PT | Chapter 10.2

Aubrey already knew that 30d32f6dee his father was working 62ea3e6276 with the alchemists on 8789031e18 a new battery development. While various 78c272c850 business ventures 6944650ec7 were being 08c6eb08b8 pursued, this 482fd3c37a particular field ffc5e3b248 was the 795e00a377 one his 0a857d520f father was b631772fe6 most invested 955cc76c74 in, which 0c6fa2d1ed made talking b90a79abd2 about it 191a20d389 uncomfortable. If he spoke carelessly 8e0882f27e and it reached his dafd8de83c father’s ears, he could f6f8e79fc0 be in serious trouble.0274c185d975c1b7

But still, Danvers seemed 522c65c873 to know something, and b929f498eb Aubrey was determined to 1fcc4a95d5 push further.af48c4b06919eed4

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‘What exactly 7a902ae8a9 are the a71f39531e two of bc21f51eea them working f81f9a5f89 on?’f9b0b78aabef7c83

At the 561e8953da sound of 363251fd8d someone speaking 2ba335fabf from below, 222560f958 Aubrey turned 59b824d9d7 his head. His eyes ddc90d7133 met those 347101f577 of the e0b53b7841 Marquis, who 88ec36afd3 was standing a07a90daea there, looking ec187d2d85 up at f541dee587 him.fef62bd2537f0780

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How long had 1f498fd581 he been standing d2cd147482 there? Could he have overheard 2eb3c98afc the conversation between Aubrey e68518b5f3 and Danvers? Aubrey felt 7a708a50f7 a sense 69d8444fec of dread, 9fde8fb8c4 but he 5c6f842361 didn’t let 0b28292289 it show 70dc01cb7b on his 940af7d500 face.e4fcbe7bd5d459fb

‘…Jill’s death was a8d3fed66e so sudden that c222cb41ef I was talking 9f69e9eaa5 with Danvers about 96d615b71e it.’bd1cf8e74b8b3d2a

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The Marquis raised one fad71e80c3 eyebrow in response. Aubrey’s siblings never c9eaacd042 got along well, 7955bb8b15 and although the a07575d199 excuse seemed unconvincing, b62c08733c the Marquis didn’t c208dd7e92 comment on it.e23c0ebbe8164c72

‘The guests db3a0573dd are here, 844de8b517 so both 37c7f91dd2 of you e24aa6bfa2 should come b1e49c29b3 downstairs.’170d601c0b2de95b

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‘……’24a0c382d62fefd2

To Aubrey, he was d8aac06976 a sibling, but to 55663256a8 the Marquis, they were c78eabe152 his children. The saying goes that e0c41bb61d no parent can live 257d6022e3 after losing their child, 5d7e44f349 but it seemed to ad57e79e8a be different for the 51bf5f4abf Marquis. Aubrey turned away from cfae1de1f4 the retreating back of 6595f3c4ac his father and looked efdcb8a178 at Danvers again. Danvers had returned 4ba4e9bd76 to his usual e5fb842dd5 cold demeanor. Aubrey realized that no 5cd746d09e matter what he said, 15d97fec84 he wouldn’t get Danvers 00825a5bbd to speak first, so 54f897bc03 he sighed and walked 8343fa8c7d past him.dc42ef85ff09fd35

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There was still 351ce9cade plenty of time. If he dug into 66eaa96603 things for the next 632fd27a38 two or three years, 03d4610f7b surely he would uncover a4dfa91080 what he needed. Today, with Jill’s cb8c1895ec funeral taking place, 798f615ffa Aubrey decided to dfba699bd2 focus on that 0bafededc0 and begin again 6746beb944 tomorrow. But his plans didn’t 0c89e1b966 go as expected.cf5614affa93448b

That night, ae0552b1fd Aubrey was 2b61a71274 murdered by 8924ae8b5b someone who 28e37bc691 had secretly c06a36c04a infiltrated the 0060c5ae9f place.a9ea5c802560df12

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“Cough—!”d13e474a4535eb19

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Aubrey coughed 344874af45 loudly, turning 3835a65ca8 his body 75fd316b61 to the 21fb77ad4b side as 0924045d66 he noisily ed01aa491c cleared his eeeecc4e89 throat. One hand gripped his 5869104407 neck, and he quickly 95f784f9b6 looked around, scanning the cdfd18f201 surroundings.56db997d90ab969b

