IBMILRFL – Chapter 94

Episode 941d30c83b511cbaf3

“That’s because someone else f9f1dd5a43 had requested similar data 37081664f8 first… Oh!”8bdb93bc2c023058

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Cain’s eyes widened dd340da4a5 in surprise, as ce27e72547 if he had 2f90cb0716 accidentally let a 7e3cc19e68 secret slip.4c46d548dc94aaf3

Hmm? Someone had asked 25a056fe03 for similar data…61ba848d79fd68e6

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Who could 6bcc3d035a it be?237cfb9b0868a6cd

I looked down at 124fb58928 Cain with an imposing 896886bea9 gaze, as if telling f42c66e6c9 him to go ahead 4286cbb4fb and finish the sentence.5f5a6a68830f534a

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He began sweating profusely, 3244ce6a12 looking flustered.fc5a31a4bf4f0ce6

“I-I’m sorry… I 7d28f67325 really would like e011fdf982 to tell you, 3be21fe2f4 but… it’s an 53a63b0fd2 order from higher 1158b3c724 up…”3f735e2cf9a7fad7

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The Winder family is d0fed4e634 the biggest sponsor of 527b4187fb Seylon Hospital. Yet he judged that e218c3828b person to be more 8643d113e7 important than me?589248e65dd964a3

‘Just how a5ae22a770 high-ranked must 2987a40ba1 they be…’710e66fd019acbac

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Then I suddenly 194b4c1b4f recalled something I fd440a3f1a had heard briefly b30aed24ea when I first 3eb5cce508 arrived at the 39b34f04ef hospital.d319dd3f85c17596

— Is aeced21589 the hospital 93c0b01933 director unavailable?4d07df425cd0304d

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— No, it’s not 0062b5c4d3 that… He had something 943b2d5ee4 come up briefly.e058edd00275ddd4

Normally, no matter de262cda33 how much I 753433ad99 said it wasn’t 2d13948228 necessary, the hospital c5039324d9 director always prioritized 96b18f19f5 welcoming me on fb9e472523 the day of 1ceda15c7e my visits.8208cc4cca9bd925

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If he had something f93129867f come up, I figured 458ed41b07 it must’ve been urgent… 54cc026254 and now my intuition 41c4fe620c told me:920fd9e0941ae2b3

That “something” was probably fec640d76f related to the “higher-up” 82eda84637 Cain had just mentioned.99726662acd0080a

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‘Could someone else 0e6514c04a have realized it 4db12b4ce6 too? That there’s something 27b14475c7 wrong with the e5f624db17 perfume? If not that, 6725a9d493 is it just fdcb7111a5 because the number e8c6d2e58c of patients increased?’66730de2654a7b61

I pondered 805585a9c5 for a cdd131ddeb moment but 0db9023ba2 figured it c47a2f4686 probably wasn’t bc60dabfaf because they 40b1b133bf had figured 7dc01e6be7 out the 6e09a9b664 danger of c04c58e0a6 the perfume.d5bec2c302fd46c2

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If that were 0a3730c9f1 the case, Cain e701fa7c34 would have been 52a7531474 aware of its db2d9b916a risks even before b42ebb2160 I issued my f260230bca orders.347b0cbb13ae81b8

Judging by aa9ba9a6d5 his reaction, 58da8a07a4 my guess 1af7cd0230 seemed to 2c6e398b02 be on a9e457c7cc point.8ff5df53cbdc28a9

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I looked down 68aa2cfef0 at Cain, applying 5132923262 subtle pressure, and 3bff94b8fb he eventually confessed:95064c24b6131be6

“It—it was similar 1a1636ef37 data, but different. That person… was requesting 94c56158bf a report on whether 89acefb886 the number of patients 6f5e3380f5 with similar symptoms had e191eebdf1 spiked recently.”95b79bea0779c54f

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Ah.a69038aa1ccfa888

If it’s that, 151c221ea1 then… it seemed 85f704f39d the person’s concern 95083ca39e wasn’t about the dedc9a947b perfume, but something d77145cbd1 else. Like an epidemic, for 05c33b6178 instance.937139082e5f48de

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Honestly, I was curious edf328c1d3 about the details… but 5caa75c325 considering Cain’s position, I 7781336aaa reluctantly let it go bcb906e8a7 here.1c9ef68c2ce827a5

