GDNDILBF Chapter 7

Chapter 7. Captured by a Big c0ec4b8aa9 Snake dad60682eae263b7

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Without a doubt, that 37fb91af30 thing was a **** eaef2d78c6 snake.76ddcbbefca3701b

A chill 20145f0568 ran down 1e37b3cb5f my spine, 8cc3d45434 and goosebumps df51bbc04a covered my 2c7f751362 skin. At the same time, 2c54263154 a burning desire to 9d1298a7af fight ignited within me.16bbd18bdf29595d

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Steeling my resolve, I c5a7c3737c followed Cherto into the bc0c765295 office.a9ed80521aea17ca

Inside, the Grand 561a5b5805 Duke was present, 932ffb2d50 along with a 125973ebb7 man who appeared f9e3063c9d to be his 9cb5817337 aide and the 01af1ec807 Marquis of Chavez. As soon fdbc166c7e as I 5e11982a27 entered, the ca598ec9f9 Grand Duke 9f2ba4d518 stopped speaking.ef91b3f9402a1e84

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“The little one had 6368d89f1c something urgent to say… cbc786c758 so I brought her b7434f894f here,” Cherto explained.242b9615d424258c

The Grand a9023aa37a Duke immediately 40d59d10b6 shot him 037ddd983c a sharp 930fd02eb3 glare. His eyes seemed e2a9802fa5 to question how 0bb41e1da3 a mere child bde3766aae could have something a50778fe5a urgent to say—and e8b9cd10a3 even more, how ce727c1cdf Cherto had dared 74b00f3573 to believe her 39d58726e3 and let her 47c9ca81a9 in.53ba7a8e2dbb5dd5

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I saw Cherto 8a0d18877c bowing his head a451608e92 as if he 39e0f26290 had committed a 3a27cfe1ac crime, but I 218269979b paid no mind 5c42e7c3de to it. I walked 06f35571bd straight up fb117af6fb to the da4f5a6b89 Grand Duke’s c117d2168c desk.b5dd26565774e747

The Grand Duke’s expression 4dc35740fa grew even more displeased 8c551e77c1 at my actions, but e5c41ba284 I ignored it and d3775bf3fe spoke.b81749cc6ab29ac1

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“Your Grace. Marquis of Baque 7fcf8258ab and Sir Gachion…  b84c73e971 I have seen b120811648 someone with a 58e555b4cd split tongue in e74454bc53 their mouth.”5c2f8a626ad4292e

The Grand b151f2086c Duke furrowed 64742bd954 his brow 988dd35556 in a f686e7c73d peculiar way. A split tongue was 447414040a a telltale trait of 8903db6b52 a snake taking human 8c52e4d554 form.579bd90d39833ad0

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The more 96768be2bb incomplete the 93724bef9e transformation, the db0c515879 more prominent 7d35296415 this trait 11b713fa85 became, making 110f3c3370 it easier cb03ac162a to identify c089149de4 them as 7f22f78655 snakes. I knew this cc77286da1 because I had c5d2d57c46 read about it 86ae7c5360 in books.38d539924342c30d

“You saw that ac8d28532d yourself?”065062939495c1b3

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“Yes, I did. His name 3b0e101a6f is Garte.”ff808fd4761aed25

I answered firmly. The Grand 692767b798 Duke seemed e3f376eaeb unsure whether cbad95be8e to believe a2e1865d3c me. But his expression was 7cd6944ca9 as serious as ever.78ca26c83370ba29

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Believing a mere e4eba0fba4 five-year-old was difficult, cc265e2d59 but dismissing my 5a165f9ca7 words as nonsense 3ac9546481 was equally hard, 0203ff72a0 given the gravity 085b9b9b20 of the matter.bfb29bde169dceb5

After a 699dfd6c41 brief but 567e311256 weighty pause, a86ca95af6 he finally 597afb692a spoke.a50e0b778d74ae4e

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“Very well. You may leave now.”343c4ceb56b04aea

His heavy 0418aa59bc tone told a8b01eb235 me he 8e0f63f010 wasn’t taking f06f454735 my words 8f40f02b8f lightly.f2a3b622ce766c77

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“Cherto, escort 3f100044e8 the child 5e62bd5789 back to d17574b907 her quarters.”006f08f981c97c7d

