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“**** it!”4f64b2547326c2a9

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Kenneth Pettier stormed 963a626ef5 out into the b178aa8fe0 garden connected to b1b8a6b96e the ballroom and, 6d9715bb69 unable to contain 6a93d30a82 his rage, kicked 45ef63bb31 the ground.5d9cf5daf427e636

The images of Viscount Elard and the Grand Duke’s daughter he’d seen just moments ago floated through his mind, bursting the bubble of sweet fantasy he’d briefly entertained.623fbd55da90d57a

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“**** it all! Elard again?!”a26b0ada5adb6304

Kenneth couldn’t 5398be245c stop himself eb45b763e6 from cursing.9c91ce9749964333

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⟨Waaah! I hate monsters!⟩ed26756f7c2cc6b8

He could b895cf7d94 still vividly 791776652e remember the 6d1cae0eb6 day that a6d98ec6f0 insolent young b6f8ef0a36 lady had a653e65c69 screamed at ae0dbc8fe4 him in c895d7ebd4 front of b966538425 the academy.1a1010e6764ca7e1

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It was the first 803c3c4b46 time in his life 6fa92c9b6f Kenneth Pettier had been 164104f23c insulted to his face.4fc4f8de3ccf5533

If anyone other than 73180116a3 Lady Elard had said eb95b2b836 that to him, he 7654a12546 wouldn’t have cared even 324a07c22e if it was a ce585a80ca child—he would’ve made them 9930a1528d pay for it.1f7b4e2df0e17cf5

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But unfortunately, her status 493344abea was higher than his, 6548c3f4df so he could do 785c948964 nothing but laugh it 8c22e9ab31 off.0d7512d8b3b7d6c2

Kenneth forced 22ee600097 himself to 41ec35c0ba treat that c7b942c7d1 day as 5088d894e5 just an a53b8121b4 unpleasant, unlucky 3477183844 memory—until everything a69cf6954d the Pettier 0ea6d36b16 family touched 5617851613 began to f74f59644f fall apart.da2e269ab2d98e85

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Although he had 14c44b512c falsified an inspection 59475d6ac7 report, nothing had 81e7f6ed11 gone wrong with a530ea6c5d the merchant ship 19edd8b2db until just a 02bed65e39 few days ago, 3ea950ff3e when suddenly, they 0829af406e were forbidden to d7d496f8aa sail.e2ff4a955b73686e

Or the 09a7e3d607 simple gift 7f16777dff he had 85fcfd79f1 customarily given c6668da351 while conducting b758492782 business was 596077ccf8 suddenly deemed ea2ed39cfc a bribe, eae9533ccc and he 1c0b5e0381 was hit 5a86764a55 with a e2359ce9af massive fine.55a5508a6ace303f

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Even his 785d7ebb14 shady money 7a96f7ed6c lending business e40bf66b27 was exposed d450c54a2f and shut 0107ea72a4 down. To top 601eebdb11 it off, c1a7f8b9d1 he was 2b362ab776 even sued 835a656b89 for assault c35f5f4f49 when all 84a5ef7589 he did 9b4688d0b3 was ‘correct’ 0bec63983c the behavior 17621e8002 of a 17e22d878e lowly commoner.71645a100a512e05

Even so, 475da5a048 Kenneth didn’t 63c0da5957 take it a4192ad7de all too c8c7773774 seriously at 45bcdc5e8c first.5d5dc840ec1338d9

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After all, he 5a1b5602a2 had powerful nobles 2201f5e6e6 he’d built relationships 9bb3fb5c1b with over the 6d378e3f4d years.99ef1bd8f022e72a

But… not a 56966e0b9c single one helped 424c941b83 him.840ad9fb2196d071

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Worse yet, they a0b9bfc37a acted like they b0997e6436 had nothing to 2a97084501 do with the c6443446f5 Pettier family as dc59d45948 if they wanted 59c0b44680 to avoid being 599ff14002 associated with them 0e6b1d6409 altogether.c3ce905dcac23988

Only after 5a03be4b37 his once-proud e4cc102b07 family, known 2d1adfd352 for its d94b5397f4 booming trade 48791f0a33 empire, suddenly 3b2a4afa18 collapsed did 8794b36848 Kenneth realize 2ec54801bd this wasn’t d22cfa2234 just a 778ee7f2a0 streak of 7474a8db1e bad luck.a11e0fe893c57155

