DSMBL Chapter 19
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“…But where is Charlotte?”55e442df060350d6
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“Oh! Sister-in-law went out for a bit. She said she’d be back soon, but…” Theo pouted.b7213de92ab0d240
“It’ll still be about an hour before she returns,” he added.45fcff6853b46a3a
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‘Out again?’25383e5f6ba92fb4
Cassius raised an eyebrow. c12de6a4e22e0cec
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The last time she ad54e2601f went out, she bought e2db749324 Theo’s supplements. ae496567a2450eb4
This time, he wondered what she’d bring back. His thoughts have changed now—thanks to Charlotte. Yes, even Cassius was starting to change because of her.b8ecf846c748d5e4
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Charlotte arrived 59573b86bd about 30 5e4eabc727 minutes later 6073e32c75 than promised. Theo, who had been be0023c3c8 studying vocabulary in Cassius’ b1e9209576 office, ran downstairs, his 6092efba44 face flushed. She returned 77fe43ab00 with her b4c353f3c7 arms full 1fc024e96f of items.0decd48bb1800371
“Why are you so late?”009cf8cbcbf6ea5f
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“Oh, sorry. Theo, did you wait long?” Charlotte sighed briefly. 75d4a07c1dab4b8c
“It was hard to buy gifts with so many people around.”20a58cdf20700da8
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“Gifts?”f2686ef54682cea5
“Yep. I promised, didn’t I? If I found something delicious, I’d bring it back.”bc10cc0077c9531b
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“Wow! Then let’s eat now!” Theo jumped up and down excitedly. 9a8b6d4c8e7081e9
He had never been outside the mansion, let alone tried food from outside. For him, the mansion was his entire world. His eyes sparkled as he grabbed Charlotte’s arm.ef6f6a5eef637b03
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Charlotte smiled knowingly. 0556b64c52b59717
‘I knew he’d react aed9a346b2 like this.’ 3d2aec8d4d503970
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And there f1fe855e74 was a 52939194de reason why 2e196d755d she expected 14306ffad1 this reaction.ffc06193905d98d7
“Carrots, spinach, and beans,” she said.f1459651a88f4d23
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“Huh?”bc6a497c45b0344d
“Eat those tonight, and I’ll let you have all of this.”3df5881032e874be
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“That’s mean!” Theo puffed out his cheeks like a pufferfish. 9ff35507e233a013
Charlotte poked f19c9b8ba6 his cheek 5666d6c2c9 playfully, It a80a6b029b was soft 77e4106e7a and fun ca3a6290e0 to touch, 135f20e291 and she bea23dac7a chuckled at 6baa915fe2 the feeling.06fd99cabbc3bf40
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“Yep, I’m mean. Theo, life isn’t always easy, you know. So, are you going to eat them or not?”b9ce4c9f4d3b9eee
Charlotte waved 5072939a9b the bag d5791dba18 of food 4f66f51516 in front fd5b17ce1e of him. A delicious a2b7a7728d aroma wafted 2472a4cb9b out, making 851af008f1 Theo’s eyes 76799ad8a7 follow it c15f00d1a6 like a b114b1ff33 pendulum.8cabeebb9af7a43c
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“Fried chicken coated in a rich sauce, bread soaked in sweet condensed milk with chocolate syrup, and even spiral-cut fried potatoes. Your choice, Theo.”a157140fd9db1148
Theo swallowed hard. Just hearing about the 178c4a28ef food made his mouth 4e16ce210c water. He had never d323ccff61 tasted them, but 372f5c4fef he had heard 8288c9f6f8 stories about them 476eacc82e from Luna and e45294537e even from the 1006ad09fe knights. And now, 3edafbc8f4 this smell cdf58d0e3f in the 707c8d9dfa air…616a4ef292a03bbc
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“…F-fine. I’ll eat them.”0e58295bae205782
“Good boy, Theo.”e1de1e2448e5f639
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Charlotte handed the 7a37134abb food bag to ba58f60ab8 Luna, who took 72a107399f it to the 58b01000ee kitchen. Luna had stopped 341c86a912 questioning Charlotte’s actions c5d7ac3ba0 or doubting her ee7a7b787d motives—it was too 844490768f exhausting to keep 0d98930b43 up.32b829c8a89c9366
“You need to wash your hands before dinner. It’s dinner time anyway, right? Show me how you keep your promises.”b9c1ed1d787eb11f
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Charlotte smiled warmly 887012dfd0 at Theo.f86e9ef5d37f9b43
