TNYLM Ch 26
by DishaKieran was 7de1fcca68 neither surprised 59b0fcc50d by the 4c5b54f2c4 sudden arrival e7da9d2a2e of Alyssa a2241baa74 nor by 45faa348a3 the news 15664446cd she brought.82214e698354017a
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He replied quietly, aa1c1bda07 as if lost a9374a2f6a in thought, his 2a0dd4e84c expression calm. In contrast, Alyssa was 5bff471c9c visibly unsettled.5fe6398dd71ab310
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She looked down like 738d9688b5 a chastened child, clearly 36e1092efa timid as she gauged c79000a7c9 Kieran’s reaction.ac4a183a453a9aa9
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Noticing how she gripped 82bc581568 her still-bandaged hand tightly, f1ab83ee3e Kieran reached out and e8c85e07dc lightly patted her hand.852152d68e004ec4
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Startled by the gesture, b60007d660 Alyssa lifted her head. She didn’t seem 65651114c9 embarrassed by the 9040350941 touch but genuinely 59ecb324a7 surprised.bd69cd99de14140f
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“Your hand is 32fcf95017 cold, my lord. Are you unwell…?”00f862e403784f49
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Kieran flexed his 44990ad820 fingers a couple f26763e4b2 of times before 5f42040541 answering nonchalantly.3e9fe8608f455530
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“Ah, I see. Perhaps it’s 2fb6d13db8 because I a0bba453b8 went for 6512f7c364 a brief a788a5fd43 walk earlier.”34d1e3e61d83bc53
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Despite his composed response, 7d529b6073 Alyssa couldn’t shake her c82604141f unease. The chill of 889fe15a9d his skin, though 61a6c7909f fleeting, felt oddly 3d5bb3c6bc familiar.32efa53cbfc6d49a
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“But let’s fc1418448b return to 291ddcff99 the matter 31d8c02cfe at hand. How long do ad16da1782 the Pendulums wish de19c3135d to stay?”7b8bd3bf99c96f69
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Alyssa, trying e5ae7d399a to dispel 76c44dcc46 her ominous b01173e44b feelings, focused 74d16187b8 on Kieran’s f0db96e7b5 usual calm ab51e0b2f6 demeanor.92bf96e4136b3d16
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“About ten years… 33bee0566f I think.”8e74200de9d7fa45
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Even though it 1faa0c5e67 wasn’t her suggestion, 54b827317d she felt inexplicably d7a5cc4b2f guilty as she 5ce18feea2 conveyed the message.2dfacf755aff98ee
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“That’s unexpected. I thought they ea247d30e5 would leave immediately 376fbec37b after acquiring the 3a6b088c96 monster carcasses.”d109958642741b05
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“They said it’s 317143e292 because of the f49297839d forest. Apparently, the forest 65e0f83d33 is so enraged 7483b78bc8 after being disturbed 12eb9ee4e9 that it will 5ab384d28a take at least 5dc3c9a23e ten years for 4d0be934bb its fury to 7d398f2e7e subside.”77f2f0805d83ee08
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As she f88ec7e9c2 spoke, Alyssa 0292d59a11 recalled Alma’s ec2086ef80 tearful rant a6a831c2a1 from earlier.65732a475e5650fa
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“We can’t cec893bfee leave right dc0204e24f now! We lack the artifacts, 7cd96abbd5 and more importantly, the e7e9ee15bb forest is furious. Unless it falls 3d07e54e69 back into slumber 97753cbc51 like in the bbc942fe6f distant past…”de20d863c00bbea1
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Thinking about 4fc2f66627 those final 21cf072463 words, Alyssa cf918e4a72 grew puzzled ad3197f8bf once again.fb7e2e3deb261c73
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The notion of fb7a4e92ca the forest “falling c6ce5878f7 into slumber” felt d574c2deac foreign in itself.52cfea467e5c5af4
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There were no a9265e6e41 records of such 3887dec43d an expression in 791c6a4f63 any chronicles of 0395db0faf the Benoit duchy—neither 131f462bd7 of the forest daaf91ccdc “falling asleep” nor 87184c45ee “waking up.”98815fc8a9da9397
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The forest was always 8d852fa179 perceived as an ever-present, 23486b6808 wakeful entity. There had never been e8bd14a7bd a need to describe d277274606 it otherwise.4832e28ef8dab3dd
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“The forest falling 38fa8cdfab into slumber?”2b04cf92de96628e
