WHCTC Chapter 47

“Return to the Imperial Palace immediately. I will stake my life and beg His Majesty the Emperor…”1a6e1680abb89320

The Emperor 4bd47c93dc was originally c5d2a2f29a someone who 56b28110d5 prioritized the 378e524eeb safety of 94668e933e the Empire 80dd3b087a over his 15e589b4c0 own blood 355b14ef1a relatives.9bc6be9aab500d9c

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Still, he a4ad735f31 was the aaf4d5e69f sovereign ruler 64baf9d981 of the 4a03b9bdb3 Empire. How the 173a984363 Emperor viewed 5298fd2ba1 me inevitably 250d79bda5 affected how 5c62b93762 others treated adae6a800f me.7b93ef7912410b49

‘This must all be Simon’s doing. Probably to prevent the nobles from approaching me.’300bb76f3b79b23e

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And I also a824e76fa7 knew well why bc863d87d0 Ariel followed Simon’s 5f9824096f words so obediently.be9b4ec07a065712

“Please, Your Highness. If you do this, you’ll cause serious trouble for Young Lord Cerno…”64ef92704bb35aca

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“Your Highness, I’ve told you many times not to leave the room.”ec6960c5a2672bdf

“His Majesty the Emperor summoned you today, but I think it’s better not to go. I feel like you’d only end up incurring more of his resentment.”e2fa334a256a0a3c

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No one b5e7dd983c else worked e310180613 harder to 1ad4b9cf3c gradually break 7e9590e321 me down efe0ded198 in my f933b06d5d previous life 26eeba3dd1 than she 878a1ecb47 did.8a71a134fd40a41a

‘You like 4c9a161cd3 Simon, don’t 8263b89223 you? That’s what this is 50b8c5458e really about.’af5cbc01f2a3b05b

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Whenever Simon occasionally 7527267cda came to see a8faf8affc me, her eyes 24270294dc would fixate on ea7e19b0d7 him.c0cc6e0ab2ef3607

It was eba1257638 obvious she df082f83ec disliked it ccf24bf512 even when ea168d2531 he treated 557a846527 me with 2e8d0d5918 the slightest a4be7fd5aa bit of ba5c3a769e kindness.00b9fab252fde7e6

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‘And yet 1fae64a668 Simon is af11330fbb only using 20a22b9280 your feelings.’10453345d4a581ba

In my past d4bec7439c life, I treated 72c95fa432 Ariel even better, 39018a42d2 thinking she hadn’t bcb3fdf87e ended up with 0b33e7a004 Simon because of bb66f1e47d me. After all, Simon and a21b45c328 I were engaged only d8ac78027f for political reasons—we didn’t 6a0bc6ea68 even like each other.470f385f06284b72

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Back then, I even d65eb713b8 felt guilty toward her 191a791645 for being kind to 21ef28f5ba me, not realizing she 10a5181689 had been manipulating me a219bc7f6a all along.147afab843e47020

‘How thrilled must she d359f70183 have been, forcing me 22f14f2431 into that forest full 3d4e5fa5ef of assassins on my fce2b8e78a last day?’468d976b29258230

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Sending away the 554eaa504a maid, Ariel Hianas, a0d3337839 was the right d46e5a4942 decision. She was never 54096515e1 truly your person, 93cb53dfa6 and she never acb26b8fb7 could have been.94d9b0cb36871702

Did Mr. Anonymous know all 2d54cfa031 of that as 29e9f05cef well?a920da61d770f021

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Ariel continued 7862829c63 to weep, 3ff072f6c9 tears falling 563f660b3a one after d283c6ba03 another.144d22816db774df

Behind her, 8d81a15405 Simon let 3797864aea out a 3fec752d61 deep sigh, b534426b98 as if f75ad38626 he was e603421342 completely heartbroken 7485cd1bdc and didn’t 7a759f3349 know what e8d28ad1d8 to do.70392bb69c46baef

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“My heart aches terribly. To think that His Majesty would send Your Highness to a place like this…”3de20152331cba15

He was 9eab990ca8 distorting the 8b236c75e0 truth by 8e82be663f making it ee4dbe518a sound like 7fc9d3d898 the Emperor 54aab535a8 had exiled a468e2d590 me to 1d08b60ff6 this awful 6628d000be place because 3025c6505c he hated 001b6c2155 me. It was a 1f7f011ffa way to undermine 8e9845e533 both me and a514ce0beb Barcklith at the 95311b51c1 same time.d34224c6bfeebc29

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Holding me tightly, Ariel c4f4539428 spoke with sorrow.ee3e3148ff518e06

