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Emile opened his mouth to call Undine's name, but a whip cracked across his back before he could speak.The blow was powerful enough to send him hurtling through the air. His spine slammed against a rock beside the fence with a sickening crack.The attendant who had struck him did not even spare him a glance as he muttered, "Filthy lunatics. Get away from us!"Emile lay in the mud, his mouth filled with dirt and icy water. He watched the carriage roll farther and farther away until it finally disappeared at the end of the street.He remembered the things he had said before."Stop threatening me with your death! You're the High Priestess of Aubin!""Don't tell me about death and all that. It's depressing. I detest it.""Don't make that face. None of these things are anything special. I could get you far better treasures from the treasury, or the finest herbs from the garden."He remembered wrapping her cold, trembling hands in his while a handmaiden carried away the Chalice of C
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He raised the items cradled in his arms toward me: a bloodstained letter, a stick snapped in half, and a handful of shattered beads. His hands trembled uncontrollably."Let's go home, Undine," he croaked. Joy, grief, and ecstasy tangled in his broken voice. "I have my life back because I have you back! You're back... You're alive..."I studied the strange, bloodied old man before me. I could not remember who he was. His face, his voice, and even his name stirred nothing within me. He was an unimportant stranger. Nothing more.He reached for the hem of my robe, but I stepped aside. My priestly attendant immediately kicked him back into the snow.He quickly scrambled to his feet, then looked up at me from the ground. Blood streaked his face, now marred by tears. His lips moved as he recited something. It was the last letter I had written to him.With each line, his voice broke a little more. By the end, the words had dissolved into a pitiful whimper."I see," I replied with such ca
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Divine power flowed into the magic circle.I watched the purple aura Emile emitted, the so-called "innate spirit of a sovereign," strip away layer by layer before rushing out of the building and into the Temple of Aubin.A gaping hole suddenly tore open in his chest. It was the wound from the arrow strike, the very one I had removed through Soulforging. Now it had returned, festering as blood poured freely from the opening.The pain forced him to writhe, and he accidentally slammed his head against the bloodstained floor. Even so, he refused to pull his hands away from the center of the circle.Someone kicked the door open.The king and his men rushed inside, followed closely by a group of stunned court mages."What in the blazes are you doing?!" the king thundered as he watched the purple aura dissipate. "Y-You're sacrificing your spirit for this?! Are you mad?!"Emile did not even turn to face his father. He remained kneeling in the pool of blood he had created, his hands char
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Emile dragged Giselle into a secret room in my quarters while I watched coldly from behind him.There were no torture devices inside, only a chair and a single gaslight.Giselle was forced to sit on the floor. Blood still clung to the corner of her lips as she trembled in fear. Emile settled into the chair opposite her with effortless elegance."One thing bothers me, Giselle. Did you know she would die if she performed Soulforging for the third time?" he asked softly.She froze. He caught the reaction and answered it with a dangerous smirk. "You don't need to answer so quickly. Allow me to remind you what happened."The day before you demanded that I lend you Undine's Quintessence Bracelet, the Hierarch sent his apprentice to deliver medicine for her. Your handmaiden stopped him in his tracks."He told her that the High Priestess' soul had been reduced to only three fragments by that point. If she were separated from the bracelet, she would die."Your handmaiden received the mes
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I thought everything would end once I died. I was wrong. My spirit remained. It floated in midair and watched the man kneeling before a pile of exquisite fabric.Emile's brocade robe was already caked with dust. Silvery fragments of my soul still danced through the air. He waved his hands frantically, trying to catch them.The only thing he managed to grasp was the paper bearing my will. He read the bloodstained words, his eyelashes trembling."I want the physician, now!"I had never heard him bellow like that. His voice broke. It was as though the last thread of his restraint had finally snapped.He gripped the paper so tightly that it crumpled in his fist as his chest heaved violently."Bring every medic and physician from the Royal Hospital here at once. If none of you can bring her back... all of you will become her burial goods!" he growled, his voice low, ragged, and broken.The threat sent a chill through the room.The poor physician shook visibly. "B-But Y-Your Highness
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I could hear neither the wind nor my own heartbeat. In that silence, the third fragment of my soul shattered. I felt as though I had already lost my life and been abandoned in my empty, silent quarters.…It was now the seventh day. I knew because I had counted my heartbeats to measure the passing days.Today was the day of my death... and my supposed wedding.My body had already become half-transparent. I touched my hand and felt the edges of my fingers beginning to blur. They were losing their solidity.My breathing had grown so shallow that even I wondered whether I had stopped breathing altogether.The door swung open.I could not hear a thing, yet I somehow sensed his presence and recognized his scent. I smelled ambergris, musk, and every perfume he never usually wore. I knew he must have been dressed in his wedding attire.He cupped my face in his hands. They felt almost searing against my skin. I could feel his fingers trembling.He must have noticed my half-transparent
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