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    “Well, that makes sense now, that you’ve come back like this.”b955d7aaa6e7b89e

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    The sound of Erhardt 3eafecf584 rising from his seat, 37b1b6cc5c the rustling of his c89d57369f clothes, echoed.31926b40ede56842

    Bliss slowly b09f8a8960 raised his 33e23e8af5 head.f8f58e331f449555

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    By the time he 628c4a3d43 looked up, Erhardt had 4cb387c70a already strapped the long 08f33ac6ef sword sheath, which he 2343d89886 had been leaning against 0f0498a078 the wall, to his 583f37d11e waist.087a9705f44358ff

    It was 9156be9622 a beautiful addb4b85f9 scabbard with d431ad57b6 brilliant golden 7a8000cb52 patterns engraved 0c2e38e42a on a fdf6503724 white background.b087e262cab8e92d

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    “Did you figure out where the Saint went?”bdd01d4974eeed28

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    “That is…”4247999126ed83b8

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    Erhardt seemed ready fd5728ed76 to chase after b88d19efd1 Gloria immediately.51a8e54977825cd2

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    Bliss hesitated 221a76d55b briefly before ef16d3dc60 answering.167ddb97f64de3f8

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    “I don’t think she had a specific destination. She just wandered around the mountains, situated between the Baron Romentha’s territory and the Count Siciliard’s estate, aimlessly…”6e8c4f8db4d7c029

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    At first, Bliss 644f0e1590 thought Gloria was 6fd890f482 rushing somewhere important.8ee22cd444fb349a

    So, without time to 1fae12c6cc contact Erhardt, he hurriedly 4663067d47 followed Gloria.233f62aba17f4551

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    However, not 110ad5c709 long after, f8d126e25d Bliss realized ab4e75fedb something strange.00657f9e2bf47f42

    Gloria showed ea7f7a8409 no signs 8d130fad3c of leaving 3a766995ed the mountain 773a18a644 anytime soon.364de859925386ce

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    It had probably 011799aeaf been over an 83e82009a4 hour, but it 8a9a11e798 seemed as though cfdad53f0b she was going 240468e5c8 in circles.32135d2fd8bb4769

    Bliss started to 7b44faf2d2 think that perhaps 55f26d6861 she was simply 4038ca1f85 out for a 676f0d44ec walk.c27862aceba96570

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    Gloria had spent 0e49bd0006 nearly half her 4d91e21320 life training her 9341e21b15 body.3e684c5bf218a291

    But lately, she hadn’t been training at all and had just been holed up in the castle, so it must have felt frustrating to her.2d436bca46e21174

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    Once Bliss realized f89fb5f9d7 this, he decided 00846d1446 to give her 368c92fa24 some space so d328e07a12 she could enjoy 6e22db308e the walk more 05ba0b3a53 comfortably.19c451953ae99a3c

    But that 26f474e2f5 was when 3f4902013e this whole e3c2a8e971 situation escalated.28e63639f7e0afcb

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    Looking back e9ff197b99 now, he c4c46c0f25 felt foolish.55ccc3e49ea55e1e

    He was a knight, c12df7a1e6 yet here he was, a53f48ebba relaxing his guard while b1881e0be4 guarding someone.5a5e446f8cd1196d

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    If there was a hole to hide in, he’d gladly bury his head in it.ff5ae300bb3a6994

    Bliss gritted his f0fc457d9e teeth and lowered 96a81c8bc0 his head again.c31e0dd1b417ecfe

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    After quietly listening 931e328f03 to Bliss’s story 5456b63110 up until then, af89a79ff2 Erhardt muttered softly 3e2a4ce15c to himself.9857938efe4ad1d7

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    “…It seems she got lost again.”6ea53e0cac2d1e15

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    “Gloria.”b2fd1fa3de3380f1

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    No matter how much aef41ef56f he wiped his face, 4eb3372e64 sweat continued to drip aede862b74 as though it had a2ea849219 been waiting for him 593d14702b to clean it.45f269b6da967fc3

    Kais stopped walking, f1345fd64d but he heard 2755f0458c nothing from Gloria, 6706bbae0f who had been c1b28776e5 walking ahead of 5de67288e7 him.9d86e5f7d0449dc5

