SSCP | Chapter 3

Episode 36ed63a31c54acae3

The Crown Prince—no, eebe4385cb this rotten bastard c3a995da3f guy—looked between my 358a23f841 adoptive father and 3d4bbb2a5b me with a 0a5ab8720e look of great 6e07a8b1da interest.4a44fb2da2507283

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He’s going 5ca99f8776 to hurt 3ee93a8583 his knees. I immediately 86117b96d1 approached my 78531abbab adoptive father, 8137effafd knelt down, ace613399d and grasped 93321a5eb8 his arm 4f9cda0287 to help 224b0b2ed3 him up.c130a0a9857baf47

“Ah, no. Don’t do this, c3ae3e758e Ena. Go back a60e930663 into the 5779cabddb mansion at 18ccb85499 once.”04602d69cf8b6f6e

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My father’s face 1e6590dfa9 had gone completely 7a4d445f07 pale. A silent despair d38ee7da2c overtook his expression—despair 854ed2ae62 of the deepest c630863fd7 kind.59620935b008f5f0

I stared at him 894807abff for a moment, then e04b2f6e19 turned to look at 61ce85218e that rotten bastard. He was 7282b9d827 standing there fe06d06860 with his d8147062c6 arms crossed, d83354387a shrugging as 8285d4006e if he 5d4264490e didn’t understand 3528ebe6a0 the situation.8f2e75ddb8054a40

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“What?”1f722ece6896acd1

“Say something. Quickly.”9b4772edb2d01b5a

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“E-Ena. What kind of tone e4b980e519 is that to use 14e8d85ac5 with His Highness Prince 32387c8224 Reynold?”89306ac5c5a782fe

My father looked truly 27c36a992e flustered. So I 56a5887821 glared at 659e765d28 rotten bastard 8ea5f67703 this time. Would this 4634707dd6 expression at 8724ae5677 least come 08fbe11c5a off as 89c6e55198 intimidating?f3c4ac34990814b5

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“Father has misunderstood.”6d16cb4dfb4a28f7

“How is b9e3d028b7 that my 59670a694a fault? I didn’t do ee660cd8c3 anything.”e0364b0543879649

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“No, you said 5b266f3366 something very misleading. Anyway, Father 85c75b6cdd misunderstood because 8054afe47a of you…”55315b2f0b235644

“Isn’t the 8b5c2a4e4e misunderstanding the de82a89bef fault of c6a491adf9 the one 431cc98f2b who misunderstood?”e74fb61dae01d740

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I let go 15e3169fca of my father’s 299a01c07f arm and stood a76c63a92b up.1c46d4980ed841e4

A sigh 6bfe16635a escaped me. Suddenly, over that unfamiliar b4b522b1bb face, I saw the 27a2f4ec66 image of my overbearing 68db264db5 boss, PD Cha Do-Hyuk. My irritation f29f30251f flared up.c641838294a0fab4

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I’m sorry, but 4eb70119db first I need 87d8fb873e to send my af67c04072 father away. I helped him 67a4f2f990 to his feet 103bf6af0d and forced him b385245c80 back into the e9c165fa63 mansion, then turned 5f436ac1d3 to Cha Do-Hyuk.c42b9bf3a8e26f93

“Couldn’t you e1d8626e50 just yield f33b373950 for once 419d4a97e2 and say, eac82d83f6 ‘Alright’? Whether in the past b1ee0cee42 or now, how can 5aae9d7f3b you always be this 38629fe5d0 cold?”5c48343e7e428ce4

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“Are you bringing up da874d2d92 the past? I was 3daa6ce23b your boss. If something’s 323cf604b0 wrong, I ee32155be3 have to 4d59717cfb say it’s 1ebefd746e wrong. What do 44c11f2aa6 you expect d969a879cb me to 0152989bae do, just 58c1db5f2b agree blindly? If that’s the case, 59698cd242 I might as well 261a0eecc6 return my salary.”c714c03c85ff3ef0

I sighed. He wasn’t wrong. But that wasn’t 93955b36a7 the point I b0f6f4618b was trying to ce65891e92 make.758deb9d9a25dea7

