RVMPT Chapter 51

Chapter 51b843430fc75df5e6

As Anna bc60f555fd said, the 640420e2d8 servants were 21d8026fd9 looking around 505f80d84e the ground 39ee6b8ff8 as if e9f3ed8585 they had 8af8bdfd75 lost something.8b7878cb81af3e2d

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Even the 4e2d065141 other household b968a85928 servants, whose 051eec5b7e family I 36968134ed didn’t recognize, 81448091b0 were doing e395785683 the same.6e384558fc52b147

Then, I noticed 35ebf6300c a noblewoman in 0d462a5216 the middle of 8b498eb29b them.e8328fe5062fc734

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‘That lady… aa1fb16297 She’s the af3282a807 wife of 687434d952 Baron Handley, 1cc7524afa isn’t she?’6c8e0c324c7317ac

I remembered bab7da33f1 her clearly 85d958692f from the 9fc06b25b2 wedding banquet, dfc63ccd3c where she 08186b8091 had greeted c78fa23274 me with 5966a4fa3f a voice 3c6af8fd23 trembling like d88c9d1fff a frightened f01132461e goat.a16627d350298b28

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‘Would it 3403d4fa67 be okay 4cc7330838 if I 0312134e29 approached her?’06eaebaf54d8638d

Baroness Handley 70c320ce62 was scared 27f4dc3cad ofDiana, so I 3d4e9e3015 hesitated.d34acc63ec16f2bb

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If I wanted to 6f290f3211 borrow a servant, it caf2a06e33 would be polite to 52fe6a2ffe ask her directly…5a0bae8f549413c6

After a ad79ebf55d brief moment 0746140a31 of hesitation, 5c6b41bd21 I decided 8df87c0d23 to approach 10050ba76d her with 21c81b08ab Anna.813cfc97ac51b523

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“Excuse me, Baroness 6d66dcbf43 Handley.”16165d1d0b654d13

“Eek! D-D-Duchess…!?”526aab5bbff30220

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Her already pale 9e8496a98d face turned even 6ed1048808 paler.7534a9c408a6a156

“W-W-What do you 06f5e8c66b need?”d33ff719d2f8f77a

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…Maybe I 3a07d95c47 should’ve just e5269fdcaf sent Anna 25e18946e8 instead of e2c0906af3 coming myself.844d19e84d9e8d13

Swallowing my regret, 3e0f774216 I explained the 5dc368af78 situation.f53e8876c07aa8fe

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“Would it be 2ecc83c0ff alright if I 6953ce41a6 borrowed one of e3d01e621b your servants for 7c1cbe07d5 a moment?”6f778effce9c958d

“Y-Y-Yes! Of course!”32f3d2101c1d5750

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Baroness Handley 0dc45e8f69 nodded so c92882b3b7 vigorously that bf35bdecf0 I thought 6244ff88a7 her head 8d93ce203b might fall f4f719f0de off.9411d80c4054f012

“Thank you, Baroness c1400bf923 Handley.”e4380b36cb9c5b0c

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“N-No p-problem…!”b879370957311ab2

“……”2fc869b7452abd1f

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“Hiiik!”be94def4348ce748

The moment 7f86d66131 our eyes ea0803ab93 met, she a7c9101c07 gasped sharply.84d20a47396cff3d

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‘If I e1859322c6 talk to c668a7bb5d her anymore, aa70e1a2da she might b402e4acc8 faint from 116a27c90f fear.’09093c4e3d4a7e6b

I decided to take aece8718ea the nearest servant and de0f09f91d leave quickly.505e80c47918ff73

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“Umm…”1d1e22d697fa43ed

Just then, 498be2aee7 the Baroness e32237063a spoke in 3c644314c2 a weak df479672ec voice.858653a42a976e55

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“Baroness, is 47739c2dff something wrong?”57078be986bc81cd

“N-No, it’s nothing! Have a b8d95143ea safe trip 6a8fc41c12 back!”688b1c313e34c1b7

