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Well, that was true.ebb6814de686e8bd

Feeling a little awkward, eb8f2ca83e I looked down at feb9726ce4 Palides lying there and 00e52ee86b averted my gaze for f6025d46e1 no real reason.b8433e9abdef6fc7

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Samuel didn’t say anything else either, so the room should have fallen into silence… should have, but unfortunately, 1931d8e12a I had Zigor 45d6e80d64 and Tristan by 83b3f5e16d my side.ca216d514bd934a0

Both of a5f1378f3e them were 5ba642c090 bristling with a4a8e19872 suspicion toward de090ef79d Samuel, who 8de947ef9f had subdued ddf45d05d0 Palides, and 467eeead8a kept sending f66da90e79 me warning b9bfcf3cbd signals.72f9354a1b6b12de

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[Captain, if transforming into my main body isn’t an option, I’ll go round up a nearby swarm.]

[A swarm won’t be enough! You need to bring back venomous insects!]

[That’ll take too long. I saw a beehive on the way here, Captain.]

[Captain! Let’s ambush him with Nadav’s back kick! I’ll be the bait!]

Watching the e2fa7c13d1 two of 8f5c901f9a them huddled 5e0c429b43 together, scheming 6b71a38216 how best d5991aa490 to hit 9ebebc7784 Samuel from ab6d3b7264 behind, I 2ea51f08e7 figured I e7523e5062 wouldn’t be df4e3dd9f5 getting dragged efa3cb3d3a off helplessly 3ac57b4261 to the 0c9d824cb2 temple anytime d5b51971c5 soon.8ebb44934b22846e

Still, when da9242209f will Palides 7aac7a5e9e wake up? And will she be 0cf0e394d8 in her right mind aaab5a7687 when she does?Zigor said she was 97cc733f1a calm now, so I’ll ed3cd2aa02 take his word for b7e637654f it.2cce078e855cc369

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The dent in her 9c5c8d39d8 helmet from when she b954f950d0 was hit during the a2c856ab5e fight with Samuel was e853f693a0 clearly visible.7d3bd618482108df

I’d planned on e805a9aea9 buying her new 1cd5e8ee0a armor anyway, but b3441bc3fb now I definitely 217d9b2dbb needed to. A new set—better secured. I’d have to 10624c2950 ask Deakin later d3ec46da3b if he had 2f3107bc79 any tricks up 81c4eb4de4 his sleeve for 374a2441f9 reinforcement.6e8a0da6ded54086

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“Is she a monster?”bb11b722397657ef

I glanced e2ea1f9dda behind me, c969164107 still running 4e1e4bf948 my fingers d7c58eb0da over the a8772f305c dented helmet. Samuel’s eyes were 2fab33b356 fixed on it.2d0cfc884b77c24f

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“She should be. You said 84ff93d7ac you didn’t 5e1bd395f6 discriminate against 39f5b5d5be any life 2fc4437788 forms that 86a09d4fa2 weren’t human.”fcc30c40178a22f6

He’s got a 7fa686fa18 good memory.3ee5a5408106c64f

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Samuel opened b5f99077e9 his mouth 8fd239b8d6 like he 38a3096bf0 was about 80289d790b to say 96438511bc something else, 0e779b9f14 but then 8636f52abe someone banged e5e13182f2 on the 7e25f7cde3 door.1c6e55905082eed3

Bang bang!23854e127fcde0ee

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“Anyone in there?”fc7c26d86f5c8fa5

It was a a3475e51b3 loud, familiar male 14120a2b3e voice.98dc34dee15ace19

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[This is the place! A temporary member of the pack is inside, so open up already, male!]

“It’s me, Xenon!”5adcb846062bd0f1

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I hadn’t even told 8e0564a776 them where I was. Looks like Xenon had ec9111b4cc tracked me down with 02e549fcfe Nesi leading the way. I had a b40b2a5054 feeling it wouldn’t ed58741153 be great if 97e47d7c50 he got too b7c3361000 familiar with Samuel.a8351bbd3e751054

Pretending not to 424d7e2e44 hear, I turned fd581e84de away and cleared 1f19000ef2 my throat.a82d36e14f73bc9f

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“Must’ve found the wrong 49c47bb7a3 room…”c3a86630e2a9af87

