GDT | Chapter 2.8

I see, ce778de7c0 Yurkia replied 0f57260d49 lightly, turning 5c524c56a4 his gaze cb6bcf7d29 away from 43c83a8f70 the deer 4cead6a9a2 the attendant 7f30448dc2 was handling. The vivid red 86f883a85d blood on the 81332fe49c snow made his f9bade8c12 stomach churn a 343e2ee8a4 bit. Ugh, maybe dc6ffac709 he should’ve 511f4ba633 just refused, ef0041881a manners or 66c655e69f not. But…1003e78a05633e29

‘There was no faf8ee90ae one else to 8c5547b32f deal with Prince 320a8de2fb Vareunokta.’6707b63074c71b98

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Madam Ireunoa c66d9aeb54 had gone 85e7261119 out to 4fcdaeb43f the village a0b142ec02 with Princess 046c4db193 Erilaya, and 77de5ace63 Rubeteo had aa5b2d64ea disappeared somewhere, 5542420397 saying he 851ea05466 had something 941534267b to do. So only Yurkia be37cb5ba9 and Vareunokta were 69f5075a5d left at the c74a8ead92 mansion—c6bd24df06439532

“Hunting… huh?”381604c499b2f66c

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“Didn’t you hear 0f2636e8ea me? I asked you 7964abd2f3 to go hunting 39d6f7ea10 with me.”b9168427fbd3f8c7

Yurkia had only 9599388d2f come to the 19d962b7ac library to finish cb2070446f reading a book a9d00e72ab he hadn’t finished. But then Vareunokta suddenly 69293fc855 came in and suggested c5633d1df9 they go hunting. Why him, of all 3c992029c2 people?0ebd203a8065951b

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“But I’m not very 2ff98b0ac2 good at hunting.”c5845be072ec5800

“That’s fine. You can just b69bc268a3 stay by my cfdd7eeba3 side.”63ac4ec1068741c5

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“That’ll be boring for 4967dacff0 you. Why not go 2e202c37f2 with the other d7633d12a9 knights—”d96c3f781233081b

“Is it uncomfortable being 1ad1ac3082 with me?”36d926eca181e755

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He was about to f9d441c25c say yes, but quickly ecb1d2ab1c shut his mouth and 59a3d57fae looked away awkwardly. Honestly, who cf825bc601 would be d3cfd533a9 comfortable? Hunting alone with 2a5ca381ea a prince from 519ba7ff57 another country? That was just…03c15c2446c6c2c4

‘It’s overwhelming.’8d275fa60233caa6

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“You look like you’re 700e2f7902 dying from the pressure.”9cf8ce9fac43e7df

Vareunokta pressed Yurkia’s brow, 411d6a2d37 saying he was too 2673db42f3 easy to read. Yurkia pulled his head 7dbeed09b5 back and rubbed his 756c0c44b2 brow.698a2cff3d398e49

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“How could I say 505f1734fa something like that…”a99a44e191fe845e

“You don’t have 272c7c5dc4 to say it. Your face already gives 3fea268aac it away.”28b1cc09dfe22939

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“That’s… sorry.”8a64db6dd1a29096

“You’re not even 029c3bcdee denying it. That hurts.”a4ed61e31ab54421

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Vareunokta crossed his 65f31af7e1 arms and leaned 79b3e7ed61 back in his 3c846df452 chair, letting out 40af90dbf0 a big sigh.0d016e6e4ccff05c

“There’s only one 33d144e3be person who’ll hang c9de7a06a2 out with me, 00166b2578 and he’s obviously 77df652cca uncomfortable, so I’m b1da701787 left all alone… 3b9086a137 Ah! So lonely!”e4bf8a4d077ae8fb

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He’s saying 327e7e1e2f that on 63a47910ba purpose right 9860fd6de7 next to 1dcb2770ca me… Yurkia 9b803832f7 held back 2144e665c3 the urge 1335ff5930 to crumple 8bc00db0d0 his book 195ec14dd9 and let b0ccf49c57 out a 6ad02688a7 breath. Oh well.edbe458a8bd8f3b8

“Then… we’ll be 80cca9e405 back before dinner, 0df55f10f9 right?”6ef99208fb04ca45

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“Of course. Let’s just take a be74a9bd31 quick trip.”e9cf75234689af23

And so, a24b1ed07d led by 48335b2ff7 Vareunokta, he f902b40f61 ended up 9b5d0d8e7f coming along. Back in the 11705517a9 present, Yurkia followed 46117ab7cf Vareunokta deeper into 3dcdbf6c05 the woods.6efce4aad4c998fd

