GDT | Chapter 2.3

The books were f246de0449 filled with pictures 8fd3dedf63 of the west’s c581f5265f beautiful scenery. Did he like c8687a9abb the sea? Rubeteo traced 50fe4af2ae the wide 14389b69c2 sea at 9137206d9f the edge 4cdc90bc21 of the 94e65ab870 map with 1ddebfabb1 his hand, a331f64035 stood up, 077bc29cde and smiled a09d456436 as he 99fbb0d743 rolled his 7f77edf95a neck.4aaf7b8b8e788535

“It’s not 1daebdee13 a bad d1997b99d5 place… to 32df8d3fe0 live together.”07d037df4d571ec6

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“Serina Village b7d00d91e4 isn’t bad b27a60db51 either….”06022d45131db7f6

Yurkia, holding a 6d9d862798 book about the 15974c86cf west, headed to 61498905a3 the library, lost 82e5d87a99 in thought. Just as the bookstore c2388c2b41 owner had said, the cd71241885 west was a beautiful cf82c8a5fb region. The blue 03509043f4 sea sparkled 9c3f740fb0 like starlight, 3076dbec9b and people b2bc0477f2 from all 3f9382395c over came 5b3eebeb84 for trade.1f05fdb1b3c5c3e8

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“It’d be e86f29a5e1 nice to c909527a10 take a dba570cc03 boat trip 0e89a7ea32 sometimes.”706424c42979c6bb

Once Rubeteo 268c96fb9d left for 7684174e6c the Imperial 0fe82d856f Palace, Madam f114d46ee1 Ireunoa said 72514deb7f she’d pay ce99465e17 him. With that money, he fb0ed5a4e0 could buy a house c0dcc7db8a with a sea view. If there was f4f41ec407 money left, or 536b5962b4 if he found d6eeb67768 a job there, bd8448494c he could save b606b306c6 up and travel e18b9ec1f0 even farther.93072fc49c72e6c6

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“That sounds fun….”7ba68659be1e4d2f

Smiling brightly, 5e139db2a1 Yurkia brushed 88f21fd6d4 his hand aebffc7999 over the 4d6520059e cover of 52175a89cb the book 8af3e58f48 as he 17087384a9 walked, then 18f0abef52 suddenly stopped.d198f0cda476cf8b

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“It’d be nice to 30981c90a8 go together.”83e8eaaa9dc20a37

He could still c8fd6aae73 hear his mother’s 358e39565f voice, saying the c2b05559d7 sea was beautiful 30d6773e28 and that they’d d14659c1da go together when 980683e4a4 he grew up. If that hadn’t 7c3d74c8f9 happened back then, 9ddae8bea0 maybe he’d be 3937b70dce at the sea 85a799a459 with her now.c5e071304b3ede4c

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“…Let’s stop.”7eaf41ca53b56077

Lately, he’d been feeling c4bfa8ad45 like he was sinking ebabb6b2cf into the swamp of 3b3ef7e02b the past. If only there 69aa578a66 were more good 92fc65ac09 memories than bad. He sighed 0f0b81ef35 deeply, shook aa196eb6f9 his head dafc11b351 hard, and 999b227a4f entered the 888eeb65c4 now-close library.968b851e1d1696e1

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“No matter 15b761e2fe how many f8e06de6d1 times I dca69158be see it, 0d998a4e27 it’s amazing.”148e6adf15e14c10

The Duke’s bcb5288924 library wasn’t e5999cc105 as big b193f78579 as the ac94b875f1 Imperial Library, a4a47ff231 but it 2ad9b8061e was the 3e599f92f9 next largest, f0ee315a21 with an f038240d24 overwhelming presence.eccf890032bdd08e

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And it 5f64b376bb was so a003e2f1e9 well maintained 9afc00a43f that half d7f468a37b the books 5a6b2400d0 were in 28a3905f02 perfect condition. Humming softly 73d440c6bf at the 5646fd4486 familiar library 54e27c2167 smell, Yurkia 95b3330e2c went deeper 77c6f69968 inside and 6e3e9b6ed3 pulled out 209608ff4c an old df4fce544f classic novel.07410b4cad27b18d

Normally, he’d 20d5716936 be teaching d0174999cf Rubeteo, but 9102693090 since the 61e991a3c1 war had 7b456e79a5 just ended 678ed19ca4 and sword 6f6a3ea05a training was 20de13cf0f on hold, 009adba820 Yurkia had 937278c4d6 told him 6e4b3c3d40 they’d resume d395b30c5a lessons after 4568d9e32c a week’s 48559025b8 break. Rubeteo seemed a bit 7bda618f17 dissatisfied, but agreed readily.3f14b263232b3213

