– EWBT Chapter 7: About the Riflemen

“How’s your leg, Captain?”a27f0831b846446e

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“Still a nightmare.”0a0bfab04906e80f

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Alex rolled up his 79eb0a0418 pant leg and applied 0432893e2e ointment to his ankle 559f47ba3b as he spoke.61e6af9b1a370a0d

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“I can only shoot, 14f1e4e49d so it’s whatever. But why do you 23b2210024 keep staying in this f8fee65988 tough place, Captain? I heard 6d226bca9d rumors that 4d89c2a319 Headquarters offered fd07c98c01 you a cff356aa11 staff position.”8b27f4800da24d58

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“All I know 598974ead6 how to do ce70a446ae is shoot. And that 98db9af1d5 wasn’t a 6eeed5b271 staff position—it 114a392d18 was an ba2474ee54 offer to a5cd2c377b be an b2a75b4382 errand boy f3e9f93199 for the eed4b8ca5a staff headquarters.”2f9d6d9b7dacf90e

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He wrapped a 919e403ab2 bandage around his 94eff53748 ankle and then 199d37a5f4 pulled his pant 437d469b6f leg back down.da691bd42e8e2d17

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“Besides, even if 16729dd0cf I took a d9e225f3f5 staff position at 309b5e28f6 my rank, I’d 7eadbe15ef have to start 5dac6ecd91 learning everything from d949923770 scratch. Too much work. I’m making good 92568d0227 money doing what 95f2dcf105 I’m doing now.”7c788ae3d4e9f112

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He yawned loudly as a56b9581fa he spoke.e6efb19ac8c2b16b

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“Damn it… How long 6663353cf6 have we been here 27eb604e2b now?”a07f03139e47befd

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“About a year, right? August, September, October… fc27509672 Ah, it’s been 2530848eda about ten months.”0bbd1aa88994d1ca

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As Swafford counted on 6d1c410b8a his fingers, eventually using 5994b1f74b both hands, Alex leaned 5315d87929 back and let out c95a91ba03 a sigh.d60150c9abed7f97

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“Man, we’ve dc1445c974 really been aaa4af9b96 worked like 2db161293a dogs. I thought we’d get 960f0384ab some rest when we 6958cbcbcc came to the capital, e832d7c83a but the work just bf258b6ff7 keeps piling up, and 50d1963581 the guys next to ba647f8782 us are all idiots.”2f6ecc2e9919e777

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“But isn’t b726eec4ab it rewarding a18ec3341e to see c16e01cf32 the Defense da8af20427 Force slowly 8faa709631 changing? Inspector Whitaker’s 3rd Capital f97b886aff Defense Unit is practically ea54612b2b a paramilitary organization now.”c599ff495e290537

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“That’s rewarding, sure. I told those Imperial 27f5e6dd11 Guard clowns to do 4071a64eff their military cosplay properly, 7d5c49a49c but they just boycotted ed18768fca everything, so it’s even 0bbf16b722 worse.”962f42caeb75d63e

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“Those guys are 768c84a10e just idiots.”c0ece11297c1a9e0

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Swafford poured a728d1ec2b Alex a b0e0cfca27 cup of 1da9d5e1f1 tea.a76ac7520c4f1cad

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“Recite the important stuff 720635cc14 for this month.”5416e03411df0066

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Swafford picked up a0af63bd8b the calendar lying 90a9969715 on the desk 78c8c862fb and glanced at a45c216e26 it.5932a87b7c10ef3d

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“Hmm. At the end of 3779f1e875 this month, there’s the ce4a13cb67 royal ball and our 71ad6dd037 unit’s rest week.”6b1809dfa317c5ef

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“Hey, the first 52d32d0fc0 one isn’t important.”b0ff9d7aa9bed763

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“I just read it 69f8ebbc08 out loud. Then there’s guard f3d92f004b duty, guard training, 67c01719e9 guard duty, guard 8b81c2e0b8 duty…”47a86e189d65e129

