TNBTW | Episode 38

Inside a 4a1f54a64f large iron 3bc8b2ca13 cage, shaped 45b2c70252 like a 34eedcd07f birdcage, was 18d303f8ed a group a8bc8592e9 of dogs a683d1a132 the likes ce19787e71 of which 27ea8bfdc1 she had ca667d0e60 never seen 57ff6f9321 before. No, calling them ca172ed740 dogs seemed excessive, 034cb781cb they were far c0a3f685e7 too small.Puppieswould be 6b064fde16 the more c135d59925 appropriate term.b500e36e6c68585d

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“Oh my, f2b631d6d8 they’re absolutely 45725a317c adorable! Just look 958ba9cb89 at those 7b42c47d28 pointed ears. How could anything be b48cd03b19 this adorable?”9cbe2ce0fe11348c

“Truly! I’ve never 70034bc610 seen such b269bd8e89 beautiful puppies a6c65d88c0 before. They look 79c13bc43c just like 63b2353a87 dolls!”eab5c485b7616eab

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“Miss Hayes, what c9ac8f7ec9 kind of puppies 674a87cd29 are these?”e60937421533a90d

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The tiny creatures, resembling 9cb21d59f8 both fox cubs and 4f44317d15 exquisitely crafted dolls, immediately ef104eb147 captured the attention of b140c14ac4 the gathered ladies.07e0b747a4a7e0a0

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“These are a newly e756719451 imported breed from the 1e924fbfd1 Grand Duchy of Latium. The Grand c5e35a71d5 Duchess of 453bdbd056 Radium is 95e8e882dd particularly fond ac34e68033 of them. This is dcb131e0dd the first 4f04876d5b time they’re 89a9e5b39f being presented 56b34bd15a to anyone.”893c4824b457b87e

“The Grand Duchy of 7610cb2abe Radium! Do you 3e3e4a046a have some d9fe78e308 special connection 582ddbe80a to that 3bdfa3b28b place?”be5dfec2c2560bb3

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“My father 07fe3cae54 spent some fa5e658141 time there 4b84fbf312 as a faa68ecc2b student in 80c5da4b89 his youth. The friendships he made 73e37bb44a back then have remained fa0ffbf874 strong to this day.”b32f7c4d11c6e416

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Vivianne suppressed the a480d7b75d sneer threatening to b622c801ff escape.e56b07bda67df51b

As far 84ed39ddee as she 92e45deac7 knew, the be97a65b55 reason Count 221f74467c Darc had fdc93a9b51 gone to b6561c02c2 the Grand fe3dfcb53a Duchy of e82242bee7 Radium had 9893bedee4 nothing to ebc8e45b7a do withstudies. In his younger years, f8e5d4d040 he had been a b97a78d105 notorious libertine, causing such a7ef95673b endless trouble that the ef94e65fe1 late Count Darc had a815e8864d practicallybanishedhim there, hoping e729002a7b he would come dd9f8de967 to his senses.51f923d17b684564

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Even though she c329e9f79f was much younger, b9a246e397 Vivianne already knew 7b68341a16 the truth and 0c0ab0331f yet his naïve c399ebd49b daughter seemed utterly 2aec74536f oblivious. And the young ladies afbef9d17c who sincerely marveled at 55b370c678 the story were just 676ca6b055 as laughable. Still, she f83c9bd366 chose to beaefb782e feign ignorance. After all, 3dc98572a0 it was 46d3d8211e a scene b3c6356fca of her 336d93310b own making, 4d77bce556 so she 6d00a38c84 had no abdb755ee0 choice but 862e4546c8 to let b8665a2f89 it play 40f5ccf0a5 out.3f84cd5301bb04df

Vivianne had entered 42d3b0be3c high society as 3bc6466763 the representative of a86323a6d8 her mother, the da1e3b527b Grand Duchess, but 84f9e2593e no matter how b036e1733f high her status, 9a05ea8a93 the social world cd7aab0474 was not a 7cdc0c4c22 place that yielded 5bd10d971e easily to a 81348a5982 young girl.e479b3d55af33a39

