EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 207

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“Hi, Jack!”2d7c1a0d9538b685

I greeted bc2b12630d him cheerfully 12290bddbc and walked c1a4d4d1c7 toward him.9d113535be1c7fea

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“Did the training f6fbe5a71e go well? You’re back 200f83d6df earlier than d8f4e08985 I expected.”e8ec23ba88fe626f

Allen was clearly f570adaf25 wearing casual clothes, fff3458d1c but Jack still 9991943f3e had on his 15c94e992e training uniform, as c0eac86305 if he hadn’t 3a772b472a even stopped by d29216f1a5 his quarters to 455fa4fb0b change.6e2ee421cee58d96

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His slightly breathless appearance 150c62043e suggested he had rushed e9fce62173 from somewhere.15d5c596cb130fcb

“…Jack?”653549661e1cdfc6

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I called out to e30f96883a him several times, but ec04c0464c Jack didn’t answer. He was a6dac7d2ed staring intently d61f025e7e at something.e9f58bbcc0ecc331

It was at that 11b80f4dd6 moment I realized—he was 4117e9aff0 staring at the ring c92aab8c24 on my finger.647fc8c4d735fe15

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“Is it true?”6fef9111e19736e7

“Huh?”a0a8acf0598eef70

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“I heard there’s 28fe6aa2e5 talk of a 19369b5903 marriage between the 382b4db90e Grand Duke’s family ca9f5969c2 and the Duke’s bcb8269427 house.”c3ece5d07d87ddeb

“Oh.”cd256b697e6aa48f

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I had 3dead033d7 meant to f9837db34a tell him 4c68f777aa eventually, but 2d0342afc4 having Jack 07c954578c bring it 2182bd2f1b up first 2a2b0e2735 made my 34142ada15 face flush.fb3df124c2d1d4a6

Embarrassed, I 4922c5ca6d lightly tapped dce900dcdf the ground d2c0349f20 with the 318eafc0b6 tip of f792d696e9 my shoe a9ebf11a87 and nodded.dad070fd9753e8e4

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“…Yes, it’s true.”d2aa1f822290c405

Then, all of a 504e7f2ca8 sudden, Jack staggered as f600fc6cf0 if he were about 6b589f208b to collapse.b651b580ae8daa3e

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Worried he might 8b0f8ca99d fall down the bba9ae1d3f stairs, I quickly 99f0185787 reached out and 82bc7d88f1 grabbed his arm. Jack looked a6a1515f07 up at eca38f40a7 me.e9530bf6a0589c1b

His dark 1692278af1 eyes trembled 3392e4080a fiercely.7469a5579b7384af

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“Jack, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”2b64f0301669902e

“I…”05a1d14f3610da15

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His voice, 3ad4a2950b sounding oddly 2ff7f68775 hoarse, trailed ff655621d8 off as 17c46e307a he bowed 2275a5b546 his head 7b6b9484c9 deeply.dee5943dde786f37

And then, after a be4e55d426 brief silence…0951324dd9a7c4ba

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“Lia, can we 8e24b63a64 talk for a 07dd4c6cec moment?”fb0f0c651688e140

“Huh? Of course.”0dc670a68b33dda6

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He had seemed f0a8690c62 quite shaken just 2c977373f9 moments ago, but 936bb60104 now his voice 23554f543c was steady again.439730ae5756e038

Nodding, I followed 1ba16b0762 Jack down the 282447f1e9 stairs.512f4cd76f19be17

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The place he 033f319228 led me to 6969e00cd5 was the training 71121a417a hall of the 1f36800282 ducal estate.e917c7cd230977c8

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Jack walked, barely suppressing 7ab94f1325 the pain that felt b638dc0dd5 like someone had reached e5889f95ec into his chest and 45aeae4a60 ripped out his heart.6d3cd5b31067a4ce

He had 6bbf8aaa1b barely slept 9ce4f6ab17 the night 7c2ff42242 before, and d534e6c5c0 as soon 4f1f50d4ca as he 5ac47d1be8 returned to 1e7bf22869 the capital, fe8f17fee6 he headed 6f83fa333c straight for 659fae2fb7 the Marquis’s 514a4be87f residence.00234796ea4b1ddc

