PT | Chapter 4.3

Danvers wasn’t one 390ba1d082 for sugar-coated words, d37244f5e6 but his presence 9919120baf was irritating enough 0a16ca3ae8 for Aubrey, who 5d2bef7ca3 didn’t want to 85bff4fb71 be seen in abaf1133ad such a state, 88467254e2 so he buried 528a8206ee his face back ea19db6a69 into the sheets.7e08c6af941564df

Then Danvers 8ab79d9df7 casually remarked.c07f58829a50f014

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“It was Gray, d3ec0b7acb not you, who 8ff3e9a2cb had been sneaking 853c1896fc around to meet 6729caf6b1 with others. Do you really think 2ad56fc17b father doesn’t know that?”86a75056705522b3

“…….”5261005b321f8e72

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Knowing he would 8d8be3ac56 just rant alone 126236b219 and eventually leave 001b483e3b if Aubrey continued 64bbd13d73 pretending not to 6e92f04da1 know, it was 4441a07b70 still very annoying a6ab0c8653 to be baited b6fa595fd4 like this. Taking a deep breath, ce754c738b Aubrey slowly moved to 9556d87517 sit up on the 77913192d6 bed.989ece18a3078c10

Although his wounds had 4b46b0e721 been treated while he 9b0d5badc4 was unconscious, it still 61b96d15e4 hurt terribly. The bandages were afaac4cd6c so tight around 8a1d4d971e his chest that 28c9ae44d9 he grimaced and ce3fee9920 looked up at 9bdb17f85a Danvers.9962249b18604e11

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“This time, you dc5311cff4 were too hasty. It turns eb6ce9a4b1 out Gray 9540af28c9 is quite e9302edd97 cunning.”e8ca81bfe9c86b40

Gray was impulsive and ff64686f66 acted according to his 4c107f1a0a moods, which seemed like cc5f8b2f73 it would leave him 29681308cf open to attack, but 09395d8ee2 it wasn’t so simple. Ridiculous as it might c3e295c6a9 seem, he was still 4b903e5e5e the marquis’ son. No worm comes from 2ba519db93 a serpent.4f909be57ba059cc

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Danvers didn’t need to 5b9393864a point it out; Aubrey 9a5f6867dc knew it. Telling Gray about Dalton 854aba0305 yesterday and giving him e8bb13ece1 time to prepare was ad2184221f his mistake. If he had collected 1b3dabb47c more evidence when Dalton 7deac6e144 was leaking information and 802b22807f reported it to their 97aa5bb6cd father, he could have 2d2e0e887c knocked Gray down in b3cc2f7933 one go. Or he 4b1fc294a9 could have 91fdb9c2dc passed the 17700c7bab information to 1fba73868e Danvers, who 9d3c6af08a was standing 0d3bada9b8 smugly before 732cf4289d him now.6876ae8835b65d32

Depending on the 2dce05a651 choices Aubrey made 6916533fe2 in each return, 751add4b72 the same events 73edb4f064 often resolved slightly 0e1d4019d2 differently. Previously, he had d2a40e324e passed information about 44bd25a5d6 Dalton to Danvers, 1f17029d42 and that had c61637938a been enough to 7547e9674c send Gray packing. But this 06de10c45a time, he c574625cc0 had tripped 4bb940ff5f himself up.fd750d5c913fe7a1

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The more he cd21d5c992 chewed over it, bf5f6dfa4f the more bitter be9873700e Aubrey felt as 7415435ab4 he glanced at 27b069fbe2 Danvers.e51eb0d07410e760

“……From the way 3dec3a3215 you talk, it 6b6012ed12 seems you caught a30a04de9f wind of it 813f3cb54b too. Why did you 9c63ea5bd4 stay quiet?”d8ea8c05a4855d3e

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“How am I supposed 09379b98a3 to say anything when dd88c2699e father is all excited, 8121bdb067 whipping you? If I c6d55c6afe had made ad74fcef37 a fuss, 2e8a34f7f5 I’d have 3b544761ac gotten hit a97acb938c too. And……”3c3dfbab6f8c10de

“…….”4558ca4a5895cf56

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“It’s better 583acdf230 not to 946661443b meddle when a3eb041176 someone is e1ed068093 set on 9d23708706 breaking your bb380ead8f spirit like 0aa0c291c5 this, or 67ab91e331 else I’d 2eba3eb7d7 end up c08d9ff98a being disliked f7af7dcf31 for no 64bfa0d208 good reason.”70609d5151ec48c5