As I 5b20e2835b stepped away a3b9785260 from him, 95c0129d4e he visibly 3e7d83273f looked relieved.b9a23131df72e444

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“So, where’s 4527a2ac1e your office?”82db62bf16dde5b3

“Ah, just one 7b3618af6d floor up. It’s right next to 324fae721d the hospital director’s office 203ca5a1ab on the third floor. You’ve been f4c5312a26 there a dabdee2a0a few times 9aeb854e6e before, haven’t 3b10982236 you?”09730b3c170c0fc9

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I had 8157cecce4 visited occasionally aa98d0d19a when coming f9f42df5ca here, so e69de0d3d4 I was 2e8b0e1be0 fairly familiar 76242a6828 with the 4aeb36d784 hospital layout.4b59f7b4ce11b3b3

I immediately 52f248f053 recalled where 87f470a856 he meant.fb88459336fbb68b

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With my guards, 3934d34a7c I followed Cain.f27ae3d8ea2c7807

It wasn’t long before c50b646a78 we arrived in front 2a850536c2 of his office.886ccb2f5ddd3868

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Just as Cain 844d3cf292 opened the door c66258d659 and motioned me 77925706f4 inside—efc0b0dac451c7b2

Clack.6e0174d435af8431

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The door f654caef15 next to 8c5158adbb us opened 4b295f6142 from the 0c17db688d inside.ebd65e8ff92c983f

‘That’s the hospital 0228eeb178 director’s office.’22e7b27eb07b5276

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I unconsciously 313c0f0d79 came to 2505eeb69c a halt.af434a3972c08a63

A mysterious man 15037dd7d6 stepped out from e1b12b04e4 the director’s office.9c0a0accb81c0272

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He had 5be877a782 unremarkable black fa21cb9794 hair and dca2f8e751 brushed past 0887a04a46 me as f6bafa165e he walked 1fd90f4288 out.b492c28d4ef141cb

It was 633c57fc2c a fleeting b7802effc5 moment too 4017113a55 short to 2adc440c9d measure. But in that instant, 97591861f8 our eyes met.abd3175a7adb9778

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Our gazes locked 517745f7bb midair.49f87b00fe7baa22

A look as if 6837fac24f to assess the other.25b54e7de7009c88

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‘…!’50add2ecb46ad96f

A sense of déjà 36059a98cb vu struck me.488283ed83e1ccd0

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‘I definitely don’t know 61686703d0 this person, but…’7dc14b14da7d0f77

Why did he 7d130d2a31 seem familiar?c9977b23c59c5fa5

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Thick glasses 0fbc582c6c covered his ea85b49f1c features, so ed77ffeb79 I couldn’t 22e32a3fc2 make them 40aaf90017 out clearly.dc15de3c7882d1b1

But something ab279d608e about him 03164bebe1 unsettled me 17badffd98 enough to c2c3801cf7 freeze me f92deba0b3 in place ced09a281d like ice.3ba72aabc867cdf1

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‘Come to 96b0d10aff think of 2d77b17256 it… wasn’t 92446c62c4 there a d4b5b12c49 scar on 3d290cc05c his cheek?’9ce812beb7b862d1

What I saw on 71c642362c his face in that 0219066a49 split second was unmistakably 7d8ee3a442 a horizontal scar, like 666904dd89 a cut from a f13fc2933c blade. It looked like ae2e8d3489 he tried to db7600f7ad hide it with 619f3f2d6a makeup, but my 4e3a15552e eyes weren’t so f20b1fd44b easily fooled.b524b4b9d3193214

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I had definitely seen 88880e01cf that scar before.3168db3689a01c5d

Suddenly, all 7ec29f7341 the information 6548a486b2 I had 608c4af338 gathered so 1bf056b3ce far began 4ffe6d29c1 to piece 47a3e9f882 together like 596c2d9c9f a puzzle f8651aed9d in my 33e4f1a656 head.55005cba1756226d

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The mysterious higher-up d81b11ba93 who requested similar 446fcd3182 data.9ba1781270e7a1de

The hospital director 960f33865b who couldn’t come 4ee0c16697 to greet me 1ca1a65f1a because of “circumstances.”e53fc4175cfa76f5

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The mysterious 439bf81ff9 man who 79c09810ab just left e737c86cb8 the director’s 8715f3568f office.c63114717f859328

