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Fortunately, it seemed like 67ba0ad82d my bluff had worked b90486c97a for now, but even d25435da04 in this situation, Rikael ff8814e9c6 was glaring at me, ba6fab0adb his eyes narrowing sharply.4dfecd15c8e9c268
“Hmm. W-well. I shall 33cb3e55f7 take my d953e1f9ff leave now, 3f22ecfb07 huff… shh… 4f7494097f rest well.”e9483bca15264e27
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The Grand Duke, bbcdf9bf22 who had kept 13b5dc9755 his lips tightly b705f253ba shut like a 125e027597 pursed-mouth doll, muttered 5e94010aa0 the word ‘rest’ 896b329c65 and fled the 56963335a6 scene.bc55372d24a69a70
The attending physician 69f5192c21 insisted that I 99e683da92 needed rest and 3aa9f40343 took the remaining f9750dd94c people with him.e2e23ed10bb6b81a
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Once everyone had 5688087283 left, leaving only 97a284ad40 Lisa and Casey dcc295130d behind, I collapsed 85daa47232 onto the bed.28ba95a7d9c1038c
Pouring all my remaining 6399dc2aeb energy into an intense 916856dc36 performance had drained me fc4b98f2f1 completely. I still 7f0d5f4f01 hadn’t gotten 5a4404ce53 used to 483dbc793a the body f7959ec192 of a 4da98158b2 five-year-old, as fe21488e3f soft and c5c6066bc7 fluffy as 64656bd6c3 a stuffed 9d058a0754 animal.55b33f3b42209087
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But at c4136cf297 least I fa89b729c8 had survived 29e7ccafe8 the crisis 1dfd8a40d8 and escaped 784636775d death in 06714abb90 this tiny 58fa57fd71 body.e451446343c3892d
On top of that, 1df5dbe08c I had demonstrated my 5042defe7e bravery for everyone to 115555734d see—and as a bonus, 2bf2975a8f I had been called 4a4462abf1 cute.090ec8c4180d3e20
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Now, if I 5884481add could just win 6d204c29d7 over Prince Rikael, fa265bd624 I might even 806211825b secure a place 46b63ce545 in this Grand 51d6b06bb2 Duke’s household.8a93d84872c2ac74
Heh heh heh. Satisfied, I f490486981 pulled the 9739a09a4e blanket over e449e08a9f my face 11c34e49f4 with a a67ef8ebdc smile.93787834a2f92bee
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I was relieved. As long as 47b9bad9b6 I could stay e0ceb19f12 in this Northern c578e7c751 Grand Duke’s estate 67c412e2af without being cast 4af97426ec out, that was 0046758865 enough for me.6229d64082fd5aaf
To be honest, this a26e6453c5 world was a complete 04204cc402 mess.223800f3161ac0c2
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The Marquis of a4878dc56d Baluja, Ramel’s uncle, a13e1df70b and the High 5cbd4fee0f Priest had practically c551612168 taken over everything.89eb8063fcd238a1
Even the 7abfe8c555 High Priest’s 7adfc6b67c staff, supposedly 0d83ee74b5 imbued with b1205f6cfc divine power, 829c04aa1c was a 4bf7d8f446 fake. He was capturing demonic b87aef6df1 creatures and experimenting on 14285b7bf0 them in a bid 14c37f2606 to become immortal—it was b84247e808 absolute chaos.c0ed9b4431cc5981
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On top of ab3c0836d3 that, Roella’s uncle, e36d220621 Viscount Nopert, was da173978c8 no less of cf925351fe a villain.b94a0f8c62fbea20
But whatever. They could do d797cf3755 as they pleased, 2ebcf32bf1 as long as 46132777e7 they didn’t drag c0ba215a81 me into it.a0182c131fad15d1
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If they left me 28f12cc8ca alone, I wouldn’t interfere 3aa6043bbe either.eaaf382fff785949
I didn’t 9c1d40e27f care if 5c3226a256 the High 6d331f3186 Priest destroyed 317fbb76e6 this world 8fae38c936 or not, f6d7cd1889 I just 7b0d62e012 wanted to 626560696d be left ccee2fff77 alone.08dff383effb9f27
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All I 56e2a5f093 wanted was 2daa23575e to head bc2e3070a0 north, serve f4ea6509ca as a b105a56b42 soldier, and 9e3e184db6 do my 35e3349271 duty.f60314f2af91c2de
