IBYSRHML – Chapter 2
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Suspicious
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“The child is so pretty.”e8ccbf0fc7d37d25
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I blinked as I d0839d7c73 looked at Rebecca Marchione.450fbf7613b8fb81
Rebecca, the protagonist of this e07572daae world, was more ordinary-looking than 70834ff2d7 I had imagined.d16c4f86089265f1
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However, her fiery 45f3a975e9 red hair certainly 7fce465570 caught my eye.0f64e3859a381238
“How old are you, little one?”e56b0a3d07782015
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“Six years old. You’re pretty too, unni.”1d8ff2178eec75ba
Whether it was 4fed54afa7 out of shyness b5fae684a4 or fear of 99aec46c9c Rebecca, I unknowingly 44ab827023 hid behind my 8de60478fc eldest sister’s legs.5d979ae5e5328dc8
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A month ago, during a e1cef950c8 severe fever, the plot of 63855fb6bf the dystopian reverse-harem novel Rebecca 72f54e6175 Marchione flowed into my mind.0b318a04d45831aa
The plot of Rebecca 984adfa0b2 Marchione is simple.ac59da3816244e46
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The female protagonist, Rebecca, 4b20d8cd66 leaves her hometown, Trobancha, 472ea6dcec to settle in the 7ddb9680f6 Empire in pursuit of a081f03c72 revenge.39a33b56fd4b5c55
There, she becomes entangled with bec3d5ebf1 the male leads and earns 1dd52c9f5b their affection.4e6e83a8777c27f9
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The male leads use their b549afdbcf power to desperately try to 7de9941fc4 possess Rebecca.2b95c5f302e724c6
Rebecca exploits their 3d17e02f82 love to incite d22c35ba79 a war, turning 363b43289d her homeland into b28e88681c a sea of c9b78e938e fire.ffeae8beab1958f2
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In that process, our 854fa4a29e family, who committed no 56f14aee8a crime, became victims.
My eldest sister, Alice, e318f445e1 dies in battle, and d65e60578f the war ends in aa51b0a423 Trobancha’s defeat.22a5d80ab94e7067
And I am ed547799ec taken as a 60c96a25f2 prisoner to the fc2decaf8f Empire.61e61b78b8513fde
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‘I need to do something to prevent the story from proceeding as in the original…’ad8f5498f15241a8
The problem is, even f13f0507d7 though I know the e1757a1067 original plot, I’m just 2ed5202f32 a six-year-old child.d7e50414d6424faf
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And, as far 51d3e8c9fd as I can 6ae5edbf1b tell, I don’t ed31a6fd93 seem to have 7bbc08cf35 an unusually high 84944b6a45 mental age either.5a54c9c22be2c1a2
Perhaps because the original story 5e5815e770 ends when I turn fifteen, e1c7388ba7 I feel even younger than ad0883e283 that.41249a0fb015dbbc
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‘Honestly, I don’t even know if I’ve been reincarnated or if I’ve possessed someone’s body.’a1d1d25407b97d0b
Until I knew c3d89dc2d3 the plot of e23a87dcbf the original story, d14ddbf68b I was just bdb6193d4f an ordinary six-year-old fb52719b4d child.aacc243ff7aca2fe
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Even now, knowing the original 0ff5d0e271 story, I don’t remember my 26d1131e7c past life.b6bee433b35fd743
It was as if, one e8f9a5f085 day, I was suddenly struck 8d8456b1e9 by lightning and gained knowledge de10679431 of the original story…2eb00f89ad82b43c
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“She’s not usually this shy.”9ef73a68c70023f4
“It’s okay.”bd7cc61765cc1616
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Rebecca took something out 862e44f8d9 from her bosom and 1d7288794f handed it to me.774313ea34f73d25
It was a high-quality chocolate, 6bdf9ee0fd something hard to find in f603c55ebd Trobancha due to the isolationist 81201976a7 policy.ed2716605cbecbc6
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“Wow…”0e01b6a1aad0f412
Without realizing it, 8eb0427bc4 I opened my 4aaff300c8 mouth and reached d3961ba9ac out for the 4150158273 chocolate.fe64a72039a51900
