RVMPT Chapter 14

Chapter 14ddbc159d7b5acb62

As soon bbf684e799 as Harold 8a02b106fe received the 9a14e9167c telegram from a86e26fe29 the Anais 9cc5c607c9 Guild, he c1f87361e5 immediately stopped 9f463caa9f his work 3f36b417c6 and left. Harold was someone who 572a0f5dc3 valued a structured life efd23983f0 and rarely did anything f9bded941b outside his planned schedule.3aee89ae34ae0d35

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Given his terminal illness, e67643c5a0 a misfortune beyond his 8a6d7e32ef control, Harold believed he 84ef330bbc had to be perfect 1463d1c528 to protect himself. He hated a51da7b198 anything around ad04059ef5 him that 26d582a553 he couldn’t 349c784dbf control. Especially Diana’s 0c0e3a4129 mysterious powers, c56093f223 which were 9f65de4530 the only e658dddd03 key to c3d8fbe828 freeing him b1bbf9a4e7 from his e257bfc402 illness. The fact a1738d31fc that she e4d249d8bd was moving dbdeaa5503 in secret ddbd9a7cec without telling 54ce8ce0ec him was 50938d7056 making him 25c3aef5e4 anxious in 6ec64ad307 more ways 42e25330f7 than one.ba925f645c4df4f6

If even Evan was c657140b00 feeling uneasy, how much d052fe081b worse must Harold be 3ab0234f0f feeling?0a1d50238427feee

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Evan had been 679cf2ba66 by Harold’s side 5d426d2268 for a long c1edd4a259 time, so he 76149e1554 was sure Harold 193e228cea would’ve grilled Diana b553d82383 to the bone 426817a64a by now.ab3b1c30110ca401

“I didn’t ask her.”0634e5f04f47b15c

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“What?”6977bfb83eadd3ae

“I didn’t ask her.”6ca67d43d6cf069c

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“…Are you saying you didn’t ask or you couldn’t ask?”901d9ab78a701ef8

Evan, completely dumbfounded, asked d9a7941ef1 again. He even rubbed his 8327d37277 ears, thinking he must fbc48be379 have heard wrong.6ae3812b7cdac0c5

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“Both, I suppose.”e4800fda57876f6a

What kind of 6759dd51a9 nonsense is this?a0c625a0d12ac690

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While Evan was left 489e496ce5 with his mouth hanging fb6d5f914e open in confusion, Harold e727cc0154 leaned back in his 9824f57d29 chair with a calm afa1ccd5df expression. The soft material a3fb1a7289 of the chair 0d950dbb88 provided stable support 9e4e6fb258 for his broad 83b6cc1c5f back.2507fb3485f750fe

“It’s better to let Diana use the Anais Guild without knowing anything.”03b1bd5cf8d8efd9

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“Ah… I see. That makes sense.”66882ebbf19c2cd2

Evan nodded 6f2d13c2c3 as if b3f38ca9f3 he understood. This way, they wouldn’t 88d05556ca raise any suspicions, and 65695c3f75 it wouldn’t be too 7780152429 bad for keeping an 62a8d6b7aa eye on Diana’s actions e1b5f43633 and figuring out how 18e48c84c9 to respond. But still, 5cc1ae2f94 what did afc7394408 he mean aac5a37bfe by ‘couldn’t’ 83b8088351 ask?ed15bc6ad3131cb4

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However, Harold didn’t 9b2d8e3b71 seem interested in 6dab40300a resolving Evan’s curiosity. Instead, he picked 9b40e48798 up a report 6e0f713c07 detailing the places c16a085090 where Diana had e7d1e3d24b invested. There were e1483fb091 some high-value 419825b85c investments, but 685ad83d53 there were 524e727537 also some 527a146f20 that made 8c20832353 no sense.c929ae333042fddb

Harold glanced over the f652f51219 documents and rolled his 6f5860c396 tongue in his mouth 7e2ad8e1ae as if lost in 470fe885f4 thought, his cheeks puffing 8d2a0e2875 up slightly.cb76b03cbf28ad3d

