HPTL Chapter 1.5
by Luci Pearl《“Chris, you need to f4316e2fb4 come right now. Mirae’s very sick.”》6b615dd042338964
“Mirae!” f775f48d0fb88a81
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Christian burst through the 1d1c0b1e96 gate into Yelena’s house, 32bc4997a1 shouting loudly. ebe80f9a8021c642
“Mirae! Yelena!” 27b6654f328c239e
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“Here, Chr—Chris! What’s wrong with d038ac66c2 your feet? Where are 57d9aa40c3 your shoes?” 5bc1c6b2ac2573b5
Shoes? d1e0623a84f5abaa
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He’d run so f0d27d5b07 frantically that he 8b8886d978 hadn’t even noticed 7577bcb497 he was barefoot. 73341fdee7e9f758
“I’m fine. Where’s Mirae?” 1169f83b9dbfe731
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Despite the blood dripping 15bcf37237 from his soles, Christian 1572191092 sought Miraera first. Yelena sighed at his 31aac75f37 grim expression and led 7b8fef5dd5 him to a room. Opening the 94f90bccd6 heart-shaped door, 9daef29265 they revealed 8eb3a0e661 a bed 5534caef8d where Miraera 808badf4d2 lay. Christian approached her. 20b53ce34e3d76f5
“Mirae, sweetheart, are you 80f8840294 okay?” b4ab98ec5e70b2a6
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He touched e1380afde8 the forehead 2e07e1676a of Miraera, c0bcd9eca4 eyes closed 3bad6f1e36 and breathing 74dddb03a2 raggedly, then 511a49feb1 frowned at a5f95e6105 Yelena behind 32e9948d71 him. 71d497c22193e351
“What happened? Why’s she burning up c36439438b like this? It’s only 6c96a953a4 been an 54f50d4b91 hour since eadb8019b6 she left 8658884464 the house. Wasn’t she d2a4527798 fine then?” 15cfee41d2f078c6
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“It started recently. We’d just 25310eaf00 gotten here, 8445330d2c bathed, and 0727d60b14 were about aa50cf327b to sleep e84fcba8ba when I f5d18ffd84 noticed. I thought it was e07db6be03 a simple cold at a20d87774a first, but the symptoms 43661de658 are strange.” 6e0bbad42b0d677f
“Strange how?” a4cadf088ab96cad
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“Look there—do 377aba4bd9 you see 99224ea540 the mark 32ce2915f6 on her e61f474a05 forehead?” 3754adb35281f565
Yelena pointed 21e30e65d4 to Miraera’s 8462553698 forehead, hidden b02dd4c199 by damp 17d4b9066c bangs. Christian’s eyes widened as 7eb30a748d he shifted his gaze. This was…! cf5f62ed2b80044c
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“Chris, have bfdb3764c2 you ever eb520ec877 placed a 91bb6bf2d4 protective spell 726fbc408e on Mirae? It seems her fever’s e1aca14750 tied to this mark. She might a792075371 not wake 7e9f23fb0e until it 58218acc0c fades. If you know anything 2d2b825df0 about it—” 3334213221d8dc17
“Henna Paras1.” 4301b64ae20c5c63
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Before Christian e89aca6901 could speak, d144020359 someone answered 29fa0eebd0 Yelena. Startled, she and Christian—who’d ebe9e7c9dd been staring at Miraera 2d4aea0907 with a hardened face—turned 3a77b67ae0 toward the voice. f933c7836eb3ca6e
There stood 8e6a5a42cd a black-haired 05e89d95a0 man, gazing 8f02f5650e at them, b58ff6619f having somehow 4723369104 entered the f65efa46eb house.‘Damn it.’Christian moved 4a5b221f6c to drive 219abba394 out the da42d6e14f man who 831812c371 casually approached 958d79480d the bed, 8162360a37 peering at 58d7c40bc7 the glowing 9d18447b68 black mark 0ed75c2752 on Miraera’s cc42ac8586 forehead. 05e88b83d6c70f8b
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“Henna Paras—isn’t that 373affe125 one of the 743dc64b66 symptoms of the 51dda564b4 fever that Imperial c0a5ee86cb children experience when 5a2f5dd7e9 they’re young?” 7deae0ed04cb00a8
