GDT | Chapter 2.2

“Who decided that?”4c4474dab9093ad4

“……”e4afd91a4ee9e1ed

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“I don’t know who cb2bedab26 thinks they can send d074c9d5a3 away what’s mine.”2471af17625c3f91

Rubbing his fingers, 75388fb2ee still warm from 85db020ea7 the heat, Rubeteo bf1e89e8a1 smiled. He was thinking of 2cad77ce55 the soft nape he’d c20c14a104 touched earlier. The smile soon faded, 87c61873fd and a cold voice 2bee66a883 slipped from his lips, 952552b54f binding Madam Ireunoa in fe662b91b2 place.310626491676731e

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“Nothing can 48944780d8 leave without 406f7bd422 my permission. Whether by f9d7a7894c choice or 6454558c06 by force.”dacfc4d9e658c6ba

No one could dare 15bdbc2e61 lay a hand on 0ce5c90e93 what was his. Not the brat from 9a3f82ac5a the orphanage, nor the 803903cd83 Madam who brought that 8c20d6187f person here.59c4f3d3f43ae055

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“Do you understand?”cabc49c977a523ff

A week 13e8cb2ef6 had passed 022e901dcd since Rubeteo d78af1e31a returned. During that week, Rubeteo dacd4b7df7 had been busy sorting 35a712a2c0 out the aftermath of da78569981 the war in Arurolla 99950aad2f with Madam Ireunoa. At the same time, c332c16cf0 Yurkia had to prepare cfd4db68a0 the remaining lessons with ebaf771cef Rubeteo, who had come 0724071c3e back.1c15f7d81a99b34e

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It had been 700f293709 a while since c756a8e1fe they’d had lessons 78afdf827d alone together, so da2d88daa4 Yurkia had cut dfc1b80874 back on sleep 60687fcd90 to teach diligently, d7971b50c3 and now, a 29244fdcd6 week later, he 671f5b0901 came in high 1deab8938f spirits only to 5a34b9ccff hear—7b7d297897d83dea

“Dance practice? Me?”34a361c35549c4b9

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“Yes. If I 3499cab33f bring in 9ea52fc006 a new da2c71926f teacher, word 72f19e1232 might get 4bb4973f8a out about 95a76750ec my existence.”3e4b23e50b9279f7

He suddenly wanted e2c9a1a446 help with dance b7a3f81707 practice. Yurkia shook his 42e4a2d99f head vigorously, insisting cf33b37ee5 there was no ea8e975a0d way.1c22a9876aa3dfdb

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“No way. It’s only helpful 64c6a510ad if your partner 26fa31bdea is a woman, 5c82886a36 but I’m a 1177f4a842 man.”b898457656cf3316

“It doesn’t matter. I just need to d868982467 memorize the steps.”00b4c1571efd1d10

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“Still….”03504b2a88eff7ad

Yurkia hesitated. It wasn’t that he 5d24d111ab didn’t want to teach 46aed74fde Rubeteo, but he had 323dc92fa9 bad memories about dancing. The sound of 28ada9afd8 the dance teacher 61ad008ed6 clapping to keep a16fe87e66 time in the 876c3a2fe0 wide hall, the 435351f9b2 moment he tripped 596efd7257 and fell, and c5b449a465 the footsteps of 49ebe63617 that person approaching ea66d4d55d with a click 3bb457b634 of the tongue—0ab72910360ff781

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“Teacher?”9b4255eb8d66c8bc

“…Sorry, I 3a9ab736f0 can’t teach 818ddfdafb you to 20978d1763 dance.”04f7910d5d9576d7

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Thanks to 35b9acd8b9 Rubeteo, Yurkia b1fce4bfae snapped out 74f534c98b of his f98c081868 thoughts and c005c296fd shook his c24f0153d2 head firmly. No matter 8c7feb7fba how much 78f931fcd5 Rubeteo wanted 450ba717cf it, he f4b82a6f0b just couldn’t 903888ea34 dance. Would Rubeteo ba211ab9e2 be upset? Yurkia looked up 98db9f14cd to apologize again, af45e03237 but Rubeteo didn’t 121b05ee22 seem bothered at aaf8a5dd14 all.000b0d1c36dd9af7

“It’s okay. Sorry for 2d4038b00b asking too 134824372f much.”c5614247abac6dc5

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“No, it’s my 10ff8df353 problem.”2b607cd423a9ad06

