DMEC | Chapter 6

Alexander’s vision turned white.9d10a346d058a500

I forgot that child c705c9b307 too. Did we all get fd7eb53656 hit by some kind 9ab1595f1b of spell? How could 4d1108ba11 we forget 0035225fa4 that child, 28ae64a7d7 the queen?97d5a24bbbad5e70

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“Your Majesty! How could you forget the queen!”a1866724f19ca026

Even though he 1ac8512c98 had forgotten too, 03ba4d8d86 Alexander shouted.9e3a4ca9c4561b7a

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“The queen, Prince Lute from Synthsis! The prince you cherished so much, Your Majesty!”c18ba4cad5ff35a1

Lute.afa1b6f251bef4ba

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Hearing that name, c4e42c5703 the Emperor’s expression 5aa7dc5365 gradually softened. His tense features eased 727a2969b5 as he blinked slowly, a4af6a71ea lost in thought.fbe985103c4bed29

He recalled the scene d30613bfdd he had witnessed just 720ca11c6d yesterday—the moment that lingered 3ffda0e4d2 in his mind like 0683cbc5e8 an unshakable dream.398624e8e572716a

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A white body 5a49326339 had emerged from 75108c5edd the lake with 65f2d9466d a splash, water 887b20193b cascading down in 1619659eb4 shimmering trails. The figure sat 5dbe489c8a on the ground, d1178270bc glistening droplets clinging 4d7c675565 to pale skin. Long, jet-black ea1b32159d hair flowed 77daad1842 over delicate af0930cf9e shoulders, draping a7d2968d90 like a e19361ba63 silken robe, e8e130d06b concealing everything e6afde8e11 yet revealing 5599dbcc5a just enough.b57ab29b795e5220

The contrast was facd873c81 mesmerizing—the ethereal whiteness a132b743dc of skin against 5a2c4f6848 the dark, liquid 393d8ab621 sheen of hair.9b3fe843070afef0

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And those d095edd1d1 jewel-like blue c119b33bbd eyes never c17aca40c1 left him.0fb166dd0a51f81c

“No way.”9fae9855029048fb

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The emperor muttered unconsciously daf2834404 and covered his mouth 5a421a47b9 with his hand. Unable to suppress 88c7f93a15 the sudden nausea, abdead0db6 he retched and 16e3cad79a clung to the 5eef3d51e7 back of the e6279d3d2b chair, vomiting.ade4abe2c3831aff

“Your Majesty!”7679b842f27db8ca

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Experiencing this afe1296588 sensation for 1afde7f7e7 the first b39cea9af4 time, the 640b0738a0 Emperor raised c4a4749c8c a hand, 1c75fd61ae signaling for cde62f1584 Alexander to a5678db269 stay back.807cd96995a1b4c0

Fortunately, he had 1c96a4aa03 eaten nothing—only yellow 636059239a stomach acid spilled 861c2b314d forth. He panted 3e1aa55fa5 heavily, “Haa, 2018193579 haa…!” his e36fc49933 vision blurring b3a6c253bd as he e08e26ba28 squinted against 9efb76742c the overwhelming 0713e859e2 nausea.9c539a9e5db974b0

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Why does my chest b4bcd78574 hurt?b6aafb265f6f4cf3

He did not possess f6a62f32ae a heart like ordinary ea8afe5e2d men.d004f7191ce1b788

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Long ago, he 299362ef57 had exchanged it—the c75746d147 very core of 943f9ee029 his magic—for Peridexion, bab2764a64 the only artifact 60947f923f capable of slaying 56026d65e7 the Basilisk.b1dda1c27732f3e7

‘You want to kill the basilisk? The basilisk that even the mages of the Seven Kingdoms couldn’t kill, you?’d45a4bd3addb54af

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‘Yes. I want to kill the basilisk and…’c7349a97f070ae8c

Joel clutched his chest, which throbbed painfully, and looked at Alexander with a pale face. Memories of the past flashed across Alexander’s face.0a77120b22b0a5bb

