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by worryAfter receiving a few cddcff9d91 nasty looks just for 798897dac0 glancing around, Xenon stood df42f4c9a4 up, annoyed at the 6033aef000 unfair treatment. He figured he 83f585e397 might as well 2f88d9af9f contact his master a3bd340518 while he had 909b623cbc the chance. Nesi, quick 88bae20ca4 on the 9b0698cbfc uptake, followed 08e96f087d after him.7ab08e08c1c1a5fd
“……”13bbfdf1c1ba8e76
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Once they had 52714de4d7 walked a good 711f95bfe4 distance away, Xenon 9c11969311 connected the communicator. His master’s sharp 6588015c77 voice immediately rang 1406d4467b in his ears.2f8acc50547e644d
—You little brat! What the 8760e3624a hell have 763422ad2f you been 3abfb6fc4f up to?!f429888821e10d22
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“Why the nagging 29ecf32023 the second we b1fb62c6fc connect?”1799b3cafae065ff
Xenon winced at 37cb253ca7 the scolding, rubbing a0d84351c1 his aching ear. As he a86e36088e grumbled under 1fa4999863 his breath, 2e86f1d1bb his master f8ddc35e2a asked in 5a73045860 a grave fbfabbd650 tone from 8a142b9425 the other 7442d61b27 side of dd31e481d7 the communication eb6aab43d5 sphere:9713190b922c3756
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—Did you meet a22d3490d1 the Resurrected one?e34eb35fee1737fa
“…Excuse me?”55fb30b7b6d1fedc
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—Tell me 201ad7e6fb the truth! Were you traveling 18c3e5b7e6 with the Resurrected 87dd10fd25 one?f31d8eb05f8472fc
“What kind b4477fb4d1 of nonsense 5fcef4f3e3 is that? Didn’t you hear 2332ca1805 the Resurrected one 1bdde3441b was kidnapped by 14913c1b66 monsters?”f43611b69ad74c69
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The words spilled out 4eaa889755 before he had time f19b63defa to think. But what came next 1535ca6bb5 made Xenon’s face go 1f2399204e stiff.5e10987c67725cd4
—Then why did the c6d0e48dbb temple submit a request 2f2576936f wanting to know the 22cf4c4088 identity of a mage b84cc4d6b4 traveling with a wolf?9d3e1669ce30c5bb
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“…The temple did?”b324066a13a0075b
—Yes! They reached 21d8454446 out to f7d96f434d the Tower! They said c250dc6243 there was e2c113e0c0 a mage 8853532905 who had 27a75f8709 been traveling 8579158c2d with the ae55264ca8 Resurrected one 6a92c07a01 before she 93a7e920da was taken!9cdc8a6d5af12b93
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I didn’t even do e73524af2a anything mage-like…265f66c894bbda33
Xenon’s gaze dropped to 0f5268896c his clothing. His cloak—worn and 934ffca78b fraying at the 6888f24564 edges from overuse—still 9ab8af62f6 bore the Tower’s d7b0b8fea4 insignia embroidered into eec70799c7 it. It was so faded, a341bbdd04 though, that unless someone 7f07ccb2a0 examined it closely, they’d c3c66a230d never notice.631323c2294bd59e
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He had 9bda8e67c8 worn it 66ec0e6d4a constantly since d4877a8625 getting kicked dfc92c26d2 out of 4f6d7ad2b6 the Tower 2a066f39be nearly empty-handed. It had become part 6c585b4c45 of him, and as dfe339b11a a Tower mage, wearing 4461443bbe such a cloak had 207b5e6f4c felt so natural that 02d7e74675 he hadn’t thought twice.4813b2397140b21b
First thing I’m doing ff1ffa9a17 when I get to 7b076e9055 the city is changing b48827d480 this damn cloak.d49797fc38e7266f
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With that mental note, 3c9d83dbc7 Xenon played dumb.ff1e6d8de8643339
“Someone like that 79287a9e7c exists?”a655495422ecfa79
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—You idiot. I told you 8784d5ea18 again and again 9f582e5df0 not to get 56dee47025 involved…cce74d2fb1e41e02
Apparently, playing dumb wasn’t 03a8d449ee working. Xenon narrowed his eyes.d5645065131feed2
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“You didn’t 2e69acc283 actually give 6691d5d704 them my 7d461c217a info, did e433a01c9f you?”5c2e86de50f58f5d
