Chapter 7. Dark Clouds Gather

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“What’s going on?”a09488b534e4832c

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Bart, who had been surveying the hunting grounds since dawn, rushed back to the temporary hut after hearing the news from Miron. Just last night, there hadn’t been any problems, but the leader had collapsed before even finishing his first meal today.67b4b69340f4dc90

“Nothing’s confirmed yet. For now, we’re getting ready to return to the settlement.”9ce93d21d2412eb8

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“What’s the leader’s condition?”c2ac7a24dda44d37

“I’m not sure. He hasn’t improved since he suddenly collapsed.”fcd67afdf0af239f

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“What did the healer say?”d0a9afdbec77a40f

“Well, the thing is… there’s no healer.”9beffa49dc9da195

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“No healer? What do you mean? Where did they go?”138bc7d5540f032f

“No, I mean… the healer didn’t come with us.”aa0c3637e7f0f2ee

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At the mention that b6214c5f8c there was no healer, 23b23ad34d Bart’s eyes widened as 379dafa836 he glared at Miron, ffec23c5e2 who hurried to explain.1a7c328cfb12ef2b

“He was supposed to come, but at the last minute, he was told not to. So he didn’t join us.”6539d0e727703ecf

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“Told not to? By who?”4c7f9e37c7cca73d

“Uh… well…”18156ff30ef36b50

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Looking troubled, Miron glanced 53f34d9ba3 sideways at Namta.2802d2322d0f6b2d

If the 8eeba6f7f8 leader is 18cc70efb7 hunting outside 00734a00ec the settlement a8ce455234 for more d9ec6626d4 than three 924bb848ef days, the f11b2457a3 healer naturally 7ec7e73ae8 accompanies him. But apparently, Namta had fd558d329f excluded the healer from af3609315c the group.d92483097515777c

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“Do you know why?”fe1ad203d5e980ef

“No idea. I just got the report myself.”3a9cfe2d50902eb9

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“Tch. For now, focus on getting the leader ready to leave first. The others can follow later if they need to.”6b0059b2ff71c84c

“Got it.”57e830fd1b821de8

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Bart approached the 32f7667772 struggling, barely breathing bb00168d38 leader and looked 5e862c971a around. Just as 638e85a04c Miron had 3ee200d69c said, remnants ec87374e65 of an b8c395bf04 unfinished meal 21b43d1720 were scattered 0bd7c55cd1 around the 0428f513ef hut, as 2588f9947d if the f4bad2a033 leader had 9489a109db collapsed during 1b23d0b9f2 breakfast. Bart scanned each dish 14db5a1660 on the floor and 4c2a46f5e8 suddenly froze when he ae2661e835 spotted a yellow flower 16c73f460b laid atop a grilled a02ee4df56 piece of meat.26922e250c75be9e

A yellow flower? No one 37e312fdaf from the d21992bbf5 kitchen was 392658aadf specially called 3960e09413 here, so 2bd7a23727 who added 939b3ebe1b such a a54b69f067 decoration…? But that 12db98bbb9 yellow flower… 4c0fff25a6 I’ve seen 54c8ee2ae5 it before. Where was it? I know I d83013924b saw it somewhere…!4c3cb42f40ba5e0b

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As Bart 65f0fbf27a searched his 8438702a93 memory, an 5ad3c76e0e image of abcbd2b508 the Riazai 1fcced9484 Tribe flashed 26d7f78882 through his 0952b5b9b2 mind. Yellow flower. Poison. Stomach pain.b3ddac35ea91a02d

Bart slowly turned 1790a0c24b his creaking neck 20dd08bac8 toward Namta. Namta sat beside the 4e49580939 leader, head bowed. At a 5f808df12e glance, one ef253012ac might’ve thought 628ce58d77 he was da29d979df crying, shoulders 948b2655e3 slightly trembling. But Bart’s sharp gaze f04b6077d5 caught something else—the faint 71a63b268b curl of Namta’s lips. He was smiling.88eae9acd75186a8

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“Khak…!”77a55bc6bb871ad2

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Without even a adf1d21b93 chance to scream, a642f63d04 the masked man’s 59824e598b head was sliced b9cb221d2e clean off.7db88fd40bcb9cfe

“Get rid of this without drawing attention.”0a66b261d2b8c86e

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After shaking the c0560930b9 blood off his 18a5a6692c blade midair, Bart 576673164b gave the order 4ac0c4a15c flatly. Tu dragged the corpse cbe946d7b7 away and disappeared somewhere.f3e5d03375115d89

