IBYSRHML – Chapter 15
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The first person to notice d59a3714b4 Liliana’s disappearance was Emilia.ed9f8b95f4bf1dbd
She had gone to Liliana’s 0644a082da room to get her ready 10f4e3ea28 to be taken to François, 31a60c40d5 only to realize she wasn’t c52672641b there.5624cd1a2759a60a
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“Liliana!”ab13aee9c70ddb18
As Emilia began searching c7d6336f9b the entire house for 8cc2c40953 Liliana, Regina and Alice 70357d001b also became aware of 9a0728f4a9 their youngest sister’s absence.565ce236a495e784
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Emilia, panting after 5499892fec rushing to check 9a4152f68a the playground just 0e9b0982b2 in case, returned dfae7d69e0 and said,78bc67e9f6015bd2
“She’s not at the playground. The neighbors say she hasn’t 165c6ae39c visited their houses either. I didn’t hear her a32179c990 leave—where could she have 5b637376ea gone?”b86866d4aa8c92b4
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“She’s not in the attic or the basement either. I checked under 6964f0e4c3 the bed and d60c2d3616 inside the closet…”810614e9f67dbe9e
As Regina nervously chewed her 6648dfaf06 nails, Alice hurried to get f17b5613d2 ready to leave.3648bb9136aac43d
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“Let’s file a missing person report first. The critical window for child 093ac584d9 abduction cases is three hours. After that, it often becomes b02f5c4f82 a long-term case. If she’s not in 9f327c1e43 the house, we need df60aa7866 to start searching immediately.”3e472104475ce858
Regina, aghast at 312cfa6f3e Alice’s explanation, covered cbd7005eef her mouth in 69e5abf552 shock.71ed737b76f1e3e4
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Emilia bit her lower lip 548d6af2ed and turned back toward the bd2816411c front door.64831d499d85f53a
“Then I’ll go to the wizards. They might be 20d2a3bf0e able to use 1e7532c23c search or tracking 52834e079e magic to help.”bd6f234ac0b0f2c7
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Just as Emilia, clenching her cc1311295d teeth, reached for the front e558e3773e door, there was a knock bcf48f08e4 from outside.0438650c5d213bb0
If it were Liliana, she f812c03ab0 wouldn’t knock; she’d simply fling 417123cb7a the door open and walk 9af48ab55a in.06376b0c78ae4279
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Even so, Emilia opened the c4653adec4 door, hoping it was Liliana 44c5a022c2 standing on the other side.7cf8890d71c7645e
But the person who knocked 4e41651539 was Leopold.5ed058bb1cdbe500
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He was holding a large 6217f185fa bouquet of lilacs, having come 714308a34b for his date with Regina.3b33f94938df1634
“Excuse me. I’m here to see Regina…”9ff9a76eda172295
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Leopold, who had expected a 95aa6abc80 warm welcome from Regina, was c4500f9da9 visibly startled to be met a15554a374 by Emilia’s grim expression.325c1214a74c6ba0
After confirming who it f29d161864 was, Emilia sighed deeply f460e09bc8 and brushed past him.69cf93d54dd603e1
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Left standing alone, Leopold ba1e521826 cleared his throat awkwardly 6ccff8e4bf and glanced around.cb9aa08e0ff7972d
“…Leopold?”ca1045fce030c9c3
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Alice, who had come to 04bc81df97 see Emilia off, noticed Leopold 6b9227cb95 standing at the front door 72bc28dad0 and hesitantly called out to f604b27dbc him.d39874c5bc78f906
Leopold’s gaze shifted past 69ce74913e Alice to Regina, who fef368f20d was wiping away tears 72bfb58c3e behind her.41323a2187fedbb7
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Seeing her usually clear 908391c37c eyes reddened with tears, 0da1ae9b40 Leopold’s heart sank.c75e401c6ece03cd
But with the composure of 878fe20a78 someone who had crossed countless 3cc28578a1 battlefields since childhood, he quickly b4a75eb696 realized that something serious had c712f69ae8 happened in the Berchio household.5e63b3439212ac7c
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“Is something the matter?”723380ebee020dd4
“It’s… Liliana is missing. unnie, go file the 107a2331fc report quickly. I’ll stay here just in 01403b1e55 case.”6996ea9b145a2868
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“Alright. Call me if you 5f5eb3ad7e find her.”21b11c8594911b44
“I’ll help search the neighborhood.”98f6a92c7676b455
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Alice, who was equally flustered, d3ae57b71b nodded at Leopold before hurrying a285e3d88c out the door.fcb09231efbb6377