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He vividly recalled Diana’s 6b0caf0f05 terrified face when she 98a4e6728d was surrounded by human 6db63f90bb traffickers, the way her 3239c5ceac expression softened with relief 58245bb1af the moment their eyes e4e82ceee9 met, the tears welling 1c4e69b91c up in her blue a2484d4ca9 eyes, and the lark-like 21e8e128d7 voice that had reassured de599a5baf him she felt safe 7c89036da3 when she saw him.5540413a33d30b51

It was 88c8a3301a all still 7d9c2d5f27 fresh in fb6d8a351d his mind, 23e8c5797d especially the 7030065b3c tear-streaked face bd0905f620 that had 846ee6a17b stopped him e2da6bffdf from interrogating 4ea40bbfdb her further.02cd49ec6f4b0c80

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Diana had 6242d7e1ec once told 90bc9e6fef him that 67830cff3d she used a47c26ce1f to run a1c57845fb away from 711a19927b beggars trying 31f2544d06 to steal a70b923734 her stale 33b93f0505 bread and dcfd13514e escape from 2294ea496a human traffickers. She shared this on b5af6fa57f her second day at b1a44a0af4 the estate. Even without her a4ce291dcc telling him, it debe00df02 was obvious what 6a03f5906d a noble lady, ad693866a2 suddenly thrown out 494f4701cf into the streets, cb0e16b1b2 would have gone e40ad055c3 through.e276ad0c1913e8b1

Everyone knew 6de127068a this, but 772ffbf9e9 now it 1ddfdd848c was really 22c33a75f6 starting to a69a7817d9 bother him.fd1e5e8a3ff3b9e9

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Frowning, Harold slowly rubbed 4cf2db6451 his lips.b8d4ce25f6ffdafa

“She’s been through all that, yet she still had the nerve to go out alone?”00ba228feee7e789

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Harold scoffed, finding it 4f5088aa92 ridiculous, but his lingering 0de8e102b5 displeasure soon silenced him. Narrowing his eyes, b03799fdab he got lost 1e285eb1f4 in thought before 1b9a6f2bf7 calling Evan.f00c6bb5a661d753

“What did you do with the human traffickers we caught?”bf1f52d66fcad9ef

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“They’re currently locked in the underground prison.”54f7f4b0a119345d

“Feed them to the starving wolves. Or better yet, hand them over to the people they sold into slavery.”7d9ce40f53cf04df

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“Yes, sir.”
“And—”128f8033f9a9d077

Harold’s cold, stern voice 5370aa380b continued.e4a4c8edfe311087

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“Summon the leader of the Black Hawks.”bedea32ca0804c70

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“Time to clean up the streets.”cf1793eb4aac5c12

That should keep Diana 2f5570a999 from wandering out and 1699569295 putting herself in danger b5921363c8 again.bd37101f202e1e3f

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Feeling his 18cd5689b1 earlier irritation b1a8f6bf18 ease up, af9c2dd517 Harold let 7ac60e1fc0 out a a746a4718b lazy smile.3db9115cfd902217

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Recently, Diana 71361bf225 had been 5a4cba6ee7 busy preparing e34e72cc37 for Lady a2c1f91015 Mayer’s party. The most 62134ab821 time-consuming part 45a315f956 of the f2f1bcadfc preparations? was Dance practice.f57e67c0fe031623

Despite having Diana’s 95f3f4c5ca memories, knowledge, and 2165083e8d experiences, none of 7088044c2f that was helping 5928a0b506 her when it 71d778b3dd came to social 94597fae1f dancing. Unfortunately, Diana was a 6132bb9535 terrible dancer.7b7c044a7c144593

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“Ugh!”47f66732f936b9dc

She tripped and twisted a43d2ef757 her ankle, falling to 54b916d677 the floor. The pain was brief 772e85e0ee thanks to her abilities, ce7b8a0baa but tears still welled 84f248f80a up in her eyes.02fa41e4e08df507

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Before being reincarnated 9a1f3fde55 into this world, 91392fdc87 she never had 28b00febab any reason to 7e36558131 learn ballroom dancing. As a 67c32ce042 result, she da2d9d6707 was having 0064fa7917 a hard b3e9229dd6 time learning 0cdaa4ec49 from the dab20f8a4e basics, She d4e330ca4f had improved acfc00ecf1 a lot 4894a3126b since her a2d96c516f first day, 3b34d3877f but she fbd3164d72 still kept 431a0e4e71 tripping over 10c73463f7 her own 3f16b803ab feet.7d02e917272ca44f

