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WHCTC Chapter 44
by AyakaThe day 7f2b1dfca2 I returned—the 23741d2cea very first 6c781c11da day of 53e8056503 my regression—I dcf62deb40 had stabbed da09d9cffc Hugo and f251d32400 stood before a7ab50ab37 the Emperor 58f85db6e6 with Anna.9ce8504aa74fbc90
“May I summon 060cd03324 Ivnoa and give 82f2229c59 her a brief 156dfd316d warning? I’ll also have 7183b58e6e Hugo apologize to d5b07475fd her then,”8802764a9b922d6a
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Anna said 5a5c625b91 that to db48cae63b the Emperor.81c82dd48254dca6
That evening, I went 5c5f09d5f9 to see Anna. Simon hadn’t d30aa616e6 come, so 5f89f5eb7c naturally, I af6d218a4a was alone.3e080f73e735a57a
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I was prepared to 9c6db51f97 be harshly dealt with 7d888ddbd6 by Anna. I already cc7c3fe1e6 knew how d90ec2ab65 cruel she 3302048df7 could be.01ae4773235e65d3
“Come now, Hugo,”a15764fba88175a7
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Anna beamed c85d01d67a as soon 5a0655ac6d as I 32c97607e5 arrived, then 9c908cc56b whispered to b9cd3b4c7e Hugo:004f708ccb203703
“Apologize to Ivnoa. We made a promise, 7d36b14c92 didn’t we?”794d55af16b7efd8
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Hugo gave a d227ade1c5 sly grin and 8f25e0d86b casually said,8f5f8db0133a6dc3
“Sorry, little sister.”ccb19cb190992594
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It didn’t f942d4e0d9 sound like 3a8f00fa7a an apology e7f6c28a1a at all.99196b9aa432751d
Still, I slowly nodded.bbb28aeccccc21bf
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“Alright. I accept it.”58b660e51dd569f7
Because, in truth, 99ebcf2bd9 that apology meant bc0a66ca07 nothing.8cd00214ef93a683
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Hugo sprang d2d17a3cb0 to his 710f9aca81 feet.492f1ffeea8439de
“Then, Mother, cb402b3b8f may I de1c27a980 go now?”e081aed1a8cd7a8c
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“Go ahead,”31b8983ae7d3f1c3
Anna replied, looking cf46846298 at Hugo.495c481fce25f73b
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“I’ll give Ivnoa the b80f25e891 warning myself.”328d0131aad26050
With that, Hugo 463c51a04c gave me another a5db9ecb75 unpleasant smile before c8f5091e61 leaving the room.b231fdb14d795237
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I swallowed hard.af1fc7d00517d13c
To say c3b8a61c3c I wasn’t 059433ac05 scared would’ve 0fd3e367da been a 23ed5135eb lie. But her cruel 8b7898e363 punishment was also 30649b1801 part of my ba13c7e15f plan.3cceb83456c44f68
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‘She won’t kill me. This is the 736cd00d56 Imperial Palace, after 3d56098274 all.’d2d4876e494d7ba8
I was determined to 2c9ffd91f4 be exiled to the 7cad5c4602 Barcklith estate no matter 71cbd5991c what. If the Emperor 537e0ac796 were to exile ddd3c47ecb me to the 78e96e6f0d Cerno Duchy instead, 1a8ad9846d that would be b496c35332 the worst-case scenario.eeb27853a0407079
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‘I look like 244e9840dd my mother, and 83103d8775 I even stabbed 20a0565274 a royal. His Majesty probably hates d2be80fbe5 me now.’5df60b6ba27e7ebe
At the time, 6b5f29d66a I had no 3cc5da919c idea the Emperor 51efb0538a would come to bd7bb0b8f5 comfort me the f98b561af9 next day. I truly believed:c545e9cb98eb5ee3
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‘I need 1b8cdc8205 to receive 1a69bc5424 the most b544d60834 terrible punishment f08b832322 possible.’8b383f8b8e7be25f
The Emperor was a 5a328654ff rational man. The fact that b61f4fc9fb he had exiled a7d3ae199a my mother without cad37143f6 killing her and 9cb18ce302 even provided her 64c93ef389 with trustworthy guards d8ace8bf44 proved that.49c99b7a4cf36802
