HDOVAML – Chapter 55

HDOVAML Chapter 55a54f6d6763bda8af

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“Ugh…”2a2e7de81879426d

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A moan naturally a9698e2334 flowed from my 385a02a7e8 mouth.a1911d801d80911e

I struggled to move my b612b81ebc rigid body and finally succeeded afd571dad8 in raising my eyelids.dd54819a8ed26b4f

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“…Where am I?”2bb527b93721d0f5

And I stared in ccca2ff71f confusion for a long 2393b0ce92 time, unable to accept 7c0d500a23 the sight that came 4e9469c3e2 into view.109229728d44c948

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I was swallowed up 34f4bddb71 by an unknown black 92a8721b43 gust of wind and 74dce2432c lost consciousness.0e3faaa2e4d8f0fb

When I opened my 51cfffd83c eyes again, I found 20026df849 myself in a quiet aa7c6e05bb forest behind a magnificent 885cdcc3a2 and splendid old castle c191391b2f that was comparable to 8455079863 the Heilian Archduchy.af8ddc2e6fbdcd68

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…What?1bec859c01f24c61

I blinked and 6210b8a55a looked at the 57a89cda27 bright blue sky, 7c3add9d4b no different from f1b15dd0c3 the one I d2bebe7e83 had always seen, 84b8b9149d and the old 76802148dc castle with its 7c1f44edce piercing spires.2acfb2739b067397

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A flock of white 1256290179 birds flew across the 10b3c83702 quiet sky.dcd9b871e23a0241

Why is there 65ff1e0faa such a peaceful 3013136508 and sunny atmosphere e8b5bc25b6 in the invitation b77d025543 that I was 281eb25e17 dragged in by b387ff226f a black fog 39816d408d that looked ominous bea079cd6a to anyone?70174ea072e3a6ed

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Step
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“oh?”681ccdf66cbb61e7

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“!”780d28867dcc9dd8

At that moment, a stranger a919fa9f94 suddenly came from behind and 088c8cb046 let out an exclamation in 8e46bf7816 seemingly friendly voice.6f4b7de86c850b95

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I was so startled 06bf612b48 that I jumped up e028d4a78f from where I was 6ce4ce0921 lying down and turned 1f6ff9c421 to look in the 2f1b90ce22 direction the voice came 0e83c24b0c from.63266b1f8d2e1d7f

“How did this little lady, who looks so precious from the first glance, end up alone in a place like this?”63d99eeae62791df

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A young woman, 6b4808e4a1 who I assumed fb7e0cee64 was a maid 836dace88f from her appearance, bc6a61800a was looking at f44ea6c184 me with a 645ae3a05d surprised expression.59c95194ea9400a7

She was a perfectly 0b315f78d1 living person.1cd20074f2fef6bd

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…How did this happen?95b4d07f19fb0bfc

I couldn’t understand the e81500437e situation, so I looked e83756e248 up at her blankly.edd5f662207144f9

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“Are you the lady the customer brought along? What is your name?”9c0d00cd29b7e0f8

“…….”1b4edb645185024e

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Is it okay 9d9046b7e2 to go with 7da9d5a53b the flow?19ba5c3f947d578f

The ghost stories I had 050254db3a read in my past life 3f5422e461 flashed through my mind.5d06f44a706f313a

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In times like this, if fe53aac641 you give a careless answer 4069355538 or follow where someone tells be718d3bb7 you to go, wouldn’t you f0ad08a669 most likely end up with 2a7ce3c5ed a terrible ending?77d070aa21b10cc5

But… I thought with tears 87b3574f0d in my eyes.9b412b8966b6701a

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It was not a 15187b542c solution to keeping one’s b32b9b53c8 mouth shut.2349e4b2df29509f

“I…..I’m lost.”15e3223d62c5f212

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First, let’s continue the 28945db8bb conversation while avoiding revealing 138523f70a any information about my 8dd3eeb49f identity as much as 79807fcfe6 possible.dbde66ca60f1f297

