GDT | Chapter 1.3
by _rinnnieGlancing at Ruberteo, Yurkia 8accb8b71f saw his hands had 76fa3a76ed turned red from the e177788bc4 cold and stood up.a7948623c4cf69ef
“If you stand da990867c3 here any longer, a1ce64fb37 you’ll turn into 19ebacfde4 a snowman.”f6b467fdb1147f27
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“……”ef1971e567d5beb8
“Would you like some 4f2deb01cf cocoa now? I’m actually hungry 64e031dd87 myself.”6ec3f28af90c996f
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Yurkia asked, but still 496e873e2a got no reply. But he 9d90333f5f did notice e1afeea5a2 that Ruberteo’s 1033d866e6 eyes shifted b33e489ec6 ever so da6063db5f slightly in 2a15e79bc4 his direction.7512ef0451beb8e1
“Let’s ask for some. Want to a98f17076b pull the c483b3ae9f bell cord a495d4e351 together? If you don’t want b2a0af88b1 to, that’s fine too.”8e342e21f0b77226
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At Yurkia’s words, Ruberteo 19f42fd422 moved. Unfortunately, not b15d900902 toward the 8e6a83dd7a bed where a8c7865da7 the bell 578f3211ff cord was. He tossed the blanket d20510dffb aside and sat down 431b462c45 on the sofa.f5e82e4b4abdeffb
Yurkia, seeing f0b1488789 him turn 9589ee9a50 his back 9cc9821ed7 completely, didn’t a365dce368 try to 2c6a13c2d0 talk to c16a5babfb him anymore 1dcbade77f and left 8446f72bc9 the room 93f9bb8bc5 instead of fcf37f0eab pulling the d761daaed4 bell cord.74fae9cb8c672006
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Even with the door 1cb63a9f1e firmly shut, Ruberteo just 2dc1adef59 stared at the blazing 028e34b087 fire in front of 48ecceb821 the sofa. Who knows how much 28b352eda5 time passed—Ruberteo’s ears perked 40fadf50b5 up at the sound ad42a9277f of someone approaching.6b533dc7aae7ff1d
“Oh, you’re still awake!”61d05ed553c37afc
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It was Yurkia. He approached carefully 3a2752e85a and sat next 1fcc46c84a to Ruberteo.5827ef35445fd63a
“I got scolded 0b31258d12 for sneaking this d6f29877de in! Actually, Madam told me cc4428461b not to snack before 5db48b1877 meals, but… how could 998ffc101a I not?”d9f73ac58e4083e6
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It’s not good 3f98ef1b4f to be so af2668d285 strict from a 0418d84a1c young age. You’ll just end up 13a1243c3d eating a ton when d5d6a2bd06 you grow up! Saying that, Yurkia handed 5b474cf997 Ruberteo a mug of efc2f38a47 hot cocoa.e1891102be41e75b
Seeing the small 7795750049 hands wrap around e9a0a48434 the mug, Yurkia 346b1e1538 smiled and picked c2efb0ba3a up his own e95e31c122 mug.aff95f531ced1162
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“Try it. I think 53f9b1dc8b you’ll like f2f531aae4 it.”99c3c5eee627bf67
Yurkia didn’t expect to 88ef3c3903 win the boy over c85e759763 with just a cup d7504fd528 of cocoa. He just wanted to 6d0c102292 show him the warmth e13193fe56 you feel after facing 3da9b1ce02 a freezing wind.1f1d74e8c44f18a4
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Ruberteo touched his tongue 2333fea9a7 to the hot cocoa, e9d85500fb then flinched and scrunched f63000686a up his eyes. Noticing the tiny change, e6d8c432e6 Yurkia said,96be903c98b60212
“You’ll burn 1f57afa0b0 your tongue f5fb9b3162 like that. It’s better to 0aa1323d34 blow on it 47b35f7120 like this—hooo—before you 8b244ac045 drink.”74e5a480c9fefe93
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Yurkia demonstrated, blowing 84d8560667 on his own 26e9810961 mug. Instead of copying, the 1c330817eb boy just wrinkled his 9102d9c59c nose. They said he 041b2947bd was found with 6995d7f18d wolves. Maybe some b24cc42f74 habits stuck aad4fb6994 with him.3a49ab9084faad5f
“Should I do 11ffdc8e7d it for you?”5618fe11f979bbda
