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As Nathan took in his last breath, Nocturne’s breath came back to him in deep gulps and he nearly collapsed onto the sand of the wilderness. He caught himself and then his legs gave out under him.That had been horrific to experience. He found solace in the fact that he was now out of the memories of his past life. He touched the sand underneath him to ground himself as he tried to evaluate everything he had seen.At first it had been interesting to watch how his past self fell for Leo in another life and then it had been heartwarming to watch them together. The end of it had been the complete opposite.The ruler of the underworld analyzed the memories carefully. Who had caused the end of their relationship and their deaths? There had been lots of factors at play.The news articles had played a part as had homophobic attitudes at the time. Leon’s parents had been terrible to him with their verbal abuse.When he thought about it, it was clear that it was a combined effort between Celia

Nocturne watched the scene with interest. He had learnt a lot about etiquette in this society already from the conversation and Nathaniel’s thoughts.Only men could ask ladies to dance. It was a strict rule. Celeste’s past self was skirting a fair amount of rules with her bold behaviour, he could hear whispers around the room confirming it. As she had a higher societal position than a lot of people in the room, there was no open admonishment of her.“She has noticed us,” Ernest joked. “I will go back to my young lady’s side before she gets the wrong idea about my absence. I cannot say Lady Celestia Clarence does not provide a show to lighten up the evening.”Ernest promptly walked away which left the two of them alone. “Let us go and find refreshments and watch the dances,” Leopold said. “I am pleased that Dwight did not manage to fill her dance card.”The two of them shared a smile and moved around to the other side of the ballroom where a table had been set up with drinks.Celestia

Nathaniel took a deep breath in and swallowed his initial response that was forming on his lips. He needed to deal with this problem quickly and the best way was to not offend his mother.She didn’t know that he was not attracted to men. She was just frustrated that he wasn’t courting any lady yet and was nowhere near marriage. His mother had jumped to a wrong conclusion after being told some falsehoods. First he needed to make things clear to her. Then he needed to find out who had lied to her.“Mother, I cannot go ahead with any marriage arrangements. This was all based on a misunderstanding from someone claiming to be my friend. I understand that Lady Clarence has somehow developed feelings for me and it will be awkward to go back to her parents and disappoint them by telling them that I am not interested, but it will need to be done,” he said calmly. “I will forgive you for making a rash decision if you do this.”There were tears in his mother’s eyes and he knew he had disappoint

Nathaniel wasted no time that night in writing a letter to Leopold. He needed to tell him that it would be best if they did not see each other for a while. He spent some time carefully wording the letter so he wouldn’t upset Leopold.Lady Celestia hadn’t said anything to him about knowing his secret. If she had feelings for him, she wouldn’t want to send him to prison. He felt like he could trust her to keep silent. Dwight was the problem.He summoned Henry again. His butler looked like he had dressed in a rush as he was not as neatly attired as usual.“Please take this to Mr. Leopold’s house as soon as possible,” he instructed and held out the letter. “Make sure it goes to his hands.”Henry looked openly at the clock. It was past midnight by now.“It is late,” he pointed out. “His household will likely all be asleep. Would it be fine to simply slip it under the front door? Or perhaps wait until tomorrow?”“That is acceptable,” he acquiesced. “It will have to be that. I do not want to

Leo’s soul came bounding towards him. Nocturne beamed at it.“I have finally found you,” he said aloud.He opened the soul transit container and held it out. Leo’s soul circled around him and then floated into the container.Nocturne took that to mean that Leo’s soul was able to recognize him. He smiled gently at it. He closed the container and debated on his next course of action.There was no way of knowing how much time had passed whilst he had been in the wilderness. He had gone through nine past lives and for all he knew it had been days.The nine past lives had displayed similar themes. Celeste had been in five of them, in two she had worked alone and there had been no Draven. The devil had been the antagonist in the other four lives all by himself.Nocturne’s fist curled as he thought about Draven. He had slain Leo in front of him an uncomfortable amount of times. If he saw him again, he vowed to punch him in the face.He just had to get back to the right place so he could retu