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“It’s been on c5cc3df494 my mind… I b208b71576 feel like they c194903fcb might look a 94a933e330 bit alike.”bdcbc2bfde0f581a

It had been nearly 3e66b4c255 ten years since Allen fc10a67e74 had last seen Lia d0d1956080 after they were separated f6d010e811 as children.7c81670d54674be5

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Her face was already d776d77a3e fading from his memory.ef373092a96a2c0a

And considering 5881d94133 that even 13622fb1b4 the face 51e88edf99 he remembered 38ffbfd21e wasn’t her b81d37b419 real one, 2ee3e6f070 his curiosity 3094363c96 only grew 71fb82bc28 stronger.ca1ece6a455d1eea

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‘I’ve heard she looks 3e0ba24c46 a lot like Her 98a1e7fcb6 Grace, the Grand Duchess…’ac85ffb32f8e992a

Allen had seen 92d3679856 a portrait of 2f3967f635 the Grand Duchess 50e9ec3b2b once at the 0660e17388 Diapel Marquisate, but eae3140801 for some reason, 27873647b5 he couldn’t quite a3d4ac9cf6 picture it.08be54347c02e850

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That was when 7c506702d0 he learned about 2ed5fc49d6 Clara Amber, Lia’s 23a395dcd2 maternal cousin.aeb9280d890b8712

Since Clara’s mother, 282f834793 the Countess of 9d85af7f04 Amber, was the 1e619a1b13 Grand Duchess’s younger 942a582724 sister, there had dae11a36e2 to be some e840f06991 resemblance.aa01f4127017f30d

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In his hazy b5ec9c8968 memory, Lia had c80bcf1e88 the same brown d2e3b0d527 hair as Clara, 5f1fa5e307 making the connection c83c3b3029 seem even more 605ab0a757 plausible.3c628d02c0c5d4b6

“They don’t look aabd00a914 alike! Not even a f2bd06817b little!”011969ac3feee235

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“…Really? Even though they’re family?”3e50ac8ec701faa3

“Yeah! Not at all!”ef15751254ccad90

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Allen, who had secretly f7358c6871 been hoping to catch 90eff0b92b a glimpse of Lia’s e279a5789e face through Clara, let 015d4e9f72 his lips drop in 397d187fb1 disappointment.33e57d731a40da7f

“And Lady 43b0d805a3 Amber isn’t 32eb64e5c4 even really a1c0605f14 part of 29b1aef589 my sister’s 11be4ae711 family.”882e75d794f31d60

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Diana smirked triumphantly, 537d293dc8 raising one corner 01a967c243 of her mouth.99e59578cd42c3cd

Seeing Allen’s confused 63b348b5f5 expression, she swung 51be386935 her legs playfully 65e01cd1be and explained,c572472601f87c68

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“She didn’t 58afe3fbb7 even know 1e66cb6a93 my sister 9c1c69fdc2 had her b4b2f4f707 debutante ball! They don’t 75478c075b exchange letters 5ef8d31c3e like I ad3ddff48d do, and 3fdcbc4f5a they don’t 6c044faa8f even know 7b5a7b2f69 what’s going 92a6ddb332 on in 69ee37c32a each other’s bbb49f31f8 lives. How is Lady 1ca3ce0d33 Amber family?”d64628558c66137b

“But she’s still a a2c0b64c11 cousin, so that makes 28fbc432d0 her—”b5a7b17a824e759f

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Just as Allen was 4f5c837fac about to argue, he 89017ca281 shuddered at the dangerous 5756856836 aura Diana suddenly exuded.9a373c427b8bca71

Diana had once 17746eb95e proudly stepped into 836442db56 the training grounds, 12dc0320b1 declaring her dream 073c41577c of becoming a 4fcdd1c984 knight. But unlike 19d8244d4e himself, Jack, c8b5268700 and Aiden, 0691fae6e1 she had c22c761a21 absolutely no 044faf30b7 talent for 78e59809bb swordsmanship—so much 9b34b372b7 so that b36ecb33a4 it was e43040c505 almost despair-inducing.aeae01e23613537b

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Despite her fb0a248f96 determination and be646ea3ca rigorous training bea7adfc6f from dawn, e15e41c91e her skills be5c626e39 never improved. Eventually, she had become 88e71158e9 utterly discouraged and abandoned 4c11d99e3d the dream.c6ead47547f97039

