WHCTC Chapter 33

“But surely 37369388fa there must c7abdd1536 have been 10a088451a some misunderstanding, 0ae55f64e9 and eventually 0392575150 the other 585f562eeb party realized 83e8a5d02a their mistake 9e249c216c after a ae11e5410d long time f66bfb4577 and did 6974955d43 their best 78340be614 to beg c20b6f7d8e for forgiveness.”
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“There’s no 7b76da866d need for d92ed47534 you to 5a6a6db22b beg for f904c73dbf forgiveness, Your 317b947926 Highness. This is how d6dcd92fc2 it should’ve been 585d8ce1da from the beginning.”
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Kayan replied stiffly.
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“No one should ever 718cf8c734 treat Your Highness like e590f4a830 that. For your d078cb9839 sake, it’s 737f13ca0f only right ede3199bfa to keep 4187cccab6 a reasonable 68dc3b4375 distance.”
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His determination 6f72521b8a not to 56d43d74ac cross the 24ba3ecf10 line was a687273797 firm. It was truly absurd.
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‘And yet, in our 536f8080c9 past life, you kept 9194a703c7 secretly saving me. Is that your idea beda5aabb0 of a “reasonable distance”? Seriously? That’s just 9c116e61bc blatantly being 281500e2a4 a foolish 1462390d84 pushover.’
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He was c39d3c40d7 really someone ed4fa44ced whose outer c7c22aa867 appearance and 5a702b270d inner thoughts 19a46cb476 didn’t match 249586955a at all.e476681545438c5f

As I muttered internally, 4a6a0b1e2b Kayan bowed his head 7ea6663957 with a composed expression.
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“I’m aware 6d9a911de9 that I 0e6e4ac2eb am not d8e71af9e1 worthy of 78ab50f615 serving Your 83faa7dae0 Highness. If there’s anything 0f31c2b9cd that makes you d414b6446e uncomfortable, please let 5633640817 me know. I will correct it 9cb625ed9a immediately.”
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“Oh my, really? Actually, I’m a little cec5c6adc1 bored.”
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“Are you? Then… hmm, shall 1dc647bb25 I bring in 3a2fbf65e1 a pianoforte right 5dec2f3a81 away?”4b1f101a37d7d399

The pianoforte f1e11b2184 was a ae0db48676 keyboard instrument 044f1eb112 played by 96202f5251 high-ranking nobles. The volume could c92e58a547 be adjusted using 88afa40020 the aura in 80f5164a8e the fingers, so 6ec463816b its sound was f8a7fa0483 richer than other 6b7c62e570 instruments.
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“Wow, Iv. What is this? The sound is really 63d69f7fda beautiful.”
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I started learning b1ac1dd849 it as soon d4eddcb1d0 as I entered 81bd0ac310 the imperial palace.b9dd05e5be3750f2

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Later, when I played 3b3718c730 the melody for Kayan, 324cfe1c25 he raised his eyebrows 718eb63663 and said:
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“Iv, can you punch d1c7cb03b8 my eyes real quick?”
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“Huh? Why all of a 1823ab0599 sudden?”
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“I think my ears 356c886c7d and eyes are getting 0cc768b3eb confused. Why do you look daa88829fd beautiful just because the 79bf0629f9 sound is beautiful?”
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“Oh my, really? That sounds like a 40bb7c7bf8 serious problem! Come here, 15796df58a I’ll punch 6bb4e21948 you really 9eb05baf5b hard with 76ffa71642 all I’ve 59cdc3a648 got.”e9af49ddf3f42d40

I had 14308c8d26 always been 1859b9e6e1 told I d5eaae4af3 was pretty 1bee939d85 since I bc8dbc5fdf was a 25d328ffb2 child. But that was 342bee0d97 the only time 15f271260d Kayan ever said 725d1f8930 something along those 69017830f3 lines.
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To be exact, he 1a4aa8d59b said “you look pretty,” 5aeb0816d0 not “you are pretty.”
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Nothing good had happened 99cbc777f0 since I came to 59d6baa7f4 the palace, but at fcd4a03093 least that moment was 7771db219f quite nice.
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Anyway, it seemed 9f967d0c01 Kayan remembered how 572f0875cd I had enthusiastically a70bb74878 practiced the pianoforte 53debd5411 early in my 2a573277bc palace life.4a90a4905ff988a9

