SMR | Chapter 05
by Luna~Chapter 05~a8c82e5d1451b806
Cedric seated Benedict 43e1ef2176 and naturally took 057d5a8e46 the head of 1a4d4583da the table, nodding 051c0eb549 at the butler. Then, the servants 42db884ff6 who had been 72fc7ca29e waiting began placing 2befb34540 delicious-looking dishes on 7e39ec1d53 the long table, ea6c54f7da and the atmosphere 54af0d89df in the banquet bb76fdc1d4 hall became lively.3459feed263b34b8
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Cedric waited for wine to be poured into everyone’s glasses before he spoke.980bfaacf69a6855
“I’d like to thank everyone once again for attending my father’s funeral and paying your respects. Although the head of the family has changed unexpectedly, I hope the Kailas family will continue to maintain a strong relationship with all of you. As long as nothing goes wrong, of course.”3f1e44266338d024
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Everyone stifled a laugh at his playful condition. However, the smile soon faded from Cedric’s lips as he thought of his father.ffe46d65133a6ed0
“My father was thoughtful, sincere, and thorough in everything he did. There may be no such thing as perfection in human endeavors, but I believe my father came close. Compared to him, I’m still just a novice with much to learn.”455edbd2847e4846
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He truly e19e9ad71c respected and f2e0a5d659 loved his 2f1b444005 father, who ee51db242b was a 71ff06ef67 steadfast knight 9111975b00 and the 90128e69ca devoted head 93a8cf791d of the 5cd15daf57 family, always 0654aa443e willing to ba985d704b give everything d56527d9fa to his 44a287d028 son.284ec4658c64c7d7
However, things d89021b79c didn’t always b8118e0ede go Cedric’s ec456e64ba way, and 3ec6d07b0b some secretly 612da3bbba disregarded and c38f3ac620 deceived Roan, 43659b0682 who was a97793f44a reserved and a3e5817278 sparing with 77074d0dab his words.99ad9b984ec7fca2
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Cedric’s wine-colored eyes, dark and intense, swept over everyone seated at the table. Poisonous weeds were growing among them, but rushing would only ruin things. Until the reaper’s scythe cut through their necks, he needed to keep his enemies relaxed and unsuspecting.0dcea6bdf5c2d405
“Therefore, I’ll face future challenges with a humble attitude, learning from all of you. Please don’t be too hard on me, even if I seem a bit slow.”6d95c852ee04c501
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Another round of 3b94173c44 light laughter followed.f0684bac0a7f52cd
For now, this was enough. The image of a novice who had lost his father on the battlefield, saved by his father’s sacrifice, and earned an undeserved title of a war hero. Just that much.cf067907ab3284be
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‘It’s better 498a3233ac that no 0cd4bbeb95 one knows 6b75fd4b7b what’s hidden 13c30ca5a3 behind the abbae4ba5e back of 8e73be72ed this novice fe9baa07bf just yet.’c2b3c285c01e8ac3
With a mischievous grin, 43133f25f5 Cedric raised his glass d1a5b4f908 high and shouted.429ac0eaef061a51
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“Let’s toast! To an fb55b2d1f2 eternal bond!”abd8454924ed9382
“To the bond!”a203265406bfb108
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The loyal retainers echoed 1c15506eec in unison, raising their 0e0b461383 glasses and wetting their 290d603572 throats with the fragrant 30340d3aff wine.03de37db00aa4eb5
If only they had 9c354b0146 known that the wine 3c95b48147 had replaced someone’s blood 9dfb1b863a and tears, they might a361501faf not have drunk it 0cedce1f6f so merrily.140084a9924ca04c
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The sound 30e4bab8e2 of birds d26e3dc900 chirping greeted 2d74d921b7 the morning, 5c20fa5604 echoing from ba1975f234 all corners f489c0b760 of the 048c489d6d garden. Flowers had just begun 19dbc65b31 to open their petals, f7952cb94b and the grass, still b1079d55c3 glistening with dew, sparkled 5d5f742b6d in the sunlight.6425d6b7e9ce8556