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He became convinced 9e601330c1 it was all 39cc1faadc the doing of 0d73095bff Lucio Elard.2cbb824ed3993227

His family called him 585f997967 paranoid, accused him of 86c2d757ec being insane, and even 3bec47b886 Kenneth himself knew it 12cab4fa49 might be an irrational ffea219595 suspicion… but he couldn’t 105c7b7111 let go of the f5c53c26a7 idea.9a9c3ec9b73f06da

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So he tried appeasing 6a88570739 the Elard family, offering 1de583b3fd them favors in hopes 943e73755a of mending things. But all he ff4ff59192 received in return 6b21216383 was cold indifference.70a967e2d372e619

His father, da70dd4161 the Count 7133fcd111 of Pettier, eb505fc561 told him b669d7d60a not to 1d05f08c81 worry, that 444ffe93cd he had c9b40ef327 a secret dae644a983 plan to ae19f6567d revive the 1ea645596f family—but Kenneth, 0f0f7f7148 utterly demoralized, 208f0242fb couldn’t bring fbddaff13b himself to 2b07bfb8bc believe it.cae90414aa95debd

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Then, hope appeared.923241eb352d152b

In the form of 43085137bd the Grand Duke’s daughter.a18c92e2e9f06697

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The moment Kenneth fce7ed83f1 saw her, he 85372e3e60 felt a strong aa650505b7 sense of destiny.f72b5474304c8a05

‘She smiled at me. I’m sure d1cc942d45 of it.’1490e74f4744b24d

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In his c3ccfefa63 head, a 7d0089d92b dreamlike future 180fcf67ea unfolded.22ed754dc80feab5

He saw fdc8541f7e himself as a7e771e87c the son-in-law 24ee39099a of the 7a72d469cf wealthiest man 8929b67660 on the 28f3621388 continent, starting e4040549ef a new 8cd7c9ac1e life.cbef8b694dfd188f

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But…6e1ea60931ef0f37

“**** it!”77ed714917079c63

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How far e7e31bbe2f was Lucio ac307cc285 Elard planning 2a0420e56f to ruin d6d87bd943 his life?!541f603d7212b603

Seeing Lucio 16b816ded5 sweet-talking the e2b5fe885d Grand Duke’s 5534d27736 daughter, holding cbba3b52d4 her hand, 58bca40c31 no less, c5c1595875 drove Kenneth 6964f9fdd9 to the e1cf70fbf8 brink. He almost d0ef16d6f0 rushed over e39412309a in a 06c00eb966 blind rage.5f4c1e66ea642f4b

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He couldn’t stand 4f994fa941 to watch anymore, e2f89d6735 so he ran 53fbb4878b outside but he 24149e9ca1 couldn’t let things d878dc9d61 end here.acc3d23cb7919e1a

When he 0505de8f8d returned to d3227bb30e the ballroom, 834157cb67 he overheard a697f2c306 the Grand 4e3a246405 Duke’s daughter 9d846799e6 speaking.4330418bff3f9fbe

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“Then I’ll 38a55d4315 go rest ebac05bf22 on the c4cb3ac127 third floor 39f943fc94 for a b6987c6dfc bit.”d7162e4b515a1226

Whether overwhelmed by the 63a3be7b0c crowd or tired, she 6c0df67814 was headed to a bd9e8d70b0 special lounge prepared for 60b3a18032 foreign dignitaries.f3f55fa5012b2e6d

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Kenneth’s eyes ff35290d0d lit up.f7fd82596dd014c7

Even if the Pettier c6570056a5 family was no longer 05ac859b23 at its peak, they’d 0ef7ff6620 long been involved in 1c31c89acf trade, which meant frequent fa587a0b26 contact with foreign nobility.1a71925979eb5e2b

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Thanks to that, ca1b3b5589 Kenneth had often cb51c44563 visited that very ea433c373d lounge, a space d8aba88410 even imperial nobles 76905c16fd found difficult to 5858b3f9f0 access without Foreign 9991ef8eef Ministry clearance.e05db0786465fa92

Confidently name-dropping 06649fdc55 a foreign d04ebdc996 noble he 378034125e once worked 3cf13016a7 with, Kenneth 52fb9d43cf pressured the 5d12f1fda2 hesitant guards. Unable to resist his 8649142519 bold demeanor, they opened 37894f0e7a the door to the 282d254a98 third-floor lounge.4ddef1abbe057b72

