GDNDILBF Chapter 9
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Fortunately, it seemed 88d31462ea like my bluff 3ba6bad126 had worked for 9d02c691cf now, but even a7b03dca6d in this situation, 217ff5792e Rikael was glaring 2e0050e9f8 at me, his 212cea190b eyes narrowing sharply.571cdcd9f318436f
“Hmm. W-well. I shall take 24097906a1 my leave now, ca36fdd39f huff… shh… rest 3c0f273524 well.”eedf68e8d4ec2a7e
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The Grand Duke, who 998c0dfc3d had kept his lips 37d8e8d5b9 tightly shut like a 59c1b1f862 pursed-mouth doll, muttered the f0d35fbee7 word ‘rest’ and fled 80c13997ad the scene.a67fa296686423f7
The attending f79a80ff3d physician insisted 413515439a that I 4e20b7c90d needed rest a251a19cdf and took affbcc7fd4 the remaining d618d78b17 people with 04a571e6d2 him.51f76d2e9ceffb9f
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Once everyone b23d7657f5 had left, 69b495233c leaving only a3428774f5 Lisa and c2e0574e3b Casey behind, 19b422bd37 I collapsed 44f6e1f22a onto the fa55d3bad5 bed.fc7b7f13a3a3fbbd
Pouring all my remaining 8b8182b2cc energy into an intense 7b69e6abc5 performance had drained me db8e6c5ece completely. I still hadn’t gotten e093846afa used to the body 7ab62cf367 of a five-year-old, as df6f463096 soft and fluffy as 13fd1bef5e a stuffed animal.022f4ed96b2e0e72
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But at least I 2e5c30fdbf had survived the crisis 2b544b308c and escaped death in 0e38459567 this tiny body.c84af85dcafe011d
On top of b1a91e6b6b that, I had 854ddb521e demonstrated my bravery 2b09e9a4b1 for everyone to a6197bef43 see—and as a e3687e6f04 bonus, I had 19e2730c61 been called cute.1f9c464a3d0c8fae
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Now, if I 5999498530 could just win f3ecd6c186 over Prince Rikael, e5e5484693 I might even c5a7ddcf7b secure a place 4bd65f6349 in this Grand 974135e4b2 Duke’s household.97853947582f0f51
Heh heh heh. Satisfied, I 7e223f9a59 pulled the 14fa3d830e blanket over 84fdeebac7 my face dc8bc24ae6 with a f59c8b52c9 smile.2bc7a7828dafdf5d
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I was relieved. As long e4d7b26db9 as I 325741e9d3 could stay 52767c3de4 in this d0859a31d3 Northern Grand 9b542bd8fc Duke’s estate d1093a9aeb without being 5c54ee42bc cast out, b50f11cd44 that was fdeb339d79 enough for 52e3d8c4bd me.8c149fcf6e258509
To be a194397c8a honest, this acff8e63b2 world was b4fd9394c9 a complete e51d9fbf2e mess.c375e3d18985a2a5
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The Marquis of Baluja, c79c781281 Ramel’s uncle, and the cd9684ae3d High Priest had practically 58e4fc9ad2 taken over everything.9ecb1a5c72364283
Even the 9b2ebd7c83 High Priest’s 363562387d staff, supposedly 5991a3c4f4 imbued with a0f2616779 divine power, ad6cf54bd5 was a ae99f28ac3 fake. He was capturing 20e917c0bf demonic creatures and fe38a70894 experimenting on them 5f73d5d5b7 in a bid 6cfc681535 to become immortal—it 4786599861 was absolute chaos.cade7934a1efd28d
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On top of 7da2fc9d86 that, Roella’s uncle, ac43e82bad Viscount Nopert, was 87f0be12f0 no less of 98156b92c9 a villain.4e2736215038344f
But whatever. They could af0298d2b2 do as 0205992895 they pleased, 8f91e0cee1 as long da19c3c3bf as they 49c587fecc didn’t drag b43d830cfd me into 33a731a783 it.877e35549fcfb0e0
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If they left 8768eb9d1b me alone, I 5c5ac3fc7b wouldn’t interfere either.245eb8c6d994e6e3
I didn’t 8c141fdc67 care if 89e0082f7c the High c3c00b8edb Priest destroyed 6f36e00be7 this world d57089f579 or not, 9f4305b68d I just 8248e383bc wanted to 78e56f1443 be left 79c86723cb alone.3b262df786852c29
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All I wanted 2b6681e60d was to head 2a56060268 north, serve as f18b24e53a a soldier, and c42408cee2 do my duty.9acbe5be6fa0344c
