NLS Ch11
by cherryroseEven knowing that things would ultimately go Leotar’s way, Ashin still tried to find fault with it.989dbc709e5487ae
“What exactly is his situation?”39f5266d24aa5e82
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“I don’t know the details myself. But I do know that the Lord of Ailem has a terrible inferiority complex towards his son. I’ve heard the Lord has a rather peculiar temperament.”b636f602fc13f218
“Shouldn’t he be happy if his heir is doing well?”a3f65fb1ccd46bda
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“I find it strange too. But if there’s one emotion I understand least in this world, it’s inferiority, so it’s hard for me to fathom beyond that.”876b0ebcfa34c61a
“Then shouldn’t I be helping him, too, in terms of, like, an obligation to assist?”927de10f8cda3fd8
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“Is there likely to be such a need?”69b160a885b99136
Vize wore yet 1b1f35b629 another inscrutable expression. As if she b49a50800f knew everything but ba6e5de941 would never reveal 3b7d792489 it.4c7e76d10aaa151f
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“Leotar only agreed to this marriage after hearing that you were going on a long journey.”2132d210b7874860
“Am I getting in the way or something?”f07d962ac3d0d3e0
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“Surely not.”d7ac4a5d59572b26
Ashin didn’t quite believe it. There had never been a time when she hadn’t been an asset in a fight. It wasn’t as if Leotar was unaware of her abilities. On the contrary, he probably knew them better than anyone, so she couldn’t understand why he wasn’t asking for her help.9e0ccb75bb885fb1
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“A succession war isn’t always a war fought with brute force. You might have to use your head a lot more.”bce1469f4c323d3e
“I’m good at using my head, too, you know?”7a5ed92f6f277de6
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“Even so, it seems Leotar doesn’t want you to get involved. Of course, neither do I. You should do what you want to do.”ae329f0b0cbe3e73
“Then what about after three years?”fc33067d7a68b827
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“Hmm… what did Leotar say?”3a937b2e4cfba794
“He said I can do whatever I want.”2c12ba776a9a3943
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A corner of her heart felt stifled. Three years was a necessary period for Leotar, but Ashin could live her whole life eating and breathing the Mur family name and it still wouldn’t be enough. Leotar had given her a choice, but on second thought, it was Ashin who was anxious about how the other party would turn out after achieving their goal in three years.e5a1159c65b71279
Anyone could see that Ashin should be the more diligent ally, but Ashin wasn’t doing anything, to the point where it made her wonder if things should really be unfolding this way.ac63255fc1ea9018
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Ugh, she thought, deciding to stop worrying about it and just focus on her own tasks, but then she also felt like she should do something since it was her duty. Wouldn’t that allow her to confidently ask for his help later when she needed it? But both Leotar and Vize kept telling her not to worry about it.5a344dc0e0ab5a14
Ashin had cc4cb4f63a never felt 1fe9316a6d so frustrated 388eaf79a8 in her 28188b406f life. She had always lived 1458333c7c a life of making 9ca9ee162e her own decisions. She had never regretted 1742e1474f a choice or looked 957d29c34c back. She had reached this f0a57260a6 point because she was 3d5218d4a7 afraid of the uncertain 994b430626 future but never gave 0a7c432786 up on moving forward.0cf9bbf3e7f17f4a
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But marriage seemed to be an exception in every way. Ashin didn’t know how to handle ‘family’ matters. She had no idea how to deal with the stacks of documents that were said to be coming her way. After all, her family consisted of only Ashin and her mother, Jimunda. So all the work was being handled by Vize and the imperial palace departments instead.7e3373b721ad13d1
She didn’t even know what family matters were, so how was she supposed to handle matters between families? She had no idea how her life would unfold in the future.6ed7e9624c8cafa5
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“A symbol of peace, they say.”778723c6111f9ed1
“Hmm?”b17e286a7a0e4f6c
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“That’s right. You abandon your duties even before the marriage, you live without knowing each other’s whereabouts for years, so why is this shoddy marriage a symbol of peace? Why does it have such a grand name that only adds to the burden?”888a7fb7d24f32b0
“Imperial marriages are supposed to have such flowery rhetoric.”05abbb67f4289207
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“So it’s really just for show?”1eb6ce60a43ef193
“I’m joking.”6f187986187e42f6
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“Then what is it?”9af1761dd759222d
