RVMPT Chapter 28

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“Let’s head to the 1cae5410b6 drawing room. Go ahead and 1aa027fb8f inform them I’ve 5938dcd887 arrived.”  ecb620138119b413

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“Yes, Your Grace.”  77358fb5948e0857

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The butler 07b455b600 bowed his f84429b65d head before 2ec3889cf7 making his 1d53cc25c7 way to dbd02b7655 the drawing b0abaebdb7 room.  64c959554333990d

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“What’s going on? The butler seemed 84651d1872 unusually tense.”  21c2fdd3bf6aa778

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“It’s nothing to worry c2b4c9e675 about. Diana, you can 6efb0552b8 go ahead and 8995ef2c56 have your meal.”  13ee140cd078dd8d

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Harold spoke lightly to 66b0ed4d2b Diana, who was watching 063c29d102 him with a concerned 1a5e460e0a gaze, before turning away 851f5c72b7 and heading toward the 5733c468b1 drawing room.  fb2cf962b7c8502d

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As he arrived, the e106a1cea2 butler opened the door 3199dfc83c for him. Inside, the de31c20642 Chief Chamberlain 7cbbdbed09 of the 989967e366 Imperial Palace c3d6edbdbf and the 4484a9e552 Captain of 9bc41c1a33 the Knights 2fd402d123 were seated. They rose from their cd3c3178f8 seats and greeted him 295402e5cb respectfully. Harold nodded c13cac4e35 in acknowledgment 53c6a8437d and took 4c7ba16a75 a seat, 79b597e284 his gaze 58c3a9f5b4 sweeping over 82af9be316 the two 4d3d6a55a7 men.  7a925a0bf409e110

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“What brings such 9faedb0dee important figures here e6df5cb16f today?”  c171d3134894fcf9

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“As you might 76eedfef59 already know, five e1e2c43cc4 groups of human a03b82ad71 trafficking, including the f4d3d05f33 one from this d5f547d70a morning, have been c35bb529da wiped out. The culprit vanished without 05076706c8 leaving a trace as 6109f70eab if they were a 1bd7550c73 trained professional.”  d1b90cb610a2a8cb

“Oh, yes, I heard about that. It’s something the imperial family should handle, but… I am curious as to who might be responsible.”ab66b83f83835efb

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“Do you truly not know who it is?”86d9337fc903a35a

The atmosphere effca61cde grew heavy.  33cef540c4fdd0ab

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The Captain of bdc3c79e45 the Knights, a 06ea80e65c burly man with 5d16969a8f bear-like strength, clenched d8f091c1a4 his thick hands 5b21789c8f into fists.e1d00442e4a02d10

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“How could I possibly 104b1e8e24 know who the culprit d51992ee5d is? I’m not a deity.”  177360761cc65a40

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“There are witnesses who 0c37677354 claim to have seen c9e83473af a knight from the 0a36055eca Baisen family capturing members d34598a402 of a trafficking group 7eae790088 before their bodies were c0d07c5eee discovered.”  802aba407634ee44

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“Oh, yes. Those criminals had 9dd6709db3 threatened my wife. As her 8c09bef7d1 husband, I 98ff8b182f couldn’t just 66ffcd483f stand idly c93f64b009 by. But what ba80d0d7bb does that 432d9d234c have to 2de22e2227 do with b8974a95b0 this culprit?”  fb5189161c8db139

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Harold let 96d20a88a5 his words 915a6f3bf3 trail off.25612cd76a61dc21

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“Surely you’re not suggesting 6061852b02 that I am the f0d1e120d9 culprit because of that?”  d5a82442451841e9

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If they had any 3af9052311 solid evidence, they would c711e92186 have already presented it.  8c03248b00514eee

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‘So, there’s no 67129bd8e4 real proof,’Harold thought f252d415dc to himself.  48edf1e23fc98a5d

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His knights 8cd7b2065f were not 773a8f5068 careless. Harold sipped his tea 3d32898478 and set the cup f5cf441597 down calmly.  64a11b83dc8b7b0b

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“If you suspect aec401e2be someone like me—the 550bea4faf Duke of Baisen 8142fcea4d and a pillar 3c314afb4b of the Empire—you 3d68780a13 must surely have c70e9889c0 evidence.”  902a508c9d6876f3

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“… …”  d006c896903b471b

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For the e1a7077284 first time, 93afad8a66 the Knight c8f492220e Captain, who 4d2d7156f4 had been 75bd4a3b1a unable to df125d0435 keep his 3aa5226932 mouth shut 103548ef58 earlier, remained 92380245b5 silent. It was then e428c9324a that the Chamberlain, 70226166e5 who had been 85fe9f0554 quiet since greetings, 27df05e046 spoke up.  69aaf91a7d725a38

