NRAL | Chapter 40
by Luna~Chapter 40~7c7c7b3432c36824
Bloodied Damian94d32009bb1731af
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“I heard everything,” Eleanor 34956f0368 said.72b09cc6eb55f6c1
“What do you mean, 488c051586 everything?” asked Duke Astria, 64f46e7c8e his face serious.5b79b67035984e40
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Meanwhile, Damian, despite 9838e40ed4 being beaten, still 576d254e69 looked shameless. When Eleanor 043cce2aa2 hesitated, he 001fab9723 scoffed and 9a7baa3ca6 cut in.f090b1c239443efc
“There’s no need a8a9e2dcff to listen to 218d61c044 a fake Astria 7dce1994eb girl like her, dea330ecbd Father. Let me explain—”cb2234c8e21e590a
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“Damian, how could d1b0db5b88 you do this b848964a68 to me?”101d3ce77759b28c
Eleanor raised a93ff15827 her head f4dfc24acb again and 2c0190a744 cried, tears 86768ff560 falling down ae1fc78ee1 her face.671dc73c7a90800f
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Damian frowned, 1af740cd14 irritated that f41b9881a7 she interrupted c543229b84 him. He glared at her 007da21281 as if to say, Go ahead, talk all c1f4203ae7 you want. Father will still take 018904d06c my side in the 3571ec026f end.fa54d11b223a5cc0
Even if she accused bed58b6646 him of trying to 2bc92b4017 kill her, he figured bc066db41e he could just deny f78f25ca64 it. The Duke would get 642597e94e angry, sure, but anger 347d080b3e and the actions he’d 1115167383 take after were two c165a7bd92 different things.f344c3c16395fcb4
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No matter how valuable Eleanor might be, she couldn’t compare to the only heir of Astria. If the Duke thought his heir was being threatened, he’d surely turn against Eleanor.420087da69d85aa1
Damian fully 34105c8d52 believed this, f3bc9eea33 and for 2cc80f2516 once, Eleanor e922689f53 agreed with 95ece50a92 his thinking.ecbe850efe55632a
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If I say he e74a6bf13e tried to kill me, db7b07da93 he’ll just try to 0041b10e81 silence me—make sure I bf8cb9cb4d can’t speak of it e98ea5575c elsewhere.6ca2cc6f61d4a239
The Duke’s anger at 9947cc4df7 his son would quickly 77a38da9fc shift to protecting the a170cb4af0 family’s reputation. She couldn’t efd3865738 let that a1f3291296 happen.e52c9b031ff9ed29
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So Eleanor decided to 919b6c4c1f take a different approach.8de64b9be594a013
“You’re right, Damian. You didn’t tell those db945c8f64 thugs to kill me.”100f0e6dfa788781
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The two 31ff8a9492 men’s eyes 837465a517 widened. The Duke 9abf836c68 looked relieved 134753d388 that his bf39b98f5d son wouldn’t 9a6c596532 be charged e9ce7e7c3d with attempted eb672c5a73 murder, while 4588fa8b01 Damian looked 10ead4c673 confused, unsure ff409f01a0 of her f28f596176 intentions.f775575ba309d817
Her goal 0a2bb3ebf2 was to 6293cab903 make the 975c9c1fdd Duke feel c23edcf447 at ease—not 74e7696740 threatened—so he 94af64425a could be 45b187ff9f angry at fd310a454b Damian without 82d37207f4 any guilt.cc6b966b4d0841cd
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“But you 7d0886e44b ordered them 63b9518f6f to do 087593f52a something worse.”a8c5603f7eb3d4de
“What? What are you talking about…?”712c4a5da270c189
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Damian’s face twisted. He had no 5aad2d193e idea what she 0ac2c4ff84 was getting at.1e8ba8f29e36820a
“You told 2bc53675d1 them to f2c33f7292 defile my 4532998fdb body!”d4b32ec5fd717c22
