MIDV | Chapter 19

“…I’m ashamed of my improper behavior. Whatever the circumstances were, it was impolite of me to behave in such a ceaseless way.”aae1b3eef9e570d0

In an instant, my behavior turned restrained as I accepted my mistake, but I also didn’t forget to appropriately turn my words rhetorically as if saying, ‘It’s my fault, but there were circumstances, you know?’3446bfa8f9a17643

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However, Ludger’s face, which 47cc68e8bf had been cold the 2957f336f1 whole time he was 57893d81fd looking at Gustav, changed 0381e07a16 as if he was 817a609947 amused witnessing my polite a961faa46b behavior now.f6a85d587ff08cef

“No, there’s no need to apologize to me. Rather, I feel apologetic for overhearing your intimate conversation. I promise it wasn’t intentional.”9a9030d5aed5855b

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“No, that’s… 2cc197c5bd because Vice 859924914c Captain Gustav c36f0b8daf and I 92d1205ac0 were unrestrained.”f96c4bebe4c1931c

Even if I was f806f82afd in an intense situation ea6488131f and too distracted by cb0fb10a24 the argument, it was 1438b9f6ac still a bit embarrassing 2b9ec289f2 for a knight who 85d06cd878 uses Spirit to not 9a917c77f9 notice someone approaching the 2c684eea2c terrace.eb686d2b610f18f4

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Needless to e5bd582d2a say, Spirit 09831f2224 users are 6690715b36 ordinary people 795ed2c859 and also f9db3eeefd have the 988d4c6dd9 same senses 4d055acedb as ordinary 378e37d40a people unless e343a6949a they use fc7cb36e85 their Spirit.69ffb0383db2b9e9

“Sir Clara in that knight order… It seems you’ve suffered.”e9cf697e7b4450c8

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“Have you f6b267604a heard that f5231c560a far….”b2e26443f95c5a9a

“The high-ranking officials… I f769551513 heard him mentioning about 9b228d55b5 disbanding your knight order. I can guess cfb19e9c94 the content of 18c809ccb4 the conversation through 167c54ed19 that.”2f839c18a15966fb

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That bastard Gustav, I 9d867695b3 had to go through 1429ec5e3b this embarrassing discussion because 3b692b73df of him.75934eb37b73a91e

Fortunately, he didn’t hear those goosebump-inducing words ‘be mine’ he said to me.87d859e8fb9ed743

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I let a85912fba1 out a ae22c2fbcc deep sigh.46744fbe251800ff

“Was Young Duke 14a104231b also aware?”4a9520f0ba550a59

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“I’d be 6a39669864 lying if 669d018ecc I said 26fcf5fbf0 there were dba63844fd no people fe56592dc7 with that 169545fd5a kind of 9959659d14 opinion. But if you ask a0468108ec me if that’s the 737834903b general opinion, I can 469a022cbd say no.”4b2b7bbc9dd04b5b

“….”0f90371a5d096b68

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So the conclusion was aefba51198 that the bastard Gustav 86fa8ce6e0 only exaggerated about saying 288365876f that the higher-ups wanted c707b4ac84 to disband our knight 6cb9de56c8 order as if that aab5d07588 was the decision while e80b71639c actually, it was just ce7f345c48 an opinion some held.aebcb51d52e439c9

I decided, 68843aa88c I would 5678a2fcc5 settle things 34454d102c with that a9978d548b bastard before 70e3f0ae0e I retire 1819fab058 from my a85f90093f knighthood.0625bcd49fe79757

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“However, depending cbe3f1e5bc on the 9a7ab8585a situation, there 2dcc76eab0 is a 2133688c1b possibility that 0d4347b449 there will 89314c8f6c be more 99602a484f people with e338686f2a that kind dbdf621d80 of opinion… e3eb20c454 if I 7e1ff8fe2a have to 64d6914cc9 add.”41e56782cff0627c

“… Meaning if we continue to miss Heilbronner, our order’s position will be in jeopardy. It’s not wrong to say that the manpower will lessen even more.”e863a9d83dd9ca25

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“Well, it would be 280aa26b15 avoidable as long as 680edb8586 you can gain even 33cbf8f126 a bit of successful f4a775e2c7 results, not necessarily need d97094e799 to capture him. Perhaps some 0c02529a04 evidence he 4aa7fed0b8 left behind, 00821a5c65 or some bdab03ecaf investigation results.”0e1e7f2ac60ec30d