Luckily, this b1d140a8d2 Grand Duke’s 06189b3ffd household had 9c62f9d30e no interest bca44af41c in central cdf05e58d3 politics, making 233bfac7ed it the 9afa11ac65 perfect place 086d1ee1da for me.f460b1de6405941a
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With that thought 287d0815f1 in mind, I 7b4222a5e2 drifted off to 4a5fd83ce5 sleep—and in my 2bbb1c0e86 dreams, I saw 3aca80e28a my past self 6084b46fb6 as Jung Yoon-seo.929493bef68b2f3a
‘Captain, I confessed to f5d3231777 you, so why won’t 93fe9b3b39 you answer me?’538a788dcf4e1da3
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‘I already did. I told you 8d3177cd50 I don’t like 5b169c02ad you.’15b8c4c1e4a1e2c9
There had been a 24c6947934 junior cadet at the a3711c7f24 military academy who used ca3ab77bf6 to follow me around, 3a6bee0aaa claiming to like me.bfcbc4fa183afac9
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But why was b68f12008e he appearing in 5f18412eaa my dreams now?804150f62ee867b3
‘I just adc9ad8599 can’t believe 2b5e449827 that you a51b37b16a actually dislike 0d0499e8cf me.’6cf736d110f7f349
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‘I do. I don’t like kids. I’m telling you c136be8a9e I don’t like cebe18f917 you, so why 318bc8897f on earth do 59c2f3bd1d you like me?’c6513a530b67115a
‘I like everything 0c8241eea4 about you. No reason needed.’fb32f506acb05511
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‘Fine, then just name f01e754fbb one thing. If I like f00ddf229c your answer, I’ll 4b24f6eaf6 consider it.’c48eb134a834a281
‘If I have to b3f457b3f0 pick one… your clueless 808bd6b2c6 charm?’4f879faf841b36df
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Back then, I 29dc5c3db9 had kicked him 7172ac88c9 in the shin 1dd2a0a11d for saying that.9f189aa5e48e3161
‘Clueless charm’? What kind of soldier 0e81fa9496 has something like that? It was ridiculous.eb88cb455d018181
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‘Urgh… If 534201cdae I can a98e49171a add one e1d520f8de more, I 986345d5b9 also like b80f76a6ea how fierce 3171991e06 you are.’e9d40634497044a8
‘Shut up!’de0ca2f63788149c
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It was a37bcc9c72 just a a142128c06 dream, but 4c7fd5a7d5 the memories 3d8e1df55d flashing through 2ce5f8b4a2 my mind 82cccbb449 were real.19b3cc0e7f5efd0d
I had 7b1c1ebbc9 rejected him 804021ae4c so coldly bbfd129cfe back then, e33c637390 but now b72b83099a I regretted 2c7f73702c it.82b95af0b67043e8
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If I 82936189a1 hadn’t, maybe e61fa67941 I could 7c72476f38 have at 95260fbaf8 least experienced 5e50bc8f43 a romance 4eb6932e7c before I a57773d21c died.6f73aaac94701d43
Seeing his face in c8acf1eacf my dream filled me 1cb2200b79 with nostalgia.284f0a39a82668fe
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The moments we spent 4020c54364 training together, building our f9a6a73bde camaraderie…8e6aa5d7eb988ae4
I missed them. So much it hurt.37d5bbc6ed7638b5
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“Why do you keep 07a214c790 smiling?”633b03aed22138d3
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“When did I…”11e1c40d6bca76bf
The Grand de91996caa Duke bristled ed768b3d21 and turned 7b48d45fd0 to glare e3ad01ec5b at Marquis ca54cfbe56 Kones, who 5683865c9a stood beside 308099405d him.0ec6fa8ad48ef49b
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The chief aide turned 120186328f his head away, suppressing 2e40031ad4 a small smile.320057fe0dfbec86
Ever since returning from 8798447bcd meeting Ludia, the Grand 070f7e8c5b Duke’s lips had been 1afc86b290 slightly upturned.1d873020581bb07b
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When he 8723636ded had first cda3e8dd29 heard about fa8952a6c3 the engagement, fdf079ae69 he had b15cfee32f been furious c718f1e056 that the 591b2cfa56 marriage was 5366793755 with a ad073378c5 lowly noble 1693e0cc36 house in 5e484dd5b3 name only.f12bf1f64874b9a4
