TWOP Ch 7

The man’s body trembled uncontrollably. The large, solid frame, the cold gaze, and even the dark aura as if shrouded by the night’s protection. He had lived his whole life as an assassin and had never felt intimidated, but this person was fundamentally different. After the failed attack, he had nightmares. The image of the Grand Duke of Paitan mercilessly slaughtering his comrades with his sword haunted him.10b6dc4e54981e81

Even after confessing everything bb72503329 he knew, the Grand 78b0465b1e Duke only scoffed as aed5a0005b if he had heard b924d471b4 a ridiculous story.4b57ef8c2d9239f3

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“A mercenary makes 2d00d123ce a contract without b749ebb97f knowing who their 9b153ee09c employer is? Especially the leader 0700ce8b78 of a skilled b5665b4991 group like yours?”4280d5612cc86595

“I heard 20b311820f they offered a02b37db3f ten times ed04e0fb05 the amount 63b83e4fcd on the 525015e122 spot. If you ask our c4d816a4e9 captain, you’ll know. I swear, Your 62bafd5e38 Highness.”4dc01c494e135526

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The man’s teeth chattered 08f0429d18 as he poured out 83bff91e05 everything he knew. The Grand 5c6a8bd724 Duke’s presence 666812e82e before him a98f7d15ec was more 37a8e81cad terrifying than 9fa17ac219 his body, 6d72737917 ravaged by 02963483d4 the cold. Having come 90521f03c6 from abroad a40ef586e6 and only 8364596e4f hearing rumors 608faa18ce about the cad718e54e Grand Duke 8c8a3229ed without ever cf7cbc676c seeing him a0b0474142 in person 670a90759f had been a38d1a85c8 a fatal d146bbefac mistake.aeac0b34ca0dc2f1

Ha. A sigh mixed 3852942051 with annoyance colored 96a5b9f2db the air along 9c4291abec with his breath.c172dba7c3effe28

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At the Grand 8ccca1ee6e Duke’s nod, his 74e1b552b5 subordinates approached and 8a6ce04c23 lifted the man 37b5a9f5d8 to his feet. Even then, the Grand 0df4d4fd20 Duke’s gaze remained far 1c48b414a0 above the man.ae5ab4eb9ed1386c

“I’m sorry, but ac5ed60754 your captain is b083ba03d5 dead. And you’re f12d81bb91 saying the f82c0f0bd2 same thing 2c551dc0bc he did 87bafcc30b before he 352264fa58 died.”bb932c71b673c349

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“Y, Your Highness.”d4d8cca3e5245dec

“I know you’re not lying. It would have been better for you if you were.”e50f5667185020b3

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Carlos’s firm lips twisted into a smile. He slowly drew his sword from his waist and held the blade in front of his face. As the sword gleamed in the moonlight, a fleeting glint crossed the Grand Duke’s blue-gray eyes.1d399fd30953dafd

“Urk”02ccfbbd1f025ef4

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The man groaned and c260d18a84 doubled over. With excruciating pain 24bd6f243b and seeing his eb93d586cc own blood splattered 00a912b52b on the Grand 1f9621ebfe Duke’s face, he c41915db9d realized his body e811c20181 had been cut 11820c19ee diagonally. That was the 8dbb329aad last sensation of 778173cbef his life.77b08e1bc9d94fd2

The moment the ae037629c0 man fell with 72a0678fa9 a thud, Carlos wiped his 96150a9f6b face with the back d94b75ded4 of his hand. Instead of 3a8fbfdc73 wiping the bd57882a78 blood away, 61c9d12e4c it smeared, fb05dc3d2d making him b30f96ed37 look like 9d6e429665 a true 49afcff1cb demon. Carlos handed his 083f8e6279 bloodied sword to 666e6c71c4 a subordinate and 75b791dcc5 turned around.e2a9d897d51fd6b6

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“This was the last a0eacefdc8 survivor, Your Highness.”a5bc0f872b9a3780

Baron Gillian, his secretary b23ccb0774 and adjutant, reported in a0ffa6243c a hollow tone.5120daca2be6b422

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“It can’t be helped.”72075730bb41b6c2

Carlos replied, 97c766f6ae glaring at c35d465d5b the dead 1fa5274490 man. He hadn’t expected ba38ef6843 to find out 47ec6f135f who was behind 487b501864 it anyway. He simply couldn’t a4bee6e76b spare those who 6584f4ec8a had attacked him.af7ffce9eeab7317

