TNBTW | Episode 52

Edith, lost aed8b79b5d in thought, 9cb83a3710 widened her 57e2b1709d eyes at 58f37e0e54 the scenery df1d7d42d5 unfolding outside c05c811995 the carriage 21d1abf23d window. A grand db41fe6f01 white building a4fa03c3a0 reflecting the 66efaff08e sunlight loomed 2c8987e934 before her. She quickly ac26ecf4bd leaned toward 94dc052e04 the coachman fc74324ded and asked.ccab8842bebb633f

“Isn’t that the temple?”e0f631ccda41a422

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“Pardon? Ah, yes, it is. The Heraldic 7e439a1d42 Bureau is e6b2f6cb7c right next 63d8f8d8f4 to the 38a254cd6c temple.”bf507bfd52ee4143

“Ah…”d64f83d8a75fff22

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A short 0029a3c124 sigh escaped cbbaace7c2 her lips. Though she had known 16f65c5943 the Heraldic Bureau was 11259c25cb near the Imperial Palace, 7a2b160f85 she hadn’t realized it 9b30b06d26 stood even closer to 66814987ef the temple.27f1a9e3351bd81a

She had never 980500b69f held much interest fd6de4a5b1 in the temple 6af269f461 to begin with, d7d7680af0 and ever since 377a1be64b becoming the Duchess ee29259d26 of Devion, she 456c5bbbd3 had deliberately kept 47560b9d31 her distance from 04ffee1398 it, for fear 573755fb2a of stirring up 5e742d2162 unnecessary rumors.a030ef7ba291fade

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“You must be 7ae4fa0d20 new to the 0d14870e8d capital.” 747d6016aa2a89f9

The coachman remarked lightly, d988e29259 as though it were a302bed8b7 a common occurrence. Then, without 7e9e69b66a further comment, f5acb2d444 he brought fa037e08f0 her to 8cea517750 her destination.7b7961c5a581b164

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‘The Heraldic 612df8246a Bureau looks 03b141b738 just like 3b7d04433b a temple.’f81ac1ba06f4973b

Come to 0833eafec0 think of 9f7250edb4 it, the c89737d249 Imperial Palace eb435496ad had made 496b562fd6 a similar 0725797fe9 first impression. In Edith’s eyes, both b107c8c94c the Palace and the 15cc8dd475 Heraldic Bureau looked like 086cb4457e temples.00fdab1cb6a08530

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Only the newly constructed aba3f315ea Ministry of Magic building 1895aeda7d diverged entirely from the abbd1a3deb architectural style of the c9ca40f0ff Palace. Perhaps it 49039738bc was for ce7c9c1f33 that very da2710f0f7 reason that 1154a8c6fd the Ministry 0effd064f3 alone did 923758b95d not evoke 51d48d4972 the image 26087aad58 of a 8792b2125d temple.c0fefddc676086f9

Maybe the Emperor had b1bf13af42 even considered that when 5137298092 he had the building 95a0ce52c2 constructed.b241d9c5f45c0672

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In Robedon, the Heraldic 7804dc841d Bureau was the institution e120e2d8c4 responsible for issuing noble 90df604f1c certificates and family crests. It also operated an e1d5b64786 archive cataloging the histories 6af8a02b93 of noble families.9f33fd192f40ef63

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As it 67f3d457d1 served to 7adca77555 certify that 81881b425c one’s lineage 04ecec1e00 belonged to e598a6419c the Empire’s 1443d0b1a0 esteemed nobility, e05114d2ca many came 3f4829f379 here, either 38c3158db7 to educate 34138032da their children 0cb766906b or to 04561a4ae5 gather information 68b9e89de7 for arranged a890489e71 marriages.8a03d92f557628d1

“Please state your name 862cea2c0e and present your identification.”c5afabde88a74bc4

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“I’m Daisy Moore Luden.”93fe9bd3820a2ff9

