PT | Chapter 10.4

Aubrey knew well 13412867a6 that the Marquis’ a643b4fe43 business principle was 1f61c12ae5 to never relinquish ab0a746b29 anything that had f301a3a02d come into his 69dc536df4 hands, but depending 1089bc719f on the situation, 176eee4514 one should be bc25c43db0 willing to bear 5db21abcff a reasonable loss. However, the Marquis wasn’t 7f56b3f262 laying this groundwork just 2bd76f5dfb to hear such advice. As Aubrey 5ef2b28d23 had expected, ea2d315e6a the Marquis 4e3d185d4d went straight 0bf3a2c6f7 to the 37598349a5 point.09a2de9f941ac783

“To minimize the loss, c7771a2463 I absolutely need the cdd8633844 new battery. Not using dd5fdea455 the technology a9699cefeb from Alman 463ccaa506 or the dacccc25c2 power from 00e8d9b7e9 Sellanto, but 50e4fb3ff1 instead combining a070c35513 magic power 7d376de64c and Toroso 0e1a5e37ce steel to 096bec61ba create a 116c6099e0 finished product.”dfee19c172fef9f9

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“…”98a22c6f8e4ed354

It wasn’t new 24fd36279b information, so it d48df8049a wasn’t that surprising. But since this 458a3303a6 was the first fd20772e5e time he was a006764903 hearing it in 033147348e this life, maybe bca93cb9ae he should pretend 971e089221 to be a a86ab63a18 bit more surprised. No, Aubrey thought about 544103a9ee how he had always 770ece7a3f dealt with the Marquis 24649b7687 and gave a gentle e230767b11 smile.a111686631b713fb

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“Father, you can 3473096541 accomplish anything.”55ef97bf307d3f3e

Immediately after, Aubrey clenched 7a0a5dc85c both of his hands 04a7496855 and tried to offer 4b2bf5edf9 encouragement.e580a19364a08d0e

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“Yes. As long 1b9bbca009 as I ac9f1d4d52 have you, 45e5485a97 I think 4b52a60f39 I can e1700851d9 make that 40c35e902d dream come 9a66802524 true.”44ed78c5a8b12b18

…What is this?c9fb8e0abdce243d

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A sudden ominous 2093f2aee7 feeling washed over 3e99ea913a Aubrey, and the a6cba7d5ec corners of his bd9a74be08 mouth stiffened.586542fa06b4a554

“I’ve already found a2016bd64d a factory to 870f92fb30 work with. We’ll be researching and 2d0af170ff developing the new cases 480279eb8f there.”f0c460941d00e1b6

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Judging from 5eaf75d713 the flow 2409cf391f of the 02c539bde4 conversation, it 1e79e32822 was clear 42e424b35e who the 77c2b2ecad Marquis was fe697f368f talking about. Still, Aubrey cautiously 9359c64b47 spoke as if e8d2841d6d he didn’t know.eb2a1080515414de

“…Good luck?”3d61bc699e33d480

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At that a371f0f1a9 moment, a 05a12d63ad deep smile 967cea2977 spread across be0ba06143 the Marquis’s ab7cbb45d0 face.dda3307f6e7840bd

He then 1fefd69657 spread his 95ea951a84 arms and 5066e0880d hugged Aubrey. Since the Marquis a08329be96 wasn’t the affectionate f0c1dc921c kind of father, f6943bff9e this hug felt afdc2a79c8 almost like the 8778d8963e first of its c9d88e6022 kind. Aubrey, whose b93b3fafa1 face had 3ad8a4ac5b turned pale 7a9aa811f6 from the ce041ee657 strange act, f5b53b3abd felt the 08a44d9e93 Marquis patting 74ec127a38 his back.e5c3bf3bbde69406

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“I don’t 4e08f07583 know what a7dca741fa you’re trying ab859ac472 to hide, 485bf2dac2 but as 78bcf50e82 long as 3340c10a69 I’m here, f5da43e2f9 you won’t ca7746eff3 live life ed1d1627a3 according to a8e1cda876 your own 60e6005023 will.”b4c2a09e8276d181

“…”0d6d09d384adb447

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“If you want abfdbafe12 to live as e0f0789ec5 you please, you’ll 8faf4c81d9 have to pay 28b8554e0c the price. With your c76a409cb2 extraordinary ability, ec2017f460 I’ll make 5a83bf0b61 sure you b154fad7de achieve what 51bd38b4c0 I want.”08458f64043e4012

