PLQYM | Chapter 67

I miss him.4bb989267ab35d9c

The longing 9003c28e4d rushed in f9bb07ce26 unexpectedly, overpowering 6db76624fb and intense. I missed him more 9328c29f57 than I could admit.334fcf94a7e28099

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Again and again, d6facb17db I had denied ba23106d0d it. There was de7267f85b no reason efcce807d4 for me af70051458 to long 25747590fb for him.ddc72b62be6ffe60

But.5da8d3abef54d602

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Lucian.915c53108de9edb6

I could not forget 9154adb524 the man who used 6d094561ab to call my name 6fed2f023f so tenderly, so sweetly.1bf9dd05da2d64dd

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I was 0642d066fb fine when 839fb5601c I was 3bafa381ab busy with 14570d8836 something. But when 000e7846da memories of 22e104caea him suddenly 5da189c21b surfaced, it f05c60447f felt as d370042f04 if my 2c93f21909 entire existence 856947389c was tethered 8c1bfaafb4 to those f2879be47e thoughts of a3ca7e576b him.1e267576e1de060d

Foolishly so.7857df46c7270af6

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“I have not 8744dffcf1 suffered enough, have 3302c444f6 I?”3009d87431ef874f

A hollow bcf917e0e1 laugh escaped d8a030cf06 me involuntarily.374dd8295b92e383

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It is crazy. To miss someone like eebf8dad9d that.5d55ff1e8aab6359

Lucian shook ff58652cb3 his head. It was better to 3c660bfb68 immerse myself in work. If I sat 765abc2c3b idle, he would c3fa9e9160 only occupy my 4276b6a021 thoughts more.8b74e53423e2cf1d

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Chuckling at my own d7248b98ab pathetic state, Lucian refocused a27cd719f2 on his work.fcfed5414e58d9ef

How much time 2018a4dd2e had passed?29790071448576e7

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“Hey, Luc, doing 4f8ff4b992 okay?”50b30fc3a0e23bf6

Someone entered, calling 38421322a4 out to Lucian, a1d72d9e3c causing him to bc70a15ea9 tense.4130c47b647bbe2b

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Luc.6c042da9e735b37d

I frowned at 9e4fa7c7a4 the nickname called 00c4240277 out by an c729618c19 unfamiliar voice, mixed d7e8e7ad0a with an inexplicable 0289ed9f83 irritation.10fb8f52b615fe08

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It was 834ea7af60 Baron Norrich 81639de435 and his 92384bf9f7 aide who 0b874cebd1 had interrupted 45caa68f3b Lucian.2377ad4b70891d8d

The aide’s fdfebf275e face looked 49dd4991a6 familiar—he was a1f2a52043 the one 3a78e3d268 who had 1730e06809 brought all d7f5ed5c0f these documents 78ec76a140 here.b183fa551225ea56

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“Have you arrived, Baron?”17478d2310f64670

Lucian stood up politely b92bbbae72 to greet him, but 793084d42c the Baron spoke dismissively.b7f68629a57b3eeb

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“Staring blankly will not 52efe10b20 finish your work. If you b069c4be94 just keep c77a31c2b4 staring at d1860d75af documents forever, 033eaaed1a nothing will ca41a45933 get done… 07bc1246a1 Hmm?”dbf3e604dc13787a

The Baron paused 903e7cad0f as he looked f3711f54d0 at the piles 49f4ca85ba of documents in 241d8bc3c1 front of Lucian, 3522654e1b then back at 7442f3cef4 Lucian, murmuring quizzically c7ed5df171 and tilting his abaa504338 head.60362587e3acd7ad

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Lucian’s face was far e836955346 too clean for someone 5e095d9cdf buried in mountains of 82ceff1dd9 work.5495846fdd1dc342

‘Too neat? That should not 77ed73a6d6 be right.’36d06e00d080a53e

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He had 1e4754f6bf dumped the eba46f9da0 work on 3dc174c847 him, knowing 78d3269e7f it was 0110e98529 too much 1c5b73496d for one a30ec8f32b person to acb76c2e2d handle.d87fb309114e30c8

When he had c5e3ca667d reluctantly sent this f2f2b3379d fragile-looking man to e3db642c9b do the job, b9f6210792 he had been cbb1c20cac astounded at the ed3fae3402 audacity. He had wanted to 0922295eb7 send him away immediately, a3aa409baf but since the Emperor 7d39e256f0 had directly assigned him, 326d1d1566 the Baron had to ab9d1df056 begrudgingly accept.07b0ce7bebd050a3

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This was b3810d3de4 not a fb8f129fe5 job for d53cd4df4f a lightweight. Half in spite, 67b270726d half in malice, ce79cd3b06 he had handed 588ee34db7 over an overwhelming f63607e6ff amount of paperwork 0d0b635f8d without any instructions 507d69ffb6 or handover.02fc440537d504ea