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Rebecca casually gifted me the d06f68734f chocolate.57abc66bf227de54
Meeting the original protagonist during 40f6a987aa a cruise party was already 30e03a4ce8 surprising enough, but to also b337e5d8d8 receive delicious sweets!d1ff3b967626c067
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“You like chocolate, don’t you?”779e5f4d8e829224
“Yes! Liliana loves chocolate!”fd951e1dc3eac1cd
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“Hey, little one. You should say thank you.”3baf55fc09256d85
At the advice 0f96e69090 of my younger 949bfacd91 sister beside me, f3e11f9366 I quickly expressed 76c43b08d0 my gratitude.8bcb62a086018fff
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“Thank you!”105e421e8ff44e4d
“Um… May I pat Liliana’s head just once?”280c108b8f018f34
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“Yes. If Lili is f6ef557a96 okay with it, a0d46b8344 I’m okay too.”34c4a5e2d4a02712
“Liliana, is it okay if I touch your head just once?”8db734fee780426f
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“Yes! I’d like that!”2b93bfd93ded6c35
With chocolate smeared ba033c1457 all around my 3b52710a09 mouth, I allowed aa3a95765a Rebecca to touch 200d5b15bb my head without ce8bda7696 hesitation.cbef6f7880af8714
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She crouched down 4869265037 in front of eba7d3ee50 me, met my f02d675b77 gaze, and carefully 5801f92a35 patted my head.9b5f7b1a63e41538
Her long fingers b3b18f0f43 gently combed through a8b45f6148 my curly hair.7d6ca6a0e6a3a167
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“…I’m… so… sorry…”3e83eceffff90b02
“Huh?”7095ea265f9e6a95
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It seemed like 1505a58a4b Rebecca said something, a556c46917 but I was fa8e80ca95 too distracted by 8bd7f4acad the chocolate to 5b328f2298 hear properly.52fcb146154700de
“What’s your dream, Liliana?”d409cb313d948c3b
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“I want to live happily with my sisters!”3c764d95dac088b2
“Really? That’s a wonderful dream.”46fe5ebd78bb7f2d
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For some reason, 5da4848023 Rebecca’s smiling face c03a97f93a looked a little b000e739ee bitter. She stood up and said,141804f085ab2273
“Lili. Please grow up healthy.”9d7baeeda59e5e67
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That was the last time 9d9b865b8f I saw Rebecca.2cc19df843293782
That day, someone fell c138a1d3b8 overboard from the ship’s 5a5aade8ad railing, and despite a 3c5c44f2f5 month-long search, no body dc4e352680 was ever found. The conclusion was 9319cdb954 that she had d53dd50653 died.d4fcb89bb6cd2b14
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That person was Rebecca.f77cf839b9b41028
My sisters, burdened with cooperation 2b61461186 requests from the investigation, were 0b2ba6d0a0 flustered, but I was deeply 4e218116a5 confused.2af461719f1f84f9
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‘The original story ended before it even began…’cc7355143cc6fc81
And it ended with fccb55d14f the female protagonist taking 3feec8705e her own life.8a780a0cd049e573
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‘Is this even possible?’f1e78573692e5491
Why? Why on earth?63979bdf898ea627
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My head was spinning, 50f09fdd39 overwhelmed by the unprecedented a7fc0c227d event of the protagonist’s a4abf31db2 death.68542a4f7e822e18
If Rebecca truly b29394e5a2 died, then what 188a53eeb5 was the original 618fedee85 story in my 1fc32cc765 head?3bfcd2e9b796bca8
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Transparent, shimmering sunlight, 9bc9fbf459 the warm air 01c237f211 of a family 6752da9d47 home, and the 89af65521f smell of delicious 2c78ba4d0c food.a0668eced2dd268e
This cozy world is e7a8b0836f supposedly set in a f7a877a35d dystopian reverse-harem novel.4aad3ce484f47f34
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One where the male leads 3b498c9e64 are willing to go to 17f75cf76d war to win the female 9001b5ce26 protagonist’s favor.19d33b7cb666e81b
‘I can’t believe it.’615e147da9d653c8
