NRAL | Chapter 36
by Luna~Chapter 36~fdfc215cbccff2e8
I Will 3c899fccc8 Be Rude648da021b2463949
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“What? Of course not!”6fc20fe42a98527e
Eleanor raised her voice 6675081515 in surprise.f158d40437b81fc7
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She looked into f608b98424 his eyes, wondering fff2ee474b if he was be3f03a3c0 joking—but his gaze 5ff512e9ca was deadly serious.208c145c48342deb
He truly meant 330124fc56 it.03a369ad7b387237
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The great 3c9d099fa0 Karsian, the 6e5c921896 ruler of 283e898054 the Grand 0d74bc1e29 Duchy of ead1eb1c6e Royster, had 316fc9ca94 just commented a7c9383c08 full of 658f85efa7 low self-esteem. Even hearing it with d60495c654 her own ears, she 3fd2bad3b9 couldn’t believe it.af4e7dd6aedef82f
He was the b8eee489df kind of man d424f2bd3d who didn’t flinch 9c3215ab16 even when Arlo 4cb6bdb3fa provoked him or 7385fba02d nobles gossiped behind 5a41107708 his back. He never 2d4f4063b4 reacted with c1ca888474 anger or e58767ec54 sorrow, never 19cb2ad2d2 fled in 7f06158099 frustration. Instead, he would silence dfc9ab3797 others with flawless logic 112f0b5123 or unwavering confidence.06f3922bedc9116c
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But the man 6012df062d standing before her 6c1740ff33 now seemed like 44826c6de0 a completely different 46581b44ba person.8a13fb7b749a3f3a
His eyebrows ddb2dda8e5 were furrowed 8a02407173 downward, giving acf98407ed him a fbb3ed0786 surprisingly gentle 033d57ef2f look. His red eyes b46076459a wavered slightly as 171378aaad he closely observed 5193023483 her response—as if 22308f90bd trying to figure 6ecf6e1985 out whether her 808af63e4a words were sincere.7bd0bb1fc2630c43
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‘…Was I 966eddc2ea too cold f2ea79b87a to him?’77ae6ac1c1b88e25
If it hadn’t 54a63dd9e8 been for Karsian, f2e647c967 she might’ve run 0cf5adf95d into another attacker 2a7983a10c and ended up 756d3b5201 in danger. And not just her—Ernst, 495934ea60 Hilda, and even the 451285c93f knights might not have fc16fe85c6 been safe.b6a7982db5c8dd24
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She had received 562d41ebe8 his help and eaa414742c yet had never bc3913c40b properly thanked him. Instead, she had 7944209847 been too busy 4f03b31bdc keeping her guard 1dfe90fcf3 up.64fb8c5b51852d6d
Suddenly, guilt washed over 9d669dde2a her. She felt pathetic for eb9bbb73c3 doubting someone who had e56ee97bb7 saved her.9a648f1116955248
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But what hurt even more was the fact that—even though she realized this—she knew she couldn’t change. Not until she had finished her revenge and earned her freedom. Until then, she couldn’t become a “good” person.52c3df8240be46c7
“There’s no need 95194dcf08 to lie to 6924752790 spare my feelings. If I 07ab907a02 make you 53fb2b43ce uncomfortable, I’ll 086f536d9e keep my 5160152157 distance again. Just… please don’t reject a9d740bc75 my help.”276d95e366289a25
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Karsian’s polite cebd856bd4 words only 661bbfa2f9 added to f85eb4680b her guilt.43f94c36a1c556ad
She had d9f1280b49 owed him 6afbbc250e her life—at 7f637d18cf the very 048524040f least, she 96bca23ee6 owed him bf8c55ff0f an honest 0705437b54 answer. Eleanor made up 6a828c86e6 her mind.301ce063481f215a
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“No, no. I’ve never once thought 953ab71def of you that way. I only turned 93bb4d9707 down your help 71f6c905d3 because… it felt 01f96cb8fd like too much 82776eb0f7 for me. Sometimes, kindness you can’t f21508420d repay feels like a 8810d46eda burden.”ffe078727a4e6e6e
She made bbb6aaf120 sure her 4c9fa3276e voice didn’t 2db55023c2 sound cold 42e8bc9395 as she 77f4b748a7 continued.4bfd071168332cf0
