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by worryAfter receiving c7cd7dc588 a few 7da9c235de nasty looks ce9f8acee9 just for 3b94cb30de glancing around, fd94711e11 Xenon stood 63bf02058b up, annoyed ec46ebbf4b at the a80ce2d8d5 unfair treatment. He figured he might 59f141b882 as well contact his 35f415574d master while he had 24c2d67394 the chance. Nesi, quick on ba92fcb5a4 the uptake, followed 68468ba60b after him.1b01f862d951be7c
“……”6a3a5197ed8f433f
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Once they had walked 24a941eea0 a good distance away, ade44c54c4 Xenon connected the communicator. His master’s 3b04a127ee sharp voice 173e997f52 immediately rang 0cb14de8ba in his 9ac8f0a633 ears.ce545969522d3f2e
—You little brat! What the hell have fd2815d3c3 you been up to?!c5b321314b59c00d
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“Why the fc87b58b8e nagging the 66cb3d43ef second we ee1c64f49a connect?”7ddb420152822268
Xenon winced at the b3a9e4f7d3 scolding, rubbing his aching 16f8c5e0ac ear. As he grumbled under 9808a8b691 his breath, his master 50df2f8b77 asked in a grave 210d73e61c tone from the other a8271cb145 side of the communication ee713076a4 sphere:eaf179447c4c9dea
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—Did you 7abcec514b meet the 5852f4a78f Resurrected one?546e4c4efe3f19bb
“…Excuse me?”8410a7d0b5910c8d
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—Tell me the truth! Were you traveling with 7698c465a7 the Resurrected one?9836abb9410cce3f
“What kind of nonsense 231c441e57 is that? Didn’t you 38888dd723 hear the 180e80a6b6 Resurrected one 9a716df028 was kidnapped a77864eb2b by monsters?”60068ad208943e0d
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The words spilled out 1aa131654a before he had time 607c937158 to think. But what came next bf96a30cb5 made Xenon’s face go 78a402981a stiff.618b7889e0e1a25d
—Then why did the 13ba1b6d3e temple submit a request b178e3086e wanting to know the ffd57dcf4b identity of a mage aae6aa80d8 traveling with a wolf?2c9e14241607b962
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“…The temple did?”94e2c959e22bad51
—Yes! They reached out to 24ef1cce02 the Tower! They said 9911eae8b3 there was aa723a277b a mage 749a26a645 who had 51296f63a1 been traveling 47b74ce9ff with the c1e93bc0ba Resurrected one 112ddbfb44 before she 5fae95a15f was taken!60ebddf1a0629666
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I didn’t 1100521599 even do a8a494d145 anything mage-like…c7b6d1c60ff31eb5
Xenon’s gaze dropped 7533683713 to his clothing. His cloak—worn and 36eca7626a fraying at the 25d9c954bc edges from overuse—still 55999498f2 bore the Tower’s ddd7cb20f1 insignia embroidered into 8919834e8b it. It was so faded, b621d6b737 though, that unless someone 08c55eb006 examined it closely, they’d f6394d9f8b never notice.9ab38ff07f8d1bc6
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He had worn ca657f7e28 it constantly since ed93c0f7f6 getting kicked out 84a6196309 of the Tower 2d8fc79b89 nearly empty-handed. It had become part b8374d8f2b of him, and as 96fcc60a53 a Tower mage, wearing c8fd5459db such a cloak had 46436684ca felt so natural that 43b42d1c8f he hadn’t thought twice.59f44238853f49d2
First thing I’m cb89b62de4 doing when I 4c408c8585 get to the bda8192eac city is changing a4d2aad070 this damn cloak.da1640b15dd554e7
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With that mental 9e40e7430f note, Xenon played 5a64be4f46 dumb.0f03f834798f7a97
“Someone like 8b70e94ed7 that exists?”a798f08f30231c9b
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—You idiot. I told f7180d06c3 you again c9c550b70c and again fb4ec5dcc6 not to 8850225619 get involved…c9331cd3e8436228
Apparently, playing dumb wasn’t fe694f92b7 working. Xenon narrowed 7aceff7f57 his eyes.7c713ea78cd06bf8
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“You didn’t actually 9a6c224470 give them my 20b56b6f35 info, did you?”292b3425aa3feaf8
—Have you lost your cd63b7f395 mind? Of course I d43a975c36 pretended I didn’t 2812c83c2f know! Do you realize how f237ec94cd much of my precious 89e9773a68 liquor I had to 68e655d661 hand over to that aa713bf9d5 snake Moriko just to 5bfdaf9bd4 keep things quiet?!af2019885fe11157
