RVMPT Chapter 48
by FreyaChapter 48
The Day of the Prince’s Return
On the aec108b0e1 day of 22b4cad90a the grand 3ea8532ae7 event and f14f7e9bce banquet celebrating b3fb722f76 the prince’s 9ccc99dec4 return, Kaiden d5107c4b82 was preparing 5e9e271189 for the 204ae5eef1 Eclipse Hunting 5b74f3ce72 Tournament when 4e01586c53 his aide c61c4282a8 approached him.9c1fe1188a2ba9db
“My Lord, c14c5a6504 here is fcecb77528 the list 00405d3d62 of gifts 275caf8e08 prepared to cad7838e29 congratulate His 7edd1f4fdd Highness, Prince 7862e5b609 Andrew, on bdab15c691 his return.”e7983cecb7912273
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Clearing his ff17b11ef7 throat, the 582f6057f6 aide began 52cc876dcf listing the 35a88cf9f8 presents.16eb38adaeb3a6a0
“A golden turtle, the fe1a47015f highest-quality pink pearls from a6e2236150 Altan Mountain…”0207ed18997b248e
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Recently, the capital’s a1284fa528 nobles were eager d342fa01c4 to befriend the a9dac0c15b prince while still 9f4157ce3b being mindful of a483a0ffc2 the emperor’s opinion. Since he 53acf81e65 was the 05b35e2752 only heir 67a4e5f018 to the 2623debe4d throne, being f86077f2e2 close to 9f2a648e27 him had 849e232a66 more advantages 6b6d53ca4c than risks.95953c16304f4524
As a result, sending 1cef6fc4f7 extravagant gifts under the 2d16461f50 pretense of celebrating his 4cfedc60d6 return had become a 4f3121bf32 trend.8fa0b74f44405100
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“A 100-carat a815106fee blue diamond 42cb9bb624 from Partak, a53c2ba81d and…”76dfe366d307b764
The aide 4bd4f37573 flipped to 974b028d29 the next f95bd3b53c page, continued ab2f27a065 listing the 848e6f0036 gifts, and a8d933074e then turned b6e8a5c020 to another d20fea1e26 page. Finally, after reading 57b66638ee the last item, f359821781 he took a fa68755ad0 deep breath.029fd3b3c26f0204
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The list 118b357afd was excessive.e57b5b9b0d53d147
Honestly, Kaiden didn’t need 66239944e1 to go to such 6407a8f730 lengths. As the future head 41a8ef714f of House Baisen, he 34baa43ecc knew that no matter dd99f96f03 how incompetent the prince cc28a92cac was, he wouldn’t dare d5f402ee0f go against his family.e56ed4f9721885bf
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“…That concludes the list.”b6ce4bac76a531f6
Silence.c390ea6c2305e2bd
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“My Lord?”bd19b5c44d52ae1e
Still no response.e04dca0c7c73da88
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The aide adjusted 5dcd3ca0fb his small glasses 0ba366ba5a and raised his efb31a2a88 voice.503778bbc5f89d75
“My Lord, 6ff5d9fb26 is there dd99e88c49 something on 5840d0b191 the list 2f42f78286 you’re not 52742e791b satisfied with?”bb797e213fbaa4b7
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At last, Kaiden’s eyes b7ed9ebd2e refocused. Pressing his fingers against 0a6e9682f2 his temple, he finally dcd093c1b5 spoke.5547d49b853b7945
“You made sure my 07308ccb95 gifts are more valuable 6950416948 than my brother’s, right?”cba9d1ac850a04bf
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“Yes, my Lord.”f19a1e5a593622e5
“Then that’s enough.”98539bf2e65dfb82
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The aide 72a2f0132b bowed his e8e08072cc head, holding dedff3b533 back a a38aef374a sigh.62140e8a7a18a954
‘Lately, he 4144333104 seems even eece77687d more fixated 86e373ebde on Duke cde51577d7 Harold.’e5be31c3b985adfe
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Kaiden had always disliked f7e9dd2fa9 Harold, but until now, 33c9a553c0 it had never led 14e26bbdcf to such unnecessary spending.46102cc08811787f
It was 4f6f0c470e an unplanned a2a58dc19e and massive 38441897ae expense—an amount 695c3e8823 that made 33550e2f7e the aide’s 221ac3b38c stomach turn 442fd898b0 just thinking 302c43dd5d about it. Despite his close 363089cd2d aides, including the 90a74edab3 butler, advising against 54d839e31b it, Kaiden didn’t 4bb4544098 flinch.4297606f24aafacb
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‘Well, I suppose it 1e825a05e8 doesn’t matter.’5cc24cece3fc3800
After all, 4cec12db8a his lord fb592462c2 was the 0ccb6e8e92 heir to 0a1a5e1566 the Baisen b770087e51 family.f0149bf31d352296