“Oh, really? Can you tell me 46bc248c77 which family you are dc959a9fc8 from? I will take 3d198f773e you to your 33f00cbb6a family.”b1fe7675c64fc53a

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“No… I remember that well…”87d225cee5b9210b

I don’t even know where f2bd420b95 I am or if it’s 18fd60100e the real world, so how a79cc63377 can I bring up the 3013cc8a82 word ‘Hailian’? … …91722d118cfb1a69

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The same goes for Bastevan.cfc3de16d940f19e

And there was one 9ed05ad35f rule that was considered a02b037a70 important in ghost stories: 1a0d551935 not to reveal one’s 262cd3be0f name carelessly.
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Especially if a e92f24aad3 person suddenly appears 83b850c358 in this strangely b2f19d8fcb peaceful place.54cdd78ae3c75af8

She was silent for a5f152e180 a moment in response 5113e1d52c to my answer and 89f11d6451 studied me intently.27b95ff3cb1440e7

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“……..”e9f2ab129ed544b4

Then, with a b22887b868 friendly smile, she 9b65ed1ed9 took my hand 62e5b25f87 and helped me 48d6dd6b03 up.f591ec400844a28d

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“First of all, let’s not stay here and go into the Duke’s residence.”834fe718b7ba7751

“………The Duke?”513d93316623b183

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I suddenly asked 93ff52d77c back at the ed0c799d6e words that came 66ded3baf4 out of the e7215896ae maid’s mouth.3ce75f0770536044

Then the maid 56cfd0c62d tilted her head 8824e7c138 and said, as 6d3f2d4f71 if she was 262f15745e puzzled by my 926b5ea2a7 reaction.b0cd7b366077c139

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“This is Duke Kandel’s residence. Didn’t you know?”6d3305f93346a758

“Yes……?”0b16c7a8a8eddca2

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Crazy, where the hell 70202a2053 did I get sucked 43a4de57b4 into?!31d9a23483681f0a

I froze in 23ad7e2c65 panic and looked 528f262fca up at the cbebd4abb4 maid.7a3918a59dba38b7

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I was caught by a a4ab0bbf1b black fog coming out from 1c94d31d3e the invitation that Oried opened.1a64ffeb67d7ac55

And what came 00f52633b2 into view was 67217e6208 a magnificent mansion 96b2d2f242 that existed before 98f920267e my eyes.1b07c1215877cdd1

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The identity of that mansion… 2037fb11f3 It was none other than 9f083676e7 Duke Kandel’s residence.bbcfd903760fa1f3

This is a f39b59f080 family that was 697457b7f1 so cruelly exterminated d4fdf4c67c that it is 5af9c5d148 said that they 282742a7d6 were erased in f0cbb4a75f return for breaking ae0c8906e7 a taboo long fb37c85eab before I was b7c25ff1d2 even born.ef2c23f8e3c5d24b

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Why then… Does it 5ebe3771a4 look just fine and 787e6a246c even have signs of ac7f3891ea people living there?94edeb2c06f08122

…Where on earth am I?1d69da7d63f2677c

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“Let’s go in now. I don’t know your story, 200cd719a8 but…”d0bbf50fedfef9d6

The maid, who was gently 10dc8addc9 pulling me as I stood 251e580964 there in confusion, looked down 36d186fb1c at me with strange eyes 415dd5bbe0 and said…75f718fd862bd81d

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“If you go to Duke Kandel’s residence, everything will be okay.”68af98f7b69f1cf8

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I went in 585c1a95b6 Duke Kandel’s mansion d341c320a0 in almost half-conscious, b8389fc361 caught in a 37e4be88ca whirlpool of fear 8dd381e45b and doubt.0bf6c5ac152ef0dc

“…….”722f0d1ed6fae497

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But it was f4810f8ef2 the exact opposite 19fe6ed5f6 of what I 93ceced188 had imagined to 4c49f9b46c be a den aa8f8deef3 of evil.5e696555497e8227

