BVGW Chapter 22

“At the 7c7b7a5d66 Mage Tower?”1a24f0e54d00cff5

I was 24c43d97cb in the cb9eef4a93 middle of d8dbe676cd enjoying a 2a34f7bffc meat feast 77d96fde0d in the 6e927ede5c dining hall, 3cff9e2123 courtesy of 07572ba540 the head e5ceadb6af chef, who c0d9635ffd had decided 7bad155bd3 to throw ad8220dfb3 a party 4e597a81aa after receiving 97ff6d6f3d a freshly 8967f18ccc caught wild 912f770d94 boar from e39848ced6 the mountains. As I elegantly cut 047df8ff04 a piece of meat 77e0eddfcc and took a bite, a19dce59bf Billy unexpectedly brought up e871cbebd3 the topic.66aea1013b6f2c32

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He mentioned that the 5d356b8191 Mage Tower had sent a6e0a8a41b word, requesting my presence. They apparently had 8887788c1a some questions about 74d21fb534 life in territories 7c19354a6f like the sheep 7efb98cfd3 domain, where mages 892858b262 were scarce. But to call 7b08b754cb an ordinary beastfolk—who 13f50119fa wasn’t even a 9bee43c7dd mage—to the intimidating ac23418980 Mage Tower for 8d2c59d37f such reasons?e86825027dd4d8e5

Knowing the reputation c4763d0cb8 the Mage Tower 2258ce5a7b held on this a2aebf8376 continent, the mere fdd1714e1f thought of going 007326bff2 there left me a4d44da97b terrified.9f6d4a3605e480da

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Sending a c713fddb0a letter was 2c787b1c9b one thing, 7a15563165 a task eb23fcdf56 I somehow 088fdbf2b1 mustered the ab87bc62b7 courage to 0993b3c700 complete. But going 4aa7cef1a1 there in 5541ab1ac5 person? That was a completely dacd6b2538 different matter. Trembling slightly, I thought bb4fa025f6 back to the Mage 8cb1f296a2 Tower depicted in the 707aa67e5a original story.f2abbeac30fb7542

‘It feels 66fa1fca56 like I’ve ef52435862 been dodging d8fce039f3 death more 96ff0fc4df times than bc881048ae I can 81a3d41ec7 count since adb0d00130 I ended a6e07215f7 up here.’2cbdca222e5ac5a5

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Billy, observing my ff069dc7f0 reaction, glanced at 51ae781357 Ed, who was be93fe31cd eating diligently for 3aa80ce977 once, slicing his b257b08f59 meat and savoring 9f6575a1fe the barbecue dipped 0fa8ecf939 in sweet sauce.2b885c54ddcd1ce7

“Ed, you’re coming a5e48de0ef too.”eb0372da4de2a6ed

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Switching back to d32d1e9c55 his usual brusque ec8d1932c4 tone, Billy spoke 6302cbc2dc to Ed, who 7e217cfe91 was just about 63fc1ac734 to take a 491587b50b bite of barbecue.faf24cf522c6d2be

“Yes,” Ed replied f4535e06ea in a flat c43e16535e tone, his attention d9eae6a2c1 never leaving the c2932a1e64 barbecue.48c3f5cca2a34282

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“Seriously…”7ecbe5e2d473cc75

The more I observed 851a88017b them, the more certain ab8b3961bf I became—they were undoubtedly 25471ae88e family.9bcecd2e00864001

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They say 3b0746aeb3 similar personalities d27f095244 don’t attract, e985222572 and Billy 65ad23055f and Ed a7a34bf181 were a bedaee1c78 prime example 811d0e16b7 of that.e8dcd4c2f0942538

There wasn’t even a 9c32d6dff4 tearful reunion to witness c040d4589b when they first met. Since arriving at 4d04fbecf8 the Louvre mansion, 39a665226c there hadn’t been 396a8c451d a single instance ddc3f57ee2 of what one 2811622982 might call warm 1f2c5082e9 familial interaction between 91f66f7211 them.44d06575ea0b24f3

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Still, they didn’t seem 0e3b71d6d2 awkward with each other a19e99823f either. They just 811032d95a appeared to 8a1b3e2e29 interact naturally, 21b79a65f1 according to 41248bb0bd their personalities, 19295f3ad5 which was 1f605ae66b a relief a7bb91ebf3 in itself.2caa2fd37adcdd4e

