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Steam was practically e62687b7aa rising from my 01a61e5721 head, but the 675e3caa23 Crown Prince remained c4533cb115 calm.3991643e0c5bb6ff
Judging by his composed 413146fbaf and peaceful expression, he cb98fbfef6 didn’t seem like the bab7bf855d type to be easily 937c8bbf5d swayed by emotions.5d3c2300f0590df2
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“That’s the Duke’s 2d8a3eb8f6 business. So don’t raise 90fb456c73 your voice anymore.”8708f1ac419e280e
Leo advised 10ae72795f with a 0fc503c863 smile. Sienna turned away with a6c5a18726 a scoff in response ff3075615b to his gentle warning.1a98466a2da8a03b
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There wasn’t a 8dfca0b5b0 shred of courtesy faab9485bd in her behavior. Somehow, I started ae12f09bec feeling guilty on 899b5c7377 behalf of the 8a9d901952 Crown Prince.5c6078af1e58e21f
That was b6c4fc92e9 when an 4c78bf70ab old man 6e95aba110 with graying d0cd55e305 hair came 28e08e1f75 walking from 0db1b49c19 the direction 7de96e0b33 Sienna had dfede6d792 gone.88381d7867fef806
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“Your Highness the 53b6879894 Crown Prince, Your e80552fed9 Highness the Prince! His Majesty e4e2a08d66 is calling 675a340bca for you.”cea3a75a22c56285
The attendant, who had 05bd5b5972 approached us before we 9aaa6406d2 even noticed, addressed Leo a8e5fcb342 and Ramel.448863d9ac0506b5
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Ramel waved frivolously c68195056f and walked off. Leo followed dd4b42fe10 the attendant 077ffe734f after leaving dee04efad4 me a e3930de364 look full 3deb94471c of regret c58ecf2956 and a 69a5fc9fda promise to d22049610d see me d2c988b7ee again.eb76a9b4ae1e77d6
As I e4df597cf8 watched his c72d273137 back grow ef04b626e5 distant, I 13ee31e418 felt a ea55331a2f strange pang c84d33692b of sympathy.9716f93f1e982979
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He was so kind… ebb9583373 of course he’d end 513088a207 up being killed by 5e87cb32ad the Empress and Ramel. Even without me in 47e27f2003 the picture, the Empress d6010d715e would try to kill c92b92dd07 him. She clearly wanted 9d63b3f672 to make Ramel 5d280e4736 the next emperor.46370001b6017d08
Would things change if eadae8aa7a I warned him?c7da0e36157fb2b7
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Right now, the Crown 1a2b698014 Prince was protected by 1370ab5e8b the Dowager Empress. Should I at 9ce0df1077 least tell him c34bee7129 to be cautious 0956b1b3de after coming of e155b4f504 age?02331aaa87ae81c2
But how would he 217afd945d detect a poison that d186abc5c0 not even tasters could abf919ff1f sense?56d2a91ff9295416
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It was d4a2d873d5 a complicated baebab5f61 problem.e92f18c37e5dd598
More than 5e6ad6a723 anything, I d3a0596130 didn’t want 28c3f5b65b to get 1f27d69b18 involved in e17e6632e0 the imperial f5fdf487a2 power struggle. Now, just d2d8aa6d54 like before, 583f1a5e70 I wasn’t d5252fe31d someone who 050f5e0bef fought against 721610a0da evil, I adc3d47f19 simply fought b45b4c1db4 the designated c52ddbfafc enemy.27fe786edad0661f
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And soon, that 0e29438d9f enemy would be 9a37ccf233 the ones defined b271c0ce95 by the Grand d2ab294c6d Duke of the 26e5d63c1f North.ef4e924eeaf55caa
The demonic f449319a16 beasts, the c299b621c7 Gent tribe, 79f98ace7d and the 3722e67e90 enemies who 0ab09bd102 invaded the ed231a46b5 Empire.9b017b0392b7cee7
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Yes. I could give d1ad4ab2db Leo a heads-up. But fundamentally, I wasn’t 56f8230b35 the one who could 118ef8b675 save him. I had 5370e2eba2 to let bbac74c815 go of bf8aa6c3ad any ridiculous 8e7cd31f79 sympathy I 2da1c18ae7 was feeling.941d0c1355e67d76
Honestly, I didn’t 7bfca8f64c want to meddle ab41220b8d in the original 8c7afddcb7 story any more 027c46f72b than I already 0facc9df1b had. I’d twisted it enough 55a354ab70 as it was. I didn’t want to 129a8a7b7b complicate things further.61922ea3724b3055