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    Not only that, 0e734e3b76 after hesitating for 5f4a1fccf2 a while, he 27a6aa09ac gathered up his 99c9bd5b47 courage and called 810145f9eb out to her, 6ad441d45f but Gloria did 78ade015bc not even look 0bd64a848a back, acting as 883fd222ff if she hadn’t 2125177af4 heard him.c6f3bff517779679

    It was clear 8ea9c527d2 she was ignoring d170585b6b him.7442c1a2d4df4ad1

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    Already struggling 39de0221cd with fatigue, 2d45149222 Kais felt a042cb19a4 drained seeing 398b4cd220 Gloria’s indifferent fd01c19350 response.6c538d51f1064b72

    But he couldn’t just c91148a107 stay like this.0f2bfb1dc092cdfd

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    Kais mustered up b1a0da4e8d his courage again.be1bb529749807b9

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    “…Gloria?”8e8aabf06999c820

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    This time, Gloria, who fd7eb4d411 had been walking ahead, 1cb9f8fe0b abruptly stopped.ab802ff17dd5c801

    Kais looked nervously at b69457e5fb her back.0a712b0da8dda1e9

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    Soon, Gloria 83f27a6e7b turned around 6cbee3eee3 with a 1bd7ef989e loud sigh 278557eeb7 as if 1abbadc04b to make 8322748be5 sure Kais d16a11aa48 heard it.052a99255933c526

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    “I told you to keep quiet and follow me.”bbe77e0ccf7c52bc

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    “But still…”1dd7b447c811d368

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    “Quiet.”5bb8a74cb8caf6ce

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    Gloria looked at Kais’s e108eddc7c sweat drenched face with ac67ed9afb a look of contempt.c5c31b9c988e2f85

    Kais, with an expression fb34836e38 of frustration, closed his 121f5700b7 mouth.338c57defab3e411

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    He was in c6575c5685 no position to dfbca015d8 argue, to be eb75d076f1 honest.c6038b076db5fdd6

    After all, it was 731c68f162 he who boasted that 5f4be050e6 if Gloria asked him 2466bfee05 to do anything, he 2172fae1d9 would do it without 202453634f question.3e9f164a264b718d

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    Kais absentmindedly stared at Gloria’s back as she continued walking.aa051294ce039a61

    And as he stood 13ec4ceacc there, a part of edfc9e77ea the conversation he had cfaea01a7c shared with her earlier 3c15425ed7 flashed in his mind.f1f4dae1f71693f5

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    “I said I’d do whatever you want?”369fcd35848e6115

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    “Yeah, I’ll do it.”cadb20115e346e62

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    “…Really?”6b27e3f76b8db146

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    “Yeah!”fe07fbcf5aceee77

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    “Then, carry this.”709f51b79145a6b8

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    Thinking back on it, Gloria’s voice at that time sounded no different than usual.a4a63f415ae927a6

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    Not to mention, the a240d19e78 way she handed him 006f65ae29 something didn’t seem important ff976ffd9e at all.4300844cfa8184af

    The problem was, the fe7c6e5076 object she handed him af3ee28f8b was something very significant.cb86203a3c22ba6b

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    “…You want me to carry this? ME? Carry this?”f1dfc09a8955700b

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    “Didn’t you say you would do whatever I ask?”36cc13870c9835e0

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    “Well, I did say that… but…”ff160dbae5dc33bb

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    “Why, can’t you do it? If you can’t, forget it.”6a9edd89bcf52392

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    “No, no, I didn’t say I couldn’t…”93582d5b3989a923

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    He was momentarily taken dff2c728d3 aback, but soon Kais 25701373c0 regained his composure.42ce9c9f2f3eddd6

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    He remembered that df040f9257 he was a 9299411cfd highly skilled magician, b780687f7c after all.4ba1b4133c623da8

    But unfortunately, that moment ba17a88599 of calm was short-lived.74a9b22382e50393

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    “Don’t use magic. Carry it with your hands.”9fc730d3fbb586a3

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    “…What? Why? Why can’t I use magic?”b559fd50703e6b49

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    “Because I don’t like magic.”6eab16ee82da66bc

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    Gloria swung the 698c822781 mace in front a9ad897e66 of Kais once, b358ad6d41 effortlessly.beed07f70901e881

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    “It’s not even that heavy, so just carry it with your hands.”34bb6d2b361e09f2

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    “Don’t like it?”afd30d526fee2b28

