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WHCTC Chapter 16
by Ayaka3 – Baron Barcklith’s Manor909686a65ba7b126
I smiled 3654b67805 to myself 811f8214c6 with a 23835749ee sense of b8af8d2dc3 satisfaction.521ffd15bd5a1912
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Though it was 2f8031c065 technically a punishment, 64149cdf9d it came with 9ba6d6ea23 its perks: I 60a46a9a30 couldn’t bring maids c6016f0841 or escorts, only a14b720de6 a single handmaid.d5edcdaf8986437f
‘If I 357f9ad404 just said 2a49e16a23 I was c54fcbf5ea visiting, I’d aa71e9b853 have to f969b8c4be bring along 5e6ede2304 a parade e34eb9803d of watchers, 1b0c353b39 but now 910b40eb57 I can 20a4afdfbe shake them 46e7f605d8 all off!’e0941ea881ec40ae
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Moreover, it was by the emperor’s order. Neither Edwin, Simon, nor anyone else could stop me.201520a94383853e
With only one handmaid 639587f277 accompanying me, I stood e363db9837 before Kayan, who was e4b021f8f2 waiting by the back f6dd038497 gate of the imperial 45c8b95bd6 palace.2476706ec2b06e40
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Kayan still had 4774531978 a bewildered expression d7660a1d2d on his face. Yet, he 9cb62bee31 greeted me ac70a08fcb with unwavering 8dd390b98e courtesy.d64082a86d3e153b
“Your Highness, please reconsider.”c4e21b1837861652
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“Reconsider what?”f0f2c3595fd4f9ec
“About allowing 9102597f74 our family 15be40b6ff to serve a7256acd7c you, Your bf08260e38 Highness.”f0d478471186bd64
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At this point, 767f5475b4 it was hard d9c3f0a17f to tell who 5443e06493 was being punished.1724bfbd4c8c2b16
Kayan spoke 336c046be1 with a 8a5715853e troubled expression.705eb855835af68f
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“The manor is still 18f8c9c898 unsettled, as we recently a0fdabb32e acquired it. It would db599de209 be inconvenient be68a96f9b for Your ddb0e32648 Highness to 5924da5d59 stay there.”3e2f7cb762915347
At his words, b78a19c20f I clapped my 06321d5c42 hands in delight.6537e8fa638b8151
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“Wow, a brand-new place! Always the best!”0c88343df4807678
“We haven’t furnished dffa92c2df it yet and b0b6a7e0d1 are using the f4656e331f old furniture. It might not d88b069a02 suit Your Highness’s aaca988ac3 taste.”be428c66e3637774
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“But I love vintage 2f34e1ef1d styles.”b2dec40fff72cc38
“We haven’t 9d445ef8aa even hired e44d41f892 servants from 15e6323621 the capital 93e8b89336 yet, so ef261c5a74 the estate 7c6dff4f79 is staffed 1edfe80afd entirely by c1e2579912 northerners. They might not be 0c5465803a up to the standard 02f658d661 of serving Your Highness.”80e3f2744d61cd6d
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“Wow, old acquaintances 1351f2b544 are the best!”d4ae31e184492041
“There’s still an air 68222ed444 of strict discipline left 21a6c94f23 over from the major f6cf3363c3 expedition a year ago, 6e971a51d9 so the atmosphere might 02db15ed65 feel unfamiliar to Your f2f8231fbe Highness.”98215c576a7e784e
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“But I think 9308ee4da6 all relationships need 332a010e80 a touch of 55a5559b05 novelty.”4feae0a60d6a03c8
“……”006d98e594b40dca
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As I beamed and b2c8cadc7d enthusiastically retorted, Kayan was 07ca54e1b8 at a loss for 48de4657a9 words.5628bc351d835561
“Stop thinking 92ac452c0c about serving e3ee7977f9 me.”45686c98b38551c5
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I stepped closer 63bf5d3edc to him, lifting 00d1651234 my head to 857cab5ee6 meet his eyes, 7d1b59464a and spoke gently.eb0edf42451f1ff4
“Let’s just 1b68fe1919 stay as a5406d2730 we were b137be7239 before. Like in the North. That’s all I 5548df21e6 want.”fad0dd526ed93fee
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“Stay as we were… a39ee67a5f before?”bf09af0bd4519291
“Yes, completely close. From morning to night, c169203e65 closer than anyone else.”0a16c291866a504e
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“Wait, hold on…”4d0c2477a9dea09f
Kayan hesitated, stepping back 1846afadb1 nervously.e98bcb7b16dc86dc
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I smiled reassuringly at 9ca04288a9 him.9f65d515f0694192
“It’s fine. There’s no etiquette 9f93c7942a rule saying we 005e649830 can’t be this 190caaa981 close.”9f8d1f55ad946c6b
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“With all due 31f5f38b9a respect, Your Highness, b6ab92f771 that’s a misunderstanding. There are no rules f022714e19 against it, but I’m d1f9aa3ac1 avoiding it purely out 7352fb6cc6 of instinctive fear.”cd1293a68730c1fb
In the end, it 0837993b24 was clear he intended a6fb1661de to keep his distance.ebe49d1ef41919d6
