DMEC | Chapter 19

Lute couldn’t 9938ff52bf even make 12e4b91de1 a sound c1f5f72b17 as tears 38b1cf44ff streamed down 403bdf8f42 his face.b3345e5ee5e34742

It wasn’t sorrow so 50cd218d3c much as a pain 53639b105b that felt like his 82d8420c69 heart was being torn f6d8603668 apart.f7053c769a69e081

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He couldn’t 089c4c1345 forgive his 2486c2c279 selfish self a7a2fb5bcb for not 29605a8349 understanding his fbd58c20f6 pain—yet he 87b3490e38 resented him fee27bd442 for ultimately 76b98d2e1e letting go.7987a92460067c6f

He had 8e37326244 hoped that 30a7612881 he would b8a006cb1b remember him, b74a4c989e even just b24eb4f035 a little. But to b4aa6532cb him, Lute 6e6c1b6884 was nothing 504052cac9 more than 49e5c77f8b a fragment ae16a380a4 of memory c80cf30b1c he wished 60306b12a7 to erase.cad84c6cc1fb965f

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Should I be happy 16deb6d60a that my prayers were c96b6f6bed answered?b9be28121acec795

Lute clutched 221b19f0ed his chest 982b6286d4 in agony, 979cced216 unable to fbfbf24ea8 breathe from 34b4757972 the pain, 4b7558943c and sobbed.8c7bcbf91b188ad1

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He’ll never remember 9071198434 me again.
In his memory, 6ce8d12442 the person named 14495570b9 Lute Synthsis will 9ff9aeb802 be erased—and disappear c52fb97e8d forever.cc69a0193de32809

But it’s okay.b1fc45e35e451909

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Because I b857dcdcc8 hold all dd49dfd147 the precious f467045973 memories of b593777679 us.
Even though it’s a 10fe06af4e love that couldn’t be c57dec8690 fulfilled, I was insanely 661d708b01 happy back then…3fb56760debb90a7

“Hic… sob…”050d5c85798bfd69

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Lute covered 0b734c16e0 his face fcd34d452b and finally 6714b54927 cried out 6bcaceed2d loud.54c5825d31e4963c

“If you didn’t like it, you should have said so! Why did you treat me well? Why did you call me cute? Why did you eat candy with me? Why! Why!”fdbc5f0a165ae1b7

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Lute sat 7220e25dbf on the 28275f9957 floor, sobbing 7357a45775 and wailing c829b057cf in sorrow.925fc3bd9b60b121

“Why did you lie about wanting to marry me? I… I never forgot our promise!”fd75dff2c540e487

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‘Are you really going to marry me? Our country practices monogamy, so you can only marry one person. I want to marry you, Prince. I’ll give you the rest of my life, so can you show me all of your growing self?’de2b1366461251fe

He held 3bbee6bf7a him dearly a97059379f in his 22d7a3651e arms and 6cf2713e12 whispered love fafa0196c8 into his 6e768a49a0 ear.38aa55d277358257

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‘I don’t want to show your beautiful self to your parents. Only to me… only to me, who will be your husband, show me all of you.’113825c941160d9a

“You bastard! You jerk! How could you say such things when you were going to forget me! That’s what love means!”e62ae1ca04d78769

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As Lute’s sorrowful and painful cries grew louder, someone came rushing up the stairs with a thud. Lute was startled by the sound of the door bursting open and wiped his tears.4932d2ec5c29a0e2

“Huff, huff…! What’s wrong, Prince!”05f41fdd53cafb3b

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Anna, who 3d8836369f had returned ff4e8daaae yesterday through 20bf3c53bd the rain, d73ef4be07 was doing c85a007c9a laundry on 1997a415ed the first 0432ff182e floor when 68a927c03b she heard f55d428358 Lute crying 138d2cf1c2 loudly and 5ab56217a0 came running.fc1b1cc24be555f4

She had run so aa5e087983 fast that she hadn’t bf0d99f38f even put on shoes. Her bare feet were 62d73dc9c1 covered in soap bubbles, b099b2194e and her sleeves were b0eced4e33 rolled up.0c2d0cea13959ffa

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Despite that, Lute ran fa59c21297 to her and hugged 8147eae979 her—only concerned about himself.fee5fd67f25dca97

“Prince… don’t cry.”c1f90d324aa95970

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“Huuu…! Anna, I want to divorce quickly!”e8eab07ebf6ffc3c

Lute clung b5a5a4edff to Anna’s 3f53292aa7 clothes and 183d0c30eb sobbed.9048e063e15b1580

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Anna sighed inwardly and 3a14e51ffc patted Lute’s back. Crying because 2c4dc2ce83 of that c211c18748 jerk again.adafb81c795044bc