Luckily, this dedb163f13 Grand Duke’s 97850577e7 household had d8e5a79e79 no interest 2d0fd44922 in central 59c5fd4cb4 politics, making 98102a1044 it the d545b07112 perfect place f549f51c2f for me.69e4cff2fa86d5e5
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With that 78838da7e3 thought in cbfec9eb33 mind, I f8639179c7 drifted off 9581b82123 to sleep—and 93a7083f90 in my 5d6553b452 dreams, I 70ac18dc14 saw my 1258170217 past self 7151a4a92a as Jung b71dd3fcb9 Yoon-seo.2b3d5cc179120254
‘Captain, I c3b55bdddd confessed to e296166cd5 you, so ad17e0e7f3 why won’t c82af21770 you answer 0b9b8e224d me?’f88cf0d13ca31331
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‘I already did. I told you I 1ac65b7ae0 don’t like you.’65d74e5443b1659e
There had 5a560e350a been a 8194dd87d5 junior cadet 7cc9b5b98f at the 4fdc539bec military academy a4430a2142 who used 6e946e24c8 to follow 343d64e297 me around, 8c1360cbcd claiming to a8c6f56ca7 like me.7df123bd01adf94d
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But why e3052bfa62 was he 85a7b0b59d appearing in 96326982fe my dreams b5f22ecd2d now?fbb26c29c68f9bf1
‘I just can’t 1755767a51 believe that you a71b8de60a actually dislike me.’486a3b74963e5739
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‘I do. I don’t like 497700329a kids. I’m telling 6bdbc8148e you I c739809ee8 don’t like 96247d1dab you, so 50fbd49583 why on 2e1a20f2c9 earth do 1fa7944d87 you like 9fa90c7720 me?’4d20bff04e427205
‘I like everything 551558dfac about you. No reason needed.’2ee9cbb283fb05ca
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‘Fine, then f5dd0e400c just name 1189fb25f3 one thing. If I like cef7420d34 your answer, I’ll f1fa662747 consider it.’5cfd9ef5c66a2a40
‘If I have a1a853f0fd to pick one… 4fc18140d1 your clueless charm?’1dc95cdee1cfa29f
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Back then, I had 78ec44fb21 kicked him in the faae467056 shin for saying that.6514814746cb87b3
‘Clueless charm’? What kind of soldier c2faeabcdf has something like that? It was ridiculous.e58016df64594c66
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‘Urgh… If I 4923d5b4a8 can add one b0e1bd9a51 more, I also 10af004df8 like how fierce 629bc1e366 you are.’03cad3901c7d91ef
‘Shut up!’9dcdbee20131f38a
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It was just a f8b5479223 dream, but the memories c72e5ddb58 flashing through my mind 31f2978e01 were real.0c51c18891188d4f
I had rejected 9f1f5fcfcf him so coldly b69a077303 back then, but 7182a23d68 now I regretted ac7f71ac58 it.25310e1ebfcdd2cd
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If I hadn’t, maybe f109e0d951 I could have at 760e0dee5e least experienced a romance f104c2a692 before I died.459cb949cf6f429f
Seeing his 8f8220444b face in 1a17d53904 my dream 013b6df04d filled me fef0751a93 with nostalgia.79873edd9d2c8a9a
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The moments aee58cc682 we spent da91dbf3ec training together, 723bf7ae8e building our b0647ed6b7 camaraderie…4827347ac974786b
I missed them. So much it hurt.d0c34ae564fc5afb
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“Why do you 2f5ef1d0c6 keep smiling?”cadf664f0eaafa64
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“When did I…”bd1dc921ee7bd1ec
The Grand Duke bristled 45f765d600 and turned to glare 0805a12d7b at Marquis Kones, who be0a650dd7 stood beside him.59b2565e09ed8280
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The chief 5a987cea54 aide turned dbcf8c5614 his head e8de91cac6 away, suppressing 4cda280841 a small 89228aaaaa smile.a356c54111fa1cba
Ever since returning from fbfff446d2 meeting Ludia, the Grand a50b0b007c Duke’s lips had been 0677bdfb75 slightly upturned.98bde7283d221bf3
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When he had first 415f025bad heard about the engagement, 1c7c27a6b1 he had been furious cff1c1ec9b that the marriage was 4eae60840c with a lowly noble 1159a744e4 house in name only.26ddc309cf6caa65