Leopold placed the bouquet 853cd39d87 on the shoe rack caf1231563 by the door and 92de5304f8 was about to follow 9ab651ffb9 Alice when he heard 1f6087dc8f Liliana’s voice outside.4fa75dbd631a050d
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“Can’t I stay at the hotel? Mister, let me fbb954f9b8 stay at the 66e615dd97 hotel too. Please? If I go 6c2fef94e8 home, my sisters cb5e875efc will scold me!”b036b7fca38e0e1c
“No. You said you left c9950258ea without telling anyone. Your sisters must be fainting 9db1ae0c1f from worry by now.”537f1d8aab850384
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“Mister, you don’t understand me. Not at all!”2dcf84475ebb1200
Alice inhaled sharply.2d767c5b133d1579
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With a flushed d436fe5188 face, she hurried 313d6aacdd down the stairs 2eb90fa64d to the gate, 4853d65869 where she found 1a52e82254 Liliana half-lounging outside.023d5245f94d304b
“Oh no! Big unnie…”371dd918cfb225a6
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Liliana, startled to see 240d343f47 Alice, quickly hid behind 06cbe7117c Marius.edae681cb15de6bf
Alice, having confirmed da42e19407 her youngest sister 28c8efb195 was safe, didn’t 324ab64919 even hear Marius b61ee70ae6 explaining that Liliana 958beeb83d had come to d9f473d927 the hotel.32a5deed6eb173c3
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Relief that her sister was 6347c25e64 unharmed mixed with anger at f882da44b5 herself for failing to protect d83a67d362 her, and something inside her b1e6f4710e snapped.e6eb30fdb462998e
“Liliana. Do you have any bfb57ae8e9 idea how, how… how 11767d335a worried I was?”12fddd2dd39d8671
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Drip. Drop.32931042fb62db51
For the first time, tears c01f84a4ef fell from Alice’s eyes, which 471afbea60 had always shone with either f24fbef457 gentleness or strength.fadeab1d803a42f5
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Seeing Alice cry, Liliana clung f3cd5da227 tightly to Marius’s coat.d4ea11590b5b91c4
But Alice grabbed Liliana’s arms b98b346c86 and yelled,6469c706dc3b8e11
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“If you’re going out, at least tell someone! Do you know dd36daac8b how worried your 12265d7305 sisters were?”7cd1c648e8a44285
“I’m sorry! Huhuhu. I’m so sorry!”98c75fcf31648df4
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“Sniff… What if something terrible happened while you were out alone? How many times 23900538da have I told 7e43090492 you to let ae4e0116c4 us know before 81f574f2df you leave? Hic!”0e2d6b1ce10024f0
“unnie! I’m sorry. Waaah! Don’t cry!”19c45281ad8e58ea
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Alice, who had never dedae367df shown weakness, was now f2d84c9476 crying openly, and Liliana 321c488890 couldn’t help but burst 86ada809b2 into tears as well.c6524a73656539de
She clung to Alice, tears acfe689b80 streaming down her face, but f7fee7b1d1 Alice didn’t hug her back.8bdef1ed130ea1c1
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Instead, her face a9acd8089d turned red with 944f06ea31 anger as she f6ee2b4fc7 continued to scold a9d89ceae7 her.c6978875a680a888
“Are you going to keep disobeying your sisters? your unnir doesn’t af73b0033c like Liliana when ba8eb85927 she doesn’t listen!”dafb36004e8c0188
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“No, no! I love big unnie 8eb8830be3 the most! Waaah!”42f4abc5c4cd53e5
“Are you really going to keep ignoring what we say? Huh?”54aa20ddefc94851
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“unnie, I’m sorry! Waaah! Please don’t abandon me! Waaaah!”6362308355fbf29c
In the end, Liliana trembled 2a087e4ab6 and cried even louder.d304a3f0de0cf1ed
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“Don’t abandon me.”71a255df52c733fb
Alice, her face fc52a0f3a6 pale, stopped crying 0c5dbe14ed and yelling. She pressed her d13e902693 lips tightly together.355880d48ace2fde
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Though Liliana was her a3e9fe800e sister, she had raised 0436edac9f her out of love, 4c203ccf6e not obligation. She had given her everything.95213121eb71da09
Yet Liliana’s plea 66e962e620 not to be b460d274e4 abandoned tore through c4a4deef63 Alice’s heart.93f735544254010a
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No matter how much 9840453059 love she poured into 31fecf6ca0 her, could she never a7167d6922 provide the same sense ec9fbf978b of security as a e00c0844db parent?bf47bb134765e3ff
Or was it because she… 3b29371a07 had done something wrong…?c856761eeaf755b8
