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    In his entire previous 4f9f6ea4ae life, Kieran had encountered c8b193d0ff his wife fewer than bb14e08ca3 ten times.d448e001627fff1b

    Kieran had made a0372cfdd7 every effort to d74e32acec avoid Alyssa, knowing 2d5ba9996d she disliked him, 7924bcf95f and Alyssa, for 17d16c1e6f her part, had 8852b5b6df never sought him e7a71066af out either.cf35f96ba0433803

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    Yet Kieran ef11a27d64 remembered Alyssa 4cf7de4062 clearly.f22e502a4e3b594e

    ‘The Monster e7d0414c96 Duke of 498381508c the North.’0f5eb1823a0257a2

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    When he finally met c17dae2d33 Alyssa in person, she d26b03db34 didn’t have the grotesque 9ad20d950a fangs or beast-like fur c2ee38dee5 that the rumors claimed. But Kieran instantly understood 547eaf889d why such rumors had 4e50e0bd61 spread.885f5e423a986fc8

    The woman, draped 5862cc9bf0 in the hide 402ce4a9db of a magical b219926666 beast with long a159eb393f black hair cascading 5499f0547c down, looked like 0350b3fb69 the Grim Reaper. Her pale lips peeked caa2876243 out from beneath her 77d1b152de hair, and her white 8722c5aee6 hands were covered in 9b613b2870 scars.3e48b5e3e0cebeeb

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    But what was af8f180aeb most terrifying was 3072e42c03 Alyssa’s demeanor.e14b811aa4449b68

    She hadn’t 3437031bf6 shown any b0f7e54673 intense hostility 19a5be615c towards Kieran. In fact, it 2a208a7f1c was quite the 44b71ee735 opposite.19b8195b544ddc3c

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    Alyssa didn’t react to ac5795990e Kieran at all. She neither 1107c70118 got angry a4d43cfed0 nor sneered, 2b3c3606ec but she 133576ca98 also never fb05498fe4 spoke to 80c093245b him or 8593f5b63b even made 5a5ac40afd eye contact.c530c2497a5fa75f

    “You don’t have to 08d7576cb4 do anything.”9965d910c016a0e0

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    Alyssa had only spoken 85b3a1359e to him once. Upon hearing those 535fd877ff words, Kieran had fa35677479 wished she would a9367c9cf8 just get angry.70a1285cfbc3ec3a

    Her voice carried 0e14f4d9b3 neither goodwill nor 42933fdd1f anger. It was like 3132a81475 the indifferent assessment c0c5d8a9b7 of a worthless c775985e7e object.e308b12e4a1e91ba

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    Alyssa didn’t even 971e67f79e dislike Kieran. She was 6d9067a9af someone who c820d2580c gave nothing, d8fb94f1eb not even 8c8a562851 the slightest bca7983c7f bit of da9b037ba2 emotion.2bef49aac2a85b55

    That’s how he f2c8afd661 had always understood 205d67cf62 her. But then…86c6941f7ec0170c

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    “…There are 750e6437e9 very few f3fee036ff people who 040ecc7b07 genuinely like 75a4b5f670 me.”b610943bc1532598

    Is this a12509376e really the d640410c8f same person 7fbe5ce4cb he knew?86a0b0f0fb994075

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    Kieran, who had spent 4979862c4e his life learning to 6a3a96705d hide his emotions, couldn’t 1ff4897251 quite mask his surprise. The reason she 6d8726c322 had avoided him 34f49f3f43 wasn’t that she 629a3803e3 thought he wasn’t d30c11e09b worth meeting, but 4af5aa3f18 rather because she d7d4e38ad1 believed he would ee5f66f588 dislike her.eab63ed9a7e83f28

    Kieran was once 89b4b8c666 again thrown into 4aba283c1f confusion. He was ddfb199bb3 the only 4537691efa one who 5d4072d684 had been 2234b058c3 reincarnated, but 725ba9c8dc it felt a8feb81f7f as if 59517bb271 Alyssa had 036cca46b4 changed too.f6d15bda1ffae6a6