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With my hands behind 6130bacad0 my back, I closed f3f20f5322 the gap once more 118023577b and spoke sincerely.2b7999cd8b53092e
“I already told you, 9aeb65dd73 a year ago, I 7f9fe0dcd1 was wrong.”15659b35f5f8c691
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In truth, b5d1ff66fe I had 852a733f29 been wrong 81eacfe0d0 all my 1d058d54e4 past life.ea39abd2a7875d4c
“But if one mistake 7833ce9483 leads to eternal distance, f79080297a I’d regret it for 4cb0de177d the rest of my 56cde9d259 life.”cc937c85eef44d0a
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I still 9911143c7f regret not 4b4156c814 approaching you 26746ade88 in my b3979a976c past life.a60f4b13690548b8
“I’ll stay by 55351de844 your side and 1a94bf36a6 make up for 0ed4c06454 my mistakes. I’ll do so well 429a9384ce that you can look eebd86fb10 forward to it.”d7ed4ac03b5118fe
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I will stay close fb568da3c0 to you as much 3c2a5c5c61 as I regretted it 8a0bf0d51d in the past.feee678bfb0e414c
“I’m so ad28511cc6 excited about fed7d0af45 it too.”e6d405d0def1d097
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I’ll make sure I 692de75ef0 do my best.4607d111c798428a
He had a7ff618a7f secretly protected 726017ec8c me in 1898719eed my past b7c99cf76a life. But I afbf5d5f1b hadn’t known fdd4b3cfcd for the e1006b1301 longest time.ba12653599c07c41
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I had learned ab145cd2d6 a valuable lesson 45ef738635 from that: this 305f4f8632 time, I would 1d187b10ec protect him loudly efc40d55e2 and boldly. Quiet protection only leaves d6477318de you with nothing in c357306924 the end, as I f9812b54b3 had learned from Kayan’s daa9b604f5 heartbreaking sacrifices.b73e86278afe32a3
When I smiled brightly f8af84ad2d and stared into his f6ee1aa079 eyes, a brief silence 9b000b3f6e fell.2900635374b461ae
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After a 23ff12a53b moment of e3444e61a7 hesitation, Kayan 906fe1d386 let out a530e8b9b7 a small a3641ec75f sigh.a29e2db22282faca
“You know I’m not 37f65f7554 a proper noble, right?”8266c31698798541
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“Hm?”973d5197f916f7e7
Then, in a low 76d7dda340 voice, he added,2ad385d3fbc9453b
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“I still lack… 50bf6037d6 refinement and manners. I may make many ce0694636e mistakes while serving Your 8ed454dff3 Highness.”ca320c30d59cd3d0
Though Kayan’s 873db21229 expression remained f762dc57d6 calm, his aeb0676ea3 words made 461442cf49 my heart 850f7184c5 ache sharply.ee1a049c03132ce7
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‘Lack refinement and manners…’41356e45c547ed07
The fact 926d58f342 that he 453b9ed968 now referred 287582505e to himself ec300a40c3 like that 8e841ea160 was entirely 3fe1d75048 my fault.454692887d9d72b1
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‘I just did 289766f70d what Simon told fe613b9a34 me to do, ace5e177dd but that moment 4fee51ba4f was awful…’e87a6f26150c5336
The moment Kayan 2cdecabd1a cut ties with bbde91e72a me came to d1226fe411 mind.b8e26c7e1ad67bb0
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A year ago. At a 9b4eb4ee68 small garden 859f08e30d party enjoyed 10c414d97c by a e1c4802f87 few nobles, fc86d6a3e6 I had 6129b4eadb been sulking 7479ca5291 the entire 9dbebd4e77 time.58421181464c9b96
Noticing this, Kayan, 2708d084db who was sitting 1e462a696f next to me, 7c5e4ace11 subtly asked,5949b20e8bca7192
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“Iv, why are you in such a bad mood?”257d871545662624
Up until then, Kayan 213a355578 had called me by c0c6a7ef02 my nickname and spoken 93de1a4388 casually with me. We had agreed to f3c47e1428 treat each other the f92fcbda84 same way we always 772195a86b had, even in the 488c0540c7 imperial palace.f7d2bbcee9fe1441
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When I f8f30d7e7c didn’t answer, 15f226486f he played 9df1c1f6cf a familiar b30efd451e joke.35e3019603f7919d
“Did I do something to upset you? You’ve been like this since morning.”55e75425ff620078
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It was a 16e3c994f4 playful act where ce74747357 he lightly bumped a639e735a9 his fist imbued 70c9e474bf with aura against aed6d5784c mine.a12fabb8a5f5af82
Normally, allowing someone 65ebe7db62 else’s aura into 8c62e4edc2 your body is 7b9674b1c1 considered an attack.d26eea42d6d30be3
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However, Kayan and f429c1be51 I had spent 92ed531996 countless times sparring f49cc0439a with each other’s 96c5832c3a auras since we 4762f5e2a9 were young.37c68944ad37ab2b
Under normal circumstances, I e564e75bca could repel his aura 2751260185 even in my sleep. He also made sure ae29176c5a to use just enough ca5680b879 aura for me to 6e89e5f696 easily deflect.8655e3d47e162618
