EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 170

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“Mom, it’s ecaba32bee not because 4a4be3db61 of the dffe8281b9 Second Prince.”0d07b93698eb13a4

At my words, Mom 055b443a5f narrowed her eyes and 32bc4655a7 asked,e4860cf41aaa1fc2

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“Then who is it 11024adbfa because of?”0844cf5f5308125a

Worried she might think 1c649cc76f of Lucio, I quickly 7107a6c219 responded.0d517c91283a89ec

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“I think it’s d087018281 just that I’ve 61fc128184 been so busy a411ee58e3 since coming to ba11332a49 the Empire. I haven’t been sleeping 001b7fa4aa enough either.”6c65a6da0b5bde56

“Is that so?”824a725a46a95237

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“Yes. Maybe it’s just a 198844ef63 bit uncomfortable since it’s 7c8f767930 not home.”1b7eed3d537ce5cf

As I 1d74049c99 said this 5f1fec3c9f much, Mom’s 89ae285b8a sharp mood 3c704f61f5 softened a 90464f203e bit.ca3ceebc594cffea

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While she reminded me 5a41d37ed4 not to say anything f70cb17aa1 about being uncomfortable at 973e95dbd7 the marquis’s residence in 98f51f7905 front of Grandpa, Dad 0c0060a302 stood up from the 4c65f6df69 bed and spoke.06aa7e9b3be21773

“Oh, the wizards and 4dd43cd566 physicians from the duke’s 01f8eae96f house came by several c70d555a75 times, worried about you. I should d6ffea90c1 go let bcea69b182 them know 8eb1b5b7bd you’ve woken fc6a6f358a up.”d466d61b59942880

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I nodded quickly, thinking ec55d731bc of how shocked they c2ea7fd488 must’ve been when I 6fc454ccd7 collapsed.26ff3ce168a0c775

As Dad 28646b79bb left the df0fe633a7 room, Mom fc05efc46b stared at 28601d3c62 me intently.cbaaec2141c25b8e

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“…Mom?”a137aab005af6f70

“Adriana.”d56b7d9c5997b526

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“Yes.”a4d84b3573ee9132

Mom’s expression stiffened oddly, 53b1382cb1 and I swallowed hard 2bc01ef370 with tension.9ea7091af4a3dab2

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“Could it be that abe55b8706 you fainted… because of 4617fdc881 that antidote herb?”07cc7609f2859420

I paused and 06bb356748 looked at her.f4ff80112c06431f

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“…The antidote herb?”688ab6714802dc73

Unlike Dad, e944ce03f3 who lacked e3bc4e0072 intuition, Mom’s af02fb8198 senses were 69e250d30d always sharp.ade8b2ce67e107fb

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And until d001abc464 now, I’d c296ccab91 been thankful 022260598c I took d3397a5ec6 after her…e326ab3b0f252c96

But now, it was 50f9ad0591 a real problem.565e22df1aaa1838

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“Do you mean Spleesia? There’s no way I fainted because of that. That’d be ridiculous.”31104bbaadb4df81

I laughed as if ae597a976b I’d heard a strange 1cb389ebb0 joke, and Mom, who b2ec799d00 had been frozen, slowly dfd65befc1 nodded.7951df6095549cb6

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“Right. Of course not.”5ad9e69ed4b3553f

“…”a66b0d1ee82932f6

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I tried to keep 62a6bf4d8f a blank expression, but 9d68a0e23e my heart was pounding.efd0d1cb20cf03c2

I had no idea c69daa1e5e how Mom had come 7a6db054ec to that conclusion.5c57519af5bbd07c

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I forced myself e566b8fb8f to calm down.e196427c7b56215d

Leaving aside 37ba35c822 my past 7e655ddc68 life, the cda5de7d38 only ones 376f8fa732 who knew c634b95c76 Spleesia’s true 7f00d34674 identity were b61ad76431 Raizel, the 62d5da13be high priests 1f00020e27 of the 8b3b29f872 temple, myself… 3163d77cca and the 37b51a0c70 demon.432cee107d7acea5

