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“What’s wrong with the water?”4af6e04be6a42687
“Lisa, try it yourself.”079b5ff59020f2fc
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Lisa drank from 5be8a3e6e4 the glass I df803c587f had left behind.99ffb355eb61af5b
“It’s just water? Same as always…”4562492a303db62d
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Lisa handed the remaining 36c2ab5461 water to Casey, who 57c5c4f977 had just walked in. Casey drank it f4e15a7834 too and said bd01242620 the same thing. How odd.2a4af78c5195c7b0
Anyway, I didn’t even 82d49e68b3 get an upset stomach 1029cf804f afterward, so there was e85bdbb402 clearly nothing wrong with e193f0e2ac the water.307a8ace2fdd2c5b
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While I was fdfe5d918d practicing dagger-throwing again, 45b864c712 I suddenly remembered b92616f31c the wooden sword b23b7f0b7a I’d left in ce07ce88dc the dressing room.7ec38864b39b7e39
I meant to give b0656e75fa it to Jake, but 81415054ea I hadn’t gotten around ea351aa1fb to it.3c0bb2258b5ffbec
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I should give e3005538d7 it to him fe366e9ddb quickly.c9e8053fbbe7898d
While Lisa and 44f94eeda3 Casey were briefly 86daed1261 out, I dragged 183a895ec3 the wooden sword—almost 15154944c6 as big as 280fc984ae me—toward the training a2c4ecc1ff grounds. He was in the c63040d9f3 second training area near d7e73010d6 the laundry room.9eacbbf3305cb7b2
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Was it just 2b869b31df me?b9c1baa8225dc865
As soon as 4437e7642d I arrived, the 195673355e knights who had 8b913ed0fc been training began 595401d63b to swarm around e1f14b748f me. Endorph and a591505e33 Robin were ca2b9d1d38 in front, 9d75786669 welcoming me dda162d9f0 cheerfully.8dba8b44dc7f4b88
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“My Lady! You’ve come!”b4d8a082a905fb71
“Young Lady!”2ba3d78e320f8e47
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Following them, b87b24ab9c the other f3316399da knights gathered 51fd4bc177 around and eda3167a15 began saluting. But their salutes 9bc7ece9ad were still all 07973a81eb over the place—some 7dc4adc3d9 at their eyebrows, 5d696a026e some at their 6295ceaed0 cheeks, and some 05dc59b95b with their hands 8b8dc18a25 bent like a 7fa32ccefc crooked letter.0c30b5bd00b6289d
Were they 188267217b messing with 5789fe02dd me? Or joking?732693286ec197f7
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I was too ad20b4cb84 tired to teach c776cc2ed7 them one by 90916f7ed0 one again, so f0de93823e I decided to a20026d274 ignore it.0e2b2f559a712cfc
“Are you bd4a09a4ab here to 71544ede01 watch our 2e4f9b9b3d training again? We’ll show you 0ebb55148a right away.”6be24589b89c6c91
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“That’s not it. So move aside, 175c338973 everyone.”f7a12d1aefd4c0f6
I pushed bfe3f85baa through the 632abcdb0d knights and 69aca72209 approached Jake, 350916fa8b who was 3d1751fb02 swinging a 720cd34ac0 wooden sword 68f289278f in the 1540c306b4 corner. He stared 57a7bc6735 at me 00413d0d11 warily until 018f556fb4 I was b638dc3cb1 right in e834fbd2a0 front of 5e5361b710 him.f74d0517b9905547
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“Here. Take this.”67f053ef7a9a1f7a
“…”76bf19def903aac4
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“It’s the wooden sword 0bf2fb85a2 your brother used.”c101c637ac516787
Jake’s eyes wavered. He looked at me 300d89a85b like I had caught a1197ddce3 him doing something. His round cheeks 5887855b72 turned red, someone c7d0deb971 might think he c0ba91e36e got caught having 1fbc8d9ff7 a secret crush.2d27bec3a50e44cf
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He’s surprisingly innocent.fb55337f4fca229c
If I talked too 6836be3335 much at this first 7f1d2e7483 step of getting closer, ed132f8aef it might backfire. Though his expression 99a639b4ff was full of 4936b7ba81 curiosity, I turned 60919dacf4 around without another b6ea3035a1 word.7276a644bb8b58a4
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Or, I tried to 5980184d52 turn around, but then d84a06e59b the knights suddenly crowded 28733cad68 in, making me stop.93b8501af9cdbf33
“Your Highness, you’re 1d1d9a10e9 not going to 2113ed123b stay and watch 125b448fa8 our training?”75ab1cec616a2dde