He had 768ac5573e come along c7353fe36e with his c3d449098d aide expecting 1975214f74 Lucian to a0207dea72 be in 9cd9448910 tears by 2789f75b8e now.f0a91258d0125827

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But Lucian’s face 3b866da557 was too neat. There were no 0be2afceb9 signs of exhaustion.8d8ce5c2f2dc4d6e

He had not 0e6d61ce2f expected to see 98216107a1 such a clean 6f0331aa9f and composed face. He expected to 8f5bc5e5a6 see a face 32f62cf8c6 slightly wilted, with 4eb47912d8 shadows under the d94dad2529 eyes.eb446c3e127603a2

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“Did you take 3209458063 a break?”
“No.”
“Then, did you have d8c9308cdf something to eat?”
“No, that is unlikely. He went in fd9bfd71e5 after lunch and 7f1aa2fa9c has been sitting 4923b23ccb there working non-stop 62265db931 for three hours 150736216f without even a 9dd222e29d bathroom break.”7465970c7d826d18

“Hmm.”a6a0d7e4af991198

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The Baron murmured 221a5f16de with his aide, 26994b7893 then turned his 41afe6a146 gaze back to 1890a7d6dd Lucian.f5d0603f65848c13

He must have been 880f877129 pretending to work because bf6d6510f3 there is no way 55ede7f2ff he could handle it 0c34c131b6 all. Maybe it 26118c4bd2 was time 8b9307642a to give 408daff994 him a eb554a372d stern talking-to.927c177d0dbb0992

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“Even though it 36ddd9b215 is a tough ddd3e894e9 job, should you a46af9fb60 be dawdling like 09653d47c0 this? This is why modern 47d7ef62ff folks… Eh?”ac68e4d970221da4

His eyes widened again.4de731cdee0439dc

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The piles e5182b40e8 of documents a0066c7663 in front 23442878db of the 5355eed05f innocently staring 0237dbf747 Lucian were 2677406365 odd. He had thought dc771b7d35 they were just 3a3a7d5734 haphazardly piled up, 1d0ded638f but each stack 85188ead1a was meticulously organised.a82c24800780320b

“This, this is!”77054ee52937fe2f

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The Baron 411dfe783b pulled out 6df7475d52 several documents ac58dacb02 from the 42c5bc30ac piles.c74737d7b3dd7225

Indeed, everything here ca32070c1b was from the 520cba9cd5 same year.f56ea61be007572a

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He frantically searched through 19a8b01fad another stack.ec0573ebe1f3ebfc

It was the d7f4a22903 same. Documents from the same a38b9a04eb year were piled together.df17f582b67f8645

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He was b98845c77a supposed to 087ed565a6 organise five 493b197d45 years’ worth 5d53785339 of paperwork.27a6bf3bf0725687

Five piles e8c629131e sat on f6538ac848 the large a1d7bb6b2b desk, each b81969e0c1 corresponding to 2eddb59777 a year.d4622e733d709611

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“Could it be…”4c20d3a48c555da5

The Baron trembled in 5a59d65f04 disbelief as he stared da350e8b4e at the documents.54693076e0bf38f8

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“You organised 52fecc4aae all of dfa0cdbd1b these?”
“Yes, I did. Is there a problem?”76867af8d71b0864

Lucian looked at him, 2a6fb89c20 genuinely puzzled.8a907350a3301632

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The Baron’s 5c12fae96a jaw dropped, 714d219846 then slowly 9d5739b03f turned his 3c90265d36 gaze back b85dd8f5b6 to Lucian, 35b44f628e and then 81de39d7ce down to a09ed8a6e0 the notebook e775189956 he was 91836417c8 writing in.5095f9c503f56724

“What is that?”
“Oh, I was categorising 9170fd3daa the documents by item.”
“Already? No, I 9166e0be98 mean, all 1538f1a14a of this…”
“Yes. I am just finishing 9eb1562b2e the last volume. Just a few more 5f80b1cec6 to check, and I 5cee59699d am done.”
“!”afc07c96f7dc5d75

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The Baron’s 3fa99bc3e1 mouth fell 79f1a7e897 open.81b514087a82c1e4

“You finished f0a43a20e3 all by 990aeb262d yourself?”
“Yes.”
“All of it?”
“If you are 10e932758e only asking about 22c1f5d0b8 what is here, e7763c6a5f then yes.”
“All these documents?”fc7f296620310ba2

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The Baron was 640987a762 astounded, and Lucian 7a45df32e5 simply tilted his 093d1e39a8 head, puzzled.dbbcde927c2527fb