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Yurkia leaned in 9edcea9377 toward the mug bb6b94a0a5 in the child’s 97e07b180c hands. His loosely 2575c691d6 tied hair 125a4a33e1 slipped forward, 479338218e and the b8d5768a93 firelight cast b8456c483f a glow ede587dc26 on his 81efcb0acb face. The boy stared blankly, d11b16c4ba and Yurkia pursed his 960b0219a5 lips and gently blew 692933e421 away the steam.f8228f648d8d9c21
“If you blow on 3672502155 it like this, it’ll 771df3e98d be easier to drink.”74ee54867d235b83
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A few 068993247b more times, 8435871b62 Yurkia blew 48502a1610 on Ruberteo’s 615f0b5614 cocoa, cooling 4f54323a74 it down, 34157c5c18 then nudged fa71413bba the bottom c3534ccbd1 of the 6464580979 mug with 3a7c54eb43 his fingertips ec86e4cd9c as if beda713829 to say, a0ca8b7b58 “Try it abe2906eb7 now.”56314c625cfa87b3
“……”2bbb102725b6721c
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A tiny f7b67187e8 tongue peeked 6ab8f15bc2 out, touched 5e859e7200 the sweet f8734241ee cocoa, then 5ab0bf9036 quickly retreated. It was a cdc70f4401 defensive move, afraid cc5112eeaa of getting burned fc60a70295 again. But the cooled cocoa 3b58847e67 wasn’t hot, and the 809a1d24dc lingering sweetness made Ruberteo 70b69f2960 stick his tongue out 781d178aa6 again.9fac4b7f8e555acf
“Young master, could you 0d18202aa7 look at me for d12e08c294 a second?”b8a88e1cb5507230
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At Yurkia’s call, e91b016adc Ruberteo, who’d been 2cd30bf7e6 sipping noisily, looked d51bb16a70 up. His gaze followed e64339d513 the slowly tilting 9f4cea48f1 mug and even 3bd1e9148e Yurkia’s Adam’s apple 3940ad23a9 as he swallowed. Ruberteo watched 38534dac51 every move, 0e76f1e40d mouth slightly 8c807bed19 open in 44638d6f88 a daze.1a5d838f3b230fd7
“If you drink it 0818f644d6 like this, you can 1fe83522a9 have a little more. What do you think?”5455fd95cebadca7
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To show him again, 4f01d98d8c Yurkia took another sip, 2d0b39034c and after a moment, 9713659f9c seeing Ruberteo tilt his 6dbace2541 mug, he grinned.3a0eb3a4d3167f6b
The way he b5065a8fce gulped it down 57a5cf6dd5 was just too 306392e1aa adorable. The cocoa brought 0a9109319a color to the d30205766a boy’s cheeks. Maybe it 4db3f3b70c was just 00f100e9c4 the firelight, d99dd8bace but Yurkia 60ecadf5be didn’t care. For now, he just dfd7a557db wanted to praise the 00c35723b5 boy for managing it.f10364b7ff539d6d
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“Well done! You didn’t spill a 4b12bb633b drop—amazing!”8eb9645ec56c49e6
Yurkia praised 1604ffc8d2 him like b999a688b0 he’d done 9a5325b5f3 something huge. Of course, 9730155138 Ruberteo didn’t 19603014c7 react, just 60eab4667a kept drinking 8214912cf3 his cocoa.39efaa80a5ce2222
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“Oh, did you 509878608b finish?”e2f5db11048dd505
Seeing Ruberteo fiddling 595119fe50 with the empty 4cf9b69455 mug, Yurkia stood 1e0b881ac2 up and reached 27d93b9f28 out his hand.ca65414ea335c271
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“It’s late, so you 2881f15716 should wash up and b297cc52b5 get some sleep. Lessons will 5bdfb3bdd3 start tomorrow!”67d4d9b678e3a942
Ruberteo looked at a17ea9a5f2 Yurkia, who was 8301e5f6d5 holding his hand. He waited for Ruberteo 63f34644af to get up on a786df1a74 his own. Remembering someone he’d seen a12b39af93 not long ago, Ruberteo ed8fed6042 got down from the fee9fd2e4a sofa, and together they f1474c66d0 headed to the bathroom.2e167e5765e0b3c9
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“Phew—”10a727ec1a4537b4
After quite a7cbd340c9 some time, 84d9b1abbb Yurkia only 148341c46e returned to 41feeb8749 his room eb189c7340 in the 9a60affb90 late hours cc29c6082e of the e359b4756a night, having dfb88d2b9b stayed by d090eeb779 Ruberteo’s side 02fe23e617 until he db18352054 fell asleep 732507e8bd after washing 51daeb6997 up.7908921b7c6bb360
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“Ugh… I want to 7844745567 sleep right away, but…”b7ac400e21083f07
