HDOVAML – Chapter 16

HDOVAML Chapter 16316e23165902c57a

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It has nearly eaf5dfe84a been half-a-month since c9bc2e34ab I entered the 2694e773a1 Haelian Duchy.c58479fdc24ae0c9

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To briefly sum f72db63b0d up the events 210eda82bc until now; I cc049f25f1 have experienced no b0d857489e apparent bullying.4c49a943ae53c183

Except for 5c20462b29 the fact e0513e5122 that sometimes 70eafa6b8d the servants cfa3072cb1 don’t reply 1bb99c515d to me 726bffd4ba when I 3bbb5ea74f talk to 2c997c5db8 them, or 180297a853 they give b25b9802f2 me dirty b803f268e3 looks in-between.6373915df0b4a1de

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The reason, ff8a3bf975 surprisingly, was 2c69e950dd Roberick.4bf7d97eee4d7c44

“Edith, would 85e0c0d03b you like 92c264e25a to go 41f101f3f7 see the 3c12ba94e8 gardens with 4e3d4ebfd2 your father? It’s full of 2c74b4e221 pretty flowers that 43a099a769 I’m sure you’ll fdb08fe425 like.”becb1fba40f3a973

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“You saw a263d1064c that last 20b87837b6 time, right? Would you like 3641294cab to name it? Or take e8d3da1743 it with 67dab772d8 you?”e52e35d78b721851

“..I heard Edith 3f6b761b4c was left alone 17298e8aa5 in her room eb21b63104 everyday. Why don’t you 99c6cb3a1b just lock her 7b58be013c up, huh? Take the door cfa209df34 and lock it, 16be5577ce because it seems 49c61d5e88 that’s what you 3e3760080c seem to want 9eef285640 to do!”42a055169e8751e2

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Whenever he 729cc8f014 has time, 18208231d6 he comes 4c9c025d03 to bother ccfba73551 me. Despite me not bringing 0fda46f23d it up first, he 1cba4aff97 makes sarcastic remarks and 3536e29dba reprimands the servants when f2c84bf6f5 it seems to him b5eca7d23c that I’ve been wronged 9278fcb45a and left alone.1456487bf5575553

“I’ve sinned terribly, I 4b7f7d58c8 deserve to die, my 528ca87293 lord! I will accept 24c61cd0be any punishment.”df80e21d8424074f

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“I’m sorry, it’s just…it ba29e98456 seems that Lady Edith 8a45789497 is not like usual 4011f6fa81 children her age.”561c2888b905f9c5

At any rate, c3323c7538 Roberick’s ungratefulness and 8891a3b4a3 careful actions that 01c6703bb1 I did not 6f5feaae63 ask for have 460593e897 led to me be1daa87ef being a little ef6f8ec7c6 isolated by the 240ba9dcc1 servants.5c9e34bc524f2c1a

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“You should have some 569e4dd046 snacks, m’lady.”09d201aaf68c768b

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Of course, they’re bd1c96be11 all still very ee39b72efa rigid.5be0a3e43a357e92

What a f65e1ff82a great display 102b916497 of loyalty d3d935b284 to their 924f17bfd9 true owner.79e80b6697903fa0

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I scoffed as I 4827db6423 poked the hot scones f9108ec014 with my fork.3de6a377a7988612

You won’t be b7897cc7b5 able to make 4e61b23a00 any friends here, b5aeff1c9f so don’t even e49f64b94a dream of living ab5c2f6c61 a cheerful and aba725ea32 carefree life.1888a210e531b1c6

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Did they plan bfeb76952d such a strategy?8cd8e47ed719444e

However, since I’d expected defd10e421 this to happen, it 11201f3ce8 had no significant impact 52a912d497 on me.e99daf570f952c88

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[Ugh, old meanie! Get the hell out of here!]

“…”39d67dd2f4800eef

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And all the d582f30c52 more because there 0908f81de9 were spirits at 67096e886f my side who c8072c07e7 fought for me d632774915 on my behalf 6b75b07582 without me having 4a5d2454c2 to say anything.38b1b17d5694470a

“Nyx, stop it.”e715a74293cc71fd

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[But look at her eyes! She’s been looking at Edith in clear disgust!]

