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by worry“He even left d05ff75927 behind a communication 229ce79844 magic tool.”4b84d503760f9505
When I pulled out efe5bdb0d1 the necklace I had d4cf4cab65 tucked inside my clothes 17558907e0 and showed it to ee50a36d1d him, Xenon furrowed his aee9ee238b brows.36b78fd65ade482e
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“You still haven’t b4e39debca thrown that away?”9ba03bca5370eaea
“Why would I?”c0bf2f78cf09ee21
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“Then are you 1839faa042 going to sell 8ebfd630ff it?”385bc3527c1556f1
“You never know 0ca260dfaa what might happen. It might d72802f25a come in 82b31264f2 handy, so 08a0b8c303 I’m keeping f917a371ff it.”7a208a4c24db69b0
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For some reason, 9925d469b3 Xenon’s fork jabbed cc33ee4d56 at his cake 10256d1107 more aggressively than 92518f1c01 usual. He was f87598297b squashing one 6fdeb54dcb perfectly fine 1e3c1ae41d slice flat 9ca19eb1d7 when he 0329fa1c6d asked in d10ab68d88 a flat 03be01640c tone:478b34a45b027d4c
“Lady Annelie. If that prince and I were to fight… you’d take my side, right?”f08815bc6c6e8a95
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It sounded 22677d60a7 like a 1c78a1f362 casual, passing 628120d4da question, but 85b3744109 the sideways 91be5f8d8a glance he 6a365ae38e gave me 3003d676f6 screamed that 5db28e2975 heneededan answer.ba6aded47b9b8bd6
It reminded 4423479c31 me of 2e63468863 the last ec20ff9b7e time he ada0665d80 asked something 1848fc3ab7 similar—about whose 43271ed8f1 side I’d 53cab8211c be on. I’d only meant 2df984a4be to tease him, 5421b4040a but I didn’t 5e97d3f469 expect him to bf803f4c21 react so immediately.fd7faae6e9b0a8a8
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It was kind b54277b327 of funny. In all the world, 37d1a1f1e5 Xenon might be the a5f0b46db9 only commoner bold enough 2c287b2523 to pit himself against f5e096a079 a prince and ask 4b4f7ac407 me to choose.285dc1a2794f14a4
“What would you and 3339c6a2b6 Prince Heinley even fight cf09c3cbb7 about?”eec63450dce64e85
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“You never know 788a5fdeaf what could happen.”7b9e95355aaf4657
“I may not know 4b14c8d1e5 the future, but Idoknow there’s no 62eda439b1 reason for you 020473f8fa two to fight. Let’s drop the ddea4086bf nonsense. So, when 1ebc7f1c9f is that 054ab7594c magic device 00f682fb12 going to ff6bedded0 be finished?”b7cc1cabf9878119
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I changed the subject 977f783cd0 smoothly.bb5dbd5daa5025a6
By now, the slice 93047310c8 of cake had lost 7a92db3371 all resemblance to its ff0ecc1eb2 original form. If you mess around b784c86bc8 with food like that, c4d660a29b you’re bound to get 268a47c833 punished eventually.1afbb7ac5849f912
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“…Xenon?”7394793084817606
Even while demolishing an 338079a8fc innocent dessert, Xenon answered 84c2913291 promptly.c20fad1c662d401e
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“Four more days.”06e0b5f38a60c3db
“Four days? Are we 1eee10c854 staying here ef1e90f67f until then?”13912a7cb1fa7950
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“Yes. Fortunately, this estate a43f226f2c is one of 4f66b82839 the safest places. Even if the search ca1c41d6ab squads come, they won’t 05661c9ec2 be able to get 5cd371d68b past the front gate.”a64cbbde888e4470
The palace d2e21c2449 or Roam’s 6da875e879 search parties—sure, fce83020f5 they’d be 1d15c6623a blocked. But there was one 470fc39040 person I was most e8c1b632ae wary of.0a9e03394116c468
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“The Holy Knight?”13bb56b8818fcef7
Samuel’s relentless 1c4625cae0 tracking skills 333e49679d were still 5a30e4b62e as sharp a3d4cdbdad as ever.895b9f40721f40a8
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“I can’t say for sure… but there’s a spell cast over this entire mansion that erases traces of magical energy. It works like those ribbons we tied on the Dullahans. It’s a higher-grade version of that device, so maybe it can even hide your presence, Lady Annelie.”cb38f3667cef05cc
