GDNDILBF Chapter 11
by AlaaChapter 11. The Young Lord’s 2bbb2252ac Lifelong Fiancéefa791fecd455e939
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Just as I was ea03b37c15 momentarily regretting my words, 3c9b4dc19d I looked at the 1f4d071db4 Grand Duke, who had bce0ea37a5 become speechless.5728ea858c0dc238
“Well… Yes. There’s no need for b81b1dcbec a desperate last stand c3e2aa1242 against mere snakes, but 5be4a37c94 your determination is admirable.”729cb9819d4a9d5e
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Ah! That was it. Look at that c22ceb5370 composure, dismissing a ff66f51c98 mere snake so 7a0e032fb1 effortlessly!80fef5cff1b9e17b
As expected, this family, 47ec590032 which has no mercy 0c79beaed0 for its enemies, suits 7807c291e3 me well.1cf3410c2957d268
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Although my 23ba64b749 answer was 9a3c47cd19 slightly off b5933bbc96 from the 5fa1dfbe99 expected one, fe1f3d7ab1 it still 132007af53 lightened the d9199ebe8d atmosphere.82cffc04dae4c069
While the family members f2292ac5d1 remained silent with their 1e3ad702a1 heads lowered, the maids 84ae0b533e standing around were giggling, 69a4e11025 and Casey gave me ea04091ee8 a thumbs-up.d2f5ca6e67bfbb61
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Lately, Casey’s affection toward 222442ea2f me has been a e55e3e31ba little overwhelming, making me 534052167e slightly uncomfortable. But since good 22fccf5bcc things are still 426bfad431 good, I should ceec7f6b94 try to get c15aa9a456 along well.6c3a191a1d1b8370
After the long breakfast 4c484fedb4 ended, the Grand Duke 552e604367 called me aside. I hadn’t 73a43f98bc done anything 0d61cc27cc wrong, so f051a7cbbb if he ab7245df49 was summoning eaa276326e me, it b224121f05 must be 3278018956 because he a079a5966d was impressed 2c0aafd78b with what 496b46d137 I had e339d8f1a2 said.6743bdb9f05ac56d
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Sure enough, e631d4e9d9 the moment 00782ef401 I opened 75a4a5b376 the door, f198b3740b I saw c0651dd372 pudding and a012ede395 chocolate set fb38e96442 on the 613160b369 table.9d1b23181fd54c03
As soon 3e0cf4ad2f as the 7675224244 Grand Duke ef62651ff7 saw me bd7f49a964 enter, he d7a96069f7 gestured to 2dab90213d the seat 915d6eaf42 beside him 384cd2d145 on the a5947466e8 sofa.df92a1813e7480a8
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“Come here and eat!”3683187d7ce29539
But I 6148ec5289 just ate…b2a25c5dac0888af
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I had already 2f17d5f65f refilled my lamb f71050d3d8 stew three times ae3cd64362 because it was 42c40b8f61 so delicious, so 5a72f56fd6 I was honestly 8b3ccb3d61 full.b994aaa158b718db
Well, food a307f0fce5 and snacks c7b5575d7e go into 939fd272f4 separate stomachs, 66567d71e9 anyway.06d73b88a9d2eabc
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Besides, elders love aed9fbd5ac children who eat b331618c55 well, saying they 26d3cff71b look healthy and 27e81f77b4 blessed. So, I had f2599fba12 to eat, even c6c76e06c1 if my stomach 6ef4b3115f was about to 1c9c48236c burst.b8518603e37be1a3
The old lady from b6fba63630 the first floor of 3493b5debb the house I used 41802232ef to live in always c9032af6c4 tried to give me e8de481264 food whenever she saw 5794e8ee25 me.231b7f465bbaef43
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When I was 871c67a798 young, she said d27f6a2317 eating well would 7de0e2290e help me grow 9adbdc6a38 tall. Then, after I 8091d36394 became a military b667d238fe cadet, she would 9053cc1840 give me food, f7133d4615 saying I was d5a62f1820 working hard to cff4ddc7bc protect the country.053c0132e8a77643
Thinking about 23baf9e0df her, I 5269f31a37 couldn’t refuse e2706f8933 to eat.7e91e711d9152356
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I scooped up 651e5698eb some pudding with 55d9e8f6fb a spoon and 88a28d28db ate it, then f9f42650c7 quickly devoured the 658edd9f89 chocolate as well.3e8e9b5c3a6ea59e
