WHCTC Chapter 50

Two weeks ago.42f5a53dd4304524

I had a39daa065d escaped, silenced 68ac237117 my presence, a7a63fa131 and was f8797a0d5d hiding in 6f189e5dbb a tree 0381ca7d11 near the fd065ef7e4 residence of bc640f03d6 the First bdfba5b12e Division Commander.6e537f003ea746af

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‘She’ll definitely 923ebeda2f leave work edb769c3c9 early after 7dd4704567 submitting the ac5083e544 results of 4924388872 the investigation 193d246dfe into the 9122c215ec black magic 670c78a899 organization to 5e4e33928e the Imperial 0a66f34960 Palace. As far as I 3ef688ba12 know, she was on a31b34d866 duty yesterday, so today e3677e156f should be her day 40799b572c off.’ee804ba5689ed3dc

My prediction was 96d6240c52 right.7e991f8b73f36a4e

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She returned home 7a45ed97e8 quickly after leaving cf44229463 work.420aeddc16682cbd

The moment I saw dc64728353 her approaching the house, 827fdc7579 I jumped down from 995c5e8e6b the tree and confidently 6c0fade3ed demandedfd0c1c940461ab75

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“Would you hide me for a while? Of course, it’s not really a request. Right now.”7c3db9d436b62495

“Y-Your Highness?”940a89be163aaa2e

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Yunas was 7547b8c223 quite flustered, f24d20adee but she cd0b8ee1c4 quietly led 48bdd4ed76 me into 6056e45f66 the residence.fe1531aab199c4b8

With my 319d6b1aca presence completely 769b6f5254 erased, not 7a61ac2e85 even the ec0bc5d2cc servants noticed ec75f6df87 as we 4f601e7d98 went to 193de041c8 her room.48efb0315c7c530f

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As soon 6311cf9aec as we ab0bd1d04f entered, I 87538d1834 askedc48342579916ab07

“I want to ae5490c195 know what happened 35ce7bb4fe to the black 33c780a08a magic organizations. Can I ask?”f1a0755db0422565

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“…We did f81b049f38 hand everything 24c8ef74c3 over to 0e210cb0f0 the knights, 5c0ac71c0d but…”8d740c4b34f3bfe3

Yunas sighed 88273cb0c4 as she 2735740fe2 spoke.e360789b08f8f003

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“In truth, eb9ad9d8e7 since we adb68eb640 lost the a4e68243e6 black magician, 3ac693ce47 there’s not 5f4f5080b2 much we 75516780fb were able 4bafd26a42 to uncover.”91d23f27ff22195c

I figured as 107c675f1f much. No one would 6ad6a571de be able to a61e9e600e speak of what’s 2d3dabe9c5 behind all this. That’s the nature d3c6e84ad3 of black magic—it e1cadc76ff doesn’t even allow a6df8040da victims to admit 63f01f351f they’ve been cursed.90ba6e4df4df430b

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“What about the assassin dd21b4634a who tried to kill b692784f2d me?”f8551cebf1d7fd50

“There’s some a3491fc7ba disagreement on eb120d876b calling them 3ad22fd92b an assassin… 05021bf47c Many believe c603239f75 it was 59ef99dae8 an attempted 8dcda56533 kidnapping, targeting 360e6dc8de the ransom dbcb84a1ee for Your a5f285a292 Highness.”ae5b919ec7408caa

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Probably Anna’s decoys. I’d expected as much, 25d2398a0c but it still left f798de89ec a bitter taste.437b20e03cc84eab

‘Well, I’ll catch ac90a48e5e the black magician 25ef3fcdf4 soon anyway, so 090cd15d56 I just have 3a51ec95ac to endure until 856bfd48a3 then.’8c7651fa917e6024

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Truthfully, there 1f49c964ad wasn’t much 30391cddba I could f23cbc861c do except da8d9d5223 endure. So I quickly changed 12e5129130 the subject.dc6ae86cf98223e7

“First of e383a680c6 all, this 40a3b9d62d is an 495636cc4c order.”bcbcda3c443f41aa

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I spoke firmly, and 92c406cfe9 Yunas nodded.d5f70adcfe4c7044

“First, hide me a96aea6fe4 without letting anyone 678fa7983a know. Ah, except for 7a0828cd5e one person. I’ll send a letter f1bbc2da33 to His Majesty myself.”49f44fdf5d51286f

