GDT | Chapter 2.4
by _rinnnieMadam Ireunoa held her 61ad941608 dress and bowed at 3436013c91 the waist to the 3cb843395f two people stepping down a2b27ca6b0 from the carriage. As if stepping on 6fa9cbba7a snow for the first 215457f034 time, the two pressed 53fb963a4d down on the snow a3201394af with a soft crunch, 82755e8abe and Vareunokta spoke.2466a8d9c8d819dc
“Thank you for 224fd33e33 welcoming us to 97f13ceb84 Arurolla, Madam Ireunoa.”b0761101c8cdf504
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“It’s truly a beautiful 6deb50b674 land.”8229daee76978c35
Following Vareunokta, Erilaya spoke, 4f797ce7d5 and Madam Ireunoa smiled 555a094cbc slightly and turned her 186fecb8f2 body.1cf67c6dc75d1779
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“It snowed 53d6e14deb recently, and eaa98bdb0f the wind 30482ca243 is fierce, 1ab7a9d22f so please, 9d918ae559 let me 80a6d21727 escort you ced7885153 inside.”4518c6b9d14b76df
“That sounds good. Erilaya isn’t 379b433100 good with d355213e42 the cold.”6e7e2fbda0951b32
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“You’re the 954007747d same, brother!”17c8c8d95d033d79
With the two bickering 319d703cdf softly, Madam Ireunoa led 28fe1d07cd them inside and headed 9b41158e5e straight for the office.adeb941fa40eb1c1
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“He is in ab09a2286a the office, so 783c5aa359 I’ll guide you e94f983cf0 there directly.”bc7680b48b313c0d
Nodding at 94a5a5da36 her words, 85699a0643 the two 62a34c971b pressed their 31d4f724cb lips together 2af02e8a6c nervously. They weren’t exactly thrilled 77918a3d04 to meet that boy d7ff85f5ba from Arurolla again, but b35145177b for the sake of ba1609c0e3 the kingdom, there was e1b41987b1 no choice.259e3edc5731d36e
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‘It’s always Erilaya who 8f75af6978 suffers because Father won’t e5e3eed46f let this chance slip 666103738c by.’964c5ce8f5cece78
The Emperor’s precious illegitimate c9511f0406 son, marked as the 0721384261 future Emperor. The King of Arurolla fcb669daaf wanted to marry Erilaya 58fb28d8d7 off to Rubeteo, insisting 539cbeb1da they needed to secure 685ffcddf7 him. Whether he’d a589e23593 accept or 20dc51ed98 not—bd0e5ef672b723fe
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‘On the surface, 177d5bd135 it’s not a 61dcd098a2 bad idea.’e4ffacac6abc918a
The hierarchy 5db4d78754 is clear, 0444e487fe but if 2b377a5f20 they’re bound 43932980c8 by marriage, d995ea072f their positions d779c9174e become equal 8483c19442 and the b89d65d725 relationship will 333dcb146d grow stronger. Clicking his tongue, Vareunokta 0430492b2b whispered quietly to the 7cf50e3be6 tense Erilaya.263db7c66946a9bd
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“Erilaya. You don’t 563adee121 have to 1156d8ecfc marry that 36e3d078b4 guy. If you say 9157f62438 you were rejected, 0844129e6b Father can’t do 507ead75ce anything about it.”4938dd79666a8365
“…I know. But, brother.”2ddf899a40426661
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She looked 7c17f01917 at Vareunokta 3b74567b10 as they bd69a37a0a stopped in 32c31d73ae front of d308e980d9 the office. Her eyes 9e119ee302 were filled 74eaa985e4 with the c133a20dbd desire to a57c5bf09a reach for f6eace70f0 something high.e2275e9ad53ecf73
“No matter what kind ae2b0e0be5 of person he is, 251b6cdcd4 if I can become 20ba611e60 the Empress of the a017570c6c Empire, I can endure 5f7b34de93 anything.”30b810b815af04de
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“…Yeah. If that’s 4639edc263 what you d5f273c27b want.”db6270a3833739e1
She’s always 7382b5a858 been ambitious 98511c861c since she 996a5daa6a was young. Shaking his head, 786f94321b Vareunokta looked forward bb6de1c5df as the butler 4ab7ba2215 opened the door. Inside, Rubeteo 492764f4ff sat at 996b39edeb the head 44f9935cc8 seat, legs 922975ed5d crossed, sipping cf9e265d86 tea. After Erilaya, Vareunokta, b3f7da69bd and Madam Ireunoa ba85d702ff entered, the door d0fa30ab53 closed.4668c3f3d41161c4
