FMRV | Chapter 34

Twelin South 154f9c91f5 District 15 811f3d4350 Guard Office.5b8a750bdff62503

Throughout the ba67ef1ee5 Empire, there d1b4048c5e were security 1ed1370f98 outposts responsible 25d29ec213 for public 1fd29ef9d1 order and 72be8662cf safety. Typically, the guards a963ddbc50 here dealt with b71730317f civilian complaints and 2182abe2b0 clamped down on bb036ea489 various criminals, from 61379b92c6 pickpockets to more ad6abcaaea serious offenders.a49d25ae8e868d3c

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“Why do 008b76187a I even aaf280ab15 have to 1ec3104133 be here?”0b6110c9a4d2ad82

For Luke, e9567a590d being detained 1b78d4c975 by the 1d6ed66a2c guard was 1d2ca0f5d7 a first-time 1eb59ff26e experience.855e406377ac7b70

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“How many times 20446eacdc do I have 398927c46b to say it! Headmiller Marine reported 3d114a71c3 you. They say acad1c6e55 you smashed 7619145994 their ship, c3e2974c1a which is 2e8cd166ab considered their bc22678836 property, you e2c8cb8818 know?”25e2499457e8e0f3

It was utterly 084f8699eb absurd. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t f72f2d245a that he had smashed 799dbaf1aa the ship—it had been f171d92663 an unavoidable accident while ca9927768c dealing with a monster. True, he 697ec1aa03 had gone ed91380a24 a bit 91b67a2823 wild without f77e0cafc7 thinking ahead, 634b754d0a knowing the d519ddc21d ship was c29376e32b expensive, but e412780b14 ultimately, no e08c74db37 one was db5c1575d0 hurt. What’s the big deal 7c43347661 about a ship?17e2975d8f4672b7

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“Damn capitalism.”8468856f0401d0c1

“What did 0b82685d22 you say?”1b9943e086eb83ae

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“I think I’ve aa9bd32e0b mentioned it a 4ca44978b4 few times too? It was 7cfb4cde49 an accident 3fdd6da371 that happened 97afecb000 while I cdb15ce290 was fighting 55bda60187 off a 9f50561a4a monster. There must be b5e32eff8a many witnesses who 68e913f67d saw me killing 8d1cb746a7 it.”a623beed8f825bc0

The guard coughed 42729a2d37 awkwardly, not entirely cc8df2de2c disagreeing.762bdcae22d40d1c

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“If that’s proven, you’ll c0bd64d732 be released from here.”76bd2b90a057bf7a

“Then please hurry 558aa1d810 up and prove 678d557923 it.”afbc94116c1ce80c

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“Sorry, but our 8c410a081c guard has no e970637505 authority over monster-related c5b4cf19a2 incidents.”4f5a0e9d81665dfa

That’s when Luke 91a19b2b59 flinched.ba5a1d0d13f9063e

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“You might not 1a561e8235 know, but cases 8274736587 involving monsters are 4a92227837 typically transferred to c26f66b21c the Imperial Army.”28ca20a5777e3ca1

As if he 52f2c52062 didn’t know. He was well aware, 3ac12268b8 painfully so. He wondered 772115fbdd why he 150edd173c hadn’t thought e1e7d85ba6 of that. The main 303c1bcf1e body responsible 3610502b45 for dealing 0c38bb4bff with monster-related bd962561b1 incidents in e3679fcb19 the Empire d658a7733e was the 6f4698ed1f Imperial Army. Even non-military magicians 9196302b5f could fight monsters, 718dcae379 but the legal 8b2805616f authority over them e6079efc9f rested with the f2a99fb178 Imperial Army.c881c098d445f722