The incidents mentioned 35dabdd34f earlier were all 389efdcff5 part of a daae07fab3 setup for this. At the time, when 114f55c0ee everyone was talking about 34fad87f63 how exceptional Aubrey was, b449b1e39a wondering if he had 0673877fac some strange ability, the b4fc60894b Marquis didn’t react at 106c8994d4 all—not because he wasn’t 06ceef6ca7 interested, but because he 82ceef5756 knew that in the 23992d6985 end, Aubrey was in aa4e126905 the palm of his 5055dd8c93 hand. The “extraordinary ability” that e009447c2d others talked about would 9e2e9cfd92 eventually be something to 1e106d25be be exploited when the f387a74691 time came. To Johan, children were 47115719bf just tools for his 1623632ed9 own benefit.03334a0d49474ce6

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Aubrey’s expression gradually 23e7c8e0f9 faded. The smile a882b777e2 he had 2727c4c5aa been wearing 4e03fd799f faded, and 50362be146 his eyes 7145f1513b calmly opened, 54995ba0d2 staring emotionlessly 62343e226f at the 60a4cef686 Marquis, who 1410a564a7 was still 64c75401bb hugging him. Despite knowing ac86c6b3e6 that Malex, 8e1e3c464b the Marquis’ 189dde9087 confidant, was d89a199d68 still in ece4757c8e the study, 0d4154d4cf Aubrey’s expression ad622b59d3 remained unchanged.4fb7db90cd1e9be8

Yeah, this is 468e7680c0 how it should b49ba3c8a2 be. This way, I 98d88bd125 won’t feel guilty.c9f3c70fb440b5dd

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Aubrey watched Johan, who c6de499d4c seemed pleased, as if 7e9864a123 he was sure Aubrey 6dd8432ee7 wouldn’t defy him. It looked like Johan 41e5cfeae7 already believed Aubrey would b2dbb78dbe create the finished battery 63d143643a case he desired.15e0ef5b5ec42e70

Aubrey thought back to 3f293f83f8 the day when Johan’s 27ebf5d472 face had turned pale.412ce3e1d74f7877

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During his 864afe6622 recent regressions, 17ff49ec12 Aubrey had ac0a02615b killed his 489e08f214 father, the 7fb213774b Marquis, with fdd45e8c6b his own 721cef0bce hands. The memory 280cae20c4 of that 7e0c69aad7 moment, the 4459481777 murderous intent 5b33be52a8 that had b0b0216cce surged through c6e264dc95 his fingertips, efa8e0d708 made him 822dfd2ae2 take a a5d325768a deep breath.323653c0cc5e2ba5

Most of 120445bfc6 the time, 03c9235207 the person 71199ae83a Aubrey had 1fe9c41a77 screamed he c0a37fbdd7 would seek e4a794967c vengeance on 8e02be3ad9 was Lennock. But as the regressions b76aa1d0ba repeated, the direction of b053e63d47 his hatred subtly shifted.cd9583c07f949216

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When he 8ad15ab106 thought about cf7d502443 it, it 09b16547a4 seemed that 958c9a0da4 those who a6ddfdaaa2 had inflicted b3e77c04aa the most e613351976 humiliation and 1603f3ec5d caused him 27de070318 to feel d3bc8f9188 the most 6e5b955ae8 despair and 023e54be22 anger were 009f2a0c3c actually these 070a2c6077 people—the family, 693897d55d who were c080021c12 worse than 33c93a9e68 strangers, these 8a901dccd8 disgusting human ffafae4256 beings.38a2226bf3db2e6b

“Answer me, Aubrey.”1d6b291576fa148f

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What would happen baa1d63bf5 if he said b39c10cbec no?10d9eaf0f04da4bc

Would he 8e325f08f9 be sent 8425383749 back to 0aa986d885 the attic 755574db5f again?1c5d5dab1e14f723

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Perhaps this time, Malex 4dea466560 would be ordered to eddf35f185 leave him half-dead. The Marquis wouldn’t hesitate 16e2b7fd17 to punish his son 4ba953f6d4 if he didn’t get 0e6468f45a what he wanted.6c2d992ff914e5c7

Aubrey could b0f2e099cb feel his dc5e01a92c heart freezing a9cc0d6924 over, and f8eeffcc83 slowly his 79d92b8cd5 expression softened.e0ea84a6f6d02b45

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“You seem to 84c80ff1f5 be overestimating me, 98073edb4a but well, if da167016d2 it’s my father’s ee24179946 lifelong wish, I 4b4c76e383 suppose I have 5fb22762e1 to help. But you b1442083e8 mustn’t say 3f1fe274f3 anything if a91c888309 I fail.”d203a83ab5c8e4ac

