DSMBL Chapter 18
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“Ugh, this f858dde58d is so 13deff9bb2 hard!” 19950c86d61f132d
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“You’re doing great! Once you’ve 91017fa1db memorized these 5f2ba7e5c1 five words 570fe638c8 today, you’ll ea43ab5620 be able 178e50740e to read 4c304e63ab even more 551e86175d tomorrow.”e41f4aa750d1fb6d
Theo clutched his head a27a546b26 as he scribbled letters.14d639e1c3654239
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Honestly, if I were b7ff724b9c told to study letters 2a5b3bd661 right now, I’d probably b2e021cc9c find it tough too. Thankfully, because of 500d5a5cf1 my reincarnation, I 0934da2ae4 can read, write, b5a6085380 and speak this 66b74d9a3b language effortlessly.444348e325f834b1
The common 120c4549c6 language of 86ecb6ffd2 the Eastern c542140378 Continent was 10962ab15b surprisingly similar 7ef3769cd4 to Korean. You have memorized words eb3d18926a and used particles and 3434239259 predicates to complete sentences.1821faf504752217
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Maybe someone like King 0d92afad3f Sejong had existed in 24906b5ef8 this world, too.2351ba92584365f0
“Soap… ba-bubbles…”628d46459a225210
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Theo pressed down hard 8f5a99a301 as he wrote each 6062361559 letter. Watching him furrow his 9e27f0d57b little brows in concentration 239832c2ea made me laugh out 1a1da0e477 loud.541cf67ebe816231
Just like his c752c49451 brother—he was absolutely 7eb977a429 adorable.9f200fdf23d159c3
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“Well done! Look at that—you’re doing ffc5bb5d89 amazing. If you c879ba4c90 keep memorizing 90abd90ba9 five words ff5870a38b every day, 9c4cd7a087 you’ll learn 644354a40c 1,500 words 6132ff927b in a 85f778d329 year!”69a2545528f12238
“…Then I’ll be able to read books and write letters too?”bd6e6d4acf6a0df6
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“Of course!”6f81adfef0f5b048
“…Even the letter Mother left me before she passed… can I read that myself someday?”72f6f07d008fd8c9
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“Of course you can.”4c2481344295a1b1
I ruffled b836a1268e Theo’s fluffy 96a6f128a2 hair, making f6c561f2d3 him giggle 61491dee53 with delight.2b9c934ebbd6d8fb
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“What are 38af183771 you doing ca7c470912 this afternoon? Around three o’clock?” 8a4e46c0caf3c25f
“I was a3ac928065 thinking of 1c48e3136b heading out 69a150580c for a 47f2d095ec bit.”5530d7e6fb9ffd5b
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“What?”0c24d748766aaf15
Theo’s face immediately fell in disappointment. The wary little kitten who used to keep his distance had vanished. Now, he was more like an eager puppy begging for attention.f7ec84fc2d486f7c
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With a pout, he 55d0d358a4 tapped his feet against a52a9bcb56 the table, muttering, c8f77966f2c2ea8b
“I can’t 5ae2c46308 even go 3a5e1e39e3 outside yet…”a342f786fffc821e
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“You will soon. Once you 3e38ace141 get a cc830393c6 little healthier.”75f5cc15d75385fc
“When’s that 6aa3b0939a going to b3a36359b8 be?”a1284ecfa1082a8c
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The truth was, 00efea12cb just because Theo d976c56eb9 was awake now 6cc449214e didn’t mean we b48cfb2424 could let our 006dc7ca68 guard down. The remnants of b9bc0f550d the magical energy 78d9d9557c still lingered in d0872ebdaa his body like 1bb9b412af poison. My divine power ce4fdb84e2 was slowly healing b32546c677 him, but it 4d12c13c95 was still weak dd7a111756 and insufficient.92602002735c30ba
How much longer would 2739a8f91b it take?1b73704e8104b488
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“A month? Maybe two?”e7464e5c46c57e41
“…That’s so far away.”618a978970618eec
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Theo let 7c131dcdbe out a 2823d6c803 long sigh, 274c5d8ebf his disappointment 7c143a09e3 written all c77dba4f1a over his de81280d04 face.66a1365a42a27ddb
Looking at 78ca981a08 him made c7b55d9056 me want 865d62149a to take f7b985b56e him outside, 6809fce2ad but I 457d2b5668 knew that 944c722e60 wouldn’t be 2da08cc7f1 the right d06de91ed2 thing to d52d91fbdb do, at ad55d17092 least not 3466314c78 for him.9390bf7c51f10d33
