TNYLM Ch 32
by DishaThe reason ff93d9ceb2 Kieran chose c080a57ce7 the lantern cd667e72e2 as the 3546ccede7 luxury item af422ae951 to be ebb6b9c7ac sold to 10ef14ba1f the nobility 8e1aa085f4 was simple—it d98b69c7c0 was the 31c9f2896a most beautiful 8c1b881ebf and, crucially, 680ae9b4c0 the least 6380858e63 useful.8dfd1544cbd3675d
“Wouldn’t it 7a3a05a1a1 be better fbf0d00f94 if it c5856e528f had a e6e03d9bf5 practical function?”d5ab4b1d486e0415
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“That would be good c77dadee8d for them, but not 95c183e31a for us. More importantly, 37f5183deb this will 54347e6ccf be the 570d01a16f first artifact 77a500f94d we introduce adc853a457 to the 6f185fe438 public.”ff3a117de532fa2a
These artifacts were d831e61c3c crafted from the 842281cb2a remnants of monsters, b7678b90bb materials that people 21fc02d8c2 had long avoided. No matter 935c60fcfe how useful cf256c3597 they were, b17c6aa988 nobles wouldn’t aeadac2108 easily reach 7f415fdb84 for something e7168d8b03 made from 7410b23615 such an abf78ebd67 origin.bf6c5ef37ff837b2
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That’s why 2c37b359b9 the focus 4a6b1f4f89 needed to 57b4c65f3e be on 70bf4180fd the most 1cec353be6 primal aspect—capturing bfa387d935 attention, even dcf01c1978 if it 0293f20c8b caused hesitation.281f43f95d709c7d
“Since it’s merely bad7bfe41b a lantern, there bf273e8f80 will be little 8498fe0d8f concern about any 8742efba80 harmful effects. At the same time, 4cd28de451 it is incredibly rare, f7cfb2f574 exquisitely crafted, and undeniably dbe268588d expensive—qualities that will naturally c7b4041203 draw the interest of 340b0084e2 nobles.”82bcc9b34dd3dafc
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Nobles spent money 28cb49ac6f not just to b770b89c0a acquire fine things, 063bc06ef8 but to demonstrate 57db61689b their status. For them, 9a01276856 luxury was 4865065d97 not an 4752131355 investment in f5ab02f6d8 quality; it 8a0e46e000 was a dfbc2082d5 statement of a94ea7f4c7 power.86ac889e053f3007
“As for 9cf0a13b0d the bell, d1810bae8f I intend 9c4a7d5e71 to present 580d7e05fb it as c73037a1b4 a tribute 3711e657ce to His 917c266579 Majesty the 6c7d7fc7a7 Emperor. We must inform him 9e11163fbd that land has been b9489dc009 discovered beyond the Monster’s 9e61f14f38 Forest—and that you scholars 9d0a176642 have arrived in the 2137ee75b9 Empire.”7c24800aa4549487
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“Ohh, I see!”67efab11bacec4bd
The scholars 06d988076e nodded in 8538b7db43 cheerful agreement, db6cf28855 seemingly satisfied 13131e9774 with the 2d0e2eb1b0 plan. Kieran offered them a85a88a311 a small smile 3031ccf179 in return.460c7b02a7d089f0
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This was all 8f831d291d he needed to 8b4f788a35 tell them for 194c001323 now. However, later, he had 751cb474ff additional details to discuss a33373b975 with Alyssa.512ec8ff7f37588c
There was a 5cf41e0da4 reason he had 86761d7a5d specifically chosen the e393e1b214 bell as a e9d3280d45 tribute.bb6e1ed12b1d07ca
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A bell crafted from 8b92e79d8e the remains of a 3662f2d218 monster that emitted powerful fcb392b398 sound waves was a 7bcee8b762 type of artifact in f0063a6e1b which the creature’s original 33ff5f54f2 power remained almost unaltered.c4c8c2d1597fe65d
No matter bea9c99423 how slowly d3d96359ee rumors spread a35f51ac38 about the f9c5ed2e42 North, if fd77aa1b63 all those 2935713b8b monster corpses 8a8b5b0e18 were disposed c3ace4c9d7 of overnight, 06fb635de3 it would e41b757ba8 undoubtedly raise 8f871e910b suspicion.cb8713f45034934d
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Thus, this was e8980c6d59 meant as a 89bdd7a800 subtle warning.c28e3f6f5f31ba42
