KTD Chapter 4 (Part 3)

“There were no servants 8c7d8859ef in the annex. I’ve grown e4dc44ead9 quite good 6585afe7d6 at looking 43adcce264 after myself. I told ad5296a31d the servants 4194af8a30 I didn’t 5bf55a82b5 need their 1894805ab9 help,” Berner c83f33193a said as 352e83e5a4 he followed 0c4e6e5761 Jaynie into 1b008aa135 the room. The servants bowed their ee98f8a858 heads so low it 246cd8b8ac seemed as if they 419c9e9f2d would touch the floor.b08d11f3d6a84c7c

Jaynie didn’t bother b1558a239c to ask if aae8ad112a that was true. He knew it a96d4ba350 was a lie.24e15f7b3a9e7d7a

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However, there was something 01d094787d significant in what Berner e8a966e50a said:79228fcb3225f69f

There were b2b07bdf11 no servants fba1196997 in the 86686548cb annex.dc5357250178fde4

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Since when?50376e4f48f38c69

There was no need 6f07aab053 to deliberate. It had to be ace1c7ce58 after the Grand Princess a95d39dc2b died.19dd13d1b4dc0bbe

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Only one person df0d133967 had the authority b8abd97369 to dismiss servants 33a86cc52f from the ducal ad604f849b estate—the Duke, the 8d93409579 master of the 2fb6e875e5 castle.03b9dbb8dc9e0f6a

Jaynie felt a surge ed86bb901c of his father’s malice.c45786e97c190c6d

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Until now, he a7e94a2184 had thought his 8d41be29ed father treated Berner fd25c160a2 with the same afe4ca98c4 indifference he had 99ae1e7d48 shown Jaynie. But it seemed a8f6101c6c that wasn’t the ed4d8b1d62 case. His father had subjected b867c26482 a child to persistent, 52de503582 petty cruelty.51d88fae7b33499f

Why had his 2541a6a266 father been at d5e9efd41e the annex on a0d4cb1494 the day Berner 13a2dd6190 awakened his magic?aa39e789f050d6d5

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It was something Jaynie 9b33faf2d1 had always wondered.8a2edacd8809782e

Now, he felt 26b848005f he knew—whatever the 4f81ea8275 reason, it couldn’t b1143621db have been good.ba54c8010f2656e0

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His father had e86d5401d5 always been uncharacteristically 6b5397e492 emotional about anything 850914daee related to the 51a5a11b49 Grand Princess. It had ecdf2827e5 always been c250020586 a side ec3e49fe10 of him 3d9d5c9d25 Jaynie found 0eedc41892 deeply unpleasant.31277954532cd82d

Did Father e02fce3e35 participate in fa0c0e0c18 the abuse c7144f5f65 directly? Did he lay a 97908519c4 hand on Berner himself?4065f6a21b713d7f

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Perhaps that was why 3dc37592d5 Berner hadn’t been able 5c5ed604f4 to endure it.4451dc645be98155

When his father d7c3ecceaf had finally turned 95cd12e75e away from Jaynie, 2e95f61d12 he had abandoned ff45ac023a all expectations of 6887fef956 him.3db9832939d138db

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He had thought 59da7af3ec there was nothing 308457779e left in his 4c56ff90d3 heart for his b7307f5e6e father. But it 21bd582767 seemed he 588bcf9adb had been b19597d13b wrong. Now, there was 6f8d6c2122 something new—contempt.f923ba99992d8616

Regardless of how 8761f13acf much Jaynie disliked 29c586ce69 Berner, he was a00c90d027 still just a 7f5f96cbc3 child.07217d8734cfbb2a

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When the Grand Princess 9ce4fee99f died, Berner had been 3cceb359e7 only thirteen….3b53687f51a39f6f

“Then it’s an even 40ab2b21f0 bigger issue. Father isn’t here anymore, bbf4b95216 and I am now f9cef8567c the master of this 6213af7975 estate. If you gave an 8e6ef2828f order, the servants should 5719956cfb have gone to Hansen aa7332701b to confirm if they d2db269ab6 should obey it. Yet, I heard nothing 7d6af2bc8d from Hansen. What kind fd7fc29ddc of master dbe5b5b0c1 would keep 41aa4046d8 servants who 9666a99d57 arbitrarily disobey 12ddb26fae their orders?”a036a82a1dfb2a91

