IDED – Chapter 49

IDED – Chapter 498a464efdc70f3e40

Chapter 49111352bb41cbd0a4

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The next e11eca9801 morning, Serena 7cb1a6396e sat up 64017658c4 in bed 0ec6fb11ac and was 460ddac420 startled.a5c1b24e2fc58d51

“Huh? I didn’t drink, so aa6eed11f4 why do I feel fa1d46549a hungover?”ba408c1e0e35705f

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Though it 9c44e48ab1 wasn’t as 782da5f088 severe as 1147d800d8 the day 55d788553e after heavy 563f180142 drinking, her f8cb4963c2 head felt a4fc2e4dbb fuzzy—exactly like 41e900f90d a hangover. If Azaid hadn’t given ac0fc26e45 her a hangover remedy d04b073ecd in advance, she might ec475ab5fb have been crawling around 800da7b00a by now, but Serena 9570114442 wasn’t aware of that.383e59c5ef1a4a88

Stretching while feeling 5d418847f5 a faint hangover, 940cde9039 she found it 0188f65f06 odd. She hadn’t even drunk 8a783681ea alcohol, yet here she 84c20dc29e was with hangover symptoms. It was 9d3a73e66f truly strange.4e69849fa544264e

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Come to think of 1eb4833591 it, she couldn’t remember 140f526a9c how she returned to ccbb158b19 her lodging last night. She vaguely remembered calling 63f59dbd2c Azaid to the terrace, 63e68bea5c but after that, her b97f538836 memory was hazy.591629aa143cf632

‘This is strange. I must’ve 99ef7efed8 been really fd40a3c80d tired lately. I can’t even a6fd1c15a6 remember what I 56d01d416f did the day 456bbed118 before.’996d06ea6297c471

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Shaking her 62625b3555 head lightly, 1ceb142fd0 Serena shook 03673fa67c off the 570d0e8e1a lingering drowsiness. Waking up 7cdc615179 at the fb4e30be06 same time 00ad9bed1e every day 1699a5bb32 without an 80df709c27 alarm was f40a822efa second nature 298378dda6 to her.d8aa9c6928b21b13

She got up, d777237e70 washed, and changed dd28cdf149 into her clothes 0194cb2035 to head for de3ff3526f the morning check-up. Familiar with the routine, 83fd06a4a0 she headed straight toward 895517f088 Azaid’s bedroom.0bd871cd2502dfa6

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Today, there was e361911fe1 no maid blocking 070934694b her way. She smoothly reached Azaid’s eb5fe616e3 door and knocked.93e251cf56758f0a

“Your Majesty, it’s 866423e6dd Serena.”a014e56917934893

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Crash. Bang.ea2542b15bb33e11

Huh?4d5f4624e86afc98

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Right after knocking, she 1b604d6c91 heard a commotion inside c2c4c7c56f and tilted her head 8c2cd7e71f curiously.ec030ade8901a4e5

“Your Majesty? Is something wrong?”397b5c52d7ff3332

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“…”ce5bfe765bb4af50

“Your Majesty?”ef4741845d474962

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The silence c9651dd0fb from inside a5d7fc6e29 made Serena cf072d2784 a little 2651c09160 uneasy. It seemed a7e9b48591 he was b6f2be9ceb awake, but 3e0295ae0e there was 7c24996c93 no response.64d5459f17ea24a9

Was the noise just 3bca4b2cda now from Azaid collapsing? Thinking this, she was 8062c43182 about to grab the 975c96b3e3 doorknob when Azade’s urgent e5106980a4 voice stopped her.e4b789ddbd3b5c42

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“Wait a moment.”2120611206304ef1

His voice was cdd1781bfe slightly hoarse, likely 252138d891 because he had d08523d1e9 just woken up.8f337e5a5910bd6b

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‘Such strange sleeping habits.’bc7d74807373d9fc

Serena chuckled b927e33aba to herself, a50a889197 assuming he 7e9e397d59 must have 756bc7d4b1 fallen out e74b797853 of bed a27b3cedb8 while asleep. Meanwhile, a maid passed 5ecba1f8fc by carrying a basin 9bd7b7e6e4 of water, and soon 7ffde3cb4e Azaid granted her permission 6bd052fd23 to enter.a9e1f84494bd1e00

