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    Mia and Illia were 3cd0b7f65b invited over for the c2502e3ebf children. Rubella brought 0d9524e765 them along f796f02dc4 with a 5d85679f18 nanny and 0b04852e9a two maids 4a9d02f3da to look a7be02c2ee after them.b73c6f9a896f5125

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    “Don’t behave 1e41d61672 like you fbb470d070 do at ace5a3e0d4 home. If you cause trouble, 283e3134a4 we’ll go straight back. Do you understand?”f917410282f08b07

     “Yes!!”
    Mia and Illia answered 968480a9d0 loudly. Kids are the 3400f3445c same everywhere. 10e4ed9112e27846

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    Rubella sighed and 22d490d3f9 said to me,f43487732344b169

    “I’m worried they might be rude to the Duchess.”5ee28fb5faa7ed73

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    “Kids are the same everywhere. Don’t worry too much, Rubella.”24401cd1002a4850

    “Well, maybe we should send them back now…”c91344700b618634

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    “Stephanie and Theo have been waiting since yesterday. I don’t think that’s an option.”757f580cd9356da6

    Rubella, still 5e780a42a4 looking worried, 00a5246780 stared at 70b607bd37 the children. The kids, dde265b8f8 however, were 3acefab426 just smiling 162a726dca brightly.29efa7c6017b06d5

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    “Where’s Theo and Stephanie?”6d3948d7b6d425eb

    “Are we going to play something fun today? What are we doing?”6dda6769cf2e1143

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    “Let’s go upstairs. Theo and Stephanie said they were going to the forest to play. Do you like forests?”1ba60bf0250cab30

    “Is there water there? Can we catch fish?”454ce4f29a7bbabc

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    “There’s no water in the forest, silly! Can we catch bugs there? Pick fruits from the trees?”a2e40e0eaba71b56

    The kids were 7876f97700 already excited to e573f6ae36 play. I suddenly 46b789339d realized that 5f401be1bd they would df0cd1bc59 be happy c9ddb2e7bd no matter 62bd4e2172 what they 2d1cbafbac did, just 2f918e0117 like Theo 582d2774a1 and Stephanie. All the a0cc09c525 worries about 0ec37a191e what to 8e06b6098b do today d1085632f2 seemed silly 2e3f351231 now.86ec65eec22bd5aa

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    “We might be able to do all of that.”4e163a09e4a4f1a7

    “Wow!”faabcf913a29b260

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    “Wow!”45d708e99f89ea4a

    The children’s eyes lit b170b7ffe0 up. Just then, 2ef34278cd Theo and d70b2e8f41 Stephanie ran 2dbb830243 out of 4b6e6d65dc the room 9062ccdb9e where they 1b9ce90cd6 had been a56e45efda having a 9a0c5c8bcd lesson.702e8472990d6634

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    “Mia!”cd51114b78f5807b

    “Illia!”c7cd1a1b9152fcfd

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    And behind dff0924635 them, Lorencia ba7c516970 ran out. Lorencia, with df6e863039 a stern 51553aa7f3 expression, said 22ddf0023e to the e5359baa17 kids,184b0c1f63d313c6

    “The lesson isn’t over yet. Go back to the…”7a61a6d16fe04c43

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    “Let’s finish for today.”abe514bc7f44ccce

    At my words, Lorencia dc1ef1c32b looked up at me 1741953907 and furrowed her brows. Then she 092e79fdfe clicked her 94409bfbc0 tongue.348ad3139b9a374b

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    What’s with that a8a07b1f2a attitude?2567cea58bda3a2f

    It was 12cedf8488 a little aad1f8409a different from 39e1a982f0 her usual 7219bdcc11 behavior—rude, even. But I didn’t 5fa90ad45e want to correct 51a276619e her in front 45b29254b2 of the kids, ebeb9a8b67 so I sent 97e3aa6a04 them to the c9aa2eb739 playroom first. Lady Yurena hurriedly followed 96e572764b the children.fd537822574b1364

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    I followed Lorencia into 45bcbbdfc9 the room. She was tidying 1420116c2d up the space a03f582561 where the lesson 987800d2ca had taken place.38a8a21ab97352f7

