Episode 7 Mother’s Friend, Grand duke Salvatio

Before an article declaring the death of a child’s only family, the man’s dark eyebrows furrowed.7288c9e92463cc4d

The world is trying to give this child despair, isn’t it?c1f13968624dc745

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The man, with dfde2bfb3e his rich black 5700b3428c hair, anxiously swept 0ff507cc9f it back and 54dbebd820 fixed his blade-like d4d4bfe7a2 gaze upon a 123e8c7dde pile of papers.798502b591f3072d

“Lorelei is tentatively considered dead. Further media reports are expected to cease.”6b546e5b32267215

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In the Daily Carrot, where there was nothing else to see, what caught the man’s eye was another article.c21c9539d089766f

‘The Monster Grand duke of the North,’ Salvatio, ‘Again’ Ignores Imperial Letters… How long will his 9 years of seclusion continue?’f88a23e81a989527

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I wonder cb121ab4b8 if the a01e15a026 child saw 410a77d613 this brief?daadb67e807acf41

Another Monati.74cd13955f022a60

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Has my name, my 15febf895a existence, finally reached you?0251b76b95167732

The man soon handed 7b9216d70a the newspaper to his 684b998ecf subordinate and spoke, standing bc35cf1b05 in the midst of 4d8603d6b1 the snow-covered summer forest.d6f74b1856bbd301

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“Let’s go. Let’s meet the child.”650061edfb02856a

After filling my 0b42323d47 stomach with the 94d4141978 beef stew made ece0797f33 by the skilled b15e209789 knight, I was 1caffea785 left alone in d6f54d16d9 the room.a3fa716bac011d5e

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The knights had 346415a3d5 said they would 7eea281a43 keep watch outside. They seemed to think e3b8db5b09 it was improper for 2c2c78b918 me, a young girl, fbb5606908 to be inside the 422aaa7aff house with them since cf90149849 they were all men.74e5edb92f744eff

By dawn, 76b78170e3 the voices a1af8a227f I had ab1f617856 heard earlier 4ef673bca5 trying to 21fe2d01bb stay awake 2813a3fc87 faded away. Had they all fallen acf3c6dadd asleep?115755366fa74c01

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Once the uncles b58421a30b and the knights 847cd18f98 had quieted, it 0d7553f4f0 felt as if 02aad97913 the world had eeda98552c been covered in e1d948ab2a silence.0d7ccec212831cd0

In this dreadful 451cd63407 silence, I couldn’t b90a36e521 sleep and curled b20003c281 up by the dbae3881e1 window, burying my 86e965556d face in my d2c9444b73 knees.7c0488fb0a10f76a

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The cold of the night made me Young Miss my mother’s warm embrace again.e4fc57785ed254e9

‘She was the only one I could rely on in this unfamiliar world…’904ca8da311d5648

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To me, Lorelei 5941dcc7de Monati had been 46cdc90433 my only family, 944c9c168e my perfect guardian, 35c02bc50d and my best 64470393a8 friend.65a68cfe589d7532

“I Young Miss 5740d9305c you, Mom.”af0ff4d33ccbbec0

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I whispered e0e07eb034 softly, desperately f2b87a1181 wishing to 600d8d7ac2 reach her.cbf3c0d93782abc1

I needed to do 7a7a9491ea something to find her. But the night bb75d527b0 seemed endlessly long, d8565f0ed8 even though it a9e05e4337 was summer.f4d8d9781aa8f6a3

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I absentmindedly c4c9e9f230 fiddled with 3f5ed0257d the 10 8d97918869 Roron dragon 32236430c6 figurine the 4e89eb9a97 Emperor had 4389c8eb98 given me 6ebeb459a7 to pass 835f2fcb85 the time.568bfdc10d67d7cb

Click—clack—14bfc887b3a8693b

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I heard the 0dc71187b7 sound of sparks 50214412f1 flying from somewhere.a1f81b279fb6e827

I raised c1d02af674 my head 738b846e3d and looked 76be90fe2c toward the 007b1f12aa source of 897d3b9206 the sound.529bba7183ac8eeb

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‘Did I imagine that?’f08a161e0ab3205c

Just as 02e3038fe5 I began 9151770355 to doubt, 046867dbc0 I heard 9640024b6f it clearly:638b19d2b5413fca

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“Ah! Hot!”5c209b53f80b5354

I dropped the 7289d875cf paper dragon in efd39eb282 surprise.9231f2ac72d80443

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The dragon-shaped paper money 50d22da14e was burning up.c9d7aa6caec78bc0