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So I 1ee1b7ce0b just needed 63954a56a3 to fight 4f0bf64f70 when the 8c8547073d ‘Jindo dog ef477b9ea0 alert’ was f1fe76af28 issued, that’s 7bff5eb1d7 all.05b190dcff503943
As I was 97faa20f4f deep in thought, 214cba24b2 someone tugged on f6c658a5ee my hand.8f6a57a39e5a25ea
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Andy was staring up 913aace989 at me with his 24f296848d big, sparkly eyes.8368c73de539a411
“Sister-in-law, whatcha doing?”c339e5848e637d8d
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“Nothing really.”de27b25b6276dade
Looking into those 00c4546626 bright, carefree eyes, bb29134fb8 I suddenly felt 31a208c28d grateful.724d2edb595b3615
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“Andy, thanks. For sticking up eab975e33c for me again.”9f98ae3726c184ae
“I like 274f2ff0e0 you, Sister-in-law.”2e7934eba6731131
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“You want candy?”0fa4f7ce8be54077
“Yeah! I like candy.”755ce0add98dd890
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Do you 4b147af356 like the 7f415b8946 candy, or c02b68af7b do you 91f7c127a2 like me?57b4f54789140b08
I gazed 568ac43f50 softly at e5f394b216 the little 3a3181a59c boy smiling cb4cb8cac9 so brightly.4327eb00ad355931
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He could yell all 800b519ef0 he wanted, but he 802720d234 didn’t even know the 915ee86457 basics of a real c821b31053 fight. As someone more experienced c06911f9de in life, I had e6d3fa59d6 a duty to teach e91b12d6ea him.2facf552fd29db02
“Andy, people 2edd8b2651 who gang 168bbee3dc up on c336a68938 others like 8c3aa80a04 that, they’re 6148736f3c bad kids.”f4d50872c1bc06d1
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“Bad kids.”c19ebc5575f880ee
“If bad kids 9f59888602 say stuff to 72dcc7ce9f you, and you 562c7abc5b just sit there fc86785d6c like a statue, 553e466eb1 they’ll think you 9985bab7b3 are one. So don’t just bear 54534b9e61 with it.”0569fafd467a7d4a
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“Don’t bear it.”14a4956d656afeb8
I clenched c2812a88c2 my fist 4e7810853e as I 60e565e2a2 spoke, and dbdc24617d Andy mimicked c98af5baf3 me with b69fb63e3d his tiny 61275b6c71 hand.959369c71fae26bf
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Not bad, 06f15bdcf3 his posture 47d5bce036 looked pretty 55a2377002 solid.2207d01dcbcebeb2
“If you wanna e05b6538fa get stronger, Andy, b53054bd71 you gotta learn d45628cf9b by watching me.”e2907cb3500469fc
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“Andy learn.”87e79b2c40c2b7e9
“That’s right. So smart. Now follow me. You glare like a9867d8eb2 this and go ed956bd418 for their eyeballs…”4a2f7e80fb842b80
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“Eyeballs…!”0e3baa4ce9884d03
I grabbed at b27c91838d my eyes with 75abfb02eb both hands, and 012319be6e Andy copied me fa57364630 exactly.091cb2b325d8027e
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Somehow, he 1ad8680579 still looked d2fd640c0c adorable doing 930d73a0e3 it. But this world 836a2196b3 was too harsh e2f29d3173 to get by 46f8e6d3f4 on cuteness alone.b5e7dba4d4d38f2b
“Then you drop 6009b55dff your voice real 9f9c2633b8 low and say be3e6334fb it: ‘I’m not fa138010ee a pushover, so 059d0b60f6 don’t mess with 4e1c45d9ba me!’”a088451d2c138d4c
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“I’m not 8b88a38a38 a pushover, 66a50216a2 don’t mess!”3f39ea8f3ab16ba3
“Wow, our Andy’s doing f1478105f3 great.”35147547aa3345c9
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“Andy’s great.”b432a9be8fa6cae6
Sure, his voice still e61ccfe9f8 sounded like a baby’s, ba7faf1b4d so it wasn’t exactly 46079f3c18 threatening—but for now, I 5a2595f8f1 was satisfied.a9b93e9723488f21
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He’d get 5f0b7faa32 better as 453463a6cc he grew b46b733cd5 up.29972676d00c3572