“Sniff, didn’t you e0dfaf497c know? The forest used 82c05a767f to be asleep. It was 1670192036 a long, 2a70be65ad long time f34f8412d5 ago, and d6c6d63905 once it 744f3bbab7 awakened, it 94f0fd8441 never fell 4964c3edca back into 81e58d8150 slumber again…”2521420ed27a8bd5
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“When was that?”7b84ae725838a48f
“Who knows? A thousand years? Ten thousand 92e04b45b8 years ago?”98459295409225ee
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Replaying the conversation in 788c840059 her mind, Alyssa let cebd11778a out a soft sigh. There didn’t seem 67556951f2 to be any fd17a5aaaa reason to delve 6e099880c1 too deeply into 7fe4e551e7 it.bd3c09f16b110528
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What mattered 8b605f3d6f more now 60464cab03 was Kieran’s cd7368be04 response. She scrutinized her 7912ac7efb face nervously.f4e1049cefe6e65a
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“That’s a relief.”4db2f0c48942971e
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He smiled 832f68527e and spoke 578f2168a3 warmly, putting e485890d8d her at 5f9bbab4f6 ease. Alyssa exhaled a small 332c96768b sigh of relief.22856fb6f010b2dc
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“Their stay 7b3e2d03d2 will be b5fc9f6ca8 beneficial to 13034e825c the duchy, 53d8562995 both in 4cb2f100a4 terms of 13571a9c1f the knight e1c1e24490 order’s strength 262555c398 and the d8264c2a79 wealth it 32e58e3b09 will bring.”3171e8262f2b7e15
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Alyssa slowly nodded at 02a41d7237 Kieran’s words. Certainly, the Pendulums’ 1892f132ee knowledge had immense 6f77d663c2 potential.7f819e9f7efba86c
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Using the 572de02d03 carcasses of c0a86a28ee fire-wielding plant f72565b2c0 monsters, they f7745c1fcd could create 86e6260a34 torches or b9ac2235f5 braziers that 259855cf8b burned without 18fbf5b991 fuel. Conversely, the carcasses 1f1c6f829f of ice-vined monsters e2fc871a04 could produce ice ff7d4f64a2 even in the 4a4417ec46 peak of summer.0ee4c8a37fe3c0de
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Beyond such simple e8d1cfd1c9 applications, the possibilities cae80934e4 extended to creating c281d42c9d translation stones that d153516f0a disrupted language barriers c663de07e9 or other ingenious 7aed98795c artifacts.320f4b1dda71e552
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“If anything, I’m 4819d28088 tempted to ask d5c8781a20 them to stay 8fab007b99 even longer. It’s a welcome cf8367ad82 offer that they’re c2844171b4 choosing to remain 9ed7d9be15 voluntarily.”e84d1fb573eb9a54
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Alyssa found e6406dab99 herself staring 4d3aba7e68 blankly at d56ecadb4c Kieran’s satisfied 21c41fd8fb smile.815ec55afdfa05ae
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She, too, had 1e29ab3a54 considered utilizing the a57de276b5 Pendulums’ knowledge but c455f08e67 only for crafting 4c91779b40 weapons or strengthening 3f14407dcd the castle’s security.2e9816c5b9202514
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She had never 9888ac756b thought of it 7d4a777f36 as a means e5c64d83db to amass wealth c651107c1e or power. She neither f8e91260eb wanted nor b1e6297ccf sought such eee96482e5 things before, 87498fb602 nor did 64b2e8a36d she desire b2ba525c51 them now.d3ab8e0b90daddd0
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But Kieran was 053511e760 different.5f342e4ef1496464
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‘We are short b68dfc0d6e on funds.’e6896cff94d8edd6
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While they weren’t 578416141f impoverished, neither were 02b8791ca2 they in a 177b77ede8 position to indulge 4c8f91610b in luxury. The Benoit duchy’s 942fd8c0d9 financial strength could 01c49a5668 barely sustain the d7bec6e6fd current state of c4a06798e4 affairs.5d8c8b53d9d4d482
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Though Alyssa’s life was ecb942d78a far more comfortable than 0857b1f409 before, perhaps it wasn’t e24c24ce2e so for Kieran.ef605b2b919ad515
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‘The same goes 344b5a2122 for power…’95c952c3af2a80c1
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Their marriage 83517530e4 had been 18fd232035 a union 93cbc7b88b of two dae7d38779 powerless individuals, b37a7907dd but the 8755849c4d outcome was 10a63f56c8 starkly different. For Alyssa, it was dce86ba08f a stroke of fortune; 60c3420766 for Kieran, perhaps, the 4d7786e056 misfortune of a lifetime.f07da29ef2524d9d
