DMEC | Chapter 25

Returning to the Water Palace, Lute headed to Anna’s room on the second floor instead of Melik’s and his own bed on the first floor.158151ad86d40cda

In a psychologically unstable state, he pulled back Anna’s blanket and crawled in, hanging onto the window. Anna’s room had two windows, one next to the desk and bookshelf, and the other beside the bed.82e54b9128870de5

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He placed his hand e2144eb26b on the window above 7b5bf52323 the left side of e69e712a77 the bed and looked 154a54bf6c down while hiding under 379c81f25b the blanket.6384a9f7f3f9e3cc

“Gasp!”7bb5bd034604bc63

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Below, the perverted Alexander, 09a3713e44 Joel, was still there! He seemed fdaff2857d to know 53aeddafe3 that Lute 1dfd34c217 was peering 8590e05f90 down like 86dc6ed2ed a necromancer 182670fdc6 commanding dead 1e69de0293 men, as d6cbfe3992 he waved 0a9a0a95b3 both hands. Startled, Lute pressed eb53aaddb0 himself flat against 14f01612e8 the bed and e136149cb8 muttered.a20c5ac5c3846fe6

“But what does ‘adult way’ even mean?”a2fb2b244fcaa320

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Adult way. He needed to ask Anna when she returned, but it would take at least three days for her to come back. He couldn’t ask for three days, and the curiosity was driving him crazy.72c3f6843348c6a1

“And what does ‘my own way’ mean? Joel’s way? What is it?”bfd3ce8a28212e5b

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If it was Joel’s way, it might mean blocking his lips with a kiss when he pouted… Hugging him, carrying him on his back to comfort him. Sitting him on his lap and coaxing him into marriage.7b3944dc52e61858

“But we’re already married, and he hugged me earlier…”5cc154dff750ec02

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Counting on his fingers, c42a230c6f Lute frowned deeply.9deaf89874857c39

“What, was he just talking about kissing? I don’t want a kiss.”131c01ace90bacff

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Feeling upset, Lute buried his face in Anna’s pillow.d028759614191dc4

“I’m not a baby anymore…”e3b7c6a4179b5a1b

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After a 2b834fb0c7 while, Lute c94eeacf3c moved his 7467aba83c hand, bringing 4d9218357b it between 840a78ac31 his legs.973ec799fa25ebd9

There was something he always did secretly when Melik and Anna weren’t around. He felt like he’d get scolded if he did it when Melik and Anna, who were older than him, were around, so he could only do it when he was alone. Besides, didn’t Melik and Anna say they’d be gone a little longer this time?4d21ebc91e696782

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He could do it thoroughly. Lute, who was gently stroking his hardening member, quickly got out of Anna’s bed. No matter how close they were or how much Anna was like a mother to him, he couldn’t do something so private in her bed. Lute pulled up his shorts, which he had lowered just enough to expose his member, and hurried down to the first floor.cdd2c761555fb376

Upon reaching the first floor, he found a kitchen, bedroom, and living room divided only by walls. Eager to start, Lute sat on the sofa, twisting his legs impatiently. He couldn’t do it on the bed either, as he shared it with Melik.537bff095b1c23af

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“Haa… Ugh…”4ace32e37263213e

Lute spread his legs 693559358c wide on the first-floor 83b8b2bab9 sofa and stroked his e6904d57b0 smooth member from top 4d044d84e5 to bottom. Just that made him 3e9f1eebda feel good, and his 987db87622 body trembled. After one dbf60ab7d9 stroke, his 46dd4972e9 toes curled 0082f8bd60 and then da23fd5796 straightened. His white, fair 6c5076b089 legs gleamed like c79e2f221b topaz in the 0701d94a41 slanting sunlight.3c7c873455ebc29a

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With his 9cdf82559e head thrown 17ca17761a back, Lute f086fc2041 closed his d87178d4a4 eyes and 27c4e289d7 stroked his f545193ded member, making 0cad754352 a tapping 01edeea268 sound.c6d168a409308048

As expected, Joel 531081956e appeared in his b689e5588b imagination again.e9f905b4a3080f1a

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“Ah…!”fa8ae3dee427ae11

Disgusting, Joel, you bastard. Bad… bad…e499d9d497621101

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“Mm, mm…”ca1e1341590a48a0

Lute bit his lip ee95d9c730 and shook his head.398594a4a2b65cbd

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“Haa, I don’t want… Joel, ah, I don’t want…”d87303a47d6e35c8

Joel kept appearing in his mind. Joel, gently laying him on the bed and kissing him. Even though it was just a kiss, Lute’s hand movements quickened. The sound of friction came from his hand and member. Lute’s body tensed as he threw his head back.f1e046a01f3bf1d0