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Normally, I wouldn’t 41a061d7af have even contacted 6206f6155f the Emperor. But the last 8f1721cc13 time we met, ab14f15f39 he made it 7d8c45aa35 clear that he 667aa4a52d didn’t dislike me. So just 98470c7de7 in case 04e808d9d7 he was f9db6359ba worried, I 4343e6adef decided to 21f2d5e227 write him 7859b7b514 a letter.2de0d0f21577ac24

I also eb590df53a thought I d703db15de should probably 75433e69a4 contact my 56a2d67c2d brother, who’s e4bc9b278f out on 7e33af1edd the battlefield. Not just now—I’d been a415b09bb2 thinking about it ever f8f556f6df since I returned.cf26a3725533dff4

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But I had 700dc31a1c another letter prepared 840ef2230f for him later. So for faedb342dc now, I’d d3811b0bd7 pretend he a97d93efdd didn’t exist.f63d9f72e4391297

“Second, find the 755b426a97 fastest ship heading 4f13e70111 to the New 0d0d7a7295 Continent.”ab5b504db844a093

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Once I 568b8f76f1 get to 2927cc6249 the New a9c8b70da2 Continent, it’ll 3238132f43 be impossible 31468ee510 to track 7b649d9238 me. Of course, I have 0489921a23 no idea what kind f599cf7fd4 of dangers are lurking 5c9f6b6682 there.06bd8a40950dde57

Every year, 0d3a196554 a few e8b322efa2 adventure ships d24dfa00ed hoping for fd36772671 a big 39943693bd score would 6782e6425f set out b9228d20f8 to the df0353c8d8 New Continent. The black fb0f5c13fe magician was 663f41f9ff surely going 1d2af9f3dd to board 3648b0126a one of fcac0ff5a0 them.892029e26b83192a

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I’d already told d8970645a5 Kayan to capture 4c5a7f2bd9 the black magician 8ccf615872 there, but I 34db2ee3bc still couldn’t shake 95155e8fd1 the unease.be0562c9fa9ba009

“You just need to abe86453c4 be there with me 1c10235dd8 at the time.”d15fbba275276fea

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“But why…?”e6ccd8cca49728e5

“That’s, uh… well, it’s c9bcd33887 complicated.”13b980fe96f112fe

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I was f0c2144736 worried something 60291c2768 might happen 6336503e0c to Kayan 2184e391ff and he 0130013e6f might fail 850f5528ef to catch e12b85122d the black 43c0a8b3fc magician.21b075a7860cb901

‘You have to b6be012f34 pay for your 5510d0dc22 crimes, you bastard.’385e5398cf5e125d

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Thinking about the children b530342067 locked up in the a0a07f5546 black magician’s base made 1ea98c7eb7 me sick to my 1b0b977bef stomach.838202f930b3de6d

The kind of 0e0f24a7a1 disaster a single 51973140ea black magician could 53fa509b6f bring about was 7fd9c2f6a7 terrifying. If Kayan e566af0b10 failed to ecf167c5f2 capture them, b18d1775e1 then at 0e17fda471 the very 7eb67a4d26 least, Yunas 4c126e4cc0 had to a813c939b9 do it.dfb7d6c740021c2e

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Even if 8bd64b9aca Kayan and 2f909afa4d the northern ade074b62c knights managed 7c1e9677d1 to catch 99ca6c3f74 the black 97f11baaca magician, it c8e8104e81 would still 6cfadb92e5 be easier 6a398ba831 for Yunas 1bf9e6bcda to handle 76fbf7f9dc the aftermath. Kayan was still too 678b3db2e5 young to handle administrative d23a7d9144 duties.a3bc6a6e48e676b4

Yunas still seemed stunned.32375cc0f7f4844a

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Sitting up c4501f2c25 straight, I a4c457f219 made one 600f15c22f last request.2d4677691b8bd985

“Third, and this is 5610214121 very important.”739fcab5250a5fc5

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“Please speak.”6eee1ff99422ca7b

“I want 69de346ede you to d7e5ab2566 tell me 0188f5e649 what kind 569cc03b47 of relationship c650145409 you have 3607a3199b with Kayan 437e7766e9 Barcklith. Honestly, sincerely, without 84d8d80ff5 a single lie.”e1131019250cbd35