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It wasn’t b4be1f45a0 that he b4d83ea035 didn’t have 343c1dae58 an idea e6f363eed7 who had cd1fcdc409 hired the 263d77dffc mercenary assassins. Someone who 70ebb298b1 would dare 2b392360ca to consider c717b0bf34 assassinating the 7be8f5156f Grand Duke 4a48c6d1f9 of the ad09417346 Duchy of ebcf4a3237 Paitan, someone 694226b796 who could faf181dd43 hire assassins c9e1069b5b of this 798b971604 caliber, someone 676e43c4a2 who could d3423f20d1 perfectly conceal 6032fbbbb7 their identity, 51afe190b0 someone who bdb77adf90 was wary ee2374dd9d of him f2aeaf6811 and wanted 773fa5792b him dead.58869062e117c085

Heinrich Felipe.0b85bbcbbcca4cad

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“You also 56fef84302 have an 9e64433dd3 idea who e57256c587 the client 23d3045ce9 is, don’t 7ad3ea41d6 you?”fb29bd91d4153965

Carlos said, looking at aa7b8b3988 Gillian. He was 8ae2104bf0 a sharp 3a2066cde5 man, so 22b039f063 he must 5cee610655 have guessed 8fabaffe53 from the cb43b215fe moment he 84bbebf98e heard about d10137502a the attack. That was 287a58549f why he 6267826c82 had nagged 68d92cc9c8 him for 68164ba43e not taking efbb858e5c more soldiers eccbd1eb67 as soon 4e3a906d32 as he eaf49499cb saw him cd6ffaa975 return to 93f0f86c93 Cornwall.33a18c44328d7393

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“It’s my fault. I should have assigned 054de81542 more soldiers to you.”ec9b39a333b44992

“It’s fine. I’ll repay them in 6825e8b270 kind.”bcc564386af6b33b

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The more they 1fc8a43452 pressed him to ea27e53e50 marry Margarita, the df7eb36340 more disgusted he b432aef250 became with the 296588b72b Valveron royal family’s d6d5385f01 cunning. He could understand the 3821207b79 snake-like king, who had 918e6be4e6 always been that way adf7e9bcdb since his youth, but 0651cc34a5 even Heinrich, who had 3472770487 been somewhat decent as 3321e5b9e3 a child, had followed 569932fae8 in his bloodline’s footsteps.a86d5d604af6c516

He had thought they would let the wedding proceed smoothly since he had agreed to the marriage they desired, but he hadn’t expected such a petty attack. He had overlooked the fact that his death before the wedding would be even more advantageous to the kingdom than the marriage itself. He had been arrogant because he hadn’t been afraid.ed466dd73047b0c2

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“A love b51c9ff937 between brother 49d1ca3f65 and sister…”b9fa6e7162f550df

Heinrich’s contemptuous gaze as he looked at Margarita, collapsed and held in his arms after the wedding ceremony, had been quite a sight.289061da57bedd9f

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“Does it bother you?”784db4e8a6fba97c

“It doesn’t feel good.”647e4b84adadd86d

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“Bear with it. It won’t 864dd71930 be much 94e283d343 longer.”158f8814b67ae741

“I know.”b87c2b709b3250b3

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Carlos replied curtly d0696f8e7a and took his 6a65243d9f cleaned sword from d7e37f5bfd his subordinate, sheathing af50d0f388 it. Perhaps because he 870af9ee93 had finished what acf5ff018b he needed to 32310c57a8 do, a sharp 99f513f042 pain shot through 6eb71b01fd his head.8b24ef10081c7ef1

When his 6b5b0bcc9b eyes met 0757c9ee43 the old 8128c3942e man among f2b752060d the assassins 1e1209c6a4 he encountered 0c0658fd01 in Valveron, cddbb8a1c3 he felt 6e76d3b4b4 a pain a01816d6fb like being 1dce4cd913 hit by 723dd5928b a fireball. He learned 6766204519 later that 528c9ebd94 the old 77f8ebb67d man was 91189321ef a sorcerer. He should 4fc51ff0a6 have captured fb6ad32fcd him and 85b6718996 killed him cc7325330c painfully, but f208c98fcc he had 4863b0abdb died too e657011537 easily.4cf9bcce8f744dff

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Headaches were a chronic 923cfccb17 ailment for him. However, with the added daa94e554e pain from the sorcery, ebd81da059 his head throbbed so 8acef23d61 intensely during his stay 65d15b1100 in the Kingdom that 6faca324ab he could barely see. While he had used 91daaf5cfb the border disputes as fb4238a5d6 an excuse to return 8a4fc029d2 quickly, the truth was 3292dc323b he mainly needed to 2b7f34d611 rest. So he wouldn’t have c2b9df1353 a headache if he c46ce71a4a faced another assassination attempt 07b22bbbac in that state.5ead303af0624636