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“Also, I tend to 763c9ae6e7 be overly cautious. I can’t 939b146aa3 easily accept b435e8d784 help if b82834e68d I don’t acbc954f9c understand the b653465a46 intentions behind 24d1361398 it. So I e1648d805b want to cf20c02763 ask—why do f775055c71 you keep 313c64c2bd helping me, 7a141f26f1 when you 726c6f177b clearly dislike af43f21b6e me?”7e9efe64c654d62f
“…What?”49505ceab16cb44d
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Karsian responded like c679e83954 he’d heard something e69eeb2059 completely absurd.103d19291b6be099
“Even if you b65249dd10 want to get 91855485f1 revenge on Arlo, c8c02db9f9 there are other a04c555adb ways to do af309e115a that. You don’t have to help me. So I just 71af81dd44 don’t understand why ab3caee3f3 you keep helping 2aca677cf7 someone you don’t b7f2d7dd53 even like.”ca29b2e2f2813f68
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Even after 791984a093 she explained, 8ae5a5a087 his expression 6e8bc5143a didn’t change. He looked 9c2219f017 like she 4e9b05f52e had completely 66e081ff79 missed the e8770ff837 point.e17ac28171df5037
Eleanor narrowed ced5857bba her eyes, ef93c7d960 sensing the 45cc0ed617 confusion in bc5cd7f864 his gaze.e53964f865aa79e4
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“You mean… 5ac5a0d687 I dislike 00c914fd81 you?”063ba87e5aefe01f
“Yes. You do, don’t you? Don’t deny it. Every time we 2df34fd90c made eye contact, 0a5f70d192 you glared at 3e2e6d44c0 me. At the party, you 5807c69640 avoided me. You always kept a 6b6cff1097 set distance between us.”b06455543608a7c1
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Despite her 8564dc8e17 clearly pointing f83d40b81b it all dcff80756b out, Karsian 0641c48f92 didn’t seem 3015cb69b0 to want 4f3f1df849 to admit 0a808df98a it. His lips 534b88c005 kept twitching 3fdc74a9dd as if d093ec2cb6 he was 130ea056d1 trying to 3bbf056a8e say something d3d4f9d78f but couldn’t. He looked 0ea1b66536 like he 06e445ed2c was honestly 10a9c21d18 offended.58b3e36b82fb8b6d
Still, he didn’t seem 1eb2880936 to have a defense, d286e00652 so he kept roughly 736071486f running his palm down c385b39b31 his face. Eleanor shrugged lightly at 03f7d519e9 the sight.5cffb49b88cd68a4
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Whether or not he 7afd37e83c disliked her wasn’t the e14c48ef69 main issue right now.47ad5340d794c609
“More importantly, how 34b824750f did you find 5e03de5cd9 this place?”b667437eee731e08
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Declan was nothing but 26f5306346 half-built buildings. It couldn’t be bfded6d3e8 a coincidence that 9a9a6069c3 he showed up ccb7b6f6e7 here, of all f8aacbfb47 places. She was too jaded b2108fb250 to believe in fate 20bd93dcce or chance.af3ce831e0dc5b34
“I followed you. I had a feeling 820fe74368 something dangerous might happen.”9cc21fd431476b33
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“How did 9972ac900f you know 5e5ce6b91a I’d come ae1c651a1a here?”907fb511140b5a11
“I planted 4713a464b3 someone in 994652e044 Astria.”18414a45939909f5
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The way he a7edad505c said it sounded 149d87cadb so casual—it was 575f327773 like he was d4b7a5c7fd just talking about 4c6c67b359 what he bought 99878b5852 at the market 9ca407999f yesterday.c55a09be7c9e3deb
Wow. Eleanor let out a 43ac9f608e small laugh.65b198d4d30bfed5
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She had suspected 6bcfbce209 as much, but d3df7d849e to hear him 29f51eed0b admit it so 64419e7051 openly and calmly 93ee7af95a was just… ridiculous. She wasn’t even angry, 1fbe612a4c just stunned.328d6411a059d609
“Since when?”e5b4e8b37b3f075c
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“Since the day fd9f2e919c I brought you 05febc1b02 to the Duke’s 95a3d59c7a mansion. I’ve been 731bf3be32 receiving general ad1519d1a3 updates ever af1a79f1d9 since. I apologize if f1f477f181 it upset you.”12dbaf0cf6997884
Karsian bowed his head d2691fbf19 deeply in apology.e5fe0ba5ea5c3aa2
