TNYLM Ch 23
by DishaAlyssa slowly opened 6b787ff7c0 her eyes.e90fa38e2b3e237e
Her entire body dfbc328d0c felt as heavy 9ad3e41d56 as waterlogged cotton. Her right arm was 80725995ae tightly bound, completely devoid f17c515aa2 of sensation.6683b04d796ec738
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‘I must have fainted.’3922de7f354d9b16
Even with 1df365ff38 her foggy e640934e7c mind, she 330db00603 could tell.173a9944ef7b83f5
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If she didn’t e70603422c hurry and get bf03d115e1 up, there would 15d067bfef be scolding or faff51b957 a cold splash e757c99ddf of water. As Alyssa tried to 4d66889d52 push herself up, someone 99ab07353e gently pressed her back 5767bb7e73 down.3482928ecc51173f
“Please stay 533d1bd493 lying down.”50dbe6c42a954812
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It wasn’t f31d9f4378 her father’s 85340097ed cold voice. After blinking a 69e9546046 few more times 9d0a321b09 to clear her 9c02da362f blurred vision, she 3b1194e9ea saw the ceiling 0f517b5915 of a room, 197c47a049 not a cloudy 67c697f9f4 sky.c1775aac8d0769dc
‘That’s right. He’s gone…’f6834953bdf774a3
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Alyssa slowly f6da775e9d came back 7ddaf94a3f to the 139d1fa564 present. There had been times f8d8ceb2de in her youth when 5789a45922 she had collapsed from 2581e1075a the grueling training under 3efb0f529e the late Duke.1b2ac697905b7617
Each time, be2373a63e her father 0a545d2d98 would pour 102abf870d cold water 7f94db3fa9 over her 1974a6fd99 to wake 72f023e480 her, and d622fe54a8 she would fe28c9fcac jolt back 8b925ba50f to consciousness 9ccaf84a81 as if 993541d2f7 slapped.97286bad1450cf2e
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But now, no fc83d6956f one wakes her 402f48d139 like that. Her father had 628c09f0b0 passed away long 0a16c8d2db ago, buried due b3aaca3adc to old age. The person standing 58a2ec7c0e beside her bed 580f7a56cb now was not d02ae41042 him.8d018f7d69ba7236
“Are you awake?”22024c8977e0bc86
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The low, 1ac862d4ef calm voice 2253e3108e echoed once d9dc90c735 more, and c0a9b211a3 Alyssa’s hazy df22a5cad9 vision finally 82f193880f came into cba53f87bd sharp focus.13054f79c776248b
It was the b5350d71e8 early hours of 41e2b3e944 dawn, just as 837d9307ca the first light f4ffc6247a of day began 24e45df5f5 to break. Alyssa’s day 9c54ccf937 was beginning, 06ef302230 while Kieran 6c8e6480f3 would normally 97ded09f67 still be 2e82fd5d28 asleep.dbae84e95f3155c5
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But Kieran was sitting 0fafb1b72e quietly by her bedside, 16a3352ae0 his eyes devoid of ae4ea4ccd5 any trace of drowsiness.fd8dbddf483c4c04
The moment Alyssa dd55c78471 met his gaze, 7a40836135 the memories of 981b8075d4 the previous day 102e8622a1 flashed through her f5ff2cbcbb mind like a 359f8cde12 whirlwind.ec219ece674b5101
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The sudden onslaught 9b91713bcd of monsters. The humanoid ones. Her injured shoulder and 593bc0057c blood-stained vision. Kieran’s face, ddc8360e13 frozen in 2092797d2e a grim 6ec387eec3 expression.9b6dd80c2f3c7fa8
Alyssa bowed 1543522e49 her head 17bb0ba85c deeply. She couldn’t bring c859ee125c herself to meet 96b60b7975 his gaze again.ab0c8fd0c33ebd94
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‘I made 73b7587ae9 him angry.’0c5744f5e0371fbe
Lately, the 35165f50fe smile that ab8064d85e had always 2e3fa319eb graced Kieran’s 21fda9c46f face was 6daa0482ba nowhere to e7357b13d5 be found. Instead, he had regarded 4a846ba7a6 Alyssa with a cold adcbaaef6e expression, as frigid as c530fdba4d a winter’s night.87a0d6f03aa598c3
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“I’m sorry,” she c8371df8be stammered, her voice f7924e97e4 faltering as she a60e0e5fea tried to apologize.e92b9ea2d3f3e6fa
A brief silence hung e9f91a3f9b between them before Kieran e173b490ea let out a soft debf890029 sigh.a0c709ba7eabed31