While they f925311f46 might find b378510aa1 this dynamic 636d0342ab comfortable, being a8adf232a5 caught between fd897bfe82 them made 995af3c958 me feel 300f4fefe7 awkward for f2882df459 no reason 13e32f314f at all.7b3a9ddda47ef2a5

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‘I wonder what 876d2a6aeb the Mage Tower d39adba3f1 will be like…’0948fea254043a0c

All I could 4222ad8440 think about was bef489a7a5 answering their questions fe12891c67 quickly and returning 56424277f1 without any trouble.177d085a76ce675c

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I had earned 838f28f1f7 the title of e11b966a32 the first bold 5015522e4a beastfolk to send d21512bffc a letter to 73f5e34d84 the Mage Tower, e82c394032 but I never e6ddf53209 imagined they would cd8a727ed3 summon me in 9a665b8eaf person.e1dd883bb09b6e3e

Hearing that the 377780e826 current Tower Master 2a2fb96303 was a friend 3f11fdfc58 of Billy’s gave aa886b8c19 me some reassurance.f5fb3d6622594755

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The Tower Master f4407e02e5 described in the 07617bf82b original story wasn’t a54e867202 particularly frightening or 49049cad7c cruel, so meeting 3818c010af him would surely b93bf60691 be easier than 00f8f27e42 facing the infamous feacbe3393 former Tower Master.28d11590a21a395d

That said, with 765c0ff27e Ed accompanying us, 707f70f186 I decided to 3a6807b97a tread carefully and dde28ac1a3 speak as little 5acfad462f as possible. If I slipped up c6667e4ad5 and let something critical 4c21eca7cc slip…9906e9c752d7fb0d

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‘No, that d337e1d708 mustn’t happen.’0f89a90e9631bf2f

I didn’t even want 013b6bbd3e to imagine it.514f8ab3b6258dc9

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As a c8089745c6 rule, teleportation c63d5be5c2 magic couldn’t b317d20f7e be used 25befd7796 to travel 7fdb1c6dc9 to the e9017413c1 Mage Tower. This principle applied not de5c5adba2 just to the Tower bf324d805a but to all domains dbb31a3e82 on the continent.2cdc9282c891e065

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While inter-domain 862e8fe3d9 teleportation magic f88ba84347 would undoubtedly f0235ca432 make daily 67c93c3555 life more fb177b2819 convenient, history 4e560813b7 had proven e565baf601 it to eb2bc23dc9 be the 7e660c3266 source of c069454f41 countless wars b0e16d405a across the e3ef050a80 continent, leading 97dfc9adb5 to its d513ffccdd outright prohibition.238dd3544f23dbac

The most e76eb7c857 recent conflict 858f37ae27 was a d93af5e673 territorial dispute 512eb510cd between the 5f19653e31 wolf domain b5c0da3010 and the ea0b4d442c snow leopard 2e7843b01b domain. I’d heard 1563718c95 that Billy, b7909ed498 who was 01c98785e7 about Ed’s 49a00d025e age at 5a15eba27a the time, b99cbd073c had been f4c7eeff40 caught up 7f47116ef6 in that f88ac6fc73 war.013de8f8d56282e7

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That was why we 0b6c2be4ec had to travel by ded205e495 carriage when moving from 6496063a5a the sheep domain to f9de527850 the wolf domain. Fortunately, the continent was aed7756883 relatively small, making travel e617200016 manageable. Otherwise, it could have 3c0f16bebc been an arduous journey.85fe0bafd2b50dd8

Naturally, I 18a24af22e assumed we’d 2e742621e8 be taking 4245b80066 a carriage e6ffef9e06 to the ea0dd81c7f Mage Tower d67601ab4d as well.68ad4024402ef0a1

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So why…a94c0478683ab690

“Is this allowed?”cee8ef1e33f734b5

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Before I could 264fc5afcb even blink, the 3d1f0a865e scenery around me c55c4f3e35 had completely changed, 89b551b165 leaving me to 57551deb3d mutter dazedly.053146f520ae37f6

I’d walked f3b1790ca5 out into 55cf74d13a the garden, 083c950561 expecting to 761e60dde4 board a b1c01712d3 carriage, but 401cc1b9b8 the garden’s 03205bdb44 lush and 1a3a48b922 beautiful greenery a840e45bee had been 1c2cb74113 replaced by 2299229142 eerie plants, 1ebf66a29e a towering d55ebec244 structure, and eb8fe04078 barren, desolate 90d2113670 land.b7f5b2c58c80a330