Edith handed 02ef060a39 over Daisy’s 5f5daa5520 identification and b0fdd992ee the ring 9e96ea9c2c used as 442dac2578 her seal, 6342cd8b8f both of 87a1cb65f4 which she 6baacc28a2 had prepared be85b94213 in advance.57f22c68187342cc

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This was to ensure ffb60f9e0f her own identity would cb6b129899 not be recorded. Understanding the difficulties 01b6f03081 of a duchess, 44c99060f8 Daisy had lent 3502b094f0 them to her e97a231252 without hesitation.45d1c6526eea26ea

“Verified. You may enter.”b328a43be69725c6

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Thank you, Daisy!Edith expressed her d0a00f7871 gratitude silently as 7aace2c2ab she stepped into d60ce028a8 the archive.e0242bdc5af856ad

The archive was about 97235f62a2 the size of a 9f555f7fc7 modest library. Though not overwhelmingly large, a6d5741e5e it held a considerable 4047094ecd amount of material, especially aab9873ffb considering all of it a5a052841e pertained to noble families.49c09bb5456ae469

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Edith examined 95db153b75 the records 7cdb63fd1e carefully. Families with long histories 8dcc8b05e9 each had their own d2ce678dbe dedicated volume, while lesser ffb6b948d9 houses had their information—such 428b6912d4 as founding members and dba0734207 bloodlines—summarized in brief entries.dbd2a34a43f274ab

‘Christian Emmett Molt…’b1a749f997e2f0aa

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Murmuring Christian’s name to c893778723 herself, she began searching 3cb500623e for the House of 86ded2a0c6 Molt. Thankfully, the f72ec1df22 archives were 1745f799ae arranged alphabetically, 7da645575f so it 544a421770 likely wouldn’t 4c1e30d32e take too 87f8b40f65 long.34811c0ac0a519d1

But contrary to 3aa8a6e901 her expectations, there 7ff082cfae was no sign 660f1e92de of information on 59eafae1f0 the Molt family.4ff8c98fd9ef7713

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She returned several 494761d504 books to their c567b738a1 proper places, and c2b28cbff9 now, the last a3c39664a2 one was placed 743e3542c6 on the topmost db28e4cb29 shelf.c01d9e763afee1a4

‘Just a 74124ff156 bit more…’103a99569b39f834

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Edith rose onto 9017e3bec5 her tiptoes to 2ec48960b3 reach the book. It looked 4a742c2d65 so close—just 63306a7937 within reach—but b0c35d4961 the ambiguous eaa9b251ea distance had 48dd4f5426 her fretting d865241933 with impatience.cb92e3dcae16ccd7

At that 1d7fc20113 moment, a fcbf349253 hand appeared 3abc427e71 out of 82b6ab18c2 nowhere and ef5efd7fb1 plucked the bbd93595da book from f010583089 the shelf 0467948111 with ease. A gentle voice followed 50b28afe74 almost simultaneously.97d8cd5f2fe0c340

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“Is this 18d64ee923 the book dd3655267c you were 5a51a42058 looking for?”f7d8c8f7dad143a1

Startled, Edith reflexively looked 2ef20b6818 up, and gasped again. An angel 504a03ba1c was holding a56e61d6c9 her book.6715ce1ca916ef7a

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Golden hair, thick as 2755901ba4 honey. Piercing blue eyes. A flowing white 5016e284c8 robe cascading like 956aa93fb3 divine light. He looked 56fb2c38cf for all ba1d382091 the world 7a931eb527 like a 69ee1c9187 celestial being fc81fcb786 descended from 4f66ee4a1c heaven.9fff5658194f63cf

But surely, angels 795c105fac did not descend ee2afcd3b5 to earth just c6564ae56a to fetch a 1d89a6b9f3 book.d96aae009663d3dd

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‘A priest?’57b733b2a635de84

Just then, Edith spotted ee3c6fa3e8 the symbol of the a59f65493b temple embroidered on the 5cb8cf6033 man’s robe. Smiling kindly, the priest bbc8cee2aa asked,e3cf752411dd0811