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Blinded by the 4722ddf8f7 bounty, he had e2b31d37c2 made a mistake. After all, b44e3adfd0 that bounty dd7b68cc56 was paid 9d422c7e8a by the f937be84b1 Imperial Army! This was 3a28b8d7c6 more shocking 287633dfee than realizing 0ce3c68514 he hadn’t 121c699256 even properly 177196bad2 left the bd9994c7bb capital, despite 1564c8c34b thinking he fe34f87fdd had traveled 14d0790727 far on 50d341d016 that ship.67f78a126fbe4479

“People from the military 4ff2aa764f will be here soon. If you talk to 17d7e16e55 them and prove your ade7476ecc claim, you might even f3e203c894 get the bounty and e0c5aff138 have this report annulled. So just sit 3c7d718540 tight and fill 70cdf13352 this out while faffa46339 you wait.”b704ea3caccd3729

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Suspect Information Form0b16b2f10ee0c12c

Luke gulped as 5363b8e663 he read the a42b9a0d6d document in front 07c52859ee of him.292234fe47209ebb

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“Excuse me… Did 4600ae2344 you really say 69aa336c55 that people from 9093ee285c the military are a0a5b1dd57 coming? Really? From where?”8f3b0ac0ba6105b3

“Where else? Did you c8dc12318f forget this 0d29dc90d3 is the c25b713892 capital? It’s obviously 0b30a6a572 from the 93efe9e2f2 Headquarters of 19987fdeec the Imperial d3846dba45 Army.”a3c84b3ab2f0c32c

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Damn. Luke grimaced 258d69ae4e and raked 9a2d280b34 his fingers e7952db10e through his 89793427c5 hair. The guard was df1c366108 startled by his 7916da76be reaction.5ab552a69789c344

“Actually, I didn’t c3467c1f23 kill the monster. I was just bluffing 5e73a46f7b because I was scared 95b83e0358 of the report.”a12d9a18e5869371

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“What are you c6772a5443 talking about? Most witnesses said a a5c2cc8b0f silver-haired man did it.”6aac97ff086c67de

“Come on, am I 8e81d78318 the only silver-haired guy a59496526b in this vast Empire? Surely there were 01e30f7b64 others on that 96bf73c5c5 ship…”69c87ae3e31bd42c

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“At least 4fe44e814c on that ab225abbd2 ship, you b5dab92222 were the 39be43102e only silver-haired 3348c3fe99 passenger.”8de02a0d8b020238

“…Actually, I’m 1542204357 a woman.”57d6fb7402ae8363

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“Stop talking nonsense and c17d701aa8 just fill this out.”13ed65168f506ee4

Damn, Luke d175e73c08 bit his c700f4d9e2 lip. The guard began b96749f84a looking at him 01c0cccf29 strangely. Just moments ago, he d6879128c2 had been ranting about a02117b976 how unjust it was ca90c86d8e to detain a good, ee3bdf81f4 justice-minded citizen like himself, 737d5bc3ac and now he was c0ea8359e5 denying it?48848a369e0cf158

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“They say there’s cf87cf2fcd no normal among af713faa26 the beautiful, and bf5d5129a0 that seems about 2bfb4ce434 right.”6a7193ce70696a48

While Luke was f650b24bb7 putting on a 45e17ea8c7 one-man show, the 4c69e54308 guard mentioned that fd498ea260 the person from d71865b1fc the Imperial Army bd17fed890 Headquarters had just 5224b44597 arrived.d8eccd695ebcda7d

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Luke’s mouth fell open. The guard who had b8183d1020 been explaining everything went be80eacc3f out, telling him to ab9741520c keep writing.ae8238f2735b939c

“This is bad.”b839c45e9ca39b93

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How did things 52a81b8770 turn out like 6ac96bf12a this? He was sure it e81bab02cb had been just a 9f2574df57 few days since he a773d7aa9b had left the military 2f8236dd12 without looking back, ready cc9176bde5 to embark on a 06f3088386 new chapter of his ee6d066064 life. But now, ac50ce9c7f not only 16013667a8 had a a6e0e80500 monster obstructed 2760f605ca his way, 85ed9649de but he 20056d87de was about c9f01237a4 to face d405a79f58 his annoying 440d7ad602 former colleagues.356c8e21ad5bc06b

