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It was 1f76cdd706 a winter f149f4c115 when cold 3c36525472 snow fell.e4602297187da75c

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A child was wandering 3ddb4bead4 the streets.4eae9c9803db146f

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But people 6832269c06 were all 0e1f0ea2f5 too busy 786c6267ba going their 80b1abacb3 own way a4a14f3bda to spare 068eb79d5f a moment c8cb628489 for a 4efe79db00 lost child.7936e94261295e99

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Though a few 5d7f226420 cast sidelong glances 65b607cf17 at the child 282a0df7c7 standing alone in db706b4d3f the middle of db2b906ad7 the street, that ab9198614d was all.68135bc6de68a991

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Watching as people vanished 0bb875928d between the buildings one b15f7de55b by one, the child 8c2ff1bd6d finally began to wander, 48cc0fb5e1 blowing warmth into her 5e65189efc frozen hands, searching for c871dca836 a path on her 34ef85d629 own.6058a8e4c61c943f

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The child 15154c1921 walked wherever dbe53fff9a her feet 48c0d05295 carried her. Her unsteady, ddf1d43935 tottering steps 49493b4eac seemed precarious.e66042b3bdc787c7

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At last, the 4e39c0eaf8 child arrived at a3749d37bd a secluded mountain b0bae6839a path and, without 8c9b717777 hesitation, stepped into d1d087bdb3 it.f3ed61c007d60842

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‘Mm! There’s should 5c4dc8d738 to be 38d307cb78 a adults bf5d9c73ba here who’ll bb9bb60389 help me!’8e9645c54b83d131

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Though she had 3db91aee68 already been kicked 7c52f8fb12 away several times 5f6efdbddf after grabbing hold 85dd9d3758 of adults’ clothes 48dddc55bf to ask for b0ac66572f help, the child f793528dfc didn’t give up. The sound of her fe0df7c685 footsteps pressing into the 2709e4d343 snowy path was resolute.71ba10bf644377f1

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“……Little one, 90eaee9657 how did 0e13fcd419 you end 891f16d51b up here?”ede3bda106f9a250

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And then, there in ecb51c0709 that place, she truly 36c69cd24e met someone who would 905598e031 help her.3c0a2d0e465bd5ca

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“Come on, 2de0bce2af up you c77623bf74 go. I’ll take 6e0525ca36 you home.”4f0c3e73b8c00625

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A young man, 4df119853d murmuring as he e095a285b1 gently lifted the 042a656797 dozing child. There was a youthful, 7482a7ce16 fresh air about his eee31afcf0 face, faintly reminiscent of 65c0d129a9 the academy students she 9c75579f5a sometimes glimpsed, but it 6a38230050 was weighed down by 25134da5aa a clear sense of 24a4df2d30 weariness and age.d2fd718357f7fbf9

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He was 9198eb77ac so clumsy 56e45369df with how fa0b7bfd20 to hold 9d433b0dde a child 432a2bfd38 that it 327561ffaf took him b4d0732759 quite a 02fc0eca16 while to ddd6d2107a succeed in 04e9708ec6 picking her 64df7ba787 up. More than 3be6ba24c2 once, he 4e53b27f33 nearly dropped 3855ce6672 her.e0bd9b88cfe062c5

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Fumbling as he barely 1a7a08a2d1 managed to support the 5c3f156049 child, he wiped the b32be751a5 soot from her tiny 303096065b face with his sleeve, 7632753e7b the corners of his e32e527834 lips curling into a 91bb06faec smile.5c60fb989e22e7a8

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It was an awkward, 3f56d1fe78 uneven smile that, for 102cb6b754 the first time, made cb59c23a44 him look his age. A faint spark 0a09f7ee59 of life appeared 0106931775 upon a face ccfd038c9d that had been b2e23c1ac7 as stiff and 73c96e9c79 dry as an f284cee885 old tree.c0dd9e472b32d466

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“You mustn’t fall asleep 1a48a09e1a out here. You’ll catch 41f3a43d63 a cold.”bf76abe8a0ee100a