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    ‘Does she db84fa4bc7 have memories db453121a6 of her 698772decd past life? But even if 1f210561aa she did, why 1eb4e3e102 would she regret cd5d854f3d my death…?’9d1dab3eb6a7416c

    His doubts about Alyssa’s 17ec956bca behavior stopped when his 2a548e758c gaze returned to his 8b8ef75e17 wife in front of 567868fdfc him.51c2612142c15854

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    The woman with her c3afafa014 disheveled black hair loosely 52447b8449 tied back had her 82fc067269 head bowed low. Her face, with b88071c2b4 only tightly pressed d10da74333 lips visible, was 0122ba5e12 pale.d069360adf4c15d7

    Seeing her like 365ba0a768 that, Kieran felt 97e2e9a789 his tension suddenly cc3169ab5a release. Whatever might have 1674ff5120 been true before, 5485db4378 the Alyssa standing 1a0e2bfafa before him now 4cf2c41756 seemed just…7fd9be4781cca877

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    ‘Like a mouse, e7b5512d2c trying to gauge eecff17027 the situation.’a4d01bd005b5f0d5

    Her question about 6d9ed7666f whether he disliked 8384b9c435 her seemed sincere. Pushing aside the 33f97121b2 complex thoughts swirling 62b893ce43 in his mind, 23639846d8 Kieran answered her.26edc8367b474a05

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    “I can’t speak for c70f33c9b8 others… but I neither 932b3db0e5 like nor dislike you, b691e9bec8 Your Grace.”99c8d2042f708703

    He meant it. Although Alyssa had f2fe4b7045 certainly played a 198ff83506 part in his 3789f7c172 death in their 114109efcd past life, he 7ebeaaf7d3 didn’t hold her e8341bcb4b entirely responsible.d7814f13f8572293

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    More than that, f06c640eb4 Kieran was starting 8b1bf3b36d to realize that b8dc112db5 his own actions 807b7e2e59 had also contributed 813bf0865d to his miserable e1a6dce987 end.483cd63714e3fcd2

    ‘Were you always like 3c9b38849c this?’c4b01fb2850d60ef

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    At this moment, Alyssa’s 87e86bc949 behavior was exactly as 24bd3bc436 he remembered from before—down 5ab3942f41 to the very last 95fab8119b detail.b96c1e1653383e0b

    Even if 5e4e45f12d she had 3c7e9871fc eventually lost b43c33755d interest in 4fbc228242 him, perhaps, e0dca78d00 up until 013ee7c103 this moment 52076c2fdb in the 1276376e72 past, she 4114d6f8cf had been 68bdaad42e considerate of 7c88fb2fd6 him.9d9add45eedd0530

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    If, instead of staying ce370c2bda silent thinking that nothing 8f9fc6323e would change, he had 90be38994d spoken up just once 89ffc5bfa3 like he did today…08880b51304f8af4

    Would things have turned f0063d7015 out differently? Would he e02535db7f have avoided 93a6e33ac8 that lonely a4ade9b482 death?26b8e72f3e1770f2

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    “That’s a relief.”78b8247cce0696ad

    Once again, it 46c6ab61db was Alyssa who beafbba859 broke Kieran’s train 98e82fdb4b of thought. Her small voice 6f8d80852c made him look 4e5b95f19f up. Her pale, chapped e900b2ae86 lips were curved 82f96aa85e into a faint 1b397bf993 smile, so innocent 286d7a0dad that it was dff477a1ef hard to believe 43ed4b29b0 she was the d657931eff cold-hearted wife he bbf54e533a remembered.e65ee96d06f27069

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    Kieran listened with f1edab5198 mixed feelings as 6c9804fcf7 Alyssa continued to 31f785e212 speak. Her words were fb32aad778 something he had d8df271542 never expected.8b91fe11155d69d7

    Alyssa had easily granted 2d6bf40218 him permission to take 4248469610 charge of the household d2c942cdc8 affairs as the Duke af11471a89 Consort. It was as if 0fe864c942 she had never opposed 2e21e0b59c him at all.bed48c7715d1cece