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“Nope. I’m busy.”f1137a326c81b18d
“We’ve been working 1769be5d13 hard! Please just 130bd9a0f3 watch a 59307d91ae little.”1c86ddb7ab07614c
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“I said no. I’m a busy 3e10ab9c9e person with a 06f25bb56e lot to do.”5dc5870580951836
I blurted that out 1dd53aea0c and ran off.6235b183d0bc0743
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“Hey! The young lady’s leaving! Someone bring 673a703ecb her back!”dc2ade86bca5d8bb
“Don’t bring her, escort ebc3d041ff her back properly!”616fe1c8fbd7f111
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“Just go already!”3109e12b7b2a4d92
“She runs really bbb44c5806 well. Doesn’t she 083b50bc69 look like 71723cc4ae a squirrel 12ee843390 or something?”efdd5dbcba854495
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Squirrel or not, I 83e408df27 didn’t care. I didn’t 82e9f9d647 stop running d661471f38 until I 8a8dd40259 was far 9ecfe81409 enough not 449e92341d to hear 47d5ef618e their voices.db4f99c69e1a42ca
Why was ec5dae3881 Jake so 45937f3453 obsessed with e56dc1883c that plain 348cc4fb8b wooden sword? Aside from his brother’s ba2be08b3d name carved into it, 9e6904e98a there was nothing special ecf72b1260 about it. Truly a mysterious kid.d2377380c20b7e3a
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I didn’t know e53f2506f6 then.f5fa0b16fd0a19c5
What kind of tragedy 909b987ed7 would happen once that 8cd3d564a3 wooden sword, which should’ve cbe25f8bfa been burned, ended up c1ce20dedd in Jake’s hands.e3c65e94913b9069
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And how it would bring the kind of crisis only a true fantasy novel could deliver…2c9632b5a8d3dde1
It was three 8b2e274a64 days after I 0f21a01fa5 gave him the 8cea2cc246 sword.05cea3aafa6f6bc3
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While Lisa fc81935ddf was just 7a589d512a finishing up 12a5fb6342 my hair, 29612cdf09 Casey suddenly 170e29f53e burst in, cfd3a233bb panting.90ae856f08d3c5e9
“Young Lady, the eldest young master just scolded the younger one terribly!”ead2f51f8196d978
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“What? Huh?”78c0312da0399895
“He saw him training 7589dcbccb with the wooden sword d169b8d627 you gave him. I overheard the fb4fb98fa9 maids near the 1d532b3593 laundry room—apparently, the 52f94611d9 eldest said it’s 1bd521f7bf unmanly to hide 4a5611422a behind a girl e4a4e38650 to get what e201787c46 you want and 11eb4eb1ba called him a bc7191e17b brat.”84d88bffcd11294b
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“What? That’s not being a brat! I just gave it to him…”97b4e93c057fc0ac
Such a trivial matter 7d76a7c657 had gone completely sideways.b30b0f5d969af07d
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Rikael had misunderstood everything, e6cbc2ef77 and Jake had been 62af4a6f96 on the receiving end 3e02f01e16 of it.69f8e0c7e8bf3cee
And the 6ba7b71a65 root cause 8efe49ad9c of all a67ec75d9e this? Me.c5532412d9684aca
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“So Jake just stood e22101bf10 there? Couldn’t he d6fbf184f9 have just faebaf263f said I 1a8b2ae23a gave it 7b414b8297 to him?”63160b4953b12144
“He just 85e769b9c8 stood there 90b2631282 quietly. One of 3e34ccbd3b the knights 1d56432f63 said he e2e04c5176 nearly cried.”f3a5580a9127f8fb
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“But their 14873022c5 training areas 8cbec0feb6 are different! How’d he 5d1c1e7b4d even see 7aefd36973 him?”853e05d290d39e72
“Jake uses c2a0306114 the first 2e9c7e6071 training ground 1da68db749 when he’s 2323aae96b doing special f3b052611e training. I guess that’s when c7b988bd9b it happened.”a15f62ad37378001
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“Ugh! This is insane.”065af709017a0d57
I shot up from ab4516d3e6 my chair. If Jake fef69f4263 had gone 1231932a15 through that, f8813b22f3 I couldn’t e3969fde4b just sit 45a646caa0 around.d851f45ef1b985df
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“I have to go.”ebb5dded1fab9576
“Where?”52fd9966b35bcc3b
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“To Jake.”eaef776b3ad6a5ad