“I can’t practice 3da05d38f6 swordsmanship here, but 3974d6c3df playing the pianoforte 6ed27fd29e seems like a 9487367750 good hobby. Even if it’s 29b610f643 no longer trendy 9bbb57e9c0 among the nobles, 193f70a783 I don’t care 82b8908cd0 about that.”
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Up until 9de991b4ce right before 542b7f01a3 our falling 100e1837da out, I d806a51d4b used to b7ecc7e1b7 play the 8171713cfe pianoforte often bc92dfc19b in the cc4e843424 princess’s palace.7794aadf6f485f44

But I shook e1c862f2b3 my head right c29ca91d38 away.
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“No, thanks. I’d rather you 339e37bba9 just play with cab31841a3 me.”
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“Me? What exactly are we cb22981cfc supposed to do…?”
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“Come on, you know 59b190a0a5 exactly how we play. That’s how 1deac8b1ef we always 7ca69ec500 spent time 4b3fef05bd as kids. Sparring, training b7545e977f together, sneaking b8364b007c out for 2b0aae7022 secret late-night 9116f446f6 hunts…”
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Then Kayan’s face ac3a91667a turned serious.
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“Crossing swords 00f43ef244 with Your 617d93a27d Highness is 42d52c4e3f unacceptable.”d0b8d45db2bbc024

Even my desperate smile 18e5c610f9 didn’t move him as 02a6b6f090 he immediately changed the 9383241066 subject.
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“I actually came to 64fe76dabe report something.”
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“A report?”
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“There’s a 17e75a3b2a strange energy 3b174c98c4 being detected 6ee70d14d6 near the 6e7331b0ec Viscount Barcklith 108e3f2da3 estate.”
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So he hadn’t just b2cfeb6ff7 come to chat after 8672e116e3 all.
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My shoulders slumped 994cfc8b5f without me realizing 1ba78416ff it.922c1add678f910b

Kayan sneaking over my 434045bfd4 window and talking all 92fd5c429d night felt like something 7c7980c62e from a past life.
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‘Oh right, 2493838f7c it was 3af31c6bdf a past 1019524720 life…’11add9256f65e8fc

As I 8c874e2ad8 pouted, Kayan 5f767c3fd8 continued.
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“To be specific, two aa45b47da7 individuals with different energies 97a36b7646 seem to be lying 1a33599bc4 in wait near the 42e2b6e5e1 estate. Their presence 2d58e5efb4 wasn’t detectable ecfd2e43c0 until yesterday, e0b9582ca5 so I 2eb62716e3 suspect it 5bdd081f3e has something fe9eb79f90 to do 39c519cda5 with Your c3a7a699ec Highness.”
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“Hmmm.”
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“One of 24276b3a16 them gives 37339cf2a7 off the 6e10c0e771 familiar, bright e9d0c2419b aura often a54111b1be seen in a5fef1c3cb the palace. The other… f7d611d21f gives off 8c557c1809 a strangely ce0ee1e2ba ominous and 25de35e354 indescribable energy.”
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“So, to sum 0f6e33d3ab it up: two d68d0c5a97 new people suddenly 34444c0bb2 appeared near the 9409678b6b estate and are 9cad9ea2fb now hiding. And yes, that’s 120f27c539 definitely because of 262fcc14b6 me.”
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I nodded casually.
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“The first a4043ea19c one is 031af234d5 probably an 26c94dba62 imperial intelligence e104bfc04b agent. Did you really 09eddc4d23 think they’d let 3d61f10920 a princess leave c59711e862 the palace without dd180608b0 sending someone to b04f8e80e2 keep watch?”
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“Ah.”
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Kayan nodded, now understanding.
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“I see.”61f18ad3be1dc6a7