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And what was a51e3a7777 up with the fe20104d95 purple-tinted sky, as 93b33b8e78 though this place 2f1e894bdc existed in an 2f1e9e86d8 entirely different world?141473a49e37888a

Was this even 7dec14f4d1 the Mage Tower, 2a34b0f89b or was it 324de142be some kind of 60e09170ac demon’s castle?d10e9d878cf75418

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I swallowed 4580f5e648 my endless c815b87b93 questions about 2470a16cf7 the exterior.0fe02b25ccf618f3

‘Once we go 1d1e8815a4 inside, it’ll probably b40065d789 be full of 8cdb5fcf0d carnivorous beastfolk…’10e914dc7bcba91f

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Most of the mages 9aa48dd546 in the Mage Tower de12e5e44f were carnivorous beastfolk. I hadn’t even fully 960db3cb37 adjusted to the servants f98cb83f15 at the Louvre mansion aaa3862572 yet, and now I 05ee66d76c was being thrown into 811d2fc48b a place like this?c956eb0c2ff7f134

Unaware of my despair, 2683e2bc70 Billy and Ed stepped 71e7fe4e54 into the Mage Tower cabbb48053 without hesitation.00c84e39c4c0bdcb

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Reluctantly, I 3f1b8a1e22 followed them 1c9e936289 inside, only 7571144fff to be 98718cce27 left speechless a1669e0716 by the d48cfe8531 stark contrast 3cecd8932a between the 6648a9548d exterior and c16a064b98 the interior.5770b7988232d9d9

I instinctively covered my 292ae74759 open mouth with both fbe85afb0b hands.41ac692c9d1263b8

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I’d never seen anything a35fe541ee more extravagant than the ac468a480a Louvre mansion’s interiors, but 5672926f25 the Mage Tower surpassed ec4a17d686 even that.af7a3f9646ea2592

The walls and ec8e294bc5 floors shimmered with 70d2b12b58 marble and gold, 3a5d2c0e17 and the ceiling ab470da55a was adorned with 891d5fef23 a magnificent painting b8b372de94 that exuded grandeur. A spiral staircase hugged 7a97468d35 the wall, leading to db1dea3287 the upper floors.30d9ee423d66f722

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In the e0684e2e6a center hung ac7e252d41 an opulent 1dce38a995 chandelier. As I 26faf4d576 took in 5a86b6cf57 the dazzling 38c95978ff sight, I 7338aa26d4 began to a7d7548b2e question if 7e6933b942 this was b381a8e243 truly the 25ffd9a8c7 Mage Tower 7cab8765bc I’d imagined.5c58b7abec493565

Just then, 6a38e65ce0 a beastfolk 7cba72ee89 who seemed ceb85feda5 more zombie 538378357a than alive 3fb907b9e7 shuffled toward 5164b6aaad us weakly.8e8d98169fe569e8

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“Apologies for d937138218 being late. You must 54742e0d94 be the a5e77f27f6 Tower Master’s b63d42bea8 guests?”f6a9f1cb93d4b3b4

Introducing herself as the d8bdf7fc7b mage assigned to guide c5b661e910 us for the day, 89065eb1d6 she led Ed and 04e61a65e1 me further inside, while 09fd9a139a Billy disappeared, saying he a5a77b8f40 had business to discuss c3e340469a with the Tower Master.1c4699f35e96eb75

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Our guide was a 28dc2e945c hyena beastfolk with streaks 718ba3de87 of gray in her e429ec3aef black hair, almost like 7a35397f08 natural highlights.a30cb9fce172111a

She led us c7bf0b13ff into a laboratory 12acccf3a9 bustling with mages 227e73c571 conducting various experiments.922fbb9e8f228bc9

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“Please wait here for 77b82410e5 a moment,” she said e13fe345cc before disappearing somewhere.b42ea163c4142db9

Left alone, Ed and 0a8e94b890 I sat in a c2af113c21 corner, but I couldn’t 664ebcf160 shake off the intense 3c9c3ad308 stares directed our way.08e4093baece885c

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There were 81b17126e0 five mages ec9daa49c0 in the 1cee0c6baf lab. None of dfb6c9a323 them were 397e2eedd9 herbivorous beastfolk. Not a single one.a782d47bc6d95b99

Pressing myself 3cee38e1d5 against the e7eff8fdb9 corner of 9d1505fa1f the wall, a8093fb328 I noticed 066b91b01b Ed following af089cb4a4 my lead cd2ba7fd6e and sitting add5a7874a beside me.98a877ac28401f62

