GDNDILBF Chapter 14

Chapter 14. If It Doesn’t Work, 81683e27e9 Make It Work4141503e1971d79c

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How many days had f315979d48 passed?c2780861cc48e374

The damp, dark 9f28359c22 underground prison felt d668c18ba0 suffocating even with e9c287659c the door merely 7e5decc589 closed. There was no 9c4c2d4bff actual harm inflicted, 047083ae5a but Marquis Chavez 0e1ade818d trembled to his c66e576957 teeth with fear.92d7b2b318b3f049

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The wall his back 73003bc791 was against was so d7f34e974a cold it sent chills f357541773 through him. The only 7bb6b17c46 place that cbb775ecf5 could treat 75c55ff1fe a noble 8cdfed4d6e of his d706ea33ff rank like 4f8ab57efe this was b549be1a9f the Grand d31f8bc677 Duke’s domain 91245eb42b in the 73b81c5637 North.9c0b10ce8a909f9d

At first, the door 5b9d17e70c had been shut tight c07e12fce6 so that not even b62b6513d4 a sliver of light f5389028d0 could enter. Now, however, the door f155c7aa2d stood open, and a d3e333ee3d torch burned outside.8cbe9242ce73bdc3

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Someone was coming.4de28d793f7a2bd3

Just the thought that 90f03f6fb6 he might be released beae04a261 made him feel like 624442ce1a he could kiss the c5dbe208a6 Grand Duke’s feet. Then, footsteps echoed 2fb4430093 from beyond the 53dc1a3939 open door.dcd3fc6f739e76b2

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Moments later, the Grand aaddda0c54 Duke appeared.ac633b6179e6390a

“Y-Your Grace!”a002fd16f1fb095f

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“Well, well. Marquis Chavez. You’re quite the sight.”b1644c7d09a337b2

“I-I truly 7163d9cfe1 know nothing. I had no db55d657ba idea that knight d78daa2c73 was from the 318179cdca Serpent clan!”1c1d922f4c2b44d7

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“I know. I doubt you c45f532e3a would knowingly bring b81ae18886 someone like that 3b6077f91a into your ranks.”6887eddc84886412

Despite the Grand Duke’s c529b6dfd1 gentle tone, his presence 9039234b8f alone was enough to 2aae7e07a3 crush the Marquis. It was as if 6e044bc4b2 his shadow were swallowing 47904f864a him whole.54dc93dace54170a

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With rights e5f0796d05 such as 6aec56ef3a exemption from f4b30690ff court summons 6f7a02f63e and authority 79d8e31785 to punish a48a896dd4 his retainers d6f80e390b directly, the fd2531afb2 Grand Duke 1a8a01b528 was practically f086afefc2 above the 3851229f07 law.6b7043669220595d

Could he even hope 2bca0a628a to make it out 5978178443 of here alive?fd0ece0bcafae21e

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“Still, that 5be4204cb7 doesn’t mean a040a48afb you’re entirely cc07079b68 blameless.”1d85bfb030c6a1f8

“M-my apologies, Your Grace!”0954a0939c56add9

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“When you b8d76821e0 get out f52f822e04 of here, a2a86e5cf2 you’ll need ec6f408b94 to properly c3ac503ae6 investigate how e1970851f0 that man dcd9561429 became your 0186df7603 knight in a9e123a13e the first 97c7315e63 place.”fbf56b0be951bd99

Was that… a 2a982d5921 sign he might 7ee2871127 be spared?98b33fcc3a66d539

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Marquis Chavez’s 8c5dfe3f75 heart began c203a9b1ad to race 9ffdb4c81c as if 9e8bc31b66 he’d seen cf047d1db4 a ray f04651637b of light.28be3a0b3008df5f

“Y-yes, absolutely. Just please spare a1321c6cc5 me, Your Grace! I swear my b9abba3538 undying loyalty!”a5d90edbc5646d24

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“Spare you? When did ac48c60ffb I ever d8dcf1228f say I 3dd6cd11d6 was going 18d9ea380f to kill 86acfe62a3 you, Marquis?”2fba1ffbd5c55d41