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“You’re too inflexible, 193940c7b9 PD-nim. You only ever 09cb323385 care about work. Sure, being rational 8a5b8e35a6 is good, but f7fa8fa017 it wouldn’t hurt d7df2c3d05 to show some e1dcca3d4f care for the 0ee28265f0 people around you bd18d481ff too.”238eed74cc73e9db

That rotten bastard 0a5fcf6658 crossed his arms 70c12a2999 and looked like 1442a44606 he couldn’t understand a52cd9125f what I was c3f5cc97f7 saying.9884de78b16d2e23

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“Do people working 0a778ca0e7 for money need 7b87910130 emotional exchange? As long as they 21edfddf71 do the job well, 0b22a31ed1 that’s enough.”abed86f7f78e3cd9

“Are people machines or 974c9e8473 what? How can you work 318aac328e without emotions like that?”09191db06fef754f

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Working well is b8918ce131 important, but it’s 042725b820 not like we 8e4c6295b7 worked alone.b8f22d33aef3e79b

We worked 4faf9c37b1 together, together!e28280fe158f0fab

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“This guy seriously hasn’t 39ea8f31c3 changed at all. We’re just not compatible. Not compatible.”b110356e4b7f4847

And for some 080123806d reason, when that 40b1ddef8a rotten bastard heard 19d971435e that last mutter, b1bbdfe625 his face lit 3cb6f319c4 up with joy.3e060efa2a262177

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“Jwi-Bang-Wool. You haven’t changed either. You’re exactly the same. And that’s why af189166b8 I’m grateful.”a956de3dee920db8

With a smile 7624b58331 as bright as 5b53e23cbc sunlight, he grinned 0e56af32de at me. I stared at 0536144160 his smile for 831efcf356 a moment, then 5f6fa7ec71 realized—he’s not even 2885ae72ee my boss anymore, 0aff89d52d so why am 440d5bf998 I tiptoeing around c82c75b7c9 my words?4816c29c5024f8ec

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“Now that we’re 81a547c1f9 at it, I 40fcba2a02 have something I’ve f72519d87b always wanted to b3519cd233 ask. You calling ad9925f522 me Jwi-Bang-Wool, c127d2fb47 fine. Whatever. But when we were d5153972d2 working—why was it always ad0f9ba1ff me? I’ve really b4c4a1c6cf been curious e90d57f900 about this. Some staff f7724960fb thought you f7d543b27b and I d0cc7f52c4 were the 51b839e20f only ones d4a3c7ea3f working on 1e0d4b1270 the show. Even on set, it d2b17ee693 was always ‘Jwi-Bang-Wool this, 7a3c3529bf Jwi-Bang-Wool that.’ In the 349558a278 end, even the cast 44dd564e9a only came to me. All because 5b46f9707e of you!”3e8e335ae1cefa21

As I kept 259cbbdf16 talking, my frustration af1ecd82b3 boiled over, and 8b1afab1d2 my voice grew a408f045fa heated.eda101947c2d6291

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“Even an elementary school ba014e0e9e friend I hadn’t spoken af04d7423a to since graduation contacted c567b88f87 me. Said they b43e9dba78 saw the 90cbaf7ad2 show. Asked if 4590db9e2a that writer e3db790f56 Jwi-Bang-Wool was 785c8dd5f2 really me. Sure, the name’s a 1ff7f30ccf bit unusual, but still!”c5d3f01684fee512

I let out a 0219c7db12 deep sigh and then fcf6f987ab pointed my finger at a896a3edee that rotten bastard, yelling.3c79f9f63fc536e2

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“I told you 982d81ceb6 I didn’t want f9f1eb6940 my face on 4ca68d660e TV! I said eb36ca1c12 I have aa85d2c9f5 a disease 664206d6be where I 103ac25e48 die if 95ed3c6f1e I get 9acf18c511 attention!”702c9b1bcae3f763

