dorothea
Stories
38
Chapters
2,243
Words
16.9 M
Comments
8
Reading
58 d, 18 h
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Time flowed like water, and the grand holiday approached. The term 'grand holiday' meant that opera season had arrived in Levania. The opera street during the grand holiday period was almost like a festival. People walking around in shockingly extravagant carnival costumes, various visitors from distant foreign countries, and merchants enticing people with all kinds of opera merchandise. During this opera season when everyone was excited, all attention focused on the new opera showing at the…-
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"This is quite a coincidence. How a tavern came to be located on land owned by a bishop, and how Duke Schultz Tartien built a building on it and leased it to the owner of Isaac......" "Wow, it's church-owned land so they don't pay taxes, but the rent alone brings in an enormous amount." "To think that Duke Schultz Tartien's wealth rivals the national treasury, this alone gives some credibility to those rumors." They had intended to investigate the Cissus Opera House, but instead, Schultz Tartien's…
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"We received a report that Cissus Opera House has not faithfully paid its taxes. We are here to arrest Karl Winger, the owner of the opera house, on charges of tax evasion, embezzlement, and profiting from selling actors into the black market." "The owner is not currently in Karien. When he is absent, I, Osman Roniers, serve as the general manager handling all opera house-related matters. But before you take me away, do you have evidence to support these charges?" "We have reports from credible…
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The carriage carrying Lumiere arrived at Karl's villa. 'I'm late. Karl will be waiting.' Lumiere hurriedly got out of the carriage and walked across the lobby. The dark atmosphere of what seemed like an abandoned palace no longer felt eerie to her. Rather, she felt a sense of freedom, that she could move more lightly since there were few people around. Since that day, Lumiere had visited the palace almost every day without fail. When she arrived, Karl would simply hold her and laze…
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Rustle. Laurel opened her eyes wide at the faint sound. '......I think I just heard something outside?' She had been sitting beside the sleeping children knitting a sweater, but must have dozed off at some point. Laurel put down the ball of yarn she was holding and carefully checked the orphanage window once more. The news from outside had been ominous lately. The daily papers were filled with stories about people disappearing from somewhere, bodies suddenly being discovered, or…
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"Get up! Time to go to work!" Paul Evoque, startled, looked up at the guard who had come to fetch him with eyes full of fear. The guard pulled him outside with rough hands, showing not a trace of compassion. Paul Evoque struggled and resisted, but it was useless. "I, I haven't even had a trial yet! I, I am not yet a criminal...!" "How many of those who enter this place do you think had a trial?" The guard coldly mocked him and dragged Paul Evoque to the basement level of the…
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Karl, who had been picking up the paper Schultz handed over, paused and looked at him. "The original plan was for the grand festival, but they advise that waiting over six months would be inefficient and unfavorable date-wise, so it would be better to hold the ceremony right after the grand holiday." Karl read through the temple's position paper that Schultz had brought. Though written at length with flowery rhetoric, in summary it was exactly as Schultz had just explained. Karl, who had been…
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The two spent a long time in Karl's bedroom. If it were a simple audience, they would have had to be mindful of surrounding gazes, but the excuse of painting a portrait was perfect for spending time alone together. "Doesn't this hurt?" Lumiere asked, examining the fake skin she had removed from his face. Staring blankly at Lumiere, who sparkled in the orange sunset light filtering into the bedroom, he belatedly shook his head. "It's stuffy but not painful. Actually, I don't wear makeup for…
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"We've been waiting for you. Miss Maria instructed us to escort you as soon as you arrived, Miss Lashantia. Please follow me." Lumiere followed the servant who had been waiting for her in the lobby up to the third floor, where the king's bedroom was located. Her heart pounded as she climbed the stairs. He'll be surprised, won't he? How surprised will he be? How should I react? I shouldn't just act like I know him, right? Then what expression should I have when I see him? Despite her…
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Lumiere had been busy preparing for her palace visit since morning. She must have been nervous, as her hands kept trembling while preparing her painting supplies. 'Whew, stay calm.' Though she had been meeting Karl for over three years, this was her first time going to the palace. It had been about a year and a half since she learned his secret. Even after learning he was the King, she had never once thought of visiting the palace. On a day when thick snowflakes fluttered, erasing the…
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