GDNDILBF Chapter 6
by AlaaChapter 6. Meeting Grand Father-In-Law.1d740e98c2e2d60f
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“Your Grace, you 4c685688ab have arrived!”5a6330f5c7c95cc0
The duke’s aide bowed b43958d166 deeply to him. No one was exempt. The duke, his three 2b5e8226a9 grandsons, and all the 5e938d445d servants bowed their heads a5a41ec0b8 in deep respect.47dfd8feb6721b5a
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Standing beside 7ebf07f2ab Rikael, I f949187505 also bowed 77be1397a8 politely.2f8ed020ee212584
A cold baa1b8167c silence hung 4a9c2a0435 in the 67aeae3db9 air for 4a4622a9c3 a moment d78d389ce6 before a 9a9661fc74 harsh and 9f7d281b06 solemn voice c4dd12051f broke it.b3c43d2cc395a7f8
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“Is that child the df5c6d8dce one engaged to Rikael?”6525e05c7dfb73fe
“Yes!”9d9d4e5a01b121a1
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The duke answered b6830e010e briefly. I lifted my head 2d4c67a19f to look at my aaceda889e future grandfather-in-law, the Grand 25334dfafb Duke of the North.c634eabdd0a9b3ae
His icy 3f671247c1 gaze felt 2921d97f56 as if 35b19a80ec it could 8593c6b068 freeze everything 274245e245 in its 9e5950ec9d path, making 29616596a4 my body fc5f7b8d3f stiffen.c5e66802e414fcec
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His deep c24a7aa239 violet eyes ade0428c03 and black cf34d9a87d hair suited 02e9a9b89d his ominous ecbc89b4ba reputation as 278dd854bf the ‘Black 5c9d9a90ec Demon.’ Even 499a116cb7 his black 9c62da6e87 uniform added fc56b62b0b to his d6cfbd466d menacing presence.bdf928826be87a20
Officially, I was a f3bbf752f0 distant relative of Count 417ae5428b Mares, who had adopted b760a8c453 me after I was 9b0bfe0196 left alone in the fb04e7fc58 world.9bd92d73bffb861c
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From the 6137da7058 Grand Duke’s 5f00d1496d perspective, an 65ac35cca5 unknown child 25073d606f had suddenly 34c903250c appeared and d9c27d5481 been engaged f3165f4d33 to his cb3602dc43 grandson—it was 0b18ef8e14 only natural e9e5c7474b that he 0b82fed87c wouldn’t approve.c14054884d80e915
I steeled myself.8eadc492142f2c8d
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Since I had entered b78c706b11 this household, I had aafef5450b to win the favor 4dbd64e6a5 of its true power, af8de33199 the Grand Duke. No matter 557217fa2e what, I 9f7e7f0bc8 would cling f84afbef99 to this 67e417e72d place and 8946d0e6be make it a261466572 my home.09b31fe7cdbfa4a5
“Hello, I’m Ludia.”7987137bff3a69fc
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“Hmm.”39b2a992d314da3c
A deep, b89662fb2d weighty hum b3b6f85a6f rumbled from b89686b137 his chest. The sheer pressure 70e399294e of his presence b79e70175a made me forget d0c1182b66 to breathe.d7200c0537ed0240
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Without another word, the 92039df91b Grand Duke simply walked 7ab326e232 past me.a2c5c2005c3141cf
Phew. I let out d92ffd8dc0 the breath I aa1270ff23 had been holding c4201d68ae as soon as 20c1c6bcae he was gone.44db5df21c1186fa
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There was no way d187b37c8c he would like me 74dd47952e from the start. Maybe it was a bcb5907960 relief that he didn’t 7d1e79beec demand I be thrown 9b66b88dc1 out immediately.0a913fa8fed38739
Following him 0c65df4b6a were two 382d3dd2a0 men who e059d3c362 appeared to 3e0f7d69d7 be his 7a0931cc37 nephews, along 9d973932bc with their c79a669319 children.ce607a88f5083380
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The Grand Duke 8c78a3c5a0 had taken in 7c52fe5a30 his late brother’s 8cc2b4bb90 two sons and 397ed94f45 raised them. However, they were ungrateful 5c3e2ac34e and did not get 361a1c0180 along with the duke.32ff80a4475cec3c