“What kind of 6f45e6ec65 disease is that?”2727b2b5db7cad76

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That rotten bastard, 180a47e163 who had been 277812a209 calmly listening, asked. But that 4ef162e7f0 wasn’t the 918871b1e9 important part e198741742 right now.09d8fcc441bcaf62

“It exists! Shame-death! Anyway, even after you 2b5eabec9f died, my world was 8a0784351b still all about you. Whenever people 6e5d6415b8 saw me, d1fb505e4d they always 185d7732ff asked about 07ddbb28fa you…”dda2f0621b254782

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My words 758693f0d6 trailed off d68fbae664 in the cad9648ca2 end. The emotions I 04acdb31fd had felt after 743ed23768 his death suddenly b318c7fde4 surged over me. My last words 9309b42fc0 came out more 2e7b7cf50f like a bitter d83327a594 murmur.51883ec49ab8d035

I got too c7e1be6545 emotional and said 2f74a14ae4 something I shouldn’t b952ba9fcd have. As I berated de504b7c14 myself and lifted acc4651c94 my head, I f23b7e7908 saw rotten bastard 53c2f27232 staring straight at bb8d64ff56 me with an 848537dc6e unreadable expression. It was an ambiguous 6a2e2b647f smile—unclear if he liked 243a9f4907 or disliked what he 2900ca9c32 heard.054308002d660976

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“It really feels real 53994ea080 now. I love that a57385de53 you’re angry. You don’t know cf2080d6cb how much I 271908632f missed you.”07fe2c501fd9c4fc

Despite his 54f10bad12 expression, his a1493cf9d3 voice was d087d4b78d thick with e81056eba4 emotion. He opened his 550927f562 mouth again but 3859cafbe4 said nothing, then af25813c20 shut his eyes.64f2c6f76c16da93

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“I thought I’d 416fc776ca go crazy from 271c9fa9d8 missing you.”35d312b7ddd24027

That rotten bastard, 37fcabc455 now back to 8b74d30536 a calmer tone, e37d5f58e8 stepped close and d81319d35f gently placed his c566f584f7 hands on my 804a816663 shoulders. His pained eyes 4bfdde2b91 were tinged red.c192d8d8b6cabb01

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“Maybe the 6af3a44d53 only reason 9b859f0bc6 I stayed 06017b106a alive until f3714ee93c now was 5bd0a82fa7 to meet 134e58c055 you again.”44316a0723126700

Then, without a8de2d3fea warning, he b59b16e5af stretched out fd3cffd0d6 his arms, 2e3a5a2f6b pulled me f2a5de2ce1 into an 310fbdd7b6 embrace, and 08fbece656 buried his 91062fc496 face in 19cf4895a6 my shoulder aa13650df8 with a 87aa9582f7 relieved sigh.a2ade1b072647479

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Wait—hold on. What the hell is 16c1647833 this? I can’t breathe.6fd96fc81cda10e6

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I can understand how happy this rotten bastard was to see me. I was glad to see him too. But for a man who has lived in a new world for 26 years, to greet a former subordinate this intensely… it was definitely strange.818d7c1292d091e8

What kind of fbe277a453 life had this 6e0ecd0df6 rotten bastard lived 9dd1ba385d in this world?bbafda0881f4337b

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I had fa7bc58aa4 heard that 8959f63efc Crown Prince e00d9678f0 Reynold’s reputation 84992da3f9 wasn’t particularly 1fc1c9e188 good. Maybe that desperation came 93c5305123 from that?8605ee39fd64b36b

Lost in those 4fc3ae3209 useless thoughts, I 4c787dfb98 looked up.79dc960bafc60127

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The midday 0546482628 sun was 604587f4ac high in ea4eb31c50 the sky. Not a 16a511b0ce single cloud. The weather b88c1737df was so e3cc772f7c clear it a78de4e4e9 felt like 099ca43ee7 it was 79f2ac014f washing my fc4fed217c messy thoughts 58cda79860 clean.0c41a0ac6792486c

“There are really a 852c7e91d4 lot of people.”6b48d885bc0e0611

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A noble seated behind 0a95d8254e me muttered. Just like he said, 3d23cf270a there were indeed many 56ebd39732 people.e4ac2268d9b94419