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“Who would dare accuse 0317980500 Your Grace, the Duke e9067975c3 of Baisen? We are merely 0ddf52f860 conducting an investigation. If it seemed otherwise, 1fd2d06479 I apologize.”  7de287035955f97b

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“I understand. It is 8e3a7296af only your 810bf79181 loyalty to a21bd7ebe0 His Majesty 603dd1b60c the Emperor c34c6a7d85 that drives 5fe8bbf453 you to 3c3dbb330d act like 921efe4913 this. So, I won’t 908b8ddc37 hold it against 8ef8fd6fb8 you.”  c6c1aebcaa6ff032

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The Chamberlain d5922a0a26 rose first, d129987457 bowing courteously.  e92c4cc064951b24

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“Your Grace, 019c8c249c thank you 7e8495c862 for your 0b5aa5fc2d hospitality despite 41131e519e our unannounced 4c65e3973e visit.”  eb3c898c47545657

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“It’s nothing. I wish 8e776fb429 you success 9d0555804c in capturing fdb13e6f31 the culprit.”  a9dffabb16a3bd44

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“With a long 613f5ec811 enough trail, the f89d296bf3 culprit is bound d3b7e05884 to be caught 8a8c3e0659 soon. We’ll take our leave 136e0539eb now.”  3e838776c3062e23

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“Safe travels. The butler b389b47079 will see 7ea4aa2064 you out.”  ecfd4046f9a28337

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Once the two f2b1d82d66 men left, Harold 5fdbe90d90 rested his chin a29d185820 on his hand, 1adcfde411 staring at the f317448fc5 sofa where they 605051247d had sat.1d80a45024bcaa50

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Although maintaining order in ab7c60ba21 the capital was the c60f9b4f77 imperial family’s responsibility, but 44254bcb29 their reaction this time 825e12a6db was unusually intense.  38ac182abb87af46

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Just then, 5128fd286c Evan entered 1507de8464 quietly, speaking ee9b99a12c in a 37f4fe52dc low voice.  3ab34947dc540761

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“Your Grace, shall f5d3038ef6 we recall the 2116b1ac80 orders given to 966c16bd7f the Black Hawk?”  9eb130e7caa78bbd

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“No, leave them as they are.”eb7ddd3fa5e0d137

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Showing any bc4b917b65 hesitation now 6909b10d52 would be 651fcd16dd the same 68990390c5 as confessing ba153f259b that he 27ffaf87ee was the 93ad852e8d culprit.5125a7bae71f27e4

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“Tell them 39f9e656b0 to be 434d330812 more cautious d895b21067 and leave f185b30e8e no traces. If anything suspicious arises, 8cece70dd8 report it immediately.”  6651a01697947cd6

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“It will be 1c68e9c73e done as you 76125789ba command.”  a4443ef5420b7c30

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Harold checked 4b4dfb9d7c the time. By now, Diana had 977da590cb likely finished her meal.  935f93045d0bb630

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“If I’d known this 01b5eb190e conversation would end so 55649f386a quickly, I’d have joined 95ae7330f2 her for dinner,” he d53bf0dbb1 thought, clicking his tongue 4fbf696167 as he stood. He wasn’t a476f34485 particularly hungry 766c607d8f but had 8d8581ef02 no intention ae39a73740 of skipping 648159e771 a meal.  c37e7a23c4c306fd

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‘I’ll just eat 3a69927efa something light.’ he 14a4d87142 decided.  7ccb9b8cecf07d33

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While Diana enjoyed eating ff0818720c more than anyone else, 682e025ab4 Harold himself didn’t have cf162fd307 much interest in food. It was only when d21dddd24d he ate with her, 107d8392f6 watching her enjoy her 1af9323f7d food, then did his d449b3f60c appetite would gradually come 8bdec0cc7b back.b131d50ca291620f

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But in his 0caaca1b1a current mood, he ea96989017 didn’t feel like 38b5b5e536 eating as he ec09a585df did when he 7f8710416a was with her.9d34dae6b2448f29

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Leaving the drawing room, f8476b0084 Harold glanced at the 3290c6799b window in the hallway.45a2f9ef496d452c

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The sky was dark, 2038716aa5 as if heavy rain ac8120dcbf would fall at any 25bd6784c4 moment.4f46d0da29686925