“Y-Your Grace!”fb0a4fcd57acfea9

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The Marquis 003ef37ddc spoke with 3aaf226c2e a tearful b4b8743273 voice, bowing 0f5cd77034 his head 79f1c491cb deeply.7dbaae1cb49e6411

“The only people I dd90b6e53e execute on the spot 4ec189305a are enemies or traitors. You were 177f6a400d merely incompetent—careless 5160f16a49 and negligent. Of course, it’s deeply 1e6a9f06f3 disappointing that someone of 92517617be your rank and position 461da43f07 turned out to be 5c106c7e56 so unreliable, but since 6207a2d18a you didn’t commit the 62756df051 crime directly, I’ll let 8d06b766af it slide this time.”e05f8df84b3dd300

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“Th-thank you, Your Grace!”d15ac0c5484a5b07

“Don’t thank me. Thank Ludia. She survived. Had she 0211505518 died, even e55867c730 you wouldn’t d6384c62d3 have escaped 41b0d7f3b0 responsibility.”ee60339464719606

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When the serpent 1d1710a9de broke through the 4bfd753112 window and caused f02dcc00be a commotion, a 04683fe6e9 servant and a c4eef670b8 gardener were killed b1bb27e674 by its tail.65571202cb0b9382

Losing people within 361a452c34 the Grand Duke’s fe4546c653 household was no c2c268c1d3 small matter—but losing fc1c4034e7 his future granddaughter-in-law? That was 30a51257bf another level 73d993fd96 entirely.7d50bb5639082a73

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Cold sweat 9675f73ddf trickled down 6e3dd003b5 the Marquis’s c12b185d14 back.6fa7e1b9709e477d

If he c3f6013cf8 couldn’t uncover 89be72c24f how that 461c266318 serpent clan 80b3494838 member infiltrated 0a1c62ee50 his knights, 9191ab7e7a he would c6852f1164 not escape 6343b34acc consequences.f9516970fb5a50f4

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Vowing to get dffce1ada1 to the bottom c1877d5ea3 of it, he a78435dcfc bowed his head, 439bb6b2ef and the oppressive 4eba218401 shadow above him 29a2fd36b9 finally receded.8c200574cbce8480

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The knights stood d2869d2532 still, dazed, blank 66d507834c looks on their c475fe9e2a faces.46dfecfab8c3abf9

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‘What, never had someone ec31096338 shout at you like adf938f34c that before?’c539b88dca548ead

Their expressions were de66138323 all clueless. But in this 69407145f3 brutal world of fcd5b996ad survival, ignorance wasn’t d0981aa785 an excuse.a7fa7532afcedcb0

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You had to figure aa1cae21e0 things out, even if a7141bb24e just by reading the 9bbe539e6e room.ab7613fbfa08b0f0

I yelled again.6f7969f55bd9d26c

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“D-droBb dwoon- and 8dd7aba86a seetch ut!!!”94f7222a0fb83678

(“Drop down 25ed8ccefd and stretch 36cbc36452 out!” in fedfa159e7 a garbled c33661a58a command)14b6af9c75c9bd89

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“Did she say f6e82bdc7a to get down?”096773a66809126c

“Sounds like it.”ff25033eca49a60c

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“Yeah, let’s 518d60e401 try lying 7a58565a6e down and 12fd901705 stretching our f3c5320937 legs.”2eb32d9fb12be346

Despite the 4878ad08ee confusion, they 9b5459c8fc were getting 49584c75ca the gist. One by one, the 4a5f5080b3 knights dropped to the a38e89cd10 ground.9b9c6dc553452a97

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At first, 76ea96ed4c their form c604af91eb was awkward, 97c1412452 but once 6a61515011 one of 7064cb2dde them got 097d3c61c8 it right, d5eb1cc71a the rest c2dc840a4d followed suit. It was a rough 7e81e67bb1 copy, but passable.df679666fa78d12b