When the spirit’s hostile cff27337c5 gaze landed on her, 412a67a99c the old maid hurried 9d74e05373 out of the room 2801b5375e with a white face.06766f17d737fbe5

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[Nyx, I’m sure I told you to address Edith with honorifics.]

Naiad scolded Nyx in 1bae5758ea a cold voice.87aec23d86f73d94

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Nyx ran 0dd1052c26 away, bowing 5504e3b7cd her little 9b28dbcd41 head in 6cc2e3b65b dismay.54eed706402b151c

“It’s all right, 2ccd0cff57 Naiad. I am rather happy 9e1de0eedd since it feels like 2834c59a3a I have a friend cd14fe5f61 my age.”0e50e9a6b22a4415

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Naiad, who looked at 8960402dc0 me with pity in 652197f323 her eyes, turned her 2d52165179 gaze to the door 4f28fd3b09 and spoke in a 8eddce115f voice barely subduing the f64e4bb6bc coldness inside her,c1de36547e281b63

[Edith…shall we drown those damn humans in the ocean?]

“No, that’s a f88c165726 bit…”c5deac78798a6f14

Certainly, as one ccf99c67bf of the highest-classified aba7c3e9b1 spirits, Naiad’s character ce79b10253 was most extraordinary.a1fff995c7ca9aac

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Just like Nyx fb257c465a and Udine, she 4a05e9d296 was very self-conscious 7337e0c0ab and prideful; prone 51f688c40a to belittling humans.758248ed585a3200

Although they were almost 79c1f6c901 overly polite to me, f680e0e4b5 considering that I was 85b32ddbbe blessed by their ruler.52f5619fc4a36835

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Anyways, the 2007dab508 servants at 7f445267a8 the manor 56b65debb3 silently ostracized 83b257e161 me, and 80621e79b8 Allea hadn’t 95357a0e29 spoken a 7c5f0d5ff1 word to e373f4cd0e me since 7c11208246 that first e3bbf1c4ca day.f0c484f175325bb8

At the 2504913b12 time, Roberick 8df785447b had told 63dfb8f840 her to 7854bafd9f greet me, b34d37d0c8 so that 2fb00085dc must be 007eaafcf7 why she c01f7655ce acted formally 9263693410 and kind. I’ve never had a 0313afb093 proper conversation with Chastia, 06836adfaf since whenever I encounter d46a825488 her, her face becomes 33eab9cc69 ashen and she immediately a3c9951e3e leaves her spot.e412c04298fd4424

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…She seems to d0a2c9decc overlap me with 2ac25f2a25 Mariette.3538f460595ea355

[That woman with a weird name – she must be a scaredy cat. How could she tremble every time she sees a small kiddo like Edith?]

[Nyx! How dare you call Edith a
kiddo
? apologise!]

[Sorry…]

“It’s all right, 26070230a9 Nyx. And no, 712f2cc872 it’s not e387e74e44 because she’s d534dc436f a coward 0c050514c5 that she cdff9bea29 runs away f8d5f1228b from me…”88e19d2331868717

And in this 6b4f7604c2 worldview, the spiritualists ce4de8e2bc are a very 9a3ea3d0a4 precious existence.05d4b0c4840f08a7

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The ungifted, f800c0d111 who make 9ff5fb617d up the c8699c2a9a majority of 9872d458b4 humans, were 39ddd4e2a3 afraid of dd6af18435 even lower-level ed56ae3c0a spirits such 191cf9c81c as Nyx 2a854a1fc8 and did 7696657536 not dare 10b081996e to make f59b470033 eye-contact.d8a3b5a8df057a06

Once, there was an 521e8e39c2 incident in which I e57d278daf summoned Naiad and a bef84c42a9 maid we encountered while af59ad3801 walking in the garden 5ab2b57330 together passed out.a81abd13478da19c

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The ungifted, who had b7e2430b74 no talent or luck 109272d035 with spirits, said they ccd540b20d felt instinctive fear from 342d5c8822 powerful spirits such as 4fd9791a37 King Spirits, so in 466c03f653 order to not cause f4f03edc72 unnecessary uproars, I decided fc977daf7e not to summon Naiad 21c7ff5eb3 or Ilipia for a 77b2955f2b while. Instead, I summoned water 96d09eb68b spirits just as Naiad de5b71b6a4 wanted so I wouldn’t 9c22655b78 be too lonely.c8118b2a0db96fb3