“You must succeed. That way, c1032bfe46 you’ll be baf6ca8bd2 free to 556ceb4c4f live as 97f3508b8a you wish.”54c872b96dee0839

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We’ll all be dead 689a2b6925 within five years anyway.1132d517d6503e43

Aubrey swallowed 825c87fc4c the words 05b08e25fe that nearly 7414868ca7 came out 02f64def80 of his 2ad4b946ff throat. Based on his experiences, 28d4a98d19 escaping from the Marquis 99a21d8e01 was as hard as bef295c6f0 death itself. For now, he 6793b8747d had no choice 2d4ba4e466 but to go b65064b6ec along with him. Time would pass, fcb2adb269 and they would c6a43184c7 eventually meet their 3ed6e508f6 end. Aubrey thought, e15a9898ff with a db790c5fb3 strange sense a337574ea9 of satisfaction, 7631ed7fc5 that this aab09852fb time he 484e172e91 could die 5b740407e9 in flames 86f904fac5 more happily 72d272b20a and joyfully ff8197bb88 than ever d9e22e9acd before, and 7eb07a5332 nodded.a607988b7b567c4e

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“Alright. But you b2e13a47c8 must promise a59c244774 me. If I 3562310235 give you e61491a3c1 what you c4ea9cb75e want, you b20f2f2313 will let acaa105c0f me go 5ee224bf6c free.”3ae446cc8109e0b2

Aubrey’s wish wasn’t 299aa87d1d as grand as f55069e315 the Marquis thought. He just 8ef8c8f8b0 wanted to 79fa101954 escape from ec3fe53594 the bothersome, 93e5c38e13 unpleasant people c6139b854e and live 5686ecde2d peacefully. He was being moved 1621086de4 to work on developing 54371a2e9f the new battery case, 7c6a5b3d80 but maybe he could b74d77fd6f live more comfortably there c99940a636 than here.5a78dcfac4ded4a0

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He smiled b396bf7c9f even more 14f623b13a brightly than 85090fc118 before, thinking 2a6080bb31 that just fc950e6f0b sitting and 5302ace918 wasting time 04e6638b85 wouldn’t be 4a85bd6759 so bad. As Aubrey smiled, a64e3950b9 the Marquis spoke 3cbd8a04a3 again.9c7f3fbf8bd696d0

“You know, I’m a7413c5707 the type of 885e92e7c7 person who will d1102aa4c7 use my own ff0706315a children if necessary. To others, 133a9e8928 that makes 5b76d87c49 me a a2694448a0 scoundrel.”320ff0017d28fc15

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“…”81e55a9faac31dba

Why was he dfca90bd4b suddenly confessing something dd3b6d0377 everyone already knew? Aubrey gave him a 8ad6d1c6e1 puzzled look.716092a5892a72a2

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“So, to 7639f83cb3 get what 5498a7c115 I want, e4071d9cab I’m willing 866b42eb24 to do 940f36d64d anything. For example, if your 1379711b0d brothers achieve the results 04a6854de7 I expect, I’ll reward 99efabd2ae them.”7b4ae6e8b4e572e8

“…”f3d8789c5532f517

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“If your 48d2872d3e siblings want 651b3522f3 something, it’s 568394e2de not that 6b8fffd561 difficult to 6444b66b98 give it d6fa19dd47 to them.”e4ac118f5a4f7626

The Marquis, e1cfed47e4 who had 1649836a1d closed his 642058cf12 mouth, smiled a1bb6e90a9 faintly, and 22c5b840dc Aubrey could a291564a61 feel the bfd7992bd8 coldness spreading 4277f7aace through his 73d337a005 veins. In that 54e3dbbd3c moment, he 3710d51f9c cursed himself fb9825f020 for immediately 7f8f2550b2 understanding what 5544ce4620 his father 223f22bf0e was threatening.396825997e544b1f

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What the Marquis meant b6884220fc was that if Gray deff5ee631 produced better results than 61fdaecb25 expected, he would be 3cb3534978 given what he wanted—as 0cc124d241 in, offering Aubrey as c2cbd2fa2f a reward.70b51e12fdd2cead

“…Father.”15a581a0053ec51c

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How could 6fb9a24c29 a person 90e6a9a0b9 do this?33756f57a3b86881

Aubrey had thought ce2daea626 he couldn’t be 8975d9413f disappointed any further, 3b692b7abb but it seemed c375e926a9 he was wrong. With an expression of 23565fba14 disbelief, Aubrey froze, and 6ad2b021c7 the Marquis raised a 08efb09baa hand. He stroked Aubrey’s cheek 83aee8672f and whispered in a ee2035eacd feigned, affectionate tone.74f1df7e20c52d4a