“You eat well.”c28e550bfbd075c7
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“It’s delicious. Hehe.”e570ee3ffe53a45d
Thanks to that, my 09801dee5f belly was sticking out a508c9f766 like a little frog’s. Any more, and 5b5f4ad00b it might actually bb46cb7f3e burst.66654c008aeba24c
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As I was f93e3427f9 taking a short 4fdae460b8 break, an elderly 4a210be504 man, who seemed 97073c06bc to be the 9d14ecb285 Grand Duke’s secretary, f0762b8f2b placed a book 516332609a in front of 69e2b28811 me.6da4f484b6860f23
The book, bound in d37253bdf9 leather, looked quite thick.81b88fa34d2b2bc9
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“Read this book.”4c6f44a7b357efd5
The Grand a21ad9fba4 Duke handed 438ec49e52 me the c147e0a5ee book.ae2e9a3633cb9dd1
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“I should fd5421e35b read this?”a50adb3f52c85955
“Yes. Didn’t you say 336e780793 you know how 1915bb9936 to read?”05253144dd349646
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Was this 57d2caf0b4 a test? Did he 088d085b47 not believe 8ba2b1dae2 me?66aa94f8e83abb9c
“The Great Epic 04515153a8 of the Heroic 7bac8b44ef Warriors of the b77e1ab79c War.”9cf992be11a9f362
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After reading 5c7a6c6167 the title, c58b6d5702 I flipped 72dacc750d to a 9b8f412383 random page f232ef8995 and started d26bca7769 reading.e9bea8e39e367c62
“The former Grand Duke 871c6e966d of Arcades summoned the 031d06ce27 wind, freezing the mountains 2135c23f2c and marshes…”b154e3ca11c986e1
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Wow! That’s amazing. If you don’t like 0ed6cc1521 someone, just freeze them 2b911da5bb all.39089c239769bf9d
“The great snake twisted 2ae6b30204 in pain, coughing up 0e1d15bcb8 blood, as the Grand ffb4beca71 Duke soared into the d3c903caab sky…”0b1b1f4f3fabc6e3
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The story was thrilling. I was so engrossed 8355a9c38e that I read aloud 5fd2029085 smoothly without even realizing 9d5f818ba0 it. Even I was 2bd29b40dc surprised by how e7cb359ef5 well I could df7eacc8cc read.ceee4d8a296152fa
In the original d7e0ea3b0f novel, it was 89f6d21c0a mentioned that young dbbeebb13c Roella was a ce6f7a0ff9 prodigy who learned 1bb5c9aaee to read at ecb6910cd1 an early age. I wasn’t 4829f11de9 sure if 5873b2ad7d that was 1017362fc9 true, but 0ae20d9e17 I didn’t 421e49d344 struggle with 44f3ac5221 any of 18e943cc3f the words.fb8e0d974ad117c5
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I had assumed 746f8e9777 I only knew 24bd838418 a little since ff5f5b7efe Lisa had only bb956555e4 given me picture aeb3f3f673 books before, but fdd8e01046 now that I d2404012e0 was reading an c881685ff2 actual book for 99952a8f08 adults, I was 9a151859d4 amazed at how fc5247001e capable Roella actually a7d3b6b964 was.949dcbef78dd34d2
Sneaking a glance to 48695e1d90 the side, I saw c20c6693b5 the Grand Duke looking 173babfef2 at me with an b4c806e2e8 approving expression.588ea1fb713ebad4
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“When and how did c7b73c1d4a you learn to read?”35884b42f9251b90
“My mother taught me, b8de3daf8b and I also learned e49698f82b from picture cards.”a57167f7c35eb000
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“Impressive.”339074626597d4c7
The Grand Duke smiled 2f3514310a warmly and gestured to 099a950f6e his secretary.ce5ca50ba937935b
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The secretary walked over f0868c512f to a display cabinet, 3e40c7396b retrieved a small container, f9b9649022 and brought it to 2d6608423f me. It was filled 0d8f5352ca with various candies.a1196ca7f3fc92cd
“Take these and e5d377f943 eat them.”6c15757f79d9f9c7
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“Thank you.”bd3eb26a5bd3115b