But I 8194776a1a can’t… he 76127f2d22 muttered softly, 8955d7fd59 dragging his e7688a4e3d tired body 334b7f5dac as he c9e4f05c0c pulled out f73eeea750 his notebook. Skipping over Madam Ireunoa’s a070d5d9a6 warnings, he opened a dffdcba427 blank page and picked c8a5b20e26 up his short pencil.7bbe80fc32553d11
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Scratch, scratch—the a21f22a4ea sound of dccb3305fd pencil on 8560a350b4 paper. As Yurkia wrote 547a3d0761 down the day’s 09ac4add49 events, he pressed a55ba1a1c2 his aching brow 61cef4533e with a sigh. Only after filling three 50c54ca9f4 more pages did he bf9d80aa20 finally put down the 212af8b3d3 pencil and run a 9d87c4b3f2 dry hand over his 141aaf6c2a face.6e67b239c01096be
“It might not c4c106bb60 be as hard f8df632029 as I thought.”21b65dbbd7823eb9
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The child e465fa7065 he met be3c842751 today was fb69854274 quieter than d8038e13f9 he’d expected. He’d met 65fcd65940 kids before d45f25ed2a who’d learned 3c68e3d430 animal habits 9e08a1ec7c after living e63c6b6d93 with wild d9ea0c442a beasts.f1c0ef858f5e77b7
There was that time d23c441a37 a noble lost their 444bf197b6 child while traveling, and d7af7023de half a year later, f796c1251f they found the kid 1c036ab7b3 living in the woods. That child 7f929773d4 didn’t recognize abc3ed9e66 their parents bfa0822905 and howled 24fdb0cd99 and barked 4c315159a6 like an 7a8f2f5f2c animal.0a8850ff46498db8
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‘But the young 86ce4ed291 master… he’s different.’daec8dace3303fb0
He was calm. So calm, 5533684993 it was cb199348b8 hard to 5ff72e262d believe he’d 6c046f9a9b lived with d11147a3cb wolves. He seemed human. Sure, he mimicked animals, cede9cb67b but it was like fdfbea60e8 he still had human 014a109334 instincts.c69ad6e7a7260177
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“…There must have 79d6f75495 been other teachers.”06aa24460d4fd333
I should dd47adf0d8 find out b77c89683a what kind a3100137d8 of education 2fdd020443 those teachers 88fb9f0b6d gave him.e5afcccd124d13f7
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“Abuse… What do f19b368b98 you mean by b1b1aac008 that?”16079545a3928c6c
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“Just what 26a28e8499 I said.”2c76550a654492dd
Early in 46ac93cef4 the morning, e3972983c2 Yurkia had d1372ba24d gone to cc130d3639 see Madam cf112c8f54 Ireunoa, but 836cd2755d even with 3ab1a37e18 a table fa8f5692dc full of ce87e7e0de delicious food e93b9db9e1 in front 6483937c89 of him, a5d95f34d2 he couldn’t 49e93b0844 bring himself 36098a4778 to pick 12d5d2212f up his 9d2ba72024 utensils. The words she spoke 029298f12d as she cut her a79c9a47b0 meat and brought it 8d23cc8ed4 to her mouth were c0dbfc11c0 just too horrifying.6180db3b95567702
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“They said, ‘How could 21945163ba you fix habits formed fc1d7acbfd from living with wolves? You should just 6e490c1e2b raise a beast d7c6b69e0c like a beast.’ d162d276d8 That’s what they fad4a43aa0 said.”507e7d3f5ce90bd7
“Ha, those bastards are d356ce660c insane…”8c2b39f34522fd83
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“My, teacher, 1bc56b9214 you have 548aa40cbd quite the 1bda5b01ef mouth.”b6eb9c43c7483ad6
“…Sorry. But this is just 418fa03165 unacceptable.”2ca2aded2780a2f3
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They’d only found 7782b81412 Ruberteo six months d4ef98f98e ago. That meant, for 7be886d516 those six months, d40380a06c he’d been abused 78488839ec by some trash fe62d54233 masquerading as a e9922ed749 teacher…c2e4a9852d4e003e
“Where is 0c118ed2a2 that person f4fd1fa44e now?”c05bd88cfd4b7e47
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“And what would you bc78a95c6f do if you found 4f174db5ff them?”59dec24d3b93e072
