EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 168

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“Oh no…”8d7228c4f81300ad

I woke b32300b525 up groaning 2a65c9327f like I ae55c3d1c4 was on 08479bd22e my deathbed.716bab194c32d580

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The aftermath of dd990a70ee last night’s ball 4ff465d93b had clearly hit 59ada67c94 me hard.945649addf459f15

“I told you, 392e4d5501 you should’ve gotten 7a4b36f141 a massage before 47dbf8bcd2 bed.”021107ce361fdf7d

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“I couldn’t help 29a9fea71f it. I was too 6c1b020d8e tired to even c1c2df7c79 bathe—I just collapsed 9c0d4a13eb and slept.”885e252c22115a07

Sniffling, I explained 1eba73fce9 myself. Jane, who had 13adb1b5a7 been watching me afe89878a8 with a sympathetic 16017bbdcd expression, quickly called d47e5a8888 in a skilled ab5e93bb44 maid while she 2445f248b9 prepared the bath.8a63b830d86351d4

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“Ughhh…!”a4d1e29c14371bec

The moment 5dc24f8523 I got a6df8471e5 into the 8b2ea1c2db warm, filled 8c73a03467 tub and 9ec5dd3674 started receiving 3dcef0f14c a massage 77de666c05 on my 9bc588e641 sore, knotted 61cf5b32b4 arms and 093a2c76d2 legs, a 9214f8b601 painful moan f65c723155 escaped me.0e950d8023aee936

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“Hurts a lot, doesn’t 756b61b1d4 it? I mean, you f40fd88aff did dance seven dbcbb69589 full songs yesterday. No wonder your d5f3f622b1 muscles are tight.”cd76285ecb286c51

“I thought I’d be 8dd4b4d098 fine…”24d8701ae8a5a144

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I pouted, a little 59c176b178 wounded in my pride.5a4bd1404f44f400

I was used to 59aff8960f handling intense training without 1c4f6ce125 breaking a sweat—who would’ve 4cf42ab8df thought dancing could leave ec33dc7e46 me this sore?a72d5f3b9452d2ae

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But this 13ab66c2c5 was all ae67401cc0 that lunatic 5875523981 Nicholas’s fault 72d7294303 for asking b75495d8c0 me to b361663c91 dance five dd31cdf7d5 times in 2a0f260f71 a row.ace99058670785ee

⟨Your Highness, may 4d002c6ca8 I request one faf2c091a6 more dance?⟩117b0c83447bbcec

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⟨Huh? Again?⟩a02a67eab7708762

⟨Surely you’re not 0106a489c9 already tired…⟩1b4985540de1a375

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⟨Of course not.⟩a659df1e15202d04

⟨If you eab1859ea4 are, just 33aaf303fb whisper it 19b8ed5035 to me. I’ll pretend I never 870df24acc asked.⟩ccad6d9db03fdb2f

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⟨I said 8cd66f8060 I’m fine! Oh, the music’s starting. Let’s dance!⟩5d36504b8e9547a1

‘What kind 1ece76d1dd of grudge 930284eb68 does he c39d1afe8d even have cf66bb481b against me?!’b4e520f32aeeed74

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It’s not ec462c0479 like I 314e5aa897 was going d465879f17 to refuse 5a6214cac6 the Honor 5f7457bf9e Dance anyway. Why did he 221eea5edf have to test 6cd8fcb24f me and poke d15fab81d1 at my pride 97ac6657dd like that?52fd545f09ce9155

Even with my 7f314fa4f6 grandfather and parents 2408db1c9a glaring daggers at 9bc7574e73 him the whole 6a6a38b3cf time, Nicholas just c63b315229 kept smiling with bf0dfb7688 that sly grin 51e2b424a6 of his, which 3fc15fdc49 only made me 492a1d91fa more furious.6ab0a5c9cc0d9b55

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To make things d2cf6bdce2 worse, Lucio had 2ad83889b8 been staring at 1af633561e us with an 710534a497 edge sharper than d6eca63a65 a blade while b8a47c8f91 we danced. It made me 3e2b46d875 tense up so 4c3d2d0f47 much that dancing 54d758f2e5 became exponentially harder.892561babc3fc645