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Rumble.52c31151bb6e7898

“Lady Remi, 9e5e298f32 the chair 98421c15dd is shaking,” 8c87de1dd0 Ed said.1bd2c12240a1bc08

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“It’s just your 59f98a537b imagination,” I replied, 6e36ccddfc trying to dismiss 348e9edd2d it.ea00822de0edf171

I wanted e792680f55 to become d75cd74c58 one with 8247ddb938 the wall 9bf05cf187 and disappear.3324ee1d2ce7423b

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It was then that 424f962afa I noticed the mages d1304884e7 whispering about us. Though I c2cc1969b7 couldn’t hear 5574e1aa4e them, I 7a9faa99b4 could see ef2de6dc7b their lips 65226f5839 moving as 11c578aadb they cast 13dac24b58 sidelong glances d031ab8d5e in our 55cd52ca28 direction.22e2f632f461b88f

“What are a95c006adc they talking 1842dea129 about?”c96f0fc479d53d13

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Judging by their expressions, 453d0b1466 it didn’t seem like 96b1fff8ce anything good. I strained my c6a9170246 ears to catch be8e572bb9 what they were 0680a607bf saying, but the aa008fe027 occasional words that d9f3ce04cd reached me only e21a2c1769 irritated me further.e9fe8faa1c43e2f3

“…young… riding on family name… Mage Tower…”4c0de2469761e278

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Honestly, just hearing 97700313ab “riding on family 32d751b2ff name” was enough ce3fce1ec6 to give me 5b2112417c a rough idea af6e73c9f9 of the topic.e8f6791cde41ccd8

It was b8b5dca16e common for 092ff8ebed beastfolk to b40463f5d1 feel envy 6df3fe4106 or jealousy 2466ab5d96 when they 4f66bade5b saw someone ce274c1fcc from a 96a33cd017 prestigious family. They were probably talking 6efebc879a about Ed.e79b5dc3774e6bd4

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They were whispering too 63fced5d43 quietly for me to ab9a818f6b catch more, but I a9bdc3f11d started talking to Ed d4b9c5047e to make sure he c3bbd4e6f9 didn’t overhear.4e6eed2953411032

“Ed, did 0d3935aab7 you come 63b5c7f948 here during fbb75a70f5 your last ef35f57f01 Mage Tower cabc2be7b3 visit?”ae23a7939735e64b

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“No, I only b6248a371a went to the 2f9f6e680a top of the de768d2d4b tower and the 70cd5e338c middle floors.”7f80dc40f3f29239

We continued chatting 982ff477c4 about trivial things 6db9335fde as we waited eb5213625a for the hyena 61310b4df7 mage to return. After a while, 0309186c61 she came rushing 1aff15093f into the lab, 69cd1d78b7 looking even paler 7b8dd6f1e5 than before.07ca5a1a5329b9d8

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“U-Um, it seems you’ll need to wait a little longer. The Tower Master is still dealing with some urgent matters…”dfde80eed421ba9c

“…The Tower Master?”fffaa3261128e86e

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I had a6b8aa9a0b assumed I’d c930c2e1f1 just chat 3fc65b6908 with a db8f47ab9e mage or a1540f19ce two and 05cbaaf5fd then leave.c7ebac8dd6a6c1b2

“W-Wait, are you 44bb4ed337 saying the person 25e4b0bab4 who has questions 64b878c219 is…”48c1b183887e1b28

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“Yes, it’s the 0992f72b9f Tower Master.”0b716c59bd306e8d

My jaw 64403630bc practically hit 110597d061 the floor.54d0ed3908acd250

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A flood of ominous 135a665e51 rumors about the Tower 46365ec0fa Master surfaced in my 2681768d2e mind. The image of 63079cebb1 the Tower Master 8403cc5b65 as practically a 5bb1dab7e8 demon was still fee1c5ac2e firmly etched into 8ef2ff3c2a my brain.ce031575159cc7f5

The only thing 0300e4d543 I could rely ac63c2348e on was the 0b11451f40 fact that his 1c82723f6d personality was supposedly f46ed4fda8 better than that 1457c5fe2e of the previous 6fac65be55 Tower Master.433ce9d7c304491d

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“Th-Then why is caa1e5173c Ed coming along…?”9a1fb33958e01f7e

“Oh, I heard the 37bae4980c Tower Master invited him d337466c3d because he enjoyed his 49b97faa94 last visit to the fe905b4ea9 Mage Tower.”bcdbfe0f8d8cd8d1