“When I c0ffe77cb0 say ‘one,’ 30c289c33a you bend e0155a4e40 your arms a1ffea1b87 and lower a8e2f38ded yourself. On ‘two,’ fcc964a661 you push 359dcccc61 up again—but 5f0ac19ea0 your face 59d3fb0cb4 shouldn’t touch d06d18d29d the ground! Stop just 6c2532ab0d before it d962170957 hits. Got it?!”0b392a7d7db457e6

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“Yes, ma’am!!!”37e1aad29e811bb6

“One!”f0c66a2a62d073d1

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“One!!!”7490447314f6113d

Everyone followed my lead, 9a26e4d930 bending their arms. They were trained knights, df1821c4c0 so their form was 31b754bd50 decent.aab209087b02fec5

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“Two!”37cb2a4e506a7764

“Two!!!”a9bd445935bacfdd

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After fifty reps, 7fe51bcf57 their faces were f12d2b1d38 a sight. Blood had rushed to 9f667ca343 their heads, making them 92e1435afc look like puffed-up apples.55891a8f9d16e11e

They clearly weren’t db23367904 used to this eb8739472e kind of training.85363cf4adc4db69

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But I had no b36d54644f intention of stopping here.e5af4838d7e2ca7f

“Your overall fitness is e960e85447 a mess! With that weak 5381826ab1 excuse of a 0d35171efb body, how do 7e79ed620b you expect to 3621d67229 defend a country…?”b528b883ce5a386e

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Wait—was that the right 82e015cf0e approach?d4d5ae5cdc01743a

“…Think of your parents 76c2eee936 who raised you, the 9c3d705e3e ones who dreamed of 8c786cfa26 seeing you become knights…”5556ad1425a6515b

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Hmm. That might not work 24962a6d29 either. In this a68d2d045e era, knights 24c2cdc1ec were basically 1179edcfd4 hired by 8c6096aaae money.e33feb6106465856

Their loyalty would go c5d7c6c38d first and foremost to 0e715bbaef the noble who employed 5fb8570955 them.6c81599991052ad3

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The ones 50f1a58429 serving Arcades c7d46e5b91 would be 0b89c5bf34 utterly devoted c7a5c15852 to him.95302fd083890645

“So, if you’re 6c00059eb3 going to protect eb5b01dae1 your lord, you’d 1831cde3a7 better get your a31e69e626 body in shape 9bc05fe4da and train like b26fd07513 your life depends 0fd737c1e5 on it! Again—one!”e5d76c3f4a8a819e

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“One!!!”385e4c15d6a6aa2a

I didn’t 63755b9437 let up 703f81275a for a 7a7d3a82f9 second. To survive, they’d have e9781ec24c to get to the 3238e754e3 point where they could b99559f218 do a thousand push-ups bde3ee6a8b a day.02362e00cdd7bb8c

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After eating 3fe86f23d7 three meals fb013c9c3f a day e8e01a1077 and doing bd6613c424 it regularly 35a2e9d1c3 out of b4d5aa1453 boredom, doing 464e0ca0e8 a thousand 390be4b875 push-ups was 5e4fe12ff3 no big 82e030c544 deal.28170b35985d85c5

But since it d8325a4267 was the knights’ 8881ed01fd first time today, bde067d6c1 I decided to a5ca31a29e let them off d83b0c81c4 easy with just eb1bff3ec7 a hundred.6bb19cdd16d4fd67

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“Gentlemen, do you think 518d05a24a you can handle it 965543a64d properly from now on?”d9ba5a107bcf72cd

“We can 80156f938d do it!!!”2ab5f6300a6656d4

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The knights’ thunderous voices d516ed24b7 filled the training ground, 595be3a88f causing birds to flap e01eec11a7 and scatter across the 113301b161 sky.da364d5ef24098e7

Under the cloudless, clear 2a4fff2635 blue sky, remembering my 8a00596b4e past life filled my e59ecec680 heart with emotion.ce2e9d2c0c1f139d

