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    At that moment, Lorencia ed7b153f11 was with Janice.497c8332a8d23030

    “Janice, are you really going to keep working like this? You said we could get a reaction from the Duke! But Duke Cassius doesn’t even care about me! I just got hurt for nothing! If this continues, I have no choice but to tell my father everything.”e71fd6ed878d6f22

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    Lorencia spoke ed53792731 in frustration. Janice flinched.777b1b2814cf779b

    Even though she 14150060cd owed a debt 36ed6c99e4 to Lord Redfield, ef03971041 there was no 085d8a5cf7 reason for her c628d42654 to live under 1a4a63409a his control like c010ea64a6 this.54c8d258ae7db548

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    “You wouldn’t want me to report to my father, right? I care about you, Janice, so I don’t want it to come to that.”f538bbccf218ead5

    But that was 993277ba49 only if Janice fc527fc90c obeyed. 96a57d8a3da99404

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    Her expression turned cold, 82c2de7319 and she clenched her 983505ea73 fists.574f497cd7dd784f

    Unfortunately, Redfield held 19d4be6d56 Janice’s biggest weakness.0623fd1c94781dbf

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    “Don’t forget what you did in the past,” Lorencia whispered. “You had killed your parents and ran away to the North, didn’t you?”a4380763fbcaae51

    Janice gritted 18f8c4b715 her teeth. She couldn’t deny 56be8f8fbe it—it was the 81c4e2ec4b truth, and it f7195e07db was her greatest 00087a599d weakness.bec297f8d6b926b1

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    She had f920437a1b killed her 71eaeed32d parents in d43ea72dcf self-defense. They weren’t good aa1ede5d03 people. If anything, they 553266dd45 were horrible.7306509408fd2840

    They had enjoyed beating 884c8e292a their own daughter. Killing them bae090d7fa had been 803f01b994 the only 356903403f way for 043b6e3433 Janice to b410bedb48 survive.5f9530f646eedd0f

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    But to the fc9fc4d6f8 law, none of 32140dbd17 that mattered. What mattered was the 317dcb4c4e result—she had killed her 59ed7a0fca own parents.39ee9072beb4664b

    She knew she would 1cbcfdd7be be executed if caught, 717b62f8e8 so she ran away.57de82eaa4b8c917

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    It was Lord e0ecc2f074 Redfield who had 4f4c80a19a helped her escape ad1ac7014d and covered up 42deeb3e8f the crime. The authorities had instead 05062a6124 blamed a serial killer 691a6d32d6 active at the time.065a261c96c30474

    “Damn it.”50dfdd8b560cca9c

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    That past was 511b0299e0 now a chain da5f312cbd around her ankles, ef9f197ba7 and she had 9e4be9c2ed locked it there b6d5bcb57d herself.05c53c256bf55330

    Seeing Janice’s expression, Lorencia smirked like a devil.11de6aef0634ceea

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    “Of course,” she said sweetly, taking Janice’s hand. 00e73f07ea7e7878

    “I don’t want to push you like this. You know how much I care about you, right?”7420d328e96acae6

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    She gently b31c2490bf stroked Janice’s 8837f02f0a cheek.f12d4ac22c58a472

    Janice stared at her 435ce497bb blankly.6edaec0b0dc1c5b3

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    “Don’t make a mistake like that again, Janice,” Lorencia said firmly.f4f3a8dce3a8b807

    “I don’t think it was a mistake,” Janice replied.1b1b69f18090cb50

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    “Huh?”588c18cde3fe39b9

    “Now we know what kind of woman the Duke likes.”e00abbcf2f7a1807

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    Lorencia blinked. 6216db70fa630787

    She hadn’t thought about 76580ad456 it that way before.6b0dd3c3adc1ace4

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    “If someone’s in the way, we just remove them,” Janice continued. 6dcf0dc8f5a286bb

    “We can copy Charlotte’s clothes, her way of speaking, her behavior. In fact, this is a good thing.”dac027b99cb6c618

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    Lorencia’s eyes narrowed.8905cca5131daf9e

    “We now know the best way to comfort the Duke after he loses Charlotte.”9941e29b39931c9a

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    Hearing that, Lorencia’s smile grew wider.ddeefbb7bf3439fd

    “You’re right. But how much longer do I have to look after those annoying kids?”3b72c825f7cb21e5

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    “Until you become the Duchess.”29b7d18d05c6c04f

    “Why?”0225d22af6320ca7

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    “The Duke cares about those kids. Especially his little brother.”fb296398970f5454

    “Ugh.”5d860894ec4a9866

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    “Don’t worry, Lorencia. As soon as you have a child, we’ll get rid of them too.”f1e15728e44206af