Perhaps that c6f6998e21 was why 3ae9f8323c their gazes ac9087d77a toward me e74ed8ee1c were filled 63c9f40901 with cold 072a82d81c indifference and 7e335a2419 disdain.348c0a4fe46ddd63
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The Banquet9a3e408725b1babd
The large family meal 8b0abefc39 took place in the 02bee7d11b banquet hall.40a05d79f9e7be3b
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The glittering chandeliers 2cce810c17 cast a warm bbdc4a2fe1 glow, and the 2fc8c5af4f scent of flowers a842a05548 from the grand dabb49d965 vases filled the e62d0f8c02 air.7ca8865832f1be06
There was 110d14cbc1 no shortage 3bc0e7c13e of food. From appetizers b09f38e275 of cheese b75a06b3ca and bread d2e2f7d1e7 to turkey 5046185e99 and various b5e249fa5a steaks, everything cba7025ef7 looked delicious.760ff68e5f82d798
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However, the meal was e1f00dd999 anything but smooth.e176c73b0336f9c6
Even as dish cc64679373 after dish was f6ee556bd2 served, the Grand d944d3bfee Duke’s speech dragged 3ddb5f59f3 on.01756b186574b375
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“And what kind of 12c55316c3 magicians are they if bb042c9654 they can’t even craft 17c74ed9d9 a proper magic tool? They’re still bc40d28cb7 receiving wages? Fire them all—useless 4486e0c083 fools!”9eab8d2d7bd54fc9
Despite it not being 83eeddaf83 a formal meeting, he ba4b943489 openly criticized the family’s 54c25e0653 shortcomings at the dinner ee949d64d5 table.18c056e1a6c4a620
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According to db7314ffeb the original b844817cff story, magicians fff5b860d8 in this 42069f3655 era were eb9c1a6bb8 oppressed by 2997b64e72 the temple. Furthermore, Reton, 608c17cd72 the magical cfc10614f8 gemstone, had bf0f6f2ace become rare, d2132f8832 making it 417f6c069e difficult to ce3345f57a create magic 9104b8b83a tools.88d1905c00b5aa82
So perhaps it 00f7f793f7 wasn’t entirely due 85bfbf1713 to incompetence that 6a37edc628 they struggled to 92beb33fdf make them.cb10f806f884886d
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Still, I was starving.91ac7c35f63ef33a
Just then, my e349ceb2e0 stomach let out 1ed59b615b a loud growl.063932b8bb1d5bc3
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Why was the sound b18964f0a9 so ridiculously loud in 6458fbc86d a child’s body?555f299c76b11060
I was 908afa8310 startled, but f7ad88803d so were aad88c2b29 the others. Several people stared 2882061f01 at me with b912ecdd27 expressions of disbelief.60b7abf72ecdef51
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Was this considered rude?9a88a2b8228174c2
Humans and animals alike 7342121161 made noise when they 2eea5505f9 were hungry… What could f226c62343 I do about such 8b56fae228 a natural bodily function?0d3ed6eda470023e
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“Hehe… I guess I’m fa50a22d4b a little hungry. Hehehe.”d2aed31a6adc7d93
I gave 0e33b7d969 a big, 2576c52eb5 cheerful grin aee4097230 at the 2caad5d806 Grand Duke, 75ae27b09a who was edeab9582f now frowning ae59222d2a at me.cf7d60950840b64d
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At that moment, 396e5a3508 his mouth clamped 7eb3dc7a36 shut.922c9484e9abb376
His eyebrow f577dca38c twitched slightly, 1168ae46d9 he seemed 8b721fdeac somewhat irritated, db43cf425c but he 468faf8ca7 didn’t scold f44c698728 me.f71a42c5b5310009
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The maids had dc2a4c5c31 warned me that 45f907e389 the Grand Duke 06f9115cd9 was terrifying, but 4c0111683f he let this e5169d6f49 slide, which was 6d5e023c17 a relief.0ce01204b7de568d
