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Chapter 24 So this is Emma…? That damn woman who abused Leo?! No wonder she was never there whenever I went to the clinic because I was curious about what she looked like… Had she been neglecting her duties all this time just to follow Hedius around? While I was trying to calm the anger boiling inside me— “You may think you’re something special because the Chief is being lenient with you, but to him, you’re nothing more than a burden. He may be keeping you in the village because of…-
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Chapter 23 Hedius let out a deep sigh as he became aware of someone watching him intently. “Ibi is staring at you, Chief.” “…I know.” “Judging by those sparkling eyes, she looks like she’s about to charge at you any second.” “But didn’t she just do that a little while ago…?” “No, this time I think it’s going to be a back hug. Earlier, didn’t she pretend to trip in front of you? So this time, she’s aiming for your back.” Indeed. Ibi, who was hiding…
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Chapter 22 Imperial studies, history, art, court etiquette, philosophy, law, the Imperial language, and countless other subjects…. A woman carrying a stack of thick books piled one on top of another placed them down on the desk with a thud. This was the library in the northern mansion, where Hedius's study was located. Although she was around fifty years old, she maintained an elegant, upright posture and an appearance that made her look younger than her age. She was Leo's tutor—the woman…
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Chapter 21 In a dark alley where danger lurked around every corner. There stood the shabby signboard of an isolated merchant guild, creaking unpleasantly in the wind. “Hmm…. It’s gloomy no matter how many times I come here.” Viscount Chester shuddered as he knocked on the door. Almost immediately, a small window opened—just large enough to reveal a pair of eyes—and a man with a long scar over one eye spoke. “State your identity.” “Ahem. I am Viscount Chester. I have…
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Chapter 20 ‘As expected, from Hedius's perspective, this must seem strange.’ But what does he want to talk about? What if he's going to question me about why I did something so reckless as entering the lake…? Ugh, I don't even know why this damn sleepwalking started again! But I desperately hid those thoughts. No, I had to hide them. Before he started suspecting my actions. “What could he possibly want to talk about~? Ibi doesn't have anything to talk about, though~.” I…
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Chapter 19 Under the pale moonlight, the wind blew through the empty night. The sharp grass and jagged pebbles scraped, scratched, and pricked at Ibi's bare feet. When she reached the lakeside, an icy wind that chilled her to the bone came rushing toward her. Her pink hair, soft and fluffy like a damp cotton ball, and her pure white dress fluttered wildly in the fierce wind. Yet the expression on her pale face was impossibly calm. Even as the powerful wind battered her entire body, she…
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Chapter 18 After that incident, Hedius returned to the bandit village and came face-to-face with Leo. The child had been dozing off on the sofa in the empty office, but the moment he spotted Hedius, he jumped up. “Welcome back, Father!” Seeing Leo run toward him with a bright, delighted smile, Hedius held his breath. ‘…Father.’ His expression darkened. There was someone else whom this child was supposed to call Father. Hedius knew very well just how heavy that title was. The…
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Chapter 17 “…Chief?” Hedius was completely dazed. No, it would not be an exaggeration to say that his thought process had suddenly come to a complete stop. At the moment she had suddenly thrown her arms around him, he had felt something hot that had been dormant deep within his body break free. It was an indescribable sensation, like a solid boulder developing deep cracks with a crack-crack. He slowly removed his gloves and raised his palms. To his bewilderment, an aura imbued with…
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Chapter 16 Apparently, I really was drunk, because his face looked even more handsome illuminated by the red campfire. But so what? I was already the strange woman around here, and no matter what I did, I could always brush it off by saying that it was simply because I was strange. “Come on! Why aren’t you drinking this good stuff?” I didn't care about the people who had fallen silent in shock. At my urging, Hedius reluctantly sighed and accepted the glass. “Just how much has Ibi…
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Chapter 15 After confirming that Leo had fallen asleep, I was just about to head upstairs to my bedroom in the attic when someone lightly tapped me on the shoulder. “Tan?” Today, Tanto had his long green hair neatly braided to one side. He was holding a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a glass in the other, grinning broadly. “Would you like to have a drink with us? There's a drinking party going on at the training grounds for once.” Alcohol…? I blinked, and Tanto looked at me…
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