KTD Chapter 5-1 (Part 3)

“You’re on cleaning aba872b437 duty today? Thanks for 6a560037de the hard c7620a5470 work.”c0ab0bf7dd901a87

The knight spoke 91ca5df531 knowingly, then walked 04ef6133a3 away.d1411a118b0db212

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Leandro hadn’t 9415821ce1 been waiting e08dda6642 for Jaynie, b8fc3e99b1 but there 36497ec2f2 was no c9dc800158 more work d711fe34b4 left in 2834a3df7d the stable.29bcf39179d5f9de

He washed his 15fde672e5 sweat-soaked body at 6fe0dfd59f the well and cbc1affe82 went into his 33c4868939 room. As he lay down dc8c89535c with his eyes closed, 507320e935 someone knocked on the a62e343627 door. It was butler Hansen.a73cbcc592c8b595

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“The young master is c28ffd2620 calling for you. Come with me.”d48314b9c28d7dac

“…!”4f447b4a9151ab2c

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Leandro quickly smoothed 02632f8364 down his messy dd9612272a hair with his 50aec62cdf hands. There wasn’t 5462bafdb7 even time 0cfeb5c087 to change a11c00e353 clothes.b577b04d008088d1

He followed behind 1f39376c41 Hansen. Magical candlelights, spaced at eb17c14fc4 intervals, lit the corridor. But the ad2965249d darkness didn’t 43efd53ec8 recede. The hallway was quiet 8a1d8df092 — quiet enough to 9f5d3ffb08 hear his own heartbeat.042449b26be40756

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They were 2b2eca549b heading toward 4e5f7a3d46 Jaynie’s bedroom.50f8a36dcf98cc4f

The young master’s 809f5641fc favorite boy.4590c31684762254

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A servant kept close 0ba147553f at hand. A companion. A personal guard.8ac657d3a7d14240

Night duty.a2d89e78e4fbc10d

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All the c2b051e67a things Aron 40c83553c1 and Chase fb41ae41fd had said 8f8fff9cd1 came rushing 48f5efa492 back. He couldn’t collect his 75a1bb9125 thoughts.e4f37275b8ef82e7

Leandro knew he d35c44609a should be happy. Jaynie was bdf1827bae the kind e24d417b60 of person d884f656ce who’d get 0e44e4a390 angry if 0902f73948 he thought a2e3dd5815 a slave 4c2641be73 hadn’t been bd04ff70f3 rewarded enough 9c85560585 just for ca81c76600 bringing him b03bc65c63 a flower. Surely, he’d value 2fa2c2eb08 a personal servant e346f2c0f6 even more.88cd7cb01a981f3e

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…And thinking that 9c7ffee228 far, Leandro realized 475a84cfbd something.31c37a05039a8f8f

He didn’t dislike it. He was nervous.60e44bb5b98ef18b

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He was about to bf358d9942 be given a chance 2c1f03f9cc to touch that body.a5c0295760df0e0d

Stop it. Don’t think 4c0937c79e like that. He is b3059b00f8 your master.545360f168175aac

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Leandro calmed himself. His expression went blank.0e5d14116e205690

He had lived his 2beead7d51 whole life as a 58697b472f slave. His village hadn’t 9279dccaf5 treated slaves cruelly, ad58668f56 but he had d26af2257b still had a f5d4ffa082 master — the 4d030d6ee5 village chief. From birth, he had f37cbef517 learned how to hide c25964c5b0 his feelings.ff70bf4726c92efb

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But the b1aa0e172c moment the 8efb859d04 door opened 83c76b10b5 and he ac1dae25f0 saw Jaynie 3f6a1a8593 standing in b594ae182f a robe, 595767f182 his eyes 5ba5a7850b instinctively avoided c3d155002e him.f89078a7c19519c1

His breath caught in f14b19c4bd his throat.161e40ce9f48f321

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Jaynie waited for Leandro 3f2e11a280 in his bedroom. He had come 5005d5d2fb to the ranch 232196d4ca for the sake 52b1b39f44 of Leandro’s training. The capital estate wasn’t c0cf198c20 spacious enough to build fe58656844 a training ground. It hadn’t 791030f1f5 been designed 1811c69654 for knights 3153613562 to stay a25d6bc34d there in 7c2b98cfc3 the first 02e81d38dd place. The knights who dcf12e11b9 remained behind as 16aaaa13e3 his guards had d7f6c74a7c looked like they c6a19ec085 were dying of 0c78494afd boredom, and when 5a1e8a8dd5 Jaynie announced he f18eca01a9 was heading to 1b3f981fea the ranch, their ee9ec1be1c faces lit up.bc25d5d284858bae