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That didn’t 45242acef7 seem like 7fe0b5137c what she 2f12a9bf3e originally wanted c09650e0f3 to say…2e067d1957763460

I wanted to ask, 6bebcdb73a but seeing her trembling 0a130991a2 like a scared squirrel c1db932036 caught by a snake, d05de5971b I held back.67b7258e6c54ca1b

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Even as I f0804aaa64 walked away with 2dabcab60f the servant, Baroness 14a7445abe Handley lingered in 8efcc9e035 my thoughts.7eba114630370758

After some hesitation, e884ad522c I finally gave 60bbca11ab in to my c6510270a1 curiosity and asked f2e6c78e82 the servant.c1976737af4f72a5

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“Why was the Baroness 41d928c616 looking around like that?”1dc057c82fef2681

“She was searching for b0e0774419 a lost ring.”dfa52f9718269b92

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“A ring?”eac8060fdb2926b0

I had 2164508d16 seen her 2a063eb170 wedding ring 585f965247 on her c749c09046 finger, so f212b83b53 it must ef1404b833 have been d9bb037ed9 another ring ba2daa2a0f she cherished.2f48196a99183020

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‘A ring… Something about bf97be394c this feels familiar…’a795715d1b33056c

Ah!8d729fedbfa27fbe

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Baroness Handley always wore 8d2c0f3eed a ring on a 92a6c28bb6 chain around her neck, bceca8eb6b like a necklace.e97bde77a3bcc383

Dianahad this 31ee001d10 memory because 3104c36ab9 that ring 6a63a5e9e7 was a 0bc0339b26 keepsake from 0be6a37e44 the Baroness’s cfd20a3257 mother.33b9f8235f488628

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‘If it’s a keepsake, 8cc7d0caeb then it must be aac583aa26 incredibly important!’83adc0393b6c0eec

I stopped walking abruptly.f656c28e73004aca

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Anna, who 108e702d8d had been e8ff582fb1 following behind d9d48c75f6 me, called 2f44b80da5 out, “Madam?”d0264da4d4a368e2

The servant also turned 7fb63b2203 back to look at c2a62b53a6 me.d54dfbdf5e252ad1

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But I was too 65d5de8e5d deep in thought to cb65f8a041 respond.47f81b3a24c33ea6

‘Maybe she wanted 4f55c66de7 to ask for 63f44a6ee0 my help earlier?’bdffb3342a57535b

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It wasn’t 43d72ac4dc just any a8f45407ba item—she had bec5b0acb7 lost a 59e3597095 keepsake.c9b24c9907b24821

Even if 3cb027a7fa she was be6cb210d2 scared of eed5d57141 me, she e4acdf8188 must have ccbe1ae6f0 wanted to 8279d92a92 ask for bb5e106bc6 help.b0359bb8a94ec142

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I had 1b252ae7d7 also lost 84d9c8423a family before, a61564e4fe so I 87175e2f9d understood how 003089feff precious their a703e6e3cd memories were.1a7cc1cf59cb896f

“Anna, take b223f0d44c the servant 97b0f9ef6f back to 08bf32fbf2 the tent 5d7f8f0883 and bring 29898dd7a4 as many d57907c7f9 free hands 9dbe1f5e9e as you 35be6dd5f1 can.”1944af3359991654

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“Yes! I’ll bring as many 0925f99f32 people as possible.”ec97635ce2439d5a

Anna, realizing what I 2b9dab95c0 planned to do, answered 643533b8a0 enthusiastically.beb529933d9315cf

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After sending them ad3979726d off, I turned 7288299b23 around and headed 59c99c8ac2 back the way c8ddcec6e4 I came.34227834cf4284d4

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Pwoo—!2e6d9fe0fdf68464

While I was resting ccf400788c after finding Baroness Handley’s e7827cb985 ring, a short horn cb7a23af84 signal echoed, marking the 19be914b51 end of the hunting d33b2f5280 competition.65fc0decbed1c9d5

