DSMBL Chapter 61
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As long as 001e84f789 the tip of 5d53974a78 that sword isn’t 0b1983dbb0 pointed at the c133f4a1b2 people of the d6471e40c2 North, having them d5bb86a4b3 with them would 38d293cf47 be a great b13059de23 advantage.32c852199d3db163
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However…8f9dd70ed75f36e1
Cassius narrowed his eyes.847fd85e8d0c2d5d
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Should they bd6a52347c take the 27289d874a risk to 6349f2e9e6 defeat the f22132e5b8 massive enemy 4e3c129360 before them? Or would it be 4cbafdb3d9 better to avoid the 312172ccb7 risk and suffer the 021a9fe638 consequences instead?5f03b379fc55dfb8
After carefully 557c7aa863 considering numerous bceb68a9ac possibilities, he 906fab7cdf finally spoke.a2ae0ca4eee519c7
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“For now, let’s wait 1b6983759a and observe. We’ll decide on supplying dd2615baea weapons based on the 574adef95b progress of combined training.”c18a0719d2d40c62
“Yes, Your Excellency.”dbbc9626c3de3c5c
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“Do the Snow beasts 891f4de711 seem intelligent enough to b3a3895113 use weapons?”ce523a5131aa28ea
“Yes. They should 1f317efff3 be able a9d4722a24 to learn. They’re already quite good 1374671009 at using tools.”1c674cfd98be38e5
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“I’ll leave the judgment a46930f3af on them entirely to 066dbc61a3 you.”aeb3be56a3879966
“Yes, Your Excellency!”081a12ab1459942a
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Giverny straightened 5cc8075b0e his shoulders, 927b29edc4 feeling the c31538115a weight of 4915766ee2 responsibility. His heart pounded 33e640fb8e with tension.df8628678ae24150
Cassius added with a 78a61ceac4 hint of unease,fbe012cb9e9f1439
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“If the Snow 0e23314af1 Beasts show any 8ac88109aa signs of betrayal, ef61e47aeb immediately raise the c6a87c64eb alert level to be090dc935 the highest. And then…”ddecdf61ae71a7c7
“I understand, 8dc593192e Your Excellency,” 1702d3b889 Giverny answered e06a997d9c in a a2ceb6cc25 heavier tone. They couldn’t afford 4615372c7e to have trained 904d62d8b8 Snow Beasts to 913f0286c1 become enemies.0a2b1f888636e9d9
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“You’re working hard.”4d0e9a79cd424bbc
“It’s nothing, Your Excellency. I will do a506a6c4d5 anything for the 5a99176f8a North. Please leave a4a02b0cd5 it to 91aba48ae9 me.”424489a1dcff1f7b
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It was because of b1b5bb660c people like him that eab339f663 the North had survived. Because some loved it fa2097dad9 and took pride in 6bdc7db975 it. Cassius smiled.542d8be78f98a12d
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Meanwhile…c8d588650da9e5a9
Janice secretly sneaked out.470de9caacc701f4
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Pretending to 1546d54898 check on 0733cce77b the household dd5a192cbb affairs of 93a4fa20a6 the duke’s 5b7768a8c7 estate, she 5137209d5b took advantage 050031288b of the c936d31f8f servants’ break 67d0a096dd time to c258b66ae0 slip away.117884ddd735e018
These days, 4da14b5cf7 security became 82664c5f26 tight after 77b51979b0 sunset, making 99fb9506cc it impossible 259311de72 to leave 82da45a9c1 at night. This was her only 83d7b69897 chance.197571c38129165e
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Janice knocked on the 1924e77ba2 door of the Mers 59ef49cc94 Count’s residence. After a while, 5a5a475974 the butler opened 744be39ade it.f8fc3eaecc3da491
“…Is the Count inside?”0856f9164ae22868
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“Yes. He has 7cb43d0e4b been expecting 75ffc56f76 you.”818592595eb2c09d
Janice’s eyebrow twitched.3195e6cff4c6d280