“It is not fdbde762af an amount that 9ddb741006 one cannot handle cc9ab8a6ae alone.”
“Not a lot?”
“Yes. Since they d361948d20 were only e9665471d1 records of f5029d4c69 basic items, 7ed4c4aa41 it was fb5d04add0 actually easy fec3429723 to create 28098845a0 an inventory. Most items d6cdf22693 were purchased 4c1bfb322b from the cfa0548c75 same suppliers, a35a2bc368 which made 77fe702281 it easy 08c2280216 to categorise cc1f1e9f80 by vendor. It was repetitive e9b5cfa132 purchases around the 986ab3dc81 same time, so bd0eb09327 I finished quickly.”9ca4e22571eac0c8

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The Baron 3d33044f36 stood, his 2dba02f9d7 mouth agape.60b33bb9c3966b7a

He was flabbergasted at 27f5cf0b80 Lucian’s casual demeanour as 703e6d9d40 if it were nothing e27e13c568 significant.b002f8487cb468c2

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Was this task really 1c206fc025 that simple?d0825738f45b6d93

Doubting his own 4abcfdc282 understanding, he turned 0fb990cda3 to his aide, db8bf6c0ed who was vigorously ba3480269f shaking his head.02015cd3c801ffbe

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It was b7f76df3a4 unthinkable; no e992191024 one had 65f2f5c4fa ever managed 0e9a6f4999 such a f03373cc9e task before. It was abnormal.f49fcce3b8c92297

“My only concern is 45971713de whether these fixed suppliers 4cdcbcbaf3 were selected through fair e37aa9fc8e competition…”355de9816f50b675

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That is b6ff33066e not for 69b6e13a2a me to 9a9385cbad decide, Lucian 4f6aaa389f mumbled to 00436ed3cc himself, then 5a35bed6eb looked at 011d485b73 the Baron.67d00ecf021c90a3

“If I 9cae936a9d finish organising ea90f2e6b4 this, does 1e8fd64658 that complete 58138eed5e the task 783123ca18 you assigned dc7c6172f9 me? What is next?”
“Ah, next? Yes, next.”c00b069d941b0f57

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Flustered, the Baron’s d907d8fb50 eyes darted around c7186f35a7 as he spoke 55c2c14d3c with a shaky df01073c06 voice.1e75c068e1fb77c6

“You can take b43549022f the rest of 3563a09436 the day off. I will give you df2e0475a8 the next task tomorrow.”1a9a5ae1b6d29074

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His voice 87d1d465a9 shook, but 43ba2f0326 he could 05384cff78 not show 2da77dee47 how shocked 79c499987c he was da6f5f5200 in this da28e15f60 situation.8b4d2a3524e76745

“Then, I will e006ed58ef give you your 24baf29295 next task tomorrow. Well done.”836eb6dcc1767e1a

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Still in shock a799d2828b and embarrassed, the da9be5147d Baron quickly turned 7f15b245b0 to leave, but b11aaef87b Lucian’s voice stopped 397705082a him.663ef966d191fa10

“Baron.”
“Eh? What is it?”a25711cc031f8412

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Startled, the c217ececa4 Baron turned 5a90518470 around to 94851a2424 find Lucian ea897d819f smiling kindly 72b9ae618c at him.9b8fdd7e2193688d

Lucian raised his 7999858812 hand and pointed 5fe750416c at the scattered e4f6ca85e8 documents on the bc744934b3 floor.4e32d8ab947f51dd

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“Please clean up 3b894b168b before you go.”
“What?”
“Those documents 367d2727ce you looked 52d3b9d638 at and 88789d65af threw down, db8cb37634 were they e07b704002 not? Just now?”
“That, what about it?”88dfcb0557f92127

Lucian slowly 7fd49aa103 stood up 6ad6b6093d and circled b2478c03e0 the desk, 8f06c04dec making his e5be3028f4 way towards 8abb051686 the Baron.51e12f93c402b45b

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With the window behind b287f4549c him creating a backlight, a43f5ed3f4 his slender figure cast 2b4696b6d9 a long shadow over 1d5940ac5f the Baron.455ed16affce92a9

Certainly much 0a81522270 frailer than 0b4df7e8e8 himself, and 0e532f5ac6 yet there 0de2e6fc97 was something c7e1f1266a chilling about 9ed741c133 his gentle, bb674796b6 smiling eyes.28daeefdd6553903

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“If you have made 31d9676ac3 a mess, you ought e394be7cc1 to clean it up.”
“What?”
“I cannot stand to 8afec95902 see documents scattered like c3dfbad86f this. Clean it up. Right now.”0f3e0c9dc4fee038