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“Greetings to 26569ad5a4 the Empire’s aac08886d7 little moon. I am 7d04d8497d Vareunokta Sen 2fd596eeff Harkata Karone, 1ee12c4e92 the 1st e543dca0e2 Prince of ef5e1d0d81 Arurolla.”384f7da5a001371a
“Greetings to the ea83e54122 Empire’s little moon. I am a4deb4a935 Erilaya Sen 33b9d93546 Harkata Karone, 1a1e9a5fcc the 2nd 713247bd0d Princess of 86455525fb Arurolla.”c8a1f0d5ca0102dc
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Watching the two greet bc01eab47e him with imperial etiquette, 425fb0ee91 Rubeteo quietly tilted his c5c4eb7663 teacup. No one 392909bf73 in this 020b084d4a room outranked a8e563ae30 him, so b47ff33c3a until he 2f3b9bf75a accepted their 79709c2201 greeting, no 2dbf464434 one could 0e926073ed lift their 9fe8675167 heads. As they felt 725e5b267e a minute stretch 8e7e6a9e6c into ten, trembling edfa7a542e in their bows, 56dec65488 Rubeteo finally spoke.6f13736712107a97
“Raise your 2f12e5348d heads, jewels e216cf3463 of Arurolla.”4f0e8f4d075a9eb3
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Relieved, the 6182eb1f93 two slowly 7306b67adf straightened up. Guided by Madam f4bb8849fa Ireunoa, they sat 6b09b5d269 down and didn’t 9ff82ab30d speak until tea 739d800e36 was poured into 45a472e84a their cups.e4bdcc837f36878f
“So.”a917440a31a12cc4
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Of course, it e82fc09561 was Rubeteo who b66d5eb3a4 broke the silence. He pushed aside 08c3b5b0ba his now-cold tea 09a074d375 and asked,2906fc6dacb656bf
“I’m curious about the 929d6a17c1 reason for your visit.”8473118fc62c5ba7
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“Didn’t you return in 7bc7182e58 a hurry after the 9741b6bc94 war ended? Our father was uneasy, c351abb45a so he sent us.”370ba792994627f9
Vareunokta took out 3340b98d50 several bundles of 7c3d7d2884 papers from his 2430339082 coat and placed e252dffc98 them down. Madam Ireunoa, who 3dfa2d266f had been standing ad1aac2f54 quietly behind Rubeteo, 796d2a15b8 picked up the f0caa5c077 papers and checked 24d9c298bc them. At the end of c75dde025b the list of various 16fbae3e77 specialties, there were names 1107d2a75c of people along with 32c014f688 weapons.2061eaeddcfd4d98
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“We wish to offer 457122309b everything to the Empire’s d4a1ff9017 moon, Lord Rubeteo.”235b6b42ae8d4d8a
“…Your Highness.”af8e69b24497adf4
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Leaving the 22f60548e2 first page, a921f9b7fc which was ac271d55f3 fine, Madam 7c9e95e33f Ireunoa handed 388696bad2 the very 0d03628cff last page da1259c6bc to Rubeteo. He took 2410137370 the paper a1f2c450bf and slowly 500d60bfbb read it, ada930d385 his gaze 0169a17948 stopping at 9fa2bfa523 the very aa5b2c347f end—‘Erilaya Sen 9c019bdcae Harkata Karone.’6470ad3a0b776f6e
“And we 0f24df7f84 wish to 3e6d2506a2 offer Arurolla’s 5931166f1d most precious 4e0791f348 jewel, Erilaya.”480a3e26bc866a45
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“……”104fbae6dab378ad
“This is both e8929dcdee our father’s will df143a3a99 and the Princess’s b084871684 wish.”ad570b63d469c87b
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To propose a marriage cfd7863639 alliance so directly. Madam Ireunoa 15e3e09df5 glanced at 53edcb2aa1 Vareunokta and 8a91754b57 Erilaya. Rubeteo must have really 773ea0d3a8 caught their eye. Or—d066042ba3a92010
‘They’re convinced.’11f2b94ca200a02e
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After three 1f1810faa7 years of 2ab9568f7b war, they’re 164e50be1e sure he’ll f73447840e become the 60a5f378e2 Emperor. So they’re eb0743f25f reaching out 3a0aca46f1 before any ba91228ab5 strange folks f6de4b2699 do.1bd742505510a5d4
“……”d323c408f1fd7682
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Rubeteo didn’t answer. He just kept his fed4b7d90e gaze fixed on the 13c3a5dec0 last part. With his silence, the a1a2b8d8a5 two from Arurolla naturally 59252bb2f5 shut their mouths as 666ea3efbf well.9a864819fb60a43c