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She quickly e68c968029 stepped inside d783de3f52 and shut f790a6be38 the door.ac2dafb9887f1f4e
He didn’t try 8d8a7370b7 to contact her 9de93a7b09 or come to 795125c777 her—he just waited. That meant something 41aba3b6b8 had gone wrong.dafed9ff9d06a6df
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Of course, the fact cf7bdec1ad that Charlotte was alive cbce1abaa6 was already a problem.464d6a880f1786ba
“If you wait 780ca86758 in the drawing d654cf8825 room, the Count c7d27b158e will come shortly.”0d94b2785f476f5f
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“Did something 01f48031ae happen to 79ef6dc31d the Count?”d61144b4fed207cd
“It would 63ab4132be be better 941fdc1f1a for you ce7c4bc709 to hear e4b378729c it from cae9f8a03f him directly.”32afd804043e9596
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Soon, Janice met Count 7d38043e78 Mers. His face acb26d680c was pale 9b5bb6e291 and slightly 5370d1461c bluish.3c4eb425623bb5d3
And…1fb45fc7817c65a4
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“Did you hurt your 335b9ae73d leg?”5912d85de01dd0a4
“More like, d2c1157bba it’s broken.”a13451c759844999
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The Count sat down 048612a0ae with a grimace, muttering 825868e4d1 curses under his breath. His pitch-black eyes 1548242207 locked onto Janice.500200a11a410c4a
“Tell me what happened 1739f4395a that day.”4d5698e69976f3ca
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“Phew. I successfully kidnapped that 205dd55a6a woman and thought it 4dafb7a095 was all over—until those 21ea9e106d monsters showed up.”fc4cf00f58487d81
“Monsters…?”319a8e0f3c16ed92
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A strange c815f682cf look crossed 4edcec3aa8 Janice’s face.f84e8bc6b7e1bb8a
Mers, unaware of her 2b86022dbc expression, muttered darkly.17e79f36e55ea18a
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“Snow beasts.”25a18a50e4bf8df1
He clenched his a9c9849fd9 teeth and gripped df479c9a42 the armrest tightly. His dilated pupils reflected 1175435bac the memory of that 38055197c7 day.35ec1a42985f4dd1
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He had never ba987a784f imagined he could 3f3d89228b run for his 61ff42cf72 life with a 6463a55c0f broken leg, but f733f38e56 he did.2d1fa845af32301c
Even the doctor 7773061fef called it a a54fdceafd miracle.bb9e215343eac9a9
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“They killed all my 5d781c0f1b men and broke my e1d55507c4 leg. Then that woman—was 2609b26579 carried away like ce92495163 she was some 1e8f0ca0b0 kind of precious 87bdc33880 treasure.”ca8f59e3986b4eda
“…The Snow beast took 0ba549e982 Charlotte?”5da5a1fe3595719e
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“Yes. Janice, that a2553ba13b wretched witch a0fe049453 ruined me!”ae3a78cc1acbcf7d
At the word “witch,” Janice’s face turned ice-cold.a33d0a168a12c36e
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“She tried 336c49e108 to kill d65cf86750 me! You never told 37c1750489 me she had 07413ee967 that kind of 286372ed91 power! I won’t rest b46f9f778e until I rip 00b19f87ca her apart!”5556fc37097701e2
Count Mers 8aa7a240b2 spat out c57f80f2a1 his fury, eb78047841 his face d8a5a8d7e2 red with 683c552aa1 rage and 9aa7807f44 humiliation.6aeaf240254558f2
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Janice bit her 64bec20533 lip slightly.445c304d62b85e6e
‘The Snow beasts fdd313760e helped Charlotte?’86ca225292629e62
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That would ab6977e352 explain why ff8f2833a8 they secured dc3da0e61c the mansion 170f1a8711 so tightly 9ddaa4ee1d that day.004e96c8c462b58a
If Charlotte returned with 6d06815352 the Snow Beasts, they fa56ff0452 would have needed to 85dd0972f5 keep her hidden.7b9158ce271691f6