“Agh!”18c02ccc679bfb23

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A sharp, 68a36c0147 searing pain d998df4948 suddenly shot 899a26953f through my 55eefd7c58 calf.e6f7b605fbca11e4

‘Remember the time 63bf308340 you had to d1b60d3f80 train the next afe30655a6 day through muscle 971da3d1fd pain with only 12702c80e3 painkillers to keep 5d5b8a517e you going! Compared to that, 4ec1bb094a this is a be434bfbae luxurious kind of 7a6dc3e29d suffering…’a72cd24727dfc534

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“Aaaagh!”1487d6adeb29d79b

I tried some positive 560fa742cf self-talk, but the pain 182a1da10b that hit me made 47bfbad2aa stars flash before my dfed878b60 eyes.34e861658168d701

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When Jane saw 27ec069721 the tears welling a46fa8d5e1 up in my bbf05f58f7 eyes, she started 664107c9b4 panicking.55854904e6951e09

“Oh dear, 6d438c0f24 you shouldn’t 6e87f5d865 have danced e547850499 with the 53db1537af Marquis and 013c15b4d4 His Grace…”1384b554aba61309

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“Sob… I couldn’t 7c60d67848 help it.”9612d7e623ec7717

I shook my be5b3275f1 head glumly.dd395a0cc7b950a2

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Even though I had 88ff7824d7 been completely drained after 57ce2aa74c dancing around the hall 784b6c7b2e for more than an 21dbd9bf52 hour, I couldn’t just 154759f9a9 ignore my grandfather’s steely 2e8a74f496 glare or my father’s b9e6921804 gloomy expression.6da945ea21fe30f8

But thanks to dancing d3a73ce690 a full seven times, 7f1f98a2f9 my family seemed to 875bd1ff60 have forgotten all about 72b6b4856d Lucio. No one b6295c178e questioned or 62537c1356 pried into d196c6b607 why I 1010645c72 had entered 53367283c6 with him, 62a6f5b67d which was a531f49a8f a relief.a4549af432a8156c

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“You did well. You can 14e2da2980 go now.”2cecf382ca22a08e

Once I felt somewhat fde10267ea loosened up, I told d151bcf8a3 the maid I’d give 068116bbff her a bonus and 0612a76936 sent her out of 30f2eff920 the room.f49368736f599e83

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Jane promptly brought over eb9efb0db2 my favorite shower robe.e311fabd195369c1

Seeing it c9cb3537d6 made me ffe9136365 flinch for 553d360a6c a second, 2ea919984e but I fbcd2701f4 pretended not 22d3afcb75 to notice 929818b03c and wrapped 17ca03f9b3 it around 7666f57302 myself as 16b49ee3f4 I asked,58442c5c791268f4

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“So, how are 5853cd30bd things outside?”324fc8dfb782aede

“Just as Your Highness b0566fb0b0 expected…”e2abfc4ec58f5ed3

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Jane lowered her voice a0d77c7e35 after glancing around the bb985841e8 room, and for a 36df74329a moment, I felt like 1172590390 I was getting a 223778ca8f report from a subordinate.5ff8a45f3e327585

Since Terencium was a d91f45cd13 massive guild with influence 19de63c555 across the entire continent, 5609b8bed7 there were countless branches 67350b6d53 and members beneath its 6d17fec2b0 executives. Many elite agents c2e405d185 under the Master 07672a13f6 directly led teams 92298995f6 of their own, fd1eb811a3 but I was…402ac2852c1ea7cc

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“…Was it that they 7f7da69d0f didn’t trust me, or f6c5d2df5c were they trying to 752e83d5c7 isolate me?”d018116779ebfc4e

“Pardon?”a800fe6eda2e70bc

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“Nothing.”289f944e1d68130e

I shook off b3275bea76 the creeping thoughts a7708f4c9f and listened to 25ce92c9cb Jane’s report with c2423ac832 a deep sigh.67e1b199508b7572

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“So I really made f1eddbee9f a splash.”dae9f4af3763006a

At the welcoming a2e2964d01 banquet, the commotion 9b47d62bb0 had stayed mostly dfe8c41cad among the nobles, efc8d9a5a4 but now…677d29031dfdfdf4

