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    us’. Not in general and especially not in this case. I don''t think that that woman is sorry in the slightest. She regrets that she was forced to admit defeat, but she doesn''t regret trying to destroy our happiness. You probably tried to keep her from doing this, didn''t you? You are far too calculative to run into such mishaps at full speed. You knew that I would stand by Blanche and attempted to reason with our dear dowager empress, but you were ignored.”


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    Of course, you didn''t. Cedar, don''t joke with me. How could I ever believe that? You also didn''t hire the assassins that attacked me during the hunting festival after my coronation. You weren''t responsible for my mother''s death. You also didn''t frame Count Besseta and had him executed, which causes his family to suffer until this day. Naturally, you didn''t send your personal guard to watch me during this hunt either. Nor did you send the men that attacked us during our picnic or tried to poison Blanche.”


    is strange. I presume that she would only take that risk if Sefare was quite distant to her and barely knew things about her plans. But then she wouldn''t have a reason to want him dead. That''s odd. We need to make sure to interrogate Sefare as soon as he wakes up. I don''t want any information to be lost. Maybe someone else was involved here too. We will see.”