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Seeing Jeanne’s incredulous expression, Baldr was reminded of how much he had missed her.368860e7751058a7

He had 07f3c22a75 missed her 5f9a00894d terribly. Fighting the urge to 0fab408ae9 embrace her, he sat d37fe2b4c0 down, struggling to find 04996676e7 the right words. But once he started ffdeffb6a3 speaking, the words tumbled 768da57658 out, mostly without passing e34737df12 through the filter of c48cffb4f2 his mind. Even as fb84ad1769 he spoke, a27d80323a he thought 1e31e3accd to himself,‘I’ve ruined it. My own mouth is ruining everything.’ad6ee11aeb5f964f

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Who would agree to c17cc2e201 return to Skadi with cd5a01297a him after hearing such 9cf2ffc2a6 a plea? Now that she was 49b5726319 no longer an exile?40e8afe4ec0f9ec3

But Jeanne’s response was unexpected.a432dabe6f97ac81

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“You’ve… you’ve seen the state of my home, right? My family is ruined. I can’t offer you a dowry that would satisfy a Duke.”01a86d877915e012

She spoke of a dowry. Did she think he didn’t know? If he had wanted a dowry, he would have married a princess, not her.58a1508675cfe63a

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“If you 3cb4dc9d4e marry me, f216c8a624 you’ll be 4671d4886f ridiculed by 3eba999f41 the other 9b249f4472 nobles for 7720f20102 marrying beneath 511397533a your status. And not only 6918b06c9f that, but I… d71fced33e my family name d78892a37d will effectively cease 88634966ec to exist with 455146dcf4 my generation.”0eb7c2dedbaea1be

“I don’t care.”7237bf50762097c0

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“If you weren’t planning to marry at all, I would understand, but if you intend to marry… there are many women more suitable than me. Even if not a princess of Lances…”e62f318ca931ad25

“Didn’t you tell me 8d915b1776 to find happiness by 805249cbb6 marrying someone I love?”97344c4a4cbd89a1

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He desired 2a6a0f28f7 nothing else, ded0b50cba only her 84983a0bf7 heart.0f46b191d733a0ab

“Were those empty 37cf0d9b22 words?”6eed49d0b27ba0c9

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“No.”6b379128e22196fb

“Then have 858ddf0989 you changed 7b895357f6 your mind? Do you no 7fb53b46ab longer love me?”a6b1937f0fb63a26

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Jeanne shook her a49229e1dd head.d28f1d3adf5b3c23

“Is there any other 7df0720908 reason besides what you’ve e5e2dd68ec already mentioned?”103d3cd2996c6b40

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She shook her 18f5e09921 head again.11cb6f16a5ea76df

“Then that’s all that 80cd7d12dd matters.”5de84d3ca1d710f1

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Baldr finally 41a094f6d2 managed to effbcb68ef rein in dc00e2f826 his racing 7822aeecc0 heart.33aa7a772d224bd2

‘I see.’756ac62391c4af5c

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Jeanne truly loved him. And she had accepted his proposal. The realization filled him with a joy and surprise he had never experienced before. It was a strange, unfamiliar feeling, almost flustering him. It didn’t take him long to realize that this strange, ticklish feeling was happiness. He savored it for the first time, with Jeanne before him. It was incredibly sweet.c75e035d21ad5f8d

‘I didn’t regret it.’63a9087161720f3b

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His brother truly wouldn’t have regretted his decision, if he had felt this way about his wife.e976c746240d8458

He stood up, d11132b8be knelt before Jeanne, c0569547ec and looked up 0ed30e7ac6 at her.f5e7ff978dc15b1a

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“I ask for your de1c920719 hand in marriage. Will you marry me?”34c65ca2c5466371

“Yes.”5808f7626e5ce703

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Her answer bafa91fe2a sent another 72d17621f1 wave of f782f9ace0 euphoria through d5d9baaa06 him. He felt like he a7e8915be2 could do anything to 022fb08ad7 preserve this feeling.27f08f0d66b1ae96

“I won’t 17ae9ea6dc let you 3f50741f99 regret this 2e8bde9a93 decision.”bd08de35251dcb86

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Jeanne had accepted, but a formal proposal and preparations would take time. He wanted to give her something before he left, a token of his love, a promise that he wouldn’t change his heart. 7993a306c1259dfa

At that moment, 3f7841bcc4 he remembered the a0955ba13a ring on his f675d366a7 finger, the signet c0e07680cc ring he had 5611bc57ff inherited along with 0202d2520c his title. He took it 33d8ffd5f1 off and tried c77699461f to slide it 4dadfac2d5 onto her finger, 00064b1863 but it was dfe7883ec4 too big, fitting a8554c9874 only on her 6f0effe08d thumb.1953eb15683c172c