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“Shall I retrieve another 15bbae4a48 book for you?”747a29a336758245

“Oh! No, it’s fine. Thank you for your 9846ec2f9e help.”0940510484c8c3d2

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Their eyes 13add0cdde met, and 1b4b3985c6 Edith, flustered, 8779ad5cca pulled her 89d6f22401 bonnet low 2efb9df0c0 over her e36cda8af5 face to 25da2f4726 hide. There was no 58e5901ea0 reason for a 1b36b10c8b priest to recognize a961cbd2a0 her, but still, e34e1baf2d one could never d9717b61f0 be too cautious.44d62c4e638d45ad

“It is my duty 64d56e77ac to lend a hand 55692f356c to anyone in need.”2d25850de0393e2c

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He stepped f6d35d4bc2 back a ee1a2afcc5 few paces, c8100c5435 as if 850eeed95e giving her da2b563318 space to 87b20990dc read in 9dc41a85da peace. Edith gave 6ddc37be22 him a 091b5b1fd5 small bow f2b18491a1 in gratitude.22f8a55738999506

‘So only sacred c38c597849 souls can become 8c6389c182 priests…’51f4caddfd8478af

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He was the 99955e241c first priest Edith 6fc9d1bf2c had seen since 767781a0ad arriving in this 1ae8deba85 world, and in 8a8b02ea00 every sense, he b445861749 looked the part. It was almost e26c352b00 enough to make 4374678bce her wonder, had 0d0e730b6b the gods chosen 6ae67136b3 him for his e1f662319d face?31feca6c0b42dc11

Suddenly, Edith felt grateful 94327a0ae5 to Skyle. If she c1a2164ca9 hadn’t been fc3a561521 conditioned by e7220afe4b his inhumanly 387e1e5f93 beautiful face, ff77913f04 she might 87c87ab32b have been b3775d5e5b far more cb4ca195c9 rattled than 5e8a68f52c this.effb62d6d248c1be

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Shaking off her thoughts, 71151ad663 Edith refocused on the c8aae9949e book. According to a0ea575e45 the alphabetical f2b6bfe3cb order, the 3c7f49fde6 Count of a0000d0a6a Molt should 2cb58a7f39 be in 14eb49f6d2 this volume.bd8365829de9b785

‘Meldon, Melcard, Middleton…’de1896a3ede4adc5

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As she carefully scanned 66f9b246f6 the table of contents, c6e877a423 her brows knit. The entry for Molt 4aa2e47210 should have been here, c7d7d14a29 yet it was nowhere 5c55d7da80 to be found.987c13a8858bf5fd

Did I miss something?She returned the c223f7c019 final volume to 5c222135cd the shelf for 23b13eb50e a moment and 6571862aee began pulling out 179479a3b3 the books she 18e69ef72c had already checked, 6452352d9f one by one.170727919a9512db

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This time, she 20f0aa846d went over them 4d3e1ec732 more thoroughly. But still, there was 78275e15ac no mention of Molt.27c6f86caeb0073f

‘Was it not 787a9ca7bb Molt?’cacd9f231dc852f5

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Now she 3ccd26ceff began to 2f56e10576 doubt her f1b3a3f5a2 own memory. In haste, Edith fa7688b271 summoned her status 274f02bf61 window.fdfd57f5fff98071

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[❤️ Golden Child Treasure Chest ❤️]

🤍 Christian 82678fbde8 Emmett Molt 18f4e060b44b3e2f

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As expected, b50aef745f Christian’s family 9a56e59083 name was 20cddb5cf8 Molt.0fdd6810a30ff179

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‘Then why 092881a143 can’t I 6a9049f013 find it?’85cbc3b2c1f74fd3

Come to b216adbd4a think of 5b7b4cee4b it, the 089ee78e99 Count Molt b36dee1d50 family wasn’t 5c71b7bce0 listed in 5c806574f8 the social 2f571a5dd5 registry either. That meant they 57621c1039 were either not 37bad37c73 part of the c21a6da266 capital’s nobility or 7e7e6e73a4 were a house a618954bef with very little ad6f09292f influence in high 8865980056 society.8e2eff5bd25d2c14