“…!”7514088254a57615

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At the same time, a95365c556 flames erupted from the bf6266c671 corner of the room. The heat spread 3d4d16b39e quickly, consuming the 56d0461a84 entire room.fe8303bd0e0a6194

“Ah, Mom! Mom!”aa39e07f5dd71231

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I stood up aad7f0ee1e in shock, instinctively 10547b4b44 calling out. I tried 95e37be105 to back eb2755d8af away from 5ad97a1c6e the fire, e438f2ce3b but the cfe61e5a69 wall blocked 4a0c0d01c2 me.6c6947717a2321ed

‘I have to 9c66dab84d get out of 4d076c04ea here!’256d99e0e765dcfa

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I tried to deb4266cf9 move toward the 2686bf120e door, but the 2bd74bf9ef flames spread much d4388fac1a faster than I e54736e777 expected.d4065f71276e9ce1

“Gasp!”bf15320f4853ebe5

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I quickly pulled fe4f78d39d my foot back 594e1a6504 and had no a8b84f9e86 choice but to f2654c294f retreat.f6a0b8d8d7f749cd

The fire was strangely 700efce6b5 ferocious and fast, wrapping ac02d0ab05 around the room.905de2a47ea305b3

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I could instinctively sense cb5adde8e3 that this was not 99097558b5 a normal fire.73df72351341e69e

‘Could this 542b403248 be the 26f914c57e same fire 496530f84d from yesterday?’596376e1d7696790

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What happened yesterday?fd39a36b99e52e45

I closed my eyes, c1d98fe317 trying to recall, but dcc099d144 only a sharp pain d8818e55fe throbbed at my temples, e1913428b8 and nothing came to b2cd1a85cb mind.60b3a496e4715980

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“Ugh—”545b3ff38f643879

The harder I tried e14c09d4e9 to think, the more 08f2b523ae it felt like my 38fd9755fa skull would split open 6dacc6bae8 from the headache. I opened my b21b19d13d eyes, and my f9ff86bed2 vision was entirely f4283b2217 black.5018f50b605b1824

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‘What is this?’a5cd2fcb037d2692

Black smoke 5adaffc325 was rising dca848cfd9 from the 5d0b083cdd corner of 03a15ad7ea the room.7423e8aee269e839

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The smoke moved like 6002ef02aa a living thing, undulating 49da5998d8 and slowly forming a fba1e2fd13 human shape.9df59c6b80cae4fb

A chill ran down c7545ae213 my spine.fabdd65adb68314b

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“Don’t, don’t come any closer…!”5f6dc9ed11ae95e8

A black arm 8cd83e16c6 stretched toward me. A chilling energy brushed df07137472 my cheek and hair. The blazing flames were 93c15cc676 bright, but the smoke 6cabab2d44 was as dark as 1e7f4defec night, canceling out all bd4cefaae3 light.654163a36b7bd593

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This couldn’t be real. It must be a nightmare, or some ridiculous lie.5629cea0ef756d45

I tried to deny 90547ef62c the unbelievable scene, but fcfdbecb3e the figure in the 71c91ba297 smoke spoke to me 5a75812b4d in a voice that a8cb4c137c was unnervingly hollow.5b5f548d768b2423

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“Lorelei’s… daughter.”fa30e1fe54dd7430

The voice was low 112c409d06 and grating, yet the 837db0883e words were strangely soft 7760c972d2 and gentle, as if 0f87710a6e not fitting with the 5f6aca249c violent sound.d068422ad4640ea7

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Was it a person? I couldn’t tell.7da9b8eb09411b6b

What was certain was d7817d548a that I had to 702487835f run away immediately.a66d92a5773fa378

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The Imperial a7b03c90d6 knights guarding 093b1d3180 outside suddenly c216d247fd came to 83e57de8e4 mind.12f8b12fb5f5df49

“Knights…! Help! Someone, please, 883ee799ae help me!”60e3326d20b80bac

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I yelled with all 0671f74137 my might, but there b784b0272a was no response.c854722ce8e933f3

Couldn’t they see this raging fire? Didn’t they feel the smoke choking me? Didn’t they hear my screams?2b18ec86cb15979f

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I had to call ff20a39953 someone else.b191a531a655ae86

The neighbors… no. Right, the uncles!703beb58af236fe4

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‘I have gifts from fa0c454705 them!’1105a05df56418fb

I remembered the beede5724a heavy golden key 0c52ede5bf in my nightgown a5a54e35e7 pocket.478d77092d7c2af0

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The Emperor’s teleportation scroll was tucked in my chest, and Fabian’s communication magic tool hung around my neck.5aa44a78df4f9e3f