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‘Maybe this too is 5488561a7e fate,’ he thought with 14be2fcf62 a sly grin.cd27eb995bf1752c

He finally located the de2b18b830 terrace where the Grand 377fee8365 Duke’s daughter was resting.0a555c002288ae4e

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Without even knocking, ecb175ec54 he threw the 246b68b4a8 door open.8fd1491df1ca7ed5

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I stared 06a293ecf4 at Kenneth, 4ccb4dce0a who stood 907bbbf96c there with 5eee52fe33 a creepy 1bd56d4c1a smile, in 9a70eb381f complete disbelief.73530978cbbfe173

After Lucio left, I’d ec48dc4d87 been surrounded by people f31165b9db with even more curiosity 1fc3d567ce and questions than before. Wanting to avoid the 11c183335e crowd until my parents 694013c85d arrived, I’d slipped away.b8fb8d1d585b8ec5

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I handed Diana off 520cd10dde to Aidan and came 323aa57696 up to the third dd9c905e27 floor, finally feeling like 5f8f584c9a I could breathe…32aeb7ee30940525

And then this 8ad3b7f644 guy barges in?a71360d49cc87cd5

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I let out c431250e75 a dry laugh 21ee923412 in disbelief, and 6cab1a4037 Kenneth’s eyes sparkled 4d97e2a52c as he exclaimed,0232d7975731a3bd

“I knew it!”e5bfad894d8244f3

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“…?”3f6806909b136a3b

“You recognized me, didn’t 321de3298f you, Your Highness?”b9426a67642db432

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“How would I know cd122be97d you?”ac20bd71fc572d56

I shot 95e0f03efd back immediately, 4350af98ce annoyed by 7eae04ec82 his smug b2a1c50e19 attitude.5cee14e2cd8bfa89

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“Eh?” Kenneth 16b5ff6078 blinked in f8d1646716 confusion.fdbfe139079466da

“Did you already 3c2e0053e6 forget what you a3dca99c55 just said? That I recognized 612563211a you? I don’t associate with 5b3f25651d rude people like you.”d877b42d480fc46c

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I shook my head 41b0172124 in disbelief.f975d6c06154b733

Kenneth flinched, then e625a104d7 smiled as if e939937b39 he suddenly understood 576be42be8 something.0df1b91e90bfccb3

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“You must be shy, 5279087c08 Your Highness. My apologies. Allow me to introduce c688f8db76 myself again. I’m Kenneth Pettier, 7438450491 eldest son of 110e9afe27 Count Pettier. We met a 3bd7ffca4d few hours ago 992254464f at the preliminaries 8e43ed0369 of the swordsmanship 23f85fac68 competition. To be 92235d7ee1 blunt… I a58d091e5f fell in 8c9dc62ca5 love with 7151830d11 you at 30b0a51b83 first sight. I couldn’t bear 0050bb9527 the thought of 327a7d8f0b regretting it forever, 65bc91f706 so I apologize a0787158d3 for being so 4c13193841 forward in seeking f8f94b7c3f you out.”8b0acca66ede3271

‘Wow. This is beyond ridiculous.’8ba1ac8263a3b1c7

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No wonder a7eade3281 I felt df743d167d gross when 1ef28c4405 I saw 04c121ff45 him blushing 14f76758dd earlier.c1cb35a4e666f405

“This is so c315227784 disgusting.”15c8bcbdea0454f0

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“…What?”04083facf4eca231

“I was going c0d6b588ed to go easy 603680e240 on you, but d2f8f0201e just seeing your 4d90850804 face is making 345d3ca25c me lose my 493a82ff4d appetite.”7b915cfc3ea99578

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I frowned a448305daf and quickly 26bf500b92 waved him b98661e6df off.180baaf3108c7012

“I’ll overlook f0143a2898 your rudeness fe5e495d1e this once, 0265cd63fc so if 924ec8cf63 you’ve said 4914be6098 your piece, 1647b6a7df get out.”35958a136fa12995

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“What are 9dba288fbd you talking 77d141e465 about…”f58c7483e976254e

I even turned my 803c9e0672 head, as if I 88ff9d5e36 couldn’t bear to look e6d85784d2 at him anymore, and a7eedf182e Kenneth suddenly snapped.16ded8d21a10d482