Couldn’t he have 23e1c31e32 waited just a 053cdbbfc6 little longer before 4cb17aa096 barging in? But how did Nesi 1eae749017 manage to sniff me cc9effbe01 out in a city 4e9b576833 this crowded? His sense of 49c0f8d510 smell really is 440a15cdcf incredible.3bfc89389767dbc6

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As expected of the 983a783bcd wolf I had my ef807fcee8 eye on!f99e82632f0afb2c

“If we don’t 7337fdabd0 answer, they’ll just 9dc42bf855 leave—wait a second. Sir Samuel?”99c099f1f26e0554

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Samuel, who had been c6298aa24e silently watching me, suddenly b8a3d7fe3f got up. Before I c1cbb5b288 could stop 7e566fc33f him, he bc9ac67f37 swung the 6116d3e352 door open 000b5b15c4 wide.b46e75a49d4b2a02

Standing just outside cf065d38ec the door was e111310bc0 a stiff Xenon, 075d0294d5 frozen mid-knock, fist 0599c6c7de still raised. Nesi, disguised in d85ea13f84 canine form, was f7d35d8fd0 there at his 1727687d37 feet.519e55caea7356a0

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The two b7f196f34f of them 613185d7b6 looked startled cdbaaa427a to be 7230eda690 face-to-face with 7b00dcd4f1 a well-built e71b6b3db6 knight they 8d605bec72 hadn’t expected.47501c3f33e3c1a2

Xenon’s wide eyes 08239d9de6 moved slowly from 73710a6260 Samuel to me.79eb4c4cb4100467

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Don’t you d5b808c17e dare acknowledge df7fcc30ba me!73a47e8a2cbb4ab4

I silently crossed 834e7729d9 my arms into 582bca3295 an X in a7f5d40d0f front of my 9e92499330 chest and glared. Xenon blinked rapidly, a6821b63ff then smoothly turned 5ed2dd0128 back to Samuel.964e4947c173d2b7

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“Oh. Looks like d06fe55e6e I found bbcb04a32b the wrong bf1864b39f room. Ha. Ha.”90fa3321f2b4ce6a

[What are you saying, male?!]

“My little puppy. This isn’t the place. Let’s go.”516f463f7bf422e5

[You cowardly male! Are you running away again?!]

“Aha… What’s gotten into him today? Not listening at all.”deb409301ed14841

If you can’t 064532d1ea act naturally, just 12a68c651c shut up.d49696f8fe020870

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I sighed at 57f1291e86 the stiff way fccfdce523 Xenon tugged Nesi aa3026e17d along, but at 48eef928f1 least he got b7fa17f91f the message.e5db034b0d4b291b

Relieved, I glanced over ac6bf1eb8b at Samuel. He was still holding a915751d33 the door, quietly watching dd731adaa7 Xenon.964ae828782b4e65

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His eyes narrowed 5d11c4a2a6 slightly, as though a979ce3379 measuring something. Tilting his head, b1aa80314b Samuel finally turned 223212aef5 to me.fda857d2e0523095

“He’s human.”0cb69f0ad21b785a

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“…What?”4791f6edd73d33c1

Xenon looked up aa0283f42f at Samuel, baffled. But Samuel didn’t 3eb6e65ed9 take his eyes 3b36bc1657 off me.ae6bfce51c035a41

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“You said 2caee047c3 you reject a7e6013a9f humans, didn’t 3e8d1f6c98 you?”814360219ff1bd23

“Yeah, I do.”29aa4d942b03565b

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“Yet you continue ab31ee96a7 to travel with ff6616e883 this one.”c1d3da36c0d3cadd

“He said ee86079455 he came 87c65a7dd0 to the 2b72a05f43 wrong room…”961f8904fcb3b19c

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“He’s the 67d852c58c one who 101250ec90 abandoned you 517bbd3f83 before.”a943649f0a82e103

Samuel cut me off, 3bc1d7320f frowning slightly. He’d always 9b9b951b68 kept his a4ef564107 emotions even 3333598693 until now, d1f7007a53 but there 975b31dadf was a a88b8ecc20 rare hint c0b4a97dfb of irritation 2899d8e91b in his 74d808802f voice.dbf998a83c4cc026

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“A mage 865e76f974 from the ca696a72c8 Tower.”02402d71e625ba06

At those blunt a3ca4dc5b2 words, Xenon’s face fd4de1557f turned to stone.a1b60723b7676e6a