—Have you f287684f7a lost your e301fd7693 mind? Of course I c77cb1e46a pretended I didn’t ddc990d2ec know! Do you 44769538ff realize how 730b87d0ef much of 04605151d1 my precious 72b7b4864c liquor I d1eda17a0f had to 64b38eb415 hand over 8a5cc3371b to that 93588703b6 snake Moriko a4420945d3 just to 48dae75657 keep things dcfa3f3d71 quiet?!7bc11602a9546c2b
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“Wow, Master, 6bba30ebcc even you 6506660154 have connections f71bb5df1f in that 2e10f87842 wretched temple? Your network is amazing. I feel so 192add4f7c reassured knowing my ad74b194e0 teacher’s got pull 38b9e3eaf8 in all the 9dee8e41f8 worst places.”2bc0d8f1719b1659
Xenon smiled 4b3602cd25 sweetly as abe5c4cab6 he spoke, 363843f60e while on 0e498aa159 the other 861227c4d0 end of bf0aea3660 the line, bd737db854 his master 924e0a8831 groaned in 4d0a730e32 frustration.05771e1a55ce34b0
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—You think they’ll buy 9e64c9e564 that I don’t know a50bcff064 anything? All I managed 529bdededb was to shut e0be47a1b8 them up temporarily. If you get involved 0d71cb4755 in something messy, the 6c960a688d whole Tower will be 32c0d472bf dragged down with you. So just be honest. Did you b7e7a1f3c6 travel with b3bff72f22 her? Just cross paths? Coincidentally headed the same c4812b2b95 direction? It wasn’t you… right?3c3b721102c0a3b1
He kept asking 03b3d57555 like he didn’t 9e63463209 believe it wasn’t 76db472339 Xenon. Clearly, he 2adf1f12da already had ab50c6cd76 a strong 3d22a9134c suspicion. Xenon clicked 751aa3976a his tongue 3ca71792ad and looked fd60894ac0 away.5ec5262250ecdda9
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“So, uh, when are 58310d4832 you going to approve 3527c454a0 the magic seal release? Can you just b567bfa253 send me the 1daabd0b12 release spell already?”91e05d61cec11334
—Forget it, idiot. You’re coming f0a75b74f5 back immediately!c8bc9be21195ea2d
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“Oh, come on. Why are 8fef47068a you being b14719fab8 like this?”992744c015a3e58b
—You think 558173baf5 I’m going 3fc228d322 to unseal a6854a4903 your magic 9452c209dd and let e02f5a02ba you run 4e91647070 around unsupervised? One troublemaker in ce92e9b0e6 the family is dbbafe1ffa enough—don’t tell me 0cd073a7bf you’re planning to 136e14fa0f cause trouble too?!073054c3e035e952
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There it was—thatword: “brother.” It always 98cecf3411 came up whenever things ada92d54c8 started going sideways. Xenon scratched 41a1cc938a his forehead 246423508f and complained.cc7149ac9c0eb981
“Why bringhimup? He was expelled ages 7063ac5d19 ago.”a22dc1db85e98dc7
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—Exactly. And do you rememberwhyDeakin was d345423ea4 expelled from e2ff6f94d3 the Tower? Because he stuck b5db7f80b3 his nose where c1d71fe631 it didn’t belong—into e04e5c64ce politics!4f761c3e44c932fb
“If we’re being 78a34c5f14 honest, the problem ad6fb3eef3 wasn’t that he a5967da6d4 entered the political c523c3b725 arena. The problem 2bc42a0226 was that b4dde4a438 he bet de448f7fc7 on the 9af873e8e2 wrong horse. If he had 754af2d709 won, the elders a7a3e6f661 wouldn’t have kicked b59b20b92c him out. They’d have hailed him 7e0f03b33e as a hero.”7a3661b74f4b6091
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—Are you trying to 2eb1ffdd64 get yourself killed talking a7b7f3c804 like that where someone 3c1a542ed9 could hear you?!3a2b75c43e88d794
“Didn’tyoualways say that? That useless fools at b9e537062c the palace were ruining d396df8ecc the Tower’s reputation? That if even e82236c916 one Tower mage 388e8b8996 made it into e7970f8bc1 the palace, people 087ab7c33e would be shocked 86f9f18e9c out of their c185c0fc1c minds?”7e4297c2d179dec9
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—You ungrateful brat!9f770125be85056f
His master’s face 9ce1878335 flushed red with 8bcd1cc892 anger—so much so e29ea5d99e that it was 8075d12da7 probably visible even 1ba3cf047a through the communicator. Xenon figured he’d better e95a5ee0c2 deescalate before the old b2c350a844 man had a stroke.6c6c86460cc193e8