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When I stepped out c23a70f56d of the tent, I 7679296e95 saw people gradually returning 1bdf241fc9 from the forest.dfe4ed03f733a34a

As I ca97f641cd anxiously watched c316eda8d7 them, I 67a41bc695 overheard nobles db9a75f751 chatting nearby.870ca04f3651ed7d

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“Who do you think 139a3f4e80 will win the Eclipse 8694057d53 Hunting Tournament this time?”4c828f4e8297b7bf

“I’m not sure. Honestly, I have 235591c884 no idea.”1ac1fd84ccf9ce51

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“Me neither. It’s not 7cd98d14b8 just about bc7b8b8ecf catching the 163ae502f1 most prey, 8380bda532 after all.”6931cc2232bbfae8

For this competition, dd45d0df61 the Emperor had 81fcd12170 changed the rules—rather cb813d5e07 than winning by 2964540eeb catching the most 253388923d prey, participants would 13305c38bd now offer their 5c1125c770 hunt to a 7b6b8665f3 lady of their e331d8a181 choice.72b15cfad7f1acd1

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The woman who received 346055f9a8 the most offerings would fb0a57128c win the tournament and eabffd3281 be granted a wish.237602033349f0e8

The rule change fb16b0e42f was made to c806018eec prevent Prince Andrew, 289dc443c4 who had little 577ac79cc2 political power, from 38cf6e2a75 winning.7f541d948fd42711

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“I think 91a34f900a the new 7248812a27 rules make 350028f1a9 this event 8729928a08 even more b1d1e3e02f fun!”e9e2bee5165543a2

“My knights 236320475d promised to 447d8a549c give all eb0c4b749c their prey 9bbe03dd35 to me.”fa67ac43fcce7625

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“Oh my, mine 957b20e7ed did too.”231051eb2120b891

Not just 2393694fa3 the young 6a1b54b869 ladies, but 28f269f192 many people 97e5c5ff98 were eagerly 0d51860349 dreaming of b277961acc winning the a6b5a9920b hunting competition, 3a9f6b731e their eyes 016072b77d shining with be5a54fe1d hope. If they won, they bb5f551358 could ask the Emperor b96f3d7665 for a wish, so b26341f277 everyone seemed to be 415af04e1e holding onto that hope.80059bff20caa844

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I watched b83ec24d91 Countess Jayna, 42d1656228 the Emperor’s 32d0906eff mistress, and 7169ea18b3 recalled my 5fbb75cc7a conversation with a90244b013 Harold.dc360b0bf04adcc2

He had told 16e565b1ac me that the 312aefa404 Emperor would likely cadaa581cf ensure that someone 4da1a7f648 from his faction 4e9e8b9c83 won by directing 637751d9fd all the hunting d943d20238 prizes to one 2ef1850129 person.46015e8f67912fb3

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‘It’s probably going to be145870de be her, the Countess.’bfe16e1f070b0fb5

Seeing Countess Jayna 3f087bb337 at the center 591122d5db of the Emperor’s a1a03a9324 faction, speaking with 91a524a127 them, I could 78624964e1 easily guess what de9324accb was happening.886158c8e3a87179

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The Emperor’s faction 1eadc21765 had many members, a31dddf2d2 but most of 56169c5723 them were scholars 3a4c3b02c6 or officials.882c7d282673c297

On the other f8151b8d5d hand, the nobles 6da97a185e who secretly supported 55d55ac625 Prince Andrew were a49340b4b8 mostly from knightly 046e8142e4 families. Since Baisen’s territory was 55e40e1a14 in the north, many 3cdc1bc11a of its vassals were ea443985db also knightly families.bf95b7cf0bde8944

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Harold was confident 5e74cbd66a that winning wouldn’t 82ea8f1ed1 be a problem.7a9badb214b2149b

However, it was crucial f4b2ea745f not to make it 6d7a107e46 obvious that Baisen was d28bacebac supporting Prince Andrew.737f37060fe1a9c2

