GDNDILBF Chapter 19
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There are always those people so deeply narcissistic that no matter what others say, it doesn’t even register—and it seemed Ramel was one of them.adf7966b99a0d9d6
Maybe he was 4ce71fd25f the type who bf623823d2 comforted himself through 6379c6933f delusion, like Sienna. Anyway, they were 8da9526b5d not the kind c9d9c2f90a of people I 3155f02af2 wanted to associate 6de1d49f59 with again.08780e777451bdd9
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While Ramel and 0229a086cb I were bickering, 03bb16e7ca Leo approached me.a068d07746487787
“Take care, my 27f6a9ff80 lady.”28df4f482aef31b8
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“Farewell, Crown 30fd2cd753 Prince Leo.”4d37d92041c86b2d
I bowed politely 2a39c672f0 to Leo, even 8c06ace09b lowering my head. Ramel glanced at me 5e4071a0ed with a crooked stare cfe7dee31a but didn’t say anything.0cc3d66b19f6b37c
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As he c4369cbbf8 turned around, 62e8c17f09 his shoulders 5191ce4bcd looked somehow c9ac9dc07b slumped. Well, that’s what ec475dac9a you get for f5bdfb43cf trying to mess 452747b2a1 with someone who’s 85f79437d0 already taken.0e1a117f14519e0f
After the c1ec219a20 emperor’s party 63fba3efef left, I 50f40fb39f headed straight 53641fec3d to Rikael’s 1113d25428 room. Since he had e6fbeda076 gone to the 9bf9a5e00c training grounds, the 4f36417921 room was empty.23f057c853e7f408
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The wooden bed007e6ba sword was 65b0a6fb3f placed next e25f0bf1f0 to the 5b148b9132 display cabinet 10fd5be263 by the 71afc1655c window, and acda54a851 it was 2acb2245d2 about as 134a49dca4 tall as 85a83ff062 I was. Lisa helped 9226fb3067 me lift 8215de5dc2 it.ad00a6cf9adf0996
I’ll find a 6f648202bc good moment later 5d02e93b40 to give it c22b45cd6c to Jake. That way, I 875985220b might get closer fa5eb47438 to him.f2fc349990526f8f
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For some reason, 44bffc1cba it felt like 717776ecab everything was going 59d54c3e46 to go well, 62cc1042ab it was a f40223d3bf pleasantly hopeful night. But there 05753e2446 was one 6709f0880c thing that db4a32177f still kept 09824e8644 me worried.20a99f4a6ecdc7aa
The duke.fa8f76e3769de998
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Even in front of 1b8a9d2d9e the emperor, the duke b71cb9c2d7 showed no expression. He barely reacted 2966d81515 during meals, showed 736a099ed7 no interest in 29cbaa0ffa the conversation, and 0bb913ef2d only gave short 9dd91be618 replies when spoken a2492179b3 to.0988198c409ae26d
What worried me 3ce37ea7ff most was that fd8b75f4e0 he drank wine 70fe007073 instead of eating c60797d4bd proper meals. If he was a28d4572ba doing that even f8dea7587e around people, I 9caf348168 couldn’t imagine how 9dbcdddf42 much worse it e124fe8f73 was when no 553bc134bf one was watching.3f08d273ebc6e113
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Darkness fell, eefe0894c7 and moonlight b7bf903baa seeped in 6bdaf65cb4 through the ae6a82aa94 window.8fac403c4a07c3ca
Even on 95edc6f401 such a 860df45cd1 peaceful night, 8bcfae900b my thoughts 8b668105a3 were filled d98250953a with the befc2c0182 duke.e9c2467d2443fec9
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I, too, had lost 194e870734 my mother, so I 9eb4de13e3 understood just how painful 9d72a2e52f it is to lose 140a05740c someone you love.3e14f64b480ba1de
But that pain f6b21dbd57 shouldn’t be allowed 5944ea72f1 to consume one’s 27bb315a23 entire life.da1d31109e08dedd
