ITBFL – Chapter 43

ITBFL – Chapter 434c59e3ea46754a10

Episode 43e810e4845708a8dd

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In the f696aad082 meantime, the 789aedb568 elders’ voices 8f3e4fc393 grew even 81e632dc1f louder.5c11eb9df99ac64c

“If something 0cb14ed48d happens to 46465f9e7c Erne while fbab3e606b the position 0beedc9c85 is temporary, 8110390679 who will 37b3ff7521 take responsibility?”b2251adf56eaa994

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“Let’s not dwell ec45e6817c on extreme hypotheticals 057b2b4ae7 and focus on 1660b1613a the main point.”26da20b08450664a

“Extreme? This is a a219d38f1b very common scenario! And isn’t it 381dfac29b already disgraceful for be134d28f2 Erne to have f621ed46d5 this kind of 207cb536f8 debate over responsibility?”fe86c884786d3127

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“Are you suggesting we d4cfa4c4e5 just cast aside Commander 8953e64ff9 Balteire? A knight as e4ae12ff0e exceptional as him?”c13da6517001b647

I tried to interject 244db4a0d2 several times despite the a693562059 rising volume, but I 8400f66554 failed.450fec8409fb46f8

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“Don’t you know fad46a2a7c that a living 63d23115d6 deer is stronger 0ae57514a4 than a dead 46af875dd1 tiger?”2b0300621e896a1f

“Are you certain 1c94434236 that Commander Balteire af493f8821 is dead? What a disrespectful assumption!”17229c0566779c96

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“Do you ce5e1ee181 have any 0a1441b46d reason to 76befd2d59 be certain bcf85df6ea he’s alive? Is Erne de31061657 so carefree 4a9cba7290 that we 93f8fc01cb can afford be843daca8 to cling 0e7b0968b5 to a 61d2283302 sliver of 7749d6c087 hope?”21d77524ae6e55bc

The elders efb39a546f were now 32a348ac38 exchanging harsh 341fd07f9f words among 72d444931e themselves. I felt 2eb2685839 a sharp b40ddcaf1b pain in 9ee573ee8e my head.d43c8cfa91e0a3a7

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‘At this 5be351911e rate, my 912406a333 voice alone 18c6252e0d won’t be 608a432277 enough to a928dc09e4 turn the 644fcd1705 tide…….’0705d2821877be27

At that b04bc7c5b8 moment, one 52acbb7a5b of the 45b1df5a3a active knights 58185fcbe8 raised a a4a5f567d0 hand.3e08baa584b6e9af

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It was Senior 6c4b674769 Yannis.3ac32363f0f3579f

“I understand 8b2b2466c0 the elders’ 04a7f9be00 concerns. However, I also 9b2f813df0 agree with Commander d51840c67d Artiel.”6baac50cb8304df5

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Considering he 4a884ebb38 hadn’t believed bdcf1ee397 me at d104fbafb9 all when 536bb7b758 I said 71222ca8a8 Cassium was f4ba05adce still alive aca0bc9110 just yesterday, c7d79c7616 this was 11925e88ab unexpected.659ee681d7ffe040

But his f9d08e567e statement gave 91fea868d2 considerable weight 15e102fd6a to my b6ce519868 argument.09d32b743b3af2da

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“We agree as well!”d9b09840b4b06bd2

The knights of 705612e4b8 the Black Leopard, 942cbefb52 seated in the 7b5e56fde9 assembly, shouted in 6f45add956 unison as if 727a5899b2 they had been a4b00b04a2 waiting for this 5a8f7e3e18 moment.556b0612068b4e2f

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‘With this much support…….’4d0b160b15689aae

There might be 4ba4fffa49 a chance of 089c6162f6 winning.4c292cb16e609a2b

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The gazes of 192f286dad both the knights 6b2b90c107 and I turned 75e922c11a toward Commander Denver.f678c1787f3b766d

