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๐๐๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโ
๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ.
๐๐๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐'๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐งโ
๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐'๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐๐.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐
๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ?
๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐,๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐งโ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐?
๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐.
๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ?
๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ,
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ.
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โปโโโโโ โโฉโ โโโโโโบ
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๐ช๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ :
โปโโโโโ โโฉโ โโโโโโบ
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โ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. โ a maid carefully wake jude up.
Wait. Why am i alive?
I ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต be alive.
How?
Judelow open his eyes, for a second his still processing his thoughts. He's just been killed by N00B, one of Emperor Tai's Second in command. He shouldn't be alive right now.
Did he go back in time?
But how?
Is this the universe reward for having a bad past life?
Is this the universe blessing for all the things he'd been through before?
Well, if it isโ i would make all things right.
I ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ make everything right.
๐ will not suffer from my own parents controlling me.
๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
After all, its his chance to get out of this living hell.
โ Viscount Judelow, your carriage will be prepared. Your clothes are ready and everything is set. โ The maid calmly delivered everything he needed.
โ Your parents are waiting to the dining hall, They expect you to come once you've changed. โ The other maid deliberately added.
โ Thank you, I will go down as soon as i changed. Please kindly tell them โ Judelow replied.
Once Judelow replied, the two maid left his chambers.
Judelow grinned, this is the perfect timing.
In his past life, his parents controlled everythingโ who to talk, who to greet, who to befriend, who to ally, and who to date. They controlled everything he do.
Though it is so scuffed, he managed to live with it. Thinking about it, he never done anything he likes in his past life.
Well, the only thing he have done that he likes is trapping.
Trapping makes him feel more like a person, he doesnt know why, maybe because of the satisfaction of trapping someoneโ just like him. He just enjoys when people feel the same feeling as he was when he's trapped in his own lifeโ suffocated, draining, and frustrating.
He can't even do anything about itโ trap in his own life because of his parents obsession of becoming an influential people in high society.
In his past life, he's bound to ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. One of the most courageous royal knightโ responsible for slaughtering thousands of enemies in just a swift move. He don't know anything about his companion, since he's always busy dealing with another nationโ or so he thought.
Judelow finished changing and was heading to the dining hall, He's parents are talking very loud about something that it reaches all across the room. He doesn't mind at all, he's used to itโ not until he hears his name and decided to eavesdrop.
โ Jude will be marrying the Grand Duke, his Majesty Tai said that he will be having Jude as the Grand Duke's companion. โ His father said
โ The Emperor really said that? โ His mother replied with a confused tone
โ Yes, and it came from the Emperor's own mouth. โ His father replied back, grinning ear to ear.
โ And why are you grinning like you won a lottery exactly? โ His mother asked, in a confused tone with eyes side-eyeing his father.
โ Well, we could use Jude as a way to come back in high society as well as to have a generational wealth. The Grand Duke will be busy with battles anyways so we can asked him to take care for Judelow in exchange for a compensation and allowance for staying here in our manor. After all, he's not our responsibility anymore after he took the Grand Duke's title. โ His father explained, still grinning ear to ear like he have planned all of this.
So this is the reason why the Grand Duke never even visited him.
Judelow's heart ache as what he heard but really its not surprising at all. In his past life, he's been always treated badly like this. Why would he think that everything will be fine just because he rebirthed?
But he's here to changed his life, away from this insufferable family. After hearing those nasty things they said about Judelow being their generational wealth, he headed to the dining hall. Judelow has this innocent look like he never even heard what they have said. If they are gonna play this game, then fineโ but they can't use him anymore as a way to gain everything.
After all, they don't deserve anything good in life.
They just think about themselvesโ
What a pitiful creatures.
โ Good morning, Mother and Father. โ Jude greeted them with a smile
โ Oh, honey. Good Morning too. Did you have a great sleep? โ His mother looked at him with an angelic smile.
They are really a good liar, aren't they.
But they fooled me once,
And it lead my life to death.
โ I have a great sleep, mother. I am so amused that the Grand Duke have picked me as his companion that i doze off flying to the clouds. โ He replied with a fake genuine smile, they belived him tho.
โ Well then, Judeโ you should eat now. We shouldn't keep the Grand Duke waiting. After all, you will be bestowed as a companion in the palace of our beloved Emperorโ Tai. โ His Father sternly said.