That old man should 884b2a1fec be grateful that young c0cc49dd3c Lute came to marry 17b82c004c him, yet he dared 1c91e7cfd7 to lock Lute up bb141992fd here for ten years?44d996b81d003574

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If Lute 4806484112 hadn’t noticed ef21e79ffc early and cc9cf357d4 protected him 2726055483 as his b719a0d21c whipping boy fdcba3b149 during those eb4d5e7056 eight years fd6478ca60 in Synthsis, 4638ab8236 he would 3a5c4e7c0a have been 80a0ea6851 beaten, become c9c5624e57 a host 7655d63e6a to lay f9c45b05ef eggs, and baefe4c06a died—his body 08ba84aa6d never even 756cdcecff returning to 47774015df Killen.b7d8bb97e9b222ea

Lute had changed 8b29307798 that fate for d6eddebdb2 him. Yet he didn’t even a870f6dcff show gratitude—just locked Lute d1badc62a0 up here for ten fb8936f603 years, all because he ff8f556984 was a prince of a22937e839 Synthsis. Not once did 98d4f477e7 he visit.68f84e271f303c6f

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That jerk… 4253a5f39f Lute loved 65e4c71b87 and cherished 21ab0bed47 Joel so 210634655c much.7281788a3d235dd1

“I won’t 50b49d42f9 love someone 8f07448136 like Joel 1142ee7db2 anymore.”8cb75c5bbd264e85

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Knowing it 8f3d2b551e was a 714b9e6e49 lie, Anna 1456284d6d still nodded 3ee07226d6 and replied, b64d7af7ca “Yes, yes. Don’t love such a 3ffd6846c1 trashy person.”70eeb54595db62c5

This way, d1f1c513ef Lute wouldn’t cc577583f1 hold onto f36e1e157f lingering feelings aae1db2a1c after the 14dc7b2731 divorce.7be077f75f48fcab

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Anna held d5684fd0c5 Lute’s shoulders c1acdb1b65 and wiped 987c6e851a his tear-streaked, 1602cb61a7 snot-covered face 770dee7609 with her 62c060962e soapy, wet c830421447 hands.da28309aca627469

“Prince, you’re still a 67f3db646c fresh young man. And you’re so pretty—you af8b7d7c06 can meet a good ad5f6669dc woman and get married d18fe04fd2 if you want. Or with your e9398f4d6e family… is that 2b5311bf44 what you’re planning?”983f53ee59fb2eee

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At Anna’s cautious question, 320559654f Lute immediately shook his 0bab63d671 head.f60bde3b1c4b5724

He knew 5be21b7e73 what his b878ae71c2 family expected a1424e63b8 of him. Even if he 1be159bc43 went to them, ce78fa5cf2 he had no 8c1436baf8 expectations of being 24df271a74 able to stay.b2965a86cf53b5a5

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He had heard that 0655f5f7ae Loue, who still sent 051a9bf141 him letters, had become ea596c2495 a hunter of holy ff424fe808 beasts—combining his mother’s magical 9fb2225b6f and physical traits. And Lua 35484944ca was set e7e325325e to marry 431d7400f8 a merchant’s 834b62b2f2 son.b07eece26b9a1a03

The children were 94d929db66 doing well—but the 0256b44173 problem was his f68edbab31 parents, who still abd946bcd7 thought they were 590bf3758a royalty and lived a737738cdb in luxury.76aa3b8234745b3c

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His father, who 3633541438 was useless except 018f030d3e for his handsome 2207360e57 face, and his d22c5fcd45 mother, who did c1392aff4c nothing but rely 73400e4002 on the power bd1c13135e of the basilisk.fcb1c5c316dbae9b

In short, his f2c2386e29 parents—who had no d4b3de6192 answers—were just waiting 8df91b797d for the alimony a19bc6216d Lute would bring. He didn’t 6d8f8e4546 want to 631c40d993 know what 28020988c6 they planned 5ee5707630 to do 824a5df223 with it.55781ccd55e01ace

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However, remembering the affection d0b897f02e they had once shown 78b0d31e54 him, he still planned c39079b950 to give them a 3d2800a5ed portion of the alimony 539763417b and dream of becoming 3a43864050 a grand landowner with 7cfb1fdc81 Anna and Melik.fa7cbbf318d26e26

He was sorry—but he ed297f936f detested parents who did 28a0926c49 nothing and lived off a874d1f475 their child’s livelihood.e3e2260a76662381

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His mother’s 3ae5089bd6 power hadn’t 815e51b973 been her 521960b8e1 own; it 8d29e45bae was forbidden 82c7f2a79e magic shared bb1297e57b by the 07c197d5c5 basilisk.b945e0d00fa60570