‘If only the commander c3648fc69f lends his support here…….’a431e4b667de50a2

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Then, no matter 6224bbca59 how strong the eb504690e2 elders’ opposition was, 2d15714098 they wouldn’t be 3d0fa4b042 able to immediately deefc96888 elect a new 4769eccce1 division commander.4bbab81d24c49ef1

Even if my 5eba7b847d proposal for a 2ebf52046e temporary appointment wasn’t 91feb5c336 fully accepted, we 8382160d75 could at least 02adefa246 buy time by 0746dafaeb postponing the decision 25e9e26e41 to the next 3894297bda elders’ meeting.54b8ed43a69a402d

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The council convened at df7cc55ff9 least once a month.3ac8a5278f848a1c

That meant I would 80f6ebb721 have a chance to 5cfea2ec88 restore Cassium within that 90a3ec5a46 time.472d55d006d801be

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“This matter does not ede18eb0d0 seem likely to reach 2c4717cf4d a consensus today.”6144e3c6c8acf0e6

Commander Denver’s a7295d468b deep voice 2eb4466f16 commanded everyone’s 209830e645 attention.bc15d03440529009

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“Let’s adjourn for today 506e4d6838 and make a decision 8c234f0f4c at the next special 3495f60a2c elders’ meeting. If anyone d34d642ac5 objects, please e9ea5cf180 raise your 420d090d9b hand.”de5f34bbd20d34ae

Yes, we could 60052fa876 delay it to 20d6cd172f the next elders’ a4d45f7b11 meeting like this……4b42eed8f57a927f

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‘Wait.’b15e417b07ecace2

Did he just say 5dc4f2b263 special?cc86cbde57671087

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The moment Commander 3c8a431b72 Denver said that f7249c3c97 word, I realized 81ea98b8ba my plan had b51d1db4be just been derailed.2b78da1d2acaddb7

A special elders’ 61e26332d2 meeting meant convening f077d3052b sooner than the cd2e90475d usual one-month interval.3d3abacf56fea5db

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“The special 0119c97aa1 elders’ meeting 052fd491d8 will be 5133d35e44 held in 9f60a92b59 three days, 33feb146f6 at the 878d104a0f same time.”bade7e4890d0856c

Three days?8b95357673eb4bbd

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As soon ca8cb5ba06 as I 607137e1f8 heard the 0145631417 words, my ed3f8a6e5c vision wavered.bb812636f15b269a

Murmurs spread 693b4f4cbe throughout the 41b9c7c20c elders’ seats, 7482c6fd37 but no 2540b37844 one strongly 609cd34284 opposed the 4203759e96 decision.91fd113fe9e051ae

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The seated fad48fe585 knights were 58478a9b07 the same. The Black Leopard 4d97b0d1ba knights only looked d669eac721 flustered, their lips 85264ebd53 parting as if 169c19a793 they wanted to 6eb23aa1ef say something—but no 6ead2e3914 one raised a 6b187c0ec3 hand in objection.c3a6021084155777

Everyone seemed 1e3e84321b to think a16854b89f three days c6b2dfb6cf was reasonable.023edda5e5a7ffeb

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Both those who 1a089b86a7 still held onto 8ef57150fc the hope that 0ca4388c0e Cassium would return 422ac6e265 and those who 12017f8844 believed he never 477fedcc7d would.cef3d0b5599c37e0

Commander Denver seemed 17fa30f2a2 to think that 83e092e60b three days was c6ec4d463a enough time for c3d71e4499 everyone to deliberate 777844d740 on this critical ac1b8d12c0 matter.37d1bb8e07b002ee

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But for me—for someone 99455a56d0 who knew that Cassium 8b4ee3b9b1 had turned into stone—three 60fbf0b7d5 days was far too 323289615e short.a8fbc1a6e4c631a0

‘What do I e20d9b56d8 do?’b54df137afa89d65

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I had c9aaf61756 spent an ed79f83876 entire day d9762e724a trying, yet cff3e87979 I hadn’t 7d1ff28b0e even figured 307cab2ded out a 1a24eb47d0 proper method ff5a7facec to restore 78faf8fff0 him. It was 354505b75f hard to a42ea533e5 believe things e81e3dcb41 would change cbcdf633df drastically in 24722f6058 just three e5255cbccb days.4efe7a921e6e6511