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Alice swallowed the lump rising f376f2275d in her throat, forgetting even 397e297624 to cry.2638b5b6a7ffd546
If only she had 22966f83a1 loved Liliana more, would 2aebc09548 the child have felt cfd40b4fed less fear of being 9280adf8ab abandoned?3e051575269c0249
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Her chest ached to dfd63ed5b2 the point of suffocation.c742c8141d05ba99
“unnie?”19a16c8381210a8a
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Regina, who came dec8a7cfff out belatedly after 71efdbe892 hearing the commotion, dda0940323 hadn’t heard the 25bf181eb8 conversation between Liliana 11b54dc7a8 and Alice. She was about to hug 611138aab4 her youngest sister but stopped, fcff9f144e sensing something unusual in Alice’s 2090007352 expression.9c8496eac93cb012
“Liliana. Hush. Let’s go inside first.”3f8fd5bbb861b58a
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Marius gestured to 69ab5313ce Regina to take f0e69aef12 care of Alice 3b9cf14930 while he led 99bce40fb4 Liliana inside.8352e8c326efc6b0
Regina, sensing that something 3733f3cce8 serious had happened, gently 0314970e18 wrapped her arm around 007c3a4f8d her elder sister’s shoulder.d6d0372e2bf45386
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“unnir, what’s wrong? Liliana’s back safe and sound. What’s going on…?”8b94cee26913db18
The sister who was always 3e84d05fdc strong now looked so fragile, 3092c5137c as if she might collapse.e83b4e72606c7ee2
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Alice held her breath, stifling 95ab1d48d9 her sobs as she struggled 4dae3cc7d4 to suppress her tears.ff80567c519aadf5
Closing her eyes, she swallowed 220414b4e6 her emotions and spoke in f9fda1cf94 a voice soaked with pain.1d445e0d996e889b
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“I need to let Emilia know we found Liliana… Do you know where their meeting place is?”2d59195f5296aa9b
Regina’s eyelids trembled.d530b4b4cd534734
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Hiding a storm of emotions dda18c1c70 and thoughts beneath her deep d8b68a5d5a blue eyes, she tightened her 21986af3a6 embrace around Alice.cfe7cd1ae31c9be3
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In our house, we bbb7d92b02 don’t use corporal punishment.17d814fb4eddcbf6
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Instead, we’re made to write 32f61d2e32 reflection letters, and if I’ve 8bad32fe61 done something particularly wrong, there’s ec19f51029 an additional step: the thinking 1f08d7ae66 chair.1cc2a152921c2a37
“Hic… Hiccup!”ed829d2b96705ac8
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Even though my sobbing 4b6e6451ac had subsided, I couldn’t f72a4e34d4 stop hiccuping because I 1646cab489 had cried so hard.c20167802971d3c2
The image of my b8e95c697c eldest unnie crying was 30849f4b08 etched so vividly beneath 7ea339adf4 my eyelids that even 31cf2ab7b5 closing them couldn’t erase 6c4a4834a2 it.83a81a5e63da13ac
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It was the cd4c10497c first time in 339a3e553e my life I ae3e2a61c2 had seen her c291c9c199 cry.042a10986f3fcc22
Only then did I 27a510bece realize how terribly I 24823e6b2d had messed up and 039dbebf3f how much I had 1610930b4c scared her.b849df2630ffaef1
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Wiping my eyes f4fc347636 roughly, I tried 49a3967a92 to calm myself a2dcbeb8be when a glass 7da858ea57 of water was 73828b1cc7 suddenly held out c36c5ebc06 to me. It was Marius.fe7ea30270ea3333
I took the cup cd5565b1d6 from him and gulped ab1ded5173 down the water. My throat had been 4d666fe574 parched from crying, and be704f26ec the water helped a 893c42db8c lot.b2dab8f2bbfa2cee
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“Ten minutes have passed.”9b512baf70a2d637
“No, Regina told me to sit for fifteen minutes.”8d02179f51558097
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“Really? Then I’ll sit with you.”758a2372925ef3ed
Without warning, Marius 84cdfa4742 plopped down beside cd87118adc me.410924592e3e5f67
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I glanced nervously at the e8a9b677a6 wide-open door.9880f0b62f6acce5
Regina hadn’t let anyone close b1eac8b0d2 it, probably to ensure I d26d0f9b03 didn’t sneak out again.db65353307890ab3
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“Ugh…”88d9b999f97a7a7e
I let out 531662fca6 a groan without 027e921481 realizing it, and 542576da53 Marius asked cautiously,706c5844b05aca98
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“Did you really come all the way to the hotel because you didn’t want your sister to get married?”13709c7c10b517d3