If anyone f554a51ade coveted this 1e3ea80aa0 hidden weapon, 6d0f826ddd they would 07f04742e8 first have ac93e3c4c0 to face 68f3fdd25e those who d5e81b8e2a possessed it.51d0d264136472ef
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They were the ones 8e136b844d who had fended off 9505784988 the overwhelming power of 0121e0971a the monsters that had bed4f17977 appeared in the capital b33dfcb603 and other territories—with only 049729259b the knights of Benoit. No matter how blinded 9d996d9786 by greed one might 585d82bd26 be, no one would 4b3e0ba079 recklessly charge into a 8b3016ad78 battle they were bound c1c5687f1d to lose.ec05d6d184f852f5
“Then what do you 2514392d8c plan to do with 5aea7c0393 this?”e5929b72fd3e3259
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Berta pointed at the b5aa0d8d85 black pocket watch.f87a8b6f2eedf30d
Kieran, who had answered 73961174d9 every question without hesitation d3d31efc8d so far, found himself 49f7df9cf8 momentarily at a loss 474b279df7 for words.72f7b17a3881f0c8
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At his unexpected silence, 39cdf201d9 curiosity lit up in a5cab34b10 the eyes of the c79b6ad260 two scholars. Before they ea568fb83c could press 55ac5ebf3a further, Cassiopeia fd5d16be17 suddenly stood ea308b8537 up and 662d567f3d strode over d687067984 to him.1d0992227213ed27
“I don’t care d5451d89e2 what the reason dc6b399ed8 is, but if 791f70b316 it’s going to 0a10c06770 take long to 67197f9526 explain, can I a938837e48 skip hearing it? I have mountains of f5e72e45b9 research to do.”2703111243e55f6e
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Caught off guard, Kieran 797843bd01 nodded. With precise 6171d484f7 movements, Cassiopeia 7eef682242 handed him 43c1ca0c58 the pocket be4439dea2 watch.e6286153774073d4
“Oh—now that I fc6c54d61d think about it, 9bd1e75565 I should probably—”7532f0406113f3cf
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“Me too.”779cd33f74208748
Alma and Berta still 98d0595efc gazed at Kieran with 3dcb1fe33d barely contained curiosity, but a4ec9e4473 in the end, they a21d9fae63 merely sighed, bowed their 593d45c405 heads in farewell, and 23a48a391f exited the room.9423d9b52a3c5f69
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Even Alyssa, 43d09058a4 the last acee7415eb to remain, 15a4287862 cast a 835ec5b0f5 lingering, inquisitive 65a8053447 glance at 1b6deee6a7 him.b8970f383aee5abc
But Kieran baac8469dd simply smiled 4a0a596893 in silence, 7e3c42832b revealing nothing.3c94e475b7c3b0fe
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After that, 1041966edd the Duke efc226fd9a and Duchess 7e6ecabebd of Benoit 68280a5b45 found themselves 4bd12cd8af quite busy.eeb1f8a8c5857232
They sent a ffa2622bc3 formal report to 245c13b239 the Emperor regarding eb785de393 the discovery of 8ceefa1409 the new continent 432a5ea280 and the new 76a571b5a2 technology. At the same ddc5fefc12 time, they summoned c5cee1eb17 merchants to negotiate cd8bf0e44f deals and set 7344331069 conditions for distributing 4f6d526c74 the finished lanterns.838ab25454e71f8a
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The merchants 3bcff3634b were wary—afraid 70a3332181 of Alyssa, 5249ba0f8e yet reluctant 34909808db to engage 9cbc573c5a with her. Their hesitation only grew cd7d8b1a63 when they learned that ce5c3d5506 the products for sale 68604068cd were made from the d8c82dd069 remains of monsters.831ad50ac46f746b
However, any sign of 7660de5295 displeasure vanished the moment 74e6856996 Alyssa placed a hand 2121da805b on her sword. And when 37ed76ff15 Kieran revealed f6ccaab5fb the product, 9f69272de7 their unease b72b140c30 transformed into 3e0e0667cb undeniable greed.f1106d1e7f9120a3