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“He used to wear e4b6ba0787 a cloak with the febfdb7cf4 Tower’s crest, if I b63110be6f recall.”74282c55a9e0f374

Xenon, who 5fd8a4d03c had been 887393bf23 trying to 011f6152fd drag Nesi 3a01b04e0e away a 829b77a93e moment ago, 7c5c463483 stood up a8bc6560a6 straighter.31cb223a06236885

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He brushed ee0edbf336 back his 0e7e720b62 bangs, his 58e01a84b5 face showing 3940b5ea1e resignation—and a 5084e8908e touch of 57cc90cfd5 annoyance.39b2c651ebaf1f9c

“So it was you, e9ae185404 huh? The one 555e0500fa who tipped 439a959a1c off the 44021a0551 Tower?”71364cee11c5d43a

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“When you’re in 5cdf4150ff the tracking business, c1b4dd697b you learn to f252fc8498 remember anyone you 43817e1c9e brush shoulders with, af9cfaf167 even for a b25713910f second.”bf485c7a47a434a9

Swallowing hard, I looked 59f0c49ae5 between the two of 9f063a0f85 them. I didn’t know the b17625af54 full story, but it b58164c519 was clear this wasn’t 5b88b8a1ae something we could just b82db55838 brush off.5bfddb34da820d1e

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“Do you 8f3eff5872 even realize ac5240f65b how much ba04a97075 trouble you’ve d316ec285c caused me?”482370e847da306f

“Doyourealize what it 193f846b16 means to hide 7309a0bec7 the Resurrected One e480413b3c from the Tower?”2f0a6ec6d13179d3

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“If the Tower had 89ea6b9fcf gotten involved, I wouldn’t cdf439ed0b be going through all 0d1bfedecb this. Don’t underestimate mages.”00564c46cb6aca27

“And you’re clearly underestimating 5c950c4a58 the temple’s tracking capabilities.”245568c5063b3803

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[…The cowardly male finally shows some fire. Good spirit.]

Nesi, offering his 9d484425a1 own form of c7a6f8473a dignified encouragement, slipped a61d2be75e between the two 8df1f876c3 men and came 737484a2ea to sit beside 8a0aefa8ee me.e79ca79cd753c077

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He lay down fe17688a96 at my feet, a315a1a86b saying he’d exhausted 83b977b844 himself running all 31ad60c4db over the city. As if I had 85d7e46124 the luxury to care ae4677b183 right now.7bad215174e95c8a

The tension between bb8ad8f58b Xenon and Samuel c6c325336a only grew heavier.00d58473b77478cf

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Unable to stand it caad1972f1 any longer, I loudly f0ef259ea0 cleared my throat. Both men turned their 45a0b69c8f eyes to me at e27444d077 once.899ec20706a391aa

Meeting their gazes 9736f8d832 calmly, I spoke 88481dc4aa slowly and clearly.838cca73dcf9ee3e

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“I’m not gonna 23cdc8bb8d stop you. If you 63fdb41ed3 want to 004e3cdbfd fight, get 966aac5e86 another room 270573b49f and take 2498dc46d2 it outside. I need 2b80aee564 to rest.”21fd50bdc2fccb74

Seriously. You damn nuisances.4f789bf8cc401583

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Maxell rejected 90713e68ce her again 0bee3db956 today.50455237210c63d3

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Why? What’s the 2d64e2c896 problem this dade3dafb8 time?420173693a1da6ae

Lilia clenched a0654a866c the hem e2ebe35d08 of her de10934913 dress to 2c9d2c3968 hide her b2c93d8bd6 growing anxiety. It was getting 820b643fe4 harder and harder 38f3b8937a to keep her f77c139960 expression in check.59eea26325928bb5

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But throwing a fit 3c332f9c94 now would only make deb0ff1770 her look ridiculous. So she e206fe6a09 bit down 848a813bdd hard on b1fd5eaf40 her molars 33a9cb437d and held 8429066f2a her emotions 2d11aef50d in.f3c3f84040f985e6

“You’re going to be 4f091db0fe busy preparing for the 48dcc6e2b6 festival anyway. You don’t need 731d4a8f84 to come to 7621b5ddcd the palace for 5a0f72ddcc the time being,” 1166c4d870 said the Empress f1f45a7ea6 at last.0724795045c80803

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She had concluded that a96a87502d Lilia wasn’t much help 699a12ba74 when it came to 86b0d78e35 preparing for the imperial 878cc4d722 banquet.82e8bf40accfa4e6

