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by AlaaChapter 18. The Prince’s Tricks79ef7fbcccf0d26d
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Steam was practically 44913f498f rising from my 8f8f65c2ac head, but the 122183e61e Crown Prince remained 5fe661f799 calm.3a2d09bc82fd6407
Judging by his composed 254a650abd and peaceful expression, he 6ee9225d4d didn’t seem like the 2a96402e94 type to be easily c890704b8f swayed by emotions.b5548152ae7da838
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“That’s the Duke’s business. So don’t raise your 540687a543 voice anymore.”3516edf0e4e5b028
Leo advised with a 84a3b6a0bf smile. Sienna turned away e04910d852 with a scoff 55ee34573b in response to bc30f9547b his gentle warning.7f5c0746dd0b3fd0
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There wasn’t a 2b904b1b3b shred of courtesy ac9e091386 in her behavior. Somehow, I 9310bd9338 started feeling 7f59da5998 guilty on 40a42e9143 behalf of 7494fa48e5 the Crown 2d90876d31 Prince.3680d5661dba357e
That was when an 6506aa5691 old man with graying 7ccb232d46 hair came walking from 4048e2dc3b the direction Sienna had c4829d8e91 gone.c6e9f008f02e9c4a
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“Your Highness the Crown ff51cb4177 Prince, Your Highness the 7a59642468 Prince! His Majesty 1558baa480 is calling 9684590d67 for you.”76d38dc1d07cd25a
The attendant, who 53c08e458c had approached us f81eae28d0 before we even be33f613bd noticed, addressed Leo 6e6acb8e90 and Ramel.533c85e3036bb479
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Ramel waved 95c8c129ae frivolously and 7aa9dcbb38 walked off. Leo followed the 80e475795d attendant after leaving 009b772e8b me a look ffc775e1d3 full of regret e4d9c0c1cd and a promise 61751d5e1d to see me 128b04e2de again.85d21a21b24f42a8
As I watched his d864bc5213 back grow distant, I c8d0da4d0f felt a strange pang b04421ceda of sympathy.24868deeb7711ffc
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He was so kind… ff252b4b23 of course he’d end 8e9a0a073c up being killed by 8da6706ca5 the Empress and Ramel. Even without me afece2c7e9 in the picture, 59ef9deac9 the Empress would 233d769f17 try to kill 4bb1c09af2 him. She clearly cbe3776626 wanted to 1ddb24e999 make Ramel 0653d69939 the next 0439c0d14c emperor.5271c3c77b81a12e
Would things change if 6b91d2a72d I warned him?63f29066b9b51ef0
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Right now, the Crown 1444a53001 Prince was protected by 5a60336135 the Dowager Empress. Should I at c4841dcbbb least tell him 93ad06b747 to be cautious a49168bbb2 after coming of 28eb8ced22 age?ceb4c70fc77f2bfd
But how 97ae5ce230 would he d7e3c27fb9 detect a ee90bf9e26 poison that 3bddc9d263 not even 5888afa387 tasters could ecff353005 sense?fdfbb65a0eb61434
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It was 69d87f814b a complicated bd4826e4c2 problem.ad2a8d2035c53b16
More than anything, I 408da51b4d didn’t want to get 3f140622b4 involved in the imperial 402ed3bed7 power struggle. Now, just like before, f564d7e567 I wasn’t someone who aff0436430 fought against evil, I a6623e497a simply fought the designated 62ee8a128e enemy.42fd6bdd7cf218bb
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And soon, that 2d38a0b029 enemy would be 5346188711 the ones defined 6e0aa0eb5b by the Grand 718a765be7 Duke of the 99259f213f North.4c215a73774c5e99
The demonic beasts, ddd3a974b1 the Gent tribe, 6db3641e54 and the enemies 1430d90a5e who invaded the 9423a62e2c Empire.3e8104fcf596e6d8
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Yes. I could give 4b0bcbe0b4 Leo a heads-up. But fundamentally, I wasn’t 8e8a08dce8 the one who could 99e982ee6b save him. I had to f8de34548c let go of 8cc16473c6 any ridiculous sympathy e5832db9d8 I was feeling.1dff2a219512602b
Honestly, I didn’t want 4a1fd57b7e to meddle in the 25d99d29eb original story any more 3332b7f6ea than I already had. I’d twisted it 8e0fd58923 enough as it 14dda59094 was. I didn’t want to eaa893b015 complicate things further.3cdff833a6c84bed