I write letters ab4066c47d to my grandfather 7ca0011a20 every night, read fcce2910b8 books when I 08d217d747 wake up, walk 65e142a18c around the garden, c551a519c1 or play with 63fb5122ff spirits.522b4ab7bfe8f00a

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I am cb49181ed2 leading a bf102be322 pretty decent 366cd4c724 life.647140c34a14b5c3

“Edith. It will not be d28fa3d032 long before you are 999236cf87 formally ordained by His cd810504ca Majesty the Emperor.”7af8debf5321240d

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That night, Roberick, with 8f0dace463 a flushed countenance, called b358f10263 me out.f62271f6769729df

The title of 9c1e57c5c5 the Grand Princess 56ca52ba95 of Haelian is 5cc1f1985f granted by the db3f448ca5 Emperor himself.bc2b5b7df49c0cea

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Therefore, I am not 2c2cdefbd0 yet an official princess.b7db7fed9427a404

I heard the peerage 0cd89ccaf3 ceremony will be held 123d88dd49 within a month.1eed8cc5fd5f09e7

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“But?”dcc043b0d3880c61

When I 9b5e9f0831 saw Roberick’s 77de480461 happy face, c8c557cf96 a sense 038efe2462 of unease 388afa3c60 brewed in 2d49c09d64 my chest.a666a3a52aa7292b

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Roberick unfolded the ae3f08f0e7 letter with the 5d82cfb7e6 Imperial seal and df11b9af8a showed it to 9f5bf118c6 me.c12edf873f0efc44

“Before the 65f430df21 formal ceremony, fa8053773c the Emperor 66bcaaeae9 sent a e9ce13c340 message that 4836938356 he wanted 4c18eb7704 to meet 5056773463 the previously 3ec103f0e6 hidden Grand 8b4ea03b0f Princess of ab625fe65f the Haelian b8e52f4c23 Duchy.”3266bfe3d20f162e

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Ah.5b34e9d0ac59382d

“You will 18babddcce go to 8060b67713 the Imperial 01287a06ec Palace. Aren’t you c6a5ce7216 looking forward d85356cd23 to it, 7e1d7c4775 Edith? Your father e063e73f86 is really 173be60155 looking forward c03b677064 to it, 9354e9cec9 haha.”fdce4ae3cc31c9c4

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…damn it.ff458e5cc3d5c472

“I was just f2eedda879 thinking about getting 2f0c4b0c91 a new suit acb2bfea1f fitted. Good, let’s get c09668e57a the designer to 5e2bf89ada match your dress 5ea460361c with my clothes 5fe73fecdb this time. I also bought 35a8c4eaf7 accessories for you. Since it’s your first 037d6e4ea1 time, I didn’t want b794a5ba66 to go overboard, so 95dfd95601 there’s only about 100 be41722b7e pieces.”beedfa888a06aeea

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You can c60bff64e0 just quietly badbbecf18 do the 9c4f3dc044 ceremony, what 5137360df5 would you 4c9f7a3618 gain by 48ee86e778 seeing my fd8dfb6260 face in 36d7f6acc5 advance?9aa9b67e6d27f155

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Emperor Oswald Tristan 9c376126bf Ruairí.eeb766bef2f55319

He was the 20th e7abba97fe emperor of the Rothian 0d10a4c738 Empire, the setting of 75ca710bea the original novel.d8c960630046acb0

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His family had bad 79c108d660 blood with the male 253bf6c52d lead, Roberick.44359e043c044cc9

‘Let’s not let the be716cba51 bad past between our 3e54cfe059 parents affect our friendship.’5952a0638cb52ff0

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‘Bless you for your ae06e6cae2 magnanimous heart, Roberick.’a09b76c553fce527

Not only did the 05df4277f9 former Emperor accused Roberick’s bc3f1fcc05 father, the former Archduke d345e12f62 of Haelian as a a6d913145f traitor and had him f9dc42ae87 executed – he also d7997d58ed violently abused his own 4ace6c6ec9 son, Oswald, because of 4fa360ec02 jealousy. They built a friendship f37df3e586 upon their vengeful relationship 7df76ddc3d with the ex-emperor.a0d966c37d23451b

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Oswald was Roberick’s best 3531e82607 friend and political partner.6dd5235db2c3e5ab