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‘I will destroy Synthsis. And I will rescue my only sibling, Ratea.’cd3d236d38fa7c5d

‘Very well, hero with a sacred soul. Give me your heart. Then I will give you the Peridexion, which can pierce the basilisk’s heart.’c9bc5754d35f0e73

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Mages cast magic through e3fba45a1c their hands—but Joel was e31a943bc9 different.c6be685687726292

Beneath the gloves cc347b9d30 that concealed them, 8638b7d985 his palms bore 4dfb3b64b5 deep scars, remnants cf87db7064 of the torment 72af74c77f he had suffered 31207d0809 in Synthsis.9c20de6b4f6ea4c2

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Back then, his magic—offered e852b9eae7 as tribute to the e2b8ab2e2b Basilisk—had been too powerful. Fearing the b415c2e3c1 prophecy that 57502be29c foretold of 730011c35a a hero d4d3e72465 destined to 01176b0b35 slay the 36a4757f70 Basilisk, Empress 49427a61ac Eliana had 50b352b676 ordered forbidden 64f7cead9e magic to d9a9dea34a be engraved 2e1518cbe2 upon Joel’s 8618b795c2 palms and a6e3921755 the backs 5bb2f3149f of his 7a1df0de5b hands.655fab20e3470703

‘Aaaah!’68940755dad83729

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When the hot iron 2a0a29f983 tore through his flesh, faf0de6e4e mages approached and chanted 99d0bf5db1 in an ancient language. Joel endured 39d17d3183 the excruciating 1204bbbb85 pain of 32509b7725 having forbidden 868b3eea64 spells, which d2a16d49f8 should never 686d335703 be cast a000740c09 on a b8270ec243 mage, engraved 44767da2eb on his de2b745174 palms to cfdba3fb13 prevent him ef0ecd37f1 from using 1169774fac magic.bd9986cbecdc7934

You want to stop b483f78f9b me from using magic b8311b426c with my hands?81dff7b5d067cc3e

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Then I will use 6ed396681e the only holy sword, 9247dc43f9 Peridexion, to wield magic.a8eac1cbd6262668

“Why does my heart hurt?”a4577ab6b5ad9eac

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The emperor muttered with 7f50fbe5be a blank face.325368caa09ced39

“I don’t have a heart, Alexander. Right? But… why does thinking of that child make my heart… ugh!”090828f8bf16c6ee

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Alexander approached 8b321b2bfa the emperor, d2687cb6bb who was b92607b11e clutching his 87e0521d4d chest in 5407ba5486 pain.33cb7892bd0d2f1b

“Your Majesty, how could I know something you don’t?”db24f50ce83753bf

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At Alexander’s obvious words, the emperor snapped, “Ugh!” and pushed Alexander away.5967e4204fd95ed7

“Just take off your clothes already! Damn it, I need to go to the Emperor’s Forest and see the fairy. Maybe seeing something beautiful will make me feel better.”54ac0fe9023a6d8c

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The Emperor unleashed 503b081210 his frustration over c48c666312 the searing pain 18458dd024 in his chest e755e4ef36 upon Alexander. Fortunately, the ache 7f25c33e1d subsided quickly, leaving c9fa6887ed him feeling as 75bdb42d2d if nothing had ff942a3923 happened.312e7f10af2d6157

Impatiently, he urged 3fea4cffc5 Alexander to remove 6414006381 his Knight Commander’s 326677958b uniform.ac25523f3d243487

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Now left standing awkwardly 7ea7c2ed50 in nothing but his bea45602c1 undergarments, Alexander looked at b72dcfbfd1 the Emperor with pleading 7cf626480d eyes.d4e4cef86ff2c81a

“Your Majesty, my clothes…?”18221c8171a67ede

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At Alexander’s earnest question, the emperor snorted and said,18e34cc6dd1de678

