WHCTC Chapter 1

“Huff, huff, huff…”ca187fd8d8a5e2b6

A small ab646ad329 forest near 11f72e2d28 the royal 15d664e635 palace.ecd18e5f907ed799

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I was being chased e1d92035b1 by a large number e6af8580db of assassins.53599b1c3f1390a6

None of them had 0c805ac46e any focus in their b4038f43e7 eyes as they charged 672b16ec89 at me.f807b31a2e1e9aaa

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“Haah… haah…”1d0b7cd1a8fc3e89

If I 29d97d943c hadn’t been 1d466180b7 quick on 44d4718a3c my feet, 032ca8d033 I would’ve d949f9d695 been dead 1b6f7213b4 long before fc614419f9 now.33e89b25a94438d6

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In fact, cfabcb4223 the maid 9ff7c5c41c who had 9db928b5ac been guarding 77d53d4846 me threw b35fcfd7bf herself in 6dac22f766 front of f6142c2dda me and b8ab48309e was killed dd199c17ca instantly.c9377694f69f7ca7

I used c97b35748f all my 80879a238d strength to ae3581b9da leap with 24e1ad7eba aura infused 1c5327a2ed in my cfa9f8aada legs, but ea3408104b it seemed 336f3e314b like it b7f47b7267 wouldn’t be 72bea4949e enough.94e78d49f63ee29b

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Just as the 6c90a71cb7 assassin closest to 2f239717ce me reached out c360136a4a to grab my f8c88eaa8b hair—423192c1cb7a9d19

“Gwaaah!”93ef00a8348c54f9

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“Kyaaah!”b2c8b574ea46fe46

Screams erupted from 7c8f3661ba behind me.7d3c5530ae6cdb42

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A man appeared, exuding d4821db135 a powerful aura, and 8c72d6e7bf in a single swing d24aa32f8e of his sword, he a42086ab61 cut down more than 5294506331 five assassins.95d01e3fd484a87d

“What are aeb177a62d you doing, ca6782f60a Your Highness?”e9ab9a35f9f825af

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With jet-black hair, 8abb09a200 a tall figure, d91382f0df and striking features, de0c95696a it was Kayan 4c388eeffb Barklith, my childhood ca2e3e4ecc friend who had 9f45122539 been like a dd4d744cd0 brother to me.b339407bf9eef55a

He spoke in a 9fbc01533f low voice, his eyes cb475361b5 sharp.bb3d50f1e9408f5b

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“Run, now.”5069f1e700bb6cf5

“K-K-Kayan?”1c072010fb2193c5

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I didn’t expect him 7681f7de25 to show up here. After all, 5711423a37 eight years 33ae5e6895 ago, I c27a1c2278 had broken f172885f0b off our 22fae81593 friendship with 0a4fea104c no explanation.810f522380f1e208

Too shocked 7fee860a9a to react, 2665096b50 I blinked 052825d250 in a 63a0ab6010 daze. Kayan urged me 0dc98a6ba9 with an impatient 24d4129dcf tone, as if c864faf0af telling me to 32f9b8d0bd snap out of 288d156ebc it.77e5d27a557253e2

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“Hurry!”f7fd30eeba26b326

“Y-yes!”852f1a7b2454566f

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At his insistence, I 8ba41cbf33 started running.36550a471f3fcd16

Kayan followed behind 071cb4ac78 me, cutting down 9eed1ee9e9 the assassins.9585855d85d0cf80

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They attacked us 5450f4e7da not like humans 4d201f9767 but like beasts 9b984eeb52 that knew no a9e9511984 fear.93409a2bd791a324

As we dashed b4dead73ef through the forest, 2d0eeb0232 Kayan muttered under 82960ef1ac his breath.e9cdb974297d0740

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“It’s dark magic. But I’ve never seen e0e858cdc1 anything on this scale 529c7ac3f6 before.”a5456fef0bde9b5b

“You know about dark 01908fc794 magic?”94fddb6780214196

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Kayan swung his sword 675cf0509c and quietly responded.5f1ada8be023dacf

