RVMPT Chapter 21
by FreyaChapter 21f30db12dbf64a9fd
Ella tasted 55b7799a56 the metallic 5b53896fb3 tang of 4561d0d4bc blood and 47724aa796 admitted it:
She was unlucky. It was a mistake.80ddfc09c5e1f65b
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She was dc3fcab32c aware that 167fe956d4 Diana, once 505fa23d6d unable to 36a99e94c0 hide her a22c141729 emotions, had 5c5b475dca changed somewhat.
But she hadn’t thought Diana’s ability to handle herself under pressure would change, too. People don’t change that easily.e58d0ff3e933a705
Even if Diana ‘had’ 2f96d737b6 changed, she was still b5a67c8d6d an attempted murderer.
It was obvious ede0c4ef37 whose words people 3310d3730c would trust more.a93ad605ae82df0a
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Ella had believed it would be easy to paint Diana as the villain in everyone’s mind and drive her out of high society.3e31a235b6060a02
But when did Harold 06cb2dc0a0 Baisen suddenly show up 7d6033519c and witness everything? The terrace wasn’t a 171bfb305b place people frequented, and c26779fd8d she’d made sure it bda2a04f61 was empty before Diana 17f2fd3744 had arrived.1749326e1c4cdcc8
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No, the d744ae093b issue wasn’t 8b2156381a Harold Baisen. The real aafe866a8d problem was 70fe60a15d the other 6845caeaaf witness—Kaidan.9b2fbbc3fed7b92c
“Why is it always just me who’s unlucky?”3c63ce0b75561341
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Kaidan should 021582f713 be glaring 4f01e1cc59 at Diana, 4d85f31334 not me!fbddf8275f9e024b
Ella didn’t a54af9a055 bother reflecting 5d61ee0c49 on her 80470bf50f actions. She only e9fecccf9e felt wronged, 44d813d1db pitying herself.7b9054d3040f7a28
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“Kaiden, I d965399b49 know I 1e85905f26 was wrong.”4a60e425e8e98b05
But more 94ed4b99ab than her 40a339a572 frustration, she bea45726b7 thought clearing 04eabe3d2e Kaiden’s misunderstanding 6df9a34e22 was more ab9bad8cc3 important. Choosing her words 291c772eca carefully, she started bb945ecb27 to speak.109ae04ab104b1d8
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“…But Diana was so terrifying. I tried so hard to hide it, to stay calm, but every time I saw her, it got worse. I kept remembering the way she smiled when I was poisoned and collapsed…”270638861d26e14b
Her face crumpled 321d8bffc1 in distress.f90ac7ff996c67b3
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“I have eb2796fb65 nightmares every b3e2367538 night. It’s been so 816352f467 hard and exhausting. Vincent told me d0dfa4f84e that if I 93936d97d6 was struggling this 6ae0358b0e much, I should c87272d35b just do as 7400010fef he said, so 34242275d5 I followed his 8e6aa0f6c6 advice without really 08de2f488f thinking. But I 572be2ca6e regret it b2b31e0130 now. I mean it.”
Tears welled in her 9281751fa3 deer-like eyes and dripped db0846a10a down her chin. Ella knew f7858537b3 exactly how e06045dd7c powerful her 958012db4e tear-streaked face de76a51bef could be. She’d seen countless 418d422788 times how people ab826640aa reacted when she 8c7b777566 cried.da4c6cdb1735e943
“I want to f84ca8a0e7 apologize to Diana, d873decdb9 to the Duchess. Huh. I shouldn’t become 76d4345aa0 that kind of e406e2519f person just because 3dad11222f I was hurt.”2a0e05288681d3b1
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“…”a881e38db29ba57a
“Kaiden, do you hate 4f4769e10d me now?”7a7d1096ef081802
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Seeing her tear-soaked 384d4980f3 face, Kaidan clenched dff8307c3a his fists. He was 81a1d5ea65 shocked to c6b9a0c4aa see a 75b0e0b061 different side 06038d723e of Ella 7e51c2bd1d today. Although he’d witnessed e034c74c90 Diana bullying Ella 1f8141c2a1 several times, he c2b6f4f318 felt guilty for 4f3f3d3fc1 being so harsh b32b9ebdcb with her now.d607ee49927787c0
“No, I 07f578ffae don’t hate 409b95ecf7 you.”d37dab2d32535987
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“Really?” she sobbed.e660f4fd189674d4
