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The soldier was young and fit, and his strides were fast. Kuph, on the other hand, was old and worn, lagging behind. The soldier’s sword was close enough to graze his back at any moment. The nanny wasn’t in much better shape. She clenched her teeth, doing her best to ignore the pain in her injured ankle and run, but her pace couldn’t match what it had once been. “Faster, nanny, run faster!” Sharhan could do nothing but shout desperately while fending off the soldiers rushing at…- 264.3 K • Completed
- They saw two men standing firmly in front of the second door. Both were dressed like regular soldiers, holding their long spears upright with the tips resting on the ground, eyes fixed forward. ‘No matter how quietly we move, they’re bound to notice.’ There was nothing in the hallway that could conceal Sharhan and Lestel. No matter how stealthily they approached, they would be seen. Sharhan wasn’t afraid of a fight, he was worried that any noise might alert the entire castle. As he bit his…
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- Sharhan, now fully outside, scanned the surroundings as he waited for the others to emerge. Lestel, Rael, Kuph, and Adam followed him out of the stable one by one. They didn’t move right away, instead taking a moment to look around the castle interior. “So this is inside the Ailun Castle. It looks… peaceful.” Rael murmured quietly, his tone tinged with bitterness. The silence within the castle was entirely different from the tense, death-choked stillness that hovered outside. Here, it felt…
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- “It’s blocked?” Lestel pressed himself tightly against the wall and guided Sharhan’s hand forward so he could feel it for himself. Just as Lestel said, the passage was blocked. They had reached the end of the tunnel. Realizing that, Sharhan’s heart pounded loudly. He was afraid of what might lie beyond, of where this would lead, but also excited. “This looks like the end.” Sharhan tried to sound calm, but the faint tremor in his voice betrayed the excitement he was struggling…
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- Of course, it might have just been a hasty assumption, but Sharhan was convinced. “I’m coming down too.” “Hold on a second. Let me undo the rope tied around my waist first.” After Sharhan untied the rope, Lestel descended a moment later. Sharhan pressed himself against the wall to make room for him to land. The first thing Lestel did upon reaching the bottom was throw his arms around Sharhan. Startled, Sharhan shoved him back. “Can’t you see I’m holding a torch? Your hair just…
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- “Yes, Sir Rael. Our house has two wells. But how did you know that?” Adam’s voice was filled with surprise. “There are two wells?” Sharhan shot to his feet and moved to stand beside Rael, looking outside. But from where he stood, only one well was visible. “Do you see that slightly raised area about ten steps to the left of the well? It looks like something was used to seal off another well.” Noticing that Sharhan hadn’t found the second well, Rael explained in more detail.…
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- The one who answered Lestel’s question, prompted by what Kuph had said yesterday, was Rael. “I figured that once we leave this place today, it might not be easy to come back.” “……” Rael’s voice was calm, and his expression indifferent. But the meaning behind his words was far from light. If they entered the castle through a secret passage in Adam’s house, no one knew what kind of danger awaited. The Emperor’s and the Marquis’s knights were all highly skilled. They might very…
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- “Do you think he’s circling the castle, looking for a chance to sneak in?” Parel’s target had always been the Emperor, from beginning to end. And now that the Emperor was holed up safely inside the castle, he was probably racking his brain, desperate to find a way in. Sharhan, lost in thought and silent for a moment, leaned back to look at Lestel’s face. “He has mana explosives. Why hasn’t he used them?” That had been bothering him all along. Wasn’t this the same man consumed…
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- Sharhan and Lestel looked at each other. Kuph’s theory sounded too plausible to ignore. “It does make sense. But… do you think he had time to pass on the location of the secret passage to his descendants before he was executed?” Rael posed the question, and Kuph stroked the end of his mustache, a habit of his when deep in thought. “At the time, Mernang was already drunk and slurring his words, so I’m not entirely sure… but I think he did mention a family secret passed down through…
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- That the knight guarding Iris – whom Sharhan had assumed dead at his uncle’s word– was alive, left him overwhelmed with joy. But unlike Sharhan, who was visibly moved, Rael remained wary. It was only natural, given that a stranger had suddenly rushed toward him. Realizing how it must have looked, Sharhan came to a halt and quickly identified himself. “I’m Sharhan, Iris’s older brother.” At that, Rael’s guarded expression softened. In its place bloomed the joy of reuniting with…
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