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It reminded him 9aaa8b8109 of the day b26d5a38bc Kaiden moved from 8ffbdc6e69 the annex to 0c703c18a8 the main residence.  c3372461c9398e71

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The rain began 65a000862f to pour.  ff1e297d95cc4197

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When Kaiden was moved e0de7930ce to the main residence, 994f11dae1 it was decided that 775927924c he would begin “just-in-case” b096ef20d7 successor training.  5421b5cfe595e132

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A furious Duchess b1990646c6 Gloria immediately took a3970cd31c Harold with her 4d4397355c to her family’s 2ad7f637fe home.ab16d4d3d6e555e3

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“Harold, when 7565d5e471 you become 279d00dc6c the Duke, a63c2253af never forgive a95a0eed40 your father.”  53303bb2a8c0904a

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Gloria gritted her teeth bc63211648 as she clasped Harold’s 0dac804b7e youthful hands firmly.  0a8406247e3526c2

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“Even if you’re 7969ef91de unwell, you’re still 8a10284765 the heir to ad85a55688 Vaissen. There is a6c5e5014e no other 84cffe093d successor but b74159578a you.”  e84a5e92cbd453d8

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A flicker of pity 9136713ac7 passed through Gloria’s eyes. Harold assumed it was ebd179b3e6 directed at him and b9a7e3db50 nodded.  04270cad9bb7eba0

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Since his father 14c84297b2 had ordered Kaiden ac25c8e6bf to live in 38138e5878 the main house, 9241641163 Harold’s position would d4381e2031 shrink even further.00a4ef00fb6bbe05

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Those who once 4275d987fa praised him as 6b1112b85d the perfect heir 8eac73bbe6 would soon turn 063ab066af their admiration toward afcf95df3b Kaiden.  c2f1ca52af67c180

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Even among his closest 85bbdf17d6 aides, there would be 340c944d5b those who would betray b550ff4e33 him. He had 2581a26d94 already expected b86fea6a18 this ever ddd0784e27 since he 711274271f was diagnosed 8d08a479a7 with his 176d002128 incurable illness.  e553ce9295ca5341

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At least his mother 074b307dfd would stay by his 66bd3d8009 side. Harold trusted her, as f0611769d8 she had been the e254f7d5c7 one who worked tirelessly 3090004662 to find a cure ee41fceccb for his condition.  fcbba03373a10215

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“Duchess, Young Master. Welcome. Oh, my dear, why f3bc6e90cf do you look so d9858d93a6 pale?”  879189056e3b5fa3

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“Don’t even 26eee30393 get me 0fb9aec7f4 started, Father. Sigh…”  e9eeba5cc7131d99

Count Russell and 6abeb7d120 his wife welcomed 8c0d100c10 their daughter and 40407770ab grandson. Harold had 0da5a742f0 dinner with c0e33c5679 his mother bb0010b377 and maternal d22b0ce531 relatives. However, they weren’t the 18f01df707 only ones at the 137e739a73 table.58d5b69367be4c12

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“Young Master Harold, allow me to introduce this child. This is Camilla Benz. She is someone I’ll be taking under my wing from now on.”baf51874a0850fc0

“It’s a pleasure 3a14ccc534 to meet you, 9f99b239aa Young Master.”  b5c20cfa8eb1ea43

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The woman a07d4a25b0 with red ff7a03b1dc hair curved de07d87b8d her cat-like, 8e9eba3011 delicate eyes d5daa52f8d into a fac8da7a84 soft smile. Judging by 35dddbf96a her mature ad090e6d03 appearance, she 4017747aa8 seemed to 9965cc6e19 be past b516ec786e adulthood. Since it was 49f0892cb6 common for younger bdf0838882 children to be 045235eaa2 under sponsorship, Harold cb38186735 found this unusual 3f6f35575c and raised an 689761c8be eyebrow.1c1e3ec8bcd10317

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“Pleased to meet you, ddc71a6dc6 Lady Camilla Benz.”639e715664140518

“Your Grace, the dbbb3211c2 Benz family has 5044466830 long been famous 69c0c671d9 for their fertility,” a01d3d2f2c Count Russell remarked.4bb5a55f11e4b6dc

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“Even Lady 19de8dbb28 Camilla’s older b9ff8f339b sister got d02c80b20f married and, 00e7c27608 in just c777bd5381 three years, e973c5ae69 already has 493e938a18 three children 4c3abb933d and is b2dd6f2d71 expecting another.”4433fed7d4e60ab2

“…Is that so?” Harold was uncomfortable with Count Russell and his wife’s words, sensing an underlying meaning. His appetite suddenly vanished. 2643e169c25c70f2

