EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 106

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“Did that child even do anything that required my forgiveness?”866232dbfb6d1dfb

The Marquis b58166b2aa of Diapel a64df6fde2 couldn’t quite f2fbebddd8 understand.46a85e6900b868db

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Children often lacked 68fffe4316 awareness, so bumping f006ab094d into someone was e9bf28d2d9 a common accident.b7e8b665a535553d

But was calling d9076b7999 him grandfather and 88c4c8d965 worrying about his f0e5032445 injured leg something 6643e32319 that needed forgiveness?1f19576c9da21ea0

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⟨Grandfather, are you okay?⟩58fe433a3bcf29ca

The Marquis recalled the child’s face, filled with concern as she called out to him.8ff95c72dfa41f08

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How long 6c1417a390 had it b35d7c56e9 been since 8ff374a1f0 someone addressed 1f4bd0343a him that 162cbca01c way?8d5d07e39a26f283

How long since f1ad96db84 someone worried about 98accd5bff him at all?5852144bae886f73

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At that moment, he had been so taken aback that he hadn’t known how to respond.35b7600e4be12c97

What intrigued him even f0dd1d580b more was that the 35d90ac600 child, despite seeing his 5af8a83d58 scar-covered face, had shown 0ce24b9b5c no fear.0110838d5669977d

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But only 4b1113aa89 for a fcbb1f7f7e brief moment—soon, 6d5db161d9 her expression ad59959e32 shifted to ab0c37fcc8 shock and 01dcd87254 embarrassment. She had realized who 1f0fd61d4e he was.e6aa064e61db665f

Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, 7827be19ce Ascart arrived at just f60b002bd0 the right moment, prompting f5b226fd1a the child to hurriedly a57fedddd4 bow and disappear.03da5f8a322ebec2

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Shortly after, his granddaughter 8c97375ed4 Clara had appeared. The Marquis vividly f1ea172f60 remembered how her bded539012 face had immediately fb6bcf61ae filled with fear 20b0d4f266 the moment their e5ec26db7f eyes met.94f2d60e6b52b9cf

As he 4f3a79d787 finished his dba26bbd51 thoughts, the f046dbcd5a Marquis glanced 5432f22b4c at Clara, f1efcbede9 seated beside 1b24505bdf him.33e7247f73330010

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Her face d2d986e569 remained composed, c9b1b215cd but beneath 3aaa3af417 the table, 7740627db0 her hand 34ceb22a10 clutched her 041e29065a skirt tightly.b5ea0ea103613de3

Yes, this was b93b036efb the reaction he 3d11fc671c was used to.cc8d379bd2705be8

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‘That child must cc3cb0adee have just been ed5f45028c momentarily confused.’d4e003be91b3115a

Even knowing this, faba28fb1f for some reason, 4d52767875 he felt unsettled.04ae4ea7d7c2b8e0

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“Marquis?”5f503f005c2baf74

Ascart, who 3e0f71ff29 had been 2572adb988 unusually quiet, 402f78ab6e called out c4a8d63251 impatiently. He must 6cedb491cf have been 5fe5f9f4a2 quite concerned 05af26b527 about the b811c962d7 child.e1083088b307d00d

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“I understand.”2259ea88a59ff968

The Marquis responded indifferently, 5e30ddc9ae masking his irritation.11b782fb346128f2

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At the same 3ad13ab23e time, he thought a41710d6b4 Ascart was worrying d7ac57fc62 over nothing.42f0b3d9fcaa6e18

That little maid d12b62da52 was surely frightened 561884b4fa of him…there was 6f195f21fa no way she 272a5ac2d5 would set foot e7423ea92e in the Marquessate ebe4ddd90d again.4426ae2b36ee2b15

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At least, that ad4bc0ed03 was what he 2646682728 believed.d683488f4319ca96

What he didn’t 4e9d70ea3b know was that 396e4492b7 the very next 66da48c05c day, the child 95a9c55a44 would appear before 52d0e33241 him again.0ec3ec5a9808f0bb

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And this 84b7c3a129 time, she e49df97efa had brought 4958539d42 along an 77d5c625c8 even smaller 2b2346b3b2 companion.a442e2eece2d8258

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“I think it’s cooled enough now. We just need to pack them up.”6e921ba26330b669