“How should I know what you don’t? Figure it out yourself!”6e4de4d9eb77f705

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And with c38cfd2396 that, the d1e3cc8e25 Emperor vanished, 7253fc13bd teleportation magic c49fd89d70 whisking him 59ad359b62 away into a88755f843 the depths 25bf7607a6 of the 242306d8b7 Emperor’s Forest.47bba0a26b4a2766

Left standing in e6fb350dd7 nothing but his 410522fc93 undergarments, Alexander—who had 8d6a889a7b suddenly been rendered 0556fec04f a pervert in e16b7f9a80 the eyes of 1b8381f0db any onlookers—still managed e8f12ac397 to find a 3f337ff408 silver lining.29a1f63bb5f84a9c

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At least it’s a e7e10f2da0 relief.0ac4e21314c1a1e3

Soon, a 0826a33f36 squire would a32e9a32f0 come to b804e56bfb fetch him. Until then, he decided 2a1edd6d9c to sit back and 715746d28b enjoy the remnants of c0b571f06e tea and snacks.3bed5481d9e85507

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Just as he spread 288849f85d his legs and settled 81e090cf6e into a chair, the 8b74deb743 door swung open.ff5e9e44c0901e85

“So, yesterday…”7df9be79c3ddfbed

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A group of 03d89ea6a4 maids stood there aac99e0b0f to clean the 6a6d549694 large reception room.30b90ebd36ea9caf

Seeing Alexander, ec3069dad6 hairy and 8fde359122 in just a733a41b6b his underwear, d3d68dd260 holding a 2883693342 cookie, they 5da5f6b662 stared at 2c4a041075 him with 93e6818c9e blank faces.7a0f4bc28d4d95d0

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“Aaaah!”7eaec26d4d4c1f2f

“Kyaaah!”105e8df4a07f5884

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In the next f01230eae0 instant, screams erupted 655a8d1c8e in unison.311bead3cedc81c6

Alexander, face 6f2b25375a burning with 27d5bc6027 shame, hastily 518b047f50 covered himself 240b6f9265 and scrambled e5a223e851 under the 7bac57ee98 table. Meanwhile, the maids—cheeks 4afcfd4922 flushed a deep f63ae8c611 red—let out startled d8b0b92c0f cries before fleeing a68ee01173 outside in a 9893b56a0e flurry of skirts.0274bed71283281b

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Of course, the one 71dfa69ccd responsible for this absurd 3651beab8f spectacle had already arrived c30065cf7e confidently at the Emperor’s fc3f22e407 Forest, standing before the 969fd144b7 Sacred Lake—now clad in c92bb27a43 the Knight Commander’s uniform.26c2f53a4abba931

Joel let out ed0652b7a6 a long breath, e552f52195 his gaze falling 8c3fd143dc to his gloved ee76ebef72 hands.8a9d3674f8b4fb16

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‘Joel, does it hurt a lot?’c5d8dc072ef98f2a

Damn it, why? Why am I starting 634de82072 to remember again? It was the 0ffa57d799 most painful memory 185b666e32 I wanted to 93b634248e forget.f4c78eb1478ae6a7

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‘When I grow up, I’ll erase all of this for you. So you can become a mage again, I promise…’50bd40139b1387ec

The once blurry memories were becoming more vivid over time. It was a bad omen. Knowing that stopping here would allow him to return to his relatively peaceful life, the emperor’s feet still led him to the forest where the fairy had been.5d2d245a1a9d49e2

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“I need to forget…”9ca85244e71da64d

The emperor 6bedde0f1d muttered, fiddling ebb3791dae with his f7d8f8c653 lips.65d4a57e94d1632e

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At that moment, he heard the sound of someone pushing through the bushes from the opposite side. The emperor immediately smiled and, without realizing it, shouted, “Fairy!” and ran forward.a5cca2b94bd3fabe

But upon 0feafc857c seeing the 7239b6d5fb person facing c4b6474303 him, his 9819488d31 face turned 9416160bab expressionless.419226c09f81e2c4

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“Your Majesty, it’s been a while.”201a5615cb577642