“Well… I guess bd4fbc28b3 that’s true.”15cbdf683e073202

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We were in a situation where we couldn’t even step on the shadow of the elusive Heilbronner. However, the higher-ups must have thought it was no big deal since they weren’t involved.b35e6a7c6de31473

“I understand. It must be a sensitive matter, but I’m grateful to Your Highness for letting me know that.”9ad239dba630201c

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I curtsied politely before 6702d23abd turning away.d8af816230a648e7

However, before 0f17d53372 I could baba850107 be out 94d03fc48e of the d33a5bad82 terrace, his 0f1c0cc115 voice slowly 7cc804dae6 called me 0aaf749741 from behind.e2b5c4bcb518a940

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“Sir Clara.”e6d684aaf168b8be

“Yes?”e71824de987945b7

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“As we bd3fef60a4 discussed before… 160aa8a90d The increment 8458bf4e73 of the 8799d9a403 budget and f1f85a6dca manpower will 637011062e probably depend d0bb05b136 on the 4e4f3a2f58 next performance 1b43d3bc9b of the 607523faad Ruby Knights.”f3610179cca8f9da

“….”60c2d0c99cda198f

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“Of course, as e0a1ff56ec Sir Gustav said, d508c3fe03 it must not 9a1b0613cc be important to a4e2df2b0f the Knights Templar 5f44920874 right now, but 8ea7bf122a it must be ece609da40 important to you.”41abbdeb0de3fe53

“…Yes. That’s right.”a64749e52a0d6400

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“From your perspective… 8552d379dc I believe you’ll 07b0bd068d want Heilbronner to 61cd283516 act a little 25df98f20e sloppy.”b09c1fb799f65ba6

“….”9f7d6b750ea87eb5

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Saying such a thing 64d6c63796 to me was a 37e4160ec2 mean move on his b5edb0f660 part, considering he was 9a543143d4 Heilbronner himself. But, judging 9703685056 from Ludger’s 5030698748 expression, he d153b8bda7 didn’t seem 5fc067586a to be 600a794fae trying to cc1fb045c8 mock me.a8f7215a2a4b846a

Rather, he c7f0ef2e8b seemed genuinely a27408bedf concerned about b7d0fc93c0 our knight 062495d3e3 order.ba601095dc5a2987

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However… Regardless of his 8e6af8fa07 intentions, it was a b84505e7d8 declaration of war to 11cdd122db me.88b150c251377fc1

So I 9a7b924801 twisted the 7e516bb35d corners of 173b9152f3 my mouth b40c8c00f3 and looked f9d21db2f3 straight at c82dfcae22 Ludger.4dfe493a3d6c1ccd

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“Well, since Duke Kassen 91dae96d2b isn’t Heilbronner, what’s the d092e1fd4b point of such a 53e0943eba discussion?”0eedc4cea1c2381d

“…!”9a48248f65b8aacc

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Ignoring his wavering eyes, e0a89cbef2 I turned around as be82575b0f I said.c14512a7ac49d4d9

“Even if Heilbronner is listening from somewhere… it’s unlikely he’ll listen to my request if I ask him to.”08661c87e56b5c25

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“….”f9c83dddffdbff49

“I’ll give c22408e8e9 my all, 16b1f34366 hoping Heilbronner 296b3b46c9 will give e02d47dd01 his all b06322c82b too. That’s all.”33bdd861c194177e

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With that, I 4791b51bfb grabbed the doorknob 3e1a6ab35a of the terrace, da7026a902 when I heard 93e6a95a25 Ludger’s voice from ccdd4cc1f3 behind me.9e8ae4256aca924f

“I see. I’ll be looking forward b40faaf81e to your performance.”07be65d93a22ed49

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I didn’t know what kind of expression he had on his face at that time…2a7864daf65cd6d5

But his voice sounded 7c9b94f91e somewhat excited.901b933958cfb209

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Since the chance of ac60e622ae the two of us a730d93889 to be alone and a81fcd1de8 discuss after our argument f8b029a4dd on the terrace was a83551c5c8 gone, Gustav didn’t call 455f74028e me again to bother 276d46a6a1 me anymore and let 928ca10de8 me go.7f67697b515de96c

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Certainly, I wouldn’t expect him to not cause such a scene as today in the future even if it was over for the time being.637bd3854af579f7