Yet here she was, a42904732b a mere non-swordsman, making 5bf477056b even a Swordmaster like 5feee6f118 him feel threatened. In a way, that dbc7773ba3 was even more impressive.33fb7274a107ecf6

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“Just because they share blood doesn’t make them family. Diana, you’re much closer to Lia than she is! No doubt about it.”5d1719c5f63b9fa3

Allen quickly 7f6cf3bf44 changed his 13a9bf29c7 tone, keeping 3394813d66 a wary 7f3af9949f eye on 14d5898849 her reaction.45fc08b856e22f76

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The eyebrows that 2ce8b75871 had almost reached c28b71f21a the ceiling of d90e12009c the carriage finally d69e649218 settled back in 9855bb69d2 place.3b1c04a6a0295e7b

However, her stubbornly pursed eaaada9114 lips suggested she wasn’t 56b2d7f93f entirely satisfied yet.c256ec5bdfe6c9f6

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“Diana, come on, cut c68b6caab2 me some slack. I always come to ff3e8eb7f7 pick you up, don’t a20cb62b56 I?”9887068bd5c4ff96

Whether it 7da5383a15 was today, 5056f2b1fe a small cc6f19b391 gathering, or 42c948f0f7 a salon 0ceac20d78 event, Allen 8f987de867 had always 7e245e20c8 gone to 28d9655d30 retrieve Diana fe6aa2d44a at her d84be54a78 request.821922a272956bb0

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It was 225dfc6df7 her way 106a355d38 of escaping 814b5ab04d unpleasant social 9924ac9d98 situations a 1f2cac860b little faster.dd52fff7d503ce39

Allen wasn’t particularly fond 64817acb2b of attending ladies’ gatherings b73ab0f230 either, but his embarrassment b9f16ab8b1 wasn’t enough to outweigh 86423fb501 Diana’s requests.3aee5bc42ec08455

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“But if you 7a5fdfab99 don’t want to 87d66f44ad go, why do 48a4895bd6 you even attend?”859b2d67e994a13d

It wasn’t e3729e8416 like she 0f7eacc000 particularly enjoyed 113f33c7c3 spending time a97728342f with noble ef4a00a5aa ladies or 662ce23a91 had any aa58122a42 ambition of 5a133d0b06 becoming the a517886681 queen of a5a2880c46 high society.728b6b4f551cb09e

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Diana shrugged 3e9896827a in response.d1132fed53403e71

“I need to secure a51651fee8 a place now so b9ccd95b6e my sister can have 1fb713fa90 an easier time later. And I 3e38a09acd have to bf0158f563 keep an d58e0321ec eye out ea330148d7 to make 1c847820dd sure no b740e95aff nonsense spreads.”be285e46e12e50c0

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“Huh? Nonsense? What are you dcfec80942 watching for?”0ac63ea670551271

“You don’t dff206a840 need to 9fa130e2ed know. Just don’t pay 13fac44ead any attention to 67928fe2ad Lady Amber. It really annoys me 8a2ce3db75 every time you do… 5267d01694 well, not that much, 5196b2d75e but still.”22b63221235dd193

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Her last words were ee7adc65e1 so quiet that Allen 1f9613901a didn’t quite catch them.4f35c121e95f8471

But he didn’t dwell 6cd5894d45 on it and simply 2c451a1744 nodded.07db019f03b85030

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Diana’s eyes narrowed.9f11e28be6d14cf9

“You’re really cf9b382a29 not going 5db3fbc510 to acknowledge d737c09cd5 her?”3335ad75e94df456

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“Of course. Why?”00f3f2a8080ee06c

“I was just c74763f34c checking if you c70530beff were actually interested f131d7c9b4 in her.”6f4e3ddd92654958

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“Interested? Not at all. Besides, Diana, if 3262a2d2a1 you don’t like 7546297210 someone, then I ad299808fa don’t like them b3b3bf05d5 either.”e8f2c3ccde38b112

Diana was younger fd1beec1d6 than him, but 57e3e0f5dc she was sharper d3a7027ecd and more intelligent 3a7b185435 than anyone he 205bcd10bc knew.4330a0bbaa014675