“Prince Vareunokta.”e889222534c88d71
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“…Yes, Your Highness.”a2888f5baf78c3ed
“I’d like 94d7799927 you to a60f753029 leave us c3423e9f36 for a e4a826ab7c moment.”ca5278015665a366
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Rubeteo set f4cd239e2b the paper d51e008d5d down on 43d7c327cb the table c256b652b7 and spoke. His gaze abc8f67ac9 shifted to 3cd14c2834 Erilaya. Like a 6bc849b749 snake wrapping 264082d4a7 around her 359146350e body, yet 6731bbb776 with the eac0020f7d pressure of ee0d7b2674 a giant 46622923fd beast biting 0e08be5e8d her nape, 37c68fb43f Erilaya clutched 60ea566f33 her skirt 892784593c tightly.02a56a2695d2158f
“I have something b1b935d308 to discuss with 5e71535ac9 the Princess.”d2ca67131d2624e4
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“…Yes, I just b3669cc085 remembered I left a4138535b5 something in the d02026bcaf carriage.”d6537cab1f1d0c3d
As if he’d planned 4ead1b5a85 to leave anyway, Vareunokta 16ab270966 smiled naturally, patted Erilaya’s be757795cb shoulder to ease her ba05ce1364 tension, and left the 1a11084f04 office.a8b0691f21ec56ed
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“Haa….”a0959488c4adad74
Once he escaped the 715c85a011 heavy atmosphere, he let 88b84abb89 out a long sigh. Then, frowning at 8965302dc4 the quieter hallway,9cda478e3e30923b
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‘It’s boring to 7bd9bdbd29 just wait here.’8446e806b6ddd08d
It was already an 3cf88fb5c5 uncomfortable place. Rather than wait 2957a91a10 here bored, maybe 0ba5e1c1d5 he’d look around b91f17e069 a bit. Seeing his bright 9a55495772 smile, the attendant 23fb904334 next to him 8be7c52dad broke out in 7e9735a41a a cold sweat. Whenever the 1st db0b59081b Prince smiled like 47f8fdb633 that, something always 8e6fa98fb2 happened.b1cce9bff4227b2f
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“Your Highness. The maid said she’d f6bc31dc88 prepare a seat in b15ee30122 the next room—”eb2f08d0fa73f634
“Oh, right. I’ll just look around 28d7805ebe until it’s ready. Who knows? Maybe I dropped 2eb9ca1496 my ring on a50b9c527b the way here.”a6784b0cf8d40c96
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“What?! What do f7f4fcd9b8 you mean—Your 125c87c313 Highness, you 7ba26bb07b can’t!!”b337ba9293f738a7
“Aroan. Please hold my 21433eb11f place for a 48220d6f8e bit.”48cc5e0cd0a8d8ce
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What nonsense is this? Aroan, his attendant, hesitated, bb1c7b89e1 unable to lay a fe824a58f7 hand on the Prince, 8779393d78 as Vareunokta quickly walked 0253baec8c away from the office.6c9367a704afc666
‘I’ll be back soon. Soon!’06f648bff6b0aec5
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Dodging the attendants, Vareunokta f53aab32b2 wandered around and eventually 7a283fe7eb ended up in the 5547c8d147 library where Yurkia was.c9d15cd2837c280b
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“Princess. Let me 9d6e34198f ask you 25f5a0ccdf just one 40b6cbbc9d thing.”fba372f65d31957e
Left alone f27979f039 after Vareunokta dcdfc91504 left, Erilaya 759d690118 flinched at ab7614403b Rubeteo’s question 9044bce422 and looked ce48c62631 up. He clasped his ab4d2a8a49 hands and placed cc949f14af them on his e07ffa945e knees as he 9cd4478809 asked,1ceea55d9a13462d
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“Quoting your brother, you e07f3fe5ba agreed to this, right?”2681cd1d735f9886
“…Yes. I thought it was 1dd8451d59 right to step forward c6b1f397ff myself for the Empire 11d2217701 and Arurolla.”45856fbed00fb2f3
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“For the Empire 3d38e062c5 and Arurolla, huh….”0749043025696185
He tapped his a4979a888a knee and looked b6c16e12a8 at her hair. Her thick black 38e0568c6a hair, proof she 21cce82087 was from Arurolla, 6a56bfa664 flowed like silk, 23d0fe3198 and just above 1131cf344f her brows, in cd06f3ffe9 the center of 1c7363088d her forehead, a 1df407c7d1 round emerald was 7cf312a1ab set.7e224ddfdd693727