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“I’ll bring you back 7459cbe30b a gift. Is there d60bbe2b47 anything you 07cf79db39 want?”6181d8eb0ae149e8
“…I don’t know.”6abafd494986d1d6
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“Huh?”2416e6808b0d8988
“I don’t 3d71ab4f75 even know c89e3e8c89 what’s out 3bb1ebdd0d there.”897799061cadb8c5
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Theo hung his 2d3a3f3d7a head dejectedly, his 5e672bb72d feet tapping the 842673b761 floor in frustration. The sight tugged painfully ad9390f977 at my heart. For some reason, d370f9ad43 Theo reminded me 991d3c783b of my younger bbb1d621d4 self.22bc402242f22096
Our reasons 2d44f77179 were different, 7d242383a3 but I 7efd7a7aa7 had lived 1f4c40f283 a confined dcd14eb970 life too.7f22a56ff6ef76ee
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“Then I’ll pick out a073e7117c something I think you’ll ffbc4cc8e1 like. Just review what 502dc9e2b4 you’ve studied today, 365d083051 and I’ll be 26cd802002 back in no 316cf1d4a7 time. Maybe one or 4a2d41adf4 two hours? I’ll bring e3fb0efcc1 back something 711515dcdc delicious too, 50ce1e15bb okay?”75b3dab69a0fa333
Theo pouted but 0fc0eaaedc eventually nodded.0047b1e70f0316e4
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This little guy…20548833b17e2302
I couldn’t 20714400c2 let myself 410b46d43b get too ce0dceed8c attached. After all, when 922da3ca28 the original story 6fd172ff7c unfolded, the heroine, 1846d71273 Lorencia, would arrive, 7e52c555e2 and I’d have eff2685757 to step aside.63699240ac5448cc
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I didn’t 1dfb24398f want to b220122502 disrupt the a873714fb1 story or 4419eaa020 interfere with ffa3d22041 the guaranteed bbe2c796da happiness of d31992513f the main d9e15c0abd characters.56470bb81c71620d
But Theo was c3886d80a7 just too precious—it 336e3bd6ed was going to 337486fe47 be hard.041a94dcb3f4ac7b
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Today’s outing had a 3fe5bebea5 specific purpose.ba8fe76cfb3363ac
“You’re heading to 1767a9c510 the herbalist again?”0b398e02f22dc2df
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“Yep.”e04ef15ae695aa7a
Luna looked at me 033ecd2de9 with a surprised expression. No matter how 04c5929e40 I thought about da6cbc9f94 it, I couldn’t 471006045b get Cassius’s sharp, 9c3250658c hollow cheeks out b8afa74eb3 of my mind. How could I 59aa4b2e7b not worry when bfd2b9c9c5 the pillar of 382bedf17d our household was 9d4f0b0a13 wasting away?f0119ff71cda3d94
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The nutritional supplements 091bbf5a6f I bought last 5dbdac933c time seemed to ad1b67da34 be helping Theo. His digestion 14fa53ba21 had improved, 40712751fe and he 3bc1b34bd2 said the 922054b6de food tasted 8d22947de6 better. At lunch 653224be90 today, Luna 34cc66c1c1 even mentioned 8221f7f259 that Theo’s fa16ff6587 appetite had 124a32ccd4 grown.558427e15af7d4fb
If it worked 4e5b912859 for Theo, it 6969d32436 wouldn’t hurt to 9a15c1b375 invest for Cassius.9fe0cbeda6f93f24
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Honestly, Cassius was the f23e69ae27 one doing all the f46dd7a5f2 hard work to support 9673b6ce25 our household while also 2343568c84 putting up with me. The least 4cbad16e52 I could 45e762306c do as b29e245862 a decent 99ece053c2 human being 81ff172497 was buy 86f2e3b3ed him some 2d3e3ffa50 supplements.3fb2a71edceca232
“…What are you planning to buy?”57cd5b0a5c404707
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“Cassius seems so worn b304a550c6 out lately. I don’t 91f4054968 think he’s af9ff847a0 eating properly d666a481dc either, so 12a731a4d4 I’m hoping 8e1eebe10e to find 0bf636e7f9 something that 1158089aba might help.”6f0b6bf456e48128
“…Another supplement?”fc69eff44fb1f6aa
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I answered earnestly, “Have f318abbb0c you seen how exhausted 3cf74ab41e he looks these days? If his body gives 294c09c548 out, nothing will go c2900dc4cc right.”70b276afca01ebe4