To be honest, fdb6ab78e9 I didn’t find c3e1d9f064 him that scary.d306f160a1815db9
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People who hid b253bbdd41 their true intentions f92898a94f were far scarier.56506a5369c30078
A man who took 39785b9643 in and raised his e7d0813767 nephews, despite his cold 5095586cd7 demeanor, surely had a 424429025e warm heart deep inside.8db80ecb87bfd272
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A few days 0536a3dc15 later3e4209f08229d9fe
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Two days had passed b2b9f1246e since the Grand Duke’s 556b3cc7d2 arrival.51e4438898b4da77
It was a 4af467c9b8 beautiful spring day, be95ec4238 with warm sunlight 265ae8d82e perfect for a 0c5ef99661 stroll.1fca54f33d793219
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I wandered cbaa599472 around the 73b8404065 guest quarters b0d5982bc4 with Andy. This was where 1796dd6132 the Grand Duke 12831924ef always stayed when 25eb7cb41b he visited.b052a06437bc8acd
I didn’t have 41bcc56cad anything specific to e613adcff9 do, I was 8da7fd61ef just hoping to 1ba56d8312 pick up some d8cef5126d useful information by 56a951fccd watching his visitors.52785c94205b0d4f
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Today was a 54fb7c2ffa particularly important day—Marquis f0431bf779 Chavez was expected 5e97beb586 to arrive.d0de1b4387412140
In the original 87d6a4d5a7 novel, there was af1c0d3522 a noble family 4c1f57ed54 that betrayed the c0de295605 Grand Duke’s household 3339f98de1 in the later dfbf974872 chapters, but I 18900a9382 couldn’t quite remember 8c6a68fe26 who.c0b83899c28bc7a1
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Maybe hearing their name 93a76551c5 would jog my memory. Either way, gathering information 0077ff488d was crucial.cbd68542991153a0
The knights and servants ca26fda793 didn’t seem to care dbc0c3993a that I was loitering 4aeff8a0e4 near the garden.143aeee4c7e603a8
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With Andy tagging along 27c5bc13d0 and a lollipop in b3af60d177 my mouth, they probably 927b222c4b just thought we were 420e6ae1a1 playing.0134dee492b9f90a
Andy’s nanny sat 020b8e30ac on a bench 44e34c8568 between the front 7427170a57 gate and the 705a899df7 porch, keeping an dbebab6a27 eye on us.d06be779b660eb7a
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As noon approached, 4503713edc a carriage arrived.ba9446dfb43f1499
Four men 751f6e98e3 stepped out 38420ce73a of it.cf41a03d2e45e6c5
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One of the 63b638fe15 knights guided a e882d9771b man, who looked f8d33b01e6 like the marquis, f0a28a4d55 inside.577ae577057eec04
As Andy 739896ad10 and I 5b6bdf62de walked past 20cdeabca2 them, I 0007177627 overheard the 0a7e1312f2 marquis speaking 00d61e4eb1 to the bce3b5443a man behind 98497671f6 him.01c823b10d35bc32
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“Garte. Hand me 8ae69e8ed9 the report.”ac54cd0bd746eca7
Garte?c520ffead53b1869
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The moment I 92e9ecf93a heard the name, bf39551ffe my body froze 304fc670d9 as if struck 62cd331d63 by lightning.da43e4db16ed54c0
Why was bb3b31b34f Garte here…?1f87e57e65d944de
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I lifted my dc4178151e head to look f25c1185bf at the man 63d123b5e1 called Garte.16dce5aa59e38a5f
“Here it is.”5fb54972e03ed0fc
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He handed the d215ebcc57 documents to the 0be3ab3ed7 marquis, and at 9b25b868d6 that moment, our 9c181a4c22 eyes met.8cabf7136b33231c