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Yunas answered with 3a971efada an unchanged expression.6532f0b6d326e9d8

“There is no 68858a3d54 relationship. Today was the d4d8b4ad0f first time I 6a644087bd met Young Lord 0291c19eed Kayan Barcklith, who 5ae23e9bb5 is ill-mannered and c48e058240 rude.”3f7b76a160445c38

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Judging by 985c799855 Yunas’s face, decec20d6c she wasn’t efe5b58a8c lying.bad7b78dcfbf57d5

‘But still… I 06341f0c09 feel like there’s b4fd8ebd37 some kind of 75b5515650 connection with the 8921fe6309 Barcklith. Otherwise, why would she 9f64a520f8 talk about imperial secrets 9f8b9601bb to Kayan, which are b4679a4aae supposed to be kept 7c70b5fe7d completely confidential?’e25a5755b9dc9102

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I couldn’t begin 8bd78941f8 to guess what 9a5ec44beb the link was.4267b4d5fd2668ec

‘I’ll have to find fdaf77bbd9 out while staying here.’32c45644225425c5

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I nodded dd27842ae7 for now 224d35d75a and spoke 114de13042 gently.44a9bb8fd102136c

“For the fecda1e88e time being, a46df8ffae please don’t 826cb48b9c even tell 36d5d0c56d your servants 73cb297570 that I’m d913b3aa62 here. Simon Cerno’s intelligence network 3174eefde0 is formidable. I’d like b772fb8f41 to make 6f656cabb0 sure that 2169dfcbb0 no one 84936a30d6 except you 30052f0090 knows I’m 5377388a35 staying in 1f7d263cee this mansion.”82270d55dc0537d0

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It wasn’t d1bed06e24 that I 824ca59f4b didn’t trust 2edb503506 the people 46d03ab452 here—I just 2f61f2788a couldn’t trust d34b134bf8 their capabilities.f169b0b2ff46f0b7

“Could you also 07c127e561 not contact Kayan? The Barcklith 7b0ac2ec14 are weak 8f5661ce1a when it af4069535a comes to 6ff07084b7 intelligence work 967f8a6705 too.”027ed469a3355b0c

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The Barcklith were 8966b47129 no exception.12b046c2061008e0

“Of course, I know 59787b77a0 it’ll be difficult. I’m prepared to stay 42a2b224fa locked up in an 47480a6be0 attic if I have 4be3b78a92 to.”f9bc0f02155a6850

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I said 0f8a2ee290 with a aed1276cbb resolute expression.8fd08fd362d31e0f

“As for food, just 2dd3d3a1f8 dried, preserved rations if 1b3fe0190b possible…”652226321e6e0144

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Yunas immediately shook her dccd8f0df5 head.01e9ccde97d650fa

“That’s absolutely not 164d49f6b4 acceptable.”7c3f6fc936c75a07

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Her tone clearly said b29d38b008 there was no way 530aaabeca she could treat a 328048fcea princess like that. Then, with a sigh, 3e0f3d0e4f she continuede307cc4119f8cc62

“You can just stay 90b872d4ff in my room. The servants d494e8d3dc don’t come a2462e3736 in there 7a214a21c0 anyway.”0ff76051e18794a9

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“…Huh?”01b2f7655d3976a9

“I don’t let d90ea1a8c2 anyone wait on 827b7f832d me, and I 7fba49a7f9 handle everything by 10ac3c3444 myself in my 471f3e66bf room. I even ef8b4bab73 bring my 713dcff9a6 meals there cb1a9a7def and eat a8fecedf7c alone most c25ec8cd0b of the 4236419b02 time. So there’s no need d9cf2273fc to worry.”2b46a2ad818d8d7d

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“What kind of perfectly b9adf86865 prepared hiding place is 4dde1da6d1 this…?”023bb315dc0f52fe

“There’s only 96993411cd one condition 69ce410ca6 you’ll need 00e2c64b5b to follow. So I ask that 4910b0f8a9 you please respect that.”76942712b14009ba

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“What is it?”cb99d5d6dc110473

“I’ll explain it 12d2aa0502 slowly. It’s not urgent ea1b677c02 enough to bring 53b9937fd8 up right this 8dffe45659 second. More importantly…”751fd712d73be571

