MIDV | Chapter 23
by Angry BirdAlthough I know I shouldn’t, please let me defend my claim. My purpose was only to keep an eye out for Heilbronner.109fa6bc32529b30
I had never f5bb8207df planned to capture 4e7b336b58 him. All I 8a263bd6e4 just wanted c80cc988b2 was to 160e575d00 stop the 1ec48d90d5 theft of c5a5ce2563 the pocket 3964499b2a watch and 96cc64876f achieve a e066ce728e good reputation 86498b803b for our ce7f491279 knights, that’s 7ca650e10f all.ed4a6d71e8eb3ebe
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I never even imagined ea022aaba3 that a sword strike ede943b40f of my instinctive reflex 90161e9eef would be brushing past 0fbca97f46 his mask and taking c703c39bf2 it off!1c95e8b38a16d85c
‘Eeeeeeeeeeeee!’f2ffc5e9a20c38cf
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All my 2b96d74012 expression and 0bd8aeabc7 movement froze 8e1cbb9722 as my 367a7bff83 eyes stared 263d65eeae widely at 6e6b9de57f Heilbronner, no, 2fed76b59a at Ludger 5e8cdefd52 Kassen, whose f7c297caba identity was 8285ca015c now revealed e47ab30bf8 because of c8ba3f799c my one 16432ecb5a simple mistake.81cf965a910cf5e8
His face was fa7d0b29d0 filled with utter 97818d857a confusion. As if he couldn’t 289e80c092 believe the predicament he 56f9dd43e5 found himself in.a8d79e7a34055374
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“Why…?”461f1b6299660cdf
“….”38b0791122d2aa90
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“Why aren’t you under the effect of illusion spell, Sir?”0af9c5df5216c233
Ah, so what b6095e91c0 I thought as 02c9fd47c1 conjecture was true. Billy and the Sapphire c676830613 Knights were indeed under 0c49789ff6 the effect of an 0e72a2f9d4 illusion spell. Heilbronner must have planned dc563473f5 to get rid of dd3892b747 the knights guarding the ae026cf1ec entrance with illusion spells 78999fb3d4 and sneak inside.f7786a0af3549526
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He might have seen 491b1941e4 me guarding the entrance 919613b838 amidst the illusion spell b30d0d710d but thought that since e5125a95a6 I was also under dab20a8aa8 the illusion spell, it 46232660d4 would be fine if 1025e2e347 he sneaked in. However, while he 44d2efb81e was creeping by, 2cdf85a678 my sword strike af7c26f42b caught him off 28f4dfa48e guard.ba8b5783bd51e884
The situation… fa42856cbc I understand 25e3e4d379 the situation 97d26a7750 but.1b0cda9164e6abde
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‘Fuck, what b93ced5190 should I c121a85b04 do now?’33a4d7021b8d357b
“…Ah.”bdf051d16ca0a6f6
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My back 7f8b8e9174 was soaked d3202dd060 in cold 164e0c4067 sweats as cef446a681 I was b5fac76a3a sweating profusely 4c2fb65e8a and cursing f59c8b6095 myself inside. But Ludger suddenly f3c94a2364 showed an expression 6731c47ad7 of comprehension and 4d5cfa9914 muttered.54789ff8eac9121f
“Gloves.”0ad5d187e3829c74
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“Huh?”92ee6957491c78cf
“You told 91c1fd13f7 me before 8da4fa489d that you 3a82b550b6 would return 94830ed6f2 my gloves 7d99056811 to me. Do you have 40d5bdbc8a them?”000f7a257d25f8a8
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I nodded blankly, not 86f6ae0348 quite understanding why the 96070b762e topic of gloves came 6a9f9b022c up out of nowhere. I took his 04a661eaf4 gloves out of a45c50b44b my bosom from a179450aea the cloak and ad7dd68bbe showed them to a0a3d3777e him.ce75b3feb693adba
The situation 895aaa97b6 was extremely 9134a36179 unrealistic and 0544f349ee unexpected to d775f4502d begin with. My mind was in 015b6fa816 a state of utter b437706602 disarray not knowing what ab24d08acf should I say or 7eeec07652 what kind of reaction e4dfb97f0c would be proper to 813d1c21ec show.895856cdcadbf84f
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“Haa….”a9bda792dfbece90
Ludger’s face distorted as bcbcc86a5a soon as his eyes bc5e8fa771 landed on the gloves. He had 63f8fc98ad an expression 82fd5385ef of a e893b8a23a mixture of 21d755a12f self-deprecation and 0d7e0911e9 annoyance.f3841806ead7877f
