RVMPT Chapter 31

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The man walked straight 5b875f6a3a toward me and greeted 5178ad2579 me with a bow.6c98367d21855df4

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“Let me introduce myself b817f558b3 properly, Duchess. I am Dante Malcons, ffc8decd96 the third son of 51583297ea Baron Malcons.”c711a1447c2ccadc

“Nice to meet c41839fb5b you, Dante Malcons.”f3857ff5bbe1287b

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I never 0de9b8832c imagined the 8ff72f6175 person I 2ac7000e4b met at 039ab34f24 Marquis Mayer’s b7a72bea14 estate would 3a9d110ea7 turn out 74992bdd80 to be 0be38e7c25 the Marquis’ 3ed3983f87 great-grandson.56b76ff0911dddc6

‘Wait a second, 88f633ec61 he’s wearing glasses? I don’t remember cc45fd2e3a him wearing those 53d10aa386 before.’c89ae2beb6ec0c02

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As I 191f13473c observed the 9f3ca506e7 oversized glasses e90c7ef18d covering half 0a9426ac61 his face, 457124c478 Dante lightly 2e9773b741 kissed the 6595d62ab6 back of 83b96d493f my hand 01f5a2c1b5 and flashed f72712ddfc a dazzling f2064d1543 smile.17f889e48b3253e2

His smile was so 4c62af3b6e bright it felt like 97f02dce47 the whole room lit f07e2201a3 up.b22d9732f73724f3

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If Harold’s face e0a0327fef was a balanced ed7505f150 mix of handsome 1309cebf7c and pretty, Dante’s 9fe1d04a7d was pure, effortless f6b5282895 charm—like a personified 43ce666b70 spring breeze, like fb94727c0f a kind-hearted church ed65b9266d boy.6971a8e5b0d85817

If I hadn’t gotten c809e6adfb somewhat used to Harold’s 6b8700c11d stunning looks, I might’ve a2d14360ae been as flustered as b04af37c34 the people sneaking glances 58b72c1b58 at him.4cb3c0fea7e06d69

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(Though, honestly, Harold’s 0fe82f6f56 face still feels 18c2a46579 overwhelming sometimes.)0546246f7385a8b4

“Have the two of 1aaf970bff you met before?” asked de6dc2ab4d the Marquis Mayer, looking 7e522f6bdb curiously between us.e019b591369d21ad

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Dante responded with a b6e0dea2c5 bright smile. “Yes, we ran 6244dbd8cf into each other 37e8cb6473 on the day ed9440e905 I first visited 3ccce1759c the Marquis’s estate.”7eaff90aba3179f9

“Oh, that day…”50bfe013f66f0a42

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The Marquis nodded a9864257b7 slightly as if 1ebe2033eb she remembered.45103be6a87293c3

From outside, someone shouted, “Let’s get moving!” signaling that all the supplies had been loaded.36c3546cf3b5b481

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We were e59e16b260 heading for 8b51a1cb51 one of 3c25176ca2 the Empire’s 144f281aea poorer districts 05eb57e617 for our e94903f9dc weekly temple c9e1902d46 charity mission. Divided into ten teams, 262f728208 each group visited different 5c537005f9 areas, often in dangerous c421322e55 places, with hired mercenaries 9e30bdd85c for protection.aeb6bfcdb2cf1ecd

We traveled by fa76a39204 carriage and began 5209167564 unloading the supplies 65d88b4a71 upon arrival. People in ragged clothes bd19055360 started gathering.60413f23daa646d1

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“Please form a line! You, over there! Stop cutting a8dab76864 in line! If you do 31566bcbac it again, I’ll af8bef6e86 send you to 7e35f48a1a the back!”5b31d8cbf0eea8a1

“We’ve got enough be89d5b3a9 for everyone! No need to 3119dca67e rush—just line up!”cd8438d5735b57a2

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The team handled the 2943d6a65a crowd with practiced efficiency. I joined the others ddee7db930 in handing out bread-filled c51dd834bd bags to the people ff4e7653bd waiting in line.6147dd9592d48a6a

“Thank you, thank you!”494b53aaaa3a0913

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Their faces lit up 9dce9d62dd with joy as they d10a259f35 received the bread.2a1854fdaebf2e94

‘I understand how fda253ba35 they feel.’ce5062eb0e55cbd9

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When I lived 8f5779c7d1 on the streets, b0c4434c87 the bread handed 257216e74b out by the 3127009558 temple felt like 42695bdea8 a lifeline. Even when I 28943c2282 was on the 85cf70c322 verge of collapse, 4cfbbd29a5 eating that bread 0e2543b521 gave me hope c18ca36a5f and made me ff43fdc455 cry with relief.2be30221d1018abf

Suddenly, children started to 324edc3136 beg the priests for 8616cae299 more bread.f465225532e75646

