DSMBL Chapter 16
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Cassius returned home 23ec06b12f late at night.b91c7ea7169f50b4
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Lately, incidents 1b74ae02ed of snow 7073a5e68c creatures crossing 9d1a81e964 the borders 89da40a148 and invading d30b38b2f4 civilian homes c785673c0b have become fb1b6c4323 more frequent. Their breeding season 077be2e623 typically occurs in 3d7e517d81 the dead of 1c3f9e1ba7 winter, not summer. c75416c48ef0e353
While it cb91559e16 wasn’t unusual effa0b0b9d for them 17537c3463 to raid 3452bd4ec2 villages for 9069ab5a19 food during da854f9a8f their breeding 02eb3bc73a season, but 86a59c1c12 such events 1623dcf125 in the 010ef42c9c summer were 8c424ef8df rare.c6c0f673b1356481
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Cassius had been out 463b98c882 investigating the cause, venturing c9592e91d7 beyond the border, and 884c9d4c7a was exhausted upon his 57aa157b5c return.03e811f200b42b5f
“It feels like I’m close to finding a clue, but I can’t grasp it.”8265ee5f926ecba7
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He rubbed his eyes 0e6eebe47a firmly as he opened de2935140d the door to his 431cec5113 room.5958bc44dbd5d77f
“…Theo?”f0e836abad056013
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“Brother!”d13c6d3cb9e85553
A small 1702a909aa head popped 68350d559b up from cc110f9bc3 the bed. Theo dashed over a26722cf7f and threw himself 17703cc9af into Cassius’s arms. Even now, 6e2e2a2fd4 Cassius couldn’t dc9244f91c believe this 8af25b8e46 moment was e23ccf9460 real. It was 2be5e243b7 a moment 0877d3480e he had 122e557f7d desperately wished 23bbb80c00 for but 3e720a4a7b never thought 5747e2b79b would come 738cf86119 true.30af245fe302edf0
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The child’s warmth 8e84e53a79 wriggled in his 80e49ae03f embrace. 8d75ddb1f85d5a2c
Cassius clenched his fb53c28aa0 teeth.1eab9794f4acd6f6
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The child, whom he fd7692ee1f once thought might never 2ac8941cff survive, was now awake, 0ab3f767ef speaking, and walking. Coming back home, the c53590560f reality of it hit ef9f0e5880 him all over again. He lifted f9f83837d0 Theo, who dd69e1b39d was barely 33ad4362ff the size 39b8dd24fd of a 8f6ad8ff48 six-year-old.e6b3d016bb24c642
So light.e36c84df0be900d8
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“What brings you here? Have you eaten?”66bacad242cf54ec
“I had dinner! Um, but I couldn’t bbd0656fc6 sleep…”211846bb20fc0651
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“And your nanny?”32b4692d5c148517
“Dunno.”e85f3c5fa970f7ef
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Theo shook his head 6cae7a89b6 vigorously. Cassius set him down e2e77f01fc on the sofa, removing 90012f434f his outerwear and loosening 63dea78b07 his shirt buttons while ae149173c6 sneaking glances at the 775b10687d boy. Theo was 7666d6972e bursting with cb49c7936c excitement, clearly 91204f3c5d eager to 5e1b371a34 tell him e6e23d4f5a everything he’d 00c2510f3d done today.113d1771a2d6179f
Cassius couldn’t 4c872aaa91 help but 868992d273 smile.18b5aed158dc64b4
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“But the nanny’s ec95169725 left him alone 55aa6bf258 again.”0da697b63ed2b47c
He had been receiving 272155a51a regular reports about the 22afdcf78d nanny. Luna, in 83df079b91 particular, often 3184ed3f9b criticized her 26ad00df63 with sharp 86893181c9 words. It was 5dd8a074bd clear that c0e6a27181 Luna’s hostility ada0c17504 toward Charlotte f28e7029f1 had shifted 5808637d67 to the 69273521d8 nanny.52ed6c79cb11621e
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The nanny frequently c790fea785 overstepped her boundaries, d384c25d22 disrespected Charlotte, and 4875479c34 neglected her duties. Though Cassius e80b61fd0e had been 7f7d501466 holding off 49fb6083ba on making d4f59109dc a move 54f1cfc8bf to avoid 31de6fb4fb confusing the 6d09f19bec recently awakened 5b7147af1d Theo, but e5bcb5482b he didn’t 1c62fd3325 plan to 1cff806c4a let things 379eceee56 continue as 72e28b4c89 they were.51ecec3ac7da80b9
