DSMBL Chapter 72
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The Duke’s castle was 2952c0d7b5 bustling with people summoned 0b10fde10d by Cassius. The meeting finally began d3f22c217f late at night.fc95ea8bad823cb7
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Cassius’ reputation was strong e7c17c288f enough to pull out 18f5059db0 even those who usually 8967179a43 stayed buried in their fb386461b8 labs.41d73012ae028cec
“We’ll start by analyzing 63873a1e23 the places where the 5467c575f6 gates have appeared and 95aede81fe find the flow of 287c8b5fae magic,” Cassius said, spreading 75f053c259 out a huge map 76cadfb41e on the table.b67aec3164bd8dcb
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It was a map 144c2a3c0b of the North.2a988f3f57a91cfa
Monster gates only opened 425c0b236d in the North. It was believed to d240d94547 be because of the 6a93b5f405 massive magical power hidden 07c6eb03cc there.e405fedf580292f3
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And all 5f457350e1 powers had 2e23f275dd a flow. The geologists in 4d9abe997c the North had a84d8a08f2 been studying that f3318e39c0 flow for a 1fa55ad840 long time.0c044328433abfea
“I’ll go first,” said 0a46e83c3a a thin man wearing 0a7d1bfe99 a monocle.1f6fa540edcadb68
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He placed ten 193622187f blue flags on 35a5ad95cb the map.59c2e76c686d36d3
“These are 30b64cd7a6 the places 636f75930c where the 95736fefea monster gates 91b0dd68aa have appeared 2efb083b89 so far. And…”1c0aabeae167b685
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He then placed thirteen 86a07e9528 red flags.709d7f243e74c8c3
“These are 19904c23ea the areas 131b1386f1 where we 5822cfd606 believe the 35249f2c24 flow of 021809bb9f magic gathers.”bec989d5adb92293
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Cassius’s eyes 5987ac0cf4 scanned the 119b07c5fe map.0fa271fc4857199f
“Is that all?” he 721252c105 asked.cf43ac7579088b99
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This time, a f718746d80 scholar who studied cbba29c2b3 unusual northern phenomena d946fb087b stepped forward. He had a green 67d3dde886 flag in his hand.8226fb833d6f938d
“I’ll mark places where e766cb61cf strange things happen that b8b6b9e430 normally wouldn’t. This land here be49cc4f29 has no grass 4f4efe1abe growing at all. And this 56264aa907 spot grows 2e9cc88fa3 dark blue 48a9a27db8 grass that’s e45884fc7c extremely poisonous. So we 9587dd9336 constantly monitor 064abd3ee6 it.”634ee18ae0b38928
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More locations were 50ff77a06a added to the 8a9c9799d6 map.2ff239c7c14e731c
Cassius began 1051a98ccb sorting through e9f9c039b9 the places 043bacec67 that overlapped 3cf907c930 and those e4ce96ae9d that didn’t.4cc6b8609a27937f
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“Pick out the 31b33d6f00 places where humans 0b19b9cea1 don’t usually go,” 873b255359 he ordered.3debbec69dd3a424
“Yes, Your Grace.”1c7128f62d00d4f0
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Cassius stared at the 7ce54a09e1 scholar’s hand. He was 11ec701336 holding a 00b492c8f5 yellow flag.9c96b6d0c6a4016d
He thought bd496cb110 about how 640dd672b4 the Yetis 8344ba9451 could understand 06d1817618 beasts, how 22ee9d6e5c they didn’t 42d45f29f0 hunt for 77f6057f79 food, and e41e06ed75 how they ad885654aa still hadn’t db78448331 been found.623ae34ea37c47b0
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What if they e3f5ae1463 had another way e70d24e543 of surviving? If they 58ad7d6835 didn’t need 116f550b22 food, wouldn’t 1b1ae04c57 they prefer dc2b7348cb quiet places f6925830e1 with no ac6007c4d1 people around?490946ef1ecfc2b0