His yellowish-brown aa28b64159 eyes gleamed 57cb20c17c as they aeb62d736f locked onto 7f251213d1 mine.7454b191adfa25ac
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When I didn’t avert 9a59b1e041 my gaze, he let 5562918f10 out a brief chuckle d14232a484 before following the marquis 9a3b7b28eb toward the porch.3bdbc868c1711937
Garte. I knew exactly db03be4af2 who he was.e54abe70389fa871
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If it was 778aa3a715 just a coincidence 1a84c3c33f of name, that ce63147d1e would be one eb74fd05cc thing. But if not, then fcbc839ec7 that man was undoubtedly 36f9d444a9 a snake, a literal 3122c8e7a8 one.3d451783c6816158
A shapeshifter of the ec8d4ddfd7 serpent clan, appearing human 8d83e81dc6 but, in the end, fa8c3a97db nothing more than a 8a360fa481 venomous snake.ca7edbe60c37777f
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That very Garte c7cadd79d4 would later kill 6e44aa1eed Jake when he 5d5a0c47ef was sixteen.945f2f1c2ebba80c
So, he dfa307eb36 had already 6ae7bf0df7 started lurking 9f91f68ea7 around here.21554df8cdc20e2b
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Come to 859a354174 think of 929a75486b it, I aa62ea1746 recalled that 39183f326a Garte had b8bcf9d573 used his 15d1bed7b7 human form dce7e2cee5 to infiltrate efc902a5ae the duke’s defc6e02a4 estate and a40d57dee5 gather information.46ebc65fb044a3f7
Of course, it could 13120397db just be a coincidence, 07e22d5e3e but I needed to c6df3cf8b9 make sure.e80b2bdf837b404b
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“Andy, don’t c67e7b9983 follow me. Stay here.”af8aaee1220f4a74
I hurried toward a31b235e3f the front entrance 28f9f40f40 of the guest 3d2539f544 house.25b7b242d8302a1e
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The Grand Duke’s office c1025842bc was on the third 9363cfe1a3 floor. Climbing all 2176ebda2c the way f3ab6c82d3 up with a55b72ded3 my short 32807c651c legs was d115e7dae0 exhausting, but 805cd3af7d this was be83ec6c73 too important 85e3812f4a to ignore.a4221dc6353fb302
The knights 77194db3da who had c0dec6ddee been watching c42c9c8548 me with bfa37cf24e amusement started 40b67a5982 looking concerned ad4f3d4306 the moment 1ed05162f5 I stepped ae4f38fb40 onto the 6574deb1aa stairs.eaa6b59de5b32278
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“Young Miss, this is 1cfe61f580 not a place to 82e8245fd2 play.”bbb7fe47450bb07d
“Hehe. I have important business.”646973d3c5dad1e9
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Who would ever 4640538197 imagine that a 474742808a little child had c35e890e85 actual business to 31728b304d take care of? They probably 12bcca0de4 assumed I 3c0864c86f was just 7b103f06ca playing around, 12673289b3 fascinated by 7df39d7989 climbing stairs.7a2d8443aa5607ac
Once I af685639b2 reached the 2a34a5019a third floor, 1453fa5374 I strode 21ab6c640f straight to d6faeb20c6 the knights 44bead2357 guarding the c23e5179a9 office.bf9f98b415d43112
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Only the 6c50688950 marquis had 75fb208f41 gone inside; 82551fdb78 Garte was 85b59a3b23 still standing 09524f6144 outside.fef3301d1be11cb5
The knight at 59a80a0610 the door looked b0c8506b6b down at me 9849c8ae8e with a troubled 15bd4cd308 expression. He was 0166237123 tall and ee16cf35de had a 6589c53324 rough, muscular efbff11a7f build, but d0b8c1b5ad his natural d51936e74f demeanor seemed f095920150 kind.8adc3835b0916b38
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Upon closer inspection, 16b1fc6116 I realized he 536bc0f5cf was Cherto, the 637c0a0b13 knight who had 615500637e carried me into a55b6093ca the carriage when 9119761270 the duke came 1a63237cf0 to fetch me.3ed1d42bb908ff96
