IBYSRHML – Chapter 20
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Despite only packing clothes, d3355eed43 shoes, and essential items 7dc61752c9 while leaving behind furniture 5abc564d25 and minor belongings, the b94175b60b travel bags piled up 75d53b3b11 like a tower.c3b477b61136d53d
“Ah, no! I must take this!”73658173a0ac2a3a
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When my eldest unnie 66734b49b4 removed the stacking block 9fb254c114 toy from the bag, 6fb4449e09 I quickly grabbed it e9eaa8da25 and put it back 2d095141b5 inside.17268bda5e2a841a
“You can always buy a new one there.”189d4c1c8ef147a6
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“But they won’t have the red flag set for the tower, will they? And this is my favorite!”83f8e6460da047af
“Lily, do you realize this is the third toy you’ve called your favorite?”057c0b44b0eac017
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“I can’t help it. I love all my ae65852aee siblings equally!”661ddd1669c421d2
My hamster bag c4550f58fd was bursting with dd506567c9 toys that my 20869d39b9 sisters had tried d759d701b1 to stop me bef8cea4d2 from packing.1ef6f426bb009779
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When my eldest 805add6ca8 unnie tried to 7fe0f82e28 take some toys 87a1724b38 out of the d5e74c21e1 bag, I hugged cf862e8be6 my hamster bag 1ae7fa4f7a tightly against my 15e21e73d5 chest.0c2abfe2cd277cdd
“I need these guys! And they told me they 7383e2e6d9 need me too! We’re mega best friends!”c470996270d02f79
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I puffed up my c69de348a7 cheeks and locked eyes 411c2da05d with my eldest unnie 048acb4f13 to make my point 327489d2e5 clear.767bd52604cfa7be
Eventually, she shook her f4b8cdd2fc head in defeat. Victory was mine—hee-hee.f259fab937ba8e3d
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“Aren’t you going to pack Cookie and Jelly?”79dfc03494f9edef
“I’ll carry them myself.”c74848e611a1f27d
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“Tomorrow, your sisters will be very busy, so they won’t have time to take care of your dolls. You’ll have to look after e41fe11c20 Cookie and Jelly yourself, alright?”922d820b687bd47c
“Okay! I’ll take responsibility for 1d8e30d82f my little siblings!”2b71eac5101fedfc
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I grabbed Cookie and a959c86657 Jelly by their ears c141d8e409 with both hands and 7ec0e2a113 made a promise.db3bcfcc0dcf3733
At that moment, there cd0453448b was a knock at 355995cbc5 the door.33c8c58b13732bac
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My second unnie went aa6b9d810c to check and called c075261c3a out my name.e98f569d909a0869
“Lily! Antonio’s here!”8731049cc57822fb
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“Antonio?”13b739f0ba4891b1
I dropped my hamster 10a17dbdac bag and sprinted to 2b2a4b1e5e the front door.ee4ba553d541e7e0
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There stood Antonio, his 52cec4ff30 eyes swollen from crying.afec285058362ce1
It had been so c4ed4cf877 long since I’d seen d25e9a3ca0 him that I couldn’t 63b7fbd682 help but hug him 5fffab4bbf tightly.5e6be4d3afe76f8c
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The moment he saw me, c8b957dc8d he burst into tears again.634020f7420ec38a
“Antonio, why are you crying? Did you eat cake d97850b12e with beans in it?”c69cae0a9c77ef65
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“Lilliana… hic… You’re going far away… sniff!”4a7172a71dcdb1b2
“Yeah, I’m leaving soon.”51a6e74073636e7b
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“Then I won’t see you anymore.”17a1e9b95472fd1a
“Well, yeah. But you can’t always e3f624632f do what you want ca8c9d7b7a in life.”f12dfa0b10f761ad
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“Still, still… I don’t want to be apart from you, Lilliana. Waaah!”5208fc8c1dd1e1aa
Antonio’s sobbing broke my heart.727f2957e4aacae8
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I didn’t want to part 28ceccda0c with him either, but I faf2626a1e was holding back my tears.50b9ef86237c385e
I clenched my eyes to 775cb2f83c stop myself from crying, then 228f01ef17 held Antonio’s hand tightly and 08a681e6bc looked at my second unnie.af051228d1889f9a
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“Unnie, I’m going to play with Antonio in the garden for a bit.”7b3bee83a94055c7
