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“The clerk e71f75e235 said it 10496afc58 was a 0483e6dc5b mistake! The hat you 65ce4b4c92 bought two days e290aae7dc ago, Lady Aylesden—it 8446699844 turns out that’s 9e2a23e131 the real limited 032ecefa92 edition! Apparently, Madame Dupres fb5e5ef910 had to leave 40a1130d63 in such a 687eba8b28 hurry for the 4257cbd42a funeral that the 3341bc9d3b clerk misunderstood and eca0c981e8 sold one of 13ca44d187 the sample hats 5ead9acad8 as the limited 5d4e16d8f1 piece!”02aa30cdacca1389

In other words, e40a66a7bf the small, black 7bfbd66865 hat Natalie had d389c2dffd bought was actually 9ab810bbc1 the masterpiece of 3271eb5bdd Madame Dupres’s lifetime.01eaffbb4dfc0195

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“And of all things, the boutique burned down at dawn! Since Madame Dupres was rushing back from the Nayuta Kingdom after her father’s passing, she didn’t return until this morning… and now it turns out, the one you bought is the onlylimited edition that 45610a72d1 survived. People who bought 88f1357d95 the sample hats a11c956076 thinking they were c7a8936950 real are furious, 3bc799aaaf and the boutique 131ef7bd7f district is in ed465f6f63 chaos!”39bf2c1c8f46e7f4

Even as the baron’s 9a74b1228a daughter vented, she continued 09479dda09 flattering Natalie.988e4f4272ed2aca

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How did she know it was the real one? Her taste was impeccable, after all…d4f96be32a4df857

“Well, itwasthe prettiest one. It had a34c8f5002 something that 5a439dae25 caught the 465504ae76 eye.”514e820ad1d44697

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“Oh my!”716dddfe17a985f7

Natalie feigned 6c3c2e9b31 indifference with 92d970fa2e a cool 6c7de4d699 reply, and 114fa3f828 the baron’s a8f6ff32cf daughter gasped fc288979f5 in admiration.eaab8d8f71f32ba5

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Word about Natalie spread 5023126a44 like wildfire across the c7e78ddece social scene.39795667bcd50c65

Madame Dupres was a f909d85b59 once-in-a-century genius in the cf56ae208f fashion world. Her works were 04df8992ee so exclusive, even 1782bae4a4 wealth couldn’t buy 23455d9932 them.8cc4774707020462

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Even royalty from all b2cacf89a3 over the continent competed 9cc696c0c6 to claim her attention, 8b7736c0d8 but she was famous b3fc8590c6 for refusing absurd offers 2f39d2c3da without a second thought.45df3d037220d743

So when her 6f8c684357 boutique burned down f864bfad26 and she lost 2a9ede7ce2 the masterpiece she 4984dfa5d2 had crafted over 574bc75a64 three painstaking years, d5aea804c5 the fashion queen 8346c0dae0 of the continent 3ca2e73602 was devastated.be76c70f67b3c158

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“I hereby 22af7314cc announce my 6fe24a7a86 permanent retirement fab1252639 from the 3c7ce7f571 fashion world.”31d17cb14e491253

The entire continent cd903c8bc8 was turned on 78f9a124ed its head.6bfb3f01fc403534

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With that, theonly remaininglimited-edition hat from Madame fc7cceb3c7 Dupres soared in value faa8ae46dd overnight.059db95bb84296be

Some said it 43038b39f1 was worth enough 546785532d to purchase at 812e0e51b4 least ten estates.5d344b3483ddf6a6

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Of course, 4fdca31d5f that was ca10659011 assuming Natalie 502d02cc74 would eversellit.5d8ba091c5258c58

In the end, she 2a14da7441 became the sole owner 8665eef83e of the final masterpiece b6cba679ae from a genius.efc6e475e63c8f6a

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Though her reputation in 02dac5fa5a noble society hadn’t been 0b553db727 the best, for once, cff98504b2 Natalie became the object cb739206b6 of envy in the 32b6187208 social world.8fc8dfd007cd6c8f