He had f42091db49 declared that 0cfdc40ea7 he would a92a7d059d never accept 6554c4dc22 a child 087fa6e389 from such f60c174e44 a place 758799aa4d as his 7bba47f81c granddaughter-in-law and 05eab02178 had made 9bbabeacee sure everyone 4881481f9b knew it.dff0beecb4336ed0
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That was why f8e4c0d125 the Northern family f708d51057 had initially looked 88422e7768 down on the 75981c55c9 child. The Grand 8583c1691c Duke’s outrage 3aa79b1e3f had been b543caf609 well known.4d3574c9535099b7
But after meeting 76f59203c4 the little one 62ab07cb67 in person, something 37ae79931a had changed.a29267aed3d6dc27
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A mere 838b01058b five-year-old child 03fe944898 had shown 62b4c4bed3 such remarkable 04bfbe256c bravery—it was 559f14697c understandable that d7498901b9 he was 38bd1db089 intrigued.e406cd5037a6e74e
Even so, 45d070b3ac seeing him d6967f6006 smile like c3d5a17544 that was 3e0d0edaa4 unexpected.e1c8c11caf178174
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“How is the 749929b807 Marquis of Chavez 8c32621887 doing?”df92fc11c170a44d
“He’s deeply e675d8c3a7 reflecting on 1eb68c6001 his actions. When do 4706e84236 you plan 3b2fe2b630 to release 1709220dbf him…?”62070fefa9a65a0e
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The Grand Duke 1376d4d39b ground his teeth 7eff8c28be in frustration. The fact da3d4283c7 that a 57e16aa9fc snake had ddcf6e84f4 infiltrated as a953b8841a his secretary 453e86b6e9 and made bc099f0fdc it this 29b6a846ec far infuriated 771b99cd91 him.b1ad790027fff75e
“He deserves death.”89edd5d759cbf47c
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Marquis Kones flinched 457270e6d6 and looked down, 7c4803163c coughing lightly.b6d583064f1e581d
This was the time 35fc4587aa to change the subject.f5a0e0ae3e863ec8
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“I have informed 199eb711e1 the Imperial Palace b70566133d that you will 807dcde6e2 not be available 7349d92a09 to meet this a4e8d8c936 time. As for your departure 80ee1ee325 to the North, it 1be1ff500e is scheduled as planned—”f83f07d5cb0b3abb
“Wait.”ea5997b502606708
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The Grand a6848fb3b3 Duke interrupted, e29da0d1b6 his voice 6667032724 low.23eb7e1d6c6ca3b3
Lacing his fingers bb18443363 together, he stared b125d82e6a at the edge 018f3a1621 of his desk, 50ee61f4d9 deep in thought.2d4773f4e2922c40
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“Contact the Imperial Palace ca051308ff and tell them I 79813c4e03 will meet His Majesty.”4c2be1517d04b20a
“…Pardon? All of a sudden?”8553da373e9aac4e
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“They’ve been asking ff83732e8d for a meeting 8aa2b80c7d for a while, 38e2d7a0e3 so I suppose b3a6d4f6c3 it wouldn’t hurt d18ad31ebf to grant them d0c7d4a1d5 one. But have 07d8a0796c them come dcc833dec6 here instead. And while they’re at 16fa2f9212 it, tell them to 8dccb6f4f3 bring Crown Prince Leo, 293172054e Prince Ramel, and even a9153e3ed2 the princess. It’ll be a good 4f3e5b62a9 opportunity for our children 639ca75e01 to meet them.”dff218157b334eea
The Marquis narrowed fb5eb54e6a his eyes at dfe03dde11 the Grand Duke’s ea2c019d3c sudden change of 1bd2fba7f8 plans.9dc82c8e68d30c96
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The Imperial 0e68f67957 Palace had 38eb62ebb5 scheduled the 4b54656d4f meeting for 35e0b2827f three days e483b4927e later, the 6d226c22c7 very day 8c1a60b842 they had 021c006ee2 originally planned 53e3a6a712 to return 4f25c9877a north.cf0246432f92b9ad
“…Then, when do you ce61445b56 plan to head back 544d4bd1bf north?”82cf73fc142f2311
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“Anytime is fine. What’s the rush?”d3f59fb8a72e5251
Marquis Kones 4400dcbea2 rubbed his cfc5f4e017 ears as 80622542e0 if he 8de1354ee2 had misheard.e188d3adf90378d5