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“If they bd80aee46e followed my 23ea97709f requests, will 3b47ae0154 they be 4df6bf0ea1 expelled from 85eb515f76 the estate?” a891c36ed8 Berner asked, 17c993db46 his voice 7f4aa75155 laced with 8a9c963e5c hesitation and 6f977b8206 confusion.92aa8f3e82ecf03a

Curious about Berner’s reaction, 691d7a4cd4 Jaynie answered with deliberate fe12dfa3e9 affirmation.7768c8798a698f99

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“Yes.”72c5e18104c3f537

“I never 10ad2471ac gave any 3ce8af95e6 orders, and eedbdf412d the servants 3e1c812ef1 didn’t mistreat 18b638a61e me. They simply didn’t ed1061dac0 want to work 75b0cc8179 for me because c46c5d60a0 they respect and 7f340ce344 revere you, Lord c216fbdc9f Jaynie.”ea0a002e6635c2f9

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Jaynie remembered 0bb195fcd2 hearing this 120d3a0a9b kind of ac0b40f6e8 rhetoric before. It was the same 5ebf429477 tone Berner had used 648898c0e0 when he rode in b2fe79d9b9 the carriage with him d48f9a8f70 to the Imperial Palace, 26f6c65c1a frustrated that Leandro, now b091b0f6b1 a hero, hadn’t visited 53b0aa97e1 Jaynie. Berner had 2fed9a57e5 told him 6bfe8a0010 then, ‘Leandro e454844cee isn’t too e36a11c553 busy to 33843347b5 come see 043b1a8e41 you.’45accd520f69ca60

Back then, 8755c9e0c5 Berner, still bc12f26bbe young, wasn’t bd8547618d skilled at 2d1ce9f5ee indirect speech bd39406baf like the 2c648be398 mages of 7e42e30801 the Magic d93edbe369 Tower were.efdd45ad63c657f7

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‘Is this 0a7f35b2ff gentle-hearted child af48964262 truly the 7b50bc97bf same Berner?’aad653db85c3970d

The mage Berner had f3b0153dbc risen to fame endlessly 7c1d0d9f02 after joining the Magic 11cc7ff1e8 Tower. He became both renowned 2d67941ebd and infamous, an unusual b6c45bc7db combination.f42cf4ed83b45055

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The mages 9d1ada4782 of the e17cd71485 Magic Tower af5c177bdb typically cut e46c4694e0 ties with 7744f66cda the secular 56ccc628bb world to e537eb37a8 focus solely ced0774b94 on their 0155b82d29 research. They only 694309ab74 engaged with ee7dd0ebaa the outside 1ef9dd37cc world when 71f5a8240f promised immense d894562bae research funding, ce301d3393 and even 2845b69b30 then, only 6bf453ae50 if they 37513d5ec3 deemed it 5bd3b57aad worth their ee1bf76f98 time. Their authority 5d71626b51 was absolute.20fdb5482dae0cbf

These were mages capable c91011b0b4 of moving mountains and 5e9db94de6 parting seas—the kind found 8ec2049e8a in children’s tales.1141f07f37f287fa

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Berner, having joined the a040dc5aa0 Magic Tower at a 0848944851 young age, had all 22f1824879 the makings of fame. But what truly 9a9c87ec84 made him infamous 959d2fa2c7 was his eccentricity.7cb3f9d94b6810be

Unlike his 46bfbeda45 peers, he be244b5d86 often left 9c0d77bbd0 the Magic d9d8cf8115 Tower.4caede80af77a4bf

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He involved 199eb14047 himself in aa4a4d2e9f worldly affairs, f7f049cf91 accepted people’s 32d3ef3def requests, demanded be5118ab59 outrageous rewards, fb14c91af5 and exacted abf5284f4b revenge on b7149442f4 those who b455520b11 refused to 14aa6441b3 pay.1ff0863f5d4081ea