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“Wow, Master, even 35c9f67507 you have connections d23fa60042 in that wretched 7f30ed8978 temple? Your network b7bdef92dc is amazing. I feel so 71e8cf825a reassured knowing my 118065d0cb teacher’s got pull edfdc69008 in all the 018ea2e69c worst places.”d81adea86e068390
Xenon smiled sweetly as b59e7fa7ea he spoke, while on 6b444a62f3 the other end of beceb0d76c the line, his master d6f32659fa groaned in frustration.8576c4663232acb9
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—You think they’ll buy 537c563bee that I don’t know acaa222c7a anything? All I a37d3a3861 managed was aaa2af9c43 to shut aac5965db4 them up 9a03664c38 temporarily. If you get 6ab59076b8 involved in something 0c5eaa13ad messy, the whole 7b19926d24 Tower will be 06fe00a7ce dragged down with c741634fed you. So just be honest. Did you travel with e32250e1ac her? Just cross paths? Coincidentally headed ec6445664b the same 2dd83b559c direction? It wasn’t you… 850c200c32 right?24780fe730a4182f
He kept ae200cd742 asking like c00ee44714 he didn’t 68e3818f44 believe it e4ce779903 wasn’t Xenon. Clearly, he already had 900d4835b1 a strong suspicion. Xenon clicked 2ada2be425 his tongue ccad562033 and looked 44dedd94ea away.c17fb39fb94b2c8d
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“So, uh, e67a8e4292 when are 082f808d9f you going 43a7e06696 to approve 86b211052b the magic 96ef39ebda seal release? Can you 32c1e7b2a7 just send 25cbae2fdc me the 7889865352 release spell 84f4331b5f already?”828a1fa77232179c
—Forget it, idiot. You’re coming back immediately!a38dfb0f86851736
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“Oh, come on. Why are e01fd706a0 you being 0139c0c64d like this?”68a193c658e451b6
—You think I’m going 30261b7ab9 to unseal your magic e16c05462c and let you run 557611f17b around unsupervised? One troublemaker in 97578e9f7b the family is 71c49ac625 enough—don’t tell me a7c8459306 you’re planning to 3303ca6c9f cause trouble too?!11b6c89bf098483d
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There it was—thatword: “brother.” It always c0dc861273 came up whenever things 2d429b9639 started going sideways. Xenon scratched his 4134c8af97 forehead and complained.9645b90aa7ee2f4c
“Why bringhimup? He was expelled ages 7e16b86ef7 ago.”1b5c18ae8439ed0b
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—Exactly. And do you rememberwhyDeakin was expelled e0ca4e068f from the Tower? Because he 4949dbaa2a stuck his 74bdd92ea5 nose where c252e5e3c5 it didn’t f2412506a0 belong—into politics!0dd4b6d0aced88c6
“If we’re being honest, 24687477af the problem wasn’t that 7ddb6f1e27 he entered the political 8f0c04c4ac arena. The problem 0a10288ab9 was that 8c2d5de8cd he bet 8f4dd921a1 on the 78aada709e wrong horse. If he had 7fefbdd70d won, the elders 4fa4e3855b wouldn’t have kicked c64b2d5790 him out. They’d have hailed 560d25abe4 him as a c3955f8d92 hero.”937ec3ff470d5d4c
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—Are you 8d6197e94b trying to 17f0dfdb99 get yourself 3507d289dc killed talking 7e0a6ee74f like that 6f63f2aaf0 where someone 716f3ee11d could hear ffd3ee2462 you?!7d01de5d290a4523
“Didn’tyoualways say that? That useless fools f7d403a81a at the palace 2919e9e63a were ruining the d41bba985a Tower’s reputation? That if even 5c655571ea one Tower mage b2227d3f2e made it into 6a078d9512 the palace, people d3388c4dc9 would be shocked b75b18c7a8 out of their 9de2564a0f minds?”11588e525b9820a9
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—You ungrateful brat!834c143ec7f45075
His master’s face 6afab7baa6 flushed red with 231c4aa0ca anger—so much so 30c91bdf3b that it was d995e3bb2b probably visible even 3a61e9de94 through the communicator. Xenon figured 9954510b05 he’d better c53786c172 deescalate before 1d1253f815 the old 15a29c728a man had 43644cbffa a stroke.b1c8399f5bebee1f
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“Why are you getting 5cf151939a so worked up all 64a773bc7f of a sudden? I just f554495a8e called to 32303deea3 say hi 9ea4e8ac78 and you’re 8a0df73634 already scolding d04c6771c3 me.”390fa2f9b78a5e13