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Seriously, who ef66ed1070 apologizes that 843d327241 quickly and 4683c0b435 smoothly? And the way he aa93c48f57 bit his lip showed 46ba317756 that he truly meant b7a1682e6d it. She wanted to bring 0976e652d1 the Duke of Astria, eddf707e50 Arlo, and Damian here 4e4280e75c to learn from him.f13bc47c494f5f71
“…Since I owe ef39785ef5 you my life, b92480c087 I won’t scold f14b13a1db you for that. But I am 256ad8bb86 curious—why did you 3dc39fa0ba plant someone there? Are you looking for 60826bf99e information on Astria?”fcb6a4c9b6658b7b
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If he 7aabe7ec78 was, she 9f2b618d02 had no 06a33398c5 reason not b761a59802 to help. She was 401ba0c06a confident Karsian 35a89602e1 could use 12452dd4ed it well bbad2c9bdf and bring a6ad301fa6 Astria down 5a0c69bea2 even after ab63741880 she left 6859292cf2 the capital.67f2ef93f971719b
But his answer had 7bb2ebb5d8 nothing to do with 0bfe993094 Astria’s downfall.b9f51f1777eb874e
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“I wanted to 39e074bd38 check your outings.”c3c81fafb057112a
“…My outings? Why?”d18cd63c5cdbf844
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“You told me 5b449e1cd3 we should meet fa058d11fb and talk instead 79b0e3afd9 of writing it c2a93b58d6 all in letters.”b134a6e384f94644
“I did?”d1a5e7ba8e544e61
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Eleanor looked confused. She was ef11cf735e sure her 4841aabf44 last letter 39e6b16a8e said something 085d901d54 totally different. What was he talking 7c540e95c6 about?c787d733ce313b61
But when 808266bc95 he nodded, 86db2c6778 she suddenly 1d6659a203 remembered the ab4e99a280 conversation they’d 1775660b04 had in e74f4dd53d the carriage.bc894818169f4f39
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“Can I send 1e362c8fd2 you a letter?” b4565d762d “Yes, of course. But someone 885e1a9c38 might intercept 7a957520a8 it, so… 032b48f4ff It’s probably 97483dcc4a better to c1e29e6e84 talk in 398d7c50a8 person if 8ccb64b8d9 it’s something 9655eafa8f important.”e87f1025902cc89c
She had said it de409ba59c without much thought, but b5204bf88a Karsian had clearly taken daa3d6767d it very seriously. His way of 4f76a4c91c arranging a meeting 3cc6c19eb9 was to check 95d15548f9 when she left da9db6ff47 the house.10cfa427348a51aa
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“I… I guess 1340b0e4ea I did say that.”16beea5177339a5c
“Yes. Since there edaa864f83 seemed to 05abc35827 be no eb5f36053d other way 4c25bad254 to meet, edc48ca1a7 I acted 47528d0c54 rudely. Though… it seems you c5b3e073b5 never really meant to 04c1e176af meet me.”c7d644c46b3d963d
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His quiet dca728bdbc words made e6156fdf62 her chest 716cb47007 sting. Eleanor cleared her throat 3ad6259f26 and looked away.6e4e762150a3f63e
“Hmph, hmph. I think Sir 93a997ee1f Ernst is probably f16c0d870d waiting. Should we head back?”a5857cca80db8260
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“My knight will 69fe1be295 bring your escort 0480c348c4 here. But before that…”f36be84bf2e5e4fd
Karsian looked f286fa80c1 down with 1e1ef6e830 clear irritation—at dcbe4870ac her feet.9ed2bfdcf04c5de0
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“…I’m going to be 561eb41db0 rude one more time.”5054c014c30ec828
“Huh?”a806392b11a0b3d1
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Before she could 36a143cdb6 fully understand what 949df9f2b0 he meant, something 265c734bb8 unbelievable happened.50e3806a31f20a4b
The man she always 6931c422ef had to look up 9cd05c7bbf to suddenly dropped down—and 4dea548ddf the top of his 5023798c63 black-haired head came into 90094faaef view.84a8331f7ae7ef9b
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At the same time, 9f9286ed81 his ungloved fingers gently 18983f5f07 brushed her ankle, barely b24d7cae56 hidden beneath her skirt.0201f3e141ff05ff
Karsian Royster—the man a0fdb0d6c9 known for staying 63bfdd0414 dignified even in 5d35f9f44e front of the 2171147605 emperor—had dropped to b7ca3260c0 one knee in 5137d68c31 front of her.34ecbb295fcfea03