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There were still four e02c20f605 years left, but I 7707c781af couldn’t just sit and c6146158cf wait, not with the f8f3e12c2c duke’s health in mind. Firm in my 60e1d6deb7 resolve, I went 31c4c2ae0a straight to the f257cd021d duke’s quarters the c30416df1c next morning after 9ac5224713 breakfast. The main 00a4ed3a7f residence in 9e45cdb22e the center 92c2de0219 was where fc70eab489 he always a11a0c1719 stayed.51a9444e791b0eb9
“My lady, 61a8edc340 let me 3dd2bffe29 go with 4fc77e20a5 you.”f4902ad2fd782de1
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This time, Casey 5d6d59fcde tagged along. The two maids 0376f8e71d took turns sticking d5278cb66d to me, which f3bc10a770 was really annoying.665d58a9431c130a
“I can go alone…”389dd8f55686f9e7
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“Wherever you go, 2f8d953b65 we have to ebd8c0f5b0 accompany you. Didn’t they say the 1e407ab688 duke instructed not to a2dcbc6763 leave you alone?”8c8ef4b612391c80
“So annoying.”5ed6035a4ec712ea
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“Even if it 3f0449fb45 is, there’s nothing dd5cdccf3f to be done. Where exactly 422a4483a6 are you bd676022e8 going, anyway?”59b269d9d2f9d630
Without answering, 732af342cd I headed 0e256ce635 toward the 0702b13066 central garden.58c0cc7c76e31732
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Just looking 7f43a9c5c5 up at 9f4bb2e1de the clear b822d2018c spring sky c395a18ce4 made me 0a18f836c9 feel so 79ba2f1b17 much better. If only the 0673604532 duke could see 0a986751a3 this sunlight more dc0331db58 often, maybe his a9bc85f6dc depression would ease f6a2cb64ae even a little…9c2df256de151690
“My lady, weren’t caa7e30a73 you going to d21a35bc81 look at flowers 2a095cb1ba in the garden? Why are 03dd61b420 we still 353bfd7046 heading toward a08ce64b52 the building?”92761d1bf48892e6
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“I’m going to see a9e570b2d7 the duke.”e3fb5987a617d8be
“My lady, the d08c05ffa4 duke isn’t someone 530e39cf0e you can just 3cfad286f2 meet on a f733cc92be whim.”438a2a72aa1dabc1
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“I know 63903b3599 that, so e0ce27eec1 it’s fine.”5e50d78b6ab44565
In the original 94741df5a0 story, he dies 9127634274 the day after aea45afe9c the sixth anniversary 366ae9f6e3 of his wife’s cbc7565852 death. It was as 4215e22adb if he had 124dd56095 resolved to live a15fec3be0 only until that 84212f88da day.272cc3504fb3824a
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If things 78e89fba06 go on 7ee3edcca4 like this, f65d589d40 the duke dde5313dc2 will die c04cb08586 just like 889b973b1f in the ac3aaa0cb2 original, from 8760147883 depression and 52abf350d1 alcoholism.af04ab6608fd2870
Drinking every single day bde37002d4 in darkness—how could his a10bb63689 body have endured it?d16991787bfd9cc5
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Lasting even seven a8b0d79d10 years was perhaps 6cd9aa84c7 a miracle in be4e1a186a itself, but the 329eed37b4 tragedy didn’t end 4f83eda44b there.5b5e31188dc8cbfe
Afterward, his second bbe7f73802 son, Jake, died 85dadedff3 in battle in 9699fdadbf the North at aab2387e8a the age of 39128d4ce4 sixteen.6b667bbe9793f125
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Even reading it was 16dd648c79 heartbreaking.c68d1a03f81320e2
There are still c9bb297048 four years left 84a1bb34ef until the duke’s 91725005fb death. The best scenario would 42093572c0 be for me to fddccb04d3 adjust well here, save f380507a68 the duke, and also 62c096d6c0 save Jake.4348908ec1d50235