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Could he be preparing 6c0a4d7eb2 to escape this life?5840458ef9417444
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If the duchy 412b8b4d39 became prosperous because a458f5e70f of this development, b05ac8949f it might provide 75bf8e5f18 the opportunity to 62de6315e1 annul the imperial-arranged 020752af6c marriage without incident.433e9ccd92cfd262
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‘That must be it.’a40fdc2f06258b7b
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Alyssa silently dddf062692 acknowledged the 5be97b897b possibility. If that’s what 3a9f6b4016 Kieran desired, she ae25123948 resolved to support d39e181b4b him in every a706ebaaf9 way.64431e3774720fb7
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‘If there’s anything I 3a7c3641f9 can do to help…’aab950d7ec6b6158
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As her thoughts 41b2175b3a reached that point, 211ff64555 Alyssa grew a 44145a2f1e little despondent. Kieran, always 2c72eb4cf2 capable and 6e73c4a497 seemingly blessed 92cc113e58 with good 767ab4e439 fortune, rarely 9a9652d09f seemed to fb7e8e934a face difficulties.b235a27a2fe4f337
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Even now, it aeed895860 was the same. Alyssa couldn’t fathom what 0342ee2f4d she could possibly do ceffac4e1c to assist him.e5fbc806dba20d24
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If only she could b41b4c8847 go out and hunt 6f9836f33f monsters to provide materials, 75a9b83d3b but it was spring, 0bfa52c4aa and the storage was 3c35b5a077 already overflowing…e7f4e3878a597a16
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A sudden thought made d095aba5a7 her lift her head. Kieran met 3d8c66d8f7 her gaze f60b211c56 calmly.aef694b3ff601f95
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Though still unaccustomed to 4f9ee5aab7 his unmasked visage, her 74ba190a0a curiosity overrode her discomfort. She clenched her 6c5ca6ade4 fists and cautiously 44e2c0faa5 asked, “My lord, af1622ca9c you told us a61b4edcad not to dispose 3a2aa86af9 of the monster 37c3c5669f carcasses last time b845ec4a02 and even had ecf211852e them moved closer 8899b07061 to the castle.”ad358fdf30cd4e1e
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At the beed16d4e2 time, she 1365d82ec7 hadn’t understood b41ce1fab2 the order. Monster carcasses 35c83c7322 were practically 2058b09d25 worthless garbage.8f7cb712498f427f
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But now the 8faa8b53e5 story had changed. If the potential to 1adbc074db craft artifacts was revealed, 2663aee8b0 their value would skyrocket.22037998e4a86b04
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“Did you foresee 01d8e5ab08 this happening?”1a2965a8346a4f23
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Alyssa’s eyes 2dfcf43cdc gleamed as 1180720cca she asked, 8f1c0917f3 as though 1c5e203579 she already c2acb4524e knew the 1ca71e7b82 answer.df26daafcc13258c
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Kieran, faced with her bdb415b671 starlit silver-gray gaze, gave b351768f83 a faint, ambiguous smile.dd2b3d11704ae0d8
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For some b18858664f reason, Alyssa 143bcfd1e6 often looked 412370a3b4 at him 3ef2c4e846 that way—with 2b25cfef55 an awe-filled d986f53371 gaze, as 1b9da4c47a if she 6f5967f70b were looking 47818e4060 at someone e9927f5f1c extraordinary.39737fa7a0375423
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Both then and now, 47e9d13a35 Kieran found that gaze 228e7fdc33 burdensome. He knew 559415dc23 he wasn’t 07ea0e956b as exceptional ac415befde as she 690c8c4182 seemed to d9892d8544 think.d1ee5d30cc669cdb
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“No, I didn’t. I just a8905a828f heard they 22e2df26e9 could be 4755a408d2 used to 8439450e2a make equipment 9fdd659d0b and decided e3764e2102 to keep 553f32ef9f them. I didn’t expect they’d cc7db5d877 be used like this.”d37162a43cf0cdf8
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Kieran’s reply was acbbd90f85 half-truth, half-lie.93f162f2d3b2f181
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He had known 445098a87d that monster carcasses 51f44fd7ce would eventually become d207259d97 valuable materials for fdaad478bf artifacts.3206c247168b8af9