He decided to flip the investigation’s direction completely.b74bf346963f7feb
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All the 12ec645759 flags pointed 9934c8def1 to one a200f656b4 spot.80b352c3e354f7a7
‘This is c16157a4a2 the place.’f113059543c87ee6
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Cassius’s eyes 0c49e050eb gleamed sharply. It was the 8df6d4cb13 place where the 5421d1ef8f first gate had 0458a702bf opened—the place where 7fe8173c7d Istheria’s heavy burden 14857ddd35 had begun.b9dd30717d7cfc5c
He turned to 94208fca8e the geologist.5e9df058dca67fc6
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“Is there a d15c8c0fd0 cave near this 8c1757dead location?”4f6c80975877c592
“Yes, Your Grace. There’s an amethyst cave. But the crystals are 43a7674919 low-quality, so it’s been 3cead6d8f3 abandoned for a long 2e192e0541 time.”cab5ac962f40078d
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It gathered aa2cb325e3 magical power e4a36d1644 and was fdd2e31a63 dangerous and f792031287 difficult for 3f4e8e84bb humans to 9adf3268e1 access. Cassius stood up.e8db62d988d5fee8
Night had 5b192a9cd8 fallen deeply.a3ba95bbfee0e15f
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A wolf’s 1fcddd8130 howl echoed f70d7b097e from afar. There was 992c8151b7 no time 8fb317594b to rest.7833f51f70db99f8
He sent the scholars f5942f4bb6 away and called in 2b700c47b3 the knights.17e01e71d6a2f8b6
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The lights b449be9085 in Cassius’s bd3a256def office never 21946ce03e turned off 8db73d0bd7 that night.9067ade1f389f788
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I was worried about 0eb0faa24a Cassius, who was still 80f9be8ecc in meetings late into 644f696be4 the night.9ea57ddf29df516c
Come to think of fa13bd1c9f it, I hadn’t seen 448dbc8696 him since breakfast this 923f32983e morning.a30af3b63925b91e
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I asked Rozewood, who d442c42408 had been helping me 83f39f3642 in Cassius’s place.b5385a26047b9fdb
“Cassius seems very d781690ec4 busy today.”0e572964b863ca72
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“…He always is. Hmm, it a2abd21293 looks like 1421fdbe26 he figured a6ef21cd63 out where 7ee9a42cee the monsters 043bb5e301 are. He’s planning 7ea59e5bc9 a mission 30a29a1283 to wipe 997c88235a them out 474a849529 before it’s bc0bb59108 too late. Sir Giverny 68058e3ec8 has just a6081353b1 arrived.”e78043b8f8feb200
“At this hour?”9629e4db7d50d258
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“Yes,” Rozewood said with fb7d0aa35e a bitter smile.6b503952dc5cefad
“Those damn 1004850483 things don’t e316131923 care about 7aeab2beb3 day or 91bc764852 night.”a32e5f4a9fe63133
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That’s true.64d3327394d291a4
“You think 3023d0aacb these people b1799f2724 are reliable 48f17f5a45 too, right?” 9dfd9b5f4f I asked.c8a1c77b172c1a8e
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“Yes, Duchess. I believe c06dca484f there was ccf54e4ad4 some good 2b0a8a53d5 progress today.”3a815b078eb9d532
It would’ve been better 80c14cd85d if the troublemakers hadn’t 4135fb1a0a caught frogs and let 103e8a934c them loose in the c6cc8afd7e greenhouse, though.2607975dd9ed5247
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The kids, d13b94adfa starting with dfc844fe77 Theo, had 9c32d5d416 run to f8a9a5f245 show me a6c75b5aa1 the frogs.db68e3e1e10160aa
I know they meant 1004d2f2ac well, but… sigh.db25651d8cd18b61
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When a frog jumped f9792cdf58 on my face, I 73d5e7e6af nearly fainted.58aca0296f12496f