    At that, Lorencia laughed.0429284f906a61bb

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    “You’re the only one I can trust, Janice. Thank you.”58f0df8650da7ce1

    Janice smiled faintly.43be2a45a624a29c

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    Until she could free f4af9c0bc7 herself from her past, b3976d0d6a she had no choice 17694d6103 but to be Lorencia’s d2208bf409 obedient dog.655f3c17483916f9

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    The First Lesson

    I watched Lorencia 9f1e1c94e6 carefully. What she said 37cbf5993d to Theo, how 4b377ab5d2 she acted, and 7e50a34c12 what she taught.41457912ad86f914

    “Let’s see how much you memorized,” Lorencia said.87f5749298e3a693

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    “Yes!”eb5a165931e7c16e

    “I already know all these letters!”34c1f461156248e0

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    “What? Spaghetti! You promised to learn letters with me!”e492d40eff723d6f

    “It’s Stephanie, not Spaghetti!”047669114d44a1bc

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    Of course, 27f33956a0 those two 62618b1a77 troublemakers were 2f735b8851 distracting me e108d89a54 again.7c7e01b85e72b723

    I was 7563c8c4f6 curious to 41f563ff7f see how 647e60b9a9 Lorencia handled e55cc9423d them. She slammed fe057a350a her hand 9c3efd81f8 on the 4900d3d07f desk.c5a3924045550662

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    “If you keep messing around, the lesson will take longer. That means no tree climbing today.”7db8629b480ac523

    She glanced 1951dea3c4 at me 82da4494ae as she 7a7c3371fa spoke. Her eyes b6f7b4a6e1 held a c888a76123 hint of bb6abed939 arrogance, but 3e11531977 it wasn’t 6b55df9080 enough to 91cf4d3e78 bother me.c7b91b2b162339f0

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    “Ugh! That’s unfair! You tyrant!”ef61603bdc4afa0b

    “Ty—what? What does that mean?”8a60f9b820a55bd1

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    “Then today’s lesson will be about what a tyrant is. Stephanie, can you explain?”ce33641443d496d4

    “A tyrant is a cruel ruler who does whatever they want. Like that person over there.”8ade73908a6861f8

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    “Good explanation. But I’m not a tyrant.”4fc54f79cb8fae9a

    Lorencia was handling them d9a1f3f948 quite well.972a7bf747524f03

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    In the 471e35a9a2 original story, fb6f94b6fa it was ceebeb63d6 mentioned that cb27868a14 she liked 948b2301d6 children. c55fd3abb0af4480

    Was that true?34724c03465bce59

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    I checked Theo’s reaction.e1ff158af703145f

    As usual, 19abdafb0a he looked 178b278b6e up at c677964e0a Lorencia with 07cded1b18 bright, attentive 9963bf0c24 eyes. b0397826801cb5f2

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    He seemed focused 3513c3e3d0 on the lesson.0ffa3d583c98ad3c

    I felt both 68befee1d4 a little jealous 59d63da32e and a little feec591a4f relieved.e9367eb7d68a4b68

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    At least, 093ac8e729 for now, 2007e7bb71 things seemed 2842f49640 fine.24f60998a463b11c

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    Meanwhile, Lorencia…

    Lorencia was barely holding 8386184b1e back her disgust.d767ff3084111d84

    ‘I hate kids.’b129e3afd6ab11b4

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    They were ba3c78b85e selfish, rude, 34a7487acc and ignorant.0de19e2e49112413

    To her, Theo 40c0202284 was the shame e173f75384 of the Istheria 5e1c77d02a family.4a000b808fcbefe9

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    She thought he would 3f8eeafada be better off dead.f30cba5a86b01dee

    But she 2ea70046d2 was good 849e7fd86c at hiding 18c57cbe01 her true 2cbca51c60 feelings.4a1ed7e868ecfc5b

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    “What word do you want to learn next?” she asked.065a25ba2a4834c9

    “Tree! And sky, squirrel, lizard, dragon… oh, and sister-in-law?”1aa6b36334521918

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    Lorencia barely swallowed 4cea15f483 her laughter.a3c9aeb3c5db2503

    To her, it ed72b56eef was pathetic that 34299b0685 Theo didn’t even 995dc916d3 know simple words 7e6a587b86 like that.050c323d7e2b9a47

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    She forced herself 4ed0edec6d to hide her 97f317c159 cold gaze.f62239cc8a9d1003

    She reminded herself—there was 1f1bb0167b someone watching today.b6c065ff83fd093e

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    Charlotte had insisted b208a7a5e2 on observing three 16debeb519 lessons.56b03220d0734dae