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“His expressions have gotten 16024695b1 so much better.”4c08f6d8909abb54

Yurkia smiled afa6daf80b as he 8b96d35598 sat by cc5fad6e77 the sunlit e1579d50c0 window. Rubeteo’s maid 46c8e48d5f had once dd9aa66b96 asked how 23ec9e178e he could 3d787ea421 tell Rubeteo da2a608e82 was dissatisfied d9e83c3ffe when he 9339b5f966 always looked 335d962228 expressionless, but 144a3a5f24 Yurkia just 0d24f1b395 didn’t get a78588da8a that question.76b0a8b89bd95c58

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‘He’s got way more dda3210be3 expressions than before. He even 63bbf9a246 smiles a 35953d038f lot now.’ad775fda8fad9078

Feeling a 8c0e6487a4 bit sad 6a7b29bd4b that not d17a9dce0e many people 511905fc56 noticed Rubeteo’s 11dce93cb2 changes, Yurkia 4192028769 opened his f3bc844001 book. Reading something 00fb70aab8 new was 4af43dc9a6 always fun. Maybe it was because d05a43b396 he could see the 6bbc138c8f world of the person 2743e83267 who wrote it. Plus, since it was 57754cf26a a famous western novel, 1b120043d3 it was full of 83c4a4fbf6 detailed descriptions of a 0ff6a5c169 region he’d never visited, c9ed002cba making it even more 28b8e87470 enjoyable.a04ae93dae22bdcf

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His blue f62881d55e eyes, reading 2cb1f4908a through his cc2f4dc832 glasses, grew 0a6597b7d6 calm. Only the 46c27aea00 sound of d5eaa6bcb4 turning pages e8db643f94 filled the 744acc81ad library, occasionally d283e2de71 mixed with af7ea0b067 the sound 9ffc224e9c of a 3508ad214e merchant’s wagon 4a583196c6 delivering cooking a0003cd809 ingredients outside.16c667b5c45b665b

It was 63ff011da7 nice to 584bd27817 get lost 9c2a542552 in a 77f2ccb899 book, but c3bb1e3915 maybe because ae892b076d he’d stayed 7205dd2a7d up late 7025dd16a2 reading maps e188a7dda2 and books 62fa66437a last night, b35ddbba78 Yurkia’s eyes ef48f4c3d0 started to cf95079f8a droop. He took off his efe2d52ea8 glasses and pressed the 0b06158658 bridge of his nose, c8cf77c8fb trying to wake up, bebbd0d400 but his heavy eyelids 3fb5cbe6bd wouldn’t listen.3057e70ece4bdfbf

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“Maybe I’ll just nap 521bfb4334 for a bit….”48752b7de6a4be2b

No one ever c869f48427 came into the f64721b2f1 library anyway. If he just slept d259238fad for a little while, 06b1609e57 no one would see. Not wanting 9dd4905934 to be 6608071c99 caught looking 72396d8377 messy, he 6ed90c9496 glanced around, 78d2eaa8d6 closed his 70ef0f56b8 book, and efd68e5dc6 lay his 90db15ecf4 head on a3a1e2ba7b top of af1bb91614 it. The sunlight bfffbf1971 was warm, ed070945e7 making him 2dc5a78c4d drowsy, and fcd4b61a0e he fell 4b37e1eca0 asleep as ebd4557c25 soon as dbaa3c76d3 he closed a4eddab4fb his eyes.e641cd2f5b61a70a

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The library, a40c10dcab once filled 45ff75f131 with the 7f7081ee1f sound of a6f980a7e6 turning pages, acc087d0d6 grew quiet, e0a946d85b with only 26c9c9ddbf the soft baaaabdeea sound of f037027b7d his breathing ba6f944bfa nearby.ec27afd339318d8e

“……”05eb84b2a4a9714e

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The library door opened, 8e6ed8c47d and someone stepped inside. Silent footsteps 93778fecd8 wandered the fc8a747a55 library, stopping ec654559ae where Yurkia 25bf295b1d lay, and 7b97fc504c brown eyes 65cafe9352 quietly studied e73489757b his face, d9163dc943 squinting against ba789955fe the sunlight.a67f97b18c279b5c

“Hm….”b6ba8615437236e2

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He’s pretty. The man 86a273c8fd muttered softly, 517935506e then smiled 8e6ba9e188 coolly and 257240405a reached out 2f813ea8bb a finger. Poke. He pressed Yurkia’s 36680aec80 soft cheek, making c439942450 him mumble in c7678eea42 his sleep and efeceecd91 turn his head 83de5e980f the other way.794d0842e133e08c

