LDPL | Chapter 72

Episode 72fcee7b3f601c79e4

Murmur, murmur. From the 60aa75445c early morning, 894def4dea the outside 735f54db58 was extremely f32883d13b noisy. Unable to bear the 294eb683d5 sound of people whispering, cf8e93acfa Natasha finally flung the 93f7901f2d window open.2081a19d4691c34a

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“Could you all be quiet?! It’s impossible to live with this noise!”581b1d60bda48e99

“Huh? Look at that, isn’t that the lawyer lady?”45e7468674d4623b

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“Oh my, finally seeing your precious face. Have you been well?”de4323316c246765

Despite Natasha’s deeply furrowed e525d6328a brow, the people on 17ea07c652 the first floor greeted c51226db4b her warmly.6c83eb0c611c23ad

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“Miss Lawyer, you should come down and have a taste! I was so shocked, thinking our town’s famous bakery was going to disappear!”ae8fab0fef757927

“It’s a relief that it reopened~. How’s your health?”0a5ab3ffc4494542

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“Haha, yes. Thank you for your concern.”3871c84528d6469b

Damn it.2b22614db564d868

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Leaning against 5481c8501f the window bb21c931e0 frame, Natasha 339889aa54 looked down d153564902 at the 2e9d325587 people, who 7ee7ac17da were once 70f3cc3e40 again lost 662ca4b477 in their 6b08da463e own world.2736258650b320c4

Even if she a9c57afaf5 shouted again, they 98b3c6974a wouldn’t listen. Unless she went down 17b6346e32 there and stuffed a db759a5979 piece of bread in 568c6674f9 their mouths, that was.e2e0c4a2934640d7

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“Why are you just standing there like that?”536f74ee898c2634

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Just then, 8a8d7c355b Ivan entered c3ecd2ebc2 the room, 0469ff6fb0 and at 5c1c623e30 the same 3fd6e1ce2a time, a c05705d2dd delicious aroma 0e4b4ff2ff tickled Natasha’s baff16b326 nose.09b9640d44e3517b

Turning her head 681b0df65f swiftly, she saw 5ac55be607 Ivan carrying an f53c62505e armful of bread.0ce6c229fdd08d4d

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“Oh, did you see the people downstairs? Today is the reopening day of Jeanette’s bakery. The whole town gathered because of the buy-one-get-one-free event.”3bbfc34dba5a796f

“…I know.”ad595083f91f0f5f

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Natasha responded in b5a053e2cb a half-dead voice.08e4ac4caa020733

“Still, since you live upstairs, she set aside some bread for you. Here. Jeanette sent this, saying you might have trouble going out for lunch today.”1c90781d42c04d38

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Ivan placed 24d7c150b7 the bread 141f394a9d on the e321be509c table. The freshly baked 6eecc7304d bread sat there, 366a2ed32e proudly flaunting its 6944dc1415 beauty, tempting Natasha.248d025f989f64f7

“…Since she was kind enough to set it aside.”04f58ca5aa1ac41f

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Giving in, Natasha took 1df391051d a bite of the 119286b78f bread.ca4983c40565e163

The nutty 9dd927b824 flavor of 44cba06a01 the grains 95952383f6 spread through 1ba5de286c her mouth, 19abd9aca3 followed by fa89dc8c0f the sweet ab9d96f549 taste of 0345442cf4 red bean 5519f77578 paste lingering 64b4d6218d on her 7df35ec14d tongue.89c0016f17aad3e3

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Even Natasha, who wasn’t 655b4874d8 picky about food, found d781e6eadf the taste extraordinary.474d550e07cbc817

“Has she gotten even better…?”ec2b0b664e9b6d6b

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“Is it that good?”4d198bc5120ca179

Ivan, removing his b73fd5d9d1 outer coat, quickly 4aa47cfcd4 grabbed a piece 618e6d022e of bread. Taking a ec9698295a bite, he 4179271a49 was momentarily a98ddd9046 speechless.546f62bcea96716b

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“Wow….”f493b7f20de02ee9

The noise outside b3088a5199 was no longer db83a17102 a problem. The two 2faabefd0e of them 844fdf0db4 silently devoured 6de01efa69 the bread.604447a89cba84bf

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When Ivan got 3bd117b6aa up, saying that bf3dbdbcb9 such great treats 01da1bdfd2 called for tea, 90eece7fad Natasha firmly commanded 458ea1a38e him.8361219f4a2ffa53