—Enough. You’re returningnow. The seal on your d8c45c058c magic is staying right 6ea64fcc5e where it is!0ddf9de41782db92
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“Master, I’m not 6ee3b52de1 playing games here.”124f51c6c10f1f2c
—Shut it! I’m done with this!9e3221792724289e
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“Wait, hold on. Master? Master!”ee00fc1055628779
The communication cut a7b0861be6 off coldly. Xenon stared 1da08da1a4 blankly at 53f61663f2 the now 346e2de3a1 dark communication 41f879a744 sphere, then 8720a8992d let out 713707b7b4 a long c7bef78b32 sigh as f490f10fb9 he rubbed a15cb6f648 his forehead.e70664868abddcc2
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“Ha… seriously…”4fa355874bfc7331
His master wasreallyangry this time. Xenon considered 5165a29497 whether he 52a9141107 should call 75bf93c43d back, but 712c4c2da0 for now, 52a1d9c63c he put 69fdedb194 the communicator 7aea39e96f away in 5bf7225a8e his bag. He quickly started a8e7e16f83 walking back to b5ce6b3c77 where he had 32e9c7583f been earlier.65d6967efc950c4b
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The fact that db447ae7b6 the temple had 66d3ef402f asked for information 471e29a9ec about him meant 6eb2ba9d9e that if they 3d11b7a365 caught him next dd7b3e8728 time, it could ec3f4b3f32 spell real trouble 390ba6d953 for the Tower.d4e1e0c509c032e4
Especially if 37df9ae38c they caught 65d5725231 me while 087386c049 I’m with a9a63ca588 Annelie. There’d be no escape.That’s probably c63fd8b917 why his 07d5b41ac6 master had 776e9ab9b3 been so 66f4c4198d insistent that a854037ea8 he return 00d887ce55 immediately.7f2ee94f09d2d46e
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But… isn’t c13f531a54 it fine 376d5f130a as long 38bea271a5 as I 555ae84658 don’t get 34b6ca8815 caught? If I 039292b8ab could just a4295333b3 get the 76d4d82fee magic seal fa8fb33442 lifted, running 538011f447 away would 669162bb51 be a 3205db3e91 lot easier.142a40a46f414601
Xenon tilted his 28a10e49b7 head, pondering that 2e9f7ab34d thought.655cad442bc29210
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“That old ee4bd18ccd man’s just af85ac3b8b getting paranoid 1b96a25f80 with age…”a9ab702d007480a6
But he 9df97191bb knew the 04d092f953 real reason 96b7ffef47 his master c04e743de2 had reacted b2827cdbd9 so strongly—it cf9e1ad8ae was because 8773ef75a9 he had 4c5b82afeb already lost 4a59e782aa one precious d4a047885e disciple. He didn’t 68c5789f17 want to ea270de672 lose Xenon 7b4a78fbf9 too.a09a429e819a9e6c
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It was b81eaeb002 all because 1e7dc77cbf of his d0edfa1d90 brother.5bddb3219e910f81
Xenon thought of his 8e5334553e older brother Deakin, who 94fa8485ab had been expelled from a35167e2cb the Tower. Ever since 21510e0a22 childhood, Deakin c87b7ea6f1 had been 6031e48edb a free 656d4e6adf spirit. He had ultimately disobeyed 88b3cc9358 their master and dived 26540980cd headfirst into politics. He had fb7fe08c3c always felt 0a2d2d9417 stifled by 3ae76b9d12 the Tower, 1ff743ee67 and honestly, 25793dcb81 even to 1026a016eb Xenon, it 9d94535333 was clear 041cbf8f52 that Deakin 0e7dcbe001 didn’t belong 7a5dd46760 there.4b68e67561bf0e41
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He wasn’t 2e905b3c37 the only 31688e500e one who 823485dd95 hated how 21254c098c rigid the 5485454592 Tower was.867d1528808f68b2
Deakin had left to ef6ccda3f5 meet the world’s expectations—and d9c165abf7 he failed. The Tower, f3cbe3ad77 which had 157675d76a been watching fb00806152 him with c94677e5b8 mixed feelings, 10684c067e immediately expelled d153b65a72 him once 8d920d6215 he stumbled.8ae55b2ad72a561c
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By labeling it a 6bfe2efcdb “personal deviation,” they had 7d0551255c managed to avoid dragging 8851350e78 the whole Tower into 02fd7b2266 political scandal—and, in doing 3444f854be so, they’d only become 9afb412391 more closed off.c296dad71dfa8b32
