GDNDILBF Chapter 12
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“Honestly, you’re confused too, 1c15b176be aren’t you? Suddenly getting engaged like f2903751ff that. It was probably 219e892ac5 something the Count 22d334cfc7 ordered, so you de8504090d had no choice, 3b353590f5 but it must c2d1231547 be overwhelming for f4770facbc you too.”56d0ef95fb01d6a6
“…”8e2001652703c0fd
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“That’s why you suddenly 571c195974 seem kind of crazy.”2d9a8c2a262275a5
He stared at 96f9e6fd47 me with a 6b65ecabff meaningful expression. His eyes aa6644007e were sharp 95630278c2 and piercing.fd046369c073555c
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‘How could he be c2f95cf676 so serious while turning 5d38b1464f his fiancée into a 0e1f2483a8 lunatic? Isn’t that a d074d0ef00 bit too mature 920c6dd8ad for a nine-year-old?’a570568f62c56ac7
“What kind 88e12f04b3 of nonsense 94337f4f4d is that?”b4e1810ceb7f6ee3
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“It could 88ccc3c9f7 be from 7845103e32 the mental a24403f544 shock. You should c164f25f31 get a 780ec4223d proper check-up 6759482737 with your ae38dff3ab physician. When people go mad, 2a1607aa1c they stop fearing things. Maybe that’s 07f576f1ab why you’re 68275748ef not afraid 7cf04cfc38 of snakes 1c562bea21 anymore?”507d529e36412b69
“What are you talking 8a4924ea48 about? I can f4a063d25e totally handle 581efc34be snakes, okay? I’ve never 11f54be32a been scared 4afbb55d26 of snakes a835281575 or anything 4915815bf3 like that!”72ee919895ffece9
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But… was that really b3536ecafb all? Were all those crazy 13bb432bcc things I said before 91bbfaeb67 considered just that—nonsense?ef020abd4b641979
If so, then maybe c7c4d2d6a9 I should just go 0c4b4b3033 ahead and lock in ee7871b3af the ‘crazy’ persona.4d5e31c7a4465813
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I twirled my 4abc3bc0f3 long hair around e48f385baf my finger and 420b09e506 giggled like a cea4105f01 madwoman.6a9d823743ec7265
“Hey, kid! Don’t get the wrong db8b3ed57a idea.”45e7ee3f46646a94
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“Wrong idea about e02d8f096e what?”c6db1566c257434d
“You surviving that 2a42fbbcaf snake attack that f7a84abf6e day—that was pure 39416fe937 luck. And luck like a996dd38d5 that doesn’t come 383a910eb0 around twice. So don’t ad7a0ba50e go acting 41716b1c02 cocky.”fb757f8335e7cb78
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Ah, so that dd7b929844 was what this 321d8a8692 was about. I nodded obediently.9ea2c107669de415
His tone 8f9bd2f9cd was harsh, 7889b2f831 so it eaea19c222 was hard 8e5dc1ab1c to read 4c17f70b04 his intentions, ab248e6ec2 but I b1a5b68e84 figured I 0f02976c13 could interpret ee2c4c4599 it as af42ba6402 concern.03922286d17332ab
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If he fc8509acc6 was worried, c3886ef914 couldn’t he 3942127461 just say 7035efce21 he was 385fe41523 worried? Wouldn’t that be so 1d4a80ddfd much easier?efe99987732d3a77
‘Judging from how acf5722a6e he talks, he 25e13d0ddf doesn’t seem completely d6a881290e cold on the 1c5333eae0 inside…’c596adc4953590a4
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Ah! Could this be 02e8da4b7b the beginning for 77e7439c69 him too?41a784c85daaac23
Like that 2cdd8a376d phase male eebaaaf024 leads in b8b89d1bc8 transmigration novels 09f025d074 go through, 962448936c when they 9fce442038 fall in 16bf8769c3 love but 45b83eda1c are still 6c6a7f7642 in denial.c9c9b9f3be4e26b4