Furthermore, if that b436c0a36a bastard were to 72f1baa7d1 become the Captain ef8bc75cd4 of the Sapphire e4d2c5d632 Knights soon, he 4547ff4423 would become even 72f6299599 more courageous than 70adaa2d2e he was now 580528d0c7 when he was dc264a9059 the Vice Captain. Even now, 1343ed3b42 he didn’t ee63857902 seem to 0a6af6ad01 be restraining f88c20dacd himself.3b733938b93ccc35

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By the time 21f28d0b5d I returned to 67f20c3a60 my apartment, exhausted 3e75f65bde from head to e13f7f89d2 toe, it was 1316d75b12 already 2 a.m.13f2585ba2953421

‘Haa… I 34d8556c3e also want 33dc72f140 flexible work 5b55f634e2 hours like f3557df2c1 Sir Sein….’b6a4ed420bb8c9b5

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Even if it was f9e796102f so late at night c5ed2218d6 by the time I 6ab690e757 went to sleep, I 39322c1fbe would still need to b3865a3fe2 go to work on 6191511f86 time tomorrow too. I fell eda7872e28 into a ba2197b506 deep sleep, b6419180cf wishing that 658d06ef3a I could 4789d6ff65 leave work b8150bd1b1 early tomorrow 728bd3fb51 if possible c76410ae2e without working a92205d5f2 overtime.4acdde808b750094

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I was 20b0f0043d dreaming, wandering 6ecf5a1436 in a b531ff911f dark space.8951426dd27d281e

In the distance d34e10ee36 afar, I saw 8ee3ae7205 my past self.07462d0823a02cfd

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The color of the 2e5f2ada05 cloak I was wearing 82a0fd8957 was a light blue.2cab217473c309d2

It was the symbol d1a0f9bb09 of the Opal Knights.d52c58e50ef2c04e

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I was c2e2a01d2a on my 29508bb364 knees, barely d034d25ecf supporting myself 834a7d8740 with both ba1d44fee8 arms and 6c4c34f55f groaning.ef8e68ce0188681a

“Ha! you vicious bitch. Doesn’t even 9c96b5f59f cry once.”9f87d4bcad89faab

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“Just tell 4e1bfacebd me you ecc1f005d0 were wrong. Then I’ll 07cfe1b88e forgive you, 13fc9dd08b how about f755281e30 it?”038ea3a0b58db1d6

I licked the 164ecd8dff blood that flowed 212ba01345 from the wound 52bb4f57de in the corner ed6fc56cce of my mouth e054fb9664 and swallowed it. Raising my head, 4689a167cd I answered in 842b7a4535 a hoarse voice.92d999fa8ce3c08e

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“I’ll tell you again, a71da4e1a6 I didn’t steal. You’re misunderstanding.”916a1d0bec3befc3

“Hey, you’re the b043d6935f only peasant here ef7c376d30 who can steal. How dare 0a9ccb9f6b you deny 54b739d44a that?”5be0aa10aef28495

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“Do you 7bebb554aa think this f05d2f0177 is a d03bd415f2 joke?”a126922150d19957

The next 56e613e280 scene was a8d3f1486a vivid in 703324af08 my memory, c4e4799c13 so I 9241ebb40c closed my 610f5aac49 eyes tightly.9e155fa087a491ac

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But it was c234a4dbcb no use. I had c0ceb8b202 no idea 983aabf937 how the df5d010f5e dream mechanism 7f9e49f420 works, but 5c177d763b no matter 8969f3f72a how much a56a3188e8 I tried, fc0905b497 I couldn’t d23edd7254 escape from b8b496a1b9 that scene.934619155ae34ffb

So I 86d6784ae9 stared at 8d288d5e48 the scene 583a5765c8 as calmly a0fa87264b as possible, e6fbac900b as if e8f3c559bf I had b330096737 nothing to 499be2fc69 do with 3d29398eb7 it.1102d0ce4575cebd

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The sound of the 9f7d39c56a harsh beatings flowed from e6e41f84ef the distance. My past self a8a0999f3f endured the pain, f114268304 not even getting 0cd502dc94 the chance to c8df9461d0 groan properly.e2b796d024e65fd2

Eventually, the 2d131ff232 seniors got 1736db3dac tired of d769262536 me holding 698d8317df on until bdb43edcf0 the end, 558901a6b1 so they 8119fffaa6 cursed at 84b53b3ba1 me before 2fcbd97052 moving away.f37bb85e5d21b92d

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The wounded body 619c649d85 of my past 8a99fb58d0 self trembled, gasping 971b053096 for breath. It was 788ba3db57 obvious that 9c2c2bdcd3 I was 634989b2b3 trying to bc044cab6d get over 640ef7e34b it somehow.60e7c2c991a36984