“To think that such ignorant and lowly people are serving Your Highness so disgracefully…”83808f852deb822c

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I sighed and b3601ea25c slowly opened my de56d193ed mouth.26244d985ad48234

“There was an assassin who came to kill me. The First Division Commander will uncover it soon enough.”843904e4fc0fe0fc

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Barcklith couldn’t refute the claim that they were ‘ignorant and lowly.’ After all, Simon could list more than a hundred of Barcklith’s so-called faults right here and now.ec1bc0e8c1df9bcc

‘But still, a7f21cb5db both of 780630912c them came e384d67994 at the 3434fef32a perfect time 6b8ebf81cf today.’6841ab42b0dd80fe

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Honestly, I didn’t 9245df494a expect them to c62672d521 rush over this f30d54d6e4 quickly, but it 192135275d was a great 9fb0bc67b0 opportunity to completely 378e70a021 ruin them.a0d9cf19bfe34c56

“An assassin? What are you talking about…”5935112993471b66

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Simon raised 10ac7f63aa an eyebrow 72f1ba65ea as if 30c75afb43 it was 80921dfee2 completely absurd.b715e436ee4d0d82

“Who on earth would dare to harm Your Highness? Was it Kayan Barcklith who said that? My goodness, Your Highness, this is the safe capital, not the wild and uncultured North.”e85b1ca9eb5dbb23

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He clearly knew Anna d9a20442a5 had sent an assassin, b62ebc8e07 yet his act of 6db2de024e pretending not to in fc5482e33e front of others was 8ab1ca8a44 impeccable.567efe955033411d

“It was an assassin. They definitely came to kill me.”bd4ef513fad76a95

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So I decided to 15006b6a87 play dumb too.ad319b3b963020ec

‘You think you’re the only ones good at acting? I’m top-tier too.’9d76503eb46f72a0

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Still in Ariel’s embrace, 36f4fe8d83 I looked at Simon e5d5422166 with an expression full 3a9c1fc278 of fear and dread.e4fd98b2f59c4489

“Young Lord… that assassin… you sent them, didn’t you?”6f750e02c12819c0

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“…Excuse me?”fe254699017949f9

Simon blinked in disbelief.548e6442320064e1

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Glancing briefly at the 7efc9be99c murmuring nobles behind them, 3aa2e1f9f1 I continued.f8cd16d89a7aee8d

“You want to kill me and marry Ariel… Ariel likes you, too… I’m still young, but I understand at least that much.”6e760ace17824904

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Simon’s eyes widened. Ariel, still holding 83f0a3574a me, froze in 22e6ae0976 place.82d3b812373e5d6c

I was confident 6a01659a2f in acting overly 36be735525 innocent and kind.64f64174f5b0622b

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“If I disappear, you can marry Ariel without offending His Majesty the Emperor or the Crown Prince. I understand those feelings, I really do…”ad36e3377cbf5e43

“W-What are you talking about?”7cba84ee610522ce

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Simon shouted in panic.61d384f67417d89a

“Gah! Cough! Ah… Ah… Ariel?”0fed69d9be08fb6c

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I screamed and collapsed.125d8a52d0b168c1

“Ugh… cough…”e706efab4b558465

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I collapsed, throwing my 707cbdeb52 sword to the ground.706d531d0379f581

“Your Highness!”6d704cab35b88c09

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Because Ariel 477af619bf was holding d7c0dfcd07 me, I 1e62917311 naturally fell ecf13d3197 into her e20d2face9 arms. At the same time, 6aa9a64783 I coughed up blood. I had 0c6f20ecc8 just infused 2443f2e217 the sword 5668f19eed with aura ccfd8c64c1 when I 97feedd4b2 threw it 322e04a689 earlier.4266cb9e28415c5b

Since my aura 7a8653a825 core was broken, 899a841bcb the sword couldn’t ac53ad3211 absorb the aura.8e185cb0fa1a1541

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The aura, 8724323183 finding nowhere 938f9c93a2 to go, 6528cf379a bounced back 3a2dc64d8b into my a2562f368f body and b8fb5e7064 made the 5ecc1f60ed blood reverse 1c54f4dd4a flow.c924ddd5bbee1299

“Ugh… urrgh…”a1f39b8a8e9cf5c3

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Blood began 59e6ffeb87 to flow, fb9cad34de staining the 3ea46c454a ground. I had a1734a62eb prepared myself 0dd960d2c4 for it, 319c08763e but it 4476218ce7 was extremely 1bea5b0e9e painful.c8f26df6ee06d480