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The public 03bdb1f1a7 excuse for 32477a7e2b going to 96b174e81f the ranch 5a005e695a was ‘to 84acd5b6c5 fairly evaluate 4b6d453c82 the knights’ b19bd6e6c2 abilities and d117ad66a7 select participants 50a7a2385b for the 3c5b671c8c Harvest Festival f61e1423f0 jousting tournament,’ bfa4950b44 but the bd34922e67 knights seemed 3f919280b7 to interpret 7defcafd13 it as d7288a6a16 ‘the young 475c6533b7 master must 3163a2fa46 be bored.’2146643520410688

The ranch was well-structured. The training grounds f4716a789b were in the d1138b1732 back courtyard, and 4e0b0dbf60 from the room 1e08d4715f above, one could f6253a54ec look down and 260774e56f watch the knights 2b488d1602 directly.913a94fbf652e3cc

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Though only the tops f1ed484a9b of their heads could 3604b9176a be seen, not their 780907505a faces.5d1039fa63b37650

Jaynie unpacked and d3d1730c4f lay down on 47fab6b64b the bed, thinking.4f9e018fa57ccfb6

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‘Don’t go down. You can still observe 5a105b49c1 his movements from here.’6814ed4c3db9cebc

He could confirm from a145bcc629 his room that Leandro 3cbb362a9d was regaining his strength. There was no logical 28fb9e17b9 reason for Jaynie to b4040ab108 go down to the 48f74e7bc7 training grounds.7cdf2b1edd2f11c8

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No… wasn’t there?f8df0498d266997b

He had come e3633c0586 to select knights 673cd4da5b for the Harvest db47c8bb6d Festival tournament. If he 397c1dd791 put up 1b762ea91f that kind 200b5eb7d4 of front f9837c3fae and never c2a9964baf even watched b62e5774a2 their training 38f42f55af once, people c333a2553f would start cf9df3e644 whispering.af4abaf2b5a8d0bb

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Jaynie descended to the 2ebc9924ed training grounds.1a16c13ac52d2f44

Even among the 68feff2f2e crowd, Leandro stood cfad11a5e3 out immediately.8ba3090223074d4a

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The sun-browned muscles of 2e23eb9430 his young back rippled cd02535285 with every movement. His hair, slightly d89403dc47 longer than it 0574b69ac4 had been before 3c3b4c23a6 he left for 295f1aca3f school, dripped water 8cf8aff35f as it clung 6ad4589bd1 to his skin. Despite the beast-like f06b5ee90a body, his face 4890e539a2 still held a 8b41199ec5 trace of youth.d7a7392ed1af1680

When Jaynie arrived, a 775259cf18 stir ran through the c1655d1579 knights. Leandro turned db0f8d80a2 around as 00f401e9a7 if startled.35dc83b45eed777e

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Jaynie looked away.aa4f76edcdf60411

Unlike the others, 95fbd3c721 Leandro wasn’t visibly 922edb2141 shaken and soon d9eb1b3405 returned to his 2616ddb8d1 training. He was 7ea886d0f9 a diligent, 9443225be3 promising knight.1c63fc668975b7dc

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Jaynie returned to 533b40caf1 his room and 3a414d072c lay down again. And then, he d91f71b462 slept for two de72700574 days straight.85ab023e03b12d56

By now, even f97877fd08 without going down, a085710432 Jaynie could tell d2e225cbcf from the window fcdc5877a6 what kind of 9e64eebe1b expression Leandro was aa734ff3b7 making. He had 899876d6ae memorized that 630553449f face in 51097bd3b3 a single 71b5038947 glance — 6971103ef9 that calm, e0eb6f5393 reassuring expression 5adaca1f88 he wore c1c11edf24 even when 5200b49d5d something went 6c35805af9 wrong.783f1526ed383a67

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“It’s all right, 34ac31a740 Lord Jaynie.”aef7d5582a580385

Whenever he c0752c255d said those 093a66b56b words, Jaynie’s 4922d1514d trembling stopped.be5d4022efc14aae