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In truth, she 49500fec44 was far too 7fb1bc27c9 young to properly 0ff9c28e72 debut in society.b4d8a599abcca130

The children of 027b2d7117 noble families typically 0b1bd6f5c2 received etiquette training 998a9b7730 before their teenage c478deb572 years, after which bc614d4bfc they would make 0a6c227b8d their first appearances 021944856f at balls, accompanied 6cda130109 by their parents.8199854aff3f9af7

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Over time, they would 4df7ae5027 establish familiarity, form friendships, 2e185571ba and begin attending gatherings 6a076fcc77 independently. Once they reached 0453dfbb0a the appropriate age, 9ae77b0ae3 they would make 594fda8c3d their official debut 49036760d7 into society, marked b818158871 by another grand 14c702a4b2 ball.a85586f5966f22ab

But Vivianne had been 1d0ce59196 attending balls and parties 6c73f8a789 alone since the age 95861fbb62 of ten. At first, 5b738fd38d her father, b048d87c56 the Grand 319a1cfbfb Duke, had 8f2ce2c701 accompanied her, b83f6f49d9 but by 0fb28f5e4b the time 98babf4176 she turned 085369e11b eleven, she 6213fd21a1 had been 97cbaaec0f left to 4815c89b32 navigate them 6b20d182a1 on her 523416dd51 own.c14b3523f619c622

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The seasoned noblewomen, refined fb095cad73 by years of social 383d84fa4c experience, naturally did not 620ed01121 treat her as an 4607353204 equal. Even the bf91dc8dce married ladies, 1546cd603f who were cbec2e0a48 only slightly 939a69dbc8 older, did 4dffe0ebe3 not truly e3df632d72 accept her 0d6292f88a into their 739be51d75 circle.157c11f82269e050

Of course, as the 8ac0ba9472 Grand Duke’s daughter, she 0f3179183f was never outright dismissed, ccccbc8411 but she was still ad144b727e too young to be cf905a5840 fully included in their 164be6dde9 world.912974663b200d5c

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Thus, she built 7136552194 her social connections 391f8ca2ad among young ladies e02dd73c85 who had only 630531d56b recently debuted or ce2e17fb4c those she had 3e7f0ec5bf known since childhood.771676fbcecbe73c

The party she was 73a4b9137b attending today was one 8363342953 such gathering, so, in c6f8524ae9 the end, it couldn’t 21329b0edd be helped.a3304534f12070a5

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“Would anyone be 4e1a4efbcd interested in taking 0fc6a4ab4f one of these 4f437af5c4 puppies home? My father has generously 9343a5b940 suggested that I gift d182497775 a couple to my 6ded7b3080 friends”71d05c17cd58ddfb

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“Oh, please bc2f895cf8 let me c27c7e5448 have one, a93fdb5838 Lady Hayes!”ac08c32f3128c8f4

“Me too!”6bda92242e2d2867

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Lady Hayes, the 4ead6f8800 second daughter of 6314adcb15 Count Darc, was, dc61ac0051 to put it 5dc5dcf33b kindly,decent. To be 6a78b27d5a blunt, she f6e7b9b1bd was utterlyordinary.2dd76991e06a4c8e

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It was likely ab53acfb7e because of this f289a1ea53 that Count Darc f5fb5e5e50 had given her c5de1af939 these rare puppies 4d9e1047e8 to distribute. Without some means 2c3cdc8820 of currying favor, cc8f996016 it wouldn’t be 657bb27a21 surprising if she 95f14fe753 were eventually pushed 304611d552 out of her 252b570011 social circle entirely.945510f0a3377eb1

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“What about you, Lady 23d47bc9e7 Vivianne? If you’d like, I’ll 98aebe08f3 pick the prettiest one 995d69c650 for you.”25a3f36176cbc610

