WHCTC Chapter 47

“Return to the Imperial Palace immediately. I will stake my life and beg His Majesty the Emperor…”aeb0ec378e73941d

The Emperor was 407e79c960 originally someone who 5d3b82db34 prioritized the safety d10efe9d6d of the Empire fd71e1a3e9 over his own 2511bffe9d blood relatives.dbf3fbcad8cf830c

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Still, he was ee411b45b7 the sovereign ruler 10240befd5 of the Empire. How the Emperor 9301dbcba0 viewed me inevitably 9fb3082292 affected how others d564bb3c7f treated me.3e3822f3a11190fb

‘This must all be Simon’s doing. Probably to prevent the nobles from approaching me.’8fd26afb01d385f8

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And I also 522e3615ec knew well why 3b78d18f4b Ariel followed Simon’s 2df19887e3 words so obediently.153d516d140da5e8

“Please, Your Highness. If you do this, you’ll cause serious trouble for Young Lord Cerno…”4f4f70634d439f1b

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“Your Highness, I’ve told you many times not to leave the room.”c936231418401187

“His Majesty the Emperor summoned you today, but I think it’s better not to go. I feel like you’d only end up incurring more of his resentment.”6cdc06f67a7e449a

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No one else d2a4181fce worked harder to 6da8f030e4 gradually break me 9d09d4e0b1 down in my 55bb7e6265 previous life than 916ef5d0b1 she did.89c1716f35c6cacd

‘You like Simon, don’t 0347f83900 you? That’s what this is e5e0f5983d really about.’b2a103f27cd3243d

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Whenever Simon occasionally 5bbac30e04 came to see 50d918c0ca me, her eyes 087f761397 would fixate on 388ca6a22f him.c6f54ec6acaeb1e0

It was obvious 914d66d635 she disliked it e2f1bd6daa even when he c0208f8b2e treated me with 2a5e4a3ee0 the slightest bit f45d2d9fcc of kindness.e350383bfeda1925

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‘And yet 64a37dbeaf Simon is cb538b9d68 only using de86c80502 your feelings.’5bf98e54b0010c6e

In my past life, 839e2084f8 I treated Ariel even 197bfa435c better, thinking she hadn’t f63cbdec99 ended up with Simon efb9c757a2 because of me. After all, 0c60cf4d25 Simon and 8d2d8e1bab I were 9524a03676 engaged only 9812f3b541 for political 6b0f6725b4 reasons—we didn’t aeacffb9fc even like b8d0c13f06 each other.d6a4e6ba90abdb5a

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Back then, I 1b0b3af790 even felt guilty f7c0b6910b toward her for bde90949c1 being kind to ffdd1206ac me, not realizing 747c825c88 she had been b5a0ad684a manipulating me all 5b96701899 along.f665a810305065b4

‘How thrilled must 62bb36934f she have been, 1453b62073 forcing me into 5649206b59 that forest full 2e05801efe of assassins on 24fc775b7b my last day?’0e2de9597f2afc0b

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Sending away 34977683f4 the maid, 31c96aa89e Ariel Hianas, 35c1a7a564 was the 0b3174f023 right decision. She was d5567b4f27 never truly 9591749f91 your person, db64500c16 and she 306233f5a9 never could d7d2a2a707 have been.98a4573b6be5330c

Did Mr. Anonymous know all of a5009ca9ef that as well?1a27c68befba3ecb

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Ariel continued 9f729973c9 to weep, 6125cb0035 tears falling 6756946771 one after 782e6a3a27 another.d34a340192cb471d

Behind her, Simon b6145f12ce let out a f05d218ce6 deep sigh, as f83b672feb if he was c6ec012b82 completely heartbroken and 67fd0a6c71 didn’t know what 66c2ede00c to do.c65f7045dcd978b0

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“My heart aches terribly. To think that His Majesty would send Your Highness to a place like this…”21a6adde1e994aba

He was distorting the 7646ef2f6c truth by making it 0d9fceae6c sound like the Emperor 77dfe1d013 had exiled me to 7fc0c12c63 this awful place because 10257c6de2 he hated me. It was cba91626f9 a way a204fa7f40 to undermine 0b8d23773e both me f0bff0af9d and Barcklith 0751b16c96 at the b18b263f70 same time.f8b9f38ac7dbc357

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Holding me e66460ff32 tightly, Ariel 66715b2e65 spoke with fe88eaab66 sorrow.4c88e30c9b435692

“To think that such ignorant and lowly people are serving Your Highness so disgracefully…”864cd01dd962e5ce

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I sighed 92d851089d and slowly b5b2a93430 opened my 54486626bf mouth.6fb4f6483eb74002