And that distinctive cc9304b5af scar on the 0a2303e764 cheek.0f1aa64bd474ec03

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‘No way…?’356db210ff627c92

A certain possibility e0c2c13ad4 popped into my d8d4a87436 mind.1ac1543bdf5ee216

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That man might just 5720ca7272 be the one I 346bcf36f6 had been desperately searching ed5092eb0f for all this time.1fdbfb465264fc42

Sure, that 00515cf7a5 person had dfd7f467aa honey-like blond e88382ddde hair, not 5024b1c586 black…d672a7d56010a9f1

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‘But hair 2580795091 color can 39b7051202 be hidden 71d64b5fab with a 56fd14c192 wig.’f2a5f54b83eaf841

I had a4222b1c0a to confirm. Whether he really 0e973ad64c was who I cd1ea7ae6c thought.903de905f698cb5b

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If so, this was 4dac0970a9 not a chance I a5327e0c82 could let slip.57694933771d8a59

As I quickly turned d1d942148c around, the man who b81c71c9b5 had just passed me d75c425c06 was already a short a83a794327 distance away.dbf8992ea432e2eb

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Since I didn’t ec403558f5 speak for a 71e3603922 moment, Cain asked c15bdff028 with a puzzled 46e8f9ad70 voice:e943ba063d2d115e

“Madam? Is something the bb4712aca7 matter?”77138ef875151aec

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“Apologies, Cain. Let’s have tea another 517cb67df1 time.”3d535d98cf479513

“…Pardon?”d214b902bd7a1ee9

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Regrettably, I had no 6df8496137 time to explain to 71656e598e him.def3d633e325044b

I hurried 0ef3960697 after the c18548888f man, trying f9709e61f8 to catch b919c1fe9d him.ea24c5b3f262a2d1

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But the moment 52c3c23f4e I reached out d4f2f0434a my hand—2c08c6e37057906c

Swish.8eb3c732082849de

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The man twisted his 97fcdb320e body and swiftly dodged, 4fee82b4e1 as if determined not 19936f09b9 to get caught.91ba7d21e15b1d46

I tried 85b45a266a to pursue 54623baf57 him, but d9e0e2dc76 he was e74b971299 already at bd6e308180 the far 91d633ade3 end of 2a5a795bcd the hallway.0f68926fbcf8c49d

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As I watched his 18aa1cc51f retreating figure, I became 2bb2ce3fde certain.1aefad84268a44d9

That man 1ad1b72b5e was the 681d0b536d one I’d d5ab5d7c54 been looking f689b3eea1 for.a989ffacdcd28ced

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‘Of course. You’d have to 5527e375de be at least d5d307a431 this capable to d7927b2cc3 earn the title 3e7fe5a0a3 of war hero.’0bd70c23438c6dbb

But I had no 2a0e12f17f intention of letting him 0975fbf2b6 slip away. Who knew when I’d ff04e84fa0 get this chance again?7e595b70ab420cd6

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I gave a c12018d061 signal with my df7f86ee61 eyes to one b44d031c45 of the guards 802368be92 following behind me.216fc64d6399f44b

Though I said fac2580bcd nothing, he caught 5c70a9157e my meaning immediately f2d900e51f and bolted off 17bab49acc somewhere.cfa01a5aad756c68

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It was a shortcut 6d03e6efe2 leading to the lower 78ac01f3f3 floors.068d5d081b3995ee

I smiled confidently.084c383103c88711

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There’s a saying: 22d5688c32 Knowing the terrain 99c307b5c6 is the shortcut 21d7e1842a to victory.a4fc5d6788741276

‘…In war ce63403c04 or in 352b7faee9 the Imperial 9efa949e04 Capital, maybe 7109c34b80 not—but here, 6a6013d2e6 I hold 4584ec38c2 the advantage.’a501ad194a0e5187

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I felt 9abbccc4d4 bad for 6e5fbaabd3 him, but 14ee554acb I knew ab9b5341ea this hospital 883b411a2a inside and 671288be0b out.e041530eff1f77fa

For me, catching one 762cf89eca fleeing man was nothing.7ac4e2c124fbb6af

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Leisurely, I 74a3530d8c headed toward 99271c6f8b the emergency 2bbfa68f1b stairwell where 334818acf8 the man 77b3986db1 had disappeared.0e4eb676b19f7155