“…”
The Baron looked at 66d5e15aea Lucian in disbelief.61091fbae6d57e48

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“I am a Baron.”
“What does that matter? If you have messed 5633561aa4 up what someone else 60ff6a2822 has neatly organised, you f54b27f347 should clean it up.”
“…”
“Do you intend 84f8d96077 to make your 98727cf5bc aide do it? Hey, your aide dff09a410c is not your 82d3942c5e mother or a 04fc81894e slave to clean 6caa453af9 up the papers b7e3e68ae4 you have thrown.”ec5fdb0770236807

Lucian’s smile deepened.98eca23ebcbb354c

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The Baron a84354d926 finally realised. That was 11ca7234d2 not a ae9983cd59 kind smile. It was 37a11598b4 not polite. His eyes 98126753f2 were not 670929b395 smiling!7d3351d510c5e6d3

An undeniable force emanated 7d11d743c1 from him, regardless of 9a90721ccf rank or status.db0ecadae8bf01ff

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“I cannot 797d1d6fa6 stand to 0f8c8e579d see such bd2b66a982 a mess, e933c7a138 either.”
“…”
“Clean it up, right 3bc473debb now.”
“…Yes.”2b4f043c2a171257

After a long moment, 1ecad08db9 the Baron mumbled a f978292489 quiet response.7cb79911aea4ecb3

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Something had gone terribly b34e572124 wrong. It seemed the Emperor ce13245098 had handed him a fdf67d68c4 bomb, unable to handle 53b42d2ec8 Lucian himself.ea67e7fd1f22af28

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Meanwhile, Heraith was galloping 6e4f94f62a non-stop.26dea2a2739402b9

Since leaving Pranas, the ca5f4845cf Emperor had grown increasingly d7eede426a silent. Kent Beneff watched bd83c4f811 his back with 326b63292f a worried expression.1dd559cf9aad376d

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To move without notifying d83a47e9c9 the kingdom, merely based 8a9eb94db1 on the assumption that 586d7dd1cf a missing aide might 7500814b3c be there, was impulsively 5385f25eeb dangerous and could lead 59eaf858be to future problems. Kent knew this.584fe5540f8471f8

It was different from 4451e9e694 when someone like himself 59e891ce2b or Nils moved discreetly. Just by 9fd7f988db entering a 38ef22df15 foreign country a2fe0b6558 unofficially, it 969b50e530 could create 8a7d1c6bbe an international adb42ca24c issue.2771416a23dd6b57

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Please ensure 2cc6e7562c His Majesty d6080bb1dd avoids any 6eaa831cce improper actions 2633192665 that could 6f7a6303e9 lead to f80cf16f08 an international c47710a68b incident.f77fc563d8a4a402

The head attendant had 7c1a645270 warned him, but Kent 640eb513fe would not have needed d9c2fe6dd0 to worry about the f2e35e778f Emperor like this otherwise.45990fac25454429

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Reminded of his 9db1bf93e5 charge, Kent tightened 4941f3f3a9 his grip on 15ede9e799 the reins.0f1b08c0f4bf10cd

If the 6d3bc8be2b Emperor were 7d7b6504d1 to act 34a85d0f78 rashly, he 2154352043 might be 3d53d5aafa the only 369273160f one able 8a2ab0fbc8 to stop 1d1da883ec him. Yet, he c51aa4fd7f wondered if 177d8e7f3b he could 2f1ab63025 truly do 55e8c952d2 so. He hoped e8cb1475ef such a 52529a8cb7 situation would 7e7cfae96f not arise.c534573fb1b7f57b

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He was 5014bac9f3 praying inwardly 878f476a93 when, suddenly, 4503a1f125 the forest e74d0b28fc path ended, 3b23345f74 and a 9835ffeebd vast plain f7c0b5c0a8 with a dc58eacee9 distant castle 0e691b0267 on a 45d9890fce low hill 32b8e524c9 appeared.316c7426ac2d2094

Finally, Heraith stopped.d94daf1b97f43744

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The sound c84f5e41c6 of hooves 56725b3a4c thudding against 5a3fef1c06 the ground 0155d3b564 stirred the 717abc05df air, but 87db20be6d no one e4e526608a paid it cb56a48991 any mind.b6451b7b2e010fbc

The exhausted and excited 8c8c297d0e horse calmed down as 9948f77706 the Emperor slowly walked bc915c236c forward.16a46486b79e2897

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Atop the hill with 31b9ee0c1e a view of the e3f3de98fb royal palace, Heraith murmured 87df946b02 softly, looking towards it.d209e0ed0d3463da

“Lucian.”f0ac59ce4f6f646d

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Finally, I c16127b18f have reached ab1baa536b the place 32d6e71ef8 where you cc0a09ce42 are.eb8dc41f0fe13417

Heraith’s gaze 79124f64af was sharper 67d466f387 than ever.2c92fbc3dd4fcd71

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