EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 218

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It sounded like 66b6cae0c6 someone was grinding cbc88fee45 their teeth for a8b84ff7c0 a second.ad0a0d67501ac88a

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I stifled a f5611312d0 laugh inwardly and 563c63fb4a lifted my chin 4b0dcea6cf proudly.c7a632c043486711

“A man who’s handsome, 84efa247c2 rich, young, and even 92c5998b78 cute.”45a3b2c8ab7b9699

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At my d622a49306 answer, Lucio’s d27013a168 gentle expression 625348849e slightly faltered, fd6c0072e5 his eyelids 7ef959e963 trembling faintly.f828a6d806238d73

“So who is it?”438bccd8a464c2e9

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His uncharacteristically 0de9805556 impatient reaction 311ab02985 only made 175a4a644e me want e6373865b0 to tease f1c9d21fe1 him more, d715d42aa2 but I 622ec43681 could feel 92172481f1 Nyx, who 7d6010d398 stood beside a2cd8d976c us, growing 86ecba5a44 visibly anxious 285d92a09d and uneasy.86b14bf8215c39ea

In the 6cb60a079d end, I 867f86e553 decided to ace4dbea05 ease off cc7778a117 the teasing 7fa89093e5 and answered 7d40ed1a68 with a cdc19c5480 smile.36bd55da4a8f9741

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“I went c78d2452bb out with 2406d12c20 Diana and 2f832aa8cb Aiden.”ff03904d3ffa0c08

“Aiden, as 4239cc52e8 in the 6011639630 young heir 467186dac5 of the 0bdfd7a9b6 Faelunt family…?”5b79fb2e202ecd00

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“Yes, that’s right.”0a71b74720113fa9

I nodded affirmatively, and 752551ad9c Lucio let out a 7232529e1d hollow laugh, as if abf50a9f2a deflated.c7606ac04cf88611

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But I d173d6dcc8 remained confident.9c1b8bd20d5e8303

In terms 053f43daa3 of status, c1eaee613b Aiden was e38807ac09 just like 70f552736f Lucio—a young 036e245d57 duke. He was a 3377f270b7 handsome boy with fca2da8069 bronzed skin and 2ef39ebdfa charming purple eyes.a1ebcb77efb0dab7

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‘And he’s even young dea15e079c and cute!’89f1fcf455d93cb8

Thinking shamelessly that not 9910bc5478 a single word I d3e5731397 said was a lie, 400c47baf4 I recalled the delightful e171267784 lunch I’d just had.4787f0a77acb0faa

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⟨Your Highness 031484051c the grand 05a223835d princess, please 0607a0102e try this e572591c33 too!⟩b0a62e29532430c6

⟨Thank you, 2844faf312 Young Duke 8c54ba7eab Faelunt.⟩aad1718daeada3c2

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⟨Oh, please, f625074a5a just speak 5b8fb2cf66 comfortably. I’d prefer if you e256f7fc3d called me Aiden. If you’re going 3c7a164a78 to be part 7ef9f31d8d of Diana’s family, c1eb7f945a then you’re practically b687ed58a5 family to me f3fa879699 too…⟩d9595148ec24c778

⟨Hey! What are 1227f5a7b5 you talking fd38ae871d about?!⟩3262f5da41b274ed

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⟨Oh, is that 18e27ca7f4 so? Aiden, thank you.⟩300463d77442df24

Wanting to 39a2741546 cheer up 59fdfad628 Diana, who 872d1ef8ed was pretending 670135ec50 to be c9a59a5fb3 fine but d96e4a6b1b clearly feeling 1fb4a31324 down, I’d b2196b717d thought of 10a316aec6 going out 4bd2546b08 for a 92af5d0fd6 meal. Then I d05abb53da remembered Aiden, c72173f3dd who hadn’t 5eefd8f33f seen Diana a824fda4fd much lately, 97f97f49d3 and sent 4a73704153 him an 70f99efc89 invitation.a6c48e281373b6bf

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Perhaps he appreciated the 52a3fadcc9 gesture, because after our 5b6b336714 reunion, Aiden, who had 021d04c057 been wary of me e3e100527a before, acted completely differently.8e6336e0d8aa108b

It was as 58d4a82190 if he had 8687527a64 reverted to his 32b377abec younger self, so 1a8a4ccd10 affectionate and warm 991da85310 that Diana cut 0ea0b98e9f him off sharply 44f2d36e02 several times, her 1ae78c1730 eyes wide with 618da315a9 irritation.30ac978e76af0dec