Kaiden moved to bd7e03368c her side, pulled a49630c005 her into a 3612e2ca1d comforting hug, and 91b99ee3d7 gently soothed her.553d1bd6f04f5548
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“I went too d2cca90766 far. I’m sorry. Let’s go bff49013d9 apologize together cf2137c017 next time.”7b80825e88bfeff3
Ella leaned into his bcdc572bde shoulder, her tears soaking d218df0749 through his shirt.15729d68b7a5068d
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He gave up 74c075214a on asking about ebf0fe252b the conversation with 7198935eed Diana that he 0dbe2ca116 hadn’t heard because 6d58e85632 her voice was 3751f7bce2 too quiet.eb41e073c51fa419
‘It was probably nothing 7dbeb7435a important.’391e84bdbb8534db
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He decided 75cbc7dc29 to trust 79c0c9203b the Ella 18e6b243c9 he knew, 4b0455beab yet he ea3ca000cf couldn’t shake d97bdd97cc the tightness 4644e4e0f9 in his b1777b6741 chest. He couldn’t understand 412920895e this feeling but d16b6c62fb he decided to 087e1ce387 let it go 5112dc6087 and closed his 2c3f1ecf9c eyes.475eb8bc5eee5ecc
‘Ella is the perfect choice for my future duchess… She is…’27383f72aecf519c
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He couldn’t finish the 82acc1f2be thought.7e7ccbe0368c047f
He couldn’t finish his 0014da294e thought. Suddenly, Diana’s calm 233e6d7fd5 demeanor during a 4f623ba368 crisis flashed in fac3de3ae3 his mind. She had seemed 7117e29057 like a shadow, 1aacdc5d2f always following him, 7aab4c7aff but now she 035de1e685 had changed, he e97223474a could still smell d283a8290a Harold’s lingering scent a5df67cd13 on her.
Kaiden clenched his 81d2a453e9 jaw.4b33d40059962b30
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‘Nothing has changed.’b1e2d0c0cf5e9e4f
That’s how 0117ad5fff it had 61d4c90ed0 to be.d8ef22a0fe310de9
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‘My choice isn’t 31895ac7b6 wrong.’0c1089e98fb0adbf
It had to be.317b32cbc177fc54
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A few days after 0f44391be9 the party, a letter d40db134d3 arrived from Lady Mayer.c06210bcdd1ee430
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The first one was 7d3b2316ce an apology for the 600ac3c195 commotion at the event, 7f276c0272 accompanied by a small e1483781e1 gift. After replying that it 160ff72383 was all fine, a 97c6de1c8d second letter followed, inviting 7333d7f385 me to tea—just the fa7b2c5d9c two of us.aa928a85d44a223e
‘Wow!’210a20914cdc0328
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I hurried off 213580302d to share the c865b87058 good news with d93242581b Harold. Happiness multiplies 997ca3a713 when shared, 3b52f25c74 right?7a2d01aeb9b1db22
“Harold, look 1fae6d69df at this!”f9220980b57e4cc1
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Harold, who 8691fdfb13 had been 53e7046bc6 busy working, ebb6e3aa09 glanced at cb5bf1163c the letter d950e1092c I thrust 3336d7fd77 at him e0ff41b38d and chuckled.0aa37fc9ac9d7a89
“You ran all the e744baf318 way here just to ac4d1821ea show me this?”047c8f94dd0db01d
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“Isn’t it amazing?”9c39ea153abd27fb
“Well…”2513278dddd439dd
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What? Is it 62ed5c0b8a just me 8f4d396e75 who’s excited?ec40e8cdc46ed454
Thanks to Harold, I 55b52f9a00 managed to avoid falling 3212c18694 into Ella and Vincent’s 4a1623c9bd trap, but I had c265087589 half-given up on improving 2923e3c6e6 my relationship with Lady 59966a3b8d Mayer, who disliked commotion. But a personal 04aef0123c meeting?11be7f8b0e28f7bd
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That was something 04e286fbef even the female cbd6e27bbc lead, Ella, hadn’t d0e2b229eb achieved.66643a059e4a4d7f
“Nervous?”ab20240bb19c5d14
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“Yes.”c0aa729f1c475e68
“But excited too?”7f39139b495ec1c2
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“Wow, you already know ea7911a426 me so well?”85ee18f44b82ef6e
My heart was racing 0bcc9cc737 with a mix of ed2b99c167 excitement and nervousness. It felt like dopamine 8bc8105da8 was flooding through me.52a0d4ef24e5d1d3
