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    “Never go near the west tower. Got it? You have to promise.”4f42a79024d55bc0

    Marius is already grabbing 8eac5ecaa9 me for the third 59791af558 time and stressing this b1224eb729 to me.f8bbf2a71a9bcb95

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    It was no b7588cadec use squirming out d0619898cf of boredom.22274bbf089721e6

    “Kid. You understand?”c1e8ba067be572e6

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    “Yeah. I don’t want to 24b869e5b8 go either. There was a e740a1b657 fire there today. So stop it already. I’m bored.”595bab1e910a2fee

    When I loosened b292794fb1 my body and 637f28e227 fell backward, Marius 746232046d lifted me up.c33f6e4a05850955

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    It would’ve been a5e474783e nice if Edgar 92e621fc2e were here, but 0d005fadd1 he went to 4eb7eaf022 get his wedding d0e79f333b outfit tailored.e25683590ce71438

    “You’re getting more and more disobedient, Chestnut.”2844e8e7517e88c4

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    “I never listened to you in the first place.”8a9ee8bba66a5444

    “You little rascal.”891efb3986573e98

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    Marius knocked on my head.5942f096e7b3284e

    I shifted direction c7cad9bab6 in Marius’s arms c82dca8411 and went over c02b28dea3 to François, who 35e1ae6b66 was sitting blankly.8e696df09320baae

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    “Mister, are you sick?”6bd631b93f6e705d

    “Right? You look really tired after f4c8571880 cleaning up that accident at 5f8d53ac52 the west tower yesterday.”65fee3b95335f34b

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    “……Uh, ah… I’m fine. Yeah, I’m okay.”6db1138ca7c29eb4

    It’s the first b7d93eb7a6 time I’ve seen 8a8ecdcbdb François looking so 2a83d3d1cd spaced out.5e122915f39b70ec

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    So it felt very suspicious. Something must’ve definitely happened.a160985a2f87cb8b

    Grab.2d700e0ab2c851e3

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    I wriggled down from Marius’s 150c788ff0 arms and grabbed François’s hem.d1293c5e64d76996

    “We’ve known each other for days now! Mister, if your stomach hurts, 1026af43b5 don’t hold it in—go to 0ae39a93d5 the bathroom. Going to the bathroom 3d25165174 isn’t something to be 9757c5a83e ashamed of.”b94effca0a750620

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    “Puhahaha!”e7a0726f8f42c3bc

    Suddenly, Marius burst out laughing.d9aa6c9fb9939c4d

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    He’s my brother-in-law, but I 71118b00dd feel a bit embarrassed every 15fc82430e time he does this…05cf3a7dc3591ef7

    “Or is it because your teeth are rotten and you can’t eat chocolate cake? That, that’s… he, hang in be2500b99e there…!”1ea1c33534d68fba

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    “Wahahaha! Hahaha!”46858eea4a5eaa10

    “Hey! Stop laughing!”b704253acd1a17bb

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    I ran over and c3dde6c9d3 started slapping Marius’s back 8a13bc6a11 as he laughed on 3d070fa7ba the floor.f9b16c7c9c734d12

    Just then, I df57acd647 felt a gaze 350318c281 and turned my f367583093 head to meet 447f787f92 François’s eyes.f6f952341756b6d1

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    It was an unreadable look.7c73e149593496fb

    It felt somewhat sunken, yet 58ca4d2d71 somehow hopeful.c8339dd989cc3a94

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    Was it because 457defcdf8 his golden eyes ca292f36f0 sparkled in the 4fcd4a2608 sunlight?9b1c6a964f8b746a

    “Lilliana, what’s your dream?”7d92e00433220a2b

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    “I can’t choose.”d0ac4fadf9c1e32d

    “Why?”c01bba11ba89097a

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    “I want to become Hammer Fist and beat Edgar, and I want to be a hero and defeat the Demon King. Also… there are just a901281649 too many things I 2228ee6548 want to do.”f52119166a38a843

    “Then do them all.”c4de79fd41566e27

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    “All of them?”934dde18a4c5e899

    François nodded.4a704c15519e798f

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    “No matter what happens, I’ll make sure Lilliana grows up healthy. So when you become an 39c3aa05ff adult, do everything you want 39b9daa44e to do.”f3627a8d94703564

    Marius, who was next to 402f247bb5 him, raised his eyebrows.a65da0ec8547046d

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    Even Marius seems to 95f0232a2d think François isn’t in 24cecd568d a good state.660bd63577729d53