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Watching Aiden teasing Diana b57f33f688 for being jealous, and b0c81654b3 Diana jumping up to e2dbbbfbe3 deny it saying, “Don’t dd72b904bf be ridiculous!” was incredibly 8ceeb5f22d endearing.9f3f3a58236fccc7

As I 59216b4ea8 covered my 2d6eb49614 mouth with b4d151b2ce one hand b34f0e06eb and giggled 95faed33ab softly, I c2f9f6b62f realized how 9e94a8a03f much more f218abb36b comfortable I’d ed3e2c8a18 become, and 44818fcff7 how genuinely b8e17816eb I now 026bda68bf supported this 8b6805d1f7 childhood friends-turned-couple.fba8e69a4b0f09ad

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And the reason was because Jack didn’t like Diana after all…7c49588ef1cb2a97

“Your Highness seems to ed828e4555 have… quite a broad 16de67a1d9 taste.”d42677960ecaea93

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Lucio’s voice interrupted my 3133512d34 thoughts.394865af04d4b7e9

“Broader than I expected, 6ff77855c4 it seems.”37f896cab07505de

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“Huh? What did 92c69e0364 you say?”eb96c004d856a5a1

“Nothing.”4ed60d4053f18952

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Tilting my head in da7f3b6d46 confusion, I replied a af01bd7bdc bit wistfully.4d6b29cfcfe590ce

“Oblie is such f0c304de96 a popular restaurant… bf4447b696 I actually wanted 8bf90f81c9 to bring Sir 85d951b5f8 Allen too, but fd3a025d77 Jack took leave 2f32043f78 and left him 1ea44f1f75 swamped.”02ce1b6b64a2b1c0

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Jack, who hadn’t 0f54f8d483 taken a single 243e5b38ac break since joining aa3a081fd2 the knights, had 85f2db2eeb suddenly gone on 71cea4e5b7 leave and vanished, d8dfc94406 leaving Allen complaining 88bbc10751 miserably about the 67fc75f5bf workload.d538fa6be1fdb273

Only after that did cdd92adb4e I learn Jack had 1ebe2490f9 left, and I felt 1c0b65bded hurt that he’d gone 4def646a3b without even saying goodbye.d5e95276b21b0848

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But…38b928361e351230

‘He probably needed time 7949572616 to sort out his a7f50a71ce feelings.’cacfe0afd1eb469c

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I just hoped a376306d99 he wasn’t struggling beff2d44ee too much.91035b1002c0211e

And when 57cbaa094f we did fa719b1647 meet again, 2a5a6227d2 I hoped a3e6bb3916 we could 11491f0577 return to 68b8e9a71f the comfortable 7a7b12821e way things 51eccb32a3 were.87c0be48fbe68263

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Thinking that, I 0671070927 turned my head 2d5ee306ac and glanced subtly f0675f6cf8 at Lucio.57554684b6814f71

Telling him I had 60d4d065e9 planned to invite Allen 2ebca37ac2 to Oblie was really 477076c2a6 a roundabout way of 141c952dee saying I had no 80ce7b7f04 intention of inviting him.dc34a0689a6c6745

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It was childish, 8f0bb768df but I still 7f8088ecb9 felt a little 2edaf3b266 hurt that Lucio 4a9fbdb1fb had originally planned 6f0c553779 to go there 7ea17cd286 with Serphin.b65b692397cfc0f7

“Come to think of bbef77e051 it… Sir Sedian is b5ee4afa3c a friend of yours, 9ee1975c15 isn’t he, Your Highness?”012a23fcb9676d8a

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But it 985ee079c1 was Jack d485315bf6 who seemed e1d3251e99 to have f2cc3b985a piqued Lucio’s 02660fbe92 interest.16aa6869cd4a7c9a

“Judging by how 847a0ea6b0 you call him 97f5026691 by name, you 91ca8bc21d must be quite 2e1a87be7f close.”d119c0fcb110bdf8

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Though his tone 5be2dfe375 was calm, his 974ac231f8 gaze toward me 10503f3df2 was oddly sharp.883f21fcd07543ca

Feeling strangely guilty, I 5492d4a0bf got the sense that 59651391f1 since my remark about 2233dad4e8 kissing a young, handsome, 19ca0a94d4 rich man, Lucio had 66bfb0ca39 become rather sensitive about 5fb6d48042 the men around me.5bcb09fdc1a0755a

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‘Though maybe 61c6322a48 I’m just 111dc99f63 being full 083dc06992 of myself…’9861fe4cb04f7e7f