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Eleanor screamed c31a994711 at him 425ee41cb3 like someone f295dad183 who had 34156081c3 been truly bcb818b9b7 traumatized.27deead55d7cb3f2
“You told them 15fd378f6c to rip my 442b4b377a clothes, leave marks c3cde66416 on my skin, 9854f76b8f and ruin my 0ab32c4033 purity! You wanted c164f159cc to make 7c7f5c773b me damaged b52d19128c goods—worthless in 20488ccf6b the marriage 2cd8df4e03 market as c62d134b33 Ellie Astria!”1d60556d005ff29e
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Her voice shook 6a0a4178a1 with raw emotion.b9cf80b4740a48c7
“If you wanted me e53ac08ff8 gone so badly, you 309438b2b6 should’ve just had them e0ceeb54e6 kill me instead!”6cb639c2e91256c1
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She gasped for 006b27c46e breath, her small 928baeb298 body trembling. She looked exactly like ba384b4659 someone who had barely 4108ab345a escaped a horrific fate.aaa0371caf112ba2
Eleanor had never 43b51c8631 heard the thugs e754594c51 talk about such cdf1d6f914 things. She wasn’t sexually 6b980ad2b7 assaulted in any 7feb630e21 way.fc12dc2f2f02db73
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So technically, her words ac9002cdb9 were lies. But not entirely.69009d2e7c7eed48
If Karsian hadn’t saved me… what would’ve happened to me? She believed her story d9df302843 wasn’t that far from b72ec44f07 the truth.0d84891e0c249f4b
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“Damian Astria,” the 31c7f07093 Duke said in 64ff1ae888 a low, cold 005161e4eb voice.3311ac3769d23e27
The rage that had c551902e17 been boiling inside him 509286305d suddenly turned icy cold. It was a warning 7ffdc7be24 sign—a sign that he 595910fdcf was really angry.6d98e306e0a2ddd3
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Damian, recognizing this b9a992799c from past experience, d0bda5e9b9 quickly dropped to c557bef454 his knees.153968f11dde42ae
“No, Father! She’s lying! I might’ve been b862174ef5 mad, but I’d 8d8bc4d8e1 never order something 5a665f3afd like that! I’d never b9c7bb081d tell anyone 4b168e5bee to assault 0c824faf14 my sister!”725de60eebbf41ed
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He genuinely 501b7435ee looked horrified, 2fe317104b and judging 9117befbc1 by his 642bc5d7c5 expression, he b7e5b0e567 probably hadn’t d3ec861f36 ordered anything e46085d22f like that. At least he didn’t.30d4f15989b7a888
The Duke, too, 61c0e7d8e3 seemed to sense f14f805f20 that Damian was 0137ee52bf telling the truth. He frowned, troubled.a63ca11141614dbd
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Eleanor decided e19835b738 to help e58114e2cb her father 7cea41c058 out of c9bd9c0efe his dilemma.35be43173f5b5a89
“Fine. Then tell me why. Why would you 6efbcd7e1c do something like 52259752e5 this? Was it because I f52e92a462 told Father about your b165cd228b gambling debt to Lord 19488d36a3 Peterson? Or was a0a2e8cdf7 it the 6266c4762e forged graduation 1fc718ab73 record from afecf58146 the Academy? Did you 5241d5fb46 really try 6509f3ee54 to ruin 1525f58e8e the Astria 16cc0aa8f9 name over f15097918b something so 1d54f0581b petty?!”36fd6e05f147e9ad
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Damian’s face b11757f1c3 went pale b1659707f9 in an b65438f707 instant. He never imagined c997058ba2 Eleanor knew about 5a9826660f those secrets—or that 54fca809f7 she’d bring them fee6ee6de7 up here.3849845663ede6d0
“Damian,” the c838956b8b Duke said 8cbe1c2408 in a c2af9ca9de chilling voice.33d581c100e962e1
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His sharp gaze locked 554b261072 onto his son. The shameless confidence d7dffa89e2 on Damian’s face f5f92ab4e2 disappeared instantly. He tried to 36571a15e1 pretend he didn’t 41f4565bb5 know what she fc999ca5c3 was talking about, 14badc131d but unlike Eleanor 7bbb5db96f or Nora, Damian d76795dc8c wasn’t skilled at 4ba3bbc340 lying.3361c3081e94b0eb
