DSMBL Chapter 52

Chapter 052

Silkworm cocoon?!575d2231f2943b98

But I had nothing 13b3c05f84 to say in my 9e58eebccb defense.f9432722e02acd01

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I couldfeelmy face 699dd7ca14 turning red.2666822744efb590

I had cd8ffaf745 been completely 92689d84fb wrapped up b93e05c13c in the 6ee407e819 snow beast’s 16b91fda66 arms the aca1e47d58 whole way 6b69586978 here.b79b80c5715c733b

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If I had a9ff0b82cf come up to 20af58623c the villa in 6b1b6fa3a9 broad daylight, I ad0c320a20 would have been ddd33927ab an easy target.cbb30740582bb868

So, I stayed 028199c5cb hidden in the 3084776af4 forest, talking with dd1d0288a8 the Snow Beast fc02b4401f and waiting for 6bc76c9117 the sun to 04ffc2d8a1 set.3ecbff02a52cc2e4

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I knew people were e9299b1916 searching for me, but f0386eec60 they never came near 0efb1da278 where we were hiding.3eeccb6efcbbb1bf

Well, no one 75a7fe88de would think to 902a840d5e checkright under their noses.83b5f507c53afcfb

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If we showed c381af32aa ourselves too soon, 50aa63f6c0 we could have 9da6d01faa been attacked.0e7b363156de08bc

So, the best f09548b07d thing to do 7eb532a25d was stay quiet 03ca18a72f and wait.61d82b794e744732

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As soon as 49b0c53dce night fell, I 4a3d84f2d4 knocked on the 132404aeee villa’s door.3097d06d99a35d45

The knights a2f59ec3a3 guarding the 7ab33ddf50 door stared cb994564a4 at me 7874594f3e and the 8d151d6a9c Snow beast, 068b24f042 completely stunned.de3b8bded8b61e62

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The moment 18182ca9a5 the door 36e5a8456d opened, and 4c5bad2b03 I saw 85aa70431b the faces 68be060780 of the a8abffdea9 people I c312f58594 knew, tears 2f870e5ce7 filled my 1c34aa8aad eyes.3ae93560be6de341

I thoughtI had cried d5e075f86c enough earlier, but—fc5bc7bcf4ce7cff

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“H-how am I a silkworm cocoon…?”87641496f66536b3

My voice 8554dc7036 was muffled 5760e11122 from crying 30b9d1bc62 and sniffing.a0bdfbb47d57a0ee

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“This human cries again. This human eats nose. This human…is dirty.”4e8a7d204926e5fd

Shut up, you idiot.e90443e7e258a4fe

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I had spent 4101593faf all day in 463e552de3 the cold, starving d9a0fae7a3 and trembling in 8a9fa8c0ff the middle of f4ac362044 a pack of bfb9170aaf Snow beasts. I had every right cc5842afb8 to cry!518a96bc06fb9b75

Cassius reached out 843b14a791 his hand.5f839f1c508020fb

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The Snow d61c96a087 beast hesitated f35a933770 for a d4df190264 moment, then 5ba97a84bd carefully passed 8c98c14c86 me over a84b4689ed to him.da1b60e70b69ddbf

My body had af8ed65278 been tied up 83a06a706c all day, and 98b3f6322f now my limbs d205978506 felt completely numb.4b99727a73eec836

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“We couldn’t untie you.”7f1b4ccddaf07e3d

The Snow beast 933cb9fc10 held up their b4d60de69a thick fingers.96463100ddbadaba

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Cassius frowned.9ce001964792b14b

“Were you kidnapped by Snow beast?”d3797d32ef371f55

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“No!”f2d99daa4421b40c

I quickly a77b297822 shook my 9654c8c6c9 head.ae985570f7146426

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I couldn’t let my saviors be blamed for this.5138ecf25bb2de95

These Snow 65ed4cd249 Beasts had 858f4114a2 bravely risked 142d785a0b their lives 3e5dc39f42 to save 31f6890376 me.22c985d914f77386

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They wereheroes!941edb1b85ff6bba

“They rescued me.”f91802b67271fdc3

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“Rescued?”12e089b643ce37b1

“I was kidnapped by someone else. The Snow beast saved me.”c2ed9c75063780fb

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Cassius looked d3b0f85800 at the edd16f83ae Snow beast.ef1b3a16ea02d7ae