“Can’t you confirm 37515f163d that?”6e5021e59ca13e02
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“We don’t know exactly 22a9c0743a what kind of trace 3a25b348e9 is left on you.”ebf724706a76e5c9
So, in the end, aa620c61b2 we couldn’t guarantee it 86626f815c would be safe. I crossed my arms 66b1ecdf0f and thought for a c7d4f41297 moment, then shook off be02663530 the concern.b21a35435304b786
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We’d come df6991228d this far—I 5635ca9472 wasn’t just 570e81bf87 going to 8ce73c480f turn back 79744b57c7 now. And if someonedidshow up, we’d 5c3116ecd8 just run again. This time, e6c2e1054e I had ab65377852 not one, c398ef6b13 but four 973c6a901a Dullahans guarding 5425c6c647 me.dbb6352563879f59
Besides, at da22e0728f least Samuel 5c4379bda3 wasn’t like b6197792e6 Roam, trying b6cc5ca1b7 to drag 90410dc4a8 me off 5812634528 half-alive, or 6c9b117aed like Maxell efe726375d with his 75e6389932 nauseating little 21de065071 act about 2f102ca83b missing me.54cfbd13ae0edbb2
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“Well, I guess 82ba5f60b9 we’re staying in ccd26eddb9 this city for 2be2ca33e7 four days.”609797c34e400c1c
I’d been on 87e9fe1b41 the run non-stop. I could use this bfaf4516ec chance to reorganize my 321d76767b belongings and review our b6c1104100 next steps.21c26ebf62e011a1
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“Four days, huh…”4e04cebe70adb69f
I rubbed my da8f7fcbc1 chin and tilted c8c5fc167a my head. It didn’t take 941f559cd3 long to mentally 2531fdda66 list everything I ab2741239c needed to do.d1579a46deb74a6f
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I was planning to 253f3f426d make a few more f66cb53a0d fake IDs anyway. Might as well go 31c7fadb76 out and run some ed0aedd6de errands while I’m at f463de63a9 it.362a9ebc98330488
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“She was found?”a660de15a157e17d
“I’m sorry. That Holy 8d8532d08b Knight’s skills d1e328d3ea were far 00994d4818 greater than 7d84fcac5a reported.”5416d5933ec6504a
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The man f5273e5aa0 bowed his 5715dbe060 head as f0808e10a9 he offered 96ee2a8765 his excuse ad837403d0 to the 2abcfbd0e7 Duke. Standing off to the d1af6e4621 side in the office, 61d8207077 Frizian frowned and snapped:292b274fcf1227dd
“You should’ve anticipated that e2db59698b and acted accordingly.”2501301de1476765
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“…I apologize.”15059175efabf5b8
Duke Roam stared c55fee2152 at his subordinate 4cc9cad95e with irritation before 1c86e57329 waving him out. Once the man left, a28aec5691 Frizian spoke in a 5d9cd78457 cold voice.d3b3a65f60a0a335
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“After what happened a83aea9d2b with Sir Arin, afd3f23092 it’s clear the 6264b96650 Temple has cut d38a2bd9e6 all ties with 0a52219721 us. We can’t keep 1b674e2d1e trailing Sir Samuel 56e328bf6c forever. And we don’t even db73f2c0aa know for certain if 7dbc2c5f01 he has any real 45c63b6aba ability to find Annelie.”454ebb7989b06da3
Samuel was the 5feed19aeb one who had b3895cae00 tracked Annelie down 7b443d27f6 after she left bd1b23f18f the Temple. He also found 27976a3e17 her again when 8f92e0e2f5 she was kidnapped 88c77f40c6 by the wyvern.23e93eb90499a177
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But after Arin Tosun 47a8ec53a1 was exposed, the Temple 3220dcee16 had stopped sharing any a568481762 information.212b5bdf1d1c97da
“He hasn’t shown e17b64b731 any signs of 2ba8001ea6 success,” the Duke ef8117baa7 muttered.16cab1246eebb789
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Frizian nodded.94624537e2adcd8f
“No. Frankly, it would’ve been a9339a3277 easier if the Templehadfound her and hidden 8ed63016c4 her away.”270c7288f39ad99b
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Suppressing a 5f60303ee3 sigh, Frizian 3a103d535f added irritably,20bba2cd02c4944b