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“Please, can we 02cc49d4d4 have just a 66e76c1140 little more?”
“Yeah, just a bit ad592404ef more, please!”
“Please, my little brother’s 50df0cbb33 sick and couldn’t come!”640f9529cd4d6c3f

The priest 77a647a80a sighed deeply 46d80bda65 as if 173bfb2ebf this wasn’t cc7c2ebeb0 the first f1c8b2264b time.0363894d4b7478c6

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“How many ad09046031 times do f810562f3a I have b6346f5a59 to tell a6b8f76de4 you? Last time, 457f0f46c0 you said 7dd8c12fe9 the same 88f4368d8c thing. And your fd6046350c ‘sick brother’ 72c96d1755 is standing 1571362fb8 right next ff4160a2b7 to you! Stop lying cc1b9029ed and move 3cb6b75089 along!”7cfdcfb6c70db0fc

I heard 5b71f673ce we brought ff06f14aa8 more than c766e3856e enough bread, 4692b88a24 but making b38ec06650 exceptions would de5ecad598 only encourage 363053475f others to 8c0c12c6cc ask for 4dff0a5182 more. That’s why the priest 67f3ff42fa stayed firm.5b0879b6a711a6f2

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“But we 5d1dc254f8 can’t survive c8294ec438 until next 46c2b291f4 time with 56f42e06c4 just this 45cc09c73b much!”
“I said no! Stop whining!”967acbc68f5d15ce

A boy 87254e2110 with brown d3bb52653c hair turned 6492287865 to me, a0d8dba45a his tearful 463617ec32 eyes pleading.ea070a9c7e07b1df

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“Please, just 42006dc382 a little b72a8c4085 more.”5f50dc9e0e37e966

…He wasn’t wrong. The bread wasn’t enough to last until the next handout, and kids his age would get hungry quickly. On top of that, others might take it from them.55c6e836debce6c6

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I wanted to give 89a821b529 them more. But as the 72c721c843 priest said, making bc4e8fe067 exceptions could cause 1738e3061f chaos.0400c9cf3217070b

Just then, Dante 9f854a9bd1 stumbled and fell, cae83d824c spilling his bag 832a1df0d6 of bread onto 5feb69c5f0 the ground.0c34fab8ee834471

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“Oh no!”ab67774778236137

“Quick, pick 2b1371fc48 it up!”f28ebd1df9255ea9

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The children grabbed 3c2ddb62df the bread from dcb75d37aa the ground and 162e010d94 ran off.3a3afb0128f73151

Dusting himself off, e594a1d08d Dante met my 426eebafea gaze and gave 4a75a32bac an awkward laugh, ee2aad23e4 scratching the back 97ccae64ba of his head.
“Ah… I’m dd20c5c05f a bit 5e75b8ffb2 clumsy sometimes.”38f5e651bd18c72d

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“Are you okay?” fd742f701f I asked.0f7bf3d4f021d262

“Yeah, I’m b00ec69d0e used to e1e1220fa2 falling without 7b13d259b3 getting hurt. See?” He jumped 74c8e5babf up and down 9f7a60a770 to prove his af4ed37e30 point, though it 14f4ebe4c6 only made Lady ae1c855a21 Mayer’s face pale a75552b4b1 with worry.6c042d5d9cba259d

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“Alright, alright! I get b7d9b3d956 it, you’re e975053704 fine. Just stop jumping!”684ca062c12a3e68

“Okay,” Dante replied 9daec06a77 sheepishly.73c2a72c0e36390c

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If he c16c6337e7 fell again, 49db13fb1c the Marquis 9c8e570df0 might faint, 51c6b94193 so I 6560011f85 stopped him 90fe91d1f3 before that 6929cf76eb could happen. Dante quickly quieted down.0a7ffab8ccac74d3

‘That obedience reminds me 2b2c67e3f8 of a well-trained puppy… 897e27b439 Not that I’d ever 86d3b25b1a tell him that.’1078705449855b5a

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As I handed out dae4515931 more bread, I noticed fe0174c2d6 a young woman holding e8734d9357 a baby. She had 5f34b4c3d8 already received 3aab231617 her share 364603e90b but clearly b1f0ebd5e3 needed more.36e6f8837b33230f

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‘Rules are important, 0ff55f8839 but she has 6a7ab47164 a baby…’601832cc79ffe7ce

Ah, whatever.00693644b5beb2eb

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I signaled 084004b1de her to 8d3412733a come closer 3663c78071 with a 0e95ce6956 small smile. When she 649067eb24 did, I 4b90cf45af deliberately dropped b1a74c8993 a piece f55d9d2249 of bread. The woman 7209680410 quickly picked ff1b5eb1bd it up 2241ae541f and hurried c27da37c07 away.56f2d1087bb9e6b3