“You were born in the north and came to me, and you use magic from the east. Ailem is a lordly family encompassing the south, and Leotar’s mother is, unusually, from the Vilkan Sea. Well, if you put it all together, wouldn’t that be continental harmony?”0ae67d3038cccca8
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“That sounds like a very rough summary.”d084dc2cf9d7e523
“I’m putting it simply, but each one is a group with a huge impact. This marriage will be the start of new marital alliances. The biggest disruption has to come first, so that everything else flows smoothly afterward. Do you know how difficult it is to connect east, west, south, and north all at once? They form alliances among themselves, and there’s no exchange whatsoever. Especially the west and north, what a headache…”0be105bbc29cb5c8
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Vize began to ramble on about political matters that Ashin had no interest in. Lira, also uninterested, shook its head and jumped into Ashin’s palanquin. Ashin, holding Lira in her arms, half-listened to Vize’s words and looked at the clouds again.8301c1eaf6322cdd
Vize, watching 813ac06882 the sulky c633c5596e Ashin, sighed 2a8d4160ae instead of 838023210b Ashin.b0cfc7b0468c046f
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“You two have a long way to go.”abde99b06af24db0
“What do you mean?”1854eb87c2953e29
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“Never mind.”3b9fe94e54dac90f
“And also.”2d65b131788dc42c
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“Also what?”e854efc496d22810
“The unification… that, the unification ritual, we don’t have to do it formally, do we?”4108373da33be7d4
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“The duty of unification is one of the duties, of course you have to do it properly, what are you talking about?”c9d6f2cd17883b2e
“Can’t we just do it once and be done with it? No matter what, how can we do it for seven days…”28f2e4eab836d12c
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Ashin couldn’t imagine it, no matter how hard she tried. With Leotar? A ritual for seven days?eb021652500366dc
“It doesn’t sound very pleasant.”d028d466effe8666
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“Then that would be Leotar’s fault. It is the husband’s duty to satisfy his wife.”dbef3e6acf2d0e01
“Ugh… ugh!”d560c290ef49df03
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Whenever Ashin heard words 3538eba8c3 like wife and husband, 1f71de733d goosebumps rose on her c310d75afd arms. Unable to 317ea2aecf bear the 0d305565d4 goosebumps, she 95032da687 shuddered once. As she shook her 7c0342239a body, Lira also shook 9f4514364c its tail.71dfb26be3ade554
“Don’t worry. He’s from a prestigious family, so he’ll try his best to fulfill his duties.”595979fa3a87a288
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“Ugh! That’s even weirder!”4513702200eb27a2
“In Ismil, you were willing to spend a night with Leotar if he agreed, so why are you so disgusted now? Just enjoy it.”661604bad6a243cb
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“Ha, are one night and seven nights the same?”ede2e02712c74adb
Vize scoffed.4dedc146844945a4
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“What’s the difference?”680784549ffc3815
“They’re very different.”29a639f4afe9c6e2
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“It’s not like the only time you have to spend together is at night, don’t forget there’s also daytime. The unification ritual is a process of getting to know each other’s bodies and minds while spending several days together. If you just relax, it will be seven days that pass like a flowing stream.”4687caf8b8239d71
She even had to e0f30332b0 get to know his e014abf2b1 mind? It felt impossible 3a1729acd2 with Leotar. No matter how 769e61a387 much Ashin and b7e8bfc163 Lira shook their e297ce1400 bodies, Vize, with 863be65c89 her gaze fixed 6a72e01710 on the distant 57e02c5078 garden, leisurely fanned 3af7d2a31f herself.917be8e5dda8b676
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“Anyway, you have a long way to go.”dbbc78e392a1e3ed
Ashin stared in disbelief 30520294c9 at the space piled bb6825db10 high with all sorts a2eadb4632 of treasures.4fa66de85a006e32
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She turned to ef72e11e58 Vize, wondering if 179272bae7 it was a 92898bfb6c joke.5d2c04bae108f47e
“What is all this?”8f8564ba69f18c1a
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“What else, your wedding gifts.”cbce225706be6de4
“Why is Your Majesty giving me my wedding gifts…”2631f27e8c7ab060
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Ashin almost made a mistake and quickly shut her mouth. Vize didn’t just call Ashin her sister in words, she gave Ashin everything she would have given a real princess. The problem was that this outpouring of affection was generally overwhelming for Ashin.528030b1a873cc62
