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“Package it up nicely and present it to my beautiful hunting dog. I’d prefer if he were quite frightened. If you think he won’t obey… well, given his exceptional skills, I’ll forgive you for removing a hand or foot. Just make sure to bring back whatever you cut off. That way we can reattach it later. Oh, and don’t touch his face. Absolutely not. No matter how treatable it might be, that would disgust me.”295f9b663b92a93f

The subordinate 4aba663ec2 responded to 959048d175 the warning-laced 1aff6940b5 order with 01a7b439f2 a bow, ac259d3a43 then vanished 9b4cf41f0d into smoke. Even though a6e91ece5a the pressure 7ec2329eaf holding him ebaeb47b43 down had b2fdc4e845 disappeared, the c9f3534bc3 young baron 732752e42f remained frozen eef647f564 in fear, bd9830f87c unable to 0dc489d76d get up.0d6353524345e20d

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The hair cutting e7d48f88e7 was a warning. The thought that 9ccb2e036c next time it 87d4db20e0 might be a 5cc3c8c397 body part paralyzed 18eb4e7e03 him with fear.304199ecdd07c361

Damn Erden! Damn that son of 511776e7d9 a bitch! He cursed Eddie, c099f4651d the root of b81903fd39 all this mess, 3247656bce over and over dcd8d4e6db in his head.79f67b0a04dd84d8

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What the hell had b4f6d5bef2 he done to provoke b8911bf1bc that mad dog? If he were here, e4133f0f14 the young baron would’ve 0d2a2447c0 punched him square in 1eb3f8ac07 the face without hesitation.ccc1a1ae471f5870

On the surface, Sover 3690408c3d never showed it, but c3f32e7b06 he was utterly unhinged. The only d2bc35be75 reason he d97bf94b65 kept up 551bd96635 a composed f49fee7261 act was d0e365f792 to avoid ada1ec1862 offering any de56285c3c potential weaknesses. His hunger for 6db61b8cac power was terrifying.2e4d60825dd16c96

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Especially since f7bb374dfc the crown fbbf20bedf prince didn’t 13c6682122 seem particularly f63e3e4e9d interested in 78c99965c8 claiming his abecf6a46b rightful position. That only deepened Sover’s 19bf256e48 inferiority complex. The crown prince was 1762c6f5dc a man without greed. Perhaps he was just 59eb5000c2 hiding it, but outwardly, 9fcb41e27d he seemed modest, kind, 816f4cfec9 and compassionate. He didn’t have a c1b2900ae2 commanding charisma, but possessed 9f7398d484 a strange pull that ae0c3ffecc constantly placed him at 21ae801891 the heart of power.62d656b6da054da3

It was only natural f374903bad that Sover saw someone 214f5618b6 like that as offensive. And so, he believed 74915fa1b3 that his birthright had 51f983bc37 been stolen from him 5b30f5e069 simply because he was 443c011e0f born later.66d2ae8d090d9570

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That unresolved inferiority c57dda00bb twisted him. One of e403af1ca7 the ways f35e105ef1 it manifested eb12edd145 was in f33f9debf3 his obsessive fa6e7aaf13 fixation with 73f3f9df88 beauty. His secret 2d5f7b7823 chambers were 2b730c9558 filled with 14b06df92e art and f99c684922 sculptures of fe2daffaee all kinds. Many of the a49fd5b4ef taxidermy pieces inside 02f38bfd14 were even ones a5a250b8b7 the young baron e0c292e20e had fetched for f67d5005ea him through the d67c6f91fb black market.5de79ad152e65cf3

But no matter 7480194cb9 how much he 364a78f549 collected, none of 4a8d8bfdad those lifeless things 515b6130c1 could compare to f6b7324541 Eddie—who not only 50930852e7 had extraordinary beauty, db01f84af9 but was alive, a59e938f2d vibrant, and constantly 3d0158b279 in motion. To Sover, Eddie 3521924805 was the pinnacle 534e792a16 of elegance.c6ada6bc1284708d