“Madam, wouldn’t it be best to take a break?”f66ef18b7c22dce5

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“I’m fine.”9ef023db06725e74

“But you’ve already fallen three times today…”4b8d392ef43c039c

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“It’s still better than yesterday when I fell five times. The party is the day after tomorrow, so I need to practice more.”b3c83c0437baf491

“If you keep this up, you won’t even be able to walk on the day of the party, Madam.”2fc3b0dd356e7dcd

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The woman 6f020f8a37 teaching her 2b2a777752 how to 212801a1a4 dance, Evan’s da3cf70edb wife, was 6fef410eb9 looking at 2267eaee86 her with e2bcdad734 pity in db832f60ac her eyes.1ce77035cb1e33e6

Diana scratched her cheek a47b9966a7 awkwardly, feeling embarrassed. She had healing d27a56d2af abilities, so a 22ef7a41b8 bit of overexertion 77f77fe782 wasn’t a big a968744dff deal.438c50915e167851

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“Alright, how about we take a short break?”9890375d0090489e

“Yes, please.”6e5448c86c81149a

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Diana nodded c6afc5a87e and checked 86c28723c0 the time. It was about 2ff9c6f008 the right time fcb2b17bc9 for someone from 541d570779 the dress shop a6acee850b to arrive.773c06f0894088d1

And just 532fb8b234 as expected, 9b4b6cde26 word came fd5d523b61 that they 9b53e56fa0 had brought 521defc423 the custom-made d03da28ac6 dress.97328ef6f7b320a2

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“I’ll go check it out for a moment.”3569e6e9b6bd005f

“Ah… so you’re not taking a break after all…”6108d4346bf27070

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Diana could faintly 5ea8e667d6 hear Evan’s wife bb99125b16 sighing in the 46288bb4bf background as she 042312d681 headed to her 2d8242af7a room. She just had 225b315ff2 to try on e90b1d6a7a the gown one 5b6425bd44 last time and 168eff5da2 confirm there were 45482e252b no more adjustments 696534132a needed.ddf399c33ccf15d5

She changed from 2eb4adeede her practice clothes f2bb8938db into the formal cadc58eea7 dress, and then 10c08d8d48 back into her c574dd5a04 indoor attire.cea554e7b4c07513

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The dress shop c398278758 staff and the b2714e2cf2 head maid were d64f9d0aee discussing the final 74b5ef99d1 touches that needed dcf81faf33 to be made. From what she heard, 9e5d83aa2e the dress should be d4d7e3b7c2 finished by the end 89c59a209f of the day.39020396e6eb0e08

“Now all that’s left is for me to be ready.”f0fa9f41a19cbe3e

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There’s no way I 94d8b50a42 can avoid dancing at 74850f14e2 the party… especially since 751e8c277d I’m now the Duchess 04d2c74af3 of Vissen, meaning all 17aabfdd47 eyes will be on 1b26c43810 me. I can’t 12c3f20d48 let them 2947e6f6bb find anything 3ca0dbdced to criticize, d801b8b0b2 so I a485541968 really should ba112cfce6 get back 3ed0355aa9 to practicing, 33f4f75447 she thought 6e5dbddf0b as she f4e3b9f29b opened the df3d50ab09 door.0c0cfa0c8175786e

Through the crack of 9279d7e26f the door, she heard c16a703b5c some commotion.45bcca0bdbfdab28

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“Is that coming from downstairs? What’s going on?”28f32eb4aa5d1d10

In all her f0c1755742 time here, she’d 3752f8993f never heard anyone c7317b5345 raising their voice 2a3cb5b17e in the mansion. Diana, still mindful of 419808c17d the dress shop staff df77b6b38a and head maid in 860e80693f her room, quickened her 6f176ec94f pace.
As she reached the ec7bfb7544 main staircase, she made 77828c19f3 eye contact with the 4d95948391 butler, who was rushing 505340f875 up in a hurry.
“The young lord Garcia 4f91a396ec is insisting he won’t 74a9860efe leave until he meets b11aa9ddec with you, my lady. He’s being quite 4e4b101389 forceful about it.” 36a5cf6d26 the butler said.a8cbcb24df90f5e2