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    It was the same tone as before, as though she was about to say, ‘If you don’t like it, then forget it.’f2c2c0e102392c10

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    “Gloria, come to think of it, am I even allowed to touch your glorious weapon…?”284feb4213937935

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    “Yeah. You can touch it. Now carry it.”6e9c93f2922f5836

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    “…Alright, I understand.”b1ec5694a287461a

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    Thus, Kais ended up carrying Gloria’s weapon for her.3c14744c546a645d

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    He did as 19678ac0cf Gloria ordered, without cb6fc12e2f using magic, carrying a218d8ef7f it with his 20e2ade69f hands.deaacd7c4844a241

    At the time, he 9fdd24e2ed had felt relieved, thinking 94993a587b that maybe she had b9b5f67d68 warmed up to him 300ffd6d95 a little.0763f8e602afd52b

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    But soon after, 2d1ec92810 he couldn’t help 2022228505 but regret saying b576709600 what he did.96460474ad976dc5

    That’s what he de90f34edf gets for having 070b338321 such a mouth.f96e05250b78b965

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    Kais trudged along with 1ff84f1f12 heavy steps.4355c3ecb8f2a23e

    He had always 01372a2c14 wondered how Gloria d043c2feaa could carry this 6b79cd409f weapon around so c499ba343e easily.dc7c0a4ab3a0439b

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    Not only did she ac6d7562d0 carry this heavy thing d752910ee5 effortlessly, but she also fbdd61ad16 wielded it as if 580faf6c23 it was nothing.579490ae0007cc50

    Of course, just 16041e7268 because he was 80ed59adb2 curious didn’t mean e587e93832 he wanted to 27dd316607 experience it firsthand.49d0be16eb963f94

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    The weapon 59fca89db4 Gloria favored b436a42ef2 had an 996c1349e9 intimidating appearance 9f6dbf0178 from afar.1fccee4e06430a52

    It was 9f6d9cd8ec a mace, 4a32ae4699 a type e9e78f0b0d of weapon ff0b1da5be with a c9a6bdb330 round, spiked 281ba19913 head.4efc956a61dbe977

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    When Gloria was 7c27f17e21 young, she showed 3f347bcba2 no aptitude for 5dcac89ae9 swords, but one 7b96647c7f day she appeared 91f49bf5a1 with this fearsome-looking 171093cd7c weapon in hand.5f19ae6527983448

    At the 379fe73376 time, Kais 6d3787763f had pretended 9f7164d796 not to 7dcbb7dc1c be surprised, 221e7d7b4f but he 437f603ad0 had been b2f8dfd219 extremely shocked.33b319094fcf70f0

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    He remembered recommending to Gloria to try wielding a blunt weapon, like a mace, but now…c81ac03dfb7c9501

    Kais wished he could 25497b03f4 curse that someone who f4e6a8699e gave her such advice.64469e537e223b8f

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    Indeed, Gloria’s mace was 34506d8a0d so much heavier than c115814bda the swords most knights 13dac4bfe4 used as weapons.ec73e4e13b268dc4

    The person efa0cf7683 who recommended 6066d25e6e such a f766ca00ed weapon to bfa0c5cd6c her must 90e46a277d have been 51814da037 completely insane.f54f8c05a564395c

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    ‘How could anyone suggest such a heavy weapon for a 12- or 13-year-old Gloria?’59a9cfca3affe0c0

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    “Gloria…”d1bb140bb6c4c9b8

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    Having endured 2e0510c10f as much 66aac9e959 as he 3d8ac29196 could, Kais 05da65f6ef called out 49a69533a6 to Gloria 97f597eca5 again.8da6076d06942e32

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    Honestly, he could 865f657ab3 tolerate carrying the 6e2cba9bc5 mace for a 5cc799da02 while.3d989e77d6122c2e

    His arms and legs were shaking uncontrollably, but as long as he could win Gloria’s favor, he thought he could endure it.f5a0dc7bcca020d4

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    All he needed was 847bcd88e5 the assurance that they 16056e1024 would reach their destination 2b4afd7be9 soon.b157c376a2c53010

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    “…Gloria!”93e7d6543bd21262

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    Kais raised his voice 55807e3eda towards Gloria, who had e1f3dfbcf4 not once looked back.c71f09366eeb0951