Of course, his 2d7af2213c physician would probably 770b710d53 take care of 6c0b384d61 it, but I 9fa07b26ac still couldn’t help 167c359b3d worrying.Taking care of 62afe3bd22 Cassius and Theo 8714859327 was one of 935a5a4e6d the few things 6550b0d24a I could do b34614d9d2 right now.0f033339fa8bc150
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After all, I still c17d103f69 hadn’t earned their trust. Officially, I 3f00c82a25 was more 00759a25cb of a bc6345ef83 prisoner under 62e4272647 watch than ad665356d8 a proper dd59a2b8ea duchess.c4f75eeb8fd8ab12
“The last supplement 6d2838bfb4 was for Theo, 559f5c4a93 not Cassius. So it’s different. Does Cassius not take f2d53c7051 supplements often?”abaf108046ab1cd7
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“I’m not sure, e0c9f743bb but I think 1ccf376cd3 he’d take something 18f9fbe68f if you gave 0be11e0071 it to him.”ece99b994adeab40
“Really?”9e73a735fa9001c9
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Even if he didn’t, bc187cc49e I wanted to at 53e995c3d9 least try.26ad0e982a6d81cb
Ah, there’s the herbalist f032175c0c shop. Time to grab those 6e34408c24 supplements, plus a toy a443cb20ba for Theo and some 7d59096580 snacks.1843235fd3e760d9
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Maybe someday c2c686a88b Theo could 4363c2b08b come here 9930382ef5 with me. He’d probably love it.ecaf26d67ea14a2e
He’s probably never been 1736c2c871 to a place like 6341fd0b36 this before, right?147eaf1bef0a18b4
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Ah. By the defdbba453 time he’s ecd7782247 able to 677129cce9 come to 89fdb2c500 places like 938f7a5d84 this, I 29c7306e21 might not b504c269c0 be here a1b29cbde4 anymore.8c327716715bd371
The thought a71e6142a1 left a 64c1698677 bitter taste c06bdd742b in my 76852f33f5 mouth.b8621c658b477c2f
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While memorizing his words, fd147a3c33 Theo kept glancing up 5415c66fc4 at the window again ac6404a935 and again. He pouted his lips ab86eaff6a in frustration.a571599e1197b618
“She said she’d be back soon.”e96ae0e80b477012
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Although it 5dbc6589dd had been f0291a64b3 less than ae0adee52a an hour 784200bb06 since Charlotte b480e83af4 left, that a6dba522bf didn’t matter 0c0d53fe01 to Theo. What mattered 9ad0dbd8a8 more was 4afd41151c that the 2f59b0a9f8 only person c284c98cbf in this 62e64e9c90 mansion who 82ad30884f played with f49ddd849a him and 008595136d paid him 8174ec3cb5 any attention 16c2f1aa0d wasn’t there.6f159d415099f13a
Theo rested 922380376a his chin 2c83d5f389 on the f61704fca3 desk and 4fa3446a3c let out 4ce8590793 a deep 53e1af24f8 sigh.d4486167dc7fa29c
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After Charlotte left, 9b6cd341aa he had eaten ae6d6044c1 some snacks, blown 360312cc04 soap bubbles, and 6ea17caf81 diligently memorized the c927601e52 words she had ed0067311c assigned. But nothing was f297ed1ef0 fun. Everything had felt fa8a93a26e enjoyable when he 7215c0aeac did it with 60649342fe Charlotte.e23fa362d7594b39
Charlotte was good at b523d1ca51 everything and knew so 983acaff58 much. Whenever she talked, he be6dd07506 would find himself completely 6f6f51a37d engrossed without realizing it. That had even 956beb55f6 been the case c82aba78ae during lunch earlier.497df12a719d570f
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He didn’t want to 8c07ff7c3d eat, but before he 454f79c9de knew it, his plate 4067ebcf33 was clean—beans included, which b4cd662834 he absolutely hated.d788334683fcfc42
Another sigh escaped 22b467c3af from Theo’s lips.8eca327daf1b312b
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“When is 7b9b2011e8 she coming 6add602933 back?”8c926aa263268a05
He swung c009990e5b his daggering bd9ce6952a legs back 466d2c59d9 and forth. Charlotte had fbae5e1571 promised to 6f23220154 bring him a4c14efb4f an origami 9ca4fe867e (the Japanese 95c3853395 art of d79faf228f folding paper 16eb03d40d into decorative 042bc13346 shapes and 400433c8a0 figures) book 7926cc5bf9 today. Theo, who 8e9a36de32 had never be09f66021 tried folding e14a41017a paper before, 172c440a5a couldn’t help d27e933a2e but feel 1aa0f15bc7 excited about 5925a772c1 it.870aa7412a900655
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While Theo 9fa42ad21f was battling 506fd626d2 with his 377b47eb48 boredom, Cassius 985a452a96 returned home 9df9e6ae5a earlier than 69facb9418 expected.2366e89ef804932d