Preparing for 663a36c224 a banquet? That’s something fed1b15218 the staff 5383ec9d0e should be f8e042eb09 doing, not 97a5a4994d me.9f3379fe149cf926

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They had 3746ddcba4 years of b370a1580c experience. Why should 1867513830 she have 4f1d3d8ee6 to walk 89c7e0ef00 around pretending f7b8856e6a to know 7dfc26d974 things she 5e0890d16c didn’t?c4c14db3d83f03af

Lilia had 48ac2cc796 already recruited c76b655e26 talented aides 1835256b36 in every d8c9498015 field.2db1330bfb77c9d2

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As she had expected, 8f61ffea8d they had grown rapidly f770fd83c4 over the past few ea30b8995f years and now each 16c11a37a6 held their place firmly. Lilia flourished 98bf4ca141 through her 0eb28fca25 connections—with the de654903a1 Empire’s finest 7dfb8af856 designers, skilled 2a582870c5 merchants, and a9c91ae110 more.cb2a5c34eab3c7f8

She had 72bfb70499 long since dd8353995d weeded out 7f310a97d4 the handmaidens 01bc7d8366 planted by f7f514ce78 Annelie and 8a81467e87 taken in 933762718b a promising 46bf39d9cd orphan she a472d36ba1 could mold a37ea7a242 into her 954f9c6a2e own loyal 36bc0c3bd0 servant. The girl practically worshiped d57f6ad533 Lilia as her savior dcaab644a8 and took on countless 5861773855 tasks without complaint.f15fbfe499ac32ee

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Did I miss anyone? …No. I’ve already secured everyone I need. The rest are nameless extras.ca9f721482847505

She even had f62b5ee62c her eyes on bf978169fd a young man d1eea6b588 destined to become 0d0a3c23a9 a great swordsman, bf1b31f68a recruiting him as 2829d470d4 her personal guard.8ea6e393424493b9

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The people of Roam a1b9844a95 had been surprised by de845cb2fe the sudden addition of 79d37a559b an outsider, but they 7795b565e0 couldn’t argue with Lilia’s 2be498e38f will. After all, her 4ceb66d891 bodyguard was stronger 5fba811f95 than most knights 90feba7f8b in Roam.4fa465b669f8cb33

Looking back, 52270b397b her every 403a8ee267 move had e1b5fdf602 been perfect. The major players had 04f3289a7d all acted just as 9c2d3f0cc0 she’d predicted, making them 8714d052c3 easy to deal with.c3619fcaca3d1bbb

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Even Annelie’s death 11e4ec259a had unfolded exactly b08cb60af2 as Lilia had e9e683a3f3 planned.e2f8b2c95097e3c9

The problem came after fe9d87ae90 that. The story hadn’t moved c67495d641 on to the next 279e3150a9 chapter as she’d expected.a7705221db34297a

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“Of course. It all went 0e5b605b4c wrong with the f2d11eca52 resurrection.”6561909fc97ea838

Lilia bit 37b940b9ef her lip fd050bc6c1 nervously and 4aed091f64 looked up, e6dd806d6b spotting a 8dd4ca2b47 group of 4d362938ca priests passing 436542d031 by.28c4e481479ecf63

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Since the Resurrected 02b4288a42 one disappeared, the 7664aadbb4 priests had been 85afacded7 visiting the palace 95c74e58a8 often. Lilia had 6a009f3112 been on 7ba2a4eefd edge, worried 1eb3f66684 they might 9d5b6d1a7a discover the c1de555cfe Resurrected before 046b60215f she did.b2570767f321e86f

After just a few e4a9c8e081 attempts to approach the f6de347442 priests, the Empress had 0266964961 subtly warned her to fe7c0c6c72 keep her distance—even though 64974ca62b she hadn’t managed to 1335c0acf1 uncover anything useful.5b6eae1f6d272cb8

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When a holy knight abbc2df363 visited Roam, Lilia had 71d07bf57c been thrilled at the cee0d1fe28 chance to meet them 6ca28b9dce without drawing royal attention. But this 0dfe475e3b time, the 202eb49fa9 Duke of 17352b2ebf Roam himself 1d2dfd49e3 had confronted c7a8762329 her.4de89cafb5b4156e