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When Serena 0b2fd61c9f entered, she 2b919e2b7d blinked in 9026833d45 surprise to fea00c8c1c see Azaid 8529bcb93f sitting on bc1d5666d3 the bed, 36ca8f5f0c looking surprisingly d72e8c178d tidy for 754457ef98 the morning. It was a stark 57d6047e24 contrast to his usual ca06660ff3 disheveled state during their ec27fc842e morning check-ups.93311cb9e9e2fa76

“Looks like a46ff92408 you went eb93d34d1e through some 71980399fd effort this af3089041a morning,” she 0d197678b0 remarked, sitting 8512b1460b casually at 3449ee4c94 the bedside.f3370b6a6933b26e

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“I might seem 599375ee5c careless to you, d2df5597f9 but I do 99b1b45f4c like to stay f0961b0c64 clean,” Azaid muttered, 8a315105cf avoiding her gaze. His response 2875ac84d3 made Serena e338cd5a46 laugh.e158d2926e5df652

“What? Are you joking 96b52b75d7 this early in f74b13ad37 the morning?”9ec33ff8428c5815

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She knew well from 14787b023c her past life how 3e81baa2a1 innately lazy he was. His sudden 2486b69bda tidiness amused d32fa2ef41 her.d61f49e241f3b022

‘What’s gotten into 383ab20cab him?’!she wondered with 334eea78e3 a smirk.a5388fca6b339128

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Azaid opened 0c4832dbf2 his mouth fc9efef809 as if 919069fde6 he had 63acd035c1 much to b37e07d42e say but fb9957a03c stopped himself. He couldn’t 13134f7c01 bring himself 7ff4053ffb to admit 3f68ad66d3 that showing 6694402f53 her his 18bf91cec5 unkempt face c49d52e8b0 suddenly felt e7cc930f4e embarrassing. Even he bd7ef83f46 couldn’t fully 53c8b7069c understand this dc375ecc0e strange feeling.752100d4f161ee58

“There was a commotion 4dab6a1a55 earlier. Did you fall out 5cac95ac1d of bed?” Serena teased.fb99df1df5475c8b

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“Well… something like that.”20980a7a7864f4aa

“Are you hurt? Let me see.”35c678cbb5ac7aa6

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As Serena fussed 389db3ecef over him, Azaid 10801e5f1a pulled the blanket d74f2d3e46 tightly around himself, 11b85a5414 shaking his head.4d07d07f258a1020

“You tend to 7888de7457 think of me 82c83d866f as too fragile.”22fc18ddf7c271db

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“Well, in my fd42ec4f55 eyes, you are,” dc3a8a2365 Serena replied casually. She couldn’t help d5955af11c worrying since he 761885f44b looked like he 6f8caae07a could collapse at 30d1d28582 any moment. Azaid, however, scowled and 3186943401 declared firmly, “I’m not 87f2a6cb00 fragile.”405a0cd0d26667dd

“Sure, sure. Got it,” she 2a91882bb9 answered with a ec78c7d810 laugh, brushing him 8a0b70a9b2 off as she 26dcead15e took out a a09cd3fa06 diagnostic artifact. It was 57eed3f480 a small 1b824014e6 device that 5a979608ca fit perfectly 48f1404093 in her 434728387f hand. As her long c70b9f01c2 fingers worked, Azaid’s f3fab0b185 heart started pounding 8de7922560 again as last 1db9f92a81 night’s events came 1648b5c440 rushing back.6c3b658e999eeb81

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‘Here we go again,’ 207c274fd6 Azaid thought, frowning slightly.c40d6ef93ae2c5bd

Serena was just about 5bf5611fca to place her hand f045d398e7 on his mana core d81e8dd519 when he called out, ec0fe32f93 “Serena.”2e7a54b10df47f8a

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“I told you not 1fb8b541ae to talk while I’m 09b25fb219 checking your pulse,” she 45ad107fec scolded, glancing at him.8ffd35f3a0aa048c