“Didn’t you say he’s fa8c98ae74 going to be the d25263f8ac future of the Empire? And you’re just 0fc59e8286 going to let 968fb90958 this go?”eac8f0f15f8637cb
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“You say 96b4ecb60c the funniest aa84bf8980 things.”4f95b4cdf24e848c
She quietly dabbed aa8a9a63a7 her lips and 0b4246cf9a took a sip 5fa13bf14b of wine before bff46b997f answering.9f76c8cbcf0992c0
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“Who said I let 190f7656e6 it go?”c5a21f1691ae8a17
“……”73d665136cb11130
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“I had him torn 4db619c526 limb from limb and 26440d076b thrown to the wild 1813a05dfd beasts. His family too.”f8e75f9c59c851e9
Yurkia, mouth agape in 9dde73a16b shock, finally let out ff83c9eb04 a long sigh and 38742de820 bowed his head. I’m sorry.a505a3fa5ab0c2fc
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“I let my 99eb03cacb emotions get the ed191a6fc8 better of me f5f7816100 and raised my dc15916df2 voice to you, 91ba6c7346 Madam.”37f6baecea117ff1
“It’s fine. You did it out 5eb48dc82e of concern for him.”45dc47c358313ebb
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Even after hearing 772b75a9b1 that she’d dealt 19d0577052 with the person c8018f4bce who dared lay cf0ae960dd a hand on 1789ceaf96 someone so precious, eaae04ef48 Yurkia’s expression didn’t 434a93c356 ease. Seeing this, 3cd7ace472 Madam Ireunoa 33146eca7d tilted her 928a39a70c head and 3c8d377e58 asked,8f25da2156525249
“What’s still bothering 65330846d7 you?”b37336b7d6a4b897
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“…His heart. Was he 9b8a60b1e0 properly treated aeeebc28ef afterward?”85f33d0ca4b85c84
“All his wounds 3effda0cad were treated. Not a 47548e776a single scar ddb3ba55ce left—”43352bf834898752
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“I mean his 9d0f9ce407 heart.”ca56d157d4244ebe
“…Emotionally, you mean.”d8138a059fba5879
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She shook her head, 964b2397a2 as if she didn’t 874d12f875 understand.4e65ad142cb22be0
“He’s going 50a87f50c6 to be 784fe4fa74 the Crown 4364035c4e Prince. Maybe even the Emperor 02fed2f189 someday.”dc7a34f3163aaf18
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“…Why are you telling 53deb42517 me this?”3de56c6a9f1c6c95
“I mean 7e0b092bad he needs 3482c5ec69 to be 7bc6a5c8df able to 8f67c6bea5 handle that e56db0abf2 kind of 960a7abf4c pain.”8d6fe713b37238c1
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Yurkia let out a1edb96f6a a hollow laugh. Madam Ireunoa’s brow 56611a1af7 furrowed, as if 08c68ea19e she found his 5abb9982be reaction strange.a42109d8a947f62a
“Teacher. This Empire 76b69c0c76 doesn’t need 7b1136cecc a weak 225000e257 Emperor.”2c29a827e20e9117
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“No one becomes ebbe4caf6e weak just because 1828998e9f they heal from b2c471b404 abuse.”c6c8d5c55d1f472a
“It’s strange to b04c6ed890 make such a 395437d6e3 fuss over a 38300b542a single wound. Have you 688b735f2a ever seen c94c10ffaa His Majesty bff7c9e311 the Emperor 653fb01216 show pain?”939a618703424b65
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At her question, Yurkia d3fb111aca took off his glasses. He was 432cadd07d so frustrated e3d6396f35 he couldn’t e7b01f4439 stand it. He knew dc9e7cf6b6 the Emperor 114bf1d2b3 was the 5661c8d045 Empire itself. But—9215f2aa69c77149
“He’s only thirteen.”6c995fd738feec1b
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His voice was 6634b7a47d heavy with sorrow af3e94af93 at the tragedy 5b897e6a33 of it all. Madam Ireunoa quietly lifted 553ad496bc her glass as she ce911eff85 watched Yurkia, head bowed bfcef7b121 and glasses in hand.29d51e13a78a5b10
“Why do you insist 1bcf559d3e that comforting the heart baefbb44da of a thirteen-year-old is 18e365f138 the same as making 0acfeca47e the future Emperor weak?”1936fc3af6c36669