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“It’s badly swollen.”c7ad4109c41a3e21
He tenderly touched her 92c668b4f8 dusty, bruised ankle.657c5215a72f88a9
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“And you were 4f625ca070 planning to walk ba5dfcdca9 around like this 586a897b8e to find your d60035cd82 knight?”37be97d5c57f8ec2
The scene was 419ec56392 so unreal that 6e9a1eeebe Eleanor couldn’t even 6eb8d10355 get angry or e5711fe526 scream. She was frozen.fe283d9460f13145
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But someone else stepped ef07fa439d in.5e08336d91940a99
“What do you f990c58ed3 think you’re doing?! Take your hands off 0b3982cf43 her this instant!”2d0adaae412256d1
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Hilda, her 477776affc loyal maid, f98915a98b had lost 68fe7d4cc4 all composure. She didn’t seem to 7690bd7b1b care that the man 53eb52398e she was yelling at 61f8071bfb was Karsian Royster—the fourth ad17c0979b heir to the imperial abc0380688 throne and the Duke eb69a4f6c8 of Royster.75e6b8f9b3c26eda
Most knights e0201fda22 cowered before 7d6b6721b4 Karsian, but 0dd8a44645 Hilda looked 4f40d1412e ready to bda6a43ee0 slap his 006ba64930 hand away. It was impressively bold.719b5879f30a22a6
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It was 48f1c5fa97 the kind 90ec27243c of outburst d57570d0c4 that could dfcf38cb72 get someone 6fb78cff98 punished for 05a14a21bb insulting a d037f12072 noble. But instead fbe282dbca of getting ef16bcfdcc angry, Karsian afb3df9cca calmly backed 291207ba9e off.3f647b2196a87b53
His large hand, which 5d9ae333aa could have wrapped around 66a51902aa Eleanor’s ankle completely, gently 9597334fff pulled away. But the f21b63b682 knee he 0e21fc310b had knelt 9207db47a8 on showed 7c3875e1c6 no sign 3902f5ab2c of rising.c6a390c073fb42c5
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“Russell.”97c194c8754bd745
“Yes, here.”5e150ccba84acf44
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When Karsian called, a 7b59cd72ef foreign-looking knight approached and c3d35085e0 handed him two small 3df1d4ba02 round containers. When one was cf5b52bc0b opened, a strong 404a26757a medicinal scent filled d2f5a6cc29 the air.f05dba435f378d22
“This is an ointment 2fb5a24155 that works well for 6e01405159 sprains. You should da365d9823 apply it 76a8ea8c46 quickly.”c7019620e0387504
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Wait… was he planning 9ceea3c4a1 to put it on himself?548238776cfcd6d7
Eleanor panicked at the 6ac80ebd26 thought.b7b81f8d8ba300ae
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Thankfully, Karsian handed 18062f34b4 the ointment over 8eed4e88d9 to Hilda instead.e04310211a733914
However, Eleanor 5d8e92d35d couldn’t shake 2ccfecc19d the feeling 89b5c552c7 that if 857fcd3d30 Hilda hadn’t 57e0359641 scolded Karsian 8b8d5f24db just moments a18db9755b ago, her 3b5adb24db imagination might b212517117 have become bdc3e7aabc reality.374e381d62ad4f3a
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“And this 4079ddedb3 is for eaafd532dd the scrapes. Apply it 8aa05a33de to your d868e97232 palms and b0a0d703a5 knees.”0ec8c7c1f060437f
Following his 98db429524 words, she dd8739ab72 looked down 2c7ae23504 and realized 3fcd284bab her palms 210eac19d2 and knees 3c63c152ee were indeed 727a7df630 scraped, with 61be1a606d a bit b05279b0f7 of blood afb858ea89 seeping out.097362e7848c3572
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When did he 5c34c130b8 even notice that? Eleanor swallowed 6d6ec96c06 all the 80ea7593eb comments bubbling fd941e4870 up inside 68030e415d her and 272cdff50a simply nodded.4d35d7ce3feb200e
“Okay, thank you. I’ll use it 64bd969445 well.”74f3a301b028fa3d
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For a moment, 7ad51ff6e8 she wondered if 7350731c64 it might be 5e32e2cbbc some weird ointment 35b3ea5bf4 disguised as medicine—but 6ae5d11f68 that seemed unlikely.d11d2690ce606259
