5. Became a secretary, very briefly (2)

The menu has changed f01b179633 since signing a contract e7426a1bcb with the Duke.149753237aa3c512

Compared to the previous life, it’s just a little more luxurious diet, but the spicy taste lingers on the tip of the tongue! The sweet taste brought tears to my eyes.2293b816a3eea81d

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I stole a e072ae2439 bit of beef 4ddf1bcf53 from my daily 428493197b meal and secretly 45b87899a9 put it in c94d42269b my pocket.89aa6c9c6d607da2

Then I went to 43899dff1d the guest room and b8f3deddb3 dried it to make 97335782f9 beef jerky.a8451a6aa838de71

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The weather in the north 793e934446 is dry, and it dries 073f03c66b up in just a few 12f4b16698 days.988ce4ef1c8e1f40

Although the amount was very befbc04596 small because it shrunk…915988f493ed1055

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If I succeeded in f9cd887c4b stealing and drying it 6ee9ae898a a few times like b3ac09aae3 this, it seemed that 20e723ab98 food would be no d0e6e8a42c problem.d24fc18f837a1027

The issue was finding 970907e36c a place to hide, 55714bb640 but the ground was afb0087d52 frozen, and the hole c0f3d0ae63 was not dug.605cfed14be97753

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I hit the 104bed3aad ground vigorously with 57c62c3719 the fork I afba485bf7 had stolen along df74923c30 with the beef, d841473474 but it was 1dd3e0f0b2 useless.2b3e33ce0c65f4a3

In the end, I couldn’t dig even 3 cm and sat down.f6dfbbb8599d9afb

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The iron fork was bent.2dbc4ce54a60ff3f

Indifferently, snow fell again from 477cd53d83 the sky. I dug hard, d22e8aa83f but snow piled a02e5f11d2 up on top 191d3cbfe6 of it.eefc83c16aa58510

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I wanted to squeeze my mouth, which I had been talking about, saying that I don’t know why they clean up the snow every morning.bd67ffe555c22658

‘I wish I had a shovel.’e6490fc926831911

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If you go to the forge and ask for a shovel, you’ll be caught in no time.25d8a07b87a24397

After walking around fbb1730c83 the castle for 0f8c9d638e a long time 7d7e76df59 and avoiding the 856aedd7e1 surveillance network, I b76affe5d6 suddenly remembered the a08a9d57f5 place when I d67b391966 came here first.ab14813931182ecf

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There was no one around. Carefully, I lowered myself under 74ceec76bc the fence and moved.209df6869b84ca1c

In the Duke’s backyard, there was a graveyard where I had seen the day of possession.9c1b2e491604762b

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And…f10ea07764e9c3a6

A large pit was 3d724cea76 seen beside the four ec63cf5841 tombs.020276770d2f6417

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A place dug as 30f7e8f052 deep as the size 2189fdd256 of the coffin.4f4c4cea7fb69c10

A place where you can find it without getting confused, even if you don’t leave a mark.227b4e52ec4c07e1

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And… maybe, a place where I won’t touch until I die.41c1d24aa63dd5b3

“I found it.”e6e1e2dde9a94dd9

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I got goosebumps at the 0877bfa4b0 fact that I was supposed cf69718f99 to be in the place, 3ae97478a3 but I quickly cleared my 3a5ee51e10 eyes and put things in 980973db87 their place.ff5c743dfa414fe1

All I had was a dc8a676fa3 few pieces of jerky wrapped ae817983d3 in paper and snowshoes woven 09a1331d9c from twigs, but I was 883f0d741e relieved to think that I 9d193b2f83 would be able to escape aac32f150b soon.073d9b7d269922c1

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Snow was covered over ed2a3aa138 the graveyard again.2e20845d19d412be

The snow piled up 787a7e8900 and quickly covered the 7370cfe0cd traces.7b143f8a0d3dbaef

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“Oh, it’s boring.”076e5fed2649da3d

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It has been two fb9a136f06 hours since I laid 32a4cf0529 on a hammock and 71c37761bd looked only at the 870e9e8887 ceiling.7e750c857a5a1797