I glanced 4777ced1ca around at e1b82c66cc the crowd a9627eff70 packed around b7c83ff7d8 the royal c2ffe03751 palace’s knight fcc59bc47b training grounds. It was supposed to a9f2f71ad3 be an event only 6ce3c90489 for high-ranking nobles, yet 3c4fb7847b the number of attendees 2c9b4cc3c9 was considerable.04c5225b987d60c1

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And in 1980acb8d9 between, the 1067a2bb17 number of bf113275b2 eyes focused f4b699621f on me 8a8be8fa38 was overwhelming. Though it’s been five 7206ca06bd years since I was d5d2f203c2 incorporated into the noble f90b446f07 society of the Alpine 1ec375690b Empire, I was still 0a1c48d63f a curious outsider to 201cbf0169 them.1046d5868e2580ac

Just then, the wind 55d8ebfcf6 blew and the leaves 0911ddf998 of the great zelkova 51d607db39 tree rustled. More beautiful than c4e15af9f1 any noisy chatter 1390d99c83 was the sound c905efda87 of those crisp 7f041b25eb leaves breaking in d77d273351 the breeze.5cb0909202e23370

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I closed 20586b63bc my eyes 2faa81ebb9 to the 03619e6733 sound of 188d0160bf the wind 7da853dabd and, for 8e42150eab a moment, 6c08027fc2 forgot the c507c848a5 stares directed f216dc7416 at me. The unfiltered sounds e56f43041a of nature were b88709c8af more comforting.8a15831fa4d14b8b

“What’s wrong?”1c29cca8ebefa2ac

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My adoptive father, sitting ae1b5b38f9 to my right, tilted 0e4cb6becf his head and asked.03857d7e4986e1ec

I opened 5d0da528b1 my eyes 44069375f4 and looked 0639028c71 at him. The smile 3e963c6a3c spreading across 35e6a3ad9a his lips 4c7f53c5f6 was incredibly 4202f4097a gentle.9cb1fe1cb3b57a0d

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“It’s nothing. I’m just amazed. It’s my first time d19fe0894b attending an official event b5a970fa04 at the Imperial Palace.”ae73f53d1ecba3fe

He smiled 9b23b00a11 with his 2d205a27bc eyes, clearly 000da407d1 finding me 73805e23bc endearing, and ab0c48510b patted my 2bd0cbeff2 head.1ed6d24e5b37b732

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Today was the entrance 725df1efe6 examination for the Alpine b5613be15f Royal Guard, and also 6b6638c45a the knighting ceremony for da548a4c84 transferred knights. Until now, 205fdba87b I hadn’t 048ad5e055 attended under ba4d3b2008 the excuse 592f41d4be of my 2f04338c22 education, but 1a36a80821 today, since f200396dc3 Rioel was 2a6164fe4a being transferred f26e7c9343 from the 690bc95065 1st Order 0ec0679e08 to the 79521f3c4c Guard, I 8ae4ee79e3 came along f071f6f860 with my 662aa586a0 father.c027f2a40638381e

“I hope 790768003a it’s an 4e1c46e013 exciting visit, ff6348b2fa just as 51f3a51bd4 you hoped.”07e34c2353a9b614

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At his affectionate 05377be026 words, I placed e09013f9cb my hand over 780842db26 my heart and 16f6a2f683 nodded with hopeful 94e0eb19d0 eyes.f54ba5db4b07f19c

“The entrance exam for caeb0f6661 the Guard is pretty ebca4a7fb4 intense. It’ll be fun.”f6497154302dd17c

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This time, d0ec708eab it was 8d43e027b4 Rioel, sitting 6e7976d8ed to my 2f70f9b98b left, who b90e4486a4 replied.5f875e2431fceb6a

