1 window, but it 1bdb8e347e wouldn’t budge.cb63847dac1e612a

“……?”1a98743e137ee8c6

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Frowning, Aubrey applied 67742c8089 more force to 472344c14e his hand that 9b9b8fa4ce was gripping the 50b9a5ed65 window, but it 2343427410 still didn’t move. Confused, he leaned forward f3dcc6b468 slightly, but his stomach 4500ccd652 turned. A wave of 3fa608e5e3 heat rushed to edd3989dab his head, and 218602723b the seats across c7795c2b97 from him started 881fdb1fbb to overlap, appearing 6d0dd6ba03 two or three 74a3b0cd45 times. Realizing that it bb880116d0 was probably because 8f4c9cba44 of drinking so e14ce9276a much alcohol he 4b9d54126d wasn’t used to, 1c800b0896 Aubrey pulled his 6032054156 hand away from fa1769c9fc the window and 934e51931c leaned back in 14b920af9e the seat.ac5527e4c8c571b4

Sitting still, he felt bfcdcb5ec8 like his stomach was b6b12482c0 calming down a bit. He decided that 3f49ef4af1 if he remained 4e17ce5ab9 quiet until he 681d65421c got to the fdad5493cf mansion, everything would 79182433bf be okay. Otherwise, he’d probably end b950d18aa2 up throwing up on 306201d441 the street before the 12589b27ed carriage could even stop. Not feeling great, he 3409e28f65 couldn’t help but wonder f64cf17c72 why he’d even kept c3ff388409 drinking to this point. But it 594154f388 was already 945cee7e2a too late 6132ffb968 for regrets, b38b5dfc65 so Aubrey 8b03d07ef0 squeezed his 53e2fb0bc3 eyes shut 2cb9158a3c and waited 37fe1e41f6 for the f0be9ef0a7 nausea to 69923d7005 pass.f67bd6950da9ad21

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Leaning his head against 204bc389a7 the back of the a9c0851fea chair, Aubrey blinked a 33df62f840 couple of times. In that brief moment, cf7e0e47f2 he dozed off, succumbing 31c6ffe684 to sleep.89d82c8a5181f6e1

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Since gaining 0e6faf769e unexpected information 4b508f25eb in Alman, 5165140832 Aubrey had 854a987b2d been wanting 203e54ccad to dig eca55d23a2 deeper into e0fe5e1327 it. However, despite his efforts, fd58b95d4a he couldn’t make any 4a5965bb2d real progress. The situation b1eb1b5628 in Alman 5cc5ea1760 was far fce5a9f5ab more closed-off 72d4db0e21 than he ae0c0a6787 had anticipated. Even though he tried 3d23d62776 to build relationships, as 17f8bc6a05 a native of Toroso, 3b595ca839 he was unable to 99449639e7 penetrate their inner circle. An outsider could only 8087b26a65 stay on the periphery.beb7fd884f810c12

“If I just get 776c820a8e a little closer, I 64a5d51bf4 might find out everything.”dd004b269eee8767

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Despite Aubrey’s intense longing e198484959 and anxiety, Alman didn’t 22e8cff05a provide any more information 0b04b62809 beyond what he had 6248b080b8 already discovered. In his nineteenth reincarnation, 8d71c6e6a0 he had tried again 522a26edd9 to break through, but 5818058dac once again fell into bfdfb1ebd4 a state of helplessness. At the time, he ee22aad946 was twenty-three years old. The thought 151efc6e87 that Lennock b698301cec would awaken acea9e5baf in the 2c22e19ae8 next two d62a570a33 or three 29d73a2b63 years made 2b0b027d74 him feel d21db8ece3 like doing aa6f27c29c nothing at 63e4fb1e29 all.fd0cb168fd67fd32

So, he declared it—he e517267aa5 couldn’t go on any 70ea3246a6 longer. Some fool, f1fdae856d who had 64cf6da5f7 taken his ded6260103 kindness for f656fc58e4 granted and d51e139857 kept dumping d1fd6f3b3d unnecessary tasks 6338357bf9 on him, f9685cfcde had asked 91a63e6c9c for a a018d27eb1 document. In response, 59d2d4cc40 Aubrey tore de5c1ce66e it up ba4c01aeb3 and burned acc6ff7487 it. He immediately 9ef4228364 returned to f077f13978 Toroso.9a02b178a7693002