    Lorencia had no choice 728184421d but to accept.f286e0b7829c1732

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    ‘Just wait. I’ll pay you back 287e09845b for all the humiliation d55752edd0 you’ve made me suffer.’8e96c76dddd5999c

    She clenched c4d5b53700 her teeth ad69881de5 and continued d2782003cc the lesson.8a58d5dc4b7952b8

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    In her mind, she e9dee8f691 imagined tearing Charlotte to 8c5000dbf7 pieces.c91c5622bacaa224

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    Theo, Stephanie, 80617f9b01 and even 6c4e278fa3 Cassius had 691acdd8d4 to relocate 4dbbbccdc1 for a 2d5cc29a59 week.4f06aaece9e73452

    It was much harder 82d08216d2 than I expected.9ea0f0f830e1342a

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    I had d1b61666d6 underestimated how 14b707d96c difficult it 5bd1541de6 would be.b7fcaf1aaea58f97

    And of course, 07b22c0bb5 the nanny wouldn’t fb1815a180 help with something e6f99cf56b so personal.961969600a659532

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    I was c2b25085d7 trying to 18160b2e98 figure out 2dbe0b28fb what to 20d81ccddb pack when d49dabb586 Luna stormed 71ffe5388e into the 96964be59d room, her 5f40078fdf face full 30a525507a of frustration.1b8c777c1378b393

    “Luna, you came at the right time—”69a9c1f31aef1e4b

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    “This is outrageous, Duchess!”80d44291e1c808ed

    Luna burst ae52244cad into the e100daffe6 room, her c0d8667a40 face filled 828673afcb with anger 1e5f3318f8 I had da2e08e9cf never seen 99686db69d her like d070167d4d this before. I flinched and 467ba655dc took a step c9921eeb02 back.555bf660a0088b52

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    “Why? What happened?”ed8c1c8e5fc4f3ac

    “Half of your monthly budget has been cut!”59d01057d7cab7ea

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    Luna’s eyes were practically 605607fe67 on fire.aa320b1a20dd3a9b

    “When I asked why, they just said it was because too much money was spent on the banquet! But at the same time, they’re paying that useless tutor twice the normal rate! Duchess, this is not something we can ignore!”b1d4c0c357951f23

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    “Hmm. How much is the normal rate?”b026078d8651819b

    “A little under 2 million gold. Can you believe that?”757be8adf13b68db

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    “…That still seems like a lot.”4e01de3bbbf0fb9b

    Luna shook 8ffa3ebefb her head 66fdb27bd1 furiously.d6d2f2aca15998ee

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    “The amount of money isn’t the issue here, Duchess! The problem is that the nanny dares to challenge your authority! That’s completely unacceptable!”a19d01e2bcb0c628

    She was 63d2049516 so worked 140f2f67a5 up that 36dffec478 you’d think 806f1139f9 her money 052bd32857 had been 0720599bb1 stolen.a43b0a80e4861d9d

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    Of course, she wasn’t 34257979c6 entirely wrong. The nanny 623941c680 had definitely bfc948a857 crossed the 82c4b5a2fc line.36b7d581e610cf29

    But the truth 7fb217fb03 was that, the ee6e9d435c nanny was going 9d8c23f70b to stay in e9d97ff743 this mansion as bb303e03aa Lorencia’s ally. I was e287153e8e the one eb6ae4f7f6 who would 37b0c4f832 be leaving.6b361b1dfff917bd

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    Besides, my budget 25ed7f02d4 wasn’t that important 415742571b to me. It’s not like 6ad150b892 I could take 30a5f977d4 the money with 417ff26091 me when I 13d81fad7e left.f0d989cb9a6ec196

    Still, Luna clearly ac0fb5b489 had no idea 8be9fee310 about my situation, ce86f0a78d and to her, 84fb39ad3b this was infuriating.c393ea9274b7eb87

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    “If you allow it, I’ll go and put that woman in her place.”50fc3f90760868ed

    “How?”7931619c9d38873a

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    “I’ll find a way, no matter what!”3dfe846543809232

    “It’s fine, Luna. Don’t get so angry.”ebb674f2dfc4a46c

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    “…Duchess.”34b4b2136e384f0b

    “Cassius must have a reason for keeping the nanny in that position. We just have to wait until the right time.”8e967dfacb245aab

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    And once 12108314f5 Lorencia became 805f8707ab Duchess, the 22cce8e41c nanny would 926865af76 naturally step 18595c0868 down anyway.7d03b6491b9f07e0

    “Thanks for being angry on my behalf, Luna.”70fc74030a52524f

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