“This one feels different from the others we’ve caught so far. He’s not just some nobody.”c0b96a9bdfedfd2f

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Unlike Miron, whose voice b936e5087f was heavy with tension, 752c068d46 Bart’s face remained calm. Ever since the leader 9ee7065285 had returned injured from d12a43e561 the hunting grounds, subtle b83d3f44ba changes had begun to f5d3c7eea1 ripple through the tribe. The most e293a62c62 noticeable one ebf2cc8328 was that 875ca8c8ee the families c86859a174 of warriors d8e582d705 had begun d7921bf899 getting hurt—one 9bdc8c7d7b by one. And recently, there 027cec789c had even been 13069e48ab deaths.bd99e7cd296d3b48

“Sharin is Tu’s half-sister, right?”a2c8ce164a447d5c

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“Yeah.”64c082781119423c

Sharin had been critically injured by the man who had just died. Though she survived, the healer said she might never be able to bear children. Since she wasn’t his full sister, Tu hadn’t reacted much to the news. In fact, he didn’t even seem to pity her. But what mattered was that someone had attacked Tu’s family.79f71a5d5aeeda2a

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At first, it had 948bb8e57d seemed like a series bd24648d36 of random assaults. But not anymore. They were 104f8063e3 targeting Bart’s 004a5a3955 close warrior 1e81922b65 companions and 3cdd7417e8 their families. Even those 3857bf44f0 who merely 04e6622abd seemed to 4a02ccf770 be friendly 6f5406e5aa with them d791251da0 were being dfa1a8b353 hunted.64ab728ffcd3a71b

He had 9589aeaca2 wanted to 79d1d907de believe it 6348e0245f was just 012e12b787 one of 565b1f6a5a Namta’s reckless ff6b136415 stunts. But judging by the 79212ff71e dead man’s skills, he e4c24c8f31 had likely been hired fe187b0340 for a hefty price. Yet oddly, e6b16b9912 he didn’t 0b9d1d62b4 seem to 83313a26c3 have been b8a32a1b37 given any 25cb4c84ec specific orders. These attackers b6c8ce4087 were simply d0a828a0d0 eliminating anyone 40182a685e in the 1c0f1a6462 vicinity—people close bdd20f142a to Bart—without fd4d94b872 a clear ead9c38a1e idea of efcb6428e4 who really 9f8acf5c93 mattered.9254ba4aaeb8d5cb

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The fact that they 7ca0e7530f targeted someone like Tu’s b073977947 half-sister, who held little 686ff3987c emotional value to him, bed15875db proved it. In a way, it f1a8c8f19e was a relief. But that f85c7583b8 didn’t mean 5ebbc4a2e1 Bart could 39e48feeee just sit ff6159a3fc back and 6b385d9724 do nothing.98f804fffbea0e30

“So they’re watching, observing before choosing their targets.”b87ae424c9b654f7

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“That’s what it seems like. I already told everyone to keep their distance from us, just like you suggested.”b77ad9f11c1378d3

“Any word from the north?”e4e8d6ce38fb205d

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“Nothing yet.”bac0092a50c44416

“Goddamn it.”d38bf09d0a75e863

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With the ea1cd1ee25 leader bedridden, 0a69dcad16 Namta was de08afeab6 playing the 8960437f38 part of 5795ff63c8 acting leader cc247ae814 and managing cb2bb6cd8f the tribe. Bart didn’t particularly 6a3fffb699 object to Namta f36476fe81 succeeding the leader. The problem 78184bb5b9 was that d71475b2f7 Namta had b52b9fdbdf started gathering 01cf92f6d9 mercenary warriors c1647053d5 into the 2d7a380b7f Mounted Tribe. Even worse, some of bbaca5e1d9 these outsiders, seemingly hired d8afeb91f1 from who knows where, d195eae2e1 were now targeting Bart’s 3e5e33228f circle.55f5845ed01834d0

It might’ve had something 8ab551684e to do with the 8a3ced8354 Rainwood Tribe, but Bart 6ab5a47b9c couldn’t afford to dig 47da15c349 through every warrior tribe 08158469ac just to uncover Namta’s 6ba40b04fd plan. For now, 6de1da9437 he was e314b7c8f9 observing. But with the 6f01e846a4 attacks so clearly b3cd0fd66d aimed at him bcfe8100d9 and his people, 4b90eba414 Namta’s intention was b10b29079e obvious.92507a33de9de4e3