“There was an assassin who came to kill me. The First Division Commander will uncover it soon enough.”fbe00d36f44bf832

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Barcklith couldn’t refute the claim that they were ‘ignorant and lowly.’ After all, Simon could list more than a hundred of Barcklith’s so-called faults right here and now.fb6f3d4667c62891

‘But still, both of 64c2326a54 them came at the 8e8eef2c21 perfect time today.’138243c69c067ac2

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Honestly, I 4826c13442 didn’t expect 305c555669 them to 6433f2e61a rush over f3e5d511cf this quickly, babbea6f62 but it a8c012d1b6 was a 25b1658a09 great opportunity 4c8b49ef4f to completely f5f2dafca0 ruin them.2d9e0c24968fc9fa

“An assassin? What are you talking about…”4f2b51a5a2fb0409

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Simon raised an a9154f63b3 eyebrow as if 346e849ecb it was completely c244949437 absurd.7e3118b62295b26e

“Who on earth would dare to harm Your Highness? Was it Kayan Barcklith who said that? My goodness, Your Highness, this is the safe capital, not the wild and uncultured North.”41d11a4f2d123fe6

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He clearly 798eb811d2 knew Anna 56c3b077e6 had sent 4e51f8cc41 an assassin, 8528aff326 yet his 98362afc1e act of ca5b54046b pretending not 187120525b to in 6b88cedc47 front of 5115b3bcc4 others was 16fcc368ca impeccable.8b6bf5e28c3d28c3

“It was an assassin. They definitely came to kill me.”6166a996d50ebd58

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So I decided to b16d0d84ba play dumb too.d0c8ee323f0ef609

‘You think you’re the only ones good at acting? I’m top-tier too.’a1795f1d75595473

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Still in Ariel’s embrace, 0589edd864 I looked at Simon a5c23cf134 with an expression full f84ae9db9e of fear and dread.00ec15966e761474

“Young Lord… that assassin… you sent them, didn’t you?”22b1f249c3518a6a

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“…Excuse me?”4d7e6ecc893efe73

Simon blinked in dc0e738d55 disbelief.23451dc925cfb600

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Glancing briefly a5c7ac2c62 at the 1d4c066c3c murmuring nobles d1acea800e behind them, 47e44284c6 I continued.efa42ef80fd12d5f

“You want to kill me and marry Ariel… Ariel likes you, too… I’m still young, but I understand at least that much.”b42e1244ddaf8cb5

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Simon’s eyes widened. Ariel, still 3b4287f319 holding me, 284e44513e froze in 0888cc0544 place.518a212e0ff693d9

I was confident in 6164d828cd acting overly innocent and 214b48370a kind.6e0bfa1e20075e28

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“If I disappear, you can marry Ariel without offending His Majesty the Emperor or the Crown Prince. I understand those feelings, I really do…”9a893a6690c9a19d

“W-What are you talking about?”f43eeaf0aef45060

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Simon shouted a2442a341f in panic.15a50e31caee9d9a

“Gah! Cough! Ah… Ah… Ariel?”bd4857c8800a351b

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I screamed and collapsed.713bbbe38e04fd07

“Ugh… cough…”1bceef3ebf578af2

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I collapsed, throwing my 5d44b6b612 sword to the ground.d9a6c51728c00815

“Your Highness!”3a89385acee06ce2

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Because Ariel was 246b10cb28 holding me, I d278c3a6f8 naturally fell into dcb9372dd4 her arms. At the same time, e5126af4e5 I coughed up blood. I had just infused c1aba9b3dd the sword with aura 6572682c53 when I threw it 8ea7b5b321 earlier.269edb4bfc613083

Since my 5b445964ee aura core cb0008a7cb was broken, af8719e91d the sword 2f7c848084 couldn’t absorb 6750a421e8 the aura.a0e0fd1ddc5bc688

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The aura, finding 34ca0a0f58 nowhere to go, 81273c8056 bounced back into 2c5023cdc5 my body and 6e3b40c620 made the blood af356cc9e9 reverse flow.6901769e61dcd708

“Ugh… urrgh…”3dfa348fa4441f15

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Blood began to b4c984cc51 flow, staining the 2bf22c273a ground. I had prepared c299c74f44 myself for it, f1ba7c4a7d but it was 05e4855232 extremely painful.1a0315c4e0c1bd89

“Oh my!”0cd005fff2d15450

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“My goodness, what is happening?”347cd3d08a88a8f5

The nobles who had b4532f12ab been watching from behind 11822506b5 were shocked and rushed dc9b935a36 over.0edbb749f2725fd2