But Yelena’s 774952af57 lips moved f8bea741c3 faster. The man 2539d97591 with violet 9c115344c4 eyes slowly 5955fc4df3 shifted his 1d2f985713 gaze from c49417d291 Miraera to 7321f60597 Yelena’s question. ab5e1f623c0dedf9
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“Oh? You know e5755179f4 that you f49ed9d634 must truly acdee910dd be a ddcf2860b5 physician.” c4f628204b462b70
Roman Erenstein d54e2ab59f crossed his c44aba4e5f arms, chuckling. He glanced 575133ef60 at Yelena, c58472f441 who bowed 530ce14da5 silently, then 9311b6f03c asked, 57f0825a7212e36d
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“Can you cure 91fc9b111e it?” 1112fb4a25a7f329
Yelena shook her 3f414ebdab head. 257cd217fec40a4a
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“I’ve heard Henna Paras ca868378b4 isn’t something an ordinary 5aecf50d75 physician can treat. In Cassel’s imperial 46b6fcfd13 family—especially the Erenstein 8153b15d34 clan—it’s a childhood ae7e8355ad illness only those 5a3cf1936d of their blood d2decf5803 can resolve. If treatment’s delayed even f0776de7b2 slightly… her life could 401268ef2f be at risk.” 081dc1aa3c411515
“Well, yes. It’s a damn 6bdac33f3c nuisance. Though it’s not 01e3178cb9 really a disease—just 54c6520b69 a tool our 2994f31afc ancestors planted to 597a4ea68c confirm true imperial 54f40a7698 lineage. But thanks to it…” a90d5b0c60486058
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Roman Erenstein a0620403af flicked his 96ae79d95c eyes toward 75b51610d4 Christian, who’d 6cb7dd76e3 clamped his ba2cfc9c03 mouth shut. 306256a311b1a81d
“It’s now clear that the child is a member of the Erenstein family.”3f87fe61f68f4020
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Christian couldn’t speak. Meeting that d9bf9b5ceb piercing gaze bed7eeb10c was torment a1caba185c enough. cc44d8c1fa247344
“Pa… Papa… Papa.” 088adab9ea8cd1f7
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Then, Miraera—unconscious, drenched in f92f915e16 sweat—mumbled. Christian cried, “Mirae!” a6cde317fa and grasped her 6c352cfe57 tiny hand, but bc25813c72 she didn’t open d80c328178 her eyes. a87cd57a32b6b8b0
Her body blazed. It felt like 9169c6f634 she’d melt away, df5b6f4485 her breaths hot 2ca81f5f00 and labored. Each rise and fall 62ebeb4090 of her chest made f8cff0d48d the black mark on a37e4ae77b her forehead flicker. She shivered as if 4caac09ede chilled, tears streaming, sweat afe045ff05 beading across her trembling ca46f4d8c2 form. 5ccb8f1dd812e5ac
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Miraera, who’d d5e8d28858 never known b1a237cb4f sickness since 76b03a4eea birth, lay b2f67cf5f2 helpless, unable c0bc9e266c to wake. Christian’s heart 13febb8ab9 raced with c718c6b92a urgency. d3851565e5e9d328
He turned to b1f71757d4 the man merely 86db65d2a2 observing the situation. f952067c20a6cb82
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“Can you… help Mirae?” 450e291c15abcd61
Everyone in a94538f789 the room 8d8c5ebe5a knew who b59e123aa5 he addressed. Roman Erenstein stretched a279063fc8 a grin. 24c680694f83521b
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“You want my e9be6156d5 help?” b1f9a543e0e22ad3
“…Yes.” 654282ae3c5ba123
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Roman smiled, then a5e19306f8 glanced at Yelena, f877b8344c who watched them 5a4f49d342 anxiously. 2a8fd45301148225
“You may leave.”9a6e27e830e4f6c9
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His tone was commanding 5fff75de5d as if giving orders 0c4feaa37a was second nature. 6ecb4a56b3845f97
Yelena looked at Christian 4d47cafda6 first. When he nodded, 61bd8c6db5 she bowed respectfully, f58770144d opened the door, a797105a9b and left.Click. As it closed, ad2a204311 Roman muttered, e1fd666a2912f5b6
