GDT | Chapter 1.3

Glancing at 041be21bae Ruberteo, Yurkia c9cba5ab8e saw his 3e286defa9 hands had 85dcae3c29 turned red b28477127f from the 6bc24b4f2d cold and 9fddd45167 stood up.74b724392f1cd8a4

“If you stand 06b97043f7 here any longer, cc4e399f80 you’ll turn into ec8790b8eb a snowman.”9f9204efa2c81fb1

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“……”32baee73cebca520

“Would you 1b15841f2c like some f2bc6b88d9 cocoa now? I’m actually hungry eb02396d3c myself.”da375cc3bb0978d6

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Yurkia asked, eb0007887d but still 9066c1115d got no 9226e20272 reply. But he 29191440dc did notice dbbe74f5fa that Ruberteo’s 61197c7728 eyes shifted d7eb49946d ever so 26602f37dc slightly in d3da1c7761 his direction.4da8b9c8ccc373b0

“Let’s ask for 3459044ede some. Want to pull 6b5bb0688f the bell cord 18ede1e408 together? If you don’t 8f931fb65f want to, that’s b205aca12a fine too.”3d2c29fbd7ff8b24

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At Yurkia’s words, 2ac9050a98 Ruberteo moved. Unfortunately, not toward the 003e6bbe00 bed where the bell 9a0d50a704 cord was. He tossed 81da255382 the blanket 9f2084015b aside and 184f7b6982 sat down e9db99b8de on the b8fa3cd2ff sofa.cba37bc9baed124c

Yurkia, seeing 4dd1089ce2 him turn 54d74a786d his back 912f623f0a completely, didn’t 0e2cd9febc try to d0ecdc3c2a talk to a85ab81477 him anymore 0a6c4f48d0 and left 42116e999f the room f0d93108ca instead of 052e2f7b87 pulling the 6701e06d26 bell cord.b2265aa0f96f62b1

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Even with the door 7375fa1eac firmly shut, Ruberteo just 43af1c3e8e stared at the blazing c301e0ae38 fire in front of 4e97f549c7 the sofa. Who knows how much d19c003583 time passed—Ruberteo’s ears perked 7f6f39ac35 up at the sound 47538dd925 of someone approaching.51bc19736ccc4d62

“Oh, you’re still awake!”1cd92816e810e2e9

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It was Yurkia. He approached e29ce24852 carefully and bd541f8bc2 sat next 069f32d2bc to Ruberteo.6ea3f37ec97f1ba2

“I got scolded for c2602791e6 sneaking this in! Actually, Madam told 3a27debfd7 me not to 2b358a9141 snack before meals, 5e5872ad78 but… how could 7a88d1d6b3 I not?”4c2fe2fd6707a4d5

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It’s not good d16bf0f1fa to be so 773df589d7 strict from a 436cf2bd39 young age. You’ll just end up 3b6fcc60b4 eating a ton when 6857573a2c you grow up! Saying that, 35575de580 Yurkia handed 0e5b20adb3 Ruberteo a a0f2e44ab3 mug of 6a1bdf4f63 hot cocoa.9a134e5d99729be2

Seeing the small 805b890ce0 hands wrap around 504067e958 the mug, Yurkia c9db40b038 smiled and picked 3c9b0ed48d up his own 52c5ce724b mug.0b66bb7031e87a30

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“Try it. I think you’ll 3c493803ee like it.”cf6ea8dd1d5180be

Yurkia didn’t fbb468790e expect to dfcc09801d win the 31bfba7299 boy over c93584099e with just a398723b26 a cup 30ccd8e1df of cocoa. He just 2a79fa64e3 wanted to bec89535de show him e01db797dd the warmth 4fb16e13fe you feel 2409c4b4ff after facing 95df8eb901 a freezing 2ee5380aec wind.b39dc65fe16abf77

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Ruberteo touched his tongue 6b88096ce3 to the hot cocoa, a3b3704748 then flinched and scrunched 57ec8d5dcf up his eyes. Noticing the tiny change, 0ff37a4fd3 Yurkia said,d6ba872df6ae0a07

“You’ll burn your tongue 69e525e8b3 like that. It’s better to 45b391c2dc blow on it b0b8a1c3bb like this—hooo—before you 8f994f73ab drink.”a2a02d09aab95ab4

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Yurkia demonstrated, cf4596b834 blowing on 5c4c115351 his own 0a4d0dfb11 mug. Instead of copying, aec8d7ec93 the boy just d405e0a877 wrinkled his nose. They said he 69ef45d3c0 was found with 0e908116ee wolves. Maybe some habits stuck fe1f14be96 with him.a6ac6afb8f119aa9