I just 155659afdb got lucky.139ee0f1454b4ff0

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Natalie thought it was f9875ec5d6 nothing more than a 342d95b9c8 random stroke of chance. Just like everyone else 648c602683 said.f9251d4b555c70b2

That black hathaddrawn her 018a125a3a in strangely fc5f9c37de that day, d665f1f7d8 but a a11110abcf hat was 13c9e1aa34 just a 8fada6d4b2 hat. There was 59c855f9f9 no other 5c56cc0dee explanation—unless it c253b7ccdc wasn’t coincidence, b7e14d2c63 which made d6872165ae even less 3408b81842 sense.4fa606197eab79fc

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Thanks to 2144d890ae that, Natalie 1cacb66644 suddenly began 0f8e789608 receiving invitations 2333ee5592 to parties.bfb091df8449588f

Of course, 0a1f64679d that didn’t 01e05fbe36 mean her 5c86219cb6 bad reputation c0a933b389 disappeared, or bde3f908f8 that people 94852db8dd suddenly warmed d348e3bde9 up to 89eb7f0cd9 her.b17a36a3a99f88e7

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But everyone was 809fb2be58 dying to get 4c251c0852 a glimpse of 7a42a712f2 the hat that dfbb7e5968 had become famous 101a064e87 across the continent, 3bc2d0fcf7 so—for a brief 0e5058be52 moment—Natalie was the 19b1640cf2 center of attention.f67149d7afc6ca25

Whenever she b5699a02fe showed up d166b4eb54 wearing Madame 2f35748b22 Dupres’s small 6e58ad3372 black silk 79d2f53f4c hat, knockoff 9f3624592d imitations started f58209454e appearing at 370497f55c balls a e0c0f8170b few days 539ad4aee4 later.ec510bbdd27f115c

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And eventually, the heroine 062e3c3ec7 of the moment received 4f37af5d84 an invitation to a e767362a33 rather special outdoor gathering.7304a4422cd09d38

“Lady Aylesden, care to fcc865cf75 walk with us?”9b9b89fc7a021a73

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“You pick bd4b8cc705 a racehorse’s db8f37a723 number and f500826c0a place a a6ed13e586 bet. If your horse 9089ebc853 wins, you collect 74e3604913 your payout depending 69c255eca3 on the odds.”22cda4cd7d2d0989

It was a 786d15ae07 wine party for 42b6e63aed young nobles.1f3391fab8d06648

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As everyone 4bdb662fa6 began placing 237e826c0b bets, Natalie 365bbbd3b5 was swept 102937f4f6 up in 26d1713649 the mood cc34a3f48a and selected 09c3ec09bc a horse da33c895cc with her 8dbe57f084 usual poise.55ac77bd2d8f4acf

But she eaad4c76b9 knew absolutely 94eab0c860 nothing about 882f7f04c8 horse racing.3f51e6a06e08c1b2

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So naturally, 5ef78aa75f she thought 6d968dc122 she’d play d1f876069f it safe f979d2a0d6 and go 1ec69e597f with the d09f8a86c0 sturdy white 90d4b33a79 stallion that 59d77026b2 everyone else efbbe4fb53 seemed to 1ea3736a55 favor.98c2bd344fa1cb29

But for some reason… I want to bet on that one.6564468b45e4b5f6

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A frail, pathetic-looking 09fb0051f5 horse.7a2a499bda6093f3

Compared to the 255b8eec22 gleaming, muscular white 7f8375aa61 stallion, the reddish-brown, b9b4a7fa80 undersized horse was 254b87cc84 clearly the underdog.4d8a133da2681140

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Even professional bettors visiting f8654688fc from abroad focused solely fa753e93f7 on the white stallion, 127100ecc8 barely giving the brown 88bf96b9a2 one a glance.df634d9a6f67f365