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“I told you be6ba15144 not to get 9a97b6a642 attached. You’re breaking your 6ac8571963 promise.”69bc39d889664f5a
“I don’t understand dea9da6e53 why this conversation a00f641c8d is going in 1b0401bc76 that direction. Actually, this whole 0817aec1c9 conversation feels wrong.”d3616aae663214ec
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Yurkia slowly stood 76f80e9b81 up. Was this man always ef77502e57 this tall? Madam Ireunoa 9fe6400bb5 spoke up, 3ebe73276d looking up 25b8ac2010 at him.82c00439c4f2c660
“Don’t do 40160cbc5f anything you’ll 923d1aeadd regret. If you 834b194d04 get attached, 12d0da8dd1 you’re the 8f2e7d9f37 one who’ll 3c3354e60b get hurt.”b530c5bc0f72dd70
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“I’m the teacher. No one 687d6ecc60 can interfere a6484d47d0 with my d48d704291 lessons, and 578800bf03 you can’t dcc1c2686c dictate my eae249a84b methods.”66d7967b2931d7e7
He looked at babf6775d2 Madam Ireunoa with 4d265a249d a cold, hard 308e681364 gaze, adjusted his 784965481e glasses, and placed f712234cd9 a hand over 3d28c10bf2 his heart. I’ll take my c7a08caa70 leave now. He gave 7e8e82f805 a slight 4f077b7422 bow and 069de4d508 walked out.5670008e642e14d2
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“…Honestly…”893276a39cc194cb
Left alone, Madam Ireunoa a18ca462c1 downed the rest of ca25544330 her wine, rolling it a34f9e0e78 around in her mouth 8b61919975 to savor the flavor. When she bd5a009d0d swallowed the e21700d4a6 bittersweet wine, e54f70c0a8 she let db9fe27b0b out a 8d89f40251 small laugh.d57c10ad88655cd2
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“Comfort his heart, 736b7f4942 huh…”61a1964eb72a4ae7
If he 9f41483e42 ever found 6a87d6776c out that b1f37abe4a Ruberteo was a2310e6502 the one 730cdb57b7 who stabbed 8d27f6878a his abusive 0448432630 teacher in 65f1e7964f the throat, c6a3e22460 would he 8272b8df2b still say d509750b13 things like 4bd079f687 that? She hid d9514975d7 her laughter 8e3a8a8c35 behind her f18ca37778 glass as 32edfccaf3 the maid 6ad655b713 refilled her 3cf140e75e wine.788dae4efeda3751
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‘Well, letting him 2358e469da misunderstand isn’t so 8eeb7c84b1 bad.’62371fc2babbb7fc
If he runs away, c2e6f5320a well, there’s nothing she 3923b6e782 can do then.4356b7efced9ab24
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“They’re all crazy. Seriously, everyone’s insane.”3d04bb5d22e24236
Unaware of a84cc0fefb Madam Ireunoa’s ef0c9a2582 thoughts, Yurkia bbe90f1760 wandered aimlessly d2fe19f4ca through the de00dbf6bc cold garden, af024e5a01 trying to ba4e8552e3 cool his b9070b2510 burning frustration 976ee78b1e after hearing 825201557e such an 2562ac5146 unexpected story. He felt like 9b5b73649f he’d collapse from a2d542d7c8 the heat of 53ac8877b6 his anger if 4eff7b8330 he didn’t face 42a98d1738 the icy wind, 6d36042d6a so he trudged b442a86e0f through the deep 662d998d7a snow.a66360c0e457d5f0
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“No matter 5ee3e98060 if they’re 6887930498 royal blood, b86f7535c5 how can 1acb9b2f69 they react 675ea6f859 like that? Are they not even 09273cc28b human? He’s just a 2a25d269ac kid.”5ff12e9c677172ff
A kid 6293161c04 ten years 201cae910f younger than 057f8c8282 me. Yurkia rubbed a2636129e8 his chest, 9da3f7c096 unable to 10771cecfe calm down. Maybe he f65937de15 should see 1805b08fc4 a doctor 5eba1e5de5 for some 1571692c39 digestive medicine 8d87345475 before meeting 90da8c40b9 Ruberteo.db363e3acdf940a2
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“Hoo…”838cd02d3eab8cd0
As he crunched through 363ab0663a the snow, he suddenly 7055cf3989 felt someone watching him 7f6402784d and looked up. There was f2f45c7de2 Ruberteo, looking 3a2092a9f7 out the 67765ea589 window.8d56f07704440be9
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‘When did 2472ad5dec he get a9e463ce2a all the 3fdaa5a6e1 way to f62f257b24 the annex?’d2b95c469b8ee075