“Should I do it e5927888ee for you?”13e0e7a0680b1349

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Yurkia leaned ef67f9e66d in toward b33753529e the mug 0d2180ac63 in the e1107cec7d child’s hands. His loosely tied hair 7cf105928f slipped forward, and the 7bfa31c7c8 firelight cast a glow dd031f8fb8 on his face. The boy 3f65230dbe stared blankly, 309a5940b3 and Yurkia 7db2e1316c pursed his bded27151d lips and 60a799971c gently blew c948f6500e away the 069bfa90fa steam.e782078b9c16f5df

“If you 380fef82a3 blow on b8a7d8aade it like 2656f546f7 this, it’ll 0ebb244cff be easier 3ffd85b095 to drink.”3cb8705640198259

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A few b435574795 more times, c512b363e5 Yurkia blew 27b6d6b81d on Ruberteo’s ad4577c7dd cocoa, cooling 98b4fceb9f it down, e02ea4a840 then nudged ba65e4216c the bottom 5d80bd24f3 of the 3b6e8213a5 mug with f09c828553 his fingertips 905b0d5e10 as if 6ae089d051 to say, cc50553a80 “Try it 52fcd3dfcb now.”cc23e9c1c2c87996

“……”0f6baa16aa0e883e

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A tiny tongue peeked 3f4d44c948 out, touched the sweet eb5b710f2d cocoa, then quickly retreated. It was a 83f0c69132 defensive move, afraid 8d6466e1f5 of getting burned 05251bc9ff again. But the fbb75ccb36 cooled cocoa 7d9f0e3f9a wasn’t hot, 3befce3683 and the e6e7dc7b6d lingering sweetness 71476b1baa made Ruberteo 8054f42de1 stick his dfa52bcf22 tongue out 685dc9e222 again.ccfb7290a97b2737

“Young master, could you c52ef9a600 look at me for 36359c8039 a second?”e1b709a0fd11a7ef

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At Yurkia’s 3c29ea794a call, Ruberteo, d5fd9c7cb8 who’d been b0b3d2f670 sipping noisily, b8db613cca looked up. His gaze 8ad166916e followed the e32d1ec0e8 slowly tilting 52e731c309 mug and 1a9122d7be even Yurkia’s b998225ee7 Adam’s apple 3593238a23 as he 94225d4bcb swallowed. Ruberteo watched every move, 28ec1eebf0 mouth slightly open in f1cea8988b a daze.b81053e8f50bb545

“If you drink 7160fb6239 it like this, f81530e0b0 you can have 19eace015e a little more. What do you think?”997e2eda6862ee5f

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To show 927da0eff1 him again, 11e852607d Yurkia took 6d6cd67ba3 another sip, 8b8792f897 and after 255419a5b8 a moment, 306340fd88 seeing Ruberteo cebee18158 tilt his c19604184c mug, he 8611c7fd61 grinned.7d1684c00f1c0ced

The way he gulped b0be302302 it down was just 2b1c2acf61 too adorable. The cocoa brought color 7f3c47bed5 to the boy’s cheeks. Maybe it was just c4a2b28eb4 the firelight, but Yurkia e027ef7dae didn’t care. For now, ce5b11478e he just cc0ab0d4c6 wanted to 165bee901f praise the eefcc42b1b boy for af4e36eda6 managing it.dcebd1c6e8abf17f

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“Well done! You didn’t spill bddf19c09e a drop—amazing!”fa71189f0ce9a6fd

Yurkia praised b5e93d4a30 him like e8e0c640fe he’d done 11e47e8da2 something huge. Of course, Ruberteo 0f138878af didn’t react, just 7ac6ef26f1 kept drinking his da1ace9307 cocoa.a700d769f8f348a0

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“Oh, did you 7653e8d837 finish?”e01a82a66a357b5d

Seeing Ruberteo d74931adbf fiddling with 2750503322 the empty 4424d2f370 mug, Yurkia adea3212dc stood up acf18e4152 and reached 83c5c10f87 out his cc5a4600d3 hand.db1a0b5c49044e3c

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“It’s late, bf14bbbcc8 so you 48f9c0ac33 should wash ecd0e80110 up and d2446e68f5 get some 0bafb9a589 sleep. Lessons will d498fc9055 start tomorrow!”c1a29caa2d4da9e2