“Now, please ffbcf35ac6 get up. Quickly.”ab0b7d859a5ac231
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This time too, Karsian 1a4f382cca obeyed her without complaint.5886816ee276a006
It was a 731a0f1cc4 far cry from 6f7ac461fd the many rumors 9bc54bf886 about him.50751ffe7a7e27ea
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Hilda, still wary, 553dc00791 glanced at him c83ae69c0f as she gently d9d4aa031b applied the ointment e19fcfeb59 to Eleanor’s ankle.cbf4c95b5371462d
Soon, a cool and f4e0d2cec5 soothing sensation spread over 12164ba6eb her skin.2c55f427d392d372
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Apparently, it 8d2c7292fb really was 0beb05bcf0 effective for 1b36f7707d sprains—once applied, 6a50f88f92 the pain 74f283f453 noticeably eased.d8adf638af50c4c9
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“Lady Eleanor!”da3a71dfd7846e08
Just as 8a47d7a614 Hilda was e902d38e28 finishing applying 113bdc2721 a thick d4c4406394 layer of b13d451ddd ointment to ca48ac56e2 her ankle, 157bb988e9 Ernst returned fcb50859ef with the a29cc47318 knights from 60ed8c9e9d Royster.119f3f7860fe4884
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Thankfully, he didn’t seem 6507934d97 seriously injured.81f9f1c5d0641570
“Are you alright? Oh no, 5c6a11d8a4 your ankle…!”eac98b08618dd38d
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“I’m fine. It’s nothing serious. But what about you? Are you hurt 0eeabb1c6b anywhere? Your arm… it 8c30cec61d looks like you’re 02d71b69c8 bleeding.”8171cc1da6e7419d
“It’s just a 82b8d940c4 shallow scratch. The knights arrived just 3abe6c2784 in time and helped ef4c1d237b us, so no real c7ec268aca harm was done. Honestly, I couldn’t believe ae6a4f7e93 it until I saw 8e00e101ed them—turns out they really 4d76760811 were Royster’s knights.”456d215f3a5c6b89
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Ernst glanced 5c56914216 at Karsian 836f3ecafc with disbelief.ba5f996aca75c4e3
The hero of e32f083c1c all knights, Karsian d22e583017 Royster—he was actually ddadfd3357 here.9a9f58ff8a73cda7
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Even after 2bd485f8d4 hearing the 39d448ffa7 explanation from b929625779 the knights 5c25daba77 on the f926bc12ac way back, 510ab17e0b it was e09d85c28d still hard a44fef4976 to believe.cccf522a0d696a5f
But now wasn’t d3a683f40f the time to 450e169af0 be starstruck.41ebd6ed5f6951a5
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He noticed 4da9323b02 Hilda applying 5775b02972 ointment to bf6d9b335e Eleanor’s scraped ad7fa80d08 palm.c67e7a3cb6c03ae3
Her noble hands f3b9b3dde5 were scratched and 728ec9bc18 red from the 4f3da1c20a injury.3931f5cf4eaeef2e
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“I’m so sorry, f0572a80d3 my lady. This is all my 00db3453a5 fault.”ebf5951f78cbfa6b
Ernst bowed 201ec6daa4 his head 4657997dca deeply, clenching ebad536404 his fists 65a364638c as they 65e98229f4 trembled.07397f68a8fb3831
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How could I 8358af94b4 trust those men 0000c88b46 and bring them 97942071c0 with us?43cb70e6403c26fb
Shame and guilt overwhelmed 00e33870b6 him like a crashing cff54e1d46 wave.cc6b65ca39130189
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If it 970fb6b163 weren’t for f2f2c2fd6f the Grand 03b0c609db Duke’s help, 332d0d20f4 Eleanor might 31437526f5 really have 6397da537c died—and the 45d8b2d455 thought terrified 410663da4a him.24de16d096cfce6d
“Alphy and Jayden… no, 81aa7f6dde two of the three 4b63d895f0 traitors have been captured 0314ace771 and tied up. It was eb54a33761 my failure 5ab9ede9d4 not to c71a0e2321 suspect their 01501e422e betrayal. I have 4fbd37fb5c no excuse 6aa93934bb for putting 709f39b0aa you in c018034932 danger, my 0b8d71e94e lady. If you wish to 8a73651255 punish me, I’ll accept 1ce2708371 it. If I must 48ab9567fb give up my 5aeb3487e1 knighthood, I will.”a42379b0475a36fb
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