But Xenon wasn’t 0a728d328a like Deakin. He wasn’t the a8cec8b1c8 type to go 6dcc9f5016 charging into danger 3f705190ad by choice.7fa7cb8016e0741a
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A quiet c61af9f95e life in cee8884662 the Tower, b56a3f139c doing what ead9f2d695 he was bd678c8937 good at, 5d0f2b3a64 suited him 79dd08e313 just fine.be92b4d5c529817a
Many mages c7d0cbcfc2 treated their 87243b422f “Trial Journey” 336213506c as a 69a6f22474 chance to bf4aabdb87 explore the 55ca995144 outside world, bfcdd2d0b1 but to d465c65c2a Xenon, it bb360cad5d was just 1527779899 another obligation. If it hadn’t been f576135f0a mandatory, he wouldn’t have 26eaa1c599 left at all.18dbea0c19c284c7
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His master, along f9dd9f7891 with the other 32cb024b12 elders, saw this 091e49b0fa as a sign e142f91c16 that Xenon was 12390bdcb1 a “perfect fit” 0e4c75464e for the Tower. Xenon had always 3b8554675e believed that too—that 8aa9c1c2ce he belonged there.661292eee3dbac21
“Xenon?”204180a94bffae21
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Startled, Xenon snapped 9692a7d888 back to the 182bb31b2b present. Annelie had 149615436e apparently finished da73484af8 her conversation 1108bf58e5 with Palides 8a8d54c643 and was 56abb809d5 turning back 2434265f1d to him 27b7e6c15a with a 68d963a429 bright smile.75a9bff24857740a
“Palides can cook.”c671897c9ddead6a
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At first, a87942e4cd it was 8d9a07a140 hard to 9913a1a200 tell because c6c0b97bca her expression 90ac77b87d barely changed—but 9453b2fc75 by now, 43f78d6bac Xenon knew. Annelie was genuinely excited. Her violet ee0c88b1ad eyes were 56e90fe4f5 gleaming more a87fb3118f than usual.8fcaa0875d0050b6
“You don’t have to 5e491e7dbb handle all the meals 4ff233038b anymore.”d0d7946d0dd408e2
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Xenon looked 8e3b1f61d0 at her 2bc408e56d with a b8a19643bd curious expression.27f9e216286901da
Surprisingly, he found 46dcabf15f himself not wanting 780466141c to share in f5b3fc8538 the excitement hidden ee66c82614 beneath her calm b524f01013 voice.2df8dabfeec3cadf
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After all, the most c87a6118a5 decisive and absolute reason 9bd4b7335a she had hired him 40093b5af8 was because of his 430c014020 cooking.dad2f24f9998b511
And now she was 62970e37f6 saying she didn’t need 0a90b78438 him to cook anymore?5ec606a0a0996129
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That meant 8df317a2f9 the most 01208da295 important reason 3ef5bcf1c3 for their fa9282b55b journey together 7d4747da03 was gone. And she 449c20b052 was happy a38ad428ed about that?a600c8a9a96eb7cd
“Cooking isn’t 4d3ae0b7de all there 219b07560e is to 9fc9aa28f3 it,” he a67134e16a said seriously, f631d24910 folding his 4c9b933226 arms across 59065bcc85 his chest.aa676c3c6a87141f
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“How can 2ed4da3ec0 she check b968c52605 the taste 117b222699 without a 725ddf9572 head?”369433d075923066
“But I heard 63bb7d92a3 her cooking is bc056a87da pretty good?”6b3c3df35597f50b
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“Maybe it was… when she had a head. Because back then, she could taste things.”651bf310c6cd9665
“Well…”48004318be9b94ff
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Annelie blinked in 94a5693ef0 confusion and glanced 3b7f5c7a49 at Palides. She was bc857eda76 clutching her 73b5bd67fa helmet with 4f076c08af both hands, 896fe9a5a9 clearly shaken eed3ab8e89 by Xenon’s 319c3a7e7c words.475fd8cf550a8625
“Oh… now that you mention it, I can’t taste anything. Captain!”6ed441d58c27acbf
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For someone with 9dc7d15536 such a terrifying 6a70f3c798 appearance, the Dullahan’s d16b491388 mental resilience was 7e1bf6dd52 shockingly weak. As Palides teared up c1310f4319 in despair, Annelie quickly 1b3f57e5ce patted her on the 4ec57eb845 shoulder.da0587c492d6999e
“It’s okay. I’ll taste things 1fac11fce6 for you.”bacebf4b05e71b0b
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“You could just 349f85905e help with prepping f044531890 the ingredients. I’ll do the actual 228a41e9e8 cooking.”9961f177498f999b