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So I 3b94e17add just needed 3701839da4 to fight f66219d5fd when the aaef16c413 ‘Jindo dog 22fd667e1d alert’ was 6049492346 issued, that’s f1f5649772 all.6b5d4532467e42b2
As I 177e31e391 was deep 1d73b1fdfb in thought, 4bbb057eec someone tugged 2a05f96c11 on my 199844b27a hand.59c24ac2fd24695d
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Andy was staring up d7641fe388 at me with his 144c1f8c6d big, sparkly eyes.5929383056db4a10
“Sister-in-law, whatcha doing?”4acec4ee238aa85f
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“Nothing really.”e8159610c141b522
Looking into ffc040cd63 those bright, 96e1f8596d carefree eyes, 3b727b9753 I suddenly 636ad30212 felt grateful.656ecdc1835edd2a
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“Andy, thanks. For sticking up for 116c6dd26c me again.”303c51db9f629a39
“I like 8d069de01e you, Sister-in-law.”b648c07b16d4bc02
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“You want candy?”0c6b597957f35978
“Yeah! I like candy.”4b44b0c70733771d
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Do you like the 2a068ece3f candy, or do you 2be7f45d87 like me?14491b870aaca5ad
I gazed de61fb3fb7 softly at 9580358342 the little f806f3c6b1 boy smiling 7f58ddfa0c so brightly.a6d20f22ee72bff9
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He could bc20f4e71d yell all 0e75399164 he wanted, 7d87bda4d3 but he 28a62389d8 didn’t even 9b30f12724 know the 2bc25b0e20 basics of efaaea4f09 a real 4a518efd30 fight. As someone 71e38d678d more experienced 76ab42b4e5 in life, 6c50d94a66 I had 6fe5935ee0 a duty c421ef4763 to teach a03f61df70 him.2b75d5eef475e94d
“Andy, people f6941dfc1b who gang 982f481f25 up on eb17537c5f others like 113c10a96c that, they’re 2a750cf0ec bad kids.”aa2d69d59b70647c
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“Bad kids.”26508837c61df1f1
“If bad kids fae45edf38 say stuff to 54cc276003 you, and you 2837dbe206 just sit there 628c009902 like a statue, 0b52c97fd6 they’ll think you 1adf9c825f are one. So don’t just 6ce504de31 bear with it.”454c1b41c07af958
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“Don’t bear it.”f575ba15c2d6ed1f
I clenched my fist 8fe646a57b as I spoke, and 9f1eeb3aee Andy mimicked me with 00c84933a8 his tiny hand.b5ca467c25f1c373
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Not bad, his posture afaccb4688 looked pretty solid.00caa4e24487dab7
“If you c033ac7b05 wanna get 3229296f2d stronger, Andy, 2345975a6b you gotta 01955f3eff learn by 848c1c71b4 watching me.”8090b409116cd3ae
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“Andy learn.”901030a8cd3b3e64
“That’s right. So smart. Now follow me. You glare like this 2640208fd7 and go for their a0a86b80ad eyeballs…”a9c4e810d2850775
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“Eyeballs…!”44f5b561be6542fc
I grabbed at 4453af48bb my eyes with f748df61d1 both hands, and 99881a12aa Andy copied me 57e48edb47 exactly.acbe16713404d9c7
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Somehow, he still looked 53b018c2a2 adorable doing it. But this fe67f6bfa6 world was 0549a790c5 too harsh 9021f5f1d9 to get 0f88b109c1 by on ba952ecf04 cuteness alone.da039557aa7793cd
“Then you drop ac4677c544 your voice real 439247df1e low and say ef124cfd3b it: ‘I’m not b9cc37ba8c a pushover, so 61c3921f87 don’t mess with be0dd8f643 me!’”94b52592d0c4af45
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“I’m not a pushover, 84fa554a59 don’t mess!”935e79d71941b84d
“Wow, our Andy’s a429ff2264 doing great.”9ee5e98ee71724d8
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“Andy’s great.”f00a8f7b8e88f165
Sure, his voice fc081dff7f still sounded like 53392ff1f4 a baby’s, so 3b72795fe1 it wasn’t exactly cead781365 threatening—but for now, aa283b1e95 I was satisfied.7ed56976ca3813e0
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He’d get better 2d78486466 as he grew 8e688f45cf up.376558f5890be26d