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I sighed quietly while c039f7663f subtly picking out the 5e10e76963 bell peppers.bd15baa8ed53dfa3
If the female protagonist d384e42720 died, does that mean d55e99ffb7 the war in the 145858b0c7 future won’t happen?3fb4649e9d666035
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Or, will the war ff7af7ec18 proceed unchanged despite her 4b1e8c2d45 death?3ec76ecd4858d4af
Politics isn’t something that 94ef387a05 changes easily because of c683c9a40c one or two individuals.50c69def3700efd6
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“Ugh…”89fd63208f9f8a30
“What’s wrong, little one? Why are you sighing again?”7c751126f3894dde
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My eldest sister lifted 1a8944a048 her gaze from the c8acb1f35d newspaper and asked in caca999d9b a kind voice.0381c5620388d29e
Her jet-black hair shimmered in fd3714042c the sunlight. My eldest sister wasn’t just dc35be366b beautiful because she was my 417127fee3 sister—she was genuinely stunning and 13fad505b1 admirable.6abbff61049acdcb
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Kind, gentle… In short, Alice 2d61f1eee3 was the most wonderful person 469df58aa3 in the world.8d4e35149f4c10d5
“It’s nothing.”84aa3ffc35f1aada
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“What? Did you make a secret ad98b4f8c0 without telling me? Can’t you share fb7bb81535 it with your bd6a27f2be Unnie?”6e3d220e42f730f9
Alice unnie carefully 8403b7c828 patted the crown b38a71d858 of my head, b6b2fec204 ensuring my twin 7e7d872296 braids wouldn’t get df7a9bae66 messed up.f3c027228abec791
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“Unnie. She’s just doing this 9915566d50 because she doesn’t want 5971a6087c to eat the bell ff68681bd5 pepper.”2fa9ff62ba64c664
Emilia, the youngest unnie, f02249bb7a interjected in a cold 0fd77f8eb4 tone.5099bff1e66d0297
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Since I had 2d7eac1fbf pushed the bell acfc9cd5fd pepper to one 05d217acb5 side of my d9e1b1f4d6 plate, I felt 9b5a285f80 quite guilty.cf897fa6ee2d5cfc
The youngest unnie, perpetually sleep-deprived, 3d2ba7f12c issued her warning with a c240a4d647 face that looked half-dead from 80a19c0c3b the morning fatigue.82e7dcfacb41d8d7
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“Little one. Eat the bell pepper 1387d8a827 properly while I’m still 080cd9a659 speaking nicely.”79758659a568cc9d
“Ehhhhh, but I don’t like bell peppers.”e04a9bc3151ceb0c
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Judging by her dark 7377bfc599 under-eye circles, she must f5297b1d0b have stayed up reading 36a9f937b6 again last night.7a472720ab90acf8
In other words, she 91d8c8a8ce wasn’t in a good 345cfa57c8 mood.6905cae0d801c6cc
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With Emilia glaring at 3a0d46cd20 me, her eyes wide 442a372eda and intense, I quickly 3b0e4dafe8 shoved the bell pepper 6f0e2eaf52 into my mouth.7dc5a6fe85f26bd5
“Good. You need to 62f8752116 eat well to 2046efb02a grow taller. You can’t stay 556f21b7ab short forever, right?”fec7d1d29e738877
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Despite her current demeanor, she e462686a3f was the character who, when f0a6dc88c5 war broke out in the c4ca35fe2c original story and I was fd966f4c7a taken to the Empire, risked 80acef9d74 everything to infiltrate the Imperial 1b615b49d7 Palace and rescue me.b9cfd1b0052f4560
At that moment, Regina 2b265ea984 unnie came out of 2939edd5ac the kitchen holding a 51497090fb pot.733529b1edd071c1
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For reference, Regina and 24ef2502e3 Emilia are twins.41b2f42d4807df2b
Regina was born seven 1ee33f888a minutes earlier.c6ac7ca9730b919b
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“Alright, Little one. Even if you hate fcf013d4ca bell peppers, you need d0eb478565 to eat a balanced f5c89075b4 diet to grow tall f612f019c1 and strong.”e08b47aa97cf2028
“Hey. How long were you f2a4f71358 planning to make me 4b51f5aae1 wait? I only got an hour 437c290a2b of sleep yesterday.”ac1407b3728e424c