Although it was her efc620072d first time having lunch 326e833db3 with him today, Charlotte ea17a11f70 realized that eating together dc7a31dbc5 was far better than b5a89d1ae5 eating alone. 1ba688ef157936fb
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She always a19374a369 thought eating 01a644c88b delicious food a9e1bdbc2b together felt 618ddadd5b like magic.c90b642b926579a0
She smoothly guided him 91bf68b954 towards the dinner table.ffe78987e6b8c21a
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“Fine. I’ll go wash my hands. You better keep your promise, Charlotte!”92a0f8bff55a1595
“Of course. Have I ever broken a promise? I even bought you a book about origami!”d92bca85a2791b39
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“…W-wow… Ahem,” Theo coughed, regaining his composure before rushing to wash his hands.ceaaeb079126922a
Charlotte headed upstairs to fab81085e4 change into something more 81e4bfbb9c comfortable. As she reached the ed0f528c73 staircase, her eyes met 872fe300a8 Cassius, who was standing 56d06dafed nearby.063304ecb6d305f3
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Charlotte blinked 1f6741b5c8 in surprise 7be324b6b4 and then 477b0b9225 smiled slightly.b26a2a71abf63883
“You’re home early today?”1b75c34c9472b66d
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“…I finished work earlier than expected.”228463b407a07526
Near the snowbeast’s territory, he had found traces of a magical explosion. Based on the evidence, it had happened about a month ago. Historically, magical explosions often led to a rapid increase in the snowbeast population. d4d51608d8463fdb
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Their strange behavior over 043d39a735 the past month suddenly 31fe2751d8 made sense—they had likely 53fb251f88 been struggling to find f05e6fba19 food in their limited ee59bef492 space and were forced 9cf570153a to venture into the 88f2f51d0f human territory.711145191f354632
There was still more 79931f664c to investigate, but Cassius 9d6bc9d225 had decided to withdraw 46c82b4f96 for the day. 6309d45ab1136b35
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Since the habitat was d1add30a1e close by, it would f59eaa11a4 be better to send 92df84fb3a more people to investigate. And… his 52ef415ef0 thoughts kept c3982cd1cb drifting back 4a99b8ace5 to Charlotte, dae5c87e9b which made 0392240921 it hard 41b6917ca6 to focus.e6f632a7d38e3831
Cassius dismissed everything 9232107045 in one sentence.5b37a74dfcf238d1
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“Work finished early.”bf43f34fe42f207d
“Ah, that’s good timing. I visited the herbalist today and picked out some supplements you might like,” 525e1594ffd06fcf
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Charlotte handed Cassius 3d75bedec2 a bottle of 9c5a950530 supplements. Cassius’s gaze cddca0a958 followed her e900866c6f fingers as ea18831fa6 she neatly 1fa3e8a29a folded them.9aa716581f2366fb
“They’re supposed to help with insomnia, chronic fatigue, digestion, and filling nutritional gaps.”bbf7bb90d6bea841
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“Is this all?”0e07b615960da181
“Sorry? Oh, should I have bought more?” Charlotte tilted her head and blinked.3611702b39f8e967
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Cassius hesitated for a 3c44999a6e moment before speaking. d60648e573c4b9b4
“No, I meant… Is this all you bought? Nothing else?”19fa61ee30b34912
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“…Yes. Was there something you needed? Let me know, and I’ll get it next time.”02a7b422007b4472
Cassius let 0790054cf6 out a e9bdbbd368 faint laugh. ab72d39712a316d7
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The idea of Charlotte bdb554dd62 going out just to 253c474a58 buy supplements for him, ed2f1968a8 snacks, and an origami 3652d01ae8 book felt so unreal. f0e98bfa0bdfca29
‘If Charlotte 1483fde56b from a 86cc432ddf few months a0b0e175d9 ago had 8cf2874905 seen this 4ae54da6cc shopping list, 09133f5f65 she might 1b11227701 have laughed 7e45f14dcb at it.’0e021be90380f15e
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“…It’s fine. I’ll make good use of these.”01f2989a7ed5828d
He turned 6adef3dfe2 to head 898e53086a back to eeca7f870f his room, 2c9e6f0629 but Charlotte 3df03991dd quickly stopped 7c058f8d9c him.dbac3f5fce9a8a11