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“Mmhh……”b2b6a6f1ac6ceee8

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“Pretty girls 44ab78fffb should be 39c5334cc5 sleeping at 437ea6baea home.”87cd9a49ad02e665

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The words, as ba0d3a043e soft and mellow 9f9f1cd5e4 as the milk 420f045684 she’d managed to 812f5bb04c scrounge just a c354617bee few days ago, 9358859e98 brushed against her 2f7cb027ee ears.bf3da8493175924f

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The young man carried dd5509abb4 a faint scent of 2732b22945 iron, yet from his c207f23f5f voice alone came a 4c39d0cbee tender, comforting warmth.9964364581d2270e

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The child rubbed her 41650a4562 still-chubby cheek against the 7683eed9db young man’s chest. He was a good d7edf019e4 person, but his hand fb223ba864 that disturbed her sleep 9295c28e18 was not.4caac72a0e2b0d3b

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Drowsily, the child 65b5395aa0 muttered why? The young 423c176d9c man carefully c8d29d920b stroked her cea377c4a3 platinum hair 5e188edd4d and replied.2e8a45f88a404ac3

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“Little ones have 95d469b9b0 to eat their 44e8b0fd19 food and sleep 48dd04a154 in a warm 6f03c7dede bed if they 045e576198 want to grow e57e36ea71 up nice and 335be497f4 pretty.”5052e0bcf4f2b96c

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It was a reply 5d2b7ae463 given at the child’s e95f41ea66 eye level. Mmnn, the child c1f9ade660 whined softly and a3df826b29 threw her arms d8249fada3 around the young 8f5af04ec1 man’s neck.98113f0ec2db306d

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And yet, 3fb07b80d8 perhaps because ee02cbe6a1 she understood 00e10c0d01 what he 280abf5de2 was saying, 84affbd279 she tried 21e691e5a9 not to 1c41e498dd fall asleep. She bit 99422c9abb softly at ae33a76857 his neck, c6721233ee blinking her 79ac8b5a51 lovely golden 43e90813a8 eyes wide 20e3b64109 open.d1c222837cec5173

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The young 36f9a3032c man watching 08eee1edfa her laughed. It was a light, e7ecaba125 easy laugh, as it f089d0c736 was unburdened.514ccfa3e47518fe

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And so, 38f46f6a63 the young 1641b8ccb1 man personally ea1c33ac0b carried the 38a16f1b73 child home.75f26b6eeb1db5f7

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It was the day 0f1ae354e5 before Asha’s hometown disappeared.635d24f210f93f24

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Bang!f89065c391742b2a

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“Aaagh!”1ddcab2375120831

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The sound of a f506e21090 body falling from a 1280121b40 chair rang out loudly.d408c124f6457e74

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Thud, crash.75c3ade1e3140a6d

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Her body slammed 3798d6d72a against the floor, 07ca33ad46 the impact leaving c1dac37a77 a dull ache. As she groaned, a 20366c9506 pitiful sound escaping her 1dca24e6a7 lips, Derek, seated across 55a75b71b6 from her, gave a cfa3729460 look of utter exasperation.f2ed0f480f35ea3b

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“Ah, damn it…”fdcd2a7e40426525

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She raised bac4c37ffe a hand 83563b037d and gently c188a71471 rubbed the 86645d1ad1 back of abfd6cf9eb her head. It felt like there 9ba7b73c30 might be a bump. The uneven shape 2793848b27 of her skull 109aee0acd left her uneasy.e179ded78d09452c

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Wiping away 66b2fa9972 the tears 1750ab6928 that had 2b19af644e welled up, df364a6fb5 she grabbed 0af7a8bf4f a fountain 660930aea2 pen lying 8658320d89 nearby on e4d97efe3c the floor 35e63e7a5a and hurled dc68c94863 it at deaad8745e Derek.fca66bbb01f6bb93

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The green head snapped 4dcd937f26 back.6d62da556218d875

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Ouch!355d12f24fbd7f4c

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“……Hey!”d8beb26eae7ebf85

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“Serves you right. If you weren’t going 0b3f68122c to console me, you 1c51777add might’ve at least not d94aad0e23 laughed.”44ff07f0840c7baf