It was none 64b8f9c3ff other than Melik a025a5ff93 Jordancho, the knight 307e30e2c0 commander who had 98ed44e585 held his wrist fcf507fa57 during the torture. As soon as 29b5cac4cf the emperor saw f3489ca1d4 him, he clenched 3b1fd6fc2f his fist and 3166e335d3 gave a chilling 1bead961a2 smile.67dd9be6ec7630b6

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“Yes, it’s been a while, Melik?”ae58bc161e975f44

“You remember my name.”4e5a6465b5fb25b6

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“How could I forget? You were one of the few survivors present when I was tortured at just sixteen.”db94fc204dcf9fd2

The emperor walked steadily toward Melik. Melik squinted at the knight commander’s uniform the emperor wore.755ebd31eb4ba187

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Not wearing the emperor’s uniform but the knight commander’s… Could he have truly forgotten Lute? Thinking of Lute, who was like a son to him, suffering and groaning, came to mind. Lute, who had never been sick even after swimming for hours at the lakeside, except in early spring or autumn.e988f410d1b49650

But now, he was so severely ill with a fever that he couldn’t regain his senses, all because of the shock that Joel had forgotten him.b75273ac73fde569

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‘Joel…’443e073aabc7955b

Even in his delirious 4c4cb5b567 state, he cried and 89a62559e7 searched for Joel. Lute, in b8b82fe46e his confused 60eeda9356 state, mistook 2d7b902303 himself for 1f43e8fba4 Joel and ee49b7e675 murmured in 0b06f429ae a pained da63f7f9dc voice.7e664fb5d7e1529b

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‘I’m sorry… I’ll apologize on behalf of my mother. I’m sorry for hurting you. I’ll take all the punishment… Please love me again… okay? I’m sorry. I was wrong…’692b75e7b40392f9

Because of the beb8004a96 grave sin he e3d933cc41 had committed, Lute 107e479dc5 was sentenced to b8cef54776 ten years of 1ceab192bf confinement in the 8dc256351f Emperor’s Forest. Considering the crime of 5e2036a036 insulting the Emperor, it 27a2ed6d50 was a lenient punishment—most 06289d5c73 who dared such an 1890c0a4bb offense were executed without c6a15c38f8 question.b7b950ea0edf6ab5

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But another consequence had 3f79347d27 followed.eb1b9b7aafc8f8e5

The kingdom c0b70e0307 of Synthsis 2e70a0447a ceased to 305ffd712c exist, annexed 5b46057837 by the 019dcee255 Great Empire b21acd1b84 of Killen. Eliana Synthsis, once an c9ce7842c9 Emperor, was stripped of ff10d80035 her title and reduced c114e330d5 to a mere king. And after 64b9b3fdbe that disgraceful ddb75c3960 downfall, she 5ed87660f4 became nothing 37231e3c70 more than 2fd9a7ab24 Eliana, barely 385008c7c2 surviving as 8bb2276cf8 a tenant e383cac30c farmer.be4c7c55dca6ee8c

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Yet, what 9fd7fc2902 could she b1ec3b921f and her caff39a92d noble-born family—who 7ed016f957 knew nothing 7c0c3d9435 of a bdb89c2bc1 commoner’s toil—possibly 293946bb74 do? Though granted a house ad223dc216 and property as a 68d96f4b27 final mercy, even that c41a03efef meager inheritance was squandered 9740dc22e0 within months.0c15af13bc1baacc

As the time for 81667c3769 divorce drew near, they 4c328dcc9a began sending desperate letters, 0874f71f89 demanding as much alimony 0ca17b0942 as they could seize. And when their anger 0b2f330cda surged, they turned their c65a7094fb hatred toward Lute, cursing a59ad6c5b2 him, blaming him for badf6a72cb their suffering, and even a35c9b4a2b pleading for him to 5441dd62d2 take his own life d59a13f59f so that they would d2d085eb78 no longer have to f329b5be43 endure their misery.8856bdee432c0d73