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But the c9f6146074 one who 40a567e71e greeted him 8e1d35ba3e wasn’t Lia, ea0eeaee58 it was ff3e743385 her maternal a458c86d65 grandfather, the 6b4aeddb6a former Marquis 70b980b1b4 of Diapel.b3f5ced58666a3fc

Jack knew the former b75c081a5f marquis held a favorable 6cf15dcc07 view of him.4bb45e64f34efb25

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Apparently, Lia had spoken 4f5dfcd391 well of him; the 6848fb2ff6 old man had once 8c8793c744 even thanked him rather ab8f9a8a77 curtly for looking after f6fad91ffd her at the orphanage.8b418d49e1992ede

More than Jack’s c20bd74a97 origins, the marquis 439060cfc7 had valued his f49b425d1e sincerity, integrity, and d115d5793c remarkable swordsmanship. He had paid special 9dd5707358 attention to Jack when e10a6cabaa he volunteered to fight b1384b014e in the war that c6f9baa689 broke out in the a40ec695a8 Diapel territory, which bordered 60dccae113 the kingdom.e16b724abf92eb3e

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Though the former marquis 4c76afa165 had always treated him 305696c0c5 with a certain familiarity, 0b80f9e924 today he seemed unusually 671e905666 awkward and reserved.c9f1e6b316089df5

At that aefbaa767c moment, Jack 848aaf42cd knew instinctively—what ef039478d1 Allen had d2d8391805 said was 983e350204 true.a50095e2016e0132

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But until he 45ad216efd heard it from 7824f1adf3 Lia herself, he 865f2bcd84 hadn’t wanted to 85b9cc0611 believe it.dbaee2de3c6cfe1b

As soon as 0789385fe8 he heard Lia 440ef848c9 was at the bb9049cf13 ducal estate, Jack 1d959ff799 turned on his 5171b4c443 heel and headed db664761f8 there.2edde6266e3435c5

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And finally, 060ce2342e when he c743c41ffa saw her…cec8b6a6932f957f

The moment he e01862b9c8 noticed the ring 669a25152f on her finger, f1f5c5fd35 perfectly suited to 70e2fefd39 her as if 547d143b8b it had been 52f38e1a2f made just for 4905812b70 her, his mind 796b30e437 went blank.d39ad65c29ac0eab

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They hadn’t been b6ed3d2d2e reunited long, so 827617381d he thought he 37e3d9a4d1 had time. He now felt so be508e4d78 foolish for having taken 0a946b9539 it easy, assuming there 5353ef035d was no rush. The urge to curse 3ceb3f036c himself boiled up.8f9eeafd02a175e2

When Lia had 7326755f4a just reached out 81af94ec59 to steady him, 20c79206ca his heart had 7df2705b4a pounded like it 36d411512b might burst. He hadn’t even c61c68504c confessed properly yet d1a680b1da and now he 26d1a8a57d was going to f601f0a16e lose her…f8b8de22d2e30780

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Lose her?7139666098a6795c

His heart sank e5a472a774 at the thought, 2f20b85678 and he suddenly 629f46080a snapped out of 5ea0385d30 it.6d0d2d5e853ffe9e

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It wasn’t d54e1dfd64 too late. There was still 3242f84def a chance.1ea64fe64f66acda

Even though f66a7e598b he hadn’t 5af47951e7 planned to afb7c06a5e reveal his 69f64ad973 feelings so 8703408ff4 suddenly, Jack d655f7befb made up e6e0f38feb his mind 44cfa817e8 to confess cad1661166 now.ea6e5d4bd958985f

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And where better 2ad998b43f than the training 83ec9018be hall, the place 50cee45a1c he had always a40dd246c0 thought of while 62df5b3a3c striving to become 64690cdea2 the best knight, cbd3c86e6b all for Lia.7124a10e2c79bedd