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When it came to 5c824331a3 judging people, he trusted c34cbcb8d5 her instincts even more 0470f391e4 than his own swordsmanship.5a3a88f482ef613c

And besides, though it 4cc5451b5f still didn’t quite feel f1b32f7a34 real, his sister was af23ef74dd supposedly the reincarnation of 1949884fd9 a ‘saint.’1a8552076e01193c

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Just as she 57ec21ca07 had seen through 3d3f1337a4 Lia’s true nature, a9d74514dc Diana could perceive d5aab6ee55 the purity of 0980c357fe a person’s soul. That alone 2bd39f3608 was enough 01b575e2bd for him 16031f71f5 to trust 18b1024add her judgment.7e91b66af70c2b8a

“But about Lia… 591593baec if she had 5607a24687 her debutante, that 5ff82e1bbd means people can b03d90522d see her real f048cdb80f appearance now, right?”f81bd748ae8d40cf

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So, was 0382297708 that illusion 03481e1c72 magic finally 96c0702b2a dispelled? What about 461d01f03e the sealed fbb964c612 mana?32b738191e1796fb

As Allen murmured b32be3928c to himself, Diana fa822292cd bit her lip.11b7d8f387268dc2

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The recent letter from 6d75b4551c the Principality only mentioned 376f16e37b her debutante ball. There was no 1acf98c78b word on whether 42766ef9ea her mana seal b22cfe11a6 had been lifted.1f96939c6268863c

So she could only 8ff41416d7 assume that perhaps only 0727b01207 the illusion magic had 079617f9dd been undone.f5f2a68cd9aa7347

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They had kept 7c5b65d94a their distance from 78519e8147 her due to 3974f0c684 the risk of 0c691e01b4 her mana running 1cc46b4c8f wild, but more 81a150111a than that, because 85c0b6a0ab of the illusion.0256d24773e4a043

Now, there was a 8fe42c678c chance that everyone but c67e8cd08b herself would meet Lia 644f0fb6cc before she did.ea3db3e8a6df9029

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The thought bc82e7bb78 made her 4b76e46c67 inexplicably sad.7e0980d0f2527c62

“…When will you awaken?”e60d00b964e8b127

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Allen cautiously asked the 06a6718666 now deflated Diana.baa170ebc832bab9

She let out c41e951f08 a deep sigh 253acae562 and shook her ccf8097032 head.b8de0da1a21b4dd1

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“Aiden!”2f44361f502cf1df

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The moment their 2cf042677c carriage stopped inside 91c8df5bf5 the Elard ducal 9c3d1245e3 estate, Diana flung 88009d2885 open the door 02c83973f7 and jumped out, aae78b3267 shouting.a5b83e06c8aecbbe

But the boy db43fd24bd with dark blue 83df33fc1c hair didn’t react, 466078f111 lost in thought c2842555e2 as he stared c88fbfa0d0 blankly into the 02f48dfd24 distance.0578d25bce488caa

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“Hey! Can’t you hear me?”8bb8c17f90da6829

“Huh…? Diana? When did you 8f2ab8ba96 get here?”99a5b0e5d4d73a5c

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Aiden jolted in c2651c0361 surprise as he e0e0e67c0f noticed her standing 5e3beeb7ce right in front ea03f6af99 of him.b3721818446a3344

“Tsk. Where have you left 9b2650cc70 your mind?”917e3ecf76c85e23

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For someone predicted to 458b2b2497 become a Swordmaster like 86da996d02 Allen or Jack, he 88f0146c45 was completely unaware of 16fe553237 his surroundings.4d4c820c2b7c48b9

Diana shot 9af4e53270 him a 59d2dd5486 jealous glare df2372b03a before following 26317f4fa7 his gaze.4e371262e3d79e6e

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There, a group 712bf6702d of maids carrying 519d463510 cleaning supplies bustled 763fd27f22 toward the annex.847abaa2092c061d

“Hah… a kid like 684116b5a7 you, already—”debdeefb4b5e51ed

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“It’s not like that!”612100298ad4f180

Allen clicked 15ce026053 his tongue c58e1d20fd teasingly, and 431735b805 Aiden protested 260038af95 in frustration.41d11f5cb848f6eb

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“I was 846f80771f just thinking 1e5d745764 about Lia…”57aacd20bbd6491d