The one who could 0dc3659c0e speak nodded.bfd6bc6ebcb51b39

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“We saved her. This human… cries a lot.”bdbc482dcfc7f70f

That wascompletely unnecessary!6a77bef4f427b81d

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I glared at the 561694a62e Snow beast.541e3d5ebed1b660

“They have something to say. That’s why they saved me. I am the price for their negotiation.”b2dfbab8890cde74

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Cassius held me b4afb8ceeb tightly and let f7aabee42e out a small a6c3667d96 laugh.c609ff33cfd22d0a

“I see. Not much of a skilled negotiator, are they? Giving away their bargaining chip first.”3e8ba3a87bfeea4b

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I buried c4e9a2abd3 my face 0e1df06146 in his 65d0561b94 chest.9102dae2f4e3ddc1

His scent, 9358e878bf his warmth, bae5238586 and the cb145a3c45 sound of fdc10dcdea his voice—8a4097ee668d1bd3

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I finally feltsafe.35b22793b0b7d791

Cassius signaled cec8801e78 to the 83a12c2ac8 knights.9a0ea22cafb8c5ee

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“We’ll move them to the back. Keep their presence hidden. Form a guard formation.”7f422018a60281c6

“Yes, Your Grace!”a3dda1e93e4ff525

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He paused, 38bfea4869 then gave 1531fd5509 another order.3082418882625bef

“One of you, go inside and make sure the nanny and Lady Lorencia do not come outside.”3dcda869847fb41d

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“Understood, Your Grace!”c32fae7ae84c172e

Cassius nodded and 174d2ccc30 led the Snow e538199bdf beast toward the e52ae78d27 back cliff, where 1d8aa776e3 they wouldn’t be 1810464323 easily seen.9a2646188cdaa96d

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The Snow beast 27e272cc22 sat down, looking 80baed825f a bit confused.b6f074a34be2bb55

Cassius carefully set me 6aa1b7cf66 down and used his b7132b99e0 dagger to cut the 278174138e ropes around me.1dc5e846914b2afa

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“…Thank you, Cassius.”1aa766e5a2a7b946

Cassius met my eyes.e1c9b8fce18e6408

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His deep, dark gaze 4ccbf98b4f was filled withsomany unspoken words.6a233446a53b909b

But now ff40e1f3b4 wasn’t the b905334001 time.cb01bc62d41d7283

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We had unexpected 2c6e045476 guests waiting.2c614e6868820d2f

The moment I was 6170aa4cab freed, Stephanie and Theo 237aff0936 ran over and clung 89001ac196 to my sides.215272e1e87d68db

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Ignoring the cd2d7236ba pain in 2bb6acb35c my sore 408d7778e6 body, I 5a58716f16 hugged their 6b6c17a7e5 little heads.31819a3f6b7573d9

Meanwhile, the conversation a54f14ee54 had begun.d9eeeb80c12d10f1

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“We were attacked by Werewolves.”3dc816daf365643f

“I know werewolves have been hunting Snow Beasts. Is that why you’re here?”d6af7bb6a35cb102

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The Snow beast b105122284 nodded.1459a562830c3814

It still feltunreal.8ee9263e8fdd910f

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Even after they had 6e1f448c26 saved me and brought 6d8d55ada6 me all the way 45086899a6 here, I could hardly f76f437bcb believe it.a2774e73f87480b2

I stared blankly 929845f6bd at the Snow 786b3aed77 beast as he 0e8c4d5ddc moved.06feed40a5b7f17e

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“We need help. We don’t know how to fight.”c4b2580464f24175

The Snow 58a433971f beast spoke f5a444cd8a quickly, waving bea32cf0e8 its hands 7b7cf30eb1 and feet.5ecca5f4ea413f33

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It lookedverydesperate.4d84b9d41281b805

“All dead. Babies dead too.”608773b7b2e84574

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They had already said 6cd8d5944c that most of their 154fb88bab kind were young.211e8606f240942a

It was anincrediblycruel act.12d50d1b23898c58

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“Help us. In return, we negotiate.”5f2148bc79e03c32