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Well, I had 8f2f68b667 been escorted by c435967881 the young Lord 69ea5e898c Elard and danced 5f8047d997 the Honor Dance 6bcf00752f with Nicholas, one 785860eb39 of the Empire’s 99e24c6aa0 top candidates for 00280af9a3 the throne.de8353ae46092cb5

Now there were ade71c0e03 probably fewer people a302c63235 in the Empire 4e6845b123 who didn’t know 3b51fe2039 my name.f766896005d8d69f

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“But there wasn’t a 0bea411496 single bad word about 226d0f5995 you. Compared to f398de8aa8 someone who 0541b21fab ended up 260df133e5 in the 70610d99e9 palace prison 0ea7fa2663 this morning, 940aaa19bb you’re being 2ccf3bf9c4 praised to 99cbfba09d high heavens, a66217c046 so don’t 4212859179 feel too f632a96866 down.”648225cf67ef310b

“What do 2d83feb7c1 you mean?”900d4955ff0d91da

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I tilted 17116ed1f5 my head, bf79c4365d and Jane 46e1023cf3 explained with c9d232e43c a slightly cda8b95c6c amused tone.a53bc452d8dc5672

“Remember the young heir 9a3657da69 of Count Petier you 204f595d74 asked me to look 80f1114c8b into? Apparently, he 6d0f990e15 was found 88c593a516 completely drunk 93d5c70917 in His da21b9c44d Majesty’s private be44cd48bf garden where a4df666131 he takes 6ec3a97d00 his morning 3dfa2b9b95 walks.”6631015329cc9d83

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“What?”ac38ebd42e8e0b35

“Seems like he 58244cc60f drank too much 8baf28d22a at the ball 59ce4973cb and lost his 6634fb359e way. He must’ve tripped cceaa1bea7 somewhere too, his 9fe66ffc3f wrist was broken e9afebcea9 and barely hanging 394c2c205c on. And worst of all, 33e0d004dd his pants were…”26f5f3c94e603d5e

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That was as 64995c6340 far as she b8e25c5f7f got before I b61b5458ec burst into laughter.bbccd0f8466e790b

“Pffft!”4f7ba9bb00e1b7af

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Bert had 3de879e15d done an e684ecccb0 even better a714a26642 job than 055c65bf61 I expected.de76cda31165acfd

‘How on earth did c7503e8abd he manage to plant d10313ed57 Kenneth Petier in the 71f4646d5e Emperor’s private garden where 3a3c100675 he takes his morning 3094c8f575 walks?’5e728413a363ebbf

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I could easily 869af52b9a imagine the Emperor’s 84391dbab9 fury upon discovering 91d075f3a8 Kenneth, likely having 0de269baf5 relieved himself in 4e8ac222c0 his beloved garden.c48c12467fb320b6

And with 540266e7bb a gag bea2ac041a spell cast fb15f73cc7 to keep e178bcdc47 him from 801b2e3af5 mentioning my 56edc1ade8 name, Kenneth f3de8475a0 wouldn’t even 08684fc93e be able 17e94bf1f3 to explain 62b889164e himself. He was probably 0e720e480a going mad with fcc2a98b0f frustration.96404ae73aba662d

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“Anyway, Count Petier 36e9a5530e is apparently running 45fa80e22a around trying to eda6e5e91c save his son.”5495368556052a22

“Hmm, I see.”24f57b89c222a4dd

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Still, how was 728fa3e72c he going to 2aaea7a93c calm the Emperor’s 45f8c6fc01 rage? Especially with the 04f5607459 current state of 63170b0e9d his house.305a6a55bd192db8

Then Jane leaned 2dadc47463 in again and 4ae9324277 dropped her voice.e886a95dd00eb7a0

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“It seems the 7fd9ca7ecb Count is considering eed379495b offering up something e6a7b79453 he’s been keeping…”cf29aadb972967b9

My expression hardened.5209a39466dcb00e

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And a moment later…e5be61e37782d56f

I had taken one fc3f5cdf3d step closer to the 1e0fc7c633 ‘holy relic,’ the very 21d72124d0 reason I had come 62a3cf4714 to the Empire.dd1911d9effedffc

