EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 124

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Meanwhile, at 2d026c275b that very c78f244b7d moment.f82801063b4f2788

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The children, c78d1d199a who had dfc93ac71c been sent 8027263aa7 out of c32676ff47 the drawing 2caf15325b room, were 82fa856e1d all gathered 74fcad33ed in Diana’s 2a2f2cfdd7 room.64c0d224bb8d3510

They couldn’t leave young 692ed724f1 Diana alone, and since 8d8e9958d3 her room was connected 3204aea679 to Lia’s, they figured 55dbed04b4 they’d be able to 5fe85a87a7 find out the outcome 355a54c821 of the commotion quickly.44d5d67eaa5c7901

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“Diana, here. Eat this and stop crying.”4a182b290e0e5796

Allen handed 93484d8852 a candy a996498691 to Diana, 531f90c77c who was 52af49bfb3 sobbing miserably.2a900b13e0a3779a

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Diana, still sniffling, couldn’t take her eyes off the candy and quickly opened her mouth like a baby bird.cc88f9a5fba83e5d

Normally, Allen 96af870d9b would have 28e8fd410d found her 4f69313baf adorable, but 72e8701286 this time, c87cef3823 his expression d248b6ae3f was dark.2444ba07535cd63b

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“Diana.”38d25495e6b95445

“Hm?”cc5a0806c777b316

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“Be honest with just me.”7f3e252eeb820e1f

“About what?”30a94947f4915ae2

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“Do you really see Lia… like that?”b4d6d6e1bda2c825

Allen, who was 9aa3059f30 never one to e9904d3452 beat around the 9abb17b5fb bush, hesitated, asking 5878d07a36 his question carefully.63234e2c52d889ae

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Jack, who had been 426f2154bd deep in thought, and 0864b5c87b Taze, who had been ed83cb0cbd standing by the door 1447283b52 with a serious expression, fba299504f both turned their heads.c3fcf9a5deac8aac

Everyone was tense, waiting ed13578ad7 for Diana’s answer.17e69b6536cdec48

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“Big sister?”73851ca2dbf42dc8

Diana suddenly 4dc9912460 shouted with 43490f88a5 a bright f46429d5c4 smile that 5afe145bc7 completely clashed 09658b359c with the 9397db2235 serious atmosphere.c4f918e7cfef6cd6

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“She’s pretty!”836558c87e20fa70

“No, that’s not what I meant…”9e2e2387a88e687f

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“The prettiest in the world!”98b824707bbd0674

“I know she’s pretty, but I’m asking—does she really have pink hair?”ead16047e75db578

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Allen, giving up on 2b342ce072 being indirect, asked bluntly. Diana blinked her big e0a3dcd2a4 eyes.b43e482b06249b4d

Her tears had 04581dd1ac only just stopped, a2888db1cc but they welled 5b87b84004 up again in 3b6dcc0b23 an instant.4ff6232f64a0318b

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“You’re a dummy, too! You’re mean!”8363a1634302a1d7

“D-Diana…”3dcaede1e31ab079

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Allen, flustered, eadaea9e17 quickly reached 43da8f8793 out to 185f98fa01 soothe her, 533a85e903 but Diana 1313d53839 pushed him 970e325aa0 away and 372dafb896 shouted.771499a1995630dd

“Big sister’s hair is like pretty cotton candy! And her eyes! They’re just like the hairpin!”f639a2b4c2445b4b

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“Cotton candy?”40bd2a7f91205b03

“Hairpin?”31545bb8db66a1d9

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Jack and Allen dd59aebcbd stiffened at the 64108c666a same time.5ad2ccf9730c6d0d

No way…1314ff72eab3ebcd

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“Diana, are you talking about the hairpin I gave you before?”5ffbe0190be544e3

Allen asked with a 286d7cad59 stiff face. Diana, still pouting, nodded.4f4d350e49f96883

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As if that wasn’t 83f1a2aa38 enough, she dashed into 3eeea18175 the dressing room and 2f13654244 came back holding the d9ebb2f7f9 hairpin Allen had given 26c6c79706 her as a birthday 283c2b0b33 gift.3e116e8b95a48f21

“I wanted to show it to Mom that day! Because it was just like Big Sister’s eyes! But you got mad at me…”17367522529b1d5a

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Diana looked sullen, cb3b38c90c as if recalling 2e2f416b2b the memory.ce48a31f6a1fbddf