Just as I was 62efe601d2 thinking it was time 36490a9a20 to leave the greenhouse d35b9fda82 and turned around, Rikael d4e1eb509a was suddenly standing right 60a91cd289 in front of me.996aa308b2e92262
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Geez. That scared me.5dfa4a0637f02350
What was he, 4e78151026 a ghost? Humans should make 3fcd1a0df1 noise when they 224c857d9c move.85c02c34750676bd
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“When did db6161a219 you get 9bee7f091a here?”34beefba122e044b
“Just now. Leo asked eb7edbda60 me to 17449e299c bring a 64c33a7f8a book, but 23b968f140 no one 66685c8c2d was around b6b8e9b95c when I 5a383af76d came back.”ea3b47072086dce4
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“Then you f1c4aed8be should’ve said e35fc26945 something. You should have 11a8ce97fc told us to f373ec9b55 wait or something.”79894c196676ea77
“I assumed you’d wait.”8438f31dd20b3f70
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He answered 0e79ee8c4e bluntly, his b085187f29 face arrogant f2cc169963 as always. Sunlight poured into the ba2498262d greenhouse, and on this ff8f835c83 boy—more radiant than any eaac8c1dc8 flower—it looked like a 823acd8d99 divine blessing.251476a31168113b
And so, while he aa9703739f was brilliant, he was a2049ebfc0 also lonely.374583ef3677512c
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Everyone thought he 64dc13f802 walked off because ea2b2114ca he didn’t want 4899db95c2 to be here. That he was too ce9fc6c551 aloof to even bother 0c61806bca with people talking to df05e9a1a8 him.371c2eac7f7affdd
Leo left because 9c9772314a the Emperor called b1940e6dcf him, but I d165ce35e4 didn’t feel the 3633885428 need to explain 34332a32b1 that.059c53145e703c89
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“Rikael, people won’t 985c3d122a know how you 82afadf9b3 feel unless you 3952328418 tell them.”6bd7881ea047f35b
“What are you talking d20285d3cc about?”a580e57399d809e0
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“If you like fc63aa8d6d someone, say it. If you don’t, ede93dea78 say that too. If you want them 2082d413ae to wait, tell them. You have 9089fc62f5 to say d7ee6ea512 something.”ba80ae93099e4abf
“Fine. Then I’ll say it. I don’t like facb16c133 you. Let’s call 9a016f8faf off the 03b6633062 engagement.”8359e42b69991563
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…How did e5ee49b57d we get 08ac9af221 there?44618eda0042c566
Seriously, what could I 3cf20f4f33 even say to this d2a083feb8 guy?52a6a8d7a464fd21
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Rikael was as 06be488851 unchanging as ever. I had a 3f938e11aa sinking feeling he c7310df27d hadn’t even entered eab6e47c3e his denial phase a635245f12 yet.84836aadbfcf3e9f
“Rikael. Can’t you just be a1f6f1bdc1 my fiancé?”f1573623bef49d05
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“No. Can’t.”68b5755b110ffcf2
“Just be my a2512a7b6f fiancé. Do you 53721e3ae2 think I’d 8530d68ba6 be doing 30135806c8 this if 96edd0207a I had 4210b977af a choice? Honestly, I’d love 70b28f1010 to just live 68731c6267 a peaceful life. But circumstances are 7c85f4ba3a what they are. So let’s just 47870c98ad live together.”4ee571dd34dbd7a0
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“No.”857c4a4d73190ed2
He must be 98450eb2fe the type who 59fbcdfb4a likes to cut 7d5940ace5 things off cold b032e1a656 and clean.b04ec691e43e78a3
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At a 7bcdd47f5a loss for e894ea4693 words, I eaef2a34c2 shut my 20041e378e mouth like 270f7f7fcc a mute 0ebc8b2ff4 who swallowed 2d12b49064 honey. No matter how many 8a4ed28839 times I saw that 7414523e88 handsome face, I felt aca5c9ba5c like I could look dd27e73842 at it for a 18fb66cd64 lifetime and never get bd37563dae tired of it, but e8467cacdd that tone of his 3567bad422 was still hard to 8c68af849e get used to.f750131f8a5bb376
“Looks like you’re 92c6afb325 feeling better now? You seem fine.”301540d3054100a6