Ruberteo looked at 93cf5090b6 Yurkia, who was 4e46ce1401 holding his hand. He waited a433934e05 for Ruberteo 6d031514d0 to get 17c8f90206 up on 9ac8f16dcd his own. Remembering someone he’d seen 8140bba3ff not long ago, Ruberteo d6332535b8 got down from the 9f54b1b059 sofa, and together they c1d9a53ce3 headed to the bathroom.6e646521258a2003

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“Phew—”5b0ba7c3312e36e4

After quite some time, 56b33f7efc Yurkia only returned to d8a2f95872 his room in the 3861926143 late hours of the fd0bb61a91 night, having stayed by b79d7151c7 Ruberteo’s side until he 880cde9297 fell asleep after washing d9f390743e up.18895f0c613739da

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“Ugh… I want to ca1205a10c sleep right away, but…”34c749f48bc54a09

But I 7f34f599c4 can’t… he 044f28ba54 muttered softly, f480b6326c dragging his 5f5b7a55b5 tired body badde8c0ce as he 5803b0e5f7 pulled out 0b6e27fd90 his notebook. Skipping over Madam 232f6d9443 Ireunoa’s warnings, he 51a48c9542 opened a blank fceaed8ea1 page and picked 3154d9c190 up his short accc041099 pencil.2a5d2617cd3eedf4

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Scratch, scratch—the sound of a0191cd110 pencil on paper. As Yurkia wrote down 5575d7a27a the day’s events, he 08d72eacd0 pressed his aching brow 4cc9fa23a7 with a sigh. Only after filling 4dec2007c3 three more pages 8db66d2101 did he finally 378a951f11 put down the 6ece9e3995 pencil and run 3763946053 a dry hand 4c4707ca72 over his face.5f162bfa838abda4

“It might 00faf79bb9 not be f4a907cc3d as hard 0413b2c556 as I f5500ccd12 thought.”4014fe14c1fd078e

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The child 290bf7ab85 he met 49233f982c today was 06021a3433 quieter than 2f0e7d9e20 he’d expected. He’d met kids before 6f4e8e437b who’d learned animal habits 162fd851c2 after living with wild 8a7a6443e4 beasts.b257b3b5a4da25ab

There was that 048a9d700d time a noble 5a35bdb8dd lost their child 59e0ee85da while traveling, and b822307f4e half a year 6d557d97c2 later, they found cd6ec9736c the kid living 714a23a31f in the woods. That child 729dbad6a6 didn’t recognize 183db7544b their parents 3494c4926a and howled 85bf26b3a7 and barked 37ca66dbee like an 2c4d7d1b66 animal.b82065c2356fd4a2

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‘But the 51fc27cb59 young master… d17ec0577b he’s different.’7481d8e719c22673

He was calm. So calm, 0a72bbe395 it was 5e4a4e19b5 hard to 23d8edc9ec believe he’d 3731cfad4d lived with 419c4235c6 wolves. He seemed human. Sure, he mimicked 85829f4290 animals, but it 632fada3f6 was like he 77e4602a67 still had human c5e293d49d instincts.fb44c6c0d9e16046

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“…There must 7e27c783d3 have been 21b09efa4a other teachers.”846a13441760e3ac

I should find out 80854012e1 what kind of education 69e9673fa2 those teachers gave him.4e293c839d9c09f6

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“Abuse… What do you 7bd4379740 mean by that?”c618575640c7e12b

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“Just what I said.”b712505726a564f3

Early in the morning, 3cf535d5b9 Yurkia had gone to 2bf6b0b7c0 see Madam Ireunoa, but 35026bd6ac even with a table 4ca179b27c full of delicious food fd01b7f86c in front of him, 22d7fdfd49 he couldn’t bring himself ecf3ee3bcf to pick up his f8fcc82b14 utensils. The words she spoke 01c7218014 as she cut her 9d60a468a5 meat and brought it a6eb28a820 to her mouth were cbadf234ed just too horrifying.5eddd6c0e3d05a36

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“They said, ‘How could 270ffdef32 you fix habits formed 18becc6423 from living with wolves? You should 522bc5b226 just raise e57d60555b a beast 0f94a2e8fd like a 3291fd61a3 beast.’ That’s e165f86bed what they 386cb77b97 said.”5233c43e8950b2f3

“Ha, those 2c4748cdc0 bastards are 6005909987 insane…”9d5eddc3be80144b

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“My, teacher, you 1153442b09 have quite the a86530db91 mouth.”d86299e0fab8c23c