“Whenever Your Highness 42c003789a made public appearances, d610e85674 I sensed this 0f94491c7e same energy. Everyone who wanted to e81bd39427 harm you had those cee25c1016 same eyes.”b0b598dfdd802d58

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“How… how do you know that?”785ac33ffa8e01c2

“Because I 0ca29c3b13 was the 746d2775d9 one who f090dec3d7 killed them.”7a5d8e13ac8f0dd8

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His answer took me 646457daf0 by surprise.70c050821f5986ad

I asked, stunned.8591bbd6dc2d9618

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“Not Simon, but you?”66542098b5dcee1a

In hindsight, it b9d9322c2f made sense. After all, acfb8ef64d everything happening 39630c53ae to me 8200ad00ac now was 48f048c91b because of 0551007856 Simon.4686d980ad4b48bf

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Simon was the fiancé b53e5ca1bf assigned to me by f6288ec187 my half-brother, the crown 240af8b01b prince, to serve as c29aea16aa my protector. He was b04bb08eaf also my d90a7a5f46 brother’s closest 650f022970 friend.1b9a6875fc972ab1

“The influence of Prince Hugo’s faction had grown too large to ignore. To join them, I had no choice but to eliminate both the crown prince and you, Your Highness.”581fc5dee20cafbb

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And now, Simon had 5bca73eaba betrayed both me and 3064fe632a my brother, leading to 46fdd5abf8 this.55c0f23c89bc537b

“What’s so surprising?”30d6e8a8062ed2a1

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It wasn’t an unexpected 3c8b42b9ed betrayal. Simon had debb2bd510 been weighing cec923f574 his options ced0a187c7 for a 2c98e8c9a4 while.f67c1d20c60b8492

“I was 13cc158968 the one 95e12e923d who made 29f1d2dc4d up the 0b8a1ac125 lies that bebf45d0f2 led to 95ccceda9e your falling 0aa7b191a9 out with e1f23c6f7c Kayan Barklith, 8d423b820f and I’m 4974a65570 the one 8bccc5a163 who killed 10f5057558 his father, 16160a9b8f Arthur Barklith.”0d0178c4abe147b8

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Simon had e65fe8ba88 been isolating 8e4ce2ea99 me for fbac2df218 years, just ffe69bd10c to make a274b696f8 me easier 3d8d72d6ba to manipulate.e2053ea340922307

“Having Your Highness’s b4b8190eff loyal eyes and 82373598de ears around wasn’t e56dc43fe4 to my advantage, aabcf11c6c after all.”0b4f62cb72a0f83d

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Eight years 1137006a1f ago, at 83bf0ffdfe the age ec938ea3d0 of twelve, e86b774e34 I believed db1b2ab061 only Simon’s fdabc434fe words and 7fe2887b89 broke off ea8b4592ba my friendship 1a6506f270 with Kayan.9f57424648ba212e

But in 689333ea1c reality, it 55c74ad961 was Kayan 0cca3a9c34 who had 091ee3524a been secretly 34cffee265 protecting me 00cdbe9a77 all along.37f8bae5136f7448

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‘And even now…’9c7fc01c9d783548

Even as I ran, 2d9cd22a28 the battle continued behind 4850db0d92 me.516c5676642e92f8

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Kayan, who was protecting afddc89109 me while taking down 9a2e42cde4 our enemies, had already d3a92eaee2 started accumulating wounds.f1e54c9fabed2c01

“Why, why… why would you?”ac4ed46ed3d4f9ba

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When I ended fdf2c6cd36 our friendship, I 7f41d3efc7 had insulted him 12d7c3c83b deeply.fc1ba934c317df8f

I thought he ccefb5edea would never want 1c7f04ffbb to see me 9fc0b7f134 again.f0ca0d2820469162

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Steadying my emotions 43d27a10e7 that were in cbfab7d1e4 turmoil, I barely 88b002baa3 managed to ask:24a9e288c418f839