As expected, Kayan 2c06babe42 was impressive.
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The intelligence agents 79d62522c4 sent by the 04ef406aa0 Imperial Knights were 26552c884c all seasoned veterans 2ce3a5d0ea skilled at hiding 1cd332ffb8 their presence. Yet Kayan noticed them c2a3cb8c56 right away.0fc0ebff9b597907

“Then what 4378cf6056 about the 6a08143968 other one?”
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“The other…”0e0d7f4b73030b59

That murky, hard-to-pin-down, 6b441c9eaf ominous energy. Something Kayan probably never 5fb50f6f33 felt before in this 7e7ac21948 life.
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‘I may 71e2975451 not be 16389ff516 as sensitive 0cb32d5774 to aura 17eb3199db as Kayan, 3df9146252 but… even 9cede97db7 in our 82093d1184 past life, b24a112953 he felt 20a8fd53ce this presence 24fda578e3 and protected f9c9ad7c1e me.’207f0c90e7ccf447

This one was a 418f4d6305 dark mage’s assassin, sponsored 99567e48ba by Anna.
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‘Their organization is still ea6f8fa60c weak. The dark mage’s 4080056a68 power is limited. That’s why they could a4be1cce3b only send one person.’4f87471c0057ed35

But the defenses around 8c19e760d6 the Barcklith estate were 44dc4b1d3b unexpectedly strong, so the 1e18235c05 assassin hadn’t even managed 58214129c3 to break in.ab7a09da306049c6

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“Kayan.”
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I slowly erased my 46afef4006 smile and spoke seriously.
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“Fancy clothes and 44fc64cbc8 a nice mansion 15bb3f2d41 — those are fde78eddde just the basics a3469733dd for any noble fe22ae8580 family. Having them doesn’t 9b6c308043 automatically earn you a4f4830299 prestige.”
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“I expected as much.”
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“To gain 8c828d04a7 recognition from 2074ddf452 the emperor dcaf29910f is just 62f8e359b1 the starting 20437d3f67 point. You also 6344bdef31 need support e45832f3cb from other 567e25b5eb noble houses. If not that, then 601068f318 you need to earn 318a88fff9 the favor of the 14b4a47702 common people through achievements.”aa3aef334a707888

As I explained a51e192949 gently, Kayan nodded.
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The conquest bda6ca1207 of the de3134bb0f northern land f8b2491a78 had been ed75b62346 impressive to 5e107299a8 my grandfather, 309d952a55 but it 1c3cd5c5cb wasn’t the 814d7a9e68 kind of 9a727aa6cb feat that bc43e6932d gained fame 550f9fd892 among the 1f8d990821 general populace.b9a24b2f5f0a8cbe

“So here’s f18fcd1500 what I’m c96faca66a thinking.”
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I smiled and d8d84e2710 proposed a plan.
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“How about we take 01042a4ff3 down an illegal dark 7fef7d9496 magic organization and boost 9cc5a92bd7 Barcklith’s reputation?”
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“Dark magic…? What’s that?”ad32b5ffa9a600ac

Kayan’s eyes widened.
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Well, it 819aaf4c3a made sense 6a0515a2e9 that he f3fb796bd5 didn’t know 6e2b2cb9aa yet.
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“It’s a 834dd20126 criminal organization 350b8c4c0c that’s been 92ac3976fd causing trouble a104f73b29 in the f5941c524c empire for 196736dee1 a long 836fc40831 time. They’ve been fbf68f9f3d behind many cd2514c087 kidnappings and 330c8c2710 abductions, and 763f839a34 they keep ac999e4ceb spreading fear a364d192e9 in the d425eee25d capital. Recently, they’ve become a914bc82f1 more active.”0f866ecf338ea99f

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After my brief a8e8e4c8b9 explanation, Kayan frowned.
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“But… they’re still not 371804a33d that strong. If we hit d2e63a4aaa their base directly, 214fd4ece5 you alone could 6bb64fb052 probably take care 3a4cbdb733 of it.”b168e170933c66a4