Still, seeing Lucio, 6715b8a156 under the influence e48662c407 of the charm 10c2d7d05d spell, paying such 428d2d2413 close attention to a0f8e87085 me made my 74c519da52 heart flutter for cac6613f92 some reason.d1653a3cca819dc9

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I couldn’t hide the 6e3c1ca8ef grin spreading across my b8cee2438a face, and I turned 0ecf6c2573 to Nyx, who was 901723829c nervously caught in the 85d05068f6 middle, and asked,3535d9b640c1d554

“Is he 057415c269 very busy 178bd576a0 today?”7af4c6d0ff00c308

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“No, not really. All the important tasks 12ffbb04eb have already been handled, b467afa8f4 so there isn’t much 53fa3fcfcf left.”c18b119c868d5fbc

“That’s good to hear.”45f1223a704b05c5

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“Yes. Actually, more than aa2a1e1976 work, it’s the c3a66060f2 princess who—”6e61d9ffaa846ea3

“Nyx.”bf02cc85a782091c

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At that moment, Lucio, 1dcb86083b who had been listening, a6d47fc031 cut him off with 7b818f39a2 a cold voice.8c1786daa11adaf3

“How long b8f8919371 has it d30fbed2a4 been since d0f69a00d3 you were 4d9f95eb25 reprimanded, and a78464fc68 yet you 7c9abeb26a let your ad84845411 mouth run 2026c6d5ba so freely 9332f960e6 again.”2c0097827cfc967f

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“My apologies.”b611ad92a9922c2a

“You may leave now.”fbd2b97d91c34838

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As the atmosphere suddenly 939c3e4f5a turned icy, Nyx quickly 57abfb0875 bowed his head and 84e75b028d exited the office.b2def359547f5add

Feeling uncomfortable watching him 7c4051e5a2 leave like that, I 220dd35bb3 turned my head toward e68cac6b70 Lucio.81a3412d53962bdc

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He rose from his 164572a468 seat as if nothing f7b3ba6421 had happened and calmly d682ea36e5 asked,e6057968ca21a9f6

“Even if you’re 1840cb0954 full from dessert, 4ae39acf82 you can still 4b87e863d6 have some tea, 8035ab78ff right?”06ceee803d0d6718

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“…”188435a5c2931919

When I didn’t answer fea4476f9d and just stared at 0a480bdc8c him, Lucio stood in 9642070b18 front of me with a8967c12ad a slightly sheepish look.140559a7027d3b08

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“It’s really e0c915ef8e nothing serious.”b72cf08bf478cabc

“It’s about the f94fab5810 princess, isn’t it? And you’re df6d7679c6 saying it’s 9b6df7791b nothing?”9689a87642ff78ad

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Despite my pointed question, 12f4f27723 Lucio only looked troubled, a50e539dba his eyes shifting as a0c6a74963 if he didn’t intend e341b145af to answer.7b65a021cd97c832

Frustrated, I let out 353bb6698a a deep sigh.9ef07462fc8bb169

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“Tell me. You said 89bee0bb40 yourself that 864a82eac7 I could 9d11e9736e help you 3caf9933a4 if I c96cf1325a knew.”060962f0e8e825de

These past few days, db8bd00915 we’d spent time in 59b70a86c5 such peace that it 9c9cee216e was hard to believe bb09f863df we were caught in 058159c3fc a demonic spell.428d34fd904e1bfc

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Thanks to f18a4b429e Lucio taking 7e3bfbbc69 a sudden f59989cad1 leave, he 62741811a7 hadn’t met 5ef4ffb906 Serphin at 7a5dc040e8 the palace, 296c23c99a and even dea66fc2f2 when she 831b38808f sent letters 02f79989e7 asking to ba088d9edf see him c289f952f9 or to c1b64ec33a visit the aa37d4d98e ducal estate, 924f44322b he ignored d2b4a3cb4f them all.11f1eb9679cffbcc

But the calmness of c8cc32677c our days without Serphin b1eaa7d14b was only on the 2809d5c113 surface. The underlying problem remained 34fedd41e6 entirely unresolved.04bb8067cae250b6

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No, it 4729ada316 was even accbb1711e festering more 268aae31bf deeply underneath.2540618858a6963e

⟨At first, I didn’t notice it… but lately, I feel like my thoughts keep cutting off. There have been many times when I can’t remember what I was just thinking.⟩8f98e9d3dd4f63b5