โ Yes Father, of course. โ Jude gladly replied.
Well, In the Empire of strength. When someone is being bestowed as a companion by the Emperor, there is no ceremony neededโ no fancy church, no wedding, just the Emperor saying words infront of the nobles.
After all, why waste the kingdom's money if its just marriage of convenience.
Jude and his mother are in the carriage, they are going all the way to the Emperor's palace.
The palace are big and very eerie, maybe because its color pallete are mostly consists of the color black, white, and goldโ just like its inhabitant, Emperor Tai.
๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ช, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ โ ๐๐ข๐ช-๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ. โ is the Emperor of Strength Empire. ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด he did, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆโ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ....๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ?
โ Greetings, it is Iโ the second in command of the Grand Duke Sharpness Conexion, Saparata. I will be in your side today, Viscount Sasso. โ The angel looking thing greeted jude with a bright energy, really beaming this place with sunshine and rainbows.
โ My apologies if you expected the Grand Duke to fetch you here in your carriage. The Grand Duke just have a minor inconvenience to deal with, so no need to worry as he will be returning after he dealt with the problem in The North. โ The angel-looking thing carefully explain.
โ Its okay, Sir Saparata. I understand. โ Jude replied with a smile.
This is not strange at all, as this happened before in his past life. Though he knows what exactly will happenedโ As there's going to have war in The North and that will cancel all the ceremony, but they are still companion and bound to each other cause they have to signed a marriage certificate. In his past life, Someone signed the Grand Duke's marriage certificateโ an envoy, tho he can't really visibly remember who. I guess its the after effect of being rebirth but they still became companion.
Now that he think about it, he never even seen the Grand Duke Conexion before in his past lifeโ I guess the scheming of his parents really work before, huh.
But not anymore, he have to do something.
Anything.
He knows that his parents have something to do with the war on The North, maybe this is their way so that Jude have no connection to communicate with the Grand Duke whatsoever.
He needs to meet the Grand Duke first, before his parents can actually manipulate the Grand Duke.
Saparata lead Judelow to his chambers, as the ceremony will be held in three days. So he have three days to just stroll around the palace for a while.
โ This is your chamber, Viscount Sasso. If you have anything to asked, need, or wantโ just don't hesitate to come to me, as the Grand Duke told me to accompany you with your stay. I will just be in the next chamber, in the left side of yoursโ so if anything, just knocked and i will answer. โ Saparata explained, still have these angelic-look that made the room bright even tho its dark cause of the atmosphere.
โ Is there anything, that umm... โ Judelow hesitated but he dramatically sighed but continues to talk. โ Is there anything that i.... can do to deliver letters to the Grand Duke? โ Judelow asked, as if his life depends on it.
โ Oh, yes there is a way. There is a royal mail man that collects letters here in the palace. However, it will be delivered in 3 days. So it will be useless still. โ Saparata explained, also curious on what he's going to write.
โ Oh, is that so? โ Judelow replied with a doubt. He ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ to write a letter to the Grand Duke. โ Perhaps, Sir Saparata. You could give it to him personally, as you told me you will go with him later on this day. Will you accept my request, Please? โ Judelow asked with a despiration crepting on his voice as he speak.
โ Oh, Sure Viscount Sasso. I will deliberately give him your letter personally, i dont mind it at all. โ Saparata replied with a smirking smile, you can see his eyes glimmering with curiosity and.... teasing?? weird.
โ And also, Sir Saparata i have a request for you aswell. โ Judelow hesitated, as its his first time to interact to someone that is not in their manor.
โ Oh, what is it? โ
โ If my parents asked you anything, or everything about my activity. Please keep this a secret between us, as i dont want my parents finding out that i wrote a letter to the Grand Duke without their permission. โ Judelow explained.
โ Is that so? well, you have my trust Viscount Sasso. โ Saparata find it weird but maybe this will lead to something fun.
โ And also, you're free to call me Judelow as i find it weird to call me with something so intricate. โ Jude scoffed, he ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ high society, his own title and even his surname.
โ Oh, okay Judelow โ Saparata smiled.
โ Also, I'll be in my chambers. Just knocked if your done with you โ secret โ letter. โ Saparata teasingly highlighted the word secret and left Jude's chambers.
Gosh, how am i going to write a letter.
Even more, to the Grand duke.