In an extremely 315dae0fac peaceful and everyday db53b59758 atmosphere, employees went 544650be18 about their business 2144340fad and chatted occasionally, 9cf40f5445 and smartly dressed ea451b0f3d gentlemen and ladies 26297a798e walked past me d97e64cd32 at a leisure 7c8d6a5069 pace.e6f23c4ac47f47a0

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What, why is this… So 92351f75fa peaceful?8ee0817f2a3b095c

I looked around frantically, holding 97e8e3f5d7 the maid’s hand, as we 9d086a96b1 walked around Duke Kandel’s residence a4ad4bac3e for a while.d2afbbaca74af75a

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Then after some cf8edab004 time, the maid f5e58537e3 suddenly stopped in 6ed5c8fe80 front of a cb8afc62d2 huge hall.cc1a95f39423ed91

“Now, let’s go in.”881732c54852835a

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She led me inside.bf80850c871cecb5

It was a hall 892bd64e29 as vast as the ef24ed21b2 sea, comparable to the 56cd75fe8a main hall of the ec9a9f5aa9 imperial palace.75e2b6a84be4685c

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There was a 2d5ebad8af huge pattern engraved 3459475ebb on the floor 87b31fb46b that must have 29c4649ac4 been drawn by 0f67d4fc30 several people.1b15902fe1624d96

As I stepped f0e31e8043 on the overlapping 0d0c28aece pattern of a a04802a724 snake curled up, 690c8b0e06 I was inwardly b7a10dbe2e amazed at its dbc5293cca scale.80f4c55907890975

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… By the way, I think I’ve seen this pattern somewhere before.ff07463f336bbc0b

When did I see it…ca645584b65450c1

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“Ah”9206f84aec5431b2

After some moments, I 11ad4ffe6d remembered where I saw 78ef82aa41 it.37495f8f246cc6b5

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The invitation from c52b6490aa the Kandel family.0a379cab5fc5f82e

The pattern engraved f95f01d8ba on the vast 4fcffa6fac floor I was dc0602ad1b standing on was 0f3c9ebc5f hundreds of times ad74f5d7ad larger than the 91bccd5a1d pattern drawn on 030c5ac350 the invitation.fc38c07234475aed

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The moment I 8e6e648fcb realized that fact, eff0c3e842 I noticed that 72152e3618 the maid leading 44e183c3cf me with her 9d28ceeec4 gentle hand was 99f5d97bb3 heading towards the dc3406cb88 center of the 814ed14ae0 black magic ceremony.3754cd43ede39e3b

And then, surprised a1b9fac7cd by the size 5d9f440dc7 of this hall, 4c4ec9ad14 scenes that I 98b3dbcb9e had not paid fbe65ad2a4 attention to began 6590dbf40c to come into 5ce06581e6 view.2c42ade278fbb1f7

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As I entered 32e180f919 the center of 3a2772d650 the pattern, there 5a422d2457 were children who dff7201adf seemed to be e09c41088e my age, numerous ffe691035f young men and 53ada5d993 women, and people 7611bef61f who appeared to 457c7934e1 be elderly, as d90ebc3840 many as a f22a3d47f6 hundred people were 29d453d138 sitting in different dcae611117 directions.183b4e9905817852

Just as if they 0c329717eb were separated by age.
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…Something is strange.ed39eb565309c43a

My clenched hands started f06d535318 to get wet with cbc4b49aa7 sweat.3e39f7757003781e

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An ominous feeling 18425f46a2 that made me 7ae71c9fb8 wonder why I b589261fb9 hadn’t felt it 202ad336c5 from before came 44b1195d31 to me all ac36373402 at once, and f5b93c7566 I was about 3eb5fd5cc0 to recite the 76ccae3320 summoning spell after 0d265ede0f slight hesitation.1e3f588061855938

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The maid suddenly let go ce1e9cc628 of my hand and pushed ef8ebb836a me on the back.53d27964f0b945a5

“-uh?!”a2834c1b1df6d0cf

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The push made 2ccf5a6e3d me fall to e3f3532fde the floor.f59244b33b3de838