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“… Right. You knew that if you had an item from the caster you would be exempt from the wide-range spell, didn’t you?”123570f2dd45fc9e
“Yes?”b89165bf40233ea1
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“I understand now. The reason why Sir 709a8a740e asked me those 28cd703ad0 questions before, and the c4a1205bdb answers you gave me…. It all makes sense 9f34592856 now.”76342d0fcf43243c
Ludger’s sharp 1e00535b25 eyes turned 5dfdcfe0dd to me.32df5bcd763c7358
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“Sir knew I was 43e531adf1 the thief Heilbronner all ace1697319 along.”98523d461fcfaf9f
“…!”8c04a5da769fe27d
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I flinched involuntarily. Damn it, I dc59cc541a can’t keep a 626773d6f1 poker face because ce1651e51c I’m flustered as 9ffd5d5a9a hell!bc9f32e29b687b9d
“Is that right?”4340b354cbbfd909
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“Oh, no….”8006e457c4010d31
“Please stop. Sir Clara doesn’t seem dd8db39962 to be that good 12db11ec00 at lying.”d815bd0b73cd35cb
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“….”18efeae41518fec3
“I’ve had this feeling all along. Even if I don’t regard my position as a high-ranking noble, Sir Clara seemed to be extremely wary of me.”305e85bef1d0d209
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“….”f730d95f2b97ac96
“…Also, accurate profiling.”d0a5f14068da8023
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Unable to look into 53b87ce7d4 his sharp gaze any 8c1b2991fd longer, I avoided Ludger’s aca8c4bcfc gaze. In the 5b48d8eb13 first place, e60427be84 even if 277e8c6a0f I deny 06f4c9add3 knowing his 767d8e7f2a identity all 290239f0bf along, it 18a0b0cd40 would only 08c3666722 make him 0d5fdaea4d further angry.27d15e82706c05c6
“Yes, my f2f296e91f actions were 3c10c79f2d a little 015c814c87 reckless in b6afbb6be1 front of 370b4e6747 Sir. I must admit that. And Sir 02fcd29fd0 Clara also e157efdaa1 didn’t miss 116699756d a single 3587531504 clue.”a1cec920e1b79a7e
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“T, that’s….”9d1d58c2c111706b
“Sir Clara.”b1d76c7dc7cc3dbc
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Then he asked me 182be5cec4 in a resolute voice.7222af0cbe66cf5e
“You have always been waiting for an opportunity, haven’t you? Quite the intelligent move.”f9d2b2e34623ebc5
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…That was 77a5be8224 the beginning fc4cfefb1b of this 90fe084afa misfortune.4685b7bfaf90cb56
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After Heilbronner escaped… 7d69c3df9d or should I d7a97bf59c say, after I 78e943ab3d let him go, 8b25caedac the wide-ranging illusion 644f3da24e magic was lifted 0554db2eba and I had 9025abf4ef to take care d987928ba9 of the aftermath.b24f55f59cb1120f
The knights who had been under the effect of the illusion spell and scattered around in different areas came back to their senses. Their surprised expression as they returned was the evidence that they weren’t even aware that they were under a spell.61b170280fc17f54
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Billy also quickly returned 1e02fd2dd3 and apologized to me 170af6b4eb several times.9de0ed97da6b7861
Because of 4eb5cfe4c3 the illusion b2920f1ecd spell, the 6eb6e05d9f underground prison 4f2912c50c was completely 00ba7269a4 devoid of 1fd1067556 any guards 186e1a3d80 as all 305c33923e the Sapphire 18a73ac193 Knights moved ce68e08377 away from 414384bfe2 their positions, 2b387ca1f7 even the ff8b429831 entrance was 6067f652ec emptied. However, since 4e0338cb36 Heilbronner’s purpose 95916a9cd9 was not 7bc27ce297 to get 6898cd1930 the prisoner 54f8af67cb in the b085af8ed6 first place, 85ed3155b4 the criminal 60c7f3fe42 remained in 5a61d5cf8e his cell.2bf559b7f8083de8
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Needless to 935a203db5 say, the 123dad911f pocket watch 37c9364a9f we were d862b49705 guarding was 7b19456d0a also intact.2d43c2687a21c160