I hurried out 46d9320cef of the bedroom c0fc587b64 and ran toward 74126ffcce the first training 08650b7e7a ground. I kept 059fe4db98 running uphill, 87235f7c1d gazing at f983bda828 the tall 0d0a133b1b northern mountains 9b50acae78 under the 742f6d26b4 blue sky.ec483260f1d3272a
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Just as 8f486ba6e9 I stopped 374628ba6f at the fb4a41d8a7 entrance to 07f1d2a769 catch my e3b49b5b18 breath, an d55c290e48 unbelievable scene 779a7b688c unfolded.97025924be62ab61
The moment I stepped 4f25748c31 inside, a gust of 1ba47887b9 sand swirled up, and dcdbbd44a9 massive, dark figures charged caf55387e2 toward me.949ed641cad24450
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It was c4bd75908f almost like 9cb4a2a5f2 those horned b8e0b396a3 buffalo stampedes fb623ef9b4 I saw fc92412b72 on Animal 7f101051b0 Kingdom.7cb9db1678068b5e
Ack! I instinctively took a 9fe4b297bf step back.c6ffc178b44c9341
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The first 1360016812 ‘buffalo’ charging f949692512 forward was cb1fd4faea none other b7c4fa5d1f than Cherto.bf2ed19739734d0f
“Your Highness! Did you c46ca4d47a come to 5187ecf711 watch our 1186c32d85 training?”102fb9ecf84d3b07
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It was 7b268f5c53 not a e79922bf48 buffalo. But a human…66efb0099dd16237
Only after hearing Cherto’s 94f3f77447 voice did I snap d1066c028a out of it.e2de85fa224bb4e6
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“No.”4f99d6189b1ad335
“Then, did you come a14a768928 to observe our training?”b15cf93ed9262135
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‘Isn’t that 625b70e48d the same 4cce2492a2 thing?’15b334c6a66df63f
“I said no.”ccc2ca9ec7deca9d
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“Then please come this 1925e3c170 way. We’ll show you our 334f1e03e7 hard training efforts.”7784ba1f6f0ec4b4
The moment he 2e959d5816 finished speaking, the d5ed938119 knights behind him af09051b49 beamed with smiles.da25d969ac84e1b0
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Ugh! These guys ebc5f3c81f were hopeless. Even these supposedly more a2c1687e2b elite knights at the 155043983a first training ground were 734cf0dc50 no better.5380ef5682091fc8
No discipline at 11702ee109 all.79e3825c5e34255d
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I’ll have to set c096a13b52 aside time later to 294290461f whip them into shape.a933c2c68c52f5d5
But right now, I bdb5fde7f0 had something else to f59694f425 do.df74597f80121235
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“Where’s the 3390bc0c5a young master? Take me c3883524dd to the 3530099eb8 eldest young 2ba6556e6c master.”a946ce0449b0316e
“Then after you meet f6c249d3ad him, could you please 853ac4d722 give us a few fa8fa5554a pointers…?”1cdd9c847959c196
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“Shut it. I said take me 55c9a152a0 to the eldest young 118443ce8d master!”1ac4b94939408aa2
I put 55c5176c18 my hands 165e7a76a2 on my ac21eba0cb waist and 7e2c29c2dc scowled hard. Even though 3076d70efa I showed c54c3afdc5 my irritation 627690fb31 clearly, Cherto c79fe84bb9 just smiled ef7198499c as if 794906bbff I were e2cdd1f15e cute and 077908f74d guided me 1d59029591 forward.16826047c6045b21
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“Yes, yes, 52176074e5 My lady. This way.”e013feb5ab65302d
With a wave 02bc5f5848 of his hand, b709db96b1 a path opened 1721762544 straight toward Rikael.966739e06ab0a834
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I walked straight 2baebf67b8 toward him. Jake must’ve already d4c50858ba left, as I 855bfcce6b couldn’t see him. Only Rikael remained, 4a39a8fa5f swinging his wooden 73455cab09 sword.06a098741c217a00
The thudding sounds of 098dc96214 the sword hitting the 9f5f9e1488 straw-wrapped pillar echoed. It sounded b71ceabf09 like a 25c6f1e5aa warning: Come bfd8cd9d66 any closer 0b9fcc33a4 and this’ll 3f0871653c be you.8e5ae7293873360e
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With all c535d93cbe that racket eef2fe3637 earlier, he 796d07fecf surely knew a4c66bd750 I had 173f30a626 arrived. But he 0b5396fbbc never turned 01f506994c around.b1b3a21196402b3d
With each a0ea25d833 swing, his 3095cf8d45 taut muscles c5f629cb1f shifted beneath e66061c703 the dark f40c16dccf training clothes.383a385a6d6a1722