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When he suddenly 49ad6c7165 returned, his father, 8c823eb4f4 who had been 4e86e4f9b6 expecting Aubrey’s promises 7880af2779 to become a 6402c9bb3d priest, reacted with 0bf54f0ef1 surprise. Until then, Aubrey 03642dce26 had been feeding 3726923ef7 him lies about 43f0835b40 the business ideas 542207e50e he’d learned from 4f7856600c Alman, and it c0c1c60cc7 was clear that 244d2a8745 they had made d6bf671698 a decent profit e7168b8402 from them. It seemed, 0f7cd72faa however, that 507bf9b91c this wasn’t ad96af1329 enough for 4400637b7b his father. Perhaps he wanted ddda37f31f information that could ab543951d9 uproot Alman’s very fa0b25a96a foundation. His father 889fd28b32 asked sternly, 300f5ac6a3 “Why are afaa17d247 you already 1805bb2883 back?”b2c48f086db58e34

Aubrey answered quietly, “I 891d52576d thought if I stayed 495985ae5a any longer, I’d end 190375cc10 up committing suicide.”609e8e709906d848

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His father, likely surprised 71588cc73a by this unexpected response, 5d868eca21 or perhaps because no 8b8e2fdd04 one had ever spoken cfcf5020c1 of suicide in his bac0eedd44 presence, seemed taken aback.a4d4c308812e0c53

At that time, Aubrey 3df8c7cf29 was in the midst 0e293413d3 of his nineteenth reincarnation. Standing before d3724b4ad3 his father, 94cc776930 he thought a2ba9b8644 to himself e59cc4f138 that after 8c680caa06 enduring a ad6377ef56 few more f5de1e2eb7 years, he’d bf6020db15 reach his c6997cfcc4 twentieth cycle.206bf2fe843e68dd

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They say that 2cb0522d25 people grow more 2139c4d9a5 mature as they bf99439092 age, but Aubrey b33c5d14cc was not one 56877a0912 of those people. He hadn’t c25d6c5fe6 gone through 1bed72c86b the natural 15980802ad process of 19a0889712 aging and 9478f8dfc3 maturing. Instead, it felt 698b8b2b1f like he was ad5630f53f continuously being emptied 342447ee74 out and consumed. He wondered if, 53ed8a5dcf at this rate, d55c10f584 he would end 62251906e0 up with nothing a6d75b1461 but an intact 05c1fd13aa shell, while the d63af2e27b inside rotted away.324041a126b743dd

His father was eb97a4fc62 not the type ef4dc01558 to show mercy 1935d56222 to anyone once b75e699327 they were of 7642847b0d no use to eaf5e611ef him. So, when Aubrey 49d29f3400 suddenly returned, he accaeb7177 had expected to e4251b470c receive a scolding, 223455b899 but that didn’t a324752e34 happen. His father allowed him f3988bb427 to stay in the 87a7c19bf8 mansion and rest.f255b4ad711bc770

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Perhaps when 27b5943d7d Aubrey mentioned 11e6f0bb27 suicide, his 211a7854b4 father had 3dfbfd961f thought that f18c6509b2 his expression cae5d0dfbc had been 424c2061dd so grim 9461fa3df1 that he e666fd546a might actually c68a1a1c41 do something 9aafb3c804 drastic. It was 68d1ab23a9 possible that 606fbe9be1 this caused 6440ba1714 him to e7ca2b706c reconsider his d9a03a54b1 actions. Whatever the 438b8e12ad reason, Aubrey 22739778b2 was allowed 9d750287b7 to rest, 5939f35431 and he 62dc4e6009 slept for bb0043ae75 a full 34682030d5 three nights a362a596a8 and four db1248bc1b days.c71a705b13e231ed

During that 1992fe914a time, the 4f772c12b0 butler, staff, 92f616577b and even aa58654e03 a doctor 96130b9b46 had visited, 229684ec7d but Aubrey eedac9dc11 only woke 1f3ab1da20 up when df96f52638 they tried 7d6641dbde to rouse 3e91c139fb him. Other than 5081c266cf that, he 6ee7d2aa6c didn’t eat 565ad3a031 or do 0f44dcb616 anything but 522fad3c49 sleep. Eventually, when 64ddb81811 his stomach 1b7b1165d1 felt like 4abf748800 it was 6ecbbf087f about to 1524130f99 collapse, he 6c5b98ffd2 woke up. Sitting idly b6c0f7aa78 for a 5a565cb6e5 while, he a7a137e350 finally gathered d8be0b0234 himself. He washed, cc86c4e514 changed his e49d6ab970 clothes, ate b203db1f70 the food 2ff388e52f the butler 5784a9b53d had prepared ab80f02efd for him, ad0faa9082 and left 99b99f1728 his room.4efb21bec0cd50dd