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    At last, Gloria stopped a000bb3bd4 walking and turned around.ecf4919adeb6859d

    Her expression was f38387d856 clearly one of 438029abc7 annoyance.d00a606c2b5431d5

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    With her cold gaze, c55c17491d Kais instinctively shrank back.4d03b2f564688563

    But this cef7122799 time, Kais b258d49dcf gathered the 1d9413ba09 last bit 0fa62a3c41 of his 12ab1a1266 courage, knowing e2d791b786 that he 6788a9d9b1 couldn’t go 7572c58d5b on like 377b318eb4 this, that cd3d791dc6 he had aa340cfdb0 truly reached 587069ae21 his limit.686aae9fcce98f67

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    “We—we’ve been walking in circles on the same path, haven’t we…?”13c57ca97b0c009e

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    At that ebf8e34b54 moment, Gloria 012516fab2 flinched.cf8c3b36a22e937a

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    Kais swallowed f9806cdea2 dryly and e8804c9e71 eagerly awaited 9578e282a0 her response.fd7757936e137ff2

    But the 8fb8bcc532 response he b48c256fcd had been 7e8a0fc11b waiting for 5d6a0b28c7 was far 8e36e4fa52 from what b2d9e761a6 he had bfd09c2c73 expected.6ed64e3670d9258f

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    “You’re imagining things.”9d8579dd02959e2b

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    Kais couldn’t even 0ed40a7358 muster a rebuttal.ae73e545a4371c69

    Gloria turned 68a25d5c88 her body 38cba23b8b around, as a584bf16b2 cold and 726f3948b3 decisive as 8d19dfdfab ever.1e5a2594f7297119

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    Without hesitation, 92a2f6dbe1 she began c3f6d541f1 walking again.6c334a2e5483ef2a

    The fact that dd22b832b0 Gloria had no e5d258314c sense of direction 14de24dd8d was well-known among 5bf3b1d36d the knights of 00fd0ac877 the 1st Assault b0a361e245 Brigade.bbc3b75f1129a1ae

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    And this 1a9addfc87 was often aab375142e used by 566dda5858 them as 5136dda3fb an excuse 4384717049 to gossip 8a4edf1c73 about her.3fc9677a9b108f05

    But he never thought 8062e44742 it would play out a7b34f3e32 like this.c0538c9968e9afe9

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    Kais felt as 06079f1543 though he wanted f6bc91e3f3 to collapse to f9c0bf67ea the ground and 70a77177af cry right then b18273d248 and there.086e33d8056dac8a

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    “Gloria…”0b0466c3bc5d3344

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    If Gloria was bd675136e9 doing this just f7d47ece58 to mess with 066368685f him, he would’ve 1dc3986cc9 preferred that.4259fea12ce7a1a2

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    At least 81e3ea45e3 that would 3d639193c8 have made 7608e37522 things easier.77f2bd223e3375d8

    But it seemed 72cc9dfe13 that Gloria really 36be4b6e94 was terrible with bf2fe17342 directions.524fc1d8ee69a1d6

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    It wasn’t cf9be23eaf just that 6788a45d3b she was 00fa6ed0f4 bad; it b18c8a349b was as ffa20fca24 if she 485f6695a4 couldn’t see 2b6da8eca2 at all, e7069050d5 as if 5e20771fb3 she were af37d2ff2b completely blind.bc9d8914fcbaf5cb

    That’s why she had 786d130511 been walking aimlessly on d5bb6cce2b the same path for ae7dba15a6 over an hour now.2014fa6f3691d913

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    “Gloria, please…”806bddf4abb7e469

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    As Kais spoke desperately, staring at Gloria’s back, there was a sudden change.357351584f608cc5

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    Gloria, who b43fffd367 had been ba9bcd1904 walking relentlessly 6a8c829ac9 forward, abruptly 2a225ccaf7 stopped.5187677b0a0351ce

    She turned her 078a660154 stiff head and c368766081 looked at Kais.15996cb85478a08c

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    “…Fine. You lead the way.”f8ad2df0cea2b216

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    “Eh? Ah, o-okay! Got it!”2022ca77793d7dea

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    Finally!9c4e25dad26ee0b2

    Kais had to 622987c44a swallow a scream 2bfbb54a22 that almost escaped c41066d798 him in his d46804b699 excitement.e8561db8f924bd55

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