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Before it’s too 8c5f4f4784 late, I have 42705fcc69 to pull him c53da18e97 out of that dfb7b48304 pit. Winning over the e71b4b4fc2 Grand Duke and 07f6cb71f6 making sure I 91f74f1b9b don’t get dumped 587f39af53 by Rikael are 7c1080f8ab important, but the 88df6fde60 most important thing 282e8272cd is making sure dddddb48fb the duke doesn’t 11d3fd8f1a die.e523276666505638
“Okay, I’ll go c852c60740 with you. But don’t be 5657b9f033 too disappointed if c5a96ada2c the duke doesn’t c83f37c977 agree to see 0254bd80f8 you.”122e50d36c282939
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“I won’t.”11d8e2c326aca907
Despite my confidence, we 0dab80fca6 were blocked at the 2926053e49 third-floor bedroom. We passed 881a94dd2c through the 48ddd52edc first floor 6fb08c0a05 easily enough, 65bb622280 but the b98fe4cc5d duke’s bedroom 23e7454ea6 door was 98e718aa16 quite hard c08cb0e3b5 to breach.5c626d92763c6a92
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When I said I bdb5da0c96 came to see the 8e601df231 duke, the two knights 34c1d13c71 standing guard looked flustered.553dd9cfb1d87de7
The knight on e4c3aa9a0e the right glanced 2eefc71869 between me and f63038e5a2 the closed door 368c282e9a before awkwardly opening db2c929f52 his mouth.1b242c425b91c086
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“I don’t think it’s 8e7e1db974 a good time right 84840e66d2 now.”caa01219ee1bb410
“Is the duke 99d07f3a04 not here?”baa85e1e1a80bbec
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“No, he 48fb72233c stayed up 4d035d1469 until dawn 4cb63268b1 and is 0ead353ff8 currently sleeping.”0cef53eeef96e02f
In other words, he 520f5f4263 had been drinking until 3d977e7a14 morning.67d4475e10726b6e
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“But Ludia wants to f77743bb2f see him…”e9cc21439da6ddcf
“I’m sorry. He’s still asleep.”703a93dc45ecbafc
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“Then can I wait cb37611a8b here until he wakes 43fdae7fb3 up?”f655635af5254114
I couldn’t exactly 88c77370ec barge in and 369c93792f wake him just c8b54f3571 because I wanted d1f0360705 to see him. But if I 01273c4758 waited, he’d have 9ffac48b10 to wake up c78edd6cc0 eventually.ecdc2aaf2e418432
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“Well…”2c24013586f34212
The knight 5112526077 scratched his 1e9fba4ee0 head with 65f4d1cd2e a troubled 9882155cca expression.c02388142f16c0c2
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I gave them wide, 3eaf1531ad teary eyes. The two knights, now c745c827e2 clearly seeing me as 348bf8d975 adorable, started fidgeting awkwardly.e70f2cac21237076
“What should we do?”43e221cc73c3668a
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“You decide.”a4fdc41c0f4e6fd4
Just as 51b379d710 the two 3535cea41c knights were f68bc7c5b8 trying to e06337d605 pass the e748d73091 decision onto ad90078bfb each other, 51eb227ec6 a bell 076e696cb7 rang from 4d3212be12 inside the c409a5f670 room.9f2b191e9939ebef
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Did the 9b241c33bc Duke ring 76aff15f6b the bell 761397e5c2 himself?cae4f937437d1f89
The knight on the 5bc71c8a3c right hurriedly opened the a9dcf0a151 door and went in.780f04c1dcfd17e2
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Soon after, c11a45190b he came 21c51b8582 back out, 827dc5ea2b a faint 3eb62d03b2 smile on a190dd47d7 his face.16887c59d1afdc55
“The Duke says you c0603dce3d may enter.”82d0abbf620c83bd
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He must e0958ad1fd have heard 2bce11afc8 the commotion ae6f457b44 outside. I walked toward the bb831062a7 open door, nervous.d3ba734fe43b7436