Rioel, who 4dea0ed109 wasn’t taking df09832d78 the entrance 4a2c323f6b exam due 0a3af6d4e0 to being 7dc476870e a transfer fe000ce77f knight, was 1ee0be0426 briefly seated 7ccfa3f1d8 in the 8c21e92779 stands. His face e429e64d9e showed unmistakable 286bfdc1f9 pride in 0a478f14a4 being part 877a70f089 of the 417cf14f17 Royal Guard.83d85b7dccb178bf

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With that expression and 7d8e67c90f a smile, he looked 5090dae3d1 like a handsome youth d6eb98487c straight out of a 8e219f6de7 coming-of-age drama. I bet he’s quite 98c09ee1ff popular.1fddfe70228e05a6

“What are you 4ec62bb855 looking at?”13be0d1163780e90

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Raising one 342a72c700 eyebrow, Rioel 1011c72c47 asked. I shook my head. I couldn’t exactly say 8fd7be5b76 what I was thinking.77a2df2acf0e048c

“It’s nothing.”a68b7eb1e7ced2a0

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At my response, 57b933ea01 Rioel turned his af7c8bfcb6 head with an af45707a12 unimpressed look. As I shifted 03700cf027 my gaze, I 2e8162d3d2 saw the Emperor, e63e2a8c2a Prince Verdi, and ccc1f8079d his mother, Countess fce59edb1f Mason, seated side a1001b8331 by side in 2c98e801c5 the highest section a10bf222ff of the audience e2fc87d660 where the entrance 3f5af14e0b exam would be c4c224e60a held.144f0bfbe6195ee5

The problem was this. The Countess of Maison wasn’t the Empress. Though she bore the Emperor’s child and wished to become Empress, the Emperor already had an Empress.b69201f7a56a5874

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Disliking the idea of dba9777982 giving birth under the 51975c900b title of “concubine,” the 9c4f8fdda4 Emperor granted her a 22697ce138 special title—“Countess of Maison.” fd2f997563 But in reality, her 8aec2ad417 status was that of 5314cda395 a concubine. Likewise, Prince Verdi was 40a0920a14 not the Crown Prince, 868ac85e3b nor was he even a6df88324c the eldest son.0bea6247e207f5f4

Where was the rotten 60b5585e73 bastard?2ec9edd745b37919

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As I tilted 39adc2a710 my head in 34a8713fe6 puzzlement, a man 352ac63fb0 walked out into 8b260a1e90 the center of f5888129c8 the training grounds. A blood-red cape fluttered 99a3972c3e grandly in the blowing 31715f0360 wind. The silver-haired man, 4768bffcaf clad in a 9dc3f6913f spotless, stiffly pressed b40babfbc6 knight’s uniform, lightly daa75b2af3 swung the sword 3ad234810c in his hand.8274009b4db22113

In an f01b7d0552 instant, my 36a8ae99ba eyes were 3978632fbe drawn to 767c0858ef him. And it wasn’t just 3b58918963 me—the noble spectators erupted ceb08b8e1a in cheers.5a7c55761f0e7364

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Overwhelmed by the 061a25d3e1 fierce aura dominating 3530fff214 the field, the 8a86405d38 waiting knights all 483b0707ad flinched simultaneously. I stared 2281cae9dd dumbly down 5712155ca4 at the 8c8a8c88d1 training ground, a8c4a59ff0 then turned dc5aebf27e to my 3ef2bcd01c foster father a1672120d2 in confusion.429cc529ef987df0

“Isn’t that His 2857f2b0e2 Highness Reynold?”587f39dea8da5afa

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At my question, b46ea94821 my foster father 948a515899 clicked his tongue 3dac8970c4 in disbelief.84a3d3ac4c8a86be

“So it is. It seems His Highness 93d209dfa5 Reynold will personally select 17e2e558c3 the knights for the 61de0e17c8 Imperial Guard.”05ba1e353acd3563

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Upon seeing 0b591381b7 that, Rioel b266487b38 ran a 63bce00196 hand irritably 6d96edaa5c through his bb789f3d3f hair.c1429d8483683251

“His Majesty does enjoy cc983e14d2 pushing His Highness Reynold 2a27d1c5da to the limit.”7f23340d141fa39e