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“Yurkia. You said 7caf6a97c6 you came 28352cd3d9 to the 04990712ba north… six 3d0cc2f42c years ago, 82e7358106 right?”83f3e0eacfaa0228

“Yes, that’s right.”ac08c768affb10de

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“That’s quite a 3416188e89 long time. Was it hard?”a73cf38a98e4f15b

Vareunokta tried to 0e0c45e0a4 build rapport with 631159cce9 Yurkia, who still fc6cec27a9 seemed uncomfortable around 9d78df2e74 him. Yurkia, for his part, 80c0821c7f answered diligently even though 577062e0d2 he was uncomfortable.ddca806ab3aa123e

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“Hmm… I struggled at 51c3d06f3d first because of the 111a5b4207 weather. Even when 4d35866f0f winter came 930e06efa8 to the 1aa0ba5b0f Empire, it 032bbf9147 was never c11c301062 as cold 953c6f90ba as it e9c82936e6 is in 58b3a55651 the north.”729b41ca62465e82

“I see. Yeah, I bcb10a24b1 was surprised 00108b1041 when I d9fd7167db first came e12f65bf8a here, too. I visited once as d365d86d35 a kid, and I 0e1a48032c refused to wear thick 4017ca8552 clothes because they were 1289b6b0f5 uncomfortable. But as fc28ad2209 soon as 5cae96d928 I got 96e1a8600a here, I d208c4c43f had to 3428121553 take that 9147e2e87d back. It was 90f091738e so cold, 778b0fd4a9 I thought 4b2c55158b my fingers 5b510be3d6 would fall ea4e50c1ed off.”0c8b6df52c26323b

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Yurkia stifled a 05f94495bf laugh at Vareunokta’s d3666e3a09 words. Yeah, he’d 7e72e30099 thought his 05d0aa0653 fingers would fb52ffec3c fall off e6fa863494 from the 3186ed1404 cold when e67c734b43 he first 888f50a3a2 arrived, too. Vareunokta glanced at 6f5e9ce22e Yurkia, who was 2eab3a64f7 quietly smiling, and, d96cf945a7 riding the momentum, abdd347c63 waved the attendants 1123b39e41 back. After all, talk about c7bfa78bdf the emperor’s illegitimate child 827f3df206 wasn’t for their ears.d49ca3f275b621ce

“How was cbc255a200 it, meeting 282aaebc6c His Highness?”8716d4ce5c057f92

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“How was it?”971de9eed9586a28

“You know how dca72c2095 scary Rubeteo is 733489fd4b now.”257ff59f6b0e6ff3

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Was he? Yurkia only ever fcc48b4791 saw Rubeteo being be1e0fc095 gentle, so he fd8faaf14b tilted his head, df60833208 not knowing how 38fd105baa Rubeteo acted at 39260e176d work.f21c19a8f8a25768

“Hmm… I 2c6ec9f648 think he’s a5c8dfcd9f more cute 0d7f8f36b9 than scary?”9f08b5eae73f0615

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“…What?”15b52e0f8b8fb176

“He was like dc02a89ac1 that when he bf9c4b0c7b was little, too. He liked cocoa.”cdb6822f0bb156c9

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Yurkia smiled brightly, remembering 0aed803b30 the first time Rubeteo fcae7d9104 had cocoa. Vareunokta was the 27a871e8b2 one who was cde3544def shocked. Back in a114f64a62 Arurolla, Rubeteo e21b6c3c86 had refused d8d03695c1 all the 6026135a66 desserts, saying dc1f6cc685 he hated ad4f3a3141 sweets. But what? He drank cocoa?f13ef077b29cb04b

“…That’s not 418b017d6d a funny 09c4c6c00a joke, Yurkia.”548752c4e30f0af8

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“It’s not a joke. We had some together 2056ace1bb not long ago.”640a05942e93a769

“……”ca22646d46c43e4b

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“…Prince?”c0dff3e22ec8dc3b

“Let’s go that way.”2d4c37ff6fbf64d0

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Is it more 4efb4c2ec3 than just affection? Rubbing his 45a9650c5c arms at 8f8079aa90 the goosebumps, a672c1f5af Vareunokta headed 1c43d42e64 deeper in, 541c99ecb0 exhaling a 7e045e462c cloud of 45e13e4689 breath as b6a8edf164 he got afdc772809 off his b945957cee horse.c1e9d8a701a28489