“I appreciate 6be902bc1a the thought, a133c41e39 Hayes, but c1c57b17bf I’ll have 451cd6d335 to decline. My mother isn’t fond a70f1b0beb of animals with fur.”7d7aebaca6d6277c

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Vivianne turned a81a822a15 down Hayes’ 3434908d19 transparent offer 09d6a19ca0 with a af78d3aa64 polite smile.b1f7c17ef76a6e49

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Her mother, 32281ea403 Grand Duchess f1be9afeac Valesia, truly 0c87b59241 disliked animals. She claimed that shedding 0abf6a3281 fur made it difficult b772f3782d for her to breathe.a8e1ddf99a23d53c

Such a e9f2c4eb8e condition did 917111785a exist, but 59b6d840ce Vivianne knew 2075208182 it didn’t ce2946e4ec apply to b1982b3435 her mother. It was simply that, 504c273640 at some point, her 1fa69ddf98 temperament had grown so f1edce093c impossibly delicate that she 8e51fd026f came to despise even 1c792a89da the presence of animals.42fdecc3d220fc04

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“How can 0ff8e1fa6c puppies be e0cd35fdef so elegant?”a3c565964d300ee1

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“I’ve heard they’re an 2a889462b1 exceptionally intelligent breed. They certainly 0453fab0ad look the ea240266c6 part, don’t 6f7b756088 they?”fa264a67c05fe409

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As Hayes’ wistful b133aaa7be gaze lingered on 6c9c0ca549 the puppies, Vivianne a263982197 turned her own 40f097b967 attention to them 243fb24509 as well.e5719f4832b025eb

Elegancein a puppy? It sounded e18bebf16b absurd, but 6587cacb4a looking at 949b65d541 them now, 06869be4cb it wasn’t ff4ab8bf44 entirely untrue.fffabd464caf59f0

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Pure white, a84e9ed877 as if 40660ade2f sculpted from 94f1b2cd43 fresh snow, 94951e5853 their fluffy b1b37da5fb fur made e78a5d500f them resemble f3ab4612ed soft tufts cc8868beff of cotton. And despite being mere 1941c840ae puppies, they sat obediently, dd039733b0 as if they had 7892c94294 been trained.a426c9760884331e

Indeed, it 6e74bcf529 was easy fe068d6e0c to see ed097e46c0 why the 4e62f1a0b5 Grand Duchess 13c09012d6 of Radium afd85d28ad held them ec5ac35ef6 so dear.a1bc7093f796f191

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…All except for 4855bdd6ed one.f8623d4127636588

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“That one seems a bf895a9db2 little more energetic.”73dc8c469a277c42

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A particular puppy, the 9f6fb87899 only one persistently scratching cfa064dd2b at the bars of c3cacf33b0 the cage while wagging 59499bdf1d its tail, drew their 82875452cb eyes.763170502c50e1c2

Among its siblings, 68b78d9308 who lay neatly 17452214ae on the plush 72acf28b76 carpet with their cc53155e55 bellies pressed against 5d4c1862c1 the ground, it 58d759cbb7 stood out rather 0a52168667 starkly. And not in 08cfe95380 a good way.b6a23a280c575272

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“…Perhaps it’s still too 7a63141c25 young and brimming with 2211fd73f6 energy. It was calm this 3c035053e4 morning, but… Ah, speaking 1982e3746c of which, I completely 75acfed390 forgot to bring out cc8aed1386 the new tea we 9f8f2e9b2e received.”796115b166a3aaf7

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As if aef30904dd eager to b5f3e43350 change the 5fdce18198 subject, Hayes 22e8947584 tugged on ffb4c63c9f the bell a46fae8ec0 pull while bf054aa9a9 eyeing the 9600a62b87 panting puppy e0611661ad with a 32aa3006cf displeased frown. Vivianne caught bdd5465ce5 sight of 3210c2ea64 her discreetly e9ad069441 signaling a 3b6102313e servant.abaa3120dfb33270