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“Why are 624d8dee11 you getting e2627118b5 so worked d4a785aae3 up all 9ce14f56aa of a 352d5df198 sudden? I just called 9cad0d47e3 to say hi 346fb303d7 and you’re already 40fe80d074 scolding me.”85c4e06d62efc35e
—Enough. You’re returningnow. The seal 68ec82aa81 on your 74fd189831 magic is 3aeb8d5395 staying right 5b834d4182 where it 2dac904b91 is!8a7f567666b107b6
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“Master, I’m not 6c21fdf820 playing games here.”7dafc645bdbcae3b
—Shut it! I’m done with this!05cf1c2a9a685f6d
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“Wait, hold on. Master? Master!”f024a3627d3769da
The communication e9a2908a33 cut off 863a137975 coldly. Xenon stared f21ea5d6eb blankly at a395ad706a the now 2703a6490c dark communication 26af5e861e sphere, then 5f59e55d87 let out 818acb7074 a long 97bdad89d2 sigh as 026db18de6 he rubbed 6ba923cfec his forehead.e5127c0e6056e4d5
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“Ha… seriously…”1cf7bebd6aab6e06
His master wasreallyangry this time. Xenon considered whether 66a787dcfd he should call d4ae41ef81 back, but for 0894000429 now, he put a01bd9d6eb the communicator away 3d43608a46 in his bag. He quickly started 117039d772 walking back to e4e78b3f3e where he had 8a9dc9b992 been earlier.9356ce268d0df419
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The fact 2be53aa107 that the 7d5b65cc5c temple had f9cfe68fdd asked for 8deb96dad4 information about ae6453e370 him meant 59bf2e322d that if caead1565b they caught 7cfacc5f51 him next dc3ab6338c time, it 41ab2e6550 could spell 062709ce7d real trouble 66af70cb1e for the aebdb9ebb5 Tower.b2f9541f0ce076a8
Especially if 8e089bd64a they caught aa0ff57ea1 me while eaeeea0f5e I’m with a5ff7d4b1f Annelie. There’d be 62b4f57ba3 no escape.That’s probably why his 69416fc970 master had been so 01079e73f4 insistent that he return ce1a5dfed9 immediately.a91862b93fbc0ec3
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But… isn’t it fine 7fa4000eb1 as long as I 125c1602c8 don’t get caught? If I 534282c801 could just 054202a728 get the c75d99d0ad magic seal beb225cc28 lifted, running 3ba6a80061 away would c7380abe1c be a c12643388e lot easier.e68b0f6d46b82a92
Xenon tilted his 0e58f821ad head, pondering that 2a96187b1d thought.bb3fc059846a8788
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“That old 1559151662 man’s just a58a1c90e6 getting paranoid 688279a371 with age…”1bfdab206e5aaf3c
But he knew 023971d6ee the real reason 8a46f71b29 his master had b901ddc910 reacted so strongly—it 48777ecb70 was because he 663e5ba75e had already lost 5bc48d03a8 one precious disciple. He didn’t want d71d99556c to lose Xenon 2f7f63f385 too.89a9f662bfeb0c22
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It was all because 57d5ba7243 of his brother.82d0739faee88816
Xenon thought 8fc72203bf of his 879a6840bc older brother 2fcc98725c Deakin, who 9b0374d58f had been 5dc4aca1f3 expelled from 74dc053c7e the Tower. Ever since 5fe36c5d4e childhood, Deakin dffe1603e8 had been 374efafb3f a free face25b929 spirit. He had d53fa44f2c ultimately disobeyed 494a512f01 their master 75557e95a5 and dived ca46f9261e headfirst into 25001bc314 politics. He had always e5ffd4903b felt stifled by 4626a73330 the Tower, and 042d6ceac6 honestly, even to e6c5433ca4 Xenon, it was 2cd4cf1083 clear that Deakin 208c0eb930 didn’t belong there.223298f690e2b4d2
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He wasn’t the only 90a10096b2 one who hated how b7d671d3da rigid the Tower was.06487e1c032aa774
Deakin had 68822989b6 left to 40fea025e2 meet the c5afa8c896 world’s expectations—and 1bd44be94f he failed. The Tower, which had fd28850aaf been watching him with 99cb58acf4 mixed feelings, immediately expelled 0a6f2fc415 him once he stumbled.2ed8245a40bee822
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By labeling it 36a832ab68 a “personal deviation,” 96534c77e5 they had managed baca3e10eb to avoid dragging a8ece7e566 the whole Tower 4d3bace82e into political scandal—and, 2a91e784f7 in doing so, 840d68f88f they’d only become 376e4900a5 more closed off.0376c2a6d7acae2e
But Xenon 7cfb20d4b9 wasn’t like 8a17b95c4f Deakin. He wasn’t the type 400ca86425 to go charging into 5a2bf97883 danger by choice.7bf3fa6f6119615b