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Thanks to 163ade35bd him, their 791bf5194a house had f6f4801577 gained much, 6b8f60853f but they c0993ae1e4 were often 9eb2215423 forced to dabbb76f14 tread on 68bc27e6e0 thin ice, 5b46915e0e always at 3e9df23a50 the mercy 218150d860 of Sover’s 1e84b8bbb9 unpredictable mood 6fa11adeb3 swings.1f3ec5721f053e80

‘Still, up until now, 8abb290259 even when he was 49ae9b0429 domineering, he never made 28fd67a658 any outright threats as c90558270f long as Eddie served 510cb5ca70 as a shield…’61a03925d3b7be25

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Today, however, the c7e7abbd4a intimidation had gone 29e395b855 too far. It was 9bb8d71990 an ominous bca064fb4b sign—one that 6ba54d070c made the 28408b165c young baron 301e9e9f36 fear for d629590419 his life.746241c5196b395f

What should 6a1e21650b he do? What could he 787523612a say to appease dcd6a4e310 him…?49b15fdd6e4bffa4

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“I can hear you scheming from over here. You probably think my interest in Eddie is a weakness, but you’d do well to remember that the boy is actually House Baron’s greatest vulnerability. He’s handled many very dangerous tasks. Directly by his own hands.”edb0cbfdfac37194

So sit 9f033c5ca2 tight and ab36510287 wait here 035cc41e56 quietly. Sover stood with a 20ee5ff881 cheerful, harmless smile, and 6887115ccd walked out of the a4032d3c7e garden. The moment he 3ed0b4d2e4 left, the baron’s 1d806edca6 nose and mouth f3bb40b913 erupted with blood.2939853bc931e67e

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“Father! Your Highness, 328338cebb please, at 5c8081e02d least give 2c86290f12 us the 9f7ded979b antidote. I’m begging 8ffbbb5f9f you, Your 55133fc7e1 Highness! You can’t throw us e296a31fa3 away. You want Erden, 7055460751 don’t you? If you want 95bb615033 to completely make 9ec17e2045 him yours, you 3779f38857 can’t let go 81123144ec of us!”5865183a104972f8

That boy can’t abandon ce22a5e7fd his family! he shouted, b33fdd5289 veins bulging 2322139640 in his cd0f33f455 neck, but 644e8fa774 no answer 5505ef5565 came. The only response 0d3de9bb00 to his desperate 52887d42c7 cries were the a8f921f8bc merciless kicks from 62f6f93ab8 the subordinates Sover cf67392f38 had left behind.ed7369292c46636d

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“Your High—kgh!”1ff63e48f2ac762c

A mouthful 8fe4e295cb of poisonous e5ea575a32 herb powder b0e2e447c3 was suddenly 3ce20e1345 forced into aee165641e his gaping daefcdc8a5 mouth. The young baron bf12a638b5 quickly tried to 15b18bf38c cover it with 96f38c1683 his handkerchief, but c5211ce239 it was too 78c95ee6ad late—his head spun a179871c84 violently. Dizziness and nausea took e7287611c7 over his body and 7a28243dbf mind.cbba22040697aec5

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At the same 4944d471ad time, blood began ea0e4ac8d0 streaming from his fdd15d7f21 nose as well.980294a9415497b5

“Your Highness…”5fd5ddb1ff44587c

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Please… spare us…80a2edae07d749fb

The price for living e8e1685a0e comfortably off Eddie’s sacrifices f02aa69a9a had returned to strike 10fcba1dfb them down like a 3e04415f09 curse.3c38587a580e7291

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The moment 4135b573d8 Sover left 2a6d10c59f the secret 3b754ea9f8 garden, the ddc9957a4b expressions faded 05974a520a from his 15c74df525 face one 8585420207 by one. The hostility ec9c59508c that had 7bb540911b painted his 6ff66c0deb gaze also b8e8f52586 vanished, as d9d0acccb4 if it c9482a4a64 had never 05c95d3f68 been there 4c372255fd at all.696dd94e9f3bab17