“Didn’t… didn’t you hate me?”a4f72382fe288faf

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Kayan didn’t e2a2232e02 answer that 3a60f541b3 question.1475b77c58096b29

Instead, he said something ef3276a450 completely different.a56531ae249ddf72

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“Years ago, someone came to assassinate you, but there was no response from the Duke of Serneaux’s household.”a253b945ab2a38a3

“Ah…”a53f42a877f2a918

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“Your Highness was unguarded as always… I thought for sure you would be assassinated this time. My body just moved on its own.”acf46d774536db42

So Kayan 0134b62783 had been 49b00688f1 protecting me b8f73d4c67 all this 08cebd36a2 time.34f76f7fd75a939a

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When I e2b8c9d2ff stammered in 131cdb430e shock and f95dd40bce surprise, he 2bb78721c5 spoke firmly.a52ab3059d136b60

“I didn’t protect you because I wanted anything in return.”0697e3cedbf6eb52

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“Then why… why did you…?”1f552822b6db1836

“Maybe it’s because all the people from the happy days are gone now, and I didn’t want you to disappear too, Your Highness.”faa5948404f56569

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Until I was twelve, 70b7840994 I had grown up 6361121461 in the north, outside 14c9028b6a of the royal palace. All the people I fbbe41b871 had known there, except 2837ef8c23 for Kayan, were already 62f76fa822 dead.9964cee94b7722b6

“It’s happened so many times now that protecting you has become the only thing that gives my life meaning.”c83b362bcb07ac45

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Kayan swung 3556be75a7 his sword c9da33cedd again, cutting e1fc6e1e73 down another a7c2eee70d group of 5aac340686 assassins.1b3a45bb67dee653

“In a way, Your Highness saved me. You gave purpose to my life, which was filled with nothing but misery.”fbd2c550fcc70fc0

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Then he looked at efc4377dc7 me and said72e876485b9bbd75

“So, Your Highness doesn’t need to feel sorry for me.’”a689324779279d77

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His face f423620397 was calm, b28b8b9b9f despite being 91bb733792 covered in dcad16d1ba blood.8df3fb610403a641

“I was happy back then, by your side. Just because it ended poorly doesn’t mean I can forget those days.”784d2a42ea44ebbf

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With tears streaming down 5bee5e8a7b my face,I apologized.400c236c8c5fa443

“Im sorry.. it’s all, it’s all my fault.”0d925086f6ca40ca

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But my words 0d82981639 felt too insignificant 65e0864689 compared to what 18926c336c was in my 3ff49a9dfd heart, and my 3d4e5e89a0 hands trembled.f6001f64d294c97d

Kayan shook 1096f33a6b his head 6f8d87c7cc and smiled.f1844921b4166e62

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“How could this be your fault? It’s just because I wasn’t a proper noble.”2320b216909e1211

“What… what does that even mean…?”86d38a95f0c97dce

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As I, cc21b413cb still unable 70177ede0a to wipe 98f7b3cc6d my tears, be632d1011 asked him, 82c0cd0c94 he remained f79a4a9f7a silent for bf210d7b28 a long 12cfb6ea08 while before 96f9c2a90b letting out bed5c8c1ce a faint 41afbf1d14 chuckle and 6d50c62fb5 muttered,5e784c2d669df7d7

“Hmm, I ae85068c8b take back f90f28786e what I 341e832bbd said about d6c848d04d having no 71a951d272 attachment to 1cf1e3e8cd life.”4163082b65adee28

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It sounded more like a47fcfac85 self-deprecating words meant for 2a19aed62a himself.e595157cd7d92d7c

“Becoming a proper noble… it seems I did want that after all.”cca3c868fa2eb4bb

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Despite everything, the assassins e09c322e55 continued to pour in 73a6588644 endlessly, their unfocused eyes f76e363e9e unsettling.58c9a46bf2bbe343