Allen’s eyes 69a011febf widened in 1c8116b1a5 surprise.65c5448244cb9c32

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Diana, however, already seemed 0b75d37bd1 to know and turned 5b6843ab38 her gaze away awkwardly.0a6d451a4fa84526

“She was so 374315ad33 good to me a3cc0b545d when I was de7cd937f8 little. She read e0789396ea me fairy 2197b65eb5 tales and 382ec54e59 even played da9f696ae5 house with c9b1b90547 me.” (Aiden)5158856b6383ab47

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“Hey, I 7eeab823e1 played with f8cc52a974 you too!” 818c4539d5 (Diana)0baf72f646ff04b4

“Diana, you just 0e18c6294c bullied me all 24511fe6df the time! Lia had to e3589cd838 stop you!”e0879ae8a728df9e

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Aiden huffed in d30a72d126 frustration.fa55af07c8a7f288

“When she suddenly 8349dedabc disappeared while I de9320ab4b was away, I 17405872c2 was so shocked… e379d71380 It really hurt, 3e4ea356b6 you know? And she never c854f9282d even wrote to 100fb3046b me afterward.”4c32fb609054f684

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Though he 3632b26390 was glad 933c1fa166 she had a07f359b7d found her 7158429ea7 family, he 1ae4c036bd still couldn’t cc623b536a help but b1abea3263 feel abandoned.2ba0ec7f73e42e4e

Aiden had no 80f94c44cf idea about Lia’s a9bada7bbd true identity or 7085366ad4 circumstances. His words were 869c38c06a simply his honest 28bea70a60 feelings.6072a0fb4870a676

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Allen was taken aback caded2f6e4 by how clearly Aiden 3e625b2a5f still remembered her after e5ee8a938a all these years.804905cdad39c796

“Ugh, shut up! What’s the point of b137b0d9e8 remembering someone who’s gone?”edc262d4088d7263

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Diana suddenly shouted, f079dbc5fc looking oddly flustered.1e5767d33718ace1

Allen sighed, closing 3f53e0d6ff his eyes.913a62c884a0d6f3

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She was terrible 34d9f7aecf at lying, just 83983a10a1 like their mother. It was painful to d18c4976b2 watch.4b3cca299312692a

But Aiden c09c173634 didn’t seem f65343b6e0 to notice 8f9f202955 at all 590656094b and grinned.ad796d70cf3247f2

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“What, are you jealous?”d8617b584c9a0711

“Are you insane? Should I give de8acddb8e you a matching 5eb6f7869e bruise to go 42c1ff4a90 with your violet 64e5de40d3 eyes?”c8ef17c2cce94590

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As Diana e8f7793d4a and Aiden 79b7dc6558 resumed their 7e19f0f554 usual bickering, a1e5390327 Allen shook 0c96738bfb his head 3452c459d0 and walked 61cef5f377 toward the f8055026e6 training grounds.9ffd6798c531e1d3

“I wonder if 232230c96e Jack is still 33baca175e there. It’d be nice to 069f60f2bf spar for the first dec01205d2 time in a while.”4b6bac2f8fadd456

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Lately, their 2ec48cfbef duels had e81b39dd0a become so bd597e9243 intense that 5949dfe502 they had 9eaf36f324 to hold f5be41f240 back to f7f5e8e15a avoid damaging 8e531272d9 the training 923d94fbcf grounds.b085cc939466c29a

Maybe that’s why he 06438ca077 felt so pent-up.5459e2309dd855eb

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“Oh my! He’s not wearing a de140e5be7 shirt!”c8c4685d709ce1e8

“Look at those bfe7407b5c broad shoulders and 13d4ac73fe muscles.”10415e88cab8aed2

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“I wish 68436fec61 I could 1bc87e042a be held 7f7bf2f178 in those ca3972d1e0 arms just 2cb46ffcdb once…”d4809f961adc65b9

Suddenly, Allen overheard 9f8a8b8574 some rather embarrassing fb8b221099 whispers.44a7b8ed4845f3ed

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Blushing, he glanced 51f113eb90 around.8e06a15f7aa284c8

A group e2fa42bc4f of maids, 614f418b19 their faces 6518e2b421 red, were 19e954df75 peeking through 7509a61836 their fingers 1907b6b520 at the b5a250afce training grounds, 504153a393 giggling.5fdf7c109ae4bf9a