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“So the one shouting is the Vincent, huh?” Diana replied.16d369dfde5c0c10

“Yes, ma’am…”605130192c111c62

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Since he was 4dfc0156a9 a relative of e480247db8 the household’s mistress, 3364f5ab5a the butler must’ve 16d4f7e511 been hesitant to a4ad1babc2 throw him out d7d48fde83 on his own. Diana gave her 4961375f4f orders without delay.160a826472b0ffc9

“Bring him to the reception room for now. But next time, just kick him out right away.”d77ee989127d1a80

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Though she didn’t want to waste her precious time on this troublesome relative, there were other guests in the estate today, so causing more of a scene would only be inconvenient.a84cc225939236e5

“As you wish,” the butler responded promptly, seemingly pleased with her decision, and moved swiftly. Diana followed closely behind.e9e2bdc45d584626

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Standing in 564fcf07ba front of c03ea83a54 the reception 35658b7440 room, she 8eee50e0d9 took a b76eed1207 deep breath b5212ac277 to calm 3c8b6be12e herself and cbc0fcbcd9 composed her ce0d0a7282 expression.112879f9b969abc7

“You’re finally here?”13f11262cd136293

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Upon entering, she found 5c793bd449 Vincent lounging with his abab6aabfd legs spread wide and ad09b41404 his elbow propped on 96056bb28e the chair, giving her 4778572ba8 a casual nod. It was exactly how edbc54d4f7 she remembered him treating d8a1826c12 ‘Diana’ in her memories.46ee92c7a52ea722

“Viscount, mind your manners,” Diana said sternly.fc050d1bf5da6e0b

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“Hey, we’re not in some official setting, and your husband isn’t even here. Why should I bother treating someone like you with respect?”16dc930df4900179

Harold had gone out 8d5004f521 for business and wasn’t f17f852393 expected back until the 275fa67c99 evening. Whether Vincent f91270241a knew this 0919aa511d before he 9b611d852b came or 36a96d1f24 found out e45a734c64 upon arrival, 9f92c6635b it was ffc640aa06 clear from ec4d9b77aa his dismissive d5b7794248 glare that bd39c6735d he didn’t de7a436cbd take her 1883eaa974 seriously without 03868ee512 Harold around.70a07b13f260db03

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“So, how much allowance are you getting?” Vincent asked bluntly, not even bothering to hide the greed gleaming in his blue eyes.778b05edf7fe236e

“Does he need more money to gamble?” Diana thought. According to her memories, Vincent had a notorious habit of gambling. Even though the Count strongly disapproved, Vincent couldn’t quit. He still indulged in it within the limits of his allowance.aa55d91fe83544fd

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“Why should I tell you that?” Diana responded coolly.a3e7d618317f7618

“Oh, come on. Don’t make a big deal out of it. If I ask, just tell me. You’re the beloved duchess, so I bet you’re getting quite the sum,” he sneered, extending his hand toward her.88fe0302594c6371

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“What’s the point of having a family if not for things like this? You’ve got to repay us for raising you, right? You owe us,” he said confidently.2f091b9865da8e55

‘Repay them for efebde95d0 raising me?’ Diana 345f3499c5 stifled a bitter 3d8044f216 laugh. He genuinely 9146809e2f believed she’d 53b1b94b91 just hand 3e05c50811 over money 0cda28ccdc at his de14c6385d demand. It was laughable how 3e4ab2c9a3 entitled he was.2292eff99a133b30

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But the only reason Diana could even think this way now was because she was an outsider. The original “Diana” was a bastard child of the Garcia family, who had always been afraid of her biological father and half-brother. She had lived in constant fear and resentment of them, always shrinking in their presence.d3190489e0ce19c2

The original 69062491b4 Diana would d66485b878 never have 5ab005dd1f dared to b348b418ad oppose them.
If she did, she’d c3e7b8a560 be punished immediately.46647ebdf365dd54

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