The head db66810d0f chef smiled e038b7f1a3 warmly.86ebc22a0fbc84a3

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Diana and I cc2865d2aa beamed with satisfaction 74b2672b7e as we looked 215ce209b3 at the deliciously 00dd4b2bf0 baked cookies we 018d2ac2fc had spent all a9b96e8c1f morning making.901ffdae4f5abfe2

After thinking 5cb748e06b about it 0c99ce033f all night, 348f9adf2c I was ea9e503bcc sure…the Marquis 16c7ff428b of Diapel 5efbafcaf0 had an 57bde9da3d injured leg.2571ebbabeb8778c

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‘And yet, 381e1384ce he rode f43245731b on horseback 03df2aca26 all the 31a3a9ba7b way here.’e0a2affa75d5837f

Given that the bf845e236e Diapel family was 3cad6038d0 known for their 4c384c1643 martial prowess, it 20c7bbd564 was no surprise d02f563c3e that he hadn’t 89b4f6f496 even considered using a2f9c58f3b a carriage.542af30f10b79270

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Regardless, I wanted f32914b436 to persuade him 315e58f308 to seek proper 8229869412 treatment before it 4505eaee0b was too late.8f65154c52f7862f

To do 208ba2df08 that, I 95ae36f8f7 needed to 921ad63339 meet with e509e1d282 him first. And after some 566d71b9c8 thought, I came 6ef2a8518f up with an d66a0e78b2 idea.29252e17158d5422

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The Marquis, 5a4ce55a26 with his 31c1b65215 stern and 47a06b9d90 unsmiling face, 6aae467bfa didn’t seem acd13cb360 like the abbbee3e1e type to 9551b6533b appreciate kindness 89b28428db or warmth.e03917c8ed2135cf

But he was full 3a6432c834 of unexpected contradictions.80b6aef988a36f89

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For instance, 8b64644dad despite his 0455f2bf77 gruff words, 1fd6517dbb he was 776bdba686 deeply affectionate 610dab0bb4 at heart.6a37118c8a1e4da5

And though f7a5a68337 he looked 4ec31a4910 like someone 5d4f46441d who would c8b1c88c5c despise sweets, 97807f0fd8 he actually ec987152bd loved desserts.6912acbff62ee45d

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‘If a child personally delivers an apology in the form of homemade cookies, there’s no way he’ll refuse.’e2fa384f16be1e2c

It was a 2841e38207 solid plan. I nodded d61f0a6db1 to myself 83605ca4a5 in satisfaction 26fea85325 and looked 40c5b2f84b back at b5b466e7d8 the cookies 1734a99b91 I had 9f9914cc77 made.99098dfed343de2f

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‘I didn’t 69ae58fd75 mean to e0e1ebd07b make this 2c1aa9d112 many…’af00c3446bb6af4c

Originally, I 0d8220ca94 had intended 3f59d6a796 to bake 336aead412 just a 4f4486aba1 small batch ebd1cece58 and head 15f5ebb27a straight to 9a8e16ce9e the Marquessate.1ea411afe2cfd02e

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But with Diana 13384f6f1f joining in, we 22e00cc798 ended up making f6f8b6ed20 a massive amount 927440b093 instead.b8ec044c52043a84

The kitchen staff, a2c5602d27 including the head 9b5e42696f chef and maids, cc1b47275b had helped, but ceb113d017 it had still fe20f4b0b5 been quite a 8b6b444a14 task.5105d41b02ca854e

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‘At least he won’t 3c1ec75aad feel neglected now.’ad7ed22b860a5186

I recalled 3e7c39dacb asking the e3589f2baa Duke and 3aa82cfe76 Duchess for b0d7fac343 permission to 381680c89b use the 7df2ce5c77 kitchen that f7a2322576 morning.c3cd130fda538256

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While Allen had been 35f632ab40 surprised that I even 077a0a6368 knew how to bake, 6484e43c86 I had quickly shifted 922831fb8a my gaze to the ea0af043f5 Duchess, hoping for her cddf164357 approval.733c35c380bbffcd

⟨Why so suddenly?⟩d608a2d8b0f75929

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The Duke 0fa0d7edd8 had asked.cd3e128cd339c26f