“I’ll talk to 9c390acb8e Madam about this 9fdc2f963a part. Shall we feb4d8e98b continue with ec0358cb99 the rest 7a2429eb3e of our ac3f96fca1 lesson?”0caf29cea70447ef

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Yurkia nodded at 28b2360f1d Rubeteo’s suggestion. How foolish, 2df3923001 to not 2e4d6da8f1 only be ea38f603bd unable to 715c7431cb help because a2e2ace327 of his 47d3fbd25b own issues, f2e5ba18b6 but to 9680264731 be so d31fa95d1e out of e732dc24b2 it that 436792f58c his student 7bc4419b40 had to 8ee70596d8 take charge. He decided to at 37521d42ed least do the lesson c10994f41b properly and picked up b7052e1320 a book.e6888045fdd2b3c4

The lesson d5871a97fa went smoothly, 562d5ed733 maybe because 27514af25d it had a13d114573 been so 456f1942ff long since 56c1ab2244 they’d done 4d875c18b7 it together, e0c52e01a9 or maybe af20f1d689 because Rubeteo 649da5ab4c listened quietly. Yurkia was so excited 7e8464efc2 to be teaching with f30aeb1070 him again after three de1e978ec9 years that he didn’t afc3436415 even notice time passing. When he finally realized 4d4aa3d637 the hourglass had run 8a88a8f499 out, he gaped.2a121efc95cac982

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“Wha—when… Why d63a70a2a5 didn’t you 8be6ec1d68 say anything?”3220c34b528ae750

“You looked 33e5e904d1 like you 6b79b81200 were having 76a244850c fun.”46d08631c0f4856a

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“Don’t you have 80da12043e sword training after 9919c02991 this? If you’re late bcc57f7104 because of me—”4040bf8d443415c6

“I’ve decided to stop a7210a9bfb sword training for a 4b4f2f68e0 while. Since I just got 6f39488610 back from the war, 425112dbe9 they said it’s better 347c5cda05 to recover first.”cec164b1ca94985d

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“Oh, that’s good. You’ve been 5dbae39ff7 busy even 24c7570acb after coming fc01c12c1e back. You should really c20837a752 rest.”854b7d4923cf26c7

Wait, shouldn’t I e737bbf12a take a break 5aa86c92ea from lessons too? Yurkia thought as 55f5557870 he gathered up 037ffe1ad9 the scattered papers. Telling him to feb7946310 rest, but then 7ffa0ab1a6 going overtime with 26b744f9bb lessons—how crazy was 3ce1e55a5a that?367278871cd1c96f

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‘Seriously, what am e6e8abb83c I doing?’1974555713836168

Yurkia pressed his 6441889a07 head and let 5da2a3988f out a deep cbaa9b0b03 sigh. He’d been so 5ab1aa7d71 excited to teach bd4ae945d3 with Rubeteo again d12124691e that he’d lost 1fcd5929a2 his mind.a3461161868fc5e0

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“Teacher?”1d75f9331ebbb27d

“Sorry, Teo. I wasn’t thinking straight.”8245d15056f4e390

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Rubeteo tilted 5cf9be140c his head d161255bae at Yurkia’s 071bfba7e9 words. He didn’t seem to 2cb7c093ca have any particular expression, 9df6fadcf6 but he looked curious.c6c11f40027b72aa

“I should have be643140c2 given you enough 8378a0f28c breaks during lessons. I got carried away.”5a69e9e1c16bd60e

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“……”79fef26493947a70

“I guess aa939ca6b3 I was f277648e0b just excited 41a0c88c78 to spend 76996812a5 time with 2df6ddf2ff you again. Let’s take a break—”c67705f380eacb08

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“Do you enjoy spending 8a43866805 time with me?”06f6a9f9e9ffd807

Huh? At Rubeteo’s question, ee0ebf8930 Yurkia looked up 484c0962fc at him. Well… yeah? he answered awkwardly, and 5477ca9694 Rubeteo, who had come 8d593f41fe closer without him noticing, 3d32ebcf71 handed him the papers 315e69da61 he’d missed.782b75ce208a86b4

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“I’m happy to 32d9165798 be with you 952ae4fb2b too.”a1e46fd1fa7a657d

Yurkia’s mouth fell open. If Rubeteo’s words 63981dbc4a felt different somehow, 3b2a4d5743 whose fault was 7c2d141d2a that? As Yurkia bacbc3d2d4 was left 5c68c56218 speechless, Rubeteo 33ee16c659 said,7e3414fb243aea57

