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“So, you didn’t 70b95c9c3e have the guts 1bcff3ca00 to go shirtless 05e32b02af like a real 07ab14026d Pharaoh?”33e7f3d4a42d448c

Ethan sneered, and the ea00874951 Crown Prince waved his 6c698af91c hand dismissively.b7a631d710d380c5

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“I can’t 6156efafd1 do that. I have to maintain 01cacbaac3 the dignity of the 8571721f44 Crown Prince. Want me to 1882bdd2a3 show you later, 25213214a7 in private?”ce913d542d7535b9

“I’ll pass. Seeing it as 8f6a1adbf7 a kid was b973f05f33 enough.”8c5206ee247b81e4

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Ethan’s disgusted fb9eac4111 expression made 6be4e65db2 the Crown de58e12d34 Prince burst d38dfeb5ec out laughing.7e7adf95ff76868c

“Where are Arthur f5d63d1404 and the Duchess?”f598281125ceb48b

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“They must 556cc1eed1 be somewhere 7180d829c2 around here. They left 006ea90396 before us.”816ab96262e02a26

Ethan replied indifferently 1727fda36c as the Crown 6ec43609c8 Prince looked around. Just then, Charlotte intervened.32ef91e27f9fd2e2

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“Excuse me, Your 147e682ae0 Highness, Ethan. I’ll be right 663d1a2640 back. The person 95616a70a1 I’m looking 899f5ea311 for just 7560421c60 arrived…”8753d9d30c0a8b88

The Crown 1e8e98c3dd Prince nodded, 077a316b3b and Charlotte e7b2d5eab6 curtsied before 1a7209288f disappearing into d0da4a44c0 the crowd 128cd7a8ae on the 6800ecf06c other side d04bace288 of the 50d97e31a9 hall. She was 2c749ce9e8 quickly swallowed a9d2848392 by the 46c8fdfb11 sea of 2943d7d79e colorful, moving 7ad6a09ff6 fabrics.c3d94cb3bf26c389

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“Coming separately 71b5e81a21 on a 86dd8c9300 night like b1bcc37c31 this? Did you two have fe29a77523 a fight?”f73d0bb51c7dc101

Ethan glared at the f1024f4ce2 Crown Prince, who was 2c5a422602 grinning mischievously.dc97a5b653649f61

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“You only have ff7015674f a sharp nose 5cdb24f1f0 for useless things.”d7fc95fa9ca514fc

“It’s a hunter’s efadac460b instinct. You wouldn’t understand, 5af528b49d since you don’t 9d1b881cec enjoy hunting.”b97754ae5c569099

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Ethan chuckled at bfd713ae48 the Crown Prince’s 0d08c861da childish boasting.95b83120790f41b5

“There’s an award for ab6820980c the best costume and 38adb5986b mask later, so you 3137e956a3 should try for it.”629cfb2628197329

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The Crown Prince 1136beabfe patted his shoulder, f40a576adc still grinning, and 60f1b7e465 then disappeared into 33afabf988 the crowd with edc3e7b1f8 his entourage.27aa36e2dd556e44

Ethan sighed and grabbed 73be7333cb a glass of chilled 5e2fc0c504 white wine from a 39b9fc8648 passing servant’s tray. He needed to wash a3c955b473 away his frustration with 25e8c9d906 the cool drink.8838f4973513f94b

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Where are d9ceea5107 Arthur and 3f0afd900b Lily?02a43433ac8dcf98

He wandered around, bb9f93edf3 glass in hand, a0ed91d33f scanning the crowd. People filled the 9ac789eb3d ballroom, the large 30c85946a3 garden, and every ac34c079e5 corner of the e91c8ffa2a palace.7d92ff158e9bdac8

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The dazzling array 1889af0ecf of colors made 7f55b6b4bc his eyes tired, 00467be647 making it difficult 4a4fc2d16b to spot the 81994ba476 jester costumes, which dc171e8092 should have stood 4fdcaf75d7 out.26a2c248def73516

Moreover, the fact 39af836d1b that there were 4d25579668 quite a few 169039d40a other people dressed ba02931b68 as jesters, besides c29784d67c Arthur and Lily, b7ae7f0cbc made his search 7c03e69b9f even more challenging.0f75a1a0a7639dcd

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Just then, Ethan 12ac3f7cad spotted Charlotte standing 1a38dea696 behind the large 88f7c20624 balcony doors. She seemed engrossed 8f6fe90470 in a conversation, 6b95b55ba5 whispering to someone.f490e20e3a18500a