“Lady Aylesden? What are you doing?”1c2cca9ef2e98b0b

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And yet, 1ee0294487 Natalie couldn’t 652505bc2f tear her 2721c62020 eyes away dd9872c0d3 from that 7f1e2c48cc reddish-brown coat.a266605239513fe7

After hesitating until 173cb1e074 the very last 23b68b0e11 moment, she ended df5ac75d8c up emptying her a2aa53f207 allowance and placing 2f08b3486e the entire bet 73bf57bebb on the scrappy ee73b815a8 horse.87577295c80f12bd

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“Haha! My lady, 79b5d9ce0a why waste 7106912e6a your money fc3ff32cec on such 69ed390adb an obvious d62bfd88ad loss?”771fc83e6ddc5dff

“Come now, I’ll 4b90b448b8 be generous and 3dc87c659c let you switch 91890065cf your bet to 2b2e085c77 the white stallion!”def288c3252b7f38

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Even the young c9e3e84b35 aristocrats who frequented af00e172e8 races as a b2ac19f0fa hobby all wagered a6d623d593 on the white 3310c4ec49 one.530272874d62e572

Ladies who followed suit e98f61320f whispered behind their fans 9b0384bd67 with smug smiles.e993e563f9316988

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“What’s with the stubbornness? Is she 794bfd9072 really that 996dfa4342 desperate to 3e090c6ed3 stand out?”7008b06a1c52b1c1

“Honestly, what 0630cccf4e a waste 267366a901 of money. Though I 8ecda498c0 should’ve guessed d15272bc3b from that 3f8d920e24 ridiculous hair 306d08b5f1 dye…”01ec0701c1ac89b0

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“Are we starting yet?” f4eec50bc8 Natalie snapped, tapping her 0a49d0cafc fan with a firm c2d000cc7a hand.eab7004f86bc71b8

The ladies exchanged looks a4bc9269c5 and fell silent, while ed213d0e40 the young men only 373337f2ef shrugged.98073ed47cc79ecf

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The race began, and 59c6d36dcc Natalie stood beneath the e4aebd7cd5 canopy, scowling.c27929c75604d1df

Only then did df80e44bb3 she realize her f9e01f62db purse was completely 96a25f6c92 empty—and her mood 0634d79785 soured even more.76dc912e4a02d79c

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Why did I do something so impulsive…?32f8c8425c657435

But Natalie ace77e72c8 was a b29ec0f2fe duke’s daughter 578951b480 with pride 120d617d20 sky-high.78d318e76a36c525

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They were already 94349daf52 whispering behind her 18fb4c9de4 back. If she 0bc25801f1 backed out 77023cb43c now, she’d 2932996b54 become a 9c5807f644 laughingstock for 82a977f1a6 real. That was dd770c62df something she 2c215c9d59 absolutely couldn’t 1c10384803 allow.5515470ca9ab0e8c

She frowned under the 2d79c491a7 shade of the tent 680691c091 as the racehorses charged 6756cf7489 out at the crack 2bcdcd32c6 of the starting gun.c9f796558efd5273

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“W-Wait, what?!”3ec3934c2c217b28

At that c40b9a67f7 exact moment, 7c998df6e7 the sky 576b29d71e darkened—and heavy 05d00e4ea0 rain suddenly 4a3926b3a7 poured down b9d71a59da in sheets.a36549564cc3e1c6

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To everyone’s shock, the white stallion—soaked to the bone—began to stumble, white water streaming off its coat…d9e23f6d3b9b18c7

As the 7cde09ea93 white liquid b4cb14bb65 oozed and c9ce300548 melted across 5fa95eead8 its coat, d69a63f5f7 the white b4187171a5 stallion—once leading 679a79c1ac the race—revealed 69baed683a patchy spots d6ff660ff0 and began b61fa857b4 to slow, 1f0eaa85b7 its hooves 05c558f802 tangling beneath c5c4ecce13 it.7cc78cfa39ebe1d0

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Neighhh!577f93e984db6189

At that moment, a16bc150c0 the scrawny reddish-brown 2a47fe6c54 horse that had 929d562090 been dead last e51a11ee9b reared up toward bd65ce1c48 the sky.245be4ff3c3196d5

