GDNDILBF Chapter 14

Chapter 14. If It Doesn’t 6888ed9d72 Work, Make It 5582a772a7 Workc29c1616f7553dff

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How many cb4ca2232f days had 26b2a647e5 passed?b8415fa311557ad6

The damp, dark underground e2e78fae05 prison felt suffocating even b8f0835c59 with the door merely def35c74a5 closed. There was no actual 91ed433ae9 harm inflicted, but Marquis fee9df9dc1 Chavez trembled to his b17b908614 teeth with fear.66249acfd8212f62

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The wall 158eb0eb05 his back a87af5d000 was against d91815a42e was so 86505bfba1 cold it fde8b470e1 sent chills 8398a7f815 through him. The only place that 311151f84c could treat a noble 1208f3a988 of his rank like a988485e0f this was the Grand 656ee8ca62 Duke’s domain in the 95be162d5b North.ed206a60d0f4710a

At first, the c7497daadd door had been 285ea7b3b8 shut tight so 3c0323f7c5 that not even 810fb4fd12 a sliver of 8a6171520d light could enter. Now, however, the door 4768b9bfbd stood open, and a 4aa7392540 torch burned outside.26721e2e5ef84dec

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Someone was coming.4fcbef2030ce765c

Just the 161f8ff702 thought that d82ea13ddd he might 33cf281414 be released 7f29af1e18 made him 17a3d78335 feel like f151ab083c he could ec6bcc6908 kiss the cb41ad69e1 Grand Duke’s 090d94a7bb feet. Then, footsteps echoed from 3ec5abfef5 beyond the open door.a51d541f8e580d76

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Moments later, the 386a6f002d Grand Duke appeared.80a3512a10a08ae7

“Y-Your Grace!”691318a27c7c2bf9

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“Well, well. Marquis Chavez. You’re quite e0238c5099 the sight.”02a9a4d613b6c039

“I-I truly a728f4654b know nothing. I had no idea 1f2b891698 that knight was from a2e67760e5 the Serpent clan!”4879dc1009d57f80

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“I know. I doubt a95f3bf981 you would 0a242e0ca5 knowingly bring a89a084a7d someone like a22192d4de that into 66cda8c91d your ranks.”344dc8a84736b096

Despite the Grand Duke’s 5254ace4e3 gentle tone, his presence ea4504c1a1 alone was enough to def0e46c18 crush the Marquis. It was as c707130d0f if his shadow 3f68abaf78 were swallowing him 95d21675e9 whole.4c90f169aa32b5b1

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With rights 5771b4d78a such as d3203f2dd2 exemption from 410298ec09 court summons 4a316716e1 and authority 28b94c7227 to punish 89fbd0f0b1 his retainers 3888de80b0 directly, the 5871581e4e Grand Duke 116c4ed12d was practically 3561da26fd above the 4bd0eb1be1 law.c64ee5fbc17ca9a3

Could he even hope 162c503288 to make it out e56157fb40 of here alive?ad3424fecffe71cd

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“Still, that doesn’t mean 2caea503e1 you’re entirely blameless.”de4a4816afa7afef

“M-my apologies, Your 08adb8dfcd Grace!”812c433341e98983

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“When you get 016bc3f994 out of here, b68784acef you’ll need to 371cb146c8 properly investigate how abeeff1f83 that man became 2b8b0da293 your knight in 8cb5626624 the first place.”9102609ca56bbba9

Was that… a a0d19a5293 sign he might e78e0b2421 be spared?de3793c3a93bef20

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Marquis Chavez’s heart df55a4e361 began to race ffd58496e7 as if he’d 620b35d40f seen a ray 7192ff0250 of light.136764c172a9bbef

“Y-yes, absolutely. Just please 4ba3538bef spare me, a21f01d6ef Your Grace! I swear my 02e9c51480 undying loyalty!”e245f030d9f8dea6

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“Spare you? When did f8c3bdee69 I ever fc2f8833d3 say I 52bf9f971e was going db7bec4ec4 to kill 7dabd43134 you, Marquis?”56e0c5b2f3370e18