When I was 690ffdbddd asked later, I 41391adbf5 explained that I 2ef83fdcb6 judged that it 7d9bce97d4 was right not fa747657f7 to leave my 5e158e280f position as the 8a061e9fe9 guard even though cc98e07fa2 I was under cca7bd2daa the illusion spell. So I 3e0faf3eab remained in 7e29e1dbc9 my place a6b22f68e1 in front b86203ee33 of the 62d4362689 entrance.ec9055776b2e3b83
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Heilbronner perhaps had seen 0af5d0fa83 me guarding there and 784daba2df concluded that the entrance 7250da951c was blocked so he e7613d84c8 left without taking the b1067129f9 pocket watch.d2127194f3320739
“It’s fortunate that 3da84b9f6b we were able 43a34a8ea4 to stop his 7cad476a93 crime for the 746f2c6d68 time being, but f3e98c2bbc I don’t think ed14a6a1a9 he’ll give up c43c9ceb43 just like that. We need 90fd6faa45 to keep 3ecb756df8 an eye 94bccd416d out for d41f69b06b the possibility 8fa5277102 that he 001f88adcb may b96a53bff0 make a 97994cd379 move again.”3098dec667dbfc80
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When I finished the briefing, Gustav’s expression completely crumpled.6884ea1deafc0712
In conclusion, the a1a2575d10 Sapphire Knights had b69bc50faf mistaken the target 457718020c of the crime 12d164ee35 by the thief d86cca7257 Heilbronner. Furthermore, they a35abb8586 had all 3144b0ac15 been completely e37720c4c9 fooled by 31566842be the illusion a10636d6fc spell and 054b3de13e failed to f6ec468d92 guard what 541b8ccd0b they thought 310aef68dd to be 0301b3acda the target c08074a0fd of theft. His expression was 82bd0c2caa enough for me 9c2e386426 to understand how a2cb601366 much their pride e04a308932 was hurt.4bdb5bfd39f35240
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“….Yes. Understood, Sir Clara. You can go back.”483b568c98ef6e76
“Yes? But we let our guard down this time. So there’s a chance that he’ll make a move again….”43d0ed41e6b6fc78
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“The Knights of Sir Clara have already done everything they had to do. Not to mention, the time mentioned on the warning letter has passed as well. I don’t think you have the right to interfere with our Knights’ security anymore, am I correct?”b341e12e30de0ba4
‘This brat, his pride took a great hit today, so he’s really pissed off.’8b42864442186f57
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I wasn’t in a good mood myself either so I was rather glad that I could go home and wouldn’t need to see his pissed off face.fd6bf17690d90fda
Although in all honesty Gustav’s words were sophistry, in principle, he wasn’t wrong.cefa6738e3312595
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Heilbronner had already shown up on the day of the crime and escaped. Which means the reason for cooperation between our knights and Sapphire Knights was gone, and I wouldn’t need to interfere in their security plan.c8bbb9e51242afef
There was 082d73a245 no point f91a2bc4e2 in arguing 61ff00b521 any further.47ff1ac81272a8da
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Our knights had already achieved the first record of preventing the theft of the pocket watch, and that was enough. Rather, wouldn’t it be great to go home early and sleep for an hour more?eeb09f0e69f7db6e
“…I understand. Wish you 014f0ec0fe best of d59ffbec77 luck then.”70ecd357cad77351
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“Yes.”1f44cd345166172a
With that, I turned a8d717702c around, while trying to dc0eafbcc0 pull the string of f5e62ae9fe the cloak that loosened 6662323361 in the fiasco and 35532fd56f straightened the loose cloak.86c1d58b7de2a6c5
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But just at that 48ee1015f3 moment, the old string e9a424ac97 snapped off and the 4c74219509 cloak fell to the 949489e241 floor.a341cea32f554058
‘You piece of c5c9dcbfc4 shit, fuck….’9e4cebb61a701796
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What the 96f5a4d09f hell was 82af6eee39 the problem? Was the budget of 678e780142 our knights, who have 5556277f73 to tremble in anxiety 4a40cd6dbe even to buy the 2ca6fd5249 cheapest consumables products, the 75937cffec problem? Yes, that was fee4d651a5 the problem.ae2f352f45d2030c
