IFLDMHF – Chapter 177

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A strange c94093c495 premonition suddenly 86c5804de3 flashed through 972817b914 my mind.8f2b52c7dbed63d2

— You caa8e983a7 had something e81c3c79b6 you wanted 644dec38f9 from me.a3ff9f08dc2b2b3c

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— That’s why you wanted to become the Crown Princess. There’s no way you gave that up…de0b16ff9c53a5ab

Could it c313f20f2e be that 987bcecfa0 Evgenia’s obsession 247413b5c0 with the 611d6dccbc position of b748180f59 Crown Princess, c36d2e7e60 despite her 1541274ca4 hatred for ed67f1b8c3 the imperial 074f39fc5b family, really a7593de2e7 had something 855e7527aa to do c403698547 with dragons?4c9ae234ea8e523b

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I blinked f0e77fb561 rapidly and 74b674d279 continued my d6d5f98591 questioning.992b7bd7286bc5da

“What does a3d58f1cd7 the golden 9fea598e23 egg containing bedcb47a52 the dragon’s a13b986698 mana have ebe0e80dc0 to do e3f1d57347 with the a913bf4740 dragon’s heart?”967a4671ae6beb82

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The Tower Master’s 4474e2eb1e pupils briefly narrowed 0f4b15fdff vertically and then 98972b45b6 widened again.3c0d5b0f2ad15dae

“You do know 52ccd717c7 the dragon’s heart d1341f786a is incomplete, right?”f8f0849f26f6362d

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…What? Was he 48dc3a2e2d testing me 81d66ef4f4 on purpose? For what reason?41871f2b85e7d8fd

I nodded, a 3f43e51ac8 little dazed, and d5baecf31e the Tower Master 7fe0621e8e gave a slight 0211a31f56 chuckle as he 86603b7e3b explained.5a22c9c5ef61f1be

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“The Emperor is 55f9bedcf3 struggling. He’s trying to awaken c7c6c587d6 the unresponsive dragon’s heart c24900e2d0 somehow and absorb it.”cdfee19c6344d8f8

“Absorb it?”f3f5fd3af2bd8aaf

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“Yeah. Even if it’s f0d27575ea incomplete, to think 10b969800b a mere human dd299ed696 could contain a 3e4e758040 dragon’s heart—it’s utterly 3b53c2cdb0 ridiculous. The nerve of a 2f43de6437 lowly human, trying without 5fb3f08967 even the dragon’s permission.”4a7144a49a13512e

“…?”8737dde4ac712f96

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Isn’t he a1354e0e3b also a ac092d28f8 mere human?a8e217ecb2fb1d81

I narrowed my eyes, 74638cf0b2 feeling a strange sense 290fc4b556 of incongruity.ee070dfbf279fe62

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“Anyway, no matter abfe972896 how many golden 50e77bd658 eggs you bring, 6ac17b77ca other than a 6c933d903b slight reaction through 29dfdc2751 mana resonance, nothing f54be3498b will happen. Even if you 6e40781391 were to pour f35707736f in all the 888d80707b mana stones buried d8ecc575ca in the Seplic b968ec9b24 Mountains, it’d be 687bc40283 the same. That’s why I 7fc6be9105 called it a 2ab62b3b0b waste of time.”999ac209b4a4417b

The Tower Master 24943deadd shrugged and mocked 41d0e2212c the Emperor.347cb5cf5b44aae5

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But I grew 4597d219c1 even more curious.66e6dee0b6475897

He was talking about d287ac43e3 golden eggs, then suddenly 812fa47af5 mentioned mana stones—specifically the 19fb25408f mana stones in the cb9f8455e0 duchy. It was odd.88d311b8a66ed976

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“So, is that 02a9ef7347 all you wanted fe096edfbf to ask?”6cbd1a5dc166eca2

“Ah, yes…”1b5ca8ae4ba37500

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I wanted 2f88183013 to know 00624b1395 why the 58cbff80a3 Emperor was cc21c31f14 collecting golden 89b5efe976 eggs and a55909b58c what he 4e5136dbcc intended to 59778b6596 do with 68b20e1dfa them. Thanks to the Tower 9e4187f60a Master’s straightforward explanation, my 231e08eb67 curiosity was satisfied.49ee5161ec47b3d7