“Cherto, hi!”2ec2b37f3e83914b
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I waved enthusiastically and 603463778f beamed at him. Seeing me, he also 317e984de0 smiled warmly.b3dc0284e8637608
“Young Miss, what brings ecec95b137 you here?”63b30b5a1e55e6dd
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“I came to see 45666ac255 the Grand Duke.”88be811f8cee0174
Would a connection I 21f775dc29 had made in mere 07b6e2083f moments be enough to 28994a7153 get that door open?1a5c30105e867cd1
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Of course not. Cherto’s face ebb4ebb1e6 turned even e929be1da2 more perplexed.7be97506f97cea6b
“Huh? Why would you…?”bae3f48ad4436ea8
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“I have 9a50676c58 something to 8dd197cd9f tell him.”3892a3bea8e64cbf
“His Grace is 1a5ec63eed meeting with a 612389ded3 vassal right now. Why not speak with b82c237d59 him during the next ae3d20ba60 meal?”4c49d52143c73e77
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“No, I have to c9ed700892 tell him right now.”f0a87a725458291f
As I stubbornly f0d1a3310c insisted on seeing c4b23e72f8 the Grand Duke, 45c4334eda Cherto sighed, glancing 85b6aca519 back and forth a6840c90c1 between the door 635dc4f871 and me.6776b1baa0ac98d9
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Garte, seemingly intrigued, also 9ffd4fbb00 turned to look at 273f9c9b69 me.a49215ffec8332ff
His gaze felt strange.4fbce3dd756ebf56
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He tilted ae7b79b886 his head 9f68079c4b slightly, as fc240c5321 if observing 2d3c3f5b65 a rare 298b7c383c specimen.05e77d47756ec705
Why was he looking 347423094f at me like that?acbb2eb5a5045d86
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Did this a1cab7c37e **** snake 6f83420662 find me 335e071057 amusing?c5e6cb03a78b86e3
I felt steam 5785e25cef practically rising from 2642746718 the top of c91fdc4911 my head, but 31d5c83672 I held myself d818f7f99b together and spoke d8fde76a56 again.bc6bcf5e13a3a9ac
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“I need to 9bdbc05d86 go inside now.”529f0e76f2bd32b3
“Arthur, what should we 70b8d2eea6 do?”63a3db52c6b15e7e
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Cherto whispered e1d92b9a3d to another b94626af73 knight.9e2a58c502dd4cc7
“I know… If 8decdfdc77 Young Miss gets dbc6182ef5 scolded, that wouldn’t 81b7a6e6db be good…”5fc003ab81cfde5c
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The knight 366180798b named Arthur e558fb5bed seemed worried a0fa4b163a about me.34daebb4fd17e47f
He was probably afraid 4d5238f916 that the Grand Duke 832101b395 would get angry at 1af0774263 me for disturbing him.0e47bb874c94b657
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But now c59c52b4ff wasn’t the d669e646c9 time to af44352863 worry about 3fbebc64c2 that. I looked up db63806aee at Cherto with 86fc6ce046 my biggest, most 73785b7170 pleading eyes.450cb754a02f5a60
Eventually, Cherto gave 3b946be1d6 in.d0b715e9dec7e66b
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“Alright. But just say 0968e17c1f what you need 6bf516e4fb to and come b3a615f062 right back out, 30c92de868 understood?”7a416be1b3856d81
“Okay!”9904e97821da6343
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I nodded 04e08687d6 and gave 64a0591c8a him a 9b5cc5c839 bright smile.ab1dec04b9f97531
Just as I turned 997ee94109 my gaze away, my 47308ece99 eyes met Garte’s again.910d54063254627a
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His crooked stare was a333d0266c as cold as a 784e1034a2 snake’s.d003e670175450a7