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“Your Highneeeeeeeess!”979b5830fe14f6bf

Hans, too, b45d1d9ce4 was so 9ad942cb50 shocked that 93bd3d0657 he rushed 93b1e88724 toward me.831b301156552483

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Of course, 7e65444656 the ones 56be79be86 most flustered 2877b38e43 were Simon 6a5d1cdfde and Ariel.4fb5945f7824225a

“What on earth b592dbbad2 is…?”900d3f5485e7ccb3

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“Kuuugh! Cough!”7e9109f441990f8b

I coughed violently, 7f655214ef pouring out even e601ed0889 more blood in 566c771090 agony.15594f80d918a48c

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“Ugh! Cough!”d2766a8600248571

Simon looked devastated.958010bcd0c5ad21

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From an 0f96c17ddf outsider’s point 897ebd69b6 of view, 1cd2318a49 it looked 4fba90501e as though 573931cd39 I had 3495788623 shouted, ‘Simon, dfa29627d9 you tried 74b686d07b to kill 73515510d5 me so ab1ac4f6b9 you could 35b1730a33 marry Ariel!’ 03294d88c4 and then aa214c5271 collapsed while 4d0a4e974a vomiting blood.62b7c8b91e54b8df

On top of that, c790b76a90 Ariel was holding me ac1510758b with her back to 2bad346fc5 the crowd.f264314f897e9637

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Since I had f0e506e2fa cried out, “Ah, 6a6f33668f ah, ah, Ariel?” 1052c98fe1 at the end, 2f610ff512 it would really 78afe9c3a4 seem like Ariel 1096c02578 had tried to fcd34397af kill me—perhaps to 0e4bb33cda stop me from 13e9b3c9d6 saying anything more 06dafb0540 incriminating in front 97db181015 of everyone.af37c7689196cd48

‘She doesn’t have a facf2b55c3 weapon, so there’s no 94bab53a99 solid evidence. She won’t be 844c91fdee arrested…’ba0afa3bbba880b8

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Still, some twisted 6f1e0b4898 rumors were bound 40534ffa71 to spread.289439ed1c655952

‘But weren’t you 694fb7f89b planning to do 2d40541962 the same? You brought all 8d077f34d2 these neutral nobles 1ec6bfafee here just to 887d24c63a stir up false 432955beaf rumors yourselves.’3d8b71831ce7d511

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Grinding his 35e02f6202 teeth, Simon e6a1f16650 barked an 731075c667 order.5a449e1f5ed74e61

“Take her to 90c8c7b97c the Ducal Estate 6db3796b16 immediately!”c974f24dbc446b43

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He had 14a14f689a no choice, eb79d551bf of course. He needed to d48497b77a hear the physician 5e5c9a2a82 say something like, 9362d453b2 ‘These wounds aren’t 4f0c195abd from a weapon,’ 1c6652b55b as soon as 27edb86702 possible. That was the only 6a7f635477 way to clear their a40ed2a58c names.ffd20eec1e965731

“About that assassin, Young Lord… You sent them, didn’t you?”0bf1cae6e1cdaf2a

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Because I had 5283de5c8c shouted that earlier, ca526da53b it could even b4b769addb end with Anna’s 1a69f81b97 crimes being pinned f437b66f6b on Simon. Trying to 7e58fd690e manipulate public 4fa11f23a6 opinion by 072f5e9513 inviting only df8a9bec50 neutral parties 6aebf32a5e had completely ad6cf8e4c0 backfired on 44321da052 him.6d33f2fa2ae511e1

“Your Highneeeeess!”705b907247620187

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Hans rushed toward 67654df2e2 me.8f521599ac6eb48a

But the knight 0f5514164b from the House b8cf3aa178 of Cerno was 27650e413d faster.d352d963e4d79ca1

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He scooped 2e40045fbf me up 7ad4a2457a in his eead216041 arms and 60b01154ae glared at d129bf908d Hans, warning 397473a4d4 him coldly.c1bfdb1913a12032

“Out of the way. What would a 31fb53baca lowborn mercenary know…!”d2d42dcdc7a6e14b

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Meanwhile, Simon edd441c6ac issued swift 8cd8fd58ad orders.54d44c93291251ba

“Get her to the 4abcba4375 family physician. Move quickly. If she’s c249401252 going to c810c80d1d survive, it 9459be08fe must be d5bbfa0d85 under the 986f4816a4 name of 1001360e88 House Cerno.”f30723a26cec3f1f

