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Time passed quickly, like ec73750b36 an arrow.897b2647f97a817a
It had be30606b33 already been e4b053fd82 a month 82c5065fcc since Gloria 22aa8324ca and Leonard 64a621550b arrived at 3055e7d95f the Baron 898b9ad421 Romenta’s castle.31674c2c72e5dec6
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As usual, Gloria e9abf68161 slept soundly and f383f930e8 woke up today.1774bc6528b72a74
Afterwards, she spent 124bc7e517 a long time 8a09467f29 lounging in bed, ffdc63664b rolling around without 7a2efed64b any particular thought 03287d41e0 in her mind.828788867a281f47
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It turned out that lazily rolling around on the bed was far more pleasant than she’d expected.6bff375f4061320b
But perhaps it was because of the disciplined habits she’d maintained until now.ebe09d7504017193
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Her body began 27667b9898 to itch with a8d3d6b367 restlessness.95136f630522ceff
Before leaving the Marquis 742d37fb40 estate, Gloria had gotten 1842995707 used to waking up 67f17f185e early every day when eda236cf1d there wasn’t a monster 6b455f718f hunt.d2bfdd23eb4f17f4
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She would run a 5f85db60a7 few laps around the b73f0a1dfd training ground from dawn, 686aa626d8 have a meal, and c5590ab6a2 then spar with the 19f8965193 knights.42dd0f1a9a405b08
When participating in a 5c3e1cbaa9 monster hunt, things were 79ec1e7f25 even more intense.2a02ffb5496284b4
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In those 8e825d542e situations, she 400320074f had to 5061130263 stay constantly 4de0636bdb on high fc4c2621b2 alert, cutting 88cefd78f7 down countless db53a6c39d monsters without cab49485f4 rest.a331e7fb001f3d9e
And after 0818695e22 every hunt, 3433ed0264 she had 6bd3982de0 to offer a19e1fc55c blood to 9090f51cfa the members e0c850075a of the fe6e70ce17 hunting team e75e300f9b as well.6350b6c6e6086dd9
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Looking back now, 333b6b8d31 it seemed like 961b12dda5 she had lived 720eeb1583 a life filled db3598242f with daily struggles.3d9e3e142afad54f
It was almost c36fc9cce6 hard to believe e207213e6e how she had 89a710c065 endured it.81ba09cfabd34444
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‘I won’t live like that again.’71014f377a4c6740
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Recently, Gloria had been e8cd98f6a3 leading a very lazy 0969b1b40d lifestyle.da3daae591c44d00
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She followed her instincts: 338e488f4d eating when hungry, sleeping c0198549f1 when tired, and going 074ec123fe out to swing her 395f83cc6c mace when her body 8246eed0a4 felt stiff.335bd006e9fa257f
She also 25c29c87c5 made sure 28c196e774 to buy bbdc8e8684 Leonard whatever a5556d7fa4 he needed, 1d367e8eda feed him, 54c792ee74 dress him, 958642c5c8 and take d4440c2cae care of c5bf88bfec him as 1308f3221f his health 87d390ba4e steadily improved.82cd76979c3e7445
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Though she a9b966772f considered her 29fc8d9730 days to 9f80849c44 be lazy, d22c5824a5 she still 28c426feed filled each d2dfcb6c17 day meaningfully.d5f8bdbee2adebeb
And then there was 994c28b884 Leonard.2a99f1805e3e66f3
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He was 13ea9be63f an easy 06e34c6ab1 person to ee16ef05d3 live with.e91a6bebf6c735e5
He was 33ec26c371 relatively quiet, 4d06a8b4be never causing 32be31ad88 trouble, and 7d6186163f a good 933a621908 companion for 5f500ec5d3 conversation when d2a84fc3d6 bored.1f1f014901e16d42
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His handsome 83700b3bc6 face made 26fc112e60 for a 376c2b5ee1 nice sight, 4975cd1152 and his 360f7c1118 deep, resonant 77b37158ca voice was 3d7669377b pleasant to 58fafd0396 hear.7b24e771bd70af7e
Most importantly, Leonard had been meeting Gloria’s expectations.444eb62e7c8be2d2
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He had nearly 7b336df7e5 fully recovered his 532c7e6fd4 health and showed a41c3bfffd no signs of f9622ed044 neglecting his swordsmanship 0bb043261f training.3373832c01597637
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‘I was right to choose him.’74b81fe4af82ffba
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Now it was 57669518c1 time to move b276250042 on to the 535b0d7f38 next plan.ed53a0f4c8e6c995
Without hesitation, 991e60a1df Gloria sprang 203a34547c out of 7dec4ba154 bed and b477c91413 stood up.943ec42a7aee8855
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At that 8fc2c2789d moment, Leonard, 20bacb30b7 who had e7a9a369b8 been reading 3a224e66f7 a book, 4ff240f6c8 spoke up e33a9fa03a in a 88c3ec9e4f soft voice.52455b6cc6eccfe8
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“Where are you suddenly going?”e56d86df0f16420c