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Now that I ca144141b3 thought about it, ca9d46134d even while talking bb2f8c2d00 to me, Lucio 15463665a2 sometimes seemed to bbb6d7d16b go blank for 719dbf6095 a moment.ae0a601c0bb04280

What he confessed meant 45e4b54ce8 the problem couldn’t be 8f8200da53 solved just by avoiding 64347df79c Serphin.2bd09bc045cb68ba

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More importantly, at 16f59ed032 first we thought 9b1d5c9a00 it only happened 67e4513cce when he thought c82b8c4204 about Serphin, but 30ab1d2e01 it wasn’t that.244f2c0dc2d604cd

Lucio explained that 7be9ea6a9f when he did 67f4559f9c think about the 4f4f657976 princess, he didn’t cab31cc237 experience the same 49c3bfe519 complete mental block.fee16cddf98edcac

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And after 0656d7821f experimenting several 23b49fc3c2 times…f7269959fd2ed872

⟨I think 0ca20eadfe it happens 2dd2bc3e94 whenever you ce2cfe7a4d think about eaeaa07744 me.⟩5ffa0a88d80c996c

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⟨Yes. Not only that… I 31d9ef555b think my memories of 5afe2ce7a8 Your Highness keep slipping 941c4e0252 away from my mind.⟩077256398157d30a

⟨!⟩39c3d7af76755f70

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Lucio’s words were shocking, 4ac162bd24 but they were true.70c00de6eb97a89c

‘I should have realized b8acf88491 earlier, when he remembered e886b49243 everything except me.’e0ee7eb6e42576da

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I had already told a251d76e2f him multiple times about 59517a7a17 meeting Diana as a 86e27067fb child and entering House 6fb3f85826 Elard, about meeting my a9581afb5a parents and leaving for 299f531a6e the principality, and how 7a8314f97c we reunited and became 665bc9c962 lovers.6e5e1fcac1cc5cce

But while Lucio could 5973509c61 remember the basic facts 8aef4514ea about me, all the fb209ccbfa other details vanished over 47f073f32f time like he was 420192c0dd hearing them for the 0e18385561 first time.87a8fb5b682a2676

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Only one 7e48004a41 conclusion could 643bf3f70d be drawn.85b9b6b63b3c482c

Besides the charm spell 8f20db2fb6 that made Lucio fall ea4d396d2e for Serphin, another spell 79666099d3 had been cast—one that c4a8992553 erased me from his 7d562225a9 memory.07b125523e4151ea

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It wasn’t hard 6cd7947adc to imagine Serphin fd7d701bd6 wanting to erase fc431f0338 me completely from ff2ce8aeac Lucio’s mind…0a51110b6d3cbdb6

Still, it 8ca374d51f left me 126ba2b68f feeling strangely c372be5e2f off.f24d4930f36c083f

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Something felt slightly, 10381232ed but undeniably, wrong.912b15a424d5af97

In any fcb5a2e2ec case, if 09e4931979 there were 1722d71df8 now issues c9720bf279 related to 8e593662ef the princess, c1a2f74bf1 I needed 601e9ae2ae to know.f713643403c99a55

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I once e5aeffd288 again calmly 8f99660968 tried to 6d00436b2b persuade Lucio.c0af77eb62af3783

“Even if it’s not a100853b4f a big deal, please 1e438e809f tell me. Even something 13af17b093 small could e4d310fe6a be the d17cff19c3 key. Surely you 0047afa4f5 understand that b854d1cb91 as you 959f79796d run an 02067394e7 intelligence guild, 334a80f08c after all.”878d422279361559

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At that, 7994ff845d Lucio paused 07e4b63d19 briefly at bb9e539ac3 the mention 29127ef571 of the 1c26aba460 intelligence guild.26ef8c6447f86a27

“The intelligence guild…”12ab8dffe86b0f2c

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He murmured, 78eb505c9f then nodded.5eb1fa8432734877

Apparently, he’d once 60e1d51178 again forgotten that 191e390936 I knew about f3dd47e87f Darel.9758df6fa66c8623

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“Then I’ll 98ea2ff9bb tell you. In fact, c1d1e0cb66 I asked f6be4d4f99 Bert to 8f02be369f follow the 1330ef8e72 princess. To observe 33f211a1f7 whom she 89f8da1cd9 met and b26a0d2d8a what she 03f17ea5cf talked about.”0cf62274a6534d26

