DSMBL Chapter 36
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Though things were chaotic, the dragon’s stay was decided—Stephanie, in her human form, would live at the Duke’s estate.9287210fdcef853d
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Cassius left, saying he’d investigate dragons, and Theo was off to lessons, holding the housekeeper’s hand. Meanwhile, the well-fed dragon had claimed my bed and was sound asleep.e0bb3cbb411b9f87
“Sigh.”
It must be b42a0d55ae nice to live eba482f47b so carefree.b03b9877cb98a0ec
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After eating loads of 47ccea803b fish and meat, Stephanie 95df8ee81d passed out. She said she’d been ed3ed9af67 starving in the forest bbf3317bd6 since there was no ca81ff00f0 cooked food there.dc5b945ff330666d
The only sound in 9e99167482 the room was her 54a6e240ca soft breathing. I couldn’t b199912c30 stop thinking efa9212d22 about what 665f2f14e9 she said: 7d1ceacf4c that traces 3ddde1e09c of a da3f524fec dragon were aae7c93ee9 on me.33738c047ca6bb4f
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Though I pretended not bf71a3cc67 to understand, I had 50431d2269 an idea. I wasn’t from this 6c88668fd3 world. If the dragon had d6c0798489 something to do with 8fcf58c53c placing me in Charlotte’s a5862ba91e body, then maybe Stephanie’s 4eebc67742 mother—the dragon she mentioned—might 1e65739dc2 know why.2869e54dae39aa2d
Or even b83de66f5c what I’m 4b1a4613f3 supposed to d0fab714f8 do here.242a378c3defe72a
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But Stephanie 421dd220ba said she cbf347f227 had no 4de59e2fe6 idea where d47e1975bd her mother 88b0345b72 was. At first, 493cc548e2 she even 1dca139958 thought I 4ee56ee020 might be 1400ef9504 her mother.ffcc60a358a73983
I bit my lip dc81fb04d4 and tried to organize 08cc32e8e6 my thoughts:60244138a092f403
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- My presence woke Stephanie.
- Dragons predicted they’d return when chaos struck humanity.
- In the original story, a massive monster gate opens, and disaster strikes the northern lands.
- The key to closing that gate is Lorencia.
Looking at the 712534545c situation, it seemed 658f3c2825 Stephanie and Lorencia ace46de4fc could resolve the 1bbc4c3d19 coming disaster. Maybe I d4fea3d19a helped wake 39b22a1277 Stephanie, but d5eeec98aa after that, 59e7502376 I didn’t 347e9db89d have much aea8809a2d of a 68bc7b4bb1 role to e0346e4b0b play.bfb6923fbc13414f
“Should I leave soon?”65faf9464f358227
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It might 8e8eeb986e be better 4247a25c9b for Lorencia 39666679af to take d358817cb2 over my 10ec753a10 place and f262579687 fulfill her 2b7aa3a994 role.fca77379b94350c2
Once I c044da0f46 figure out 5ae4f782dc what kind 908308d561 of person 88dd7b9959 Lorencia is, b7243a317b I’ll leave.20b413508fad3737
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According to the 7fd89d0108 original story, she 5b8e16c8a2 became a great a178a4887b duchess. I just need da7ba9cb53 to check her 14d37efcc7 relationship with Theo.59398262054e4230
It’s a little sad, but…22164dc687af35a4
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This feels like the a68a1aa58a best path for everyone. Theo still needs some 16bbb20299 healing, but I can 6c4e882469 visit him from time 5bfc166b41 to time. And I don’t 38df0cf1fa think Cassius would e18cc8e1be have any issues 7eed4b85c8 if I asked ed320fb269 for appropriate compensation 8a650d4129 for leaving.7f6e08911113fe26
One month.