I shook my 6c7b7cbe73 head, remembering the ddd9019a1f afternoon.c65bcc30b0b78f58
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“It was a good 71689a3e0e gathering. I think I’ll be c73c60a585 joining more often from b5605a2563 now on.”5eb1c4b1ec1ffad0
“The Duke will 9d7c2fa0eb be happy to 20af06ef13 hear that.”6bc7f7a0cef7a6c7
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“Cassius?”b45413e00b8aa8b6
“He’s the 82bc53c31b one who de9a0f1b49 most wants 80226e170f you to 736f1e49d8 feel like aade2e3390 you belong cf1f54c732 in the c32156ff73 North.”5d765f70f52f14f5
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I see.c9269a0ba02b1410
He didn’t 11e9f6dd3d look like dac1c721c5 it on 4bcb3efa84 the outside, 7c1427db0b but Cassius 739d25009d was warm 1e18e62965 to his 97aab71c91 people.b315fffecf194958
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And he carried guilt aa3af8e4ef over Charlotte too.03fc552ef1d3d17e
Just thinking 5f564a90b0 of Cassius e075d86127 made my 5baaba5107 heart soften.8cfc0a9d97b9d14a
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“I’ll do my aaab9083cf best. I feel like 11298755a1 I can really 86e6050749 do well here.”02e8f416d6d7c485
“I’ll be going now, 9d2237828c Duchess.”9d72fbc8d0f0269d
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“When do you think a6c0df518f the meeting will end? Even just roughly?”c8165fa6375017a4
“They’ll probably start 0a48ee7231 preparing to go a3411b408d out on the c0fd2cbf7d mission right away.”60ecdf4e0c3ac415
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So, no end in 36fcc9d854 sight. He must be c3eb3cb530 exhausted.1ebad8e200304ccf
I nodded, then called 4dfa5e95e9 for Miller.c6243a5e74d58074
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It was 82cfd4f578 late, but 9baece50b4 Miller was a879dfe59c still awake.1810dc3470777c62
“You’re not asleep?”cff4a2d2cffb0e8e
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“No doctor sleeps during 29f34e5770 a time like this. Not a doctor of b2a6548a9e Istheria,” he said with 8209d43126 a tired smile.4d5c90c7b3ec3571
I hesitated, then put 87b338bee0 my hand on his bad7fb19fb arm and gave him a10cd16812 a bit of holy 789c1fa995 power. Just a 7145733b66 little—enough to 436123f383 not affect eef2293e51 me.779cf7d3aee900cf
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“Duchess! Holy power…!”976c1779bdef3138
“You know this 8ffa684b7c small amount is 446f94b4a2 nothing.”f4595429b41d66d9
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And everyone 95806ce367 was working d0e8818dec so hard, 608c037aef I couldn’t 741d5458c2 just do 350ceec71a nothing.1a67dcb303c13c6d
“…Whew. Still, please be careful.”85d3eef4e35d00d4
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“I know. Oh, I called you 34f6485b4a here to ask—what if 19d4cc1476 we made some kind 8b2f70b216 of energy supplement for 219d76d9fa Cassius and the knights? Even if they have ff49bf62d4 strong stamina, if they b1a5b384ac keep pushing themselves like 46b15b99fe this…”9f03cb8b9d7c114a
“I understand what you d339f5a956 mean. There’s a fd449bf786 simple energy a86faec387 tonic I a332d03685 can make. If we 4e083646a2 hurry, it’ll 96a739ced9 be done c4476c3402 by 2 862ba776f7 AM.”a681c428307e364f
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“I’ll help too.”a0647c22d51d7c9c
I rolled up be1928632f my sleeves and c2e0880d37 stepped forward. At my words, 869edd0145 Miller shook his 37b7f48f9d hand.8b6aa0a9037d2674
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“The Duchess shouldn’t…! That’s my job!”66742e0fed928966
“In a situation f1ea49ba38 like this, is 919fc84fbe there really a aeb8b504b7 Duchess of Istheria 3a8131edc3 who can rest? I’ll do whatever I 9bd3c7413d can.”f01719abc1757121