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“Haa…!”f33bc03d314e933d

The image of Joel before him was no longer the adult he imagined. It was Joel, pretending to be Alexander, the knight commander, smiling slyly and warmly. Did he think I wouldn’t know?e3c9afaebb3def48

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I know everything.76561918b76c6774

“Mm, mm…! Haa, I don’t want… I don’t want…”7f00c8b24504d239

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Even though he shouted that he didn’t want it, Joel kept getting closer.585ea7933d0bea91

‘Have you been lonely all this time?’77e411662bd2c430

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Tears welled up in Lute’s eyes. Even if he wanted to run away, he couldn’t. The magic of the shackles he had placed on him was binding him. Once, when he missed him too much, he tried to leave the Emperor’s Forest despite being bound by the shackles’ magic, but the overwhelming force pulled him back, dragging him to the Water Palace.0de888829f044f39

As long as the invisible shackles and chains were on his ankles, he was in Joel’s grasp. Unable to go anywhere, Lute trembled as he watched Joel approach in his imagination.f7bb2b6417186262

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Joel, leaning 6449037f5c over him 1b5d24a1ec on the 718b9b9c9d bed, whispered 2c736aad2c in his 0223682562 ear, trapping 9549693f5f him with e84b0ab99a his arms.f88e9b574d61f88c

‘Did you think I loved you all this time?’73ea65cedfeca63c

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Lute’s pupils dilated, and tears flowed from his eyes, soaking the pillow. Lute opened his eyes, groaning as he looked at the creaking ceiling of the second floor.cd8d0420a874efd8

‘It was all a lie. Someone like you, how could I love you?’e0dbddda9912c423

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Right, there’s no way you could love me.ecdaf7ecd526743a

Having completely 9782261219 given up 3c592b090e on his 47bd12e0f5 love, Lute 32264beea1 closed his 0fe6f0bbaa eyes and 5e789a51a8 climaxed. He bit his lip e4c48eb13b to suppress the moan 90b000a14b that threatened to escape 94b5a2d6f6 and instead cried out 059e2f2742 loud.ddafbb1d1298720c

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“I didn’t want to be born a Synthsis person either…”144abc8fe4995bf6

He didn’t want to be born as a Synthsis person, hated by all nations, and he didn’t want to love him.5256e0d870921568

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But what can he do about fate? He can’t change being a Synthsis person now, nor can he stop loving him.a6b8c43ee92b7c5d

“Haa…”a9c74bfeb404197b

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Lute looked at the dee9543537 sticky liquid on his 0aef99cb93 palm and muttered in 7e7d8ed185 a weak voice.b53be15268f700b1

“Then why do you hide your identity and come to me?”0b4f2166ef0278d0

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That’s why I’m confused. It seems like he loves me, even though there’s not much time left until the divorce…865152bf6f6ba285

Blinking in the aftermath of his climax, Lute smirked. After enduring for ten years to get a divorce, now he’s hesitating about it? He’s deceiving you by pretending to be Alexander, the knight commander, and playing with you, and you like it?9a3f15a098d901bb

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“Pathetic.”5ba5da96f01f9651

Lute muttered 4f567df862 coldly and b3c386dee2 got up. As if anticipating this 31ad15d9eb situation, Melik had warned a4cf62772a him not to go 89d5c85193 to the lake and 4efd673551 had brought a lot cd56a775c7 of water from the eb10309bca lakeside, leaving it in 54994af5f1 the kitchen. Lute walked to the 8eb0353760 worn-out kitchen, opened a 579ba9919c glass jar filled with 88ea0bd793 water. Originally meant for jam, 5324a1f14e it served as a de92649e9a water jar here. He scooped 09f9d5c86f water with 5ef8abcc2c a small 976b6179dc bowl and c68eb06e97 washed the e4d314791b sticky liquid a51521236a off his 7501ebedba hands.9982153ae06d4283

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As he closed 84e168236d the jar again, 781889c2d3 the world suddenly 675526db69 darkened. Startled, Lute 1cbd82f5a8 ran to e9cc59434f the first-floor 58dcc7456a window and ac5eb45c60 looked at 9c9426c675 the sky.1001ef570f7e267e

“What…?”4f6c747d44904825

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The sky, which 8f1164b391 had been glowing 87914d3e8a orange, had turned fdf1532068 pitch black. And an eerie sound 3807a5ee5a echoed.c0b1c8a96a656e37