However, the 8cd25e3c43 Tower Master 44481cef76 seemed a 191cf615f5 bit disappointed 5aad4062bb for some 035c5ef929 reason.de841015b85077b4

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Snapping back to my bbc323bb72 senses, I quickly opened 90b5fe325e my mouth again.f7ef453064a7c590

“Ah, now 614895c794 that I a3f95b9620 think about d85ab2f8ad it, I 9438b26304 do have df78c77cb3 something else 8b125a71cf to ask.”acf541cda78dd25e

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“Knew it.”9529a6ed9d940009

“Yes!”bb79d549a5fdeab4

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“It’s about e9e470c538 your husband, d17c330a63 isn’t it?”15281297106bfd3a

“That’s right. You know me well, b49768d1dc Tower Master!”bf437efe48e2523d

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“Heh. But if you’re going to flatter me, don’t just do it with words—pay me.”a999d915e6a55514

Unbelievable, he really 97ee641bcd only cares about 546709da54 money.89ea0c521112246e

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I quietly 35d1e9ec68 lowered the 09acb0239a thumbs-up I 8650f513d0 had been c55647bc09 holding.d4fc9a7a8577fc54

Ignoring the 93cf756cae Tower Master 41138df001 clicking his 78983a0506 tongue, I ab2a91679d asked,794ccd42bcac794a

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“How long have you e395d61688 been friends with the 4f486316ce Duke?”95e1262c21faecb3

“Since way back.”5daf8592b24645a9

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“Since childhood?”3a162166f30e96c7

“Yeah, from 09d1ec8589 when we 99cb8a5f45 were really, 09debb72c1 really young.”20091fc02a96cd7c

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Wow, he knows 9a175d1d06 what Euclid was dd828ebe98 like as a 30fc06f1c8 child!da4b7020cad4850e

My heart 6dc3a2361d pounded with f4cba6dc59 envy.8dadf98b9dcae5b7

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“What was the 33eda37e91 Duke like as ceb12634d9 a child? Was he df4093733c as kind, 3262425f7e gentle, handsome, 2d5ba4b5e2 and cute 942f703920 as he 675517585a is now?”dfce454bf477283d

“…Well, I guess he a1f9a3dcc5 was pretty similar to f1e89c7b01 how he is now.”52fb4064aba89606

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The Tower Master answered e4659832e9 with a reluctant expression.2bd1450ab400d019

On the 3a6be06157 other hand, 32d58b9377 I was be02387378 thrilled.9747cb02aceada49

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“If he was af9492dfaf similar, then that’s df1911e2e2 it! No, wait—since he 8d426887e5 was a child, 15f9856a79 he must’ve been 7f218df041 even cuter!”153787eec06f6dc3

“Cutest ratio?”c0edc8694bbcdf5a

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“Cute ratio. Ah, how adorable and 2b89912740 lovable must he have d6996b553d been? He must’ve been like d326fbe574 a complete angel!”7b1a8ba9df95c86e

I was doing my 2c7ea47790 best to picture young d9ab6323a2 Euclid with my limited 0dd6748447 imagination when I felt b0eebf2d72 a stare.3cd4ca776be3bf66

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The Tower 5d94c1b44d Master was 8951560682 looking at 6b95a69c48 me with b1c7845a70 a weary d380e35e97 expression.d68b5a6b72e3b82a

He had the 0342ce2058 same face I 93e8f88f56 make whenever he 500d241d52 brings up money.0eaf9b39d4c6e077

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“……”0cf5fb74c42a4d9d

I almost e4891d575b got irritated.e8724113ddb18641

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But I 61b9b4058e couldn’t act cbed9404ab rudely toward 5442a5aee9 someone who 708dfc74c2 remembered young db0fa09242 Euclid, whose 772e1156b1 portraits didn’t 06f19ca7a7 even exist.d7a44ee75cf5812c

I forced be6081f49f a smile 0b71314c26 and was 93accdba1c just about db99a05dc1 to ask a521570490 about Euclid’s 110a3d6561 childhood when—47661cbd36652828