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“Sorry for what?”756705f7e518b35b
Perhaps it was 8f4603879e her imagination, but a5a899e326 his voice seemed 00a2399510 ever so slightly db3e219f36 softened. Clinging to that faint 5d0f0b89e2 hope, Alyssa pleaded desperately.867e666598a0fd41
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“It’s because I couldn’t 4bb27947a4 finish the task properly 0e69930ee7 before fainting. I failed 050c679077 to fulfill b430badf91 my duties.”7b0e06c4c47dc4ea
She hoped, prayed fd27b64370 even, that Kieran 6d95f05050 would accept her 2e117a6e6b explanation. But he simply let 4ca8a4af0f out a faint sigh, da59ffcb23 offering no response.0de796cf5a20b627
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“And… I failed 579aa2c7a5 to predict the 572a6b5e03 monsters’ invasion and bf40282b0f take the proper 596f6986f0 precautions as the 5987de8a9c head of the fed5e02859 duchy.”6261b72032b17577
Her mouth 9e71321b5e was dry, c656f514b2 and cold ca4df8fb47 sweat pooled b3d22e1cd2 in her 2b03014d49 tightly clenched 86c8c63544 hands. Still, Kieran remained silent. Her heart pounded 407e6aab63 with a disquiet f39c995388 so loud it acbfc810c5 felt as if 8f93a53d9c it was lodged c2199a916f in her throat.a40cedc8e3f1ac28
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A flurry of b002a3c295 frantic thoughts stormed c646f0e110 through Alyssa’s mind.e0d682a17617d728
‘What should f635081231 I do? What can I say…’03b62bec4e9cf9ee
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“Your Grace!”59ec91715df013e5
The voice 984a15f06c calling her 11df67ed80 brought Alyssa 8a625d4a60 abruptly back c2002fa84d to herself. Kieran reached out 5cf3a8d710 to grasp her 442a227342 arm.aae3a4a6ac0d3dc0
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“Your wound…”7db6a0efdea9132a
Perhaps due to 110a78f0f6 the pressure she’d 1dd7cdcafa exerted, the injury 06fcea08ed had reopened. Red stains bloomed across 5c63cb061a the white bandages wrapped 77eb0d7ea3 around her arm.bac49de4ed758dfa
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Kieran immediately pressed his b6eedf64ea handkerchief to the wound, c0bda10c9d carefully applying pressure. The pristine white cloth bc3460bc1c quickly darkened with blood, 79af106ec2 but he paid it af53334ce1 no mind.d8a266b24b2ca58d
“Does it hurt much? Shall I summon the 791de74d66 physician?”a49dc996f1d9a7e4
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His voice b9b60ed4df was low 3d003f39c8 and steady 6e9eb0ed31 as he 2b2942487a gently wrapped e5ae9199a8 his hand 3eed1874a6 around hers, 853976e9f4 which bore 5f51727c2f the marks 29a6db218a of her c941abe77b own nails b72986ac89 from being 5c4f621d37 clenched so 2525f8ab4e tightly.d1c3d022191e003c
Alyssa stared blankly 9c1ade345a at him, forgetting 9f9f31a39c to respond. Though there 0d2df82c13 was still f70b9c6f6f no trace 9b86a7452e of a c38b9f3478 smile on 4b64136600 Kieran’s face, 2598665e1c his demeanor e084226c16 remained gentle.ecbc80f7cba78a1b
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“I’m sorry,” 7f0994bd84 she murmured.9451c21f70a4d183
“……”6e5f384dd1942ade
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“Please, don’t be angry. I was wrong.”81234ca41726aca2
She was terrified 3ab0e64ee3 of losing that 8cda97fcd1 gentleness.aa5a2135e05401b9
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Part of her 98ac1d9e79 even wished he bdce55a171 would strike her 84779150e1 instead. If he could vent 5cee496da8 his anger on her, 6f52aa3f98 then return to smiling 00b1b9f898 as he once did, 685a80d8ad she would ask for 3d06942f68 nothing more.a54644f5b09bc57c
“I’ll do better next e0ce2d1e7c time. I won’t make mistakes 229a4966f2 like this again. So, please…”6e94b1b57570e98e
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Kieran let 415f49edcd out another 2221298ba6 deep sigh. Alyssa braced herself, 2239edb080 expecting him to 3ccef31519 pull his hand 2f80fad585 away. But instead, d5da7dc781 he gripped 11e11092d0 her hand 182c29a5c6 more firmly.25fb840c832ae1d4