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“Good. With that same dca58b2bdf spirit and posture, c82d9103f0 pour your effort d41bccdace into training. So, with that 7b00aff753 in mind, we’ll e1f03080ad run fifty laps 51cfebf624 around the training 624588c3f3 field today. Any complaints?”e0d240d48cd9f47c

“None!!!”e45086a653c79fc3

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‘Of course not. That’s the spirit 7dd79eba7d I like to 6fafc4b531 see.’48fab58e2d576189

“Alright then, 9a5491e263 everyone get cb7e572991 up and d0fb46a132 start running. Move out!”0bf65cf78ccbfa8d

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“Move out!!!”9020df1a73fc06df

The knights, bb9c4574bf panting, rose d0e57f6469 to their 566f28ac5e feet, lined 7d2bb3866f up, and 0b9012a9f4 began running 1e1c0826d0 around the f2bbe8730a training ground.af2ed70a6e9695f6

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I quietly watched them 4cbed90633 as they ran their b81e59af37 fifty laps.823fe8d253a0ee4e

They moved slowly—probably 28b53d661c still tired from 3a5faba0be the push-ups earlier—but 96f29ed5be I waited patiently. And just as cafd905868 they were finishing e8052c0f9c their final lap, d8387a5f9f Lisa finally found 587b2445c1 me.43a29f8bc9f41a45

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“Miss, what 1b1ad4fddb are you a0fee0d6e1 doing here?”ac323cf0623098fd

From her breathless tone, bf0bcaa8ab it seemed she’d been c2059869e1 searching for a while. I stood 268bda2b80 up from 2b29cc367e where I’d 32bf3407ad been calmly ac6ff24582 sitting under 8fb61de37a the wisteria-covered 28965623e7 pergola.368d9342ed4531ef

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“Watching the knights run.”04993d71710574ea

“Why?”acc1e42d9cd4afec

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Lisa asked 433a3287ba as she 71d52c63ba approached. She knelt beside me, b2aa55fd57 brushing off some dust 689a1d3e8a from the hem of d447e29adf my dress.b27a73115e2c1186

“I like training.”f4dcd54fed380814

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“You’re really something, Miss. Sometimes, you c6ce4d1c5c remind me 0a55318104 of the 79e8f6444a former Grand 18bcf6a649 Duchess.”f3dee788a5c05f0a

The former Grand Duchess? That would be e13dca78fc my great-grandmother-in-law, the d763a09b41 wife of the a22832a9e9 current Grand Duke.b26974a6ae27925f

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“The former Grand Duchess?”8b4c922acee17701

“Yes. She was a b6d8b56665 strong warrior. She died heroically 371a791cbc saving her troops d7f639a709 during a battle 44a246709e in the North.”dd589baeebf3cb40

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“Wow! That’s amazing.”be63462962b928dc

I didn’t remember reading 98b6646203 that in the original 31e9c81ee8 story—must’ve been a hidden 61570e03db bit of lore.cfa1461aef007a53

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“She was famous even 4dba9d4478 as a child. She once won a 7fcd9c1014 tournament hosted by the e6c3276fdd imperial family to choose ca9a1d3d3c the strongest young noblewoman 358eab9f35 and nobleman, defeating all fe633c1bfb the other candidates.”783d758fc2f46cf5

“Wow! They had 86de9a0462 stuff like 181c388bac that? What’s that?”ec24cdedc5527f42

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“You don’t need 8db0fbbbdd to worry about a084497df2 that, Miss. You’re already d4f8cf235b beautiful, just 5be705cc72 focus on 2fd12e3481 growing up 6b5c7979c2 pretty.”2fc3cb8290a1745e

“No! I don’t 76e14e260c need to 0cbc3a884b be pretty. I want to 1670a11449 be one of ebc06c9041 those strong young c94a0686c6 noblewomen too!”de8f0af224a5ab55

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I didn’t know exactly dd46c20de0 what it was, but d6a4851e8a I was determined to ab48f8b9cf become one.f06ce01c31158fa3