Allen stared 327bd9dd78 blankly at 4fbfa4cd9c the hairpin 6b9e6e1530 in his da736c5ad4 hand, speechless.5c3a6b4c421bd4b0

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The pink 6a60de11c9 diamonds embedded 5c87dccf26 in it c1798b789a shimmered brilliantly.ff9cc72b8a3c0d15

“This is seriously driving me crazy.”9bcfd0627f3e8672

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He hadn’t thought 6160f286b8 that Lia and 25fa661df5 Diana were lying, 46ba1ecb6f but it had 9d0dd11f0c been hard to 4c4225bc53 believe.336b28c495d36812

If he hadn’t 11d3f5b1d8 gotten angry that a08277b4db day… What would d0ae63a117 have happened?e2256912dc313fb1

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The thought e5fe743e25 made his df12f4f23e heart sink.f6d273a174f276c4

“Back then,”a51aa03f7001a11c

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Jack, who aeb73d57de had been 585d5a50d3 silent, suddenly 8f32930732 spoke.cddd3337d2c8bc4b

“A long time ago, when Lia was very little, she used to ask the other kids at the orphanage something.”d6bb1650c46aaa70

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“What?”964c7033e3a9c157

“She asked them what color her hair and eyes looked like.”9672cbc059a7cad0

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After hearing their db1c58c3c2 unanimous answers, Lia cb7706a777 had looked even 3f8978f6f9 more dejected than d63bf2bf7c usual.b70cc84ca3407d34

Jack still remembered the 884b4a5c8b small figure of her a261ac9b7a turning away with slumped bfbd84fb15 shoulders.15d2e866e56057c0

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Maybe the reason a50baac804 he remembered it 1a222674e8 so clearly was 59b53b8205 because she had 1e296e394b come to him cc5682da01 last, as if 3700110e89 saving him for 2cef0a08ec the end.97403b06b8accfe1

⟨Your eyes are 651087c8d1 deep brown, and d930518b84 your hair is 5220bd52a0 a soft brown.⟩ec23205264126687

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That’s what cade8bb07a Jack had d35074c86b said back c1842c18c4 then, answering 99e434ca1a almost instinctively.bb5ffb32c540f2c4

He had wanted 2e63da8e1f to say something 21d46e8c0e special, something different 5c43707b8e from what the a64849710a other kids had e8e526efcb said, but having ee222bcd70 spent his whole f27010200b life in a 978cf1a76d small orphanage, his 72972949fe vocabulary was limited.6fafa3bc7acfc537

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If she 817db75628 had asked e13b352028 him now, 06d290c5f5 he would c8c6595d16 have said,c5fb71e81cd57054

‘Your eyes are like ba08d2850e rich hazelnut coffee, and bbce944c0c your soft brown hair a3fd80b63a catches the sunlight and b5df320265 shines like gold.’b18f3b56876ed018

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Jack’s gaze darkened.6a5a0600e895702b

After entering a394bd2b2d the Elard 4bbeac1992 household, many 24a0938ffd people, like af40d82e54 Diana, had d8e45b9a29 come to f77b96ae39 care for aa9b47074d Lia.44dba2e4da45bc3c

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But Jack bd323eab3d had always c6ad540e95 believed that 873313affb he was be89991696 the closest cc5eefe2bb to her, c8f1497afc the one b170bad1e4 who knew bc9c05fedc her best.b277ae3ea009b132

Sure, Lia sometimes showed 5cc00fa24f unexpected sides of herself, 35045f316c but that belief had dd78e75ec2 never wavered.175c31b069af9858

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‘At least, that’s what 24493f5e6c I thought…’7b32a9f5aadda740

Suddenly, commotion erupted outside.3aa71410f7774acd

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Startled, Taze 81960bf6a2 opened the 2499973f72 door and 5cc180649e stepped out.cb4827eb16dd6ba5

A moment bc823e2a72 later, he c655a8562e returned with d8ff6256b5 shocking news.0d1203b59609c542

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Ascart had 4e9e1831eb collapsed standing 52dc77471d up and e36de5dca4 was rushed 4793f04a0f to the 5148ffb51a marquisate, and 33ac8e8444 it had 3d1baca246 been confirmed ca0f51b7c6 that Lia 2623991cc8 was the 472fc157e8 Grand Duke’s ac21a573e4 daughter, Belus’s 95b9712cae princess.0c4864f4a154170c