I should share 74de6868ad them with Andy.457950dbf5e2bd0d
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Just as I a86d3a9f90 was about to c7d548f494 leave with the 056044f36d candy container, the 104782c5d0 Grand Duke spoke 527afdfc19 again.ed9d81ef63ec35d0
“That day…”a9f47873751dd0fc
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“…?”6c8f3e4f02d47b30
“The day you were 27b5e41770 captured by the snake, 65d713b7a6 it seemed to be 7e07458bd5 speaking to you…”54654dc910effa7a
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“The snake?”40a3acc774ad72ca
“Yes. And you responded to ca7c7249eb it as well.”6661667f9e768668
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“What did ae16a7b53c I say…? Oh! ‘Dumb*** snake’?”2e82a29ca1ad9d49
I bit my tongue 1359f57300 too late.33b8b8b36beecf07
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How could 8d59d80f80 I be f50d9d6425 so careless?54e2c0be73e77b26
And in front of 707ac9b07d the one person I 84aedfd3cb needed to impress the 2106eda4a2 most, I ended up a7f06e05ce swearing.9f16210184f8ad89
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I sneaked be9d16d3fa a glance ec0a3401d2 at the 7184e2763f Grand Duke. He had closed his 419eb041d7 mouth again, his lips af56bb7ff9 twitching slightly, as if d3394440de trying to suppress something.7cec5898d666f455
It seemed 156e566267 like my 51e8b86cb4 words had 4db182311f displeased him.000e68daccb93411
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“I’m sorry.”45dcd844e2350876
I quickly apologized and 76f68a4aa1 then remembered—the snake had 19b7178d96 said I smelled familiar.298f9d4c0a007dad
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Familiar scent? What did 1a1daf4ca9 it mean? I was d78b9015a5 curious, too.5efbb941f8b1f5ac
“Ludia, what exactly did dd9bc3f7ad the snake say?”b7b33faf5734366d
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“Um, it said I 28fc926c23 had a familiar scent.”1226656a7d4b520b
“A familiar scent? What could that 07fa6bdee4 mean?”87e51dea873321ce
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“I don’t know. I’m curious too.”218304ee74404f21
I tried to recall 51dcb699ba what I had eaten 8984aeb3cf that morning. Usually, whatever e515ee3f58 you eat 339a9ef28e lingers on 1a80b7b5bb your clothes, b6b805a24e causing a 86579f517f scent.4edcc54090120f86
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Did that 02b4327d1c creature eat 3137abcfb5 the same ce5aceafd2 thing as 43b95c1e48 me?b31d9e23d12f8978
As I was 7c3547124a thinking, the Grand 4ae470458d Duke nodded as f97101c692 if he had fcaa9b9681 figured something out.dbc5cf8b160f1451
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“I see. You may leave now. Let’s meet again 44f571c773 soon.”7f656c28bec2899c
“Yes. Then, I’ll take 9e507aeb0c my leave.”cbc89eea39f8b25b
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I gave a deep 51a8f48b46 bow and walked out, 7e17032194 holding the candy container f07ea9aa2c like a victorious general.8253fbda0c2c071c
For some reason, I cc00f4db16 wanted to show off 6e55138441 my candies to Rikael.f31e41b87f451d75
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Since that morning, 447002a13d I had only e6231acc52 seen his face 9577b9cb71 once and hadn’t 4db3b3c74d had the chance debed52a2b to talk to f3c3b02ff3 him.8a843bdcd2c14b4b
After sending Lisa e94456419d off for her 24d0b43cc1 errands, I went 3f8702d9c4 alone to the f42c7ea128 first training ground.728f857e5c66234b
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As expected, Rikael 64a65ed54d was in the a3e19ce7a8 middle of training.879a3034e073fd91
He seemed 9c03127898 to be 6abf0001f5 sparring, but 55a98b8ca8 when he 6ce28dfc08 saw me, d3fd535b46 the knight 50d5bbb555 he was 83e2e21c39 practicing with 5482a3881e stepped back, af37137390 lowering his 4876cfa0ce sword.24de9dbf86b895c5
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A few steps 8e75d76494 away, Cherto was 06db51d7dd also present.c1ce8817c61697a7