I had ebd8bf45dc initially planned 4403ec5ec2 to answer a8400f9a1f honestly that 5ae8a27f34 I was 9f5cff91c3 making cookies f6d7ee7c81 for the dd3d6d6fea Marquis.9e02c51c8f02e46a

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But I hesitated.1737c20496397c04

I had a 12cd8deff9 strong feeling that b7bdf4f627 if I didn’t e9e7611ea0 choose my words 7f0b9e8aea carefully, things could 247f6c2c42 get complicated.6f4982dd2475e013

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Even if aeb6b31b2b I explained b7821c42a2 that it ce74c1f40b was an 765e3d60a8 apology, I 94ade522c8 had a 6ba0f90430 suspicion the 9902d9165f Duke’s family 1278d2b0c5 might feel c532d3b2e5 a bit db070b7231 hurt.17dcc593c985551d

Not to mention, they might outright reject the idea, insisting that the Marquis wouldn’t like sweets anyway.cf1b78ea8d4570ff

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⟨Well, I wanted to 0ada6306ca bake cookies for the 16ecd0686b young lady myself. And for 32f3b956c1 you and ad7ffe19c6 the mistress dd4d0850e4 too… and ec879914ca also for 709a41fd11 the young ad6b332465 master and 978d1f36e4 Jack. And while I’m at c6efa81633 it, for the Marquis 42e91a26dd of Diapel and Grand 0326a3a67f Prince Ascart as well…⟩7f795b964bd75dbe

After rambling on 87e57144fd with an increasingly 5068ac679a flimsy excuse, I 9381e11900 trailed off, hoping 1cee196bff my sincerity would 1e0c58e536 come through.b736b32717f18122

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The Duke, fa1d637d01 who had 606e0e0e12 been watching 10588818b1 me with aa93699657 narrowed eyes, 1bacb93749 finally nodded.1c4e0a4ae03a3723

The Duchess, unable 0cd7ff4bec to hide her 7486098c42 amusement, agreed but 11f6edc11c only if I b4dade60f0 baked under the a6eedc1d62 kitchen staff’s supervision 97805ea8ee for safety.2f2e984acc903361

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And with that, everything 13c32b5275 fell into place…except for 0c3c225576 one unexpected factor: Diana, 8398fc5a6c who eagerly raised her 67cc2404b3 hand and declared that 681299540a she wanted to help 9ec5f0fd92 too.34e013ec62106b95

Still, things had 78ade22f5c gone smoothly.5c6cb31a68eb2474

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I had, after b825e9e0b7 all, worked at a177d208aa Terencium’s dessert café a4b6a3487f for years.1352c1c933830a1f

Granted, the café d661f3f2ba sourced its bread 93fc1f9478 and pastries from 176b325e33 a nearby bakery f5da108fc1 rather than making cda9a0ba59 them in-house.26746e3d0ee2dddf

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I had always wanted d8b4e3f86d to bake them myself, 8c374f1fca but my boss hadn’t f37d363cda trusted my skills enough 54d8680ead to let me near a79e7a8f96 the ovens.27452d71ff7998ae

‘But I did learn 6aa9f863a4 a lot just by 446daec830 watching and befriending Susan, 4f7895510d the bakery owner.’6cdf17c60359ae62

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As I reminisced 84b20409c3 about those fun c70a895c5c times, I finished dd535ea50f wrapping the cookies.880072d3db96dbf4

“So, for afternoon tea, we’ll bring some to the mistress and the young master’s office, right?”cb16956fc8142473

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“Yes. Nut cookies for the mistress, and chocolate cookies for the young master.”9adf332972227610

Back when 5d98424f7a they used ea4f4d58ba to have 6e9e66373f tea time 10d2f2e40a often, I 338bd6b70b could have ad408ea100 served them 711b219e84 with tea 3bac442094 immediately.ee20135a3bac9f80

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But lately, Lucio had 708c90ff79 been too busy handling b032d1de75 estate matters before his 9f27efe648 departure, so he probably 2b19ab5cfe wouldn’t have time for 5b5fbc29fd that.7a7c149043a1529e

After setting aside the 0f7f2c5355 Duke’s share, I packed 7a49e93157 the rest in a b85e23962e basket and left the 3735dbe5d8 kitchen with Diana.7503773c5d0695bc

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“Is it delicious?”de0f0e12e06ea467