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Ah.7b6c850cc14fd1a1

When I turned to 2f76af2ef4 look at Ed after fa6252d5cd hearing that, I noticed a1be6570fc the faint blush blooming 62af67c5b4 on his cheeks. That was the telltale 84a0f499ad sign—he was excited.91e2951f351aa8f0

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“Does he think cf7276a779 the Mage Tower 1c2cd7aac5 is a playground?”0b7bd2a4674fed60

The lab ed8fd2805e fell silent 45a8b4842b for a 5c7440ee05 moment. The mage who 0186bbd095 had made the 7a79748f1d comment seemed to 3b8969e181 realize their voice 303f2836be had been too 2e90e4c9a7 loud and hurriedly bd014475d5 covered their mouth.01e75b3262d879a8

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But by 688aaac2e3 then, everyone 94801d48c5 in the 622ed53cd1 room had 257bea5193 heard it.d68b883b4d073c6b

Even Ed, who was 7ebdd93713 now sitting gloomily beside 521b603095 me.d0e015651629ac7e

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“They’ve gone too 05286f0261 far…”a47ecb8fb88549cf

Frowning at 7c80eaf627 the situation, 45ee7ceb0d I made 92a608841f up my 62546d2195 mind and 77f4da7cf7 stood up. While I da952d0a27 didn’t dare 3cc0ae68dd approach the f66967bdc9 mages, I 9e7f19df83 planned to eca092fed1 address them 6f82c75b3f from where da39c843d5 I was.bf5e8d1c77eaa580

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‘Ed is 6ce95054a1 a certified 9426123cef candidate vetted 85f4147579 by the 629981747e Mage Tower 1c4032aca3 itself. Surely they know e54394a970 he’s not here 52143155a1 just to fool d5d9051bda around?’e13c74579bb8c3fa

Alright, I’ll say ab98143d8f it like this.48aaa160024531f1

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I opened my d60288a6f1 mouth to deliver 4425119d81 the words I 772c6045b9 had prepared in 8188391413 my head.a8e50673dc4e6e53

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[1. What does 5ebc6cd17e it matter 90fce95b09 to you 0148af4811 whether this e34c81c228 kid came df588ca11a here to 2a90da5697 play or 5748cdd91c not? If you’re so 256c22b08a upset, why don’t 4182c0f8e1 you take it 9410abe856 up with the 8038e4990d Tower Master?da929f27c9a45fa2

2. For someone who’s supposed to be a Mage Tower mage, it’s pathetic to see you wallowing in your inferiority complex. Makes me wonder what kind of education the Tower Master is providing.
3. The fact that you’re so bothered by a kid just shows the Mage Tower’s level, doesn’t it?.]

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“…”cfd9453583a49d45

My trembling eyes stared b75e0f7978 at the shocking choices 5c605469be that seemed determined to 9f80de4ae7 lead me into disaster.c24cd8b57398b78c

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It was probably because 80d7bc69eb the topic involved Ed, 34beea5d12 but every single option 28032b30ea was laced with a 1edf2557be confrontational tone that promised 71c90ea8e0 trouble.cdfb7a347415631e

While any of 2d487127cd them might increase 0ca7d26406 Ed’s favorability toward 517bfda885 me, I wasn’t e8c79f3d3c sure I’d even 0de615bb5d have the chance 89689fcd88 to stay near 7dd804a6ae him to build 8f0ed46cb6 up that favorability 6f213f26ac in the future.5d1a714fc40e31f6

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I shifted dbd14e4079 my nervous 902d7530a9 gaze from 64caca9372 the choices a9165bc505 to the 8cfe5133df mage who 267e0019b4 had made c9c5fc674d the comment. They were the one 3cbd547f9e standing furthest away, with 5ff9776296 a muscular build that cd444ccc26 seemed completely out of c04ea1902f place among the frail-looking 9d9cc93dde mages. Clearly, this a18ec31d47 wasn’t an 1f327b0566 opponent I 4c0187f276 could physically 5c5c99cdb8 deal with, 7de9c535a3 like the be463ef1b3 chimpanzee last 7c1fb5724a time.3e980cb4dc9d5d43

“Lady Remi?”56b649d3b3e00505

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As what felt like c646a89487 an eternity of silence 28ba68282e passed, a system message 294f21759d appeared in front of 25941d97f5 me, as though ready c09ed38f04 to push me into 2ae9209c7b the flames.70c8dbf08c8def1b

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