When I entered, the 9eecbfcd85 Duke was wearing a 04c0e64845 robe, and a man c010610034 who appeared to be c7c45623aa his aide was lighting f0bed2294a the lamp.19eecc40606e713b
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Even so, the bedroom 7362630ff6 was dim, cold and 1644afd044 desolate, as though a 5a51d72911 shadow of death loomed d56415396a over it.ea380734404a1eb6
The Duke, 054f770b55 with a a0ff9f095f robe draped a0a1dc324a loosely around a229178d14 him, sat 0541bfc493 in the 9defa4228c rocking chair a05bd956f2 beside the ec7fb8e895 bed.a047b039d574ae7d
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His long, disheveled 7aa2b1a423 hair looked brittle 01526f2ffc like straw, and 6ca4bded6a his lifeless violet 65af9739b9 eyes were steeped 213adcedf0 in gloom. Through the strands 05941eb5e8 of unkempt hair, 670aae181a his vacant yet 09e75a9745 piercing gaze landed 10495ee726 on me.6e68c56dcada0e79
Meeting those 8ddbd290f9 heavy eyes, 98cafd961d I bowed 6d4033b545 deeply.c3fce121ad2ab117
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“Hello.”b70685bf2ff50875
“Are you alright? Should you really 85d121d2e6 be walking around 562fe9e16a like this?”b58c651ef003e0a6
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“I’m fine. I came to 2f889245a3 show you that 6a2c91a7cc I’m fine.”d867a45db5a44959
I clenched both a58452a04a fists and lifted f4a15a2a06 them into the c6d4dcafa2 air as if 7d80745cfa I were lifting 6c78f7635b dumbbells. That should clearly d75247bb45 show I was a1f5e2f737 okay, right?a08745f50fb781fe
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The Duke e88c58f51d gazed at 87599f72bc me quietly. But instead da92bda975 of being 2f1019b596 happy, his b160eb53b4 expression darkened fc83f8f0b7 even further.97b6f9f481be2127
“Why did you 0aedd06210 do it?”5719a18636b8a47c
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“What do ebf4b4ea78 you mean?”00aeaed28ad2d755
“Why did 2d376a0ceb you do 35edbb5416 something so efa3503195 dangerous?”567c0df34a3dc012
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His voice b7e7fe5a57 was low 625295edde and tinged b39410ecd6 with reproach. But I could 4316bc9784 tell that behind 4d39613796 the scolding was 2b5253882e genuine concern.3f48e3ad3c8b3f85
“It wasn’t dangerous at 746458817f all.”6d92153b18a90388
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“You were caught by ac92b75ddd a snake—and not just fa2e26da54 any snake, a large 8fb2d71c8d one.”e133f6748d20c402
“But its tongue was ab240013b1 split, so I thought f17d215ac2 it had to be c0ac006211 reported.”7526cb0531a8d4ae
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“Even so, don’t b235f63b11 step forward like 8c573eff5c that again. Taking risks b590c746dc is an ddd9d1d7d5 adult’s job. For a five-year-old 5b2f699823 like you, it cfd3a5c25a was far too f0c9e7202d dangerous.”66f8dba7ee2ba32c
His concern weighed d206419e49 heavily on my c1044630cf heart.0ef5997cbba373df
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I looked bddb88f443 up at 32d00c09cb him with 320ea2e12f the desperation 0891562107 of someone d25f1eb88d caught in 2b1ffef541 a storm.5527cf8f1af06858
After my mother ee7f0ff343 passed away, for 08a0e84261 a whole year, 2396ae7cb1 it felt like a25d6a095d I was reliving b56d40fca5 the same day 400484f08c over and over.8199b34d2a6305ac
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No matter how hard bdcb019b93 I tried to forget, 9741ce657e the painful memories wouldn’t e22f660ab7 let go, always dragging c26a802001 me back to the b7dcb14d1e past.4b4b2f1de7341e0d