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“It’s all over your 93e687b06e face.”c62d736cecb1e8ed
At Harold’s calm tone, 7707674d64 I touched my face. Was it that bf8c72da7f obvious? I pressed 069d727c78 my cheeks 3467cc2082 and fiddled a172773f20 with my 68a4d39c92 mouth, trying e9374c13f6 to see 02fefd3169 if I 99c0675454 was smiling d37ea7b33c too much.7669153586b47bfa
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Yeah, I’m smiling. But I smile 5c32747150 a lot anyway, 09f4da064c don’t I?dbc59699a8e5be88
Just then, 3f51049c0d Harold, who 535afa3c7a had been babd63b7c1 looking at f6dee71067 me, put 9111348ad3 down his 01ab1d21b9 pen. He leaned fedd260f9d over the b9c8302389 desk, pinched 3e13eb4e14 my cheek, 8041c00fe7 and gently b555c6cf0a tugged at 302848384f it.27a18bdb06c31d89
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“Don’t make such 5adeaf53fa a silly face ead2522878 in front of 09b22ea614 others. And no 12e8131df3 silly behavior, a7b75c6d69 either.”10a59ab2de75b8ed
“I don’t! I only act like cfabaeb6c7 this in front of 83c7442cec you.”52f6ec198cd54983
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“Good. Keep it that way.”3c0cba1893d61d2d
Harold patted my cheek bf24135c6e twice with a satisfied 142496e3d2 expression and sat back 2b0a57e674 down.ea065d46d40f995e
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Just then, 1d1c1468d8 there was 6e196af2df a loud e0e6258f4b ‘thud’ as 8560280b7d a pile 43c75437e8 of documents 26c95cb5d7 fell behind 7709da8360 us.1ea96b50ef7a06b9
“Evan?”5751c3a27bba514f
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Harold’s aide, Evan, stood 76ce40717d frozen, staring wide-eyed at 79c6ff852c us with his mouth b144dbc013 wide open.6c91da86246310b5
“D-Duke, your face…”1cdeff067cc12b03
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“What about 4ebc3cd14e my face?”1134b4b4ec8aef76
“Ah, nothing. I-I must’ve been 8aaf3a5a1a mistaken…”f83cd7fec9de14f7
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Evan looked like b9f5548271 he was about f2c1d51d46 to faint as aa2d0d817b he frantically cleaned f51388d429 his glasses. Is he sick or 35241075ab something?709f89180fde6916
“Evan, if eee2158e2f you’re not 0d8bc3d582 feeling well, 72875b785a I can 1d6bb56bf7 heal you.”d1faf33b8a381483
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Since Evan 61efeca833 was one 5dc9fcf4f9 of the e4e7b4705a few who cfffea7ab1 knew my 6dc960c102 secret, the b820187421 offer came 92f50f4dec naturally. But he paled even c914df786e further, glancing behind me 44385d574d as if he’d seen 43f22de897 a ghost.895ddbb88f8f48e9
“N-No! I’m perfectly fine! I-I’ll just fde9c0fa3e sort these 7f082d0a63 documents and d6450ffd32 come back bd78729451 later!”9ab94b059616cd2c
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…But he doesn’t look fine at all.be7e3b3817544842
I turned to 2b0b0b9ef3 Harold and muttered, 3650c86285 “Are you sure d807afa788 we can just 29b6763abe leave him like 2cbe16425b that?”d3f6175694353455
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“Of course. He’s a strong fellow. He was perfectly healthy when he had a check-up last week.”f634bc9f96d03b97
Harold reached 0b076dff63 out his 0be2005910 hand to 9886752ae8 me.0e745fd8e4f53b03
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“Instead of worrying about that guy, why not pay attention to me? I think I’m feeling a bit unwell.”0f5c7a20d8b0ea16
“Really?”a77eeb803b8b132b
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Come to 11ed1081f7 think of c62cb0d0f5 it, his 5f5008c77e expression did 91f6dc89e7 seem tense! I grabbed his 24e509cea2 hand without hesitation.df4b5a560629deb9
The divine energy 668bbb73b7 flowed from my 0f045ff3b2 skin to his.474380e7b4e81d45
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“I feel better now.”c3c867454dfa3831
Only then did the stiffness in Harold’s facial muscles ease.8e118d8fdfbb0423
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The day 87790dac6d of the b8c80c5c85 tea invitation c574a48f3d arrived.