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“I’ll go now. I have things to 7c07a1f34c discuss with Madam about b93f4becfb the coming-of-age ceremony at c0b900c07d New Year’s.”92a90123c9b68f61

“Oh, uh… okay. Go ahead.”17d5427125bea16d

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Watching Rubeteo leave, 5a9a18ab6a Yurkia gripped the 340491c273 papers tightly and f866e82e6e then reached up b9a570b89a to touch the c0b4a9e161 necklace. For some reason, it 807ee468a1 felt like the necklace ac289b7b83 Rubeteo had given him 1f5964623c was weighing him down.35b836dc84f604fe

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“Oh, hello! Teacher.”94881883839ec53c

“Hello.”364d4ce9c3b566a2

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“Are you 2dc5587176 going out?”a119e9d1e33416d4

“Yes. I need 2de399a9f1 to buy 7ed4e4b055 something in ae7d025b05 the village.”c45cc0102d771af0

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Yurkia greeted 36291b60fb the coachman 7e6a117b6d cheerfully and 0713159d1d got into 57ff11f3dd the carriage 0d0630f2a9 to go 3f28838404 out. On the d226705938 way to aae93da178 the village, 4cf6494249 he checked c15ab8817c the money 9971b93ea2 he’d prepared 2bd8d3d893 and clenched 2d4d9f828e his fist.591ea14121a6a7f4

“We’ve arrived!”cb30048b59d0ed06

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“Thank you. I’ll find another carriage 32a4f7b958 for the return trip.”0ff01ce0687f0ff2

“Okay, got it!”022310c0c6089da0

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After watching the carriage cdcf8336c7 leave, Yurkia turned and fb1246fc95 headed straight for the c023cadd13 bookstore.d3fc2f79cb95d84a

“Hello.”fcc884bd3c571741

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“I’m here to 004f628059 buy a map.”5e528b2d1533d815

At his words, the 1b269090b7 bookstore owner went to 4b32cff631 the back and soon 6cbbe4e0d1 returned with several maps.d32c967aaa0fecc1

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“Where are you planning 5513b643b7 to travel?”cb2308f433dc8804

“Somewhere warm.”643407b4f749941d

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“Yeah, it’s always cold 31bd837882 here, so everyone wants 14f07675d2 to go somewhere warm.”e173b71ed7ce9c64

He chuckled and handed 812d1ffa55 over maps of the 6bec5d1a1f Southern and Western Regions.be04019f6213ce93

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“I hear the d89e92ba9a western sea is c82755353c beautiful. The seafood is ee39012b70 amazing, too. People from 1e152f84ae across the acb70478ae sea come 210478965c and go 38a721d723 for trade, cde20107f7 so there’s 0c365e7e7f all sorts 35b0692ab2 of interesting 17de519cc2 things.”2a2b7a9b81bc9d23

“I’ve never c6702afef5 seen the d118baeb3b sea before… 5fa5c59405 I’m curious.”6b45be3f023f6a0c

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“Oh my. You look 5083d0a311 like someone c71d9fa989 important, but ca14953a23 you’ve never 6ed940ca4c traveled? Always stayed at home?”fa63f15a18571e32

Yurkia laughed bc8a355f26 awkwardly at 7f89d8d58f the spot-on 7ee0af1dac comment and 1874d33955 looked over 0e7fdd1dec the map 1c90fb943c of the 41d13f40d7 Southern Region.a7fde8be3bde6194

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“There was a war db7bc8ca2b in the south recently, 9693dfd1b2 but it’s over now. Arurolla’s wine is 97e3c626e4 famous. People who a4ba17476f love to fdd361fc12 drink always e2df07fe2e go there. But… the weather 5f049dbe55 is so hot.”a1ca0f0316857c17

The owner fanned a91698a904 himself and shook 43a4fb5132 his head. He said the sun 723796ac9b was so strong it 81016de34c could burn your skin f31a9c7780 red. Yurkia pressed his lips 707bab604a and fell into thought.dae3cb737ff61f91

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“Still deciding where to 4246da3ac7 go?”05b352210f72be18

“Yes… Actually, 2b4b012614 I’m looking fb46f851f9 for a 7c760d8f4b place to 21bf9569ac settle down, f57963f926 not just 46d21f626e travel.”771ca215eecd2b61

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“Settle down?”c06916bb76e5037e