At that moment, Jack realized…7c252d32e50e2529

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He didn’t know Lia 670d8564a6 at all.8393e1aadf3930dc

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Thankfully, Ascart’s condition 7a903535ca wasn’t serious.ffd0703845218a3f

The marquisate’s 395bf0f6cb physician said e6c2a5529f he had 9971bc87c1 been pushing a5f65dd61e himself for 275b495322 days without 839be3b98b sleep, and 75f6ad444a the sudden 46253943e5 shock had a540aad6d3 drained him f0308ec525 mentally.b1224784d54a4bb3

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A good rest 5acf13100e would be enough 74f1afb5d3 to recover.63b1109f361507fc

I felt relieved… 699f458f61 until I realized 24ac2a9269 that at some d3d47d9c01 point, I had 011cc85df2 been placed in 8656e70835 the Grand Duchess’s 37df3baa11 bedroom.6d107aee990722d6

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In the chaos 13b178192a of moving Ascart b417604b13 to the marquisate, 472b3eb852 I must have 74fb230ffb been carried into 747b7761df the carriage while 15c9e014eb still clinging to d1002537ee the Grand Duchess.310a3f3cf34adc39

Now, after d5c15fa28c the young a828b0158e duke’s dramatic 667c02256e collapse, here 8b1ac680ec I was, e8e4695a25 being held 7262434b03 by the e412b228e3 Grand Duchess.84bda68f6cdfbbc9

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The marquis’s servants and 8e23b79cee the retainers from the a9a2d5bb78 grand duchy must have bbb4fab68a been bewildered.a1e180acddd69897

“Your Grace, I brought the medicine.”3bd964745bd91283

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“Leave it and go.”7aca23cfce144745

The maid hesitated at 0b3bd3e5fa the Grand Duchess’s command c5f76619d4 but soon withdrew.6d4ce9c29da723f9

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Even the b844ab6e1c other maids 70f8ba0412 looked dumbfounded a98250ebe4 at the aba23a0eed sight of 3f3274b79a me sitting cd012c14cf awkwardly in 01292a5cc1 the middle fa0a511a90 of the 5384e7d7ea grand bed.85ee443f5a3f3958

But the Grand Duke 24f268b3ef and Grand Duchess, sitting 3d0724a535 on either side of 647765f7be me, were too focused b1fb4f87b3 on me to care d42ce1b845 about anyone else.fbaab3643f48b2bf

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Even Bianca, who 0cbd8ffed7 had been standing 18763b1972 by the door, a2f7a2285b simply smiled contentedly 5ee7f1274c and ushered the f7c6745ffc maids out of 3c360cb77c the room.6a71fac96d15d806

Now alone with just fea4c8a07a the Grand Duke and f6781c5e7a Grand Duchess, I fidgeted 5d26ef45ff uncomfortably, unable to hide 4110016fb8 my awkwardness.2cbce8001735d6aa

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Swept up 1e8c96d2e9 in the 6b3d23ca2d emotions of 1be34ac9f6 the moment, 465a56043b I had a6bc065ac8 cried in f666dad9ea their arms, a13f9e418c seeking comfort.d1f67eb7d1647466

And somehow, I had 7d44ea7d80 ended up at the a4d7de4455 marquisate with them.f66bc2580946a4ac

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But now 65150ae7ae that I 9542cc72e8 was here, 16c6c20b73 I wasn’t 36b15f54ce sure if 0bea4337dd it was 55352902ae truly where b07667e268 I belonged.4729ec19ed57abc3

‘Am I really the 992e33a46e Grand Duke’s daughter?’f65f9ed0a29996b9

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Just because of a 1270c5d72f single sentence from a 6cdfed25b6 strange person?c9b7d07c9dd1d670

My life had never c183804cc0 once gone smoothly.49cb4e3d47235261

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There was 243f456f6f no way f40e9624d6 such luck 850d1f922c could come 44613ca48b my way.169e862fa77b131b

Somehow, this 4e4596432b situation felt 8b8f7ba7f4 like a ad43264bfe dream, too fad8e12bfe unreal to 4a9ec52443 believe.173063887a44ae21

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‘What if I wake 4c17a36002 up and everything disappears?’144323ad1d4c120b