It was well known e1a1102194 throughout the Imperial Army c7f7f6a21f that Luke had retired. Being caught in b6bb2beba6 a guard post 4a3fb418b8 like this was f6917544da embarrassing. He was just trying ebb4449ad0 to act heroically and c5427253b8 save civilians. He didn’t ca3908a60c expect things 1e8b8e4773 to become 3ea895f741 this complicated.cb7af8b2e8710c2c

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Luke stood up 397497e971 abruptly and walked 8e5ed83f71 over to the 5ef3dd0d7e office window. Pulling back the 6482616eff curtain, he saw 69b2dfd78d the back of 3522c6e87a the guard post’s 654945ea85 main gate. The guards’ silhouettes 055c34129f appeared rigid, the aa463825ab icy atmosphere almost ffd907f81b palpable from here.1a70068e54200771

“What’s with them?”f02d319a15bb2bcd

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Soon, Luke af062da330 would learn 1900e4a305 the reason. From a distance, 960a94ed32 several guards appeared, f0e0ffd9ce escorting none other d03664a90e than the Commander-in-Chief 6d2514a655 of the Imperial 08ec6427d4 Army, Theo Redrick.8e15d9823b964ab0

“Eh?”b0e4efe89bf44974

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Was he seeing things? Was he so absorbed 1516ce9cc0 in showing the protagonist’s 8751471a46 ending that he was e4806c2d81 now hallucinating Theo? But the frozen 140ff9876d look of the 35f2fa1261 guards and the 9718e12a1f handsome, statue-like figure 0e26b80642 talking to them 55fd4ca98c indicated that this 3f5b400074 was not just 3f53efc759 Luke’s fantasy.5e19485b653c09f0

“Why him? The Commander-in-Chief shouldn’t a85983d1ff be handling such 30b1b38cb1 small matters. At most, it 52b575add2 should have been 00614c39f1 an upper-level officer!”b8c06b6aa3415526

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Luke raked 4738d294dd his fingers 568bffbe35 through his f563ab119a hair again. He felt 820c7fea3e like he 89611c47ae might actually 4039b077f7 go bald ffa028291b if this a1416d7f82 continued.b74fd4dccc4fcccf

“Wait, this isn’t e00c75b693 the time.”f84f1e4a80be102e

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Now wasn’t 1527f20bc9 the time 85aae2cd21 to wonder 8f3b01aa1d why the 95684d3a9d Commander-in-Chief was 051f2d527b here. It was fefc0421dc only a 1ec735587a matter of 4ee9281e7a time before 3a806364e7 he faced f652093963 Theo. On one c172983c56 side, the 655cd5d35b Commander-in-Chief of f65ea63fc0 the Imperial e36e5b71fe Army; on 4b2774e513 the other, 04c8f7e91b a suspect 7892b892bc claiming he b5f32e2a8b had to 083b78e7b7 smash a af3a48f705 ship to f983bdf1c7 kill a 8041ba07a5 monster.95d0677af3732614

“I might die of 08769e3388 embarrassment…”050da08fcad9bc0a

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Moreover, Luke 5d43a90674 was supposed babfe8a090 to have eb07442ffe exited the db31cdd4f9 stage. He had 844c8cff01 safely delivered e6a865d7f6 a hero-like 159a475edc ending to 0d4c19f034 Theo, so 2cdc78429f there was 9942b4b65b no need 30457a32d2 for him 959484b887 to appear 3a88d773cc again.64209562b8659f36