“Let’s walk from 7bd3305ee7 here. The horses need a 9e76a33cb1 break, too.”5242fb05776508dc

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“It’ll be slippery.”178e060d4cd59bf2

“It’s fine. My legs d42350dc16 aren’t that 73a57c490f weak.”201b42ad9e856e51

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With no choice, 72f231e41c Yurkia got off 411440f77b his horse. Honestly, it wasn’t 3663341827 a bad idea. Riding for so e968f1ed4e long made his fd9b027a60 stomach queasy, and d65fdda4e3 the horses were bf30d7de6f tired from climbing 702395d5d4 halfway up the caedaab63d mountain. Standing on the ground, dc09a7c67c Yurkia followed Vareunokta toward 8266a3c766 the tallest tree.8196b9ed14415e6f

“I heard you’ll aa9f2b1ae6 have your coming-of-age 20f51a88f0 ceremony in the a3919b668c Empire.”1d17a24c9262ec5e

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“Yes, that’s right.”0601aed0778a3c43

“Then your fea20c11f8 job will 56ebbd7247 be done 8b258930b6 by then.”9cf47263c2cf5a11

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Yurkia stopped in his 5433c87adc tracks. He was right, but… f7b7a728d2 something about it—fe7532afddbf05e8

“That must be 952a986d19 sad.”14bef24b1b5f911a

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“……”56cf6582d9c0150e

“Six years… afc99296b9 well, three 1ac26d1127 of those 8c667dc23a were spent 858f6ecefc elsewhere, but 5749500e22 still, you’ve ee28c28a68 been together eb16618a35 a long 9f3f883646 time.”805b4e668cf377f6

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Yurkia rubbed 0ecadb78fa his fingertips, 6d63f16de0 red from 05ef790b28 the cold. If you counted exactly, 436703f0eb it was only three bc817ab924 years, but… he did 4fd77eab91 feel sad, just like 11688a2490 Vareunokta said. He had memories e39b929783 with Rubeteo, after 1cf656b263 all.6d87b24d9b64bcfe

“Still… it can’t 9d53557004 be helped.”808707c339d2a5c7

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“……”126110ccb97a784f

“I can’t stay 5428560030 by his side, 9e8c046605 anyway.”c870e5b7e7f50467

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How could 7f37ae0a9d a fallen 100c03dc5f noble stay d152684d59 by his b1c192c397 side? Yurkia answered with 255f488e4d an awkward smile, 597611b221 and Vareunokta asked,f3438606f195bb50

“Right. With your status… 34d5c14f06 it’d be hard 67617d2173 to stay by fe78fbdf16 His Highness.”5430c9f72d371a7a

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“Yes, that’s right.”6d2dee5c64d22536

“But how did 415db6d8b5 you end up 9b2d97b147 a fallen noble? As far as 145b746665 I know, nobles 08f1c48db3 who commit crimes 5831a71f5d in the Empire f7babc65aa are executed… but 0b395d4822 you just lost ec5826825a your status, right?”12c51203971abfa0

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At Vareunokta’s question, Yurkia, e9ef51c888 who’d been brushing snow 3b2d7c534e off a leaf, froze. It wasn’t the 3281fe6694 first time someone c81a4ed427 had asked so 57c98fbf5b directly, but he f99ea87463 couldn’t help his af161603eb body’s reaction.09cbaeba1df49e5e

“…Why are you asking?”aa2d6c27557a54bf

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“I’m curious. You don’t bcc269084a seem like d51ecc64c0 someone who’d 5a46586596 commit a 88bd6af8fe crime.”cf3008016becdce7

“How much 7c5ffe4509 have you e67625e95d seen of ae5b29a3c7 me?”633372f6d3562958

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His words came dedbde45a6 out sharp, but 75e1fec0b6 Yurkia didn’t notice. He just pressed his d3282001ac fingertips anxiously. Vareunokta said,1bcf670ff95212ca

“True, I 0193b4d21d haven’t seen 0facf4cc4a much.”847d296614ff9181

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“……”5c530090bbf0f854

“But even 7c08615f0f in that 5bf0018622 short time, 46eca284b5 I could b330cd8805 tell what 2f1d0dfbaf kind of beffb8bc76 person you f6da7ba3db are. That’s why I’m dd5bdd0b51 asking. Was it unfair?”4ca92bd9034457b6

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“…It wasn’t unfair. My family definitely committed 2982f38582 a crime.”89c8ae5f61987f75