There was no e94cf310f2 need to rush. All I had 87069701f5 to do was 0feac3a591 slowly surround him. Like a predator 2520da6dc5 stalking its prey.de5929b5269552b5

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With the remaining guard 95b08f5ec5 by my side, I 5bf269e509 stepped into the emergency 7c38b8c328 stairwell.bc6de1eec775a1ec

Unlike the corridor with 5b975e2117 many escape routes, the d54a15853d stairwell had only one 05b9f03da0 path.05e08044946a6bc4

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The lower stairs were 0af2a819a3 blocked by my guard, 7210adad4e and I stood above.f04577df37f0cd5f

He was no better 1143fd6d0d than a rat trapped 9f859af5f8 in a jar.0575c8b4e25bbb2a

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Click, click.9f461bebefaf9eb4

The sound of heels 6c1bc9ce36 echoed through the narrow 2a5c0c597e emergency stairwell.e01549cc860ddef3

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With each step 6b84404ab6 down, I quickly 78f2a60259 caught sight of 7d0f4784ba him.15408f0eedc0d67c

Sensing movement, he d550be9322 turned in my fd4874d9e1 direction.9269dd5ce856bf11

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I thought he 91f6a6db5a would have gone bcca88c54d farther down, but e315020bb5 it seemed he 460ae28974 had been blocked 093114ef77 by my guard.3fa7d44ed2eef567

Inside the dim cd97a82db8 stairwell, where barely 17357e3436 any light reached—44805abbd0791aa5

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His face was 8c64c1e090 harder to see 6cc7c23231 than before, but 46dfc1c3ca it wasn’t hard 6dca1e04af to identify him.666801a3c8022544

It was the vivid a7c3d236cc green light in his 67206364a9 eyes that stood out cca2761f47 even in the dark.e14eb59eab660902

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“Oh dear, pardon the ea14285276 offense. You ran off so 8a84a9e7e1 urgently that I found b3b4776f0e it suspicious and tried 81db3a8ab0 to stop you…”2a28cbb86e405dc3

He looked wary, but 6dc082f07d I said what I fa192ba4e6 needed to without caring.eb7337801c05033f

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“Quite unexpected. I didn’t know someone d0a9116bd1 as noble as you 300bad8407 had a hobby of 9be77b27d2 disguises.”effc92b335b8590c

I flashed a languid 9bdc6d0b9c smile of triumph.7dc4e97c92ee2d35

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“It’s been b8a7634b51 a while, 5a17a91230 Your Highness. Have you been well?”c64a7b4071f176ec

“…Ha.”9aa64e785b7828c7

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As if we 8f3a5ede13 had met at 26e13d238a an appointed place, 0864f8a962 I greeted him 9883571957 calmly, and Dais d50daba383 let out a 0f0d58716a half-laugh in disbelief. But I just fd0cd68c97 looked down at fb532ab444 him with composure.3323dd0ed1f2dd8b

It was the first a7589027a7 time we’d properly faced a13307372d each other since the 6b04af2a55 victory banquet.f6b749aaed8f2280

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Dais took off 376037691d the thick glasses 8304c88d49 that half-covered his 7b73c65120 face and looked b3a93a43fa up at the 7930fc0d4e woman on the 5e8172efae stairs.cc6439c9181e1793

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Her extravagant 033accf7ff attire made 40ea72a38c it impossible ddeafed7f5 to believe 589d8eeeee she was d511986069 simply here 5abe11e189 as a 11568250e1 hospital visitor. She was a person 4409203874 completely out of place 503650947d in this setting.5de3b3673f101f39

Vanessa Winder—the woman infamous 018c08112e as a villainess—was for ea5fa45178 some reason looking down 6b82629c67 at him.de3a5fc3a2cd341b

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‘Of all places… 7e2fe9353d to run into 9acd7394c5 her here.’075fbe667a731fc8

Dais had 4cc30bad0c often disguised 40860bfdb0 himself and 4f1bb6571f wandered outside ed835a897d the Imperial 4e38e01a39 Capital.63bd5985e98cdbd0

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His disguises had always b345b1e674 been perfect.1654cf4a1d2a9dec