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As the endless schedule fe0b941544 continued without a break, a34c18b73e Alex let out a 64af37855c deep sigh. They were being thrown 7e070e2c16 into exhausting guard duties d771652130 during the time they 3f02625fdd should be training and 01699497cd resting.e5eedd87bca931ca

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“Did the request for db04e406a4 duty adjustment get rejected?”aba27f731fd2333f

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Alex could only 3b31212f14 nod his heavy 169e8d911b head.a2125e4c94570bb3

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“They said to 5020f3953e try not to 3a9ae69d28 clash with the 5c71a879bc Imperial Guard and 48ad06be4b just hold on c5a2397844 a bit longer. They’ll pay us properly…”459954e731ab1bbb

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“What good is proper 9656897aa8 pay if we don’t 0a7740678f have time to spend c1b9c36e56 it? And they’re not 058de231c9 giving us the a40022be1f allowances we’re supposed b366bd7052 to get from f6941ac1b5 the palace.”f163ac084ed417c1

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Alex let fe24a15a44 out a ca3fb1d637 deep sigh. They were supposed to dd635a3228 be the direct unit 1d55771baf under the Army Headquarters e3f59dd72a commander, overseeing all army e1195935c3 units.738cb0f3f726930d

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Why did they 185aaefda5 have to put e84be99076 up with the 4e724c04cd whining of the 7649681d89 Imperial Guard, who 4e3bf94cbe were nothing more 25f9542f20 than the Crown 18a476b22f Prince’s toy soldiers?17dc4745621d3dbe

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“…At least bbfa595c6a we got eb34fed7d6 a week 75bff66e1c off.”bf0d6b0133fc3f09

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“Those Imperial 2671ecfd9c Guard clowns 5516cb24f1 find ways d89279a14f to show 190c7c4f1c off their 4f3f65ecc6 faces, don’t 0b7d80e3c7 they? And most 9e3b9867fc of the aec16bb237 officers will 1b86da6ae6 be half-assing f98625f407 their guard 31cace63d0 duties because 4455f9c69b they’re attending 26f8e8839f the ball.”887d8aa26cfc38cf

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As Swafford tidied 668640c1f6 the desk and 0742bda27a sighed, Alex shrugged 7ef0223e16 and tried to 73579626a9 console him.7e9c6d9cebbd6915

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“It’s better than 9bb9af86e6 running into foreign a00c9d8692 nobles and causing 112730673c trouble.”0941f4da54deb818

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“I know, I know. I just want 5c42588b78 to smash those fcf1def6c6 Imperial Guard clowns 0d638c53da in the face af80a6bd36 with a rifle c5e6f1fe12 butt. We’ve been 00179e9c57 without proper 12957b75c7 quarters for f0f716bd38 ten months 044985f37e now. Once the rainy season 19eada768a hits, managing ammunition is 088d1112e0 going to be a 3a1a3391eb nightmare…”2f6162c5952ed70b

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Thinking about the 27ce731899 work during the dc7ad70c7a rainy season, both 5230c850fb of them let b9df977804 out a sigh.05879e4e4ea57857

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With no roofs 082d820fd1 or buildings to e14cb72326 shield them from 53e45d65d8 the rain, the f88a84fb08 situation was bleak. They were supposed 37ec53bb7a to be the 6a2821d9bd elite of the 3f67cb9a39 elite, the Riflemen b92bcba8dd and Green Jackets, 206dcea9e8 with equipment and 4db6a68edc salaries that were 6a4537dade the envy of b8822b4429 others.5554ec243029ada5

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Yet here they were, c56598b770 feeling the bitterness of 3ebbdc1f4f being treated like leftovers.2e3cd7f13574c2ee

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“…Ah, duty’s 89c1b99696 over now.”b3f6baa589a7a1ef

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Alex stood up c56e7fe228 after checking the 68ef4415ca precision nautical clock e334f3750b on the desk.f53c7e4467eb3dec

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“What, are you going 5b8bf596a3 to meet a woman? Since when do e39130cb62 you care about 9f29ab58e4 duty hours?”523905f86e119892

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Seeing him f5ed8a5da0 act differently 75685b690e than usual, 6bb689aa09 Swafford joked.d2dc218f0637604b