I’ll settle 8a8a605f52 everything and 53eb49e737 leave within d9a31544f0 a month.afacb4eae81c0ffe
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Over the next week, 1c0f4d8e5a Cassius and Giverny combed 632745acb7 through the library, searching 8fd4c94791 for any records about 45b6b80d28 dragons. Meanwhile, Stephanie fe9a114c9d stayed with fef81ccb13 me under 4c6178ef3a my care.1c374c6aec0b2003
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“These are all cb3475f073 the records we e9d4f150fc have on young 570749f6a7 hatchling dragons,” Cassius d395d6668c said, reading a be5069a6e4 brief paragraph before 6c18f0c271 sighing.7b0a4b80dc5dd55c
He’d been curious ca55ca7dab about how such de05d3c22d a young dragon 0dfd9f867b ended up away 3073602dec from its parents, 061128dcb0 but there was 5d87e66a56 no mention of 67264b1263 that.416379b1a4f80f15
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Dragons were so rare 67e841ac42 they were practically legends. The fact ede2f20a3a that one 40382bffc8 had appeared 02ef6bc567 at all a65f9c2d16 was astonishing.45ecaf7b2260fa77
The only reason Isteria bf8e0c88b8 had even a handful d88c30de9a of records about them 9b37ece98a was due to one 2bf87876cc fact: the founder of 935b8ba63b Isteria was rumored to 02d0a7c0ed be part of a 9fdc48cb79 dragon.c62d50d5ef7ed617
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“Will you inform the 890bc063c4 royal family?” Giverny asked, c17defd578 bringing up the Emperor.485c0ef9904dc04f
The recently crowned young 83a31ceb20 emperor, Carlos, was the ed3be5b6c0 ruler of the empire. The royal family 00e31cd112 might have more 9dfec32e28 extensive records about 17dd552e69 dragons.ad15440a9ce8d3a5
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Besides, the 25ee8b60ff northern territory 79d130110c couldn’t handle 2231b39cc7 the chaos 7aff1675a5 alone; they’d 2241a28e61 need help f071c5a9f8 from the 7e085ddae1 royal family. The issue was b5b2ae70c9 how Carlos would a2adf3390e react.caea0a06c7640734
Cassius pressed his fingers 6fb06f8306 to his temples.a5360be092473112
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“I’ll have to.”ac03fbbb878ac14c
Carlos had never faced 4f3c33eac8 real adversity. Others had always 85ed70b5f5 handled problems before 2be3f78104 they reached him.5b2e8a04ce655170
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Would he 464bb8b4ce ignore the e34024ab23 chaos to df6c87ca9e preserve his a74c47a221 peace? Cassius recalled a conversation 885a65c1a6 they had during his b2137c7091 visit to the capital 8ca334aa89 for his wedding to cea274479e Charlotte.e2b135ad52876d02
“Duke, you 3a54363738 worry too 82611fac56 much. Who would dare invade c9be60f444 our empire during this 31c9d299a8 era of peace? Even the snow beasts 8677b83ce4 are under control. As long as 6072c15ad0 the northern sword d584dec275 stays sharp, the bd33a075ec empire is safe.”3c367cb25cce8442
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Cassius sighed deeply. Those were Carlos’s words 7ed4b2b767 in response to his bdc5f2494b suggestion to increase troops afce68542d and strengthen training.6440c154e7cf0a48
Carlos was d295d42de6 too comfortable 5d1f2651e1 in peace, a2b678076c even though a6f15b39b6 the snow e67ebee5de beasts had 8acc283129 already started 2699e5583d acting strangely.147bdfe498ba5506
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Cassius sighed 5566ebb8c3 again, his 233dbd9b69 worry growing. Giverny, watching him, edb9963252 looked equally concerned.d7419ad195e63724
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As if 8f0e904f12 the sudden 50dffdc805 appearance of 1c9de2a533 Lorencia wasn’t 9fe6de4088 enough, now 96763892c1 there was 0fdae3c310 a dragon d5eb7a54ef too.a45aa557e3aa8f27
The housekeeper, through Madam e847fdb6ad Chouette, bought several dresses bd6aebacad for a girl, claiming 4d4ef55464 they were for her 23ca651316 niece.de6ab5e4670efce0