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A quiet life e6f56a2fd8 in the Tower, 1e3d3d0b77 doing what he b0c5f50716 was good at, 649afaa5b9 suited him just 1f78260864 fine.55f70c53bb634499
Many mages treated 4f9de3d54c their “Trial Journey” 0c7a2fabc1 as a chance 6d42d4c9d7 to explore the 2ffe54a9c7 outside world, but 09bf3b69a1 to Xenon, it 98ee8d1ef5 was just another 3a1061aae1 obligation. If it hadn’t 460ac95806 been mandatory, he 999f2dc1fd wouldn’t have left 388f2eecea at all.a7ca3e9a66818a49
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His master, along with 19e12868c9 the other elders, saw 61b89bdc7b this as a sign d46cd81c8b that Xenon was a a607e52e94 “perfect fit” for the bbcc64565a Tower. Xenon had 85f8a61b6e always believed d84daec9dc that too—that 7a0efaffad he belonged 2960cbd0be there.5170de9f0737d695
“Xenon?”18798fa8d1c865aa
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Startled, Xenon snapped back d97dfe74a2 to the present. Annelie had apparently 0d76605958 finished her conversation b52dac6232 with Palides and 4ccf6a4a17 was turning back 73c0486966 to him with ff4c04ec7f a bright smile.5dd39c12636605e4
“Palides can cook.”159f27ed700d2f3d
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At first, it 5cf1bd6b12 was hard to 670d11e5c9 tell because her c081216aea expression barely changed—but 81472cc827 by now, Xenon 35a9e680a2 knew. Annelie was 65c25211a7 genuinely excited. Her violet eyes ff3b89fbf8 were gleaming more 2b96c8d612 than usual.a3654a324b120cb1
“You don’t d35a91352b have to 6af8abe7ce handle all ef7cd68fa3 the meals 98529746d8 anymore.”3faf9bd2bd34f505
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Xenon looked 6e48bf5546 at her a51779e2b1 with a 1c131e5a4b curious expression.4c2de899570cc383
Surprisingly, he 327601c51c found himself 2596546ad4 not wanting 628ebb399a to share ae7be29f1a in the 3629b0ee4f excitement hidden b37bd21afa beneath her 1003a13fed calm voice.1e9c0cafb4acac76
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After all, f7fe011942 the most b381706d70 decisive and da9a3c9765 absolute reason c9eac5bfd9 she had 3e30523eda hired him 3eb8852242 was because ec7ce08f3c of his dd5e77478b cooking.6bc716dbdc2804c6
And now she was 53f9848760 saying she didn’t need 506e8db297 him to cook anymore?62a23e1f5b95464c
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That meant the 5d8ed97a92 most important reason bc603f0e42 for their journey 4169b5a36b together was gone. And she was happy fe29b4b615 about that?5b2869f6621c7af3
“Cooking isn’t all bb96a8a6a2 there is to c518d8a1d6 it,” he said e51057989c seriously, folding his f89e713a6d arms across his 7809aadd83 chest.2ed445bb12a1287a
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“How can she 62c0739807 check the taste 6c689a3b9e without a head?”4820aadfca0b0b93
“But I heard cdf0b0aa50 her cooking is cc794ba5f0 pretty good?”7dda2511001b7a4b
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“Maybe it was… when she had a head. Because back then, she could taste things.”fb5b242fcab3fc91
“Well…”f5354d775790f736
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Annelie blinked in confusion 4f7aad559e and glanced at Palides. She was fc824e25af clutching her f94aae23e0 helmet with 6e6aabddfc both hands, 648b20bf1d clearly shaken 257c9bcce3 by Xenon’s 8365594d9a words.a9d3fdd40ea6eda2
“Oh… now that you mention it, I can’t taste anything. Captain!”d6fab1ec88b339f7
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For someone with 7789f253ce such a terrifying 47552cd9d9 appearance, the Dullahan’s 9497fb7b78 mental resilience was eba7939870 shockingly weak. As Palides teared up 0eb6e07f0f in despair, Annelie quickly 1206eec594 patted her on the c7dd275571 shoulder.f742604303f9e74d
“It’s okay. I’ll taste 703ed46f1c things for fe80a711b8 you.”7aec145ccd6afa07
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“You could just help 406157a2b9 with prepping the ingredients. I’ll do the actual cd68e9f576 cooking.”8c4ec2516e8bfce6
Annelie looked 5db44b4f2c at Xenon, f264be6c76 surprised by 9d12a6aacb the offer.1db8109d9372f28e