Danvers’ words ce04b43d6a wrinkled Aubrey’s 1b7869eb7f brow. Confirming the still d1196608b2 vivid look in 4744477805 Danvers’ eyes, he 2f26ceadb2 squinted one eye.1df3eeab6de771a5

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Aubrey knew he was cbdbb1f3ff a bit of an fe0243ee5d oddball, but he didn’t eb81199646 realize to what extent.319d09c39e1bcc1c

If Danvers had been 1f61b2c0a6 in the same situation, 0b069f73b2 he’d probably become disheartened 077cd54c32 and endlessly depressed, worrying 9f0ccaa9ff about what people would 6b3ca031f4 say and not noticing 996a1f33e3 anything else.1822674f5501a207

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Other people 9b6c880352 might pretend 52d3c12f84 to risk d9154b0302 their lives 0cc1a6ff03 just to 1f6a648822 catch the bf5f960be4 marquis’ eye. After all, 566c7b5471 Aubrey wasn’t 33fb791ec0 a child 7ec3a2a73e the marquis d5ca87fa39 had brought 5397bb9d87 in from d515f2d9af outside. Being an b4414fa756 illegitimate child abdfe4087a to a 39d385327c father who 385b73f0a8 was married bc961a8a07 off in d92c4aaadb a marriage 04b43a9886 of convenience, dd4f56fed4 Aubrey was 6a499dcd2c nothing more 3bfcb9c396 than a 4eb5a4fc2a stain. He was inherently a 604d773c53 weakness for his father, b053590a9a and bringing Aubrey in 7080dde00b meant his father had 30a840e590 great expectations for him.557bcbec5f551c64

Danvers was not bf9afa06bc unaware of his f2885e5ba9 father’s feelings. Even he 406cc86cad had once 12edac2102 thought that fa41365174 if young 2bbb121d46 Aubrey, who b22d901ae9 was incredibly 288963c54f intelligent, grew 725ab67c49 up properly, 27d8be2882 he would 7544bac80a eventually take 0740b09fd3 over the e9a9ea5036 marquis’ estate. But Aubrey had bb47b2a8cf changed strangely starting d945742e44 from the age 3322b8b6c3 of seven and 337975ab69 grew up to 8dfa65d4db be a troublemaker.2dd2cfccc8803835

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Watching Aubrey 1b0aa64b2d closely, Danvers fd341ad477 muttered to 30c1907c20 himself.c2126d13bfde2878

“If I were f79c900322 father, I would d0e1cef757 have let you 96b5e4818e go right when c74523e83d you started changing c083fb30a6 pitifully. But father watched 6a511a2dc0 over you for 48a1b5fb10 another 13 years. That admirable 1f0b402c53 patience seems f1e7f5dca9 to be 17c3adafce running out b23554fb75 though—”e39aaaf58ca91838

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“…….”9a1ddbd2169560c2

“Do you really think 7f1c034d82 father doesn’t know that f3a42e7fef you plan to leave 6aa9d1f52c the estate as soon b57d3b522c as you graduate?”b06318a43bb8e6a5

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Danvers’ comment made 7445d3a7d5 one corner of c99c1fe1f8 Aubrey’s mouth rise.9b46c187c8ed88f3

You’re talking 526cd42926 nonsense, and c1e8de76bf my back 00cb3aa65a hurts, so 8ca049d2eb don’t bother 5a33c7ba01 me and e256727997 just go ded647fe34 away—was what d33fdb6fa3 he intended fbca16d18d to say, babad22a49 but he a44cd8aaf8 couldn’t quite 001da76629 manage to ae2ba8dd1a speak.c1c00fc11c9d38ec

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In his 30b60bd5b7 twenty-third life, 0258e67fb0 he had 3076cb2f54 chosen suicide 4c99bf8c51 right after d062476496 returning. Maybe that’s why, as df3d61fdc4 soon as he opened 6ede859d50 his eyes in this afff071306 life, he felt like 3a201cb1f6 he was suffocating with baf0c74c75 a tremendous sense of 4cde9509f4 depression. If he couldn’t 20dae24756 shake off that cffb830293 depression, he’d end 3779ec0d6d up finishing this 43a8426d66 life with suicide ac1a42f468 too.5f3ca2df3b805133