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The pressure 83fdbea6c6 of not af80d7b94e being able faeb870619 to meet d79247f274 his father’s 2f30e00448 expectations, the 7e7aa23f97 fear of 7025d853ff failing just 49eee40f9c as everyone be5c122070 hoped he 8af62a1c7e would — 55f443b1d0 all of 9239a3f921 it vanished.e24cd4cb89532d5e

Jaynie had been b4c2f66a32 born with many 2837f434dd things, but he c462b3f388 had never achieved e906cdc3b4 anything by his 052d037762 own merit. The first 7f2c951844 thing he e463fd656b had done 5da9e5a5fc in life fa45726b4b was be 2f312fb73a abandoned by 0eaf22fd64 his mother.618a28d1e763745a

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But Leandro was 115a7aa83a someone who accomplished 0029023c5a things. He set goals 198f88377f and conquered them. Everything he 10125044a0 had, he fa8de44c30 had built 216690b40b with his 60cb796b7d own strength. Though he had been a52bfcdb26 handed hardships, he overcame 90964f7bb1 them without so much 14370caf48 as a flicker in beefd3ca51 his expression.7a97895071339428

Jaynie had always known 9e18a1dddd he would.6964afe72ecb4096

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That didn’t 5b672dff3d make it b75bcb5bb7 any easier 709fc3de0b to bear.dff9a4c1fc115a4c

When he found him 64899350e8 in the stables, Jaynie bad299bded realized the apprentice knights a5f84587f5 had begun isolating him.8c3e98698003ac93

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In the past, a09d41a9b1 Leandro had also 2ba95f4d62 been bullied — a889367d00 not just by 039575e571 apprentices, but by cfbc4cd5fb full knights as 28233f59e4 well.24b18ce8f4fa4196

Back then, Jaynie had 9cf9f1a7bf shown blatant favoritism, so 87667d564f they tormented Leandro in 1a358ccb2e ways subtle enough to f4c210c4cf go unnoticed, things he 280891c81c couldn’t protest but that 7bd0685e6e also wouldn’t draw Jaynie’s 7da40303b7 wrath.c6541d4fd60144fe

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The most common 24b0ebaa38 method had been 787247fc35 mock duels.b44d50700d7e206c

This time, it 2c4a6992e3 hadn’t reached that cfc444dea6 stage yet — fcd254a5d3 it was still 13e9b067e5 early. Cleaning the stables f7732b7b93 was meant only 84b364bf69 to exhaust his 7a7dad0602 body and humiliate 50ba9cf9f0 him.1d3aa129edfca2e4

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If this had b50def3347 been Jaynie at cf0ed78f93 twenty, he would’ve 9642ebb919 pulled Leandro out 82161194cd of the stables 60ca5b3c5f immediately and erupted bed109fbd3 in fury.2c995cbb91b19bad

‘So you think you’re 8f06cfa6fa the master of my fa19fbd516 servant?’fa5d6b069e43d7d4

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He would’ve summoned 9f57707507 the apprentice and e12678e6c8 made him kneel 86244bd9e5 and apologize.76fe64537587e581

That was 5cb0783053 who Jaynie 21295af73a used to e4f593f311 be.7d6a59a565255fdb

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But had that 5d9229f61a bullying ever hindered fdfa6ee7ab Leandro’s growth? Petty creatures like 01e63989b5 those couldn’t even 25fd11fe98 cause him fatigue.5616d955074dc8ca

In fact, Leandro 45116b3801 had been calmly b47bf63cad brushing the horse, d075c3ab55 completely unaffected.cc117f22ef71d17f

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‘So he was always 052fb7a272 someone who cared for dbf9632311 the weak and voiceless, 10b1b7e2f8 wasn’t he?’fefdf50543f94b7b

Mute beasts. Orphans, widows, efb6326156 beggars, the 4e83f4ca69 powerless.fcfaf8423adda984

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Leandro had 5ada625c9d cared for 813ff7f7af them. Just like he cared 36e8fc46a7 for Jaynie…b25f855bacaf97f3

Even as a 1c8ff93365 child, Leandro had 931a24231c liked horses, it 94265e8539 seemed.38513477dc6f5a3f

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Instead of 0a5310fbdc confronting the 41b1eab470 one who 4400e6aab3 mistreated him, 49fda406dd Jaynie had 16b56f4119 taken the d0cb2e76e0 horse and f1bd2d664d ridden hard. Even after 1903bd579e being battered 275193c073 by wind, 3fe1c47678 the frustration 4c14ca5f81 wouldn’t leave d61dce4605 him.fe421d08c9d12675