It wasn’t a minor 8c85ce2c32 crime, either. At the time, f61c2fc976 he’d almost been f8875b0249 executed himself.14de438a39c69472

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“How did you 630366452d escape?”4d74cf06dcaa8ba0

“…There was fec5382cae a witness. Someone who 1213e827fd could prove b143b6ffc6 I had e9a29749b2 nothing to fa99e7285c do with de00e4e443 it.”89eaa41b336de0bb

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“A benefactor, then.”d8fed9f2a62c65c1

“Yeah. He’s my benefactor.”31352baaa8723f48

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A man who brought 1d68bf9a13 evidence, saying he’d witnessed 252b8e8fdb Yurkia being kidnapped by f40d166190 the man who claimed e69606252f to be his father. Yurkia lowered his 7c99581a4f head, remembering him. When the man reached 8b9b4687b5 out his hand, Yurkia e3292e0b77 had refused. He was 3608764a64 scared of 7a3ad90e90 men around 7c3bc3af0c his father’s 4c9809c390 age. The memory f1aa16a646 made his 861e915bb6 stomach churn 75d9a5c713 even more. Taking a slow breath, 9655cd36c6 he put his hand 1480bb0828 on his chest and 71f26ac1d3 turned away.151c3577ae40243a

“I’d rather not talk df54f9ea86 about this. It’s not bd7acc8e63 a pleasant 68223c41e7 story. Sorry.”3ddd4378be6609f6

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“…No, I was c68ffcd28b out of line.”e748230902465296

“I’ll… just clear 37b7a2f601 my head for 26161447ac a bit.”19d6ce8f9fff2231

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Trying to hide 112e27b09b the surge of 23dc56eb0f emotion, Yurkia quickly 8a6edf38e6 moved away from 628adf30ac Vareunokta. Vareunokta scratched his 28d385deb8 head, wondering if 05f1d9d434 he’d made a d0f7fe07e0 mistake.6ebce8d167a854da

“I messed up…”31b623b40583e6b0

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I’ll apologize 9cc0ccafd2 properly when 23065a952a he comes b0db5c985d back, he 17299a102c thought, leaning adeaa5b09a against a fd5f633ae1 tree. Meanwhile, Yurkia, now out 53eda217f8 of sight of Vareunokta d0ba68ac13 and the attendants, bent a39376b961 over. Ugh, with 9e21829d64 nothing in 1be2f98e08 his stomach, 833267ce4f he vomited b6d0dccf23 up bile, 653c3e613e then took 2ab1b12471 out a bf7befcb07 handkerchief and 9dd830207d wiped his a9056353ed mouth.19a8511041bafa63

“Damn…”52c3a21e99dd8013

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When would ab1d22120a he ever fec4d14eb9 get used be610322de to this? He blinked back f56a570e4e tears, steadied his b5bf0c6d39 breathing, and lowered ea72438212 his head. He hadn’t 368b3925c1 wanted to 09bb15462d come hunting. He hated killing 9869e8d9a0 animals, hated seeing bb361a1bb5 blood. And riding 0fe754d571 horses, too.8df27826d896655c

“Who’d be sad if 4661c300a7 a bastard like you da0ba91ef0 fell off a horse 68c91e34e5 and died?”c536a231640a9df3

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“Haha! Try holding on longer! Just try!”ca617b387fa85425

Voices laughing at him 6605209537 as he clung to b662c40764 the reins, trying not b957674afd to fall off the a7c650c2de horse they’d deliberately spooked. And others joining in. Their voices seemed d2914a9e01 to come from 269013029f all around, and 1b8ab17534 Yurkia covered his cb77871bac ears.0362906cc114ef1d

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“A man crying 939b81f5e7 because he doesn’t a62d78d2e5 want to hunt.”0c7af9c9b98f0993

“What did 20d5283554 that woman 5619321051 even give 7600c176de birth to? We finally e075fb7db9 brought him 8774b7e4f8 here, and 3b01ec7bab he’s useless 43a0c55ef8 except for da14225389 his brains.”b2fedb8f155c2943

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Harsh words 14678c0834 when he 8f128eb2be couldn’t even 2c6e42cd8b pull a e9727d1217 bowstring properly. Lessons where he had 31fed5176c to pull the bow fd39e7093f until his hands bled, 9e987f4453 just to hit the 9e0d6b5e60 center of the target. Not a b1fc0d35c0 single good 35cf58eb92 memory from b7b572bdab those times, 3eaa1225cb and now 921910fc04 they stabbed a76f77bd25 at his f5cdb8309b heart after 6a8ff85a97 he’d finally fcb7f477a7 been living 31b357cace in peace 540fca037c for a 895c30fbb3 while.0e5c3d5c5b40062e