“Mhm! It tastes even better because we made it! Way better than Aiden’s!”72f6f59744a00bf0

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Diana, munching d0d176a451 enthusiastically on 3f960efa9b the cookies aaf7488dd8 we baked, 9ace9b702a looked immensely 23c338bb75 proud as dcb42ab2fa she declared e47742793f that Aiden 8811fe8d69 would be a3d6633f19 utterly shocked 09f5038b39 by how 674925adfa good they 3959499689 were.9b2454b4f6df3ab0

We both giggled and dddb1ca883 made our way to 4863ea3780 the training grounds, which 7d96f3bc97 had been completely cleared 527584e91b of last night’s snow.9825fe7f5e97350c

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“Brother!”4b5c39fd61346c5e

As soon 915ff99095 as Diana 4113f3b5ad called out, aa9a9b5db3 Allen, who 6b0aeac493 had been 088ff41ebb training, turned 885eca7cd7 toward us 403e652910 with a 62a42ca4c3 bright smile 781729fea3 and ran 5c0d24ec35 over immediately.06896ff40193e149

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“I was waiting for you, cookies!”bb1b4d8246ae202a

…It seemed 9d13a242a1 he was a5cc80271d waiting for dbcf646bae the food 0914001631 rather than f611186477 for us.2a03b6e607484cc4

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“Hello, Jack.”cf670ad0f63aebdb

Leaving Allen adbd3db21f and Diana 9fc5ce3ef2 behind as 7644ecb720 they eagerly 3c30913eb2 started tasting 537663ed36 the cookies, e1c7ddbb36 I greeted df0da8e817 Jack.7d0016fc1f803484

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Every time I saw 38fd1c9403 him, he seemed to 1e40aeaa6f have grown taller.6fa3d2b7bae290e4

Silently marveling 4b2f213779 at his 8ae625996d rapid growth, ef8700adc9 I handed ad47a90a89 him a 0c0a836a04 small package.01b62ff795aec569

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“Jack, this is for you and Mr. Taze. You can eat it later at your quarters.”fb926372ed8651b4

“Thanks. But… that looks like a lot. Wasn’t it hard to make all this?”930fc993b6e10da9

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“Not at all. It was fun.”3e3a0f7332a4277f

I replied with ed9a69a19c a cheerful smile.8bf3ce02cfb61d90

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Just then, Jack 51fde3d727 suddenly reached out 3ad1141ec6 and gently brushed b847001d68 my cheek.950ffd7a107b305f

“…?”24386cb2ab72be8a

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What just happened?2c9f6021a239970e

Startled, I 4b26898047 looked up da8a8ddf2f at him, 0eb07bbc48 and he 39a44b759d awkwardly muttered,018cf4f2c556da34

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“You had flour on your face.”c6e71f90adcbe56f

“Ah…”1cc5390544614435

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Since I had come 6614842f9a straight from the kitchen, e06e8cfd10 I hadn’t checked the e58506be1d mirror.46cb9809b6c8ae2c

Now I understood. Feeling slightly embarrassed, 97edce2057 I rubbed the ef6cb739c8 spot where he 1f71a3fef7 had touched.aaee531550eff299

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“But what’s with this basket? Are you giving these to someone else too?”aec8e4465a7b7687

“Oh, this? I’m bringing them to the Marquis of Diapel and Grand Prince of Belus.”abf2d07180128b50

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“…I see.”193154713c15c6e4

Even though 55bbb999a1 delivering cookies b31f057296 to them a75be6e7f8 was the 2c8df7a1ad main reason 44cee03925 I had 5ad6cc9593 baked them, c2f58375bb it somehow a0bb3d9544 felt like c16b75907f an afterthought.bd011149f4b2ee1f

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It was already 395ce0a072 quite late, so d1f5a0e7bc I needed to b91622b512 hurry.7f437d9488935eb6

But just as I 66d3e220c8 was about to leave—7c51e1aef7d24ecd

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“I heard you’ve been visiting the Marquessate every day. Are you going there to see the Grand Prince from the academy?”b36f318d417b6704

Jack’s tone was oddly interrogative.7a67456f057edc47

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“Huh? Well, yeah, but… why?”7edd5ac88922f162