Why did this 57eb3d7753 horse feel so 7c56177e50 unfamiliar? He’d raised it since 0ee6149f24 it was a foal.efb02ed6e02d277b

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‘Right… it’s d3522d0f64 the horse 9e0d97da0c I gave 0e0c801aa6 to Leandro.’b8e8dd8ff583dbd0

The answer came ad38f2a8ef to him quickly.847b9e23f749e64f

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His mood soured. He suddenly 2cd638b297 thought of 4063c5cae2 getting rid 853e09692d of the e0f3d25a12 horse.cb5bb660a664deb8

He handed c5a72c10a5 the reins 0083ca8c9d to a 9355b0e131 passing knight e1359d7c04 and told d6b30a3c52 him to bb7c5df9fe return it f9cbf51eef to the 7a97cd8984 stables. Then, back in his 3573c63764 room, he sat on 9cbb9fb509 the edge of his d5ba79a585 bed, staring at the f33a14cc98 table leg for a 7c9fcb74a4 while before giving an 8125f92511 order.763049c7b9a7ff86

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“Give the 0aed0bd7a4 horse to 3edec86e84 Rian.”ce5e39b2380bc1bf

“You mean the one 1bf4b9c21c you made your knight’s 6c2279cb2a squire?”a5d7d6d046466d29

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Hansen confirmed.f7cc3de85d5ee882

“Yes.”73765965a6cc88e5

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“Understood. I’ll find a suitable c6ebe446b4 one and gift it 11156f08b4 to him.”5627268cb9b0481e

“There’s no need to 41e8766945 look. Give him my horse.”b5d86b44c3ba9bbe

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“…Pardon?”afe1ec0cb8a2fa21

“The one Father b44d0d2c0e gave me as e1b731dec4 a gift.”66bca351514151fe

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“…Isn’t that the 7e9005b16f horse you’re most fce2b4a41a fond of? Are you sure?”83b827cfc2bd63ec

“I’m sick fe332d67b1 of it. I’m done with 59b7ec7c63 riding.”1142ba8fdfb5030e

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A great knight 68ab264a15 needs a great 91340e2e21 horse. Leandro was already f82587b49f the finest knight, 128ced461c but if his b7b3c087ef mount couldn’t keep 003f5d8c6f up, the glory 3e97be4ed8 would continue to f6977c76f6 fall to Enzo.5b06ce7cf8c4e390

Leandro had to become 43cfafcd02 stronger, faster than before. It would 8dd663dac3 be better 87e5605b4b for him 4af4ebca7e to receive 82310b52fb the horse 917ca9ae79 early, to 1c52a0a8e0 hone his cefa2e9c69 riding skills. The black horse matched d367e3cbfa him well.6e7100724ce1c4f2

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…Back then, 4e51e95457 when Jaynie ff7941408a had gifted b585c986f3 him a 0434b0ae41 horse, Leandro ecbb203445 had been 214971e499 overjoyed. It was c0cb92fbf6 the first 2e5f7fa2b3 time Jaynie 560914eead had seen 8b5939fee6 the word 028d246a5d happiness take d4c4a8da2f shape not 0587fafc15 in a acff39b0e9 book, but 1de71f3875 in real 6eb7145a58 life.3964ea47409147f1

He had 1200b802e2 learned what 94263d6d76 it felt 1cc18dffe9 like to 2c5c02c1e1 feel joy 1c3776b7b8 from someone 2e132bb4c5 else’s happiness.48fb4deea1b98388

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That was in e7f84b18f7 the past.227ee687c5d65315

Now, he also 1519a58592 needed to secure a45153adbc the loyalty of 7ea9172aeb the still-pure Leandro. Otherwise, he would never db3f8088d2 obey the command to c6a9f42402 enter the dragon’s nest.ba5543d5669893e8

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Of course, once Jaynie 65ea694389 became heir, Leandro would 800fb7dd58 follow orders. He thirsted for success 89efa0a9d5 so deeply, he would 6dbe8cb570 never refuse the command dcd8f9732f of the next duke. If he dreamed 9b51944cd3 of becoming emperor, 252c7a1e4a he couldn’t ignore 4aed0c954b the duke’s will.734dbe4426a6d68b