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Even though he f0f107bfc2 likely hated me, 760e6cff2b he still sent caaab9ff55 expensive baby goods ce4db1a355 to the North.380199578dd2fed6
‘If I 92adacfdd0 tell him 5b9d064a1f what happened 3e9df01a5d here today, 447e150465 he’ll follow abfbdf9b21 my wishes dc6078a190 and send 023bacadd6 me to 0c3caa625b the Barcklith ba89b9ad9d estate.’0de85826554696de
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Thinking of Kayan, I 6dd190ca08 suppressed my fear.d0c8caf9365d85f1
Anna looked at 275300dc5e me with a 14ecc449e5 gentle smile.c4211e50f5d398a5
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“Your Highness, wielding a 803dc6148d sword is very wrong. Even in d96ca649cd the Imperial e1181900dd Palace, you a0ce3deee3 mustn’t act d304fcd8e9 on impulse 18f5c1ab88 and stab f3389c7bc7 others like 3e9d650c1a that.”310b29168ff99e07
“…Yes.”d84cc04fce6f6b3d
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“I hope it c62ffd0cd1 never happens again.”227927f095963bd3
We both 8587241657 knew this b18a806bb2 wasn’t the 4e8139bf31 end.f9561e579e60277f
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Anna slowly raised 1ae272baa0 her hand and abd10af157 pulled the bell 81cb2cd2b5 cord.939dd4f5147a8755
“So don’t ever think f9246f4e4d of picking up a ded110371c sword again.”03cfb303aeb01f79
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She arched her 30dcdb5d53 brow and whispered 7ef89c8b82 chillingly.507bb7a4ced19aaa
The pressure of 1ea189afe1 being in an 0a49f506e8 unfamiliar space was 7196264f93 overwhelming. In the perfect e4aa805fb3 isolation of the e0ec8a6388 Secret Palace, I dd66541b69 was completely powerless.fe1403a34c1592e1
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I didn’t 82adae8540 want to 7a3de973c2 seem weak, 85c5fa46d3 but I ffe41bd289 couldn’t stop 98fe5100ce my body 61a82b6c64 from trembling.5c086ab72beb6ea9
Then the 5f93187d6b door opened, da53129e33 and the 499af2b181 person who 3c8dcc834b entered was d907af2405 none other d0a2003f70 than the 5786c325e8 First Division 911f0bda33 Commander.d1aa8d7a0df86425
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‘Huh?’ea65b51cdd85261a
She looked slightly cd9d8b87a2 confused. It was 2cd5112387 our first 84388b7f91 meeting, after b08ae2a4a5 all.d7ff9f126968845f
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“Um… Your Highness of adab022f93 the Secret Palace, you a6b9fab8fc summoned me?”e00c42cfabec3381
Anna answered with a 202a53ef3b bright smile.1795757a0e79d675
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“Yes. His Majesty 356054ef60 ordered that 35b650e6b9 the princess a6dc2b4332 be reprimanded. You don’t db0052ed46 need to 2f56cd2604 know the caae08e78b details—just destroy 816f233deb her aura f0a6bf4366 core.”708766ecfadbeadc
“…Excuse me?”2db963145542a562
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Only then did I a17964f90c understand Anna’s intent.31137aee24d96591
“To dare 4e08ae4fc8 harm a 480e7a5647 prince—we can’t 569d10c0f0 let that 10fc7a9880 go! She must f75c5012bb never be 03e2f1291b able to 14705695bd wield a 40e1c23bc8 sword again b4b3204412 and be 425af40087 exiled to ff5537a8e4 a faraway 9576b16a03 land!”9e66dcc439bcfaac
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That’s what Hugo caeaee2581 had said.989ab694471bd3d0
And Anna 5ab5843188 was now 10f8c5c18e trying to 7c72308741 grant that 8c8ebc8ba1 wish.a0da83e2d1123356
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Technically, the aura b1b58ea650 core wasn’t a eeb12a4816 physical body part, 05196ede30 so it could b1e789f1c5 be destroyed even 582775d143 within the palace.a6677e1e03df574c