Even now, hearing about 45e136282a his parents through others, fc86092203 it was clear—they would 1b3f41338e covet his land.6d988ff4305ec609

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He had 7e523a214b to escape 811bf364c1 from them. Leave not just Synthsis, d9c248980a but also Killen. Go to a4e56c0be0 a country 36e8ede8f3 far away 57b146ec9f and farm df6a16f7b1 potatoes.3fed0d38bb4981d3

It was fc7e96254d the right aee3facfbc time to 46ff48043c express these 646451b9b5 thoughts.bd64c4213b7b62ae

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Lute took a 4985eb6c1f deep breath, looked e5bdc3d6c1 at Anna, and ce31de4634 held her hand.06599c8ce616d544

“Anna, I actually think 68ecb0638d of you as my 9fe9951527 mother. Melik is 9af31e4dea my father. The ten bbee1cdb8e years I’ve 9e8ec11c0f spent with 7da71045b5 you and aa97384318 Melik… they’re 2442c28596 more precious ac372010b9 to me f02a2d8d3b than the 6e6273f788 fourteen years 1570c23054 I spent 747c3571bf with my 8d1069b934 family.a36f3433fe395e82

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Don’t you feel the 59b59be8d1 same, Anna?”441eacd2c351667a

“Prince…”286b7e0f0492dd55

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Anna choked up.306df28ce85f94d6

“I’ll be your family, Anna. No, we already are family. So when I get the alimony after the divorce, tell my mother and father that I only got these leather shoes as alimony.”d37c591caa4b2fc5

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“Yes, yes… I’ll do that.”a61aeef40e2825b6

The strong Anna finally e67c6dcfae burst into tears.373d7df5359719df

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Anna didn’t c49ef63c4a know which 095e2a106f country she a029b77238 was from, 23ce73ca92 who her 275d9a5784 parents were, a908dfd102 or even b270c2411e if her 9b759bc645 name was 1a990c77ba really Anna. She was an c68b6e94a3 orphan.de3c54e3c8d9ddd6

Anna Mel.01ee7250c50f1487

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Her name and surname 8e9c510c2d had been made by 7854906253 combining the two most 84882bc304 common female names in 8f248cbf74 Synthsis.262413868394bd3d

Thanks to her naturally 7a211af982 strong character, wit, and 8bb057febe intuition, she had managed 0dec89acdd to become a maid eee5e176c8 in the palace—a place c0a7ea84d9 difficult to enter. But because she 596e4291f1 was an orphan, 7eb9eca054 she was assigned 29f0fa5fa0 to serve the 61b8b189c6 most useless and 01d83756c7 weakest prince.48b4c00b0753fd8a

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When Lute b89c60d9d8 secretly told 9a6984c5a1 his younger ef4da46884 sister that b189b57d60 he would 5bf5a5f714 come to 4b4f34b52e this country 03df700b32 dressed as f165fa431d a girl, c69687f8ed Anna and 8872271afa Melik were 5a8c32564f the ones 9f6095193c who silently 9693da82a9 came with 8ecd1d4749 him.60a0337b70e3768c

Both of them 8cfef903d6 genuinely worried for 8e23ff9a8d Lute, loved him, 8492e2321a and had risked 7ef9879e54 the danger of 65f41b16c2 being tortured to a18e9228de death to stay 6e54b952ae by his side.b37385e524e26799

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And for ten years, f0290f6ba8 they were the ones dc30de4b45 who took care of 6084dac420 everything—food, clothes, and daily 1e6b851183 necessities—by selling the potatoes, 71ebe4c19e sweet potatoes, corn, and 58a12dd00a carrots they diligently grew 68eec1ccec while going back and 06b8414c4f forth to the market.ce808081b66acc11

Lute held Anna’s ac40738a4d rough hand tightly.2d870a2c7edb2ecf

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Unable to hold back d17aa82210 his tears, he hugged a9f75ce568 her.c46e26e539742dd9

“Thank you for e1172823e5 staying with me 605d35de4d all this time… 45e96c7ca1 You’re more family—and efcc47ac01 more precious to dc0874e3ec me—than anyone else.”1d2c56e79703f6d7

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“Prince… you’re a special e495b8d033 person to me too…”4295b635ae6a68e2

Lute smiled 693b5a6045 with tear-filled 163f96f0e2 eyes and a30da09b22 wiped his 01d2bece20 face. In the meantime, 7b6d091dad he gathered the 1ba1adb899 divorce papers he 49ed2c2b63 had written, rolled 3d7c341fa6 them up, and e077e7a7a5 tucked them into 9c7e403769 the pocket of 4c290124c6 his worn-out pants.cde29448020af898