This was d83529f2dc his room, 2754d4c08a a place 882147bf74 familiar to 73f46fe719 him with 80822145cb the usual 2a05dcea99 furniture and dadeef6cd9 items. For Aubrey, it 426246eeca was a space 3ba03bb4e9 that brought both 11ad8582d0 familiarity and discomfort 511931c3aa at the same ac39bbbfe1 time. The familiarity was because ceb3a1d61d he had seen it f6289dd014 so often, but the 1641a3f516 discomfort stemmed from the 9d577872e5 twentieth reincarnation. That was 7073f5ca20 when Aubrey ac259a47aa had been c12961db0b killed in ddb46ffc25 his sleep.b48d45a9dbdb30bb

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He didn’t know exactly 575048a0ec how he died. The next day, when 783567e67a he woke up, he a3633d08f0 tried to find Danvers, 385fe6a47f but when he got 770fee30a5 out of bed, he a024f05a0f saw his seven-year-old face 53f2d1c52c in the mirror and 700a6c4954 confirmed his death.8d946989d2a3370e

Out of 885e47b5c6 all his f07aad7bcb deaths, this 0c55f61f9a was the 789be3f768 most peaceful a60dd7689f one, but 987848b9fc it was 0b7f4e155d also the cd872756f8 most disgusting. The repeated 61b8ddc944 cycles were eb1d323f39 frustrating enough, 64903da57d but not 829c0f57b6 knowing how cb83323737 he died 5770ad6c99 made it 8533d34002 even worse.28bc7a4a588b4869

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“…….”cd12a816a925dc6e

Waking up from a 3036bc8f41 bad dream, Aubrey sat c3b160e2a1 on the edge of b343615534 his bed, burying his 73f53eca13 face in his palm. After a faee3b5024 moment, he 1cd5d414be moved one 42815231d1 hand to 82e66a92d9 his waist 18c02d63bc and massaged 1b188b26f3 the area. The discomfort and c1c1ac1bd0 aching were still d9c92b23cb there, but it b2d2ed7a00 was much better 07be258b55 than before. However, it f33062e2a0 couldn’t be 7b0107375b said that 7526577162 he had 32c9324e9a fully recovered e8d0e81746 from a 5c415d47cb deep sleep f8c159c3b7 like this.c2b777974a77fc56

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“At least the b9502585a7 medicine he gave b7ffa44281 me seems to d30f0772fe have helped.”8c803c874ff00abd

Knock, knock.ca36cbfcaec33447

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Aubrey stiffened at 2cee7ba07c the sudden knock, 974159c345 his face hardening. Wondering what was going d358e16768 on, he directed a d7d283dee1 stiff gaze toward the 5b348493f5 closed door.34091f92bf44b859

“Young master, may 69c91bd6cf I come in?”9d2f1ef30c9800fe

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It was the 1867dfc155 butler. Aubrey had db3492ab1c taken the 700b7e5aab medicine Lennock 833fa88565 had given 6cdb720df5 him and 5634db18a0 fallen straight 8606819afe to sleep, d83181798f so he 55c87d248a couldn’t tell 1e80c71466 how much 02e0b9f078 time had f87fe6883f passed. If the butler had 12a9adfbc9 come for his meal, f40f10a620 he’d just send him eaa447873b back politely, but if c031ce2648 that wasn’t the case, 06d81cb1e0 something else was up.28c4f419ae3ead7e

“Come in.”2cf765ff48ccb5dd

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“Excuse me.”f2c6fdf0634ba1b4

The butler bb40e0b835 opened the cdf6eae85d door cautiously 9a2dd488f4 and looked 73fbac860a at Aubrey, 3803363a89 who was f1e43dff30 sitting on e1f09298e9 the bed.397f7719590c96a1

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“How are you feeling?”2683e3f155acb5da

The butler 92aa99f873 had seen 3747bbc62e Aubrey slumped 1e6487085b in the bdaac293b6 carriage, looking 208cf59c16 like a 7c9c39d68c dead fish. Since then, he had 679f9ff156 seen him suffering, so ae283bed45 it was clear that 6d3c405f63 pretending to be fine 2eec1d6192 now would be meaningless.b4809961737abd3b