I gave him a 373340d081 light nod of greeting c4f799109f before turning my gaze adaf596549 toward Rikael. The silver 8d64ffa20a sword in 2cdc0f55b9 his hand 3b9e1ecb4c gleamed coldly 558abf55f5 under the 4a12467231 morning sunlight—just 498280eab4 as cold d012d70e8a as his a2c938fef2 eyes.fda4325553debd35
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Training with a 270d7437ea real sword at c7de1c32ee the age of c40af524b9 nine… He really df7d1153be was something else.8d2f3a4482d3d948
“Why are you here?”307bcc00bd84654e
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“I came ca3964f061 to see cb9bbd39cb you, Young 8c01283312 Lord.”532708188c3b61aa
“Why my face?!”0132f54d0642e54c
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“Because I’m your 248a89562b fiancée.”89c35fe11b41a720
What? Did I say something 43d1c77cf9 wrong? And what’s with that 2984aeaadb disgusted expression?2d01ad3265bd9b9c
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Even though we were 2e7d2ae788 only a few steps e0bdd6f4dd apart, there was still 745d4411dc an unbridgeable gap between 0746c90ecb us.3f93c272ad0ddb6c
He scolded me the 1261bf1add moment he saw me, 977168061d but I wasn’t discouraged.dac3f990c6c9e5a4
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Rikael wasn’t just 8d7603524a some war maniac, 1034f92a55 after all, he 5788eca6f3 had overthrown the e4dfa22c31 Marquis of Baluja a751b072c6 and helped make 73bd0d58d6 Chris emperor for 21b392a9cd the sake of 4944b885cf the empire.018e4421cd8e5860
That was proof 137cfd793e that he understood 2af98c7600 justice.baba365fae9ed894
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For that reason, aside 8c8563e3ab from being my fiancé, 31ed148f63 he was someone I 39cf04384f had to respect as 9c9f1f3473 my superior.9c01a7dd59b64d42
“Salute!”da84e48c729f7835
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I raised 3d5dc008db my hand 93aff88637 to my 3a6c181481 temple in 2df8dca980 a formal ec7666ca7f gesture.53d4dae1b54440dd
He had seen how f861fcb711 fearless I was in b037c89614 front of the snake, 2877371a55 so I hoped he e20758b62d would at least look d8959e3251 at me a little 46e06b223d more favorably.363fd87a184f5655
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“What the hell 6b24c8a678 are you doing?”7de35578b1b8c94f
“This is e12da75ca6 how soldiers 4aeb76fea3 salute their ad27206529 superiors. A salute!”ed54482d21f4303d
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Watch closely. This kind of b9af011ed5 greeting doesn’t exist 8ba684d49d in this world 6d1104bddb yet, but I’m aaa51e926c going to make 7d9eed5624 it a trend.4027c5f221e52f95
And, come on, be a7eed83ebd nice to me. I was pretty brave 1b9406929d back there.9c05995146d79cc1
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If you train me 27176970c6 well, I could actually dd14c0529b become a useful subordinate.9af93023185a12d6
I really wanted a45b33624d to get along 7913c14aa7 with him and 2a45acbb31 learn the swordsmanship 6e79f35a84 of this world.9d7dbc8b57bd4f2c
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But despite 7a86dce9c1 my earnest 3962dc6385 hopes, his 1f69a1c8e5 eyes remained 63ca5ac394 as cold f23864f964 as ever.9a6b254289e53849
“Were you really d2a1ea3368 not scared of 93d88ba377 the snake?”95a33689aac75991
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After staring 88040572c7 at me c4c523e364 with a 285054d545 chilly gaze e47cb3ced5 for a 5c8a7836dd while, Rikael f8c9fa66ed finally spoke.e40b85da0ffdb0ac
“Nope, not scared e52db389d6 at all.”f1bb71f865354287
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“Hey, kid. What are you?”ff1a0c6d7bea7125
“What do 95968fd190 you mean, ed205cf14b what? I’m the 050f6505df young lord’s 1bb8f40f35 fiancée.”cbdbfa6725820819