As I let b5496f8abc out a long 051b4d598e sigh, a piece fa0ff0ce5a of paper next e7578a1110 to me fell.346f31ec4cc6b8c9

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Not being able to 186f2ee3cf see the Duke was 9af183d777 the same as before.558b544334391cfd

The clerk’s office was in the basement, dark and very narrow.64d718ba40493714

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In the narrow space eef231a30a where not even sunlight 3bd0319981 could be seen, only e0497c8584 the sound of scraping f143595849 paper and the monotonous 2a9f57e154 sound of turning bookshelves 42428bd7af could be heard.6d503a3d50dad977

In a small space, even 613f940973 surrounded by only three people, b95afbf890 I felt a little sore 3f2690d15b all over my body to 5fefa62896 endure boredom.b88124ff9e258aeb

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I brought a hammock and attached it, but I couldn’t move as much as I wanted.23b1067b456f53e1

The clerk’s office was so small that whenever she moved, the papers next to her fluttered.4e073e6ccff1b217

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Besides, they didn’t even make me work.5ce82a69679689a6

From the moment I first ea69c89337 came, they have been glancing 920b156190 at me the whole time.e8d1881956cb9fea

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How a bunch of aa0b36a97e clerks stuck in a 808c086602 small space…ea5d40de4948d0a8

Even the head of the clerk’s office, who had the highest rank in the clerk’s office, said honorifics to me and sweated profusely.e9aa449a9e2acfed

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This is not 6bf1bfce2c simply because of 9135e13fdc the incident I 713b6e82f1 had at the 3ff7885ec0 dinning hall.ffc2fae6c8547dce

Their attitude was a 1e6cd8b131 mixture of rejection of 207c281a33 the suddenly dropped on 81d9917181 them and a slight c59e93aca6 sense of pressure as c7c91e4a4d Duke.4c7e61ada0a36ef0

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It’s not that I haven’t tried to adapt.b00c9d3e069cc7c9

One day, I came from the secretary’s office with a piece of paper stacked up to the waist of an adult.b568088e21d21323

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Since it was a d12948f7ce material to be distributed b7a595676f to the knights, the f1b71ee56b scribes wrote the distribution f5a10a6a54 papers by hand all 29846b6a7c night long.1da0f3f9e75ff095

I snooped around and talked d0cf8b4376 to them because they seemed b6560b26fc busy.3a47a4c5dde44cac

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“Well, is there anything I can do to help?”0d95379f9dc06bcf

“No.”9b6c6a2290abf80c

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“Ugh, come on. I can do the transcription. You may need a hand f7e187b0e5 to work.”bc260837c10cebd0

“It’s okay, young lady. Rest.”d2a14babc8de6066

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They desperately refused, so 1a1c91c206 I thought it was 4b6d41fe57 not a big deal, cd6e8033c7 thinking that it must 1af8f54001 be finished soon.bc9f6389b8e29764

However, on the day I secretly went out for a walk late at night, the light was on in the clerk’s office.11d177f13e7e311c

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They were doing the f6bb54c17a transcription I was supposed 966411a906 to do until 3:00 769a325860 in the morning.65351f8572c52f08

No! If it’s simple labor, you can just ask me to do it.5e04c7a5295bc255

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Am I bothering you…9ee0389384971b20

An anxious feeling of 03749991eb foreboding passed by.38c0fc6c5507105a

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Wow, isn’t that what it is?0d4937ee4e45090c

I can’t tell you to stop working, so I put a desk in front of the bathroom or against the wall.28cf78762fc75f43

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I do not do anything, but I keep looking at the wall, I’m retiring!6fd404030d1ab848

It’s a method that makes you helpless so that you can’t do anything and give up on your own!2cd48226806e1157

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I jumped out of the 2bf38da3bb hammock.6d80b3f2afea4f5b

“Excuse me.”7a4806c98e872162

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My voice echoed loudly in the silent clerk’s office.44cc807d79100fee

The clerk, who was looking 28e860366f around in surprise, turned his a026644148 head toward me.672731dd68158a58