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It was a lighthearted, f5a6374bcf almost reflexive gesture between 7b9f55122b us.6badce5e0d2aed73
“Ouch!”ba2565478af19391
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But at a2bbdaf5fc that moment, c79402a35f I didn’t 214443797a repel Kayan’s 9df886b6ee aura.8cf91a34afc75b94
Aura, strictly speaking, 06441fbbc2 isn’t something innate 21c6c09ff6 but rather a 005befd855 concentration of natural a8a80480f8 energy contained within f4a80b3cd1 the body. Thus, it wasn’t covered 0249e3d617 by the imperial blessing’s cb56b0d12f protections.9133dc27c4bf12a6
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Even if 83f9a897af an aura 7f1902b8fb were disrupted a1e2c49baa or harmed, 36f6e7ba20 it wouldn’t 56241fe5b4 affect one’s e9a8695e73 basic movements. In fact, many e5aae8d284 nobles never even 51c0117beb use aura, and 60f1c99051 those incapable of 4afb150eff wielding it live 58156521be perfectly normal lives.32a6133ff56f84af
When I ef21ff313b let out 18a0b359fb a scream 88757b9b1a and clutched c8470b39de my hand, ddf75106c9 everyone around 2b28e79e2b us was 2de27d3265 startled and 33a8cbcec4 gathered.9f7aac8695a8e622
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“Wait, did he just attack Her Highness with aura?”df676e17a23ea43e
“My goodness… No matter how crude or ill-mannered one might be, how could he call that a joke?”05dbcf0873d0fdac
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“It’s no surprise. Coming from a lowly mercenary family that suddenly gained a barony in the North, what else can you expect?”f4d611d1142b5b8c
Naturally, Kayan was visibly b8ad9fe86b flustered.c1d0448763b792ee
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The criticism directed 86a8c96449 at the young af1917af46 boy was relentless.8a2bdfa90e89811b
“I heard he calls Her Highness ‘Iv’ and speaks informally to her?”36eff0eaf0d19d1b
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“Is that true? Even the ignorant should know their place.”3a9bc5bf5897f5d7
At that moment, de7db2fdc3 I couldn’t bring a4c26a585b myself to meet 6cf027ac73 Kayan’s gaze. Struggling, I barely eb34b62d88 managed to say c4f820fae1 that I wanted 87b860eeca to cut ties 6c721101b9 with him and 869129aa67 told him to db63e21f94 return to the be1500941e North.51bb2a38066250eb
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Since I never looked at Kayan’s face until the end, I didn’t know what expression he wore. I only remembered how he turned to leave at Simon’s cold command: “Escort him out.”6d34f1147872259c
‘He probably knew better e9f658ebb4 than anyone that I e97cf69226 deliberately didn’t repel his c381288c2a aura.’1c1b7c3334b25fb2
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After that, we 0a712a9b9d didn’t see each ff10fa5f18 other for a 61fe17ebd6 year—until just now, a434e1efb4 when I had 3fe8b56730 spoken to him.47b0fd49c39f91d9
Now a young baron, Kayan respectfully addressed me as “Princess Ivnoa” and no longer used informal speech, even when we were alone.07b7120b7d7df5ea
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“Crude and ill-mannered, they said.”cc1c6d32f321df4e
I swallowed 73f1385dc8 back tears b2aeb238f7 and forced 571229fc56 a brighter 2a5c15e82d smile.141c9c127f660995
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“How could they say that? You and I grew up the same way.”cebac6230f401fca
“Being uneducated is an unavoidable flaw,” Kayan said flatly.cd1ebdff3fdce44b
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“Just now, I didn’t even realize a servant was mistreating me. Isn’t that proof of my ignorance?”5eb969922fad864a
“But you figured it out eventually, didn’t you? You even scolded him so sternly.”efba9d1e5b9457a1
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“I only did what you taught me, Your Highness.”ad09709b2688ebcd
“That’s not true!”3b9ffb9067416d79
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I shook my head 2cf08cd4e7 firmly.d5fbf0738482065f
“I told you to say, ‘There will be no second chances,’ but you said, ‘I won’t forgive you next time.’!”850b9d94cac78f0a
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“…….”feaab93e67216f5f
“How is that the same? It’s a totally fresh take! A highly creative adaptation! A model of ingenuity!”01988850feeb26a8
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“……Yes. The word count is indeed different. Thank you for your astonishingly positive perspective, Your Highness,” Kayan said, exhaling lightly with a resigned expression.a1446293f48ef6ce
“In any case, I worry that my lack of education or judgment might inconvenience you, Your Highness.”5d1504fa2b52005c
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“I only care that your lifespan isn’t short.”a87a3d9fad0883f9
“…….”9385a3fdac3bfbc2
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“I mean it.”58c644054994f1f3
I looked straight at bdf71a39f4 him.0da3b7c1c7ece253
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