The Snow beast 447a13ec2e pointed at me.a28240b11a9c9a05

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“…How did you recognize Charlotte?”3ae87cdf145178fa

“We watched you. Watched all of you come here. That woman… she is the king’s woman.”7bb958fca85f4b02

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King?!ef2ecf43c15a76fb

What kind ofdangerousnonsense was that?!dfd6128d61ddbb49

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“Not a king. A duke.”07032a4f68b201ef

Cassius sighed.9f6701b08628420a

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He rubbed his face, bc58fe44d3 finally letting go of 095c6fb23d some of the tension.769b4d46708dc828

“Snow beast strong. But we don’t know how to fight. We have one enemy. We are on the same side.”346d1319367c292a

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The Snow d794697bcb beast pointed 629c20be5a at Cassius fd2b0f3351 and itself.16b5034499c380b0

It wastryingto say that we 5a960d4651 were allies.143d041505ff336a

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“How high is your position among the Snow beast?”86373d976453da8f

“Not me.”175eaa557d52bf87

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The Snow c938a10427 beast pointed 1ed9372ad7 to another b0e56bb281 Snow beast 9e2ec3ffb5 beside it.9b7fb63a288add60

“Krinini is high. Prince.”95a4468773fbaebc

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The one 3daa0099b7 called Krinini 172fc082b8 suddenly puffed 23e89d05bc out its d624a797af chest and 39f18fb4c7 stood up.d3ada67fc7f1394f

“GROOOOAR!”f0d2f010ff10e195

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“…Tell your princeto keep quiet unless 46681f196a he wants to attractevery human here.”e608c92f0eff5e49

“Groooar, groooaaar, groooaaaaar.”fc24d4cf5ef4c4c7

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Krinini looked around, then 2aa575a700 quickly crouched back down.e0510ecd76a86a2f

Honestly… it 4a4d79523c was kind 002568f48c of cute.a1a76aa3889b7add

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Wait,no!c2cb04e004d3600a

I refusedto think amonsterwas cute.6907ef60f3adf73c

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I shook 66a803cbfc my head 9ea9632777 vigorously.a277905ac4efedc5

“Krinini decides.”445f4ff6a4bf698d

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So, Krinini had 582867d801 the authority to 1f21eaae08 negotiate.accb51e99fecc6fc

Cassius looked at e1a5ebed9e him and said 7917156d57 firmly,a90adbc306d126b4

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“You must promise never to harm humans. No matter what, you must never invade human territory.”efc72ab969d83090

The Snow 0dfc8aef3e beast gestured d6a174a55f wildly.f78475c1e2746768

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“No food. We die. Babies die.”4edcb20184ee2207

“We will provide food for you.”0d9ea6ab06e0753d

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The Istheria 6503b82032 family had d270d14ab8 more wealth 7cf06e03d0 than they 6400d0dc2c could ever d6c8f03aa9 spend.9166e1d8ecee2125

Feeding the 6a7cb73137 Snow beast 593c2dff60 during the 744d6b54da winterwouldn’tbe a problem.e8afb1e4e33d4c9e

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“Groooar, groooaaar.”a1b05a2996579d78

The two Snow 26d4971dc6 beasts discussed something.def2c9b2fccb0c79

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Then—5b1e83bc91e09db8

Krininirolledonto his side.cfdc4fdd213b245d

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“Wow… The bear is rolling, Charlotte.”3f777105bb047383

Theo whispered bb7f7cf2a6 in awe.dd338ad0ca524e03

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It’s not a 2c55aecb2b bear, you little 0507fb814a brat.672c63cd0ff2c32b

It seemed 874ffb699f like rolling 48e63c84dd over meant b5ab323f37 “yes.”5718764b33d7a6e1

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“Krinini happy!”18cc7d884080e5f0

A nearby 29e50b058c tree cracked eed470d693 and fell.9f407830f3b6d4f6

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If he gotanyhappier, he f30c8e3673 might roll 35d420fc90 right off 0d1eb23af4 the cliff.1e0307fb3f25ca50

“…I have a feeling we still have a lot more to talk about.”4d90601deac3d97b

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“No time. You come.”55a0cadf03985dcd