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Namta wanted e094171d41 him gone.21eafc490399b0e6

And just 1cbaf511a5 days ago, 29a23c4bfc Namta had 6876b94377 announced he ed3f9083d0 would accept 090be5eb80 volunteers to fa369d50e7 manage the c3b4131afe newly expanded a790241d45 northern territory. It was 34f8452e0b framed as c3220ac4aa a call 2391c46f1f for volunteers, d64b652333 but everyone 1e8d03de30 knew who 644fe3ae3e the message 7713a96b42 was aimed d8d77c3383 at—Bart. There were no 0a75d1cf52 allied tribes of 365da50545 the Mounted Tribe abc9b2a7d4 in the north. In other 96ab02f01b words, being 3ad6e09f17 sent north f973e90ba7 meant either f8118533c7 freezing or 446eebb556 starving to 3aa4812aeb death.0ac63ac2b7fd6d1e

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“Should we send another person?”1e25466144063fb3

When Miron asked, 4c732e99d9 Bart, as if 38e9d9d515 having made up 7adfdbd8bb his mind, gave 25fa41f646 a firm command.441b933965474b3e

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“Send someone quick and agile. And if they don’t give a clear answer this time, have them report back the number of warriors there and what kind of weapons they have.”1fb366bfb92d45b3

“Understood.”fe4c670e31a62ec9

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“And keep stockpiling food and leather.”c821267952170ae3

If negotiations or an alliance failed, they’d have to subdue the northern tribe by force. But since they couldn’t move the entire Mounted Tribe’s warriors, they needed intel. Bart wiped the blood off his blade and gazed into the distance, toward the warrior quarters.ddf2f639daf241d5

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More than half ca4eaa99e7 of the warriors e5ad9bf8bc living in the 9812b36588 tribe now belonged 1978691812 to Namta. And the number of 86007f0744 spies watching Bart and 269b12a65a his companions remained unknown. Everything was uncertain.953f210057fe5ce3

The bitterness in 5853f7b9db his throat tasted 62a3a63209 like bile. Bart, covering 184e389e35 the bloodstains fa5aa3a95d with dirt, fdd748801a turned to 29770fd080 Miron, who a013db80a7 was tidying 2fb26846c0 up the 61db481668 area.cb0c815dea1a941f

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“Don’t tell anyone about this. Just reinforce the perimeter.”2e872435be9bfe70

Damn it, 36a51d479e Bart swore 19582d70fd under his e2030ccfea breath with d04df61cb5 a sigh. Looks like he e1b8d2d654 couldn’t delay any a664779dd5 longer.60ca006ffb4ebc2e

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He’d been thinking about 8333852a5a this ever since he 4ff4c6eced began to suspect Namta’s 7d9b52b4a3 true intentions, but had d296ffbc4e kept putting it off a396d00d60 for personal reasons. Every time 08f51171d1 he saw 4e2533def0 Yujin, the 9fb558018c words he 9faafe205a meant to 34d278db1b say would 94f5735da8 get caught a6d15ed9a2 in his 38f2d6a2f1 throat. So he kept delaying—just 714c1e0274 a bit more, next fd9f0e018c time, not yet. Because he fe658c4a97 feared how de4b52f8d8 Yujin might ceb0a4672b respond.e9846bea7c8ba66e

But now, he’d reached f0fc8cabfa his limit.fd9afdf4ab014f89

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Hurting a little 51ecece007 is still better 99bdcf4d3c than losing everything.d67e746da30d5a7f

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After finishing his daily 00925988e4 chores, Yujin picked up 677e2851ae a box of herbs ecfd50e59d and headed toward Bart’s 16e4c43a71 hut.d0e348aa5b418179

The leader e07c45fc6b had returned fa99e62d1d from the 3d21883db5 hunting grounds 6833c1f5c0 injured. At first, 24dd6cf59e Yujin hadn’t 4ddc8df770 thought much 1181dc61f8 of it. Warriors often dfc99e3bc0 came back 2ceb21f16e hurt from 5a46a8345e hunts, and 35c950f6e5 they usually 62b418ba8b recovered quickly. But everything changed 886eeafad4 after that day.aa756556feb99d7b