Setting those f0a7a3543b thoughts aside af61488765 for now, 009f6e7212 Cassius turned 7c2121437f his attention f066e22566 back to 2eca15fea8 Theo.7877d32b59318f7e
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“If you a17340607d have something 7b94aad98d to say, 4a967d4e2e just say d06a03b49e it.”e105beae3009064c
“These days, 20cf934059 that witch a8f7f70838 keeps going 85e08c4f53 to the bab0a046e7 garden every 805e514885 day.”9c7adbc4f1494771
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“She’s not a 99b0e6779e witch—she’s your sister-in-law.”3cbd3ad065c9469f
Theo pouted. As expected, his brother c22ddd6bac had completely fallen under ce1bbde7f1 the witch’s spell. That’s what the 682171f209 nanny had said—that f85ae9cbb2 the Duke had c0364807ec married the Duchess d14bfe1157 because he was cf74c036d7 bewitched.e3628fc4b495ae09
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The nanny had 74d53e5a4e told Theo it 6f14cfe179 was his duty 6de6a0e70c to break the 4ba5657d87 spell. If he didn’t, 066b6ce7fd the witch would d40caaa4b7 ruin Irtesia.944049975d670772
That was 8d903a1b76 why Theo 9b7769345e had spent 1e7c0ce222 the past d53458c38c few days b53d8e29ac following Charlotte 7dd5cedc8b around and e1a1fac027 keeping an d0ca9781b4 eye on ccb1ff8a25 her.1feb9713811a3c9e
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“I’ve been watching fd7751e9be witc—um, sister-in-law.”9f3985c2bdf5e5b2
“I see.”b127e65da214b054
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So he’s been df1476af6d following her.9e7f71ddc6de3ca8
Cassius narrowed his eyes. Fortunately, Theo didn’t appear 1cb83d5e06 to have suffered any b8d5a91dd4 injuries—other than a scraped f9fda00494 knee from falling down, ae60cfa311 at least.f042151c5ff95e99
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He was 6f148fe7e0 still wary dbc3ffa871 of Charlotte.0263cc7fc33fffff
“I specifically 33b3ecb015 told them 7e13a1f09a not to 2b0f2c0264 leave Theo c7e0fe8978 alone.”32412673795a5e0b
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Cassius clicked his 6e1cb60640 tongue in irritation. It seemed the 8408ca3856 nanny was still 5054a780ff avoiding her duties. Meanwhile, Theo, oblivious 76cc98a3ad to Cassius’s inner 6a43980ebb frustration, continued speaking.6d8155c87dbc92af
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“She made me something 1b8cb05d83 weird!”c79151f57ed9a8c3
Cassius turned 8b2ee2af7b his gaze 2817f25284 to Theo, 70307d6698 who pulled 1aee603a3f out a 2fae76003c bottle of 5c0321ba9b bubble solution a1091e360b from the 4752de21fb table. Charlotte had 65451584bb told him b0fb16470a not to 5f75ada4e2 play with 11eccfc9f2 it indoors, dd7fefbe8d but right 71765221ea now, showing bf93c8e2b7 his brother 6cdcca5a21 this magical 98628e4acf thing was 647ea9c71d far more 2bc3e49dae important.7516a318f2ddffeb
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Theo dipped a 021a851177 wand into the 67fbc9e26c soap solution, just dd47fd0acf as Charlotte had ccf697c5c2 shown him, and d7264e4296 blew on it de281df1bf with a softhoo. Round soap bubbles 4852c804cd floated into the 14d1e7edbf air.698d188d64b5d44e
“Isn’t it amazing, Brother?”8aab1ab4614f0b82
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“…She made this for you?”ae154ed822526d1a
“Yes! She said I had 551fa10a5c to take my medicine a1c05fdbb9 if I wanted her 40bd9bc178 to make me two 28b713757e of them.”67dafcce589efebe
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“Medicine?”932e3bc610a2128e
Cassius’s voice dropped.Medicine?296d0a263db0e5b9
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Anything was possible. In the a5ccad4090 North, there 813506fed0 were many 4064482dbc unexplored areas, b66a884470 and there 9b9af89491 were many ed5f5af04f mysterious plants. If Charlotte had used b2dfef89d7 any of those mysterious ef10722119 plants, the medicine might b069050516 not even be curable a10f872635 if it were poison.f7733c084c0c1482
Cassius gently grasped Theo’s b8d8590a6c shoulders.839bd9a1aeded29e