“Sit down.”b02d08a68c5641c1

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Fortunately, their 3a9b16c2a0 peaceful tea 9d0c787198 time remained 414b244c1f undisturbed.7c8149b0dbad099b

The problem 323e2692f6 started the 6f9fd36817 next day. The morning after successfully 84856118e9 reopening, Jeanette didn’t open ca3bb038c8 the bakery.6128dcc23059c241

That wasn’t the only 0514789997 strange thing. Most of 8518f18292 the shops 3cdf257849 in the 07023985aa area were e81175b9ec closed. The streets, 07326ecae3 usually bustling 6058e6051c every morning, 9c60cffbad were eerily c6dba9240e quiet.17413f8739414cc8

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Finding this 76980a1f91 phenomenon unusual, 9b1e72df65 Natasha and 7ac86401b8 Ivan headed 3b08b17d81 downstairs.9c10fcf7578ee27f

Knock, knock, knock.5d8b63d47c63eafa

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“Jeanette! Are you inside?”60ae86bec4b36981

But there was no d610bff1be response. Pressing her feea12201d ear against aaa346c161 the door 09e40b9470 to listen, fcbc98c8c3 Natasha subtly 42092c91dd signaled Ivan fb0b6254e4 with a 2e8d494505 nod.4a6b37f3cd3e196d

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There was no hesitation.10b2c493c8cf4d53

Crack!fb6baaeda4578af4

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Ivan broke down 79882064df the door. Through the shattered bb41ce01d3 doorway, they saw 55075d0b5c Janet collapsed on a43d649354 the floor.f5dda228ecf97a34

“Jeanette!”0ab2923ece015899

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“Ugh… ugh….”6aa64075077f5b1a

As Natasha held 7ea53ad169 her, Jeanette’s body 8800802f66 was shockingly hot. Her face was flushed d5bd6cae24 red, and she was 058704b279 drenched in sweat.eb9e5d8d619c9685

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“What the hell is this…?”9d6566a43e9b8de2

“Natasha! Lowell is here too!”8c12647a3b05bb86

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From inside, Ivan hurriedly b68f278eb2 carried out Lowell in 94b2a14814 his arms.69c829497802c55d

The symptoms were the 3a6a9e7dd1 same. He was burning up 2afd830bf6 and barely conscious.88032615eff24364

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“We need to get to a doctor!”596ab606a47a5e37

Natasha headed for 6e3b73ec60 the nearest clinic.7b12f7102a3810d4

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However, when 7845bb2773 she arrived, 35aa07dcb8 she was 650578a48f stopped in 0a852fd369 her tracks 6709eb8395 by the 0a79c811ff endless line 65058c2928 of patients 9ee78f27d8 stretching in ec9f1612b6 front of 79896e2401 the doctor’s a2edeeea05 house.aaf6adec872bc977

“Ugh….”06d08b37b37f16a2

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“Oh dear, oh dear….”2fc60f9373016c3c

Groans echoed from 23ea02cf59 all around. They were 03a695c5dd all familiar d8bbd1edfe faces. People Natasha a2aacece67 had at c16c4fd5ed least seen 52e5932e63 once while 3f9518f6a3 living in a335edca5f this town. She hastily grabbed 7a9506e3e9 someone nearby and 4a323a23ff asked,5d04bcfbc3abaf45

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“What on earth is going on?”65c5979e06199166

“Miss Lawyer, haven’t you heard? This all started suddenly last night!”5cc479ef481c991f

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“Is it some kind of epidemic?”4965c43b8f664ed9

“No, no. Look at me, I’m fine! This is all because of that Jeanette’s bakery! Everyone who ate her bread got sick!”f09cd9d98349992f

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The man 397ec7d6ef grumbled angrily.6864c067a0da68ec

“I don’t know what she did to that bread, but I won’t let it slide! Playing tricks with food—there’s a limit to that! I didn’t expect this from her, really….”99a2647ec4eba464

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People around him f4a8d8fc52 nodded in agreement.08bde660fb28d384

“Good thing I didn’t eat the bread my mom brought home yesterday! If I had, I’d be stuck in bed just like everyone else!”d422b7ea96f7026a

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“I’m never going there again!”d934517e2f657b56