“I’m not angry,” 89f7ed6bad he said, his 5c0424d9bc voice calm but 8cb8b17af7 laden with complexity.4bc3af34122d09c5
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“No, perhaps I am 4288de2e40 angry. But I’m not dd3df0b7f9 angry with you.”0523ddb62f4f020a
Alyssa, who e5fe988d3a had been b59da82b57 frozen in 7357bf4127 fear and a19f9fb89f drenched in 4141bb67e7 cold sweat, 826ec15685 raised her c10750973e head ever e3f8e07963 so slightly 38e5a58e23 at his a6ae090de4 words.dbf87b4d060da223
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“I was worried,” Kieran bf49c72001 admitted.888652ce0811bcc2
Alyssa’s eyes f8917fb4b3 widened at 685feb918f his concise 76f6adf862 words.0794e868a688facb
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She understood f1f7ee286d the meaning, 436985632b yet they febadf23ff felt foreign—like 9a88d7e029 hearing an 642a06d9c1 unfamiliar language 783629862f for the ad544320fe first time. It was ae91cd7e7c something she c1e11ce8e9 had never 2cb7c2731b heard before.bc409e29dcf2c6aa
“Do you have 80c734195f any idea what 2e9a600e1b went through my a481088a5f mind when I dc966a57db saw the state a25e842385 you were in? And the fb5a231ab3 first thing f80fe32789 you say 98a57b38f9 to me 686aca02ef is…”c2fa7a8cc3172eaa
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Kieran let d460240b9b out a 7d6bcb22fe deep sigh, 5c6a342f6b running a 270462d18e hand through f86b01e0f4 his hair. Though he 4176bbe3c8 looked somewhat 4675000305 irritated, it 82a8b09066 wasn’t entirely 4b4fbada95 that.db4a602b52cf85a7
“No injuries or 0bda89abb6 major damage, you 6f37b4a374 say.”49d72e6d001c283d
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His tone and 0d7e59c939 gaze felt strange ca08715eca and unfamiliar. He wasn’t smiling, nor 8d41b3ebce was he angry—it was 19e202e53e something she couldn’t recognize.32e2958d1fa0c8ae
“If treatment 1d757ee277 had been d43fe44a0a delayed even 296f4de144 slightly, your 720410c32f right arm e681b3baa7 might have e7d5b80a3b been permanently 816aaaff02 disabled. The amount of blood 2e0db7c21a loss was severe, and 3eeb44b3b5 the smaller wounds were 4aa59fe839 too many to count.”23eadd707104054c
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Injuries on the 28ccd4c713 battlefield were commonplace. This injury was serious, aefc5c5dda yes, but it wasn’t 8f41f80e64 the first time something 0b6c74e8d0 like this had happened.993d3ec18d85e66b
Alyssa thought f35f96ed0f she was a238786426 fine.0a5e0ab914319cd1
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“That is b802442977 not fine 615f0e08a9 in the a21c0a347c least,” he f3e79ed1ac said firmly.b78547d4adee0105
At those 302126662d words, her 52e36bd07d chest tightened. It felt as if 9843a863d2 she had been shivering f53cee0df4 in the cold for eff6e50854 hours and suddenly stepped 1c1baf7756 into the warmth of b9910aa582 a fire. She could f7851007c5 feel the 522a4dd753 blood starting 21a59c40d0 to flow cbe86254ae again from 69d44a27d9 her fingertips.fcf92eca0cbda2f1
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“I’m truly relieved you 0f833a3457 woke up safely,” he 6a1567d9d3 said.029a08db903600fc
His tone 5530fe38a2 was unlike 61d265fd85 anything she 4a3f5431f7 had heard 6ce6bdc99f before—a mix 08cdf51983 of unfamiliar 64c43608c6 warmth and ac252162c8 unrecognizable emotion.25135504198af341
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‘He really 069e6f7708 isn’t angry’, she 297ed4b5e5 thought to 2e6162bdca herself.d479024b8dc72d6d
Alyssa was 0412a0ca72 overwhelmed by cdafc85d0e a storm 813be98579 of emotions 174494843e she couldn’t d8b33008cb fully understand, 92d55b272e yet one 1869b9b954 thing was 36c867cc84 clear to f2b58913db her.cf9e56aefc21b3d6