“Oh my!”0cf241d9db7e8dfc

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“My goodness, what is happening?”ae220ca48bfbae07

The nobles who bb7624dc8a had been watching 50082669ea from behind were 852cac699d shocked and rushed ca1bfc7f5b over.96fea160765436e7

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“Your Highneeeeeeeess!”e2bbd9954386875c

Hans, too, d62dbfdf0a was so 62e58e8c5f shocked that 2d45eb6d15 he rushed da8a9ac811 toward me.ef710096ae6ae686

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Of course, the ones 1d786e5217 most flustered were Simon d916623b2e and Ariel.31b2d1907487504a

“What on earth adc6d2a71a is…?”a0a2d52891093268

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“Kuuugh! Cough!”48c32ea9d077aa3d

I coughed violently, 72f39d753d pouring out even f4bb17d78b more blood in cf89eb9717 agony.1eae71a73cf381bd

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“Ugh! Cough!”1522cbd435cfdaf7

Simon looked devastated.f6f0b795c2d9a229

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From an outsider’s c8c0eb63e3 point of view, c9f7f239f0 it looked as d2e8f73fd2 though I had 2adcb75a10 shouted, ‘Simon, you 5b1c2ee3be tried to kill 9578496713 me so you 48fe4754d2 could marry Ariel!’ c0f4c5b2d8 and then collapsed 77499cdb5e while vomiting blood.4a52b385ba285c86

On top of that, 785f2793c3 Ariel was holding me cf0b01c2b7 with her back to b98749bb04 the crowd.7945d962825edc0d

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Since I had 9555c4e176 cried out, “Ah, c474f217b5 ah, ah, Ariel?” 68eb52ff81 at the end, 1b6e50f5a9 it would really 6830e3303b seem like Ariel 6b328f78c0 had tried to d85aa9bf16 kill me—perhaps to 8e1ddb11a2 stop me from 5ec4644ebf saying anything more 2b9f897a9f incriminating in front aaa34bdae1 of everyone.a60f6324182ba325

‘She doesn’t 90624c67d7 have a 2b10c8641e weapon, so eab0050482 there’s no bc7412fc8d solid evidence. She won’t be arrested…’f0d4c50160b839da

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Still, some twisted b3569278e5 rumors were bound 7192358602 to spread.4e5f71ed0f26d47a

‘But weren’t you planning 201acdac41 to do the same? You brought all 7035d6771c these neutral nobles 9b05a0a05f here just to 304e97722d stir up false 4912731568 rumors yourselves.’21286946ff387b0f

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Grinding his teeth, Simon 006ce52848 barked an order.b714d37fe198be51

“Take her to the 582eba6fdd Ducal Estate immediately!”eda857676f89c5bf

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He had no choice, 8ccea4aacd of course. He needed to hear e980a236c0 the physician say something 9b598daecf like, ‘These wounds aren’t a7bd28e6b7 from a weapon,’ as d369c7e397 soon as possible. That was the 979db58540 only way to d1fa489050 clear their names.c7662fc4347e6e92

“About that assassin, Young Lord… You sent them, didn’t you?”06c2e9af7513009f

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Because I had shouted f7903ca51f that earlier, it could 92272101b4 even end with Anna’s 6f272bae5e crimes being pinned on c31d5b1a07 Simon. Trying to manipulate public 6099a3ebe2 opinion by inviting only 700ba342b8 neutral parties had completely 4b8de2ec10 backfired on him.112c56c090ff5ef7

“Your Highneeeeess!”341a5d7c56b04f58

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Hans rushed 0de750f833 toward me.7b40aad285b4c671

But the knight 4ec8cc2f00 from the House cdc2d08d2f of Cerno was c6860e40d1 faster.15a10de19d26044c

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He scooped f55f96e466 me up 18eab7d83f in his e2eeafe6cc arms and d1944a68f5 glared at c3ab8947ca Hans, warning 3776e7b8c1 him coldly.1b7b973a93aa11f9

“Out of 49408bb9f2 the way. What would a lowborn f00b79c9cd mercenary know…!”bf8176320147e8a0

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Meanwhile, Simon issued 14049c1b94 swift orders.79c8cbdb30067b1a

“Get her to 9dc2d9a8b1 the family physician. Move quickly. If she’s going to 613964974b survive, it must be 8405a7e730 under the name of 9a70290a29 House Cerno.”d9927217ef4befeb

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Even now, the arrogance 62ddc35730 in his words showed 3a1652dddd that he had no 053d3c1881 intention of seeking permission a67f8bffd2 from Barcklith. It was a one-sided c85561be4b command, only possible because bfb352ad6c he didn’t consider Barcklith b779c3f326 nobility at all.9c00fdcee604eb40