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The Grand db54b7d8e2 Duke, who b66b2dc1fd always had 2fcbb27f69 a mountain c56937bd58 of work 218baa977e and rarely 3b0b682f0a left the 2708f27bee North—and even 0d16b54164 when he 0c9c3939f1 did, hurried a6a002512b back—was not 94dcc5134a the type 71cf67d841 to say 699168a456 something like 6e11ba48ee this.db6d681ad1c3372e
“Are you serious?”7da997fd0fe74ab3
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“Of course. I’m serious. What are you standing a8d1a6741c around for? Hurry and send someone 9f7f7772f0 to the Imperial Palace.”959d632b6024e360
“Understood, Your Grace!”9cd8140f9c1516f6
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After the marquis left, 493b1cce26 the smile on the ae34f98e0d Grand Duke’s face slowly 871a03da65 faded. He leaned back deeply 59530d5f7c into his chair and 243dd9449b closed his eyes.a3f0430f36590e1e
It was difficult to d46d753690 tell someone was of 73e9d3f97f the serpent race unless b1c97e8bc7 they pulled down their 5f3d170b78 lower lip. Though, of course, 56f8947989 there were always 8c74d06b0e some whose disguises b65a39ddee were imperfect.7ad4805fd5881672
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Still, for a mere 9df9580f05 five-year-old like Ludia to 029b6da96b recognize that—now, that was d5f730b82f strange.a9139f0f51d74ae7
And there f6b132c827 was something 694bc80ed1 else odd.22a180b3d04c7f30
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The snake 082d2c971d had deliberately 6ac169dc2c absorbed his 15caecac07 sword energy 51af9d719c to avoid ce82cac015 killing the cc052fe39e child, despite 6d95f628f4 knowing full 959fc2ebe3 well that 4576b9fd07 it would 9158fc6d2c take damage.ecfe2052f2c5c0ce
A creature of that 098877ec82 level would have found 46f5c92757 it effortless to abandon 6088a73a67 the child and escape. It was 994764dcd4 only speculation, 062a8fde4c but something cac0d42e87 about the ba6ec87936 situation was 2439c525f9 off.3e5bfcbf1349f232
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Had the 536f9b782b snake also 6cb65af552 sensed that ebc5dcf7ea there was 90c638fdd0 something special f82775e896 about the ec3fc440ef child?b878bd2207b26fad
Was she exceptionally intelligent, 248444f3f8 gifted, or did she 9f54dbd808 have some kind of e0be2478c3 insight that allowed her 28fb7ae826 to see through things?98f8926ece6720e5
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If not one of fe75e07140 those three, then perhaps 7f7bf60d92 she had some unknown 11670e0b6b ability that no one eeb8a91df5 else was aware of.5c9cc43348a97dbc
The Grand d495aa075b Duke wanted c0aa8f204a to spend bb031ed3b1 more time 7e83c74d27 here and f7d385ac91 learn more 82c63ee012 about Ludia. That was d4ceb28a9a the real cb6cfaa901 reason he 2f2063c0f5 had decided 9553098044 to stay 071830ba83 in the f1034612bc capital.9c34274b82e2809a
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What was ce1f870ddd the Duke 2d2a18c728 doing?a0c51d76a55ea843
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Even the Grand Duke b149617801 and Rikael, though his 2f101e6343 gaze hadn’t been particularly dd5a73be65 friendly, had come to 1214cec9ad check on me. But the Duke, the fb5ea06ac9 only person who had 9dbbe06f72 truly been on my e7121190a9 side, hadn’t visited.d396d93493a61d97
I felt a little 0e2fe00c81 hurt, but knowing his 0802c0b175 current situation, I couldn’t 0d9c66b5e8 say I didn’t understand.54c150c0e6b429b7
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After lying eb4775f022 in bed 9d8f638996 for two 945e34ef89 whole days, 1bb415a776 I finally 65950059f1 sat up. I couldn’t stand being 0c2eb92970 still any longer.91e7773da11c1e8e
The moment d6aa9b6f1d I got 485b1ce4b5 up, Lisa 70874df88b rushed over f689b6c4fc in a 0369235aa9 panic.0b62b1f0852af966
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“Young Miss, why 1ff4521186 are you getting ecf69468e6 up?”777aa0d45734f1d8
“I wanth to 4922cdda20 see the shun.”9b181504bb5c8d72