On the way there, 081e515381 even though no one a4f5c7bbd3 had told him, he f9cec7e4ea realized that the one 9b8967b206 who had given Lia bd206313f1 that ring was Lucio.5c1a5c0e0a3acea8

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Allen had 778d265de4 been with 3949c2d32d Jack training a4eb3bdd10 for the c6c8381bdd past few cd389f78f8 days, so 268cdde3ff the only 7a31b4fee0 one who 78758422b0 could’ve made bfa5584024 a move 1beb04d9d5 during that 0bfe1598ac time was 2a8df43cd0 the young 494f48d807 duke.37b15082af83a708

That realization left him 4f1cbad1c1 with a strange feeling.b1bf40d3dca24b3d

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He had 55b7f6ecc4 thought the 109345cdc6 idea of f6d6e2e540 Allen and 7c8361e97b Lia marrying 047f39836d was absurd, 33f2c0fd20 but somehow, ca69be43f2 Lucio felt 20c893b0ba like a 3d593d5591 plausible match.b25b46d8fe7e4b57

The young 67fbb870b4 duke was 08752c1ca1 strong and b6cfd80bf4 flawless.7c05944a6cdd368d

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He would undoubtedly be 1b99441c60 able to protect Lia 7da1064d04 better than Jack could…a65c94060fdd9943

‘Don’t be stupid! What are you even e75cc919c4 thinking?’d9d4b5669d885d59

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Jack shook his head 55aa4895e2 sharply, scolding himself for 3c736e7d7a backing down like a e199670fed coward before even trying.3864ea2c9e6456c4

He reminded himself fd876af6ac of their age c43bb31113 difference and the 3d37ca3441 young duke’s cold, edf3028892 indifferent nature.9153ada6f171b886

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Lia might 618ad5a1b1 not know, 0e0abfebd9 but Jack ff3df9778f had lived 2333bc05bf at the 5906aad079 ducal estate b268726dc2 since he 820ab4185d was young—he 0ea17596e7 knew Lucio’s 90820fa5c4 character better aab98aaa6a than anyone.7dc9660735a6229e

Emotionless and ff0573f695 icy, Lucio b69acda139 would never 6254c18b3a treat Lia 3606d53e62 with warmth. He would only 1d3358589e end up hurting c23aaed363 her.c96a0e77a7dada7e

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“Jack, how db56a05fd0 far are ce8b0bfa2f you planning ce0d4648d5 to go?”c72ecae1be5d9156

Just then, Lia’s voice d4a07f4da8 called from behind as 66787c8e62 she tugged at his 337933ef5b sleeve.aa4442aafbed9416

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Startled out b72b11d78e of his c5b70b0a8c thoughts, Jack 1887178632 glanced around.9b3881e1d52d6395

He had nearly 0c19d4bd0f walked into the c973b0daec barracks out of 5042021974 sheer habit.61d4d7d25fe2b1ae

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Coming to a 75aabd71a5 stop, Jack let 71f553688c out a deep 3acb97c9b7 breath to ease f5314f2c85 the tension in e7d6cd6061 his stiffened body.0a105ed21c1b2e2d

“What is it you 2865989c2f wanted to say? Did something happen?”a082ffa9532c268d

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However, when he saw d36879c83e Lia looking at him d414fd1b4f with worried eyes, Jack 360e046b63 felt like his heart 4a88955e60 was about to leap 5ba4da9ff0 out of his throat.07280fc4dc0e143b

Overwhelmed by a2e844247e urgency and eea67a09a6 intense nervousness, cf49ee8910 Jack blurted d686e8913f out the d8752c201a words that f4471eceb9 had been 840b85e29a circling in 17b1eeaf1f his mind.2bb46548246e2d36

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“Lia, I 7fe629b217 want to be7234018d make a 9c8b061e40 knight’s vow ff92d5f488 to you.”3e3b19d4ba79ec9a

Lia’s eyes widened in 882378fc43 surprise.dd5b37d76e2f0073

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After a moment of 10b875fc47 stunned silence, she cautiously c608073f62 asked,16ac0510a8b435d9