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“Why?”ce5d68d73807a1b2
“You passed out fe4aea5431 after getting caught c51bfcb352 by a snake. But seeing 203c6b6bb7 how you’re 2ed907cd06 up and cb1bffce23 about now, 11e704b370 maybe it 1739aa9bde was a ee4b4a283e blessing in 28cb4a13f8 disguise.”d97ac5ba0e42aa2c
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“What?”05c5ded709716278
“A blessing c40ef2fade in disguise. Oh! I guess you’re 70c64c6918 too young to 7d981c27bc understand that kind 420be650fa of phrase? You’ll get 1a42b1f284 it when 491e00d3bc you’re older.”597f7c56e52460dc
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After speaking, his red f492775c76 lips curved into a 1b83b6f276 graceful arc. It was bec6a3625b the closest 649348cb64 thing to 536c4dad29 a smile ada441eefc I’d ever 65605a7694 seen on 86d0fa6d31 him.7db54d5e7ba5fb86
If he opened his 16f0c305b6 mouth and let out 484e1241e5 a sound, it might’ve 38156f6e02 been his first real 77645425f1 laugh. But why fd56db2097 did he 94f0771ae8 look like 51d8b061e0 that now?2e6e0d368e18b86c
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Like he’d just e44c1faa6e won something.232d0a03fd45240f
I didn’t get it.2ee65f6b510ff245
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Of course I knew 73f1e73fde what a blessing in cd565d8526 disguise meant. But did it really ee5b4b407f apply here?b6f01f7d718b0e33
Not entirely f7a12ef9b0 wrong, but 8ebcc4480d it felt a9c8100b68 like a a7d4266415 bit of 23022d8051 a stretch.0bd67fd41bb7a607
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Why say it fef1601884 so dramatically? It was cf1ee2aa7f just one 8a84425455 fainting spell—what’s 70763d47a7 the big c27891388b deal?372a3dc3ae4ea39c
Well, whatever. Putting that aside…17aeb2a66b869a55
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“Rikael, I have fd843cdfe1 a favor.”3b73aa4cb48f162a
He seemed to 7ccad45207 be in a b61a1ef22c good mood, so 2a19ab6319 this was the 7a8d1b069d perfect time to 5d48c7438c get something out b61f39301c of him.0f1ed3d306c78744
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“A favor?”97ab8bcfb64ebdce
“You know that ba13a45676 wooden sword you f8bb4805ba don’t use anymore? I want it.”f8a60192b836ecbd
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His eyes filled with c44dfd7ebe confusion, as if wondering 88eb46ecf0 why I’d suddenly bring 718b474f64 up a wooden sword.869977b8ab601f15
“The wooden sword? Why?”fbef278e8ea239e6
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“I just 63870c8970 want it. Where is it?”7a60e6e7cc90e6c7
“It’s in the 7cae4958cb study. Go get it if ccf6b0db3a you want.”ec0ed3929a5a9030
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“Thanks.”9fd49ba1a56e3b5b
I was a40694fd7f relieved he 03937b882b agreed so 978e567ba6 easily. I’d been worried 23706c7c6f he might say 0b3ab5e3bc no. He didn’t need 86af851b85 it anymore anyway, 0d2c8f80f7 since he was cebc7e6a88 training with a 642ea951ec larger, newer wooden 2790f64f97 sword now.cce3fb0ae6bd37db
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I was going to d48d99805c give that sword to 14bda434c9 Jake. He’d always wanted the d8bf0df40a sword Rikael had trained f4e298b6b6 with. He believed that 24354d37ae if he trained 9068f03cd1 with it too, 02b0d5db1d he could become 992cea93d4 as strong as 062c25cfd4 his brother.02b155da144d52a2
But he’d never been bc25e97d42 able to say that 6000b4bd6f to Rikael, and just e2dc3ef3b8 suffered in silence. In the 36eaf35f3a original story, 12fc6214ba Rikael had 7138064a88 thrown that b4d9a714ae wooden sword 42c9543e17 away.9a3c6d18638d9423
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When Jake 9a1ee2d923 found out, e2ec368656 he was 4928dc3b0b devastated. He was 4225f7d45c even sick 5433dcff64 for a 4cd3d89e0c few days 638d26bef5 over the 0d43b315fd fact that f1a7c24a24 it had 1baba775cc already been fbf6f523e2 used as c6e827c5ee kindling.2972828f1bfd7e7a