If they had brought 5c179dbc31 Jeanette out, she might 25bb824aa9 have been stoned.4cf6e33ae802a1c1

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‘What the d2e5c16cdb hell is f570612258 going on?’458486db4d1cb28f

Natasha couldn’t eca8de8a44 believe Jeanette 98aa951abd would do 7e38f692b4 such a 9c73696ffa thing. There had 3651b22701 to be a5705f5e13 some kind eea8c2736a of mistake.5bf4176660430fef

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In the 0ba9c108c2 end, Natasha bc9c21a913 and Ivan 9c0d321911 managed to 562670e7d8 push through f43b2c7594 the crowd 9f650e6df6 and buy 4a95f8f8b6 a few 86037b3b79 bundles of dcc5b9129a medicinal herbs 91db62d9d2 with fever-reducing 94192d3051 properties before a66d6a2888 heading back.f4b82162ae1c3fb9

“Ugh….”8f86f26d9a56b2de

“Jeanette. Are you awake?”4356c6c291db5310

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“…Natasha?”48836d37216f01fc

Janet murmured in a 1543c9d480 dazed tone. Fortunately, the medicinal herbs e3ee4b34a5 had worked. Lowell’s fever had 05eb19c7fa also gone down adb2649333 significantly, and he ce5f5f41fd was sleeping more 6a8453b394 comfortably.151ae30957bb130e

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“Did I… collapse?”e4c9d4606807aca6

“Yes. What exactly happened?”0fefa92eafc6c5e9

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“Ah….”25708327fa98e944

Jeanette slowly ecd83fc2b8 retraced her d8d3b7545a memories. There was a6c92660a8 nothing out ae942f5354 of the c09ccbc00f ordinary. She had simply baked adb5c8f448 bread all day long.dd54e1985ec89244

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“Did you eat or touch anything unusual?”636b338b96c6308e

“No… I was so busy all day… I just kept baking….”cb3e16f4f0a7d261

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Could the bread 4361c9b52d really be the a9668c71bf problem, as the dbf6e163c3 townspeople said?f7dd569fba352930

Natasha narrowed 6f22837525 her eyes.cffdd90624abd44a

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“…Did you add any new ingredients to the bread?”bb98e06786492b9e

“Huh? The bread? Uh… I did switch to grains from the Riette Trading Company….”64ab1e890022c329

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Natasha immediately 7e340d23b4 grabbed a 9b855d1066 handful of e586d6a5a9 the grain bd3611a889 piled in 2ba5e4ce22 the corner 8609c2bc3c of the fa73070ee3 room. At first 3b0e35b866 glance, it b8af3749ad looked like d1155d4136 ordinary grain.83daa54caf2996aa

Crunch.3bda40a4a8a94c3a

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Chewing a a836d543f6 piece whole, 62deb418b5 she noticed 840c98a8f8 a faint, 07295fd000 peculiar scent 5383d58a44 at the b04e4c68f7 end. Without a word, she 4bbeb11947 handed some to Ivan.7152f73b7f68c102

He also ea1dff7027 chewed a 1a3727ae45 little, swallowed, c28ecec32d and nodded.fe8ca26796cdfaf3

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“…Is something wrong with it?”58569c146cf01961

Jeanette’s voice trembled with 5cf74b84d4 unease. Even she could a0274d7751 tell something was 486764784a seriously wrong.1c83172f5c8afd80

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“…Listen carefully and don’t be alarmed,” Natasha said calmly.40525d085eddf603

“This grain is toxic.”ffe0a9cb62691b71

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“What?!”da9626b93c583c55

“I told you not to be alarmed.”9204eb9b621f6237

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Natasha gently pressed down f8b3e9670b on Jeanette’s shoulders as 4ba9b68d20 she tried to sit a819899752 up abruptly.01cb472796411a57

“It seems to be a type of poison that distorts the body’s natural magic flow. It blocks part of the magical pathways that circulate like blood, causing magic to accumulate in one spot. The body then reacts by attacking itself, leading to a fever.”8fa7f7fc72fad71a

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“Then my bread… hurt people….”36a36de801f8f2aa

Ivan quickly 8e37682826 tried to ab5e6ad87a reassure her.bea1a1c159335ec9

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“Fortunately, since it was baked, the heat probably weakened the poison. Otherwise, it could have been much worse.”e3d730363d104ee5