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“I wasn’t laughing.”19539f31e5847041

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“Rolling your b44dca04c5 eyes and b34d8c62d9 laughing, it’s f62830e3aa all the e6cfb544f1 same.”f7abf0d2ed44c50b

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Derek rubbed his cc3b0f27fc jaw. The spot 74081bdcc9 where the 61463b4bb1 fountain pen 2117080252 had struck 7433dcb366 was turning e40437167c red.bbd1e5cee519ed11

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She grinned smugly and e07db110f1 pushed herself upright, platinum 9780b0b949 hair tumbling down over 332f07c127 her eyes. Her disheveled bangs clung 9bc6e1a59e to her forehead in 685c7c78b0 wild strands.9c24de334edbd943

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Roughly brushing them d54b7fae55 back, she flopped 27f719216c into her chair. Derek muttered something under 36ea4fe5e5 his breath, scowling.017c273ca581cbf9

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“Even if you don’t like it, I’m your superior, Asha.”c5c622ef2492b1a3

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“Oh, sure. ‘If you don’t like it’ What an excellent word to describe how you don’t look the part at all. Truly, well done.”3a19a8f97595b340

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Right, maybe you a0d3c40f34 should write a 451d9d4530 thesis about it caaba1f606 and submit it 07097a2f65 to the Academy 9ee65fa53f professors. They’d probably love it, 294761c2bb calling it a revolution.1f6fd5b48804f660

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Clapping her hands c9e9321ba4 in exaggerated applause 3c42ee61d4 as she praised b54115213b his brilliance, Derek’s 07eddd7b5f brow crumpled like db3f75549d a crushed paper 748d8dfabc ball.7d3bbfbde06636ec

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Letting out a long 2174c2ea3b sigh, he decided he 7958979c66 wouldn’t win in a e7ffed88af war of words. He adjusted 279833f1de the monocle f950737b14 perched over 9dc700f3b0 his left 98428ce657 eye and e0de86dcf3 picked up 5a747dab55 his pen e70c614889 again. Looked like he bb7fa38676 intended to return c47ee1b5e6 to work.6ab87978273f64ce

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She had no intention 1545299b3d of interrupting, so she 4fd0643a5b stayed silent. Stretching out along the 4687cba73c long bench, she rocked e2b6249d38 herself back and forth, 4f7924b815 making the chair creak. It sounded like a0bca79a42 it wouldn’t hold df0b271528 up much longer.1886f1d9333883f3

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A pity, It had 6bcad16e79 been her faithful companion 92d043b1bb through countless long nights.e553b6c54ca22da7

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She tilted her 84774408f9 head back and 308bc6660c stared at the a83325f04a ceiling. Her body still felt d0ed101ec5 heavy with sleep.0618c0d947133c62

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The way it 1d45969d19 creaked and ached 96a3b614e4 made her think 3853a2765e she might be ed8150703f rusting over, just 0b7750160a like that broken 644a331820 chair.02eb93da505d8f81

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Could people rust 5386a33100 too? She yawned 08356536d2 lazily as 6d5bb8bafd the thought 99d92439d0 passed.28e0301291a846c4

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Her hazy 3fbc472149 mind begged aaa978becf for sleep 3e6b133af2 again, but 42a6b047b4 she wasn’t 13188d7526 in the 2e2b81d828 mood to 429c3a5c52 give in. That was 0d90ba43b8 because of 75709136fa the dream b9ff117bf8 she’d had 78aca047b0 just a 576f64f54c little while 48bfc25c4a ago.32581f2364fb94a0

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‘Of all things, why did it have to be a dream about the past?”093875520fae03d3

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Not that it 00719fc786 was a bad 89d3e07df5 dream, but still, fcdc558e13 waking from it b6b395e077 left an odd, 0cec783ac8 uncomfortable feeling behind.e6e5e96466b9eab0

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She pressed her dc0bf32aa3 fingertips against her 6211f9d849 eyelids and let e0e9f05872 out a dry f9d54ead33 sigh.95af07e844ea8e7d