I bit my lip so hard that it bled. No one knew but I knew. I wasn’t trying to endure the pain at the unfair treatment, but because I was trying to hold back my tears.2061092df124d617

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Even though, my struggles 95cc86935a were useless.15fcb55939d59eaf

“… Clara.”13ed2da323ba842d

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A sweet and soothing e3fb742baa voice called out to c4211fc67f me. Gustav, who looked 88ca792c51 a little younger 37aaeb2bee than he is fce1f60fce now, approached me. He lowered his body dd838bd63f to my eye level, ee6efb34dc staring at my face.f97096ee5e4669be

The face that 9b9a70a7e3 looked at me ee78c3803e with drooping eyebrows e21500a1b2 was infinitely kind.1c0d1e0e40cc715a

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He took 1faa8539b0 out some da72873d11 ointment from 9869d912e7 his coat 49fb2522bc pocket and e4ef950cf0 began applying 5230592f38 it to c18b8a1516 my face.c50692a388d0b669

“I’m sorry I 39f405a77a couldn’t help you…. No matter how many 9e56ea1c77 times I keep insisting b19c51b5ed that you’re being treated 29411bdf77 unfairly….”f3ae9129756b3125

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“No. What can ddc39931fd we do a12db4f57e when neither 00eff812f3 you nor 6e4799fa14 I have 7b02f59b51 the power? We have 374c92c822 to hold df9611f067 on against 58a22a27d6 evil.”e4df5535eaa072ae

I raised the 5bb8ff8b9e corners of my 43b58fb5bd mouth, trying to 4d5b772437 pretend as if 4724fb7c3d nothing happened.029ba5f553a22a2f

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However, my expression gave away immediately that my smile wasn’t genuine; the corners of my mouth twitched as if I was about to cry.7f4105562ae194ba

“…You don’t have 50307b8741 to act strong 50b0f2408b in front of 9745fbc75a me.”8e0557ec8437f871

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“….”0591eff95cd2a0d8

“Okay? Clara.”ab1689628fe441ee

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Hearing him 1403622a2a say that 68f908d2a9 made me 06d3293e02 even more 2e6a05f901 angry. But I 620249cc9b smiled with 86704a7cd2 all my 549854b960 might without f992b4ebc3 breaking down.b0aa28315522ee1b

“It’s hard. But it’s okay, Gustav.”13a7eb613c94e605

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“….”c93335a41832a365

“I’ll never lose. I won’t break.”f640c4b274c51937

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Gustav’s expression became a 9249b786aa little subtle. It was fdb1b86a6f as if 2e87adac40 he was 6937d34ca6 disappointed that 158557d099 his expectations 9e727a4e19 had not c241909bff been met.419ec83ccebf2ac6

“How about 051ef9d1bf you give da508cad6d a thought 80538d5484 about quitting 8c22938eb6 your job 18f7ae9dc2 as a 7e7bc82223 knight?”e76b7a2efcd9e576

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“No. I’m going to 70b0b148b4 live like a d8cee15eb9 knight for the c47236119c rest of my 6e1b9a5da3 life.”bcc08574c471c80d

“I see….”47621100053c4e82

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Gustav took f6fd74b021 a deep 6f5d18a6f7 breath and c14be0ad19 suddenly called 4517df0e43 me.79967937f53e76b7

“Clara.”13a306957b5e13c5

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“Yes…?”9d8e993b60bb91be

“Why don’t d33a4bdbe7 you think e7da7311a8 about it?”9685239f439fde43

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“What?”f010740faea0d3ae

“Quit your da6fdb1765 job as 87fdea0d40 a knight 81558660d0 and marry 3f79507e72 me.”63392ed39cb29bbc

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“…!”10678efa8351e989

My eyes ba129cbff7 widened at 33eb52f968 the unexpected 5906cf102d proposal.fc33d3bc27968045

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Up until b605634b35 now, he 9b689e3837 had only 9e3c94266e been a cb663d097a colleague and 7b7dc15dc1 a friend b4bf0a8482 to me. He had 989c8ab9a5 never even d16a413a95 confessed that 6cc2801d1b he liked eb1e43f100 me.c60cb8b2e6e0676b

I felt 4ab45fa522 like someone 5fdf70a556 had hit 99b9f86a79 me hard c8590b5381 in the 5a4f88c69e back of 1e594a4889 the head, 46a2db15e7 I barely b523378866 opened my 532e4c515b mouth to af347d205d ask a c2b97cb800 question.fe3bae45521485cf