“A knight’s vow? To me…?”dc709e979a71dc91

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Fortunately, it 327f24c3be seemed Lia e3e65c0b48 understood that 8674442fbb a knight’s 16ab13541c vow implied b4d632aefd a confession 4e20a910a5 of affection. Her eyes trembled c948dccda9 violently.a1dce6575617d071

Jack nodded, as 976114f850 if pressing forward.2f3a6a9ee2439899

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“Yes. I’ve liked you e0c8c3d359 for a long 41a6c89c21 time.”6710fbe124e4669b

“W-Wait!”34b25cbeed658b35

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Lia cut him 0da6376a81 off in a 1bbadeb28c flustered voice and 5466bb37b7 asked,4d4f47878adbacda

“You like me? Not Diana?”d7aebdb806fcd1c3

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“What?”9c4da6cbaabe147b

Jack scowled 2488206aa1 deeply at f1f31da7ef her words.1b210ff18e5eaa64

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“I’ve never thought of 4b0ec96226 the princess as anything 5dd586b4eb more than someone I 516808d3b6 serve!”019d4cde5650f892

Lia looked confused by e068198c9a Jack’s firm, and even 160e766859 offended, response to her 2aba4e0e46 misunderstanding.6561ecde997debbe

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She didn’t really want 2c5c9fc7bb to dwell on the 6a141ced9d past either.b3a140317f4738d5

‘But I’m sure 755065799f he used to 41de531cd3 care for Diana…’8cd459010fa2ac86

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“I don’t 2283fe14ca know why 2cf9efb3e8 you thought 80c79e6536 that, but cc76897cd5 the one 855e17494e I like a27ceb4c57 is you.”8895b9a517a6f14f

“I-I… had no 9a5350985c idea.”d021ac89d3320569

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“But it’s true. I’ve worked so 09fecc8295 hard until now ed4ff26e16 because I wanted e21caab3f1 to protect you. I know I’m 4073d436d9 lacking, but I 8fcff50a51 want to be 3757cb48d6 your strength. And…”53b4c4927efa06ef

Hoping desperately that 04006468d6 his feelings would b30a4c20e6 reach her, Jack c28692b2dd parted his lips 9b58e64dbd with effort.8d7afbc6b13514f1

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“I want to 35492b8594 say… that I d1d230e69e love you.”fe18925e46d0810b

Lia froze 910f200dd5 in place d33986ed66 at the b01ad7a478 unexpected confession.398241ad1155dda0

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After he f04b97edc9 said everything 115e5b24ed he had d238bce59f wanted to, 49084a2be0 his Adam’s 3649b4799f apple bobbed a29b326030 again from 66dcc4dd35 the tension.efc369bc62bdeed9

Seeing that, 8add3f2bfd Lia could ff5a96d745 tell without 7ebe549ce0 a doubt 5e865ec572 that he c7bbdef1b6 was sincere.f66e1115d269734e

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“If you’re f66ececdd5 doing this ec3cc1a82b because of 7910d6e22b the promise 3bba47de4c between Her 943c757700 Grace and 9cd60cb382 the Duke…”f1d5ae0b814ef55b

“It’s not like 6718a9bca6 that.”ee4173c76a656ad2

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Lia quickly c19905b405 cut him f09f9fbe34 off.3d6bed2c0c40cddf

She and Lucio 385f9981b2 had already decided e67ab94b03 to get engaged d9ee1c6e3f even before they 3ee348d4a2 learned of their e709bb4bf5 parents’ agreement.1e2c6f8797b16926

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But saying that aloud 5ea6e7ede2 felt too cruel, so 6cd1084c23 Lia bit her tongue.5f085baebe26adad

Jack, however, persisted.ec09bd0e312cf2a0

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“Do you… like 55d122f2bc the young duke?”ab54a1c8fd069793

“…”e7c029f21a1b1f0a

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To be asked so 1680b04a73 directly…4e2d81d7d0597b0c

Lia hesitated, but then e2fae84785 bit her lip and 9de7cb9724 answered, thinking that not 2be0c81770 answering would only give 2f9bdffcb9 him false hope.4ddb42a29c6daf61