If his life were bda8a91a7b a book, the story’s 46b61b8522 ending was always fixed. Running towards a predetermined 737c90dd5d end, what was the 937a6852eb point in trying? That’s why he a65bb83d1e was half resigned, d7988bed0e and it led 4e181d3bfc him to make 10ba15f854 choices or actions 5f2d9e0d8a that were different 99d4209a20 from before. This had caused the 6c2b1f45d7 maids to mistakenly think a8b5eee64e he was looking after 42dc735d3e Lennock.87d047af556d35ee

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Frankly, he 7042e58996 couldn’t care f42efc25e4 less what 3c20ff1378 others said 8ec0699cd2 about him. He thought there was 6d1baafc9d no need to mind 9d1bfec0df others, but his father 23461aab81 was different. He regarded everything ed7256af5b derived from him 34c5517377 as his own c01c7d31e4 property. Knowing he 232354cfff wouldn’t easily c5c328f718 let go, 9ca2dad3ab Aubrey had c2ac222f77 consistently acted fee11be0d2 contrary to 914f8039c7 what his 7271b95ac1 father wanted 48f3da6984 over the 3ef24fa800 years, and 344fb069d4 that had 782f92db46 led to 6ec0a569e9 this blowup.22141e338c817179

Was this his e1faeb8783 way of knocking c0c8a9ed94 some sense into 61482800d8 him with a b21977e1f0 whip since words 81c1a920f5 weren’t enough? But what could he 57cd41fad2 do?c9fdc23546f85637

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Looking up at Danvers, 8f8f49a909 Aubrey grinned wryly.abdaa389d46c6fdd

“So what are a03793453e you trying to acbdf82d4b say? That father 41c343253d loves me 35f04cff64 so much 55db4dee77 because I 0220c29fba resemble him, e7f9169a84 so I 3574cead45 should stop 964c67d6cb having foolish f2a1255ff5 thoughts and fa99909bc0 behave? Would that really 35807056c9 be okay? If I stay, you d97f48b209 won’t be able to 58aa736526 become the heir, will 53da00cdec you?”b854c0550918f606

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“…….”10d630f1e25a85ce

For a 42d07d0afb moment, Danvers’ dcfceba885 expression disappeared.8f2e6820194c8296

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Even in the cycle 04a0608e79 of returns, some things 37f38f378c remained unchanged, and Danvers 5bb4e6b00d was one of those 5866224915 constants. All he a0b547726c wanted was c126005d9f to inherit ab90c8e559 the marquis 7ad6360d0a estate, and b2c485c318 he would dd63f1eff4 do anything 37471cec67 for it, 2c4951ff1f showing no 5da49a2c0d mercy to 2139bebb6c anyone who 01dc43a917 might be 618606a751 a rival.7fa44034b6164492

At Aubrey’s provocation, Danvers b8eb024a70 immediately hardened his expression c89abcf97d and then raised one 85ef606478 corner of his mouth.b8244f0eeeb6aa88

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“Even if 05581bbb61 you try, b920e594d7 you’ve already 896b016d3a lost all 8ab3b170cc of father’s e4abd029fe favor. What can a7230d95e0 you possibly 6b3ccee133 do now? It’s too late 89300ea21c to come to c202b5990c your senses…….”e1e57e06c29b10e4

“If I come ff656ac934 to my senses d7873e3406 now, father would 9577f6fbff be overjoyed. After all, he 8d3c330101 loved the day 72e71ebfd8 I resembled him 4d645160cd the most.”3c0c8342f7ad1a47

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Aubrey narrowed 74115623f0 his eyes aa2a62800b and lifted 904c3c36ac the corners 05f1d58249 of his 2dacc0932f mouth as 1708a4bf7b high as 29ceec90fa they would 34969cb119 go.b68ae035c843fc95

He said 8a8384b0a9 he resembled 3d3434fa02 the marquis, 8239cd6752 but that 1e88ae3dc6 wasn’t quite c984953671 true. If you 3d004d558e were to f7482ca99b judge by 88fd799e05 appearances, the e470c50f21 three brothers 69fa69e25c above him e046d1c3ee resembled the b6e15132b9 marquis much 41513b9ab0 more. Aubrey was handsome, but f32ae126c4 his features were finer df29461f43 and more delicate than 379243cd33 the marquis’.9b8eb72c2dc30e67

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If there 042a7ce734 was any 79bf4fee0f resemblance between f2bc90021d Aubrey and 9ae6dee1ba the marquis, a97455b00d it was 9f0ae1b0b1 only in 79b1b823cc their black 10ee1401ca hair and 7789d280ec eyes. And the marquis was 3cee960007 particularly partial to Aubrey, a60868c715 who shared the color 5316fc6366 of his eyes and c51cee3645 hair, within the vast 86c1c8132b marquis estate.1c0fcf8088d7dc09