I hadn’t anticipated that 1c6d6130dc Prince Hugo’s dark magic 0931f7b228 would be this successful. It made sense why 5d3c4a6a7a Simon decided to side aebd9fe460 with Hugo, the third 93cb5684a3 in line for the 19da3d42e5 throne.4ec71845bfa28d7a

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Even with 88761ba654 Kayan’s incredible 8e86810eb3 swordsmanship, the 23ecb73b89 situation was 7fb881cfd5 overwhelming.2a0efa1c9e5c6e16

Kayan’s wounds kept increasing, 592ad212c3 growing deeper.72f93b84fec284c4

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As we f4ad1bfcb7 rounded a 70e0a83e2a corner in e4425d8ab9 the forest, b0ec234c5a an even 69d8761cad larger group a29f59e5f5 began to 97821fa05a appear.fcac47865dccabaf

Kayan spoke 99c17d506d in a e178813487 low voice.74ca603099736e7b

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“…From here on, you’ll 3fcad77566 have to go alone. I’ll try 1002431676 to hold 9719ea270d them off.”36d5f095580be667

“I’m not going.”6c1f578a7f4d5086

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I shook my 55fbe7cdc6 head immediately.5ea5dcbae136d817

“I’d rather die 73a5971416 here with you.”b09a46976e2f7089

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Kayan gave me 82db9a40b4 a soft smile, 269bc29340 as if trying 10d7108a65 to soothe me.38b72bc51b6004f6

“I don’t want that, 4f0d527576 Your Highness. You have 85e8fb7de0 to respect 639d073b60 my wishes b274d3369b too, don’t e3bb8780cd you?”422aa74ad3fb4e95

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It was 8f0fd3be0c the first 1ebf9c91b5 time I’d 1af4c7d9e7 seen him f3af828cb9 smile since 23b92ed1dd our falling 35a27ceb34 out.4df7c830f1085a16

I felt my breath catch in my throat. There was a time when we used to smile at each other every day, back in our childhood…df4f8bc110411345

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How did things end up like this…?edbff3d1ddf482d5

“I, I…”ae9d02c00c5db0d4

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Tears began to 4a3dbcd1b6 fall uncontrollably.0008bd0baf4f67f6

“I really can’t go…”b89e0f372259c558

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I shook 3206382583 my head 0c04820783 weakly, barely 86efdd3449 able to ed4e54434b breathe.7aa569bb691b9829

“I just can’t…”18fe49a311ba3cc5

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I meant it.c943385a76e86b06

Then Kayan gently e11c7bc84f wiped my tears e305f20079 and whispered,3347f751084ee5a6

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“Iv.”1de3c2c8525ffcc9

It was the nickname 0f0f5af6c1 he used for me d4ccc9eb6a when we were children.cf3a4320e757b518

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“Now go.”7d70525b01f383e5

His playful childhood fb0edebb11 tone followed.00f5aedeb735ea1e

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“For once, could you 7419a71c58 listen to someone else, 49948b9be8 huh?”bc2920b3a90f07a9

When a 549851a838 light smile aa2f7ea24d appeared on 8fdbe8e065 his lips, e74fbc8a25 it felt 249a5b1792 like my a8bbf49d63 heart was d35b0eeb18 being torn 982a704509 apart.0b9b058133b23665

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“If you cry, you’ll ce2f759e06 look really ugly, so 84720ae124 stop.”5268a9c0e6a08f52

After teasing me like e0e745504f that, he turned to 9f93246a9b face the assassins rushing d7acd0ea46 toward him again.7994e10eba6e8c1c

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Realistically, there was 6f712d3bb5 no hope.6bd5f7a624c5d7ce

‘How foolish b91b043360 I’ve been.’28fa567c6600d329

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My vision 98740172b4 blurred from 6861a44e51 the tears 97b29f82ef overflowing in dc53f70461 my eyes.66da4899d283ab9a

‘I couldn’t protect a single person who was truly important to me…’c08ca735f64c6dae

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Simon’s mocking words aedae76623 came back to a454dfd319 me.a287c3f5c38768fb