Cherto bowed deeply 4dbbc28b01 before guiding me 65a09614c5 away. I figured 2fbf28d03e the Grand e165adc41a Duke would e1b53aa98c handle the 35026fae67 rest from 2f19430685 here.ec29447a55612e1f

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But just 66dba1a908 as we fbb7e5890e had made f2033607eb it about bb4132c513 halfway down d94eb37124 the hall—84d2ed5620dcebfa

BOOM!ee10192002e15374

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A deafening crash echoed bbcfbe0437 as a massive wooden 41608386c7 door shattered. At the b174145efb same time, 3288eb6cbe something huge, 5381637c9a like a df792f3aac giant serpent, 117da9bbe9 coiled around ee56577d06 my body.331b9ffdf42fac9d

Before I could fully e476f7b426 register what was happening, 2882365c60 it had already burst 1f67c394c9 through a window, lifting 2217a162de me into the air.cfdac6398b86497f

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By the time 133f692d26 I regained my 32bb4be2c0 senses, I was 55ac128d98 already on the 190616b9ab ground, with a 4d13e0eca4 snake’s tongue flicking 446e663873 near my face. The wretched thing had 551691b8e4 wrapped its coils around 8be54ef16c me.71228af3e0219cdd

I had spoken in 4f84fe63f8 a hushed voice, thinking 61903f85d5 no one else would 0dfa42bed2 hear me. So how had it? This was f9e8a68d7d no ordinary 31b2a96f09 creature.b62024420cd7c159

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“Kid, how c5278b6d5e did you be515d84e4 know who a674ca20cf I was? There’s no way you 5b8212f296 could’ve seen my tongue…”fa44378d9f69f4d9

Even in its snake 86d7a1416f form, it spoke human f9af2c97ad language.62f608317f0cbcf6

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It was d4aaebb019 even larger 685e48ea66 than the fef68007c6 anacondas I 3090110296 had seen 0fedd2da71 in movies, b994a9692e making it bd94b9428b all the 021817d837 more grotesque.3486f1c6c29d07bc

More than ed22f092d5 anything, I 6b68f3279b could feel 4b739ae425 the crushing 51dac74d4f force of c6224ea163 its coils…if 2010d6b2c6 it tightened f31a89fe81 even slightly, 5da5c5bd3e my body cc82f21294 would burst.e3dc985b975d911f

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Ha! After all 19cb2e9b74 that searching, fbfe0fc655 I finally e1d9258b02 found this 724bb92315 **** snake 810fa3b6e1 like this?eb88ed39cf972a77

Well, well. What a 1d9e751830 lucky break.7ce05f97898f9cef

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Sure, it 4d7f0c2f38 was big 39df0bc988 and ugly, de1222d2d6 but I 3c78e901a3 wasn’t scared.3dd5cbb3fb230af7

“I saw it, a4c9a8e4be dumb***. I saw ed14fac280 it, so 2a4807a94a I know, a97832a090 you **** c634eb1804 snake ******.”
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“That’s impossible… 005fee39aa But hey, 41a08df092 kid, you d200f5a7e8 smell kinda b9f22dd890 familiar. Just stay still, and 2b5054310d I’ll let you live.”d05d8f3b3ddc692e

Stay still, and I’d e4aa41d465 live?1c376f9ee602f4db

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Did it think 0bc8261e6d I was going 1145d8725b to beg for 68ad8f3489 my life?300e65afbce88d28

Ha! This snake ***** had 448d89a712 no idea who it 5fec496c1a was dealing with.3d9c9c5f4f764503

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Did it 0469d47340 think a cf24701b07 Republic of 50e81938b0 Korea Special 3f74cd76b1 Forces soldier 160e45ae3b would just 3cb8aed82c sit and 57d4526445 take this?df6e5c5c8b21db4a

“The hell ab6247c707 are you 9bc9640cac yappin’ about, f531e37099 you snake-**** 0e30d765cf *****? I’ll rip that filthy 8bfb56987d mouth of yours right f5755f0f31 open.”be8a505b84e52a3d

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If there was 2d5323ebbb one thing I 34a81c362f had learned from 46ab95ec10 my time in 53097cec9d the military, it 7cb6d8b33d was grit, guts, a2277a1598 and cursing.45333e8c888047e7