“If there 8cadb22b94 are no fb94932ca4 objections, then aae22ea4ba this matter 8f10233d17 is hereby—”8698898e2f68bef3

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“……Wait!”990b194d77ffce4a

Before I even processed 3ab6ff3b62 my thoughts, I found e442c0e812 myself standing up again. I needed to buy 271199d1c0 time, no matter what.a41666cf28804efa

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All eyes 068bf7dbf5 turned to d24d08222c me.fc78e7743d46696c

Dozens of 74dcce4248 gazes from 702d16325d behind their 42b6aa5cf6 masks, the 1be866a93a eyes of 7f9873ebdc every knight d335d2b70d present, were cdf26dd0c8 fixed on 1459159123 me.d052fdd1447b29c5

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My mouth bcd6ae7ee9 felt dry 6944f16f73 with tension. I had stood 53cbe4136a in front of dd8189748a people many times d5005e013c before, but it 8b7f3214e6 had been a e1eb7bb459 while since I’d 2471eb6ab0 felt pressure like 6e833b516f this.f628b9c67d2f282e

‘What should 725152aa6f I say?’9c853b2e3d57d538

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I had stood up 11410f5e5e to prevent the issue 50d1731f7c from concluding like this, 82dc0eeed3 but I had no 9ebda98d9b idea what to say c8ea1c4ee8 next.805029a23f1d3de9

“Well, what I 2618a81dd2 mean is…….”dfddae2e50b6d4a9

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No words bfa4bcb148 came to f7cced7d29 mind.6fb0377864a99c5c

‘Damn it, 4006f6c605 why did d6f84cee6d he have 2418dfb591 to get aa1ec88f1a caught up 023ee52308 in something eaba1b2cc0 like black 3d64448f54 magic in 25f4dadf71 the first e4a32c28c3 place?’af1164310253b884

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I bit the a73f5faa8e inside of my 83d334a53a cheek, cursing Cassium a5f47acd6e internally.073b24b1f6f0e57d

‘At this point…… 7c98ca4a77 unless he suddenly 8bc4889578 bursts in here 82dbb0743b himself, there’s no 760c08a353 hope.’8c1d5d6d69112624

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Unless the 437fe2b1d6 doors swung baee677a87 open and 0469ec05a4 he walked a2d8649f79 in with e884c5f38e his usual 435fb053d3 blank expression, 3fc52bd44e proving he 36d5548465 was alive……d3774feb900c7b5e

‘Yeah, something like that.’a43dd5cd7f6621b9

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Maybe it 18a06c7611 was because e230a568ac my headache be5579de4e was so d1c9a726d4 bad, but bef7f43077 I could 90c962524d swear I 6408354c34 was hallucinating 48245615cc Cassium.462df2ed8f3ab7f5

Just as in 6fa1995c8f my imagination, the 6888777c94 doors actually opened, 50e6f4efc8 and Cassium strode d2b03e5dc7 in.b61305c58b9c3eca

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“…….”3aeff45150a743c6

The way he walked fe41d94803 felt strangely slow. I knew his 3e93fa2566 pace wasn’t actually 3990aa8ac8 that leisurely.4166f674184883fb

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Our eyes met as c14d459ba0 he approached.4d7346c7c04ffa88

His lips moved. He was saying, 09b0e164a9 Thank you.090c86ee8742f727

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Thank you? For what?1d381c4bba4c3dc7

I squeezed my eyes 4918b2b3f5 shut, then opened them 3eb551bbe7 again.6546e3777df3ebf2

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If this was just 3194d809ad a hallucination, it should 685b9c5281 disappear once I opened 031a82df59 my eyes.5d23b2e0f63903eb

But it didn’t. Cassium brushed past 659f79466d me and stopped f873279e2f at his seat.47b804b2f4799817