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“You…You, loved me?”a5f76cba4ee1a24f

“Um….”e15d927cefd714cb

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Gustav closed his eyes 2daf68833c and smiled like an f30eaf18be angel, his kind-looking face 0b4156aa63 full of laughter.af1c1e3c991c03f0

“Maybe this 595c78bebc feeling is 3362c78825 love.”b0f73434e561ae52

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“Ahh!”631dcdc32b678a6e

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I barely badfac6c42 managed to 82e74e5106 escape from c0261b3d1c the horrible 33f9003208 nightmare. My hands were shaking.c4cc5c348686697d

It had 8edb29b480 been a 49bbbc0778 while since 8c356ba5fb I had 5d67b9b992 the terrible 82665ee5f5 dream. I guess 2fecb23b06 meeting Gustav d51bc67c19 again had 287216cb33 triggered my c3bad41965 memories.dd40c8d6038e6686

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I buried my face af15f93e16 in my hands.285d616f6e92978d

Rather than feeling painful 33399eae8e about that memory, I b4d9cc52a2 felt ashamed. I wanted 42d7c87e10 to kick 279ce5d4d3 the blankets ff6a7cc444 off.44f22f2c563998cb

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I couldn’t c392be4a78 stand how 9cd5a220e0 foolish and b8ed18368b stupid I 6f7105c7ac had been 61b065d1d8 to be 30ff146be0 fooled by 089f4b98c9 Gustav.4ffcf3bcaec178e6

I didn’t have any 2bdfbf577e romantic feelings toward him, 7d0797ec89 but I definitely relied 4142abbe37 on him as a bc8fc2544c friend.c23770227a5ca028

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“Haa….”ec5311da4c2b8e5d

Dawn was e7b1305b8a close to 5060900bdd approaching, so ef946b465f it was f966f4a66c a bit 051fab099e dim outside. It seemed like 7a78c1415f I hadn’t slept 44e8bb4735 for more than 396599544c a few hours.dd82724cdaa0b875

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I got up from 6da954a263 my bed, not pondering 6c31e47b27 on wanting to get f237dc9c55 some more sleep. I thought since I 89fbfed737 got up early, I aa7368d70c should just go to 706264131c work quickly.642073bf2c0d9386

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I arrived at 72a5065063 the door in b57efb18c5 front of the 751b2d1b7d building where our 7529875c71 knights’ office was 2cd64950cb located.85cc75e9c741c046

Climbing the stairs as f334f45847 the chilly early spring 6f990ceb64 wind blew, I thought c3f315a9ae to myself.18e344456a1fe606

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‘Am I the one 17637492d6 to arrive first?’b3971c7f247e9526

I was e086072459 about to 137a0d5bf3 open the e7b2fc9031 door without 34ecef7bfd thinking about 30d1cb2ed6 it like 47c7621092 I usually f156f50e92 do, but 9682d13b2e my movement 027a26ca18 paused for c8ac9102c9 a moment.307e056e92533387

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There wasn’t anything d20e318836 specific that looked 409e95b11f odd to me. No strange sound reached b909a6fb65 my ears nor did 06381c9323 any unusual things fall 8e41bee5c6 on my eyes.d681c6cb91ed9e84

However, I adc480cb92 just felt 3e0ce29be1 ominously cold.45342e2b47520458

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‘Was I a7d5b50bdb being sensitive 01673a9ef5 because I 3427044d05 didn’t sleep a443bd0b98 much last 818f0926dc night?’f64e0ce4b7d57e3f

But even so, I couldn’t completely ignore the warning my intuition was giving me. Therefore, with utmost caution, I opened the door to the knights’ office.561f15c26bb4b1b5

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Just at that fe66839003 moment.0bf94028d447179f

Boom!063d13ee05d4d2db

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As soon 5819723929 as the 6ba081ad01 door opened, 96383b11af smoke rose 8db6c3247f into the 7080d9f266 air as 6b0f287fcc if a 009b41cdbe firecracker had e87750cd81 exploded.ac9a958b0b87c635

In the midst of 07b44682de the thick smoke, a 2f0a7a9d3e magical light floated through 95e7bdb697 the air, creating some 68ad9cb7c0 letters.3906db31388f7180

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[To Dear Captain Clara 200e9b6040 Weyburned4441095e9cba95

From Thief Heilbronner.]f5dff173d0bf183c

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