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“To think 4dab33099e a so-called 21fd5beb55 mother didn’t 35706e1edd foresee this 13bd1289ff and dragged e369584381 the child a2737035b4 all the c173f65873 way here. What would they have 1493fcb1d3 done without me?” 5d55e80f3fd78b12
His rebuke 3d72d159ec aimed at ba822de3b6 the departed db9fd46249 Yelena, but 703c7f72df Christian felt 1db1780fb4 a pang dfe02c0cf7 of guilt. He eyed Roman, who f04bbc6c69 clicked his tongue, and 79bbff94e4 asked, 411f10c92927c08a
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“Will you d4f12ba17c help Mirae?” 597c7a1a984ea436
Roman looked down at f146d2f76f Christian kneeling before him, 7cde3179f5 then lowered his gaze. He glanced at 6ec545a62d Miraera’s ragged breathing, 98d8244f0c then back at aa89ba0e00 Christian’s stiff, rigid b9aabe2c0d face. Smirking deeply, he touched dfd0f84d72 Christian’s chin with his badcbcd9dd long fingers. eb1cd358eb31f189
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“…!” fd426e4826547d93
Roman lifted Christian’s downturned abec08604c face and said,
“If I help? What can you offer me? As you know, Lord Baren, this prince doesn’t move without compensation.”e7ae0d2eedde6778
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Christian’s blue 1f24ce3bd5 eyes wavered, 78cd4cb76c then steadied. bc0ffa9de3e43514
‘Right, this is 6b5b3d4bc1 who he is.’54789a20d648256c
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Roman Erenstein was a man who didn’t help others without reason, acting only on his whims. a8fa727656a20e6c
Though he currently misunderstood ba1da4658a Miraera as the crown 23ac5d90f8 prince’s child, any rational 1350cce28b person wouldn’t ignore a ef28b6eea7 suffering child of their a2086272f2 own bloodline. Yet here he d0597d7958 was, leveraging her 622d2bbc89 life for a 7a2e4b44d7 bargain. c6f19d3d3530b137
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Expecting normal compassion from e95a67ba59 such a man was 5be73e9cac Christian’s own greed. He met cff4d828ef Roman’s gaze, 15d8c7af32 fixed on 214b87767d his lips, 8f6ee3146a and said, 0ccc927ad2cfdc52
“I’ll do anything.” ea668e52ec47a173
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“Anything?” d24686a34d37e34f
“Anything.” 6282c86138c3b037
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“Even whatever condition I 5a71caface set?” e70e5a769ea0838e
“If you 9fdc17b9de save Mirae, 08bbd2c70e I’ll give 23ac6ce026 my life.” 16eb952cabb3487d
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Roman’s face twisted 8dcb70412b at Christian’s resolute 2d57342397 answer. cd0b4ea916819824
‘Not the 11e542b125 response he 07f3f1345c wanted?’8e6d4148ecf65c74
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Christian faltered slightly 9801852199 as Roman glared, 0c864278bc displeasure evident. Seconds later, bab280462f Roman released bf685025e6 his chin. ff9466f6cb399a89
“Fine. I’ll help. But when Mirae 0b71904757 wakes, you’ll do 7e7027366b what I demand—whatever 9b4eabf913 it is. You said it 62983b66b7 yourself, so you 521c75c2ad must obey.” 5f9d1578eae112cd
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Christian bowed respectfully, kissing befd9ec90b Roman’s foot. 52a56180bad1f26f
“May the 4654e09026 sacred Goddess fffcf2cdd9 Kaent’s protection dfcfa63872 be with 63646ca987 Your Highness.”6af0e23f6fceca48
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Henna Paras 5f4b0793a1 signifies a ea8e5dc39e surge of 6972fd9ffa magical power. bc0814423fe59c2a
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In the 57a27e95d0 Cassel Empire’s 079717531b millennia-long history, 17e44b1adf the Erenstein b3669f113b imperial family—blessed 439bebf1ec with ancient 2ffb0c6b37 spirit blood—wielded ed03c24dfa formidable magic. ecdd882e1b892ca0