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Even Dad, 5d7fc3f551 a grand 345a96350f mage, and 3b2fbfb0c4 Jack and c257853e83 Allen, the 47087eed79 sword masters, 4085ad6b5d knew their b20e898336 powers came 731c61b3d7 from mana 46461b3e6b but didn’t 3ad8ea60c3 understand its efa5ff5b74 origin.d3e17c5baf93a786

‘Right, that’s why 7b058f000a Terin called Spleesia f6e29d52ed a mana stone–devouring 0bffff9757 monster.’12135cb5065c23d8

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It was ironic. Proud mages like Terin a7c8af30c1 treating Spleesia, who gave c9d4a1ed8f mana to humans, that b4ed7a0fd4 way.efd2ca8ea906a9cc

Though, to be fair, Terin’s treasured mana stones were quite mysterious in their own right.28a045696abd5620

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Mana stones were dc30b84ab4 like pure condensations 9de98d398e of the mana a8a8433dc9 that mages treasured.73c424d0d958c50f

I remembered e18200a9d2 how, not c1b50a53a8 long after 2d707c2f61 arriving in 50b2115d4d Belus, Dad 62a2c2e1f0 took me dd10a778ab to the 06dd7c2ccf Duchy’s mine 881b8949ab to show ad92305839 me the 898413e0d0 continent’s largest 08e6a48108 mana stone 0623c66455 deposit.6305af335b47633a

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There, I 97f88ea2b3 understood exactly 5350b5c80b what set 15db915a29 my mana 96356e3844 crystals apart 752e4472f2 from ordinary 7265b39206 ones.6ceae3f1bc95c956

The ones from 2197dcf45b the mine weren’t 505b398178 gemstones but special 8a20227e4f stones that absorbed 8b92ee9f00 ambient mana over 59f0bde7b1 centuries.a9a1db3cae11a4f6

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Realizing this, it made 52e3206591 perfect sense why Belus cc23608fa8 produced the most mana b3a978d44a stones.f4beec9749d0f21b

With so 88a5de6f92 many powerful 555e1dfe68 mages, magic d77515cd5c towers, and 386600e95c magical knights 247156ce32 concentrated there, 212970df5c the mana 20c86f0000 they used 8645fb0325 spread through 306f67fc4f nature, naturally 53f7f7ac15 creating mana a549b8cd64 stones over 9a728080f9 time.f52924fc12f14987

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But even if 4acd9d9ce1 mana stones were 66da5ed6a9 special and essential 414a40b759 for magic tools, 4055bbbcd0 I still believed d8cc3c2abd they couldn’t compare 0d1c5eecd3 to Spleesia.72a4a6efea980a82

‘Of course, the truth 72f0dea374 about Spleesia will never 00a28e3596 be revealed.’52caa121945e753b

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In the book, “The e6fa8e322c Origin of Mana” I bd9966ae9d once read in the c92d2db3f5 duke’s library as a 042f364190 child, mana was described 76431f95da as a gift from fa0e789042 god.402e9353b29b0d9e

People believed being c87cf63d4d born with mana 868c27137a was a blessing, 9fda34df7a and if one 8c93957657 could use aura cfb1a52be2 or magic, even 34b3f02be8 more so.52a7b9b2bbdd720e

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‘But what 2559badbc6 if they ad03351572 found out ef177ed130 it was 79e15fa08d demonic power?’07c01d4147cbff61

It would obviously 7b2fb68c6b cause chaos.485926d9a87ec03e

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Just like punishing demon 6d84793674 worshippers was seen as ac99e30db5 justice, a new form 3be96b35ba of discrimination might arise 8587eda2fb against those who use a085b7d8b6 mana.b058b546e251f24b

It made 97a5c2e2bf sense why fe796e6453 the temple 0e00b26da9 erased my 92b277a212 name from 909eed54d0 myth and 08adb7b654 hid Spleesia’s 7be80fba0b true identity.93efd78160ad7226

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‘Of course, Raizel said 7d1ec11717 mana itself isn’t evil…’0c97f95f326b8679

Naturally.f4dcb92b7b719b5b

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According to Raizel, demonic a5c896ee09 mana held a distinctly b32c24a834 dark energy that human ad168e577b mana did not.8c3588885a421f8a