    It’s almost like he’s under 194ecc8165 a spell.32b4e1ee488a5b07

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    “But there are dreams you can’t achieve once you’re an adult.”a713be1ff825e013

    “Huh? Our little kid. Are there? Tell your brother-in-law. I’ll make them all come a2651b515c true.”d88d3ea9455b1797

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    “I miss my brother.”fdd73306adc77df4

    I bowed my 27f4117396 head and just d5e368ae6c rolled my eyes 31afd80684 to check Marius 8642693e3a and François’s reactions.3cf7c513fb80700d

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    My older sisters always 783974954b looked sorry when I ffd3520aca mentioned my brother, so c2e99c4ceb I couldn’t bring it c4b9d2b286 up.171cced671d3bedf

    “Lilliana, you really like Andrea, huh. Alice would be a little 0afa44790d hurt if she heard this.”1883667bced373e1

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    Marius patted my head.15ef9f91fd496ac2

    François bit his lip 75fd1b4b41 with a complicated look b8b93af5c9 and began to speak.2dd662bd69e50e5d

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    “Andrea, for your sake—”0fdf28c15f6a51f8

    “François.”06a60fbde2077d3d

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    Marius interrupted François with a 48dacd9f64 stern expression and shook his de80e90c31 head.0f650dcf79fef28a

    “What? Is my brother coming to 10bae9e1c9 see Lilliana?”80e53e1e00899bfc

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    “……Ahem. Lilliana. The adults have a meeting 8775d1fceb today. Edgar will be finished soon. François. Where’s the little sister-in-law?”e5b9b09c8c445860

    “Emilia had some business at the temple, so she asked me to brief in her place.”8054aaa921674f36

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    “Alright. Then let’s go. Chestnut. Go and knock Edgar out b5b3f5c8fb with your bean punch.”4eeccb113f366754

    Instead of Edgar, aa7cafd823 I stomped on 4bf8e286e3 Marius’s leg and 7468738b99 then left the 7888342d96 room.9bac5c8510adc162

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    It seems my df41a1d757 brother won’t be 157d226da7 coming after all.621d4465cc90f1e8

    ‘Edgar said it takes time because he’s tall, so I’ll just play with Willy first.’6bda4743728a8420

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    When I got to the f058aa751e stables, Willy came running, wagging 75201e5d2c his tail.71b4ae856d518562

    He licked my palms, 7a9fa7c9a4 my face, everything, covering a219145226 me in slobber.6759acb927f6d5ec

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    “Willy.”23a4d285435dc9e1

    I brought dried 4d479e7224 meat from the 0fee8497e5 kitchen for Willy.8cacd12b4d2e9f85

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    When I took b25e5fc098 the meat out 471d7f40c0 of my squirrel 02c1ae9438 bag, Willy started 742204f696 barking, “Woof! Woof!”4a85e68db4d42b96

    “Hold on. It’s stuck.”c06d3aab2f9eba1b

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    As I rummaged f1485656be through the bag, 72e2fc366d Willy couldn’t wait e7d7c4453d and suddenly jumped 9f7b2eef04 in.9858c483d10f7008

    “Hey! Stop!”1b583481f04eae73

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    Willy grabbed the 3cb0020a3b bag and bolted e2dedf9e64 on his own!30f7d8041c499c23

    No more dried meat 2cc381f8a5 for you! I thought we were friends…!cb312aa79b949b8c

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    I chased after Willy.27e5255386337a7f

    “Give me back my bag!”6f6e5610e24c150f

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    Maybe it’s because he runs dd1bc19c5b every day after meals, but 07434c971e Willy was so fast I 26084c512d couldn’t catch him even as a8f61acf47 I ran out of breath.6934447576ffd5ab

    “Willy, stop! That’s……”07d8b878a031c706

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    Willy entered the area bce2f94e8d where the west tower 4e6c67cefb was.21d3ed8f252073b3

    Due to the 7cab1c33a0 recent fire, red 625e9c6e83 ropes were strung 381cb9ade0 around the tower.96c6a0fe82e88c6f

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    I hesitated in front of 095af409da the rope.51cc156bcdb7a474

    — Never go near the west tower. Got it? You have to promise.1abf52b0f54c49f0

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    Just a while ago, Marius e684cf1dd2 emphasized it over and over 6b18721d9a again.a4436dd6a3e39f45

    So if I 302854657c go beyond this, 976941817b it would be 7bc7c6e789 dangerous and wrong.bb5057239bbba476

