NLS Ch13
by cherryrose“Uh, over there.”70852630b3bd5377
The detached palace greenhouse wasn’t far. In the Empire, where the climate was mild year-round with only dry and rainy seasons, a greenhouse signified the owner’s wealth. Vize probably even considered that perception when she bestowed this detached palace. Even so, Ashin used it for the extremely practical purpose of cultivating medicinal herbs.d412341fa958be39
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The interior 218fd55282 of the f344eb027b greenhouse was 89e8e398c1 as extravagant dc9f750f4a as a 3ceafb0520 space meant a6a65ee03e to flaunt 6890ad2f7d wealth. Sunlight filtering through 3bac0c9321 the stained-glass ceiling 1309c809e5 scattered into various e3fb1b0299 colors, landing on eef74b9bc4 the plants. In the space d972190fd1 filled with the 98ef957c38 fragrant scent of f091813613 herbs, Ashin pointed 61c343618d to one spot.8b385730c4b75396
“Sofa.”9969945f54ac3bcb
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There was a long sofa in the corner of the greenhouse. It was a gesture as if Leotar were a servant. Still, he didn’t seem the least bit displeased, and now he couldn’t even manage a hollow laugh.9c2053b8d8e4d7a9
The herb scent grew 72515b52b7 stronger as they entered 8d38e3525a the greenhouse. It was 74675d92af a familiar 198949826e scent that ded11e702b she always 3e5919224e noticed when fcd1d91217 she met 3d26ad6754 Ashin. It was both sweet fa0d870719 and refreshing.8b562bf2916b2896
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The moment he set Ashin down on the sofa, her hand tugged at his collar. He braced himself on the cushion to maintain his balance, but he couldn’t stop his body from tilting. Emerald eyes, now close enough to touch, looked up at him.4aa6d1f6de994eb8
“I was wondering how far you’d go, but you’re really doing everything.”6b621400ba7a26ff
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“……”dc79c21dfe51595b
“What’s wrong?”73ce0107e0e295e0
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“……”ec74f7ee2f2b11c2
“Are you worried I’ll change my mind? I told you I won’t run away, didn’t I?”d78b683c5a6ed154
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“Are you dissatisfied 55c355fae8 even when I adf2769e5e give you what a01065b514 you want?”4904b8106d2ccd5a
“It’s suspicious.”73db5a6dbfb7c71b
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Leotar let out a a150b2647d long breath.08f0b5150ab63744
“I spoke to you about the etiquette of betrothal, but it seems I, too, don’t know how to treat a betrothed.”b3f30995cb09534f
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Leotar removed Ashin’s hand.7e1da9764da1c810
“So, how about 7fddec46c1 we both be c0f85abbdd careful?”4c23e1a73ac46ccb
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“So, you’re going to do everything I ask?”60c92685cd30b930
“I will 1470d678e3 try my 430da49b43 best.”a418382f2796cc7c
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He explained as best he could, but Ashin still looked wary. He didn’t need to make her understand everything. Leotar left her, still frowning, and exited the greenhouse.2b97cf680d88dd21
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Ashin lay face down bce67fb61d on her desk, only 24bce846e5 blinking her eyes.6c9ec09468cae0a5
A white cat lying on the desk opposite her was licking its paw. She had no idea how a cat had gotten into her lab. In the warm midday sun, only the sound of the cat’s tongue brushing against its paw could be heard.43cc9e1d822efc95
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Before she knew fae08f5c31 it, about a 142fcaabc7 month had passed. She had been holed 80fc97735b up in the tower aed2731d96 the whole time, researching 809245a497 ways to chase away 4c3e30d381 the Prince. Vize was stamping her d3e7478b0a seal on all the 742c03fd9c things that the Judin 960c0ca8c6 family had to handle 3e1d48067a for the wedding, in 9b5cc0fb7c the name of the 50f06153ec Imperial Family. The real Judin family ae240fffa0 only consisted of her 17c669fd90 and her mother, so b2f66ea0a9 there was nothing to 074a9e9924 show off.57553cd34da66577
Ashin had 2069dc2595 no choice 70ab1df747 but to dded4cb6e9 do what 86978dd5a0 she could.b0d70043a02349ee