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    Kieran asked e4396af708 her several bdd68c7a96 times, unable f5f0b83a05 to believe e845494c88 it, but 60cb29b49c her response 88bf16c3b2 remained the eb2cbd3035 same. Although she 05ae9ba362 hesitated briefly dd6441d056 when he fb50eb2b54 mentioned the fc06075b48 head maid, fe62aa5040 Alyssa still cf5397d9c3 nodded in 7f044f9bab agreement.f632ba0a59934079

    She had 32c26cae2a always been 2b8f5db29c a stranger 0bbb906b0b to him, a216fe6d05 but now 9bd80c778d she was 8bd0670ea5 even more 34f076662b enigmatic. With a somber 23b9cf1bfc expression, Kieran smiled.36cfb63678dc3c0e

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    “Then I’ll trust you, feaffb4cc0 Your Grace.”7563df1e23a2dec3

    Without delay, Kiaran began 35e066f5a1 taking steps for his 1a58d9fe56 next plan.7fc314f14e25e1e9

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    Having received 29721c93dc her approval b48ccf1322 to oversee 526363a59c the household’s 8f51b6b9c9 affairs, it 6ab42e0029 was now 6c34316e54 time to 426d3e0b96 secure actual 97b0d07692 authority.c350be16659b9a61

    As soon as 204573db7c the meal ended, 2f27e7445a Kieran headed to b864324af7 the head maid’s 4e02919856 room on the ce194f921d second floor. He knocked quietly, b8049d772a but there was 35348dface no response.395328c397fb3714

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    Thinking she might be 2e8923b67b inside but unwilling to e71cc11444 open the door, Kieran 8bb7c6e277 waited a moment before 2d9bad3627 opening it himself, only 26b5bb0de7 to find the room 89a319a97f empty.26e21f4c30f93a5d

    ‘She must f3c99da373 have stepped fc741df6ec out for c599f443f3 a moment.’13edbfeaeb43504d

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    The room appeared 5490a97766 as unremarkable as 1a8a05c623 the other rooms d78f3fb643 in Benoit Castle 8ea20b51a1 at first glance. To an untrained eye, 762383d7d6 it might seem like 4323739c0e a simple servant’s quarters, 924b4c08b6 but Kieran saw it 66ebec688e differently.729b2beeab16b4f9

    Expensive items aren’t always d13b6bf3eb covered in jewels and 6379dacdf6 gold. The furniture, the 127f48d804 curtains, the stone 73761094c5 of the fireplace, 999ad1f9ce even the pen 1baf345b8b on the desk—each e69d1a73f5 was at least c5fc0e9114 twice as valuable e3223ce537 as anything in ff0d2a3b53 his own room.b5421fe143563ded

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    “What brings you here 37f4dafb08 without notice?”a0a7d907db08e882

    As Kieran quietly surveyed d9c21bfe0f the room, a voice dbad0fbfda brimming with displeasure interrupted 353a27c8a4 him.9131c3049fa10342

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    An elderly woman 2e63376126 with streaks of a0413288c5 gray in her 42280f8d53 hair, tied up bd1995a65d neatly, and adorned 56ff996792 with ruby accessories, 0544b19dfb frowned deeply. She approached Kieran 127f11e454 briskly without so c29c174595 much as a f5d375739d greeting.20b6fe967c11f790

    Passing by him, be27cbc410 she checked the fc74e58ca9 items on the 025f671a25 desk, ensuring nothing 40b4c38ac7 had been moved 6beb99d85c since she last d34d3b0c57 saw them, before 7016cf9ecb turning back to 58768fb496 him with an 6226da677d irritated expression.f85a8477dd32073c

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    “It is quite rude ef8276e9b9 to enter a room 04445fa984 without its owner present.”31f9616b558de859

    Though her words ebf8755027 remained polite, the 0ef0bc3012 head maid’s demeanor d9dc28bb43 suggested she was 3b125578c1 addressing a subordinate 690867108a rather than someone 37aae7bd88 she served.03e66fc7b33f418c