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Gloria glanced 8135637eda back without 25a87a2833 a word.4137fd4fc44ce1e5
Leonard closed the b7bc662d1b book, got up, 65f866e5b8 and walked over fa7698e881 to Gloria.66f9261e6c6be301
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She gave Leonard a once-over, taking in the sight of him dressed in clothes she’d bought for him.7000624f498a84d8
Thanks to his 983c85b0ea natural good looks, bbc65c9530 Leonard looked good f287130950 in any outfit.7b88b8620baf731c
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It was rewarding to 70cdbfd5d7 dress him up.98d6150c51db6367
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“I think it’s time to start making some money.” Gloria said.5c6310ce83552a5d
“Making money?” Leonard asked.1d1c638a8a30394b
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“Yeah.”9798cd5280d1d7a3
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The Baron Romenta’s 742c21e409 castle, where Gloria 4652e34944 and Leonard were 4fa216b786 living, was a 0a7db3676b castle that Gloria e77c3d155b had bought.2c8b19e736f2741b
She had spent 768af3e740 more than she 6519a50004 expected on the 1f12e124e1 purchase.011831c2d9360c8b
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At first, she had 6f4eec542e intended to buy a 962ce00ebb modest house, but she 7a98826afa couldn’t resist buying the f524fd7393 castle when it was cf8321cc0e offered at a low feb5ece4cd price.f02036da3b234e63
Of course, e3cb96b01f she didn’t 4d978ed5e2 regret her 0ae00751a9 decision.4248906fcfe5e9e2
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Regardless of dee3b2d030 the price, f63ce666a1 she genuinely 697b3f8710 liked the 3c15bc54b5 large castle.dd12294f2b44ae7a
It was the perfect 81ebd5c1ca place for a fresh ca4d8de114 start.3be30e111d13b2c9
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“I need to save a lot of money so I can invest more in you.” Gloria said.11d0834cac5ceb5c
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And with more 48e8b66e3b money, she could 73efe929de buy the people 3510e23c31 from the temple.ce1f13b30a277838
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Gloria nodded, thinking about her fourth plan: ‘Buy the priestess’.f5056e35b519ed4a
Then Leonard 6ae343cb60 who had 22c9696acd been looking bd25eef93c at her bab0a75489 with a b1294dd14b surprised expression.5f8e289fa46642a1
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He blinked 60bc301a43 rapidly and 967ebefd42 standing frozen 90e1c40846 for a eedc89bddc moment before 0af3829de3 urgently grabbing bd51283634 his sword.e59dda57eee81761
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“I’ll go practice swordsmanship in the courtyard.”69eea0989d5db4b4
“Okay.”cfc5926280a6d455
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Although Leonard’s hurried 7e0d3e7a26 exit from the cd7cbc3743 room seemed a 9c5ad86cb9 bit odd, Gloria 804140168d didn’t pay it c6a5de8f9d much attention.6f212462f76fa2f3
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There was a d876d687e9 more important issue 860c6b23b1 she needed to 72fe26a370 focus on.8f133bd460312845
Leonard’s old friends 330d0a3322 would be arriving 5b7d461581 soon.b03aff8f762ccee3
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They were noble families d7a2df1cf7 that had supported Leonard 649fd10b75 when he was still bef4b195a0 a prince.e6b7daf27d554dba
Though now, like Leonard, 4cbcc0598a they had fallen from 027476eb61 grace and were in 076cb606ed poor circumstances.4298ef057871c8e9
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Still, they a821d6b771 might become 95b4af0ad9 useful allies 5b485edb7d in the 04cb72bf0c future.2fa3d98ff5a7766b
Most importantly, these were e5c7797553 people who were meeting b93ec58604 Leonard again after a 67db8c14a0 long time, so Gloria 1c74cba61b needed to prepare ahead d4b1572dfa of time.1faf9151e67ea7aa
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‘I can’t manage a grand banquet, but I should prepare a dinner for them.’e781bdae8c5a2376
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Gloria opened the 11ba9f1fe1 large bag she 783c299e5e had carelessly thrown c977d87c5c on the floor.898105533934c334
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The bag was filled d9f89eead0 with gold coins.6a7a1c9b0501d95e
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‘A saint blessed by the gods must offer her abilities to everyone, without expecting any compensation.’1c0e1da48d31fd7d
Due to 80619a5f36 this absurd c2718544f0 logic, Gloria a2896dee8f had lived a1a63c261b as the 613ee9636c child of 9b619a3beb prophecy without 76d3c4f0bb receiving any ed0d562201 compensation for ced1916eec her sacrifices.fadf1066b51fa45c