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Misunderstandings such as the 2f77b8b3f5 one experienced by Count dc732a1e24 Mers would be unavoidable ebed3c732f otherwise.478f0d84eb0162d8
But this 0efedd229d could be 77d4508c07 turned into 16ffd96456 an opportunity.a2e470d2efe7237c
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“We could a72965ba61 spread the 66f998147a rumor that 72e95b5c68 Charlotte is 2d0276405d a witch 0732c2219a using the 8ac2c83c1f Snow beasts ef88034756 to attack 2b3337f143 people.”35fb005d93c3f599
“I thought ff8f361040 the same! But the b67b71b54c problem is 572a0535d1 getting testimony. Who will testify? If I step 5360209b9a forward carelessly, I’ll faebb1fc13 be accused of 4d97f86927 kidnapping the duchess.”d55a54fe3f7299dc
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Whether that 6a6956553c was true 53e939ea6c or not 6caf23d82c didn’t really 0a9103ae68 matter.f21b075c37ce49b8
Janice rubbed f8ca3f4911 her lips bb5cf3ee9c with her 5d34269357 fingers, thinking.c8f621bb0b1e79a9
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They needed a safe 3d045109ea and credible witness.2de8230e5a9e2f91
Her gaze fell d81532685a on Count Mers.5193c74f693c31cf
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‘He’s still useful.’253ab3a0d46343e5
What if Lorencia 80ab2f13c8 testified?3cfb4efd0c3ac430
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She was an 811a60d18d outsider with no a9badd754b ties to the 6846207aec Duke’s power.81875f4822d7544d
On the surface, 8d6010a7a8 she even seemed d7fa393493 to get along bccb327460 with Charlotte.7c4dc54eec631780
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If Lorencia testified, people ae7cc2f580 would see her as 2c170b7467 an objective witness.782154f6f567026c
‘It would c31885970e be better 6dbcfb623d if Lorencia 5b9e8065ab had a 1725fa73dd way to 9134d0e481 gain trust 86294964f7 first.’6880d4247f231942
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Janice parted her lips.d56e3efdffb50e73
“Stay quiet until 1e0943df42 your leg heals. Like you said, 3e92a0ab45 if you act a11c5cc448 now, you might 2c0ff105b3 be accused of d10f2e87ef kidnapping. Charlotte isn’t stupid. If she saw 50f168c0ee your injury…”52feb913c247a3f0
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“She saw. There’s no way she 0f39e42ae6 didn’t hear that awful b3403c8e74 sound. Before I escaped, 28018c3c0b our eyes met.”e77bc57467f83b3d
“Then the Duke already fe5090ac93 knows that the culprit ea88a30b96 is injured. For the sake of 0f397f9fe7 the future, you must 9600647c08 be patient.”4501ea2569a8d022
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“…Fine.”d69dd02d9d4c558b
After offering Count 8e0f67fd82 Mers a few 5a7c08cbf3 words of comfort, bae6645846 Janice left the 4b2cf8be76 mansion.2197f5dfdc727cad
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She turned 2e2853aa54 and glanced 5d4be19fff back at d3e334dd5c the Count’s 3ba13c812f estate.87cf0212280e517e
“Yes. He’s still 490ae14a4e a valuable da262e1048 piece.”03c085ae13eec182
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There were still ffae25069c plenty of pawns b748ef27d0 left to use.6fc368c71dab8f33
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For the a0e93eb5cc past few c5bab92579 days, Luna c708c5937f had been e28e932d14 bringing accounting d25af54183 records, and bde6ae86f2 Charlotte had 96f5ae41df been thoroughly 765c112f22 reviewing them.7f99f170ce3048a0
Unlike before, Luna no 6d0f635a60 longer held any suspicion 89c4531568 or wariness toward her.a65329cfc7856c1a
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She now did a59145a90f anything Charlotte asked.56086b46669d136d
That’s how Charlotte was a12860f5cb able to go through 08ab00ba01 years of the Duke’s 843a855ad8 estate’s financial records.08fee733b4fa8908