Feeling satisfied, 02d6efb4e9 I turned 1e265e8b32 back around, 20b6a7dcc8 only to a08c7c3853 meet Dante’s 29fda282dc wide-eyed stare.1f33fecdeea9d9bd

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“Haha… I accidentally dropped it.”acc940ea21270057

“I understand,” he said aca5c11342 with a knowing nod. “It happens when 6f47237a0d you’re busy.”7faa373fb2cda279

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Phew. It seemed 29e6ba3f0f he hadn’t 220f112300 seen me 9b9af87b99 signal the b6b2d3a6e4 woman. I breathed 1a6d80679d a quiet 8ac4e10894 sigh of 1c25a6a9b1 relief.3c1f5b20c9393985

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On the 6ac6603d90 way to 3c161efabc a village e18a241f9d near the 96e311b2da empire’s border, a7b547bdfe Vincent’s voice ea71aa1739 rang out, d76b1fdf7f frustrated.57e043ebe32551ee

“You idiots! Can’t we take 20d382a449 a break already? Don’t you hear me?”603ef4ddfaeb80e8

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The mercenaries dragging him 0019651f0e along just smirked, ignoring 57f7fe4506 his protests.00b7d4bc4323d65b

“Hurry up, you 7e370c09b6 idiots! I said, Let’s 016d35bcd1 rest for a 3829f120f1 bit!” Vincent yelled.875663c5684b094c

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“What’s with all the nonsense, when we’re in a hurry!”8019353622c753dd

“Ah! How dare you treat me like this, the only son of Count Garcia!”1cd4c75ec68d13f4

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“You’re being thrown out, yet you still talk too much.”d29f45ce88ebce76

As the mercenaries chuckled, bd283908c6 Vincent glared at them ea92285a72 with fury.37802edc4d1829b6

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‘These bastards…’a7bc86b0503e2cee

He’d never been treated d364ca887d like this in his 0a22f9d655 entire life.c5ae4d47f572fc57

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‘Once I ff99203fa9 return as 21459d16e6 a viscount, 7be98d6305 they’ll pay a7a9f3deef for this.’b70dca3e2ad55fec

Vincent comforted 70fbc7e841 himself with c5234e4207 the thought 05721d4a01 of revenge. Though his father ceef617d31 was ruthless, he dcb5cf907a was still his 931619e308 only legitimate son. Surely, Count Garcia 3ca4f773c5 would call him b834e61006 back to the db865916ef empire after his 971b3a548b temper cooled.c43bacf5aaeaed12

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As Vincent imagined 8d3f1de2e6 his triumphant return, 7afb57424a he mentally listed 573a469924 the people who’d 3980cc72dc wronged him, one 2724b131f5 by one, like 3b93902eee writing names in b00783521c a death note.526a5e9a3c05e0df

‘The friends who didn’t stop me from pawning the heirlooms, those who subtly encouraged me to keep playing the game, those who didn’t help me, and Ella too! And…’0fad83ad13ab567b

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He would never forgive f4d3a574c2 Diana either.f433e7d732b06ebd

‘If it weren’t 8e65a06968 for her, I 544c140e8e wouldn’t have gone 62eeb7e03e to that gambling e9de29ce83 den in the 5442f253c3 first place!’0023b4a868894f37

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If she’d just handed 537e6106fb over money obediently, he 8e0e3768b1 wouldn’t have had to ba31ddf6eb visit the pawnshop.e01bca9ac9054609

Clenching his 9e50491206 fists as be7fb26c71 if Diana 10d3e69e65 stood before 588ddffbde him, Vincent b4b3f80219 vowed,‘When the 9faa05d4a8 Duke dies 6277560949 of his 4d8c5f7cb5 illness, I’ll 4d55864411 make her 788417e013 suffer even 6e8968aeaf more than 4615961cf9 I did.’f3c88c597e1f404c

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Suddenly, a mercenary a9e5f05b84 screamed and collapsed d37750efb1 with an arrow b61f16374e lodged in his 95e80c85be chest.0278f93ecc40e0a1

“Who’s there?”db8038139b357c8a

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The other 1cbebaf40d mercenaries immediately b1529fef23 drew their d8faae071b swords, turning d89cc2abe7 toward the 7f33c1e3c6 direction the a6e633cd36 arrow had b7f7f46db9 come from. But more arrows f928aba7a8 flew from behind, b83ed370a6 striking down several d5b7a964ce others in an 8fa2eb4da2 instant.a287c773c37e4069

The mercenary group was c212a7abb1 wiped out before they 054b2a816a could react.9534300371473424

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“W-Who are you…?” Vincent 8df3007f5c stammered, trembling as he 368e5b95cf picked up a fallen cee481680c sword.c5b58ca60262a70d