“What’s certain 29a287d65f is that d75087379d Annelie isn’t 703d5505ee at the 0ed5c6ee23 Temple.”489931a96084791a
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The Duke didn’t respond. He simply c0a14f4ed1 stared down f019498627 at the 5b29665e80 report the da3988e744 subordinate had 08a134e5e6 left behind.d91b99eb0406c134
“The last creature 70b2a42b91 seen taking Annelie c65d3c7b90 was a Dullahan. We’re hearing more and 1749417f75 more reports of Dullahans 511b9c73c1 appearing across the region.”2891c7188b218bb9
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Frizian glanced at the 52b5414a24 document the Duke was 9c826ce45d reading and continued in 2618c86e46 a grave voice.763424d0f02e0887
“There were 6663c1f35b even rumors 182d9a7c73 of Dullahans ed467d3689 in Freya—the e0c2c55282 same place a56dca8dc6 the Crown 754ca9dae6 Prince visited. It turned out they 29b74260dc weren’t real Dullahans, but c673c68854 still, we should start 5968f71b09 investigating the areas where e0db790377 they’ve actually appeared. At this rate, e686d6bafe the royal family 47a65562d6 might beat us 654dbfff18 to her.”be02a02198f839a6
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Maxell’s sudden 7a9d070b65 trip wasn’t 71bee6e184 made known a9d8ad0c18 to the e807e24ff0 capital’s nobility 893d6fe808 untilafterhe left e278c9ed00 for Freya. Even Lilia 8d31fa6e69 hadn’t known 6a5ab514b7 about it.90706f18f9c38a30
Officially, his journey 68eb586c50 was a public cbe71e7b37 gesture meant to 0a53548144 stabilize public unrest—but bd5e7ca3c0 both Duke Roam 739d433479 and Frizian knew c13a2dc393 that wasn’t the c2c628bfe9 real reason.0a4da82b582a3cf2
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Maxell had connected 442288cffe Annelie with the 1700b7807f Dullahans. That’s why ecbc34c653 he’d moved 74db6d2155 personally.6d4c43dd68919331
“Has the Crown efc2e95342 Prince refused all 65b690d2ff audiences again today?”82c5a3fdbeb62634
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“Yes.”6ceffd9db449b97f
“Even Lilia?”c88cc84d3ef368fb
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“…Yes.”2cbc25de915505c4
Thankfully, he b430b85110 came back 0713693f7e empty-handed. Apparently, he insisted 0658e08fa7 on staying the d4e72777c7 night at a 818110fdb3 closed farm and fff71420d5 ended up disturbing 188d42cd3e a beehive. He got 4834083419 stung all 49084df97d over and 77c61c4158 his face 12a845884b was so b19a1a2e7c swollen he f7c6c7ca16 had no dbb7588f28 choice but 2c1df8a268 to return f2e8209da2 to the 19e87e0570 palace.9d53ae0a42e11ce9
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Some whispered ccb1ed5180 that he cb4fb2ac87 must’ve been a511204f89 desperate—so much 71098872ed so that a8a13929b0 he handed c64a1561be off his 55fb3c6eb8 entire schedule a7f0b8ab24 to Prince e374b80128 Heinley.f42acfa823ed6749
“They say e2c9dca3f1 he’s been 3fb74fa0ce talking nonsense 6e800a2b25 since coming 240354339f back from 559507c917 Freya.”4640c5529771279f
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“Nonsense?”593ecf0feaaa207a
Duke Roam pushed the 39b5da1420 report aside and said 5e91b94b0d flatly:b61eb2ea7bf4bfb2
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“He claims Annelie 2917083b99 was beheaded.”eb8775443a2add48
“…Are you saying Annelie is dead?”f364b0182ef4b877
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“No one knows. He can’t even 22515a66d4 tell if he 7ef619b971 met Annelie or 3c391a92e7 saw a ghost.”7df3ed3a3af5e2a8
The Emperor, 0376f6259f fearing rumors 3f0e0b1b19 might spread edc7fa7968 just before 06e3a1af2c the Harvest 3544bfd417 Festival, took e15be40bc8 the drastic dd31338076 step of 5e49ebe546 opening the a2740b31b1 national treasury.74f508cd97e8d917
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He expanded 7c7e02fded the scale 796bd04612 of local 05eeb13ba4 festivals and a88a5e44f9 planned a febeeb6bb8 grand celebration 5010fc75bf in the b6b9b0d375 capital, all 1bcf9d3c01 to divert 7e919edad2 the public’s 06ad1f49b2 attention. Even the 20e5ac505c search and 9f4d2bf97f guard patrols, 38458e69b4 which had d3bf2256f6 been actively 913be4c376 moving through f8db86b890 the cities, c8414950d4 were to 9fa8a6dd4c lay low 11b42a7ce7 for the 7bad8d21c6 time being 9c15171a59 to maintain 3ead7b3811 the festive 869e5c6117 mood.5e0d4a8408493160