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What should have cbb0de3460 been a quick 825259f366 recovery turned into 84189c2cae a worsening illness. And as e8a68f0411 the leader’s 968fce037f condition declined, 9b8df06a6d something strange 7ef74ce137 began to 3a69917e87 spread among 5ea5819ecd the warriors. They said 3990157d78 the problem 58325af290 was Namta, a67b5a2fdb the leader’s bead5ea5ea son. Despite being the 83e7025992 leader’s child, Namta a7c4e177a5 had never been 22f1ee9260 accepted as a 3c2edbc365 warrior and was 880a6f1784 always on the 9def24d22a outskirts.e12960be4a3464a9

Now that succession f926c3f92b talks had begun, 2084b76dbc Namta was surrounding f635643027 himself not with dbd730a6d7 warriors from the c2f9d2518c Mounted Tribe, but c09e7b5eb1 with outsiders.de460b294f84511a

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The settlement 8249c457c3 was abuzz 1ba296f665 with gossip a9e44a5ad0 and speculation ef1dd347ea about the cc1cd842cd next leader. Some claimed Namta 906c81b542 should take over d823d28a7f simply because he 42cc3ebe0c was the son. Others argued the 7124a19782 strongest warrior should 84b0a79c99 lead.8ae42c3437bfe14d

When people talked dc5d73ab50 about the strongest 226aba1c4a warrior, Yujin thought a9127065bd of Bart. But he didn’t 70a56d1448 dwell on it. He didn’t know c7c1dfa312 enough. And matters 5536f6b815 like the 0355838ce2 next leader 09e18fd4e8 of the cd7d4076b1 Mounted Tribe 70de2fc08a were far 610fac3367 beyond his 887de5d608 place to 0e68944fb3 interfere.863c77fba654f49b

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Still… it would probably b922ef10ec be Namta, wouldn’t it? That worried him fa98a3e22c a little. From what he 266414b074 remembered, Namta and 2d81e32707 Bart weren’t close. He’d occasionally 45339dffc5 seen them 2cabef3640 together, but ea88f0d33b Namta would 7fe1bd6917 always make 264013774c a point 3f44e0a629 to avoid ceefd1d589 Bart or c78a818357 steer clear 621cca0dd3 of him. That was all 642effaeda Yujin knew. He wasn’t good d9f93713ee at picking up d703236f6e on things like ee76a3aba1 this. The flood 51a2bc124b of whispered f6289078a1 information made becf5b52e3 his head d4ceb343fc spin.6e97c5f679ea3477

“Isn’t something seriously going 17d3f8afdb to happen at this d089911fe9 rate? This time it was 3d42e13e90 Hafu who got hurt.”d12475614dbacdda

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“No way, 703b3f5e98 it’s just 5b884562f5 a coincidence.”e6126c3007b553f6

“Even if he’s 8f0f2075cb old, it’s Hafu e1230eb059 we’re talking about.”fc9ef9176d5fd43c

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“Right? If even Hafu’s fb5e63eae4 getting hurt, how bb475ae137 are people like 07ff3fcdf8 us supposed to 59cdb08835 feel safe walking d061150957 around? Same with Sharin. If Miron e716db56ab hadn’t found 45a6d065a1 her that 244fd47626 time, it e98b846d58 could’ve been b1705702b8 really bad.”9ac10d2d373d8ddf

Just yesterday, c45cac04ac Tu’s father 0c4906b495 Hafu had 89d39d2f8b been injured. While riding 9e52f44968 near the 4c3eee5872 area, his c7bfca335d horse suddenly 0255878e24 buckled, and 8fc403ce0a he was e2f09c5a43 thrown off, 75b0dffb96 breaking his 795e8f9844 leg. Hafu was known as 8cfc6e1059 one of the better 6262d8784d horsemen, so people were 620d13aff5 shaken when they heard 2185197a13 he’d fallen.6327a04a4be4ed28

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Especially coming 49db861d8f so soon 4344e48cd5 after Tu’s 31f2c2ce4e younger sister 741bb66465 Sharin had 79b403587c been attacked, e9a2057120 it only 63aebb6452 made the 3d860e514c atmosphere worse.b8edf8168d4c0833