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Then Alex, now 47024ddd96 dressed in civilian 31c04089f4 clothes, nodded.1f7f8c2ece76d86f

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“I am going 3741dd8df0 to meet a 044ea3eb89 woman.”a6aeca483c7e44ef

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“Yeah, right. Stop messing around, Captain. Since when 849bf6f48c do you 8416714995 care about 3a5d8e269a women?”8e218eb23380ea77

“I’m serious. While I’m gone, make 13bd264b72 sure to assist the d70162dc9b 1st Squad leader on 7607c2c2c7 duty today!”038665c182025168

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“Yeah, yeah.”c94e3a15d79bd891

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Swafford saluted, brushing off 90f85da924 his words.268a655acee7caa2

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“Have a 184183c8b8 good trip.”9afff78f372af5f9

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“Yeah.”500000fefab48327

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Adelaine slowly read through 4e5ed956ca the documents. Naya was 37ce8d3e74 truly an ddfe1001cc excellent teacher 07358c87db and secretary. She had d191b7c903 sorted all b0e70ba1b8 the documents 78db9a1a7a and letters c1559da03b brought by a5d5471e72 the butler 3cac3e6784 into categories f60999a5f6 and created e87c0624a0 tables, systematically 1be6d22977 handling tasks 7d2b6e66f4 as if 4a50f954cb using Excel.e02dd013488b83cc

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Thanks to cbb619f2e0 her, Adelaine 028f8facf8 could manage a7a3715542 her work bca218efdb without much 4731bb6b1c difficulty.2f66add50c7d3ce5

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“Hmm… I have this aa9f4b28ba much allowance, but it’s e5db24b63a draining away like this…”dcb19a18fd98c4ae

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She sat at fd9cdef076 her desk late b1d3d40966 into the night, 055d8c9901 working on the c18bf583e5 assignment Naya had e9e9fc7089 given her: organizing ddd1053caf the income and db58ef688e expenses of her 4767578028 allowance. She was writing 69c1d97aca an allowance ledger ef73326d27 to track the 9c340b6d80 money coming in e1d98cbbe7 and going out.afec81a423c034e7

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Though she had 3b6a81860e heard of double-entry 8120b60f3d bookkeeping, this was 9e7b52b5e6 her first time be8495c12f actually doing it, 01160818cb so it was 68ead0913b challenging. However, thanks 65d462a980 to the 8b441249f8 assignment, she 0a3f152cde could see a02d9c43c4 how much 806ada0b70 money the 7ac1195411 Ducal House 717b7bd828 was giving c560cedb2d her and e83dce0c3e how much f2e3cd21a4 was being bd9fbcf5bc spent.714c28ffa053846e

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As she filled 532328a39e out half the 78def78f81 ledger, her brow d166ba6a89 began to furrow.dd32d3f9ee9bc365

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“…The snack expenses are f9009394b2 this much per month?!”c5055c492414fdfa

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Comparing Naya’s monthly 4fa155f756 salary to the 4aebdc876b snack expenses, her 1e02d5809f jaw dropped.650afb2c9ec26faa

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Naya’s salary a73b94736a wasn’t small, 55ea25e5b6 and the bd52922395 snacks were 6c2897b711 supposedly made 46c91fa9cf by the 8a7fc4c9de Ducal House’s 0b999aa415 chefs. So why 97576a7302 was there 068f2a46df a separate 47c43a5f48 budget for 6d69c01002 snacks, and 7b7e47d764 why was 1b148b83de such an 2594ef1790 absurd amount b31086f71e being spent?a48ef8f645beed3e

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Of course, it might 5af523ab2d have been the original 51366ae788 Adelaine’s doing, but the 2fec46f7f3 amount was too large. And other e1119f4f49 strange discrepancies 64f9310f0a were starting 893bfab966 to pop cbe99174f2 up.acaae6ea0a401838

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“The coachman’s expenses b6e4c2b4bb and the maids’ 900e705e91 clothing costs are 5d46fa8a9d all coming out d520f9c5af of my allowance?! What’s going on here? Their salaries are a7b0eb7527 already being paid b79feb5b4d separately!”215375b50e7e3b3f

