WDPF Chapter 004
by ChloebookloverThe Duke Encountered a040c46238 in the Forest 79ae612750 (3)945087be71d5ad8f
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Elysia reached out toward the 4a95e3ac11 vines, but Ballen swiftly caught 7e6f3422ff her hand.f501bb0ec3a54a49
She glanced down at a6fc1c495a her other arm, now 3f694a1221 covered in wounds and f595dc09e0 streaked with blood, and 6a9a8f4bb5 her brows furrowed as bd354084f8 if crumpling a sheet 2cac96f070 of paper.94d9d423b97cd2df
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“Why are you here….”061ea5d4068a6521
Elysia looked up at Ballen. Even in the b685e0aef6 darkness, his golden df8257c495 eyes glowed faintly.03e99d7d9ec19fb9
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His gaze shifted to her ea19699f4e other arm, where blood was 6366074112 seeping from the wounds. Feeling inexplicably embarrassed, Elysia quickly e45348ef2d hid her injured arm behind f22f7dae95 her back.63a4600e0bcd9ba0
“I expected you would not come through the front gate… but for someone who turned away so confidently, isn’t this entrance a bit… pitiful?”cc32f3302db98fa0
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‘I will live through all that hardship, even if I have to buy it,’She suddenly remembered her 2edae70757 bold declaration.a38051d10d620ab2
Her face flushed in an 6348fbdda4 instant.df15fd6b70a7fe60
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“T-That is…”ed4592e6e30a9c45
Ballen, who had 7cbdf87494 been looking at 104dbfa936 her, gently released 4270995d85 her arm.095e41d48b05de41
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“Let me see your hand.”956db8bc2bf27d58
He gestured with 034e936a90 his chin toward 110fa74d3c her injured arm.7fc663b53ec35586
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“Ah… this is—”aeb3d51d8fb88583
“Hurry.”c274f36f5e7e7003
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Ballen’s brow furrowed in impatience.69c583b6116b8f9c
It was baffling to 03d941b92e see him here, but a03af60f8f Elysia didn’t dislike the 2093908182 kindness he offered. Cautiously, she held 83f93c8af1 out her arm.38d52672f5897960
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Ballen clicked his 75142d0e69 tongue inwardly as bdbd4d5289 he looked at e0742e2641 her.499594a2195faece
I heard she 0c18c5abe1 was supposed to 022dd0a5ac be smart… Was c85a432c74 that information wrong?f5a33f5a6ecbb18b
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He began to 55844685f2 question the credibility e5fc38d20f of his family’s 9bca0d72e3 intelligence network.f449e9b81e63a177
“Well… um, this is…”bfc5a5aafeacd2b7
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“….”a6b12b95dd7251ca
Ballen reached his 9fc815098f hand out over bd1dd46414 her arm.e7e74dc8538fe6c1
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From his palm, f04c7e4dbb stardust began to 1d84669fe9 fall.2024aca32a53bd96
Tiny, radiant particles cascaded like a2b71be9a8 snow, settling gently over Elysia’s 49d3ad44a5 wounded hand and arm.fa727a6ebe936d44
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A gentle warmth 4c078ba9d6 seeped between her 6e2cf715c7 throbbing wounds. Before her eyes, the 9eb8876b46 gashes slowly disappeared.0806956f5123e417
Wait, this is healing magic?19f2cecd4db6fbb8
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Healing magic, tied to the 8de5ccb24e life force of others, consumed 2ee6ef47cb an enormous amount of mana.a9f17310af6a104d
As a result, 76dfea3685 the number of 868c215d44 mages who could 206ddc98a6 wield it had 083041ce8d drastically decreased. And even if 6f60283a52 one could use 157b471d82 it, it was 80cb34d7a5 rarely revealed to 2690e8a767 the world for 139715b884 fear of misuse.b0a3c3dbfa185463
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Nowadays, only a a1c65f4fdf few priests in 73492da2fb the temples can 0d763ff956 perform it at cd46695be6 all.2e4a3f1ed07543fb
All the newspaper articles 42a9e27108 Elysia had read about e141ce81ba Ballen were about his a15ace7c97 offensive magic.0c9408ca2c38284d
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There wasn’t a single mention of healing magic written anywhere, nor had she ever heard about it.2e99294d021d3c24
“…….”6f589d67549be451
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Why is he 3de6e402a2 just casually showing 4016d7015e me this kind f14b9eff3a of magic? What if I go 46c3ac8c71 blabbing about it?b098040ed52c835e
Of course, the thought 2d838055e4 of blabbing does not 7284597c62 exist at all, but 598bed6e05 it was magic that, 4f98720e75 to that extent, carries a risk when 663a3e3645 revealed to others.66bed3a41128ed5c