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“Um, excuse me!”fa72ff6a3b9d18f0
“What?”596c49bfc451e428
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“Let’s have dinner 8159211af1 together, Cassius. Theo will definitely 3ca8707203 love it.”5408f814c22eda78
Charlotte smiled 3b05f42934 brightly, a 495c165c53 harmless smile 4ff6b86560 that left f3c50346fd no room fb0efc5d6a for doubt. It was impossible to 256282361a refuse.d84cbfb45355c9d8
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For the first 1ac004d50f time, Cassius, Charlotte, dd69eb99e8 and Theo sat 85071c6fb2 down together for 52ca5bc805 a family dinner. It all happened quite 8684a10416 unexpectedly.479695e04b0b5b12
Cassius, Charlotte, ded9ab29ef and Theo 33a5d158e5 sat together f3d38d2989 at the 2cfc156402 table. Cassius watched them d75f52dd34 with unfamiliar eyes, bd0c3de635 observing the scene a76957ada9 of Charlotte and 49be8d34d6 Theo sitting side f11ca8c226 by side.3b4dcbfa3a6c5c8b
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“This is 1b29163f73 way too 06f62e1670 big…” 9fa41b57568441d1
“Look, if you 71e6faa701 cut it like cb225d5b5b this, it’s smaller, 00d85c6b5e right?”3c8b7a0d7d806877
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Charlotte split 88611b8060 a boiled a499a9e229 carrot in 7ba460db45 half. Theo pursed ade6db9c0f his lips, cdfb3607fc poking at 152de5de75 it with ad95f97927 his fork.880caf01cf92a859
“Hmm. Is Theo a652c6a484 the kind 36a18d8803 of child 24610bd61b who doesn’t f1af780890 keep promises?” 81fbb13f95b932dd
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“I’m not a child! I’m already eight 761fca72e7 years old. I’m an adult!” 281943a022382978
“Alright, a young man a2e178af36 then?”363c194902d250c3
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Something felt off. Theo blinked. Charlotte was strange. She seemed to be 186c68f54b doing whatever Theo wanted, 2f0cd72c5e but somehow, it all c929dcca69 felt like things were 763b32e61d going her way.12892a635732c289
“…Fine.”f5294a428cfd69fe
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Theo shut e236391f40 his eyes 915be48387 tight and cf63401cfa chewed on 50da099e8b the carrot. af81d7cd8acee6f2
Charlotte chuckled 62e32b3e0b softly at ec26605774 the sight. 6385886839b01a76
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She continued 048d6b3188 to take 76f281ad94 care of af44d74e1f Theo before 87aa6aa4e4 finally starting defbddcd0e her own 824d8271c9 meal.7f5b9c049fcbde59
And only then 2a26f9b0a4 did Cassius begin 3abc4fff08 eating as well.090b60eea6080894
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The once 5ea0877576 cold and e2cb7a9e82 barren dining 44b244d6ec table now 6c9d878332 felt a 43c0f576f0 little warmer cb23faff32 and fuller. It was strange. Nothing about 0d6d6ebcf0 the table 831b7dca78 or the aba23450e5 room had 8ecca36b60 changed, f1cf991073471cdf
But it felt 7e72c1d5bb warmer, and the 894eee3f3a food tasted better.3a6a8206e6e689da
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All three of them fc20648080 felt it.a8871078c32d484e
After dinner, 8fc6bdc2e0 they shared 8cd6a3bfba the treats c6e2a07568 Charlotte had c6b17a17ce brought back. There wasn’t much, but a4226e5628 the portions were perfect e76d44cdb4 for sampling. Theo poked around 36dcfde084 his plate.2442b62e53608ec2
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“Is there more?”91a88c2004c3a293
“Eating too much of 17301a6933 this isn’t good for fc0cb2c5ca you, especially for a 2f0c6ad807 young man like you. If you want to fba1b32efd grow tall, eating your ebd31a8fd5 meals properly is more d5382f0377 important than this.” a55245309212bf78
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“…Grow tall?”d49473fd156d184b
Theo already felt self-conscious 8a87cb18de about being shorter than f9c7882ef3 his peers. His biggest c92d271609 wish was 06dab644a5 to grow bab1acd00c tall like f66e9a95ad Cassius.6f9aec8a5c11cf03
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He dreamed of standing a4f0015325 beside Cassius as a f9c5c54882 proud and strong knight, b07e7c80f5 instead of waiting for 04774719db him at home whenever 6ad32bd4ae he went on expeditions.8289b2c897cf9387
Just as Cassius had aabd15e0f7 always protected him, Theo e528c17f9d wanted to grow up ee9d6d2bf5 and protect Cassius in 26b4f0872f return.b9602e542543ad33
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