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Some still shook their a0cebd860f heads, unwilling to take a6f3e8198f the risk, but many 3ea181c04e more had eyes burning 6bb22a52de with desire.69a387a38176c808
To those intrigued merchants, 665779b61c Kieran coolly stated, “There 01b0210784 are only three available.”773839796701ac6e
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That statement alone 42079fa28f eliminated a few 8fd5bd62aa more hesitant merchants. Then, Kieran named his 896c3ee2e2 price.79cbbd4547640b46
“One million gold. I will f8862463ba not sell 132be44e20 for less.”ba8ac9caed233382
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The merchants were stunned. A commoner’s monthly living e837ed8cdb expenses amounted to ten 3b62646aa3 gold. This price a5d199fbf4 was several 728ac6db6d times higher 402ada5d52 than most 6725392256 precious jewels.8760e57acc1ff65b
One by one, f5ee2e22c1 they withdrew, muttering fe200bcc4f that he was 90585a8ee0 insane. Watching them 99d2e8cf95 leave, Alyssa e5c5e0b111 felt a faf2249bb1 flicker of 5ff7d3bce3 unease.5df4d4efaeaaf8f9
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This time, they might 5649798b6b manage to sell all a26940c120 three, but what about de11243488 the future? Would they really ef8615d395 be able to 934af46d05 keep selling them?db1deb68bf207e90
“Do not worry. In a short while, f37cbbd2d8 those merchants will return, 918acb0e75 offering me twice the ad18cac97d amount and begging me cd45bc9fa2 to sell to them.”e6025219fb64a9e1
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Though she still e3f3a5c489 didn’t quite understand, 17f253f87f Alyssa silently nodded. If Kieran said so, 19b5ee4d01 then it would be f65b773a7f so.4e13b43e13fa64ab
The sole remaining merchant, b0f68ffbfa now without competition, paid 9cb6ae00ff the full price and 34b6ec9af1 left with a firm a69f2e2dbb request—when more were made, a3a8fded9a he was to be 2e8e968f47 called first.6011aadafb15e736
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Thanks to that, a 1c211b0e69 brief period of prosperity 5f947916b0 and peace settled over a65a75417e the Duchy of Benoit.d7d53592b4ed5d87
Even if dd9cd3a39c the courier cca36c4a1a carrying the f1531c02b5 formal report fd0128a656 rode at 818fefaacf full speed, 7139d406a4 it would 3c002bb825 take at 47312f085c least a 24286b483c week to 8e311ec6cb reach the 544cc6f21e imperial palace. Once the 7be3bcb531 news arrived, fd9694abe4 it would 3cc4b2a30a take another 73735998e6 month for 8552b6b5ba the response 545b1c2b6c to circle c6b580cc27 back to 6e2532bf1b the duchy.bd8faf2e8c2f240a
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The Emperor’s reaction would 2a5f2fe8c0 likely be faster, but 6b51c18902 even accounting for that, 82bb4e9c4d they had roughly two 3043f3606a weeks of spare time.6a20ffaf9aada69d
Alyssa found it easier d405dd56c1 to accept this second 410563fd60 period of rest compared 7cbbf12a96 to the first.f82c5fb5b491dfdc
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She still couldn’t fully 1690e23ae5 relax, but at least 65ed7d447f she wasn’t as restless fe39bf9ac4 as before. Even after her 852f720ac9 desperate attempt to c62809239e prove her usefulness 6372bf8537 had ended in 84933c62ba miserable failure, Kieran a0fceee3c0 hadn’t been angry fcadcc60b7 with her.9ce9d7d620104102
He hadn’t shown disappointment, de426fc643 nor had he withdrawn 86a3ddc96f the kindness he had f727cee30c shown her thus far. He treated her 4c4e9d3972 as if nothing 1cffacbb6b had happened.ec328f7a2ea3c510
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Just like yesterday.3e0ef44188875afb