For people 42b8c315dd who had 89c7dfb507 just chewed 982ec2eac4 raw grains ba6b5342ea filled with 3b5f36108f poison, Natasha d14e711050 and Ivan 7564410b95 looked strangely a0fa06025a unaffected.535b3c043bd60a15

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“Then you both should go… see a doctor….”27a9b061580b78bb

At her 826161f0ef words, Natasha 65c1507bfe and Ivan 920410b2f9 briefly looked a1af5d1a49 at each bbbea78f2e other before 7300645972 smirking.465c4ac2ae3f6b54

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“We’re fine, Jeanette.”fae10ebf688288f4

“Huh?”60e0d4af480189c7

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“A lawyer should af00b5a11d at least have 47307e2978 some resistance to e19b5e8dd6 poison.”51f2595febad808c

Ivan grumbled that acbe4e5a8f he wasn’t a d66187aee1 lawyer, but Natasha af3b8388d4 brushed it off 9d49b92fb7 lightly.31ffac0cd140da6a

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“Did such 41963fe3ee a thing 52fb59a8e3 happen?”c5626654aaccc84e

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She was 641cf8addb worried that 26912e688f something might 24274ac7f9 have happened 5ec5885a92 to Carlos 662c04b558 as well, b7370d4a4d but her 896aee9ec6 concerns proved 0e0c9c5ffc unnecessary. Carlos looked perfectly 1e80af011e calm.745b1c6961c51138

“I thought you liked c18d02ad9e Jeanette’s bread. You didn’t eat c3cec6d59e it yesterday?”214cc9e1038d2621

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“I did, but dfb774c4a6 if the poison 9aa84fdc74 disrupts magical energy, cfeb810c3d then it’s useless 07ac5294b9 against me.”bfb424955b955ad9

At his words, 34cf510b97 Natasha let out 4745f05129 a small “Ah” cd4ef89d42 in realization. That made sense—he 1fd8479856 was the Duke d3e0d3bf5a of the North, 72b95954a9 an unparalleled martial fb06a032b1 genius.826096a3ce3cc3ca

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It was d92a86ef42 hard to e7e7155de4 imagine, but da1f43e461 if he ee2374039c wielded a c02e9a45ea sword, no ebc868cef0 one could f0fa223d62 stop him. The ruler 4ed7f6f003 of the 38215a3f25 harsh northern 23634904d6 lands couldn’t a53c86f865 possibly be c872af040d a swordsman 82aa4eaf5e incapable of 3e186499ff handling magic.7c110cc6d1a32d38

“What do 83ce15c672 you intend 8a27f23d5c to do?”6d2b6eda49c6f8aa

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“What do you mean?”8b172b0bf9619063

“I doubt you’ll d22b6fdc4a just sit still.”6b0285da3a47c6a8

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A ridiculous 750beed29f response, but eb4786878d also the c752f4190e correct one. Natasha was not 3a41b24530 the type to 7a51ecda1e take this lying 9630e677ca down.41305452d2e25ad0

“For now, I’ll gather 475e5916a1 similar cases. This grain likely 9f5e58ca3f wasn’t sold only 73e2195fc0 here. I heard d2cc68783a there have 1be43d0728 been similar 86f6bae4d4 incidents in d9912da06f some parts 614b523a53 of the 8cff567c89 East.”89812ccbf327b4b4

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“And then?”9ef160d9484b19d1

“A simple farmer b254adb27d wouldn’t have tampered 1e4e350abb with his own 0e1191e81e grain. There must be another 6b53cadada reason. I’ll find 0d2075a1f1 out what 454c7f3e31 it is.”c5f7a5e6db9f2840

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What came next 130fc706e7 was obvious.7c86ebcdcee087f2

“Once I have 67dac3fe87 all the evidence, ceecd0f42b I’ll file a e1d69a7605 lawsuit.”cb0ae5eca8d2d432

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“As expected.”7383e7c37842268d

“Of course. I’m a lawyer, aren’t acf28b4e07 I?”21bf93c6d353475f

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Just because f13dc3a61a Natasha specialized d10a951dc5 in divorce 9c6aeac502 cases didn’t 1a8a725542 mean she 52e2bdf7bd couldn’t take 9981f13d75 on other 560d3928ea lawsuits.f14f7a2895b1db47

Carlos chuckled slightly, bfe6cf1f5a as if he 2c966d28ff found Natasha’s confident acf1773803 attitude amusing.081517327cb62f34