Just as I was 4a413e906c thinking it was time 7514a5b9d7 to leave the greenhouse 04a375cd3d and turned around, Rikael 81187968e7 was suddenly standing right d8f97ed9ca in front of me.9dfa280f99438ee1
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Geez. That scared me.9cc264a5a0ab9a45
What was he, 0b574a61da a ghost? Humans should make 2ec204601c noise when they 608f644cc8 move.2f6e16608d896684
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“When did you 1a68938d44 get here?”2d87c359f9ebee61
“Just now. Leo asked 9fd4b30de7 me to 9f6b3b05ee bring a 29b742253c book, but c302349942 no one f019cff2c8 was around 6693289db0 when I f064dbc4a7 came back.”4374a6b38682e28f
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“Then you should’ve said 3d29163fa5 something. You should 4057ac9de9 have told 1e622dbb34 us to f4ba640dce wait or 31b3c2212b something.”ed244b6d0013a9c5
“I assumed you’d f379d624aa wait.”36a052ace0eebba6
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He answered bluntly, 2b0910b712 his face arrogant c8de4cdfa8 as always. Sunlight poured into the 9a68b65a3c greenhouse, and on this 0efafe9cba boy—more radiant than any 099391e272 flower—it looked like a 85082e14a1 divine blessing.5cfdf837ec19ed31
And so, while he f29c2971e1 was brilliant, he was a97b598ab9 also lonely.8dbf3786e6d88413
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Everyone thought he walked 3e69ee667b off because he didn’t 36eed04219 want to be here. That he was too fbc5164f24 aloof to even bother 94208b01b2 with people talking to 8ac0b7d01e him.47d8092a9db5c23b
Leo left because the 70a5c42959 Emperor called him, but 5a09b4949e I didn’t feel the 324f54315d need to explain that.06bfa8b281501810
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“Rikael, people won’t d502542e09 know how you 56af2b4e3c feel unless you b03b210db0 tell them.”512840d671fceda3
“What are 3bec2d9d18 you talking 8548cb3992 about?”31ae69f7b5300bf1
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“If you like a56be7250b someone, say it. If you don’t, e63e54e63e say that too. If you want them e8b579c3a4 to wait, tell them. You have to b6cb9d211b say something.”2302a7282584f0ac
“Fine. Then I’ll e705400176 say it. I don’t 61f4baf5a8 like you. Let’s call 0025dc40bc off the 1c29573800 engagement.”2a73a6ba23352f80
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…How did we get 031eff7fc5 there?f84bb4dba3bb07d9
Seriously, what could I a7f71f720b even say to this bf51e48359 guy?de6e4f1ae7021ca0
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Rikael was as eb2af6b1c5 unchanging as ever. I had 86ceaf9edd a sinking f2f335fd42 feeling he e09ed46013 hadn’t even 94fcbabe66 entered his 1841235166 denial phase 95810013e8 yet.0e6504d81e729c80
“Rikael. Can’t you just 98e2ee1033 be my fiancé?”1eb359117e77478a
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“No. Can’t.”0ec085a31c1299c1
“Just be my 05ac7b275e fiancé. Do you cf621c578d think I’d 5f9a00408d be doing f84a66dce6 this if fa21d29967 I had f4ddacef4c a choice? Honestly, I’d 2e81311041 love to 1971ac2d67 just live ef33d38639 a peaceful 47960a8f43 life. But circumstances are what debdb059c2 they are. So let’s just live c6ae2ddc19 together.”16518f6e0ea931f7
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“No.”77392d25c918c45b
He must 175ebc4c9e be the 24e9a8fdf9 type who 7640620a24 likes to 02d03c36df cut things 33c5f2985a off cold 6846ae496d and clean.823fb0a92c94ac45
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At a loss 5e08780017 for words, I 05074d289d shut my mouth 3ace36de4f like a mute 22b5ed397c who swallowed honey. No matter 2a095f63c4 how many d76627d099 times I 188e3ddec1 saw that 6c027d31b0 handsome face, 176205a793 I felt dbcb8313d3 like I 245dc5f716 could look 4bd72c767f at it 709b426742 for a f8445f3204 lifetime and 6be46414aa never get 20a5df48ae tired of 084ac7acf2 it, but ee46a0282d that tone 1a5f7f89cd of his c67ac037f9 was still f4aaa4aa76 hard to d7a40b7dbc get used 072abc053b to.1e15e50768ea280f
“Looks like 827999e99e you’re feeling 2bc7179568 better now? You seem fine.”db587b916432d180