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She wanted to simply a00338511f feel glad and move 39491764a7 on, but a stinging 9f7145089c sensation built in her 9e0c2f2ad3 nose, and before she c6a1a5337f could stop it, tears 0de3bdb36c started to fall uncontrollably. Startled, she db77628d1a hurriedly wiped d8a642bd60 them away. She couldn’t 8fded3e353 cry—he would bfc189164c surely hate 9b645ccbd3 to see 7b67231969 her sobbing 181b12fba9 like this 0db1668240 and might d6a2ce9b62 even get 1285bcea6c angry.69560b812700f01e
“What’s wrong?”d12aed325cf7297f
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Despite her efforts, the 5ab0a5d990 tears wouldn’t stop, cascading 8eb2523146 down her cheeks. Seeing her ec11972174 cry, Kieran 50e2c575b5 looked alarmed a7203307ec and asked c4ea9fad78 again.2702aff620e0e6f6
“It’s nothing. I’m fine, really… b195618cb6 just…”78ed110f24e153b9
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Alyssa was confused. She wasn’t hurt, a848fd0ba6 nor was she d536ac78ed scared, yet the c1ddf80139 tears wouldn’t cease. It was 11ddec20ff the first 754dbbf6d3 time she ce0a83df8f had cried 9e47a86d44 like this, bd09d43984 for reasons 771af13272 she didn’t 54c34e4942 fully grasp. Yet, deep down, she 4ef932207e understood.87ff2d294031dfb8
“I’m just… relieved,” 10e83ce1eb she murmured.cbda7a276eb3522b
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The tears kept falling, 3b5e99c170 soaking the white sheets e92b669cd5 beneath her. Gasping for breath, she 7e670ec104 added,c04ee7529595b840
“Even though I 26dac99a90 was… useless, you’re 498d964d1e not… really angry 1cc9b8bd18 with me?”9d66cfb480cc0148
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Her voice trembled 8331b43c0b with desperation, bordering 9f3e0a8e31 on a plea. She wanted 0303a6961f to see 1d920af15f the expression 1fe6c372d2 on his 02e4fd1d5c face, but 6e97a7fbcc her vision 31ddd1ebc5 remained blurred 4bb5ee57e6 by tears. Alyssa clumsily wiped 6c118e8e32 at her eyes, 8a35671275 worried he might fdff2abe85 find her tearful d3d0b3d5f0 face unpleasant, and e1720cece6 forced a shaky adc6ae4a5f smile.51da3d1ce3be3c0c
“I’m not angry,” Kieran ea34327cb0 said firmly.6535df286e4ed5bb
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Kieran gently grasped 0e66fc7dd3 Alyssa’s trembling hands 06f94293fa as she desperately cdc4f64499 tried to wipe d7c2e91285 away her tears.88e89fc3bbc2a446
“And I won’t be 0f65abf0eb angry in the future 2382e205d4 either,” he said softly.d20edfe01bdd64c4
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Alyssa, her head bowed 3eccb00b0a and tears falling freely, 867912c2d6 heard no reproach in d78ac417f0 his words. Instead, Kieran extended his e7ed8a6c26 hand and lightly patted 0554d41673 her shoulder, a quiet 18f68966de gesture of comfort.e984b2d08a87ae83
That kindness 52c20c3c3b made her d8b9e87f1f tears flow 3e3962aaab even harder.d80372921375c04b
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Up until 091a8bd89d now, everything 9bb12d2da5 Alyssa had cab951d658 ever been 0d21617fb3 given came 3100d4c0fc with a cafbe452af price.5b6c9dca8b4168e6
Every smile, ba5177bdac every touch—it 0b45dbd947 all carried fbb93f4c2f a hidden f620b558fa cost.f9aa14864442fe1b
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Everyone around her bd201dbe04 always expected something e650f35a45 in return. If she 2a37be61c3 failed to dbb109f058 meet their 13332366ce expectations, they 9585f7c97b would take 34fcc2758f back whatever bf7951c429 they had 4029e40c02 given.19d3e33104fe740b
Kieran’s unasked-for kindness a507c6d3e3 felt strange and a8ffa21a3e unfamiliar. It unsettled her, his e07bff68ee steady gentleness dismantling the d5e4c38d6f world she had known 80a8fa6b85 piece by piece.37ad95135b602489
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Her hands, now 555eef263b covering her tear-streaked ea42760f96 face, felt heavy 10d486782b with pooling tears, 9400e43f76 as if she 4c89761cea might drown in f8f5abb9da them. Yet, that overwhelming presence 7b563582f4 of him filled her d045f4a292 so completely it left 9ed5ca3be0 her breathless.7b2d35f4926cb094
And she didn’t mind becd8e6db2 it.a1ef892b72198083