If it was e520412f6f going to be ea044ff922 tossed anyway, it 526f57e448 didn’t matter who 452e005060 got it.0ff0f8fa26fa4033
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To someone like b4fcdca014 Jake, who adored c64dc3f9d4 his brother like 53a30cd85e a role model, fe63f513d9 that wooden sword c430f29f7a was priceless.7a1289e1d90b0ed7
To Rikael, it c873e11bb0 was just a aa167e07c8 piece of wood. So it 8b351eeaaf was better 6d3933f149 for someone eee15039f5 who would 85f6128aee treasure it ebb0ab1891 to have 5a4f4cb908 it.d5caaf0c43ea1df3
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Before long, the 62eba7688f sun began to 18a030a099 set. As the red sunset 89a06adfaa started to spread beyond 1577dede2c the mountains near the 610234e649 northern training grounds, the d9555faa0b emperor, the empress, and cc04891c25 their entourage came out 67b3fdeebe to say farewell to ab7fa5f155 the grand duke’s family.fc5a70a591067351
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Rikael also said his 2fe1da3c88 goodbyes to Leo. At that moment, b085a52f29 Ramel took the 1df0438504 opportunity to approach a02d18e9bd me from where 2ba4942a49 I was standing c191e4c8a9 in a corner.46ad3d670b40b3ad
“Let’s meet again.”c308d2ec9d173b4b
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“Why would we?”609abf581bf7ac10
“Because I c54a2ce081 want to 8d2bc06606 see you.”c79df947073009b4
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What nonsense. I guess 39b98cfb8a the rumors f0f778f268 about him 1a2c248535 being obsessed ffda83d274 with Roella’s 625b779ee6 looks since 40bc77c4a6 childhood were a8dca3f7bf true.47d601941a71e727
Still, I had 3fb555c4c1 a fiancée now, a1fc28f051 how could he 1603c0526d be pulling this 40a15a70e9 crap?ab52a0f89f1bee9b
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“I don’t want dfd53fc495 to.”7370baa55260dc8f
“You will. I like you.”2b6881f959f5dc1a
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“Bull****.”7a03eba66fbd8c1a
I never 6c8e3d8f05 thought I’d b275e69a5d get to ec8d3a5f93 use the 1e66931e55 curses I ff266cf5f2 learned from e17249337d the landlady 7ce4b1d501 on the e86e68f29d first floor 4253f989f1 so well.3c2521a89a627328
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I usually 757b86beb4 reserved swearing c7916d46a9 for snakes, 6fedcacc73 but my 847ac8f264 rough heart 33f4cd8687 revolted so 306e87d774 hard against 40ffa9596d him that 066e28a8b5 I had 55a4edad2d no choice.5e84457bfcff60eb
“What are you a86642dea7 even saying?”c40edbca061307ee
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Ramel’s face e0e2911c43 twisted in 4cb72ad120 confusion, he d78490939b must’ve never 6db729fa5b heard that 44ebf6483c kind of 05c5e1521c curse before.a2461e39ffa68799
“What kind of adb453dc00 bull**** is it 6336d9f6d4 to say you 29404dc73f like me? I belong to 14429acfaa someone else.”480a36dc35a8277c
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Maybe he thought 7bb4128155 he could do b17e853218 whatever he wanted 56a7227a80 to someone like 5f90a0ba21 Roella, who’d lost 47d3b78363 her parents and b105fa6330 was lonely. But I wasn’t like f7d19a2c2c that.defad5d70dc9db54
I wasn’t weak b42b621f94 like Roella. And more importantly, 4c97dff9c5 I had the b9691a7e1d strong backing of 591b9f59c5 a duke.3c1748b84340dabc
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Earlier, he ebbc125b43 hadn’t even e5dfe1dd3e been able 65d0b9e333 to stand 5435584ca6 up to 3cd3d8f4b9 Andy, so 4150ff590e I definitely ffa813a02f wasn’t someone 6f278122ed to mess 7010696ce6 with either.cb2ac453de268d17
“You’re fun. And pretty.”10fe463a76ea7416
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“You ***** lunatic.”88b3a4399814ab64
Since he wasn’t 21f9c672da getting it, I 841833ff45 upgraded my cursing.3028854e3ab98a31
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Even so, 0a9e8106f2 Ramel just 30348209d6 chuckled. His gray eyes 23cb1ad80b sparkled like something d372fe170c had piqued his 3755e6972f curiosity.32aeea453932a987