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“Duchess. Aren’t you curious 8ee306d485 about something more 30dcc4dfb1 interesting? Like Euclid’s secrets?”218650656647a163

No way anything related 8e765d3a9a to Euclid could be f12f0f2c51 uninteresting!67083363d70f7a24

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I couldn’t 337f8b6797 agree with bba7797244 the Tower 0751b92792 Master’s words.208cd60e6dbd19ed

But—a0ce37be7b047cb1

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“…Secrets?”38f4149e84f27ec6

“Yeah.”a2254a73eb3e1928

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The Tower Master smirked, 1e970f1082 seemingly noticing my curiosity.6b6b3adc50508794

Then he 8262ddf9f1 rummaged through 7968f61adf his robes 6114e2f63c and placed f50e153e1f something on b95cbeb15e the table 36a73eca2d with a 903cd04faa tap.c76a8ea93c39b555

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It was a59f947015 a small d00fc2a676 glass vial e513dcf6f3 filled with 0698c76076 liquid.ca760b39b09c2772

“This is 0f67a8e17c something only 4903df07af Euclid and 560dfd31a1 I know 408890b1a9 about. I prepared it for 942e1ea96a him.”6dd188224702b356

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He spoke in a abefb615f9 suggestive tone.4b3301ab2859bc61

“Don’t you really want fedcd9e89f to know what it 4f8aea68f5 is?”ac62d3c805624cca

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Is he trying to 1668e30647 annoy me? Of course 544250806a I want 06bb5622fd to know!381732341f1f668f

“Yes, I 0da0717a4f really want bbcd9ae507 to know. What is 4db2eb76cf this, Tower fd52e2790a Master?”6401bb341afd35f8

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Despite my inner 38a4b5c3e1 frustration, I asked e861c7ddbe politely with my b631c0ee4a hands neatly folded. The Tower 8440c77d0f Master smirked.f8acd910b28a3d23

Then he leaned bd4aa1ec2e in and whispered bf6aa9a6de softly in my ba99b655c9 ear.02c8631ce644265f

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“Not telling.”5b1257b52a3e0364

“…?”942def1d29427151

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What is this intense 6d301f16e4 elementary schooler energy?1b43ed3da5fd791f

They say you 63ef553ac4 can judge a 2f9468d4e7 person by their 03faeb2520 friends.202660728366a5ad

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At this rate, even d9b1f4b1a2 Euclid was starting to 482edea209 seem suspicious, thanks to 8cc68c84ca this ridiculously childish Tower 5646f813d0 Master.734b1ed7ac5656ee

Unaware of my 29021ebab8 thoughts, the Tower 499c5c328d Master chuckled to f35b88efb6 himself and spoke e25c6b8eea again.2e166f78161546e6

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“You can’t take c6eb6f0671 it anymore, can ce9ec693fd you? If you really want 35afbeb0e2 to know, five hundred b0233eba91 gold…”01ffc657a5047b11

It was at that 9349dfcaea moment.9d834260fe6afbd2

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Before the f6939994b9 Tower Master dd407f8ca6 could finish 697a2e5047 speaking, the c07777cd22 drawing room 44859378dc door burst c504b6bfc8 open.cd608551a74ac049

“Duke?”0c43edd111bc8e34

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The unexpected intruder was a618d6b6d8 Euclid.9565ff6aae0cb552

‘It hasn’t 84c0ce0c92 even been 4591225874 ten minutes, eed1b97bb3 though?’cfb82854a182c60b

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It didn’t seem like ecbc8c7b29 Rick had made a 0e49ebe2e0 mistake.5bab448d0f2dafb7

Unless Euclid 896bb0c509 had known c361e27f32 the Tower e3daca29db Master had db8f2cde47 arrived before e8d1ff18f2 being informed.d52e429f4b5426f1

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Whatever the case, Euclid 67bc110d78 seemed to have rushed 97e39797a7 over. His always c5c6ef5d6e neat hair f803d3d42f was slightly 96daca5e1b tousled by 103db59152 the wind.7abf39fd92035423

Euclid, catching his breath 0706cac0a3 with eyes slightly shaken c1f0c1565c in panic…33f8c47630765758