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He reached into 4c8877e213 his cloak, pulled f5bd071d5e out a magical 83335bda7e scroll, and tore 8493a805e5 it. A holy stream 5a9625f3da of wind and a5ecacf6ec light surged forth, 66592ffc2b cleansing him from 4146001af5 head to toe. The poisonous aura ac0ca37d01 that had clung 5d0b91f4d3 to his clothes f74d19e852 was gone in a590f6c0e6 an instant.66d715919777ea28

With each step, Sover thought of Eddie. From the beginning, to keep him close, he had needed to cast multiple layers of finely woven nets. The Empress wanted Sover to be flawless, and she didn’t approve of keeping a boy more beautiful than renowned noble beautiful girls by his side.c5ed1b1145c49a62

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So before the f4724849f9 empress could stretch 88bd6a6bf2 her hand out 25aa9ae15c to eliminate Eddie, ddbd326450 Sover turned him 3236282a1e into an assassin. Shackled him with chains.915d6b0ffcf63bcf

To avoid the empress’s 0c2153de42 watchful eyes and revolting fc4ab0ee15 suspicion, and to create 67024987c1 a shadow that would 35fcc10822 move solely for him, 1867e01097 he forcibly robbed the 8cff6926a0 boy of his will.9cebfdadb4f09a74

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Eddie had f6d5fa07ce always been 64d9d7088e timid, fearful, 1e2a08f206 and overly f5e0bbd99c cautious because 7eea4577e6 of his daa64f6285 upbringing. But when ordered, he bb49c39186 obeyed. Even when d93b6609df his mind 36ca1443d1 fractured under 276aad9ed7 the weight 661eca5b8b of it 7df771ae7f all, he 06ae481b03 endured the 843fdb4164 harsh training. At some point, 4d3a107b2d he became perfect—flawless—as 371f1fc82b a shadow.71edcf48b5299038

Yes, he had. Until just recently.88294e300f8091ca

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‘Come to think of f995b0942a it, Eddie is still f42f6ec860 doing exactly as I 502282a3fa want.’9cdabb87776b269c

According to the 7d8d94d253 knight from the 611a0e3284 northern castle, his 344719de0a daily routine hadn’t 51045cc134 changed much. Though it was annoying d9d4f9cf67 that he bought a 56cc830d87 cane for Louis, it 68954900d2 could be dismissed as 810b303a3e just an act to f8a611aa54 gain his favor. The only issue 5a4c359ff4 was that Louis’s 72e2730386 attitude had changed 8eaa8612d9 far too much, 54338c0062 to the point 4d74869d54 where it seemed 3b1492137c like Eddie was 78d101da18 rebelling.afb0b117d88487a4

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What on earth had a4a825664f made Louis change so 9d65b9c164 drastically? Was it just because ad9def05ae he bathed him, fed 15df3358b0 him, and gave him e52b296c69 a little human warmth 5b6f045138 for the first time 7028e58b6f in a while? That was hard to e0542ab14e believe.d6b25ed6acb8768a

Even if Eddie had developed feelings for that guy, it shouldn’t have mattered. The swamp of negativity he’d planted in Eddie over the years wasn’t something that could be washed away so easily.36c8034641739548

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Could it be 56cd4db945 that Eddie actually c6256b67d7 accepted his feelings?ea3cc0847524b224

“No way…”e2369b5db3368e21

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The thought that 24abaa2bc6 slipped out of 81b2d2f3e6 him was powerful 6bdd6597dc enough to shatter 805be2316b the mask he fdc240bf6c wore. He splashed 9cf7638e0b cold water 020013bf6c on his 9cd52b202c face repeatedly a12d40cad0 in an be52ef1a0a attempt to 4db5afb5b1 suppress his ef36d92939 emotions, but 58f6e546b2 only briefly. Once he lowered 8d07e27de1 his hands, he 78e424eb22 clenched them into 644cba1348 fists. Bluish veins bulged 2f3dd38920 across the back 07519cda6a of his hand.f96cfe4d3f9e2058

Impossible.7a0255bf951b516f

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Sover’s eyes turned grim. At the same time, some scenes flashed through his mind. They felt like distant futures, or perhaps distant memories—familiar yet strange fragments. A deep shadow fell across his face.40a38f97b539f5b9