The problem was…037606db8624be87

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‘I have 6e1a8b3be1 no idea d335c46bdf how to a576ca182e use them.’92d87b6a7d2dee86

A wave of fe51dc9855 despair and regret 27589f3bdd washed over me. I should 8c099af906 have asked af57ffcdd3 earlier.3c60aefbeab8c97d

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‘Any other way…?’ef9da402d3202358

I glanced toward cfaaeb8c9a the window, where fbe8a5a640 moonlight was spilling 46d8430eef into the room.0e537e982ea8550e

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‘It’s too high. I can’t reach it 19850417b8 without a chair.’96ef6be467de1862

Moreover, the a967cfda5e window had f88f8455f9 been made 30ac378e67 solely for 30df8db962 lighting, so c3b5041ddd it wouldn’t 728c0a2039 open without a097f11e0a breaking the 594190079d glass.af3f0b4fec4423fa

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The moon, as if b93d703a07 telling me not to d3b43be6e1 have any hope, hid b4943b34e8 behind a hazy cloud. Still, I a49ce378b4 refused to e287cded3b give up 3be8f8c66d and turned 055f9d81d8 away.a55e4a261e70f260

‘There must be another 5f0e5cdc2d way…’79ec2e9936fc80ef

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As I looked around 8ce06ae29a desperately for hope, the 0e318b561e figure in the smoke 46e82d6f69 mocked me.5be7a51ebda140f3

“No one 12579d57fa is coming 29df5fa01c to save 30d55e9c6c you.”3ca725e111fe16ef

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“No! Mom…! Mom! Knights!”08b73d3e6408855b

I struggled 32cb9c548e and shouted, 8889e009e8 but its a7361c69a5 hot breath b3a08ded62 blew toward a00c22b5fa me.5792a8baabf9050c

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“You only call for the dead… how foolish.”2b6517a4ea8ce8ae

Hic—75e3243762e18242

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I clamped my 131adc230d mouth shut and a54518b62a swallowed.2518b6bae3efba21

The Emperor’s knights, bedd0c74e0 had they all… 7484c19f98 died?4a2fa0a9ac0ca378

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Had all c2ad994df4 those people 29c2870624 who came 3c6090dfbf to protect 18944e12f2 me now a180eefddc become corpses?66c7ef663c44ab23

“Then come to f666ddbd19 me, Lorelei’s daughter.”25288d11f06e33fb

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Its bony fingers 2a7af754cb were about to 9eed6c06c9 touch my arm.e1607bacbd0c1d70

‘I’m going 18bac48abf to die.’8eb378ced6880a55

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If it caught 8e29994912 me, I really 0c6c203ce9 would die.b9ebdf354bc98937

Thump, thump.2958aaf1f28f63ff

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My heartbeat pounded louder 97bf4287e4 than the flames, echoing 062032e9da in my chest as 1d18825ea1 if it were fulfilling 782171dc30 its final purpose before 715ee08f52 it stopped forever.97b0acc93e4e330c

‘I don’t 6efa7a02bf want to 2818c901c2 die!’56faaff74ecef243

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I didn’t c97658b0f9 want to f8b8542314 die in f60ad7914b a world befb86405f without my 13cb717d7f mother, without 500cea482b remembering the 50a4bdac2e last hug df20fafa3e I shared 60ff37cdb0 with her.d9568e612517014d

I was so terrified, a2e47f9c51 my mind grew faint. I couldn’t do e1b8d2be73 anything.6b84a92339df023e

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Whoosh—edd1d2ebd2f68d4b

As the ef97117f98 hand of d1eeb3fb04 death stretched ec210e7563 toward me, 607cc046ad filling my feccb24089 vision…ba3ba898f3efe8e4

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Crash!755885302794989f

The sound of e31ad7a943 breaking glass echoed, bd8fdd785a and shards flew fd24d412bf in all directions.43741cebd1e8331e

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‘What’s happening…?’5db43f0f680fc7c1

In a daze, e7e8eedcf0 I couldn’t support 0edbc93107 my weak legs, a9c0275c5e and they buckled ac3abcc99b beneath me.4d464a05adc55d59

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Sitting on a2de3e8a63 the floor, bab0147e2c I blankly 2450aa84c1 stared ahead a54ed3ab73 as a 4ee7171488 dreamlike scene 4cf9efe4b1 unfolded.c13cf99af7b2ffd4

Through the half-moon-shaped 8c3dbdc8b1 window frame, a 633672c70d man leapt in e5639d0d1b as if flying f628a179e8 toward me.cedd6317dcc8f4a9