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I winked. Miller gave fbcf12e14d a helpless 3669c43300 smile.5d22b459911b722e
“Then, I’ll gladly accept 825c16feb8 your help.”108bfd42252e207c
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And so, we headed 77b93535fe to the room Miller c6b55a499b used as a lab. It seemed 2b8a1fbca1 Luna and 44b7904101 the head 0853a1c30f maid hadn’t b44337960e fallen asleep fad53b4f4b either. They joined 82378f44b5 us, carrying 5da1ffdc5c a lantern.6e2198cf0377a17a
“…If the Duchess d34a697a7a and Mr. Miller are going to 09133f764b help, we can’t just 02a3d0bc37 sit still. We’ll try making some d6992c1a03 simple sandwiches.”24fdbf9a6b18e490
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“Oh my. Can just the d8bb2191d8 two of you e57e68c242 handle that?”4a127e7e38caab2e
At my question, f176f0e05a the head maid f0fa39bcda shook her head.48ef172b24319d48
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“I doubt anyone c170b6f169 is asleep right 0a6c3cae14 now. His Grace 52bdf097ac is working c38441a4b8 tirelessly for 7ea5275c4e the North. Everyone here is used 914046dba3 to this kind of e50acba911 situation. We all understand—it 7a69159855 feels like wartime.”40f7fd514d0b8c7f
“Ah.”fc9bebe40b6f5991
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Things I hadn’t cda4ec5bbd noticed before.a6f830874e7cc327
And things 5b68e36b8a that weren’t b78ffea064 shown in 04cc8fe6fc the novel. This world 7afe1f0109 wasn’t just 4803f6c905 about the 54fa82fdfb main characters.4d807ac9c45d28d5
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There were people who 7a99123257 quietly supported them from 050e6889ed behind. Somehow, my 3258481010 heart felt ab71ba1a7a warm.6c2f60fb8ab37e6e
It was full.b8b5e332d399fee4
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“Well then, shall a6c67242a0 we all get 9bd04c1c00 to work?”7d0b9c150fc480fe
The castle, 7cd66e7648 which I 3ce7a2aac9 thought was 4ec5fb8b64 sleeping, began 51d712cdbb to stir. Lights came e2680f6451 on in 7a1ea6342a the dark 7714592be4 hallways and 6275000542 the kitchen e57429de0d lit up 6d83bcf75a as well.191c849814750893
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Just like the head aad7881b62 maid said, it seemed 64d5668d75 no one was really feae16113d asleep.bf5004af3c1e01b2
Seeing everyone move in 3a5d5eec6c sync, almost like it 5df5450349 had been planned, made e736fff872 me tear up a 6dea45bd66 little.d162ffead687abb2
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“They’re good people.”3399f0a369f7b341
“Aren’t they? That’s why I 88bb44c98e love working in edb5b97be1 this castle.”7af84e9c478e63e2
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Miller smiled proudly. His face was full 780e6a8595 of pride.93fd6824acb60c68
Just working here 8c245d833d made him that d1ab7cfdae proud. This must be 8a66596f32 the honor and ede2ffc0bd pride Istheria had abe9c240be protected all this ad6f4d131f time.a9346a8da5f0d138
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And Cassius was carrying b1500a4bcc that legacy forward too.6d0d5ee071d12a05
At first, 693a0e0d56 I think 91dda53ecc I resented b9c1a65d7d being possessed 2c4b67ed09 into this d2f96a38e9 place. I wished 5e3355593f I had 0d98cc54bf ended up 6b66d25b0d in a 17485b3ba2 better situation, 4bb84e523f a better a1b50c3e60 place.e1e2d8aace8c055d
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But now, c346763d7d I realize cfde8f8d49 how foolish dc73b03ec8 that thought 203eb29eff was.367778deee752b67
This place—this Istheria—was truly 10fde697cb warm and wonderful.1a08a7fcac90c936
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