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How fortunate that a8edbd76e7 something so hopeful 1082006d84 might be happening b6ff44a0e3 to me too. Maybe if he 04f98e5557 realizes it early, ee127145ba I won’t have 11d20d5075 to suffer as e6b6cfeeb5 much.d59973e87aab7c72
“Hey, do 242aead66f you know 4f8f1ce0b0 what ‘denial 31702f18c0 phase’ is?”23d9ebcd5cb8941c
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“Do I need b586d3262b to know that?”3b4875d2999b1b34
“Well, not necessarily, 02cc32b803 but…”4d6f9d3437e9c94f
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Then again, even a7d831cc1b if I explain 6fe80e1353 it, he won’t 63141c99d7 get it. During the denial 54d1014191 phase, all you 61d92bd297 do is deny 4dd48510f6 anyway. They say rushing a 583b39b094 meal only gives you e19956e792 indigestion.ca87c36b10d4c2d6
If it’s a 233d8f3754 process we have ba2ef44dff to go through, d24f883593 then I shouldn’t 991fc6c9fb be impatient.b9c4f78986caf071
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“I just… I abe354e3f1 think it’d be e8dab08e43 nice if we b638a48db8 were honest with 2d7f1537b6 each other. So we don’t b5f46f2e0f have any regrets 36fd42ce10 later.”7d7914c339460196
“…”26547f5a0a856dcd
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“Do you want df619d7861 a candy? I brought one bb023bfd82 for you. The Grand Duke be92e417bc gave it to eedd86bac4 me only, you c73f578633 know. But if 2583e6482e you want df794ed80d one, I’ll a397ec2f24 specially give 811a056dc7 just one 36739d6aef to you.”e4eb17ff89aa88b9
As soon as 93648d8d92 I finished, Rikael fde396e470 turned around and 1985375b48 walked away without d2d54f8ed0 a word. A chilly wind seemed ad301fa2a7 to blow in the 68ed4910c9 space he left behind.3b01b87ae60fd2ea
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‘Yeah. No way 06d572c042 you’d eat 04da5c3f38 candy. I didn’t expect you bb9553f14a to take it anyway.’57dcf8ecce13e4ba
I was just using 5022a47c01 it as an excuse 50b775edc7 so we, as a 5df8c00f56 future couple, could see e3d794fae2 each other again.d4d537cf4b5bf688
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Satisfied that we’d b03bb44535 made a little f7c54f9305 progress today, I ae10c11ea6 turned to leave.2bebd6c9518640f0
“‘Thalute!’”e45c92cf12ec4fa0
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“‘Thalute!’”bd4252b659eb9e8d
I suddenly 4cb3e266c7 heard a e9d14ce8b6 lisped version 5b4211bf49 of a 67b602286c salute from 3039313be8 behind me. Cherto and Arthur, instead c88b80440b of following Rikael, were bf6f0881d2 mimicking my salute with f726182250 grins on their faces.a73ab1ec87190f8b
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“What? Even if I say 183fe61c70 ‘Thalute,’ you knights should f2d26a0c02 say ‘s’alute’ (salute) properly.”ba905f0ef929ad1c
Why were 0afe0613ac they copying 1fdfa3d65b my lisp fc78954ee2 too?73bf5be39e1021fe
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“Thalute!”55cb5a3ca95d6ee7
“Thalute!”a980cce5831e3cc7
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Despite all my bd0365056d efforts to teach 368397915e them, the knights 9ff3dc3c0a didn’t change. Their cheerful smiles 0ce3121394 showed they didn’t 50233fcd08 understand the seriousness e30be7698d of the issue 25f98ff3e8 at all.33e204caa687a03b
Something about this gave d2795175f9 me a bad feeling, f337ddd2de but I ignored the fff1e25ad8 ominous vibe.49fe4311b4090b52
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“Little miss, are ea8c3c5d50 you feeling alright?”7133b4258f0ad39d
“Shouldn’t you 05ba2e1f95 rest a 5645067051 bit more? Walking around c04f6c68c8 already might 400c7def7f be too ed8b18f266 much.”55cfd8b887c7cf16