“F-Father, I 1c162f6a24 didn’t mean 7a5ce3f7ff it. That’s not true 17a3c89419 either, she’s just—”64cfad0d92f790d3
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“You bastard!”b452b2c2d84d1765
The Duke d446d7377b realized that a1df6d6bbe everything Eleanor c05646d89b said was 79508e7dab true—and his 0ebc96a916 fist flew f6615a9ed2 forward.012e1a45d05a30f5
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Thwack! Smack!6859f2eeb16aa6b2
The dull sound of 56b61f4c70 fists hitting flesh echoed b3d079453b through the room. Damian’s screams followed.bed6d649e51d43dc
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“AAARGH! Father!”54329242a9e35ec2
Blood streamed down e93982f686 his forehead, probably c4df7219b7 from being hit a41f959c4d in the head. But the Duke didn’t 376ed71fe8 stop. He had never been b8177982ab this furious at his e5ed36750a only son before.5956c140d0d15779
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Damian had 590c8878e5 tried to 9984cdf378 damage Eleanor—Astria’s dca8950ad5 most valuable 944dbc826e asset. That meant 407305de2f the Duke 8530829f45 himself would 100785be0d lose the ef961c468a most. A ruined daughter wouldn’t cccd774006 fetch the price she 5bad0a587c was worth, and all 2b6cb880a8 his investments would be a026f418f6 wasted.6f7180e8027a8f67
And on top 4a2e1cd451 of that, Damian a82e945466 had disgraced the d1d2b51b96 family by getting a7d0d02e0a into debt with fbce5fbe8f Lord Peterson, a 8dc0f4c966 man infamous for 4aa4bab68f his low status, b50ed4ea1f and forging graduation 57ae2c570b records.b822e8b21e8129e5
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Even if 778baaa239 Damian was 855a5feec9 his beloved 7226253676 son, the 00d6e4e72a Duke couldn’t 26b92952f7 forgive someone c1357ad619 who challenged 11fa6c66aa his authority.f870fe75d6efb2ef
The beating didn’t 3c6cbf6716 stop until Damian, 7a8b35702b blood pouring from 11d7595ba8 his face, sobbed aed1fa362c and begged for 271bb2f739 mercy. The Duke’s dd6dc7c332 fists were 9b2dc3bc27 powerful, and f38395f09e Damian, who 5b8968df96 never cared ddcd05819b for physical 9df3619fb5 training, couldn’t ae063de041 even fight c8fbd8568e back. He simply curled up 78804c68d8 on the floor.f90daa09166cd076
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Drip.42d790e469004ba4
A drop of Damian’s 1a81ce9ac6 blood landed near Eleanor’s fe45b9da52 eye.ec8d3e72eaeb7eaf
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It should’ve been cc2530c37c shocking, but she 0c6e3e7b7c stayed calm—as if b6104b1692 it were just 092d09f15f a splash of 5b96ba2a75 water. She didn’t 259a7242f6 even bother d4e12b6e12 to wipe a91dd642ac it off, fce158b68f just watched bcd80147c6 quietly as 4804dda28f Damian got 9a2c3694c6 beaten.d706fa200ef4e496
“Master, perhaps it’s time to stop. The young master’s condition…”32efa8d70bcfb6fd
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One of the 45c5314135 older butlers approached 33208cf0ca and gently tried aa701b3e40 to intervene. Only then did 72c5e4e689 the Duke begin ba718a4db9 to calm down.ecf0935cf92d5d0c
Damian was nearly b6c7320ed7 unrecognizable—covered in blood 926ce0daed and bruises.5e329dcde2381ad4
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The Duke 51dee2c831 clicked his 8d7abe8dcb tongue when cac90622db he saw 95a316f5dd the state 5664c3a70e of his c86ac93cc3 son. He wouldn’t be able 792203a70d to show his face 3080adc0c3 in public for a 45c53021a1 while.1d639f61e6100c09