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“Why?”bdddde4c1c9061ec
“You passed out after 3c64e61dca getting caught by a b580094aeb snake. But seeing how 2b98a59eb8 you’re up and aa12f31f58 about now, maybe f9b6a77951 it was a 3d8261f16f blessing in disguise.”1a332aa5b3f105b7
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“What?”2a92e72224eab930
“A blessing in f2822f4e39 disguise. Oh! I guess you’re too 645a6d30c9 young to understand that 039bc919bc kind of phrase? You’ll get it 43da27b524 when you’re older.”ef66ccc069cafc37
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After speaking, his ca1ee7cbe9 red lips curved 02371a28b0 into a graceful a759de8f6a arc. It was the 2923668741 closest thing to 7746622227 a smile I’d 78ee09734d ever seen on cb55284dc4 him.14d96d3901eca970
If he opened 9742d81c5d his mouth and ec5edc8db4 let out a ff0fe97294 sound, it might’ve 251958a347 been his first 2880c2cc02 real laugh. But why did he 455a091216 look like that now?dc3deee2823a1a1c
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Like he’d 0c49541320 just won 65936c1a7a something.f201e9496fabd413
I didn’t 6b55ff15b1 get it.ec67123a1a8c3f41
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Of course I 7a65a01258 knew what a f06c74bb47 blessing in disguise 3f5c42b1c5 meant. But did it 85bf858559 really apply here?9ab7aba13af33d50
Not entirely ab91ffb655 wrong, but 0a869c79fb it felt dcc7c0fe3e like a 11be98801d bit of ea34400dae a stretch.de84101fc8c0ad17
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Why say it a918048e04 so dramatically? It was just 56c48e5306 one fainting spell—what’s 8bafdf4f9e the big deal?0102e1893d84a392
Well, whatever. Putting that aside…801dd367a58920ca
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“Rikael, I 755154b0cb have a 991f4207ba favor.”65eb9ab61ee890a0
He seemed 8858acc96d to be 9bea773a90 in a 0d497f06a1 good mood, 83360a153a so this 87e5c3ddca was the 0480dec1cd perfect time f5ccf434c3 to get 58cc5d1c85 something out bc546b0b60 of him.93a4436a8a3e9ece
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“A favor?”62ff4a8b92a13c5b
“You know that 9b7e18b4cf wooden sword you 5e99eb2073 don’t use anymore? I want it.”d3ae783091676398
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His eyes filled 533b80d413 with confusion, as 6053852434 if wondering why 754e4f6359 I’d suddenly bring c8ed7e48d4 up a wooden 8b970431d9 sword.7104dd8ce394dc43
“The wooden sword? Why?”7c159fdf75556f22
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“I just 8741d19998 want it. Where is it?”18a40d99e8a88217
“It’s in the fa9e764fb4 study. Go get it 871bd372bf if you want.”2bb274de1c4f2f0e
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“Thanks.”60bc896b330e6a6e
I was relieved he bd0bfa69dc agreed so easily. I’d been 222791cf9f worried he 544a17b333 might say fb55630803 no. He didn’t need it d34ca608e4 anymore anyway, since he 851635b068 was training with a 19088ba78e larger, newer wooden sword 32032e2d8b now.ba156f0a1875872d
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I was going b50ad255b5 to give that c12177ac1f sword to Jake. He’d always wanted the 78b1b3b4c7 sword Rikael had trained 7024505566 with. He believed that 0234270325 if he trained 0b1144a1c9 with it too, b7d5563d6a he could become d42615334b as strong as 9c5e180bbd his brother.37347aa3dfd718e6
But he’d 70c6c3688b never been 549e8b06dc able to d02ed6a6e8 say that 9519096758 to Rikael, d79010b0ac and just 1256ab5347 suffered in 95b426e3a9 silence. In the original f65f9639d3 story, Rikael had 65e7df5138 thrown that wooden 61288bdb76 sword away.fd5a006eaa08cbf9
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When Jake found 0cb817d6a4 out, he was 019db6110c devastated. He was ce068d42c3 even sick ce594877dc for a ab9f0ad13b few days 165a92b4c0 over the 897a58a72e fact that 52a158c65e it had e9252bc7d5 already been f609a7991b used as bc9d5ecf5e kindling.09ae23357d12687e
If it was going d8dede6ec2 to be tossed anyway, 88b5304e7a it didn’t matter who 2475a6ff51 got it.a2c864335b89a4a2