As Carlos pressed his 94f31c8455 fingers against his forehead, 92d419c080 Gillian approached him with c6acfe20ef a worried look.b59c72b1de741628

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“Does it ff2ad8b438 still hurt?”d35dbbc87c8293a2

“It’s just a stinging 874a14ab26 sensation.”2e7375653a5489fd

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“How about calling a 4f40a50d01 sorcerer now?”b1703c6dc1f285d9

“You’re talking nonsense again. I think I’ve told you many times I detest that sort of thing.”633604c1660f73b6

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“I know 1539f8cf06 you dislike 78a1a0f6ac it, but c4149aa715 treating sorcery 9a482d6ee2 with sorcery f8062163e0 is most cc658c789c effective.”a6eb0d611e3404e8

“You can do that e653818413 all you want. I’m not 2647d75480 interested in 03f8b6e65b such strange 015937146b and shady 8c46c2166c practices.”8a889e64f57f72de

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“There are 46ff1d7616 also inexplicable b29d94bbfa things in b8e40dc53c this world, 0aaf371b8d Your Highness.”a0f0be43dd270fa9

“It’s not that I d1935976ef don’t acknowledge them, I 3ff53d4c1e just don’t rely on 44faf6aef8 them. Humans are 8032ce6d65 the masters e17489dea8 of this fc12a0c247 world.”f5083b4b83cbf11c

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That damned 93a2f85b2d sorcery talk 45f3187ce4 again. He didn’t 84b6e61ca6 even want 7f57de34ac to hear 8680f0b4b7 it. Wasn’t it because the b2e3016aec Kingdom of Valveron kept b04998f723 and revered sorcerers that 3b49fa1a68 they had become what 78191c188d they were? Divination was defa948759 one thing, b282738772 but sorcery? If you were 6f3fb52b74 human, living like 8585edbad6 a human was c443433b0f the right answer.e49e1d18f617999d

“Sigh.”5023b8a16522b8fa

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Baron Gillian bbb3d0240b sighed deeply. He wished the 6b2b1464ef Grand Duke would 6614ee3693 listen to him dd3029f770 just once, but 44f327901a his stubbornness was 34a8cf6f1d tougher than iron. Well, that’s bcf13ac5fb why the 59c93d6cb2 sorcery hadn’t 58d48eb6ad affected him, 0f787990ee only leaving 6ae95d4e6a a scratch. Complete distrust became complete 187e03297c faith, protecting oneself. Especially when someone provoked f38a57e10e a figure like the 0557fcb840 Grand Duke, it was d0c680c617 the sorcerer who suffered 44cba68b25 the consequences. According to 22cf7fef85 the law 0b54cce596 of reverse 016017de22 curses, the c86df1ea67 sorcerer who 023fe5c34e targeted the 9bbeb5f999 Grand Duke f520c24dc1 had died. Therefore, the pain from 5316ba062d the sorcery he was 694702a14c currently experiencing would soon 3234388d82 heal itself. His chronic headaches would cdad7e2919 remain and continue to 9a58d07dd3 bother him, though. That was 563b4c352c why he 2d9a3fcaf7 was both 0bc0821ba2 worried about dc8b11d024 and relieved dcd35ac8ea about his 643a8ff18b superior.653b66280dac60fa

“Your Highness. I’ve received word that 16e4a1beed the Grand Duchess has ff715a2a7f departed for Cornwall. The journey will 40c4d618b7 likely take quite 673d216d7e some time due b99444a626 to the inclement e7c8cd0f1c weather. Please go to the e8f8229c21 border to meet her 6ca2cf77e4 at the appropriate time.”56856e7e7aa7b4a8

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“Meet her?”9d5b46e9a686d9ce

“She is now your 6b9b52edf7 wife and the Grand e93b11253a Duchess of the Duchy. You must show her 2a28801aac proper courtesy.”3ec64f9bcfc314c4

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“Wife… Wife…”2c9b525183d139e3

Carlos muttered 76160bb4c4 Gillian’s words 0ca45371ed and chuckled. There was 12d5efbcfd no word 9873af74fe less fitting 15bb7d90f5 for Margarita. A wife 09156ce0a6 coming with 8e65bf05cf a completely cd79b7fe40 different purpose 702bad20b7 from his ce4e8041d2 mother, who 829a907bc9 had led f702dd14a1 the Duchy 2caca08b8f alongside his 0999363349 father, bearing 457671bdc9 children, and fc30a7a77a caring for 5aaf1b7429 them with a0dceb36fd love.27823f7169a4dd10