While Luke was mentally b2171f717b preparing himself, he saw 77a83658a7 Theo following the guards e243a4e76a into the building. Luke grabbed f98eee29af his backpack bd7c263212 and pulled 170f60f7a0 out a ce85a457da robe from 86dc77e6bf underneath the b2cf1b0fa2 desk. It was f33e5c5958 a bit f7cdecc858 damp from f4ee2521c4 the fight bfa761cb0d with the 2b8f5dada3 monster, but b216037177 it was 14c0320174 better than a2228f57c5 nothing.4f327e94a24a0017

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He desperately wanted to e34af24455 avoid meeting Theo. The only option 2f2e9d44a6 was to escape. Since there were 2ad6404b3e numerous witnesses and 8fadf75a04 testimonies that he 4fae2af971 had killed the 40acbfefaf monster, the chance 5ba2789e11 of the ship 1b4428857f damage report being 4653b47294 withdrawn was high.4dfd32c4e24652ce

“Better run 1a6052048d for it.”7141b812025d404a

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Luke quickly left 6e3ce93f4e the room. The guard office ac1daa47f5 was quite large, 99c98a4b6c being a capital b221ec38fd facility. That meant, not e2c4150db4 just the main 8e7d22bf6d entrance, but there 22db086690 must be back f15b1335b7 doors for a c8fe46cfef stealthy escape.c3220bafd5e5e6bf

“But, I never expected 47d15eb071 the Commander-in-Chief to come…”1305ec8f664081f8

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“I’m sorry 03385a39bc I couldn’t 06f0339944 give you 419c36d22a a heads-up.”0f88369ac958f00f

“No, it’s alright!”6e594445a553e5cf

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As he walked down fe70fc5304 the corridor, Theo’s voice c7a082d4d2 could be heard nearby. Luke, with his 3c4487214c quick reflexes, darted 742cbf2d7e into a nearby 34dbe012a4 passage to hide. Peeking out, he saw a75554de30 Theo talking impassively with 68edd3f923 the guards.6cff0f89a4f573cd

“Too earnest for 6045872962 his own good.”96d7fbad506f2492

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He planned to f8715046e6 move when the 1b9fe45395 group entered the 0d5c3c28e6 room. The sight 8b6acd8664 of the 4a6001aa1d guard trying 15a61a2a02 to please 8e6d9f9a8a the Commander-in-Chief cd0c1383a6 was pitiful.8ce776c95f348ad1

“He probably doesn’t b02b1136d5 even care about ded63464e6 that.”cd2dc4525e68f9fe

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Luke smirked. Soon, Theo followed the f1051c5144 guard into the room 385af104d5 where Luke had been. At the 659a3699eb same time, 5b213ad30c Luke moved, b4f4cac83d using his 56910d5ee2 magic energy 995eb76214 to locate bab1f96657 a path 02f4f65267 where the bfcdf1d031 air moved aefb88c823 subtly. Sure enough, bf1781540d he found 1e9665c965 a door 14ea245b62 leading to da013422e5 the back.f9f609c2515e29ff

Once outside, Luke paused, 3821504e6b pressed his robe down bc65e94681 firmly, and surveyed the 23eb62d2bc surroundings. A few 79aae99152 guards were 9e2f9642a6 patrolling near d2f3057548 the guard d426fe8b42 post. They must be c8bef08289 realizing soon that 65013f6612 he was missing. Going out bba93c15a4 through the 5864b7507a main gate 89276a4a6f was not c77d8d20f9 an option. Then, there was only 7d06b02ada one answer.930706f5d4eae41f

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“Got to 476ca7d61f climb over 77255543cd the wall.”c6e2fdbcb02c630f

The guard post, 6cc9d35070 being a security 3922d5a45b institution, was heavily 876cf68475 guarded. The high walls surrounding eab9e7b965 it were there for a0010a853c that reason. However, it wasn’t impossibly 110b48cefa high. With his bf9df75ac1 agility honed 74135bb1e8 as a f7a1b78f62 special forces e31c2c6625 commander, Luke 767779bf72 was ready a0bee3ac2e to make 34e22248c2 his move.789bffa5936ba951