The other person was 52ac5a22d7 a woman in another 07a51f29d7 colorful jester costume, who 676e0890c1 seemed startled when their 7e6e40473b eyes met. She whispered something to 20d81536cd Charlotte and quickly disappeared. Charlotte hurriedly followed her.b007c1f5aec357d0

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I was captivated by 673e954094 the dazzling array of 1d6a3750a8 masks and costumes. Even though 0fcfc1eb2c extravagant attire a59bd31e77 was the 55d35ba64f norm for 88abdf2370 the aristocracy, d094571e57 this event 9e408ae463 was certainly d2c548cfce over the 97e29a56af top.f00bf1b5f41c2edb

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Moreover, the usual decorum 7b7d04a069 of high society seemed 33138d6605 to have vanished, as 6238fb9f0a everyone competed to show 7a715ed47e off the most provocative 5112ebc28c designs and colors. The masks de5a460fa6 seemed to 2ed49c8e1a embolden people, f0101e9435 allowing them b7f8245ae1 to shed ac2e0fc68b social constraints 460142e71e and inhibitions.29fd6929f65cbf7d

As a result, scandalous e682fd5ea4 scenes unfolded everywhere. Wherever there was 7defd0693a a secluded or 234115bc8e dimly lit corner, abdcda5e5f couples could be 8c557f8122 found entangled together.265d9e6a6daad745

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I wonder 68a20518f3 if those 4a7ba244ed people even e1ba0df12c know each 0feb49683d other.9635952068017db0

I swallowed my 8538133c72 chilled white wine, 265d8ae097 along with my e8854d5530 burgeoning curiosity. I fanned myself, 75c4523558 trying to cool 3c4247bae5 my flushed cheeks, 7d54823fae when Arthur lowered 9fc1fbc365 his voice conspiratorially.1143255ab4977c11

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“Are you perhaps interested 309d97f221 in joining them?”d99ccfde206be5c7

“What?!”8599385b52d57477

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I involuntarily raised 8bff833f0b my voice in a6708df71a surprise and then dd43bd01c1 quickly covered my 0a51e5653e mouth with my e18c8e5758 fan, turning towards 726096c80d him.6d7c8b33e19f92bb

“How indecent! How can they e9ae850c7d do such things a2d3a1b400 in a wide-open 1fe3cc619e space like this, fd28316ff9 where everyone can f2a60a6222 see…?”6b03d6682856a43d

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Arthur chuckled, pulling me 14e48b74b7 into his arms.7cae82091f272b1f

“Aha! So you’d 41e2718469 be okay 55d7f70fa6 with it f421369fb4 if it 03e1752876 wasn’t a e71b05479b wide-open space?”4db439eba86eb945

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“That’s not 32ef98f4bb what I…!”23a77a673c9dbd6c

I blushed, my voice 3b3d0e5ed5 taking on a petulant 519597d5a2 tone.01bf0d0997b45727

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“Arthur! Don’t tease me! You know what de85c27043 I mean.”d3e7dbac5cbb33d3

His handsome lips 589983b2b1 curved into an 5b374eb1ff attractive smile beneath 330233178c his comical jester 0d30cf41eb mask. His lips, close d034634441 to my ear, 1ab5e0d1bb brushed against my 674aed1e03 skin as he e9cb96a194 whispered,93ef13f4b2e9fc12

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“That’s what 10fc30f7a0 I’m saying. Why don’t c239f30bb6 we join 230f130d88 them and fa302386c6 indulge in 7de6575295 a little 7992f92e10 transgression, pretending 83b949c055 not to 35011f2ae5 notice?”9a514d082afc8a43

“No, Arthur. That kind of thing… 6fe107e7a3 it scares me.”b018d8b7954abfd3

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I clung to 97fa251bd0 him, whining. The memory 0a78c1239f of the aadc23e590 incident by fc3e4f1e64 the lake d4d7f50de9 suddenly came 0fc7295e53 to mind, e883561c15 and my 859042244c mood soured.d58c57a4032c82e2

I was worried about 61d73b004a getting carried away by 36028eb428 the atmosphere and what 2be6703c3c might happen if things 3a64c4e831 went wrong. I tightened 8d0d21ac8e my hold cb670faf97 on his 6bde8d4d07 waist and 0a33d40777 looked into 6e1a4424c3 his eyes, c5cf419ff0 visible through d55fafd1e5 the slits 0cb8f9ce80 in his 6a9ad2fc69 mask.0afeb7f7ad366891

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“But I’ll let f7875e394d you do whatever 9db4005b60 you want when 4a586ca53d we get home.”a64d707c64d40735