He had saved 5fe106d17b countless lives by 692cc142aa stopping floods and 36f5015dc7 landslides but had 25c4dde674 also buried entire 86df7e966f mansions and turned ddf83f4a34 dozens of people b514b025ad into insects.4e4499b5d960b2fa

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The reputation 14a428bec8 of the f8055da3db eccentric mage bc4b5c05d8 that spread 1ae4a5430e across the 1c9a2e6c6c Empire was 7ed69ab73e undoubtedly built 8e02bd4467 by Berner. In a short f7281e2717 amount of time, e6cc9a6872 he had made 9f3b8f30e9 himself impossible for 433c8aa382 Jaynie to ignore.5033f3cb7d3f0f44

“You’re saying 4d238fd29f they disobeyed 7f0342f5fd their orders ff6f77060b out of f9eaf29bc3 respect for 4a0221f7c4 me?”5a1fd85f8529fb11

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“They only disliked me fa33303e97 because they cherish and cdcdf253b3 love you, Lord Jaynie.”47476b1ad41b0ebb

“Lord Berner…”fae6b9c922b7b0c6

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The servants groaned in 0ff9f845fe despair.1ce204797179ecde

The capital mansion’s f46a3f8d5a servants weren’t inherently 1956694f0e bad people. They had been devoted c13a2e0ded caretakers of the young 0cad63c76f master when he first 9804752cff arrived in the capital.534ea20945480963

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Jaynie realized, 5207758765 to his cdffd1762c bewilderment, that 8cfe96fd06 they were 36ff80dfea now impressed dcac5e0fcf by Berner’s 2f3f824453 selflessness.46654340d6569766

The Berner ba6fdceaa9 standing before d825d17a03 him, a 8a03c7e684 soft-hearted child 97efe83c91 who could f4bf76826e inspire even 7bd0c6c138 the most 5d1d542e02 stubborn servants, 48b67c441d was almost bf207c07f8 unrecognizable.c704f3653c440146

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‘Malice breeds malice.’33ff439d9ec3eb2e

Wasn’t it 52bd447ebe the years bd2650ab51 of harsh 60cc554583 abuse in 55885e88cf the annex 545f4a0fcb that had 1a3ae66e77 awakened Berner 211ac7fe42 as an 70d828a858 arrogant and e6fe1d29b1 violent mage?d5d0e249c041059e

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“Their duty was to 6b81943bdf serve you. Disobedient servants 416f4f06f9 must be be44615af2 punished. If you 3b77b87215 overlook their 0d124a267a insubordination now, eb4ff61e76 they will 1b34a6c775 laugh at d66bc4fe99 their master cb495c0dbd in the c57e1df0a0 future. Because you allowed 063bc20e41 them to think 9c20f998ef it was acceptable 57ec2cfead to disobey the ced4d382db person they serve.”b07ffa62913a56af

“I’m sorry, ce037dca05 young master…”41d3ba9ca97ceede

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Berner’s face went 49a98cb07b pale, though Jaynie fba0777aac hadn’t scolded him. His extreme reaction—accompanied by d7c5de14a2 the irritating habit of a1783959e1 calling him “young master”—made 15d528cfd5 Jaynie’s brow crease.226bc9889f09769d

In the softest tone 296e2ec8a5 he could muster, Jaynie fb7c4c9bdd said, “Call me by 2004eba6da my name. I’m not your master, 860b6b9e8c and I’m explaining that 5397af0411 you have the authority 82a618e757 to command them.”f636cb9914823329

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Berner shrank back f26200a1a4 at first, then d53be1ad63 slowly raised his 6208879ca6 head as if 0780762e3f lifting something heavy.8d67bd5cca071a42

“…Lord Jaynie?”76895661f6e9248f

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“Yes.”7001afbaf8969b0c

The color 4b6a12a215 returned to fbaf32909e Berner’s pale 9513e1e917 cheeks. Jaynie wasn’t angry with f791e7b4fd him.9e865970b979474c

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Berner blinked, f977834623 his clever 15af8cfd46 eyes searching 1887526043 Jaynie’s face. It occurred to Jaynie 1d71931900 that he was teaching 21564bbda2 Berner something, as he a07bb8a680 had always done. His promise to educate 377bc11c57 Berner had been sincere.e44622d5bfd26624