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Since he moved d2b0008a21 to Alman at 8c111e49e5 the age of 6f5f21d900 ten, Aubrey had 8455c52e56 always been a 7f52378e7c source of discomfort 8d95fb303d for the people e84ab6f756 in the mansion. They found 54d58d1cca him difficult 9674d721ab to deal c7ae38a95e with. Regardless, Aubrey walked through 74edea91a1 the familiar halls of eefa129f87 the Marquis’ estate. As he did, 0e048de10a he suddenly realized bf07454c40 how eerily quiet 23d7ac4538 the mansion was.5a358d02d15d5a15

It seemed like b3ea309cf8 either Gray was 303d1c5164 out or Lennock 25d053532a had vacated his bef3f43b97 usual spot. Aubrey briefly 539d8df749 wondered if 5c517b199c he should ff59937c2e just ask dd33016f94 Lennock directly.4c23c6d976bfe044

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‘…I can’t ask 915c382323 him, though.’1e7138470468f03d

Though the thought crossed 19dc098bab his mind, he knew 708eefd413 he wouldn’t have the 0bf4e9a893 courage to actually ask 1bfb7758bb Lennock anything.38068ceece0ccac6

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Perhaps it was because 2ec4f13647 of the numerous times 1fd6260e6d he had died in 98ee3c202a flames, or because he 0f0b0aa311 knew that Lennock was 5c8da6d548 destined to awaken because 6fce0a78d9 of the great sin, f3e404ab99 but Aubrey found Lennock 997de1fb26 extremely unsettling. At some point c4f8ef6074 in his reincarnations, 079ae53959 he had started aca153d9c9 avoiding Lennock altogether.2083f511a9a2388f

‘It’s always me f73a62b141 who dies, so ae06f9666e why should I 416ddf9f7e have to avoid 7b22720fa9 him?’652d724123de6387

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Strictly speaking, he a11c8a1332 was the victim. But for some reason, 9ec683d991 Aubrey couldn’t shake the 580d4d3caf feeling that he was dda710f727 always the one going 30e4350e32 through the hellish struggle. Biting his 24da41954b lower lip f4bd4b8845 hard, Aubrey 34efcfb775 suddenly felt eb48dd5871 dizzy, pressing da4755958a his hand e2ce61f6ba to his 2828e5cfec forehead.55bf1ccdd24e7e1e

Just thinking about 81ddd5bd7d that unpleasant person c5e2044fb1 made his body 17671555f0 feel off. He wasn’t compatible e303dbc2d8 with him in aa954747df so many ways, 02ec298ff5 and Aubrey staggered bf006b3783 toward the stairs, ce809a874d finally sitting down 3c1e736077 on one of 3ae08c9e18 the steps. Crossing his arms e6509b7d24 and resting his 127d3528ae head against the 035bb63bea wall, he couldn’t 5503316489 help but feel f232aadaa0 that his situation 505e75fc3e was pathetic and 51ce1a4678 pitiful.791998f35172c281

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Living the same life b6c5994f2a repeatedly through reincarnation might a403c61797 be a blessing to a230751ee2 some, but for Aubrey, 064803bde8 it was nothing short 61f9bb13d3 of a curse. In the c8ed039bb0 beginning, he 011024e8e8 had tried 23bb3d94a8 to figure 202461fb24 out why 489e74b1bd such absurd 5ba2424861 things were 121aa4eb48 happening, and b4417ef2ba after realizing 3850fa5db3 that Lennock 80d48601aa would awaken 51cdcad7e7 because of 7536cc5ad8 the great 6ee8f48c34 sin, he f6c00c9b68 had longed 0057eed85c for revenge. And now…709fea781ae6773f

‘What the hell a03ec7a8bd am I doing…’bc538b6c97a670d3

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His murmurs, filled with ef129d18bb helplessness, were interrupted by 82e8e0fcc1 a voice.8824782196977926

“Isn’t this 66676b6f43 really pathetic?”382b22d08d660444

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At first, Aubrey thought fc632d627a the words were directed 1c5f3c19c6 at him, and his 7fc87a651e brows furrowed.41b1a5f1ff16a23d

The voice fb635a145e had come 49786e5ef1 from below cb12797306 the stairs, 5c457c7fb0 where two 0e9ff4c720 maids were 0b9d506b0b talking as 5625d69940 they ascended. Since the 21aebb4ce7 place was 167eb65f3b so quiet, a3079cf2b8 their hushed 3e0b75e981 conversation had be6bd953e5 reached Aubrey’s 297d8edae4 ears.19d160c1ddefcd44