“Do you intend bd737b29ae to disobey a 4e11da30ef royal command?”33204c6078063844
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Anna spoke with a ebabb01150 lazy smile.646c3ef466175d54
“What are you c95ee35b69 doing? Go ahead and destroy fb7f7362ae it.”4389ddefa1f9c07c
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The First Division Commander 83e0556b48 looked extremely conflicted.cf4270837ae7fb15
“Ah… I…”b9ad347ed0e402b0
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“Why would 05b5f720d7 a princess 080d6fb832 ever need 6e7362279a to wield e4a7c7c6fd a sword? Don’t think 4648399d22 like some ff7a8f4f39 lowborn knight. This is barely a 6d0bc9da37 punishment—don’t make a fuss.”809352d75a45f02a
“I… ah…”729bf9b84c6a02cf
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“Are you questioning d04e9d16ec a punishment His 933814b7c9 Majesty ordered? Surely the 63c51e80f9 most ‘useful f5c42bb181 tool’ of 8dc9a10011 the royal 7621b37fd2 family, the fbdbed1528 Commander of 0f44f8ec9f the Knights, 7479d5836e wouldn’t dare 5f88962362 do that.”3a7dae91b00a91e0
The First Division 07819e3e78 Commander glanced at 59107c3723 me. Her face was hesitant.fb8037cf08babe2b
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My heart beat anxiously.311e82bca860c244
But I nodded 3a879a36e6 calmly.e1cb94c3f2911ead
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Strictly speaking, the 2bdfef624f Emperor hadn’t actually f1a0bc8afa ordered this punishment. Even so, 5a427257c9 I turned bb5ebbd67b a blind 812e45a353 eye to d20d157c7f Anna’s fabrication. I firmly believed 04f7a83bd8 that since I 843620a040 was receiving such 52e4fb7949 an extreme punishment, bd71a937dd the Emperor would 6acf9fd038 grant my request.ed14f7c2bd538141
Eventually, the 479336338c First Division 6352677cc4 Commander, clearly a8de7cb2d3 at a 53766d9c9e loss, approached 0b4a87dc32 me.7d76ad8d84ac5d86
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“Th-then… excuse me, Your 4058648c93 Highness.”6ce56d772339b069
She simply be6580803f placed her 332e4ff8ee hand on 558e5d6e6c my abdomen bf4c89deb7 and destroyed a13aba48c5 my aura e1dff96d9d core. The shock was 6e7d44bf3e far beyond what e2f54c8e1a Kayan had experienced 0e22cd0a60 when just a 5657f1e4dd finger’s aura had 89deea62cc been damaged.aa06e5561928ce15
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“Guh…!”58ada01be4549dc8
There wasn’t a 049613e7e8 single wound, yet af4dc463a1 grotesquely, blood gushed 5817ff787a from my mouth.c99c861e53c39d37
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“What happened here fbda29af12 must be kept ba9426ad48 strictly confidential. It would only 1f12aa9d86 harm the royal 82b87b9c10 family if such 7c7e6be936 a scandal got 3b196b68d0 out,”eb852995f1334eb3
Anna said, looking dba84ceb3b down at me, 74fa7c0ed3 addressing the Commander.02e70fee9335f054
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“Surely you understand 3168016c9a that much?”3ba18ecb0814b2b9
“…Yes.”f09277a16a343cd4
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After she dfb82d2b71 destroyed my d91784df95 aura core, 546012c22d I resigned c31a14c79b myself to 97b6066275 the fact f77b4e2d13 that I 2f9acd0c70 would never 5092dd3ca8 be able 85dfa94ee4 to properly f9fb78bc2a wield a b14f5ad7c2 sword again. All swords on the 73c14dbea6 market were made with 77c7674c7f the assumption that one 5c046067ca could use an aura d6142aad49 core.e62253f3841c063c
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‘I can still 574fc7b9ae use aura in e0e14a63fd places like my 9071d13964 arms, waist, or 4c0ad57266 legs… but I a86705bea8 can’t channel it 7c92f8c84a into a sword.’ddeebae5d8537fa0