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Besides, a recent 71f291bf28 report from the 142a97fe64 household physician confirmed 3e12a36626 that Harold’s illness b87d63aee6 was worsening.03bba5ae51112584
‘He may put on d99335e1f3 a strong look with 4c35bee133 painkillers, but his time 4007c1362c is running out.’3c726601d1593b0c
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Once Harold 2f272bb377 was gone, 541df0349f all his ae5b489c87 wealth, assets, 1189b98947 and businesses b156e2b72c would belong 8c70f4c771 to Kaiden. Compared to that, today’s 06d9ad4bf7 expenses would be insignificant.943ae11417645e27
“It’s time to leave.”71b0eee791278b08
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“Safe travels, my a1cd293152 Lord.”90d9e369f1877f21
Kaiden boarded 643d732470 the carriage, 2c1bbbaf92 which moved 5c5e6e6cfd smoothly forward.77b887a2797f8cd5
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As the scenery 32b9dc70da outside changed rapidly, 350112b5a2 his gaze locked 83007d5a8e onto a pink fcda9d80f4 blossom on a 2701bfcf42 tree.184fc2a8864abf80
The delicate petals 29b7410daf reminded him of 2cf1b5e183 a woman—a woman b1dafd05f8 whose cheeks would fc6719ffe5 flush red whenever ff50911060 their eyes met.f5a93788b73ae5d4
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Even after the c234376d59 flower disappeared from f753c6a7f4 view, he found d87e1b7d91 himself unable to 0bfe271081 look away from 2163fc8d33 the window.ea4b350e6d5fadf4
A voice echoed in 7407d5d7be his mind, shaking him 98cb23e69f to his core.5adab9bb770be042
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“Now you understand, don’t 0bcea2657b you? Diana never truly 9257f74f2b loved you.”b20dfed927e4017c
Kaiden clenched 1d6816fef8 his fist 1066537b01 so tightly c9b4de7125 that it 861154df46 felt like 0fa8dbf7df his veins d9ae59b19a would burst, 686a41e430 showing his 59dcfae4fb teeth like f536c2ad1c a beast 3d597ed61a defending its 3a7cd1e1b5 territory.ec0dd8d0a9fe2daa
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“… To 8f32be1f19 think I’ve e832a38899 been fooled b32e5d7a41 by Diana, dccfefbbca acting so 19f972c641 smug.”e995c244f7f95b11
His displeasure reached its daf95e596a peak, and his red c6a3128a9b eyes seemed ready to 1530f1bcad burn the entire sea.50aa294aeab6b105
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Even after realizing 173d42f4a1 the reason for 5f17dd0d60 his uncontrollable rage, 147f604b55 his daily life 91b589f2d9 remained in disarray.853c598dc3447c18
Kaiden was convinced 9416c9c8e4 that his anger 9d517a40c6 toward Harold was 905cdfde71 what caused it.4dfcf4a30d7795c4
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But today, 7c43416568 it would 5974b93a73 all come 1718032af0 to an 9f824f2e13 end.3038832e89b4e726
‘Brother, playing love 71ed53c3be games is fine, 477ac173dd but you shouldn’t dfa41b9cdc have mocked me.’b3caa8e9f1271710
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Today, he 48fb141fe8 would uncover d7690c78ce Diana’s true a15387bcbd feelings.9c9197236bab993c
He was prepared to bc2dba3efa use a method he 91de5f0668 had avoided until now—one 4fa7e48e52 that would surely expose 5dbc5bcc68 the truth.127f315c75bc06b0
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‘No matter 3f636e7983 how much 09f3a78846 you pretend, 790337f887 Diana, I 0c050d822b know you 33e6c6c0d9 still love a8b8242702 me.’ad9c2a33e429a4bf
And when db6a836771 that happened, 7dfd8cdb4c his brother—always 4e8758deff standing arrogantly 5078d0bbc4 above him—would 353335bae4 finally crumble.2867dfdaf7b01956
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Watching Harold’s smug f07ab9a546 face twist in 23f817e00e despair would be c94cedfde4 a satisfying treat.34908ebca63d2e87
Kaiden smirked coldly.c774e0f64427ef82
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By then, his 06e1345715 carriage had arrived bd32b8e681 at Count Garcia’s f01496adb6 estate.0695c765bc0e3183
As he stepped out, 23766bc4e8 the count’s butler greeted 63cb274103 him.7756358606de79f0
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“Welcome, Lord Kaiden. Please wait a moment b2c63c3bb0 while I summon Lady e61ffeb278 Ella.”b6c3e72a526f3ac3
“Very well.”d6951d0d3c6f97dc
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Kaiden glanced around as 3fe85038c1 he waited.a9b409c5d7674227
Traces of Diana lingered b27e11b673 throughout the mansion.2f93e8c375dfe726