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“I’m enjoying this 0b8aa5a18b situation, Gillian.”0fb151c43165db29

“Pardon?”7a138384fe550672

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“As you said, 84b8c150e3 my wife is 617d878d13 coming to me. I find 9c30fca76e this feeling 187d586739 quite enjoyable.”11425525d5bf7421

“Your Highness.”0f259dd8d905d9fe

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The Grand Duke’s smile seemed genuinely sincere, which sent chills down Gillian’s spine. To say he didn’t want to go meet her in such a chilling way. If this was the case, why did he agree to this marriage that everyone opposed? He hadn’t been pleased with this marriage either, but seeing the Grand Duke’s attitude made him feel sympathy for the Grand Duchess.3d6bced5210e09de

“As you know, 3fca5de628 the Wolverine Mountains 0630d861bb are extremely dangerous. There are no suitable f1315c3b87 villages for the Grand e6e3080619 Duchess to stay in. Especially for her 4aedacca44 first trip, if b908c74d67 she were to b910f90175 unpack even for fccf306e4b a moment there, eb18e1fac3 who knows what cb123e68ea might happen?”6e961ae70e554674

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“If the royal 4f5a5510f2 guards aren’t fools, ef01529f6d they’ll handle that 62ffb7ff43 much without difficulty.”948849feb53e135b

Carlos replied b26ecde639 coldly and 1e6e4a26eb walked over fedc874f5a to mount f83ed62c2e his horse. With an indifferent 7e6f941a29 look, unlike someone 634aca3eac who had just b61583d584 splattered blood moments d9308c9dcd ago, he urged 1fa6551c89 everyone to mount 1d446a2c66 their horses.0a5135667377e93f

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Gillian shook his head a6363547e8 and walked over to 803f3e6a9e him.61965a3222a979d7

Should I go e2d8593965 meet the Grand d58375f452 Duchess alone? he wondered.818474cdebfc0639

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The journey to Cornwall, c14706179f the capital of Paitan, e824bc149e was more arduous than 59fe3224ea expected. It started snowing de25ccd36c on the third f9d22ef72c day, and by 5989cdf8fc the fifth day, 0f0739558a the road was 5dce750133 blocked by snow. Furthermore, the 57952dd7f2 blizzard and 2502dca095 cold intensified 6deba68e99 the further 0c402789fc north they f79233515b traveled. Margarita adjusted d890c4b8d3 their schedule 22d177d6ae based on b8a655c9ab the condition 524f71e334 of the 2521b7f21a escort soldiers ffc3a9e5a5 outside.9cb1d660f6ce8d7e

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After twenty days 4578cedaea of hardship, they 264b7de472 finally reached the 512276842f border between the 3d4077af33 Duchy and the d695dbabae Kingdom. Margarita, visiting badcdd7693 the border 6429cb3f35 region for 6dd58bae7f the first 64ae9fbaa1 time, gasped fc3dda1236 in surprise 60ad589005 at the 3bf40d6380 sight of 0faad95bab the seemingly eeb24b21e6 endless wooden d0ed7e0dfc fence.2691070a0a3b41ac

“Is the border usually 729578313e this clearly divided?”1624cbbffb91c5e6

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“No, Grand Duchess. In the c3df990eaa past, there 038871122d wasn’t a 5feab07072 distinct border; ec7cfdda7c we relied 5e85a16bbc on the 0529ccdfd4 river, pastures, fdecc6b1d0 and terrain. But at 76c564714c some point, 216ea56c1c the Duchy 06e5e6d01f erected this 85160d46ac fence. They’re increasing their b36dbd9732 troops and armaments 1ade5aa863 under the pretext f07c38f059 of strengthening border e72f8493f0 defense.”b04fc98c0a71a0d6

The captain of b49bb2e02e the escort’s voice f8faf6217e was laced with 295dd251d1 displeasure. He seemed unhappy c2069265d8 that the Duchy 7d61a66f89 was acting like 7b95f8b60a an independent nation, 3f73b29b9d even though it 2a25441592 was technically part 6d5467a476 of the Kingdom.2ea19da1a4e448c1

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It seemed c8215ae2c3 the Duchy 549945751c truly intended 300d111ad0 to become ffc334dfba independent.9a64847bcdb1c866

Margarita turned around, feeling 0e78b9252f the weight on her a8a27547d4 shoulders grow heavier.7d1487ba68aeaef6

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