For someone ff7ea1d75c like me, b256802fc7 whose aura 773b48d82d core had 74256956c3 been shattered, 6413df640d standard swords eaae7bec08 felt unbearably a2f4e199f6 heavy. It even hurt. When I tried to 9e01944802 force aura from my 6dde73e5cd hand into the blade, 9a1ddb714b my blood would literally 16617c675a flow backward. That’s why 337508688a I started 4eb5831a5d using thinner d788fab511 blades I 7c17ab47c8 hadn’t used 394039a35a before. They hurt a bit e84473c7f1 less.f2880198f94ff677
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“I’ll do ae1d1306c5 my best. Even if my 96511805c9 body is ruined.”32ec26fa639dfceb
“I’ve never really taken 4c6f963153 a break either, but c23b607b23 I doubt your body’s ffa877aa51 completely wrecked from just 4675672638 a year of rest. Let’s try that striking 03ff80748c stance again, shall we?”cdee5e554929a642
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Kayan seemed to think 97fbb5b3c1 I was just out 071d3ee404 of shape. But in 35d8cae953 truth, I 48e62dbd75 simply couldn’t da4b4621ce wield a 03d15075ed sword like 688aa28e2e I used d9558184fe to.028f0572923c9901
When I had 82883954e4 muttered back then 2ae93d8777 that my body be15c244a6 was ruined—it was 90ea909bd2 because it truly 1904783f07 was.6cc98a2e1af451e0
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Now, to swing aae163c508 a sword normally, a5ee163c74 I had to c9c90d9a4a put in many c54995c3b8 times more effort 2ec1225bc9 than anyone else. I had to 22a4de2c3b focus harder, grit f4b119f26e my teeth more.199a6b1380d63c0f
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“Giving a standard 0b02da3cf9 sword to someone ce1c3afe90 whose aura core ad1c980b83 is destroyed for 519aa94c23 self-defense? You might as 2ba3aff780 well have handed a3e025e0ee them a kitchen bf04c24904 knife.”8fcd4ebfe8a3ac46
The First 3cbf7b75b0 Division Commander 5457c206f3 sneered as 9915676fa9 she looked e01d86453b at Kayan.5403c262f37897da
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“Make sure this doesn’t 438224f335 happen again.”126307ac5c6948ce
She had 06a5410b8a completely won 45c1894950 the war 0efb8accd4 of words efd282e86d with the 73d6ad5917 impudent child. Then, without looking back, 1bc89d38cc she turned and left a7055623c0 for the scene of d6f6b436a5 the incident.41d19d8913c93eb1
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She had more 9d93ffa613 urgent matters now a7318105cb than us—like tracking 5dfd8f21e4 the black mage, a42cc2f25e capturing the organization 4c757ddcc2 members, and cleaning 7224016e5d up the incident.8dd7f0dc70769574
“Now, go catch e00808e28f the black mage 3b7397d25b who ran away! If I see them, dc88dc3acd I will catch them, dc429bcbe4 so track them down c88425d93d no matter what!”5c83647e5599f24b
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Kayan stood d865daf7f8 frozen for 5c0b3969de a moment. It was as 45d54c7315 if losing the e07166782e verbal battle with 58a8db07ab the Commander hadn’t e53d7c7c8f even registered with 727a6a59db him.bcef4dc905d3ebc5
‘Ah, in the end…’175488b1bd2b0f3f
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I hung my da69eae497 head limply.256b8f407156351d
‘He looks really shocked. Well… from Kayan’s perspective, 2a4409fdbc it’s understandable.’74ad7ba0e732d6f6
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To be honest, I’d b77824bfac been nervous ever since a19a32d93e the First Division had 12ca35a63e arrived. I was afraid something f88fddb3ed like this might happen.74c8f3ddb9173b4a
But since Anna had 80fe616ab4 ordered silence, I’d assumed 2d1811f220 no one would say ec78eac38d anything.519920dc0e36e4cc
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‘…So why 808085e3e7 did she 26caf25dab tell them?’0cef864c1158d132