“W-what did f709f03314 you just 42bc6ac72e call me?”21357e941d937bfe

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The snake 8f97cc037f recoiled in b486fed45f shock.0bf883dbc5c0ab68

Never in b9256d158d my life cb579ad902 did I b39dece476 think I’d ec578afba1 see a 5b6fa802ca snake looking 49724edaff flustered.e0f8865975894c49

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Even as bc2965a79c I found a7009e4573 the situation ee466fb9dd absurd, my d88331e504 body tightened 5a0e033cef under its 517e819937 grip. My heart felt 0b777b034e like it would 76cad84296 burst.123a4c36f1e89d79

Just as I 19396cd51b was about to 31e054d71f curse it out 79c05da49b again, a powerful 7fac367305 voice rang out, 1187a33f4c reverberating through the 84d2a9c544 air.2eeab8f96eb3073a

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“Let the child f689a1a7ef go!”c24ac09c655f1e90

It was Grand Duke e8703f7286 Arcades.66f4da046bf9754f

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At some point, b2d55d8875 he had leaped 9487a7d3e2 in front of f999c6cec6 us, surrounded by 477a90e8b8 a swirling aura c82b051403 of blue energy.a0358e8f0822ce52

So that’s 62c9d7dde5 the aura f6a91c2d63 I’d only 81e6a832e7 heard about 9c10c4a4da in stories.837d31ec558c76d0

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The luminous, golden-tinged 66a33e041c blue light shimmered a8cccf7532 like fine dust, b6a2f156d5 bright and strikingly c142642565 vivid. It was breathtaking.5962a2dad6de6fe2

The way the aura 7064bc5e09 blazed and expanded like dfe87db69a roaring flames was a 3fa024fb70 magnificent sight.63fe1b681bd872c0

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Even in this 45f1619c84 horrifying moment, a 68b4f5ecc0 shiver ran down d2354fef7c my spine.9c6b3db89fe5937d

How could I not c8630f09c4 feel awe when standing 1e8ce050c9 before a true war 68a0e1315d hero?590a7ffd1afb438e

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“If you attack 292ff3edcd recklessly, this child a8d742e0ff will get hurt 8a6dfed4eb too. Order your knights 6b60d96245 to lower their c9098a0573 weapons.”87476d5db4cfb0d4

As I 381ccac7a3 was caught 00cbc3643b in admiration, fb94c75c77 the snake ed4e5ae9a7 ***** sneered f5c0017675 and spoke 5e15184b4e cunningly.cac1ba3cf1f525b2

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Ha! It had ae6b4ae498 no idea.403fe61c2c547205

It didn’t 6eb83baae1 realize that 30dc20bf27 I was 2eb9ed60b7 nothing in 006ea9c5af this household c253fd24f8 yet.6a3d9722b45aaa39

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It was a9df1aa8ad true that 8aec429d14 the Grand 045e152ca3 Duke was 6a65729bc6 protecting me, 36a42f7946 but to 190bc7e88a him, I 2694d6d592 was nothing.943959971e831088

If I 3ba4062011 died, would 09258a043e he mourn b1b88aab65 me for 066457e743 a day?294992b68924d2a8

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Or would 79ba3684f0 he think 4d99dda1ea it was f75a284607 for the b44fcabf2e best?e608c62c092e2786

He could likely strike 722b016140 this snake with perfect 11f8824ddd accuracy. His only d7de4bc163 dilemma would f496bdb3a6 be whether 242561c878 to kill 954fcecc99 it or 61cb6943a0 keep it 04aaf4f940 alive.c49423d2ac449d13

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After all, 3de42bf5b5 spies were 7d7008b30a meant to f12a8da9fb be captured 7a8f441adc alive and 0fdba88ddf interrogated.3c14e6de2c7f9c0e

I had only one d125a9cb51 option.63f7bf00d5a9b67d

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Only those with 7a3e85caf3 the right qualifications 4855ff60f7 could claim power.b2f809c038d2045e

“Your Grace, I c6584bff5f give you permission. Kill the ***** 7c32061c45 snake.”2c6a4e6d2e419a5d

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“Hey! Kid, shut 9b71ca0b7a your mouth! Stay quiet, and e59323d095 I’ll let you 7ba0ad1700 live.”ace13fa05f4757f7

“You shut up, 84c867d8ff you snake ******. I’ll rip 3982cf82e9 that filthy eee6016344 mouth right 3ca087e895 off!”56049a69a61ebeb5