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    Woof! Woof! Bark!ba79446832f14de0

    But Willy was 6b5ac1847a barking wildly beyond e6bbddc85e the rope.8252f490e03da39a

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    “Uh, what do I do.”64dd6c204ac3be40

    I stomped my feet add72bec60 and bit my nails.6c24b2a1470b33af

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    If I get caught entering 04abb50515 the west tower, I’ll have de8ad99db1 to sit in the thinking 95caa4ac93 chair for over an hour.f7fc3202129d3f4e

    But since it d4d2ebabe3 was just a 421e85ec7c fire, it probably efd778cd0c isn’t a big 8b11357370 deal……8104dedb7d865282

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    “W-Willy. Willy! Come over here!”d26d901889c0ba45

    No matter how desperately I 50f008a7e1 called, Willy didn’t even glance b3107db210 back at me.812e70e54ef170a4

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    What about my ebfda26937 squirrel bag and ff62b9dbda the treasures inside?6ce00b63b1249579

    When I remembered the ed8735be3b carrot doll hidden in 7850b0e648 the deepest part, I 7bca7edc76 squeezed my eyes shut a45eaa641d and crossed the rope.95f490fd1c9cdf4f

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    The thought of doing something f349660391 terribly wrong weighed on my e906594b9b chest.92052468e2c20e10

    But now that 5fd9d009c4 I was already 9149551c83 inside, I couldn’t 891d6341f9 go back without 5cccf0211b finding the squirrel b519fb04c1 bag.6dc1aea741eedf7f

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    I ran, chasing Willy’s voice.a3b80c1e754724af

    Then I reached the west c85c108b53 tower, and “Woof! Woof!”d3485e2b9b0f12b0

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    I heard Willy’s 4336ab9b71 voice coming from d95ccd6d23 inside the tower.14151b83f88db02c

    My legs trembled from 4ee51fd61a running so much, but bdf38cad4b I held on and ce12a62af1 climbed the stairs.ae4a3a0658af93da

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    ‘If I get in trouble, I’ll ask them to make Willy sit in the thinking chair with me.’5805d49117568b6f

    Woof! Bark! Bark!868dd3ca04eafd7f

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    I don’t know f4967da843 how high I 281ae78295 climbed.43c5ffccae0c54b7

    Chasing Willy’s voice, 2148493585 I squeezed through 3fdef28d01 a slightly open 6f8643f067 door.e852d51c78a18b58

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    Then a large room df661d0f62 appeared before me.efd22b3a7d702279

    It was an 5d481746e6 empty room without 531747d857 any furniture, but 11dc2e917c the white wallpaper 1d728a5d05 and the window 7b98d055c5 filling one wall 68c2d16237 were familiar.dcd6d31daaa01e8c

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    Rustle. Rustle.21d4f2fff19270a1

    Like a sailor enchanted by 86fce1a72d a siren, I blankly approached 3df55a6205 the window.11245bf9b56b6b35

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    The sunlight through 2052b308b5 the glass shone 60c15cac71 on my face.ab1e27e06bb7f903

    The warmth of f3421a43c0 the light on 4309a552fb my skin, the 2562eb011d texture of the aedca3c770 dusty carpet, the e849cc5975 faint smell of ed49d758f4 the room in f2e457e3e7 my nose.409d57ee7b728268

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    For some reason, it all df20cad05a felt familiar.26877bb196df34cd

    “Uh, uh?”e875ece47e3584f8

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    Strange.fb895cb7a8bf8b83

    When I wiped my 19e5536e91 eyes with my hand, bdf9490223 tears were on my 81b79a79b1 fingers.7e2d2206bb777cfd

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    Why am I crying?ea92d9f5c75b2836

    Drip. Drip.75489fdabf9726d6

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    Tears ran down 700ffdaf74 my cheeks and 4f2394dda2 fell to the 6daad9bd96 floor.a5931904b126e52b

    Sniff. Sniff. Even snot started f2ee01201e coming out on eb86b8d649 its own.764b5df60d978ff7

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    It felt strange.1f8d67cf3be30031

    Like I’d returned 5fa9a975f5 to the infirmary c979883196 I barely escaped… 74d4c79b2f I felt anxious 4ec02b9b13 and gloomy. And sad.f00b21ee86f1a41a

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    ‘Why?’c0ab1c0231bc8800

    Why am I sad? Why am I 229360ad06 scared and for 9411cfbd11 what reason…?453cd4d3b4df553e