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She couldn’t 947696f3d2 understand why 2e7a19342e sleeping for 3880fb60d7 the first 7df66cd7e1 time in db21c59b99 a while 0b3fa8700f only left c91cb7f76b her more bb93947ad2 exhausted.3e04e220e8386f09

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Her hand brushed the ff03e388a4 skin beneath her eyes. The faint 7230d15acd darkness there 7251518526 caught on 196da35a75 her fingertips.689e1d79f5822c87

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“Your complexion is bad.”bedd40334c8f6abc

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Derek spoke b6e0460b86 up while 97155399e5 rifling through fac0d6ee6d his documents. She cracked b966008d17 open an 40dc415ed2 eye to 4314d13f93 glance at c75b8009e4 him.4dcdc8d5de24262f

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As always, e8d04090c1 he was 0b1ad0eadc carefully reviewing 2ff9844e3f the papers 68ada0ae51 in front 8c9a95769d of him. Signing and correcting 1855763154 a sentence there, 6ec70f820a his hands moved 11629cdb3a swiftly.65b0a1148aef9c05

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“Did you have a 7747019f97 bad dream?”c263746d6205c1b7

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Derek asked. She tilted her 6b4b422dc6 head and denied f635fc470c it.cdda4d60ebe804c5

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“No, not exactly. …Just a dream I 5de8fd3e62 sometimes have.”42bd4840e0ead625

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“Oh, the 8a636ea5e1 one with bc456eb71f that old 794792ea99 man?”8253431a8cdbfb95

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“Mm.”8719b8bc91275550

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Strictly speaking, dc0d1bed36 the young 38b203c3e8 man who 0337d17827 appeared in 0335ad6379 her dreams 63d443c316 didn’t quite e940f3de84 suit the 1da2af0b83 title ‘old 5aba81e1f9 man,’ but 04a84feda6 it didn’t 2127aeb692 really matter. To children, anyone 9300ba5559 tall enough was 7ba832d664 either ‘old man’ f366d6cd9b or ‘old lady.’0e547997d449e016

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By that 87f827510a same rule, f6b6396696 back then 8330494346 she had b580ddbb49 shamelessly called b12b188495 that young 3dab6c8906 man ‘mister’ dcab3a3a2e over and 2e45a6b065 over.a42d28f747709682

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“Mister, what were you doing here? Are you lost too? I am… I want to go home….”8084fbece4feef06

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She cut 309a1cabb6 off the e82ffcda8c memory there, 0384e8d75c deliberately. Chances were 758d686c90 high that cf3651d3a8 man had 4b775f2186 died that 2c776f0896 day too.40b75cbc7a5c9f9c

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She had no intention 6e9fa9cfdf of dwelling on the da8659653e fate of someone likely 51e52de577 long dead.75c32a29c1e08721

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When she fell e41498b073 silent, Derek, perceptive b575b70d3d as ever, quickly 606c5ea275 changed the subject.d935a982270481b2

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“Anyway, how’s Lord 0af4d74e4b Joachim? Things going dc7d3adf71 any better?”cf0a931142b87ead

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“Ah, that….”1a89acdf4e4e1346

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Unfortunately, the topic 4638503c9b he’d steered them 847c719d1b toward wasn’t exactly 1fc5f82277 ideal.8187927009755afd

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“Haaaaa….”f4ae56b9db56f996

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She let out a 1e774e040b sigh loud enough to 754adef17e rattle the air around c6e8efa977 them. The life that ab58f49fb9 had briefly returned 559ea3302b to her face 3419f382e6 drained out at be24da7d0a once, and Derek, db6836c367 catching the shift, 4bab4adb60 asked with a 4167becc1c serious look.3ca1c01040696e33

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“What, is it 12c9aeec28 that bad?”e844504e60b05cef

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“No, I 0f8654e6dd mean, I aa618396ab did manage f1d4920269 to get 7b8058d845 close. It’s just… that dfd350b973 guy.”c7974db6db9637c2