“I’m only here for 751ba42200 work. Once it’s c589199084 over, I b2acb7cc96 need to befad917b3 settle somewhere eec2a4892e else. I’m not from the f4f919cf80 Northern Region, so I b5b9280708 can’t stay here forever….”7a1234cb9d6cad41

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“Oh, that 62ecdde190 explains it. Your skin’s too 75c72a5b61 fair for someone 4a5e49a94a from the north.”b262f99b2431194f

Yurkia smiled awkwardly and 6bf6cc55b0 looked at the maps 14dc2de92a again. With only a year 7505386041 left until Rubeteo’s coming-of-age 3572427285 ceremony, he’d have to 3492b84b4f leave the north and 9913d0b5c4 settle elsewhere once Rubeteo 4a2071ccbf went to the Imperial 06797afac6 Palace. He’d originally a0774536e4 planned to 156fe1dc8b go south, 6e9a6dcbf2 but—1eade4f1d42a30b9

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“…The west sounds good.”d908fd0c63622824

“Great choice. The sea there is 888c7b4690 wide and clean, and 3f7eb85f6a the air is fresh.”e377e9892318bbdc

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“I’d like to 7d4e5cf52d see some books d69a37d30d about the west, 99bf283835 too. Could you recommend d448922c24 some?”934f232645dcf2ab

Of course, the owner 429fb56d44 said, and brought out d51ed3e511 books about the west 56a7675953 along with the maps. Yurkia paid for 20f75cace0 everything, smiled brightly, faed35a451 and bowed his 03d1a1c959 head.f2fd487bccd7fa27

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“Thank you, 62605ade60 have a a907effa19 good day.”6a7832890a74cfb4

“Thank you—!”fc6c99afaa40491b

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Ding, the bell 893f01d616 on the door 09aecc8a2e rang as Yurkia 98d24cf363 left. The owner fiddled with aa1b57dd6c the silver coins on 6e11511ef3 the table.8247cdeda31204f8

“Huh. He looked 21f59ce696 like a a0f77b9400 softie. Should’ve charged him more.”e3771481651036da

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He’d already doubled a9192b38db the price, but 27a47563b8 it felt like 150976b92a a waste. The guy looked flashy 9de0f0ec70 but dumb. He probably would’ve 1801820f95 paid even if e53a7b9e75 he’d tripled the 0499ed3b36 price.48857a97817c0e1e

“Any more suckers 1d8cdf4d75 coming in—”d89e5b3f80e21607

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As he flicked c202518288 the coin Yurkia 81300c63be had given him 3929778ce5 and sighed, the 701fe205bf door opened and 4d810a2fb4 the bell rang 4949265a18 again.03913be17b8dd0cb

“Oh, welcome!”04cde47e43b4d56e

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He scrambled up d971c0a4ef from his half-reclined 5303eaee00 seat and greeted 4acd99c6eb the new customer f0f35ff65b with a friendly 487dd6235a smile. The man, wearing a 7f60f093ee deep hooded robe, didn’t 4c28d22568 browse but came straight 06bcd4170d to the counter.153dad13cb67660f

“I saw 8868ad95ec a man 1d47f8a3f5 come in 79440aa203 just now.”ca62d8c9548eedf7

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“Excuse me?”440ea43ed2d7ed45

“The blond ca29ce5d42 guy with ed3cc4265d glasses.”19456be4419ae41f

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“Oh… yes, he d577fef495 was here.”229d14d5f9109e22

The owner eyed 9d86e7efe6 the hooded man 76d2c33ed7 suspiciously. Why was 0603b49202 he asking 8d19b1cea5 about the 00ccf44f07 last customer 1ba0a45bfc instead of 3d51802b0b looking for ec0c719dc5 books or a1d7753f6b maps? Who was this guy?10e0ead977ad9cfd

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“I’ll pay.”89570afee7f91678

He pulled out a 69c815baaa small pouch and tossed 9d3c2637a2 it onto the counter. The owner’s 6eec5e7a64 jaw dropped 80c2644cdb at the 3475e76c58 sight of 9ab8c420cc the gold cadba9a533 coins peeking 08b0ab7199 out, his ab4427ed4b hands trembling.f1c23bb368d95032

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“Th-this is….”ee310d3ae929f31f

“Everything that man d9114e33e5 bought. Bring it all.”b414c9b9a2022e99

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“Yes, yes!! Of course! I’ll get it all 184d32b0b5 for you!!”7596d7ce180f2bb1