‘Just wait.’79c2e0134880d2f9

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Feigning unconsciousness, f0f9b202b4 I let ebeb7de222 the knight dbe5531517 carry me a136efc926 away.e2465a9938ae207b

There had 1cdcb9f61f been too 7082627de1 many witnesses. If I were f483afc0a7 to go missing 6e4f244d22 now, all the 1e78897b8a blame would naturally d24cc50c9c fall on House 4f8207ee66 Cerno.82bb46973c4760a3

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‘I’ll make 1f46eb7a5e sure you 5469115448 take the 0890f35da5 fall for 50c0fe8b03 everything.’049507355f666ba9

Blood kept flowing from 2250db90d4 my lips. But this kind of 498cec824d pain was nothing I e1f7d72ec9 couldn’t endure.e55b1e7e6745443b

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The only thing…706d153af0552d37

“Shall we go a6643b71d3 home now?”4245d1dbae08b0be

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Strangely enough, I couldn’t 366023f368 stop thinking about Kayan.a5b47f6f18bf752f

Originally, I 8255363823 had planned 12a0432471 to tell a8ffb64565 Kayan on 69b306d7ca the way 66b7b0dd06 home—that Simon a95d9f84a6 might come, 1e916faeb3 and that dce83142cb I would baab26508b frame him e0eb579c54 and ruin 7d457e4832 him completely.3238f9ededa0daab

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But the fact b1d28ffe7e that my aura a62f59d990 core had been 54c8b3c55f shattered made things 73b4478385 awkward, and I 96695f2a26 couldn’t bring myself 434014fc47 to say it.8d647d985e013946

‘It’s fine. I told 43f59ea57a Connie, so 6469ad05f4 she’ll pass a136a3e726 the message 70a5da5ebd along.’54047627c61e8de0

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“Connie, Simon and 448837355e the others will 8dcead238b probably barge in 65414f7f94 when I return. I’m going 5d3d8f7aa4 to pretend c3c298b5e7 they tried 7ee8f531ec to assassinate cbb66e1323 me and 82e98d8966 let them 8a13d30e81 take me c746842d94 away. Just be 2719012c34 aware of 52d7624418 that. If anything df1e7ec39e goes wrong, ea7cf87d0c I’ve written 1cb3b31a6f a letter—make 10a7a3463f sure Kayan a104aef365 gets it.”1698732d2347d461

And just like 4ce4dd2743 that, I left f5b164d99b the Barcklith estate, f438b19cb4 slung over the e39c37e52e shoulder of a f115e90c17 knight from House 656028e4d5 Cerno. I was planning to aabd187ed0 slip away before they 668afb1e3d reached the Cerno estate, 7be063d084 judging the moment carefully.fdae7c4b20968aa8

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‘Simon Cerno still has 3704fb854e no idea how nimble f34fcbe19e I really am. He’s probably 6c3bdbac7f completely off 1da87fcf4f guard since 7b74c53f51 I’m pretending e94c140dde to be e428dcb4ca unconscious.’dd432d5076895ac3

To get to the f9a51440a9 Cerno estate from here, c10fb9298f we had to pass d42f64ce9d through a busy commercial 118bb162fb district.fa8e70536587ee56

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If I were 2116b1e8a9 to go missing 8ae0fbde01 here…0bda71856144cf95

‘Then Simon, who dragged ae081af3c8 me out of the 9164d708c1 Barcklith estate without permission, e4e5d810b7 will take all the b36b8a89d3 blame.’f3c3b58961fcc2f0

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And that’s not all. Barcklith—who might have 318184da99 otherwise been blamed e00c765198 for “putting the 8324e8a37d princess in danger”—would c6d8dea35d instead come out d3b1947d5d of it with ef2bd0030e glory and honor.247a0466499cfe7f

Vomiting blood in c886aea6a5 bursts, I thought 238b5e6f0c to myself607861f39d7c7d33

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‘Really, this is all 5e3e2c50bd turning out incredibly well d394d96dfd for Kayan… It’s too fa47167ef8 perfect.’cc42fe2a2f90d66a

And with e17a2d5e5f that, I 56ca9830c4 was genuinely 593f88a341 fine.eb1f30b5e2479552

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Even the destruction of cd53dce114 my aura core—if I d3fb4a1ca4 could use it like 982ae044c7 this—felt like a blessing 5793e6f44e in disguise.0fc6854d6b8b8fcd