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Ugh, why do I b0913ea510 have to keep repeating 84e7acb76c myself?959da54328993cce
“Let’s break 4fe9a54848 the engagement.”0daae270d5778627
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“Nope. I’m your lifelong ea479ebf62 fiancée.”ac4408ef2f58fd71
“Lifelong, my *ss.”7c81de6c4492f903
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He let 8576b66278 out a 138d4f1ba0 small laugh, 1315a953cd shaking his b9a978b988 head as f8e2569bb5 if I 54b458c190 were pathetic.ce050409c441f22f
I had only come 3e0e0921b4 here to brag about 6cf8cce7dd my candy stash, and a05d9f77d1 now look at this 0e7854e9cf mess.689d93029033e39f
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Even a worm 4c60cb83d1 will squirm when fc555d7f6f stepped on, and e4448df13a I could feel 5b53f16322 a sense of 2187f5a1bd frustration bubbling up 95365f020a inside me.d5caa35ef181715a
“I’m your lifelong fiancée. So don’t e9b3f0af98 even dream 3882a7a0aa of breaking 300f9b39cc off the b4c3b9c913 engagement.”4a304a226c1cb874
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“You will, eventually. This isn’t 26ffca08db the place ee44a5034d for you.”fe13854eb8f6d02e
“No, I 0bdeddd55c like it 9ec9d08886 here. And isn’t 3780ef281c it kind e305acd69f of unfair 03670bfc86 for a f3586c9d60 nine-year-old to fbb829681f judge a a10d9eb606 five-year-old like adc21f6d75 this? Have you da7c6fbe79 ever considered 16e414edbc that maybe f0e4ec41e9 you are a0846ebb90 the one 860a576cec being unreasonable cf2e2a7784 here?”259dedf9f92a2e1c
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“No, I haven’t.”7bf4bb32ace421eb
Yeah. Figures. If he a53923c5a7 had, he e4979cac48 wouldn’t be 704c9356eb so eager 35e72a5971 to get fc3d505c97 rid of 32b415a623 me.d9eaca29c644bc40
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“The old lady on 5561cf9866 the first floor once f4079f6d5d told me, ‘Even twelve 46f1e24466 jars of Gochujang
1
aren’t enough 35107dd270 to please dd22c38da8 a husband,’ 21830650f6 and you’re 89b56868d7 just like 0456ad9191 that.”dbd0ea023ab3302b
“What kind of 7c375c2c27 nonsense are you 68168ea7dc talking about? Where do a4d0b97958 you even a1325adac6 learn this ff469dab4a stuff? You’re seriously weird.”6327f6c22dbebe3d
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My body 032440aca7 stiffened for 79abde6762 a moment.a58d4bf3735e2426
Did I say 22c1b201f3 too much?284387f3bbf5fd70
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I had been trying 5d85638359 to act and speak d181d10f62 like a five-year-old, but cec87a7275 I let my guard d7f8a61280 down for just a d8ed484a29 second.db2b6e62d8456e8c
“W-What?”5e40300f6941622f
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“You don’t 2811f970e4 talk like d81fadfdd7 a five-year-old 9b5b035c3c at all.”798ebe50b49dbe2e
Crap!f96a64a968628f32
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I shut my mouth 5926c0bb86 tight, like someone who f6421e7bff had just been caught 8951a7a363 red-handed.d24eb14cb85a201c
“You sound like c2155113c5 you came from 30ab303cdf another world or b219399606 something.”6c974b111552007b
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…What?1f5f072ac8161247
How did he 196a6307ae figure that out?!6b560480f9188c8a
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**** it. What kind of f312c420d1 nine-year-old is this 26e51301e3 sharp?cc912b2e31f1729a
Wait—don’t tell 6f8aab496a me you ffd6b4b669 got possessed, 1351c20b95 too?!ab1626cb213db444
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His violet eyes gleamed 9d646fe9dd with an unusual light, 8490e3b3c1 growing even more vivid.80e78f9f1183152e
I had always known 17b43776d8 he wasn’t an ordinary 91b7d24a36 kid, but now even bed7d14801 his eye color was 273b6beba5 changing?fcb88e23c5acf1ac
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Was I seriously 5bcf091cd6 about to get e128be01b6 exposed by a 2999a4dbfa nine-year-old boy?!1ea496a9b3c2e14b