“Has he found anyone 62a2fd76a0 she made contact with?”c8ec3e3522d702a6

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“No, but…”793071590ac60c5e

And then, at what 48773e1758 he said next, I 1c1648dfee froze.14ba2ea12f8e32e0

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But, not 898368c74c wanting Lucio 8025c77d45 to think db801e139b something was be8875386a wrong, I baec177094 quickly spoke 4d77ab88fb up.5a9c07dd0cf39bf4

“So… the princess visited b361447378 a café in the 351de6c275 capital?”c9af2a1bb1d9048c

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“Yes. And that café 031f35c4cc is a place ab7065fa8e I’ve long suspected 517e9fdfeb of being the c6a1510463 headquarters of the 9b4c0724fc intelligence guild Terencium.”e89a1a510715c595

I tried a75baf5739 to suppress ad8802a887 the shudder f2839dde73 that ran 9eaceaaae1 through me a9a1088f1f and quickly 8d4666d3f5 clasped my 0784f05409 hands together.501a3d630f722e27

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In the meantime, 2fc909d790 Lucio explained that fd2f1cd5ea when he founded 7bc634349d Darel, he had 4e2ba200d6 modeled it after a0f89dd8c1 Terencium, the most df44836d78 elite intelligence guild d71239b02f on the continent.cce5f9a3ec5b7652

In the beginning, 0ec1d4f6b1 lacking the ability a497584a7a to train skilled a2e85db59c agents, he’d tried 0dbff1e97a recruiting from other da7df9c4c6 guilds, but the 5f5b159365 members of Terencium 1cf434cefe never accepted his 33394766f1 offers. He said he was 62315e785a deeply impressed by their 2d11081378 extraordinary loyalty.3f73bcfdb8eb521a

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For some reason, a d2015439ff bitter smile crept up b14c37326c on my lips, and 4706bd921b I squeezed my hands 2031e187fe tightly together.142e3e60b3a4bb78

“The fact f01c42cfaf that the 21c871ae12 princess chose c7d5216a57 to go 7a79ab631a there bothers 122da59352 me. Of course, it e393c0ee08 could be a 1b138737b0 coincidence, but under 06f3aa5dd1 these circumstances, it’s 451c4f73af hard not to fc060b8e9a be suspicious.”56e056a2a433b19a

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He might b560be4f02 be right, 89aa7df8de maybe Terencium 5e1f2f14a7 is a d2a7c1f61b front for 5351ccd83a a group 837636b0f9 of demon d8e9ffbaa3 worshippers disguised 53051a1835 as an 34c141f3e0 intelligence guild.5d81a8af6f23c601

Lucio said that was df9336fa0a why he’d hesitated to 3b9d87242f tell me—because it wasn’t 004e5dee9b a confirmed fact.35513cb0178f6f9a

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I nodded and 9964299102 replied awkwardly,431c8b1521296ee7

“That really is… quite c632db31e5 speculative. Just because the a14b1fdab5 princess visited doesn’t 4af128b6c0 mean Terencium is b57047bf02 run by demon c22a18e8f5 worshippers.”7d186100a9ace524

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I was a86f29c415 worried that a2436dcc9b Lucio might 9dc3aa0e0b jump to 45c1768512 conclusions and 93c79b78c9 recklessly provoke c58231e36a Terencium, making dca4827fa3 the situation 50d7e17e18 even worse.15631f52de94440a

But despite 1508e30b53 my concern, 20dafceee5 and my c852e3d859 white lie, 0007f6987c Lucio remained 594b0f2f87 cold and b4e8b6b55f unshaken.5200380dae3ba127

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“Perhaps. But honestly, I bbcf2ad502 was very shocked a9ec0420a0 to learn the d908a56580 princess had become 67bd158397 a demon worshipper. Even while searching for fc5ef248d3 information about demonic relics, a72651c92f I was convinced they’d 8add4e4f99 all vanished long ago.”a145243be5c2d0fe

“…”e900977375fa7d3f

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“If they’ve really been 68e4522ae9 building power all this 5d8d64718e time in hiding… and 947cbf9b5a if Terencium truly is ee9c32d2ee a front for their 272e9aa403 cult, we can’t just 46c0010c98 sit by and let 73dd14e54b it happen. Their influence extends beyond 0fae2e4f35 the Empire, across the d0c050fd4f entire continent. If that’s the 7f10560bbe case, we may 091f70896e really be on b34b7ce461 the brink of 03fb2c2d9a a Holy-Demonic War… 3a0d2e5210 Your Highness?”4c458c74c697cd27

At that moment, Lucio f22e44d6b7 reached out to me 7605dfc50c with a startled voice.dde3f3dcd3c7c421

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