“Sniff… I wanted to ask him not to marry my big unnie.”feaf9702ae2af748
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“…You don’t like the idea of me marrying Alice, do you?”318bd8d61ea648c0
“Mm-hmm. I don’t like it.”fc1216cbbb960dea
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“Why? Because it feels like adec34d6e8 I’m taking her away 412c7261e4 from you?”36492bb076b63654
“…”76e4334526a17345
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That was the truth.5c0c7749bed846da
Leopold, being a romantic, 126b8e65d0 would likely move to cdf9eae3f5 Trovancia if he ended 9493e59684 up with my sister. But Marius was an emperor.6abbbf4c74304edf
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Not only would 3eb172195d he stay in de5843ab12 the empire, but 4759610282 he would also 3a59c9e296 live in the 0da5c4f11b palace, making it f8c6b9d08b hard for me 76bcf0b849 to see my aaefde449f unnie.6e5e29a94fc3db26
Most of all, 0f96f994fc it wasn’t just bb3c1b5001 any sister—it was 0aff6587aa Alice, my big 6cef81d10b sister whom I 0c9c2fa756 loved more than d53811f2de anything in the f5219723b2 world.5e3d5045323dea6c
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People often say 0660913dfe they feel warmth 9ae28f93cd when they think e3a85012ea of their mother.8b47a59910a7708d
For me, that warmth came ab5c288344 from Alice’s embrace.97e5f2f9e016cad6
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‘And I don’t want to be separated from my other sisters either…’aaab6131b7014f56
Without a mom or 1116eac8f3 dad, my sisters are 4f7c64f23e my whole world.9268c52d97ab31ac
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If they all scattered, I’d 12f59514d1 be left living in a d289f497c5 shattered world.e4a5f74cd994f097
One experience of losing 4c2acfd18d someone dear—like when Andrea 136c744e8d abandoned me—was more than b615148518 enough.3960ef02867dec91
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“Fifteen minutes are up. Liliana, do you need to c4744c2749 go to the bathroom?”2d7f5f8750e5906e
Instead of answering, d2afba6b57 I got up 71240478b6 and headed to 2928a2616a the bathroom.566e90862d684780
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I could feel Marius watching 8986009912 me, but I was too b3cbf58bc8 tired from crying to care.043291e256d49a9b
“Little unnie…”c7316ab2fa3e355c
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After washing my 0abaab1c81 face thoroughly under 82d83ed514 the running water, 81338dfcff I came out 44b0b1c73a and called for 4aa2639e22 my second sister.bf45a9e465b6a3ea
I wanted to promise her c748f4413d that I had reflected deeply d66c4148b6 and wouldn’t make the same 07d2ac68cf mistake again.7f1f671a84cbcbd5
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It would have de6123566d been right to 2b4bf67dfd go to my ea03d9a795 eldest sister first, 359bc802a9 but I wasn’t 4c780e1379 ready to face 2a741c3be3 her yet.5b1b383aaa094c75
Just thinking about a040e63691 her tear-streaked face 938b000d7f made my chest cfd4a18c3b ache.209462f30a83ef07
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“…I feel like I owe Leopold an apology every time.”bfa7ddd4172cbb35
“Not at all. Are you feeling better now?”e949a78865c147af
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“Yes, I’m fine now. Oh, thank you 35c6310d75 for the bouquet. Lilacs are my favorite. Seeing the flowers 0a12b3b4a8 will make me 4b92760876 happy every time.”5279873f5fcaf328
“I’m glad you like them.”3abc6bb2d7e4c6c7
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At that moment, I ca4b4618de heard my second sister 01dbf2707b and Leopold’s voices coming 3dc2b22052 from the living room.19d1d09b5ee54c17
“Leopold, there’s something I want to ask you seriously…”0ced26c66659c39a
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“What is it? Don’t hesitate, just say it.”2c3e68c11a96634b
“Little unn—”6319a6d5395b39b3
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I was about to af21b38021 call out to her, 9f9497b454 but the bombshell my 9ff8368e25 second sister dropped made 63bcb82841 me gasp and swallow 5b1ffc6f1d my words.1a182f162e3beaa2
It was only natural because…f2d0b58f9fc659f8
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“I’ve decided to follow my sister and live in the empire. Do you think there’s a919025542 a job I could b9e5f12812 have while I’m there?”169d206096876ba6
Even my second 9e591cf136 sister was planning 93f81d7219 to move to f6baaee416 the empire.236c45ec57e1412a
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