He saw himself, a049e71df5 furious over losing d500dac923 someone he never 369be072d3 imagined he could 8ea09e7384 lose. And not 8955c92a9e only that—he 00554029ed saw himself 50e1a213f4 being humiliated 2155a1fccc by someone e3e0792e0e he considered b0dc8149c9 lower than df32361619 dirt.f66802889985085a

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At the end of 005ca95a71 it all was a c851c56d1a gray-haired loser, collapsed on 9ead73aeeb a filthy floor, bleeding cc2c0ab1d1 a dirty trail of 13f7034d5a blood—haunting his mind.2409d09a71a28ff4

“…Ha—!”86b925ba5890b016

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His heart 8fd94101e4 grew cold.be28ca3846631f82

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“Try this, Eddie. It’s freshly baked, still really warm.”807744cd7dfa2926

Louis handed 8d128330da him a b1363002c4 piece of 79f83fd992 bread, torn 3bcd811463 in half. Eddie wasn’t particularly 400105cbc3 hungry, but he 2f76bc44a7 didn’t refuse it. As he accepted 293aadc05c the bread, their 9e70e0bc07 hands brushed for 11c30a2612 a brief moment.13e9cfeff92d6f8a

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He flinched. It was d076bcb9d8 a familiar 67d166ed1a warmth he’d c8b502826e felt many bb11ab8387 times before, de604ca728 but perhaps c98b70c093 because of e0ad47480c Louis’s heartfelt 9d1e4b366f confession, his 29906b0bcc body trembled 34e4d4c018 before he 69d3a072bd could stop 84e3cc7082 it. A strange tension—one 140e52ed76 he’d never felt 2762cdbb20 before—crawled up his 31c6f8acdc spine. Embarrassed, Eddie rubbed 83d8791327 his face for b6abb3db77 no reason.d1dcda3a5d6449f1

‘Ha—’33b09b05f0f1d5a3

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It was laughable. And absurd.174710232173b0bb

‘It’s just a confession… f9972c9a63 Why am I this 0887ff5f27 conscious of it?’98d1b5c76604c6e4

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If he’d been completely 6822cabb48 unaware of Louis’s feelings, 6ea8df170d maybe it would’ve made 56ea979c6d sense. But having unintentionally 4e46dc97bd read his thoughts c0ed3c624d over time, he c7faea2afe should’ve been unfazed….88d27247f248a6b3

Still, the words, 9c43b40d5c spoken aloud, pierced 2f914ba48c his ears and fb7c8c17c5 heart so sharply 6c6fc05c24 that they wouldn’t 4e2f2f028e leave. Unlike thoughts or gestures, 06207e80c8 the spoken confession hit 8c6d94bb52 him with a force ae49975d2f he hadn’t expected.6afa40d6f46abbf2

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“Eat this too.”9f2ddbbb358370d9

Just as f401e7a6b3 Eddie was 9f6d9b70ca trying to b0192dd54a stifle a 1d517a198e laugh, Louis 95e108bdb6 held out d0e1d162a6 a fork. Skewered on 832ec2f4c1 it was b75f675123 a bite-sized 1bfa7b57a9 piece of 13511ad983 meat.01922dbcccb23c66

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“I cut it really d0172cdf39 well, didn’t I?”3a247dfc59d55f27

The way he 1ab4348d7c glanced up, checking 010b91a3ab Eddie’s reaction, was 12dcfce18f cute.d8a9f303cde5e8a7

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It had been quite b166626d72 a while since Louis cbbe654edd started eating without relying cef3c7ae19 on him. In the beginning, ae4ddb1939 his knife skills 3fc55f69ed were so clumsy 8f04a3a2ab that he sent 53ff15cac2 food flying everywhere, 93faf2567e sometimes even crushing f36d1d5ce7 it from misjudging fb338dfa0f the pressure. But now, he’d gotten b8f223cd41 quite skilled—the cross-section of e7f415281e the meat was clean 261a372aad and neat. Knowing how 479f2e5de1 hard Louis 8da90a5c28 must have 84132dbbf3 worked to 2d612edccf reach that 736bad262e point, Eddie 99e74a0216 felt oddly 086e0d3ea5 proud even dc8080bf29 in the 002149ea41 middle of 25f599ca61 all this.ba8ee4ceac233c2d