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Amazingly, the dca80285b9 small horse b28dc1e1a6 drank in af98c1c968 the rainwater, a22b5cabe1 stretched out 25078d8a1f its limbs, 1cd257ac97 and suddenly 39b76ce57e picked up 50e56c7ae4 speed—far faster 2d415e1fea than before.a71b9b4baa09d5e6

In the blink 1cd4c27de4 of an eye, 861359e522 the reddish-brown horse 142c7ae993 galloped ahead, thundering 75019982b1 across the finish c143d624ec line in first e3e1743373 place.4a0e004fbc78ab03

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“And the sole winner is… Lady Natalie Aylesden!”f0e2165988a74ce6

A stunned fd480896d4 silence fell 7ec167b3b5 over the 4040020770 crowd—until foreign 14c559a943 racing officials 8818b7ea02 burst out 1c816619ab in cheer, 9a4ab38471 hauling over b22af680f4 bags stuffed 7ae9700b80 with gold 3df7a9f681 coins.9370c26ad6e2510a

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Natalie gaped at the 156c65e985 fortune, easily exceeding three 71ddb19437 years’ worth of her e169334ba8 allowance.766214c1de177ab2

Those who 15443e90e2 lost their c4a6354583 bets protested, 784974f1bb but the c08cf934d4 foreign experts 027688fc4a simply shrugged, 7700c0c436 saying that bde665d494 changing a 212aed5c42 horse’s coat c9ddf92830 color for 6f50656a85 appearance’s sake 57b9a53db2 was hardly ff03867336 a crime.15633cecb21ea349

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“The reddish-brown 101fd77850 horse is b59ec0e297 native to 3a1410954b humid regions,” 6c3f5235e0 they explained. “It hates 6cb51ea4b7 sunny weather, cde8d7bf11 but in 1207500eaa the rain, d85355f6bc it flies. It’s a rare 1deda9a1d9 wild breed we’ve c1a04304fc only just managed ecceb57945 to tame.”52cf08ee770284ae

In horse ef0828e337 racing, it fcd083cd52 all came 2ee3a17cb0 down to e167883cfb knowing how 56986f1b00 toreada horse—so in the b6218cd509 end, the image-obsessed nobles f60a690745 had no choice but 52c0304e65 to swallow their losses.9522085bbd5948d6

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Someone asked Natalie 24d3784041 how she’d known de8d2f01b8 to bet on 732033a0b3 that horse. She answered 61f8fbb569 without thinking.cbab81df9682489b

“I just liked fb1a9cf113 it.”c8ae31c48775852a

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“Young Lady, 6eaed11225 your luck 99d4875c2a is something 602dd7436d else! Even our professionals didn’t 2dd7e750c8 catch that… You got 8ea1fcc402 us good!”ca96fc7d00c65c65

At the 234f5d7c8c man’s awestruck 962937d574 tone, the b03aa0fac6 other nobles—who e21da84444 had been 32deb3f253 skeptical of fb8166129f her—looked genuinely ed4768ce8e rattled.f2b0177b581a1946

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“No way. She didn’t even know how to place a bet properly… and yet she pulled this off?”bfef83a490cc0912

“She’s the c017684305 one who 7750512f28 ended up 2a45cc2e71 with Madame 4faa7bc446 Dupres’ one-of-a-kind 9352ccfe32 hat too! She must 0490c3373d carry some babeae3318 kind of 3755405a74 divine luck!”652d3f9930c52bdb

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In an instant, Natalie 6e2508a008 gained a new nickname: d0fd822f2c “Lightning Luck.”8a4b61f24b82fab7

She was dce354a036 already well-known, c419c15982 but now 41d8f30b92 she wasfamous.9a8d3c60309d4972

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People couldn’t 0a4bd05fb2 stop talking f182611e4c about her.20d7816212e6420a