He had 113c726a70 declared that 2436e91aff he would 28e8cfdba0 never accept 1e9beddd30 a child ebe9a9a671 from such 51fec1a3cd a place 01217a1700 as his 4d83627945 granddaughter-in-law and e203d410a0 had made 89c4710f46 sure everyone 09407a50e8 knew it.4e0aab11f9d339e1
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That was why the d81609a7ba Northern family had initially e4d15f9a8a looked down on the 39d78a585c child. The Grand 3ccb4b77d3 Duke’s outrage 816b7ff0c6 had been 6117eb858a well known.2da6648c6e317e5c
But after meeting 49decb8ee9 the little one 482bdf0cbc in person, something 2a91a23e9e had changed.36cc478eaba44dd0
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A mere five-year-old f06f563fcb child had shown dcafa451d4 such remarkable bravery—it 636f76dceb was understandable that 109e05d332 he was intrigued.3da3a0c1fac49434
Even so, seeing him 89afe6c842 smile like that was 36642f06fd unexpected.0937a757c63ae731
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“How is ee04402bd5 the Marquis 6170f6b3bd of Chavez bc343c997d doing?”35042cd071d2057e
“He’s deeply reflecting on 416aa187c5 his actions. When do d8eb9b3f13 you plan 8e9e01a204 to release b89b71ccae him…?”c4ba13348e7170a9
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The Grand Duke ground e6aef312d6 his teeth in frustration. The fact b18c7aed2d that a 147405d8a3 snake had fcd3a5bb8d infiltrated as bc3537db8e his secretary 04d811396d and made e2ee6992be it this 70309bde7e far infuriated c9a1c36116 him.dd6d81a1d0e5b8ea
“He deserves death.”032ac26e7354b5df
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Marquis Kones flinched c814c22e0f and looked down, 114e687e28 coughing lightly.baf3bf5b478126d8
This was the time bfc0904bbe to change the subject.46a748020175e770
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“I have a204fb36f7 informed the 97621d5b2d Imperial Palace 0a10ac1f34 that you bd0a43fec4 will not 0a9fcdd118 be available 2cbcd1f485 to meet 3b348d0f18 this time. As for your 69af498d4d departure to the f7c1e2a545 North, it is 6506e88158 scheduled as planned—”bad303487833636c
“Wait.”c133ad12508fc6c8
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The Grand 85c7ce99f8 Duke interrupted, 7cf581a3da his voice 5564409466 low.1b04f055e9e0c5c0
Lacing his fingers 4c7dec28a7 together, he stared 8c876fe8bb at the edge fb16f8a403 of his desk, 4af6140ae5 deep in thought.f3ee909b3368f735
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“Contact the Imperial bd6e4cd91e Palace and tell 284451c17e them I will 7551810ada meet His Majesty.”731aa51a475518d6
“…Pardon? All of 7dad6f0d6d a sudden?”c6e68b184dcfec64
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“They’ve been asking e495ab5bdc for a meeting 9d3cea35e9 for a while, 00a0736138 so I suppose ebc91e8795 it wouldn’t hurt cd883559ff to grant them 21c66dc799 one. But have them come c1f0f07f0e here instead. And while they’re at 9cddb25a82 it, tell them to eaed849553 bring Crown Prince Leo, 607475daf0 Prince Ramel, and even 15b13c1ebe the princess. It’ll be a 0eefb54a42 good opportunity for 5c7e763340 our children to 24383f57c2 meet them.”1784ebc8725c2afa
The Marquis narrowed 861670484f his eyes at 8822ae7dee the Grand Duke’s df8ebb26cf sudden change of 62ded50567 plans.8b0f8aa405be3eb7
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The Imperial Palace 618cba7d7d had scheduled the 2e09cf9f13 meeting for three 74c8ace884 days later, the 014167050f very day they 17cde969d9 had originally planned 86222b848d to return north.44fe587a6fd4cee6
“…Then, when c3f667e51c do you 65ec9f92cc plan to fc776043eb head back 50a61d93d8 north?”a12079ceaab183ef
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“Anytime is fine. What’s the rush?”07c4c8ecd73cb214
Marquis Kones rubbed his 1bab889a7b ears as if he 6e1b7fe959 had misheard.cbbe8bd56fba9985