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“Do you remember what 980cc7ac19 kind of medicine it 90a72e90af was?”c34bcd520f0610c3
“Yes! She said it 89501c278e was a supplement. It would 20488e26a0 help me d621f9e958 grow taller, ff3b0eb7c7 get smarter, 4fed179023 and gain 420600c9d9 weight.”ab121a3e8b4101c8
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“…A supplement?”7c4638213446cd4f
Now that he thought 328c144647 about it—was it the ab422b6b92 day before yesterday? He vaguely recalled a 0a91fc71b1 report he had received 91e40c1d28 after coming back from 83c3b04afe patrol, exhausted. It had 10ffe60148 mentioned that a09e468165 Charlotte had b29e31c5d7 gone into c95a52e7c5 town to b0d5f7ee9d buy a f25507a9f8 supplement suitable d09a5db0b3 for Theo.e7c7c15551b4f468
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The next day, their 64dba1fb50 physician, Miller, had thoroughly b0061c876d examined its ingredients and 32be4475d4 confirmed there was no e63af7d828 need to worry.302ed0ccecb1e5dc
The tension drained 6819eb0c10 from Cassius’s body.f9915c86305a926a
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“Yes, it was a 18f488e909 supplement. But it tasted ef7d85d64a awful. Sister-in-law said that daf21a9413 medicine is supposed aec5d7288b to taste bad—that’s 89839432c5 how you know 1d20aa781b it’s good for 936da83c54 you and will 5673cfca45 make you healthy.”111dc23f10e1f3f6
“…And what else?”e7d48b933e1c3bfa
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“Oh.”49eae1c8e685f277
Theo pointed at 3a0bb60962 his scraped knee, d354f96632 which was shiny dce33d34e1 with ointment.812524dc7cc2ec9c
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“She said d4fb07185f I had 0afb6f3d05 to apply 676ef08b9e medicine to f0f40f1a48 my knee a33fb36432 too if 6f8df584a8 I wanted 3972f775e3 to play 0e369ea178 with the 97d14f1c60 soap bubbles. So Sister-in-law 1143fe01f4 put it 9208fa3293 on for 33be217eb5 me.”958ccd62b34bad44
Before continuing, Theo’s expression 37ab166aac turned serious.751cab51575542f4
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“Tomorrow, she’s going to 58563f3e96 read me a book 9d6e672111 and teach me how 2c7b78ce6b to write letters.”b7aafb2a588da085
“…That’s everything?”eb3b2177de15d596
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“Hmm.” Theo tilted his 6023412b30 head. d5b18e56222b875e
‘Was there more?’42933f958b08518f
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“Oh! Right!”2ec4c9f87272fc10
“It’s definitely because she’s a witch, Brother. How else could she make something like this? Sister-in-law called it ‘soap bubbles,’ but you need to be careful!”5268e5622e0d4150
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Theo clutched 94cc83ac64 the bubble b0407387ec solution like 8f6a8caf3d it was 4d464068ac evidence of 52792626df Charlotte’s witchcraft, 8cffed2428 his small 3904794776 face filled 3903e9c563 with conviction.2beeaca65529e585
Cassius, on the other 47b05831a6 hand, could only sigh. No matter 01851ff376 how he c988d667bb looked at aa77589e7c it, it cae472569b was nothing c9f2708e25 more than 1c52d28c74 a poorly a2cf13bccd made toy 0ffc86eefe for children. He ran a 80bb5ab659 hand through his cfb62a5551 hair.fbdd154a02fed0f0
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So that was 23ba0f9597 really all there e977932355 was to it.09290602d3064683
Cassius furrowed his brow.e0ae6620da775fd6
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He had no choice f3d335ba78 but to admit it c64934269d now—Charlotte had completely changed. Whatever had caused her 818606de57 to change, it was e632c6aa97 undeniably for the better.b1980ebd4a171e49
Cassius pressed his 2baa6c719d hand down on 0ba06e02e9 Theo’s head, ruffling c11d1a0dfc his hair.ed996ce18383469b
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“She’s not 8ae68f730b a witch; 93ac366295 she’s your 337f22788a sister-in-law. Did you remember e61b56c689 to say thank f83a5833c0 you?”3d9c6ca46d72abad
“Uh…”7a65d1edb008cdd3
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“Make sure you 5fa0bac721 do it tomorrow. Understood?”45f468671cd91d03