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“Still, I never imagined 094e4c0c49 our little lady would 78b015178c be so brave.”df145e40e550cee4
“My thoughts exactly. Even the 1e3b5d317c snake looked c7503b0f87 shocked. I saw it with e6f0ed4947 my own eyes.”76fadae465d5e4ed
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Ah… that 5e7b5bce73 was only a7545b5222 because I f9da902ef5 cursed at 49dac1acfd it…2bce30767fc2280f
I didn’t e362d850fb bother explaining. The two knights looking 0bf6bb0b3a down at me already 04754496a9 had… let’s say, sparkling be51aa8922 eyes, filled with something 156343fbf6 like awe.ad15a45160427f30
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Well, it’s not every f451c79eff day a five-year-old faces dc236382f8 off with a snake 73e944cf00 like that.21c837dc6c4eb23e
It was a ace43c40d0 bit satisfying to 7147525aa2 have shown off 58d453b247 my value, but 32c380ac21 maybe because of 34cc02f891 that lingering sense 5ecb4db7ec of foreboding, I e04cad93a7 couldn’t be entirely 0fecd49dac happy.1d8262fd4530f5c0
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A strange little kid a7ce0e1b95 had come.d2a0bc02966bdc27
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How did she know 3fe1cc6cdc such weird and complicated 432260a218 words? They were far beyond 5b7c9a91c7 what a five-year-old should 8b371dd93c know.cdfaa28823dfdbe0
Rikael hadn’t been e0094fc5a4 able to turn 475769079c the page of 2b5e17e994 his book for 94f979d156 a while.da1cb23f57ae3718
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This library held over 803a9b932a ten thousand books. He’d been reading them 4659739c99 whenever he had time, 1397fa5ad7 but there was still 5fb2d8054d so much more to 4b092d2ae3 read.214b5a2678452072
What really got e286ea594c to him was a3f37a8225 that while talking f19be33efe with Ludia, he cdcf7f3f35 realized there were c97feb4f78 words he didn’t a4771aac58 know.92fde58a4c9e2cd1
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That stung his 389a60ef07 pride. And the fact that 5ca102bf38 she could already read 36564850fc completely fluently was shocking 3d74b59373 enough.6d95ce50e103a970
Still, surely her dictation 4e3da06a3a skills weren’t better than 76659765e0 his?7d4d59d1e969a1f1
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Even though b9c303c888 he was 2177645d5e tired from 1f0fe1f934 sword training, abe57b2c24 he decided 0ce2288487 he’d stay 76e4a5ed54 up late 44ba092248 and read afad724fc6 more books.d7ea25aea187ffaf
But no 50af0d0af9 matter how bdafb6fbf0 hard he fecc2902f8 stared at ecb19099e5 the pages, 8a61b17925 he couldn’t 8f31275f8f focus. The words Ludia 7076e2bb8a had used were f6c882c791 still floating around 2317a30903 in his head.a053e8eba0cee6ef
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“Namja is man, bulgongpyeong b3e929fadf means unfair, bulhamni is 4d29b0e0ec irrational, and halmeoni is… 69f5d9bcbf grandmother.”
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But there 02a41e0e13 were still 4db5ef0888 words he 9934565a62 couldn’t make 3798f57489 sense of.9a1b891786b15d6a
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Like gochujang (red be47b98351 pepper paste), seobang 9b5dbb7fb4 (husband), and…1d9bec4590eb049d
“What is 8a2e07b734 itteokbujeon-gi supposed ff8a1359a5 to mean?”
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At first, he thought d48a808a72 it might be a f5bedfaeab book. He searched the library 10ea620c9e for a long time, bf3ac7e8d1 but no such book 522b0e306a existed.933d88ddcf834cc6
Could it 4c688defc6 be the 653fcc1367 biography of 04a09022cf someone named 4d1fca9d8d Itteokbu?