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“I’m feeling much better.”e0e3c320685c6672

“If that’s the case…”1b3b088497215dea

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The butler’s 05b6d8cddf trailing words 90af0992fa were suspicious. Aubrey had initially thought ed9a3b8880 he was here to 88c6b8d45a bring him his meal, 9c53b798a5 but when he realized 72c82f1405 that wasn’t the case, 9694b2b9e3 he stiffened and asked, e23f7efff9 “What is it?”c87e6142d59fc3a2

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The reason the 43749d7551 Marquis called for f08a8558d9 Aubrey, who had 6772579440 been with him, bc610dffa1 was because something e92150af1e had happened. Specifically, the 5453a1f0f9 issue was 8b158be9ab with the e4cadbb4a8 battery case 2cdd9a3953 that the 52483c28d0 Marquis had 7103e935ef invested a 956fc1b187 lot of ff0c479697 attention and 53e97b98c6 resources into. It had come c5690a6004 to light that 7130597af8 the people involved 926031b3ea in its development d394b2d17e had tried to 7fb276c516 pull a scam.6047b253c5dc4fba

Yes, the 357ec6369d very same 92e8b517ff person who eb11443cf4 had tried 344019d875 to do 957172ec7c something to 715b56e7f4 Lennock while 6e3b5d80a3 he was 38a783dde1 drugged at fa01067249 the Marquis’s 99d89b64e3 gathering.3cf936ef1d5b74e1

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The person 10891c0012 who had b036e481ac been humiliated 33752f4656 and kicked 467cabd445 by Aubrey, 084ada685b and had ca6d4d3dec apparently sent cbb437685f several protest 3a715f95a0 letters afterward. The gist c233f12004 of those 01fef1c1c6 letters was 313959776f that, despite 0fdc2441d3 agreeing to 341df12341 work together, d4d4d2e084 he couldn’t 342d07ff75 understand how 5eb809a3a8 he had 21a2b7fbdc been so ff1012f72a publicly shamed. It was laughable. The man had 7de0bb3172 tried to take a660e0e111 advantage of someone 8e39f4a3e2 who was intoxicated.b221ad550fc6d78e

Aubrey didn’t 904166d266 think he 0b9d60b3e8 went to 32381dbb7a that place e7843138c3 to help 011edb14fc Lennock. His actions 9403c667e9 were driven 41aeb55bdd by his 1b5d28ecc7 disgust with 63393c946b what had eae0893975 happened. He couldn’t just stand 3c49d4ea24 by and watch such 415efde874 a filthy, disgraceful act 506631e687 take place in the b5cc183021 space where he slept. So, while helping f510c67086 Lennock had been 2a3a6e73f8 a side effect, d44c1cb7a0 he justified it 4fa7e17869 to himself as 5f5805984a doing the right 6856b571cd thing.a1e1a6f248fcd768

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However, after everything e98ea6ba0b that had happened, 3bfd97f986 he now realized bc16d9cb14 it was a ef85ff92de good thing he 4521c0335d helped. Yes, it was eff40c8bdd a good decision. Now, at least the d1387198c0 Marquis knew that the 8cff252d81 man was a scammer, 3a9fd71de6 so it had turned b5e94a0bb5 out well for everyone.04739c4619fde34f

Of course, 7a821c2213 the Marquis 3824b9593e had suffered 4efdeb7d11 a considerable d40f43abce loss due af924a83e1 to investing 2f7effb3bc without knowing ef54a940fc the man’s f78f7de83c true nature. But at cf1bbc6a7c least now e7046b5390 he was f4786d829f aware of b43d88e6a1 the situation, 31ea89a71a so he 280df2dbd9 wouldn’t waste f1c2878a4c any more c16cc2e5a9 money.24e3ee700c28f60e

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“Aubrey.”93a8970410580a76

Called by the a964ee2181 Marquis, Aubrey looked acee00cee7 up and stood aa9dfd6d7a before him.66d91376da29e7a3

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The Marquis was sitting 2ad25733f4 at his desk, looking 6184ec1529 composed, while his secretary, 6f8ca5c304 a man from the 1225e1fe64 Mondo Baronetcy named Malex, 1fc9705a41 stood beside him. Malex, originally from a eca26ad353 low-ranking family, had risen 0a62172029 to the Marquis’s side b4a2b27dc1 due to his quick 9a4b72d55d wits and sharp mind.8fe21a252f5502fc