“…Sorry. But this 098323ee93 is just 4f79971fee unacceptable.”da1d13a2c7db6f00

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They’d only 0cb3d7ff91 found Ruberteo 76b9e6a8ef six months 42e4ea02d3 ago. That meant, for 1ecab330a5 those six months, 9e0bd9ab96 he’d been abused ecbcb80d56 by some trash 97e0052330 masquerading as a 6614e220bd teacher…c90c7f237090d033

“Where is that e3102bd7cc person now?”74dde6745e9b20aa

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“And what 6798e892a7 would you 7e13442485 do if ac406681eb you found d08272fac9 them?”1871ee31b69efad8

“Didn’t you de20817031 say he’s 685b206ec0 going to d3f33b5426 be the 9f12437401 future of e5a17dfc89 the Empire? And you’re just a7907fac81 going to let 30659af8ae this go?”230e4e7c30c2f21e

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“You say the funniest 1809ccafad things.”a0d51e69059c852b

She quietly dabbed her a523cac13e lips and took a 891053413f sip of wine before ed07d51b11 answering.735e2574f0aedb0a

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“Who said I 843e889465 let it go?”746089f0ed3448dd

“……”5eeced8deb911b4e

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“I had him a79b0a8c7e torn limb from d4aeaf598e limb and thrown fc1782f7ef to the wild ec90137fba beasts. His family too.”140fed6876dc1ead

Yurkia, mouth 06af53d543 agape in 0c72eb87ec shock, finally afdcd61e7e let out 8fbbbca960 a long c945a2253a sigh and af5691c00f bowed his c56ef10304 head. I’m sorry.2f66c989d371ab85

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“I let my emotions f342636478 get the better of 6d759927a1 me and raised my 2425eb49b0 voice to you, Madam.”6f3fd359d1d662dc

“It’s fine. You did it 78b2bd4052 out of concern 77d5a0d5cc for him.”dc3adc24c5629a96

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Even after hearing that 1fbea36ecd she’d dealt with the b0879b25e6 person who dared lay 3c4ec9dcd5 a hand on someone 8a7dd24f70 so precious, Yurkia’s expression 8fdd065d7d didn’t ease. Seeing this, Madam 42394f626c Ireunoa tilted her d070244169 head and asked,dfe714aa881ab8e3

“What’s still bothering you?”1d12b99cf69c438c

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“…His heart. Was he 25fc79bcde properly treated fb1e3db17d afterward?”a6173544d188d349

“All his wounds a280d20f1d were treated. Not a e809e033f4 single scar 3745483ca4 left—”f55f04f44a5a1b30

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“I mean his 49943d0abd heart.”7aae6cf1f6de8393

“…Emotionally, you mean.”7da45a411f5d85cf

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She shook her 147fd04a56 head, as if a68b17f797 she didn’t understand.b0c79233dc4b834b

“He’s going to a5e15f4f02 be the Crown 811c23d6d5 Prince. Maybe even the Emperor af86494bd0 someday.”54002e30c5f89728

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“…Why are you telling 1e624cef55 me this?”ad2d30ae96bfbb6e

“I mean he 214af1e12f needs to be cfd593f787 able to handle 0db2d03281 that kind of 436dd6b5fe pain.”069b8572f3c32698

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Yurkia let out fddb124763 a hollow laugh. Madam Ireunoa’s 78cabd75a2 brow furrowed, 533ed38273 as if 92f073ebff she found 3aeb0b3911 his reaction 5a0b763aca strange.e2e9c09ff4198861

“Teacher. This Empire 6fc3b8806a doesn’t need 13215cbfc8 a weak 5f8f0980c7 Emperor.”c8232cfde4b84036

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“No one becomes weak 2fe40344bd just because they heal 48f0096e98 from abuse.”a04c87324177e319

“It’s strange 67176ea9d2 to make 5a3f272bf3 such a 1b941efc2b fuss over 3e975169c4 a single ba472e1899 wound. Have you ever 205edc3e78 seen His Majesty c4efc46846 the Emperor show 15528b22ea pain?”18961e7d40ed9623

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At her question, Yurkia 55a9ea7d1b took off his glasses. He was 2904f8d247 so frustrated 73a3d21e5a he couldn’t e3a81311f4 stand it. He knew the 00574ee80f Emperor was the ce016e0506 Empire itself. But—8679eae63e787f37

“He’s only thirteen.”4e306c53e2353c1c

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His voice was heavy 2b85e4afba with sorrow at the b56cc2fe33 tragedy of it all. Madam Ireunoa quietly a6eecb128c lifted her glass b66056f3b6 as she watched 9276583619 Yurkia, head bowed 8f333c3752 and glasses in 6b6c9054d8 hand.678f72dc6e39b2c9