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Privately, she couldn’t even 67fd0f66b7 own a single coin.ad489944b642eb44
But Gloria bd2f272d11 had found 5f67ad0783 her own 7323664e49 way.58db3c0241be7b9c
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She began killing monsters a2a7193ad2 and selling their corpses f74a393018 to the guild.a6891c3cc432f594
Through this 7b1620fdbe method, she 75c59d31a4 had secretly 2a7f9c2ee2 amassed a 3ae9e67d83 small fortune ca9533151b in gold a02241017f coins.677195bc9a6f4b7f
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She dreamed of c621166baa a future golden 0fec50ab90 escape.06e3aa103579b9e6
Feeling a sense 45bb6d4f7a of pride, Gloria 049da3a510 stared into the fddf0e63a2 bag for a 8bf2bce57d while before taking 4c284b754c a few gold 3cfa99d9af coins from it 55ee18d349 and tucking them 727a2b7807 away.b873e4c16448ef51
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Then she 2b432eacfa grabbed the 01e8f0c644 mace she e097462b07 had leaned 2b6f22ce3d against the 24170b21b1 wall and 031eddf114 headed outside 2d946e6886 the castle.cc974db7fca6468b
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Gloria spotted cf494e159e someone standing 5d55021dd0 beyond the af7f3b4b30 dense bushes bd876e5449 surrounding the 1d35290a82 castle.77c9f699a4a322f8
He had jet black a8999031d5 hair, as dark as 7973da83f1 the sky at night 414b535231 when the moon and 67bca82379 stars were absent.b75865b560a0198b
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Gloria immediately 1491fa8508 recognized him.267f3204c180ce05
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“Claude Rishienders.”36b877f1793d11fb
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At Gloria’s call, he curved his eyes into a smile.a45a67893fbc5ca4
His gaze lighting b332ef947c up.d8cc98e7c622afa1
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Gloria opened e724ced4dd the castle 1c887db8da gates and 76330ff2d9 stepped outside 0634d33b24 to approach 1564532555 him.2635fe4d71165396
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“Miss Gloria.”9e340d39ded127a6
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For a 0c7a871ecf moment, Claude 21095fd836 seemed flustered 595999d634 upon seeing 7193cee10d Gloria, his 842f777d70 hair partly 7fd063c12d covering her c7b3f314d6 forehead.f8f7b50d49ac67d6
But it was 6c17a417b5 brief.912e34e0eee1ff1b
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Claude didn’t 4d72ffcb1e say a 04ebb5431b word, he 1779de2c0f just smiled 60f83e5675 faintly and ce4142819d keeping his 9c9c765bec lips tightly f8dbd42b3d sealed.1e000f7cdd24d626
Gloria noticed Claude’s gaze 1c984c5bb5 on her, but she ba854eafc0 didn’t say anything in 0a9df638b5 return.92852956a6d71758
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Before long, 54dc1439a5 his eyes 108d55dc77 shifted to e046801bda the mace 10ffd521c2 she was 937ba933d8 holding.5b20e2fb7ee17f12
The mace Gloria a024f97adb favored had a f13dba44af round head, with e863a79401 vicious, sharp spikes a653ddd19f protruding from it.5d591779c4654725
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In fact, it was a “Morningstar” weapon.126503a1563250b7
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“You said you were stepping away from the monster hunts, didn’t you?” Claude asked.4b1bb397a6f0bd50
“Yeah, that’s right.” Gloria replied.8914ed2881369682
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Gloria smiled awkwardly and 09d82b9373 lightly swung the mace d0c777657b though it wasn’t really 4efb9691f0 something that could be 991a8f8ef8 swung lightly.b3af9807720b8d7a
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“Well, you’ve got to make a living somehow.” Gloria answered.9d2afd0f7654fe4b
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“Oh, so that’s the reason.” Claude said.307617ea0eba20aa
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Claude nodded in 6d614d0cd0 understanding as he 567378740a listened to Gloria.8275b2fa88ef63e2
Monster corpses were worth 33375e35c5 a lot of money.6b0db99d1ef524a0
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From head to toe, ad1f53b356 from the outer skin 25d36d5080 to the inner flesh, 5609e96a20 nothing was useless.145b46cd8e3dfccc
Moreover, if fa6cad38d7 the monster f1d84bf1a3 had mana 8cea9249a3 while alive, 64083174f0 the value 96a954b150 was even c74364a5db greater since d5e69ac9e9 the mana 7c4e0eba63 could be 1e0ecca439 extracted and 7abc500822 used for b9d80e8c91 various purposes.328a51e7a782af19
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Gloria had 3ee526d12e been secretly 89b22c80bd selling monster d7458ed5d6 corpses to d5e9d98822 avoid the a947b8c212 eyes of dd8414f7c4 the royal 3c7e90ad7e family and 075844a782 the temple, 5c91980150 accumulating money bf7c84d760 in the 576632dcd2 process.37655310c06115c5