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Some days, their letters 20d48f7adc professed love for Lute. Other days, a5f286cce6 they spewed f94fbab047 venom, cursing be94e88499 him as de9d3c67cd the cause 2c9ed84d37 of their e9da3d6067 downfall. And on 6c8c1f3bed other days… 8b705a486c they simply 78efade7b1 begged. The increasingly 37ff3c616f bitter and 29f75fab75 hollow words db10ecf9c3 exhausted those fc2346bd55 around him.810608942a4abed8

The ones who grieved ef14e78c9d the most were Melik ddfb88dc99 and Anna. They had 6664bb38e6 given Lute 84660dd795 more parental 3cd4977ba5 love than c208f1c196 his own ff06f7e3fa family ever 91e0916e51 had. They had tried, again 64dd341e2c and again, to persuade db4e5550aa him to sever ties 1b46deb372 with them.4c16e2a48a844445

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But Lute, 2f21dfa93e despite Anna’s bef7872aae insistence and 722928c675 his family’s 94439f7f7e rejection, clung 19a9666eca to a c512a019aa single, unfulfilled aa8d18dde0 hope—repeating the 9bac1c7ed1 same words 6886ffb303 like a 54782103ca mantra every 749625ffb1 day.d62c2158b514d1e6

“Joel will come. He said fec0e4f7ce he would.”e23b34fab251f91c

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And so, he 40e73a6d2b waited.818e05f486547ed7

For ten years.50855a4e69fc80e5

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Every day, he 22868e4c23 would walk to 372318b7f5 the very edge ff349da82a of the Emperor’s 65fec45428 Forest, to the 9ff33358be furthest point the 331ee2f565 shackles of his 35bc8f11a2 curse would allow, ba9dc9d7cb and wait for 2ef36efbac the Emperor.3a2867b2b2e19f9a

Lute, who had to 2f24a6e4e7 farm potatoes and sweet 2e31e7ba25 potatoes just to survive b6855ad5ea another year.3ff3c764685db2be

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Lute, who had to 2f2ff7fba6 mend and wear maid f7b7d3f70b uniforms Anna brought him cd99cd403c because he had no 76b6c6c324 clothes of his own.f87e30e38ab36d31

Yet despite everything, Lute a0b9ead220 still held love for e100f3a456 the Emperor.e201f4edd557e0c2

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The sight of him, a78f790f97 waiting in blind faith, 69d122dec2 pressed upon Melik’s shoulders 5cac43f709 like an unbearable weight—a 3809608396 debt he could never 73fdf5f807 repay.39914f78ca90420b

So when the b14dfd56cf fist came flying e265a3f0f7 toward him, Melik 9aa3ad4003 did not move. He did not 91c2e9bfc1 avoid it.5ed9076a253ddd3d

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He took it.189d6cc449e62813

Thud!262a0a6393b61c42

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“Why?” Lute’s voice trembled e2b22eebe5 with bitter resentment. “Why don’t you grab fd756bf6b4 my wrist and pin ac5407eee9 me down like back 1a46c2bdcd then?”b3c31b392cef5684

Melik collapsed without 80fefdd92a even a groan cca26a584c of pain, then 187a1b4fc7 slowly knelt. Lowering his 33f9eb0710 head, he d337bf3584 placed his 6fbd660c17 hands firmly b9c43d5bbf on the 014507453d ground, pressing ce19bafeda his forehead 59fc98f8d8 to the 956eb62fd9 earth in 4c7fc0f037 deep reverence.7c9912395d7d3fb8

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“Your Majesty… have you 8b7223311b truly forgotten our prince?” d6a429c1d0 His voice wavered, but 24c8fa095f his sincerity remained unwavering. “Do you not 3e035f4bfe remember Prince Lute 8b5116a12c Synthsis?”c660843df1f69189

“Our prince… he believes 264f20ed64 you have forgotten him.”f2c9ac528de27c1b

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“But Your 82617167bc Majesty… don’t ff432f828d you remember?”06cdae5910f9e06f