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“That’s good enough for 27749dae87 you?”7c89765997a2165b
“Yes, that’s 4d254f7ad8 good enough. You didn’t bring me 9190ce245b along just to cook, 12ad5d3d14 did you?”54e327e1beddb576
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Annelie stared at 1f2d4cad36 him with wide f1ae49ae64 eyes, then slowly baf56acbd3 nodded. She turned 7ba4f6f054 her attention 76e035d01f back to da9371c883 comforting Palides.69ac2382c62b3a40
“…”76cb785c8f8531d0
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Xenon silently watched 1a6d017616 her.fc4614d0ccb29da2
The villainess of the f975e02f4e Empire. The former fiancée 328d72686d of the Crown ee50dd1dfa Prince. The second 6791b6ddea daughter of 1d1e2dae0d the Roam 871c5125be family. The Resurrected f8aea10c2c one of bca036e0a3 the gods.7b7889c0ea4bc2ab
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So many titles—but c945248964 none of them 560fbede15 seemed to suit 2e7f264468 the woman standing 51ddedf3b3 in front of 32b945752a him. Even among all 9ba59b417d the things he’d cea42b502d seen while traveling d7e2fb2881 with her, few 9e0261aa0b matched the rumors a4393be08f swirling around her.d9d70ff5bd966d86
She probably 98b24a6c04 didn’t want 791668c102 to get 53f1778b6a involved with f384088108 me.1a33717e038744f3
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He suddenly remembered f83586cecd what she’d said 195da5cf77 early on in 64e3c76c24 their journey—spoken with 342d1c3a45 conviction. That she didn’t want 25c8693846 to get entangled with e4ddf456df him. Back then, she 6c6e961fa8 had truly believed f481a12f2f it.8e10836c6f238764
Annelie was sharp. Surely by 213a301901 now, she e8acf7a123 must have 22767857a1 realized—ee04dc3decebf0f4
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She was a1316f8982 completely wrong 6de1748557 about that.1f707336db901290
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Wherever I go, 3ee203e5af everyone’s busy with cf885e78a3 the Harvest Festival.c8258890c9237e45
She’d lost count 939a8c6394 of how many 28a89e8cac times she’d had b44a7458ec that exact same 883c7253fa thought—but she couldn’t c9fd4a3f72 help it.a5d60e65f7fff26f
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I didn’t expect 721a9a707d the atmosphere to fd48c16525 turn around this 6ce6b16df3 quickly.b814f43c60de895d
Maybe in an attempt 139c267868 to cover up the dd65bdc9bc Crown Prince’s humiliating scandal, 58e111755f the royal family had 909773a518 gone all-in promoting the 431a23a834 Harvest Festival.e5af7419ed2f556e
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Thanks to 0aed71e9f1 that—and the d51f9344f4 increased presence 07efededf3 of patrol 7d191a0a44 units and f2ff61b3a2 fortified guards 857f8c8e0d hunting for 714fe8c706 the Resurrected 06b898478d one—the tense b2834f4f80 mood across df35072378 the Empire d17ea6eac1 had started 2941658106 to ease.4823093fabf2b127
It seemed a928f88e1a they had 6b3b927d56 even decided 40ec076a92 tosoftenthe search 5c63a1b3cf efforts during 751ad7a038 the festival 6a8b4f446a period. With the a36fc2aca9 crowds, it dbd70ebc6a had become 2afa2bfcc4 much easier c7537a3148 for her b9ca688451 to blend 0cedd672f9 in. For someone 3ca1da714c in her 1d4ef13575 situation, it 77f4143fd7 was a 200fcc743c welcome turn b00508877b of events.06da147d513ce8e3
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And now 32d1d8339e that the 75d45eb7c0 dramatic appearance cc8d52faa4 of the 1c4f417b14 Resurrected one 8eb1539db1 had led cc72449dff nowhere, public 6d60cfb35c interest seemed 17e050beff to be e4bb47e599 waning.1ff4fa457d8a9fa9
Rumors flew e52e4670bf about how 6a089a1204 she had 8aa1002e76 been kidnapped f9ead03cd7 by a dadce6c00a monster—or that 9a772da935 she’d saved 45d36d9ab0 civilians by e8ec694208 fighting back f5256c4e20 against one—but 6c41645f3a they were b9f7bff552 just that: 3c1fd6a964 rumors. Even the precious 0559850559 bits of video b432ffae94 footage that existed cc860edd6f didn’t show anything 4a8be83938 particularly heroic or 932864986f impressive.b5adc679d734a37f
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