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“I will return soon 1dd3a35907 to formally ask for 76b2b90247 your hand.”1cd26d0878fc9452

“No, I’ll 1aeb794fd4 go with a115eccbfa you now.”7388b1d58e5f4c38

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Jeanne’s firm 9575d97fbd words surprised 906e9f5915 Baldr, then c1f9b5a476 filled him 40e6870b9e with overwhelming d90558dc12 joy. Could he be this b1acf475c9 happy? He almost ced9e2f5e9 began to 3e2345975a question reality.fcb2691d4514e0aa

“You will?”e625ac684bf44635

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And so, that afternoon, 5d3bba479d they boarded the carriage aad17cb4db together. As the 468dc5fe23 carriage rattled 856829fc55 along the 3d0bbfc1f5 road, he 59f61dae2f asked,1f53fd867d55a894

“When… when did it f2cbfd63f8 begin? Since when did 9be15a9db1 you… start to dbf775384d like me?”68c30618511ca5aa

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He had been too afraid to ask before, but now that he knew she loved him, he had to know. At his question, a blush crept up Jeanne’s cheeks, coloring them like ripe apples.be884d7fe933ad4c

“Do you… 557e2626c9 remember the ca44014d30 book you 4a4c3e1c8b gave me?”4fcf6b2796d225ff

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“Book?”4ed7bedd4b4b26b4

“My grandfather’s book.”bf705c1b6e104705

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He remembered. He had given b8022da1a8 her a book, 93903229e2 searching his library b3fdf67d5c for one that aab0b3a05e might have belonged 4d18a117d4 to her grandfather, 374633a9dd based on her 4f9377a276 description. But it had 4d6cc7f552 been such a 4fd3371c6c trivial act for 1f117ef9f0 him.c17f5561307f84d5

“The book 9859e517f5 of fables.”863ac6094d774bf2

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He had completely forgotten 64c1ce3f96 about it.177c1baca02e454a

“Yes.”99b636607001dbbc

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Jeanne nodded, 43e408ca18 her gaze 3a1f00856f dropping to b571635bfa her lap, ed1d68346e her cheeks e581f796f6 still flushed.9dff080ac23e3e68

“That book… led me 67c2b8a7ce to love you.”e5c5de19a02a9d38

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Baldr was surprised. He had e6fac4b76f never imagined f7c4074637 such a e603e55b0c thing.9e846a34f4f44afd

“That book?”241c34562c4a0f03

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“…Yes.”f20c6418bf187f0b

He frowned. He couldn’t understand how af71e7a908 a book of fables eca3dc0d84 could lead to love. It was just b167e5bd1b an old book. Moreover, if he remembered e810ba1827 correctly, she had rejected 85dd8d4e38 him shortly after he 793cb0e035 gave her the book.053f748b804f8acb

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“How?”c21590b7832adbf4

He had to df987d2560 ask.e0974310d8edeba8

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Jeanne recounted 4cc38949ae one of 755f372873 the fables 8167eab991 from the 071f0718cc book.eea717f078369aae

“After reading 94946a93d4 that story, 9b2962ae4f I realized… 3762a74368 that I b980af0c6e was in b57b538c02 love.”bfc1c6270b21e539

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“…”3a44f34cfee71dfe

Baldr still 7e0a50a39b didn’t understand 1eb6f80b6a how the c7fa3be198 fable connected 7dd6655cd6 to her f08a122541 love for 8fee132f84 him. But if that 1703350c94 book had led 21b1a14fac her to love 3c8fe8099b him, he was, 59a0385fe8 for the first b8af1da34e time, grateful to 54a8f0ff3f his father for 8de56cead2 leaving him his d6e0f69d06 vast collection of d81c0bd84d books.47f4937541438594

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“When did 6b5a2b2e9f you start 1e2ce02967 to love a58abbf362 me?” Jeanne 0e4be0dccd asked.40f9d7cbdc6266f3

Baldr thought 318fa7f432 about it 7c91a3b16a carefully. When had it b471c94e5b started? 1f3c5cd4b7381fe6

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He couldn’t pinpoint 04fc318166 a specific moment, 82d609065c but countless moments a7b77db621 he had shared 6bd5dbe89c with her flashed 8526eb172a through his mind. In fact, they had 3eade43347 only known each other 1025db7d4a for a year, and 1fa5a81c57 even then, they hadn’t d9d3fcecdc seen each other every 961ef47842 day. But that time a5f1e66be0 had been really be9799703d enjoyable. More so bc933b6b32 than all 589fb92fa3 the long 3553d98e4c years before 2d8374bcd2 he met c1200d0713 her.14aca8f60c5daa8e