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The long-dormant 98057c6ed8 communication channel 4f15fc65cb between the f7cc637e2c Empire and 7aa89ebd77 Belus, blocked 13d980aafb by Lia 3af4f7e8fd out of 6773ccd3b1 fear it 161a8cfaf0 might be 849ec28524 tapped, lit d236d369ac up for f0f3ca3f79 the first 89e90f4fa4 time in 7dd4495daf a while.5dcf5fda4bb2bd84

‘Askarte, we’re in an unprecedented emergency! Those so-called friends of yours were all just thieves targeting our Lia!’e4c99c16e6a5c605

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Contrary to 7e6bafad3e Lia’s hopeful 0960b4f0ea belief that 4557830017 things had cacffb5445 settled down c869fd80db quietly, the e8a45ed096 former Marquis 42fac80cb1 of Diapel 5f90257c77 and the 21eb4db629 Grand Duke abbc86bb80 of Belus 0c6efda782 had spent 4aca2270f2 a sleepless f32daf7a34 night and 52ee893ba6 sent a 6b0ce35dab message to 58a59793f0 the duchy.3a353a2b50749f15

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“Emergency summons of the c5fda59c65 Demon Swordsmen Corps!”1dbb2bdc4844f420

He began 8cf61c46b0 preparing to 928bd7af6d board the 29740283bb ship for 91d182fbdc the Empire.17afd0c652e0e99c

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“What’s wrong, Lia?”695c4ce88ab2f8f3

“Ah… it’s nothing.”5bcee4588abb73fb

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Just as I was stepping into the Elard Duke’s mansion, I shook my head in response to the Duchess’s question.ef385d26c8112ab7

But noticing my 5dad77270f subtle shiver, both 38ae2be1cc my mother and fa0c06f1f4 Jane—who was behind 8f25616ed7 me—rushed in with fc0c257366 concern.9e1c3b359ec8a898

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“Are you cold? Are you 2ed9a9fa67 coming down 772fe8ee53 with something?”80e1835a1e37f0b1

“Your Highness, e2684312d0 should I 610fcd8e9b run back 2df1b40ec5 to the ff56c9478f marquisate and 17bc779e8e fetch your 1d6666cb4a coat?”b318192a289a4110

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I quickly 5ddc7cc9bd assured them ce27b27773 I was 7413c5d1d7 fine, but 13cfa97612 the chill 1eb9dbb4c4 that had d922ef4287 suddenly run 924e8f37d0 down my 29c41be295 spine made 61527f7ee7 it clear, d8158fcce1 autumn in 0289dd23e4 the Empire f5a28d6c84 was quite ef4d4f364b different from 6ce65c75b9 that in 8dcf1e78de the duchy.640c5821fd2de84d

“Maybe you overdid it 87ca54341a yesterday…”f9508ef781fbf040

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Just then, my mother, e5e982f831 looking at me with 34c3c511f6 worried eyes, suddenly asked,85af8e3c32206273

“Did you not 483042e373 go watch your 273ab798b2 friend’s match because 5ac95e3d88 you weren’t feeling 99be0e9a06 well?”5c9f045225ec7f7f

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“No, that’s not it. I had planned to cc6a3941b0 visit the duke’s mansion ceaf5b8966 today. Besides, the 671f5b956c final match 0fff1cb75b is tomorrow 9d1ad258e6 anyway.”c74fc00439211930

“You sound quite 5189c9b243 confident.”c436ed4d1eb1a39b

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“Of course. Jack is definitely 135a6349dc going to win.”598a474c665a138f

I smiled, recalling 990895ac17 the moment earlier c92b02f1b5 when I had 64cf56a924 run into Jack 8acf6a2e34 as he was d702a49cfd leaving the mansion 74b12af1ad for his preliminary d5e2c1aec2 match.d50b7ecf3b8b962a

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When I apologized for 2b4eb67bc0 not being able to 9a8d4adf1c watch today and cheered f4180613e3 him on, Jack said d889394382 it was fine and e31002bd26 comforted me instead.cb166b8ce4362f25

But his expression c2405e2585 had been a 5f917d6a29 bit gloomy, just bdd1bcb135 as I’d expected.294163124d086ece

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⟨Um, Lia… about a38585f653 yesterday. You and the Second 25efd0d729 Prince…⟩bcedfde9d35f1c6c