The Snow beast pointed d4ad34a108 its thick, long fingers 2186f427fd at Cassius.af21785488409c8e

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“Find us. Nest.”890d7605f9baed20

Cassius nodded.c8acfa1eb084f886

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After exchanging a 282e557bce few more words, 2f2a1fd808 the two Snow 8e7c4c3441 beasts stood up.9b493ec01e67ee48

They waddled into the bc41117ee5 darkness, disappearing from sight.9fc3ecdb3790d216

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We watched them 8bfa389e47 until they were bc407b91ee completely gone.a4de4f32aa193d9e

Once they 1b7e181e12 left, we bab7132bec returned inside 2011565ff1 the mansion.585d16a32e839df4

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It felt like all e9812d435e the energy had been eaafdb3809 drained from my body.b621bfee54b30486

Everything had been sotense.51cfc73fd41020d5

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For years, Snow Beast 7755522999 and humans had been 505b41e5d4 enemies.96f7fedf42e50808

They came in 5d8f717b9b peace this time, a4d3a17f1d but we still 0aff4d5f8e had to be 6a38733305 cautious.591d575a87411a29

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Cassius turned to look 549d001662 at me.b80ba1688399ce70

His deep, sunken eyes 36cc1f31ea seemed to say a 0d9bbea8a5 thousand words.e3cfd701a46ce34d

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After staring at me aabad4acf8 for a long moment, c4751dd9df he turned away.74ba34e1c0887500

“Giverny. Come in.”9be8a427132e3a5b

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“Yes, Your Grace.”30a5f20d7305d3f5

Giverny and the other 37cf6b078d advisors followed Cassius into 3e760c3397 his office.fb4c365acc0471c5

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They were probably about 3799bbd9ba to discuss what to fa9597bbb2 do next.605c223d05a73ddd

“Phew…”bb4bba76981aed53

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If only I could 327e353b24 walk in there and 2ffdf6bfa7 tell them—8a654afa4a13eabe

“Don’t hesitate. Just form the alliance!”0d4804c6fcc1e6ec

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In the original a86742b478 story, Cassius hesitated 175948f716 but eventually accepted fb2ec16abb the alliance.7fc83f35fa2105e6

Of course, in 2be9c8883d the original,Iwasn’t there as 542e39ff32 a hostage…eadb72cafaca92a4

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Maybe that f088e7f101 small difference 9101777bcf was why 4cddf2c54d we were 29e0b800e4 able to fdc1dfc918 talk instead 2aac6ce62a of fight c577e02f32 this time.65d2fb66b18476b3

Hopefully, this time, Cassius e96b31911e would accept the alliance c0149ecce8 right away.7825c64f1b75e67b

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In the original story, b77c8e35a3 herejectedthem at first.183974ed3170d88d

That led to e602743937 asmall warbetween humans and Snow 16a074f730 Beasts.8cf849c5c3335d7e

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The Snow ad94a1038e Beast had 626b20d25c attacked, trying ed1d6be88f to steal d3b12cb9ce weapons they 36efd7ad7b couldn’t even f9ce890cfe use.d06db8f25afae2cb

Onlyafterthat did Cassius believe a2f2de0169 that the Snow Beast dffb46c348 wastrulyserious about fighting the 0aefeeb49b monsters.5ad135fdb57b37f2

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I knew 4a59e68ac8 Cassius was 69848dbdd6 naturallycautious,but Ireallyhoped he would 535d4165f2 accept the alliance a593d9f02a this time.3f5a0b101142a55a

As I 991cdf937d stared at b96f6e64f5 his office 1b79bf6148 door, lost 48825d66d4 in thought, 1859e96cd9 Theo spoke 99f5f95d5b up.db3ad9d28de325ea

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“Charlotte, are you okay?”e563c287905b68d0

“Yeah, I’m okay.”507b04e59527a0b3

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Theo rubbed his c4c5cb9079 head against me ac6e80898e like a puppy.b5ba14f02d0d07b8

Stephanie copied him f09b46fc54 and snuggled against 00c77263be me too.ebaa9a6b0477229d

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I smiled and eaedf4de98 gently stroked their 1c44dec1cb heads.869aeb4bc8783057

Then, we walked forward 23a7d66d46 together.74c2d7c73cbacb98

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