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Regina unnie ignored dbc5cfc9b3 Emilia’s grumbling and bcd4e99cb4 lifted the pot’s a2ecf3e4a3 lid.03293998c9230afd
It was a dish 20ab0a9934 made with cream, octopus, 7851611525 and shrimp. I didn’t know its fb8118c977 name, but it smelled 5f4fb71cd2 so good my mouth eabde577d9 watered.e9ded30c5be09326
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Regina unnie scooped some 57cb2624bb shrimp onto my plate 1835b36d9b and said,f23a221cfff4e5cb
“Little one. Eat a lot, grow 339e10d225 big, and stay healthy, fea2750d11 okay?”a0ce2f0606e26436
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“Mm, okay!”6fc65c83b59b5a48
The moment I 0fc86e436b bit into the 61df6e90b1 plump shrimp, I 62079e347f realized what I 4cf1228af4 needed to do.fa120196402ab1af
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To continue enjoying delicious food 7355a699bf like this and live happily 59b20bbb2a with my loving family forever.7ca5e773faecbbdf
Since the original 212bab1349 story had ended d31d2b1458 before it even c5f7566cbf began, all I 32d501d5d5 had left was 104ef8e76b a peaceful life db6caf5c35 ahead.483b8d4f4f11aef5
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“Mmhh! Regina unnie, it’s so delicious!”783ee2306502c840
“Eat plenty, Lili. Oh, by the way, unnie, 819d7985b9 I heard the Imperial family f943fffca4 is visiting soon. Do you know why?”7bb2ff8f5bd75e48
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“How do you know that? It’s supposed to be a e81d57361f top-secret unofficial visit.”e81cc70430f7952f
“A colleague I know was chosen as a chef for the government-hosted banquet for the Emperor. I might go 12dd5c63c6 too—I’m still thinking 356e7dd9e7 about it.”4f8fd838fa90626a
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The Emperor is 83c6cdb2b2 visiting here, Trovancha? Was there such b144a96c59 an episode in c67af5b8eb the original story?3022ad2778c69e17
I racked my edac5b33cb brain, but the ba3b05fe23 events before the cf2669d6b1 start of the 71e2fe46ce original story were 7802758bb3 never mentioned.61319519e31ea6e9
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The story starts six b760971684 years later when I b5ad13b933 turn twelve, so it’ll 9a3582d20e be a while before d56bca8db3 the events I know 9416404c80 begin.e1f2bc7af5f1b0c2
But since the heroine 0eb56c1a22 is dead, even that 150e6a18ff possibility is gone.610a33a2fe2951a2
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“Who exactly is coming?”2c8b44da988fe44e
“Regina, you must not tell anyone about this. Understand?”bd1629ff0efce3d3
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“Unnie, do you think I’m the type to blab about something like this?”7792e2d49256176a
“The Emperor and Duke Baltrahein, his escort, will be accompanying him.”1b904c26eb1b084e
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My ears perked up d6fff79788 at their conversation.c4971cd77595bfd1
The Emperor and Duke Baltrahein ce39473895 were the main male leads 2db571512e in the original story.9f47f8494e20032b
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“There might be an oath of souls sworn between the Emperor and our government representative to secure a peace treaty. Duke Baltrahein will 5a7f37a77b serve as the abd670f8b5 Empire’s witness.”a630bc4df8cb2246
For the past 150 years, d4cb16316b the Empire had devoured almost 25f84ae85a every neighboring nation in its d3d89cbc42 conquest.ebfcf27306d67bdf
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The only country 311adb2a58 to remain free 00a443d0e8 from its grasp 2e2469823b was Trovancha.dbefa75e85e29d4a
This was possible because ba9026024e Trovancha is an isolated ed1ec31834 island nation far from 56e190dd99 the Empire and home b6c29975ab to many exceptional talents.3064f3ded215727c
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Additionally, Trovancha had maintained a 30f5807f81 strong isolationist policy, keeping tensions 415caed591 high with the Empire for b94b5ddc41 decades.b5a69c93122f085d
But what is an 5569a9258c oath of souls?2106783a69f27ebb