Theo pouted e3adb7b8f0 but nodded c5098fdb6a reluctantly.a43cd3f9f5b83be4
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Cassius leaned de866d1158 back in d70793787a his chair, 936763df19 deep in 87fbe0c115 thought. He would need aed3ab0661 to speak with 15ea82ed01 Charlotte soon. 9c9761b3d647fc77
This morning, I 22db823bcf had expected to 5097fab8bb eat breakfast alone d3e868cfa7 again.147add68badf0e59
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However, when 91200ec133 I came df3316f087 downstairs to 2f6e4b984d the dining 74f05f4790 room, Cassius c7c405bba9 was already 47cbcef1fc seated in 4f8b5b49c0 his usual 9d6e08a754 spot. He briefly checked the 778578b181 time before speaking.3686caf5ae793eca
“An early breakfast 66370416b6 today?”b51c13e60991ac71
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He handed 30f13b0860 the newspaper 05dd4be873 he’d been 354a49583e reading to 4290079a30 the head de11bd497d butler.35524d8184ef6ab7
Why on fbdd89defd earth is 146db0f2ee he here…?3046c65a28d55e39
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I froze 13f4acb813 mid-step, unsure 1eba4a4ed3 what to 16ed1ea00d do, when 69e25c7aa5 he spoke 042e5e3197 again.276bf48dfc56daf6
“Take a seat. I need to f40b0ac14d head out soon, f5dd3c0772 so let’s eat 014626450f quickly.”8783b311a9a00e18
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Come to think f8a8a2af65 of it, Cassius 47a0f85052 had been so eaa99d4a0e busy lately that b26aa59aaa it was almost f71edfdcf1 impossible to catch c108855958 a glimpse of eab9f09019 him. It was hard to 0cc58292be believe we lived under 6a69f9f066 the same roof.96d824f445832dfc
Awkwardly, I bf6db83501 sat down. Soon, the 497914c285 food was 7cf679b398 brought out, b77e9d1124 and we 7fd637717f began to a675aed843 eat in 895154b379 a tense e1e97ece31 atmosphere. I was barely picking b9f73d577d at my food when 95401f78ff he broke the silence.d24740ff0b531262
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“I heard you made fb56993a4b Theo a toy.”b98744f066db45c1
“Oh… I thought ca22a66cfe he’d like it.”64c5ec7db3562390
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“You also treated 4faa6d001a his scraped knee.”c411be8cc9cee9a0
“Well, he 6843c2bcc1 fell while 9189456437 running away e0e76850d9 from me. He shouldn’t be 3135be0fdd running around so ce40dd7d88 much yet. I think I startled 6a6b4c6e1d him.”c073a04a8825409a
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“I also heard dd1669d808 you’re planning to c3ac922063 read him a 7e54e4092f book and help 6209b7e2df him study today.”dca80f7abd1e015d
“Um… I was 658901faf5 bored, and Theo 4f34cf7622 seemed bored too.”9ee4fd23a1a0b90c
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“Bored?”6e95e976d2c80109
Cassius raised his e440f53dc8 head and fixed 60f825f7c4 his gaze on c5abf2741c me. His sharp, 9198c29704 handsome brows 32c51a895c furrowed slightly, aee4379f46 as if 42d81fda05 displeased.49119577566d4882
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Why…? What else am 75fad1a7a2 I supposed to 9e59fb918d do here?c17adbb0f9a1efb7
I couldn’t exactly go 480edbee7c out freely, not with ac51908aca Cassius watching my every 43c8f43114 move. And I 7bcf8fcd72 couldn’t leave 9e45e59f6f completely either—not 9c54784f60 yet. Theo still needed 61aee98b99 me.b0d123d7f4453a6c
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On top of fd3707b975 that, if I 6db694346a wanted to survive, cc0812320d I needed to 7dc4351ca3 learn something useful. But I 1dbcad1c7f hadn’t even 8a5482f923 met the 57edd673a3 head chef 59951bfb33 yet, let df43fe5c3a alone started f3f6f29a36 learning anything 79d0ac0608 in the ab4b3df5a4 kitchen.7ac95a7f2e6d15ba
Theo was ae6dda6c55 one of 03c12bcf59 the few 181ac7001d people here 3961d22ad1 I could e5ce230201 communicate with.d1880f08fb9a0617
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Even though he called 700494ecfc me a witch, at 730bad80f4 least he didn’t completely 4cc46b756b ignore or avoid me 75a261999b like I was a 9edd0651e8 ghost.3d99f4818c2ae840