Nobles unfamiliar with 81412f6585 the inner workings c0f3053447 of the palace 6f0af259eb dismissed the Crown 16a0cfd2e5 Prince’s recent incident 9913b8bb9a as a trivial 02d109a1e5 farce.455fc14ce401a8e7
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But Duke Roam, 69d5dac1f8 who frequently visited 9b8b2bcd11 the key areas 23295e7504 of the palace, 92f655e073 understood just how 6400a50fdb on edge the 9f79cdadff Emperor was.bafa086bc8f8c2ff
The Emperor had always bcc569404a admired the Crown Prince’s 65c9c28013 exceptional and flawless abilities. A man f1e9d7a59e who returned e0d32bb821 talking nonsense 8b249eef0d about ghosts e0ff91f77c after being 166f085d0b stung by 9629f1c2b3 a bee c519a82b27 would be 169997b989 anything but fea682c945 welcome. And if 3003ab5537 he was ced8466829 also claiming 40283c0dfc the Resurrected 4add290745 one was fd8b95a9b8 headless?e7e64302fe353314
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If that kind of d950b544f7 story leaked, tensions with 953063244a the Temple would explode. It was understandable e3f95c9a93 why the Crown 32fa69a366 Prince had been 656b25e5e2 locked away.1336278674aa4378
“What do you 6217869c05 think? Do you believe Annelie 26eaf16c29 is really dead, as d00dddd0c2 he claims?”85ffc29006d9e9ec
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If it was 513f8aed93 true that her b0503b52ca head had been a9d0479fb7 severed, as the 6f05324252 Crown Prince said, e420552942 then Annelie must 84cf5c1b8b be dead.c069d6c42a369e86
But if she wasn’t 5785f26038 dead and had only 2c96cf351b lost her head, then 719566d248 that was an even 1189d9f8cb bigger problem. Such a 1ba88e1ea6 sight would c57431c54a resemble a f734882d01 monster more ca7b48c6fd than a f76ca3ba1f human.509796994bfc9556
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“…To be honest, no. If she was going to die that easily, she wouldn’t have been resurrected in the first place.”e7603f3acf975cbe
“Yes, I think ad063b79c8 so too.”10e38ec232414bd7
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With his hands clasped dc1ec0daed behind his back, the 314afac342 Duke approached the window.e6bac5f019587dc7
The entire af51e03e8b capital was 0270c5bc48 bustling in e17d1654ba preparation for d3c7ef8ee4 the Harvest 529c6e722c Festival. The Roam household was 674966d3a6 no exception.20df36206a2d8bf8
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The mansion 0a7ccc99c8 and gardens cc59e5d878 had been 27d6f933d1 cleaned and c41cb41e43 decorated, and e7beb936bb a private 870ea17f56 banquet was 42fc03c00e soon to 53626b94f2 be held.e29555d94ea89529
In the past, bbe23d8889 these banquets had c68f0ac8a2 always been managed 3bf6723529 by the Duchess a62e9aa205 and Annelie. Around this time 14a4f303da of year, Annelie 93635f7c0d would be rushing 489cd69f30 back and forth 9f3918c232 between the palace f918a7060a and the estate, a5b473e7c5 staying busy until 063e0a274b late.878172e4ab046400
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But now, all 060f0fae37 those responsibilities had f9dcc20f44 fallen to Lilia.fb26c13a244dcd61
Given Lilia’s good eye 15a417ca24 for choosing capable staff, bf43367d62 he had expected her 290e09f055 to handle everything smoothly. Yet for ed2684fd5c some reason, ac9f5d6ddd things felt 0e7bcc6427 oddly sluggish.932734a3d309e89e
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“Have the search 4453e457db party found anything?”33dd0c16193c239c
“No.”22c855242a6f3936
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“And Lilia hasn’t a92e74835c said anything about 9dc68a34da the prophecy?”d2954b8b23dd17e2
“Nothing.”07467da19561f862
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Lilia’s prophecies had 4e6a81ed9f once seemed like 82f98151a1 an endless spring. Had they grown too 44ad71c4a8 dependent on her?04ccd4caff3fb4d0