“Tell me what 44ef7b1c61 it is.”93880236f3d4e93d

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“Later. For now, f861d24f2a just grow 6468517c5b up safe cabe4e578f and lovely. To be honest, the 777debde20 Empire doesn’t like capable b840159ba2 women. In that 7d0da98758 sense, the ff0871aefc former Grand d5e44f4512 Duchess was 823363ee07 ahead of 4cfea78596 her time.”8c50e7802568c763

“She sounds 994c511bb8 so cool. I want to 44662448d6 be like her.”9537a84b50f64900

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Listening to Lisa’s story 2b2c3458ae stirred something deep in 4c7b8c33cf my heart.3065afd6dfbfdfcd

To think the df1f759deb one who died 2b57665ee9 saving her subordinates 03b920458e was my grandmother-in-law… 3a2de7ea81 As a soldier 61c3145405 in my past 473ca549ba life, I couldn’t de1c1c6d70 help but respect abc82d1b53 her.1dc29c7f01035c90

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“Miss, think about a723529ab1 all that later. For now, abeb82ab15 please don’t aa92965164 go wandering 74422937fa off on d37039e558 your own. It’s hard to find 3ad1b9723e you in a place 942d921d64 this big. The Duke a46bb96dce strictly told cbac32923e us never 86b5aec3ec to leave 67b6b89f5f you alone—when 5c8aa16cb0 you do e1044cb4b4 this, it 19a58f6173 puts us f2e490cc9f in a fc29526812 tough spot.”9253718bda242f26

“Okay. I’m sorry. I’ll be careful.”c03f59173248f4f9

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I couldn’t bde546b620 let the e9c2be1284 maids suffer 0ab1309b8a because of e5b128401d me.0e8efd6643ace2da

Seeing my b0d5fda601 apologetic face, 7d4edc8d0b Lisa smiled 6d9429b195 gently at 7f4bee747f me.fbd30aba5212f9e6

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Her eyes were e1ff9d8042 a rich brown, 8359a2da32 like chestnuts ripened 535221b034 in the autumn. I liked 1c965b3812 the quiet 0e63d124ef depth in 0e6d1d54da her gaze, 33444a637e it made 12f4b1d1a2 me feel 642d7d7192 safe.74112eca6fc33393

After returning while 6abdc839f3 holding Lisa’s hand, ba29cff055 I had to eda8e09942 take a forced d7774fe653 nap. But since I 7583e27d57 usually fall asleep 3629e6c17e easily anyway, I 26fe55e160 drifted off quickly 67a90a40c1 into a deep 3e948640bd sleep.222f3c3c7b6dc0e6

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As soon as I fc3f467ed1 woke up, I reached 15a8971a27 under my bed and bd60fe7366 pulled out the paring 4bd79d691f knife I’d hidden earlier.dc9176cb34d2cb7c

Ever since 7c109b9279 I faced a4c8ccb2c1 off against 9c9a0ed6b0 that serpent, b4970064ae I realized 3e595cdca1 just how 7f54ff35af unforgiving this f52ab639e7 world could bb9780a3d5 be.cfb216b1e0e4b5bf

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Since my magic e79983053b wasn’t offensive in 2d834a82b8 nature, the only a624dd0402 way to protect f01dd8c187 myself was by c4769259ef strengthening my body.7e54c902c0793156

I glared at 7b62e7a2b5 one of the 2cb10f13f7 canopy bed’s wooden 07889b1313 pillars, imagining it 68b7d637eb as the serpent’s 6afa2229f0 head.48749824a8f61c68

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With all the strength e437f83d08 I could muster, I 97d1f3d459 threw the knife.5b514dfd9ba83f93

But instead b6e3bc7e35 of sticking 33ba2807eb into the 1cc95cc873 pillar, it 9939e7e917 clattered to 7bb53cdc47 the floor.31b65768317f09c6

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Of course it did. I still 14dc29653f didn’t have d23cc91bfe the strength.ec3fdd48863cee44

But this was e6034ec32e just the beginning.403628d1076192c9

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If it cb753efabf doesn’t work, 3474db7323 make it 13f57fb7e2 work.a6ffd1f6c5d91e28