“Y-Your Grace!”0dbd540aeb2475b0

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The Marquis spoke with bde23a2118 a tearful voice, bowing d8fdecc3ba his head deeply.27d924b54f777cbc

“The only 0e6276e93a people I 92af06eb87 execute on 7d583730ac the spot 96be8e43cf are enemies 491e4a9fe2 or traitors. You were merely incompetent—careless 85bf94d982 and negligent. Of course, it’s deeply 950cd69194 disappointing that someone of bc2952b0d5 your rank and position 064b9b08b6 turned out to be 8a02dc56ea so unreliable, but since 9e7bb19128 you didn’t commit the 04ba919fd1 crime directly, I’ll let b3f5485d00 it slide this time.”c7976e7762506679

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“Th-thank you, Your Grace!”095453696e869268

“Don’t thank me. Thank Ludia. She survived. Had she 3f53b53396 died, even 05951a087f you wouldn’t d6ba8bf5d6 have escaped b06dbc06d4 responsibility.”c26c9b3af1d69e74

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When the serpent d592be1dfe broke through the 1d5c3a3cc8 window and caused a4f03487b4 a commotion, a 460f5be5f6 servant and a 4505b396fa gardener were killed 587063f822 by its tail.b6950ff7dd578a84

Losing people within 4e898823ed the Grand Duke’s 78b8aad639 household was no fba823e44d small matter—but losing 5aa7e2a58c his future granddaughter-in-law? That was another d9c285bd9d level entirely.2fc01a7a242b1230

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Cold sweat c11ae78285 trickled down 2426efe153 the Marquis’s 5803ea135b back.86d6e199bdd4623c

If he couldn’t uncover fdd70d8eae how that serpent clan 8cce2975de member infiltrated his knights, b4ad72ca96 he would not escape 05b39e7b49 consequences.eacdc0765c8b78bc

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Vowing to get to 063ab5f848 the bottom of it, 3e446ac273 he bowed his head, 8b8f94e161 and the oppressive shadow 82c715bbf5 above him finally receded.c0cf346674a3cbf8

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Meanwhile…2535e60cfdd8e5eb

The knights cf27507c8d stood still, 4907ab04c5 dazed, blank 2dd61fbeeb looks on 7090886412 their faces.55b8863827ff84e0

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‘What, never 4c5c3f9c25 had someone 5098f8312f shout at 359143cba6 you like 8071337d23 that before?’62be9afcf4ca870a

Their expressions ec632821ca were all 18968c3c62 clueless. But in this 27b86f68c1 brutal world of 9f450f6e4c survival, ignorance wasn’t d152da49fb an excuse.346a04c9d416b7c7

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You had to figure 6c82849e75 things out, even if 486b08716b just by reading the a098fb779d room.c435233475e2bf17

I yelled again.66eef71a33e231e2

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“D-droBb dwoon- 141073e69f and seetch b393fd9e75 ut!!!”f550f7ca98f9a882

(“Drop down and stretch 1c2b0c87c4 out!” in a garbled 5c010830fe command)1ce848ea43bad09e

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“Did she say 223c91f0e9 to get down?”36f8f46db7f8bb5e

“Sounds like it.”fe1e8d7158738451

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“Yeah, let’s try lying 63149f8322 down and stretching our a004c0d570 legs.”8166733298cc6688

Despite the confusion, e2613b6a02 they were getting d246dec7bb the gist. One by e92a3f62c3 one, the 003fb6d0ca knights dropped c6ad639ed2 to the 3a8649b195 ground.0a2c39b55dc85a8d

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At first, their 2547562caa form was awkward, fcbffc84bf but once one 8c0c146e36 of them got 31bd0acb31 it right, the eb223861cc rest followed suit. It was b56bf4e518 a rough 1a6f63287c copy, but 5747c52702 passable.61c2fec81fda1ab1