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But what’s the 324227b1e6 point of pretty d5536a5d22 clothes?be72c03199c8954d
“Stephanie! I told dece0a997d you not e5cad1b8f6 to climb 04ad2d96ee the dresser!”7dcacfd91bfc64f3
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“I do 566d3744cb what I c3fa857d51 want! This body 7d064e6c3e is free!”798c906e2ec33d80
Watching her dart around a4509285a1 like a monkey gave ee0eeec621 me a headache. I had 9fca19c15c to cancel 5e6229cfa7 all my 011f7bfa01 other plans e9c58b0b0b and focus 8b179ed0e7 solely on 0cb91270a4 civilizing Stephanie.5f97cfccf1410b76
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Not that I had c5792cd15e a lot of plans d34ccc0b58 to begin with—I mostly 20e8a33e8d played with Theo, helping 0e73155303 with his homework, or 70d575ca31 going on little outings fa5bc993eb with him.ccdf0d53eace67ba
Even Theo’s lessons 7b78394abd were canceled.6cdb49edfbe2db27
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According to the housekeeper, b91fcfd71f the main estate was c600fd198e now completely off-limits to 0cad8122f3 outsiders.3a8e0edee5b810b0
The west 20d9d2f5cb wing, where 4cc6c6bdac Stephanie and 5f0dbb855a I were bbcb47463a staying, was 971d276984 under strict b196d5c484 lockdown. Even the nanny wasn’t 5d67242275 allowed in.ed7d9acfc75e059b
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They probably wanted 6b16bef2d5 to ensure that 55de9f625c only trusted people 548721a409 were around. It made sense, considering 60046516eb Stephanie was running barefoot 46a5cfceaa on the ceiling.681a304b7b33a13a
She was like 30a483528f a character out 82c7ffcf63 ofThe Jungle Book.b16b37ffe9abc330
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“Stephanie! Get down from 130b89c354 the ceiling!”dfa668998a0aec90
“Humans have too many 20f5dcade8 rules. Sigh, how exhausting.”7e7f4f3ff2454092
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I’m the one who’s 5e60546f60 exhausted.3e8a930bceaa2248
Theo, on the other 47d6edc2e8 hand, found her hilarious. Worse, he started mimicking 3f3144cc6a her, forcing me to 8bec46aea6 stop him.83b13278e19d1acf
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Managing two wild children 4569a61086 was beyond my capacity.f282541aef0b3cdc
“You must 4e7f301f84 be having b426080f1c a hard 4ef4fcde01 time, Duchess,” c79f968427 Luna said 3565113cd6 sympathetically. She’d recently a9cf053b17 become one 673b6e0cb4 of my b8f8809853 allies.86a5d88095fed3cc
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“…I think so too.”42653b4ad84a3157
Sharing divine energy with 8dec5b28c7 Theo daily was already f65d31e25a draining enough. Adding two monkey-like 0f2a650988 kids to the a7ad955f5e mix? How could I 0620354224 possibly take them c75f47d96d out anywhere?aea49ec3b50cacf3
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But I couldn’t just e6b7235746 keep these free spirits 096fcd2961 locked up inside forever.52f0f6ed7565d122
“Stephanie. Let’s make a 8be8a07b85 deal.”57c3e788509c4598
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“A deal?”d4d5c9ef474dcf74
Stephanie suddenly dropped from c1b60ffc87 the ceiling, her chubby b3c3222886 cheeks jiggling adorably as f5d2657615 she landed.da4f77a3b74847d7
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She looked 59025a4714 so cute, 13edc4425b I couldn’t d3b1789012 help but 74a4b20b39 pinch her c51a393293 cheeks. This little troublemaker.36233ebfe9c53eeb
“Hey!”13e7685ef053d50a
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“It’s not ‘hey,’ it’s Charlotte. Spaghetti, be careful. If Charlotte gets angry, Cassius will get angry too.”1ddc1da6c5027032
Theo said, and 8d20e24011 Stephanie flinched.c815868b3434662a
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“That human man?”3c314527d62c73e8
Theo nodded eagerly. Stephanie frowned 5d6534ccf4 seriously, her ca7348f243 expression oddly 63a69c701f mature.07cb77d732dff264