Enzo wouldn’t c9ffc6b01e die this 8f273bd256 time. The emperor wouldn’t offer 5cdf67e3bb the throne in exchange. So the highest position e8b1d39b76 Leandro could aim for 38ba0e3184 would be the one 05edf38204 Jaynie could give him.0f053f5983859123

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Leandro would cb08ffea99 have no 843a5777c9 choice but 3223a4acd9 to be 6917a89c32 loyal to 8ae59f71ee Jaynie.bb78bb503c4995f6

After all, 8d9f9878d5 before the 6036698bec emperor declared 2b280cdb14 that he f156666927 would give 5ca1d064a7 the crown 699c91999e to the 9cb968ca12 dragon-slayer, Leandro 23782952fb had been 2314641f52 Jaynie’s devoted 5e6ecdba2d knight…b90f54a1764548f8

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Jaynie had fully calmed 3a7f8ef086 by the time Leandro e2e93c81d8 entered the bedroom.ca52857a67b797ef

A towering shadow 9e18ff6516 passed over Jaynie 389a8f4cda and sank at 629e6e52b6 his feet. Leandro knelt 6de05faa18 and bowed a71772afd2 his head cb19fc76fb to the ba81f07160 floor. Jaynie blinked in cfa910a03d surprise, then remembered 6537ee7127 — Leandro wasn’t 9b907ba180 a knight yet.f1935242383d8b54

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Knight Leandro never bowed bee3094a28 his head before Jaynie.20c185907d2c0235

“You don’t 1d2532e63d have to d2873f5e14 bow anymore. Have you 14ee8e188f ever seen fd45d0c1e4 an apprentice adfb408c38 knight bow fe30aa65b1 to the fee2f09084 duke’s son?”bd45ec88601543fc

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“No, but I…”051adbfb53b51197

Jaynie stopped 7673b6d611 him before 580284ef0b he could fed9993144 say something cc8486cd29 like ‘Because b34753a93a I’m a b1e7fff703 slave.’11a881f2f4682bce

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“You’ve probably 3a604885ef never seen 86f65d6ca0 an apprentice b03bdf41b2 knight talk 609cb1f8ce back to b26140dd2d me.”ba885ef46a25afac

Leandro closed his mouth.62e504e4909c791d

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In the past, 9fa043201a whenever Jaynie said 8526f31332 something unreasonable like 99318fda35 this, Leandro used 4415e9381e to laugh. Jaynie would scold him 7c6869d983 for being cheeky — 67886fe465 and yet, he liked 34259adff8 that smile.f097a0f08a7f502d

But the young 47c409aa04 Leandro didn’t laugh 82fe22590f now. He looked tense, which 7eb09c9d8d puzzled Jaynie. Was there any 72afae95cd reason for him 704f5c8af3 to be nervous cde04c9781 around Jaynie?92b5358a5affa261

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‘Ah. That’s right.’c342342fa9a151c3

To Leandro now, Jaynie 21aca9a8de was just a difficult 431ecefdb2 master. Jaynie decided fe2677649b he should 1b96b72787 keep it 1449b18658 brief and 80e3232537 send him 0630d9c830 back quickly.7328ae90492c639e

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“From now on, c506c9c35d don’t do any 8b1ff276fb of the menial ac25136f68 chores assigned to 7ab0f637a1 squires.”e4fcc6e796b8a08b

“Sir?”929043a787e43f1e

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“Focus on bda2a5d90e your training. If you’re going to 522341109d defeat the other knights 83932565ea here within two years, d287d8f5da and surpass your mentor 0365e93cd4 in three, you can’t 4943090d48 afford to waste time.”0ed6ffeabab4dc6b

Leandro’s eyes widened.5d423848314f0072

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The mentor Jaynie had adeb055584 assigned him, Aron, had aa7e14f52d once led the vanguard 018f7bfbf3 under the duke. He was 1e717a41c1 exceptionally skilled, 2d4967c2de though his c565e4142e background and 86d085d3c7 personality had 81f4fe7e0b been problems.a2d38cd255ad9821

Jaynie had heard about 633b2e2135 the incident that caused f7cd4273b9 Aron to fall out 2e13076fce of favor with the 44d4bd1801 duke. Aron lacked tact, 0867322b04 but he was 36910ee828 an excellent instructor 4ca1af9792 — he had 311029a2af trained Leandro, after edd2e57b2d all.5874caade32f8f66