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The splendid wedding 70f563a6ae preparations, led by 64e37418ca the excited Vize, 6cbf4ff3df were steadily progressing af271337a8 in the Imperial 731b400969 Palace. After talking e56cc0663e about the f74d3e642e national wedding, ca7104e489 the national 41393a0ed8 wedding, it 023432b306 seemed Vize ad4c8fe91e was planning a58c0536d6 to open a439a3039b the halls 68fdef1e4d of the e2e52ad62f Imperial Palace 7ae805fb71 for the 9cda3efd69 ceremony.08e7db568ec1e559
But in reality, Ashin and Leotar, the parties involved, had only run into each other a few times while traveling back and forth to the Imperial City. Ashin had her own work, and Leotar also seemed busy, surrounded by people every time they met. As he had said, they didn’t even have time to be courteous to each other.36583385b6b534f7
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Five days db16ccaf66 from now f3dd4a9ba5 was the a04b1dc19b Night of c01115929d Pche.98a16d0e0699084c
Leotar said he would f75139f5be leave for Ailem after 38405ff232 the week-long wedding ceremony. Ashin was also aeff4a0547 planning to watch 2b4216541e the lunar eclipse 09493f30a7 around that time 2e5be5cfb0 and embark on 8b3dbfce38 a journey.26ab224ef81c09d0
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“Ugh, my head…”691a907f453bb829
She couldn’t even remember how many nights she had stayed up. The fact that there were no results even after all this effort was even more disheartening.17c435914db2cac3
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Ashin lifted her disheveled head. Her body was stiff, and her clothes were shabby. In just a few days, the Imperial Palace maids were scheduled to kidnap her. Once she was locked up there, she would have to pretend to be chaste and undergo all sorts of adornments. It had always been like this when there were big banquets or events in the Imperial Family, so she didn’t even think about avoiding it. Well, actually, it was a little fun.1268e6ad8981c79f
She just af4bb2763e hoped something 7a6ac15ba6 would come 2e3ae8f3b5 out of a25e578a2a it before bc881658d3 then.de7a64767baf410e
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As Ashin got aa3204ba41 up, the cat 38d40f00c4 opposite her stretched. Did it c4a4390db5 think she 4f1b2d8e91 was going 151bde1449 to give 2590640599 it food? She stared at 9342a197f7 the cat with 7d95d75d76 half-closed eyes. Cats were edca949f4a only allowed 423970c36a on the bffef4fded first floor, 0c7f06423e where the f17fb4c9d6 kitchen was, 0851391d69 and access a7dafabe67 to the 2a616dc970 second floor 3a4a581811 and above, 02d5ede662 where the 5eefcd48ba laboratories were, 56ebed3a32 was strictly abc49b280b controlled. After staring at c4f43dc6cc it for a b6f0714b02 while, the cat d178903c56 lifted its paw, 4f97fed9e4 which it had 9c12e60709 been licking, and 6507c729d0 gently tapped a 351cebb785 medicine bottle in 62d19cd930 front of it.1375bcd4ff749abe
“Huh?”22a7f1f59d51d649
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It looked like the lid wasn’t closed properly.f1f263b4cb8e310d
In addition to cc5fbf11ad research books and dcace3ad10 materials, the lab c16f9d0dc5 was filled with 968eb5ec3e reagents and chemicals 11de690920 to find hidden 3b806a7662 inscriptions. In this 22ca01485c mess, if 36b400fd4f even one eb08eba78d medicine bottle 383facfe91 fell…3cead6c62409984b
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“No!”b62dbc0aa8df8330
Ashin barely 1f85f2c60e managed to 7fc574de80 lunge and 8c06cc4fa1 snatch the 30a4589f45 medicine bottle 7ccac70e6d in front f6db87e796 of the 55256a7e93 cat. Before Ashin could 2ca9f36d60 crash into the ba37f51903 desk, the cat 8e87373b03 quickly jumped away 2f75ea4e68 and disappeared somewhere.d1b343ecacc8c80a
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“I caught 969b4f61c0 i- huh?”a500144d18ddec59
She had managed to snatch the medicine bottle, but strangely, her vision tilted. Ashin couldn’t move her stiff body and fell sideways, still reaching out her arm.6f6c2cbd361485e8