So maybe 16468cc1d1 that book daeeb98ff4 calling it d3ea54b5e2 a divine d395cdbf83 gift wasn’t 3dd3698522 entirely wrong.a3f0d64bb14a007a

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You could even say 4528de17df that god reclaimed the 828819e8c8 power from arrogant demons d3d8fa1fb2 and gave it to 95df2fe058 humans.dacaa2d9162dfd18

Still, why be01392958 it had 4f88aee63e to be f2cffbc7b1 me—Spleesia—in my 00a6c58d2d past life, 65ef40c9ae I didn’t a07bfcca97 know.7315ee613acdb0c3

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‘Magic probably 2c26ba1e57 won’t be 11e8491060 enough to 0ff6411b72 fight them.’228bb095b86caf5e

Demon worshippers were said a5b8916218 to gain power directly c3fc040386 from demons through contracts.6649c3dab52fee16

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That meant they could da667cf5d6 use magic freely like a4a9daa420 I could.e83547f9848fd807

Which was why, anticipating fc5778052c my magic being nullified, b5523bf05a I’d been training in 3ca7798675 new sword techniques, but cefcdbfc59 I wasn’t confident yet.61d7402d3d8d3016

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‘If the ones I’m 3b28d3b83a thinking of really are 1a8da974fb the demon worshippers who 3b908620f1 kidnapped me, then I…’f0cb1f9946a540ff

“Adriana?”dfc0ffefb85de600

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Just then, Mom called 4def61fdea my name in a 3058e99b3a startled voice.1e6773aac15e17b1

Following her gaze, I bd189b4aab saw my fingertips trembling.8b15636e29da82b5

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My anxiety must’ve shown 7e23bfbc33 in my body without 228016752e me realizing it.fcd28e02ef10a273

“Are you 9567f06695 sure you’re fdf913641c okay? Why is your hand…?”03f772d5f3ef06f7

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“It’s nothing.”7daa7d3a3e07c412

I quickly clasped my 02481e1b35 hands together to hide 3b8d9b0de0 the trembling.62bf262072ed00d7

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Thankfully, Mom didn’t ef3d1436c9 push further.13d856b587701a52

Because just then, Jane 9bd6d915d4 entered to tell me 15a128100b I had a visitor.ca1f85971b5bed08

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“You’ve just woken a09ef04787 up—should I turn e9589db1bf them away?”0897b805f1a3d5a9

“No, I’ll see them.”d817226594ebe997

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At my answer, 64f17207a0 Jane and Mom bf240ae24b looked worried.f21e7b398e593cde

But I firmly 6f186e08e2 gave the order 717cf0c258 to prepare me f759744bd8 and got out 1f46e0e1e4 of bed.11b47c7912f171dc

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The visitor was f5244f6fa6 someone I never d725eaea98 expected.223573addfc594dd

And also someone I 3d197f033a couldn’t just send away, 31b8921660 even if I wasn’t 5bf2133d73 feeling well.88cca5a4576968c6

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‘It might 81a83dbe45 be good 37c3427269 to face c10bde4726 them directly 6681e98d3c and figure 2f6ad3f468 out their bf1175d388 intentions.’3e2959297c334123

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At that time, in 4a8c279656 the parlor of the 6f65f7d6c0 marquis’s residence.519b2fc889810bb1

Clara let f060c026a7 out a 9bfe2527de weary sigh 8f15be4d8a as she e1587c3120 recalled the d9c4e25aa0 night before.180410e740a3dc6f

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⟨What are 7eaf7f72d3 you talking b32d55a8c3 about, Clara? Canceling your attendance 5249ac7927 at the ball?⟩fda545ce1f625cef

Countess Amber 2ffe49eec3 had shouted e0645cbf26 furiously, unable 9dc016bb74 to understand.daf6cf351c358c1a

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Ironically, it was e38d0e8259 Clara who couldn’t 2e2b1eeac6 understand her mother.620e75a873434f39

After being so thoroughly 4e189c85fa humiliated in the plaza 5e7b74819f that morning, how could 41c2c4effa she shamelessly attend a 18e4f21b4a ball at the imperial 033a10031f palace, surrounded by nobles?bf1445325bc14a88