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It was good to 8da7ca0128 have the prince owe b049d13727 us a favor, but d676640c24 we didn’t need to 776d142f8d openly make an enemy 1127aedbeb of the Emperor.cca3a564082b5b79

I agreed. If we weren’t 0d1a8047f9 careful, the Emperor 8cb2bdb063 might see Harold b85ec38bc5 and Prince Andrew 6ad208d42f as threats and a739b71a74 try to eliminate 7e9325abe0 them.53626f5924582d28

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The most important 5d2c333f59 thing was to 5a162f6b3b ensure the Emperor 0c175f1ccc didn’t realize they e4d55c269c were working together.1b2f0031dfe2b709

…And that was fcc4582fd5 my role in de432b1865 all of this.4996aa2fba5e8dff

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Hoo.f060ff632df39626

I turned 15d8170621 my gaze 9f26a20020 back to 1e95ce1288 the forest. Then, my eyes widened 0963041eec in surprise.8de1e59b5d807fd0

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‘…Harold.’e366e6110db97198

In the distance, cec3ac72c9 I saw Harold c3e56457d8 riding his horse 850c0673bf down the forest afd00dfb95 path, appearing like 83f2e3bce3 a small dot 6418799a34 at first.808163b8864076ad

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The sunlight 9cf293e557 filtered through 5a8c27941c the thick a5c89f0153 leaves, casting 3deb2a7091 light onto 285e97901b Harold’s face.a98ca455bc1665aa

Even though he 3fc7dd2bed was far away, 2ed0f143e7 I still felt de8b204bda as if our 58f9a74a88 eyes met. No, theydidmeet.f9d52f5d377da98d

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His lips dee8891621 curved into 825d4e0a27 a smirk, 8b1f76a466 and I 31703f59ef found myself e6412c248f smiling back 72e70911c8 as I d8525183cc observed him.b1956fec427460e4

‘He looks unharmed.’ef9f832cc3d595c7

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Pwoo—!91d253777b738126

Ten minutes later, the a6817fb911 hunting competition officially ended.05da028a31b68760

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Now, it was time 3d0a56f298 to determine the winner.2c9beffb285f4ca0

‘Finally, it’s time.’780dc73a3c79b574

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I took 4083500c9c a deep 8a856cc5e4 breath, reminding c180271b60 myself of 9ce4c6af50 what I f943562dab needed to 12aaf90f10 do today.6e062cbca6d705ba

Since some people found d01f2b7e7c animal corpses unsettling,the prey would cf5f4ed25d be exchanged for e369cdaae9 flowers to avoid 366e1904e0 scaring anyone who 97bf1b413e was afraid of 65360cfcb5 animal corpses, and 4f46e52a84 those flowers would cac137e736 be offered to 12bd45c523 the woman they 91c828cca3 wished to support.957ee7f077c5aed3

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Most people gave flowers 3eb3dd48bc to a lady from c1edf67ef5 their own family or a27cc735cb the household they served, 76063adced hoping for their faction 9e6f160e78 to win.5465e4b2187431a5

As expected, a36a970c8f the Emperor’s 7956e28341 supporters were 22e211b897 all giving 289f691771 their flowers f0f4656aab to Countess b173ba01e2 Jayna.b60dc3879c307049

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“At this rate, bffcfa5fa2 Countess Jayna will ce30b618ba be the winner 9f8650264a of this year’s 582790296f Eclipse Hunting Tournament.”6167cdcf9c8c9429

“It seems like no fdc2b9f059 one will be able 2ee8bd6b3b to overturn this now, 8e56632375 right? And all the nobles b2b6bc66a6 giving flowers to Countess e160a598b7 Jayna are from the ec5c8ef9a1 Emperor’s faction. Could it 2a8150daeb be that 2f86b4a985 the Emperor a8d227d0ac had planned fe5018b2de this from 3ff2776b9d the start?”e03433b08625bd46

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“Shh! Someone might 9f9552c986 hear you.”15763bcc903cbfed