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The spot f7f95b9974 where the 33cdeea3e2 name Cassium 55eb3e70a4 Luden Balteir, ac5d43662a Commander of e91fc06c2a the Black 6977be2cf3 Leopard Division 400136be74 was written.f3f0b4d7770ae501

“I apologize for 3eabc1ef79 being late.”1824df3184ea6603

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Without a 1426619bcb trace of cff85606c9 tension, Cassium bd1eb6235e bowed slightly e56d19464d and faced 0f6f177996 the council.594f45fa3f5c7859

***730ff0c8d86505d5

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The morning of dbff18cb3e the elders’ meeting.18e1204f1617e517

Cassium lifted 9f89e1ff9c his head 5a927671ef amidst the cca2eab0d0 smoke.b4cddffc9252ec99

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His perspective had e821186154 changed. The world he f6830da549 had once seen ebb63cf3e5 as a rabbit 78870d34f2 was now at e7dbf64d8c the level of 7e18d5ceb6 his calves.3c83f525c23737ce

Exhaling deeply, he clenched 1653ac46eb his fist, feeling the a8af2d89fe energy coursing through his 7c32f4f3f5 body.4c4e8559fc18a5ba

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The power b6ee35cc87 of a 435d76c1df knight surged 4f9fb3017a through him, 9dc23e2057 overpowering the 0c9bc59da5 foreign, dark f1001e6428 energy that 160d9dac12 had once 3597547754 transformed him.64c5b1d4a5fc7946

The dark magic bd1587fcda that had turned ad4324b490 him into a ad92cf745f rabbit.34e621fdf820c606

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‘I’m back.’320847ac3408f6a4

He knew it instinctively.9f0b0c67dce46767

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And it eb7d21b8af wasn’t temporary.5ccefe896b4e824c

He had e2bf489a8f fully returned.12f3c46deec9a392

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At that moment—b6aefc6b5468c25e

The door opened.4b4bf9c74124aa3b

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“……!”e998cb5b5b4b7072

If Lize ac592de0b1 saw him e3e396b267 here, she 810db7471a would definitely 86805f5fe5 be shocked. Cassium instinctively moved 01ca055177 to hide under bfb31fa519 the sofa.0c256b2b55eae281

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“Sir Balteire?”4befbf67f1edc65b

But the voice e567381fd9 from the doorway 2faeb7a3a9 wasn’t Lize’s.7fc52ba55c0b70d9

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And since 3528f7d046 he was cca210919c no longer e362e2b6fb a rabbit, 536cc83f27 he couldn’t 5732827cf2 fit under 241dfd863f the sofa 104993ffba anyway.dca296759819ef0c

“……What are you 8bab5406c0 doing?”720ccd5e1578f36e

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“I was looking c6b36fba3d for something I e1597e8194 dropped.”710fdab8f9156811

Cassium casually 018ccab84b pulled his d4d8ef1d5d head out 7a92d07509 from under e7f05964c1 the sofa 47a9274290 and stood b79c4a84a6 up.7f6cc788a028af03

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Wait.5c477e5a6717cd53

“You’ve returned?”c81f8cd95b8e90c4

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“You’re back?”807d4bd4864fd446

Cassium and 578075a8ee Julius spoke 8343b3d163 at the 7c35fbecbe same time, 225edbe348 looking at a529cdb9a3 each other.199afd00114cae1b

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Cassium looked at b19ce79669 the spot where e440a9f83f the stone had a1917f8563 originally been placed. It was empty.8f7c8696c01792c9

“But Lize 5406269d20 definitely put 80a5c52c6c you in 330bbe38dc her bag,” 2d8749cd41 Cassium said. He had 167c517fb6 clearly seen 7c4df5c020 Lize place 0aeb50ec9c the stone d9fb1cf0cc in her ee63ac21f5 bag.ab17b1e5439dbe60

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“I placed ce07348e52 a random 8777b99b85 stone there e1faf1d7e0 this morning. I drew 37105953f9 a marking 1d858e29c0 similar to 80463f99f7 the one 20550a3c15 that was b9d42a0b41 on your aa9300ff75 ear.”2b1560d9fef2c73e