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“W-what kind 6c22c02e82 of kid 54eb6399f5 talks like e3f5836692 that…?”65e9ce7ba5c6f45c

Even a snake stammered 254af883ae when caught off guard, 5db3bf5cd0 it seemed. What a sight to ccbeb11aaa behold.9059734c3e225db9

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The snake flicked its 6f111efc4a tongue in front of 983036c4bc my face, clearly flustered, a28067fc0c before suddenly soaring into 462a2d474d the sky.92c071c208d63d7e

At the same ebf42bc5c7 time, a deafening 04b85aef38 thunderclap echoed, and 08dd5c6772 a flash of ae1ee25d53 lightning split the 86725b358e air.6a172e55820320b0

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In the next 269b08bbc0 moment, blood and d265ec2dcb shattered pieces of e76c6e7ad7 the snake rained 62e97dc728 down around me.4e26fa15b6385a79

It looked like the a0ad368963 attack had struck the 992ab291de middle of its body.7f03de2fb4c82406

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All I 9aef707016 had seen c3363921d0 was a ce28b23310 flash of 826a8f82e8 light, yet bdc5a5e152 the battle 9769540b2b was already fd45a2f673 over.82673c2e014cfdca

My body, 2280d626bd drenched in fe2ed8f3aa crimson blood, d3252e4a60 plummeted toward 2b3c2144c5 the ground.d33063c2f28bb50a

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Was this really 3ced5e81a0 the end?d1624ed665bbed3d

If I had 5dcb503e63 known, I would db0240ed55 have just kept 78f2933114 my mouth shut 4ef0f28a02 and stayed still…b27a2060f94e9b13

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In that brief 88979712f9 instant, my instinct 78efabdbe0 to survive flared.5c125263e4cbe0d1

Just as I 08df757497 thought I was 2841750079 about to hit 4c8d7da2ac the ground, my 87c371ef71 falling body suddenly 16cd7d50bb stopped and gently b68c5e63b5 landed.7463685f8e78b6dc

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Before I d5fef44a43 could fully 0aeb69b839 grasp what 2bbc4e023d had happened, 9401551230 my eyes c5a28f54f9 met Rikael’s 3f7b881323 gaze from 86ba6ea5f6 afar.fc83b72cf3b6c6e8

That was the c9093a4f9e last thing I 8adb6a5d65 remembered.49028557f387652b

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***1326066fe6b8a3b3

I was originally Captain 8640c1eb24 Jung Yoon-seo of the f2bef7625c Republic of Korea Army 86013d2bce Special Forces.4fec0743b95dba33

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During a high-altitude 86dfa6f13c jump training exercise, 082e217740 my parachute malfunctioned, c5f14d2dca and I plummeted cdbed1fe94 to the ground.ed1d7b7dc79aefad

I died just d8d89a919a ten minutes after 538f32db5e arriving at the 9fc2af83b8 hospital.02528b4ddcc58283

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Having lost my father a33ee6f96f at a young age, 7743bf15c7 I grew up alone b2f061d293 with my mother.a7f47b60a3703e6e

To escape 08a3b71212 poverty, I b87f56e0b3 studied hard 09e494e3ea and earned 4016f2c1aa a place 2e55561ee5 at the 68d18628f2 Army Academy b161e4d9aa I had e037a50c23 dreamed of 1abe4814bd attending.3b8e2d270ba5aa70

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My mother passed away 2d7144f8a1 just one year after e50b18420e I was commissioned as 1fc073de54 a captain.83d4780056362a15

I hadn’t even 6803084fe4 done anything for f22c21d304 her, and I 5d157bf0bd hadn’t been there f954a5fc6e for her final a84c480f41 moments.505e107eb947255b

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Her last words, as 26de5e030f relayed to me by 5642ae1297 the elderly woman from 30ea6bb356 the first floor, were:65da24a207163a7b

‘Live slowly, 83f0f4dca2 live long, 8304bf251a and live 4f5ce190ea happily.’a28d113650865874

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Yet, only a ae278c8339 year after she 210496ea0c passed, I died 891e91ea2c too.618411280bba2e43

I thought 627cbe4b0c that in cc6e2d9144 death, I ea5d38934f would see a56775a0d2 my mother a9f089e1e4 again…e7653a7d8709bf02