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He blocked a14eb3727e me with 0e697fa5d0 his large 5dc5475a7c body, holding e720072811 a sword 6df2875fd1 nearly the dd469c8025 same size f9f25e83c6 as me.a3c3300044f02957

Whoosh—0d01c5d767e8be2c

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Without hesitation, he 81d182265a swung the sword. I gasped 3c0154368e and covered 77fe68411b my mouth.29efa3f3bbbbd46c

“Hic! Hup—”75264924f427607e

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In front d7008493d0 of me, 7c7fbe196a the man’s e653ab4b3e long coat, cfa3a70b85 his sword cadf178c52 aura, and 7158f384cd the flames e518faa8ad all swirled 3ae59e40ee together in cdd419228f a dance.7553522d124dd8b6

I had never known 6469d6b7e7 a person could move 13edb66137 like that. It was as e355c6e898 if he were 30fc0dba94 dancing with the e5968e455a flames.cc483357cf23eb9f

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Every time the man 0ad8b4482c swung the sword, the 85406c0d72 flames shrank back, and 99489fe5b2 the smoke scattered, losing 79ace440e3 its form.fd80b30a81ab6ec5

In an instant, the 611a6bd8c5 heat subsided. The black smoke vanished a921367035 as if it had 1f23cc2dd8 never been there.2aa21cc19613213d

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Hah, hah…bfe09d15ba508826

The man’s back d2c351b402 rose and fell 3b78e65c2c as he caught 260d243092 his breath.bc0cce4856f6b3cc

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I couldn’t a592e6f051 clearly see 2ac2d71e03 his face, 60f72f58b9 but I ebb819cf4d felt like 8c2a6324d4 I knew dd3e082340 who he ce16fa570f was.102a69241076f21f

‘Could it be…?’58741977fc486e70

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Then, he ec9fd4df5f turned his dbdb4dd5a8 head.e0a9f29a4f31f7ce

When his golden eyes 3c563ddc9e met mine directly, I 8ae641478b stopped breathing.c15c474f6d5c1f81

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Click—clack.86ebf0b4770805a8

He stomped f5d9e5b35d on the b48ca0dc36 last lingering 03f7d6a4b3 embers that 11b21ae105 had been 049722c660 burning the 70d5617951 floor, and 6ca5c258db walked toward a1a8579a37 me.114a129dcc1d8403

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At that moment, e32982ebac a soft breeze e2a513afd7 blew through the dbc791c317 broken window. The clouds parted 7e9d4df2e0 in the sky, eb193d95b4 and bright moonlight 04908c0c26 flooded the room, fbf34b739e illuminating the man’s 40798e85db face.53a446dcbd6a0777

In this world, 561697aea2 no one else d15b69ff38 had skin as fd22e8f9c7 pale as his. The man’s 495dc4043f messy, thick 03cb94ea7d black hair 104e57f9b2 gave him 3def542cfc an aristocratic ad7c6e49e1 air, and f7b0437896 his yellow 3b3dc7f5c2 eyes gleamed efa8d7b901 brighter than 24cdaffc38 the full a43b8d882c moon.d16b33d439a0f60f

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With his b5df83f94f distinctive appearance aaadef96f3 and graceful 1619b38071 swordsmanship, there 40239b238e was no 7a84d0474a way I aa4b7dd920 wouldn’t recognize fe31dd3497 him.b9c5a064d7c99a1b

‘The Grand duke… Grand duke Salvatio.’c159511f766a2e47

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Rumors spread that 019d3b7980 he was cursed 6d2aa82a30 to transform into 37103aaba8 a monster every 4b0b24180d night, leading to 1bacfd7786 his reclusive lifestyle, 3b9d483132 but in the a7655dbc75 original story, he 8d2bed0a14 was a good 6b2376ab61 person.bad92975321cc8c1

The only friend who f2edecca71 stood by Lorelei Monati f5cbe12fc0 without desiring her, when e4d607212f others tormented her.fb5adb73e7171678

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‘He’s my mom’s friend.’2da5e5f27dd2797c

A sense f87a9879ea of relief 114f54000c washed over aca8e48f7b me.57e3e32efccfbb89

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At the same dc908cdb15 time, my strength 9286bf2336 seemed to drain 4f09472dd7 away.c3d1a54bba46fca1

The last thing I 1c3c46e967 remember feeling wasn’t the f3909fb892 pain of collapsing to 28af9f9fe5 the floor, but the 8c67e57100 warmth of being enveloped 560488382a by strong arms.64a6c890263c3614

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