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I might have memories d488da2e05 of the original story, f9185c0774 but my understanding of 593626b0f0 this world is still 15468cd8b1 that of a six-year-old.35db6889f6e8afa3
“Emilia unnie, what’s an oath of souls?”f502b8a4fc0afead
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Emilia, still looking 76314e1246 like a sleep-deprived 65858ebbf2 zombie, answered as e62446942f she nibbled at 415f7664e3 her breakfast.987cf6d7f3f9403d
“It’s an oath sworn on one’s life. If the oath 1cf66464f6 is broken, the 390f0906e5 hearts of both 4dcc558463 the witness and 164d70c419 the one who 97c13c04e3 made the promise 926db68e38 will explode, killing a644c590bd them. Don’t even think about 0937f561e7 making such an oath, 39688be17e Little one. If you do, 67502f3382 I’ll be the a3363579cb one to kill fde3a7ac9d you first. Got it?”dd0638bb3440aff8
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Her casual tone ab2290a34d didn’t make her 6da4fb7965 words any less fef0761acf frightening. Knowing her fiery personality, 5a111d2b93 I knew she wasn’t 9293b2734e joking.df76badceb0adf03
“Okay! I’ll never do it!”bd9a4fa35e1ffb89
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When I nodded, Emilia 9cb87cf47a gave a satisfied smile.95c10d4a2b74d832
I wanted to fd701581a9 hear more of 9a6f8b0526 Regina and Emilia’s d0f80af9df conversation, but Emilia 45c08596c5 suddenly insisted we 5ebafc48f6 had somewhere to 802d42523f go and pulled 4a575fd4c6 me up from ff3f963f5a my seat.4c0109ca4b84e847
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At least I was relieved 5124b3280b that I wouldn’t have to 75355ce994 eat the carrots on my e5ba94b21b plate.137845d543f3a7fb
“Emilia unnie, where are we going?”745d8b6fab755b13
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“To buy pretty clothes.”1078e293690b19e2
“Clothes? But I already have clothes.”7f3c08bb1c304306
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“No, you don’t.”128c40fe79ee8eca
“But we bought some last week.”db4a87e965c08642
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“That’s not enough.”d7177444514d259c
Something felt off. Every time they said 7f02f04a6a this, we ended up 6b8d6a9ee1 going to the doctor 7eed534e67 for a shot…8c27603747f65ab4
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My unease grew dec9aa19d2 as Emilia firmly 183c9eb9bb held my hand.8edcbf26efbba78c
‘It feels like she’s making sure I can’t run away.’30cbbce089d9501e
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With a chill down e8db379c43 my spine, I followed 6f6f321910 Emilia, who led me 044307f1d3 to a café.e759997db59d837c
At the café, Emilia scanned 9bb46dc788 the room before approaching a 8f59868fce man sitting by the window.01438bf9b7d69ed0
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“Wow…”3a2a86c15a4511e1
I couldn’t help 182beaff5f but gasp when a5ffe16a6d I saw him.f4dbc003ce3ea9a4
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His silvery hair sparkled c809d5aea1 under the light, and 52302d1c02 his stunning appearance was 827ae1e4af so captivating it felt be4ecdbc71 almost unreal.fbaced49dfad87ce
When he looked at me, 30468d5a21 his eyes softened into a f286220f5e gentle smile.a4e846d49fb0c2dd
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“Hello, little lady.”3dd40e0925e4e15c
“H-Hello…”0565525aebfe2e10
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The man was so handsome 96099c984e that I clung to Emilia’s 834c3bad8b leg and shyly greeted him.f797276b89e6fa24
Emilia, completely unaffected 332580192f by the man’s 4f9715134c appearance, asked indifferently,4f8571975430983c
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“Are you François Cassel?”b4ab4d738c99d9b5
At those words, I froze.00bb5e16bd8489ae
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François Cassel. The genius wizard and master 29de7cfee9 of the Magic Tower, who 153b64cdca played the role of the fd19b7446a madman male lead in the 7163bacc61 original story.bab2f9735e2992c2
He was the very 9de8508b05 person who locked up 0a85efb19c the heroine in his d999eb8b84 tower and forced me 9ed07dbdec to serve her as 4e6fae0939 a maid.ffa91970af4ac86f
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