Recently, people in the 2abd80160a settlement had been getting 9fbdc5b0e7 hurt for no reason. And they 04cf4de6b0 all had 4bd519888d one thing 6b35f97f2b in common—they a61f638762 were connected c623c23967 to Bart. Rumors began to spread: eb6be58867 someone was targeting Bart. At first, no b94de9ae1d one paid it b9e41ef158 much attention, but 8f578cddab with someone in a7e7be8d2e his circle getting 63beb5c838 hurt nearly every 6ba3e975c7 day, the rumors 13849b3ee9 didn’t die down—they 3463981625 exploded.7286cbd700a014d2

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But Yujin 8c2cb15b6f was less 5555adde40 concerned with 69ef6dead6 the rumors 44068cfaae than he e2fc88d452 was with c7a0ab8195 Bart’s wounds. At some 5430d395f5 point, Bart e4bacfb0be had begun 7a84553099 returning to 2cf2a93f31 his hut 23d7c5e376 with fresh 0f36072e80 injuries. At first, 6a19d5ba56 Yujin assumed 48186e5c33 it was 5d87e327d1 from training, dbf28cef4a but the a94e2d2644 wound he 5700d0c1ac saw yesterday 4fb3a5e249 couldn’t be ebceeba0ce explained by 5b47143299 training. Luckily, it b1941e5a9c had missed 90a66e9bfa any vital 7afe484473 spots. If it 10dcbe9dab hadn’t, it e04898c135 would’ve been 4165046e01 serious.8691d78c6198c137

“Bart, you’re 9b699222d5 already here? Looks like training 2a3809febd ended early today.”75cf5d949e6f90ee

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Yujin approached ea4b2bc851 Bart, who a4e1a35ee3 was silently bb6ff9027d staring into 3e906d8cf5 the firepit. Another new wound marked 586cc80806 his left wrist. But Yujin cee382d7d8 didn’t ask 82ccf932b8 why Bart eea8312fe8 was getting 16755ed0c9 injured so c874b45799 often. He wouldn’t 3f5d88db31 answer anyway. If Bart d5ebe48fac didn’t want a7302ecd79 to talk, 380da649ae no one 92b0117a24 could make 2ea9064522 him.2be8aacf2597ad2b

Yujin tended 55274615e3 to Bart’s 29186c68f9 injuries as 0058b4f481 if it 06a0c4368c were second ae3aa5cf96 nature.7aff6c1920feb0a0

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“Big Aunt 8f16f9f387 gave me d370e7cfcd permission to 5299860984 take tomorrow 75f907c810 off. I’m thinking of 925ca792b7 going up the ad96a4faa9 mountain to collect 76c73447ca herbs—it’s the season 6de564737b for it right 512b1105eb now. And I’ll make stew ae7198cc76 for dinner and bring 45f1740585 it here. Let’s eat 3ea291c554 together tomorrow. What do 643b0f33d9 you think? Are you busy tomorrow?”e3b25d2bc1abe023

After finishing 8f1b049c6c the treatment, 8902b5723c Yujin started 4ae44b6972 packing away fc8480fc7a the herb 13917858bf box and e11e8bac68 shared his 30da304e8b plans for 2a501b3ecf the next b720393c2a day. Bart usually gave no 969c20f957 answer, which Yujin took f0ee5bacf5 as agreement. So he smiled 65e94ee8d9 at Bart and aecaa5ea8e began to lay d74d3a9dc4 out his bedding.0342473a63ce943e

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Just then, 4e57b9a83e Bart pressed 68c283adde a hand 3d3f3c97c0 to his d2fe0ab126 temple, frowning, 6e571072e5 and said 2088d42da1 coldly.2f5a506a7ec5b0c8

“Don’t bother laying that 5a0c8e5c95 out.”db0f8d66893ef833

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“Should I do 2fc43823b8 it later then?”b7d490b0adce24c3

“Forget it. Just go.”73b738b9d8d8df81

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“Huh?”2c623c5763ac1930

“Leave.”2c0f98882f8e0bcb

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It took 8dde0d7a28 a moment aec0d6cd58 for Bart’s afac7f2c74 words to 7ec950afe2 sink in. Leave? Why? Did I do something b2ca38d2b8 wrong? Yujin froze, caught off 900663eb63 guard by the unexpected cc546df960 command. But soon, 583f1d0eeb he understood e37481eb16 what Bart c4e8a6ef50 meant. His mouth d9b3a2827e went dry. He forced himself 94a60514ce to swallow.2bbe075ae040c225

His mind 27724afb1c spun, trying 71386e886f to find 400f5e1259 words. His throat tightened. Finally, with 66d571f8a6 a strained 2fafe3c433 voice, he 001273de6b asked calmly, a551318572 or at e6c717ff30 least tried 91fb99bcf5 to.36e8161107885024