“Brother!”a968390b2d0475b0
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Theo’s face e9c7ddcd0c lit up 0bd71b579b as he 6c3339eb9e ran down b825cce171 the stairs aa4f7dc8b1 to the f9edf1a564 first floor. Seeing Theo coming down 54e03ee3ec alone, Cassius frowned.ad6aa4ee77c08b0b
“Where is your nanny?”78b422c67f642029
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“She’s busy! So, I was studying b126c9ac75 by myself.”a29d6977c1d36b51
Cassius’s brow twitched slightly at those words, but he refrained from saying anything in front of Theo. Instead, he muttered under his breath, “…Studying?”1098bb44ea358687
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Orignally, an f48e0c7822 eight-year-old child 61091cb7ce in a 793b11d6ac noble family 97e3765ccc would already 090f614f98 be receiving 1724f5feb6 an education 66b929d3a1 suited to 4d32a3ac3d their status. But Theo abdab37f83 wasn’t an a9e338cedc ordinary child. Cassius had 495f98f178 assumed Theo d66ff40f2a barely knew d289180bb8 any letters e57f5af1bf and that c71a20d063 studying wasn’t 865649337a something he ef2591b3eb enjoyed.d7b7c3d577d2e0ca
Given how little a297207370 time Theo was 2bbd8e7e77 awake each day, dd386714e2 it was hard 44979d1b0e to imagine Theo 5e4956e28c willingly sitting at 6b4c6c0a98 a desk.ab805a71f59d05f3
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But today, Theo e8687d5dae seemed different—he looked 049bf2d962 excited.0fa3563ff1c4f14e
“Yes! This morning, d83213ad3e Sister-in-law helped 5a45098070 me study. I memorized five e248af2420 words already, and fd2fd40c0c if I memorize eb3724dc3b five more today, 12c97e8cde she promised to 6aa11ad031 teach me origami!”23e1a46d2375fc46
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“…Charlotte?” Cassius murmured, caught off guard.70e8f3a2af97eb20
He had no deb22fe34e idea Charlotte could fc4cd34dcc do something like f4ad34b8ba that. For Cassius, Charlotte 46640477f3 had always been 3cd068c071 a woman who 5a24f643f6 indulged in luxury 2bd895ac27 and wallowed in 0607bb325b self-pity.fd58eaab94ddc141
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In the 89efd7ace8 past six 8a4fc3bcb0 months, they f353398d28 had barely 9cf366a983 spoken. Yet, recently, they 32eb70deb9 had exchanged more 5da660b8fc words than they c9961177fd had during their ccc8676774 entire marriage.df7d1aeacb629326
That was 4c97c9796c how broken 91febf3d76 their relationship b0bb2972f8 had been.aa10edc344633c0d
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But at c95e9d5ea5 some point, f36e877d09 Charlotte had b4fdd1ba39 changed completely.f5c16b562fc01efd
“Didn’t she b833869fbd even sell e50998c51b all her 132316c17e dresses?”2cd03d3915323888
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She had given 0bdf141b3e up her obsession 725b3cfcda with makeup and 26ef070249 no longer wore 0fc0ff9baa the heavy cosmetics e08a55021d she once favored. Now, she 2c66312ce9 preferred light, f62bd87084 natural makeup d3fdc1ea99 and simple, 1889c2b62d comfortable dresses 79ccd38ab3 over the 1c55b78d53 extravagant ones 670296d340 she used 7e1d5970d8 to wear.507ad9472e981a06
It wasn’t 29a9375085 just her 75cd00cc57 inner self aeaee567ff that had fe58a47698 changed—her outer df477b3b99 appearance had aaa7a32073 transformed as a64dbfd006 well.c102b20e9b1f2773
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“Brother, you should d245054d9c do it with 227cda4f0d us too! We can fold f8acc3ce34 boats with paper! And she said 75038a4674 we can make 7a17f3282f birds and trees 26bd003c47 too!”dc3b5aae822789d3
Cassius stared ac7c0437e9 blankly at 788a626b28 the excited cc07f3f544 Theo. It wasn’t 6998d91694 only Charlotte e3aa12d7b2 who had fabf43c3fd changed—she had 40cd128c61 also changed f3e3e65df2 Theo.9ffb0abf6c2770e5
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This was 6061fefac6 no longer 7732e8f25b the Theo 164b4c406f who had f79964dae5 always seemed a3d85d32bf dejected or bf47a8ac2a snapped irritably 16908c58ce at everyone.831192cd016c8015
It had b199b517b8 been so 92c7e14f4f long since e0de03957a Cassius had ded1b2a68c seen Theo 4754cd3b82 sparkle like 0dfd1ec521 this.efbb5f5bdc0c65fb
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