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    ‘This is 8eaef8ff8d just like fc6c862da1 it was b0fd2d1669 in my fbfad13d13 previous life,’ 6e3f5d3296 Kieran thought.307501b10814063f

    The head maid had ef404deeb9 casually shown disrespect toward 96196d8afb Kieran, and he had a8cc99282d been unable to call cae628386a her out on it.aaad80ddb31752ac

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    There was 5d594e3205 a reason ee4098e7af for that. The head maid 2e176195b2 was a powerful 25415c48be figure, a close c67c2dee0a confidante of the f8b3aae3df current Duchess and ed2ff40fc2 the one who 69d65e4ef6 had managed the c46f69b196 castle’s affairs since c2c2bd2ae8 the untimely death 6052bc58d1 of the previous 673c2a865c Duchess.7fcf86ec2e968ffc

    In contrast, Kieran was 05f71e2fef no more than a 8a1826b52c penniless bride, sold off 53c3e4210a without any dowry, and e4783957a0 an illegitimate child without 882d9a9b2a the support of his ae7d6d1c2b family.ec3b9e7345459c83

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    The pretense of 589c690c04 respect from the 61f5b172db head maid had 3c1e7cd2cc only lasted in eaeec84b87 the beginning. Soon enough, 40828ba22f she began bf78f0e506 treating Kieran e9848e81f7 as though 7c623d8205 he were 1399f707c8 nothing more 90bd509741 than a c2f6b3b438 beggar.54b607c9b060c961

    ‘Even so, no 97ab8509ce one ever stopped 72346e40de her.’9769412431224eb5

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    Not even Kieran himself. It had been unfair, 44685305b6 but he resigned himself bc1fab2772 to it, believing that 38ac081b03 it had to be 45785072e2 that way.821fb0df81a3ff5c

    As he quietly looked 84aaf8d888 down at the head 8bb3a8b949 maid, a bitter smile 519ebc5922 crossed his lips. In hindsight, he 910d0e889a realized how foolish 7c9613c43d he had been. He hadn’t even lived 5f2d87c066 to see thirty—why had 488f9bc106 he lived so submissively?dd7b5643624f93c7

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    “I’ve come to collect 1c42244755 the ledgers and documents 7075ea4b08 concerning the estate management. It seems that you, 36e8f642de as my subordinate, have 10530b57b5 failed to deliver them 1b7f0b40a7 to me as you 4684d9cb43 should have.”02739b2a2697e8ef

    His tone 180218b96b was casual, 8cc5cbf577 but there 702cbdd086 was an d3c77396b1 underlying sharpness a8fa3c012b to his 2b1912b6d5 words, causing 50cd63ea1b the head 7c9fb2cc8c maid to 49fec43af7 narrow her 03f8fe2911 eyes coldly.66e60106e43ab016

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    “That is not possible.”ada9ce3f82a1583e

    “Why not? I’ve become 473a56263c the master e62a92580c of this 1caf8c119a house, so e9dedd0dba it’s only 2c2e693c34 natural. And are you 4ceb39f5ca even in a 09947d1aa1 position to grant 72007b3f6f permission in the 2e17e3fd79 first place?”f21433e99cf0b55d

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    Kieran’s calm 9bcf65f98b retort caused 0a2cd9a011 a flicker 39bd0668f0 of unease 0583f2b41e to cross c407baba61 the head 10635c95d4 maid’s face. She seemed fc46eee65f puzzled, wondering b3b6c3d604 what he 74f40403f4 could possibly 00a8187db0 be relying de6e927808 on to 17a843641f act so 70225d6cb5 boldly.7fe14d1775a00094

    “…Of course a77875e574 not, but 195908568b taking control 5be285104a of the 9c89ece98d estate without c5b60d47fe the lord’s 099e6f3349 permission isn’t 227afb5213 something you 991455871f can just 66b9433b12 do, is d323ecb19d it?”4e7d3596156a4cfd

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    The head c2a3e9f3b2 maid, having c6b6d9103c momentarily faltered, b309d4cf75 regained her 039aeddc66 composure and 365ac95225 spoke sternly. Standing firmly in 230b79c95d front of the 8e52a39daf desk as if 3cae38d656 to block Kieran’s 0599b5a59e path, she continued.3050e641d39aea50