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He could vividly 15daf35a1d recall how she 9d11aadeed used to follow 780746e653 him around, always 12e57bca05 eager to speak 1b9a027f8f with him.bf442b252db784fe
‘Back then, I found b0e8696208 it annoying and tiresome.’e546755484153803
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But looking back fa1c29b2d6 now, she had 8c785af6ef been rather cute.adbfd8df2532289b
‘No… nothing 1f26b2d0fc has changed.’8a12b726233bad53
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Diana was just 023d66e27e acting.8163eb36c97b375f
By the 04c61c86f1 end of 21a2a77e8f today, she 77e816a751 would drop 3f0ab1ba10 the act ba78cc8544 and return 819aa57545 to chasing 38f5dab0ba after him 47cb396d82 like before.62b2b03f6165513b
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She would have no acf44cc634 choice.756e53b030e56870
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“My Lady, c3379155fc we’ll style 461166ae3c your hair 765cefbf55 as discussed 75488d96ff last time.”232624ecc12c00b2
“I’ll begin your makeup 9052f956e1 now. Please close 7ee6d94b58 your eyes 6aa67d57c0 for a ab05e31faa moment.”45577c0212838bab
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I sat still, letting a813feaf8e the maids work as ea44d32876 my mind wandered.08673ed2878cfd09
‘If things 78fae4a009 go well 181d61c366 today, the 628cd53830 events that 56c6adcaff were supposed 0f2c95605b to happen ea31d378bf three years b87a0a44cc from now 59efd1e382 might be cc10d94724 set in f9b9ac81ff motion early.’54d3b3e574197088
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According to Harold, Prince 9594b2f843 Andrew wanted to improve 6d655aa2ab the lives of the 14d865ef16 empire’s citizens.e974479c5186ce8f
For someone like 2a242a69a3 me—who had once 622c244110 been reborn into afa5a899ed this world and 4e548cfc04 lived in fear 0c14c6467a while struggling on e39911b482 the streets—it was 697ea2250e the best news 2404d2da3a I could hear.a26ff3e6c5a83bac
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Just then, 6d19c51eda a knock 7ee9c99271 sounded, and 84b0f87c53 Harold entered ad1850969e my room.3a71811f6a7d4996
“Are you ready?”245ae9a5cb17420f
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“Yes! You arrived right on cbb975260a time!”13f22fa07949bf66
The servants quietly exited, 3776c889f0 leaving us alone. I approached Harold, expecting 7a82034741 him to offer his ba7e2c30d7 arm for an escort.4e316397a3874ca2
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Instead, he simply 9d0ca3f107 stared at me.98a966166f11cd17
“…Is something on 0c702a8a8c my face?”071f2987b8bb5f11
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“Diana.”1de98402de53b964
“Yes?”33f2c474e8d20975
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“How about wearing the 498281a391 perfume I gave you?”8828270a938ca670
I blinked in surprise.485978e8ec02b70f
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“I wasn’t going to 5ed9f829a9 since we’ll be near ef36c1eff4 the forest… Why?”bf31fae528251d9c
Harold walked past me 18262f534b to the vanity, his 0b3b27c05c broad back facing me.c400060806df3667
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“Most of the f748fff94f nobles in the a77e83a038 capital will be 2dd3057624 there today. Even many of the 5614c43579 provincial lords are attending.”39d8e9f4a95253ef
He picked up the e9dd5548d3 perfume bottle from the c82294a4d7 table and turned to 4f4832737b face me.5ec58283a5574741
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“This will be 496a371d1e the first time 64f3891f0b many of them 71b4a7d996 see us as 07d5c69333 a married couple.”a41c64713038f0ca
“…”ea09ff47cc776bd5
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“So, I 7be62ccf00 need to 170dd7c06c make it 4c1bd857b9 clear just 2275bcd1f5 how obsessed 2a927fbd07 I am 299306ace0 with you.”551be7d17b99cd3f
Harold’s sharp 032ddd291b gaze locked a84699f29c onto me. The small bottle 19a28b1f0c of perfume rested 56e7fc399f in his hand.88e7ad467062e02e
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“…I see. You want to prevent bfc558c18b people from suspecting that b578d11974 our marriage is fake.”67ab53b4a9253504
Harold was highly 53ed6fdcf4 possessive of what 5d9352e561 he considered his. I remembered the first 76573dd29e time I had worn e35a7159ce the perfume—how the noblewomen’s fc715f429f reactions had been strikingly 810cbd9e6a different.6e0a9fa0ab619a74