“What…”00d2f86240975d01

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I looked up at the 63cde9524b maid in confusion.ebaf8208b459a9e5

She said, still 7800cc4162 looking down at 5d2375ab04 me with the f2e1536ed9 same friendly smile 57e2edb048 as before.31253eba58ced940

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“Okay, I don’t know where this pretty and seemingly precious young lady came from, but the more offerings, the better…Lady, please also become a sacrifice for our master.”e33a96b5be988c50

“……What?”bfcfc1d6e81263e1

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Once the shock was swept cc0dd01c11 away, the remaining emotion in 2cc1706bec me was an ominous alarm.c519f33176ded229

Even if something 6a741855a2 is wrong, it 6bf67e1ca5 is clear that 71176fbf4b it is extremely 89c12de28e wrong and ominous.54bc6560ecbd25c0

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I looked around in confusion.8c8ef62e03ce0a4f

Are you saying that 5a9a8b50d7 all those people were fbf8f1688f prepared to be used 6167fce928 as sacrifices?e08455076cb2c711

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“……You, children of life that does not perish, answer the call of the one whom you have blessed with an immortal heart, [Oried]!”bd6a8a23b898be12

As I was 4450195d6d sucked into the 07dd465cc4 invitation, I didn’t 33ec1ce948 know if the 7d2e1c13b9 summons to Oried 6d08a44896 had been lifted 140553719e or what had 4303846df4 happened, but in 7986b6f255 this situation, his 194e7e7c2b help was desperately ca3f34b9b6 needed.19e98053bdcf8079

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However.ae4eb1aa20479b99

“Why….”14bc0ad513758ae4

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There was no summons.548a9497c7051bcb

I was shocked 48c167e9ee and recited the a73e10eafa summoning spell again.a7a90e3adf5d50c7

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But the result was 2459e548da still the same.c79541f6795b7ffb

The maid standing f9b7f0963b in front turned cd2e23544b and left as 00c8d5fe52 if she had 341f698815 no regrets.c3075cf818d953ac

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As I looked a32e0650a9 at that figure, 6fa034633c I realized.e0db0e28cb9b6453

Perhaps this is not reality c6437e2f96 but a world in an 72efb998de invitation.25fbdfa3455e0a6b

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I don’t know if 6dfc5cf3ae it’s a reenactment of 2d49a7ba9a the past, or if db8c141261 I’ve really jumped through dddbce3d0b time and come to c754ad18d3 the past Duke Kandel’s a64f11a1b8 residence…f4b31bda96555a61

Maybe as I am bedcca67a9 not a being belonging 85612eb1b5 to this world, I 63ae390d33 am not qualified to 8a0296d4ca use mana to summon cbcbe922e4 spirits.e8cdcc701d160cb6

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“What, then am I going to be sacrificed like this?”889b0780ddec8bb6

I muttered in a37642e1b7 confusion and soon 05cb84940e realized.e18aec955b6308c2

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No way, this is d4f60b9361 the taboo that should a50aeba999 have never been broken.88660fa1a758cb83

Nevertheless, the sins committed by d11b5f5d42 the Kandel family was revealed.4baf6d596c969d50

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“Was it a human sacrifice?!”2e4da4986a27b07b

Belatedly, my heart sank.1c4dba7c66dad98d

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I had no way bde6e1c13d of knowing what kind 2dac8d85f2 of being this offering e439ca1cc2 was being offered to, 428212e561 nor did I have b2cbef01a5 the presence of mind 457525d04a to guess.c1ba9c805027da1f

“Ugh…… ”efd07627ff408cbd

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I immediately stood up a58922a9e9 and tried to run d452e98cfe away, but no matter 861b13f911 how hard I tried, 0289119b5a I couldn’t get away ef375d68c7 from where I was 1ffcb0f573 sitting, wondering what on 38811dba5e earth they had done eb727ab52e to the complicated magic bb53430953 spell engraved in black 146d1ef006 on the floor to 217515e66a have this effect.21f5fc67e318e6bf