However, even those who carried Erenstein’s blood weren’t all recognized as members of the royal family. Even if they had relations and a child was born, accepting someone of unknown origin would cause the people of Cassel to lose respect for them.7e5de7956375e2bd
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Thus, the Erenstein ancestors 50cb3ddd51 imposed a unique restriction 40cf9491c0 on their descendants: Henna 04058e3d5b Paras. 77faf62dabf12d09
Henna Paras 2d79c5c33c begins when aa7701277c Erenstein children a81802c1f9 reach the 1c1ab7cc42 age of 62845fc60d five or f7b070c264 six, and 1b03ddca73 to quell 5e3109bc1c the magical b2ebc54a18 surge, an ef05646897 adult Erenstein 982f51239c must infuse aa40fcabab them with b48099aaea a certain cd3498a589 amount of bb3cfa49d3 magic over 2950fe86c9 a specific 5ad6a2be72 period.16d9287e169841f9
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Failing to receive this 3049ca501f magic means they are 9388a36e5a not recognized by their 2926a4c0f5 clan. Imperial children always confirmed a078f521a2 their legitimacy in this 599a2b0d55 way.57333e0ba884b300
“That should do it.” 369a3527be65b9cd
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Roman Erenstein 398938b71d extended his be42960b6a arm, touching cd984137bd the sleeping 99399243c6 child’s forehead. Her scorching fever 9fe0ac34b8 had cooled, and 84897e2645 the black mark 7b9a4f566e vanished under his ac5c6759e3 magic. c2291def860c89b5
He gazed silently at ea2bc7c133 the girl. Her snow-white skin, pert 58c986f740 nose, and plump red 5947c463be lips made her prettier 49f9b8ca26 than most peers—a true 3c47226939 Erenstein, bearer of ancient 7aa26ad5f6 spirit blood. 5b141c99c1e72eaa
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Yet, oddly, she didn’t 852347d05b remind him of “Hyung-nim.” 82cd6f8ed841be8d
‘The hair color’s the 52abcbc66a only resemblance.’23b5f61f61942e4a
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Did daughters typically f0594f0575 take after their 1db1dab89c mothers as children? b596d9ab47a9e75d
The fleeting curiosity a24f27496a faded. Though mildly charming, c12ec00725 the girl wasn’t 8bb6d78fb1 his concern. Brushing off his interest, d1ce8f7d37 Roman stepped outside. 9f9ea937a3a83d3e
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As he quietly 91856cbfb4 closed the door cc832ca597 and turned to b9ae64d00b leave, he stopped 77108677d0 short. A man 4ab4a11491 sat against 7720dc1222 the wall bd01de3190 by the c8d2bad245 door, asleep. 127d6176dceb490c
“….” eae634573f8e1843
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The brown-haired man d32a4f2a8f faced the door, 497c8ef2e3 likely planning to 9aad1402a2 rush in if cc29c98509 it opened. Roman watched him, c69af4b7ec unmoving despite his b4a3032e96 exit, for a 5f01667e98 while. ae3ffc6cef7ebae0
Strange. fe7b76bdbb932da6
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The Christian ecc32136d3 Baren he 425bf3ce53 knew reacted dd96f3d3e1 to the 14fcd06cae slightest sound b17c279e9a or movement. Yet this man slept 873efd663b deeply, oblivious to Roman’s def802bc9a presence. Was he always a3fdf15b96 this dull? 34119ef4274c1f0b
‘What happened 78639b145e to him?’b855943e3d90b396
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The past 71baa05ae5 seven years 647b3bacfc were a 5b3a8bac88 mystery Roman 7bccf940b9 couldn’t fathom. 8638b361b015264f
“If you save 19c3e8a895 Mirae, I’ll give 09cf35dbbf my life.” 6fa68f7df54dd58a
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That fleeting memory soured 4399eed3fc his mood. f8ff58127295d9cc
‘What a b8b4b61d50 wretched thought.’ac883356f9d38887