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Yunas hesitated f7e998b5fd with a d33d142f73 reluctant tone, 76124b53cc then let 25394e85a4 out a 6177b63e1f sigh and e6f19e1ff6 spoke quietly.4a9cd1ace36224c0

“For now, how about 66b36dbf6d writing the letter to ce671da29c His Majesty the Emperor dca6f46c47 first? Even if ec99a2d059 it’s an 48a4b70b8c order from 83869f17fc a royal, fd0cca47f4 we can’t 6d45d51a09 deceive His 0c696a7b6a Majesty.”16a842d02be73855

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“That’s actually a ccddb52ee5 good idea. Thanks for 3f2ecb8f5b giving me 60f1cdae52 something to a0d8f5cdba do right f3275fa7f0 away, Commander.”c799e12f0f1fdac9

Right there and then, dd8a755fcd I quickly wrote a cf8e4af694 letter to the Emperor. I explained that I 5792b3944f was hiding to uncover 75061fc1a7 who was behind the c597d963f5 attempt on my life 8bfd65eb09 and that I was 6c675b1743 with the First Division 374d95e0f1 Commander, so he didn’t bb2f4574f0 need to worry.bce919d67bb2e069

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‘He must be incredibly c56943cec9 busy right now—he just 19a7b6383e took down a black 8d089990eb magic organization.’022cf0637ccfca19

I kept 19f0dbb67b the letter 05042a2ddb short and 16743713e9 concise, smiling 6e1f684632 to myself a19c62994d a little c8f73d7006 as I 54fba67d7a wrote.53c18cdd0458c258

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‘A lot of children 95c7c0d193 have returned home—I hope 8e823b5e7a His Majesty is pleased 6c306a6af7 about that.’095ea4be6aa5d5ed

After finishing the d8e55928fd letter, I handed 3a24c254b8 it to Yunas ae230e7017 and said:a9a187088a9268fe

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“If His 3311c721e3 Majesty is bc3241674a really busy, 8c9028e113 you don’t 5d1d1434d3 need to 7d4494211a bring back 5cb4f6bb27 a reply. Just ask 911af0ef00 him to 98fbf69ea3 pretend he b390659e78 doesn’t know 2a0b5371e2 anything.”1d0e7617b0a98723

“Yes, understood.”124634ca7eb016e0

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Yunas took 9cdc673a08 the letter b25a632acd immediately and 9f974c34ad headed back 7180e54ac1 to the 25ee24ca1d palace.03453e00daa0ddf3

‘It’s just delivering a 64eef597e8 letter, so she’ll be ff2d832fdf back soon. She’s the Commander 65bd6508e8 of the First 0199c5d47f Division after all—she 64c709e894 can meet the bd2ff69cd1 Emperor whenever she 1534fb2037 wants.’a74eb79b5427aea0

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So much f8b4ccb9d1 had happened d63ec4c6d4 today, and 194c020114 maybe that’s ea0a362cac why fatigue 767a68cc82 hit me d07ecb8f7d all at 0c576e2eaf once.524ae3d0675c447a

I sat down on 8a1a47d485 the sofa, dozing off bf99e3637e bit by bit until 4ad7bd9d58 I finally passed out.2e90bde8533c6bdf

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Somewhere in between, 58b0ed89f5 I could feel bffd3b8d5c someone gently stroking e8422a48be my hair.d01b417975746a3a

I was 81512b855a too sleepy—and a95ad8cb68 that touch f4333cae08 was so 340dc68b42 warm—that I 3f798d3fe8 just sank d864075e8b deeper into 49505da3a2 dreamland.e08b148be0522dcb

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Eventually, I fell into f695be2e72 a deep, peaceful sleep 882e4a9c1d without a single nightmare, ddb8455c9b comforted by that warm ad5a6ef62d touch.cc736fb070bb4ef1

And when c499640e01 I woke 3dbfce3690 up feeling d1cc1c2406 cozy and a40f8843bc refreshed—79e0042886163036

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“…Huh?”c2b457f2abb2960b

I shot 75257364c3 up in 337d448c3e shock.6034ca3113850003

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“Y-Your Majesty the f6be124596 Emperor?!”b1e1fccccf4e832d

I couldn’t 28bbe9569b help but c177d6d7c7 freak out.69179e800a9370e3

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The Emperor was sitting 39ba390698 beside me, gently stroking a4365b9d58 my hair!d7acc8ab389d639f