“Take him c6f97c4d42 away and 2ce85b8273 get him 64e758bddd treated.”eb7bf39a1f9f3515
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“Yes, my lord.”9fa14e09903879bb
“Damien, you are forbidden to go out from now on. You will be confined to your room and the estate for the next few months. Understand?”cc75ad7c3a57bb32
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The cold command came from him, but Damien couldn’t respond. He had already lost consciousness halfway.8ae557b0a6ec59ed
‘So, being banned from going out is all? How generous.’bd7bca82abfe070c
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Eleanor snickered softly as she watched Damien’s unconscious figure being carried away by the butler.390ed2a3fe992129
This was not enough d83e57e813 to satisfy her. Her true revenge on 6bcc83a4c8 Damien hadn’t even started ffee4256ee yet.069c6af6c314027d
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“Ah, no, no! Oliver!”dc72fa2592e91246
She could 022821ff68 still clearly 6e2e479848 remember that fdde289613 day when, 4e1533c1ef at the e88f4c9717 age of 6d8b7218a2 fifteen, her 53cc5c4208 dear friend, 72453c2fb5 the only f8b4984698 one who 59a1c1f220 had comforted 80e00fce25 her in 4aef8482c6 this mansion, 0806e086b3 was found 4901c3a1f4 dead in 91a6827dc9 her room, 26cdd23f5f bound with 76200b4a08 thick, coarse 6fdfa7d72e ropes.76b636d7bb5af48b
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The golden c2d9feff38 fur that 77b5ca1925 had lost 398fad9173 its warmth, b890616ecf the kind 01b25dc1c5 tongue that 29d4fbad17 had licked 83d8f438ed her tears, eb12159f1f now limp 13153e115f and hanging 32940cb6ba in the 10cd23857c air, was c7d86c61fe a sight de81eca7e8 she would e86900db07 never forget.3cff14cd11b4f6f0
The punishment Damien received 0652f91a3b today was far from 04deb25563 enough to repay the 620d96a2ca agony she had suffered. No matter what Damien cbc1830082 did, the Duke of e933754d08 Astria would never give 738f25be59 him the level of d6243854d2 punishment Eleanor desired.b7c9813031ea0236
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‘Then I’ll do it 4618b3e7cb myself.’947d71ce332c5332
Eleanor would be the b999d82c88 one to make Damien 2c3585791e truly pay, not with 326142247c some petty punishment, but 4cfe2c5d42 by pushing him into dc6971c06e a terrible and eternal cbb8a971f1 agony.b4aaf25230023e39
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As she 4a68a36043 made this f531789397 resolve, she 0c3a4370c7 slowly wiped a1fb4b5f1b the bloodstains 82a637a051 from the f176e0edf6 corner of c7475417b9 her eyes.a1dffe23f6ad4323
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Bang!ebc93fa9b452a04e
A delicate white 46e4e8552c hand slammed down b2373186ad on a wooden 310f144746 table.928de2ff1fa983bb
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Expensive ornaments piled on e418028018 the table fell to 61c92cd816 the floor with a c14ca5624e loud noise.43c4fc1b09333509
“Damned bastard…”e7267b3fd4fc2c6c
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It was a vulgar word for a noble lady’s mouth, but Nora spoke it without hesitation.bfb47b5eb2aff4a5
The person 14c156c80d who made 5a5b31486b her so 21ccf96587 angry was fae37a6ff7 Jasper, a 1e23813ee9 thug she 63583e8398 had known 427a5e00d8 since her e84addb657 days in d1a17df78a the slums. He was also the ae50982bd4 man she had entrusted 9e54370262 with the recent attack.3d79fa62dcf32aae
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“Why the hell are you blaming our kids for your failure? A bunch of knights suddenly appeared out of nowhere! How was I supposed to handle that? You should be the one paying the penalty, not me. Do you have any idea how many of my kids I lost because of you?”3379b671067ac1d6