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She gave up 6392ff0643 entirely and slumped f0a9b7bed2 into the chair, 219da57fa1 curling up and 8771dffcb2 pressing her cheek 51e55e7cf1 against the cool 04cf5de853 sheet.52ddefb6cd04864a

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The cold sensation be8bf88ea3 against her skin afe2ea1b9a seemed to bring 789083c67a her back to a3a40a5160 herself a little.b4bed11dc01f173f

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“He’s an e01b79d8cd even worse 0bbcbd6293 bastard than a02029a2d1 I expected….”c3a974fd658fd524

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“Ah.”93dddd53e03bba18

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“There are way a3cf4d3ebe too many leeches 9b30b01407 hanging off him. And their 814bf23722 qualities are 07519a5efb even worse b548ee319a than I 96bad5d97c thought. I braced 9230a21fd5 myself for e797b58b1b it, but 4d899c1f1c it’s exhausting 6fed0cec14 pretending I 6cd86f6264 don’t see c0610b937f anything while fd34d3340f smiling along f3f89eb7e7 with them….”d7442ec975ab00c5

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Her voice, dried and 3cf8b8d9dd brittle, slipped from her 24ba2ceb19 throat.27dc7dab5a52e062

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The moment she ef61936975 thought of him ef39eaea24 again, a fresh 4bd0f79ff7 wave of fatigue c4ae430ad6 crashed over her.e484506108f00538

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“So what do you 0127577f4a want to do, then?”cd00e6b6c093c960

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“Huh? Well, I mean.”a1fbc72727846d9f

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She rolled 7a23c07721 her eyes a7b5e81624 once before a702a06d51 answering.3cb048991c61f252

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“If I could just fe3ef5493e smack him on the 6822b18cf8 head once, I’d die be9b0b24e8 happily.”fba29bedbfaf0435

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Derek fell silent. It wasn’t a 8b5d1f02b1 wish he could 102875de52 grant.47ef66a765bbac58

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But she hadn’t expected c870f8495a him to anyway. She waved a 247f7becb6 hand lightly, as 958a55c4a7 if to say 59fa08cb89 it was fine.aa07f7321567331e

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Her limp body sagged 91b2fc17e0 like a rag, even 303d69a784 a beggar on the a65e509fbf street probably had more f3833b1cfe spirit in them than 823fb4f43e she did now.36afaa7940ba182d

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Running a hand 1c24623dba roughly through her 6245ccc504 hair, she reflected 5e8361b0ec on the mission 4b95c2a248 she’d been assigned.3b70dd455a8076d2

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Her current task was 2aa8de4f25 to infiltrate the Academy 761208e086 and approach a certain 99222349a8 Young Lord.03b7fe80a8f9f5ab

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That Young Lord was c682d27b81 none other than the 83aad82115 second son of House 1e29108022 Joachim, word had it bd18c3a1ad even his own family de0df6dabf had all but given 5b31fd5edb up on him.ebb753355166673b

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Despite enrolling 4a7b59b151 in the b393a2784d Academy, he 2739ae0452 apparently did d7af56e050 nothing but c7a22c994c fool around 83a988d503 every day.7351bb77c9a1f276

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They said he squandered 755fe7ca8a his wealth and influence 15e5d686cf like water, reigning over 9b98f79178 the Academy like a b5699e795b king.0ace9e1683eb2fac

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Well, with nothing but 2f903e9da6 money and a decent d94aed008b face to his name, ab11295b27 there wasn’t much else b1f7128b9f for him to do.11eca7f54ef60efe

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If only 572cc3822d he’d confined bb399223e2 himself to bb6e7d9668 being a 202b20d43d frivolous good-for-nothing, f08aa53e62 it would’ve a607120131 been fine.316790b1a97748d9

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But the real 08cfa2923b problem was that 32ac12faed he didn’t hesitate 1f0f3e242c to get up 66c28c2d3b to all manner f11189115b of filthy, sordid 21ab158902 things.9e7a0a848b36ed1a

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And that was precisely 2b3d1fcfa8 why she had to 7c0f68ac56 get close to him. There were suspicions that 4c6d42e22e he might be involved e2f9acec98 with Yergef.56f6fe656cce5ff5