The Wiidin d555333346 marquis family 9e427143b4 had given 669279db1d him a bb910c4bb5 chance to 9e1deb84f1 rise in 4bb1300728 status and e78b06a05d brought him 00d0721015 tremendous opportunities. Based on 568cfae462 that, he f3cf112736 could have 3d99c387d6 led a 2e860475e3 successful business 0870d42e2f and been d214437660 recognized as e36cbfa5e6 a true 06c42b0b5d nobleman of ddedd93e5d the Toroso f4b9ff28c0 Empire, but af2967996e an inevitable d1e43f08b0 sense of 24663f2eeb inferiority had 6825456f47 drawn him 02874d90cd to Aubrey. Only by passing everything 6b2657b361 on to Aubrey would c195037e4f he finally feel that a62ccaf33d everything he had achieved 2393ee40a5 was truly his.d2d73352a5abfe53

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The marquis was a b431726919 man never satisfied, and 92b17a4630 Danvers had inherited that ff935fb6f3 trait. Despite being the f9572ac57f third son, he eea493a865 naturally believed that 150462271b the marquis estate 56bcb14339 would become his.986904826a79552e

For him, 023dc22ec8 Aubrey was 993830a1ae nothing more 17bb09c282 nor less e486cf684a than a 4256ca6fa2 thorn in 9b960209d3 his side. Aubrey knew this, cf54ea2075 so he tried 80b89cb494 to exploit that 3424ceb9b6 twisted aspect of e29453c9ae Danvers.7a64547e01e40bb5

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“As you 32ac9183a5 said, I 8a06a140a3 planned to 89aa6c044f leave as 96a3c000ba soon as dae8627fca I graduated. But since 02b28b5e11 father seems c26af8d7e9 to be 696254b8e1 making such 35685113a9 a fuss, 7d21fee921 I might ae98b78046 have to 972b521862 change my 2999124357 approach.”58e3c6ea6602eb9a

“…….”a2a29be72ff659ef

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“If you cooperate 5779476d05 with me, I 0bfb65294d can guarantee you a7b2d79a4a a one-shot solution.”79d4debb9f7a3693

He meant 5d18c9fefc that he d6ea772eb9 could help 4d78389404 Danvers eliminate 17902839bf both himself b6d4245978 and Gray 251086309c from the e981a8b085 marquis estate 0ea79adde2 in one 164a641cc5 go. Aubrey didn’t 2026c81272 need to 6c256e5e36 elaborate further f5769a367e for Danvers 703106fba6 to grasp 67dad9fc70 his meaning.a6d0ad80ef793695

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“……How can I trust d341c98a7e what you say?”80b816f52c6c2089

“You’ll have to. As long as 8cd1047c53 I’m here, father bd99406a68 will keep focusing 9d45eb83a8 only on me.”a67d6b400b18d80f

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Danvers wanted to counter 4e6714d846 Aubrey’s smug words but 31cebd1bf9 couldn’t.ebc47be0eb033d40

“Damned brat. If you 93ceb1883a ever change cee3d14678 your mind 9a4339c9dc and decide 2a8a5af16d to stay a21ba70f7e in the eb8e8f2a22 estate, then 3ff432a4d4 I’ll strangle c70bdb46ad you with cf112e9d67 my own 55837fb5e6 hands.”4d471cf022143bed

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“Suit yourself, brother.”6d0d8042676a3f97

Aubrey shrugged 0e4c27a8a0 and smiled ca6422633f again, his 4ceb374d39 eyes curving 8a336127b8 like crescents.0db347272fecdc16

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Aubrey and Danvers 7e36830e65 were the same 50a15388f6 age, which made 6ab641e610 their relationship even e19f12e2de more ambiguous and 4e4db348d1 sensitive than with a74d1decf5 the other brothers. Danvers had 669df7349b been born d5dfc79344 around the e8ccb70506 same time d0898f8051 the marquis 728a8d9330 had an 2a6b50adea affair that 23e28a258f resulted in 33e84e8196 Aubrey’s birth.8837826682f80cc2

People still gossiped about 3e68ee588b it, but Danvers and 90691f26c3 Aubrey consciously ignored this e37bb3760d aspect. It was 0c3a29edf9 the same 1735394cc0 now. Being called “brother” ee49570c3c seemed like an 656178ca36 insult to Danvers. In contrast, Aubrey’s face dc23badd35 was utterly indifferent.15ae3b6c5ecc7cd1