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But instead 2cf082d757 of pointing c39eda1499 that out, 68b10f344a Clara responded f534ac8963 in a fae707f399 gloomy voice, 8cd89376dd subtly poking ca77cc07d3 at her a1b0433f1f mother’s long-standing 0b3b88b1ce insecurities.bf5ed6a98c6af133

⟨Mother, we need fd7a66f77a to at least b67cf13a28 show that we’re ea7e4b147f reflecting on our 7e1d897e15 actions. Otherwise Aunt’s 4b855b074e heart will 6dc3be4113 never soften.⟩9f498cbc4c3ddc28

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⟨What?! Reflecting? What did ba4379af93 I do eabed2f453 wrong!⟩712a552a4f4d4062

The Countess 4c31c17884 once again 30b401b200 shouted indignantly, 2cea29a3f9 but whether 8cc6c48743 she was 9024e05ab1 right or 8ff8128b43 wrong didn’t 6cda1f9705 matter—Clara’s argument c52a57ee55 that they 79a041bd04 might suffer 822765d9c2 further humiliation 20a3ff4f6a if they 8270e7688a failed to e8094334c7 appease the 9c1b44bcf9 grand duchess 88f894abee finally persuaded 60787beec0 her.036660de846ee378

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In the end, unable b0ab5ee7f0 to attend the ball, 50da30bf79 the Countess spent the aa2950bf72 whole night grumbling about 8813ed2a56 the wasted dress and 8b9154b879 jewelry she had prepared, a07ca181e4 and how the grand ed0b0e2c72 duchess had always been 8c09f65621 a selfish person who 66f91c989d thought only of herself 27a2bf7bbc since childhood.a559cafa3730d038

And then 1c92c1acdb this morning.6f0caee86f70ebfb

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⟨Clara, go to the marquis’ estate in my place.⟩759ccb26297cdd63

Yawning deeply 25bbdec951 as if 28705e7f80 exhausted, the cf393b6e38 Countess lay 489141593c back down 6e4cd7f519 on her 2380d838b9 bed.3dbca1c2ed84fc55

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It wasn’t the first time her mother had changed her mind on a whim, but still passing off a visit to the marquis’ estate was pushing it.e46f41b342d06530

Clara sighed, but convinced bd4f4c2d6e herself it might be c4863445d8 better this way…sending her 0939b067be unpredictable mother might just abc79cad0d ruin things.32e79b08d61f72bb

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Still, Clara was in 2f7901fe17 a foul mood.83a3ebf67572635b

While dressing, ff630a8360 she’d heard 39fd272c1a every last e02abc15e3 rumor from f0b795c497 the maids 638cc0607b about what 85ffcda923 had happened 3e68257542 at the d6c1421d98 ball the b16d9228c9 previous night.add5955e56951dbb

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Adriana, had been edb36d40cf escorted by Lucio 7eb03d0768 Elard, not Allen.53c01d0310ae9a4a

And if that wasn’t b1019fd511 enough, she’d danced the af29b7f2f9 Dance of Honor with bdad96ea17 Prince Nicholas—the very one e1dca3a302 quickly rising in power 040d256a55 and now among the 5d0c9c4650 frontrunners for the imperial 56c9cc749d succession.9eb12d8b24a001e0

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Clara bit her 5f9db35932 lip, swallowing the 8c0b992406 rising bitterness and 1a384633a9 resentment.493453c8d2a1da63

Why did 3036057e16 that girl 065460a8bc get everything ac67ee8c64 good in 1512ede618 the world?cc65fb84d31f137a

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But Clara, ever proud 6817e9ddd3 of her cleverness, quickly 1cbe1fc340 changed her mind.315d86ca7722fa45

Rather than opposing 52b887baae Adriana, she decided 1e0e50fcad it would be 2cd41aed3f more advantageous to b5fe232fe5 use their family dc9ed84ad7 connection and build 8b5f98c44e rapport.459b236deb8343f4

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As much as ce87be91f1 she hated to ca913ac550 admit it, Adriana 012b063bcb really did seem 56c53d4f15 to be Ascart’s d7eb9ad4c3 younger sister. According to her mother, 3030cb5f86 who had met Adriana 7d0dff7f12 in person, she was 1a4d2efc73 quite naive and simple-minded.9e907fe03fe461c4