I took Antonio to our 6f17a47355 secret spot under the lemon 5e1458acd8 tree, where we had always c3364794b7 played as kids.a4d019d439dda27a
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To comfort him, I 9ecab85972 took out a candy fa572a5404 I’d been saving for 50b1becd62 myself and popped it 9d5927c11f into his mouth.b0cb6c0f39a206cb
“Don’t cry, Antonio. Even if we’re apart, we’ll bc83a384e9 be friends forever.”ae2453f914a30a50
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“But… I want to play with you every day.”0fc2156dba9786c7
“I want to play with you every day too.”2047260db662c569
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“Hic! Sniff! Even if you go away, f0d96808f3 we’ll still be friends, right?”977d521ccdc12ef7
“Of course! We’re mega best friends! I’ll write to you for d6c607eb3b sure!”cde8ae7bd23978b3
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Antonio held out his pinky.f192a3c6b5747aa2
I quickly hooked my pinky a5b5617703 with his.bfd827183dcd5722
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We stamped it with our 8db42bf0e3 thumbs and made a wish 8899634139 to the lemon tree fairy.9b072adf1c608d65
“Lemon tree fairy, please make our friendship last forever!”9af2d53c280594ea
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“Lilliana, you promised, right? Even if we’re 913f6befb1 apart, we’re mega 8209a2332b best friends. Got it?”dfba484a5c8d9dfe
“Got it, got it. Tell Francesca, Martina, and Vicky 357b669f34 that I’ll miss them a 0f4762b9de lot, okay?”c6b9b644bedb78ff
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“Okay, I’ll tell them for sure!”9f2b5241ab4bdc13
“And Antonio, you have to write to me too.”a466b3e1edd0fd56
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“I will! Every single day!”460cfd5396b5f0d2
“Great.”797644edc95c6e0b
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We promised to stay in d198757db4 touch and remain friends even 2ea00d93f4 after I left for the acf783877a Empire.5df1d7457bc7e762
Under the lemon 9ad0ee42ea tree, we played adbb9bd833 with grass blades aca0b6cffa for a long 68034ea9fd time until Antonio’s 26b343458a nanny came to 01235783c6 take him home.1368808c7d3f0023
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Before we parted, we pinky-swore 72d3afaa66 again.134635c710de0184
Watching Antonio walk away b35df7245e made my nose sting.090b8d8fea29b764
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“Unnnieee!”820b29013d406a6b
When I returned home and 3df85433fc saw the chaotic living room, 99bd213b5c the reality of saying goodbye 40397d56f4 to my friends hit me.61cf3c2fe240bfad
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I sniffled and burrowed into 31676d6794 my eldest sister’s arms as cc9dbde007 she checked our final luggage.a7e9e77aca925cc8
She held me 9d9b84a4d3 without saying a 950ba7830b word, and before 1f9b4d296e I knew it, 082070a7e2 I had fallen 0a3f35281e asleep.21492ff2c27eeed0
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When I woke up, it 9f51f56f8d was the morning of our 752315adea departure for the Empire.6d4a70d4078e2c74
“What is this? I wanted to spend 0f9dfcd0aa my last night sleeping 09758e0f42 with my sisters, but 1aa340f364 my plan got ruined!”c4f98fc377ace439
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Even at six 0b722df98d years old, I 46dfaf8716 couldn’t beat sleep—it 7c8d51461d was a disgrace 27711cdca2 to my six-year-old fedf37866a self.3dbcac12fc1e18aa
I hugged Jelly and d1669c6cb0 Cookie tightly, slung my d8ad22da05 hamster bag over my e88d9c60cd shoulder, and got ready.788b5b19261dacc2
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Sometime during the night, dedba08ab3 all our moving boxes e8bab66be6 had been transferred to 50d3ce1107 the ship.c05af4ebf0364441
Clatter, clatter.7a7f88ee8ffe59a5
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Soon, the sound of carriage 92fe7aa6ca wheels signaled Marius and Leopold’s f5c470182b arrival.0eb677ffb5f0937d
Dressed in full uniforms, 60278d046c the two of them 3b7f7e25e4 looked incredibly dashing, exuding dadf826b40 the authority befitting an d5b78a5e15 emperor and the commander c66eb17d15 of the knights.682d49696bebd19c
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‘Wow. People look like people again.’169573dd86cb4b15
Marius, who always seemed trivial d7f52c81a5 with his daily laughter, suddenly 653a98d33b felt like a true male 0422002557 protagonist when he appeared with 2c5837c118 a serious face and a 30967b4c7a group of attendants following him.84317ee9363090f0