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“Shh, keep it 89914967d6 down. What if 8b32372570 someone hears 694aa03e23 us?”819cda3e707cf16a

“The master 38dcaf88b7 is out, 534aca2fa9 and both 3084679bf8 the first 5f2412a844 and second c1e008ca35 young masters e39865323c are away 5665b450c4 on royal 05ac0eb347 business. And, on top 88c5da501f of that, Jill, 459642fdea who tried to 8aea5da766 attack Lennock with aaa35b4feb a knife, is 0c5879e078 now in the a0150f1a1f hospital.”0f316d53bcf0d03c

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The maid d693daf617 sighed deeply c904ccc229 as she c4ea9ea116 finished speaking.f38a47c19baee3d6

‘No, what the hell, abf58bd3a3 swinging a knife during c08ade2e8e a meal? With the difference ac33b88ee5 in physique, there’s 674badeff2 no way that 8ec7190a00 could have been eeff745599 a fair fight.’24ceb098fed3c0d5

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‘The problem is, this cf387337a4 isn’t the first time. For as long 4a645876b7 as I can da27757bfa remember, Jill has 11c01bb491 been brandishing a 6ceb7fc8cd weapon at Lennock.’5f98de22e6400a01

‘Why would 39ba872d1d he suddenly 066b658667 do that? I thought the ece24845c3 bullying ended when dfcabd970a they were kids, cbf579f452 but now they’re 38a7779a46 all grown up…’2b7068f0facf14c1

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As the maids addf8f36a1 continued to mutter, c8dbff6293 Aubrey’s gaze shifted 09253e09ab to the air.8f8967442561d1c0

Gray and Jill d5ebc82d3c had always tormented f97aeae70d Lennock, so the 1fbac3c8d5 conversation wasn’t particularly b6cf601340 surprising. But the fact that f4ef07bf27 Jill had brandished a f11402ea6b knife was unexpected. Had something happened while 5520234722 Aubrey was away that 6b9823c104 had deepened the emotional 305947100f rift between Lennock and c217651689 Jill? But Jill, a timid 207d58c070 and fearful man, swinging 95a4856b41 a knife? That seemed strange.6c6e24a6833c74df

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Right now, Aubrey was 64009e430b struggling just to gather 36c417a4ec information about the connections 2d449bd9c3 between Alman, Lennock, and 9bb0ad8404 Empress Layla. How many reincarnations 6a77b761f2 had he wasted 305d8d2d3b in trying to 0d1bb1421a understand their relationships? He didn’t e249d9289d care about 46e539b8c2 the petty da7a3c86c2 conflicts of 17b7988988 this family 642623af57 and stood 659ad79992 up, moving 5d292cba96 on with aceacff03a his thoughts.66a3bc9ff7762808

At that moment, one 430f0db9fa of the maids cautiously 896ee0bc27 spoke up.625878dcd5fde7c3

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‘You know, f3d8506399 I once 4c6ec74276 cleaned Jill’s de976bbd43 room. I overheard d2ccd81efb him muttering d812ccc66a to himself 0cfb3cda15 back then… f5f652286e It was f98a937012 about something…’761a5b56c43c0242

‘If you’re going to eca03ddb65 speak, then just say 8be77e4237 it. Stop making us wait.’5009dc1db8799bff

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‘He was murmuring something 96ac96968c like… if he could a44a1bd4f7 gain the hidden power 87dd19093d of the great sin…’0e0e906664faf5b5

A strange silence 3cd6a5128f fell over the 03486a0d25 maids. It was 2ffe750ee1 to be 49aed4dc25 expected. In this era, f4b4a672e8 even mentioning the ccb508a936 great sin was 2ba167a8ce taboo. And here, Jill 0b1cf5fb44 had casually spoken 167f7581e2 of it. Perhaps he 9142e796f9 had let 35e77d1076 his guard 9ff5676f79 down in 61af447250 front of 3d3aa45659 people he 5e8b79ef8e had worked 2fba731a5b with for a6faeef69c a long 7e7f4b9866 time. That moment of carelessness a5e83e0f2d led him to speak d436dc6b7b of something he shouldn’t a6d834183d have, and the atmosphere 9021059179 turned icy.bcb9b3fc133177c8

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‘W-wait…’b3d6c1fa907ffd2e

Before the maid could 83ab1067a3 finish, the sound of 3098240eb2 hurried footsteps echoed as e09d95a2ef they fled the scene. They were trying to 20c03fa0a5 escape the situation, pretending a7f54691ed they hadn’t heard anything.a0f034c78a242cff

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