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The Duke Should Divorce Me, So Why Is He Stalling My Death? novel · Chapter 27 of 32

Chapter 27: Canon Break

She pressed Y.

It was the smallest motion she had ever made.

She did not lift a finger.

She only said yes in her head, and meant it, with her whole body.

[Canon Break accepted.]

[Plot points: 0/100. The Exit is closed.]

[The fixed scene is released.]

[The True Heroine's panel is closed.]

Something went out of the air.

Her fingers opened.

The pitcher sank into her hands and she set it down on the table.

The old cupbearer on the floor stopped coughing.

He looked around him, blinking.

On the high chair the Emperor sat up with a snort.

"What is this?" he said peevishly. "What's all the noise? Why is my cupbearer on his knees?"

"He was taken ill, Majesty," Lysandra said. "Just as the Saintess presented her chalice."

"Ah." The old man looked at the gold cup, full of wine, and then at the Saintess. "A chalice. Not the Founders' vessel."

"Majesty, it is a Temple rite," Anneliese said, softly. "The Duchess pours, and I..."

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