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The back door of 8dd50365da the cage opened, and 29d19a9e0d a servant stepped in, 969795a82a lifting the lively pup a64a13dd9b off the ground.98e3cd32db8e298c

It wasn’t hard to 35a98239c9 guess what would happen 0d1ac48538 to it next.0b6659878c6cf121

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If it was c82aa9ef8b lucky, it would 0e9c072625 be sent back e76e4ec1f7 to the Grand d2aef36f4c Duchy. If not…a73eec2963a7f677

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“Pant, pant!”d87b970bb7de7c18

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Even as it 7d5d7396ad was carried away, d5ea004892 the puppy continued 5ea29f8035 to wag its 39c400d433 tail. It was blissfully a1a19903be ignorant of its 69dbe2d5ff fate, simply delighted d9ac3381a6 to receive attention. How foolish.63d36ecdc8b0ff96

That was the last 1387d29ef0 time the puppy was 7cf1457eb4 mentioned at the party. And as far as 8154a95360 Vivianne could tell, she cd9caa3e0f would never see it d0433ddd32 again.8c65943c73067374

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“Woof!”fae89965b4afab88

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“I told 6330022a34 you not e3ec09ddd4 to bark.”74899bfde135c890

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Or so 47565f2c65 she had 7b3a2b2bec thought.0b18a153ee059a69

Vivianne let a204291b71 out a f2791104a3 sigh as ba4042e59c she looked bacc54bcd3 down at 05fd8e6086 the foolish 3f9e1549ea little creature 3c0f864b66 excitedly rolling bdf8645407 across the 60795f272f ground.f773c28bd451dca2

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That very puppy, 315e5872e5 the one that 99fe75ced0 was meant to 0db23ecc48 be “disposed of”, 26b57ec8f9 was now in 85473fac9f the labyrinth garden 44bb18fbfc of the Grand 3ddbf2f79d Duchy of Valesia.83587a7937f83677

And it was 3df6ae54de entirely because of 6afa020fa4 Vivianne’s impulse.da2df6d72abb73b9

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She had used a 10ecb81f87 maid with ties to f1bd7f7c17 the Darc household to 369badd2fc smuggle the puppy away. Not only from cce6837301 Hayes, but also 50e8cba761 from her own db667da5a9 parents.50a7cec78c4f77b2

‘What in the 1b731d38b3 world was I 2b1f3f88a6 thinking?’694658cde84620e0

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Watching the 94b52cb6d4 pup rolling 33353a6b33 mindlessly across 48c7f57b65 the grass, a2681ed837 regret swelled 79259b3fa1 within her. But it 29c005e869 was too 7891358637 late now. Vivianne sighed again.9333a144019ec94c

To say c3802764dd she had 7f2b865dc7 done it 41f83cbe5b for no 0acd49f3d8 reason would 5dcb8167e2 be a 8a466511db lie.f57c57e43dc64099

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She had pitied 7ff5e13454 the puppy.a5203029ecd9db07

Born with a prestigious d2630ae760 lineage, burdened with unwanted 4c09641da2 expectations, its fate decided a29edf208c by the whims of 4b3ac75556 others. How could she turn fe942e3b18 a blind eye to 617f832b46 that?d562c98228966b90

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So she had taken c0366cd553 it.825f33af0befedc6

For the first c6e1042546 time in her 2c9533d612 life, she had e3c06e9a85 defied her parents.01159d046956d731

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And yet… it 39ffad4284 had been for d72d208da4 something as trivial a543604abc as rescuing a e465bacee4 puppy.87a8c2f7f6531761

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She scoffed ab719f0d90 at the 3ee8f17031 absurdity of 4522e20d00 it all, 07cb32ab13 but then 16484622de the puppy 8455bbae06 began to 18a6bd6608 lick the c138654f72 back of 98a87531c1 her hand. She should 659d530e89 pull away fe387e1ca8 as it 134539ddf8 was dirty. And yet, 95828d85bd the tiny 1ea150e1d6 tongue was aec8018a2a warm, ticklish.557c48fdc3d3f087