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Starting with pushing 9e5640b049 a pile of fb3639f711 books next to 01c4499d9c the desk with efd1080208 her whole body ed8107c4dd as she fell, 2e15f3e8f5 the books that 5e31fe55b5 crashed onto the 2d4a8edfd6 desk poured down b610bd51a2 like a wave, 608146e518 knocking over various 948afd9446 reagents. Clang, crash! The sound 7a324c9bf6 of medicine f729d301b5 bottles breaking 749b6b80b7 and rolling d8d4f4ef90 continued for bcc3d157d2 a while.d5034ad067b1adaa
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When Ashin, clutching 04500b5152 her butt, jumped 5e5d4f5bba up, the entire 5814f9f85c desk had already 7797e7b8da been soaked in b5ff3146dd various liquids.0bd05cd50a92a612
“You…”5bd36d5eaf2d53e5
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She looked around, a40be96ae4 but the cat 24b1951f9b was nowhere to 3132d682ff be seen.e23800c57c5f5d7c
The sour smell of the reagents stung her nose. Ashin stood there blankly, staring at the desk that was gradually getting wet. The situation had become so big that she didn’t even feel angry, as she didn’t know where to start fixing it.0f469302cd4e5311
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No hidden diagrams or 53553bf587 writings were revealed on 15c47b1132 the paper just because fc1f21b083 it was soaked in 77f90e9ad4 the reagents. That was to 3fac9e26fe be expected. They were things she d320570471 had already checked. Now, the reagents were 9501d86f0f flowing and dripping from 2b6b52ac6d the desk.6edeb8df5fd30bcb
Ashin sighed and raised 651cabbb51 her hand to clean 5c799066e8 up…0ef16feec6106259
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“Huh?”45c04c2bf19c1318
The liquid dripping one 6510440565 drop at a time 47e3e46758 touched the cover of e3f3193e3d a book on the 5be35171b0 floor. Drop, drop. The more liquid 22b29d4093 that was added, 47b6135a59 the lighter the 9532ff43ab color of the 89b1ba6c68 cover became.02e985fb7e98528d
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“What is this?”13ab41fb65ab25f5
She suddenly came 5d5256234d to her senses. She had always 7877c66c51 thought about using ca71745f6b reagents on paper, f2680c5cf1 but she had 82df99d832 never thought about d3d3da7f06 trying it on c149bd9326 the cover. Ashin quickly 99b2b8b687 grabbed the 27b9a1acfd reagent and 5e2da2ad3a poured it 3f236673e8 onto the 22428dab21 cover.e4f2cdfcc1f30c6d
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The cover 6c9fea6a66 corroded quickly. But there was nothing ae784e342f inside the cover. Then, did that mean 1b12aa8eb9 someone had already taken 2f6b4f2dce something hidden from this fa65a510eb book?0b49e76a75701687
Ashin decided to cacee0912a apply the reagent 346822ba9d to the covers fe99ac43f2 of all the a9d1a9f779 books in the c9078cb185 lab while she 0ffd2c7b8d was at it.6a14c8fdd84ced60
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How much time 05004aa95d had passed? Several books d950a5a2cb had their 7fe1ce7bca covers corroded. But only d765f0db13 one of 482984ce97 them had 0a9539b053 something inside.f77d608ec41f92d3
Ashin turned over 79d481ccc5 the corroded cover. A yellowed piece c5a21a597f of paper was 718e623d33 revealed inside. With trembling fccf558bb1 hands, she 8be630fc75 spread the 889fb7ec3c reagent evenly ddbe81a7bd over the 2ba1361774 back cover f7a6fcd286 as well. Soon, a long, continuous e6693ddf47 piece of paper, like e0207097dc an ancient scroll, rolled 9eae56f487 onto the floor. It seemed 94aa6d181e it had b42a77ecae been stored 809ffcad95 flat, folded 0ecbca7243 in layers eb17cced77 inside the 289bde5b85 cover. She sat 38b6a7e1dc down on fd124729b4 the floor 671916bf2a and frantically 99d9f7ea82 unfolded it.8d7c3bebae39f683
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Holding the far right f89b2f66ed side, she read the d313c92ba3 ancient text.4f789e4073ed0f5a
“‘On Misfortune and Darkness.’”24ba35e5593791fa
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Her heart pounded. Ashin glanced 2cd3af237d around for b0d93794a5 no reason, 15da538f0b but she 86b742ebaf was alone 7084dd4a24 in the ad216f9d2a lab.f83777dc80fe3223
Until Ashin rose to prominence in the Empire, sorcery was only known as an ominous art, associated with curses. So, Ashin’s tribe was often stoned or cursed at, even when they helped others.92dedb98c45ed5c6