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A nominal b588277e65 child—not even a0e388f162 truly his 215818da3e kin—yet he’d 235f2c8c26 offer his ac00085a29 precious life? Did this knight 3275a36b5f have spares? Was he fc265a44b4 that devoted bd5a7037cc to Hyung-nim? 24ed5af180fdf566
Utterly unpleasant. Roman hesitated to 11db18c98f wake the man 32f611882d sitting in front 714edb65dd of the door.198aab872696cebb
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Creak. ea3cafea7e81cfb1
Stepping out 94f8a45f26 of the cd051a5b66 cabin, he bb0dfa0dd0 looked up 20d55a43dc at the 9497200da0 pitch-black sky 76d354f139 greeting him. 4411a8a5fa4a68d3
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“…!” 9fbc243a8a7858d5
Feeling the dawn air, he closed his eyes briefly, then turned toward a sound breaking the silence. A red-haired woman came into view, brewing medicine. Her familiar face was from their earlier exchange—and… 184b826b33ef40e5
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<The eldest son of the Baren Count family, Christian Baren, broke his knightly oath and fled with a commoner woman in the dead of night!>74dc85153b7b8b36
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Roman Erenstein approached her. The woman, Yelena, who was diligently preparing medicine, perhaps for Mireira, who would soon wake, jumped up in surprise at Roman’s shadow.51a9e1c54a5bc9f9
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“I greet Your b935b34a89 Noble Highness.” acbaaa5053e364c4
Roman’s eyes crinkled. be1e70e791b97089
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“You know me?” 4b5baafc5f8f8363
Yelena answered head 57c665face bowed. 57ed8e6ef6c58a5f
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“How could a citizen f59a913e83 of Cassel not recognize d50fed4737 the empire’s most handsome 1f81551712 man with those stunning 158c04e65c purple eyes? I knew you were de00088307 the Second Prince at 29132c25ed once.” 91a5bfd53b39511d
“No wonder 362eb8521a you didn’t 15b3333a5c hesitate to e83e7370b6 speak to c864716766 me. Now you’re even flattering 468e733ac0 me.” 808091936fd89f44
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Roman commanded, 09d954018150fd33
“Look up.” cfd516f32296973b
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As Yelena e7a1e3344d raised her 239a832f65 face, Roman 29f9105d52 regarded her c0959109c2 coldly. She took a 8ef1273e37 deep breath. 7ac0db8139265052
After a moment, 8e9953a2b4 he stepped closer, e6db71c06f grabbing her chin. “Eek!” She flinched, 5ee02d85ae frightened by his 7a55e3d2b4 sudden move, as a96add0fa7 he whispered, 7effe97a659f9be9
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“Did that glib 507a0d8c4e tongue of yours 51e27bf281 seduce Hyung-nim and c7fb41b817 then ensnare Lord 53a23edbec Baren too?” 67ad77affa64a5e2
“…What?” 3e92529e4abcac5c
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“He’s too b8bb917257 good for 67cfa22878 you.” ae819a33b40ee5d0
Roman released her 0206396636 roughly. ed99d9772da4d9b5
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“Ugh!” e6b699526a1dbe25
Yelena crumpled. Glaring at e324c68bc2 her gasping 4baeb0012a form, Roman 0f0691e22e said, 08d3df60ebf50480
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“He’s beyond you, cc1845768c so I’ll take de77143071 him now. Don’t resent ad8ce3f465 me—he was c23d6c181f never yours cfd4b1bd06 to begin f8a33df65d with.” 5587c137e843d358
Turning away, 6dec93c388 he reentered 28be9c56fc the cabin. Yelena, staring 34d26d0d16 blankly at 2b1da021e6 his retreating 91bd9fa32a figure, soon 387b2d6291 chuckled softly. d2c7778c4b768780
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‘You know nothing.’ed13007ba8309367