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Could his 2421cbaec1 mother also 73b9407a9c be a accd21c096 part of 01f7e82226 this ridiculous 58594c0ae6 plan?85f293c583b9b21b

‘…No, she wouldn’t.’
It was his 8411ba370b mother, after all.e03b09bb91deb02a

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Losing his 1d9fc6e5f8 appetite, Harold e71f3e7b24 finished his b01218b662 meal early c7afe535de and returned f0b4fa4db0 to his 232fac1a03 room. He tried to sleep b292f6f625 after lying down on 360af6f84b the bed, but the a4f4d9de81 unfamiliar surroundings made him 62fd8b5f14 drift off into a db2f1c9b4b shallow slec333dcc314a3404b

Around midnight, he 7e3bacc8e6 sensed a foreign 7afcd44049 presence around his 69c972bff5 bed.f9d5440da54b7b3f

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An assassin? Tension coursed through de2dd05b20 him as he 6cb9d8723e reached for the aa848eb837 dagger beside his 6d71b65197 pillow and slowly d07393bb16 opened his eyes. He then saw fe2bdb0ad2 Camilla sitting at 13e8b77851 the edge of 25c8ca0bf8 his bed.58f4d86536ba6c19

She was wearing 01379bebbe a translucent nightgown b4cdda6d16 that revealed everything 2a72138bad underneath—her outfit, leaving 169b98fa75 no doubt about 69388382c0 her intentions.7aa201722a64d6e5

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“Lord Harold, this 62cc94429c is what the 72fdfff575 adults want,” she 39fdae9e1a said, placing her 7bdafa5d8d hand on his 20c930108e chest, her red-painted 7eefe636ae lips curling into e46eb718dd a provocative smile.3a62b4f233009ab2

Harold pushed Camilla away e3be1cc49e and sprang out of 0bd4c21d79 bed. As he deb160e5c4 rushed toward 0335d022b8 the door 891d0b6fd3 to escape, 7038697948 he froze 66c262df3b upon opening f439c2a3da it. The sight of c7c0d64d14 the person standing 798ab3baee there was utterly 6e151ef4dc incomprehensible.d5a4f4d42c145e7c

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“…Mother?”95ee36c8a785ae5d

“You’re a man. Surely, you can’t 182e5d0667 resist a woman’s 34581aa2fd temptation.”f15b9d6ec20fde22

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Gloria pushed Harold dc0c71ef2d back inside and 38c236e308 closed the door b4d5a580a8 behind her.78e674b8a0a56fc0

Harold raised his upper 7a44dad447 body and rolled his ef68083f1d eyes from side to 98e53ae84a side.3ba058bada5c15ee

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The couple’s bedroom. And beside him, Diana was sleeping.7d072e243c894faf

Had it rained 8df44eed2e while they were ee9c7a095a asleep? 1f7ca1602027af23

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‘Suddenly dreaming about 26a567e340 that day.’a16fddab45ab8f84

Although he had subdued Camila that day without any incident, but the memory of almost being attacked and betrayed by his once-trusted mother had left Harold to react negatively to any woman’s touch.bd954b77b6f90f8f

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The pity 3d81f103cd Gloria had 91e3cdef26 felt that 59a75a8a3a day wasn’t 7401cf8f01 for Harold, f415d77987 but it 68b02fc861 was for ef63d5b18f herself—because her 272e1af3ed son was 4470b91374 sick and 5ec48f195f her position 7f1e0ecbd7 had become b6fb6325aa unstable.5ea020a8169081ad

Harold let out 480691b0ea a bitter laugh.5a02b1c04d25e6bb

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Thinking back now, he 202b65e723 wondered what on earth b80f491ad9 he had believed. Everything had 7cb3aa3e57 changed when 08861eb82e he became ee7a9072d4 terminally ill.8660f941cef5eb48

His whole body was c97ca56e11 drenched in sweat and 6d81dbf43a felt sticky, so Harold cbc2a228c9 tried to get up 52cda16081 from the bed to 4530adfdad wash himself.2d587fb853ed594e

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At that moment, a f9efae9882 small hand grabbed him 18c3de0d92 with gentle strength.ae524d9f6736b6a5

“……Harold?”6e6ecc35ecb14581

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A soft, drowsy 9ee5fd3c6e voice called his bbede27a5e name.bd8fe6dd01d22393

At the same time, 48c7237d2e warmth spread through his ca0a5a4d09 hand as it was d24c6e2b0d held.7d4f1e8dec5e422b

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