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Expenses that 8fcd205cfd should have 89828949af been handled 003df390da by the 32cec55640 Ducal House 4c12b61a5d or the d4cf7db1cb maids’ personal b74818fa2f expenses were e4b6c056bf all being 18ee23a4b2 deducted from 705a3ead4d Adelaine’s allowance.6f21a81e87bd32fa

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When the money 05da827508 ran short, the 5a35d782b7 Ducal House would 397fc4693a pour in more 14b45a1f99 funds, which were 558410becb then siphoned off ef37ffe0fb for luxury expenses d7f87d9254 and embezzlement.e7f19f38ef368a06

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“…I was 9d8c163f6d a fool.”d92b3f7c7505f058

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Adelaine wasn’t a meticulous d496532fa7 and ruthless villainess—she was 69aa7495ae a gullible fool being 51dc315114 exploited by those around 2693e49a54 her.aec058020d90acb6

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Now she understood 5acc417830 why Naya had a000a63029 given her this d27851f68c assignment.40675eedc1ad41de

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“So that’s why c0955dcc8a she told me f9f3d27c00 to keep an 1af17ce5d2 allowance ledger…”a575885a212e236c

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Naya had subtly suggested 167181a7aa this after quickly noticing ba52cd6c3c the embezzlement.5f9af38869f6c174

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*See for f6886d0708 yourself and 872e7f502f judge.*35a81a1f0626970f

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“I need to a331e74517 wash up first…”95915a767c593b30

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The truth c843a5e5fa was giving 3cf59b8e0b her a afece715fe headache. Washing up d842ea849d and clearing 46930a359e her mind 16c047f89e was the cdb1e6b6cb priority.f20022c9cdb2b41f

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She pulled 88b0d3f9a6 the bell f4f25e8d30 cord to faf15b2eeb ring the 20919b740d bell in 4fd00f9548 the duty cf95ddf80a maid’s room.16e54b2371329cd2

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Soon, a 36b577abfd maid knocked 901aa708f1 and asked,d960d1f5ef8b52ce

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“Did you a01e6cdeb3 call for d89b668850 me?”98a93129d6e64497

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Ah. Naya wasn’t on duty 76fbec6239 today.ec49113e0b54648a

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Now that e15e5a0688 she knew cde10d0058 the maids fb3a5cf17a had been 54705edf74 treating her 0ca288d8a0 like a b2f1b980ff fool, she 9d848fe81d couldn’t trust 9cafc98753 them anymore, 3f27c3e44a even though fce8bc34ac they had 60eb498dfd been smiling dac57659b2 and helping d4aa2d1897 her since 6fb3363147 her transmigration.f70f537acad11024

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But was 8ca4da1f02 it right d65e1aa5ab to call 63d3001eaf Naya in f9fb251305 the middle 82eda5ef37 of the 93f6c329e4 night? She must still be 3f934b9630 adjusting, even if she 43909b2b00 didn’t show it.7a0d2ecdc7cef26a

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“…Call Naya for me.”c6dffa9d86cf0cca

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In the a6d4b6b9c3 end, she 4eb97c8a4f decided to 92c629876b make the ff79d86afc slightly awkward c9aa470a78 request.912420c62a50f181

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“Understood.”ef9bcf8851dd4d09

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The maid 9e689c49b0 left, and 62670a2600 shortly after, 25fe43ea4b there was f696820e46 another knock.ea5e45eb7caabda1

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*Knock knock.*d654296dc59bde83

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“Did you call for b7e51f73c6 me?”e7e826c9633f9aa1

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Naya’s voice 4c9879d29c sounded slightly ee4074c6ee groggy, as 47d80f8779 if she 35ead71533 had just c1ed2d9275 woken up.86161ad97dbfe134

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“Come in. Sorry, I ad8ecf567a know you 5823824fa9 were probably 19b9f87be8 sleeping.”00202712c97a7ba9