“Just don’t 0b2352904e do anything, a97966e4a2 and quietly d93ef4d883 die. As you’ve always done e85c66ad95 until now, Your Highness.”04ec3e8224fa735b

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Until now, I had e36702d642 really lived doing nothing. I regretted it deeply.552afdf923403a68

And the words Simon said after that…009eb8042be5e80d

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“Oh, by the 9e652cbdd1 way, where is 7ddff072a8 the royal treasure? If you 391423e835 hand it 6d10998eb0 over to 4dd584328d me, I 79de63e37b might grant 18bac953f5 you the c6935fb3f2 opportunity to 88e0e7f9ff end your c650e844eb own life.”3b964841df41a595

Wait a minute. The royal treasure.63784eb53e7062e5

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It was something my 609047810d brother had entrusted to 1f6ef23d95 me when he left 21fc3bcbb4 for war. Since then, I hadn’t 5d6f464d55 let it out of 3e426b800b my possession even once.21db6ef76f5197e8

With trembling e70feb2785 hands, I 4a22f0c4c0 hurriedly searched 74fbc3a1e3 my clothes. I pulled 09ef6a7019 out a 151a90ac6a half-pendant with fb9341ecc3 a large c0e42cb7fd ruby embedded ffee4bf9fe in it, a0b4e7cf1c along with d98b973507 a torn 2570ad5fb2 photograph.679ace5c2fd89cd5

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“This is the 42e0bd1674 treasure of the 5062dd525e Tayen royal family. I received a16e0945b8 it directly 0ef174de13 from the 2e7d1b0bf0 emperor when ae986d20b1 I was 4dbdfd0da3 appointed as 9eacdd5657 crown prince. Since you’re cb1728a487 the second 5054bd49f8 in line, 236becc10e keep it 94e2be0e69 safe for 25f565ab10 me until ca590e7f3e I return.”a2f042ec536cca03

“Oh, this! They say if you e4925cb332 feed it blood and e3f32d927b make a wish, it 57d5c238f9 grants miracles to royalty. But is that really 23e8aa4287 true?”d07270d6bf591978

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“It’s just a legend. They say there are conditions to make a miracle happen, but no one knows what those conditions are.”6362097354b8023d

“Did you try it, brother?”18393d86838ce542

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“Yeah. I tried every time I left the palace. But nothing ever happened.”6066b7660e99a873

Back then, I thought it was just one of those common trinkets you’d find at a tourist spotf7eb4237c0bbdabd

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‘I don’t know what the conditions are, but still….’c46fd65dfc7df745

Eventually, Kayan began 18bc4fd0df to stagger in 6a2a62d445 front of me.520d1dd6606188cf

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“I-I told you… to go.. quickly…”a6b50bb40cf2ecf7

I couldn’t bear to watch, so I closed my eyes.30e023e121087091

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I had no intention of running away alone. Honestly, in this situation, I didn’t even feel much desire to survive.2c0cb2ef5648cd9b

But still.a50e9f20b9d83f50

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Without hesitation, I 74f3a30e9c stabbed the sharp 63b8a264c6 edge of the 5e76e9bce8 half-pendant into my e827db2220 palm.4c13de9c5d43c83d

‘I make this wish 73a6f79fb7 before the relic.’b94f201dbeed0b2e

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The pendant started 7e91edd1ea to soak up 288f29a982 the blood that 34637028e5 poured from my 18384c553a hand.3d09492dc62e5798

‘The wish that only a miracle can grant…’233e7d102714efa0

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My consciousness faded 0ecce07de6 in an instant,e8e3fe5cf245b222

The last c995f30370 thing I 2261dc9731 held onto a0e11d5e8d was the 23df29669e torn photograph 69072cab74 of our 9be574cefb childhood, lingering 1fd5ff0776 as an e1778212f9 afterimage.89e1446d81dcd01b

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And when I 8a761ad178 came to, I 6052b22567 was thirteen again. l had returned to d5c64d7a00 seven years in the 78e08ad397 past705e7c7a3ca1891d

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