31 Results with the "locked" tag
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#26. A High Maintenance One
Both of them remained frozen with their hands clasped, looking at the Duke. "Let go of that hand." At the Duke's words, not only Chloe but also Sir Joyce could only blink. "......" "......" Both remained silent, unable to comprehend the situation. "Ah!" Only belatedly understanding the Duke's order, Sir Joyce abruptly released Chloe's hand, causing her to stumble and let out a short cry. "Clyne will ride with me." The two froze again at the Duke's unexpected…-
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#35. Kalkus Traskan
Of course, she might be reacting sensitively due to feeling indebted for the great help she received and worrying about having to see her mother in male disguise with the Duke. "Your Grace, the kindness you've shown to my mother is as vast and deep as the ocean. How could I ever forget such great and profound grace? However, my house is too small and shabby to receive Your Grace, I really couldn't..." Though in the mountains, her house wasn't that shabby or insignificant. While it was basically a…-
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#27. Chloe of Solaine
"I really don't know what you're good at. Truly don't know. Can't ride horses and can't handle carriages well either. Are you good at running? Should we go by foot?" Chloe's face flushed. A high maintenance attending servant who wasn't good at anything. Why did my heart flutter earlier? Right, that was just a reflexive response to a beautiful creation. Chloe shook her head, trying to shake off the delusion. "I'm sorry." "It's fine. You're... good." "......!" Did I hear wrong? Good…-
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#36. Obvious Provocation
Since the power struggle in the imperial family was an internal fight among the lion beast-people, whether the missing prince was hiding in his mother—the Empress's—hometown or not was of no concern to Hughgray. However, it was a different matter that this hometown happened to be Bergen, and furthermore happened to be Clyne Liden's hometown. And even more so if this guy was still staying at Clyne's house. With no more patient to look after, why? Why is he still clinging to Clyne's house? It…-
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#29. I Am Human
Sir Joyce, as if triggered by the Duke's words "I'm not feeling well," got out of the carriage and within less than 5 minutes, pulled the Duke out and took him into an inn room. Took him? No, it was more like he threw him in there. Of course, neither by status nor physical possibility did Sir Joyce actually use force on the Duke. However, the Duke rushed straight to the inn room without a single word of resistance, following Sir Joyce's lead. Eventually left alone in the carriage, Chloe had to…-
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#30. Your Grace!
Eventually, since Sir Joyce hadn't returned, Chloe, unable to get another room, decided to try to sleep without removing her wig or glasses. Defending herself once again with the noble cause that an attending servant shouldn't fall ill. Regardless of whether the master refused care, when the master was sick, the servant shouldn't fall ill too. 'Sick'... Suddenly, the very fact that Duke Wulfaz was 'sick' felt strange. She had never seen the Duke sick before, and he had seemed like someone so…-
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#22. A Beast-person, You Say?
"Yes, I understand." "Ah, but are you certain the other commoner women aren't thin?" It was strange that the woman from that night was a noble. The material, type, and number of clothes he had removed that night didn't seem like something a noble woman would wear. Even though he wasn't in his right mind due to his heat, he wasn't so far gone that he couldn't remember the feeling and memory of what he touched with his own hands. No. I suppose I can't claim to know much about women's…-
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#31. The Kiss
Finally, Chloe's weakened fists could no longer push or hit, and just held onto the Duke's shoulders. This is really not right. I'm a man right now. Your Grace... However, at some point, even the sounds of her resistance against the Duke began to change their tone. From sounds trying to escape somehow to strange sounds as if she were falling into his kiss. "......!" But the very next moment, lightning struck in Chloe's head. Because one of the Duke's hands that had been cupping her face was…-
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#23. Such a Fool
Even though she had told him from the start of the request that it wasn't like that, this guild member had jumped to his own conclusions and even told the elderly couple. She was even more angry because his guess was actually correct. "Anyway, as soon as the old folks heard that, they got excited saying they were right about the woman being a beast-person. When I asked what they meant, they just trailed off saying it was just their thoughts. I left because it sounded ridiculous. Plus it was noisy with…-
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#32. Desire and Goal
"Are you alright...?" It was Sir Joyce's voice. "... seems so." "Your body..." "... seems to have... passed." "... nothing happened?" "Well... nothing." No, what are they saying? Though it should have been audible at this distance, the fact that she couldn't hear clearly suggested both men were speaking in lowered voices. What should she do? She should knock now since it was time for morning attendance. But she was afraid to knock without knowing the Duke's exact condition.…-
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#33. Irresponsible and Cruel
Seeing the Duke's reaction, Chloe thought it might be better to cleanly leave the Duke's mansion, since she had been trembling with fear and guilt every day watching him search for her. Once she changed her mindset, her heart gradually calmed down. "I apologize. If you don't want me to return, I'll quit." Finally, she was able to speak about resigning first. "What?" The Duke jumped up from his seat. Chloe was rather startled by his reaction and stepped back. "I mean, if I make you…-
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#34. Journey to Bergen
As a result, the horse he was riding now was carrying him despite rejecting him with its whole body. But this was far less worrying than being in a narrow carriage with Clyne. In his current state, riding a horse without reins across fields seemed less anxiety-inducing than letting Clyne go to his hometown alone. "I'm fine." "But still..." "Joyce, enough." "Yes." "Enough." Finally, Joyce seemed to read the atmosphere and stopped pressing further. "However, Your Grace." But he…-
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#24. Crazy Man
What did he just do to me? Why... is he acting like this towards me? Countless unresolvable questions swirled in Chloe's mind. It was similar to the confusion she felt that moment when the Duke held her frozen hands during their last outdoor meal. That day her hands felt like they were on fire, but today her whole body felt frozen. However, the Duke who had thrown her into confusion had already passed by her and was heading to the bathroom. Chloe hurriedly followed behind the Duke. Her state…-
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#28. Wolf Cub
In her heart, she wanted to tell him not to jump to hasty wrong conclusions, but naturally, she didn't say anything out loud. "Of course. How could anyone not know Your Grace?" "You speak as if you know me well." Hah. Of course everyone would know you. Not just people from the Elion Empire, but even those from the Tigrium Kingdom would know who the Duke was. A wealthy and skilled Swordmaster, and the young head of the Wulfaz Duchy, a prestigious family that had been influential since the…-
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#25. To Solaine
"Today we need to go meet the Chloe in Solaine." After a brief pause, the Duke spoke while meeting her eyes again. Of course. Why would the Duke avoid the eyes of a mere attending servant? "You're going today? I'm worried you’d experience travel fatigue as you haven't fully recovered from yesterday's journey." If they were going to go right away, they should have stayed in Kinden and gone straight to Solaine from there. Why did they make the exhausting trip back to the mansion…-
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