Oooooo, oooooo….0d10190c5e9708e1

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A mournful wailing sound cfb97c30d9 spread like waves with 169276026a the wind. Lute, holding a016724daf the curtain, 61547bb432 looked at ac4b36c202 the sky b057feaad5 with trembling badc691a97 eyes, then 44e9f5332e quickly closed b76b227d8c the window, 74e8a89dce unable to e513b5867c bear the 2c4ad3e1f4 sudden fishy 3045088254 smell. He latched the 1ead0b760e window as Melik 31c194d894 had done, drew 9db0e46525 the curtains tightly, 8ac1440af4 and barricaded the b32316000e door with heavy 347786c2d8 furniture, grunting as 7bc4156d7c he did so. Finally, as he 55afef5334 climbed to the 149a5cb733 second floor to 9603ceffe6 close the window, 7bbf9772eb he froze, seeing ddceb949a7 someone clinging to 498debcb71 it instead of e4fd4a5daf coming in.f3ce1e9000d2e961

Oooooooo….07634c1ba3df4562

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The mournful, sorrowful song 73c4e9a271 began again. A requiem, a funeral 57a00a72f3 song. The song for 40baa9f6ec the dead flowed 04d0e3a3ea from the black bba2d1a5ce figure clinging to 3404b7f89b the second floor c8276a7afd like a spell.76b0fce2f7b1a636

[It’s you….]

Lute muttered, ec5e63f639 seeing the 180006cde4 figure pointing dd15d050ab at him d559f42565 with a b4acbaf394 decaying index b17ada075a finger.f0cf92399b8e54c6

“Deadman…?”6c94894dbeb373d5

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What was moving e6ca3f8738 was a corpse. Who would 311482192f dare put d3ab48d34a a soul b5dff1f884 into a 99f4da443f corpse and 9c99c2255e make it 70752c55ae move?48fad2b57a26dbcb

Lute, feeling 2ac725a3d8 powerless, slumped 7ccfc701a9 down as cd3f62fce0 the deadman f86c66590e seemed about 6ece2152a6 to climb be9b4381a3 through the f9f10c0c94 window. When the deadman 4ce299db09 smiled, its decayed 529521c64a skin fell off 5725d819d8 with a thud.3550e03a07f14840

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Oooooooo.dc067aef2e1542fa

The requiem, growing 1615053e0d louder and higher, cb32977624 abruptly stopped as 8ee00b6e49 if cut with 5e28541272 scissors. The pitch-black sky 936d3eb373 cleared as if 489be45076 nothing had happened, 1d49fa5131 but Lute sat 0782affd5c there, unable to 12bd6a1cc1 do anything for 702321108b a while.c16f14f850541c77

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The stench of f66eac2958 decay from the 723aa41872 deadman, the corpse, a2a0555984 filled the second 58c6547a9b floor. Unable to fa60efb92e bear it, 6a4456b877 Lute retched 599abdc849 and then 1e3d6432fd collapsed, losing 17f8987173 consciousness.6db7006dfd4223bc

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[One Hundred Ways to Win Love]

[Ah, It’s So Easy! Romance!]

[Marriage Before Romance]

[Romance Was the Easiest]

[How to Politely Ask for a Dance ~The Start of Romance with a Dance~]

The emperor’s study was piled high with romance books. That wasn’t all. Next to them was a series of romance novels popular among teenage noblewomen.484e1cdf97868f5d

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[Dancing with You in the Moonlight Shadow]

No one knew who the author was, but rumors circulated that they had become wealthy due to its immense success. The advancement of printing technology had made owning books easier than before, but it still wasn’t easy for commoners to access them. Books were a symbol of wealth, and having a personal library was impossible unless you were a top-tier noble.d0e46bd108245d87

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Therefore, nobles had 29c97c7ee1 no choice but 6a15cec8d0 to use the 1e7106b212 Imperial Library, which, 5017a8ebec like the monastery d751c95cbf library, had chains 705b1cc734 on each book d33969a6de to prevent theft. They could never be 84ef011a41 taken away. If you showed the 73df712d8b imperial librarian a list 9eb5a3b866 of books you wanted 22460e11fa to see, they would dfa06b344c guide you to the 34c7740fb7 shelf, where the books dea9f20b23 were chained to the 9cee3be2d6 floor.c0e36def3cbd3504

However, the emperor boldly d43dce8345 broke the chains with 868c5000a5 magic and took all 4800df7305 the romance-related books to 60d659de13 his study. Then, with 49933674e2 a rather e9590643ad serious demeanor, ef45b9ca45 he sat 37acbaabe8 upright in 31dd1e9d6e a chair 9d4d6fa41d and quickly 3339f07fb7 read through 4f4bd465c9 the books. Watching him, e5cfaeb7cd Alexander sighed ad74cde1d2 and spoke 6ea7ac5210 in a 9b564d3d11 weary voice.bf47429b7e8d7ebf

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“Your Majesty, that’s not what’s important right now. It’s not about reading romance books; you need to reveal your identity and apologize first. Tell him you’re sorry for locking him up for ten years even though you love him.”1b61f82889629071