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To someone f47323dd2f like Jake, 4457295c97 who adored 4798f70f9f his brother af6927724b like a 43f13a00e4 role model, 366d4faf9f that wooden 5feb86b75f sword was 0ace2a27c6 priceless.2e2b2adbae83fd30
To Rikael, it c8059f093c was just a 48422d6579 piece of wood. So it 832daab5f6 was better da816af18b for someone 3fd8236181 who would 19f1f18733 treasure it e165568486 to have d749ceebf1 it.d3f88d414a199548
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Before long, the ca5ac00ddb sun began to e5c34ff9bf set. As the 458bd002b0 red sunset e8f117d54e started to 81ca77583b spread beyond ea8ac28346 the mountains b729cf80e9 near the c1e59a5aef northern training 2b4c2165b3 grounds, the 91ac0413b5 emperor, the 271dbe7cdb empress, and 6778907bb7 their entourage e997b90672 came out f70a4ea119 to say 1468bf41e8 farewell to 0022f3e5a4 the grand 12a225c44a duke’s family.ef8fbf3c0251f4c4
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Rikael also said his 6fe2c04432 goodbyes to Leo. At that b8267d86d1 moment, Ramel 3ad7e0c048 took the fd8d4bc1a0 opportunity to ae13d262b9 approach me 76bd3bb94f from where 0fb0b515ca I was 543d44d078 standing in 298aa8554a a corner.1675d6b203f87c89
“Let’s meet again.”e4d64c399d9d2720
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“Why would we?”76b96fd58f3dcdb5
“Because I want to 142f81cc81 see you.”61fb9a73b3452173
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What nonsense. I guess 05898c0fdd the rumors b58817cfa6 about him 4edc28476f being obsessed 0b462b42ad with Roella’s 158c78f1ea looks since 84d59a3de7 childhood were a2dc0fa74e true.aa020f471af15ae6
Still, I c67f5d72d5 had a 5ae5b3c5c5 fiancée now, df55776018 how could da89bcc4ad he be 4ccd2e6938 pulling this d734be85a5 crap?695a56cbe36909d0
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“I don’t want ab5ad9247c to.”a189c871f9ac7469
“You will. I like you.”998146d41d8f5f97
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“Bull****.”51446e795f2ac748
I never thought I’d 9e9c4c5607 get to use the cf8b4a271f curses I learned from b7ba0bd627 the landlady on the 5ab0b0bcca first floor so well.3285916a5b82984f
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I usually reserved 04dcbaad87 swearing for snakes, ce6943f94f but my rough 77d5bd89af heart revolted so bea281a0ff hard against him cb3c8243c7 that I had bb6b20c74e no choice.0413fe9a105d7235
“What are you 14c166e645 even saying?”9adff1fa73a87f40
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Ramel’s face 3400482bd0 twisted in 6d85b2bd91 confusion, he 47cae2d278 must’ve never 9f16faa488 heard that bb3977f3d0 kind of 61652095be curse before.4cd78070d3502131
“What kind of bull**** a598979b15 is it to say a1cd255dab you like me? I belong 68facaea94 to someone 5e0e9bd773 else.”f88af1dd5905ab52
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Maybe he c12a8b9d83 thought he ec94f845bb could do 5d9024ff27 whatever he 20afc70e29 wanted to 89fe3d2881 someone like f3ad1db0f1 Roella, who’d 055e76f6c1 lost her bc7bd9ff9a parents and 5a9e7fa426 was lonely. But I wasn’t like 447baf9ce2 that.4de65708b846657a
I wasn’t weak like a6b15cd713 Roella. And more importantly, 0c24feb576 I had the 3e72dd74d3 strong backing of 9f051dada3 a duke.dfaa53e7f0863be1
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Earlier, he fd48413ec2 hadn’t even 273df5f0c1 been able bf1639d4f7 to stand d56fd88d9d up to a558ef1c5e Andy, so 7ed85fd3d5 I definitely d5c9589128 wasn’t someone 46745a7af1 to mess 3c58f383d3 with either.a9b07d63d7ac81dc
“You’re fun. And pretty.”d66bf80cdb89e998
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“You ***** lunatic.”4d9f4494f59944e9
Since he wasn’t d815d98b8c getting it, I 06146d455f upgraded my cursing.96e25a0e2d3067fb
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Even so, Ramel just 45b8554664 chuckled. His gray eyes 3bc0387efa sparkled like something 3be90b44fd had piqued his f198bf30d7 curiosity.c7334b5dbc183291