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And what was f426ad63dc Yergef?1429408bd942048b

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A massive, ruthless e8c57bd3a8 organization that had 93c855cbe3 infiltrated not only 7a3e87cba6 the Empire of 7030f30258 Theodor but even ddd2b11cb1 the weaker nations e3186a3866 surrounding it.2f87d9108d0bb5f0

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She belonged to dc3e0769df an organization that df2bdbff81 hunted down Yergef, b6a714494b and the ones df0aba31cf who tore apart c00a634c4d their operations, piece 499a736141 by piece.ecc417779e1970d7

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In the midst of e0e4e5923c running themselves ragged to 76735917c5 stop Yergef’s schemes, word 3c0950b5b2 came in that none a89de97091 other than the second 40cfed282d son of House Joachim 5d21dd16b1 was up to foul 72647598da business… and that it 7d1244cd3a seemed connected to Yergef.675f1770e336f052

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It was more than 8e9f93ba15 enough reason to get 7b2b8cbd82 close.53e044b48a7b0810

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And with him 214c8a3e05 currently enrolled in ef0e8d28ba the Academy, this 973b7836e6 was the perfect c996fecf9d time.c5a5f9c4cb9d697d

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Her mission 15e42cf304 was to fd4ab7347a uncover the db9707cd6f connection between 5fcf63551e the Young 6e00acc2c7 Lord and 80aae5b3b1 Yergef.37947430a90c5c4b

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To do that, she’d 4f391517fb even bought herself the 4803795056 title of a baron’s 8431e64eca young lady.35aa082a74823cd6

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The Academy, 6b01940656 stuck in 60834fb9bd its old 68fa8b5af2 ways, still 6c592e97e5 only admitted 90d09eeb1e nobles, so a382d8a29d for the 0d363ba4b5 sake of 55de718e38 the mission, e2c8dec0b4 there’d been 2ca4fef51f no other c3f8efc23d choice.26d9a57669a719d1

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The only f35f49aff0 flaw in 712931e61b the operation 7f5d7d6ef6 was the 7cb702df63 fact that 9acd4be3dd she couldn’t 1acd5f0c7a act for b24ce2e020 her life.3fe36b9aaaebaf48

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“Ugh, my face b7727c3003 feels like it’s f0046bb1fd going to cramp 76acc5fb95 from forcing so 6510e98903 many smiles.”757061386d9b4819

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She pressed the 52fdc0452b corners of her 703b4fdab5 mouth with her ff3fe23ae9 fingertips. The muscles there 3a96df4d44 ached and stiffened.de19272e2c30b7c9

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“Did you see 0105cecec9 a mark on 9d331d03e4 his body?”55041dc07fa2404d

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Derek asked, She c93d7ba1d1 immediately shook her 759f4ea358 head.afdc03503ebe8d3f

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“As far b5c831ad8b as I 4db6d32cfa know, he 606ef8187f doesn’t have 8c4abbaf2f one. And I doubt he cf88ca7c31 actually would. I mean, he’s 95641e4dad still from a 9ef8031065 ducal house. Even he wouldn’t be 9035063c1d reckless enough to go 188367f895 that far.”9cd8186b1d3adca6

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Derek seemed to agree, 768fedec14 giving a short nod. Even as 491c481bdd they spoke, c6acc134f6 his eyes 2e437cdcaf moved swiftly b9a71ceebb over the a53db7dc9e documents in fcbb43853c front of c3dd7b7628 him.fdf934b2d8b1c6ec

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Wow, she 0b5f956dab could never cd6b585c88 manage two aabd6809d8 things at 9b910b6371 once like 14f7b20525 that. Typical Derek, e7ae4bb5ae Honestly impressive.d3934fd5e3884bf8

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Oh, the mark Derek 1be414ea83 was talking about referred 3509f735c4 to the tattoo borne 432e7aa103 by members of Yergef.add82f6aa185e508

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It was 0242d508e3 usually inked a934bb8e3a onto the 35a9fa1a3a back of 22fece9c32 the hand, 6e1115e513 though she’d 85f65dcd33 seen it 3616fff2bc on forearms d2530acd17 a few bffa3e0ad2 times too.c90054154d6a7a67