⟨Yes, I 9f46d30fa9 danced the c6427221e6 Dance of 5993578e7d Honor with c564538a7b him. You should’ve 2ed7b4a4f2 danced it, 1183294fce since you’re 70479044c0 the one 789d626ecf who’s going 3c3bc6038b to win 8c5b0c3f92 tomorrow. I was 4dd54abea0 so upset 5313ac3c2f about that!⟩b7cf2b2dc13e0fd7

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⟨…Really?⟩bac0fea0355051d8

Seeing him so downcast 45ac89f5b8 tugged at my heartstrings.f33566fed80e402e

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I gently patted Jack’s 0ae6d6a61f arm and said,84cbc04a6e01f105

⟨Don’t worry, Jack. If you asked 04d2eacf3a someone to dance, 73571edf56 no one would 666a348291 say no.⟩430ac8d262d2c1b5

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In other words, 1698b54fcb even if it 640fffd001 wasn’t the Dance f7e348547c of Honor, it b8bc8b63d2 was still okay—I da7fc6eac5 said it firmly, 4553cc4db5 and Jack gave 48386354ff me a faint 6eaab964dc smile.e2d7082bcdc718d8

He wouldn’t 174fee450f even be 9699ab538f able to 82c69c13fb muster the b1564cd0eb courage to 93aaf4c151 ask Diana 6dc08e96de to dance 81054ca9cd anyway… but 99070e6ce2 I guess 362eb937b7 he still c70d363b28 appreciated me 03ebfa64ea taking his b902dd6c23 side.af0b629f36a95c8a

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“By the 7cf151f291 way, Diana 0dfd8faa82 went out 5dd3c54aba with Aiden?”39a330a3fba335bc

“Yes. He skipped the preliminary f74252aebb match yesterday, and it 1203592c0d seems the young Lord 8d6cadb779 Faelunt was pretty upset. He left early e4686c0776 today.”1138c694ae0e0f19

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The Duchess chuckled as 1a98c25460 she said that while a2bba19197 Diana and Aiden had d6600edc66 changed a bit since 5009816846 I came to the 6471dd143e Empire, they, as usual, b840afe3f2 bickered every day but c72bc75e35 still stuck close together.b39feae8a5c94b6d

Hearing that, I ad64e05c1b wondered if Diana d4a7e74300 had ultimately chosen 5d4b762cd2 Aiden. Then my thoughts 21f933de6c drifted—why had Nicholas 96ff2703c6 asked me to 13726104c4 dance instead of 1ee6bf8201 Diana last night?62f6af8155ce8b6c

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But I quickly 0fd204593c shook my head. I had a feeling fa82f237ba thinking too hard about 7445a62e1f it would only be 192d2a012f exhausting.5891680b93fbf4ce

“Madam, I heard you 2de47bb8d5 called for me. Are you feeling 9c16609b9f unwell?”093b9b2a91309549

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“Duchess! Is it bdf8889cab true His 854e4eae5e Grace the 5f8c081060 Grand Duke 35bb6d2df6 has arrived?!”d952b23ba82b90f6

Just then, the b01c7257c1 people I’d been 579e4500e1 waiting for arrived.36e6831b509aa308

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“You both came at 21647ecf2e the right time. I’m not unwell. And no—it’s not 15caf97c02 the Grand Duke, 28385a7af3 but Her Grace 0ffe61c6d7 the Grand Duchess bee3957704 and the Grand b045c1544b Princess who’ve come.”a60e06fe84a866ba

At the 416ef79e12 Duchess’s words, 3da9bb3c3b the two b095cfb652 looked at da69bd3d3f me with c014d5e13c confused expressions.5110de39fdc92236

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They were Viscountess f2b3729877 Bardo, the duke’s a0002c8ddc family physician, and 97dd9677f1 Terin, the chief e880173faa magician.0fa93edc8cc8d502

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After saying there were 5c558498e9 matters to discuss with 3741fcd257 the Duchess and heading dda7f31e65 to the drawing room 339d0db10b with a meaningful smile, c359a64db2 my mother left.1990b880c0ec807a