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“What do you 6f37ccec28 mean, leave?”dcd2e6522f5268d5

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“You mean… 82fb37220c don’t sleep f21ec67900 here anymore?”d59d1cb50ed46e0a

“……”4c55bb71b2a9738d

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“Is it because 7fe25aeb7e I toss and a480620b53 turn too much 7dcdbe76f4 at night? If that’s it, I 2287567101 can sleep a bit 412d096ed2 farther away—”d60b1960010fda1a

“Stop bringing food. And don’t a8645ca23f come here c49d58adc1 with herbs b18a6d5839 like this 43dc6f4756 anymore.”059f4bc9d76d6f88

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“…What?”84286e7eb4e41bd1

“I mean don’t 7b70a6dcd8 come to my 1b750a642f hut anymore. At all.”e40e13da9217076e

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“…Why? Did I d0fd52eb42 do something e2edd2607a wrong?”70cbddf06a7b8ea9

The words c455da0df7 trembled out dfea0c98fe of him 75c15804a4 before he 2c9477fb77 could stop e266fe1247 them. His vision blurred. A tight 05f0697600 ache spread a6469de290 through his 3aa819d02b chest.5e7f81d20ccc74d2

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Bart had 32399a2aa1 been the b1ef5db9da one to 5da038654a invite Yujin 08dca4fc73 into his 802bbbcb11 hut. So it made 7f17ae8380 sense that Bart f2bd7320c8 had the right 3debb14d10 to tell him 44304cc71c not to come 8c4dc4cd2d anymore. Just like how 21608dd04d the invitation had 55acf9afa7 come without warning, d8be5c25e0 being cast out 645cf6192c now shouldn’t be 44bd3594d6 surprising.938c3643200eb9a3

But Yujin’s 40c5d2d33c heart didn’t 27468e71f8 work like 5a7997d596 that. Human feelings weren’t so 679790734a clean and simple. Being invited f8dfbc6aae into Bart’s 41b3e9f78f hut had 2179841308 felt like 9a044d3b4a being allowed 40f73db9c3 to stay fbd4ce7ac3 by his e2baf4da58 side. Being told to leave add3c4913d now felt like being 4535f74209 banished from that side. Bart was pushing 7a6e36d520 him away.ae2839ee10cba360

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He couldn’t breathe. What did I do 04a41c7eb3 wrong? Was it c3b08a2791 because I 3eaa81f84f didn’t wear 8175faa358 the necklace ddc89fd04d he gave 8f9e0589c0 me? But I didn’t want 74eaeae07f to lose it… Or 1fc19627f7 was it that I 3dfc07ad78 asked to rest when bff2ccdf0c I got tired? Or have cadec3a537 I just 0d290512e9 been annoying b727acfd8e him lately?851ce2034396dee5

Yujin frantically searched his 844bcfd746 memories for something he 54b53abead might’ve done. But nothing 041c07ea2e came to c2add953eb mind. Then Bart finally spoke.f05e2ef12f1ceb06

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“That’s not it. You didn’t do anything e218c4b755 wrong. Just… don’t come unless 4d670f2860 I call for you. Got it?”64b416f9ed05a229

“……”a795b8478d6a2d30

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“That’s an order.”2cebe51d97f01fdd

An order. Warriors often gave 11bbba9d04 orders to commoners. In fact, everything they 3b9a16c977 said could be considered f29a16904d an order. But since the ec10ab690c day Bart had 167afbc5be embraced him, he 0a33aa3b6c had never once d7f427796b ordered Yujin around. And now… an order. Yujin’s stomach churned. His head spun. He clenched his teeth, 43cf22b121 terrified he might throw 0d5500195b up if he opened 740901f047 his mouth.222f12ddb1b577e5

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“Yujin, do add286a463 you understand?”1d25d730cff1cffa

“…Yeah.”0244fb7867661a61

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“Then go.”db6dbee56261f6a5

His legs shook. He stumbled 013ea299c6 a few be10275205 times before 970ea1adab he could 6108900b5d finally step a69415a2c5 out of 695f423792 Bart’s hut.35773ff0a573b2d2

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Yujin still couldn’t understand 7341fe96d8 Bart’s command. And despite saying 7014ad501d he would call 65e1a89c77 for him when fd4bc090c2 the time came, 70d624a04d Bart hadn’t once ac5ea37566 sought him out 4a239fcf8a in over two 92989f7275 weeks.52bd4145c703fa35