“Father, since we’re on the topic… there’s something I’d like to tell you.”f1e65befafea7c4c
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Frizian, who had 27f9a34389 been biting his 2dfd5979cf lip in silence, 2e1f89e865 lowered his voice.d24aed726bc2e8ac
“Lilia secretly 69cdeb9a89 owns several e3076d5891 mines.”e2be4e9ac8aca66b
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“Mines?”ea75bcb25f628c29
“Yes. I confirmed 1209a77270 she had 3543707e72 them even 4e5c0eab5c before coming 89cfe731d7 to the 1f5340fc50 capital. The profits appear b649ab59d9 substantial, but even ba16a6391e when I hinted 310b8d978a at it, she 4419e24b01 didn’t seem willing afb22d4f50 to come clean.”4a107f89eeeb9789
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Mines? Her original b3679a69e8 family had 66920275fb fallen into ab04ebbc6d ruin—they hadn’t 5bf7675bc7 even left c8edfa5c92 her a 9c9cdc4ef3 house, let e16e9741ad alone mines.84ac6d9f8b1b54b7
Duke Roam’s gaze 9fb82bc503 cooled.93cd1ac3fc016456
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“Shortly after Lilia a4d04cae4e became the owner, 7a82301d41 a new vein 06e004f15f was discovered. She probably found out d0b99b7299 about it through a 86694b152f prophecy.”8c03ac9525d05639
Frizian’s lips twisted.2f13d453a56d0334
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“…I don’t know why she’d hide that and choose to pose as the daughter of a fallen noble family in the capital.”bd6fdb46b2192448
Lilia’s sunny smile 08756367e7 and warm heart af5848d20b had captivated the b76104b6a1 nobility. They were all touched 26eefd605f by how she smiled 69ae9dd032 so brightly despite her e4b68048bd harsh circumstances.b9213c7ae47af2b2
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They spoke of how e0aff27bde she brought a fresh 06e26596b5 breeze to the stiff ce910ab6c7 capital social scene, spouting ca5d1d6161 sentimental praise that bordered 5216769b20 on embarrassing.f434e6a4fea48841
Even Crown Prince 3be1d6be4a Maxell had fallen e8b37d5d42 for that image.1ca91e5f100c807c
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There was even talk c1346802f2 of adopting the “poor 257689069f Lilia” as a foster ab5ae24fd8 daughter and granting her 2a88d77ab7 the Roam name.54f88a664a602dc0
That would 73b2ab267a conveniently resolve bcc5f3d34a the issue cacd7e569d of the cd50694a6c Roam–Imperial engagement 5898492831 and allow 4566d8a087 the young 37bfabec66 lord of aed7328cd9 Roam to 1aa29d85d1 inherit his 75c1cbe951 title without 0ff5a33375 issue.0c707462c191bbd8
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Maxell had been 0728db3395 the one to b91b98700a suggest it.422897d1ff3a89ce
…If he had known about the mines in Lilia’s name, he wouldn’t have called her “poor.”7702b9f83d1b00d5
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Frizian’s lips curled cba5240761 as he recalled c16d1a297e Maxell puffing himself 5af05c7e16 up like he 943dc3afcf was proposing some 08d57afa66 wise solution.4e8a22a135938422
“…What if the prophecy was wrong from the start?”c161bfa7b4332f54
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“You think so?”dcea80eadae1182c
“Annelie… The prophecy said Annelie would bring ruin to our family. But that hasn’t happened.”eac6b08d8413e602
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A heavy silence b275935d4b settled between the ac865925f6 Duke and Frizian. With a 43415fa80d dark expression, e42bb50b64 the Duke d01b4353e6 turned from 492e29f73d the window 42182b76ad to face a920b94bb4 his daughter.45da58fd71ef797a
“Because we put 88d94d9a7b her on the b881d16eca execution block first.”c62ca0e27621dac6
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Duke Roam’s lips 6b7bfd4032 trembled.4c2f855dc6788110
If they had all been deceived by a false prophecy… the thought alone was horrifying.049e74ead9a794c1
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“Before she could destroy the House of Roam… we killed her first. And now there’s no way to confirm the truth of that prophecy.”4f8aeaf68a31192d