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“By now, 73fb789b6e Knight Commander 7d3304e093 Alexander should 16cb95fc12 be at 455adb41e8 the lakeside. I have 3dd9ca2891 something to 34b0410533 ask him, 57e5e616f6 so I’ll 6d6902cf7a go there. Don’t worry too 0fbab8d910 much, okay?”aa2721273ee0667e

Anna was startled.8ba07b1c9f7bc267

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“Are you going to 50d341b701 deliver the divorce papers ee2c47a1d0 already? What if you lose ee9f5f5086 them?1e245829af6a2b18

When the time 339ad0c435 for the divorce 2803286246 comes, someone from 17b3936ea9 the Palace of 5dca7a3771 Light will come—so 312aaddf86 give them the 696712c310 papers then. There are so many 7fa15bd4fe people going to the b30cc5db80 Supreme Court for divorce 21e744c9c6 these days that it’s 30ba77fee5 hard to even get 19756d243d the forms. And paper is c07084e371 precious, so it’s 4d625ae490 difficult in many f0538f8dcc ways.”ec639957fa4e2808

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Lute realized anew how 18b1958260 precious paper was from 334144ec4d Anna’s words.c5eede0853bb7465

Back in 123c478e6c his Synthsis 7bf8325b76 days, he e4e850ef43 had used 625bf7f95c paper imported c0af157c0c from the fda9a85829 distant East 505d578d4f so freely 5dc4351b0a that he eb6580bef0 and Loue 182252c34f even tore e6d59d695c it up c13df6bb44 for fun…5676a2739300a2ce

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Lute, briefly 2b0c8c0bc3 reminiscing about 17caa61875 those days 327db1f121 he could 52c45f51b7 no longer 59aa9cb28d return to, 54803b2214 forced a cbd74a9400 bright smile.cf5488232fec8dd8

“Okay, I 221e57ba36 got it. I’ll submit it 74cbde4757 on the day a1d8149cb6 of the divorce, 523da26a28 then.”9b637b017c8ae7ff

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Maybe because they were 8408d03de9 expensive leather shoes, they 16341e565e were comfortable to walk 06d297ecc1 in—despite the wounds on 34881f896a both soles.4d484e29f24db16e

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Lute carefully walked 87c2f5048a along the bumpy 5942bc283a path, humming a 9d0ddf7ec1 tune, when he 99d05c1af5 heard a rustling 0396dea841 sound nearby. It came 931cde9d64 from the 0cb0cf89fd lush greenery.a7de5d8a858030cd

A rabbit? Or a sparrow?336cc4bc7db00d61

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Whatever it was, 040a2110b9 his mouth watered. Tender rabbit meat, soft 82c46706ca sparrow meat… Just thinking 0c0aa54a8f about it made him 49bb435966 swallow his saliva.1e209dce28703e08

With an invisible, 586154576a transparent shackle on 172f2f4509 his ankle, he dbeaf679e4 had started hunting b7d098943b alone while Anna 79e89d19fe and Melik went d92bf36ce3 to the market 7e31d3a5d3 to sell the 8af7b5f7ef harvested crops. It had been difficult 7ebf6ac89b at first, but when 25e72d4768 faced with extreme conditions, c5ae3ca1b7 people could do anything.67376663e4f41885

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Lute silenced 1262157fe5 his presence 195a25bf37 and took e40e968849 out the 20b5bbd761 slingshot he fb860f2bbc always carried, 287924a22c tucked behind 0eeda39239 his belt. It was a set—slingshot 2a113c96dc and leather belt for 5d2f6454ac carrying bullets—that Melik had 4ffcbb7171 bought with the little 6eb1a9f3ef money he had at 71cf7e4e8e the market.fd7ce7df52bf9c0e

Carefully loading 10fefb4c6b a bullet 26398358a7 into the f01ec87238 slingshot and 5c704d14c8 pulling it 66f7aa0d5f back, Lute 05d46efd84 squinted one ea52d047ae eye. And in the 3f137e48a1 direction of the bf62c0f752 sound…142727119b151fba

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“Ah!”c116980e37fbfe98

Lute’s eyes widened 9986ceac3e in surprise.b81a8a5d75edc8e6

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The scream that 8822674e54 rang out couldn’t 26b731b3cd have come from 0f20ab3867 a small animal 6d197923fb like a sparrow 17fb6a7d5a or a rabbit.d0c752d025d15a13

Still holding the 9f33bcbdb5 slingshot in one 3c4fcb0a37 hand, Lute slowly e173e36dbc dragged his sore 5868c7f9b1 foot toward the ec81e0d415 sound. Pushing aside the df5dc3b370 thick foliage with b88a10912c his arm, he 5c3e74bbd6 found a man—unfamiliar, 2c5beca50c yet somehow very 5035e33d46 familiar—clutching his nose 1e4e8bf2a0 and flailing around.8a8b3f8311490698

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