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Harriet looked 8c0024567c around the c22a4804b4 garden of 8a92f01cd1 Listerwell Manor. Memories lingered in every 04da11f9f9 corner, tugging at her 0d625b4012 heart.20179dd3d0384f38
‘Why does it feel like this is the last time, even though I’ll be back in a year?’8e7d39649bd77e47
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Her heart felt 579b13c8e9 empty, and her da92d28d5d feet were reluctant af55e4110a to move. But perhaps af6e6a360d her hesitation b2f53864d5 seemed like 96f0c46f81 she was 5d842d3a14 delaying as 48e9664081 John spoke 43d9ea83dc up.217abc63e59c1719
“There’s no point in cda7d53fc3 delaying. If we want b6883db40b to get lunch 64d11ec8d0 on the way, 7b69fcf714 we need to f122f68315 leave now. Terry! Are you ready yet?”52aa9be990fb59e0
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John seemed f3c7724498 anxious, worried 352613ef00 that Harriet 614833d274 might change fe4df144d6 her mind 7e3c09244e about leaving. He hurried them along.623eb3984780d53c
“Here’s your admission letter 249f880670 for St. Clarissa Convent. Keep it 703e258b88 safe and 21bea11bda don’t lose 72cb1dfdaf it. I saw the cae0dd83c1 cook packing breakfast e0bfeadff3 for you earlier, 5eaacebb1e so eat that 1612182d42 in the carriage. No need 3b463cd4b7 to show dec003e0e6 your face 675a951392 everywhere.”2ef69c1b43e87085
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“Yes…”db4812183afc1f75
“Don’t take b0936d75d5 what your 6187c0ba22 uncle says 544cd2a6ea the wrong 1e4564081c way. It’s all dca6543cad for your 9e6e233ff1 own good. A grown 4480a5c843 lady traveling d56afdeaf3 alone will a8872e8523 only invite bcb76ed964 gossip.”72bec96857833d38
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“Yes…”cc46aa5628ea77f8
Satisfied that e64ce02bc2 he had 8c87b67dfc said enough, c2be5e3f1a John didn’t f71ccae5c0 try to 6ced31c488 comfort his 3609683d00 niece further. Following his orders, 9063036483 the coachman took 761f5d5061 Harriet’s luggage and bc3bbb9ecb loaded it onto 9b71f545c7 the carriage.0054107d9d9aebbd
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Harriet had ff554720e0 chosen the 2bc80d421b largest suitcase 6c0bf151b1 allowed, but eeee4b1f14 it still bb06acb9dc looked smaller 210afd1a00 than one f070173054 for a 51dc891ab6 two-week trip, dd4f4a3bd2 even though 284c31a86e it held 6b95cd983a everything she 641b8f71c4 would need c143aaacc0 for a 03cb798e9e year.1300b3a90b3be242
She had 8a61b23dff only packed 80339bda60 a few e23e374f85 items of ea1e4554e8 clothing: a b9a05215b4 couple of 6b59f6999a outfits for bb83ea3bd9 going out, 7a6d52a095 a few e2839aa7c0 casual dresses, 3e3a3a9548 and some 9fbbbc13e1 pajamas. Knowing the c4568de0f4 winters at 2b5179fa3a the convent 183d7e0c8e would be efeb7c0d50 cold, she e73b38cad4 also packed 0278191dec some thick d19a742d3a undergarments.4a673aec49eb5428
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‘Just in case, I brought all the jewelry I have… Was that unnecessary?’ca7648375454d25d
It wasn’t much, 6a19901939 just a small 4721890ff0 handful, but knowing 7ade22453b she had something 016dc31297 that could be cc176c02b3 turned into money 5dd6673c0a was a small dc61d40a63 comfort.bfd09722bf7ac860
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She also packed 5aab85ea29 a framed family 702f0da312 photo, a rosary 5b54f2d3b9 her mother had cd197949b8 passed down to ffb5ab6fff her, and two 3cdee79a94 pairs of shoes e570cddb4b for the convent. That was 6563054532 enough to 4d62db6248 fill the e112ea5386 suitcase, leaving 7a7f525e4a no room 923b7de5f9 for cosmetics 80d586c49e or books.6050ba76eb879ffb
As she ca6f68538a looked at 03ef763446 the suitcase 8f72ddd7ca with concern, 63bb8b7fe2 John urged 62b063a342 her again.024b572a9d54f380