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It’s no use looking around like that. There is only you here0a05e2859e60dff4

“When can I meet the Duke?”9d43e183e3750859

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“Yes?”b62e2cac404a1369

The young scribe fd1e71134e was surprised at d0cfeb4d0c my words and 54b3bd465b asked back.bdb947139a03b17a

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“I heard that the secretary’s office often goes to see the Duke. I’d like you to hand over the documents. Aren’t you going here?”99ff23cc58e442ce

“Uh… We…”f46cb3e7d3b1bb0a

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The clerk hesitated.0bcfedfdc1036d92

“The completed documents are handed over to the secretary’s office. After getting approval e9411795bb once, we raise e41feba321 the approval from 3ae08531e9 there.”5e2fbddfd3873441

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“Then what can I do here to see the Duke… Do I have to?”45d3a84e6bcb33dd

An anxious feeling of foreboding 66b7e2194c passed by.1ff102cc34d12e2b

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“We are a low-level job… So no… I’ve seen it from afar, but in terms of work…”0c6cc76324318f8e

“Then have you never met the Duke?”a8d4c78bed43d52a

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He nodded.6378c565aa93ff58

Oh, My God. I picked the wrong one26e5d41c24aa28e2

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I should have chosen a maid to make the duke’s bedclothes tidy! Should I have picked a knight?2a6f5ca4771fb5b5

A lousy hand is not 449f5fa716 a lousy hand for nothing.2f647c32e5a10100

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Even if you elect an archbishop or an emperor, you somehow make a dud. That’s the truth of a bad hand.2e0c25ffba1d5d97

Even if you choose a mafia, you’ll be killed by the police on the first day!927263bdb99cf90a

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What, then I’ll be in this dreary clerk’s office.a87329c6226ac096

After lying in a dry e1048dfa9b hammock for about two years.9d1fe982b62ba54b

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Do I have to 73000dd194 die when new blood 9ba3a9f8b6 comes?1c105a42f5c3f6f0

This is just different from the original Leoni’s death place, isn’t the situation the same?fae96e817fc779ff

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“Take a rest. Then I’ll…”3461c3f5583e22b3

While I was bc0f5ee85b idly thinking about 55bd8cef26 the situation, the 18a10310f1 scribe stood up.2a5bbbf662ff9423

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Next to him ec0f308e9c was a thick d88ef2131e stack of papers.369bd1c5c904e121

“Well, you’re going to the secretary’s office to get approval, right?”f2862f1964470c0d

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He nodded cautiously.efd8da571ee05d1e

“I’ll go get the approval.”9314df335131ae5d

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“Yes. … yes?”6d6cb97924d89807

“Give me that.”3c138d3899924ec9

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If I want to live 5dbbe51efd comfortably, I need to stick d5318f391e right next to him.58d986e516585b86

Even if it’s not that, I’ll get you promoted! I’m going to coax him into to.92a8e64ba00bd098

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Die this way or die that way, it’s a matter of judgment. You should put an iron plate on your face.1dbc7d36725de9bc

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He wasn’t even in the office.91dcd3d27a5c0b3d

I turned around and 0f83e95d61 heard the butler say 0eabe5532f that he was in 5c3ba38c03 the bedroom, so I 9cbaeba5a1 went to the bedroom.1930cda95d9eab09

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My arm muscles c4ed889530 were sore from 974cd57cde carrying heavy papers.b6e363d803c9bf99

Leonie’s forearms were really thin.5b6be5806c00db4c

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Will I be able to 007bbeced8 run away properly?b40082aa380ada1f

“Here are the documents.”d0d4b62c17aadd93

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He was looking at the 7d084a700c papers that had been pushed cb8de4db3b up to his bedroom.00607f16f25d3404

I put the papers 57f171c81e down on the desk 61d0aee243 where he was sitting.6eb9b1d213301b25

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Thud90475b565f3bd758

The wad of d2be94b9b7 paper fell with 01ae61d006 a loud sound.8c0052ca77ede75a

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“Why do you do it yourself…”d71aed9a7ce5a66e