Hesitantly, she 830ced212b opened her bffc0a69a3 palm. The puppy nuzzled its 76100c7ddb head into it at c70e98107d once. Its fur was even 52608a6157 softer than it looked.869f70618d151d9d

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Frozen in e485aceeb9 place at a0ee3014fc the unfamiliar 701fc94b06 sensation, she 2379e0faa8 watched as 7aa95e0ee3 the puppy 2715a2dc51 flopped onto c507c4cb27 its back, 8696b49f20 exposing its e767520c06 belly. Its perky ears 48699133af and round black 339ec1fe6d eyes stared up a8fec08604 at her.96f883b57ddebc84

Hesitantly, Viviannee began to gently pet the puppy. Its tail wagged in time with her slow strokes, as if that was a sign of approval, and she couldn’t take her hands off it.2cdebd12ed0492c1

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“Becky, your sister 3f9fc29be9 is here!”f8791e59ee2501c5

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Before she realized it, 7863b155a3 she had given it 55b471d868 a name.fb426095bb06494f

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And Becky, dc9c8b1254 even after 7d67d2c50d gaining a c84e3ff12c name, remained 9db7e3f56f as foolish e6ab2a98e1 as ever.680491698c7d2338

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“Becky, I’m here!”9106c27b32b096fb

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When Vivianne a726528bc2 came to a90a5e3477 her senses, d63480e0af she had 73f671b785 already given 7c9081be0a the puppy aac11a61c6 a name.e65030402a4f785a

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“If I throw the 76973e6325 ball, you need to 8206cdc80d bring it back!”aa3c8c3014f65faf

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Even after receiving a name, Becky was still as foolish as ever. She hadn’t learned any of the usual tricks that well-trained dogs performed, and whenever they played ball, she simply ran around for her own enjoyment, with no sense of purpose.8e368415e471189d

Even now, Becky was chewing on the ball in place. Her teeth hadn’t grown enough to even begin teething, but she was still grunting and enthusiastically biting into it.2b61cd3fbaca91fc

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“You’re such a fool…”f4c4c7c40fb10d59

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Still, she was ce210bcb28 lovable. Watching Becky, Vivianne f015ceb25e smiled comfortably for bf8aaf8fef the first time.566547dedf3bd1cf

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Hidden in the deepest part of the maze garden, where her parents would never set foot, the puppy Becky had slowly become Vivianne’s refuge.9be22dc54389a5e0

Even as 4998f8ca14 she crouched 76e48d283a on a f1a51a326b handkerchief spread e7bbeb673a out to f49ae1a2f7 avoid staining 45eba2783a her dress, b455c3c3c3 the time e9062d2f21 spent playing 306bae350a with Becky 63dd1f22a1 was the 4852964448 most anticipated a199cf468e part of c0b0c269fc her day.50bfec2b329ae956

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On the outside, she smiled as though calm, but inside, she couldn’t help but wonder if she’d made a mistake, if she’d somehow brought shame to her father’s dignity. The longer she lived like this, the more these thoughts occupied her mind.83272828bb5c2bb1

In her b51059a5cf suffocating life, 629ac09620 this brief 227b7dab53 moment, like c9918a1a1f an oasis, 05d1652dca was something ff2a1e26a0 she wished 4a9bb28a72 would last 09db5b5dd6 forever. She swore that 2d262bd648 she would make 422cd47e72 it last.94446a7fd0ed5d33

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“Lady Valesia… and this child…”946b61e0f1ad4158

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It was 16afe7d651 on that 11e264c004 day, when 7ffb26cfc7 she had 2088a4e1e6 never known abd2feb82e happiness before, 36cc02c3d6 that she 7a70f70555 realized how 856ec6ec8c easily it c7ab5b57b9 could be 0d8401bff3 shattered. Back then, she 2da34fe302 had thought of 8c29f61cf8 it so simply.10839845e45eae4c

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