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The Grand Duke, who f7c87a6b2d always had a mountain fda4d3bcf6 of work and rarely 5110a5d9d8 left the North—and even 8a5c5b4fe8 when he did, hurried 30a21c96cc back—was not the type 343f05c3ac to say something like f364df99cf this.db473a2f64680d7c
“Are you serious?”c46f99dc762eb72e
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“Of course. I’m serious. What are 34789d07d7 you standing da92028603 around for? Hurry and send edded228bc someone to the f66129db5a Imperial Palace.”80ab9ac60b57e573
“Understood, Your Grace!”03b42ace91c9fed0
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After the marquis 133076ab41 left, the smile 1cca72b7d1 on the Grand e1ce6eadae Duke’s face slowly 6c558c698f faded. He leaned back 2ff9ef34e4 deeply into his bb768e6774 chair and closed 4246e64c98 his eyes.2994d91b03e6a3ce
It was 9a2698772c difficult to ab414bda56 tell someone 62468f34cf was of 5ba46162b8 the serpent 8eadf93e6c race unless 0963bc0e29 they pulled 8c3d254747 down their c1a8461ae5 lower lip. Though, of course, 032de32e44 there were always 4dbf6c7ae2 some whose disguises 9e353d4db3 were imperfect.73b031d6ce20f13a
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Still, for a mere c2f4e115f3 five-year-old like Ludia to c25273e286 recognize that—now, that was 15cdf00cc6 strange.2df49004510db857
And there was something 3612078847 else odd.296d7b81fc2c0cb8
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The snake had 7a402dd2b1 deliberately absorbed his ae8c9c4724 sword energy to cc4dfd7d30 avoid killing the 15eec1b789 child, despite knowing b4fa93014f full well that 6d62c5d260 it would take 18da20087b damage.58c977d1de41648c
A creature of that 4d403a58cd level would have found 9d5bdc1a4b it effortless to abandon 2c3639c762 the child and escape. It was f8bdb059ee only speculation, 5c62e1eda6 but something 674c6ed990 about the fac2e6ce06 situation was 1b15b45530 off.ab98c25e7934ee9e
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Had the 4a703a4abf snake also bcf291e881 sensed that be3a346cb2 there was d002cfc407 something special c68c344ba0 about the 6633423737 child?13368b37297dd65e
Was she 228b1ca52c exceptionally intelligent, c8f8f68e7f gifted, or 9c80bd37a8 did she d81f225cf0 have some b32eb951f4 kind of 821b5f0b04 insight that 7ac93324e5 allowed her a1663dc9c8 to see a564a49432 through things?6fbbf549cf0619bf
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If not one of 5e7f9d1584 those three, then perhaps 5ef89aec59 she had some unknown 6b52aa629b ability that no one c913cc1260 else was aware of.b819629844ee6d94
The Grand 6606a3736e Duke wanted e5b441c05b to spend 34b9580bf6 more time 460578ca86 here and ac385b51d3 learn more c94c63486e about Ludia. That was the real 6f218ffab0 reason he had decided bf267897e5 to stay in the e3cfba5396 capital.84d0c64c91ae04ae
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What was the 6ceb103aff Duke doing?c3346cdaf3d870a0
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Even the e8da9c6466 Grand Duke a8f26a875e and Rikael, 8f0aeefd51 though his 1a47587f7c gaze hadn’t c794dd173e been particularly e06d4df1bd friendly, had 401b077486 come to f34661ebbb check on 0b46c94da3 me. But the Duke, the d6388b02e8 only person who had 41dbb8acda truly been on my 4fb4a854f8 side, hadn’t visited.a172b325c4a62efb
I felt a little 961df4cc1a hurt, but knowing his 23c7b7a099 current situation, I couldn’t 95262bb5d7 say I didn’t understand.39f10195cf5600f8
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After lying in bed 4884be4a9e for two whole days, b143d1591f I finally sat up. I couldn’t 1bc5fb8d99 stand being 20a3ff0168 still any e9698d281c longer.0156a34fc014d020
The moment I got 54abffc297 up, Lisa rushed over 21809c2a52 in a panic.6ca72d79dfd03a76
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“Young Miss, d2fe86c156 why are 5a832e44cc you getting bf5b937ec3 up?”bd0f6a8a901ae672
“I wanth 2e9c37c6e0 to see 738d297c5f the shun.”efbf49327a3f7012