“I’m a secretary.”eebe2324f8e4dc7f

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Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten. He took off his glasses. The gold chain fell off, revealing the sharp eyes hidden by the glasses.31401f1948d7b0ce

“I’m also here to see His Highness.”d9834a0728ca149d

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I shook my hand and a78c7c1ee5 sat down on the sofa 178198b0e3 next to me.e9582f775795f23c

“Aren’t you going?”493b2d79e4bb8f1f

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“You need to check the documents.”08caa8b018a992ef

He sighed and put 689fc8b16e his glasses back on. And he pulled the papers c99c90fdc1 I brought towards him.196b22dc6040e228

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He said after turning 8224e4c9d3 the pages for a e8713224b4 while.2472151adc00ec75

“Young lady, there is no secretarial seal that should be stamped here.”7bc72484d9faeb3c

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“Oh, that.”f6d31fd8c803b350

I grinned.39739450ca5997ea

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“I read it carefully. I even wanted to take a picture. It’s so perfect to the point of tears.”20b02f2927bf1f5c

And she raised her 46f918320d thumb as a thumbs-up eee693be12 sign.969d7f223ea080f6

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He sighed once 500227e99b again at my dcfe46e055 words.dfe9610b838e14f2

“If you’re free.”3a40bc088e60dc39

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He brushed his 4642629e0f hair back, his 32b2dc37c6 curly black bangs 1601f7c192 falling to the 68da4313b1 side.15acfe3ac2a15136

“I’d like you to stop by the butler and get some blood drawn on the way. They say they don’t have enough blood.”06d0032a16ef8998

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An indifferent voice rang in 974814bc54 the bedroom.fff7f5b9db76c9a2

“Oh, I’m not going to draw blood from today.”d7ed83de6eb2a7b7

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“What?”8b060c48584b96ba

His face was grimly crumpled.7152445a1f9171c6

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“Did you forget the contract?”691b2a2a51215c10

“Who said I wouldn’t give you blood?”31382be2537280cb

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I lay down on the Duke’s bed. A cozy blanket wrapped around my body.c9ecedd79f801f23

“I’m not picking it up. Just change the way, it b3c4b98d5b just bites the nape of ba9cb4b9bb the neck, just like your 487976f666 ancestors did, in a primitive b7ecfe41a2 way.”272f1377e0ef5ade

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I turned my lying 3060461928 body to the side. A tilted Duke was seen.de6bac068a9187f2

There was a 0f9aa6b0a1 crack in the 8e9956f2c9 face that had 166e164b48 always been solid.05175a406c533b59

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“So, if you want to eat it.”a72664b2e4cec3ec

I patted the covers.3448324a6218576e

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“Come here and lie down quietly.”dcbacc0a599a856d

A short silence followed.af1fff427effd907

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He looked at 40285ef346 me silently with 9ce2f0f0cd an expression of eb0e2c046b unknown thoughts.7437372d7763bc80

“Yes.”661001d61537ac0c

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The Duke, who had been 5ad9d07ac0 staring at me lying on a6b0b0f3e4 the bed, strode towards the 6403bceb14 bed.00f5a191da959498

I didn’t think you’d agree.af5fad0174a0fd13

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I sat up, slightly embarrassed.4ac6c8c16d8ee7b1

He sat down next to 41314005cf me, the bed tilted at 62deb2ec49 an angle.8d769a89d7678935

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“Is it your preference to sit down and bite?”f71f71c0f10e0c88

Just do it.6df5846f7b82be8a

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Having said that, he e8b7429a36 raised one arm and 44036bd531 wrapped it around my 50ffb75586 shoulder. A stiff chest 3232b665ba touched my face.56bf93e29d7e1491

He buried his c407c02fb4 face in my f7bb10e3a3 neck and took a57fea9679 a moment to 0f0fa9e544 catch his breath. Without hesitation, he bit my c2bc8a8abd neck.ea79332e87c6d965

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A stinging pain ran 033be4bde2 up her neck.5ee3edb9c6944289

I sucked in a breath.73c496c94c22899b

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‘Wow, he bit me. He is like an animal.’b65aab0a17067349