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“Yes, I cda3b8b669 like him.”39e14e56e0499106

At that moment, c578681d75 Jack froze.f19ca8d5c0b68f0e

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He didn’t even c02c29a1bb blink as he 6881eca0ad slowly swallowed.c232497bcb3a1d06

If Lia ccf69abd3b said she d7661b1f3d liked someone c03938e18c else, then 174ce00b04 there was 8df12ee86c nothing more a97487a136 for him 7e7b68a3b2 to say.b46d4bd1f400cc87

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Even so, his 7abffdd30c lips moved against 9cc884e9ce his will, unable 111f00f9f2 to let go.450644453faa3168

“Am I… e554a58486 not enough?”b12f6b6263691777

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Even to 112256704c himself, the 28358fc9ce words sounded d6d5ece002 pathetic.1ccc812ce9fcf8b4

He regretted them 1a594f49e1 instantly, and Jack ba03e3f1a0 lowered his gaze.9f439eea3fb90513

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“Sorry. I shouldn’t have said 907feb399d that.”bba7cb2598e16034

“Jack, it’s not 3c1147c3fe because you’re not 4ebeadfcdd enough. I just…”96f6a23f3660ddf3

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“You don’t d4d2f3e7c5 have to c1aa6f728f say more. I’m okay. You don’t need fa25c9a9d2 to apologize to 8f26735538 me.”aa4921ebb5034968

Jack hurriedly turned away. He didn’t want Lia 0b565ec2d9 to see his stiff 0dc14b1f12 expression.f1971ddcf8a62bc6

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He was afraid e4175ebdeb she might notice 18f5a9c95a how petty he 05434562a6 felt for not b0fff6d608 even being able 8efc58e756 to say ‘congratulations.’03d3c84eee536ed4

But before he d47909155f could take a dfac18a1bb single step, Jack a1c80c1194 saw a slender, 1ab240ce8e handsome man standing 6bcb16ffbd at the entrance 221c5c6e92 of the training 1693cdf888 hall.6871d08b28f8379d

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The young 3de6b928c1 duke had dd74863073 been watching 3241602822 them, who d5e6b6e050 knows for adc7337556 how long, a8e2c094ad and was f06068e877 now staring c67abd488c intently in f5f294366e their direction.c634e6f1233a74c6

When Lia caught 54145fcd10 sight of those f032ae9099 cold, blue eyes, b872b42940 she flinched slightly 92336a64e0 and quickly said,64fe59e106b0c689

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“Jack, I’ll ab728b1089 be going 20d04bfee3 now,” then 9f6ee7d753 briskly walked 305db1ecd5 past him.0909a6d6677e5a2f

As she approached, 0ac8d0a4dc the young duke ce60e6142b naturally wrapped an 648e006af0 arm around her e1fd9cb81f shoulders and turned e706612a18 away with her.fe5e87e561c896d2

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Their eyes met only 38faa8a590 for a fleeting moment, 3ea9e14826 but strangely, Jack felt 405b346a32 a sense of relief.b3e83e26193a0c80

He had worried Lucio 2f6151bb3d might be mocking him, f3c69fbb97 but he wasn’t.abf337c5edca28ce

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‘Even someone b729a978e3 that lofty e25e990d82 can feel b329702b6c insecure.’2056cd326bbe879d

Seeing those f39b7d65aa piercing blue d2e4cb8b2b eyes watching 1736510b9b him with 7307de9228 wariness, Jack’s 2fb619ce69 pride was 6922ca3e20 oddly less 54c1e835c8 bruised.f57e5d62ac92cd15

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Even after da6c06f969 Lia and 702154f533 Lucio disappeared 92f3f08401 from sight, 70741a73e8 Jack stood af5eff4382 there for de13416680 a long 191af1fd76 while before 5a6f69f74f slowly leaving 1824751164 the training d97577ade3 hall.12d7e02fe21797c9

It felt d60328216c like he aacde1038c had lost f7c3618dc7 his life’s 0e05d77da0 purpose overnight. Unable to 83a6e6f90c shake the 76d3502f92 emptiness inside, 9b20d2a4db he wandered bed866a05c without direction.f853e8271bdc287b