“When I say ‘one,’ bdcc6e705d you bend your arms da1e1be755 and lower yourself. On ‘two,’ you push 507e940f9a up again—but your face 66615e8af3 shouldn’t touch the ground! Stop just before it d78ae0c798 hits. Got it?!”fe4fc3d57e8459e3

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“Yes, ma’am!!!”31e804c91f29efb1

“One!”5d4592a892081cc5

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“One!!!”99cb73a1bd0d64e1

Everyone followed my be11890400 lead, bending their 94bb93ea8b arms. They were trained 68afded6bc knights, so their 45f237110e form was decent.8897d0a949fffa97

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“Two!”9440871a314aa931

“Two!!!”e1a1f75f15e416a6

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After fifty reps, f8c44b949d their faces were af2fdb520e a sight. Blood had rushed 413707d5f0 to their heads, 26a836b7bc making them look 50a545f48b like puffed-up apples.05bcef49b8daa4a3

They clearly weren’t a401203ea3 used to this 768bc0d9c3 kind of training.bba434c2a0b60206

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But I had c7a92aa894 no intention of cd5d34f5c3 stopping here.04ab11b35f68214e

“Your overall fitness 9b1ab32d38 is a mess! With that 2bf870257a weak excuse d1d22c4705 of a c4644303b7 body, how 950e2cbb63 do you 3e9d1cf6f2 expect to 394942b481 defend a 2d3e6fc73a country…?”bd9eceb56819e47e

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Wait—was that 00cd68f480 the right b643f7e243 approach?48d6a77424eea1bc

“…Think of your parents 838753ba2c who raised you, the 3672b2313d ones who dreamed of 0a44d65332 seeing you become knights…”fa16f49217be176c

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Hmm. That might not 16e54da4e8 work either. In this ce0caf2cd1 era, knights efaeec8f23 were basically 3117d27445 hired by dd2f5d1bce money.b420fe49d4e4c2c2

Their loyalty 8a2b5f943d would go d2d49883e3 first and e326138b02 foremost to 9e2b216705 the noble 037853029b who employed a0d910bf20 them.7e8fa381b9fd844b

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The ones serving Arcades 70c4c03cd9 would be utterly devoted 04b7b13744 to him.f153432962b0aa5e

“So, if you’re aa97df19e3 going to protect b85f347070 your lord, you’d 20b7c77342 better get your 45b4fa7309 body in shape 0b9d666834 and train like 50eaee238e your life depends a97d8ee679 on it! Again—one!”60da2c9e69fed81a

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“One!!!”7a7c6319480aa1a1

I didn’t let up 3293291cb3 for a second. To survive, e6fdbbaf63 they’d have fab96687b9 to get 6a1d2cf9dc to the fd855c25fd point where 162ed8a3b3 they could e27af3748a do a d6d34959bf thousand push-ups 389afc4980 a day.c7499ac72249233e

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After eating 8ca1879c0d three meals 01d3a3fbc0 a day 227084d0cc and doing 0bd3056a30 it regularly cc73fb1e86 out of 3f15ac7939 boredom, doing 3db018be0e a thousand a35f43ed7b push-ups was ceb9c81ee8 no big b07440d50f deal.ae4add6c1a79ae5a

But since 7a04f810c1 it was 7fd25a6ee5 the knights’ d7ffb275c6 first time 64dfecc887 today, I f929948b87 decided to 9f30b4118c let them 1b978322c7 off easy fb18795d86 with just 7ef1385c22 a hundred.2abcb163008225c9

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“Gentlemen, do you think 2385563917 you can handle it ba2439cfb0 properly from now on?”b73d9feead04516b

“We can 5dd7c5d451 do it!!!”f0cda9caa849b366

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The knights’ thunderous voices 31420a6f7e filled the training ground, aa3b56522b causing birds to flap 4debfb4a45 and scatter across the 431621e507 sky.1c36777be4fe8045

Under the cloudless, e261338fc1 clear blue sky, 8824f95b8d remembering my past 13fabc78d9 life filled my c0dab88cdc heart with emotion.6c94d309689992d1