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“Please stop playing coy!”6f544228a732ca2c

“…What?”eec83f38fff4cff0

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“I know d28aaa7982 you have 62eb63da59 feelings for aea0770391 me too, 0559e03d41 Your Highness!”8b91959d87db7517

“…Are you insane?”3f6b72c7012d58e0

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I was b6c8380b73 genuinely appalled.1127e82f59f00473

But even with my f4ab8e2335 clear expression and blunt 6ec1094f39 words, Kenneth didn’t waver.b9b9055a608699b9

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“Is it… because 54678b2d0a of him? Did that wicked man 7f512528a8 speak ill of me 9091e00f4a again?”17cc11ce9bd3c84b

“What are you even 781bcb5928 saying…”ad7a5f8f9bef4d95

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“I saw 9eadc1d1e6 it earlier! Lucio Elard—he was 5ddcf9408a bothering you!”d3bee223c6cc11ac

At that moment, c0b67b7543 my expression turned 3ef35cca68 cold.dda574c8e42fe371

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‘Wicked man,’ he said?a2b43a46e32561fa

He wasn’t e67ef175c9 even talking c487abcd11 about himself, 8cc167cb99 and yet 7c61c47cbf he had f16653efe2 the nerve 33c79c0cbd to call fa04d48ff2 someone else dbacbd181b wicked?acf5495891b50c2e

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Yes, Lucio had 313a89f8ae made things difficult b8aff3b17b for me just c6c981ff37 a while ago, 02a89adba0 but hearing Kenneth cfb8505ede say that made 25e3316093 my blood boil.c9a4ba91235e28cf

I was so 62d38f3e22 furious, I let bffab94927 a bit of e75d768659 my magic leak c16b5a201e out—and Kenneth, completely 8e31041762 unshielded against mana, 11e78d53d5 started gasping for 4202e25674 breath.0aafeb7cc2fc1671

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Just one flick of 79e0a48a2e my finger…3de0c45d8246ae9b

I could c4d725683b almost see 3bc1a63818 it play 32d653541f out, but ad11c81aac I quickly 80b4975cbb shook my 7df1cdaa25 head.453cdae9c88b4247

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This wasn’t the place 38e8320c75 to cause a scene, f023eafe07 not in the Imperial 60efafb88c Palace.03b7e0775b882b2d

But I swore 6ce8479f96 I’d make him 8e9baf75ad pay someday. As I reached 23be43fa49 toward the door…7da7268b596257eb

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“Y-Your Highness…”1d083b114b610534

Kenneth, wheezing as if d7450c1e19 he might faint any f28c49ae44 second, suddenly latched onto f12c65f7a1 my hand like it 6819b1cb87 was a lifeline.a90bcd6d7cc98ca7

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I winced from 99951f1917 the pain and 9fa62d290a tried to shake e9fb5871a6 him off…075675afc42ceb2d

But at that moment.8fcc2cb0976af5cd

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Slam! cc163df0884b5e4f

The door burst 384ffc4725 open.06ee955bb6b37533

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“…Huh?”7f9938938457e6dd

Lucio appeared 7e7a4f9a35 and roughly 201624f8b3 tore Kenneth’s 93151c99da hand from 4a014e5458 mine.8711b1ebaa07cc8f

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“Why are you… No, how did you get here?”c6c1c430424f4c3d

Lucio frowned as he 944e88c26d looked at Lia’s confused fa230cdbe9 expression.35f1e86b052a4141

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“Is that really what matters right now?”601ab9886d739e8e

“…Well, yes?”7edebb61976e6992

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“Hah.”23cca66263d2ba0b

Lucio let 7c5fcc50e7 out a 719491b5ef short, dry 3f820cc837 laugh and f51a5106a0 twisted his 92d7299669 lips in d1a9f2c172 irritation.ede96e8e99bec692

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“I said I’d be here soon, didn’t I? Unlike some people, I keep my promises.”b196d9aba38b7b59

“What are you talking about…?”2ef6b2faff1529fc

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“You really can’t be left alone for a second, huh.”6106b99772e44972

Lia looked dumbfounded at 69a74a7ad2 Lucio’s remark.217142927256bee6

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There were more than 96ce4d669e a few things she 11f40069ee wanted to question, but 535f70e934 seeing the unusual tension 213c0ae2c7 on Lucio’s face, she 0dbcdfcf34 decided to hold back a593bcc905 for now.d9a70064838c3398