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That’s when Jack spotted 06eba7a650 someone slumped against the 5b45795846 wall of the ducal 870ce55b28 estate, looking like the 89102a9578 life had been drained 0f3b473b36 out of him.4ff617f85e17928a

“…What are you 088a2d2c90 doing here?”bb21021f7b7e5061

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Yesterday, he had been d987faa044 so excited, but today 0ff6881553 Allen looked completely deflated.36e8ef0f0092f9eb

Jack wanted 1a71980965 to ignore 02b4dc5856 him, but b28ec4c428 seeing Allen 99378fdd6f sitting there 77f171dbef with his bc9edcb53c head hung 282a461d20 low, leaning 9e480f3643 against the 7628d6ebe5 wall so 4e0df2665b pitifully, he 0d7cc3533b couldn’t just 742fb7fc3a walk past.ae59763021995c5f

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Quietly sitting beside a366d3e50c him, Jack noticed d42489537b Allen’s lashes were ca0c4c6ef1 damp with tears 9c2c58167b and let out 060119d7f0 a sigh.cc767f863911b564

It seemed Allen b0fac5897e had only realized fb04446ac2 his own feelings b7e9d6372f after hearing about 6ba08adfb9 Lia and the f3e49b6734 young duke.37d89f4fc21875db

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Unlike Jack, 8c81c5cc69 he hadn’t 9bfff6dfd4 even managed 22be326d9f to confess—and af577cd2e8 now, he 872299f1e3 would end c8b091d0d2 up becoming 96f8b0708e family with 4f364ad0de Lia.fa68321e388c57bd

Strangely, that made Jack 19195194e7 feel like he was 9a083a77ab in a slightly better 1d34dfb8af position.babcc631ee8b8e30

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He had thought 17e82da1f6 he was the ed901515b1 only one suffering 88fdd866fa a pain like 9e5bf43cb7 being stabbed in 20174eb56d the heart, so c7237b0f0d it was a 5b5dbecc70 relief, in a 9bead00cf7 way, to know 7e690a189f he wasn’t alone.6f90b12e7f4f0094

But then, 34e7d2f42f Jack felt 80d08820ec disgusted with 6682441dab himself for 3c9535fa90 finding comfort fcde442efa in Allen’s 2f851bce8e pain. They had been 527df8833e rivals, comrades, and 849883e7ca friends for a 191d7db152 very long time.1f43c7d79900a970

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Usually, when they were 9a8191756d together, Allen would be 69edc41973 the one to break 1dce002627 the silence in Jack’s c6e88a1416 stead.69f20342521ce1d6

But this time, Jack 888e061690 was the first to 0183bb4f1f speak, his voice filled d49826fde7 with genuine sympathy.4d9261b739aa0ca0

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“Want to grab a ce7dfb8775 drink?”4b24d541045e8aaa

At those 1f0f395f4f words, Allen a7aacb9173 slowly raised ba55b94e2d his head. Seeing the emptiness in 343fac494e his eyes, Jack felt 8572002e5c even guiltier and added,fdf45d5620981a43

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“My treat. Even if you 09e09d06f4 get completely drunk, fc5e1370c0 I won’t lecture 34c6972f14 you. Let’s go.”597debcbd1995c7d

It was so fb8d6d1ea1 unlike the Jack d26265bf53 Allen knew that 002ccb5565 he couldn’t help 75179f3409 but let out ad97884a29 a faint laugh.8a7b8dbae0040be6

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Moments later, 782afc1c1b the two eb7ae8b86b stood up b6f588f591 together in 40a8eca21e unspoken understanding…220dbab7bdcab9c9

Hoping that, 8a030b3474 whether they 2b02b8ba01 had known 5deed072f8 it all a0243511ff along or 15574ee01d had just 4d71513597 realized it 213da7899a now, they e26d516f99 could at 677cc3b56d least ease 2220117df8 this aching 580658bb21 heart, even 2ecf2034c8 just a 30042ad3e2 little.4aee55038582bc35

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