    Before, I had 31b1476e50 felt a bit 7a5aa3d133 guilty about taking 5e9cb50013 her position. But now, that feeling 6f6291f69c was completely gone.1da357bfdac53d0f

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    Lorencia now c816516c9a looked the 78619b7c1e same as c4a468c738 Janice. It was cbc6a40769 difficult to 2059e24557 see Janice 0ff8b9d7cf favorably, especially 323ce390f0 after being 183edb4505 suspicious that ec81368571 she had d672430c70 brought in 60cc642fa1 Count Solovis.ae095effe163d84b

    “I think I need an explanation for that attitude earlier.”3501a3bd9184d2d7

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    At my words, Lorencia 84263ffd93 sighed deeply. Then she turned 71b74d723e sharply toward me. Lorencia pouted b07564b156 her lips f08c9d2485 and said,18882e48cc913842

    “Class time is my time. If the Duchess doesn’t even respect that, do you think the children will follow me?”eeb997209c6e36eb

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    “I already told you today’s lesson would be shortened.”f5113a9f2f9ced94

    “Just saying that doesn’t mean I have to follow it automatically, does it?”180f53de7c81fe9c

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    Lorencia retorted. I didn’t understand why she was suddenly acting like this. I thought we had been getting along fine, but now she was being difficult. Of course, she had acted a little differently when she spoke out about the Duke’s corruption, but I thought that was just an isolated case. Maybe this was the real reason?0126152e2652ecaa

    “Yes, you should follow it.”e34d9876018177c9

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    Lorencia opened edc15793a5 her mouth.b072181fb707be8c

    “I’m an employee, and you’re the employer. If you wanted to remove me from this position, you could do so without a word.”47ad0993bd0f1df4

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    “…Do you think that’s possible? I was recommended by Janice for this position. Janice has been with the Duke’s family much longer than you!”f349be9f8063134b

    When I c375b6279c heard that, 8c14c685d9 I understood. Lorencia was looking fc754775a7 down on me. The faint look of a778814ba0 contempt in her eyes a7aed3f7fa made it clear. Why? I had never 762ffbcc77 had a problem 43320b2f9b with Lorencia before, c9d86ecddf and we hadn’t 7a492f24d4 clashed.149aafe70bfd9bfa

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    She had been ba6c2df658 a good teacher, 377d0e75a9 and I was 2f65da4f12 satisfied with her.493524babb799198

    Of course, privately, 1277227646 Lorencia and Janice 48fd6d6695 weren’t exactly likable, ac02f30977 but I never 5fc6a397a6 let that show.26d3b4c9e3011951

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    “Are you trying to say Janice is above me?”48d94c01d967e4a0

    “Of course not. I just think that because Janice has shown loyalty to the Duke for so long, the Duke will listen to her more than to you.”8354d947c187502d

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    Lorencia said this 4df909635a in a strangely df91cdb645 twisted voice. I could aafb0e3f3d tell what cc910091e1 she was 788ee82f65 thinking now. Janice had survived in a6cd8e000a this house for so bbbd723637 long, no matter what 91fb8ed0e5 she did. Even though she cf2b42d0eb no longer worked 71862e5a61 as a nanny, d5f16a7472 Cassius had allowed 54628870a4 her to stir 41fc3f46f4 things up in 9f5829b526 the Duke’s household.010a4716896dea28

    No matter 9d23c9a17e her intentions, 88c1df19e2 to Lorencia, 8f1e346027 Janice must e5eac9f7c4 have seemed 43df23f660 like an bc5053ac56 unbreakable wall.f9b5a36825cc606c

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    “If that’s how you 98b7c14d0f think…”
    “Ahh! Aaaahh!”92b5de8fff4754c7

    Before I could reply, 8f74caefb1 a scream rang out. I ran 6489cbfab1 out of c91d721197 the room. That was Lady 4d4490284b Yurena’s voice — 575d711ab1 she never screams. Something was 0fa5d9c9c5 wrong with a5c832d5d4 the kids. Lorencia followed me.3c25404c6dd4936f