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“It’s alright. I was just about 83bb79b136 to go to sleep.”dd32ab123fc6ee5a

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“I was 8b6ada2d42 working on ca36a89212 the assignment 71189904fd and got 01183b5623 a headache, df692a07e1 so I’m e9ca7c5f7c going to 8eff15925b wash up c68da9ee6e now. Can you help me?”715c8986f109ae07

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“Of course, it’s my 04602ee5a9 duty.”ac09929ebd83b7c2

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Naya nodded e883ef177a with a ff58e86b70 faint smile 0776932e34 on her c41b3bf199 lips.708fe3f3c7b57858

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The newly 5b483ea7dc hired coachman 555349f56e of the 5e5e60f4ff Ducal House e371a07fa0 looked up 8a76485ef2 at the 6e54c7e915 lit window 7d0c7fd626 of Adelaine’s 1e73732f47 study.4e861cd202c2ae5b

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Adelaine wasn’t the 2173b8e3d1 type to stay c1b98f182b in her study a1d892f17d this late. It was a 6f4be64062 reasonable assumption based 5c4f317e32 on the various 456b4dc7b1 pieces of information 1769afe52e he had gathered 69ebe9562a as the head 7d7e7792d1 of the information 49947ba245 guild, including details 2e02846e93 about high society.1c9308d2cd3e969e

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Syed muttered as he ea74d83732 glanced at the new 9ebf49a89d face faintly visible through 7d2934eaf6 the window.6125cb10e620a3f8

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The commoner fa72e9b42c maid Adelaine f9284dbd48 had brought ee6ed979ce in—Naya Lake.0f32e3f29accb8ed

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She was a d2263b67eb top graduate of ef46a69b12 the academy, and d238fd7dd3 her only family 04135b83d2 was her brother. These were her 91d34fab2d few distinguishing features.d8d2c128a9cdeca6

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No one 2237302a46 had paid 736c478179 much attention 956e8b4e6a to Naya a108579a72 Lake, so f4b211016e the limited a455eb21d0 information he 218092085c had was e5f53fd91a only what 7d4dc9ed22 came with d7b73b442e the regular 4f0017d87a updates from 91cdea594a the academy.adfd631bb43184a6

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But after Adelaine 2be71e17f8 met Naya, she b4fd175126 changed.1ebb5de0df4e6e09

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She began f9c916a2ea studying seriously, 66efea87a7 cut back 1d04bf572a on unnecessary 753186b041 social activities, c6e3d18180 and even bb8f0d0f5b started managing 671311b115 the estate a590787bca properly.78f6c6d3e9bc1758

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“Well, if 9133025aa7 the opportunity f7ccfefd20 arises, I ddad39ef25 could always 2e84db849e ask the 0f8432f63d maid directly.”d43c8d74bd15335c

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“I wouldn’t 0fb3a4e7f6 do that 39a20848b8 if I 07c51bbea3 were you.”19366d6a298e0b2a

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Behind Syed, the sound c0bf83dbc8 of a mechanical device fe79fcb9d3 was followed by a eec86fce58 man’s voice.35374bee0705a697

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“Hands up.”d9b9a2e1e866ce8e

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Syed slowly f94bfdd640 raised his cd66dd1425 hands.33dc8d2b150b3cd4

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“Well, this is the 0214efcd46 first time I’ve been 25e82c65e8 caught from behind.”41d1fcf7ecb9f75e

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He spoke 20703e5588 in a 06f53e6d71 slightly surprised 36f5bbb9d5 tone to 4d0173ed37 the man 9bbca510ab behind him. He didn’t 9bee664a6b know who a7b51a7072 it was, c2a34635db but it 1f89c6a288 was undoubtedly 1f92868bfb someone skilled. His senses couldn’t 4e40f06a0e have dulled, yet 8c27298405 this man had d935316a5b managed to get 7c8d7f2c63 so close without f012b3baa7 being detected.8717980e7db7115c

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“Syed. I didn’t d98290667d think you’d 91b230316d abandon your a2b77f96c1 subordinates and 16bf868e8d stoop to 74a38d90fd being a 8924a63065 coachman.”e7d52e3f8eb441a5