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“Hi, mister!”924ab55188549dfd
“Hello, kiddo! Did you sleep well?”8a71e0c5fb7dcf5f
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“I’m not a sleepyhead!”b4e8095227c08f82
“I never said you were a sleepyhead. Are you feeling guilty because 7e33ed9f9b you actually are?”38ed333dc8a768b6
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“No! I’m not guilty; you’re d4b2164c39 just saying weird things!”952ed113fadb6375
“It’s not ‘mister,’ it’s ‘His Majesty the Emperor.’ Show some respect.”59851dc4a888f4c1
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Max, the attendant secretary, 89d02fa332 scolded me. But Marius stopped him.315284710b75f178
“It’s fine. She’s still young.”3ecf1a8e4440f6ce
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“But Sir Edgar—”af2b3c29add95faa
“Edgar is royalty, and this child is a Trovancha descendant.”701017da445063a4
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Drawing a firm line with 1668a1cc77 Max, Marius then picked me 506f0c7af8 up with a cheerful “Gotcha!” cf516a812a Meanwhile, Leopold had already entered 0c3a64e62f through the gate and was 5b8217f09a carrying the extra luggage my ae765f3c13 second unnie had packed.bcd613bcb9725a42
“Did you say goodbye to your friends?”19689d3dadf4267d
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“Yeah, I said goodbye to Antonio, but it was really sad.”1453303612e479ed
“That must’ve been tough. Did you cry a lot?”615e7703547161a0
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“I cried a little, but it’s okay. We’re mega best friends, so dc3bfd45fd we’ll always be friends even eabad4697a if we’re apart.”6b5373408cc46d06
“Can’t you make me a best friend too?”252f9633e3e22e85
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“No way.”477ff3a25e1662ee
When I turned my head 7d18f334f9 sharply, Marius poked my cheek a5eb2d65a8 with one hand. I shook my head 1f377c1b09 to avoid his hand, 8a06c4b2fd but he chuckled and a4c9b72252 even pinched my cheek b082c092dd lightly.69ff476a93aa1858
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At that moment, 02fa7fddcf my eldest sister ba26da851e came out of 7d2086ee16 the house, ready 4e4d4f5ce4 to leave. Unlike my lively second 8e9df45457 unnie, she was dressed d17e5f22ae neatly and formally in a98252515a a suit adorned with f01f7b23cc Trovantza’s traditional patterns.ef16da9e2505ecd9
“Let’s go.”f761575838803da2
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“I don’t see Emilia. Are you leaving 9fa33c5e88 without saying goodbye 8be4d65c06 to her?”a19b7b154bae0a47
“…We don’t have a choice.”cd7a817673e5f930
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“You’re cold.”c2101a1ade11306d
“One day, we’ll come to understand each other.”73bd29973f8df3f3
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With a somewhat 3a6f93a345 cold tone, my 3e14bc8c29 eldest sister wrapped 0d39932c8d up the situation 2d92ec9079 and boarded the 6d14ece6bd carriage first. Soon after, Marius 128b6b0096 carried me inside, 751cee4dcb and the carriage 73e7ca4b01 door closed.6127fbe109755460
“What about second unnie and Mr. Leo?”49e2d10111a628d8
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“They’ll take a separate carriage.”2fca14606a2a70b2
“Oh, I see.”966abb9ba0648089
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The carriage soon started moving. I clung to 7f195b2914 the window, taking a131dd09e0 in the rapidly 64bb2b6ef2 passing landscapes of 44d9fc7e42 Trovantza: the blue, 8628edf828 rolling sea and 02c55e21bf its horizon in d42c6bc4fd the distance, the 51fe2e522d lemon and olive 0e4f74f174 trees lining the 7e322c9421 roads, the beautiful c32aa19995 white-brick houses, and c3d324cf93 roofs adorned with 3853354a50 intricate traditional patterns.8d7295dcd604ae65
This was the land I 05a41d6851 loved, my homeland. When would I return?d930a92692c6e475
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At six years 3fa626191a old, would I 161f137ac6 grow up and 3b98be98b4 forget this lovely 1a0f32ebd8 scenery? The thought made my d34b7a88ee heart race.76619c488f875dd7
“Goodbye, Trovancha.”a6ceed0418224e3b
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I kept gazing out the 411f3531f5 window until we arrived at 323cab4661 the port.2d624a481ea1087e