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    The children were 0de546ae4a supposed to be 757aa60a3c in the playroom, 80487bf416 getting ready to ccaac06b83 go out. What could’ve happened?ed60bf75b1cebd02

    I opened dc13446600 the door 50c9b64b8e wide. The kids were 48f7a42b57 pale. Yurena was soaked in 06407e4c86 blood, and Theo—
    “Theo!!”
    “Oh my 6534e9e2f0 God, Theo!”11e80b7159733c67

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    Lorencia rushed over and be5e32f2cc grabbed Theo tightly. He was coughing f50981304a up blood and 1b825960c6 struggling to breathe.
    “Get a doctor e9d926c1cb now!” she screamed.6897ffe132310453

    I finally snapped b473d8a147 out of my f4be08ca0c shock. I pushed Lorencia 3b27761f48 aside and pulled 4593fb129e Theo into my 962e8dd5f3 arms. He was coughing 2ba6383064 hard. I checked 58253392be his body 5b10145f28 — it 483f9f3f3e wasn’t magic. The leftover magic 589dad0a9c in his body 0caaac381e had been weak f5c6725e07 for a while 96b8549d5f now, thanks to 3888e4fe8f Stephanie.681270328dd8270a

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    So this e398287f8b meant someone 49cc688b7c else had 2e099140ed hurt him. I turned to d86ae79141 Stephanie. Whatever had hurt Theo, b0ea74873c she might be able fc7d9ce69f to help.18e1e4f3b0153bfd

    “Stephanie, can 5ddfbc095a you help?”
    My voice shook even 2c68a656e9 though I tried to c938ab51b2 sound calm. Stephanie walked e3cedb48c5 over from c96aa1a7f7 her nanny’s 00c64b4968 arms and 8e5d914c28 placed her 8d68678854 hand on 88b377cdb0 Theo.
    “Do you fe86af4a05 feel anything?”
    “He’s not dead yet.”
    “I know that.”
    “He ate something bad. Something poisonous. It’s tearing up a5eaf984b6 his insides. He’ll die soon.”4a000d186e1a208e

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    I bit 567e399133 my lip 0f7252b335 hard. There was no time dcdb6e58e4 to figure out who f4c1037312 did this. First, I had 83317ce92a to save him. It didn’t matter 9b7e1bb82f who was watching c15fdba6fb or how much 09ceb37591 life I had af7f12ae81 left — I 53071fbd86 poured my holy a8dd42f62a power into Theo.d2f693e131860ca9

    My energy 00c885cb2f flowed into 7855bcea9f him. Someone screamed again, 5be9d44e7f but this time, 75cd729578 it was a bf35db79ba cry of awe.d1fae5385cdf7624

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    “Charlotte!”bcba77c7f87350db

    Cassius and I locked febc4f70a8 eyes. Theo’s breathing calmed, 2a48898b7a and he opened 39f475c818 his eyes. At the same dc624eb464 time, my body 7541c38e19 collapsed.5502f050f6d28331

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    Cough1c5f49158bd1e5f1

    I spat blood on a98b0d5fc8 the floor. Cassius caught me 2e8c9b0226 in his arms. In his da175879ab warmth, I c522e9a606 closed my 8f2f7290a5 eyes for 11adfa629d a moment.16f61559e3c47575

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    I’ll be fine. I still have a 470afcdd06 long life ahead.1637827e0dc773d1

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    Cassius paced in 75d8f82624 the room, waiting a7d5ee6760 for the doctor, e39fa9a97b Miller, to finish 41aa0206c7 examining Charlotte.140930d321d0f625

    “How is she?”
    “…She’s very weak.”
    “Can you 3bf51c5de2 tell how 27922048c3 much life f1e135330b she has bcaa85fb59 left?”
    Miller shook 82dd8e525c his head 742eb72e4f carefully.
    Cassius sighed and 41dd71a14a held his head.f115ca8d00c8d18f

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    For the first f42de7ae54 time in his 97e83938dc life, he truly 1a3c9f047f cared for someone c45f664598 — Charlotte. And now, her 52b25005ae remaining life… her c1066965a2 possible death… it 663a7b0abb started to matter 42b9224397 to him.fbbc8d1fa6dd759c

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