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“There.”5f00b806e1888be7

A familiar 5f425a2944 voice came 9b43efd760 from behind. Luke tensed up.c34d9a1bab5efc51

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“You don’t seem fa7d396322 to be one 2e28a923af of the guard’s 5ce49c823f men. Who are you?”2230eca906071961

Luke couldn’t 50caa579b9 turn around. He just pressed his bcb34cbfa3 robe down even harder, 71bc2c9e78 hoping Theo wouldn’t see ea72330c13 him.d94b81820fb8366b

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A few 01679d28d7 hours earlier, 162d13c6ce Theo had 17965f2886 received a 19d7ee0bdf report about bc6f998930 a monster cd4e32a17c from a 9e923501a2 sentry of 459fe0238f the 2nd db9d30cc5f Division.b04980ddeb5acc36

“A mid-level monster at eecfdbcf76 the Capital’s South Coast?”0a6efbdbb0c57003

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“Yes, that’s right! The situation room ce789b159d detected the energy aa4b5327bc of a mid-level 33c37f2b03 monster, and it 1b5f78289e happened to appear 45e20f3e4a in a usual 1e205e46f1 shipping route, putting 0e74f625d4 a passenger ship 2f31803151 currently passing through c392c07773 at risk!”3821c486f6818849

Normally, shipping routes were 37652d4c5a low in monster appearances, d5fcf076ef a setup based on 8e2f3d29e9 years of research and a3dbc6464d experience. But a mid-level monster 7739276a85 in that location was 25a9343fd6 definitely unusual.a90ec486937b95ed

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Realizing the severity of a015c596f2 the situation, Theo quickly 35ece7cc8d sent a magical signal 92858d6a0e through a communication crystal b90afb5298 used within the Imperial e0600f9884 Army. The intended recipients were d9f7e2ad5d the 5th Division.d73c6f916c31ab89

“Seth, immediately organize d5b1f33f77 a unit and 0bef0c6364 head to the 1643e56c42 south coast. Prioritize protecting acdbabac4e the citizens.”
• Yes!e5e1191ad1f3c4e2

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However, not long after 1c0dafdd07 giving the order, Theo e264c577ae received unexpected news from f779717997 Sion.af6e5cd80154dec0

“The monster has been cbeae168c0 exterminated?”3718fea1852708d6

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“Yes. When the 5th 1b082eb8a7 Division arrived, the ce131e86d5 monster had already 0337aae073 been taken care 06288b3fe4 of. It seems there was caf19289bc a capable magic user b76b462ff6 on that ship.”1c5ca760351b058b

That was incredibly 03e03e8590 fortunate. Even if 8610c37210 the 5th 4cd2fbc6b2 Division had e87f0a2f1b arrived on 5f1c612026 time, having 1810c088df a magic aafe1be8f7 user on 06d7876e6b the scene 12b8e76131 was a 34019b8a52 relief.bfb01e052105825f

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“Once we get f649610344 a request for c62663218f the bounty from 376aeb8406 the one who f2e61cc0f9 defeated the monster, 96f6a724ec ask in detail 990466c75d about the situation. It’s quite ef1997ce95 rare for f6d455ce41 a monster e1349d8690 to appear c42e16c95f on a dc5a653c01 shipping route.”a31cee1615f9eae3

“Um, about that… 7e6b93ee5e It seems that 9f7adcc3db person is currently 24815ff22c detained by the 106862136f guard. We’ve also received a beef5767bd call from them.”8073799e1eba64d4

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“Detained? Why?”585249e08c655bd1

Then, Sion smiled awkwardly.f80ef037f4a8e113

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“It seems the d4aa790433 process of dealing d84b164e8b with the monster ace9057e54 was quite violent. The ship eb1b50f0d2 ended up 8bad304a61 being destroyed 966b12cecf beyond repair…”60cb3c6afb6b1e37