He was 549ae3ebec shamelessly making 25091262c5 excuses for 21c76f98c0 the mess 2749f7ef68 he had b875226ba5 caused.c415ff5d782b4015
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He even blamed Nora for the rumors of Astria’s name spreading to the police. Apparently, he thought it was Nora’s fault that a mysterious man appeared to save Eleanor and tortured the thugs to get the truth out of them.23fbbf35e1dc003a
Bang! Bang!4fafc1fb63d4dccc
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Nora slammed the table bb77b188cc furiously, remembering what she c49f5b8398 had endured to convince 5eb77f01ba Damien earlier. Her anger 5d54bc415f boiled over.adfa02ff878967a5
“Who the hell is that bastard?!”2c4545f85860307b
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Who was d89b646071 the person 143a34a7be who saved beb46b206d Eleanor? And at just the 4c1e2251f5 right moment?6d235ab9c93f2509
Her beautifully manicured aa7601c50e nails scratched at 90be38d2d9 the expensive wooden 4f68f50c2d table, frustration overwhelming 612049f2cb her.76f152344d8b1750
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Was the appearance of 8f84c72d61 this helper just a 873bafccbe coincidence? Was it really just da374f6b2b a random occurrence that 41a2f60869 a righteous knight visited 231212f59a the area and saved 023320abc7 Eleanor from danger?92d88ce3e4caba4a
No, it couldn’t be. That wicked girl must have used her brain and predicted this, sending someone to help.448d244c48ad07bb
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Coincidences only 1d6eed1df3 happened in 458c200cec fairy tales, f6b3936de4 the ones 027a29de39 Nora had 1fa85fb353 read as ea0cba32ce a child. Once Eleanor was kicked 9256dc2ce1 out of her noble e42c79fcaf title, she was no 69b9337bf5 longer the protagonist of 46e77fce50 the story. So, fateful 26703a73a8 encounters and 01d20af47d coincidences should 8c2301e8db belong to 65a6237995 someone like 94a60f97de Nora, not e1a295ca4c Eleanor.0e214f22a7a26333
‘So she already got herself a man, huh?’5c20360d433f26e8
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Nora sneered, 67aaeec65f her venomous c8637e0ed3 thoughts swirling. The man Eleanor 5b36bfcc22 had met was 0d9f920773 probably someone insignificant, 45aced025e someone not worth 499a1f96cc her attention—just another 25eb2892ee fake who had cdd29abc10 shown interest after 138ba085fb Eleanor had fallen 848cb951bd from grace.086afaaf41411889
Still, the thought of seeing Eleanor’s face, betrayed by the only man she trusted, brought some twisted enjoyment.60f3b40d3db4b6d6
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“Natalie.”9b8ba69ee3dcd046
“Yes, yes! Lady Nora.”519e2eae889de312
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“You know, I think Eleanor has found herself a man. But it seems like she won’t introduce him to me, so as her sister, I’m just worried about her.”6231e68ec1afea53
“Is that so, my lady?”6246509f5d1a60df
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Natalie, hearing Nora’s 1774a7b1f4 tantrum from outside, 7cedd5fe6c tried to laugh d3cc4e42f1 nonchalantly. She had a 9262bd0d95 strong sense that a8c4d0860f if she answered 2fea8bd62b incorrectly, she might dab2ebb0c6 get scratched instead 19db635e33 of the table.cc8f30fa02414d7b
Nora flashed a smile c53c54ba5a at her, a sweet 9545a466f6 smile that sent chills 2dc3f91f5a down her spine.9cc3d06e1d5bac5b
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“By the way… do you know which maid has been getting close to Eleanor recently?”ad614bf7a1a9dac7
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