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“Your Grace. It’s Aeryl. May I come in?” It was Aeryl. The Grand Duke hesitated to respond. He didn’t want to see Aeryl right now. He needed to sort through the thoughts and emotions he’d felt today, to let this confusion settle. But he couldn’t bring himself to tell him to go away. ‘I want to see him. I don’t want to see him.’ Conflicting emotions collided within him. Before he could decide, Rynello opened the office door. “Come in. I was just about to leave.” “I…- 279.4 K • Completed
- After the inventor’s fate was decided, the Grand Duke’s party packed up and began the journey home. Though night had fallen and darkness covered the land, it was a busy season in preparation for winter, so there was no room for delay. Among the group were the inventor and his son. They had packed only what was absolutely necessary and boarded a carriage they’d procured from a nearby village. Traveling by carriage meant they couldn’t move quickly, but it was a necessary compromise to block…
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- ‘What is it that’s in the Grand Duke’s castle?’ Aeryl recalled the chill he sometimes felt in those dark hallways. He wanted to demand a clear answer—What is it? Just say it!—but now wasn’t the time. “I feel sorry about the past too. But this is a different issue.” “What?” “What are you going to do if you run away? Build another house like this and lock up Raeler again?” “I believe that’s the best way!” The inventor stood firm. Aeryl let out a long sigh. As…
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- “Was it you? You con artist, filling my kid’s head with nonsense!” “Hey now, don’t talk like that to the doctor.” Mason had forced the inventor to kneel. Raeler stood nervously beside him, and Aeryl approached Raeler. “I’m sorry. I said I’d come with you.” “No, it’s okay. More importantly, are you alright?” “Yes, I’m…” Raeler looked at the inventor. Only then did Aeryl notice the back of the inventor’s neck was drenched in blood. So the one who was hurt…
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- If someone else had said those words, they wouldn’t have resonated so deeply. But he had achieved his dream of becoming a doctor—even as an omega. He was recognized enough to work for the Grand Duke. He was someone who lived exactly by the words he’d spoken. His confidence, his certainty—everything about him shone so brilliantly. “If it’s him saying it… I want to believe it. That I can do it too.” And he’d even said he would teach Raeler how to live as an omega. Raeler had always…
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- ‘It’s an unfamiliar concept, but mental factors can have a huge effect on the body.’ Aeryl believed that the mind and body were more closely connected. The fact that emotional states were reflected so clearly in pheromones supported that idea—it wasn’t baseless speculation. ‘Could the irregular pheromone production and inability to recognize his own scent be tied to the Grand Duke’s psychological state?’ If so, it was a difficult problem. Who would willingly accept being told there…
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- Aeryl shouted toward the Grand Duke and held out his palm. The Grand Duke was so startled he froze. “I’m sorry! I’ll explain this rudeness later. Just—please, give me a moment. I’ll be right back!” Aeryl fired off the words like rapid gunfire, then ran off in the opposite direction from the Grand Duke. No one had expected this. ‘Aeryl… rejected me.’ The Grand Duke stood frozen, unable to move from the shock. It felt like falling off a cliff—an overwhelming sense of…
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- “A, a, actually, no?” The young man denied it. He seemed like he was trying to act casual, but he failed—he stuttered, and the effort fell flat. Maybe he realized it himself, because tears welled up in his large black eyes. ‘I’m going to make him cry at this rate.’ Aeryl felt like a terrible adult bullying a child. He gave a soft smile and released a wave of friendly pheromones. The young man flinched and looked around the empty air in confusion. As if pheromones could be…
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- “That you’re an omega isn’t the problem. I just spoke in a way that led you to misunderstand me.” “Then what did you mean by it?” “Well… In any case, I had no intention of belittling you as a doctor.” Rynello knew it wasn’t an answer Aeryl could accept, but it was the best he could offer at the moment. After all, it was true that he thought an omega couldn’t be the Grand Duke’s lover. ‘Being an omega isn’t the problem—but it is the reason it can’t…
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- He held a deep affection for Hiello Asirion. When Rynello first met the Grand Duke, he had still been a teenager—merely the heir to the title. Back then, everything was in disarray. The Great Purge had ended in failure, and there had been no preparations for winter. With the previous ruler dead, they had to arrange the funeral, prepare for the succession, and get ready for the harsh season—all at once. Chaos reigned both inside and outside the Grand Duke’s estate, and everyone braced themselves…
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