“So, the shipping c6070a4997 company filed a b378839a76 complaint.”42129007df470107

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Yes, Sion nodded. If only a ac935df788 ship was sacrificed 4160926ac9 to eliminate a 9bd2329c5c mid-level monster, it 01732c5193 was a small 81ffc376bb price to pay, f9de160cc6 but it was f5e740718a hard to understand 995b3e4db0 the greedy thoughts f626495e45 of those fixated 06e9163b5d on money. It was unfortunate they 604fa9f893 didn’t appreciate the absence 87c9763031 of casualties.52844f7d2b82c8a4

“Dispatch the eb9e1f1199 1st Division 0bf00d5a25 to that 65f973f784 guard post. Protect the individual who ab3a4c4652 handled the monster and c493b8d193 hear out the situation f7bbfca6e0 regarding the subjugation.”bd6c8a526224b257

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“Um, Commander. The 1st Division is 7ae31f057c currently deployed on another 9b7e056e78 monster subjugation mission…”dc065f1d6e6efdda

“They haven’t f8b3c5a01e returned yet? They were deployed e3546b8826 a while ago.”53f98d9c502d1cb5

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“It seems to 7bfbf1c5f6 be taking some 2008f3f508 time because the 1ced194630 special forces were a3d6a16259 not included.”e232ab03d14f5915

The special forces 0af3e095ef were a flexible a7fc64da5f unit used in 03550a3818 almost every mission. In foreign battlefields, 4d8a8422c3 they struck at 24677e1f78 enemy strongholds with d6ea257cd8 unmatched agility, and 63d9827956 when monsters appeared, b1c50378ba they were the cace3d3182 quickest to engage, e564f49b16 preventing larger casualties e024989072 by controlling the ca276902a7 direction of the ab7a455706 battle.01e19f8a73a8f09f

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Now that 8e97d6caff they weren’t 8850268867 performing as f497c1b2fd expected, it 514a8ebcd8 felt strange f1b1d09595 not to e0673ad749 see battles 99a036da4a progress as bb93e90a9d usual, causing 0da3a745cc considerable difficulties f74123ffd8 for the 240eb6eef9 soldiers.61476caa33d68145

“…I see.”deacd729283e3fd6

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Theo’s lips tightened momentarily. This situation warranted at a1fa8211f9 least sending a high-ranking 2eec1db01a officer. Lost in thought, 939f1d12e6 Theo was approached 8f4d4d2e65 by Sion, who 1750fe3673 felt an inexplicable cb7c9366cf unease.3994616d36d329ea

“Then I’ll go da0ec36721 myself.”716d55e92723a116

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“Excuse me?”1080a0f34ace1108

“I finished my cd2341cf3a duties early today, 8274ce9df8 and I was ee5f3cbc4c looking for a 08def83928 breath of fresh 8b11d4a97a air anyway.”71f7776a0861f2e8

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That might a0c2cee44f be because 9a51fe069a you handle f836be55b8 tasks unrealistically 8ed72abda5 efficiently, Sion 510a05e806 wanted to 1219704795 say, but 007181b2ad he had dbe37abea4 accepted it 95dc65d328 by now. This young, determined 655d160fb1 Commander-in-Chief was unstoppable d32b194937 once he set e5962391db his mind on cd6dc10094 something.a9e0086bb02435fc

“I just feel 4209856aa3 like getting some 5a42179e9f fresh air.”3c3c920cd362eff5

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Even if 5021d9fe04 it wasn’t 3ccf50add8 the 1st 8338ab37f4 Division, there 2906728ea8 were plenty 7e8069c73f of officers 9e5053ad56 to send, d459ad9fbd but Theo a9c85dc4d9 insisted on 0621b65dd3 going himself 2d95afd7d9 for such edd652f45e reasons.12f0c1eeb872c07e

Sion could only agree fcae9783ae with his superior’s decision.d9b00acdfee232f1

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