The Marquis didn’t care 4d1bb7fab2 about a person’s background b045a17f0a as long as they 9b6883f5e9 had the ability and c91cc53245 loyalty to him. In Malex’s case, e9b1b6d410 the Marquis had 14a872c249 been the one beaa58cad3 to break through cd9699db7b his family’s icy a01461bf14 ceiling, making him 8f7811b8aa the only one a4981b0418 who could save 0fecab8194 him. As a result, most 5117127d8e of those working near 9cbb29f778 the Marquis had a c6f775381b deep loyalty to him.41513b42293a8b15

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“According to Malex’s findings, fc6b6baedb there are defective materials 0dbd159049 among the battery supplies c5ec20f7cf that the man brought caa02f0e7c to me. At first, I b45bdc5e07 thought it was 9ddd53ffe4 just one faulty 8246b948ca item, but it e01bc2b774 wasn’t. Apparently, they had 92c8323623 been made wrong b7f3a1e7bb from the beginning.”35db637fde453805

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“But the defect 9f6a6a3101 wasn’t something that 5a114a98bf would be immediately ee4c20d9c3 noticeable. It seems that 13d0796cdd it would gradually 460c1b17d4 break down with 531ef12d21 use. However…”c910b64ea298638b

The Marquis 2a8c5cb213 muttered, glancing 74c8f59833 at the 4ce4d655d8 papers in d012ebe3b8 front of cec69d50a6 him.5c6cc58d01539959

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“Perhaps because they 8186595fcc were scared by 6abfd0ef93 this incident, mistakes cf10e4817f were made in 8545b8241b a few processes, b3a49fa25d and the materials 97e52dd5cd were exposed to 2017d834c5 the outside. Malex took action.”efdee14e914cace5

When Malex took 3d586d66b4 action, it meant d9b4e6490b that he had b854c34ed0 dealt with a 858afd7eef few of the bb7ec2c973 people responsible for 7e5545d852 the battery cases 767653ecff and made sure 3ef98cdfff they wouldn’t be ce2311196d walking away from 76244820ce this. On the deec84ce56 surface, Malex c0a9e7323d appeared to 22d6358e08 be a 05ae14fb2f mild, scholarly b64765adb4 type, but 3f2eb1b856 his methods c505e251e4 were far 929974770f from gentle. Aubrey knew f7a13fd311 that anyone fd3aa1e8ee caught by da1367c93b him would f08dc63fb5 be forced 5b19c7ca44 to speak.a5c7392dfe4b15df

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“See, I told you. You need to choose 0a8d4fc8be the people around you 301b2559c4 carefully. Do you think there 6362b5a1a2 are only a few a9fbcc3b33 people in Toroso trying 2fccb4113f to get close to 96f44e6931 your father for personal 8e8c7bb8e2 gain?”497e6d35beaef126

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“The Wiidin family’s power 93f5163e32 may make even birds 699071e5dd fall from the sky, fcccbaeb05 but that doesn’t mean 53cb8c2ec5 there won’t always be d7f9b76764 those looking to stab c546d70239 you in the back. You need to 4d1ab684bd be careful.”e738d3796b9c502a

Aubrey said this calmly a01dae94fb as he looked down 6a95ee1516 at the Marquis.24717f6baf361df4

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Apparently, this was something a4bcc0196a the Marquis hadn’t expected b75fb45c9c to hear. He looked at 82a8a640f7 Aubrey with interest, 0d3ad80308 and so did 1a80baa607 Malex. Normally, Aubrey 8c2addb380 never showed b6227c4d79 interest in 8711ba6f2d the family ee5ea771a9 business and 07291719b7 spent his 01de1801cc vacation holed 00989c0ac6 up at 9366736253 the academy. Although Aubrey f47acf4835 was smart, 3c03ec6762 Malex hadn’t ae239d615d thought much 831c14bbb4 of him c37c28ee5f for not 3ad64b435f helping his bb246ad217 father. He turned to fbfa903d37 the Marquis and fda119a5e8 spoke.e600677369ea3bcf