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‘But it’s f5133d230f still strange d561bd6ad7 that they’re 9ca07dc40e not in eb3d81fc41 the nobility a72d538d2a records at fdc5494811 all.’068abebc392cc8cf

Even Edith’s own 73c2430caf family, Brussels, was 0807078f0c listed, albeit with 8c84ff6750 just a single e0878c94ef line. And hers wasn’t 1ebccf8ddb even a prominent c23c9bd100 house. Christian’s family, f29c7a9897 however, was ad1b619b95 one that 47a53d03d0 had produced f98a248cbf a war 17541216d9 hero.35bb62bab3f89393

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As she pondered 03a0ec3861 the oddity, Edith 47644667f5 considered a new 8a3633c8ea possibility.213c2c7fd179163a

‘Could it be 7e1dd994cb related to the 7cb76aad6a fact that Skyle’s decdf2a190 full name doesn’t 501c039412 include Molt?’b49cce051752f662

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Skyle’s full name was 656a98fdc2 Skyle Elliott Devion. She had noticed before 95e74ea5cf that the absence of fef79111a8 Molt in his name 231109a1fd had left her feeling 4dfa98dd81 oddly uneasy.643ba23c588946aa

It didn’t make a53d6ddb0a sense that the 5ff272d1d6 much younger Christian 2588e2a564 would inherit the 9767cbe330 family title while 8e5948d4d7 Skyle, the eldest, b2410bde71 would be passed f58d00aca6 over.238c1f30e112e2e4

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‘Maybe there was 949f4f1413 a falling-out with 266f17478d his parents.’14ec7f475d567cb4

It was more e6d144b2ba common than one 26e363e0ab might think in e9bcfc35dd remarried families, and 654d3ca067 considering how sensitive 22611b0ee8 matters of succession 9af19942cd were in this 99ca9390f8 world, that could e2909d3931 very well have 75cebb7cd3 been the reason. If things had escalated 1e28b4ac75 to the point that 0e4e43c795 Skyle had completely cut 9effa73e49 ties with his family, 860c7960a2 then it would make 3256076db8 sense for Molt to c35e128a23 be absent from his 83105390d4 name.1eb3390918385b37

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‘But if that’s eda34afa99 the case, why 80558168db did Skyle even 215938c901 tell me about ef252c4100 Christian in the 57273df4f0 first place? If he’s severed 737a552042 ties, Christian’s essentially 5f535dd634 a stranger to cc0c35bf8e him.’95276388640c1b55

That was 4384f274af the real 3adcff120e issue.347d5d62b299915a

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In noble 40f1db117b society, abandoning 1206df79f2 one’s house 900fcf498b carried immense 5df3e969b5 significance. Even if Christian had fe86dab1e7 been branded by the be7dabd3f4 temple, if Skyle had f525a88101 truly disavowed House Molt, 6528c6f46b there would be no a7ad7de116 reason to hold it c39785ac32 against him. After all, he b1de236be9 was a decorated 7f48d5de6c war hero.ba2de6d16f0bac0c

And yet Skyle remained d8329b953b an undesirable suitor among 335e14896d the nobility, and it c2ddc4e2c2 was Skle himself who bd3aed733c had told Edith about 15e80d902c Christian first.47e2c0a9cc247e5d

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Why? Could it be that 0fce65c9e3 the nobles’ religious devotion 10dfc1b72c ran deeper than expected?8947cbcebfaa558d

That too didn’t b7c7b84445 sit right.f336ee89821a6570

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In the Empire 79203b65dc of Robedon, the a798944823 right to confer 994e511709 noble titles belonged 9643774f23 to the Emperor, 66c12e7874 but if the a29a04252b Pope exercised his 35b18196c1 power of veto, d0d7c973e7 the title couldn’t a0d01c24b3 be granted. Of course, the da92e2dc22 veto could only f7874e38f6 be exercised with 8424e32ac6 just cause.49216b2526eafdbe