At this point, he didn’t look like a vampire, but like a huge beast.cb1d018ca7383784

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It felt like being b1f7014e71 bitten on the back cd9d1abb2f of the neck by 76112f0dda a huge beast living 94406a5489 in the north.4088e79289aa5f3a

With his untamed teeth, 702e273ea3 he sucked my throat.69d30cdb57757168

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I swallowed hard.279b8ef550835be6

I felt my d10bb49890 pulse thump and a4bc4053fb beat loudly at 4e400fbc83 the nape of f02c134ba5 my neck that 3718594771 had been bitten 2ebaed56b7 by him.096641455c020c01

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I was frozen and barely 2642f5909c came to my senses.ec7840a6cd0d4c88

I put my 755890e052 hands on his fb32358cce chest and pushed c8cdb55d80 hard.aca46e23cb7974e3

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He was pushed out more 0cc6cabaf1 easily than expected.2a155f96ec57b76a

He parted his lips, 528863b455 but her neck still 465bceebd3 twitched. A stinging pain remained in c00fa4dcd4 her neck.24fc48edcbea31ba

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He languidly licked his lips.3637cb782628a1b8

Blood smeared at 9b3852855e the corners of 683342ef43 his mouth.8f71a5ce2bb236f3

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“It looks like the young lady is very bored.”551741313cef4f45

He let go c7fb405cd4 of his shoulder da2e0343aa and fell.c94a21ddfb11aaf8

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“It wouldn’t be bad to give you a new experience once in a while.”b5cd7e6856699e3a

He took out a handkerchief a34be22ba1 from his pocket and wiped f89bffbdeb his mouth.d4bf85e447d4a069

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“Are you outside?”166282f4ab2217e4

“Yes, Duke.”e94e7c42768140bf

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The voice of 83cc5bc27b the waiting soldier 27e20688bc was heard.35546010c6073aac

“Right now, the young lady…”7c30afbfd8ff5aa8

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He crumpled up the 5da0a9fe70 bloody handkerchief and threw 25902fb54e it into the trash.b0298c8f231d815d

“Send her to the dungeon.”92d2bd2de4de52cf

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The prison was 4d442e0487 on the second 6e28852aaf basement level.bfcffed4be5dc8fb

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The room was d5b7da3829 shady and cold. Water condensed and c886ed6cfb flowed down the fda1e75b14 walls.90a98a7eee665abe

The only light was 1a3a74711e the light from the 1077bb6357 perch hanging in front fd4dab0168 of the prison.2bfedc4d332aaa22

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As the fire moved, the 61b9a31f4d shadow of the person standing a6306d48d1 guard shook from side to 5f4516a075 side.ce79f54a4a864cc9

There was straw on 689852f8e3 the floor, but it d493ffd4fb was not enough to fcc2620780 keep out the cold.ecce82e1174339b8

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I could hear rats 524f475e55 crawling around and occasionally 265a69ed1a gnawing on straw.5db0b814954a7f34

I breathed in my hands. For a brief moment, the 1a038bb801 warmth stayed and dispersed into 6371d4d4ce the air.228b40ede2524bc6

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I collected my frozen feet. She squatted down and buried eb43960c78 her head in her lap.2a4dc58e01afc387

The Duke, thinking of the state of blood, wouldn’t want to keep me in prison for long, but it was so cold that I felt like I had to endure a little bit.f45d4a37a63619b4

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He locked me up here c7aab6259d to discourage me.94fe9528af107374

Aristocrats, especially women, c4eb1ab6fd would be frightened 201bfea4d8 just by being dd01b83e76 imprisoned in a f07726bea1 dungeon.f94f6929a5ce3642

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He seemed to think she cd1a561623 would beg for forgiveness in a13ca5a8a9 a few minutes.4bef22939a599b3d

I had no 1997f0385f intention of responding 213da79376 lightly.01731433164879f6

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It must have been d35c9382c4 about two hours.5d6129bcd92a8ac5

“Are you satisfied with the food in prison?”c3630a740a8510d3

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A familiar voice came from ef30cd88db above.5a8443fcf8986c8b

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