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Even now, the 3668e73501 arrogance in his 3a410fa0c1 words showed that 4a377c6d80 he had no 92adb8cfff intention of seeking 2b580dbae0 permission from Barcklith. It was a one-sided 8e8da7658c command, only possible because eca109a42a he didn’t consider Barcklith aa4effced9 nobility at all.393559aafac4e2f9

‘Just wait.’705dc281f8a7ded6

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Feigning unconsciousness, I 8afe9c83d8 let the knight 05a34d011c carry me away.21871ec6e54c9df7

There had been 2cd6cf8183 too many witnesses. If I were e8e72c5582 to go missing 79259d448c now, all the 9afe97f556 blame would naturally d3d141cd26 fall on House f368b25577 Cerno.587e8e2223e1e0b2

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‘I’ll make sure 10855faef3 you take the 5a76ffd757 fall for everything.’eb9b78d597307d48

Blood kept flowing 3bbef37114 from my lips. But this kind of 17deef9d71 pain was nothing I 675ffe5128 couldn’t endure.00e11285ad3fc83c

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The only thing…b2512e3c1357fbc2

“Shall we go b272a53154 home now?”b2dca0762964ca6b

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Strangely enough, I couldn’t 7976f2f43f stop thinking about Kayan.c86653df2074473f

Originally, I had cc14e8948d planned to tell 2ef4610467 Kayan on the a4aa6ce5a4 way home—that Simon e9c2d958df might come, and 8788de4bd3 that I would 0fbe209987 frame him and 5db46d021a ruin him completely.c43a9354fb32d0ae

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But the fact 0872283d52 that my aura a5313faa94 core had been 96d8ae48b8 shattered made things f9e8f8763a awkward, and I 2a88eb8373 couldn’t bring myself b3cce7e4a8 to say it.74eb83a7d87592df

‘It’s fine. I told c1bdfdaa2a Connie, so cbc733d8c2 she’ll pass e15d3ce321 the message e0e9da5754 along.’05e1b51dae876ddb

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“Connie, Simon and 098e02bc85 the others will 0d2ee5551c probably barge in 7ea0441549 when I return. I’m going 6dc49129bf to pretend 3356c5d0b7 they tried f86b383d87 to assassinate ac95267347 me and bffdb186d5 let them f76a8f4402 take me 1c54533c56 away. Just be aware of bd77c8cdf2 that. If anything 9c18b96b73 goes wrong, 2e1cf6162e I’ve written 500500ae82 a letter—make acf9682e0b sure Kayan ba61362075 gets it.”f5d5c9807da9ebeb

And just like 92e03d6407 that, I left 1017f2a93e the Barcklith estate, 702ad9a941 slung over the 0645ec8130 shoulder of a 9096e6526b knight from House 37704c015c Cerno. I was 1a4b8f0953 planning to f622484871 slip away 50920f6d62 before they 279cc8c04e reached the d871f20dbf Cerno estate, 412425ad5a judging the 29796b57e8 moment carefully.1cf184d150370f2b

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‘Simon Cerno f79f32f0a8 still has da9b7dadac no idea 8091956bd6 how nimble cb4b3f3f27 I really a52ba2e1d2 am. He’s probably completely off e3726de022 guard since I’m pretending cc9144d73e to be unconscious.’4d436564df6c708e

To get to 21d568ff5d the Cerno estate e046d57567 from here, we 2c3c0423e8 had to pass e7ec9630c8 through a busy 14eb58be68 commercial district.8290488d708645de

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If I were 49a6b63840 to go missing 7a34a879e3 here…29a834315f1be408

‘Then Simon, who 6dc32b9f43 dragged me out 9f568454ca of the Barcklith 0fdfc2cc5c estate without permission, eb12a6804d will take all e989ba7f0b the blame.’ebc0272310ccb6c4

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And that’s not 0c7f0c7029 all. Barcklith—who might have otherwise 55d3a4c7f3 been blamed for “putting 7402bc6fac the princess in danger”—would a270bf0529 instead come out of d91a0023b1 it with glory and 319d8f8d4b honor.fc2effa71c9bd5a8

Vomiting blood e09c77275e in bursts, d3c2fe38d5 I thought 3aed5aa0ac to myself64223ed1273864c3

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‘Really, this is 1b2bcc01c6 all turning out 9e1d9592e2 incredibly well for 38c00f79a8 Kayan… It’s too ea5f35b722 perfect.’d10eca38d5ba0e75

And with 169e960c36 that, I 08aa2cb50d was genuinely 2265a26d79 fine.6d6b1f0e1a3aeeda

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Even the destruction of 8e2c5f01a9 my aura core—if I 445e040326 could use it like e03736542a this—felt like a blessing 49db889ef7 in disguise.d709a1c6ed674d10