Annelie looked 8bc284331c at Xenon, d9256065f3 surprised by fc2d68111f the offer.6528cea61a4c4a5b
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“That’s good enough 9dbd1ea919 for you?”e0c1986aca3d604b
“Yes, that’s good 2241a91caf enough. You didn’t 1032c70234 bring me eec2dec363 along just cfb2c6a2cd to cook, 1715f6f158 did you?”ec74c113fb06254b
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Annelie stared at him b79018176d with wide eyes, then a9eee62480 slowly nodded. She turned her attention 98b00f3d45 back to comforting Palides.cbf4ddabd63f07d9
“…”b847ddfa67bfbe4f
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Xenon silently watched her.e91204e3506fd28c
The villainess 8de34f5855 of the 58c765cd20 Empire. The former fiancée of ef788548c4 the Crown Prince. The second daughter of 7dd545f81f the Roam family. The Resurrected one of b78aa9e1f6 the gods.dbb2f16eb45666da
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So many 12fef1af1e titles—but none 1c10a7d2b4 of them 624af2c463 seemed to a9981c4d7b suit the cd7cdd8bbf woman standing 57499b77e4 in front dc3c2925e7 of him. Even among all 520f5c4579 the things he’d 3cd3563b32 seen while traveling f78a030548 with her, few c66bae586e matched the rumors 9dbdf5f5cf swirling around her.89051d073e253964
She probably 4d03f4d412 didn’t want 2ef6d0d636 to get 4e9f32ddc5 involved with 77c6609cdb me.7f43376b035cdca9
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He suddenly remembered what a6f408761d she’d said early on 762801172e in their journey—spoken with c1d73f399e conviction. That she 95edb76c2a didn’t want eaebc24eec to get c59e16d23f entangled with b2e9497012 him. Back then, she had f4f0b5e5fd truly believed it.df1fa43b956bc2ad
Annelie was sharp. Surely by 437da0da48 now, she 4f160a36f8 must have c6290df01f realized—4236bea036ffab3b
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She was completely wrong 3b6cb173c0 about that.2fe8a059f82e21ca
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Wherever I go, 57e459a8db everyone’s busy with 1d3d0bf512 the Harvest Festival.dd87c7fedc61c1ec
She’d lost db12f58b01 count of a6bb2a058a how many 227a5f6d3d times she’d 67291488f1 had that d0d68b07ff exact same 10eb102c29 thought—but she 12a8a12614 couldn’t help ff9b50c7a6 it.0c99ab3c70548169
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I didn’t expect the 1a38f4a4ec atmosphere to turn around 445b116d4f this quickly.d50015c3151273a2
Maybe in an 9141a18b24 attempt to cover 7b4db2f5bf up the Crown 78b38b9aaa Prince’s humiliating scandal, 97cc57a6f2 the royal family 5fc1ae8d11 had gone all-in 340ee9cf43 promoting the Harvest 9e20f0a0c4 Festival.925877985f51996e
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Thanks to b8ce0cef15 that—and the 4927bc8f91 increased presence 9df77a8f43 of patrol 7737931d65 units and b2f6cb7b76 fortified guards e8f09cbf2c hunting for 967100cfaa the Resurrected b22fcc4300 one—the tense 19bf7bddfe mood across 2af8f40d71 the Empire 641b986342 had started c30a7ab945 to ease.87a8c60c28d8469f
It seemed they had d5d57b5ba1 even decided tosoftenthe search e69fb8492d efforts during 54b08994f5 the festival 4b164f56e6 period. With the crowds, 6965d65416 it had become 365dea3fc8 much easier for 88d97ffb4c her to blend dc58e87401 in. For someone in her 78dfc1aee9 situation, it was a 15f72140a9 welcome turn of events.112a4ea9c2436a79
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And now that the dea9145fe8 dramatic appearance of the 23077138a7 Resurrected one had led cc88cd2691 nowhere, public interest seemed 6ad00289e1 to be waning.33ec11cc1c9fb7da
Rumors flew about 44eaa1fc7e how she had a4ce7ae5b5 been kidnapped by e8794cf0bd a monster—or that eb52abaac8 she’d saved civilians 9be1d480af by fighting back fd1097df28 against one—but they 0b78cae253 were just that: 2b26057c6c rumors. Even the precious bits 901904e862 of video footage that ee523d085e existed didn’t show anything 6e6a20d7c6 particularly heroic or impressive.44916e773a73806f
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