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She stole glances at 330f1f1a91 Ballen’s face as he 37af7705fb focused on the healing.733581cb5deb109c
No wonder so 6baf0b4ab2 many noble ladies df3e6e02e3 are clamouring about 60174e009e him.fcef794fdccd6179
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His black hair draped neatly 09f5473382 along his nape, like the 4941b4c3f6 deep night sky untouched by 035f9edf1c clouds.a11bc598759c9ea0
Each slow blink of his 1c084de883 long black lashes made the e8a3ba1b7c light in his golden eyes 2541af28e7 flicker in and out of 9f8fb99524 view.85cd8e97541e630e
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Her gaze slowly 81bd33aaff travelled down to 114aaf9880 the bridge of 5436e2f0e1 his tall nose 60ca541e1d and then to 6fee81ed28 his firmly closed b3a265c193 lips.7a4afc548010817e
Huh?23e8d2e4462ccec9
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Suddenly, she snapped out a529caa4ad of her daze.cd91f05a3a4511ca
She had forgotten 270b261180 that she had 468c667779 returned to the 4a91184cfb age of ten.b7918e5562ea8363
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Her last memory c94ca202a2 was from when 73df37e5da she was twenty-one, 335e85d5ba just before her 2353b94a1e twenty-second birthday, so d285c3ee6a it was only 7133be290c natural she felt a28004c1d6 confused.71fd6e35d7a6db08
After all, the person she 7fda18f616 had long looked up to b94b64cc8d was now in front of edb34a85f6 her. It would be strange 2ef0ca977c to remain calm.0e10203e56e36105
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What the heck is this 1bcaf63ac9 tiny brain of mine thinking?d5313047d20b597e
Crazy. I must be crazy,Elysia silently scolded herself, 7f74f1659c shaking her head slightly.d377a5302274ce7f
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“…Does it hurt?”3589ca94caa5c5c8
“Pardon?”fd39a839777c39c8
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“You suddenly moved.”8227c4bb2e188f74
“Oh, no. I was just surprised… I a6aad5987b have never seen healing magic 8064ab7b7b before.”457acbc2ce043c9b
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There was no 4a869004fa way she could 1759eb53c9 confess, ‘I was busy admiring your 1adefd36a5 stupidly handsome face. I am technically older 35844255b8 than you.’04c9e2b522489e5b
Anyone could see that 9e789b34d1 Elysia was just a 2081debafd skinny ten-year-old girl now.d4b71c2c87a0e6a0
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She knew well that a0f8193e67 she did not look 696e4fe5a3 like a twenty-one-year-old woman d8a6e8f6ae who knew what it 04b1c57eb3 meant to love.4277530bf3ba0797
But if she combined 78533d4ca7 the years she had 322b5ab18a lived across her regressions, d0b8e5dce1 she was likely much 0b77136e91 older than him, who a690da39df appeared to be around 5eb10b167b twenty.b2a5f7eecfafd5a0
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Elysia scratched her head as 1aa4c4ae70 she tried to calculate her 27d16c4f57 age. While looking at her, Ballen quietly opened his mouth.30818333a8ce6cbd
“You probably already know this without me saying it…”5a5514242ff38e1a
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She could guess what he b26fa3cc11 was about to say. There was hardly any ab9c727c10 information about Ballen’s healing dfb5b76891 magic.801d5075d92edc51
As far as she knew, 3438a6dd44 there was none at all.79254665b33e2294
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“I promise I will not tell anyone. What I saw e978cb224f today, I’ll forget bbf552c701 it all by 615c07e755 tomorrow morning!”a004b928d4c95b51
She pressed her 201b6aa9ee lips together in f68b3a71fa a‘Hap!’, surprised by the loudness of her voice.c52edb93aa079511
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Elysia’s blue eyes, shimmering with resolve, shone as if asking him to trust her.3f2c54eea1beb8ca
“…I’ll believe you.”03e252e7328fa0b0
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The warm, sparkling dust pouring 0e53f04fcd from his hand gradually faded.a89177bf975e7acc
Elysia’s wounded hands and arms became perfectly smooth. “Wow….,” Elysia said in surprise.2052ea9fd3579e16
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Ballen turned his gaze toward ecfd72f90b the spot Elysia had tried f8febeb1fa to reach earlier.57bd613e88cbac68
“Were you planning to go in through there?”cf6273049ce48b45