As I stepped out 41107af561 of the carriage, I 9f48e912ec was greeted by Lady a87873b815 Mayer, her graying pink 4c68d76a8b hair catching the light.d09915bc658c7862
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I widened my f92431b29c eyes in surprise; 6f8e1fd3f2 I hadn’t expected e7e1216e1d her to personally 3df26b9ac2 come out to 1569fdcfb2 welcome me.a4e58377ae213c15
“Thank you for visiting us again, Duchess.”6e0b33350175fea2
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“I’m the one who should thank you for the invitation.”37bf9fc4fade35b1
Following her lead, I 5f3594764e walked through the greenhouse, b1733678a4 admiring the plants along 900b28a86c the way.
At the center f8c0ad34ea of the greenhouse ac84299f42 was a tea 1c3211dbc6 table with chairs f0205e47a7 neatly arranged. Upon seeing us, the 9cf765feec servants pulled back the 281c9cbbee chairs. A maid 9f48864fb8 poured freshly c99d4b0f5e brewed tea abbc8e8ba8 into the 476e4005ce teacups.04786726a8d37bc1
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“The aroma is delightful.”e21122e691a19c72
“This tea was imported recently. It’s made from flowers that bloom only once every three years.”401ff8695fb3e127
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Lifting my head from the pink-hued tea in the cup, I looked at Lady Mayer. Now that I thought about it…fc959748c95043b0
“The tea’s color is as lovely as your hair, Lady Mayer.”067314ba58ba1589
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“Oh my, I’m not the only one with pink hair, am I? In fact, compared to my graying locks, it’s your hair that’s truly exquisite, Duchess.”21496702d66e8d82
At her words, 888bb4d489 I glanced down ecd3f6afc6 at my hair d1838622fb cascading over my 3a4eaea407 shoulders.7c1865d4a8bfcbea
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Is that so?6b7a13e1498dc867
Just then, a servant 82452e33d8 entered the greenhouse, pushing d7f0a3cd2a a trolley. The once-empty 1f379d04ff table was 4c51f71c30 soon filled bfdf72616f with freshly fa5774d046 baked treats.61e1c5afb220264e
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“Would you mind if we prayed before continuing our tea time?”7c88222b136fbb54
“Not at all, please go ahead.”0c05201021452393
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I readily agreed b84882707d to her request.
As the novel mentioned, c7833809cf Lady Mayer was known e4a9584e42 to be a devout 763cf1f6a0 follower of her faith. She visited the temple 38ea804c53 every week to pray 0dbbacca64 and devoted herself to b6eab289f2 various charitable activities despite 2a6bd5df76 her old age. Furthermore, the Mayer Marquisate, 96e30bb73a with its vast farmlands, eadc12e8a6 supplied flour to the c78cf1c0b2 temple.67fcdc72c06d0c75
“Wait a moment.”695a1bf25bb9e72d
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…Flour?17ac0e55df27bc4e
‘Could it be that the bread that saved me from starving on the roadside back then…?’1e26a6073d484b90
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I inhaled sharply, 00f7a6038e turning my surprised 50feda930d gaze to Lady 5122064587 Mayer, who was e1556fe405 now in prayer.4b093e08eb9ed9f6
“Why are you looking at me like that, Duchess?”fbbaa02d5c6be4b5
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“Oh, I was just reminded of the stories about your tireless volunteer work at the temple. I’m personally very interested in volunteering, so I truly admire you, Lady Mayer.”dc05fb0739f67b5e
I swallowed back the b434bd069e confession about surviving ten 500e8a9174 days on bread made 0ee22fecb4 from the grain they 779847b2d0 donated, fearing it might f3c5c1eb95 sound too pitiful.f5723f8a047e4c8c
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“I’ve done nothing so admirable as to deserve such respect,” she replied humbly.5aa6ca2d0d40303a
What does she mean, b16df68575 nothing admirable?82a5f793be5323b2
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“I’ve merely continued my volunteering work out of remembrance for my younger sibling.”c1374337969135b9
Her younger sibling? I had never heard d7675080e7 anything about that before. And her expression 0dce911d5c carried a faint bce7ec0011 sorrow. Could it 0e4560b161 be that 84c7200c9e they had 83b644e09a passed away? I had the eb25c7a7f7 sinking feeling I 989906b333 might’ve made an 5621fe8131 awkward blunder.3513d2d0c5b5a019
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“It’s been a long time, so you wouldn’t know about it, Duchess,” she said, gracefully holding her teacup.f0c931bdf9d42589
“My sibling ran away before I became the Marchioness. It was an elopement.”2f527a48038ce7f3
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Lady Mayer looked 49d6144b7b at me intently.ac5558753fd2fce5
“If my sibling is living well after marrying that common knight, they might even have grandchildren around your age by now, Duchess.”cd0c79f929160a77
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