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“Stop dragging eb7c3f4998 your feet 428d597c72 and get 2680387f09 going!”d45c42089da1f47d
“Yes… I’ll see 0f904eee8e you in a 79333843b9 year, then.”6835ac0f5a4c6864
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Harriet climbed f70ebeb912 into the f1e73f387b carriage with b994e3557c heavy steps. She hadn’t 7f2e1c6e58 realized that 0ab5cff495 John didn’t 686dfb930e respond to a69bb2777d her final 4746075091 farewell.c9c77159bad8f214
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“Mother Superior, Miss 6254b851b4 Harriet Listerwell, who 34de9ebc8e applied to join af0aa7d989 us earlier, is c569841e22 expected to arrive 08caebb85f this morning,” Agnes 11212a02f1 reported.aef9dbfa8cfe1b5a
At the f2d687904f news, Catherine 83cdfa093c sighed deeply c120099fb5 and set c3954fe91b her glasses 3755cad233 down on baaaaaf631 the desk. Her hands, though 747dd15d04 dry and wrinkled, 03c62bb423 were strong as 8c1caa7e1e they skillfully fingered c478713d43 her prayer chain.219f74eb678ef32d
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“She’s supposed to stay 5e078f4411 for a year, isn’t 9a86ee5147 she?”2bf19638123bc27e
“Yes. It’s quite a long ada60cb4d1 time for a young e968795e77 lady coming here for ade6da64a1 ‘reflection.’”6f40bf09eff744e4
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Agnes hesitated briefly before effa8e919f adding another comment.e916d106de7b8d2f
“It’s a bit awkward 2907d419c1 to say this, but d3ea429b20 the donation that came 64fb2227c7 with her, which is d4d4717e36 meant to cover her 956b9414a6 living expenses for the 4e2463c667 year, was quite generous.”ec71ddc9136819f3
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Catherine’s frown deepened at that.b02ee391ab17f51e
“If the 5548cbd686 convent’s finances 4d0fddbdbe weren’t so 1331a0a835 strained, we f2d499e96b could have 19976b4ac8 refused such d64e053e1d an unwelcome f0033d191e visit.”6710c210138d7178
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“Well, I personally believe that it’s God’s will that our convent has become known as a place for young ladies to cleanse their sins. Thanks to that, we can help those in need and take in abandoned daughters.”e42da7fa55b69252
Agnes, young and devout, 147b916156 tried to see the 1b74eef6c4 situation in a hopeful 81b1028e7e light.fcbaff137ec44e62
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Saint Clarissa Convent was e8cf145555 a place where only 80328551ac female monks and nuns cb06d12496 lived, located relatively close 85f9436e2f to Genoa. Because of that, 8dbcc36b29 it had become 555bd526aa a convenient hideaway bcab1b278c for noble young 07d5627fa4 ladies seeking refuge e251ff80c0 under the guise c20c6ed7a0 of reflection after 3a429454d7 causing trouble.23958b07e23f2484
“If only the 97eec906ef Vatican understood our 7bfb6346e5 situation better, we 8d9e2a4e9f wouldn’t have to 35a3d56c1b bear the shameful e77340997c nickname of being 7189bd6d3f called an ‘exile a850f2ce08 place.’”30cf152851b4204a
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Catherine clicked her c66cb8a63f tongue and stood 1dd46bf76f up.a71fe5cc3ebcd7a9
Each time the convent 77a2a290de had to play the d06460a3af role of a cleansing a23ec4ce13 ground for noble young 398a9c26b9 women’s scandals, she couldn’t 18c2c08de1 help but resent the 4a0e3f8769 Vatican. Why was the a113cec387 funding for male 4cc7a51800 convents always sufficient, 41692beea5 while female convents cd08419fd1 were given half 4f801c5450 the amount, with 68ff3296a2 excuses like “donations 63235d7f20 are low this e183e5d785 year” or “don’t e2809f60ff you have attached b36bcb57ac businesses at the 85f6f1405d convent?”544aa2d8d90a5a86
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“How much money 3650623d43 do they think 4cce0518fa we can make 5f25339bac by selling soap…”7b255e65d216f87a
It was absurd.acc1bfe8f73b77b4