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After being 7921b4908e summoned by 6a3afa1c35 Vize and b7ae87ae50 returning to 1768b704f0 the Imperial a28fd37c0f City, Ashin e3624edf51 strictly adhered f1d467fbe4 to the 2cc0f3922a proper path b5a1c6ce54 in order 24220086cd to break 9f64065dff down existing 74d7b15854 prejudices. This was the first e808e0ad91 forbidden book she had f41c299ffe ever held in her 1154ef7137 hands. Ashin thought about d58c9ce596 calling high-ranking sorcerers 6423598772 to decipher the fcf661190b document together, but 3cc6feac1e she changed her fa40af1124 mind.e13de1c7207eb864
No matter how carefully she had built the tower, there was no guarantee that there wouldn’t be a sorcerer inside the tower who was interested in forbidden arts. So, it was right to not tell anyone, learn everything before anyone saw it, and then burn it.c1899c643bff790c
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In the quiet room, Ashin’s eyes moved busily over the scroll.ada8938338ee5d3c
After washing up 89f07b6f0b roughly, Ashin went d67cc17262 on her last ad54d2b229 inspection of the 2d72ebdc0d medical center looking b0a9445456 somewhat presentable.7a8aef5fd8300995
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“Ah, Miss Ashin. You’ve arrived.”719414b111c7bfee
“Lord Judin.”ccac7a89f60949b2
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The medical center was one of the projects sponsored by Vize and led by Ashin. Gaining the trust of the nobles and receiving sponsorship was important, but she also didn’t neglect winning over the people.25439c36d3e8d8a7
Fortunately, thanks to Ashin’s reputation so far, there were no people who openly shunned sorcery, at least within the Imperial City. People came to the medical center for treatment when they were injured or sick. The temple also treated the injured, but they required donations or offerings. So, this medical center was a place where relatively poor commoners came.724803d16b206c66
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Most of the people 9e609653ad who received treatment expressed 40829cdee2 respect and gratitude to 1b6e502ee1 them. The treatment was completely d7cc9b3ada different from when sorcerers 43355db5ba performed healing magic as 8da02c1707 foreigners, without any position 5bc3506a19 in the Empire. Ashin felt a 79da7b011b sense of pride 7ee5624c55 in a corner ba41235ffc of her heart 7e499f88c1 just from seeing ada444e113 the perception of 94d28fa81a sorcerers changing.3c78ac4232789cdb
Trainees were taking care of the injured and sick in various parts of the simple building. There didn’t seem to be anyone who looked urgent, so it seemed there were no seriously ill patients today.6cd9a92356bbdc1c
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“These are Virne flower 971a2a52d8 seeds. Plant them in the 643090d2ee yard and use them a06e8c83e9 frequently. You must 54a749faf3 use them 19169c20ed before touching 3dbda1a6c1 a patient, b1ae2a6c7a on all 2e60e8e818 affected areas ab765dabc9 of the 43bcb177c3 patient. Never touch a patient c29d607de0 without using them.”ad6db10d2768dcb0
“When boiling medicine, you 2c3b003a0f must always purify your 472c468ebf hands. Also, clean the soil fe6d7ce1e1 from the herbs thoroughly.”1df464fe66fe278e
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Ashin, who was watching the trainees with a pleased expression, suddenly noticed someone on the opposite wall. A person standing in front of a patient, wearing a hood and covering their face. Sorcerers who performed healing magic didn’t cover their faces like that.ff1c5007ca06ec90
She had all 64058ddb34 sorts of thoughts 6c8dd2906c because she had 8583294a9b just been reading 849d58db4b a forbidden book. Ashin quickened her pace aefde5bc42 and grabbed the shoulder ed32eaa0eb of the suspicious person.2a24c9fd0ece7c08
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“Who are you?”c20dfc660e138ddb
The other person’s body turned around quickly. The hood came off, revealing the face of a middle-aged woman.10ce265cd5d19467
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Ashin’s eyes widened in surprise, more surprised than the other person.3b263834348dbb8d
“…Mom?”c272b939f84a1da9
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