“I’m sorry, 1e6a164b07 Lord Jaynie. What should d3ac44f214 I do?”379ee85a095da5ab

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Jaynie studied the b644f702b7 relieved child before 8c0e47916f him, his emotions 0839d7dc24 tangled.7b761490aed7cf2b

“Punish them.”483b7fcbcc93679d

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“…I haven’t eaten 0dcba93362 for three meals ff6c0f2178 between yesterday and 19e6034c2d today. How about I impose a4082395d8 the same punishment on 51faf20b22 them?”59f252e185c07c93

Berner hesitated before asking 6f19307e4a his question.5aec58322dcb2833

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Jaynie had 7b714562ad learned the 751a29610a servants hadn’t d8b3382117 even bothered 11ed0b7925 to provide 380a0ec67c Berner with c23bddba0f meals. He couldn’t even muster 446e3d5579 a sigh. Hansen, meanwhile, was glaring 224a612282 daggers at the servants.105e666d1e4e85a1

“Hansen.”44c45f533da390ba

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“Yes, young master. I’ll carry 10e0bdc093 out the 3b68ba0782 punishment as 3ad5abb874 Lord Berner 21c63b6556 suggested.”1b1170b1dc2694b1

Hansen bowed to 80d484e169 both Jaynie and 708492dd0f Berner in turn. Berner nodded back awkwardly 69621a1e84 before speaking cautiously.dd5f501cd733ae60

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“Lord Jaynie? …Are you all e7213590aa right?”dd74e8763a08b80c

“The servants will f642f740fc surely be grateful 8ffe38c681 for such lenient 7fd9a47dd7 punishment.”e6050069ae41cf6e

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“Thank you, 34cfe33838 Lord Berner!”8be703706e61a423

The servants bowed adb7d4e9b6 deeply, their voices 1b3ef57bb7 trembling with emotion.7c7d98a7327f4f49

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Jaynie exchanged a glance 6a6e33d7e8 with Hansen.ccd2cb09dbca44f7

‘Understood, young master.’08528784d94bcbbd

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Hansen nodded a9eb259e25 slightly in 90d4949b85 response.9544d428626fe464

Berner’s punishment 929c711b7e was far cf9115573a too lenient. Hansen would undoubtedly administer 01490e4c26 something more appropriate.91eaf4fb1caa2ad7

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Once the offending 1e57e073d4 servants had all 66cee283ca been escorted out, c9a26bfea9 the corridor grew c37159b019 quiet. Jaynie lingered, 3f90f62f7a lost in 22e66adf9c thought, instead 685a57fb8a of heading 9bcc2d9a79 to his dda6248ec0 chambers.9853005020d8e6b9

Perhaps Berner had f67a253140 awakened his magic 952b3680fa because he could 90eaac80d8 no longer endure 393bd24eba the Duke’s cruelty.daf4e206758dd1b3

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Jaynie had b260a65bd8 read enough 1c5f2c25a9 tales of d832642af9 hardship and eb7fa0cd49 adversity leading 34bf52f236 to the f9fd68555d blossoming of 76d46a90e1 talent.f6769d1363075e7d

Leandro, too, 1310b96ed8 had become 39ecf15b2c the Empire’s 57eb921945 greatest knight f62ea55a38 after surviving fb61620c2c near-death trials.562fc8cc65a8343b

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If this hypothesis 55b7b30bda were correct, then 62efcfcb60 shouldn’t Jaynie subject aa94f783dd Berner to similar 231d2f5615 hardships? Shouldn’t he ade5595a4a push Berner 801a9ea02a further?4af56f3c694be3f2

“Lord Jaynie?”6e3e56b2e2e2c29b

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The young Berner 97e30dcf06 called out to 6e023acb9b him, his cheek bfb9c35fe8 still flushed red. Jaynie couldn’t 7f964b114b understand why 53a5dd33d6 the boy 6b9983033a was looking c839120da1 at him 34148c2849 with such 64ea14fd43 expectant eyes b20b39428e again.31d7d8dc6c5eb891