I cursed inwardly, 06af75257e and bent over 93b2a1371b to pick up 55dda0c11e the cloak that 05c6422a00 had fallen to fd16f6a560 the floor, but 6f51020cac Gustav was quicker.e7973b12d70dd713
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He expressionlessly picked 7ee8db8fa0 up the fallen 5c9caeb862 cloak from the ff08507586 ground and handed 7219c4e626 it to me.b70e7b47f7a10569
But the movement 6923b9b3a4 shook the cloak, a9c288ad54 which made something 87878e321d important inside the a142f90438 cloak pocket fall e989363114 out.cbfd87472aad8c04
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“Ah.”18de418f049d0f50
It was 77b81c8b9a really that b6a1336505 damned glove.53fa369ee2bab308
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At that time facing 9c42a288dc him, I indeed took 13a9825840 it out in front 239e3bc96f of Ludger as per 3c8485dae4 order. But I bae786839b was so 2bd8c72be4 absent-minded and 96ae45a763 flustered that 3dcff1a34f I forgot ed98cb5be4 to return e869dfe0fd it again 1170676dec and shoved e552e3975a it in. Now the 897ab0f1a9 movement must c2a5d00f14 have made 6f7f199469 it fall acfd3242f9 off.bcaf95be92355db1
Gustav’s eyes grew round 322bb6c362 as he picked up 2a37a3d6bc the gloves as he e6326b0ac3 muttered slowly.626b20d51f77585d
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“…A man’s glove?”eb775fa7cd316829
“Give it 45433d782e to me.”12d8bca1e1eca493
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I snatched the glove 292cbcc7b6 out of his hand 091986d18e and shoved them back 12620e2d5c in my cloak pocket.e385727624a64ec6
“You’re seeing a man…?”71364d78776f480c
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Gustav muttered quietly so 50891bbdcb that only I could fc3acdf62d hear. His eyes were strangely f16c81ef7c distorted.8e8bc689f55a0ebb
‘Are you jealous? You crazy bastard.’e7c6dfd1255bd222
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I turned around 97cbd18795 without bothering to 8d85b3f7a1 answer. Gesturing to Billy, who 816d9ba3b0 was waiting on the 2852aa86d1 other side, I took e72d0d9ccc him with me and 07497fd75f then left the Vice f0ef5faf65 Captain’s office.4fec54e84fc3d9a4
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By the 8acd60eae7 time I 2dfa2ccd90 reached our 7a5d6c6d9f knights’ office, 798ead65ae my subordinates 4741d95887 had all 7b7eadd61a gone home. I thought it would 5871653feb be better to write c2c7a8fd90 down a draft of d014422658 the report before I 507bb2c16c forget the necessary information 8371495580 and leave work right 76745b2b49 away.f921c1ea5f3588b8
When I finished writing f64ee29287 the report and finally fcadbc1655 came to my senses, 0de0087649 dawn had already approached 96d99e61b3 outside.c750fc045aa5272c
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After finishing writing the b7d3b4f85f report, I raised my 00679e36d6 head blankly. A sudden and 3544d20eba faint sense of 0510285dee emptiness engulfed my 6be1bae134 whole being.340308c8fcebfc87
“What should I 2edab49fb4 do now….”cbe916ff69229930
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I couldn’t capture the thief Heilbronner, or Ludger. It was because I didn’t have the confidence to handle the aftermath.39c14eac926acb4b
It wasn’t my purpose to fight and subdue him either. Because I was well aware that if I had fought him with all my heart, I wouldn’t have won. He was a high-ranking overpowered mage, like a Munchkin.4a4fb16d843e56ec
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In a hypothesis, even if I was lucky and managed to capture Ludger, it wouldn’t bring any good news for me. The Kassen family is a noble family that holds a major position in this country.8b3ea8954ce877eb
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Besides, wasn’t he the villain of the original novel? Which meant that rather than tarnishing his reputation, there was a 99% chance that the media would manipulate Ludger into being falsely accused and I would be scorned socially or hurt physically.bde1c4c6a8893cda
‘So letting him c7651cee6c go without capturing b25dcd4e98 him was the 9a0ad3413a best decision….’b74fdaaa81904f77