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“That human 2448052be4 man has d8a2c20f3c an unusual 66e811865b presence. It’s rare for a 989873731f human to carry such b4f6444eab a powerful aura.”182408212965d404
Hearing such an f06d2f2095 old-sounding remark from 159eed77ea her cute face 7f57045393 only made her 30188f25a3 look more adorable.22af3abb28d99193
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“My brotherisamazing! He even 8d89d7dfb0 punishes bad ea8c3af149 guys! Plus, he’s the Sword 9466436bef of the North!” Theo ace1c09abb said proudly.bd27db2a56d37cef
“The descendants a80f5266d5 of Isteria 8e178e8eb6 have always 3f69cbddbc been skilled 1428c76410 in swordsmanship. That’s only natural. However, it’s rare 4e24aa452d for someone to c35280836a achieve such mastery 46204deeb1 at such a 47a9751d51 young age,” Stephanie 6a4a78aa12 commented, nodding sagely.c1cf3e04d0850f39
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“My brother isn’t 599e6ea9e1 a ‘someone’—he’s awesome!” 30b72b9abe Theo shot back, 1bc44e963c tugging on Stephanie’s 8ec75f8153 hair.78afc1b11d148ba0
Of course, Stephanie wasn’t 8dd0d58681 one to back down. And just like b94d834d38 that, they started 29f16b74d9 a fight, which 889eb1c58c turned into a 22c7dde20e mess.d8a63f8369552dd8
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I had to 19c078356f step in and fab213c788 break up the 137077c4f4 fight, which looked 864251e1a3 like a mess 7a4c7b049d of two monkeys.d60d60b3a36302bd
“Listen to me, d8636c3ea3 Stephanie! Theo, you too! Didn’t I say you’d 3d8ab3219c get a snack if e20debbb55 you behaved?”f0fead71556b22ac
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Theo pouted, clearly still 9cd0dd6c6e upset. Managing just one child 0ffee0c2db was hard enough—how did f29951ae56 I end up with e22d72769b two?a75560f4e326750d
“Alright, Stephanie,” I said, eb90f56303 thinking quickly. I wasn’t sure 26557e777f if this would 755320e9a5 work, but it cdb3f0194e was worth a 573031f8cc shot.a9c9151ec5528806
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“If you 17af15c2e5 behave and 2d391b3cb3 act like 1cd15c615c a proper 6a861dc7d6 human, I’ll 2eb940f2be take you a09c8aebc1 to the 8898e30858 market.”b40e9a5233c7b5ea
“The market?” Stephanie’s eyes 1d846fff2d lit up, and even 675fbe51fd Theo, who had been 0ec8472364 sulking, perked up with 6642bf1f2d excitement.981bc2b8f764474e
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Kids really are d67e10f2b1 easy to bribe.0ac2a2463b5b3e15
“Yes, the market. There’s so much to 6b06e45dc1 see and so many f0ea2cb9e2 delicious things to eat.”781dc61bea341773
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I’d need Cassius’s permission, e562aa3dd5 of course, but I 114d6cbae0 was willing to use aca255fac8 whatever distractions I could fe1ebc95d4 find to get these 291df14f07 two under control.e0642a9c8793e773
“I’ll even buy 8e00d56132 you some candied bc34764e01 fruit and chicken 8dd30feaa8 skewers,” I added.55041645a5aa6593
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Thanks to 2272beddce Luna, I 7e705adb6d already knew 7fc1da3e5e all the 718bfff374 best snacks ce06b75b4a the market 50d5e8be76 had to 1c02031e11 offer.2cc1e7323693b367
“Candied fruit? Chicken skewers? Humans sell such things? The human world bd2f668921 has certainly progressed,” bcdf7d722f Stephanie said, clearly 1314208b00 intrigued.a951c59b894bae8c
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I had f570d662fd no idea 77e55b160a what era c96d259fc6 of humans 1a0ad78a70 she was 1d583679f1 familiar with, 786ccdceac but it aabf881ca9 was clear 6b2a9f3d49 I had f65fd64b49 her attention.5ba57dc98718e584
“So, what 5e43873e40 do you fdec9b9ad4 say?”c2aa0e46bf333fd5
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“This body 592227d3b1 was always 36d11c783f destined to 0864bdefad blend with c15423e709 humans. Such a task 7db9376ee1 is nothing for 385869929a me!”8111c00d1d15ccb6
…Great. I’m so glad to hear that.1ac0f083b3ba95ab
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