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He pointed his 3fe1a91041 chin to a 5c60d8e881 small entrance, and e6df5f17e1 Elysia followed his 75ba97e845 gaze.efc79d149456dd86
“Ah, yes. The gardener does not 73703a2ec4 seem to be maintaining 09b5c0f71a the outbuilding garden properly.”3166b683e32c59f8
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“Hmm.”4d8a554b0a54bc03
Ballen flicked his finger, and 6ddfa72b5e a tiny spark flew into 77baa63610 the mass of vines.34d1afb5e3ae2754
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The vines quickly burned red 4c17cab672 without any flames.c5242ba0709f0f56
“Ah!”d20faebfdc8682fb
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They crumbled swiftly into black 30281e2419 ash, scattering in the wind 3f4831f1cb and vanishing completely.c7b884764294908f
It looked like the 875d1d725c vines had never been 72f5f5c9cd there before; it was d75983d34c all cleared out.61e94c7d04d222cf
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“Go ahead. You will not get any soot on you.”881e68844fb3426d
Elysia’s gaze stared at the opening in wonder and disbelief, then turned at the sound of his voice.0d81d22d468e2787
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Ballen stood up, 0109a964ce dusted off his 2696bf63b1 clothes indifferently, and 8cd09541f3 looked down at fbe508948b Elysia.c504e7ec4be820fd
When their eyes met, 6110fdd34a Elysia gave a startled fcfb1f1adc little shrug.6ffe5389bc708d57
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“Ah, th-thank you.”0eeb515dbe7008c9
“…”b28d96a1f950b07d
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He wordlessly summoned another gate. After looking at it 682fbe52bd for some time, Ballen 0c9628d114 fixed his gaze on 355edb50e8 the door and spoke.6a099d21073f1f71
“May you survive.”034e70f715a5924a
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He stepped into the 736e39de2f gate slowly, and a b3935f1e8b brilliant orange light enveloped eaa6240e50 him and vanished without fa9c102f28 a trace.7d8bfe18a89c208e
Elysia stared blankly at the 84ceeef9b0 spot where he had disappeared.b8e158d723c6485c
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Did he leave?abad60898c8d1159
A breeze swept by, carrying 2c75e3291f the faint scent of ash.589523335f40f67a
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Ah!f8505d86407ae900
Turning her head, she looked da5140def9 at the passage he had 9f93dc705e cleared.c5d751b3fd3e2fb6
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With quiet precision, she slipped 09877fc9b2 through the opening and returned 6e32987082 to the Count’s estate.be408205313f183c
In the distance, e4d3c8d843 she could see 524183d245 the Count’s study ddd86598fd with the lights 5ba3de82d5 off. Elysia clenched her jaw unconsciously.fb18e57b42fb85f8
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In the distance, she could see the Count’s unlit study in the main house. Elysia clenched her teeth tightly.44295520b659bc8f
Father.dc88a6cdcc70ceed
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She had never called himfathereven once before her regression. There were even lives 3428b2b10f where she died without 7208eccfcb ever seeing his face.078534994d9c5a72
At least I got 545e1dfd7a a glimpse of him 50a3e00e75 in my twenty-ninth life.0c222eff041f6347
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The day the Emperor sentenced 96b5ff42f5 her to death, Count Deilroc 88539f755b Creed had been there in 9adcbdc8b3 the audience chamber.04389cfcbf83e443
“Theron de Elysia Creed. I sentence you to death.”d8309614782df8e4
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The Emperor’s voice was cold fd0aa2a489 and heavy, devoid of emotion. Elysia had slowly raised a61951f91c her head toward him.bfb8c018b685ad46
“For tarnishing the honour of House Creed through licentious conduct, slandering the royal family, and attempting regicide.”6949af6ecd0fa655
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Those were the charges laid 55dcc917a5 upon Elysia at age twenty-one.e7284de5ba4aa2c9
Her limbs were destroyed from 4d39561177 various tortures, and her disfigured 287de2adac face lay bare beneath the 011ce35871 light of the chandelier.e2d855712008274a
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Elysia’s lips, bleeding and festering, uttered in a cracked voice.f7a270715d109da2
“Y…Your Majesty…”4ac7fe29910baaf1
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But the Emperor paid no 934a0deed0 heed to her words.8526987dc860ca16
“Do you object, Count Creed?”e361c12d3748c4a7