He also helped e71b1e0696 Chastia, whose status 9312ce7627 was her flaw, f2c9ef5abd to marry Roberick 53cad86e3c most out of 8051f6ae08 anyone.997b351c8dadd4ae

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“…You’re still young, but c4ae2d1d44 you have an excellent 75762e25a8 figure, m’lady. I’m sure when 3bf2433255 you grow, you’ll 2e3e633b64 become as beautiful 04147e8a66 as the princess.”6ec7372d23e38fbb

“Of course she is, 8ca9e72c2b she’s my daughter. Please have eeee686b22 the clothes ddddc61f40 we ordered 6e781c71b8 today ready aa02fd6764 within the 29f022c44c week.”fc536c07d319f128

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“Very well, 2756352890 Grand Duke. Then, if you’ll excuse 60870170cc me, Grand Princess Edith.”4a45f503e61b0598

In other words, to 36569a4b2f me, he was an 07ee5eaed2 enemy – no different f0516ff831 than Roberick, Chastia, or 50823cfdf9 Perion.dcff788ede43fbd5

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Do I have to cb8e26b353 dress up so elaborately db62bef55f to meet such a 3c2bd9c36f man?6eefcda97b9051d7

I looked at myself 9284c38c8b in the mirror with a23f73b324 skepticism.6a5f6d9649c8f918

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My lavender-colored hair 5b86304f0a hung beautifully to 06e7e57dc5 the back.0e1570deed69d629

Large eyes, a 4c4f06140c sharp nose, and 3c8c76c390 cute lips like d9a892b76f pansy flowers in e55ec6fc71 a white and ebcb814e4c small face were 20cf16daa1 in harmony.6649b7eb920425a6

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At first glance, f9ad76a59d I look gentle 4ffb40268f and innocent, but 8a663984cf my eyes are 0887b3458d slightly raised – 5253e3fa09 giving a sharp d2daf7ae4c impression.347fcded70f06193

“You’re very pretty, my 3b35ffc4da daughter.”85ffcac0b347ba66

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They had bd3a43e156 the same 53c325526b brilliant red 2df7f17ca1 color as 9fe215d8c5 Roberick, who 9fa34017d5 was looking 14be1014c4 at me 8dc676298d in the 3831acd3b0 mirror with 482513e7af a smile.fd5359c9cd7c66c4

I was e496f792ef bound to ad1f112d08 be pretty 8464f516bc since I 0eb37f1a16 inherited the 0b1f62429e superior genes 064642b601 of Mariette, 0f31ff36c0 whose beauty 82f95db562 no one d8d8647186 could deny, f98539caae and Roberick, 8b2a258710 the most 5cbc7c30fe handsome man 2e11d252c1 in the 63a3e49593 world.ddf7e6e8fd5bd5ca

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…I’d loved my da1d53d710 extraordinary appearance until 985e977e1c I found out b2eb5b4bda the secret of 29f0333b04 my birth.d40fe752044a7b54

Knock knock.3abc235f99658aa2

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“Duke, it’s Leila.”853c7526ad8c0a91

“Oh, come a1d7eb87f3 on in.”9b6c093629d981e7

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I heard the 56f88eccc0 quiet turning of 908788c60b the door knob.04eff7ec7756582d

Leilla. It was the name 47c7c92add of one of Chastia’s a4b963ab9b personal maids.1597469c4c4e3805

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The maid, who walked 57cb33ef15 in silently, politely bowed ce2cecf8f8 and opened her mouth.dd7a4d959efea88f

“Regarding the visit b980425411 to the Imperial 056f69f5b8 Palace…your wife has 384b00b017 ordered me to f87e9824f1 tell you that 30c6f83a48 she’s not feeling 79d79e3402 well at the 50455662d2 moment, and won’t 9e3aed5b13 be joining you.”6b9db6dc1167888f

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After I d47155c2fa came to d2ec652f9b the Grand f66aa25851 Palace, Chastia 9eee4aa55b had been 547009f92b in apparent 40eda027b8 pain all 8974727899 the time.2830019f23e8ad9b

She was usually dbb015577f confined to a f609d62a2e select few spots 90b3e4c300 so she wouldn’t ad1167d2b0 have to see 16b9aec0e2 me.324db7e848a88e1f