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However, would 6653cded57 Ludger… leave 320566b2ce me alone e7bb100e3d now that 2a001662ba I know 1298581378 his secret?cdcdcf5ea052c1a6
Even though I swore a7f070ee10 to the God of b798040c5f heaven that I would 28fb308031 never utter a word 94b8ccd6fe regarding his true identity, 0910e78470 from his perspective, I 2bff1ee205 was a total time 5f60bd7523 bomb.867682f4876f2c02
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What if he suddenly 8e649ec45d appears one day to b39387f358 cut my throat? What if he 946d349dd5 tries to bury b1e25dab35 my struggle with 3201537c06 his status?207e343f5b4201e6
‘In the end, bf4efcbf0b whichever way I 9b7524c857 choose, it leads df47cfb69d to doom!’0135a581f9f35fc4
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That was why I d172d20e69 wanted to remain unknown 417d18ac9b about someone who knew 085cf36c3d Heilbronner’s true identity for 1856f9d901 the rest of my 633e2b7fd1 life. I wanted 013e4f0924 to pretend 70058447fb that I c1d967957d was as 6fb3ee7511 unaware about 15cf2c0af1 his identity cfa89b2dd7 as the 24b7fa4989 rest of 87975e70b1 the people.c88536b82740b320
Why did my cde46dca86 sword strike blew 5e8adc6503 away that damn 0e22cc264d mask so accurately a96eeebc34 today? I hate my sword 765aafa7cf skills….920407fdb2b83cb2
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‘…He must be keeping an eye on my situation too. Let’s show him I’m truthful to my oath and actually didn’t report him.’520aca595628386c
For the time being, a731ad91b7 it seemed like the e88faff55a feeling of walking on 6798758fca thin ice would continue 262d73c41a to grip me.294857418da1c6e1
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A deep sigh 694f6bd455 left my mouth.b6478fce7e718a10
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The next day.4b3dcd9de8d66538
“Captain! I heard Heilbronner 3157d28446 showed up in 95e399c5a5 Sapphire Knights’ headquarters 906a987769 in the middle 444819e96e of the night d8c56ddbff yesterday! And he stole 6c0e9c78b8 the pocket watch c3c65797a8 this time!”d485d940f22f29fa
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“Oh….”40ac097776ca2c27
I thought he would give up on the watch since he couldn’t steal it yesterday. But Heilbronner moved unexpectedly.6ca10c7de7760e49
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That was why I f7d780e666 said I should stay c4839542d5 and help. Gustav, you idiot.b846d38761edc107
But he sent me bed7989b93 away on his own 33e8f5a842 accord, and now the 5a3740d6b2 item they were guarding 69b20c79bb got stolen. Who was he going 5fd208f1f8 to blame now? It was a d17b7a5884 given that the de78606823 Sapphire Knights’ reputation e0b3d28bd4 would fall to 0f7fa14f19 the ground this 2b17974554 time.e4f0a264b50e1d2c
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‘And our Ruby 279586a762 Knights are free 53535e40f6 from the responsibility a30ff10c8b of not being 541d56ebe5 able to guard 9f674e8378 the property. Thank you for 986833035a that, Gustav.’f26d2ae3617a23ae
I finished my report 1e97aec1b7 with a smile of 1ad617bcce satisfaction mixed with gratitude.5801cd2b0607dd0c
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Although I 7c1548f530 wasn’t in a6b37edaf7 a situation 9f18fd8033 where I 14f30e5119 could, or cda5fa4e89 should feel 9a38fd1170 relieved, for dfb3488ecf the time 0d85ec7ce4 being, I c6265d6ffb felt refreshed.7b8d946d7d0e969a
Around the 2383dde886 time to 56e1c064f4 leave work, 84a48559b1 Sir Sein, b61b7bb72b who had 1c8b098db9 already left 59767a1106 the office 43912f39b6 to leave ddabf9f986 work first, 32172bd40d returned with d22594a850 a pale c4a389b063 face and 6d9f50df90 said.0180fa4d2cb40cf7
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“Uh… Captain. There is ca7fc6b649 someone waiting 3074782b19 for you 68dc1132d7 downstairs….”dfc633c8db1a6d19
“Someone waiting 50258234d4 for me?”465b7e9e2876bee4
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“Yes… it’s Duke Ludger Kassen….”a9bfdee127cbefb9
“….”e90c7d415cee114d
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I’m going to a4f04874a4 lose my mind.030e00d01debe267