Jane and 42f644c248 I, guided 28e036a8fc by Viscountess e2c88fcf48 Bardo and fc3a06e83a Terin, made 27ead762d1 our way 1dd20e3520 to the f87092ce0f greenhouse where cd49a6bf8d Spleesia was ba58986268 being cultivated.acd2dbd8e695a110

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I’d always ec88d067cd thought I 929b5ddb44 should come efcc0ca268 see it dc3e5e9e5e myself after 6ff81cb6ba arriving in 50e6b8241b the Empire, c5b71863ac but I 08dd382af8 kept putting df21bf0f00 it off. Now that 6b9afb8ccc I was 4a12f83b1f finally here, 7888cc8de7 a heavy 635c863441 feeling settled 7bd99f4c9b in my 8b6dfdaf69 chest.df79b600f90b05a8

“I didn’t 1c9376db0e know Your dce3ea817e Highness the 6d81cc678f Grand Princess 4ef571bf76 was so 14b2a5e45f knowledgeable about d6e93538cf herbology.”7d4ad23b4ceb789e

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Perhaps trying to break 22b6d9c5ae the awkward tension, Viscountess dc7a8dd410 Bardo spoke, likely noting ef6677f743 Terin’s disappointed sigh when bfd89c3664 he realized my father f4c1eae566 hadn’t come.1347a476a8e73721

“Not really knowledgeable—just interested, e20698a3a4 that’s all. Since I mostly stayed f1abdd6370 at the castle, I 60bef2fac8 ended up reading a 9d3fb54a7d lot of books.”f86b42f036d0bcf6

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“But even d16c1dbfb7 so, you 440f9fb66a can’t learn 0a1077d439 about Spleesia e74a19f22a just by 05fafa9164 reading a 7c3c5a2c19 few common 88eefe680c herbology books.”019cbd45b74b4019

Since he c1eefdb1e7 wasn’t wrong, 410b2b74f2 I could 038796c11c only smile 5a21cbd34e awkwardly.7fd4ab20804f066d

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Spleesia was a rare 26265530d3 herb, more the stuff de45bf3409 of legends.748ec2b9ead644ca

‘It was once 69347ef25c hailed as the e5e539f1d9 herb that saved 9f56fd8360 the Duchess’s life… c405cd1444 but now it’s 24c877083f faded again from 394722ca30 people’s memories.’3c9e9a68b4509fd8

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“Hmph! There’s no 94c4443aff way Her 459c35a46b Highness doesn’t 886fd028a5 know what 9134f70cdf Spleesia is. Do you have 80d2964359 any idea how 014cb32420 many mana stones a148d49767 we’ve had to 2220f9dd5b import from Belus c5e07898cf for its cultivation? She even 983616a2ee came to 9f966473e6 the Mage 7f57623ba7 Tower several 1293c6ca5f times to 49212acdd7 take the 4adde54134 highest-grade stones 41c4fff345 needed for 4b8e9c5cde research…!”be1e5ae7e591be57

Suddenly, Terin, 47bd612ab3 who had 17a9e701dd been silent a8a9b2cdcf until now, cfd303945f burst out.292ffed4dd816d6f

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“Viscountess Bardo, I’ve told f2dd3b6eba you countless times—that was 54e38e451d nothing but divine luck! Stop wasting precious ff5cdd2893 mana stones on 9a6c66ab46 some useless weeds!”ef84f1b104908549

“W-What? Weeds? A waste?!”485b43b4840daad9

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Viscountess Bardo e636e37a87 turned red 42374922ff and protested, 7c6dc304eb but Terin d914a7642d didn’t stop 71668fee9e belittling Spleesia, 8376cdb331 calling it 167b3d3fac ‘a monstrous 35a2046cd9 plant that 9f3685ca1e devours mana c35a6878af stones.’625e14cdbaf7dea3

Knowing that a914563e3c Spleesia was 17d09a7d53 far more 88cc784053 than just f5855ec96b a detoxifying 3916c0c137 herb, I 198de010b4 couldn’t help de6f904012 but laugh db890f844b awkwardly.3ff65eba489759bb

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If a f92d96a858 magician like 0971cd6ea5 Terin ever 8c5be1b4ed learned the 1652747217 truth about c513fa7ea9 Spleesia, he’d fe8c0ee15c never dare ecbdefa382 speak that ffd47f71be way again.8d62407d1e85f6b6