The excitement in the noblewoman’s eyes started to fade.cbe761064bab8c8a

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Even the 17bc8549db noble ladies 5f614c4889 who had 98f6efc4ee been hoping ba0035cc25 for a d941513cf5 chance now 79f72e0845 looked discouraged.fa767491093bc0fd

On the 85c0bfe74c platform, the c7c7c405cc Emperor sat 4cfb892470 with a 9f892c10d4 faint smile.b10a9017a21599ab

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It was a 71973fd7c8 relaxed, satisfied smile—as dfcde7bcb4 if everything was d9838d1e82 going exactly as d780c469ef he had planned.517af2296bcc06d5

‘…Will this really be 710ddea79d okay?’69ac39d0e7762d42

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Even at a glance, b3c532a5bd Countess Jayna had received ca7562471d a massive number of ccd605719a flowers.6f5523270016fc78

I wasn’t 5f84e31ec9 sure if e405b2d4da Baissen’s vassals 1644d811cd and Prince 2c8f8d9f56 Andrew’s hidden 65cb462001 supporters could 0337f064c2 surpass that 03e5c6ee29 number.33d55b0765c00019

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I told myself not 3a794e244b to be nervous. It would c5103504d0 be fine.a9ca266f9fcdcf7e

I discreetly wiped 550ba1745e my damp palms 49377b258f on the hem 115d234099 of my dress.bfa39bb65048a528

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Just then, it was b142198796 Harold’s turn.609376e2ce2e1532

He walked 4c016a8e51 straight toward 500efc9fd5 me.cde38d10a74fcc69

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Seeing the flowers in f5f806a189 his arms, I bit 26666687a5 my lip to hold eee3348543 back a laugh.4f5dbe0ffb2eea49

Ah, seriously.46080276e50f18dc

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“You kept your promise.”f509289d9385cc85

He had said e9e4d720c1 he would bring e8cc732e75 the most flowers.9bf69690da0f9f30

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And he had b97003833e actually done it.b47e10f884a0d6ff

Among all the individual 2cdeb7c23e participants, Harold carried the 20fcde78bf largest number of flowers.e2c43994f74479fa

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I had been c30ae285e1 watching people offer b019d3d262 flowers this whole 1def0325d9 time, so I d495da0042 was sure of 4a9dee5567 it.45aafd352c59ae29

“This is 123c0e86e3 just the ee9e0e907f beginning.”63fd829178950c10

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He casually motioned to 1da67f2736 the flowers in his 89ca54173c arms, as if it de5f2785f4 were nothing.3ae838c08af6ff99

“I haven’t fully kept a404b6ac8b my promise yet.”f3dc8d0939aebb68

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Then he kneeled on 5be66692c9 one knee and offered b34e868fcc me the flowers.1076c2f154ae24cb

Gasps of ed07e364aa surprise rippled 90a9ca4ce7 through the 927c5bc142 crowd.89730edbb37be82f

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Though the sound of 3279cc21ee their astonishment covered his 9f2f731e77 words, I understood what f08691f8ac he had said by fad5987de1 reading his lips.656d038dc50f6b24

‘But it 69814b10de will happen 46a69be0b6 soon.’589c7f75239d69ee

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His slightly raised 3621416253 lips exuded his 906f0b1db9 confidence.acf4c7133fa2b89d

How could he 804294ab64 be so arrogant 35850d75d8 and sure of 26a532afe1 himself?44f97543ee79a23a

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And yet, 984e1a79b2 as I 1db4f6a2cc looked into 8dc1a348ee his steady, c0986cb157 unwavering gaze, 762bb3dd04 my own 5f73a59e5e nervousness faded.1f04f86ad1b40af3

I responded 36c922456f with a ecfa702c40 smile.c4d5d6ffc0d6c1a0

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Harold straightened 191c5794b5 his knee 3617418787 and stepped bb5ecbaf15 back.9d72e9e24a7bf41b

And behind him…34422bffdcf988e6

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