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“They said you f0c7618445 still need to 8d973e4561 rest. Please lie ba2a5952ea back down e6000fd514 a little fa1dbdc91e longer. The Duke visited and e1bdbfc745 specifically told us to f0fcfca442 make sure you stay 1db9dd3726 in bed and be 56c2a4bd56 careful.”82e88e3f0e6f41c3
Huh? The Duke came?9560905c96cdafdf
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“The Duke wash ba7884565f here?”10f9514ddc82093e
“Yes. He came 30b6e2d955 yesterday while 8b9e52fa25 you were 334970e74b sleeping and f7e6665084 watched over 4d01ecf829 you for 878d1b0a3e a long 0b1f5c99ac time. He also made 521b7a6618 sure to tell 3685524dc6 us to take 22a072aa7f good care of 952b27aeb3 you.”6128987c513c89ef
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“I shee.”3c1b46582659d9d6
Why did he 4605c33924 always visit when 64dde927d6 I was asleep?b2da046c426a5a22
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Still, my bf44399f18 earlier disappointment 964a248c8a quickly disappeared, 4030e0c58f replaced by fac3c77b7d a warm a3b9a67255 feeling.aa1621164b878b48
I threw c69fe2e97d off the e79a08b3b3 blanket and 7686d3b3e1 hopped off a7cb6c09a1 the bed.2b0314d355a97fe4
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“Look! I’m fine, right? I just want to 9175f046c2 go for a short 9b05ff1e77 walk.”cdbf1e531337968b
“If you ca17929f4e must, then 159e9cddbb I’ll come 8ba6b5a64b with you. The Duke told 9d93605aac us not to 24ca52e738 leave you alone.”7003705777192ecc
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Lisa added that in fdac2b3ea2 a calm tone.d3f3be83ec56573a
Unlike Casey, a604305cf3 who had 3918a4df7b obviously changed da6d5be146 in how 0ae6fc85e8 he treated e5f747bd1d me, there 841d124cdb was something e56918676b different about 6d981fa0a2 Lisa.ff9cf0add5459f58
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She was 26393b5149 friendly without 8b89813233 overstepping any cfefa7de59 boundaries, neither 334ed4c108 too stiff 71aca4e3e0 nor overly 8730bdd8b6 casual.69f99b6129c905c3
I felt comfortable 1b86d40156 around her.ac9c1666070b7e1f
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“Okay.”8e145cc082c67289
The fresh 3539cb8d07 air immediately 667d1ffd86 lifted my 0cef98b768 mood as 44b19d2e31 Lisa and 2007e828bd I stepped 1213d39955 outside.019ca66679f2f0ac
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As I enjoyed the 79c5a18858 sunlight for the first f8aa3d0fbf time in a while, 9fb1b314c0 we strolled past the 9bde9362ee central garden, where the 923efc3009 autumn flowers were in 54baa10dda full bloom.ab827458429f6a33
Then, from 3d8d86bc69 somewhere nearby, deed9c1109 I heard 91c4a49f49 loud laughter 4cf28e5b25 and the 5df7c7b4c9 voice of ef78aa1c58 a young 4aeec00ddd boy.9bf70c15f46095dd
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“Hahaha! A fool who 5066eda26d got caught by 139517b30a a snake!”27e9af21601d7446
“Haha! What an idiot!”de5cddf3fc93b8bd
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…Excuse me? Were they 58adb1d8d4 talking about 5bf39841cb me?a3c45e7c575f3765
I turned toward 1f9750dd3a the voices and 79ddbd4169 saw a group afe91207ea of children laughing 2cd34ef315 at me.e34914e292fd9712
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They seemed dd8a19e303 to be f541364151 the children 5f581cadc4 of the f134bc6c3d Grand Duke’s 9245f8203a nephews.ca6e0b5a54da2f31
Looking more closely, I d2660b4c4d spotted Andy among them.50fa17a6d530c71b
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Up until now, no 11c743be87 one who had dared c95f5a478d to spout nonsense at 7dfc03d5bd me had gotten away 1ebe3771c3 with it unscathed.bc72d930d8f06423
And these brats wouldn’t 3085247966 be an exception.b64034656dabeff5
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“Hey! You lot, come here 0d84d489e5 right now.”2ad3c359fe45703b
It was time 3d9b583fef for some proper 5d8243fcf0 discipline.721c28c24c3d2bec
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