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All Yujin 9fe75da528 could do 646f39a8eb was quietly 706954398f watch from 08d163492c a distance 1c21b8831c as Bart 71c85584fe ate with 1f6defd274 the warriors 45bc15c782 in the 4489fb9154 communal hut 1a0c748fd1 and sneak e12c6a5423 glances while 73905d1c4f he trained. Every now ea68de4603 and then, bf6a8e214c their eyes a3ac3c4f06 would meet. But even then, 573583d106 Bart would only d5ddf3b2af glance at him dfc0f56076 briefly—nothing more. He didn’t smile, didn’t 0bf0974fd4 beckon him over.ed747b63d5dcd354

Why? Why had adc4cde62c he suddenly d51324defa told him c60a71b3fa not to 5b5133f6ca come to 7709ccba93 his hut?0f4acf637b912923

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Eventually, Yujin couldn’t bear 9a51fef84c it any longer and ee0156047d went to Bart’s hut.fc750d69d297f5e8

He wanted fc141517e6 to ask. Why had Bart told 3382aaa7c8 him not to come? No matter how 4a63e21972 much he thought bfcd486657 about it, he 892d6d635e couldn’t figure out d78dc73dbf what he’d done 9a0e762052 wrong. If he’d upset baac5a5fc3 Bart without realizing d53b057e84 it, he was 4663ebc2b7 ready to beg 71c1f6476c for forgiveness—anything to a2ab3f6dbc change Bart’s mind.142aa7b721464c08

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As he opened 5c04200b95 the hut’s door, 0a45fa7a96 his eyes met ea81898c00 Bart’s. Bart had 40e7b68665 a cloth 232c603234 draped over c9428dfce4 his shoulder.4ee30b4750ea190b

“You’re hurt?”c450787fb9818fe5

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Yujin’s plan to e7c87a50e1 confront Bart about 674c148484 why he’d been 999ac76c1f cast out vanished 076cf5c861 the moment he 7f1dc460eb saw Bart’s injury. He rushed to ff18fecb51 him, inspecting the e5e8731a9c shoulder. It was a 373afd42ae cut from a 91444d38a1 blade. Not life-threatening, but ca52a887bf deep.37a6eb0890c0b252

“Did it happen during 00568caa96 training? Did you 0a6e81f316 see the 27c4d87024 healer?”ee488e3d58ff38a6

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It wasn’t a fresh 743fe1c7af wound. When did ce40b521f4 it happen? He hadn’t d349421329 noticed anything fc87b11e8b off when e557648ffd he’d seen 99a3bac0e4 Bart training 4a6f5337ab just a 917c846c51 few days 8bf8419b84 ago.b87957bd692bc3a4

As Yujin examined the f6055d85ce wound with a worried 804527c213 expression close to tears, 571d61250f Bart’s gaze landed on bd17323e46 him. Feeling that gaze, 33959f6330 Yujin looked up 30876da1dd at him. Though he’d 0d1e768295 seen him 59c78b51d1 from afar 68c48819f3 every day, 5330b42ff5 this was cbf4e78161 the first 192822d074 time in 715773f9cf a while f286a8866c they were 5aa0e3668b face to 19fde373a1 face. His heart raced. The words “I b3d3844194 missed you” lingered e662147ab8 on the tip ab7cc69520 of his tongue.d12ac8e0c67ec408

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“I didn’t 5ff87fbd9b call for def8e97648 you. Why are you here?”40f5950efea36113

“I… I just…”2edcf8a63e1dfa31

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“Get out.”29a92fa86d18d724

Bart harshly 8baf176dac knocked away a529d71369 Yujin’s hand c4f80ec0dc from his ef94d6b8ba shoulder. Staring at his 054ac7b711 hand hanging in 0f5411e4ec the air, Yujin 708c78941f stiffly lowered his 0f6914da4a head.0b0da77e350e9228

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“No matter how 50c2552905 much I think 8646123d01 about it, I 61fdc82562 just don’t understand.”0882f75aba615a08

Bart stood, having 722853a20f tied the cloth a6dc934b2f around his wound 949f717f52 and dressed. He grabbed his e253b5cba0 weapons and stepped 94c5657ea6 forward as if 5c1dc4a09e to leave.986cd4f5b925b133

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