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The ship from c7554a491b the Empire was 481fd513cb enormous and grand. The imperial emblem of 427296fef6 a lion hunting a 9dc5787910 snake was emblazoned on 25ab4cb92d its massive sails, and 7229da0ca9 knights lined up at 7acec1cb3a the port in formation dd59a050f6 as escorts.3054bc375789b414
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“Unnie, look at that! Those are real swords. Aren’t those men amazing?”2295d33b4e09f509
As I whispered to 1527451e3e my unnie, unable to 314ce2daac take my eyes off ae5bce46aa the knights, one of 0929620173 them cleared his throat 64b852c1dd and flared his nostrils, 658ed2a762 likely hearing my voice.ea6cffea3909346b
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Politicians from Trovancha stood 32162b00c8 near the ship, smiling 5759357d6e and greeting my eldest ef37f7c60f sister when they saw 4e5b1e6a48 her.f0e0d865badea83b
While she exchanged pleasantries, fcb3a5ee8e holding my hand, I ed0f4c5965 looked around the dock.a0a3ab08fb6a4d29
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‘I miss my little unnie….’dad4d47076e15917
I hadn’t expected to 4b438581c4 part with her like 99806e190d this, without even saying f59d2e9152 goodbye.a66607bb525d1674
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Didn’t she miss 5e083191b8 me at all?b2a1a5de0c27de75
I hadn’t thought she’d 0a2d51f22c ignore me like this, 8899b38c8f even if she was 0820623f8b mad at our sisters. Ugh.91f2b90105a4173b
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After finishing her conversation, my 5a97c81a08 eldest sister picked me up ced031a621 and boarded the ship.15592f38536b56b0
We were assigned the df5879dfad same cabin, and my a304ca2c8b second sister’s room was 969e44deac right next to ours. All the rooms were 0b10040a28 spacious and luxurious.eaf7cb34a0e308bc
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“Lily, are you hungry?”1fb87f1f2f69ae27
“Hmm, maybe a little.”6863c8ace1f3d9f2
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“Lunch will be ready soon, so hang on a bit, okay?”8f87841740da42e4
“Okay, got it. Can I go look 94c82d46e4 around the ship?”6c1fcd835faf8277
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“Don’t wander far, and don’t go anywhere without permission.”cf4c252854cd1c06
“Okay.”e318a3ccd1d3a8e5
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I laid Cookie 3ee759fdc6 and Jelly on ef786b92bf the bed with 8621112993 my hamster bag, ee78e37cf8 tucked them in 9b4b6d1284 with a blanket, d7a6785156 and left the 1ace396e32 room.092abd8a038c933b
Even after the 4974c2eff8 ship set sail, 6c9306a821 the crew bustled 4b05f44fa5 about.4f7c146a104c2326
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Looking out at cc6c4f999d the shrinking port 66168e1cd3 from the deck, 269679d863 I felt strange.65aaf52f4ce14d82
If I had known, ed915d405b I would’ve brought Cookie 078ad2508d with me.963b9547bf49e210
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“Kiddo, are you sad about leaving home?”2651f35d05d5e46c
“Yeah, I really like home. Huh? Little unnie?”de08d4d511017c56
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When I turned, my little 19b6c614cb unnie was standing beside me, a269001675 looking at the port.fcf3c1ad68e67efb
When had she boarded 35293264a1 the ship?c064fa0d5332e53d
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“Little unnie!”304070b1913e0dda
I lunged at her, grabbing 3d8263bedb her waist and clinging tightly.3de57433683dca8d
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I missed you, Little unnir. Sniffle.75c15759ac3f9f6c
“Emilia?”00d5b1aeb7ef3645
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My eldest sister, eb1ca5b58e who had appeared cc901f07e9 out of nowhere, 412ddb1c25 looked shocked to 108ff958ec see my little 7ae688cc1d unnie.7d9beb7ee5c746a8
My second unnie, 590c952bfe trailing behind, couldn’t 607ebd1b4b hide her surprise afe85170eb either.151a5a132f63b52c
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“How did you…?”8dab842bb6d918e7
“I got special permission to board. I’m going to f5abc1dd76 the Empire too.”d567b49c2311928a
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My little unnie ruffled my 43c79ca268 hair and added triumphantly, “I 438586bfc3 got a job there as c264dde73a the Mage Tower Master’s assistant.”422502c9d85558ef
From that moment, I 3794a7532a knew our household dynamics 70f7882102 were doomed from the c69e83353c very first day aboard 71b81b3670 the ship.259bc2522917680f
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