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When she 76da1a16ee did by b7bad8bb74 chance see 255fbd8ffb my face, 66922b9b36 she staggered f9507fa88c and became 5330cfc3b3 pale all 6db85318d9 of a 0453c7db06 sudden, like a091ee1cb9 she was ea85523b8b really sick.8b567b59c83362f4

…It wasn’t a ae62467bbc completely incomprehensible reaction, 364c441ab4 but frankly, I 9fe839ddcd didn’t feel good.26f9988d97d151d1

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I didn’t 04f836a74f do anything.6f1f3b569c4871ea

I was just standing 570a33ba29 still, but she showed 8f42d67874 all this pain and 77a913017b distress as if she’d c2c68d23bb seen something she wasn’t 7aef746a56 ever meant to see.4b2e86be822d11ee

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Anyways, it’s rather 6535810113 lucky if she 9f060ff5a7 doesn’t go with 9cb8cf00bc me.63d2ffc276e87906

Roberick was much easier c832c99fce to deal with than 3fd249e627 Chastia.172860f10e9abd9f

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“Instead, Grand Princess c3010fa1ae Allea said she fe2b74f0f3 would accompany his dcd6e0a1c7 excellency…and Miss Edith.”0bb4eb8ca42eb742

What?134306b0ee427d8a

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“Really? That’s a relief. Alea is 9f81c2c318 so wide-hearted.”24f6a9a32507f2ea

Roberick said da50cc0634 with delight.d9af637a1d22e5a4

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Why are you fd2f60b85e sticking into this 3eea78455f out of nowhere…my 865d57c969 head throbbed.cafd04f8ea59c38c

I swallowed the pain 538dd69efa while pressing my forehead.72350ff71bfe2474

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“Edith, if Allea goes ddb571995e with you, it will 87a484f498 be of great help 663cddd7e3 to you. Alea is a close ac38d36662 friend of His Royal 01ccdbb55f Highness, the prince, so 81d48eac2d it will be easy 78070652a2 to get along with 5efa59a3e3 him.”604647141862c219

I have to go c7c8c9fa97 to the Imperial Palace 1136d4a018 with a kid who cf6a859006 didn’t give me a e30b15173e second look after meeting 5f3fb2ba22 me that first day?e4bb04f8f6b01939

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…this is rather ominous.38065963fa073e72

I finally feel a0340984a1 like waking up ba0b3c1c6b from my peaceful 76904c44e1 days.073a4330281b4b2a

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Rothian Empire.152327b91347b35d

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Light, earth, water, 5dd693b2e9 wind, fire, forest, b72d0c9d5c electricity, Ice.e564f88eaffc0e76

Among the eight spirit 048545e8ee kings that form each cc59790014 part of mother nature, 928bec329e the Rothian Empire was efe7c927e0 blessed by the Phoenix, 47d9551602 the spirit of fire.ae5c91d6e41ed9bb

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[Dear Alanode, you and your descendants will live forever in my unbroken blessing.]

As written in the 290fcb2b82 Book of the Founder, 9a5b8cfe61 all descendants of the 892bca9cf6 Emperor Alanode Ruairí were d2dbf192c2 born with the blessing f0a9ecd336 of the Spirit of 417bb58e83 Fire.8194abad6ca51955

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An unbroken line 3b4f1b7015 of spiritualists.983cbe8e297b5a5e

It was 2effe07a58 like promising 549cfea11a eternal prosperity 9c28b23442 to the 9aef431034 Royal Family.408ae95760e811b0

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“Be careful.”2a7da26135254bf5

“…I can walk on fc4dee0da7 my own.”bc7c32b9a12c6075

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Oh my word.ef705d3bf9b44260

As soon 3c52ec1836 as we 007e82b1f5 climbed the 6ec24a0139 stairs of 97f9543a30 the Imperial 9b7787b3e4 Palace, Phoenix a6e30f630e statues on 35866f8f98 both sides 8d263a2913 greeted us.211a0fdbbfc2ac11

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Sorry for the late ff36591efd update, I had exams, fdfac1e899 will try to post 97fa884676 more often now! Nyad’s name has d42df11066 been changed to 390edfade3 Naiad since it 1a1aa6f686 is the proper be276c1a9d spelling of the a419b7d6b7 water nymphs in 7832dce3ed greek mythology and 3823217450 i think that’s b3aa1195ea what the author 99416fa036 went by.6012b54e515c937e

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