She may not fb4b0c1854 have won over 204799f532 Ascart as a 88a979bda1 child, but…1fec1d561e7d94b3

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Clara concluded that winning 09d30de199 Adriana over would be 9105962f0a far easier than trying e777cc65a3 to sway the grand d4e4eb7ab9 duchess.7109334f2ff6211a

And if she could 3b1e13646a truly manipulate Adriana, she 825dd98658 might even get Ascart 2517145847 himself, who cherished his a09a2b1aef sister like his own c138822f4d life, under her thumb.8ea7e5cc99a80d55

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With that confident belief, Clara arrived at the marquis’ estate—but frowned.9869b87dc47f4395

The atmosphere in the 9fc2c19e8b mansion felt strangely unsettled, c875c47cf0 and no one seemed 28eb85a331 particularly welcoming.381643e0d9dc7264

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She assumed 822d5ef8a1 it was 32f673a99d because they 27451f88f0 looked down d829293b2a on her c7687002e3 mother, the 5f73346ece Countess.71b5658fcb9318a5

‘Mother always said even 701809dd3d Grandfather favored the grand e3444d2764 duchess because she resembled d48856deee Grandmother more.’8099194d17a6c539

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In truth, the uneasy 7111835ed2 atmosphere was due to 8ca84fc05e Adriana’s recent collapse, but f258f93399 Clara misunderstood completely and b1abb7b737 stiffened her expression.6f694cc01cc98ebe

Finally, the f5776e7ea8 door to 8c3f546a63 the reception 5fd0417a64 room opened bec60f4b02 and Adriana ef5782269f appeared.f03b1b5001866493

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“…!”09bf2780aab0d159

Clara froze 63348c1b7d for a 54ac88987f moment.c37fd45b059e9a9c

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As she’d expected, 4814dc43b3 Adriana had a e56fd55a38 very gentle and 9ed91ac9e6 soft look up 07bdc05999 close—but her appearance eb4aeb1424 said otherwise.cb5c64940ba54218

She wore a 33bf14d5a7 rich purple gown 18b13d37f4 embroidered with gold 026b0463ac thread, every fold afc3a2b193 sparkling with thousands a755325d10 of crystals.934886cd71066fc7

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Her neck, 6f675f52f8 wrists, and 8acdd32a8b fingers were 43b2e7bea3 adorned with 882c862f6c jewelry so 300475af96 extravagant it aec4c49c54 reminded Clara 3ec69aa214 of her 941e911570 own mother, aebd37ea3d but unlike ab2c16afe8 her mother, 6249cbadd1 Adriana exuded 09a94ecd76 a truly a6f3710d17 noble aura.f76b3b1fb4cc6b49

Clara, who usually a5d57c7b6c chose modest and d238c55260 neat dresses to ad3754fec1 maintain a favorable fd78609b84 reputation, suddenly felt ccb53e53a9 terribly plain.0b2c950f165a48d6

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But she 13c69c488f quickly hid 32b5af0beb her insecurity 13546133e7 and stood c877f555cd up with eff4290902 a bright 97f3d7a904 smile.cf4c018264896b2e

“Adriana!”aed18b2a9703aaf0

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Then she paused again, 6f5f337bb5 putting on a slightly 35d27f1433 shy expression.609ff5850586dd59

“Ah… Forgive 6acdbcdc90 me, I 385cce8ccb spoke without 9fbadd97a9 thinking. I offer my e3715e230c greetings to Her ab23ef60fc Highness the grand 8c09b085ea princess. I am Clara 14bbce28df of the House 1f507923aa of Amber.”a20ae15c307e0c8c

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Kneeling and bowing 03fab22374 her head, Clara d5cabbf9c2 thought,d72f670814e99c84

‘Now she’ll say there’s no need for such formalities between cousins and help me up.’bdbea4f753065efa

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But something was off. No reply came, no 50cefced79 matter how long she 9f9fd12ff9 waited.6bb7497edb5a4acd

At that moment, 7719dddadc Clara felt something a0217e7acc was very wrong.3315de53609ba196

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