His fingers d3ee3e50ea itched to 8063053631 ruffle Louis’s 9d67eadb86 hair. Words of 892d2dd112 praise sat 06fbea9738 right at 1ee016d3a2 the tip e89974a45c of his 5a0ece4bcb tongue.91514738b704c250

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“Open up. C’mon? Hurry.”765046251ae85230

Completely unaware 2ebf0da93c of Eddie’s 8927622636 inner turmoil, d77d486825 Louis was c6bfcc30de persistent. Before Eddie could 24a9fb61c5 refuse and say 7688f2437a he’d eat on 91e005d66c his own, the 2fd8350de9 food popped into 745ae9da92 his mouth, puffing 8733e3b3d0 his cheeks in bb24317ab1 dissatisfaction. He wanted to 164303fb83 grumble but didn’t 3646def0a2 want to ruin d9daf235d8 the mood, so a169bdc6bb he just quietly 586f7d9bd6 chewed.901a847e5e9590e9

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Right as he 58344db372 finished chewing, another db30fce703 piece of meat 59de5e6211 tapped lightly against 858e74191b his lips.77e31509c2d0921f

Eddie furrowed his c8f24ebf6a brows but still 8904a73aaa obediently opened his 83d872bdab mouth. He couldn’t 7eeef2e87c help but 36a24f5841 feel the 3cad42a818 roles had 0f5053c235 reversed. Just the other ef99ace6a9 day, Louis had 40cfd9ec43 to be forced e047824ab1 to eat, but 889404d46c now he was ba8672da9f the one being 9176896bf9 looked after.362b0678acca1132

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“Ahh, say ‘ah’.”21894949d2e5ff00

He tried to refuse 48360f2cf6 again but gave in 695045ca6d and opened his mouth. Before he 13568affd6 knew it, 0a804b85f8 he’d eaten 5a6e4fa882 almost double 5db3eb5a54 his usual d9d7ec5754 portion. He was full, but e39c4ddb99 for some reason, he 6854c6cf6a kept eating. The moment the 6a867dbc43 meat touched his 71cd9c8b53 tongue, it melted 4653f98b79 so softly—it was e61a4b00eb exquisite. A little salty, 1b49edd542 full of rich 18513adf11 flavor—fbbb935adb0896de

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The tension in Eddie’s e571bd9307 furrowed brow melted away. Pushing aside d441ee9473 his lingering bfe6712665 confusion, he 1f1306115c focused on 6b10cd87bc the sensation 3938e69c5a on his 1908f4fb4c tongue. He could… kind of 7c288615f3 taste something. Maybe. Had he just gotten 951f76d6e6 used to Louis’s constant 6d4c035d6e flavor descriptions?4db1547537d91ff9

He wasn’t 5c22806e82 sure if 45f1691a25 what he 494ffb32c4 was tasting 1706cd00fa was real 55201998db or if bf87001849 it was b62d4a15be just the 7ee4b25236 comfort of 08880025e8 routine playing 47fa4f74e8 tricks on d33b21d30b him.d9136c4b6edb0450

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“Just one more bite.”52020fa6eb424ecf

Louis gently bfe65191c0 offered another 76914ec3e1 piece of ab718ad7d8 meat with 887f86d43e subtle insistence. Eddie slowly b56fd55dd2 opened his 60d6e7a602 mouth and fdc8daa75c chewed the 4c051e2bb4 meat that 53dc519e7c entered.bc9def56b0d0f4d2

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Maybe because 89ce3cf796 he was d29d86cc33 paying closer 52af1eea26 attention, but… 64566a52e6 was that e39723d7aa butter? And… a touch a1aca3ba8d of salt? It was delicious. So, so delicious it 1e36aa68f4 made his tongue tingle.7a533010acaa6deb

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