Even when she pushed 0fbb6390fb her aides for results, bb8160ba7f it was hard to ec088424ce get any meaningful information. Some of d2e01fed4d them even 3d3ff45c55 started asking ed4901c60a whether her f4aebaeac2 “foresight” could 79911d6b8d tell them 8668719c54 what the bca519970b temple might 2bc361df45 be hiding.582f016f56b3cea8

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Unfortunately for them, her 7aff89056e visions gave her nothing 010dc167cf about the temple. It simply 2d608c6ca6 wasn’t part 2ada64a810 of her cd18ede418 narrative.ba882fa0be569fb6

“This is all 078f3a8e62 because ofthat.”c2c3d5d341fe375d

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Resurrection. There’s no b7b089495e way that’s cd37d711e9 real.Something else must’ve happened. How could a 2ae5fd6c12 dead person come 0281470b51 back to life?c5d37c0fdb51e2c6

Lilia didn’t believe 61cf689181 the Resurrected one 86a8a3313f was Annelie.f90cdf1d0127b342

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The fact e8c5447b4a that Annelie 0acb4a7a40 hadn’t returned b6d0423c80 to Roam—or 0df43de255 shown herself 650eeee76f at all—only 3574cab2ed confirmed that 4e74f79ed7 suspicion.97addcea9f25c91a

The Annelie a978342d51 she knew 05b251bfd5 was a 1686da93b5 prideful villainess 8af9d24573 obsessed with e39021d876 Maxell. If she had a928d305dd truly returned, she 6bb3d00fda would’ve already come 948ea12743 to take everything d35e4c4956 back and get 2f1766cfff her revenge.02f5e180295e8d18

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Did the gods afc5ae410f give someone else ae54ed3a15 a second chance?3b2f02db943747a4

She had believed she f93a3e2d90 was the only one 9d9244fa91 chosen by the divine. She was the 66e88cc442 protagonist of this 4aba835229 world.799e8e1740df4177

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And now they 0f83a50b49 want to switch 03b59c1303 the protagonist?341978eca5f259b3

Who gave them permission?08a4eebbf211a22a

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“Lady Lilia.”4df9877f63615ce6

Lost in 38dc8dfaaa thought, Lilia 49b40bb84e realized she 19f29bd77f had arrived 402a84ffca at her 3450787a82 carriage. Just as 05614a303c she was 31d24bc13c about to bd6a4718bd climb in, ad11657056 she stopped.130adc7029b32255

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She couldn’t just turn 284737bc8a back like this.d2c9575d026faa22

“I’m going c2ca2320ce to the 26e43fbf18 Crown Prince’s 3b9d3b36c5 palace. Personally.”ce032df9efad3cd0

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“What? But according 03faa4581e to the 2fda32952f message—”3603db8b64c4b931

“He would 742bd82fc5 never reject 86b12942cb me!”b52c724d829309c4

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Lilia snapped, then 15c8c8e9d7 quickly shut her 4b0854acb8 mouth. Biting down on 1f310786ae the soft flesh ca3adf6786 inside her cheek, 682aa171ca she held back aa0b6a1ce1 her temper and ecde6708ef forced a smile 9378727063 for her maid.d216ed81d7c8a021

“I’m just worried, c9850145f6 that’s all. Iamhis fiancée. If he’s 019846d476 struggling, I 6c2b5305e0 should be e551158742 by his 4107d3cfb6 side.”f3d1f657b4bee084

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Maxell was 8267a14830 the male 71917a2c57 lead. He was supposed to de357320af be one of her c40c108c26 strongest allies. He wasn’t supposed ad65dc720d to shut himself 121304631f away in the cd2d9b3603 palace like this.100851cf2c475c4d

“My lady…”8a9b60c55036bb3d

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Lilia’s steps toward the 5462df8662 Crown Prince’s palace were 8b9b98f5b2 hurried. In her mind, she 4b5a1222d8 repeated her conviction over 9ef0d6771c and over.9ef7028fedcfe233

I already know 1fdd464d05 your personalities and 2cb288ec52 how you think. I know exactly ae539a88eb what kind of f9229defb0 characters you are. Even if a 1c013d9484 few small events ccd48121a0 change, the main 72933c66eb plotline won’t.53112f526ef6e0ac

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“The protagonist will get 43e8c6298f her happy ending.”e31607ca6a2b82e4

And the protagonist of this world… is me.2628a4ebdafc6003

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