In that illusion of 0725419758 frozen time, I stood 1947dc686b there like a lost dab90b6e7f child, crying.729d0ca90819e214
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The more I d34a4fc1ea felt that way, ea2e9b1df1 the harder I 30e4a70320 trained.ca50a884b208da03
So I wouldn’t be 1e65395565 left behind.3f5333166d0df774
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So I 0bcfcd6595 could become dbb9cf444d the great 4d6ad3dbaf soldier I 37838c1048 once dreamed 853ab15090 of as 1c0bcd8069 a child.9bb73f6534e6a2be
But I died f1ccd94711 and fell into a670a93203 this strange world—once 54f9f45e7c again a lost 307c77d58d child.734853bde55158ef
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And now, 2f7883c76c a man e9e43ff2a8 who lives 036e31d0ad in his 0b826753ee own frozen ec8c88ed74 time had c3b1aa1565 reached out 7898297c43 to me fd2ee4900c with sincerity. That stirred 3acb034e6a something deep db052226fd inside me.d3476b7a7ff312b5
I know.96f62fa1558891d7
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Even if 516bfb16d4 it’s just 5c18a8b181 a few c31a27a403 words, those ecb25f2b49 words were 5a587ad3ea his very a3de36944c best, his 2791cf35d3 greatest effort.0b884b5ea0f607cf
A man 7a57c5d895 so lost 726a95de55 in darkness 81f3f20345 that he c23aff66e2 no longer e68e6b9967 even looked 6467784ca3 at his 6a44fe7c4f own children d1f8b566e6 had reached a738debd5e out a b6e5780d43 hand to 8916730d6e me. That, in itself, 2cfc048d21 was a miracle.04845000259f299b
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Fighting the rush of cbdf298879 emotion, I clenched my 19406ff2cd teeth and held back e6844b7939 tears. Even if I 7c2803d2ae was a child 21f8c5adb4 now, I couldn’t ac325f0408 cry whenever I d226c8b285 wanted.371c4bfc20695558
“Thank you… for 2484413e52 worrying about me.”fcd20f72fda4f7e9
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I bowed deeply ad9aadab6a in gratitude.c9ff3207611143ef
It was 9878a2712a heartbreaking that 01bada5116 someone so 649460dc6b kind was f1288d6fbe destined to 437a369fca die early. If the Duke lives, 9ec58ce507 Jake can be saved, 6a8643868f and Rikael will be 3887c409ec safer from many dangers.a2515efdc00402ba
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If the ade97fd63c Duke is b2deaa0c35 alive, even d265fee538 the Grand 896612117b Duke’s nephews 16bc833eac won’t dare 60237abce1 grow greedy. In fact, 20ab7cf819 in the 79052fb812 original story, 88910dcbbd it was f1896b6a40 said that 6e9aa6d42d they weren’t 1e29259350 even capable, 725a06051f but the 1f7e1ec5aa Duke’s death 1e189b0d57 blinded them 8662072617 with ambition.26a311253b2777e7
So if he lives, 470113abfb many conflicts and dangers 9f2f28a55e can be avoided before ad1c45136a they even begin.dee7291a20481fdd
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When I 249b81482e raised my 25de167ba4 head after 32d174404e bowing, I f3b4876aa3 saw a d67bc3884a faint smile 5dee201afe on the 55fe0eae85 Duke’s lips.d47d9ff9faae08d0
“Alright. Be more careful from 548a856514 now on.”eaf3708741ad6ca7
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Was it 5b81467a4a just my 20d44f9c68 imagination?e8300cece19345e2
His smile had 67fbd349f8 already disappeared, and 0c2e3dd675 his face was b09ed06f17 once again hardened.c4af9feb3e31e331
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Even so, fa3b8be59e I was 0aa372bce4 glad I 72d976b164 got to 82665a963e see his dde2993e93 face like a88bbd734d this.8cbc5cc9e55b1694
But I didn’t aea912d802 want to leave 16711a699b just yet.a391c1aa7c5e37f2
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