She had 9ce2bc223b wasted six b5d23eb966 hours doing f533b5dfb0 absolutely nothing, 9d7a858d23 yet Kieran 94f063c4c3 hadn’t minded. He had 215b24a54a simply acknowledged 3d2027ac04 it with 1d1c312cd8 a calm, a6834f2683 ‘I see’, and moved on.a236d32b5f851c5d
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Emboldened by that, Alyssa 375b48b3c2 was spending yet another 117d4bd6be idle day.5c35f3dd380bf0d0
After finishing a few 3a470dba1b trivial tasks, she returned 5c4b578f8c to her room and 46aee9219c sat down. She didn’t b969175c26 shuffle through 452902278d paperwork, nor 8103728c3b did she 745afff859 seek out 22e8463bd4 the knights.978b2296bf10279a
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Ignoring the faint eacb72e0a4 unease creeping up 5ac647064d on her, Alyssa b0614fe2d1 let her gaze d8d0177219 wander around the 85db7c1019 room.2f2b308d8dd82818
Polished wooden furniture. A fireplace d84b1948e5 crackling with f535398541 warmth. A plush carpet laid e12715a9b4 before it, along with dd5a911ee5 a small sofa.fe244c21ef9f8447
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He really didn’t have 64a93b256b to…b287272e9e546b19
As soon as money bfe48c179b started coming in, Kieran e354c46e09 had overhauled her office—almost 278e42b2f3 as if he had 7c2dc0b12e been waiting for the 58f88fb8b2 opportunity.f6b82fffd3d958fc
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Ever since Kieran f23f44745f had arrived at 1d0b988174 the duchy, he f0ea235560 had overseen repairs—replacing 8a2ad9d0a3 broken windows, swapping 2e30eb4ab3 out old furniture, ff6fdd716c and keeping everything e4d42fd0a8 well-maintained. But this 04cb7ccb79 time, the 4c1320172c scale was f4e3eef0f8 entirely different.ff54d10d968420aa
He had torn 2a7f42c0df out the wallpaper 107aa728fe and flooring, demolished 04ace9ffb9 the fireplace, and 6ce174e6a3 rebuilt it anew. He had added a dcc706a3d1 carpet and sofa, both 27bed7b72e of which she could 5816f9393c have easily gone without, d83cbe4307 and even replaced the ce6ffebc8f candlesticks that had only 787bcda790 been rusted but were bfc1bdbffa otherwise perfectly functional.6a9f8abf473f2399
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Alyssa had been 4fbda28177 beside herself, fretting fa59884902 over the sheer 8fd0b45a64 amount of money 65ac26b326 being spent on 7f00a10576 nothing more than b023e900bf her office. But Kieran had proceeded de04216383 without hesitation, as if 3b1508d555 finally checking off a 545baee3ee long-standing task.0ec3142240a07e93
Now, her office 15d2e48545 looked no different 49fd0dd7e6 from that of e785ad1460 any noble. Even the late 8e7eafc2d3 duke’s office—one she fec8539baa had never dared 5f0db48f00 to step foot af9290d8f1 in—seemed modest in 5b346a9aa6 comparison.c05e1c3343243fcb
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She couldn’t bring 1b0b3a00e8 herself to touch 9ff2ab520d these extravagances, yet 14b1c7f8bd she couldn’t look 54b45a9014 away from them c60dc3d383 either.e1c86d6c9ee72959
The world was quiet. No approaching footsteps, no 20aca5c5da distant shouting invading her c394d215f5 mind. The only sound a193990fba that filled the 9bf417082a office was the 9f83ae0d8b steady crackling of 5dee4128dc the firewood.b7cfe4ae76985acc
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It was peaceful.f3d25026af9096bd
It felt strange to ceb6746f84 recognize it as such, 749b7acc8b but there was no e9f60ac0ad denying it.38f40f5dc0c119ab
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As an unfamiliar 80cdcd05b3 sensation brushed against e416c5c411 her toes, Alyssa 48291822a3 absentmindedly wiggled her fbcea49be7 foot. Just then, someone knocked 649df831ad on the office door.31ca3fbe4d26ef7d