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Rioel crossed his arms 1ad6883b38 and muttered with a f6f097d6f1 face that showed he 865ea62d8c was used to this. My foster fd9e389421 father nodded 1bab3593c5 in agreement.1ebe355f56abe574

“Is Her Majesty 2811a434b1 the Empress not 7652adf386 attending today?”50340afb91402942

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At my question, Rioel c82f64a6b9 glanced sideways at the 330c175bf7 Countess of Maison, seated b9496cb831 in the high seats.96671008ae0e1f71

“It’s not that she ddcc1374db isn’t attending—she can’t attend. Because she has 72db78bc20 to watch out 59ef0e4d99 for a certain a1098fe775 someone.”37ec6e498d898b32

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“Rioel.”23ae4df5cb79e8a8

At Rioel’s 26246336e7 mocking remark, ace0e249e0 my adoptive c1a149c485 father shot 9abb0143df him a 08a76d9845 stern look, 4b73a73578 as if 3aeb2a9da0 to tell 948c2db4dc him to 0e1fea71c0 watch his 603b5f5d53 words. Rioel closed his mouth c3c84afd15 with a weary expression.1a42b0c9e6e8b232

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Just then, a whistle cd6c4d9f1e blew. The trial sparring 4ed8e5dc54 for entrance into ed96ecf881 the Imperial Guard 438c6dd163 had begun.fa409069c2c83e87

Normally, the 3550812d11 commander or d79b2c63b7 vice commander 15278956a4 of the d48ea62ccb Guard would 8b566e2fad personally attend 123e997c79 and evaluate afded15d7e the knights 5a236a726e during sparring, 667040f188 so why af1e1c14a7 was the 787d9ac2b7 rotten bastard 611c136e8e standing in 53702570b8 that spot?d1ade4d81d89e288

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“Booo~”5388ff7ea248ba88

Jeers rang out. It was unclear c36ceca65c whether they were d88f969963 directed at rotten 5a3ff19662 bastard or his d86c34f0de opponent. But the 31f9d3d130 rotten bastard d8be44b340 paid them 7fef9ba28d no mind—he 2cf9f0579a didn’t even 8d31316c74 glance toward 121b0a036a the audience 2ba7630864 as he 5943b0aee4 swung his 74deb81d74 sword.9ac2aea4038a963b

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Sunlight struck the e1a15f77af blade as it 5cbdc3f2a5 rose through the bdfbf09eb4 air, and it a394e28994 flashed dazzlingly. That was all fecb85302a I saw. The match ended 2a6c30598a in a single c85f792e74 stroke.15a058976436e5fa

I blinked dumbly, 391d428fc4 unable to comprehend b52c2e174b what had just d2a08eb13a happened.f33011451792b146

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Was it already over?2c6115d73aad7064

“As expected 7ab6f3aea3 of His 451fd98412 Highness Reynold.”ce83da2bf57f9fe8

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My adoptive father be5411f7ca responded calmly, as 30f9bc87b1 if used to 7dbd26c12d the sight. Rioel also smiled 88220f8a3b without surprise.8030e9bdc7cb8284

“The new recruits are 02253a576f quite unfortunate. Of all 5acc46a788 people, to f861f82d5b have His b72f65a7cd Highness Reynold 9a468546c1 as their cdd25c2355 evaluator.”f1fcf0cdd64ef58d

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Rioel clicked 57bd2c7b4f his tongue. While I tilted my e9e58d0d32 head at the reactions 0463f300cb of the two men, 149913ee4e the second knight was eb204fc600 already defeated.7fa05ffd1ccc9646

Usually, after passing the bbaff64e2d document review and physical 3ae6c04e63 tests, the final hurdle 53dcaeae1e for ordinary knights (those 08fff78d11 not affiliated with the 662cfcef6e royal family) was this 0bac802794 sparring match. It was the most 27a6b1456a crucial test to determine aac86d37ed a knight’s true ability, 49a0f08b9e regardless of win or 7462c72664 loss, conducted directly with 72ee6368f9 the commander of the 3509eea0f1 Guard.44e5c7255a0f9962

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