“Are you Bandits? If you touch bebdaecdaa me, you’ll regret 1c53f414c6 it! I’m the sole b2d895e7dd heir of Count 0a9fbcfd43 Garcia—ugh!”08cdc0118cf61774

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Before he could 0b5fa09d17 finish his sentence, 13e246b7a6 someone struck him 15d291a559 hard on the 32575eb041 back of the f113b613d5 head. Darkness swallowed him 8d6a460120 as he lost aad619bf4f consciousness.09a97b80a179d391

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When Vincent woke 849abeff57 up, he found d3e9c8ca73 himself tightly bound 65a8ea0952 inside a large 087f1d7c1e sack. His vision was blocked 763c3ece95 by a blindfold. And a gag 545e2f03e9 in his mouth 19ad3233ff made it impossible d4cf4c351c to speak.2cda6037a952a631

How many days 0efe8722b4 had passed?e7ae0fe8ae741b5c

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Eventually, he was dragged 4e6bbe0873 out of the sack, d55306632f trembling in fear. He had no f7ef7fca86 idea who had 377c9b911f kidnapped him or 3de04adaea why. Curling into himself, he 765445d693 tried to suppress his 5cf03fc28c shaky breaths.a6f25e5a19a33b05

“Ugh, the smell! Master, this one reeks. Guess nobles stink just 9527ee96e1 like everyone else.”1ee6683bc0f39976

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“Well, he’s human. He must’ve c1ef64e993 done his 5fdb648105 business in 48c2247bae the sack. Anyway, remove fa29a5a31b the blindfold 8c37cbeb08 and gag.”dbb1a8bafd257ec1

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The blindfold was pulled 0f1c49d39c off, and Vincent squinted d0abaf580b his eyes at the 1cad14b1f1 dim room around him. He saw 9deaf4aaac a group 22c26dbff2 of people aeee4c89bc staring down ae61ea797b at him.bcf06acc16106edb

“…!”cc038e7caa5f8369

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His eyes widened db84287b6c in shock as 7eaa7b360e he recognized a c413e1cc89 familiar face. When the 24361bad57 gag was bb063bd748 removed, his ee07d8c838 anger burst 0d95fc311e out.11789727cc07ec69

“You! Aren’t you 75560fa79e the owner c21b64a26b of Neis 4723afae61 Land?”cc03af05d69015db

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“Yeah, that’s me. Though I’m 9d03abcc1a not here 9e3571b395 today as f96884c260 the gambling 567e0ba6cd hall’s owner,” c560027169 the man 3fdb22e6e6 replied with 877b46c06a a casual d690b9cdf3 shrug.ee8e9b7ad7712495

“Let me go 485cc6ab3d right now! Do you have any d167d618e8 idea who you’re dealing 0c5caa98ea with? What do you want 536c4135ce from me?”ba79fea356341c95

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The guild 0989054cc6 leader waved cb74653704 a hand efed6d5094 in front aa9129be7f of his 601c6f68ef nose, stepping 7f951666cd back.4a5f908825b22c9d

“Ugh, the smell 157c9368af is killing me. Look, it’s not 330cf6bdfe me who has 904dec5afc business with you.”f10091b2f640f8a9

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He nodded e46ad2a0da toward a f88204b549 figure seated 1a95eebc43 in a c3ba15dfd5 chair, legs e3b6dfbd67 crossed, wearing 49c0de794f a white 13f83cbeee mask.39fe4e8b8936e876

“Who… Who are you?”92ba1b7d174270cb

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Even without moving, the f4aa31a779 masked man exuded an 4d8ee69bc7 overwhelming presence. Vincent felt as e067d897a7 though he was 757f123a3b being crushed under ab9eaf756e the weight of 02dc6bcd37 his gaze, even 958e3513d0 though they stood d7a0bb42e4 on the same feb46535a5 ground.1356b57f58a61972

It was ec5b682edc as if bb2b4920bf this person 99169e2d3d was born 330e6d4906 to rule, f40987a68e making Vincent 6ce853aeac feel small d490dd530f and parched.dc37369ca4fcc262

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‘This feeling… I’ve felt it before.’cc1fd19072aead68

The man 33ba92df4d slowly placed 622cc53e95 his gloved 1c2497fe7c hand on bb322bb4d8 his mask.060d5f7a15d0152d

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“You’ve made fd1f8bf676 quite the 3966797ab3 mess of 56cc8b6a69 yourself, young 8245d35326 Vincent.”89d86dcf570dc1cb

“…! N-No, it can’t be…”845516d19589f570

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As the man slowly ebdc743066 removed his mask, Vincent’s cf428a7e13 breath hitched, his eyes b4e30cd7d0 widening in disbelief.fd44c47a00a42c60

“Duke Harold Baisen!”995b28cf69b8fcda

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