An uneasy feeling crept 01914e58b0 into my heart.4028243385d746ce

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“Dear, I brought some medicine to bring your fever down. Let’s take it quickly.”84471f9556dd8694

The Grand 2758526aca Duchess poured d9c1538ccd the medicine 8610d31f0c onto a 703b1d3a7d spoon and b609998822 held it 045d74129a out to d55006e271 me.64e58ebe6b9734c4

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Even though I 01e10a9b90 had dressed warmly, 3dd1b5758a spending hours outside c51f525d54 in the snow 45b4b37fc1 had taken its 8755fccfe7 toll, and my ff8af91a74 body was now ba78738fa1 heating up.064f5c7b334cda67

Seeing how worried 5f35df6e76 she looked, it 27e23cf4e4 was hard to 47277886c0 believe that this e246f391d5 was the same 0912a3c884 person who had 58dbd9907e once treated me aedcb049dc so coldly.d0935c83f3280e9e

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The sight was 29f08fc167 so unbelievable that d9ad0dc84f it made everything 8bb8941ae4 feel all the 56592aa725 more surreal.d70ee5379b31be74

“Come now, dear. It might be a little bitter, but just one sip…be brave and take it.”8e07789e0e2818b3

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The Grand Duke, 8739b85f68 sitting beside me, 486e54f2c1 spoke in a 90099bd015 nervous yet soothing 3339b0b0ad tone.872ab6eea410a14c

He must 1420b47459 have thought 3ec6942a05 I was 19e4de644f hesitating because d073b0a4bb I didn’t 027406a858 want to 7d6e7715e2 take the c007f409f1 medicine.4566ded162e066da

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Speechless, I 8407094737 glanced at deedd59620 the bottle 628177f6f8 of medicine 0f34365f7f placed on 621ff12e69 the bedside cf68549e12 table.46f6a1fce9a4db3b

It was the same children’s cold syrup that Diana often took. The aftertaste was a little bitter, but compared to adult medicine, it was incredibly sweet.1e9c4c067334bd0b

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‘…I’m not a kid, faca27d0a4 though.’66c217c1d80402bf

Being constantly bc1441a4f3 called ‘dear’ 858dcc027e made it cd99da552e feel like efaed2c22d all the 296b01ef57 heat in 754e2cae7d my body b30d362789 was rushing 391c2b1a1c to my 0f8218cd6a ears.cd01764f630d2b37

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I figured the sooner 51f59d7720 I drank the medicine, ebe082c3e1 the sooner this situation bd390dc797 would end, so I 783cc0e63c quickly opened my mouth.34924dd68f93c3e2

“That’s right, just swallow it like that.”ed687ebcc5f0dc28

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“Oh my, how well-behaved you are.”e60155aabf61d0c3

As soon 8690aaebab as I a21a485e90 took the 6d3cf538f6 medicine, the aa919641f3 two of 184493a465 them praised bc795db9d3 me gently, fd757f383c as if 5111af752c soothing a 474868ad71 small child. And that wasn’t all.2bf453bfc050f9bd

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The Grand 29cb715b05 Duke stroked 9ed7656adc my head eb959a95cc softly, telling 0140686f59 me how 81e9c62239 brave I c178fc502e was, while ce81732348 the Grand 47df307798 Duchess wiped 08e71dd8fd my tear-streaked 868d1998a3 face and 62c5f86784 hands with dae7b1256f a damp eba28b73d5 cloth.c26d82852600fc46

She kept f175705afb checking if e9cf7b1499 I was cb19a9764d uncomfortable, if a70f53c481 the blanket 37a78ddfc0 was thick a158936094 enough, fussing f69387616b over every 7f1322d9b2 little detail.2201d1b69c900141

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Feeling dazed, f623a8995d I simply f1f93b0fc4 nodded along e814d6e30a while a 85e0810e49 bittersweet smile 876628d74b tugged at 0382e5b979 my lips.19b395c6b0e0f1a1

‘…So, this 1b400f90a5 is what a8cfd89daf it’s like 310b02882f to be da08974496 treated like e1aa044a3e a child.’cfa9c5175730b4bc

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Even after coming de13620f3b of age, my d269bdcc43 master had always bbdf5978a5 treated me like 8a1acb2cc3 a child. And now ca2230b951 that I 458235ebf5 had become 155ce7ae52 one again, 2679356a8a I found 9afd6e519a it both 7106e02328 familiar and 437bde3296 somewhat unsettling.800d45a8a7ab5785