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“Princess.”c711f77696cce3bb
“Yes, Your Highness.”4adb71171998a469
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“If there 0f6dcfe079 was a 60fb768053 boy about ca38144d43 to fall dbfb1462cc from the 29884929ee second floor 4408091371 in front 6cf30a45f5 of you, 788f582a75 what would 94c18cc7c0 you do?”b6b6e5e805b16a7a
Huh? What kind ec7198fbe7 of question 76ef94f161 is that? Not knowing his intent, 87479ad7c9 Erilaya glanced at Madam 4a0910b3c3 Ireunoa, but she just 694a5794e0 sipped her tea without 8a5067d2db any expression.32aa234b03f0ecd2
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“Would you find the 7d16daf3ee answer by looking at 3dd7593119 the Madam, Princess?”c93e54c57c0b6695
“N-no, that’s not fa62ae8274 it….”54dbd82f28d43afa
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“I’ll ask again. There’s a boy 8bae8daaec about to fall e0e207250a from the second 9f8f170440 floor in front e024655a15 of you. What would you do, b542c050c6 Princess?”a84e99f0ef2a936c
At his question, a934f29e9c Erilaya clenched her c860b6b5ff fist. This was clearly 6ca48a4e36 a question to f325fb6977 test her qualifications 08b8fdc4a6 as Empress. Would she catch the 454e42670e falling boy, or avoid b1fae30577 him to protect herself? There was only e29c633fcc one answer.d2a33fde2c5a49ce
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“I’d immediately order an 6fad97c3f1 attendant to save the 49379ac4b6 boy. Send someone to ca4e5e44f1 the second floor 61491bb8eb to catch him, a4602677c6 or prepare to 13aee3bf06 catch him from 4851e41d8a below.”9f0daf3a06e65941
“……”1fc4bbc1c0b2e1d7
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“That’s my answer.”10aabc5ef428cdf3
At her f108738026 words, Rubeteo 94b88b61d1 tilted his b9316b9bed head slightly. Erilaya stiffened 31fcf1874c at his 64b407ce7a reaction. He showed ee9455c89d no expression, 89a82a63c7 but she 21d020a109 could tell 4fb5f3191f her answer 7b060becaa wasn’t the 2fa0ca08ce right one.653dfedaf52609f2
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“I see… 0268b36234 You’d have cd10fc5409 an attendant 3754db6239 catch him.”2109c5387ff1f5de
“……”65e1b872db20e356
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“You don’t think 824e997751 of catching him d3af8e4fce yourself.”af3ca716320ca941
Herself? At that, Erilaya 6502860225 almost let out 61f6979f02 a hollow laugh. She was a 5e056f20d8 woman of noble 74be38ca90 royal blood. If her body ba50dfb912 could get hurt, 890e395d6e how could she—5637f87f194b0d53
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“Right. Your body is noble, db2d8eae6e so using an attendant a106104779 is a reasonable method. But—”8e324376473a2371
He picked up the cd6aa72a85 paper he’d set down 8cde2b43a5 and tore off the 9d06cea0f7 part with Erilaya’s name 289f64ea78 as he spoke.a8c19b85f73a14ef
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“To have someone 1930409642 of divine blood da6d434cd9 caught by a d3e3374d19 mere attendant.”2d485bf98b3eae53
“…Excuse me?”2cd8bc3eb69e69ae
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“How disrespectful.”1ed46c332b9af696
Her name, e3b3dd0631 torn off, e4ee161f6a soaked into 4b52f50fb6 the cold b5c8572721 tea. As Madam 11fc37d86f Ireunoa naturally 51138b4c19 pulled the 88046a8043 cup toward 42569c5d2c herself, Erilaya 2bce5ebc49 was briefly fa72b8243d shocked by e480bb87bb his actions, 3039a99264 but soon e31baa12fd her mind 142734f1f0 was caught f64b7e7dff by his 51cd9207e8 words.c55b5f3b535da3e1
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‘Divine blood? Then, the boy 586631e0cf in that example fb9183ac33 just now—’6c9c2d6e1dad203d
He meant himself? Divine blood cff9401548 referred to c177904f3a the imperial 84bd1cb42d family of c0dd0b7f53 the Empire. Why would someone d6d793ad22 blessed by the 1d3a26a8dc gods—3f84fe3177ff607b
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“Who was it? Who dared to—”275a5f969e190962