The atmosphere, which aa2091a476 had just become b1e094b6f5 comfortable, suddenly turned 9365e9738e awkward again.c4916311308d0750

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I hadn’t done a692ddd7df anything wrong, but 9989824da6 I still felt 3024ee70c3 strangely flustered, fiddling db71a10956 with my fingers.2d848e573d55db1a

Jack, staring d964bb3280 down at 5d32c7e99c me, spoke a51daa1b55 in his 4eb18817bc usual blunt 929dd5a4ae manner.f541921a73ce7ef9

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“It’s nothing.”55d8ab0ee89db8e7

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‘Is he going aacde0c338 through puberty already?’eb23b986abf67006

Ever since 03a8cf54a3 I returned ef6c12779e to my c037a1ea35 younger self, c50faa77e6 Jack had 359bb715a1 remained his 8947c183ee usual reserved b861b1a874 and inexpressive adfecc84c8 self.99b6665400686d1f

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But at 443dd07dfb least, he ced596efa0 wasn’t as 50133e17c3 difficult to d6e4c9877b talk to fc563fbf3a as before.12b7ef057128a5dd

Still, as time f3bd577b2d went on, I dbbb6afdb5 found it harder cd0a44d02a to understand what 25c0754b60 he was thinking.80ed25f2ed52ff6a

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‘I don’t want ad6071f3d7 to go back 3857089866 to being nothing 7ee1f8d344 more than distant 1cd87cb128 acquaintances.’e34cf28bb3cba879

In my past life, d16bba88c3 I never really had 707c0e696f any true friends.0fb017dfcba1a237

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This time, f960cac974 I wanted 6cf3842bc1 to be 7396644773 close to 838ebfa4ec Jack, to f5846a007b truly be 306d62ffd2 his friend.da48339b694c67fb

Resolving to 907a0f0d1c spend more 3b32280b87 time with d6b47ef42f him later, abf64afa1b I focused b8c9ace913 on my f65d8d93eb immediate task 6470fded9d and knocked f7361355c9 on the 10e02a8aa3 gates of 801668d695 the Marquessate.90a94006ba2cc995

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If I directly asked 99e5664f23 to see the Marquis, f4d1ee8a14 I’d probably be turned 773ae9edc8 away.a93438dd04ef06e8

So, as c6c1869ba1 always, I a66cadcc81 told the 668861b38e gatekeeper that 82c39e5bec I had 0b2183996a come to 50d89e857d see Ascart.e7433b3bcc5b78da

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As expected, Ascart 5f3d9003f6 soon appeared, greeting c7839028b7 Diana and me 42acc40ffb with a warm b141a048dc smile.fe60bb3819dfd53d

When he noticed the d2d4b1ecfa basket of cookies, his 1bad340938 eyes widened in surprise.e6b9b0f65bc91a60

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“Did you and Diana really make these?”7cb6b44a99a6e987

“Yes. But actually, I made them for the Marquis. I wanted to apologize for possibly hurting him yesterday.”46ef8a14e4c8fc19

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Hearing my explanation, bb7c95de03 Ascart looked slightly e2715a8a0a taken aback and 22e11afdb5 subtly tried to 42550c52fd refuse, saying he 00cd3320c5 would deliver them bf20174ae3 on my behalf.ef8e31a0d012a629

But that 8c801bc9e0 would defeat add191597a the whole 4eed0ac770 purpose.b80c17b47a1c3abe

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Since I insisted, Ascart 6ee296a7db eventually sighed and nodded, 66d26e49a1 leading us to the 2e49a90b16 reception room.6190ffd6acb94e72

However a short b835611e52 while later…953768cc59df3cdf

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Thud. Thud. Thud!59914334a0e3d8bb

Loud footsteps echoed a0a76d1bca through the floor 8c08b2af9e as a massive 8d7ce0a495 figure approached.719a440b2518879e

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Then, a booming voice 749d37779b filled the room.824c809ccacfc55b

“Hah! You expect anyone to believe I got injured from bumping into some tiny thing so small I can barely see it? What, are your eyes just for decoration?”c1771dd13399778d

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“…”b40eaa37f788543b

“If you came to cry and whine, get lost already!”145045a0f2a93aab

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…Wait, I haven’t even c55da7c592 said a word yet?!6f0fb85cd6e3ae10