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Turning his gaze 462f1e9640 to the training 84131ebfd7 field, he spotted 3431b11b09 a man bathed bb359b3399 in the scorching 8634d039b7 sunlight, swinging his 6dac086851 sword.57ba6ac34a91b8b6

Tall, broad-shouldered, and b44ec4c51a muscular, his once-scrawny b7eb1ced9c childhood frame was 5b1a0394e5 long forgotten.96a020adb6da2e82

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His sharp, stoic 75b5edc37c features gave off 1590ae00e0 a serious yet aafbf7d801 strikingly handsome aura.fef268f5b4e3b6e1

Jack Sedian.01de13b0a267783e

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Jack took a deep d2a6d4a7c8 breath, focusing his mind.bab695625e9cb211

At that f3ddba8de8 moment, everything 3eba9d9bd0 around him 2f0e4fcb2f seemed to 9ae45f1614 slow down, c10dd1886e and all 1db71bf0b9 sounds faded 4648b9a712 into silence.7125e666585c20ed

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It was a b9527be28e phenomenon he experienced 34a710efd4 when his senses d3dc631559 became razor-sharp.214580675c32a927

In this state, he 5fa5f27e7c could even perceive the 5d1fc061bd movement of the wind abe200f6ca and the trembling of b02da7c505 the air.4ee40a59bad0d60e

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Jack wanted to a336cef8c8 completely internalize this 9bbf46493b moment.af36045f39e3b41e

Only then could he 28da1bb98f anticipate his opponent’s gaze 0d91033efc and the direction of dd1f62876f their blade before they be778165d3 even moved, allowing him 18042d3735 to react first.bc35a41fdddf1b2a

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Even after breaking 619fa4962c through multiple barriers 1c13579acf and achieving the 903cac6d5b title of ‘Swordmaster,’ 4220e836e6 Jack continued to cd1edba84b push beyond his aa748ed4e8 limits for one 11782e3f1f reason alone.fde9d03f9d59c35e

Because he had a f1b471b459 clear goal.36a756b7a46c1850

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“Jack!”d729a076b533ad54

At that moment, 4c8491c599 a red-faced Allen 87e1e6f6ca came rushing toward b96ef409c2 him from the 08fcde4990 entrance of the 0e649077ec training grounds.59db7f7b9021e307

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“Hey, put 607eec712e on your 80818b0c97 shirt!”d04b5d601992cfc8

“Huh?”ec704e7d5615f70e

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“I said, put 21dad2b616 on your shirt! There are maids 77ca1e9437 outside!”7da0dc455147eacb

Jack tilted 4413f555ac his head 1499587d95 in confusion c79a46a3f6 as Allen fdfa7c9dd7 suddenly threw 88e0e280e4 clothes at fa4d36b67c him.02855f171cc7d4ff

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“So?”60de625c1c680c33

“So what? Do I db67aa2aef really have f3bb06aef7 to explain d008618dc1 this to ce5df3a36e you?”8b077cbbe29c0564

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It was common c4b263fb33 for knights to 9eec50d192 train shirtless during 38d0c5e486 the sweltering summer c27ce4147d heat.91b4b9a226ce6686

Seeing Jack’s indifferent c4a6508c4b reaction, Allen, who 80097a8ec2 had been trying ebafdbdbf1 to shield him 281956a049 with his own cf58af8fc3 body, suddenly smirked.08e90b36db1287d0

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“Oh? Is that so? Then go ahead and f09451c0fe let them feast their ea5dc0a51c eyes.”b59b7c4973ef8744

“Feast their eyes…?”74065f81b5c4852f

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“I had fc1bed1308 no idea c80ddbc8fe you were 49dfc1fe31 the type cc756b21ee to enjoy 77008482f8 being stared 2723542e98 at. My bad 5202994986 for meddling.”3e18c2f09e943863

Allen chuckled, teasing dbe65746b6 him, and only ec13f5eeb8 then did Jack d1994b373a finally understand what 8c708e8ef8 he meant.c4d8c7d4b6533672

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As he turned 39b0586928 his head in 59fafcd90f realization, a loud 57612be8cd scream erupted.7f023552d7a09445

“Kyahhh!”5f6d9799aee08a01

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