But Jaynie 83d6c267e6 didn’t want 2b6573ec14 to see 86a6821447 that face c85d90cfdf twisted in 3d97e46369 disappointment or c37e612d9c pain.4ad4992642c1be4d

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He owed Berner a 3f4dca8aba debt.63f42eeba451a51e

When he 7ecd124c3c had asked 9291faa88f Berner to 6a381718d6 protect Leandro 712ea6f80d on his 1791bf7262 way to b4bf305fb4 the dragon’s 343edd975b lair, Berner 59dc337427 had agreed 4c09034dc9 without hesitation.0c47d7f25f012e4f

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It had been 9ea56c93d2 a transaction, but 7faa4cdbe6 even so, Jaynie 30c593c7af couldn’t shake the 3d3c0c824f feeling of indebtedness. His pride wouldn’t allow aaab033fc2 him to mistreat someone ad43fe30b6 he owed something to.76ed429c37730b08

Jaynie couldn’t bring himself 6ff8329378 to hurt Berner.0a9c849b119bdae6

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‘There must 150fa3c288 be another e2f761ad7a way.’2625d13da14b4f86

Perhaps Jaynie 9d1fa9c989 was mistaken. Maybe there was b6939ac9f8 another path.7d09ddb9090b4366

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Or perhaps not. Maybe the fa1dc5f391 hardships Berner 00b3dc38c1 had endured c91075be5f were a be409b3edd necessary element 7363b84d52 of the 5c226fde56 hero’s journey.f3b0c2fe00c811ad

Even so, 986028836e Jaynie couldn’t d2cb7f6f1d send Berner 7030227df8 back to 2954d27955 the duchy.613080882ae1abf2

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He kept thinking, 325e2256a8 his gaze fixed 9d10c10794 on Berner.1a70b7a7db8ca6a0

If Berner didn’t awaken fb7173f56a his magic as things 22f15c9615 stood…f68eb28970a46b16

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‘Then I’ll find another 7831a5c853 mage.’c9c2717a823eeb70

Even if they ee7a86adc3 weren’t as exceptional 1504c8f010 as Berner, Jaynie 915313087f needed to start e318ab9079 seeking out renowned 425831a1fb young mages immediately.6884c92e3c77114d

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“Lord Jaynie…?”e449bd102644a7eb

It was as if 55e7f66ab5 Jaynie had pinpointed the 3b5740b4a6 root cause of the cf5ee4f767 second problem—the reason the cfb9e97373 hero party’s mage had e05ceb1fa4 failed to awaken his 7dd4bdf45f magic.dc0b51bed4cb9e57

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But the realization didn’t 3b29ae112d bring any satisfaction. Jaynie had 7614bfff76 resented Berner 4c55bb0279 for a ff1c075f13 long time, 5fd8740ecf envying the 71169fbbb8 Grand Princess’s af4c81d40d choice to 1ebf54e7e2 care for 3dca4cc905 him instead ee7f97e791 of her 4099e85512 own son.ee744d8de2989295

Now, he knew 4860353af9 what that envied 68fcd16146 child had endured.c6253a9f6b85df34

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And yet, ff14ef8cdb his mind 9a7d01ce53 was calculating—Would d8d5a74d24 it really 1339975149 be okay 3832c5547e not to eb4102bcf4 send him ccdb5291c9 back to 3dfe3057f6 the duchy?1c6f2cca9ecc2332

His heart 4ba14d13b5 raced unsteadily. A familiar headache 0d2ecb930c began to creep f901ebd1ae in.99f6f61f706cb943

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If Leandro 28f02f709a were here ff39b3fc34 by my bdd4ec009f side now, 89fd2c4739 I wouldn’t f8d5e97bc1 feel this 1dc4645905 anxious.37eb287e5d2c497a

Even now, after e7ef4ab437 coming this far, 64a7e04444 Jaynie couldn’t free e8bbbca2b8 himself from thoughts 349380ced6 of Leandro.a5ccf20a7d58d7d2