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It was 2e8e419a2e a rare e1f8066bf8 sight, and 4c6daa9e15 I didn’t 6f6bcebe88 even blink.ceade684b5114544

Then, as fda597336d he scanned e700d41950 the drawing b7bdf2c334 room, Euclid 55ae8b9a15 froze.2b96be945576608f

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I quickly e30f382aaa followed his ab41e9e9b8 gaze—and at 4c0a92ea2e the end d25addc725 of it 1493da6a90 was the eb6ba382df glass vial.ddf945818be4b05d

Seeing Euclid’s flustered 1e8680e33f face as he c6f1f3770e looked at the cf14c2c70d vial, the Tower d316d0cade Master, and me—I cc0e746108 suddenly realized the 3ce98c72b3 truth and shivered.b864629322ebb716

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‘That’s medicine!’0728d875eff74854

It was clear 264f761b37 now.10fd5bf956327461

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Now I understood bf9c9ca89a what Euclid meant 9062a39787 when he said f4ca04a7f5 he’d make sure 1994a6c13b I wouldn’t have 65159b8b70 to worry about eaf30fbfdc what the butler 893a1ed13a of the Rudion acf5dac63c estate had told 35dd9c3f20 me.667cec17324fce00

He must have cf09ceef01 intended to receive c53a7ccacd the remedy from fd7a092da3 the Tower Master bf7f4e5e99 and didn’t want a72084e9d0 me to worry.72247fba45834f13

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‘He lied about 8e96543ded not being sick, 283615ebd8 about being okay… 2e366182d3 that’s annoying, but de205580f3 still…’e000eb8e32a7f780

If this was 6c225648b8 how he planned d9ded0974d to resolve things—26d16b809ccbe221

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I felt even 9686efc0ec the faint remnants 5cecd02160 of my anxiety ff739285d5 disappear, and I dbf9e35f8f smiled brightly.c498bf604b9aa3a6

Meanwhile, unaware of 183a93ea9f Evgenia’s misunderstanding, Euclid e1b5437ba8 was thinking he cda87f14b2 had done well 2a734418af to rush to f587a48dbb the drawing room.1b7cddfab187ae6f

He had sensed 20c3c5e95e the Tower Master’s df279071e0 mana, but no 81635e98c9 one came to 9bced7acdb inform him of 728f30fc5b the visit, which 1730656fa0 he found odd, 8ac90a75a3 prompting him to d257820599 leave his office.3220fc9f09a446ab

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Then he 97023a9bb1 realized Evgenia 0d2777fb9a and the 5d4c1bd138 Tower Master 76ff3d614c were together 118975de64 and suddenly f173d309d1 remembered how 9070357ec1 the Tower 05d2276f84 Master had 22f18f6836 spoken ill 4850a44171 of Evgenia 313c47f452 last time.65586d42e33a3565

The Tower 59099c3535 Master was fc855842f2 known to 549b7ddfec be eccentric a6f0d639d1 and arrogant, 2b8080d591 rude to 098b8024cc everyone. He surely must’ve 16e46ec619 offended Evgenia, someone b5daaca54a he didn’t like.c85ca9867d541ed2

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However, upon 63b488f529 seeing the fc66e74173 vial on 8b644fde92 the table, fb9beebf73 Euclid realized 9b89775449 now wasn’t ab7f73b36f the time e7842474ff to worry 7788839a84 about Evgenia.47f8fd01c24aeca0

“I’m sorry. I was a a92ea7bab7 bit late.”08ec3cba7e578734

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Euclid, who had barged 28803b5882 in without knocking in 9cf147ac66 his urgency, apologized while 55f16c8852 glancing around, worried that 6e76fc5469 the Tower Master might c9916b6a95 have mentioned his illness.7b49027f4ff0f5a7

“It’s okay. Actually, I came 1388070312 early because I 5107cf802e had something to 4310bc5a85 ask the Tower e76b86d9ff Master.”b17cf549e97e992e

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Thankfully, Evgenia looked 82a87ada4a the same as 34f34dd1d0 always.973182f4d13ab275