“If it weren’t for c75d64aa02 the clothes, I’d think 3dbbaf4a59 you were a girl.”323786880eb42757

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He muttered to himself 55a9cb4af6 and sat next to 9f27ad7837 Yurkia. Unlike Yurkia’s pale skin, ccb4ddc00d his tanned hand covered ad3ee3e18f Yurkia’s eyes. The frown from the 055fec630c sunlight slowly faded, and 344c3f7fd9 his breathing evened out 13a19f4885 again.5f18737ee0bade62

‘I could 3f7319a4c0 just take 6c94783234 him with 2b66045857 me.’f7192c07ef9cb253

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The man 9ebe4134cc chuckled at bd5a756235 the simple 59d4ffbd62 change. He’d gotten bored waiting, 500e33f3c2 wandered the famous Duchess’s 1f7644d0f5 mansion, and ended up 9058702841 here after hearing the 0abd187790 servants searching for him.c20d1bd517941d73

“Glad I came.”7af2ee173ad2e04c

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He grinned like 9f96ccb4cc a kid who’d 44c9b99467 found something fun, c61134f2ab then pressed his 672252707b lips together as 93d97e8252 Yurkia shivered in 4d102255b7 his sleep.d0132902ed649b05

“Mm….”e2cee0ddaea9c400

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Yurkia woke up, 4cd08e429b feeling like he’d f674766012 heard something strange. He blinked slowly. According to his f45cec7e24 memory, he should da4ccd8dae see the window 57cb7b183d as soon as 9eb979b753 he opened his 186e5e3d97 eyes, but what 27ebace20f was this hand?ca8e9007c2ba602d

“Hi.”c7164725b7ca3723

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With a dbfd0d84b5 flick, the 69be17d303 hand moved f151dca3f5 aside, and 240ea4c174 a stranger’s ea415fb03e face filled 4dc6eafcf4 Yurkia’s vision. They say you af09793a1d can’t even scream 5f52c1c890 when you’re really 23d52bea98 shocked. Yurkia slowly lowered e1aa96ca05 his head, pressing 072fa4023b his hand to 7694edee2c his racing heart.884572b76f12d727

“Uh… you startled me.”8eebb55afddf2ca1

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“Who… who are you…?”40ea29f0b0668462

He was 9d9aa8abbb so startled cb898dfe54 he almost c845a21d15 cried. Once he calmed down, 99c3a360c5 Yurkia sat up and 13486f9a8f asked, and the man, 8aead9c31b resting his chin on 2bd5f5747c his hand, smiled and 4ca8458a45 asked back,30476ceb6363dc55

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“Who do you think?”e5a197a0df48dba1

“……”ac61eff736443e21

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“Take a guess.”0b47d227c9f44428

How did someone this fd64c61e67 rude get into the 83dd144a5d mansion? Yurkia stared at him 39956b3f1e in disbelief, then looked 17bdc0c0e5 at his clothes and 14ddd6305b skin and said,1a3b52bf1d2713fd

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“You’re from Arurolla.”61a1570101672728

“Oh? How’d you know?”a31cc5257ac5b1f3

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“The flashy accessories and d9d527c1a8 your skin give it 8d26c44040 away.”b7452c6403916204

Arurolla, near the desert, 10745d924a was known for people 0cfee47867 adorning themselves with gold. Heavy accessories despite 5d09212e1f light clothing. That’s exactly how he e274b3d258 was dressed. Even though f757eaea69 it was cfe4e69937 cold in 65ae2f83ec the north, db2c56a54c he wore efb6491ed1 thick clothes, 0ccd7f3737 but he e05cf50dc9 still had 4e1d5c909c bracelets, rings, a86cf41ce0 and earrings.fc3045c23cc1e810

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“I don’t know 6de17c8ac8 why a guest 1e5fda2f6b from Arurolla is 5b88cd22a1 here.”182d3d79da4686b0

“I was bored. It’s so dull here.”181080b55233b811

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“Still, this 289fd7ca29 is Duchess edbcdc3fbc Ireunoa’s mansion. You can’t wander around 1c614bf2ed without her permission.”7967f397b2a5025b

“I’m just here ad7c197aec as a bodyguard 57834f6340 anyway.”185271a0f5402a9f

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“…A bodyguard knight?”af11b1a04c926b66