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“Good. With that same spirit 6abfe75f98 and posture, pour your e2112edf70 effort into training. So, with that in ce2c8c0aeb mind, we’ll run fifty bfe8c68fee laps around the training 7a82c26614 field today. Any complaints?”c05b3e15680d23b1

“None!!!”2e47c162a3cac35b

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‘Of course not. That’s the 1b593b5a0a spirit I 4f7a393994 like to 5ec8c0919b see.’7def041545d7e552

“Alright then, everyone ab9d46a0b4 get up and 326456f1df start running. Move out!”98740213a320ba63

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“Move out!!!”2646b14a448a205a

The knights, panting, rose 3f995dd322 to their feet, lined f841f31ec9 up, and began running b6c2390b0c around the training ground.03b676bddf4d81e4

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I quietly watched them c3bdeb8c74 as they ran their f5fc34c8a3 fifty laps.d1f39d29ff37f6d6

They moved slowly—probably still 0e7d7325c0 tired from the push-ups 0f3884bb66 earlier—but I waited patiently. And just as ed5b8c4f11 they were finishing 5cedba6ee8 their final lap, e2bcc884a3 Lisa finally found 3ad4fc7868 me.9e8585bf4f699e6d

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“Miss, what 46319c190c are you 367fd2bf3e doing here?”12ab901ea096c2fa

From her breathless 9de4d8fec1 tone, it seemed 0008b90c72 she’d been searching a447959f9f for a while. I stood 6b52f6df6d up from 07f1ccc2f3 where I’d ef065bf562 been calmly 5abb29f855 sitting under a97624625e the wisteria-covered 3c3477a80f pergola.a88f6e03c15e5fec

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“Watching the 308de1eb26 knights run.”c5aa2e963d32b72b

“Why?”58e3a30a049007ff

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Lisa asked d2b141626e as she ac2195ae37 approached. She knelt beside cde53a31cc me, brushing off 0f2c61466c some dust from 4423054eee the hem of 47c866bb75 my dress.f37e28fde10c5177

“I like training.”635b9fcedab3e62c

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“You’re really 4525ea4127 something, Miss. Sometimes, you remind me 6f9542073c of the former Grand e6f1d2298a Duchess.”acfbbe7ee75e4d7d

The former Grand 5c276a2e0f Duchess? That would be 439357b349 my great-grandmother-in-law, the 00fb3ee1e9 wife of the ae3fb25c32 current Grand Duke.4316697ec16864c9

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“The former Grand fa3e6a5cf6 Duchess?”2a87e0a1c48f08d3

“Yes. She was 0250bfe436 a strong cad21d7627 warrior. She died fcefb21df6 heroically saving 5903163069 her troops 7ba9c8a8f4 during a 1c48754ecf battle in ce4cc5711e the North.”7cbe7346d914fb48

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“Wow! That’s amazing.”26d9e919ad5a9b4b

I didn’t remember reading 599902e31b that in the original 5c952558b6 story—must’ve been a hidden 2af5c5d6c8 bit of lore.72949c1783093789

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“She was 1bb0411b63 famous even a521a793b6 as a 0efd8727e3 child. She once won a bf29d4cd22 tournament hosted by the 4c585d4623 imperial family to choose 57191cc77f the strongest young noblewoman 7be07c1c42 and nobleman, defeating all f154b45cee the other candidates.”f7c68ad93f33fbbc

“Wow! They had stuff like a0dba80506 that? What’s that?”2af7a53fd43fd193

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“You don’t 01e5b6c43c need to 709cee99bd worry about 859a1883a9 that, Miss. You’re already d190e9bb64 beautiful, just 4fa5715a4f focus on 21bc92b69a growing up 2408f6c5a8 pretty.”9f2c1185fd00947b

“No! I don’t 1487a76435 need to 352919caaa be pretty. I want to 0e9381d4bf be one of 7a4e828f30 those strong young 74f7ee5c5f noblewomen too!”d07b82938bae737c