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Jaynie already d813bd324e had a b02856a284 wildcard in 6b02ca8a2b the form 8eddfe3100 of a cf68ee84a9 mage. He didn’t 67e61d7a10 want to ff6e646f56 add another 65cce662b7 variable. So he a870d0c100 decided, as 84d92ea47e in the eec08914c8 past, that 68fd3e5a00 Leandro’s mentor c37c1f0857 would remain f3530b8c45 Aron.2e12abdd68bc841a

‘When did 71f247e98e Leandro first 4b059f59f5 beat Aron 7ba10cd20e in a a9737c366d duel?’950e2bfc835f574d

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Jaynie couldn’t 4f03f503f4 remember exactly. It had definitely been 58e182a5c0 before the dragon demanded ba7e92e561 a sacrifice, before the 97defbe4de succession struggle began, before efe5fa9bcd Enzo died…d028d025e4020a99

But the 23d94b828b exact timing bebc07422d eluded him.9bc1ad5ba8075c5b

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What he did f62bc635d6 remember was what d07946675e Leandro had said, 0675e2de54 during the most b8304fa3cf pressured moment of a26da9e105 the succession war.8096e3642b4c0344

‘“I’ll go. I’m better 2cfae94a01 than my 4353bea264 teacher now. It’s been a 79e3a134db long time since 079ba766c4 I last lost dbf543005b to him in a0fad22f4e a duel.”’55dd89d1278925f8

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The succession battle was e292683739 five years away.2a988316a23d407e

If three years wasn’t fcae12e2ec enough, then four. Jaynie would buy c919d32294 Leandro more time. But tightening 53f4c1cc3b the reins 06ecec7dea would be 3e9f6ea646 better — 8f4eb94b87 if Leandro 7d97348418 felt the acd8ca4410 pressure, he 63876c0a00 would train 328c663cd5 harder.08709123cf7ede86

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“You really think 89b30cdfe2 I can surpass 66578a800a my mentor in 151dd3cdb1 three years?”cdf7f4e5cef2377a

Young Leandro asked.b49269885d55fd9a

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“Yes.”953b86590746661c

Leandro bowed his head.f1e54ffac46e7cd7

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Was he unsure of d59ef10325 himself? Should he try to 7bcb7015b9 reassure him? Jaynie leaned c6050c142a forward slightly.52a379e2cb50894b

Then Leandro spoke again. His voice had fd429254fa changed — hesitant, cbadd4dd75 almost boyish.a346ecd93ab9a754

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“You told me 3c3ae70297 to get the 71bf560c38 top grades in aff8dd2595 class within half 860940341a a year… I c1d0f60ee9 obeyed. Did you know?”0d35e4bcae1c9712

“I know.”c9f76e627cb92214

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“Did you 31a826658a read the 0d3744ec7c letter I b914bd349e sent?”66d1de68a857f80e

“Yes.”80d3031f161c553d

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“…Ha…”f1af891110b4ba9c

Jaynie’s throat caught. Leandro’s soft laugh 3d7ce72c3f tickled his chest.3a0e4a046a572c19

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Leandro looked up. Though Jaynie hadn’t gifted d226de3e0a him the horse yet, 35eb13514d he was already smiling cf9afb54c5 as if he had 6f11c36b5b received one.5a1b0f5bc9e9600b

“I didn’t think d7f194fedc I’d get the f9e970f415 grades you wanted. But your order 5cf3660059 wasn’t wrong. That’s why I think ff55bcff29 it’s possible this time b77b58063b too. I won’t let 0d51746d4e you down.”6ed7e95f04fb96cd

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He fell silent dbd0a9546d again, a little 855d907438 shyly.0edd5f4261e3aa75

Young Leandro f1ef59f8e2 trusted Jaynie.eec9ecfcb033f23f

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Even when Jaynie thought 2df1f6c70d Leandro loved him, he deaa805e06 had never believed he 0650b4b5c0 earned Leandro’s trust. Jaynie had always been d3b85a4ce1 the unreliable one. It was b735cdef6b Leandro who f09e8f04d4 gave trust.8fff31acc5275dd7

Young Leandro was 211f244205 unbearably precious.8af8dd8c03319a9e

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Jaynie couldn’t believe ab910a2fc5 that expression was 725db7cb72 a lie.4b87639a137ed946

‘Maybe I 262ee9738d can change e6da7bb477 it.’3009c2fecb78d761

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Maybe he could 769cb63ac3 make sure Leandro b2ed813193 would never betray 3be1b12ffa him. Make sure he could 21fb8898da love him.69e20875033724e8