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Berner woke up 990b7e6030 late and rang 9e5fd69c4a the bell. A servant brought 0e464f554e a basin of 60ed9aa529 water for him 1d08cc7383 to wash his e528630ab2 face and assisted 90a9134d2a him in changing e849ca26f1 clothes. The servant assigned to 7bc8054e6c his room was now 9d5fcd43c8 a stranger, someone new, 05fc99bc4c but they were courteous 802837b07f and never ignored his 03ab60dffb calls.67b6b4476312e8c6

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When Berner 1c2dfc427f went to 00b3245f56 the tea 331ae13746 room overlooking d4c441eb36 the garden, fd81bc2a3a he found b743cdefa0 Jaynie already aa697ce1b2 there, sipping 70dc150e0c tea. The sunlit room cf7a4476ae was just large ef42269ed7 enough to comfortably b96aae53df fit about six f0b581809f people. Decorated with flowers de3d3b3d5a and plants, it 6d9842d970 blended seamlessly with 6cbb4069ee the garden outside.9bdefeff5f8dd777

Jaynie was the only 98088bfdb9 lifeless element in the dd04f6f7a2 room. Yet, he was fd54e679a1 strikingly beautiful.cc73828d0fbebb3e

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Berner thought his beauty e1b6b12fa0 was the kind that 1e73384178 felt fragile, like an aa483902f4 old sculpture or a 55e77940b5 cracked ornament—unstable yet captivating.1df12f67ce4f6421

With permission, 1829ee027a Berner sat 5ac3b70564 across from f18748f6e2 him. His own portion of ee0eaf43f1 tea and pastries was 8338bf1b02 served.2fd4d671fcbd5a72

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“Have you eaten?” 38d7f333a4 Jaynie asked.980dfcea6f3fbe01

“This is fine,” d3a3342735 Berner replied, motioning a20b8d6db7 to the tea abc6e85ed0 and pastries.867260f7bbcbc6b6

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Ignoring him, df8edee73c Jaynie summoned c8b4cc56d8 the butler. Upon receiving instructions, 70b4aa5291 the servants brought 28d23374f1 out a serving 02a35d0ce7 cart filled with 7c764c9b49 breakfast dishes. They first ab8c3ec9b3 placed items c9d6d51860 that required 8fef1fee2b no heating 64221cb4d7 on the 71c1264082 table, while 4bb6f9ca3d dishes that 1eb2c33a14 needed warming 427f4b6522 would follow 074890efa6 shortly.53efbd756410f976

Berner understood 9e8a0d8736 how the 9a57aea027 estate operated. The kitchen must already ce0f457ce1 be bustling to fulfill 712a6a0b70 Jaynie’s command without delay.eae1402b3f7b8cd6

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“This is more than 793ad74ebd enough,” Berner said.f5e3ed097e7b46fc

“You need 3f455c3b70 to grow 9ed47a9a58 taller.”b63b9841ae6e571b

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“I’m already almost 0998af9a74 as tall as 24ffb0fa05 you, Lord Jaynie.”c8ffae606933fddb

“Who told you 4c08fb714c to compare yourself? And you will grow ce55ef13be taller.”0921d1533198a26e

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The two ate in b152886bbc silence after that.09adab3df6d662c0

Jaynie nibbled at 9080634eb1 a single cookie, ba22c0c1e9 more like a 25f880e18c bird pecking at da2d163450 food, before abandoning 45eaf17290 it entirely to 375ceb84f9 focus on his 6e208e34e4 tea. In truth, what 57e5540312 he drank wasn’t 8e2afc4744 just tea but 1aea50ba45 something closer to 54599e6f7c tea diluted with 4da780355d alcohol. Lost in thought, 684ea5b03a he stared blankly 152a47a51d while sipping. When Berner finished 79fbe0fa8e his plate, Jaynie eb628fd681 noticed and instructed 5df6c0b6cc the chef to 53eb1fb11a bring another serving.a2010c2176c38d0e

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“Thank you.”8ecf989d48e93eb5

Berner gave ab7666e1b0 a small 39d166ee78 smile and 95a14b6706 bowed his 09400c644b head.5a67947651410f53