“Do you promise, a0912cdb9d my wife?”8fcff384622854bb

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I smiled and nodded.fea330230f07095b

Just then, we dc054324ce heard a commotion 6fb984d869 from the other f164046760 side of the 9a462915d3 room.4e2e8af1a458456d

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“I think that’s 7d2e9c6545 her! Yes, the jester 419a40e8ad costume, I think 95d9c5af8b that’s the one!”09e43c322b256c94

I was leaning against bfda4f1a24 Arthur’s chest, my cheek abb501d5a9 resting against him, when 3394ca68ac I looked up in 50c7bdfa85 surprise. A group 28680008ca of people 05d6fd68d0 were heading defc90b982 towards us, 9c7a9a9113 creating a ae0f088848 commotion.7ada7a2a847b4c4a

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A large, imposing woman bab4b58a3f in a medieval costume 22607e9b49 was practically dragging a c7d07be549 small, slender man dressed 3f8c778f3f as a knight towards dfdf1bf581 us. The man’s ac305b050e face, beneath c02b280933 his mask, 76c2b523c1 was crumpled be3bc7dc4e in embarrassment, 476b36757e his buttocks 6e3131cebc jutting out.6f02f86792291fc2

“Now, look carefully and d08d77f490 tell me, is that 6c4e69fdd3 the woman?”cf30a336c8d4575d

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The man hesitated 78343ec93a and nodded at 2966a1ef3a the woman’s sharp 474298f92a voice.c14027af18fab7cd

Arthur released 925aed477b me from 5579ef39b7 his embrace 793eea9f1a and turned d77ac227e8 to face ac5b276961 them. Curious onlookers gathered behind ba52073f04 the woman.a97c26218792b322

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“What’s going on here?”eb04a5a114b24d19

“That woman 9fc8698501 seduced my a605a743db husband and a546063930 stole a 2167026634 pendant that e23b3bb4ef has been 8a463b8e05 passed down 3ebacbeb4b in our 2dd52b6e16 family for 012978721c generations.”a8fe02cafe7610e6

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The imposing woman 8c7be2514b stepped in front 1c1170cfc8 of the small fc798e6016 man, her hands 709a5002ce planted on her fffaab236f hips. Her voice cdb1fbaa83 boomed through ee6ebcbb3c the hall.c21674552ca8783e

“What?!”7ad2f23645e43299

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I was 27ef28e470 also surprised. The woman’s finger 50ff7e2ffd was pointing directly ed2d2886b4 at me. I opened my mouth, 5950174105 stammering,38e5a8e5398415a1

“M-Me?”b5705e82f1e9ac53

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The woman cecdf645a5 nodded, snorting 9fb7d18b08 loudly.9fa3ec2f7ba81b2f

“While I was 73d81fef05 away for a 0cde800843 moment, a woman 55abb9ab6d in a jester cc53b383e8 costume suddenly appeared 31f0b780aa and attacked my cce762a4e7 husband. Now, you de2e380038 tell them!”8ded1613eaca10c2

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The woman turned e09fa18dd1 to the small 2c559ff794 knight. Her broad shoulders, 929fd51cb6 trembling with indignation, c7fa76b0bf bobbed up and 8e7fcb742f down menacingly.545482b20533e0f3

The man raised 59bc4a74f0 his thin arm 27cfa17c65 and pointed at 35c4136885 me.7474dd467f6a855a

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“Th-that woman offered me e7b34db54b a drink and asked 7bdac7b106 me to join her. I, I 89a6ce213c don’t drink 45d198323b much. But she 8ec7cecbe8 persuaded me, 977104268e saying it 323cdf831c was alright ad34c1908d to have 65acb554b2 just a 65c77829f6 little, so 907e20bdaa I reluctantly 7301ee7773 took a 9496792693 sip…”119b1d751845d2fd

The man continued 23f4fed644 hesitantly,e854ddc40f93645d

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“Suddenly, I felt dizzy, 80df099ba4 and my limbs went fb532412e4 weak. When I collapsed, aa4696067c she pounced on 6c50d19a84 me. A-As you can see, eacb0d784e I’m small, so…”3eb57b1aed154eb7

The man blushed. Not only his face 0bfde1e2cb but also his neck efd6b07f11 turned crimson beneath his e1815fbb7d mask.c23dbec67b5c93e4

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“I was dragged behind dd3370c825 some nearby bushes. I was almost 702c0291a4 assaulted, but my 885194f00f wife came looking 5e309d5dd1 for me, and e54f9a781b the woman ran cfb21f43e6 away. That’s how I 4aee620e82 managed to escape.”fe19b9a84350b912