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Wait
.7176a7cf3993fc20

If I’m thinking, doesn’t d89ad77645 that mean I’m alive?242ea9546f075f1c

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Suddenly, my head fde1890be7 felt heavy.189a2dc85f3ef5c1

It almost 9dfbac7aae felt like 2086325aa2 pain.a40027f56cdd02cb

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I could hear something c389d8dcaa around me, but my f6a011ef0c eyelids refused to open.3f9a77707ecff455

“It has already 8f9c259b07 been a day. Why has ce1e44acc1 the child 8bcb9e642c not woken 558bf03716 yet?”a26e82e70f85f3c8

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“She must have been 1ebfcaf67d greatly shocked, Your Grace. There are 9f26528ba5 no physical 62acf7ff96 injuries, so 9251013e59 she should c9d14fc938 awaken soon.”2780556001e19b20

Through the 27b69c2411 haze of 0eefaad5d5 my consciousness, 0c5e25ce11 I recognized 6399f05b4a the voices 81642e2f5c of the 91d6c1d551 Grand Duke 698d178a79 and an 4c7cce9cdc old man f466c22d40 who seemed 777cceec6f to be 3406519402 the doctor.e2e572e7a32e371b

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So, I 095e0e99d4 had fainted.0ae59a520d60a245

The concern in their 50ac87fd42 voices… It wasn’t bad.b70ef6257014b737

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I wanted 29423d093e to open aa579de88a my eyes, 302353d418 but my 9f7a684001 body wouldn’t 1753bd973e move.c3c00f7d064de0df

“Keep a 5249abc144 close watch, 97cdbf374d just in 12a47109a4 case.”be11173699c58cbf

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“Understood, Your Grace.”059dc261d91ab572

As the ecb0e91c34 sound of 40a34baf63 footsteps faded, e8aa1bef04 so did 7c622ae97a my consciousness.bf658f088f69654c

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I drifted in a a4194a4171 daze, uncertain if I 82b86c33f3 was sleeping or dreaming.f8862e36277c7bde

‘P-please… I ab4b84ba54 didn’t do 2c95135e9f it!’54c19fde4402ff22

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‘No, Roella. It was you. You killed 017beca955 the Crown d2a2003323 Prince.’dd263ae0a528de3b

‘No! I only poured 8a77bab476 the tea… His 6f2014b2c6 Highness gave it 89f14f9d6f to me, saying 8b68d86b22 it would help 965cbd482b with sleep!’5e68d6d675da58a2

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The world around 3283741669 me was pitch ec80aa1ec4 black, yet voices 86c0ab62ee echoed through the a5b870163e darkness.50a49fda04c15880

What… was this?43960dc690fcec51

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I needed to wake 1ecd6f0333 up, but my body 17da2fd894 felt impossibly heavy, as aa4ebaa092 if crushed under a 5a12a4a532 boulder.66f2c03046c9d1f7

The voices 6b5e1253a5 of a 18952463bf man and 809770b052 a woman f4284296bd continued in a3faee7a68 the void.546a955550f56ce8

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‘No. You gave the 2a724ea021 Crown Prince the 133b6d7285 poisoned tea. He drank e1c634ed63 it and 9f5945329d died.’3460ad61c7ac85cb

‘No, I swear, 49bcb2bd6f I didn’t—ahhh!’66b5e0c323f83904

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‘Poison is better than 600e19bc26 the guillotine. Drink it. At least this d407ad5f5d way, it’ll be c1d4fb3181 painless.’60e02d49878eb565

Was this… the 1171ce16aa final moments of 62a5811a83 Roella?1e1b480dfe7eab2f

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Her terror and despair b34f3020e6 seeped into me.c34bb1c1476d3367

“Ahhh!”4bce3309f9bce4c2

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I gasped, snapping my cf4d5cab94 eyes open.87554de6e9487116

Sweat drenched my cf61a9d541 back, leaving my 59a0aacb83 clothes damp.329f5d07c9e68f8a

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I had b7cea8770c to cover ce9238d19f a lot 762edf6cb3 of words cdc89d4437 this chapter, 779658b6de so sorry 7357b11ab3 if it 0306edd5e1 irks you 66307c92d5 somewhat (⁠人⁠ 5f713c3cc0 ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)23575d80806358e5

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