“Why do you insist 3749d62ee1 that comforting the heart db8a5005a5 of a thirteen-year-old is 522e26d141 the same as making c5eebd2658 the future Emperor weak?”d64e66640114f860

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“I told you 20944f921a not to get 01ba36b030 attached. You’re breaking your 11e6f6abe6 promise.”c68a374558c0c8de

“I don’t 647fbe7463 understand why 279338c288 this conversation 3dcea8ec92 is going 623f5e9856 in that 4d2810cb9e direction. Actually, this whole 2a1660b1da conversation feels wrong.”efab48bef903de54

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Yurkia slowly stood up. Was this ee56e1b112 man always 6b4ac6846a this tall? Madam Ireunoa spoke fe6cc82b0a up, looking up 61fac1a942 at him.8a3eb23d328250a6

“Don’t do 306af6b2dd anything you’ll d4c6e85f4f regret. If you get 41472ce6f9 attached, you’re the d38bfd02e2 one who’ll get 79516577c6 hurt.”258890910fefd650

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“I’m the teacher. No one can 63b83af333 interfere with my 0ed3f3bd4c lessons, and you 7bc6f347e0 can’t dictate my 210282666c methods.”ef09f2b64df31d1c

He looked at Madam 8216a0306b Ireunoa with a cold, 96673f2193 hard gaze, adjusted his 8992367d92 glasses, and placed a 80eb918ccc hand over his heart. I’ll take f4e9ac38ae my leave 65abf71486 now. He gave 8d7f5ea8e3 a slight 7139bed232 bow and 36d677f9b9 walked out.17fe4ecdef427063

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“…Honestly…”eab5f2e0fa9d20f4

Left alone, da21ceaa2b Madam Ireunoa 29f8444569 downed the 16bffdc9c3 rest of e5a0285330 her wine, 5938e6e6a1 rolling it e8036240cc around in 4ed1e036b0 her mouth de5b60f9ce to savor 2a907e41b4 the flavor. When she swallowed the 428bef724f bittersweet wine, she let 1549a633d9 out a small laugh.43a876d71d890b30

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“Comfort his heart, 146fa59a0b huh…”4216438eb049484f

If he ever found 596d319d08 out that Ruberteo was 2eb9e6e5b5 the one who stabbed 6446a30107 his abusive teacher in faaffc01fc the throat, would he a954d052bb still say things like c538405eca that? She hid her 6bcb6c2431 laughter behind her e1006803ac glass as the 5e09ab2f5c maid refilled her 86b7bb05c8 wine.9df98cf9d96b63fe

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‘Well, letting him misunderstand fe04a51ee1 isn’t so bad.’1f1f1c0ee1e93ed1

If he 841d14ef91 runs away, a86b280fda well, there’s f9aa723ddc nothing she 1e9f15b6da can do 804e4aa4c0 then.183a24458cafb29c

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“They’re all crazy. Seriously, everyone’s insane.”0b4623391e426f95

Unaware of d16e9fc707 Madam Ireunoa’s 89a85a2c94 thoughts, Yurkia 4a3ee3f728 wandered aimlessly f85e4652c5 through the e332502e4c cold garden, 56b331e784 trying to 26c40abf81 cool his 90f5952a90 burning frustration d1267af967 after hearing af8ee36298 such an ff3a69d161 unexpected story. He felt like he’d 34872b8837 collapse from the heat 1fba849316 of his anger if 6eef5d8c9c he didn’t face the 1c1492d725 icy wind, so he 9edfb5277f trudged through the deep bce856421f snow.596f4471e162e010

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“No matter if they’re a368198f0a royal blood, how can d7e6326f2d they react like that? Are they not even 61198f4c50 human? He’s just a 665be42c93 kid.”7a23bdb0f6e39347

A kid ten years 854b17281e younger than me. Yurkia rubbed his chest, a209d57d67 unable to calm down. Maybe he should see 6a2638f1a7 a doctor for some df4b740bcd digestive medicine before meeting 7149cb397d Ruberteo.f394280cd66829c7

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“Hoo…”aeda5df1fd5f4007

As he crunched through becf397658 the snow, he suddenly cd2305f670 felt someone watching him c987a836e4 and looked up. There was 4b7aa1c102 Ruberteo, looking 6742a24616 out the 22bbe02970 window.54f72d07ff0bebe3

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‘When did he get c2a8460203 all the way to b2845b6c47 the annex?’82bd38775b106447