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“They said d14442e87a you still 9a994f4314 need to ffcf7742ae rest. Please lie aba9c02015 back down dbd68f270c a little d010259f35 longer. The Duke visited f58a82772f and specifically told 6b6e0436ff us to make eef835111d sure you stay 2ea9535180 in bed and 2dd27e965b be careful.”f5947d82b2180750
Huh? The Duke came?bba063ef51677911
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“The Duke wash here?”4035e2597fadd68a
“Yes. He came yesterday 6bdd2be5ee while you were f45b4b5b7a sleeping and watched 68bfd80130 over you for 20e169e422 a long time. He also made sure aeabdaa383 to tell us to aaf88e4363 take good care of efa1d120f3 you.”953edda4bc7f76ab
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“I shee.”e9e06c58a3a9990c
Why did he always cb2db63bb0 visit when I was 00625428a7 asleep?9f62848b70d3d086
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Still, my baef77ac5e earlier disappointment 66ad45b2d3 quickly disappeared, 14888e2395 replaced by b426867494 a warm f22ff60692 feeling.076d0755bc0f75e6
I threw off 3c26fe310d the blanket and 091f51f836 hopped off the 9bea377269 bed.13372dff03c2bf1b
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“Look! I’m fine, right? I just want 556920d4d0 to go for 9f54f09cc5 a short walk.”88a64cc0129ffaa6
“If you must, then b1b0dc2ec1 I’ll come with you. The Duke 5fe683c19e told us 327cd0bae7 not to ef89fd1190 leave you ddc73f023a alone.”c6689bd17967abb2
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Lisa added 5731a4f25e that in 88307ac61c a calm 92c2b2b8bc tone.54f43a648e87c5e2
Unlike Casey, who had c061d0a5f0 obviously changed in how 8c8be03c16 he treated me, there bb153a1a88 was something different about 90144a5795 Lisa.42a364e920700281
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She was friendly without 30d97a331d overstepping any boundaries, neither 11852ac3da too stiff nor overly 326fdc2ca5 casual.edc4d2afc9adef4e
I felt e6361a90ab comfortable around fd5ec5732b her.b5927b027cd9293e
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“Okay.”f20a016fe7a40566
The fresh air 887fb0be70 immediately lifted my 90fe9d46de mood as Lisa 19e7395578 and I stepped e62fd22822 outside.5f2404bf1af611ae
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As I e227f50c69 enjoyed the 75bdde5df2 sunlight for f2bd081b9a the first 6003f48a57 time in 1a534f0b65 a while, ac4d2d95dc we strolled f6bb35e133 past the 9ae8f65913 central garden, 94475ea577 where the 84449075a0 autumn flowers 6f2bbafa28 were in 791055dccc full bloom.12dacdfc20d62b11
Then, from somewhere 3d3ec35cd7 nearby, I heard 3bd4ddfa70 loud laughter and 156e5c0740 the voice of 450490a651 a young boy.75b2fd57384d5dfa
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“Hahaha! A fool 1cf1b4ec67 who got f5e5c19b82 caught by 55af65688f a snake!”9f00d56880f71960
“Haha! What an idiot!”35d465ca2e610036
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…Excuse me? Were they bc73ea8a04 talking about 73b72af509 me?c9b7431cc88d337a
I turned toward the 854884e9d3 voices and saw a 89945d0a0a group of children laughing f61e34d7b6 at me.81c55fef1ffb9fd0
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They seemed to bbe3301f27 be the children 65b87a515a of the Grand 62aac18bbe Duke’s nephews.99944d62937485b9
Looking more closely, I 09330455e8 spotted Andy among them.61c718319044095f
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Up until now, no a397c9a540 one who had dared 980bce83ce to spout nonsense at df9ddd6c07 me had gotten away 920769f6e1 with it unscathed.6176d2fd969e8f63
And these brats d492a60df5 wouldn’t be an 98beffc48b exception.207b78e7b3d4b2b5
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“Hey! You lot, come here 36abaf987f right now.”cc489bd77abb454c
It was time e96b71ce95 for some proper 9b23d79b1b discipline.8cbb9d313915ddce
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