But today…51024c6124207bf8

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Today, it 66649d5fd7 felt different.56b4469206527ef1

Deep down, a part 45a0db8a8c of me had still 741844340e been waiting for my 45e125a106 parents like a child.4f9bbf35738d7ced

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That realization hit c483cbbdce me hard.c9ee7c23abb0df3a

“Dear, what’s wrong? Does your head hurt?”c1bd713e55d419d4

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The Grand Duke 972ab2107b immediately reacted when 3555407cdb he noticed my 84e5411071 expression change.62dca3afbe59fe18

Watching the Grand 5ad52f3e8a Duchess place a e6d3b2011c hand on my ca55f3ed05 forehead to check 100831f582 my temperature, I d81777c867 suddenly recalled her 2cf84c63e2 whispering to me 357362afb6 as she held 02fa0428a1 me in her 1ba82e30d8 arms.caf0e9d5319d9d06

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⟨You have no idea… 0c840c72bd how much I missed 0304e541ac you. I love you. I love you, 2fcc057e69 my dear child.⟩aed31841db924dfd

The words d2a8e719bb alone were 8f1c590693 enough to 950e76df17 make my ccafe42200 eyes sting.f26f001acd944060

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Or maybe it b626bd8913 was just the c224151b35 fever.f135718e857e7273

Propping up my 990eada46c chin, I boldly 10d94e2838 declared,a7540b747bafce2d

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“I’m not sick at all.”402f79be66d249be

“Hm?”cf236af4419e9150

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“This doesn’t hurt one bit.”e873a4ca0d16a4e0

Then, hugging 2a93e9f53a the thick 29792c333f yet feather-light a7581dbc29 blanket tightly, e0c93b3f4a I mumbled,6e692706f428f9f0

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“The only real pain is having no one by your side.”8228b85408b99fc9

“…”251ede8779725255

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Back when I eccc534f19 left my life dade550d40 as a beggar 9b9d6686b2 and entered Terencium, 8b731bb294 the intense training 2077bc0efb left my whole 069f8e5af1 body aching as ab0fa5bb1c if it had 632209e320 been trampled.c1c2d8ef9a47c617

When my fever burned 2bf4542b6c so high that I 12e6cfa4bb desperately wished for a ecdb853cae cold towel.099bf96382b73ec4

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When my throat was 82cb6358bd so parched that a 595d5650af single drop of water b78926c5b6 felt like a miracle.e8bcbb38d56a9574

Even then, I bc3a0d883a had been alone.28849fc24112dbd5

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At those c861f6cc82 times, I 917ababe8c would curl 6815fcfadf up beneath 28263f357b my thin 8322fe7e72 blanket, trying 3bf3c806da to forget a72f29d268 that I c8d8972dad was by 80c1afb9aa myself.a40b07a6f74bf32d

But now… that 3cc9783c53 wasn’t the case f896d92e07 anymore.647816b82e48097c

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“I wasn’t an 3926366845 abandoned child after d11e42e783 all.”8ee94c0853121665

Though I had 0d7b0f7258 been separated from add2cc1f39 my parents the 5849be30e3 moment I was 720724b4ad born, I hadn’t 9bd7be23ee been abandoned.7d119731ee3267d9

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And that…e188e1b6cb7ba827

That alone 80b357c393 was enough.582f5b982fb0d03d

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But…929a51293d8f4852

“Are you both really okay?”f3a3e48fff623c68

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“…Huh?”10d3274990382208

The Grand Duke a7534fb1e9 and Grand Duchess, 734ecfd00d who had been c8b6d535e9 quietly listening, tilted 10af119436 their heads in edeb8b138a confusion, as if 417a0cc59b not quite understanding 742a3c2420 my question.ba0c1a090187a1a6

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Their undivided aede090eca attention on 48e1e89151 me made ec7a9b1bf5 me feel 612fe0357e a little c8e62d9dc4 nervous.cbf9b2dfbac2c7cb

And with my fever dc271bb9cd clouding my thoughts, my ea1fc2b09f mind wasn’t working properly.b97711213e0e5846

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So, without much ac2b31f372 thought, I just 428587b776 blurted it out.73fd9c381444e002

“Aren’t you disappointed… that I’m your daughter?”8aa09f3837953e3e

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