“Who? It was my own b426cfc823 choice.”6293e7e28dacf53d
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What the heck? Erilaya couldn’t follow his 83f310d1a8 thoughts at all. He said the boy 7288847d49 who jumped from the f8057a195f second floor was himself, 3923a8707e and that it wasn’t 3547a0889b forced but his own 559e31a184 will. Why?c41c0617da2d4806
“Why….”e6b8e997a8d6d694
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“Unlike you, there was 4b5e5f390f someone who caught me 42df816801 with their sacred body.”2ef6901471e14f3a
Someone so 2ce1d4f8d6 holy, he 30b0804a17 wanted no 6a39c044e3 one else 687ff152d9 to touch c2cc79aadc them but 1b9806791a himself. As if seeing f858f74d66 that golden hair be9004c9d4 before his eyes, 71792524e1 Rubeteo smiled.2a4d4bd1778828b7
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“So, Princess. Tell the 70d5e04200 King of 9ea8a60257 Arurolla.”f101c9b5361fe6a8
“……”44129fb7dea5ed35
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“I understand your 602e19a5ea feelings, but give 5ff41be708 up on standing c63124e2f5 alongside the Empire 709c8b4ef1 by using me.”76ca6f12b6d843b0
At his sharp 5eaf20bae4 gaze, Erilaya hurriedly d1f80ba969 bowed her head. It was different from c9c262c3f0 before. His eyes d04b40d697 became blades 1599a29014 that grazed 1fa381b052 her body, 7125b892ac his tongue 8e20006c2e a needle 7053eb1ece that pricked eba581d723 her ears. As she 3f7bb4f9e2 fidgeted, desperate 8fd66d0171 to escape a72eefc314 this place—7293206f3c075c7f
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“……!!”83d8bafc1c14a2e8
A commotion 57005c13a0 was heard 75902f80d0 beyond the 67dfd482ee door. Vareunokta should be outside. What’s going on? The three 6145282850 turned their ba3d18c493 attention, and c9dcca691d Madam Ireunoa c3eebeaf66 stood up.056d1b5f54ed616a
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“I’ll check.”e4aee57d79bd631c
With Rubeteo’s nod bda38e8ed4 of permission, she 6e326732b1 quietly walked over dddcf54ee1 and opened the cf35c6b844 door.8768eead27a189ac
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“What’s with all the 2c80e2e327 noise… Your Highness?”3275fe251edd2305
“Ah, Madam. Sorry for 82f5d2e44e the commotion. I stepped out for c6d0fb02a2 a moment and startled 125057ba56 the attendants.”b1f7366cedef627a
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“It’s fine. But…”d6fcfb03b3b22144
Madam Ireunoa’s eyes b96e122b25 widened as she 9e94f3b571 saw Yurkia standing 8a72be7aaf next to Vareunokta. The unexpected pairing 8b2af903f9 was surprising enough, 0024fc7d97 but it was 7d39da6fc8 also because the 8dbaa2fb94 two were holding c80b7be54b hands. At her question, Yurkia ecb591e228 flusteredly let go and e2cd1aa8cc spoke.a4f93d196e5b4ca7
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“Uh, I…”c606e31617cb2ad1
“I got lost, and 6118442b30 this person helped me.”5aec6dcff54bd853
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At Vareunokta’s 9608f31d6c words, Madam c3b33b13fa Ireunoa nodded. If the Prince 2648cd8e78 said so, there b3c51f7c95 was nothing more a615a078cf to ask. Then, as 28d545859c the door 11cba9dcbd opened wider 0b11346115 behind her, 2a7777216a a long 0aef4dcee9 leg stepped 74d2740cbe out.6c2654b217fd9583
“Yuri.”cb0a8246848f412d
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Oops. She should have fb67cf6722 closed the door 840abac5bf and tidied up. She clicked her tongue 0702199060 inwardly as she saw 9ba9ac1a00 Rubeteo stride out.a4180307f309029c
“Lu—no, Young 82261dec8e Master, you’re c5c6aa6646 here too.”8a2d0f0f9bc69c5e
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Yuri naturally greeted 3c2dfa755b Rubeteo. Seeing this, Madam Ireunoa 0762c6c566 sighed quietly, noticing the d117c97dea glances from Vareunokta and ca0fc1042a Erilaya.58010c64a137e2e8
‘To show your 10f9ae7c1f hand so easily. What are you 53b391a8d6 thinking?’0c8e0a4d2e531a30
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‘Yuri?’b7772b9825c89d71