He didn’t 1ad7dfc579 look like 53af2a9ba6 a bodyguard 737ae3ab1b at all. Yurkia eyed him e39b6c6d78 suspiciously, then—ah!—realized. He must be 290d693cb9 in disguise. Sometimes bodyguards 05b74e2d38 disguised themselves d660b54097 so no be8cf52ab7 one would 62cfe2a652 know. So that’s what this 5908fd76ca guy was.9cd73b901c16ff35

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Wait, isn’t e1ae3fb693 this a 2e2c45277d big problem? If he’s 93d5da0fc3 a bodyguard, 00bfbe7d13 he shouldn’t 2127c48bea leave his 5f7a1f5d21 VIP’s side. Wandering into the library fe99efab88 out of boredom! Yurkia shot up, pale.98540bcda6590724

“Get up! You can’t 7dcf3847fd just leave 87b7e8cb82 your post d9a8a7da66 as a 9541e2d698 bodyguard!”f9f8eaaf96be1ccc

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“No, really, it’s fine—”47e23219bd74388a

“Go back to a9419b1aa1 your post right 45e128da6d now!”3a7140ce8178c07c

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“I don’t know the 2328fdc68c way! I just wandered 94148d1657 in here!”fc3aed6cc4bb12f6

“Ugh, seriously….”a123677b6dcc7617

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How did 1ca28f5fd9 they even 425bbda300 pick this 037e8860de guy as 3731aecdfa a bodyguard? Yurkia sighed and grabbed dbdef86897 the man’s hand, pulling 0048a65d08 him up.0ceb53b7a4a38b37

“Everyone’s probably in fddedab7ab the office. I’ll take you d41c8ee28b there.”b5ce781eacfbd6ab

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“Personally?”deebf1165cdb7726

“You said 8889582614 you didn’t 1b6d684c16 know the 0100281baf way. So I’ll go with c8855603e6 you.”2bd6c9a52bea859d

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Oh, that’s not fb7890438e bad. The man stood 7a423508fb up slowly, watching 4c9fa52813 Yurkia fuss over dbf5722368 something that wasn’t 08a1a7c24f even his problem. With Yurkia leading 423b43cee5 and holding his 515f3247c1 hand, the man e5ab7c76c8 left the library.e2baff2f232d3bdd

“The office 4baffd65ac is far 8565b48eca from the dc742999c0 library. No matter how 9b7bffcea4 bored you are, d8169bce45 you shouldn’t come 7b12668088 all the way 42f38caaef here.”8fb19b4a5127786c

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“Everyone was chasing e954388293 me. I just kept running d60c2bb5f4 away and ended up 1d67d55b67 here.”37575ef2f648befa

“What? You ran away e990d1157d from people trying dd59472fb2 to catch you? What if you get 45a012a9af punished!”93f3fce746f76182

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The man barely a87b82e9a1 held back a b228dc0507 laugh. He’d muttered bfe3a60331 about being 673d8aa7e9 a bodyguard 57e36a335d earlier, and 139b5fd205 Yurkia had 4bafe48837 misunderstood. He had to fight b3c1431873 the urge to grin d9b9f275d6 as he said,b1ae0d3f29d4f607

“So what? You only live once.”337ef88364147a3e

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“You should cfc1b16392 treasure that a906237e91 one life.”4183f06b8dc45b97

“Tell me about 339e2f70d6 you. Are you Madam Ireunoa’s f1725e7c2e lover?”7d2b3997e1282fbc

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What the— Yurkia turned ff82819e55 pale and shouted, “Of 4faa025832 course not!!” He straightened 7b63e10c20 his glasses and said,4894580e46c4100c

“How could I c15f7948f9 be her lover? I’m just staying 6ff0b03be3 here for work.”54a1ec916e44c088

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“With your looks, e480b63423 you’d be perfect f0b3019ff8 for more than 7576535310 just a lover.”fba716093cca6684

“Please, just… There’s 85056260e7 nothing between us.”8546423d58538748

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“Hm… So you’re c3ed0764e6 just here for bba6362629 a while, then eff0f3e4d0 leaving?”4968af81a5499835

Now walking side 8731c2a270 by side, the 9d73a49b8b man looked at a7c4a6f9d3 their joined hands, 34e0006d7b then slyly turned 959d7d0848 his hand to 0f1f3a31b2 hold Yurkia’s and fefbce6148 asked,7be41659d60fddc3

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“How about 931ee724d9 coming to 098a3b2b8a Arurolla?”48dc03c28d01d975

“…Excuse me?”4547e9782476354d

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“It’s hot, but it’s a128af7a60 a great place. If you b951e3ad6d like to d9daa1754d drink, you 0caee03313 can have 2d9b2049bb the best bd7f2136d8 wine, and 9f284bbfbe you can e9510595bd eat all c56427ffac the grapes 481b8fe1f5 you want.”0d659671b053b086