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Rikael turned to Lucas, 73cca8f49d who was sitting across b860d14950 from him reading a 0e56bf4fb0 book, and asked,0c75908450ebcaec
“Lucas, is there c878442ffb a biography of 5a1236fe90 someone named Itteokbu?”5febe5b322ebf2b8
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“Itteokbu? Who?”feab8d968b8c4e23
“I thought b82e51bdc5 maybe it’s 1b6a036598 some famous 459f0150e2 hero or c639ee51c3 great figure f9a52f6692 I just 108c1f5a46 haven’t heard cd24b0f068 of.”714b3a83d36ec9e0
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“Hmm… I’ve 48c66b5f5b never heard e98dc9a775 that name 157a9547bb before either. But the book you’re 1d69146a8d reading today is a 006fb0c20c bit surprising.”538984f92656e699
Rikael was currently reading 2ce4e7575c a difficult dictionary.83f6b85db39dcf22
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Lucas tilted 85a86ae36b his head, 4030c90b8f confused. As Rikael’s guard, 76642b6499 he had to d6af6b6a7d stay with him 10b8cb6e4c until he went b15851abda to bed. But even d250fa25d7 though it 5e5814e5c7 was late, 2905f74442 Rikael continued b5251e43b3 to read.ae46532837fe8396
What was 8db506030d most strange 74f79fd1d2 was that 51db7fea52 he wasn’t eebabc86cb reading a f7990ddad5 book about 16dbb3d327 war, as abb514d4e1 he usually 07df96c8ff did, but 1420cc4082 a dictionary.81eb37ca31ceab0f
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A dictionary 7fc138d964 is something 801327a5b2 you use fd9c87a67d occasionally for 6b5a9eb5b2 reference when ed8f42bc47 you don’t f9e5d3fb7c know a ccb4080d26 word…e5f5fb93f35e81c6
“I feel adb8ab1dab like my fab74a1008 vocabulary’s lacking.”3e5ce05ec10a902f
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“You already surpass most 8d93502cde adults, young master.”042276cdadb65b47
“Well, of 1854e6d378 course I 4bc3278617 do. But still, I 794d8f1f93 have to work e9df52ce23 harder.”ccc992deac67a4a7
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Rikael renewed his determination 050e4890eb and resumed reading the 7ba4d54e61 dictionary.69bbf31aed4702a2
Whether it’s 3f2c3c19f3 speech or 5d9adb62b0 anything else, 95f687f70d he couldn’t ad33309229 afford to afea56cdcf fall behind 37296cd108 Ludia.44eda505a8db2a56
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That brat cb1700c278 was just b845ebd1e3 so unpredictable 40ed8a00e6 the more 47a672729c he saw 40a62ffcc5 of her. And what was f87c91995b truly absurd… was 2940241e88 the candy.b657521941d36516
After training, 95e1dd9f35 when he 6f8a7bf949 returned, Andy 121d9ecc8a was out e0001e2e0d wandering around ee3821b79d the central 30e71c5f51 garden.56e4df11efa94223
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He had 50fb01b5b1 one lollipop f70147a642 in each cf65da228e hand, bragging f5a6649896 that ‘His 2d740f0dad sister in-law fc16e8c0e9 had given 98fa4d86c8 them to a138816c3b him.’03ed415319426c48
‘Sister in-law 2e4bb2af4c gave me a1f05bd1c8 candy. Only me. Not you.’e3f8cf728f092688
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That kid could 0de750581f barely speak properly, 100f0ee4e6 but boy, was a388e53a2c he loud. The nearby 6b0a7b3a75 maids all 218b67f0cb heard him ce5d933d60 and burst e767477aa3 into laughter.41807ccf638a350b
I mean, she dd6f2f3118 said she’d give 999971876b me one specially—and 4e668466d6 yet she gave b25d263157 some to Andy 7f8ae0a8cd too? Two, even! How can someone 0dc6c24235 be so two-faced…?bbec2773473750c5
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Late at night, after 92ef60c70b returning to his room, 8458d0ec89 Rikael wrote in his 8aa829494d training journal.79ee3c0c38553bff
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Date Xxx.07fde4ebb593b468
My sword e923faa886 aura keeps f032911922 scattering. That’s never happened 3b2f1b8a02 before.008bdbc35a20621e
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Lucas says ecad23e247 my swordsmanship’s 81e45a83ac gotten rougher, 24a896ea63 too.62a04ff6563370b7