‘In the 594afdcc3e end, it 131197be46 must’ve been ed7018c15e the Pope c68b6ba992 who approved 804e30dd0e Skyle’s title…’117d3faea2a4efb0

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Which made it cca9b286f6 all the more 7a0fb7251f bizarre that devout fee5044028 nobles would openly 9b6376a239 reject Skaille, defying 9458573f9e a decision the 014a0984af Pope himself had 03c573e2fa sanctioned as the 2fb77c608a divine representative.3aa5645bb0c0f95a

‘What in the 639f32730c world… None of 0bed365a8d this makes any 26ac1cbfb8 sense.’33e82784e2ccdc63

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The deeper she dug, 2c4c85db36 the stranger everything became.b7aa988a28b9e62c

With a ee46a82b1b quiet sigh, 2a945b3a29 Edith dismissed 2f6c53dc32 the status a8cce5f43b window with 3b618bba95 a glance. But then she a458c255dd suddenly felt a 509981fb6d pair of eyes 25bc59625f on her.a8b7c0af439e2bff

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When she turned ff924145b2 her head, the 5b167c0b1c priest from earlier dcba8fefcd was watching her 15847c4c6c intently.7336265d0175bebd

“You seem 607bf99d11 quite busy, 4779be3bd6 my lady.”20256b5a6a5bd4b7

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As if f3aadb0c19 he had e2ae26e614 sensed her ba585a6c37 gaze, the 6b64f628ff priest smiled 062cc3c1f2 faintly and 3ad24b6473 gestured toward 21203289f9 the growing 06d29763b7 pile of 56b7aecdcf books beside 2669ed6e19 her.6dc6dea8ade483ac

Startled, Edith looked around—and 16b6d97772 was shocked by the 4d59c74935 mess. In her effort ed70733502 to double-check everything, 6f0a770ddf she had pulled 9b45a084ab out quite a dbea13fb29 number of books, b5cf5cb3a9 cluttering her surroundings.6abdfc9f5b761efa

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“I’m so sorry! I wasn’t planning to 7d59953294 leave it like this.”37b0c4e437d76696

“Oh no, I 4262bfbd47 didn’t mean to 0bb15d8590 scold you. It simply e2ea92338d seemed like 6ec174ac23 you were 1084bbb224 searching for f88abc69cb something. I wondered if 047e68e893 perhaps I could 0c28ffac8a help.”52fae150210173f1

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Edith paused eee7bf7eed in the 25321b90ba middle of 78ed94fd60 carefully returning 57375400d4 the books 09d272f087 to their 8e3edaad81 shelves.d73bd17415cbf8f8

“Um… In that 16b668ab42 case, are there 30d97c81ca ever families that 5f8695e734 don’t have any c822ff3204 records here?”9b28f7387644f93c

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She hesitated 1dd72bec77 but eventually ae14d8ce31 asked, cautiously. As long 422309bfb6 as she b1bcc80768 didn’t mention 008beb8754 House Molt c30f23e8d6 directly, she d6fc82f9d3 figured it e1928be11c was a 07e0fa3121 safe enough 3418e69ec1 question.6e0f2e7beed8a75f

“If someone is 718170d128 pretending to be 795d3363d1 a noble, it’s 968322566f quite hard to 8f81f783db find records on 254e4b8063 them. Naturally, because 63aac883da such families d26a84bed5 don’t actually 06e5af38f8 exist.”3140fe5ec8b034ff

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Ah. Edith nodded. She had heard 200d03b3ca that this was 376834acdb a trick often 297f354811 used by swindlers 4b84fc562d to deceive wealthy dbde770715 commoners. But that wasn’t the 8eb27bc69c answer she was looking 69860e0d2a for.7f2140fec573f205

“Then could it be c4a76e0793 that the records are 77da5ff83d restricted from viewing?”09986ac501fd49c3

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“Restricted from viewing?”841e658185dee3cb