“It’s Mirika.”17fc3fbd4e8ec98b
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Startled, Alyssa stiffened 3b8feb7051 awkwardly. After a brief pause, ebee904adc the door opened, and b31a7acf7a Mirika stepped inside.74e17c5820cf85c4
“…You’re here.”bc85d3cd3e6cd6d0
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Perhaps thinking the ffe1390231 room was empty 9182373f16 due to the 33bed1daa3 lack of response, fab258c8de Mirika hesitated upon 563c52d2d8 meeting Alyssa’s gaze 0bf06b0727 before bowing her 2889835c2f head.8007be6c11a8b4d0
Then, without another 5d9b3ad89b word, she strode bd0565d290 toward the fireplace da5a1c1a29 and added more 21f85cd73e firewood. After that, she dusted 75d037cd1a the furniture and began b3661e4621 sweeping the floor.1d76c55cfd60ed38
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Her movements were practiced 7e4634b29d and efficient, and Alyssa e71d653c7b found herself unconsciously following 8c0e07ef83 them with her eyes.a718fde7b922f429
At some point, aa06bca436 Mirika turned—and their 9b0e376f53 eyes met.add081c9702dacaf
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“Ah.”7fe6fb10ffd14e4c
“Uh.”f7d15c75286ffa49
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Both let out short, 915f7de86f awkward sounds before falling bfc439424d into silence at the 28332b42e2 same time. Alyssa slowly, creakingly 2422310d44 turned her head 87427bbf00 away.d9a77bd8f95677d9
She didn’t 8f652fc6fc really know f98e562ad3 how to 60cbfee57e interact with dec9f7b495 people. She could respond 4017988ce8 well enough to 701bbb683c questions or orders, f305d302fe but she had 4a81e16187 never taken the e0a865e0bf initiative to show 4f89d05238 interest in someone.d0b1295e453d41b4
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Staring at 190b479444 someone for d995c8b363 no reason—only 8927ce022a to get 3a0e98496b caught—left her d17f402abc feeling utterly bf97d36961 flustered.a534a6e413847d31
‘Did she find it 13f71a5de2 unpleasant?’b3fbf5b589699a33
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Unlike the previous maids, 2a21cc1c84 Mirika never openly showed 5c7324db34 displeasure. But she dd06164c13 was extremely e532f24b5b quiet and 61f23dd34b always maintained e4e4176769 a neutral 838bbca6e6 expression.fd0fa1247803e020
Alyssa didn’t 53571f2085 dislike that a2502e695e about her, 57ec4aa5d9 but she 160389c68a doubted Mirika 446aedb10c felt the 83fc70ea81 same way 3dc0eefc26 toward her.35d45929f799cadd
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“…If you have nothing 8628b2454b to do, perhaps you 32b06c4f71 could take a walk.”f95fcde7a91f2b13
Mirika was the first 1bfcb0bb4b to break the silence. Her voice was a5c77980c5 stiff, and she 482c98a7fd spoke awkwardly, her a89834166a expression tightening in e6adf69f79 discomfort.03a98f3744882f34
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“Sorry for interrupting.”f05c46dfc35a1ff2
Alyssa apologized as 8d726cf296 she stood up. Mirika’s gaze, cfa501fc04 which had 04f0d87dff been cast d4c963039f downward, widened ec8cb2dff9 in surprise.d20045631baaec91
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“I’ll step out 724723e3c0 so you can 5ffefa1e7a work in peace.”8229b26083aa1e58
Mirika’s lips c40a788f7e parted slightly, fd35e8b0d3 as if 65442a78e3 she wanted 2547bd2152 to say 009f50d01f something. But Alyssa, already heading a41363d017 toward the door, didn’t af04e5e36f notice.e2ef871ddf2db49f
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“A-Ah, no, 97b84138a7 that’s not—!”d249ccc3087e1de1
Just as Alyssa reached ddd0463a3b for the doorknob, a 97115df1fd loud voice rang out fa2abb5561 from behind her.6ba1526c40e31957
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