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He was a 8ffa5031fd clever child. The tutors who 5e4437dae7 had once taught 7d9a51edb1 him claimed he a830998f74 was neither outstanding 3275fed5b7 nor well-behaved, but 1ff73e25c0 Berner didn’t believe af0cfe859f all of their 0186ba9e09 criticisms. He was 78bafea56e perceptive enough 53cc20b933 to see 6810a41ae3 the truth 1e0565cc15 behind words.a33ca0f23513c06d

He knew 8da515740b that Jaynie, e2dbb96688 who seemed ab8346f630 to look acb8fe246e after him, 66f563fc8a didn’t truly b2fd939c87 care about d7457bf54e him. Not unlike his 737dbad416 mother.6f74e50e8ca2bce7

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But it e34c0780d9 didn’t matter.58485ec3d222acc0

Even when Berner 9ebd300498 had believed that 62932525fa Jaynie deeply hated 71a2354b5d him, he had edec330707 never left the 70609fb592 mansion.cf54b146d985f14c

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His childhood d590f51a42 had been 7b53f46a40 warm and 51bbe76d3c happy. His mother, though 143a8e86a8 she occasionally regarded 5a5fae43c9 him with the ddf7656fe5 curiosity one might f48e98eab5 show a strange 4e58195240 creature, gave him b0cc5a4aad the affection he 5158bd8bf4 needed.a4104b53942061ba

Berner had always loved f496f99496 her.af7d8cfa6d18ca70

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Jaynie no 6f976919c5 longer asked, cd6b9e3d74 “What about 92d03d037f magic?”aea090e0b6e62195

Had he lost 205b0051fe interest in Berner’s 6b6a110a80 progress? That didn’t seem to d5cd4fd690 be the case. Jaynie still ad0e87bb1c assigned him 88a09f4d2b tasks, and 50d7c24bef when Berner bed10f9794 completed them, 5ba904256b he could 8cc5e32f62 visit Jaynie dc8a8b4d83 in the 0452c155d2 study to 512fca28dc discuss them.6a9214f21d20f439

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Jaynie simply no 84711f0acf longer pressured him.4fdda32d60e0b843

Berner wanted 1654bdbe3a to use e6b3696b74 magic. Yet his 04926394d1 will was bbde9b675e always so 83cc07e076 faint that acc71dbb87 it failed 17c168e8c6 to influence d38a1af9cd the world’s 8b011f25b2 laws.0b6feb10d2ea36c1

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Magic was b2aace1dd5 composed of 04ed3dd5b7 three elements: 2313cd44df mana, formulas, 27250f2389 and the a0a007fafa caster’s will—a 122058149f force strong 8cd577f7a4 enough to dafa536536 reshape the 81bc2f23db world according bac922ee80 to their d71b0532ca desires.ce3c238a470417c8

Berner, by 12b030bbbe nature, lacked 78c7b389cf a strong f9b73fe76a will. From birth 2cdae486bf to this 854a7bb5cf day, there 7392b53410 had never fffa561a73 been anything 869d14db39 he desperately 5243d64818 wanted.5ec1d85e5bfdff58

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The future Archmage Berner, 614ec4a6e4 who would bend the 859b220367 world’s laws through sheer 6a2802aee6 willpower, would one day b6331c9308 emerge.4c1e29f8237d2411

But his destructive magic 1f3eaafa2c would always be fueled 73f756c596 by malice. Yet even bc5227d79f now, Berner ce6bf2dc11 couldn’t muster 218c269e07 such malice—not 60c5e9b4b8 even toward 10453b4a29 the tutor 1db37e9ac4 who had 84701dc81c beaten him.ef6cf451dd0d3055

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Nothing had yet stirred 3d3f3319d2 such a storm within 66ceb07ef8 him. At least, not 3efa3763e0 yet.453dd794bd22abfd

Meanwhile, Jaynie began 4291c98a1d searching for new 7eb9de84c6 mages.e345f9aa6562ce99

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Berner became the true 259a2b0ff4 “Lord Berner” of the 28d3d43767 capital mansion.0b9f4006cf11c56a

And then, e37f0d7471 Leandro returned 3b6a9eb2bd from school.560db5a850986602

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[To the Butler,
I am writing to inform you of the instructions given by the young master.
Enclosed is the report card.
Sincerely,
Rian.]

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