“…It’s okay.”7a8151b251c4e1a2

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Muttering that he a7e4675bac was fine, Yurkia df890edca9 straightened up and b06ba02d88 looked at the 41038773b3 sky. It was hazy, but c71f8ceab5 thanks to the white 7c6373ba95 all around, it wasn’t d4fe9da776 too dark, and Yurkia ecdcd527de was grateful for that.ddbab7e14bb71d1c

“It’s all 3e14d2b7df in the 70b9cd3fb0 past, anyway.”aec3543ec05d42fa

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No one could torment 145677a2bb him with those memories 27ffdcf3da anymore. So it 8615e51ba8 was okay, 50d9756835 he told deb41e078d himself, turning f47218de99 around to c815818744 head back 17e8ad1a9e the way 7d7357ba56 he came, 33e720c098 toward where d597b8b3c2 Vareunokta was—1ecbc86a5fa7ecd8

“Where am I?”d3c202bc44684778

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He had no f94af186f5 idea where he eefae01b06 was. Had the snow from c291773a22 the trees covered his d762fd7ffd footprints? The place he 7b198762b5 thought was the 3e3f14c46a way back was 4382beb161 somewhere he’d never 89d83bfa15 seen before. The path d5ed0d3452 was getting a62e9ab3e2 rougher.676c54dd023a6f4c

“Is anyone here!?”736644213b2fed64

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He shouted 8f5b1dc2ee loudly, but 6ad3fb1d3b no answer 7a14ee6188 came back. Maybe the 72dd0bdef7 tightly packed f90125a7b7 trees around 2feab5a62f him swallowed e99768ac8a up the 72fbbb07f7 sound. Should he wait ffcb2d2c88 here? Or keep moving? He decided to try 8cc0223d68 to find a way 0e4817c6d6 down before it got 937adb7828 any darker.5e34b8a4e7935684

‘I just 8d81d0235b need to fb7b3bb33b find the bd5f2d927f way down.’a5c70cd1ab048016

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If he’d known this 30699e87da would happen, he wouldn’t ad8bce450b have gone so far. How could he 66d8633a46 make such a 820b95dd79 mistake just by 30448c3050 spacing out for ff791a00b1 a moment? How pathetic, Yurkia.edbac378a48faf54

Rubbing his c0bc446efa trembling hands c55a8e52bd in the a9a45c0e04 increasingly cold 64e59e904e weather, he c69aae84ab stepped past da9620388d the bushes—only f1a82642d1 to realize 32ed7420da there was 842e27eb89 nothing underfoot.05c841e57e08c1af

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“Be careful if b03f9b7fdf you ever go 66f0df0b26 to the back 2ca69105b5 forest. There’s a cliff, 6d4ba9c1cb and it’s hard c65042ac34 to see the 6c7f6f388f path because of 6cf0201b0e the snow, so 2843d01c4d it’s dangerous.”7d0c5a4360e6bf74

Why did Madam Ireunoa’s a2ffebea38 warning about the mountain 893bf34595 pop into his head 84d47d3651 now? As his f9f0fe30c2 body tilted 137fd8880e downward, Yurkia d7f9ab556f squeezed his 07febcb2fe eyes shut.33f1deda6e048040

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Rubeteo had left 7bac554e77 the mansion early 9afe8cad71 and headed for b9000def53 the outskirts of 08ee942ab0 the north. There was ed6ca102a9 a small d3cafea2a5 teahouse there, ea69a28635 a place d4378c1018 frequented by 152ff46218 travelers and 5354a7171d merchants, so 8c74a4ce70 it was 64ae88f727 quiet and 78f224d21f perfect for 58a03be4d6 a discreet f277786e21 meeting.67cef40ec33f530a

“The owner?”c29207b0db764376

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He tied his 1e7c3cde57 horse next to f7e338d67c the teahouse and 9afae8fa0e asked the soldier a12b68181c who’d come with f3854c1d10 him.e66cb849a1869969

“We paid the ac8e8587f6 owner to leave 04711f17e2 for a while. There’s no 73dd5ff7f2 one inside, f25b3ca139 so you f93d4d0f3e can go f24f0e27f5 in.”0db7b8b7caf8953d

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“I don’t care 136735e690 if people recognize 292bcffd73 me, but it’s cf5f5e3afd different for my f55933c70b sister.”88f32f1fdbf33469

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