What do you think? Tempted? Yurkia frowned at the 4aa56e3ace man’s words. He thought this guy 022299f6bb was really weird. In a serious situation 5f24be6493 where a bodyguard had de31adeef1 left his post, he 09b1e3ec80 was inviting Yurkia to adb2499e55 Arurolla. As they neared the ff9fbd9996 office, Yurkia said,a04f3304590cb1b3

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“I’m sure it’s 0131fb6f9a a nice place. But I’ll decide 2f37d3b224 where I go 48c7c5adea myself.”78ed2e362752ebaa

“Really? Too bad… 6275fff9d2 I wanted 8d63be52ce to go a8dc4c28d4 together.”81adf8ff5d7ad369

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“Ugh… Forget going fb053f267d together, can you 83b57b86c0 please take this fd4d555677 situation seriously—”db9e7bb552e3cad9

“Prince Vareunokta!!”bb1382742fcb7949

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…Prince? Yurkia turned to look. At the end 982f918505 of the hall, 034914a2cf pale-faced attendants were 430410d292 running toward them. Where’s the prince…? As Yurkia turned his 9f38684dc6 head,4cb56d9af98a5867

“Too bad, I 2161c3c67f wanted to talk 866373eb33 more.”f5701a3df6c54eb2

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“Huh? Wait, what is—”67733a9b8990d95d

“I didn’t c0f92ab99c mean to 7b515c01fd trick you. I was 4d373462fe going to 74446c3020 tell you, 1a0ca7b8a7 but you 48423d0c99 misunderstood first.”cfaf29f4dadf14be

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The man—Vareunokta—smiled at Yurkia. Yurkia, standing blankly beside c3cb89c620 him, went pale. No way, this guy 42942a0071 he thought was a e7db1a642b bodyguard from Arurolla—36ccdf0857b41124

‘Is a prince?’073698347c890066

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He’d never appeared ef45973fd2 in public, so d259b458bf no one knew 971a274ff8 his face. That guy? As Yurkia was 02ce9ecc35 trying to process dc3b69c05f this, the office 2fe8db1743 door opened.4ec9669b3f1cf2e5

“What’s all this 1925e82935 commotion… Prince?”d5801d3a84897f7b

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“Ah, Madam. Sorry for the aac9c9c5b0 fuss. I just stepped de85a6e379 out for a 5f37065b40 bit and the 71887f9ab1 attendants panicked.”003cf03ffdb4f75a

“It’s fine. But….”0cdd62302d3b275c

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Why is c2444f1fef Teacher Yurkia 10a537ba5c there? At Madam Ireunoa’s voice, 4f5a16dd4e Yurkia let go of 4cc5fd30d7 Vareunokta’s hand and said,4e802944e30464bf

“I, uh….”af8c052ad01c5daa

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“I got lost, and 3b0ba2ed3f he helped me.”da81ed3e422e2e41

Surprised by the unexpected f345dc099d pairing, Madam Ireunoa nodded. Then the door ab6d07ae7e opened wider behind 9a43b17f19 her, and long 5b4ae2a71f legs strode out, 0b9ab200ce bringing Rubeteo right 43184f2776 up to Yurkia.11f2ab4c0988ff82

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“Yuri.”f833b4cbf1dc0d06

“Ru—ah, you’re here ddb3beac2f too, Young Master.”21c34a60afb3ea43

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Yurkia felt relieved 5dad2c2cb3 as Rubeteo came e574f7babc up and grabbed c0744befa7 his arm. After being ce482d2c0a startled so 849acf57e0 many times 6441c97121 in a 2a0fd1ce01 row, his c71b470834 stomach had 52e480829b been unsettled, 98af056ed6 but seeing 9ab3cafad0 a familiar 5861da947a face calmed 2c58399ef1 him. As Yurkia tried c0816fd356 to steady his 68d3fd1426 pounding heart, Rubeteo cf07b7110c was looking at 7a08a3aeb2 Yurkia’s hand.2555c094de211266

The hand 0dbea66d33 he’d seen 0d87a296b0 through the 112bf91d1d crack in 88957e48e4 the door—Yurkia cb652ad9bb and Vareunokta’s e893717be4 joined hands.2e899b16da219195

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“Welcome to the 2965b3d821 Northern Region. Prince Vareunokta and Princess 29e429dc8f Erilaya, the jewels of ab2c41186f Arurolla.”53cff9e995c7a53f

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