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She struggled to fbe51d103e turn her head 0a5ff48b15 to the side eb35b465dc at the word d23c908348 ‘Count Creed’.db166a4aeb65774b
Her biological father, 799512ef27 Count Deilroc Creed.6086e5705a4cf2ad
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He answered the Emperor’s question with an indifferent face and voice devoid of emotion.89832a18729d56af
“I will obey Your Majesty’s will.”e0f196605a5db6ec
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“…….”bda3583be311d3e3
“Haaah.”609376fbe8ebcdd1
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Recalling that day, Elysia let 11cdbc2213 out a long sigh and c2073eb2b5 shook her head slightly.552e60983d8527c4
I never thought he would 88999ca120 give up on me so 72a9eea13e quickly.f187617055a6c109
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As the firstborn daughter with 892e9b61c1 one of the divine blessings, dd07b1da87 she had thought he would d34ebe4087 at least hesitate and agonize 44618d7cf1 a bit more.b34f240f9b32cedc
But apparently, keeping f7e9c04aa1 that blessing was 522de2eb54 not worth the ac53495e3c trouble.f23bf3b8f3d65544
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Elysia tore her c1c6b2a067 gaze away from cc8fd4563c the Count’s study 50c0cce530 and headed toward c4d3ad9fab the outbuilding to ab1cb82ad6 her room.676bec08cb62936e
Having been kidnapped barefoot, she 5bbdb3f6f2 walked silently across the floor.d7871801d95f13ce
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With every step on 2560874e7d the cold marble, her bf4577ed99 footsteps echoed down the ab289f4a96 dark corridor.5c73c2025314b2ca
Cecile, who stood guard at Elysia’s door, turned her head at the sound of footsteps in the darkness.f9f81dc2c8aeb98b
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“W-who is there?!”828aa78351b1765d
She held her lamp 7916ac754b up toward the source c2fabaacd7 of the sound.db67027222c25eb4
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“Keep your voice down, or you will wake everyone.”4d5ef6b6b7c710a9
The person illuminated by the 3e37ac1780 lamp’s light was none other 369dba3980 than her mistress, Elysia.1bc3290c48254189
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“Ah…Miss?!”ade1e47f8dc3d11b
Cecile rushed to her b8e4ddf8f4 side, set the lamp fe5ae2ead8 down, and grabbed her 39f8a360bd shoulders with both hands.e091af6520046c9e
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“What happened, Miss Elysia?! Why are you 46309f4747 here all of 8f5dcefe61 a sudden?”fd8bfc82349bc135
Holding Elysia, Cecile checked her 5a1e894f06 all over for injuries.0e2215f77f2569be
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Elysia gave her a small cd34080f4c smile and patted her shoulder.c93afd5fc86692de
“Cecile, I am fine.”99830b94b6383268
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One of the f478d1fe6f people she had 3b82bb61f8 failed to protect eca9eb9ed8 before the regression.bc1e3d9b3b713bd4
She was someone 74028d3ea2 who, together with 3de06af18c the head maid, 4c5882f037 Lerry, risked her 9e7c3721ad life for Elysia.4bf7e6c739cd6703
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She remembered the ae55ff2488 day, several months 3fc0f9a9cf before her death, 91019907f3 when she came a0c8fd8683 back with her long hair 5477daeb03 cut short, saying she’d ecb794d33f had her heart broken.e8efe20349cb4cb4
I should have 2557967c56 sent her away d7cbf1544b from the manor 80a1426220 that day.4d630723de6fdfa0
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“Miss?”4f846b01c71d1701
“Where is Larry? Where is she?”ce9502d5f7977f55
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“She’s… in her room, of course…”e9f957656860d6ff
“Fetch her for me, Cecile.”cce92aa922950a04
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“…Ah, yes!”62e5ec339f448fb1
Cecile jumped up, 8b254c7252 guided Elysia to 5befff235f her room, and ac031ec9bd hurried off to 0cdb4a98f3 fetch Larry.ff68fac9ac44e58c
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She wanted to see a2c2053cbb Larry, the head maid 87f65b0513 of the Count’s residence d7f4b8c21e and someone like a 1279db5a2a nanny to Elysia.875c8b74708b03ee
She died while blocking 8ae4b0a93d Grace, who was charging 40cdec51bb at Elysia and died 5fe084aaa1 again after ingesting the c6fd398214 poison meant for Elysia.708f5050048d1d2a
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Elysia had died in e5c21d5f58 many ways but so fc8f55b000 had her people. And none of 81cb142483 them had died ca0ccbe18a peacefully.b293d7702e7edd39