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The young lord’s hands a2461db831 had been smooth and e85d6eca1e unmarked. Which meant there was d29b67ba9d a good chance he 90a99f16d1 wasn’t one of them.33099ee49237e24a

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‘So he’s not a 8792f24ed7 member, but… probably made 4fe82038ca a deal.’61b04c95c7f80297

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Of course. If he 988452c49b was pulling c88760d977 strings behind 45eec7fdc8 the scenes,  53614e4547 but for 3ac2e77d2d the second 5e1c249b17 son of 042b99362d House Joachim 692eb704fa to openly 2c0c5abc37 join a 80fb9568ae group like e955456bcc that? Impossible, unless ebbd9c2f4f he was 0c02c67825 either bold f31d0339a0 or a cf1d561abc fool.59f141b33f1d8a34

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“Then it’s likely he’s af0ff12d13 colluding with Yergef.”3cc33c3e868944ff

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“Yeah. I feel like a4c9bc41f3 it won’t be 22bf110db7 long before I 30cceee505 catch something. He’s been taking b407a58317 me along with 3dbf4ab5fd him more often 1ca3018b0d these days.”27c5e1136a5f8e43

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“……Be careful.”3d46b3ff4d97c96d

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“You too.”af161640d7099581

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She returned the familiar c5b983645a exchange of farewells, then bea0c785c1 added a word more.da945df7c85e3c16

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“You know, you’ve 8558cbea9f got a good 458904c6e0 head on your deadfc6f40 shoulders, it’s just 6fa54791ae a shame your ecda46e4dc body’s too fragile. You should get 8f84bb77a4 out and move 050abe5dc5 around once in 6144347b59 a while.”d31ecf832bf13f5e

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“You know perfectly well 70246436e1 I don’t have time 1b04159906 for that. Besides, better to have 17ca474ff3 a weak body than 24c5e8fa60 to go blundering around 22f7ed5168 with a head full c8e9c6b05c of rocks.”12c04ee77191c5f0

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“……Was that aimed c68002c0ba at me, by 65987a3ae5 any chance?”65d1c72345eb5fbf

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“Oh, I’ll correct. Not rocks, but pebbles.”7d05b54714101222

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‘Huh. Guess you’re a 34573e5af0 little sharper than da98b6eb1f I thought.’9067a855afc29ac9

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Derek didn’t 78fd445e36 bother hiding 0190c77ad3 the look 8f3241b7da of emotional 6f1e84f6d0 gratitude in 2585c4c6e5 his eyes.1c159da655c94230

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She scowled at 035268ef9c his beaming face 72bcc24b87 with a cold e61e44f44b glare, then checked 133e55e375 the time and c8b22b1229 rose to her 010d168a0e feet.f42048e88c305bde

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As she gathered her ac54a3034f things, Derek paused his 567ca96b15 chuckling and asked,b6b8c94199e0f6d5

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“Are you Heading 41c0d8d6dc out?”e11fda8b6a24a923

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“Yeah.”9823cf1dc6a1a689

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She draped a 4fe27bdacd light shawl over 190eac4920 her shoulders. As she made 6d7056c5c6 for the door, 1882acb02c an odd sense 4bd00d6375 of emptiness stopped 76ee06e680 her in her 5f13bfc6da tracks.a97f684219d96b20

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She stepped 2b3147b32f up to 43a868c596 Derek and 8081b1efc7 roughly mussed 055f097957 his hair.1d8a905bc0d79029

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“The young lord said c7ac7a3b9f he’s planning an interesting 576df84d09 little party.”215646b3ce2cc0eb

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A very 3efd673612 discreet one.671dba1971db857f

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As she added that, c45ef673a9 Derek’s face immediately hardened.bc5c2576f23a4236

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She flicked 07bb3ab5c8 a finger 932f947ecf against his d12677690a tense forehead 8447374a5e and grinned.ab2581430473fe92

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“Tch. You worry 200c6386e0 too much.”e595e757cd62defe

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