If she had done it in moderation, Ashin would have enjoyed it, but Vize didn’t know the meaning of moderation. It was the same with the house she was living in now. Originally, she had offered her an imperial villa, but when Ashin refused to live in the imperial city, what happened?c48add6cd074979f
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To give her a house to live in, she gave the original owner, Minister Duis, and his family a pittance and kicked them out. She pointed to a mansion that Ashin alone couldn’t even use a tenth of, saying that the building’s grandeur suited Ashin. If Minister Duis hadn’t been revealed as a traitor, Ashin wouldn’t have been able to sleep comfortably in her own home.7b6bd7a897bc3b9d
Even now, 5eb1427007 she almost 8d4d8e8ce8 asked why 4f4acedd37 the imperial 7b0afd46d2 family was a74ac4a249 providing her caf05e1d90 with wedding 9f2f68f640 gifts. If Vize had heard e5b1241da2 that, she would have 0544c7aa7e been upset and tormented 8e75a16ef5 her for a hundred be7e97f694 days.d1138ab7984d757e
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“Don’t forget, you and I are sisters.”b70d4604d14a3ef1
“Yes.”383ae394d4c0c246
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Ashin answered vaguely. She didn’t question why Vize was her senior even though Ashin was ten days older. However, both Ashin and the people of the empire were surprised that Vize’s sister act had continued for so long.067c2c03d9c70388
Vize VIII. Ashin’s lord, and the Emperor of the Riyat Empire.e2f1902f0ca6f0b5
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Vize and Ashin cafaaa0bd8 had grown up 2e35aaa65d together since they cba21103ec were babies.c6a45e33b799835d
The late Emperor, who gave birth to Vize VIII on the battlefield, searched the area for a wet nurse, and Ashin’s mother was the one he found. It would have been nice if the story had ended there. Vize VIII would cry incessantly unless she was in the arms of Ashin’s mother, Jimunda, and refused the arms of the wet nurse who was belatedly selected from the palace.3baf98733e80e6b3
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Eventually, Jimunda, who was summoned to the capital, couldn’t leave her baby Ashin behind and took her with her, and when it was revealed that Ashin had a talent for using the power of nature using the magic power within her body, that is, sorcery, Ashin’s life was completely changed.3f67b5d69675bcee
The late Emperor Vize VII also cherished Ashin, but Vize VIII had called Ashin her sister since she was young and showed an almost obsessive affection. Even when Ashin spent her teenage years in her hometown, she would send her handwritten letters every month, so Ashin couldn’t ignore Vize’s earnest request for help in the war. The choice to repay the favor she owed the imperial family and to make sorcery known to the world was what made Ashin who she is today.dcbd1c80c84c007c
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Ashin closed 35c599e2f6 her mouth 8635aee817 and got 8f21668fff out of dd14063c89 the palanquin. This was 8e10aa3d95 the purpose 2e1f4e462c of the 2d1b685692 walk from 8d803ce078 the beginning. She followed Vize f3588e91c5 up to the 348b5d9002 pavilion, which was 60fada78b9 filled with all c570ed52a8 kinds of fabrics, dabedd4a35 ornaments, and even 78ac74d417 small furniture. This pavilion, which 9cc4850da4 Vize frequented, was 83d95cd920 in a corner fb0e4da66d of the garden, f9871b6bbf but it was a418a9f9ea open on all aa4c38e4f5 sides, so anyone 905ab9d0b2 could see the 340de968cd scene inside. Look, there 632e60e126 were already 5fd8f346d9 more than eb9acd37c9 a few e63e8b06d2 people hiding b79c3ade60 among the bcda2141af trees and f5132d1f0d peeking in.d174823ece804db2
The rumors 700a2e2776 would spread 99a9175d09 far and 8ade4d2c24 wide again.f036b29ff0a3ab61
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She sighed deeply, but 0dea7010ea then something was suddenly 037e682356 thrust in front of d8e80ae9c4 her neck.09aa463e72988cd8
“……”a1fdd1eff58f25dd
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It was a 75ba2e7aac lapis lazuli necklace de39436ecb so bright it 03461470c6 hurt her eyes. Ashin narrowed 9be2e9a586 her eyes fd8b1626ab and turned 08a2fd3e94 away from 9b0b7ef931 the necklace.3f963241e0efac9f
“Of course. It has to be this much for an imperial marriage.”d18a1109e45934d7
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Before she knew it, Vize was sitting on a platform piled high with cushions. On both sides, servants fanned her with palm-leaf fans. Vize, holding a gold bracelet, put it around Lira’s neck.2acb4e4918e2e50d
Numerous necklaces passed over Ashin’s neck, and eventually Vize nodded. Then, the merchants who had been lined up in front of the pavilion began to come up one by one.40bacbef61a8cdff
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Next was 24e004ecad the silk d48a8fb19b that she 2ac1143c61 would never f176600e39 wear. Ashin zoned out again 1270bfe596 and gave her body b06f1c6657 over to them to 7132338dd4 do as they pleased.030ec09cb30eb7f8