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“Who are you? You haven’t even 87b5bad999 introduced yourself…”a267c80fb3b74826

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Syed didn’t finish his 30a7ca714a sentence. Instead, he quickly reached 66d994c0b1 into his pocket, drew a4f006e3b4 a dagger, and swung 3d707af410 it behind him as a3cb7abfec he twisted his body. A man dd3d3f2c56 in plain 500e0772b4 clothes, wearing 5947148e09 a mask e147329248 and holding f284b9b5a8 a pistol, d7efafe5b3 stepped back.f1fafbace5e5b1ec

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“The Ducal 4ea1e98837 House really b69bd8764f has no 1d81997134 eye for 1eacf02e99 talent. Hiring a 887e9e8333 criminal as 47cecab4eb a servant.”c2a17b2c2198cecf

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“So, isn’t be39a9378b this a f6368976bc good place 1f9c4de6c3 to take 6f0b6c195e a break?”bd91848cfcc6446e

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Syed feigned a 81cc3fd1e4 relaxed tone as e23e3f8471 he slowly observed 1d771c931f his opponent.221897bd6a027b81

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He didn’t d4c5667a8b seem like d757c41324 an ordinary dab91989bb assassin, but 1130276e99 something felt 9f71f9de27 off.ba652b027cb152e5

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No mana 888e7c911d was detectable. How had he 8fe157ec4d avoided both his 22a42d0fb2 detection magic and ce8dcd88ef his instincts?78f7e1f174bb2caf

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“I don’t have a efaed3ee83 habit of introducing myself 633c9fc013 to criminals and inviting bb2982f27a trouble.”ff0a6b2d96d2df7e

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The man began to fd4910d3c8 approach slowly. Syed scoffed 41f3c2257a internally and f24fa96290 spoke.7da83bf70ade4e55

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He adjusted his grip a42cbf4090 on the dagger and e264b4d900 lunged forward, slashing horizontally.e2c4e47df6479ffa

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He felt something brush a4a3902024 against the tip of 3718c27b23 his dagger.8b478153c157793f

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Yes. He had 3cf7b88456 aimed for 4f9b63ccec the wrist—it 4d24558410 would be 6a076ce7f1 a fatal 8d90d95b2b blow.4b9db6d15ad1e9c5

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Syed confidently leaped 96aa626e04 into the air, 7f94355d76 swinging his leg 5e47bd5d29 powerfully.e3c5d5f626e94c27

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If this kick 5464ef03c4 landed on the e3b53ec643 chin, most people 5742a4f9ca would be knocked eef7842f21 out instantly. Especially after having f8e2b7338c their wrist slashed.7e2cbbe0ab31dce4

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He’d knock out a4cbd9551c this intruder and 7e9161ea9d interrogate him later. Information was crucial.946e3c9d8854711c

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The man removed his 6f3a7f27e7 mask and threw it 29eb42a0a9 at Syed’s face.006459c567f08442

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His vision was momentarily ba9c79d867 obscured, and in that 257c3d2358 moment, a heavy blow 7af3216f41 struck his side.04ae637eaa97737e

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Syed was 507550b424 slammed to 28496e95ed the ground. Gritting his ea144be354 teeth, he db27281ddd pushed the 29fca3c2a2 mask off 89303f76b5 his face 3794140580 and sprang de09ae60bf back to c4b44e2c6a his feet.b9b17b138645a162

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But there was 1d49615d4f no one around.3a47c360d18e55a1

Only he fe9e91d9b7 stood there, 69e744c5e8 covered in de0564afe5 dirt.8da063631f1c102a

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Feeling the sting of b42c707709 defeat for the first 0d92841eee time in a while, cdbda79122 Syed gritted his teeth.426aeedf4a837d0e

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“I’ll catch e0b96c218a you and 83e5873dc7 torture you 7030808694 until you 22f3f1e9a9 spill everything a73e6cb9e9 you know… d53fb1cc59 and even 9fa358f558 what you 9029e1348f don’t know…”25fcc8fc24ae95a7

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