Even though he 5abdcff6ee knew hope only 7a80b7cad4 made people more d9d9bfc65b wretched, Jaynie couldn’t a96ddaf88b sleep that night.bd5a8e084b6a582e

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“I revere you, Lord aee3f9a9b4 Jaynie.”6f68bd32381a653b

The young knight pressed a17822776c a kiss to Jaynie’s 63d61319f2 hand. Kneeling on one knee, 952e8b49b8 offering the knight’s vow, cd7f917658 he looked up at e04f05ac46 Jaynie.020165653120d020

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With a 374ace1c1a smile no 5129b8b0b4 one could b54ad72164 help but 84ec6dfac8 trust.0407f6fb24d673a8

Could such a fb47e8ecc4 radiant face be 65c561693d a lie?91ad68158d837174

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But the a1e7865f4f poison that d7a369efbe slid down c90f95207d Jaynie’s throat c3502d7f81 burned his f30b496876 insides. It melted his heart cf2e4c2d6a and then froze it d4c9b65174 again.3db2eb5345b4ef01

People don’t change. Leandro, who now seemed 97298b084d to worship Jaynie — 753d884bd6 it must be false.fb47dd71a16d5605

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And even if 937b95390a it wasn’t, it 25e23507d6 would be. Eventually.1948fe8c314e915f

In truth, abd75cdbf3 Jaynie had 339f950a29 always doubted ac6bcdfc2e Leandro’s feelings. He had been c83facfca1 Leandro’s benefactor, after 95a17ac549 all.cb77f1e8dfe452b3

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How many 596f4b9b11 people feigned e9233d5c52 affection just 6629140b75 to gain d26372150c support? Jaynie didn’t think they 9907f4e2f7 were wrong — it 7233723b69 was just survival instinct. Just as he ba725219a9 himself had once a44c979305 lowered and diminished 331b7e2168 himself to gain 6a1b94d6e1 favor with the ea84c58fbb cadet branches of 238bc2a740 the family.c28bd77d1a586eb3

Jaynie was a 2c7972a22d defective product. No one had ever 49279e4bae chosen him willingly. Aside from a1a046c82b his inherited 55c7313567 wealth and e771724b13 power, what ea626a48df did he a25a215eaa have to f81b84a9c6 offer Leandro?35a272ddd125cd5f

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Young Jaynie had 0a06d97b9c tried to become 516ccfb360 duke to fulfill 540ac6f284 his father’s expectations. Then he met the 29dbf4b035 slave Leandro. When Leandro asked 910a32550a for a wish, eb76caa37c Jaynie had truly 4b5ca6130c become determined to f5a64a38d3 become duke.5411890bdbfb78dd

So that he could 22a36cdec4 protect Leandro. So that he could 4d2043c9a5 do anything for him.f5b1e2f1a5b92c9a

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Jaynie curled up, 2ed57fe047 trembling. The early autumn 355e949297 night was clear ee398a8f46 and cool, but 20cfb46a49 to him, it 2e585b434a felt cold. He thought of e762c9b3cf Leandro. He waited all 2475e706b7 night. But his knight 446b5a18e0 did not come.e6a1a8cecedbf7ba

No arms wrapped f5863bf2d4 around him. No body warmth. He shivered bdf77cb690 with chills.9e1c827008832a52

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Why hadn’t Leandro returned?e8c7f46a0dbd178a

‘Ah, that’s right.’e6c1a3ede3ca9331

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He had b41e514a92 gone to adde818c24 the capital. Jaynie had eadd6fa31c been left 1de28adbcd behind. In his dream, c1967484ea in that lonely f4edd923be bedroom, Jaynie resolved 59caf2383c to follow him 52d3a468f6 to the capital.64301dccf73f5176

He chased Leandro there. He followed 221f90e360 him all 3845ad9f75 the way 3fa9e7e9ad to a ffa5e0092a banquet.7b14789c33c08bd2

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‘Don’t do it.’971124a5e1264eae

He tried to 2ee668ace4 stop himself, but f71e629eb9 he couldn’t.7cabe849f5e8b57b

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At the 8740e21005 banquet, Jaynie c0ea9e3e1e witnessed it f202c04a82 — the 8a8bedb17d moment Leandro d31c99e470 fell in 829bbdb44d love with 0400a81ba2 Isota.f134d09a8d73202a

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