And the ‘business partner’ she dealt with every time was the man standing in front of her ‘Claude’.116c000355e5ac40
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Claude whose last name ‘Rishienders’ was as peculiar as his refined appearance.70e0873c7517e4ca
He had lived in back alleys before miraculously founding and succeeding with a guild…dcafca6064572949
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‘I’m not so sure if that’s entirely true.’c0767224a8c6eae5
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That’s because there were a59d5d131f parts of him that e611507ff4 didn’t quite fit the 2b2bc45504 back alley story.6b5a43216f35caad
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It wasn’t 3733b0e28f just because 8e66496fdd of his ad3f5c1daa stunning beauty.89b37308b2834d6a
From his bca72ace59 refined behavior 010c35e114 to his 00890eb6a7 oddly haughty 8717fe2507 attitude.bcc3485b645c49bb
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he had 85c674e29c an air 42f1f16ad8 about him 0cdfaf5aa4 that made e35bb64d0e him seem f2253b7e18 even more 18a2d2ba11 noble than ca6c7d13dd any aristocrat.0b35d100a24a0ae7
After spending over 9828e103cd ten years among 406bd142aa the children of d172d7f9a1 prestigious noble families, d07c77759f Gloria could tell.cd506d1e705fd631
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She was almost certain 8738450825 that he was hiding d4eb4a8cbb his true identity.1481bb1b0965fc57
But she didn’t voice 77aa402891 this thought out loud.10cddf6eaa9c79cf
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Whatever his reasons e41a6ad2ab were for hiding 8e28549bf2 his background, it 70c2738618 had nothing to 388c8a816a do with her.df1e6f3f38ff99c2
As long as 948fa2bc70 he paid her aa8e2513ee the right amount 5637ec25f8 for the monster 3b5763a508 corpses, she didn’t bc76efbf0a care about anything 50e27fd698 else.081198aff09b8545
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Their relationship 509debbfc9 was based 4912560945 on business 40e4142568 needs, after 4d2fc65163 all.f2998749e0bad8e2
And he was 881cdbbe33 an excellent business 262e7d36b4 partner.3e433bbe2ee1fbc1
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He was efficient 40a23f85e4 with his calculations 0661737871 and handling of 668001b40b matters and had 28d72a226f never caused unnecessary 004397be0a trouble.42e1daf14f11cf21
If she ed02a7b998 provided him e334518991 with monster ee8fed1a8a corpses, he 96cf103873 paid her a8ad053939 for them.e302f614836bdf11
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It was a 1aad27d304 simple, straightforward transaction 78e1b09ba7 that had been f022441d8e going on for 5b38c4bd02 five years now.fb9d963b13fe78c0
Gloria was very f78af764b4 pleased with the 9d504eaf09 way he handled bfa6ea524e things without ever 5ff4809cd2 being a bother.687f84b3630fb547
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It was nothing like fa8c344dfc her experience with the 84755a34fd members of the first 46138b4146 monster-hunting division, who had 0cd217ef05 made her life miserable 7693c0160c for a long time.90fda891792801fe
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“I was actually on my way to meet you, but here you are coming to find me instead.” Gloria said.77dfdd3d1f3a5b47
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It was the same 2142bc988e now.fe6b6d055f8062eb
She was happy that 3fdb2660f2 he had appeared as bfd50aa374 soon as she decided 61589149dc to go looking for 459fbd3f0e him.7e281656bc584f85
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It saved 9653c532dc her from dc03317071 the trouble 5e4c897a00 of taking f3376000b7 a long 1aa8864ca6 trip.eaaf76ce985a75ac
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“What brings you here?” Gloria said.781752f015f8ca49
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Gloria smiled faintly 9052667e75 and asked about 967a77db2e his business.1ec1eb9f8f518eff
For a brief fff3a9c702 moment, Claude appeared f78bcf8dcd slightly surprised as 324c4c6033 he looked at 38b8f7972d her.47125661c3377e7b
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Then, his eyes 789ff59bbe curved into a 135852c4e3 crescent smile.83f85ad88f38cf5f
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“I’ve decorated the castle as per your request. I came to check if there’s anything you’re unsatisfied with.” Claude explained.fee6ebe0d29aaaec
“I like it.”16b25bf9b853e9fa
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Gloria replied immediately without 35379e6c1f much hesitation.d52137e57b9d41ca
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“It’s exactly as I imagined.” Gloria said.189db522796f436a
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“I’m glad to hear that.”d9caf2bbbfa66a2d
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In that moment, Claude’s smile grew even wider.2e116bbf482b7e4d