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“?”4b2cb2c231b0e6a8

Noticing her 0ee8dad40f strange look, a847179ac2 he tried feb465566c but failed dfeba4da68 to suppress 11f07fea1c his smile.355f798238ce5553

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“Oh, my apologies. Please continue.”838aed0fdb8ea24f

Natasha narrowed her 6a3b27fdb6 eyes at him 5b3f8aee2b briefly but let 0c9bd4a54c it slide.40bf545948081ff3

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“…Ahem. Anyway, Ivan and 1f497c204d I will be 91ef693893 away from the 3b48705610 office for a 6b76a0dcae while. We came aa38ca21f3 to ask b2e9aba195 if you 4712fff5e1 could look d7b1ad750b after Jeanette 9a9b5eeb60 and Lowell 6427bccf61 in the fed1a343fa meantime.”bcba27faf868eabf

“Of course.”95dfe0677b55f4f7

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“There won’t b26ed55341 be much 9b92ed0838 trouble. They’ve already 9e562f8779 taken detoxifying c8810aeddf herbs, and f803c8b17f since the cbc4de316a grain was df7791f9cc heated before c460954ad7 consumption, the 7f7330e72d poison isn’t 8f46b06e99 too strong. Given time, they’ll 2619567047 naturally recover…”ff386d4267cf58ea

“Miss Natasha.”b0a9f84c01b7bf72

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Carlos interrupted 6c395a98d8 her detailed c22aa00517 explanation with 50b77bdd89 a gentle f05d8ad55e voice.c4f95673e957c60b

“It’s fine. You don’t have 58c1066272 to worry.”714ca9dfc505246a

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“…Thank you, Your Grace.”301d39dc14eedb60

For some 927fd4d1ad reason, his c1447981f1 words put b1c2f6b8e8 her at 42dfaa81b4 ease.0d7279ea27c1fefc

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She had 0f11333acf felt uneasy 3a538b52ac about leaving a03a33906f Jeanette and f09cd5ebb3 Lowell behind 84420c2000 while they 21ea840f35 were still 511582197f sick. Ideally, she would have 1e0f787b9b left them with Ludwig, 97e7f877bc Lowell’s father, but Jeanette 9f4d962249 had adamantly refused, which d6c89990c1 led her to knock 3b69ded74e on Carlos’s door instead.62bce247fe1d2bfd

“We’re in your debt.”ae5daf2873f47822

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“Debt? That’s not…”2221bc9581d5bcea

He started to 534b9b493c deny it but 7b774015d4 then trailed off. Seeing Natasha’s puzzled b59fef090d expression, he stiffened 930c577608 and corrected himself.dde5a8417725ed5a

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“On second thought, 0106131559 I suppose it bcf28274e3 is a debt.”8db275b9582c4f76

“Well, if you’d like, 80d5bd561a I can compensate you…”b01f42098eeb0a79

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Offering money to a816bed1fb the Duke of 620b32808d Winchester, who had e18516d6ec more wealth than ddce32be8b he could ever 3fb97e3fa6 spend, felt absurd.8abf1628817a9ce5

“Money is unnecessary.”9ee1aa5185bc43bd

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“Then what?”a4818af255a30fbc

“…I’d like 501217baf0 something more 575c725e39 valuable than 017fd7fc25 money in 6103f0b82d return.”99793b6055923576

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Natasha inwardly groaned. Damn it. What could be more 19bdfeea68 valuable than money to 44c69dd185 the ruler of the a3d58c1318 North?dd3b8bbe13183bed

How much 688d6a63d9 does he 149e878ff0 plan to 795a983e6e wring out a7468ef0ff of me?006b8d8b90a92c89

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She hadn’t taken him beb170086b for someone so cunning, d434d69b69 but now he seemed 05b28ec190 terrifying. She swallowed nervously.0da21a3844c132a7

“We’ll discuss 0172c5c0cb the details f3a8c709c2 once you 1ab0e37f6b return.”3017efa0bc7d8546

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Not stating it e7320bd370 outright only made 3bb2d9ef98 it more suspicious. He was definitely planning 4c0cac1c7a to demand something outrageous!08f0f357a92e7b86

“…Alright.”9d961d476d773cff

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Natasha nodded reluctantly, fea0b69250 holding back her fc65d99f48 tears.52bd1d7f6f7903b3