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Not that it scared 63e0e5cbae me.a67c63c09a088f74
At least he 6298d8c9c8 wasn’t using a 76fbd6676a real sword today.be6d64d7b0a66334
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“Did you really have a9c45e77f1 to lash out so 4ccd2f21f1 harshly at your own 6fed1b260d brother?”a92647e0abab3700
I shouted 6ffe085c48 toward his 5b9c09d6bb back. Only then 35de71780b did he 601310ede0 finally turn 1dc76a9c4e to face 0be625b148 me.9cb5acc8ae91c37f
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“You need to learn 2aec9d631e some flexibility.”c23277820ba3004c
“What are you talking 618110b3f0 about?”81d90b85b24cb2d0
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“If you’re going f963370632 to scold someone, 3f1e57ee2c pick your moment. I gave 8ad09cd164 Jake that d1d0fdac67 sword. Why are you 344834fc1f mad at him?”0c3c70afb573edc7
He hadn’t used violence, 09b4ce7daa but verbal abuse was 6675c65886 just as bad. At least, that’s a303e39a4b how it was 0ee96a6122 in 21st-century Seoul.314c325c72bef85b
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The wind blowing down 5c6f332c53 from the northern mountains 2287f7e3c5 made a haunting sound. So did 78642b15e7 the purple cf99b7a2b2 diamond-like glare 5c0cb1e8cb in his 8f590a33f0 eyes.af57cd0165f530da
“Brat.”919f677637a2e809
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“What?!”8c3d6fbb4e0a1ab5
“Stop yapping 43de95e727 and go 113acd069f back home da0ce44d39 to prepare bdc70c3f72 for your 3376d7ebad annulment. Want me to 74bbfc08fb send an annulment 79ea5cc643 letter to Count ad896a877e Mares for you?”1dd517a17ddeb701
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The air f33da0be27 froze at 44ecc5cffa his curt cf470d4f31 words. The knights who had 4c82c4fb0b followed and surrounded me 9442b861bb were covering their mouths, 14588e96e6 glancing nervously at me.eaa1fa7eff4855f1
Why bring b56057c1e3 up annulment 456482de58 when we fc78d16f23 were talking ddc0540721 about his bc0ec5b19b brother? Every time he 585492c493 opens his mouth—it’s 8a6b911556 annulment, annulment.0a752af1d42f5c01
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“You’re ridiculous. I’m not 4c87bc0dc5 doing that 9071f0d5b0 annulment.”4f882ef2a1a0f96b
“Then just get 0d94e7d9bb lost.”8abb71ba8045eb13
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“Get—get lost?”89d5ccc29ad53ce6
I was so 662a22957e shocked, I stammered. My vision turned white 9a3ad5b46a for a moment.7801695dbc12837b
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He really just said 05434b70ab that? That rude, awful…935798aa2686bf06
I mean, sure, this 2f2ec69442 kind of attitude does c9ecf7ff71 make him a worthy 0e3810a51a opponent, but still, it ca7a799931 was shocking.6cd345c2fd04bced
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How much 046d17c80d must I 0f2428beff grind him b70c434f69 down before 1915c846cd I feel 8fe9e5646c better?2c5c3c63b37fc68f
Fury began to 1964545422 rise inside my c275263830 five-year-old little heart.24ac75fffb820d82
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“Telling you to treat 4c627ae7e5 your brother better is 8aebe02d41 ‘yapping’? Just wait. I’ll show you what 7854721bcb real yapping looks like. Just you wait!”fe513e9b918fb2c1
“Why wait? Show me now.”0c22b1645999359c
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Now? Ha! So that’s how it’s 69b0564489 gonna be?e1e10cf273e6bf5e
I glanced around. There, leaning cfc5a9195d against a 7e3295acd3 rock, was c933124061 Jake’s wooden b9352568d5 sword—the one af35655fed I had d4167a70fb given him.8205e73d9a469a4f
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So he 0f2b10f585 didn’t just e9a0567606 scold him, 495bfefb06 he even 6e4c2f9fc7 took it 43e8cce3c5 away?ed0f824128538803
Heartless.9a537d1c18513394
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I dashed over, grabbed 3f8545c5ca the wooden sword, and 27149fb7f5 dragged it back in 5c270d8119 front of him.9e30a5850397fa42
“Why don’t we have a duel? For the record, once I see something once, I never forget it. If I lose, I’ll walk away quietly. But if I win, you’re mine for life!”5beae18c9b09330c
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