“You deceived Lize?”2f1f15e0b4665b07

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“Don’t look 2e6b028371 at me caa4a3c66f like that. I only did cb88a9a199 it to match d50818b994 your lie, Sir 7eb1ba004f Balteire.”cc5b22103733b379

“What do you mean?”0b7e5956b301a19a

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“Didn’t you 9d2606a8a1 want Lady a9e0e0c8db Lize to 04972c7382 believe that 452ec3e841 stone was f758cd86d2 you?”d694260bb6b40921

“Me?”17a4a1bf331709b3

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“If she realizes db29d29c97 the stone isn’t 2fa7d03f78 actually you, she’ll 50e4635c01 start searching for ac7bc50c97 your whereabouts again.”f017bf5559141efc

Honestly, Julius wasn’t wrong.caacdd8d792f0f12

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If Lize mistook 0f3b4894c6 the stone for 585717206a him, she wouldn’t 3806e330d5 go through unnecessary 8d74e13ac2 trouble trying to 2f864919fc find him.03f831ecf1c01584

And if she 874ae6e5e6 continued searching for 314affe7d5 him, she might ba75e5cf64 eventually realize the 0765519ced truth—that the Goldenen 21f1941019 Bunny that had 008cecc487 been by her b1de98352c side all along 63c8a184b1 was actually him.b0c3fc4783a9c673

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Conflicting emotions stirred f0309d652b within Cassium.9ac2d847d872243e

A part of him 3299595f88 wanted Lize to know 1ff81aaed9 he was there. Another part wanted 62de7cddb7 to remain hidden.6fe90d71549422d6

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It was contradictory, d4cd48a847 but that was bb37a50ea4 how he felt.44ab734fe81f963f

“Anyway, it’s a f9edc610fe relief that you’ve 72ba02025b returned, Priest. Now, shall d68292ee11 we leave?”f1828bbfdaa13175

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“You speak as df93d0ac2a if you own 3f51a75b95 this place.”0388e0a2eab20ea1

“For Golden 39a605b6d4 Bunny, it f956df0c0a was home.”180e2bd5e9faa196

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“Sir Balteire 388812042f is no 36a2462b7b longer Golden 306692e0bd Bunny.”647bb59fb128a433

Julius answered 2060d00dc6 with a de8f02f641 smile. Cassium, still wary, a0a0e403ee spoke to him.42acb8e2c232653f

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“I’m heading to 454723cd08 Erne. You’re going b9ac0546d8 back to 71d6494495 the temple, f14b342274 I assume.”2c5e6b179e511902

“No. I’m going 13c5bce532 to Erne 8f19e704e4 as well.”dd5700486ee663cb

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“I doubt you have 172bcca762 any business in Erne, 1c109824fe Priest.”771a6ef0f35bac07

“I need to retrieve a1fd8666fa the stone.”860f1fdf9946a901

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“If that’s 3f7c99814b all, I 1f2af9c972 can collect 30ef5263a5 it and 62a2ee2d91 return it b4322cfd01 to you.”d3de4315eaaba648

“Well, that’s fine f0e38922fe by me, but…….”d81fc0b33c6b8833

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Julius glanced at the 0778afb05a clock hanging on the 3e8bb5abdb wall.1aefb81fe7903623

“Aren’t you 964cd22f01 in a 2364f1b476 hurry? Lady Lize mentioned that 120023b194 the elders’ meeting starts 9d170610be at ten.”9949692715ac58fa

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The clock hands b52becf479 pointed to 9:50.275cec976d5bb73c

Only ten minutes 22147f8cf7 remained until the 552b152147 meeting started. Even if they left 57ff7deebe for the knights’ headquarters 6ec2209038 immediately, the meeting would adb04a530e already be underway by fe28210bfa the time they arrived.208d8dc4b7720a1c

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“Do your 9338189a88 best to f997b5a9c0 retrieve it.”c64b361f54ffeef9

Julius grinned and 82414b7d01 patted Cassium on e65f788c55 the shoulder.65d70e48a48f691e

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