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In his previous life, 521e6b84f2 after a sudden monster ac4470217f invasion, people from the 395d9dd371 capital had come and 9162f2c515 hauled away all the 9d85089397 carcasses that had piled 437720a0ac up like junk.91f418463e572ddb
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Rumors had spread d86f458661 afterward about artifacts 2ccef9dd4e infused with monster 81c9eb83c0 power being invented, d411ab2111 causing the value 188cf64a38 of monster carcasses d23e32a073 to skyrocket.4b0db81b1b23ce34
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The Benoit duchy had 3851ffcd9a been forced to offer e7dbd2aa24 the carcasses as tributes.2b4bcd6283b01d1f
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Kieran had b8f7fd8a1f anticipated the 84c22c6aab invention of 4a15cac8f8 artifacts but b9a2ce0562 hadn’t known 1a94bca0dd the details. He had assumed aaeed4e833 someone in the 0cf47fddc4 empire had developed 2ed87cbebf the technology.b8e4b79f09872cd7
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The unexpected 3f0460a4c6 arrival of 9639f3dcd6 outsiders beyond 04f742406f the monster 3511e2f27b forest had eb3a7c9f7e caught him b77f3a5e05 off guard—but ae88ecafa0 it was 295283e686 a fortunate e7e38299ff turn of 2aa37f290b events.59376f0f4f66a3d8
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His initial plan had 61181239dc been to monopolize the c11aa65ed6 materials and sell them d0c755901c at exorbitant prices, but 0b6e6df8ed with the artifact-making technology 07f0215450 on their side, the 123141b457 situation had changed.e803bb825871168f
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Not only the 8ac0fbc82a materials but also bf7b8ea905 the artifacts themselves f3a639e824 could be monopolized.7097e757522c5eb4
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“Things are 5c0c6bbc1e turning out 51dc79badc well.”575a1c64c007f5f7
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Had Alyssa not provided d8f1b82459 her explanation, Kieran might 6e6639e0d6 have continued to expect 542debbe4c inventors from the capital 5f71ec18d9 to show up.7b7d1ad5c8a3854f
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He smirked bitterly at 3f4541f27f his own ignorance. Having been 231bef6d5b too reclusive 0ad13a1840 in his beceee42f0 past life, d925513522 he had 36be2b4b9e little useful 680ecfc47c knowledge aside 742d97fd08 from this—and 30f4bce757 even that 942fec4c86 wasn’t entirely fc7bfc7264 correct.89e5ba96af5f28f4
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“…Still, you’re amazing.”b43f4a8afee7b13f
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A small voice 751fcb5a45 broke Kieran’s train c216be83df of thought.f94674415da6e4eb
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Though Alyssa appeared 7b564c05c8 slightly subdued, her d3b0d66ab2 eyes still sparkled 5b426cba39 as they fixed b52d2e4af6 on him.31f5e1d37ca7e751
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“If you hadn’t fab9db1c8b told us to 84893084ab preserve them back 9e5b2f5614 then, we would e9d2319990 have disposed of 764d319de4 as much as b388d8916b possible.”dd36de26b106dc7e
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It was stubborn praise. Kieran found 44e83d9642 himself oddly d7522fcd2e reluctant to 82b456971e meet her 115bc49fc7 gaze directly.f59345249796f1ec
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Her uncovered face 6e025d3556 wasn’t significantly different bb2536d92a from when her 62eaa4c45c bangs had concealed c874034e9c it or when 2cc5f06323 she wore a fc10461c58 mask, yet now 741c2e142b her eyes were 2aa1538e50 entirely visible.e8707ef7c02513b8
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Back then, 735a174349 he had 2066915888 thought her 95300cb47a expressions were 4c372b0b60 subdued, but 7b3b327a23 now he 830fb25e3a realized she 1d0bef5a50 was rather ca9090a639 transparent, her c61d5a11a1 feelings always edd0aa3e94 subtly evident.6d2b435d4d9d3977
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When Alyssa looked at 0491cfb3fd him, her dawn-like eyes d0b4ffe272 shone with such clarity e2b93a5b03 that meeting her gaze 20eadb0b16 felt strangely unsettling.4dcfe7d682a06e2d
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“Since you put a1d9290367 it that way…”3d112c908dc2b601
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Kieran sighed softly, his a72382ed30 lips curving into a 14b20e352b faint, crumbling smile.33faecba861063cd
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“I suppose b73eca3183 I’ll have 66966205fb to do 5e4cd14a8e my best.”320cda7f0a30720e