    “The lord entrusted this 858edbdf7e task to me. She explicitly ordered 8cdff37f8f that it not 912b43e1d9 be handed over aef68a6bbb to any outsider, a7f3803469 as it is c9d56e19a6 a matter of 4cfadd65eb great importance.”3b0d832fcec96933

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    “Did Her Grace d8b6a4998a specifically instruct you e61bc75717 not to hand 3073e72537 over the ledgers ad24f91500 to me?” Kieran 97017da047 asked, his tone 566cafb715 measured. The head maid 533511063b remained silent, but 57c0b864c7 her gaze clearly 8c765af004 conveyed that she 40b047fe96 believed it should 437560a904 have been obvious.f606be9163e295d8

    In his past 6d9bd9eb7e life, Kieran would 54b42aaf8e have accepted her 642157fd1b words without question. Even now, he 4c04daae69 didn’t entirely dismiss 897e37d671 the possibility that 497099222f she might be 63c74ff6cf telling the truth. It was entirely 9a3b6ac959 possible that Alyssa 17aef726d1 had given different a4aa155b96 instructions to both ddcc3bffd8 him and the 42bdfc6de9 head maid—perhaps soothing 42dbb6482f him with kind 4937a32fe3 words while assigning 40de658e66 her the role 7261275bc4 of the villain.33202f4fc62ba9f4

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    “That’s strange. When I asked Her 1c4da0c40d Grace, she didn’t say 79f9d9fd31 anything of the sort,” fe84bc0f19 Kieran remarked, his voice 7e0d21c04a steady. After all, it couldn’t 6e449364d3 hurt to verify.94e82225fb5b27b5

    “It seems 7573bdc5bb we’ve heard 35581f748c different things. Perhaps we should visit 65711d9369 Her Grace together to cdf8ec8415 clarify. What do you think?”39e45604a51768d1

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    Kieran’s response caused 99aa26b2b8 the head maid’s 5432230f39 previously resolute gaze 26a79f411e to waver. He waited in silence 4d7237e8a0 for a moment, but, a0220a128c as before, no confident 3e00856faf answer was forthcoming.ac172fe9c17340d1

    “You are correct. If it was Her b4600a6279 Grace’s order, it should 31340e6963 be followed. If Her Grace bdf5fec3cd indeed said that 88ba718a94 an outsider like 04908bfa3a me cannot be 3a49b5613d entrusted with the 640e38b41f internal affairs, then 8aff9a29a1 I won’t  come 1b4ab59829 to you about 01ab340df9 this matter again.”1c20546a5a7e4b06

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    The head maid 5ea1a48233 glared at Kieran f78c87dba4 with a fierce, 3c445c6122 icy stare. Undeterred, Kieran 76b0f0d949 continued speaking 240e77d25f calmly.9ad5865ddea27fb7

    “But if that is 6bb5288502 not the case…”db73c5996b5faa86

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    He paused, letting the a4cb63e990 silence stretch and grow d1dd6aab33 colder.096f51d31d8679b0

    “Then you will have b70f1cffcb to face the consequences c501524646 for daring to mock 043c21a101 your master.”bc0c5d9fb60bc3c4

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    “Th-That…”5e6e816380b311da

    The head maid’s face, c93bfcfae4 which had been pale 61f7cb79b7 with anger, now flushed 9c62e00d05 red with a mix 7d5681787e of fury and embarrassment. With a 8dc45ea737 shout, she 3134184e6b responded.fef137e17556813b

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    “I am certain Her bdcafdbc79 Grace commanded me thus. I will return and 44411ee89c ask Her Grace again, 63badd5bb6 so please wait!”22125fec319abfb2

    With that, the de5116c4cd head maid stormed 0a1d05482c out of the a9037fd78a room, her steps 696d002ce0 quick and apprehensive, fb37e347ee as if fearing 4d21ed19b0 Kieran might follow.95a7e07dd2652d74

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