“No….”5d58bd9d38638aa3

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I was overcome with despair 6e3f6bd8f8 and chewed my lips.cd2ff59a27dfac03

What should I do?f843133e55469562

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How can I get out e508412485 of this terrible situation?f9980014fb2735a1

At that moment, everyone 76ea513b75 standing everywhere began to 78e061dd19 kneel at once, except ab3cb2df88 for the sacrifices already 9fcf877d8c kneeling on the floor.df0d73592ce4b0d4

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I stared at them in 31b7cf7053 shock.dae3d40ed9537d6b

Soon they were shouting in 4453b5a23b voices filled with madness and 03ef252157 adoration.723ead3084f340d3

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“Master Meinhardt has arrived!”bb80f7a48b3e9961

“Waaah-!”b2f05ea0db3cb0b1

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Heck! This greeting is like what 6e1fe13d86 a pseudo-religion leader would be 35cb1ce193 received with.635b7b03e92c7197

As I was mesmerized dd81ca59dd by the strange and 5663a26f2b shocking sight that I 244b67f2f2 didn’t realise…446f9a2cefbc67b1

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“……uh?”b99788c391b4e990

What they were shouting…65f5bfa7c0ef3942

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I shouted in astonishment as 6329b43fec I pondered over the all-too-familiar 5d510cb8f5 name.52326d67c3c83ecb

“… Meinhardt?!”ff183c26bec1e60c

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Why did that name 837c44c593 pop out here?2b5efab9090b8f4a

No, that’s not right. It could be someone with 74737172c7 the same name……That should make 4a61077b2f more sense, right?84f9f54b1a008ee3

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Just as I was trying ff82601ba4 to calm my agitation by aa23229e85 having some southing thoughts, a 7b938c4507 small figure began to emerge 155cd87d39 among the kneeling crowd.40c8ff927b533f82

I stared in despair at a6f70d651d the figure of the ‘Master’ 935349a75a who had finally revealed himself.629065e23843bdf8

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It was a child.0d08a98bf499ea71

Was he at 96d3a09af7 most one or eaaad55eb6 two years older 91dec81f74 than me?10f5b4276fecb6a6

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It was a small boy 70c66d23a5 of similar age to Ashamed.befcac32b07003f0

Jet-black eyes contrast with dazzling 2369f96ea0 golden hair.9a6bcf5ee062aa15

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That extremely emotionless 0a5b42e302 face looked somewhat 15f0d831db familiar.4ada08ddac7fcdec

“Ah….”a54dc1d0f6343456

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I realized something as 616315b837 I looked up blankly 2cb0790943 at the boy walking bfb6587e9b right past me.d5350c9a21dd3124

That boy was clearly the bec1a46e47 Meinhardt I knew.a9ddf3f05b0debc3

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This is what 1dd721d5e8 he looked like 5c0fa4d8d7 when he was f0c5a5aca1 young…76b592361abb800e

Then… Is this place really ef8e59b3b9 none other than the former 2ee2ddcd87 residence of Duke Kandel?1f6e331e20dbd4a9

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I looked around with anxiety.bb79a0543f7dc811

A family whose 2df7633bad name can no 80d64e9269 longer be mentioned 18f756650e because they were 793f1dc258 exterminated for breaking c64c026e1b a taboo.f12b997406c5c8a9

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A famous family from 69d1c4c309 the past that produced 7013ca3fc2 Judith Sephemia Kandel, the 3144a26d5d Great Spiritualist of Electricity, b949e0679b who was my grandfather’s e2b064fb5e special close friend and f6ba927809 comrade who went through 0cf8a14f65 the battlefield together.4e3cfd20079c4a18

“………Oh my god.” ‎‫30bb40054563f5bd

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Everyone in that family kneeled 343fddd0f1 down, calling the boy “young 69669206da master.”566185728f8ff570

As I put all fbe38bd281 the facts together, I ba14d195cd finally realized.3fa256d226fa5b45

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Meinhardt…35ee082c97871a92

“He is a blood relative of Judith Sephemia Kandel…?”aca0715818667256

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