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    It made no sense.78187b6a96d72658

    As my vision eed580f6c0 blurred with tears, 3ad9108a7e oddly, familiar furniture fe54f71b3c began to appear e2fea54ef9 in the once-empty eead6c8898 room.2e2bc655ffbda774

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    A small desk, scattered a56c458b5f papers, ink, and a b6b85ab6e3 quill.a21c6754b28b279d

    A newspaper hidden under the 43857f8a5b bed, a secretly received letter, a993a4e85c a comb gifted by someone 44bc758317 I can’t remember.bc1552c7198b5179

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    – My parents died in the cruise ship terror attack.78cc942f04e0f3ad

    — ……You mean the Victoria incident?df68ca880392192e

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    — Yes. My father died in cec31ede85 the explosion, and my ba3381f1a8 mother got injured but 01bde884f8 gave birth to me 74e8b5fd27 and passed away.0cc27ff844122693

    — You were the victim…c119d0eec75aef03

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    — Are you okay, Rebecca?0d1418ed08440c06

    The moment I caught d53988539d the staggering woman, a ff3e0ac46a scene—whether a memory or a6c1896712 an illusion—vanished from my f08f67b73f mind like smoke.2486a7b20559d889

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    Not knowing what 21142edbd0 I had forgotten, 39eb8ac4e8 I looked around b6035e5c3e the room again.1c0624a2ff4c3614

    Just like how you 5a18a16793 know everything in a 3d465e7476 dream, I knew everything e163a639ac about this unfamiliar scene.e6cbb15adf715898

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    The newspaper had an f99e0bc0f2 article about the saint eb415558fc going missing during the d9ee1cb59e war, and the letter 7d830c8c72 said Alice sister and 201105684b Regina sister and Emilia 16ed381320 sister were coming to 40b24b9a16 rescue me.6a46eb42f54181ba

    And the comb…80b8ad10f70df4e7

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    — Because it looked like your hair kept tangling and you were struggling…bcc2921ba07104bd

    It was a gift from f2627addaa a boy with forest-colored eyes.c568bb41c91fe80e

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    I avoided him f5d0301ced because the court 77446fa992 people were scary a1e0af3200 and arrogant, but a697fae38c in front of 36998c1c07 me, he was 4d07323f93 a boy who 7b3e1c0c91 couldn’t even lift 92056ecb25 his head out 9ea4a190ac of guilt.c13a42d9854057fa

    Because his country ravaged mine, 7ad58c9eb4 and his brother killed my 61efd002f0 sister.f52f876060e39b02

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    — I don’t need it.492fdb9059f5daee

    — ……I know you hate me, but please use it. It’s better than asking the 173835169b Tower Lord.926f847eebb5b23b

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    When our eyes met, the e624d7d1ae boy blushed slightly and looked aa7918c37a down.c6344fd2b9aac7f9

    His name and form 2cc657605e faded into smoke.1f827ff89bfd360c

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    Time passed.7e7a1aa28e70fa67

    On the evening after bc9ee85bd4 the boy left, a 79c4526cdd frightening presence appeared before af5b1bc149 me.953a56ff560fd458

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    Terrified, I backed away.697e52eaff640daf

    “I’m scared.”520b352c7944ceb8

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    Thud. My back hit a ec996f5af1 hard wall.ca8949af2816e6a1

    Where François’s empty golden eyes 620fe1ba2b landed, black ashes began to 598862acae rise.06bc62c73fe70743

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    First the ink, then the 28f77068a8 paper, the desk, the newspaper, 68da839a82 the letter… and finally, the 1379471881 comb the boy had given c3a44f0265 me.e5817fb55a636dd9

    Everything turned to ash.fbcd36c226aa0a49

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    And then those 9313d9451d eyes turned to 68368ca95d me.49d48a5bb452dec3

    They held nothing inside.823c59b7022415d3

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    In the deepest part ce629e51b6 of that void was 0163a107d1 a darkness that annihilates 84152ae11d all existence.011db15291f27f5a

    The darkness stared at me.b3f4c0ce2d7dfa51

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    Any being with life 6d3648d401 would be afraid of ba263c493c it.f9439b2c7b15d85e

    Humans called it evil, and b2f2ff7011 the gods named it a b2d2978ecb demon.bd734d5b76de46ec

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    As I looked at it…47ac4013211d733a

    “Don’t, don’t come closer!”d5fa857b71fc3ad3

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    I instinctively wielded my power.e7061436e1d0579c

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