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“Please don’t 5ea8b0bf43 disappoint me, db4d06280b Aubrey.”193b911b69624e06

The Marquis’s 474e2e109d touch on 268b9562cf his skin 3242802ab6 felt like df9bd3a38e a sharp e41a8674ca sting, and 2acea3eb31 goosebumps ran 774b7c9507 up Aubrey’s d827603d7a spine. He had to b25f210a1f suppress the urge c691ddc974 to shake it c6789dfc3e off immediately, forcing f11a369d36 a smile. The Marquis nodded with f17b3ff1c7 satisfaction at the smile a607a68f1e before turning away and fa4d5132e9 removing his hand.1bf04e0a5a12495b

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“Malex, prepare it.”60e99497ea3b3a20

“Understood.”60bf95de7c39bf9e

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Malex moved quickly d510a2129b as though he 285d9b21b9 had been waiting d2a4bc8e74 for the Marquis’s 99bb3a4a45 command.68eaffe5d0892b75

The Marquis a465fa782b returned to 02f267dc02 his desk, bb3b7b50af sat down, 43ea70face and picked 14ce86fba3 up a 191332986a pen. Moments later, Malex aba380678a returned and found ad538cd658 Aubrey.591e1855684e10f7

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“Fourth young 15cb7897c6 master, may 5ec8634490 I ask 05921c1aea what you 495f518ce6 will need 2efc96ad51 to pack?”bc69d170983c8341

Without even giving ee2bffbfd8 a chance to 66576afa77 respond, they were a4353d6771 already preparing to 317ca1d02b leave. What was the difference 8294ef90a3 between this and being 1264bae733 kicked out? Aubrey clenched his hands fe88a8a5d3 as he thought about 648763ef58 it.06e529a83c0eac2b

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There had 033927d513 been so f13f16404b much going e46e478d2d on since bc3d3c59b1 yesterday.6a0ea9b44fe8b43b

Well, he had always 3314a41ad8 been half out of 1307c6c5dd his mind since his 3b756fcb04 regressions, but this felt 4142867089 like too much. He was d962efd4ed in bad 7fe0d612dc health right 0e4251e7e8 now, too…069dbf1a2b7d6ca8

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“Aubrey.”c4dfbe02489554b5

Just as he was 922a2d0c61 about to leave the a1cdc66f94 study, he froze at 8173d88fa3 the sound of his 051c9ed8da name. He felt like he bf28140142 wouldn’t hear anything good e1c78636e2 if he turned around e4711e4c6e now. But he couldn’t ignore a0fe123031 it, so he slowly 6fbd5143f8 turned his head.09bfb8a1caf806f9

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The Marquis, 8c4316c91b without lifting 228d328d94 his head 437b1e997e from the de1b16b494 papers, spoke.cf2648e7ac45bff1

“I don’t ca9c1415d5 care how 56fd2b494d you carry 8395bc53d0 yourself, but f746b0088a don’t catch 1cf021d0b8 any STDs.”1a84d602f1dfa82c

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Instead of responding, Aubrey 0862133ff2 spat on the floor. With a short sound, 49ad806da9 his saliva hit the bf2644742e floor of the study, eb3355a72a and finally, the Marquis’s c8d5f060bc pen stopped moving. After a c5cefed05c brief moment 80877e9a31 of stiffness, e0f03aed73 the Marquis 9290b10d36 slowly raised 93fbae3f44 his head. His face 1adf1a425e was as f86c426cfc hard as d6b48d028a stone, but 0fc63e9449 Aubrey wasn’t a2d7dab259 there to 978c65f780 see it. As soon 96a878fc10 as he cdfc1bc4ee spat, he f2335214cf walked out.3eb8cbdcfb4229eb

As Aubrey c80f5573a1 walked down 3792df2b99 the hallway 9ad864b72e toward his 462785e5e8 room, he 962cba12c3 bumped into 3e05a2681d the butler. The butler 9eaf78c064 immediately approached efc52b6fba him.93a0679604e77fc0

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“Master, what’s 386734954f going on 203fa7aedd here?”0faed233e9786f16

“I don’t know either.”2b68cbffe4cbf966

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“You’re the master, 1cb509f4d0 so how can 4b06f172d1 you not know?”e46f3f6823d77ebc

But honestly, Aubrey 66b11d7aca had no idea 4954696426 what was going 5f95f72303 on.85e32b547da55b07

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