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Given that, d4dc0fc911 this did eb7caf25dd seem like 7671801848 an effective 689dec13b0 strategy.9e17213e851121ab
“….”432e296fd858b4c5
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Harold stayed silent. I took that as 8ca703020c his way of saying 69adce0790 yes.91091c37092cc9a4
‘He could’ve just said that it’s to keep people from suspecting our marriage is fake.’88cbf370531146c0
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Why did he have 3a5bf1612a to say it in e04633e5a0 a way that made 8012795ffd my heart drop? It made me think 68fd95ce5d of things I shouldn’t, 6cfbbfc18e even though I was eabe239415 already struggling to adjust. I shot b73e9101b6 him a 1d0e2b56f8 slightly annoyed 93c0bb9d8b look.0be0e7222017696e
Then, I held b14a0929d4 out my arm, 40a88e7ecd signaling that I’d 2016ea5e3f wear the perfume.d74bc86a7408defe
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“I’ll put it on for you,” Harold said.fbaa13494ac60f33
“I can do it myself.”b8feeb558504c3d3
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I reached 9e4c630d9d for the 00231bd312 perfume bottle, b7949ee602 but he 2700acf6ea moved it 1f198d2d0d out of 34e6d070ec my reach.a3e62a134ec6b713
“Harold?”8e9ad9743ffc70d3
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“Yes, Diana?”9d2d6cf29cc7067e
His eyes met mine, c08b937fd5 narrowing slightly like a 97dd1be875 cunning fox. His smile fcb331f3d8 looked sweet, 52886dc71d as if ae100288fa he’d do 0a38da7729 anything for ff9b8a706d me, but 3f1960851a there was 8f766cffb2 a deep f437f0433b stubbornness behind 8d5edcf5cc it.7814d8f56746b856
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‘Why is he so fixated on this?’d1f22648053f759e
He was like 4b6e85c464 this when he 75ffbc7d74 first gave me 37cdc4731a the perfume too. It was 77bbab62c2 such a 679d5c5cd0 weird thing b2ede53beb to insist e3419e8edc on that 072665a610 I couldn’t ed49151135 even argue.31069d64b6a37d78
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“…Fine, do as you like.”e47eb9810173911f
With a sigh, I 01d0a35ad5 let him do as e2b44e11ad he pleased.cd433a0683d6163e
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Harold moved in close, a4eac45049 so close that I 6a397f9b1f could see only his fee764fcba chest. I’d gotten used f187311cfa to this kind 18892bfa02 of closeness, but 05b9902898 my eyelids still 3b207c23d0 fluttered nervously.392efae9a135f1e1
The scent of the 0b88c2479f forest that clung to 6f0421448d him grew stronger.acc45acc78b215d4
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His breath brushed against 9d42db6cc3 my neck as he 5e1c318385 applied the perfume.375d1bfbaeeaef43
“As I thought, it suits you.”e25df82db2887004
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“….”70b495ff0d5fe44a
“Maybe because it’s the perfect scent for my wife.”0dd7c59d7a8d202c
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Harold stepped back c2a2fff2b0 slightly, a satisfied 9d5df8207c smile playing on cfc5cba337 his lips.30df99eb0e8ff77d
“I like it.”41387fb0addc31a4
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Thump, thump, thump. My heart pounded loudly 5140f7e9eb in my ears.32518645463fb498
That sly, dangerous 506d382b12 face!986e3de4b01499d7
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He always managed 9020429c18 to say things 98f0dc61c8 in a way 8598f31e1b that made them 8cf89d8854 sound… strange.c9c1b33ee0841afb
I gasped 2e6e41b66a inwardly and 70d06e2247 slowly backed 29305c39f5 away. But in my f77220776d flustered state, my b06023054b feet got tangled, 18c6119093 and I lost 6c8de27572 my balance.e96e61253fea816a
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“Ack!”af8fac8750baf9a3
I braced myself ff971900f5 for the fall ff7ed78915 and shut my f9f26fd23a eyes tightly—7bc88cdf74718713
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But before 8d9880b791 I could 4bfebe14f1 hit the 80e6118580 ground, strong 8f6f202d15 arms wrapped 45d4f5a1c0 around my de60465b56 waist.c85093fcade0e173
“You should be more careful, Diana.”0a5e4d2102c497e8
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Harold’s hands lingered, his 5653c9064b warm fingers grazing my 0f5b478be9 burning ears.a9305fc0460cb5d4
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