She wasn’t especially 5c633ce2dc kind, nor did 0f47fc830d she seem to 861a4823ae work very hard—yet a055bce07b lightning seemed to cf5f9f8e9c strike in her 4ac5007e4c favor. And as people talked, b3d320530b envy and jealousy colored 66fb68b949 every word.412417a276f406a9

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Natalie didn’t know what 5a9b713750 to make of it. But back-to-back strokes of 0df9c90d7c fortune had her feeling 51595f5f60 pretty great.d15e516f50d74c01

Everyone wanted 99387fac77 a chance 1f50dc5e3a to meet 1778ba862e this mysterious bf93310d1f girl blessed 706fc9b5c9 with unbelievable db647de2f2 luck.8bd6c4aab9038d9a

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Most of them 084dcfc04a were nobles hoping 42a6ce6c77 that being around 662164e45b her would bringthema windfall—or maybe cf13d97290 she’d share some c73fa603e5 rare insider tip fc411f92af only she knew.7edc78c8af3918cf

Naturally, Natalie 53f344d05c began receiving a5b65abb26 more party 7c3e21b878 invitations than 6ef236a521 she ever 1bfd0f534e had since 584ace398c her debut 22b67fb23e in high b0eabdf4cd society.0d1483b40cc69849

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Now they’re trying to a8b696e91a suck up? Please.978b1bcc241ed7a9

Still, the 2662415eae more famous 7cf0e5908c you were, 725aa93c48 the more 15a8e64550 influence you c978034dd5 held in dfa1751747 social circles. It was 3fefc155ae a good 498293b6ce thing in df621f5b56 the end.52534ed2f7d0c4a9

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Even if no 12c7d575b9 one’s intentions were 911299eb89 genuine, some people f8491eecc7 had started actively 8d6fbec0c8 trying to befriend 8115d9312e her—unlike before, when da143a5549 she’d always stood 66a35ea93b apart from everyone.c0ea78d93f9cf0fb

For someone who’d always 69cc9ccb4f been on the outside, 2639245e74 Natalie couldn’t help but 1eadb5a56c feel a little excited.c528232561cd0c7f

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She carefully selected 58ca2ff301 the events she f4acedafc7 would attend—and before 5ffbf9ec4e long, an invitation 53efbba0f8 arrived for a e4297749e2 masked party with 26aad485fe an extremely limited 8b385dcf17 guest list.ce6d27b0281962b6

“An auction? Sounds interesting.”c6867b6533af32a4

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Apparently, there ea0fc41ebb would be b7841914ca a special a8c4486594 auction held c19ed6d3df during the a7ecb8d0e3 event.8c75334ebe86b88b

Wearing a crimson butterfly fa0d1fe425 mask, Natalie climbed into 63eadd5a2b her carriage.e9255c093a8b5feb

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But on 44df642489 the way 9085a949a3 to the d1d42cda05 venue, thick 065dd99661 rain began 5c473e884d to fall 1189053c9c in heavy cfdb28589b sheets.bcb69513b209d9d5

She was 8a7dac55e6 idly gazing c010d0c0ff out the acf998df17 window, looking 329dd58eed forward to d9d565d9a0 the party, e9339e3ee2 when her 80376e18ca expression suddenly 4f644373f6 twisted.4036c5246b5d9edc

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I really don’t want 180961f666 to go anymore!1f3bd1c623d9b817

All at 591f5b565c once, the 46cec22ffb feeling hit 95394b8538 her—so intensely, 8ea1e5ea2e so unbearably, 4cfb93db64 she could 79d89f6914 hardly explain 5105512a25 it.56f60d8f4bf5a7e4

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Even though she’d c6ccf28ff9 looked forward to 9731284dca this party so 657cd0cce5 much that she dc4c692995 had a new 738f3c0f6b dress made for 2ee745c016 it.b74f4eb909fab292

Even though she had 8a90f10bd9 already replied that she 53037a6078 would attend—and backing out 71013fb8fd now would definitely draw 1be41ee170 ridicule.dde0d0299690d647