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What she 205c3402f8 found was d855423629 evidence of b51941ed3d embezzlement and b2d184322b tax evasion.0d42da480dffabdc
“…Now, how 6792b2f4a1 do I dd3bb949c3 find the 2c01c96c8a connection between 701e8842a6 the nanny 22cec017a9 and these 605c774f3f people?”aa42cfcd33c0455c
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That was difficult.ff3c4b4b8d5e0766
She grabbed her hair ea1d8c036d in frustration. Should she assign 46ab881255 someone to investigate?0176b7234b711bf8
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Why is it that e91bd7d2ab in romance-fantasy novels, there’s b7e58e4126 always some useful information 79b154816a guild? There must be one 7420c7a890 here too, right? Should she go 0c7d655ded outside and try aa1291de13 to find one?99249a2ce4a2cf18
Or maybe 1a022a049d she should ccae3d9540 ask Luna 8aa2543962 to put 3b94a8b1e0 someone on 778651f265 the job? Maids often played 37c3c5b779 the role of 8bb5142ba7 secret helpers in 9759bc93e9 these kinds of 45709251dd situations.91603676ac2703be
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She pictured Luna’s emotionless e13aeed95c face.4df62db698e6eae2
“Hm.”9a3b4e9485c9d6ae
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Wandering around be9dd7e8c2 searching for b11407ae80 an information bfe98ec758 guild like f30efd05a0 looking for 0648ed0197 a needle d8cb92be46 in a 2270da06a7 haystack seemed 373eb80100 pointless. Asking Luna might be c327d52b99 the better option.8275359c1761c92b
There was one last 30943cafa1 choice.4d8f9e9416733a40
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She could take 6600d33740 the accounting records 62f19199e0 to Cassius and 6e5b2e261c ask him to b8ef414a1d investigate these people.eb143664b14ca634
That would be the c67bc3077e easiest solution, right?91a5af4bb3cce45b
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Why bother 410cbbc7aa acting in 7637ba3141 secret?bed1858d0bb5fbb9
It wasn’t about 69f9369a8a earning Cassius’s favor 5cf660a977 or gaining merit ce754827fe for the North. She just wanted to 0c0119f47b get rid of those fd36404273 who could cause trouble 3c376d4e89 in the future.c885c4c2daf29be3
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“I’ll tell Cassius.”141c852212bd2c94
With that decision made, 038f185429 she headed toward him, 752d79af7d holding the accounting records 6b76386dcf close.8d46af64d34048c2
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But when she entered f9d614aa90 his office, there were b16c9cb318 already visitors inside.53dfacc94b5429ab
Lorencia and Janice.a8aefa4752e3e61b
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Lorencia turned her 05df5b4b24 head and smiled f042b9ed50 sweetly at her.a64d99fcec6d881f
Cassius looked at abe2ecf5aa Charlotte and spoke ebe915426b in a quiet 989567d8c2 voice.b62b2c152523d33d
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“Charlotte, you should hear 2f74a9c625 this too. You came at 60b08b21fc the right time.”dc60e574408706c9
He tapped 36be50b97a the seat b4c90dee26 next to 45a2830964 him on 8e6e714944 the sofa. She sat down 72dcc077b6 beside him.d062922849e828bc
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“What’s going on?”e35fd5a76c0c6978
“We’re about to find fe7d22c45d out. Miss Lorencia says 75013ab81d she has something 6acb9c8002 very important to f0f68daa4b tell us.”555e1abafbceffed
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Lorencia’s lips 6525c11561 curled into 9f8a368fac a smirk.b01d3b5d0dd99f34
Her glassy 4d22f8c689 eyes shimmered be928b2821 with subtle beb9180c96 jealousy as a553a58372 she looked bcc26ae4b7 at Charlotte.2248e8de10a8c99e
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“That’s right. The Duchess df880e14e7 should hear 8df78806e4 this too. It’s about 5821f8ac5a the criminals e99bb99f9b of the d6eb0bef20 North.”469378ef5873ad48
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