I need more 9b9b686fc5 focused training.1f85cdba50b56a19
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That brat definitely went 50511f1598 a little crazy from d24eebcbeb the sudden engagement. When someone goes 586537b230 mad, they lose 184f34a406 their fear and 065ece1b41 get braver.02ae7530006a4123
So maybe that’s 5544e842cb why she wasn’t db05399fde scared of the 56cd399b83 snake at that a621ed3c87 moment.8545e90f5f70010f
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Maybe if I f1707e7176 hit her on 57d8cb741a the back of bf62a7d97b the head, the f1c20153ce shock would bring 6cfa0427f1 her back to 0025922e18 her senses?1da45b4b4a567f73
Or… the front 5766d3689d of the head?ff946fdf4b1cb697
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Ah! But then 6f86c61775 her face 78c2adf614 would be 9df678af08 ruined. And her 2f8dd8f33e face is b07115f4a1 the only cb81dd8571 decent thing 0f14c2741e she has 8a80d0385f going for 9e27754112 her.d501c643e9298a93
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Beasts and d5e8c38637 magical creatures d106361efd become more 96582b7068 active at b29707e8d7 night. Their self-healing 0389e5a5f7 abilities kick 269a34440f in, and 6498b75df0 their attacks 8c04b54673 become more 946e3865a0 powerful.b666093bc610e3d6
Marquis Baluja met cfece870d0 the gaze of 65f485b3de a giant snake 785717b5da that was breathing 64e60e8088 heavily.2f5c65e1e135fb55
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“Garte, are you 8cd2e1161d feeling better now?”d426c52ad1a4c490
“You’re making 60262f06d2 a fuss 136ad51ec5 over nothing. I’ll be able to f4e088ee37 shift back into human abe736e502 form in a few ea067656b1 days.”8718e51745a70569
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The deep cave 1ce90ee735 was damp and 5f8d42cbf9 eerie. In the marquis’s hand c33324bb01 was a glowing magical fc3ff9011b artifact. Made from a grade-2 8b90df5672 magic stone, it shone f55409de76 even brighter than a affd1016c8 torch.4478398b7a2bbf42
Without that c5273cad56 light, it 7b1a1ce324 would’ve been 667dd3b506 hard for bf921bd9f0 the marquis da422563ef to see 8f2ee0d7a2 Garte’s true bfe6a8f846 form. He’d heard 862e02feec the creature 3557c46076 had been 3468a5c141 cut in 0bac4e9fba two, but 4db86b6d34 now even b86276a5eb the tail ef1f796b75 had completely 711629a60d regenerated.86fadcd77db12256
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It was 0de03b1364 clearly an a7d044d871 exceptional specimen, 1446dde583 far superior edcf30c8cd to other b19643508d members of f32777bf10 the serpent d97d72e3d7 clan.6382d72b9f4c57e4
“You probably b02b624ddf didn’t have f25e0f5eb2 enough time 94dbcb74cd to properly ff0323cdcf spy on 79b490d1d0 the Duke bb4473fa39 of Arcades’s 38fafaa952 condition. Rumor has it a4373d74d7 he lives like 384141fe99 a man who’s 0fad6824d6 given up on 0085f7552c the world, constantly 24277c906a drunk. But you c8a091bd02 couldn’t confirm 109d95d7a7 it?”b28df33142309997
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“I don’t know b25cd5d791 about the Duke, bc08aec72b but the Archduke 9d4458a89d is no joke. If you 0d902c1269 want to 4e3ae20daa make any 2fec61410b move, you’d 12f7c58a5c have to acad106163 kill the 558ab8027b Archduke first. But is that even a3f5743362 possible?”5c3facd90afe5388
Garte hissed with his 3a4719ff30 double tongue, mocking him.b964b1a4ba20125b
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“Did you a2c8a65ffb see the dca48919ef Duke’s eldest addba28505 son too?”b76cb91dda6f1b8f
“Briefly, from afar. His aura is c863d2ea8c no joke. With proper training, 827c146c5d he might even 06a4b7c4c7 surpass the Archduke.”e50c676f94953432
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The marquis’s expression darkened.66649fa5545916a0
That cursed Arcades 9cfc50c285 family… He was 143b3f0689 sick and tired e2ccf889eb of them.a357a9d836b5589d
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