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Still… I don’t want 2516deaeea to go.a244dbebb7a3ffb0

She tried to 2bf397fdc6 resist it, but d97e962b4a the strange impulse 92469bfabb was overwhelming. Just thinking about going 36956ced28 made her skin crawl e12ea5be9f and her nerves fray.fd503964442124f3

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Grinding her 19f18ba09b teeth, Natalie df104265be finally ordered e68cbeaa3b the carriage 356f0c12c2 to turn be3b4bca42 around—right in 4d94702e72 front of 0a0ff583e4 the mansion c706883ff5 where the 46cb0c51b1 party was 781349cdcc being held.0ca5feb5ccbdb8ab

By the c2b2ee3dee time she 88e4faf1cb got home, 54b8ecba6d the rain bed01bc5c0 had turned fbe96a9b75 into a e8a5a7a405 full-blown storm.01fc3fd28b9fde27

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The Aylesden estate was 386e7a6bf8 as dark and still 66f021a926 as always. Natalie changed clothes db715dbe7d and climbed into 01aec586d9 bed.737bd9a5e0944e5c

“The hat and b7b596089c the horse… I 7394d1aa8d thought both were 866b8eee46 mistakes, but they d53022767a turned out great. This’ll probably be the 7b763ac83c same.”3de9c22034623b3e

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She muttered 520bc026b3 the words 3bb12281bb unconsciously.ed3d541b60beec14

With that a5fac63284 odd impulse e90866b302 still lingering ad40449fd3 in her ac01164679 chest, she 727453798f drifted off e907b4f3b9 to sleep—hoping 4c4f74d548 that, once 325e2ad5c3 again, it 60660e7d86 was the fa57ba55d4 sign of 8e8029dc6a good luck 2cd17ff574 to come.201095950fa01a07

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That night, Natalie had 5a4bf8c043 a nightmare.43a5bf3723426433

Screeeech!2cf2a9e61aeecf8d

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The Aylesden mansion 6fc97e89aa was engulfed in 8ea6a94f83 flames—set ablaze by d540ba0dc1 a fire-breathing monster.a59c065420cba81e

Surrounded by those aa3d0a2174 creatures, Natalie sobbed 1b7d305e5c as she cradled eb3278f711 the bodies of f0e3a627b7 her dead family.90fb313cc301757d

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“F-Father! Brother! No!”c082cbc7e88a83c7

Boom!4cad53389ff06c78

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A deafening f2a8b9fce9 noise jolted ba800e3c71 her awake.cc094d874370556d

The pitch-black room lit 64c1ac2762 up, and she heard b3fe30d098 the heavy steps of efa72909e1 someone rushing toward her.bc57cacd7fb5a27d

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Was it… just 30d48e26a5 a dream?a4eae8509df84e65

Still groggy, Natalie 2ebf8d50a9 turned her head.a76c85c1fa881f52

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At that moment, b60f8403a3 the bed canopy 0e73b576af flew open—and her 2574c362cd brother Anatole’s face 823c80973e appeared, panting and 3a19bfe44d drenched in sweat.240a24f613b5fe24

Her brother, five years 7a8eaf7ffb older.a0d10429dd37c3a7

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“Anatole?”90b66438f694859b

Natalie blinked, dazed, 2483a2f922 and called out. He let 6e9d01e3b4 out a a726021eb8 breath of 2cdbcd1db7 relief, muttering 1fc5433297 a curse db67aeecb8 under his 010e49421b breath.40c453a15196b601

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She looked up 65b21e22a8 at him, her 05522489af mind still hazy ba92b2dfd3 with sleep.a42db5f6df24cb19

“Damn it! You reallywereasleep? You didn’t go c5b6267f47 to that masked 07a3efc10d party, right?! Huh?!”737ed0853e1c002c

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“I-I was 277c505220 just sleeping…”699e7b0a9f39d5ca

She nodded, dcfd26f175 still confused.8b539047770fb1f6

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