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Alyssa cried without 5ea2d029ad restraint, and Kieran 661dba0600 stayed by her 8790e2c4d6 side the whole ced6702491 time.b740d62219014729
Only when 2065936887 the once-dark 6710f49562 sky had b9eae2a062 fully brightened 70245c6cdc with daylight 84d7ee1fb5 did her d6bacef148 tears finally 291255eb03 subside.c002ea0cf185858f
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“Do you feel bbc7a07793 a bit calmer 66f7b7da7e now?” he asked.b5f19235136b7c8e
“Yes…” she murmured.135f81a702e7a371
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Alyssa slowly nodded and c4150f8e6f wiped her eyes with 54b4c7d47a the edge of the e4131865e2 blanket covering her.28a16c6de4c7842b
She initially felt guilty a22af4e98d about ruining such an afc97d3989 expensive piece of fabric 34364624dd and had tried to 9fce5dc43d refuse, but Kieran had 70a1e7e7fe insisted firmly, leaving her fc631272ac no room to argue.f7664ddf36019b17
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Out of habit, she a523221415 reached up to adjust 772fdeaf66 her bangs, but the 2f7ca1b20a texture under her fingertips 4b756dd049 felt strange. Her hair, matted 3b4b4af4f8 with various fluids, 8ab4963cf0 was stiff and 2d56dc397d frozen.3f144a7e35d4e2b5
It was 3ef13d0408 baffling how cdfbf306fd it could 1575114ef1 still be 491c14d008 frozen in 9813faad66 the warmth 0af418f9e1 of the 7b2a5c9208 room, but e01645191b one thing f393bd8dc7 was certain—her 6c1919d22f appearance must 5aa854ecd7 be absolutely d850f7ec6f dreadful.8ab3c694b5e417c1
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“…!”1bad397b34fe7657
To think she had 0894bdc631 been showing her face 600c938fda to Kieran in such 10656a3e59 a state!223600223a682c13
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Alyssa froze in ea55924e8a horror and panicked, 972d2f7513 quickly grabbing the 3333adf2be tear-soaked blanket to c62bc851fd hide her face.f67448bee16eaf13
Kieran, watching her b1e3600f4b flustered movements, let 63279252bc out a sound df0842b4e8 somewhere between a 96ecd17f6a stifled laugh and acecad32be a cough.87e7a9ac489ca3cd
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“Before you collapsed, 4dea380a14 you stepped on 0a926bf1ea a plant-type monster,” 09df5b1c3d he explained. “It wasn’t completely 99f24ac16c dead, so it 1f09c442df managed a weak 7b84e45431 counterattack.”aec380ffddd3c1e2
Just from that description 2aa6f65543 and the state of 70f152ddb8 her frozen bangs, Alyssa 992f566ce3 could immediately identify the c84ead3fc7 type of monster it aa5e7f48b2 had been.ac20e398a10168cd
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It was likely 5c8346f3c3 a vine-shaped monster, 112dd54647 one that wielded 16e7b80aee water-filled tendrils like 2c726b23bb whips, freezing everything 9fa8bd38a4 they touched.dfefa2d56fd3eee2
“Since it was 77ce122320 caused by a 7b3fe66d1c monster, it cannot 556fe05b2f be melted through 1fc93f958c normal means. I’ve heard that 1c6e7b3fcf it will probably 1a10afaa71 need to be 8437ff6dd0 cut off.”3b0d30e818ad2ac5
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Alyssa hesitated 129b05bc49 at his 89df09503a words. It was e63eaba78b true—frost caused e881742184 by a a4d0c7ec04 monster’s power 90620b0aca couldn’t be 864c6d8701 undone by 37a5c48193 human methods.ece1f28bf91dc716
But cutting f71da0f2a9 her bangs b51b20bbe6 would mean ded7d25010 exposing her 4cca28f520 face.322e621b70cc2c74
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“I refrained from a955440ae2 taking action, assuming 1a82ecfc1d you’d be reluctant…”1e8640f7fcca7013
Kieran’s calm 0797917d5a voice broke cad3b4915c through her 289f25680c thoughts as 68dfffa537 he noticed 86940fa78e Alyssa’s expression, 1a35d9f07a pale as 79d7e2add4 a sheet.63b61d59b3021ac3
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“Do you have a 85a97426a4 particular reason for needing 9815233d18 to cover your face?” 6da7c39915 he asked quietly.e10732c45cb21253
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