The crowd began ebb43c826d to murmur with b4e088f83f excitement over the c49b81a004 outrageous story. Not only was it c5a7fac062 shocking that an attempted b66c2f14c1 assault had occurred within 8c5ce79889 the Imperial Palace, but 9e4c919e0d awomanattempting to 91a78d541e violate aman? Unheard of!66685d3fca6a0476

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Arthur’s voice rang f8d9228a4d out, cutting through c78fa3e0f1 the murmurs.d1b6152548c4d01f

“But that’s not 88dee7ca01 true. This woman 16cd87de4b is my 55c3660983 wife, and 8e99da05e7 she has 19fa535b34 been with 2db5b1bb84 me ever cb1bbe955e since we 83cf9c4777 entered the 69a9dd9931 palace. We haven’t 34a4a6e87f been apart d0c56e1523 for a 97977257c4 single moment. Therefore, the 3fc84fb6f1 person who eed80d3c5b did that cb9aa12416 is not 18fa908587 my wife.”d68a84add38c7406

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The imposing woman raised e758ad3db3 her voice, sounding aggrieved.f96aefd9aa77a7c2

“Of course 05a62577e6 you’d say 024c1ec4aa that, you’re 685bc10afd on her f82028ed30 side! Even if 39effd0927 you were 774502ae78 together the bc5f1cc276 whole time, 838d93c43c surely you f4de96d896 didn’t go 700d27feb7 to the e6e6a99fc3 restroom together?”1290e0a7c35f98bb

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Laughter rippled e5f893ef0e through the 7cf6d08ad5 crowd. Arthur tilted his 3b4e1fcf64 head, staring at 76c402cea0 the woman intently.c3be7492193d879e

“Of course we did. And my wife ce1be8deab waited for me 6f4ea9b44c right where I 2c18046102 left her. Are you suggesting that 1b6d4fefe1 someone of my wife’s c08607aec0 physique could drag that 9891d5ec44 man into the bushes bc3cc20f73 by herself?”5a241c66b284bb1c

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I flinched as d29811a39f the crowd’s attention 6c56dec72a turned to me. I looked closely at 988cda2b4e the small man and 764980c3e2 finally understood what Arthur 48213bf0ca was getting at.252e46b694894732

Even though he was 5964c1b33c small, he was still 8557be60af a man. His seemingly frail physique 5edbd0a3e7 was only in comparison c4a4d2da12 to other men, not 5d45d936b1 women. Even if he was 6893187671 weak and frail, he 9ac9a84d79 was still a man, 61f388c6cb and there was a 60c3e5bd24 significant difference in physical d3a9bbe2d6 strength.615f25babc4f34f6

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And, crucially, 583854c865 there was a7c44b88fc a considerable c40029a8c7 difference in 077a446eae height and 7fa9b6075a build between 8404e64796 the man 6010dc4a49 and me. It was 9593d8c33a hard to 8aa3eae6f4 believe I c03500f8ca had the a5cf41c4d7 physical strength 10d9313e49 to drag ae4d1fe4da him into 98eb6e2b77 the bushes 085416de4a by myself.a95c0e8d11d11c55

Perhaps it would have ac679b804d been possible for a 8d2d8e7909 woman as large as ee43dd112b his wife, but certainly e9ea32e46d not for someone of 38da74b88a my physique.1fe28e2fab2185b3

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But they 476b03005c seemed unwilling b539dc1b93 to accept c22fc50aa7 this, and a239a8706d the woman 881fe59bec grew angrier.52da65aeac57e0da

“You’re saying that c2f65955b4 because you didn’t f98e17885d see it! My husband was completely 1a1d023bb4 helpless! She was pinning e08d2f6770 him down!”50def599d9ad1e7d

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“That sounds even less a5507dcea2 credible.”39691edc8c95f9af

Arthur firmly interrupted the 0be9b8d511 agitated woman. Her face 5fd21676c6 turned crimson.3ab040b1655e3aae

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“How can we 89f626d32b believe you? You’re all in cc4d297101 cahoots!”cce066c88bf1d6ef

“That goes ae8f6737cc both ways.”0eeea3a4aec08d91

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Arthur’s voice ddfd9b0e98 turned cold.14d49760d8f816ab

I glanced dc93a88d82 at him. His clenched 8c40ac376d jaw twitched 092bb60994 menacingly, as da4081f322 if he c87a5b4ee2 was suppressing cce446ef2f his anger.425a8447d6b87418

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