Still, Euclid felt guilty.22a9a0f485eb8958

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“To the 59fd5eb221 Tower Master? …About what?”7486aae24153905b

He asked as 086a172739 if he couldn’t f2a01a3809 guess, though deep be3314f6b9 down, he suspected 187171c9d6 it was about b5fda09ba4 his health.25f3297858735a4b

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Especially considering how 4b3b71a7fa Evgenia had been 8422f537e9 checking in repeatedly 5699868b2f on the way 3f280fd8ce back to the 4c11d3e04d duchy and how 6610f9340b he’d been served 534ccc4d83 health foods every 5c2ef203ac day lately—it was 8aff7c2cb7 clear she was 505c707937 concerned.0ce2f08c96703317

‘It must’ve been 87640baf23 Sir Fyoun who 371e0fd24d told her.’832122a635c1cfb9

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Despite his request, the 7b36bc219b butler had clearly spoken.f76a742279f7cf62

He didn’t 131912e5fc feel betrayed.e7deaa804b91d330

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Gressel was a knight c0d0e21918 Evgenia had brought from 9e04ca9104 her family home, after c1bc9296cd all.40ad38fdae28bc37

Besides, just the butler’s fb97d42b37 opinion wasn’t enough to ba7c234c8c be certain about his c2b0cce592 condition.57adfe971bdbc07c

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…But the Tower a50c54533e Master, who knew 918ad11e4a everything, might be.d28b1906f1d9089e

“It was nothing f42a46b9b7 major. Just something c5fa861621 I was 2740f637f1 personally curious ae5524660c about. More importantly, I f180805165 heard there’s an c8f0805895 enormous amount of a68bcbd5b0 mana stones in 9ecbe181e5 the mine. All of them top-grade, de28316f4e too.”6e78df5ea872b5ef

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“I see…”de3a44c4ae8d5455

Nodding at Evgenia’s words, f94695e629 Euclid couldn’t focus and 1fff95eaf8 eventually spoke, unable to b544bb8b2b hold back his restlessness.4f069eacc8001791

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“Darling, then have cc8c42e802 you finished speaking 38d3ec8079 with the Tower e0e5ec5de2 Master?”5025c02342ed9c52

“Huh? Well…”6b70a3887fecedad

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“Then I have something 87ee3e669c to discuss with the ab8b3fd70d Tower Master privately. Could you give bd1744d7d5 us a moment?”feefe3a45d355b60

Despite Evgenia’s 58e481067a lukewarm response, d3df3e2c96 Euclid’s heart 916d62ec0e pounded as 336c0965cb he asked, 6a745e1574 almost impatiently.070b34431f63765e

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He knew df432fec9b Evgenia would 0179e939e5 find his b77aa029f0 request strange.f6fb01cf808a02ad

But even so, 93803b63e2 he couldn’t resist cd12d121f1 the urge to 2faf8c4e5e speak openly with 6fc0635bb0 the Tower Master 6c99def677 right away.b397889529dc0aa2

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“All right.”f102f04d2e0f55df

Unexpectedly, Evgenia got b6b7acf852 up without much 266e9f6d48 suspicion.76f3067771703c8a

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Even smiling at him—the 9f92e89c1b very person about to 9d2aa09cc8 betray her.eacae908c62d97f5

“……”f3c5c2455668dea6

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Was it because of b29ef80009 a guilt he already 5074fb12d0 carried?4037d32ac1aa1e40

Or was it 2802500a30 guilt for what 6b0840ea29 he was about f3a296dbff to do?4fe07be0ada4e092

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Euclid swallowed dryly, not 0466044f03 even realizing it.2f44360384d069a9

He had always thought 2bc34ca762 that Evgenia’s smile was bef95b000c truly beautiful.ca4625143401ff76

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But now…c6dabca9e34cf8ae

Delano’s words 4887cc78a2 about how ebe439cafe terrifying it 13fdbf4f59 could be 65c7db39ed when she 47b1e0e000 smiled—a smile 3369901bc6 that could ae1e939350 stop a 1b2e3e112b heart—started to 478bd016f8 make just df864fe5ba a little 810e942ee9 bit of a2f1d14ca6 sense.6f93bf93eb4f2afc

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