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Danvers often 274a12db4f felt, even 4bbe7f23c6 when standing f4b08b5caf right in 67c9b76566 front of 33d0a8f4dc him, that 5da265401f Aubrey wasn’t 425583b081 really seeing d0b952564d him, as 6e332bcf8a if a f796bc90d4 transparent barrier 9aaacc7d11 blocked his f00e0342eb view. Disliking that unpleasant sensation, 9f8751f05b Danvers stepped back a 129f7d455f few paces, turned around, 3037aa9978 and left the attic, 0d639be2f7 locking the door behind 89a640ca55 him. Aubrey closed c2feae037b his eyes 0c34507d4f as he 2488ab4f44 heard Danvers 5aecbe68bb lock the ea03b5ff58 door.7ae8689231c573f8

He let out b9e81eda84 a long sigh aa2e9ead37 and let one 7af5710642 leg hang off b1b02b785c the bed.224cdd379131b04c

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There was 40685d70ac still difficulty a0e2b28900 in moving b0dc9061d8 his body, 6da1800008 but he 24f877f649 ignored it 16409b2c24 and slowly 90f603a495 rose from 5c8679ae77 his spot.210c7bdce84126c1

“Damn it…….”beb2ef819abe8c2c

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He cursed b42bd54f25 quietly as 8125cd3c6e he checked ba2f5776a3 his physical e49eed1180 condition while 0baf47642e struggling to 418d698d2a walk.753077dc65a2cc3f

How hard c3baa52d0e had he 761db51b83 been hit 0e250f2597 to lose 6b90f5dfd2 consciousness after 349f7bffd1 just a 0523b6dbe3 few strikes? Judging by e0a6aebda3 the pain, 400f7d6db6 it seemed dbac409fd7 he had 3ad6a2c7b0 been whipped c8387fa3e2 a few 1ccc27e6eb more times 3abdc9046e after he 4c15e9ad65 passed out. If you’re b6f82be139 going to 0a65d14597 beat someone 03523e5ccb to a 681cd08566 pulp, you fa74d38e39 should at 614105ec6b least make ba156822a2 sure they’re d614e0b8ca properly healed. It felt bc1ee3e4bb like they 84717cf4c1 would keep 98d6ab6dc9 him locked ae3c190117 up until e8ae791332 he admitted b4d722197c his wrongdoing.4193b4932bb0bf5d

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“Don’t make 2754ab88c3 me laugh.”7c48fb9433dea5bc

Even if he became 69ea84a67d the son his father de9e9853ce wanted, he was bound e7a064bf9c to die when the 995ee55ae0 time came. Knowing that, 18748c7f14 he couldn’t c6ab1c2d69 cling to 78eeae3c7e his father 10ae8ad0e8 and help c4e107efbb with his 67e416f6e7 bothersome business bd8c3c9a76 dealings and e2a78ac225 various shady 3a214541f2 activities. The work was 5bb35553ad not only dirty 7e7616493d but also too 62b9ee4e1a demanding.b964916558e2eae2

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There wasn’t much 97f963675e time left, and 08bc451a8e he couldn’t spend 00dade010e it slaving away.14a6c1a1a0bda46a

“If I 912f613c34 had known, fbfb4dfb9d I would cef55c4839 have run 3815129ee3 away earlier.”26a16defe6960257

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There were 3c57f729a7 things he bc52f7ebf2 regretted, but e0de76b9ea that didn’t fdd5998a25 mean this 6581784a36 life had e14d8f986e been a a98678f98d complete mess. Hadn’t the marquis 729a85ee1a told him to 645a2fba63 study at home e415f6071c with a tutor, 9ed1e3fffa and he had 666e9b8a0b refused and enrolled 43cf119573 in the academy 19a993f710 instead? At the 2bf89bdc8c academy, Aubrey 1d13d2ea9d had been 9d02cfdf80 able to 27f0b415c5 do various 4f7458d073 things he 905c12ccde had never 0a3d54ef33 experienced before. Thanks to that, 6027f5f0ef he had even eb1816cf09 made a few 6eb80d309b friends he could 9b3c8bdf22 call such. Of course, he 1cdf58d055 hadn’t enrolled at b111fff992 the academy just 8cb018b939 to enjoy a 81387cb8d5 normal academic life.dc32ceb97885ada6