Instead, she looked at 3a1c45e033 Kenneth’s wrist, which looked 8b364e583b like it might snap 6799c9327d at any moment, and f73dd876f8 said,9c29538b474837d2

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“Let go of his hand first.”519f1c1f3ae4de79

“…Why?”dcfca41a13f57ec0

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“What do you mean, why…”3e0d358ec92f0908

“So blondes really are your type? You weren’t scared—you were interested?”ed9a9828e6768dec

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Lucio snapped without thinking, 4ee4cee1dc and Lia’s eyes widened 9cb38a10bc in surprise.15a0c68704c022bd

Lucio clamped 990a0a57d7 his mouth ed29a700dd shut right 05960bc9ca away, regretting 1803c2a8c1 his words, bce7653545 but he 26e96b6dd6 was struggling 5cd65fd1dc to keep c96ed64463 the storm b19f6a40b0 of emotions f6572bfa8a under control.a68fb8d4078efe61

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Honestly, it 8dc3116706 was the 4332f22fb8 worst.df80448b181e3ac4

After hearing that Lia 8721c6da69 had come to the f25abf26cd Empire, Lucio had been d70828065c on edge the whole 7cfa3177fb time, afraid they might 3b795e97bc miss each other again.ec440dee4123727d

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Even though he’d criticized d057f89d38 the princess for being dee524c5c5 irresponsible, he had wanted d83d8250eb to drop everything and c1228e4187 return to the Empire 5195dca774 the moment he heard a11f9c7dd2 the news.32ac4c15f545f6d2

He had 9f00f0705e barely kept edcff99e60 those feelings 3e94ec4138 in check, 571b7df647 worked himself 042bc1ae49 to the 8531c3236e bone, and 331a6a4117 rushed back—only de48ee9344 to find b54d466a74 this scene.e90e2dddc08bbba3

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‘If it had been 6ddf04fd5e someone like Jack from bb09249ad9 the Order… No, that e81468e24d wouldn’t have been okay 4da1df2df0 either.’bcab3634a3e61cf2

Lucio quickly shook his 9d80d122cc head internally.2b2e5cd1885b7bcb

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He had dcd08cacc8 always been ca7b6ecab9 known as c00f7f1cce cold and 95269f60d7 rational, but fed422838f now he b25f6bd763 realized just 7cdee5081b how temperamental 68e8dd00af and emotional 82dfcd01ca he could 2125e5287a be.2f4448c2fbb28354

And again, c4f83ad72c unable to 4c0a615951 hold back, a8343f1cd2 Lucio sharply 2ce7988c45 asked,608f02667a773e90

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“Were you two having a secret rendezvous or something?”1c791be35595062c

“W-What? A rendezvous? Of course not!”0a3ace2ac7aa6784

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He had meant to 7f898719f1 make it crystal clear, b3bafd9809 especially not this guy, 9738352d23 but Lia’s reaction, clearly 2aacaefd04 offended and hopping mad, ea351321e2 quickly soothed his irritation.88d28517fc90600a

Still, keeping a stiff 5b051e8449 face, Lucio flung Kenneth’s c2e37b9316 unconscious hand aside and a495798eb8 asked again, as if ed3ba055e2 to confirm,706fee84fa83f673

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“Really?”2cda14c53c853086

“Of course! This guy barged in here out of nowhere. What do you mean, ‘rendezvous’? That’s so gross.”cbfd2562ea7e02a8

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“Right. He’s not really the type you’d be interested in…”c6d6734dc6607a83

“Do you have an overactive imagination, or is it just that thing where you only see what you do yourself? Maybe you’re the one sneaking around behind people’s backs?”8a6290e7848f2121

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Lia snapped, glaring at c5a45cbce0 him, and Lucio flinched.cb64c724b3b8ac1b

A moment later, he c9bd6bb48e asked with a strangely 5b20be2645 delighted expression,69287a5664ed11b0

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“So… you’re bothered? The idea that I might’ve been in a secret rendezvous?”101155ecd44ea4f2

Lia couldn’t answer and 3e2570ef57 just made a sour 5aa3b3fed4 face, which made Lucio’s 937f3f8b54 smile grow even deeper.e12f64bd6e9daec0

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“Tell me. Who do you think I’d be having a secret meeting with?”117e2eaf1bbedbe9