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Chapter 99 Chapter 99. Do Ahead, Do Your Worst (2) A pitch-dark room. An uncomfortable chair. Cool air. The sole light source was an interrogation lamp hanging above the table. An interrogation room straight out of a picture. "Wait here for a moment." Transferred to the Northern Branch of the Financial Supervisory Service, Jurgen was thrown into a cramped room without a single word of explanation. But he had already grasped the situation. There is a saying — medicines to the pharmacist,…- 2.8 M • Completed
- Chapter 98 Chapter 98. Do Ahead, Do Your Worst (1) There is a term — dooknob authority. It refers to the unofficial, real power held by those closest to the powerful. Clarisse's maid Bell occupied precisely this position. Not of Rosemøre, blood with a status amounting to nothing more than Clarisse's handmaiden. And yet even the average Rosemøre functionary was wary of Bell. For what Bell did was as good as Clarisse's will, and everything Bell saw and heard flowed directly into Clarisse's ears…
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- Chapter 97 Chapter 97. The Rose's Invitation (4) The sound of a great grandfather clock echoing through the corridor. The heavy, cool air particular to old stone buildings. The instant Clarisse's presence faded into the distance. Jurgen's footsteps were already heading toward Penelope's room. He had not seen with his own eyes which wing her room was attached to — North, South, East, or West...... But it was fine. Large as the manor was, it was still just a manor. From the very moment he had…
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- Chapter 96 Chapter 96. The Rose’s Invitation (3) The West Wing, built separately from the main house, was a space originally prepared to receive distinguished guests. Its scale was proportionally vast, befitting a mansion that rivaled a fortress. Penelope had never once seen the West Wing's guest rooms fill to capacity, not even during family gatherings or grand banquets. What she had once thought of as nothing but waste and extravagance now felt like a great stroke of fortune. After seeing Jurgen…
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- Chapter 95 Chapter 95. The Rose’s Invitation (2) "Right this way, please." Cutting straight across the vast garden that would surely take a full thirty minutes just to explore in its entirety. Led by the inside, by the butterer of the Rosemøre estate was magnificent from the very lobby. "My, my......" A ceiling high so towering it made one wonder how on earth the chandeliers were ever cleaned. A floor laid with marble that could only be of the finest quality. The tapestries on the walls…
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- Chapter 94 Chapter 94. The Rose's Invitation (1) "Is all of this the queue for CCC?" "That's right, head to the back over there." "Where exactly am I supposed to go?" "Alsh, what a bother...... Waaslaaaaaaaaaay over there is the end of the queue." "The train station? I just came from there." "Then go back." It was no exaggeration that North Times had covered CCC's pilgrimage-like queue in their follow-up report. A line stretching from the pub district where the CCC main branch was located all the…
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- Chapter 93 Chapter 93. The Future of CCC is Bright A small town, far removed from the capital Albion. A gentle hill where the grass rippled in the soft breeze. Brigitte's grandfather had loved this place dearly. Dearly enough to ask in his will that he be laid to rest here. "Grandfather, I'm here." A grave with a single small headstone — no grand statue, no marble adornments. Brigitte dampened the handkerchief she had brought and polished the headstone until it shone. She plopped down…
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- Chapter 92 Chapter 92. There Has Never Been a Taste Like This (3) She stood before the judging panel composed and dignified, without a thing out of place, but...... 'Ugh, my stomach is killing me.....' In truth, Penelope's insides were burning to a crisp. She had been so desperately nervous that she had overcooked the chicken — which she had fried hundreds upon hundreds of times before — and had been forced to start over. The frantic worry over whether she would finish in time had her back soaked…
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- Chapter 91 Chapter 91. There Has Never Been a Taste Like This (2) Dishes were presented to the judges in the order they were completed. "I am Miles from the Grand Albion Hotel. My dish is Roast beef use doe tenderloin." The judging process was announced in advance. Minister of the Royal Household Cromwell, Minister of Internal Affairs Fontaine, and Fifth Princess Luiza would each taste in turn. "Hmm, well done. However, it does not seem like a dish outstanding enough to be offered to the royal court.…
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- Chapter 90 Chapter 90. There Has Never Been a Taste Like This (1) The day of the competition's main round. The 1st Royal Culinary Competition was held in the Indoor Banquet Hall of Whitehall's South Wing. Perhaps because it was a competition hosted by the royal family in name, even if it was a culinary contest? Far more spectators had gathered than anticipated. Temporary seating had been set up for the audience. Jurgen, suppressing his presence and seated in the most out-of-the-way corner of it,…
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