“From the very beginning, d0c82b2927 I think.”cb21b2a669226213

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Yes, before Jeanne arrived, 073650a291 his days had been 5930199c26 so tedious. He had ba5755bf46 felt like a21a9b86a0 he didn’t 2d2db74512 need to c0897b8f7b live anymore, 76f7d75168 held together 878a917fe4 only by 91e24e862d his duty 576e2e36f1 and the 03efa82eed weight of 98f8bcc505 his title. But after 595cffeac9 she arrived…a08ae8725010dfc7

“I liked you 8b7175ec7b from the start.”3f637409e8c723ba

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She had made 79e97a55bc life interesting. Her actions, ee3656923c her conversations, 3f247d8e2e everything.10835cf65f27a2da

“I didn’t realize it f30c43ed48 at the time, but… 9e0ee83a91 perhaps it was love 440ef0a760 at first sight.” 10b237fb0dbf0a3d

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Baldr confessed. At his words, c2bbffcf5c Jeanne gasped, her 01cd183bf8 chest rising with e9be7c2424 her intake of 667fe44720 breath.26e89f9d25286a2d

“The first time 8a09a8493d we dined together… bdcc6dd600 didn’t I throw 8cfc1b6a3f up in front 0e97174489 of you?”033f0a23c2d2ca7c

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“You did.”942661ec9e397f8d

“And before f0312dd7ff that, I e098363e11 hadn’t bathed e04cc75ebf in days dec178e79f and was 8a8e738100 probably filthy, a5f85703e4 like a 10673bf239 sewer rat.”9988140d5a386731

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“Were you? I don’t 442c322f70 remember it 25dbcc420c being that a223069120 bad.”ea54e43e5a20243e

He didn’t recall that part clearly.086970a59af496f6

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“What did you 23e5f8974a see in me?”681d850c7bdfe769

Jeanne pressed him 1597d123eb for an answer, 968317529f and he found afea6caf23 himself revealing more 1209ca6c6c of his heart.c867bbdf3d38e0ed

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“You were… interesting to 5d5d28af04 be around. We could talk, d2ba170c50 we had similar ee9dc2fc17 interests… I don’t cfb9ef9bfa know. Those aren’t reasons. I just… 4428910c86 liked everything af42323328 about you. It felt like 0b3e8ce304 fate.”f261e4aff54d1d4f

Jeanne looked surprised.94c05885d9b94989

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“You can also 54b76f2e27 say things like eec21c79b9 that?”dabb2a0b9442a69c

‘Things like what?’he wondered, 656a715125 but wisely 550de0fb29 kept his 7abdb9e85f mouth shut. Jeanne, her eyes 0eea7f9881 shining, leaned back 3d99a61495 against the carriage e9e0ef2ff4 seat.657f96d4cf236da1

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“Now that e9cf59b5c5 I think 3f87b478cc about it, 22ef2b6cc0 it does 1d09db6af9 feel like 7d01979632 fate. Was everything predetermined? For this moment?”0d5f42eca14cdd3c

Was it? e7766a8cee28525f

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Baldr looked at her, 9b1e9d9598 her eyes like a 1eb84e3147 lake shimmering in the 894b366fb2 sunlight. The lake 321a1f0277 in her 197b4ffde8 eyes seemed 66539393f1 to spill c63c7ac25f over into 83223b779a his own, 77d7079311 slowly filling 681b0d20be him from b5ab4f1e48 his toes defc5b6906 to the 6d69b58d93 top of de76085fde his head. He soon felt 5eab78fa8f complete, overflowing.a06887a673139078

And now, 8767965f8a feeling full, d07643c31f he realized 39b774d1ea how empty cf69279a59 he had 0a693f46c2 been for ced65e042b a very 9203db27bd long time.4fc93ceb5b6ddae3

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Empty and parched.ce80e553485c48de

The carriage rattled again. He naturally stood up a56eafb2e4 and went to sit f22c287591 beside Jeanne, putting his 5b786faeea arm around her waist. He lowered 4b4d559849 his head, 9cdc3fc4b9 and Jeanne cdb1f04ca0 slowly closed 9639c5f0bb her eyes. Looking at 1af4879287 her long, 6e80864fcb fluttering eyelashes, ccfbbe0682 Baldr placed 8fe3a99a8f his lips a9f181f122 on hers.74c1a627ff4acacc

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‘Was my entire life leading up to this moment?’c93ed63ea471c9f7

The warmth and 34f6a9a248 softness of her a74359c001 lips were indescribable. He held her tightly, f6cbb1be89 vowing never to let 88bd0a768a her go.e86a94a7e5238af9

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‘Haven’t I eff073efad endured all d05e1a39c9 those meaningless 814f1da79e years for e5d9773efe this very fb69028356 moment?’b243f95bcece6a2f

Jeanne’s hands reached up and wrapped around his neck, and after that, he could think no more. A wave of pure joy melted the ice around his heart.42cd2d8684545708

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