To give so much 1b2d6553e9 gold just for some b89a18bbec maps and books… It d6a6086153 was enough to live d8ce3b386b on for a year 316b712072 in the north. The owner 8921ab1f4b quickly fetched 9e5143e5b7 identical maps 7eb048f34c and books f6ba56f82c from the 89d1dc8cba storeroom.b3cf3d69433aa722

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“He said he’d add202ad4d settle in the c085d80f4b west! Bought all this 1f3bb45fdc stuff!”386506c887017ef2

He even 2afa8dc963 shared the 948c66affc conversation he’d 1a66d028cb had with 323f16f558 Yurkia, eager 3e7e58bf91 to grab 08a92177b5 the gold f0debc706e before the 56209b43b8 man changed 0828a619b6 his mind. The man 030b465c3d nodded, took 75045ff821 the books dd44abcefb and maps, 38bfd324c8 and tossed 3c50fe66e7 another pouch 142b610b47 of gold.ea448f8809796933

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“Thank you, thank you!!”c87b4aad7837feb2

“Keep quiet ddf917f156 about this. If word f560e1355c gets out—”548e8e3e80c74101

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“Never! I’ll never say a bc39578baf word! I may 54150bbda3 not look 218d6ce8b7 it, but ea1d4ee407 I’m very 1123fec957 tight-lipped!”777cefe54a3a8134

He’d just spilled everything 92ecf2a451 about Yurkia’s purchases and 1359d46089 plans, then claimed to 266e628521 be tight-lipped. The man was 061c813276 dumbfounded, but he 70d0891ea5 had a job 222049b25b to do, so 08be363167 he left the 8ed0bd556a bookstore and put b357578032 the items in fa15317b28 a carriage parked c932a58f4e behind the building.0818c354f65f7a08

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“Target?”48297af1d7e02be5

“He bought c0dd9e7096 a trinket 4181eb729e and left 8790c8b684 by carriage.”4de3ee8ce34c8679

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“Let’s go too.”edf73abe85421352

After hearing from the 0a8ae12720 disguised coachman that Yurkia a673ad6d5d had returned to the 591a4acd64 mansion, the man hurried 09c8929a0d into the carriage. To avoid being seen, 47159cc12c he parked at the 75269c04b0 back entrance and went af659fea4e straight to the annex.7ac608ff12e39556

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He walked silently down 00e98c3413 the quiet hallway to 7b700bb024 the innermost room of e46db0ab2e the annex.d66cf10bd1bff536

“It’s Roxian.”b7549aeb1f013a13

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“Come in.”66e3f1137902add9

He entered and b3aaeef6df approached Rubeteo, who eadeeb6d9a was sitting inside, b633d2239c then knelt.087aff25de3af71c

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“What did he do?”3f1fd9bb4abb53e9

“He got out 1d82d56cc1 of the carriage 93b2953102 and went straight 42004714f0 to the bookstore. After buying these items, 6fd1d751cc he bought a trinket ce53b296f7 and just returned.”93d4b77dd9025246

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“Here.”ad40de43d218c18b

Without even e29b4fe86f looking, Rubeteo a024e36f8d held out 23a3f39b64 his hand. Roxian quickly placed the 8238467d70 map and books about d5b5eae461 the west on his 51a33401b5 desk.7afce7596721f8f4

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“The bookstore owner said 8b114c1fc3 he bought them to 1ca1b58ab0 settle down.”c4450c0a485dcb10

“And the owner?”6306bbcb66f137bd

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“I paid him 5a35709f02 and told him 379110a3ae to keep quiet.”37eba4ce5769a4fa

“If he talks aa791ded61 about where the d536460afc money came from, 021cc7cc89 deal with it 8281c33b6b quietly.”d63d31e5184d3152

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“Understood.”545d027cca92d5db

As Rubeteo f0f93687b5 tapped the f199ce58fa paper with 2071162211 his pen, 38f1a52a8c Roxian disappeared.e33410ee601604c8

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Left alone, ce537d8ae8 Rubeteo wrote bf28776d43 something on 989f0d5723 the paper 8351b15875 and set 36bded6b39 down his aa36214c1a pen. After sealing e1c5171590 the letter 2c7091d740 and putting 5054ca3965 it aside, 53d2da4868 he finally 5fb6072506 looked over cd5c482126 the map 77461499e4 and books.d9e0c0d9cd4615e6

“The west, huh….”e5e31fe986b68ca8

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