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“What do you want to say?” Unlike her frail appearance, her voice was authoritative. She kept working even as she questioned me. Lantuya ignored me, but I couldn’t take my eyes off her. I continued watching her for a long time, but she showed no reaction. In the end, I spoke first. “Nice to see you.” “What’s your business?” Her formal tone didn’t sound like respect for an elder of the family but like a polite wall meant to keep distance. I glanced at the chief aide beside her…- 323.4 K • Completed
- “This is the room you’ll be staying in.” Rick guided me to my room, seemingly half-hearted. It was as large as Lu’s room at Adeye, but unlike that place, which was so dazzlingly ornate, it was clean and had a distinctly old-fashioned feel. The only issue was that it faced west. And it was at the very end of the building. Well, I didn’t care whether they gave the future Grand Duke’s partner a corner room or an attic room. As long as it wasn’t next to a pigsty, this counted as a 5 star…
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- What do you mean, impure? Rick quickly glanced at the harmonious siblings. Lantuya was still earnestly speaking, as if she were giving a sermon, and Lu was diligently nodding along. Even though Lantuya’s eyes seemed unusually passionate, it didn’t feel particularly impure. “Well, she does seem excited about something, but beyond that, I don’t know.” “She’s holding his hand too tightly.” Hand? Rick strained his eyes to look closer, but again, he couldn’t find anything…
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- I looked away for a moment and then mumbled an answer as if it wasn’t important. "Why worry about the future already? There are mountains of problems to solve right now." "It's a mountain. I have to send you to Kun alone, without any of my people." I was about to take a bite of the boneless chicken when I stopped. “Just me?” "I got a message from Kun. They said they don't need a dowry, and none of your servants can come along. Just you, all by yourself.” It’s a strategy to…
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- “I told you. I’m the only one who can lift the Kun family’s curse. So why are you….” Tairok raised one hand. Hoiga stopped speaking without realizing it, but it was a signal to the servants nearby. Tap tap tap. As soon as the sound of several footsteps faded away, Tairok spoke again. “So?” His voice sounded indifferent, but to Hoiga it was a warning. Keep talking, if you are curious to see what happens next. Hoiga was immediately gripped by fear and the instinctive urge…
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- The sun had already set, but if not now, there wouldn’t be another chance to greet her, so I had no choice but to visit the guest staying in the annex. After all, she was the most important person in Tubain to me and Doctor Kim. But Baron Owick, whom I met in the drawing room, trembled like an aspen leaf as soon as she saw me. “Baron, are you alright?” “S-s-s.” S-s-s?1 “A snake?” She shook her head and opened her mouth with her eyes tightly…
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- “But still, no one said anything about your eating habits?” “Yes, that’s… ah, I did hear something once.” Doctor Kim closed her eyes. “People don’t bother even a dog while it’s eating.” “That’s why you need to throw out that hypothesis that he likes me. It’s weirder to think he suddenly likes me after hating Adeye for so many years. It makes more sense to say he chose me because he wants the Adeye family’s wealth.” I once heard from Solongo. Everyone knew that…
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- But you know that's a lie. Why are you doing this? I wanted to argue, but I couldn't. And so, I was the only one suffocating on the way home. “You’re busy…” “Lu.” He suddenly cut me off and called my name. “You said you want something from me?” “Yes.” I answered, wary of why he was suddenly asking that, but his voice was light. “You want me to do it as soon as possible, right?” “Of course.” I nodded, then paused when I looked at him. He was smiling,…
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- My pride was hurt, but I asked just in case. “Ah, ah, but are the Kun family's rules special or…” “It's ordinary. Anyone would agree with it.” Well, then. I nodded. I wanted to hear at least a specific example, but I couldn't ask for it since I couldn't even state my own condition. I was relieved it was ordinary. And with that relief, I became even more pressed. “I'd like to put this promise in writing.” “As you wish.” Really? The doubts I'd suppressed countless…
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- A heavy, black wooden door. Perhaps because it was as simple as Doctor Kim's office door, I remembered the first time I'd fallen here and met her. I wasn't this nervous back then, damn it. I could more or less predict how Doctor Kim would react, but Tairok was different. I couldn’t guess how he’d respond, and that was what made my stomach churn. Phew. I took a deep breath, and the door before me finally moved. "Your Grace, Adeye Lu has arrived." Rick introduced me and turned around. I…
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