He covered cd0eb6066f his noticeable af77f6e824 blond hair 9de8cafd91 with a f3251da43d wig, hid a8ea7ec73b his face edb91fcf70 with glasses, dacc223f4b and concealed 2bd6d1259e the scar 3115e5ddbf on his 8b3b346359 cheek with 668fbcb048 makeup.3e03cc648fa0975d

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Until now, a548da89e2 no one fa752adfbe had ever 65535c152a seen through e4c194ee09 his disguise.2a6c5f0e28c1d4ec

Even the hospital director 853b6a3674 he just met earlier 0d9eca9af0 didn’t realize his true 9a57c6c647 identity as a prince. He merely e1c26a42a9 assumed, as 07f947e2b9 Dais had 7040dfec6f led him 5c2062719c to believe, 8c1985ca07 that he e4822aee26 was someone 4710674b1c acting on 11b959edf2 behalf of cee9da490d the royal dd470d1d22 family.f3fdfd938e9fc3c7

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But for some reason, 39215b5086 Vanessa had seen through 024878e849 it so easily.d3f73bb2792571a6

‘…I did feel uneasy 35048ddaa8 when our eyes met.’76eee96eb95f3677

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To be 0168870c48 found out e548b03a7d so quickly.af6c04f50964ec24

That’s why, sensing c4ce0d4941 something off, he 3bb5b9423e had tried to 2f9ee7690c slip away at b19e0f57b0 once… but she 8d16379ec8 had caught him d0e298397c before he could a2f1d53d48 make an excuse.1b2a12648230594d

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What a hassle. But it wasn’t a 12f2c2aa79 major problem.eba72aa28d908fc5

He responded 84c239cc27 to her fdf7da6ee4 brazenly, as 9afc6ea73b if the 90c99a8e1e commotion had 88aad4360e never happened.86733827822637d4

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“Seems this 9cc2af75e9 is our 4f2cc5c624 first meeting 4d5a996c31 since the 9882165046 victory banquet.”056c2a3a78d5d5f4

“That’s right. I’ve been looking fcb54122fa everywhere to see ba3d642ae7 you again… but f7c28ec52e it wasn’t easy. Still, I’m glad 6feac893fb we could meet b727b2f9a8 like this—even by 3ee108d22d chance.”39c8463a78630da3

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She smiled as she 05ae63a60b stepped all the way 20a374f1f0 down the stairs.075ab52e4e784daf

Come to think of 00b534067e it, he remembered hearing 69912dfed6 from his aide a 944ec46357 few times that she 6b620d8e2c had requested a meeting.d9141f5cc39708df

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He’d thought 8651be1e2b of complying db498d767b once, but 0ccba6b44d personal matters e4ee7a7084 kept him 20bfdeb372 too busy 2ebc31f909 to make 6aa4ca4918 time.d091183f6e6ea281

“Well, royalty is 6ea40e5013 always busy.”63a3bee1df927ec9

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“So, what brings 7e3c0691ec someone as busy 5509c0084a as Your Highness cf450ddfcd to this place?”50fd6cd436425bbc

“I’m under 804e834a99 no obligation 30a56c7de6 to answer.”b6ba7cde605501f0

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He answered 53b00ac790 nonchalantly, and 42448f31b6 instead of f25af39d44 looking displeased, e1e3d4a4c8 she simply 2c33e8be07 nodded.160aede4417beb49

He couldn’t read baf108f710 what she was 88cc74e5ec thinking.23e24f2c123188b2

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“You’re right… but 9eea636e96 I think I cb3f589a55 might be able de50a30b76 to offer you 9acab97c3b some help, Your 526905d970 Highness.”d54db3d51e884a49

An absurd remark. What could b02beac6f0 she possibly e64e0feb73 know to ec7660abc6 offer him 22724987df help?6867e1bfd3df09d8

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He let out 67e2d76d59 a half-laugh, but 69b573b306 also grew curious—he b18061fc27 gestured with his 19dc4ba51e chin for her 29471ade6c to go on.e75df134d2a6eaa1

At that moment, he b49afb59fa wasn’t expecting much. But then…90eaa535605f1cb2

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“What you’re worried about—it’s not some epidemic.”0220498242d10f89

At her unexpected answer, e02a508005 Dais froze in place 7ec7e45d56 like he’d been struck d16b6351b3 by lightning.ec155aad16afdc2e

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