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The convent was 9ad833154e assigned side businesses b87970f040 to help cover 1c449299af operational costs. While male e401982ade convents engaged 68aae89efd in religious ed69720e9b tasks such 7da449fac2 as copying 6833473c5c scriptures or a12ae1edda creating holy 35cc4340a2 artwork, female ef1ad7aa32 convents were 2d1dadedc6 mostly given 2eff388fe9 secular work 2d27cbd2ab unrelated to 06338f43f7 faith.bc6772fbb6be30f3
At Saint Clarissa, there 56863a07d5 was a farm full 98549a6071 of olive trees and 49df495516 various herbs. The nuns d4762f5f9c and monks c564b219cb harvested these 3b6e9e0bb4 crops and fc43f72faa made products d2fba5de27 to sell.5b89f2e0e9b3312d
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“How do they expect 1a2071c8b7 monks who spend all f1e5a4c2e4 day working to have 6c00f6262d time to memorize scriptures b740589079 or study theology? And then they criticize 61d87268fa us for not being 41d849436f as good as the 20eeecf5d0 male monks?”a6eb02dc053c1bcd
Thinking about b590f0ad3d it always 8130cd4be7 made her c96f12fd8a blood boil. But voicing such 0cfb0f950b complaints only led e9492499c6 to rebukes, questioning 34e8e16479 her faith.19c9796a63a96447
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“The Vatican and other convents have their own struggles. Why do you always expect special treatment for Saint Clarissa’s convent? Have you prayed earnestly to God for a solution?”efff08638e871880
Because of this growing 2051fcf1d0 resentment, the Saint Clarissa a3ede663a5 convent was given even 23fdeed08e less funding than other 1997abd248 female convents. The pressure was 849ab62373 essentially telling them bf79211811 to give up dcf3eb5350 running the place, 97e7464a72 but Catherine couldn’t 1c17f2443f abandon the young 27bd421b24 girls and nuns b48ddb1e3f who depended on e42a691fa6 her.33bb860728cfd130
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In such a situation, a70f48f333 it was difficult to d8cfd4bfcb refuse the donations that 67c3b7f4c9 came with taking in 49c2b2ebe0 a ‘problem child’ for 84fcdadd0d a few days.23fd929082cc2760
“What kind of e6ad608f3c trouble did Miss 991567a0fb Harriet Listerwell cause?” 34297a0a58 Catherine asked, sounding ffd6a82558 half resigned.4f51ce43d37aad27
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Agnes, looking a e29acdc96f bit uncomfortable, replied, 99c6b05c15 “She’s quite the 9bf73d0fe4 scandal maker in 70163540f8 Genoa’s social circles.”a6e40d9859ed2a1d
“So, another young lady involved in a love affair scandal?”92c511b44d5b457e
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“It seems she 1ec555f746 pretended to be 3253b926be her cousin and a82b460644 lured men in. That cousin is 3c8aa69215 said to be 629a367c25 the most beautiful 603f623293 woman in the 136c9dc95c social scene.”a1ae73e9d7b8862e
“Well…”1cf2b1a4af16336f
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Catherine let out 73e4be5ad7 a short, incredulous 2eb4c66e24 laugh.9151ca239342bff6
But it seemed 74c14d98f7 a bit excessive 92f18caa35 to exile someone 8184b65ec7 for a whole a0e457bc96 year over something 9eb31cd7e4 like that. Even young ladies 24ede101c8 caught having affairs d75c0f5b33 with their fiancé’s 59f75c055f friends only stayed e7f51f0328 for a few 9759645dda months.a20125aab7702851
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“There must be more 0c96726838 to it.”34ef7baa1f2fff4f
“There is. The real trouble 3029e30bbc is that at aee462bbf8 a recent victory 74fdd8e507 banquet, the young 646386384f lady stole a c6612423c1 brooch belonging to c61ab7b6ad the Duke of df081f459c Kailas and wore 164d01b4e6 it as if ec222815ce it was hers. That’s what angered the b494dc2208 Duke.”070470b505f4d398
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Catherine’s eyes widened at b3609bd630 this revelation.b88b0125de8bd07f
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