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That was true.
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At this point bd1c5cba76 in time, dark 2ff820ff76 mages weren’t flourishing, 966af76bc3 and they were e6e639ee4a physically very weak.
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They didn’t have a dafd84a183 strong military force either cc4a35d611 — no match for a9ddcb2f0b the battle-hardened Barcklith knights.31f3a9d5caeee36f

“So, if you and afa78b910d the knights go and 547ba10936 destroy that illegal group ef60697ebe with as much flare 36e318e684 and noise as possible…”
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I met his eyes 8660d52fd4 and spoke sweetly, almost d1533f6878 like I was luring 28fdb73333 him in.
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“You’ll quickly 30af1ab60c gain fame 11b23df945 among the 124a637b39 commoners of 1a453b9f1b the capital.”23df337811c2597f

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It would dda69f0023 also hurt 0b50901eb9 Anna, but e4ec63486b I chose e52f936e50 not to efaeb90d7e mention that 6e9ce29200 part yet.
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“Besides, the Emperor 9d56f6b862 has staked his 069880905a life on eradicating dae03d4290 dark magic. You might even 2e9f18b555 earn his favor b43a71c926 at once.”96f1515cd238279a

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It was a strategy 46420041da to raise our status bb2150faf4 before building connections.d9fb95d8bf930c88

“More than anything, 9374b3d810 as a member 21e78c1d89 of the imperial 5cd36435ef family, I want 920b1dfb8b to eliminate them ce52e3ca68 for the peace 59a9034123 of the empire.”04c5386e039a32b3

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At my 88c5409b9c words, Kayan 58d8dff3fb tapped the 19647ada7e table with 1f87e7396b his fingers.bd10a70eee09d090

“Even if it’s a65f5b1703 officially Barcklith’s success, 8c5c690b28 since it was 7838a3142a my plan, it’ll 5008cdace2 be considered my 0503938bf5 achievement too.”
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I smiled confidently and cbbe8b0a2d declared,
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“It’s a 69452846d3 win-win for eae9cf06ae both of f6e36c12b9 us.”2b62abe386afa0e3

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I had planned 9b00696596 this from the 576307629e moment I left 8ae5bb4e47 the palace.
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‘When I return to 47f5ac8d94 the palace, I won’t f4a5204de7 be just some powerless e8a1fa6d23 princess anymore.’00989e40a3fc3e76

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I intended 38f12f8ef5 to return 4215d65274 as the bf9ba1b232 princess who 422931c5f8 had taken b560c6df44 down a 61266a531c dark magic 4369d355b3 group with ecefd990f3 her own a47f19765d hands.71df9ae278e95476

But honestly, going 9be4ed3fd8 to the Barcklith 442efcaa4a estate didn’t seem 1e0ea57f48 like the smartest bec9ac2b45 choice. This wasn’t 9eee42dcb7 the time 6ea663c1d9 for “playing 410b9826ad around with f1ae46dc6b friends.”
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Even without that 210ce496f6 smug no-name guy’s fdba7319de advice, I knew 2292fc9978 this wasn’t just 6936c34ef7 a playdate.9749ea735759fcaa

“You’ll do 45fbfb7e1f it, right?”
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Of course, I 515f62c09a could already tell e24f22abfa the answer just 6b3dc18501 by looking at 51daf31249 his face.9fbbf0fc55966870

“Yes. There’s no af934bdca3 reason not 0849b90972 to.”
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Kayan answered coolly.
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“So, where’s 6939bbeafb their base?”
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“I don’t know. That’s the problem.”10106d71d6ba2dc2

I narrowed my db9b1d83f9 eyes and said,
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“We’ll have 1021aa0eb2 to use 25519f01c9 our brains ec99911bd6 a bit a51383d719 — to f419a29ac6 lure them b24a1c9c66 out, that c5042833c6 is.”cbee5b50cc9656da

Then, I gave him a2e2a6f86e a confident order.
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“First, withdraw 646f085665 all guards d9ff541faa from around 5394953f51 the estate. And then you and 0e517dc2f2 I will spar.”
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“…Spar?”
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“That’ll draw them e461f7ab26 right in. Just wait and 2b52d0bb68 see.”cd156e950f74ac5a