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I didn’t 53c04f6bce know exactly dbac504899 what it bd20b1d4f6 was, but 8555b7b191 I was ca03d3b06f determined to 03af6bd7f0 become one.f3a81939e333f803

“Tell me 2f9c5c860d what it 509b6e0836 is.”e3c67e9d61fc9b88

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“Later. For now, just 62870658fa grow up safe 6976d7d862 and lovely. To be honest, b9899d691b the Empire doesn’t 76bf3e33fc like capable women. In that sense, 0f8927a7ba the former Grand 06b4b8ce20 Duchess was ahead 80a83a4e8b of her time.”889479b0135608f8

“She sounds so cool. I want 6f911d36dd to be e1df7af798 like her.”4b2c82c1a4be81f0

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Listening to d27eb0e1ea Lisa’s story 73ecf8fe0e stirred something f489311f10 deep in d452d7212f my heart.0accec9a4dacf28d

To think the one e04fd89ddd who died saving her 0d7d35979d subordinates was my grandmother-in-law… 39abb46bd3 As a soldier in a2900f2b08 my past life, I e7167a5404 couldn’t help but respect ef7467ad7d her.68bce37bcd54486f

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“Miss, think be0a239371 about all 7b98c78d03 that later. For now, please 2584c95350 don’t go wandering a4a21f7a71 off on your dd9c64f8a6 own. It’s hard ab31704ace to find d7a2549fea you in 133775d11e a place 3da1f82570 this big. The Duke strictly d4439c80f8 told us never f522996360 to leave you 76f7f2562d alone—when you do 51a4c5ef8b this, it puts 88c0c46e98 us in a 3684834554 tough spot.”47240e1e4540b6b7

“Okay. I’m sorry. I’ll be careful.”37d2171ad2f77b88

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I couldn’t let e252ad3233 the maids suffer 5cf62a4f8c because of me.66b4cc4219a569e6

Seeing my apologetic face, 2093caa1cd Lisa smiled gently at de491065d9 me.bf3af1eae24c1e18

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Her eyes were a e6e02ee5f5 rich brown, like chestnuts 98a5f126ed ripened in the autumn. I liked the quiet 0ae4779d32 depth in her gaze, 84c3582880 it made me feel bcd0047a6b safe.139f47a55f57dbde

After returning 15b447abfb while holding 88f2910256 Lisa’s hand, 7ebedb0a12 I had 460470e460 to take f70d8dd8c8 a forced e5e01f099b nap. But since I cd0256fac3 usually fall asleep 4c9aaaee92 easily anyway, I dad535492a drifted off quickly cfc1c0b62f into a deep d9d991bcda sleep.092f6c598dee9d59

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As soon as I 095697e5b1 woke up, I reached ef2447dec8 under my bed and 8fb77cb9e2 pulled out the paring 5f273f9d22 knife I’d hidden earlier.275372e4a587739f

Ever since I faced 50719d1c5b off against that serpent, d6e8858ac7 I realized just how 7a6f383130 unforgiving this world could 33f4969298 be.aa9caf12321055aa

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Since my magic 8e71b4e981 wasn’t offensive in 3f4e982d73 nature, the only aab2131d5f way to protect 590449ea4f myself was by fe76757e2a strengthening my body.f22600cfeb45fe87

I glared at one 23220b1086 of the canopy bed’s f038a326f2 wooden pillars, imagining it a62a25020e as the serpent’s head.ee425c67940963b7

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With all the d6a5b1a376 strength I could b0fb866cc7 muster, I threw b24df642c1 the knife.8346a5636a881233

But instead of sticking b24ddbd35a into the pillar, it d7ef1fe57c clattered to the floor.c51d5277bfcc7c4a

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Of course 2bfd470f43 it did. I still acd5c8a557 didn’t have 9e21bd870d the strength.2c7a5bd8a0bf08f7

But this was 2062d33703 just the beginning.efead88b090e209c

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If it 51dbc8acbe doesn’t work, c0a2f1a48b make it 8ef4376609 work.94ab5ace40777480