But Azaid didn’t stop. “I think a244a4b380 something’s wrong f402298ae3 with me.”a73a8dd4ca5c030f

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His words made b4248b791b Serena freeze. Forgetting her task, 1f5b2da521 she looked at 80f53ec822 him with concern. “What do you mean? Are you 425e843356 feeling unwell?”f3018246f84a1fed

Worry filled her eyes d37fbe80c6 as she awaited his 570d15fcfb response, ready to prescribe 5178ae3c6a something if necessary. But Azaid shook f63007b49e his head.257925e97b5fb9e8

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“Not unwell, exactly… More 73200da2d5 like confused. I’ve never felt d50b6efb27 this way before.”5cc642cac1af53a4

What could it 8095cad2dd be, for him a93901030d to hesitate so a3c1a752d7 much?eb970e9f5f316097

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Frustrated by his 1d59ebcdd4 vagueness, Serena pressed a9b6447fda him for details. “You need to describe bd8738072c your symptoms accurately for feed87aae1 me to diagnose you.”a66970d2fb714796

“I think there’s b55a7c54ef something wrong with 97d1965ad2 my heart.”1b27391bba53bab3

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“Your heart?”1397cb66a04a9321

“It keeps beating too 137b64a2b8 fast for no reason. Sometimes it feels like bec04fa331 it’s sinking, and other 39c67bee6e times it’s as if 4f026a84bc my blood is boiling 14128a6d2d and I’m on a 7e8bd7597c roller coaster.”8b7ccc93346dbc33

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“So, your 4a70a52623 heart feels 14830bb2a6 erratic, like 077ad93d77 it’s malfunctioning?”aec58d68db520a35

“Exactly. I think my heart 2db31e3235 might be failing.”29d26665e6adfa3b

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Azaid lowered e418a64348 his gaze, 7f8363d6bf and Serena, 1dab61f4ec after a b8ac93e24f moment, asked 9ae28cb379 for permission. “Excuse me aab911861d for a 94abb1e55b moment.” She 82b3af1686 placed her e46e13b33d bare hand a19e3c0ea9 on his f4300ca09b chest.799335639c40ae30

Thump-thump, thump-thump-thump.505a5ff864ac8767

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The moment her 9e18cc323a hand touched him, 55a462939d his heart started 50af1b1faf pounding wildly again. Serena observed his 6e7c3c1c29 heartbeat with a 71c72ab909 serious expression. It was c569c9b49a an ordinary df1db80574 morning, yet cafe4a77d4 his heart 824ad998e5 was racing 42877b44e1 abnormally fast.032a9ac6507c471f

‘This is real. His heart might 278a2cfa77 actually have a c0af04eac9 problem!’ff9d40f0a7ecb58d

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He seemed fine 0b014fc129 until now, so c0b2f29997 why the sudden e185a75e10 issue?9d3cf70a931aea39

Azaid was 76dba9962a truly a 80cac0b01f patient who 896880678c kept her 9da8b6aeae on edge. Cautiously, Serena 3469ce9f48 asked, “Have 0ed7dce0b3 you been 9188ce4a2e angry or b44618cc07 stressed out eef98b7925 recently?”af547bbe4cd0e5c2

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“Angry…?” Azaid mused.f4f1a80145922e2d

“Even something minor is 4a734a6136 fine.”28a31406050d67b9

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When she spoke to 723dd8ca53 him in a softer 61484bdab6 tone than usual, Azaid 88a7c9beec thought back over the 9dafb1900f past few days. There hadn’t been many 1b974b4283 outright infuriating incidents, but 2a5856f78f plenty of things had 0517e12b73 been bothering him.6d4ebde3f0b5e668

Particularly, Leonard’s report yesterday 292127a490 had been nothing short 88dbd95d66 of devastating. The decision to dac2f30c8b hold the hunting 26dc350c12 festival in Greenwood 5161646907 Duchy was, in c4a5f74d50 truth, merely a 4600c094b7 pretext.039388f6a27783be

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The real purpose was c0df16ea1e to visit the duchy 9535b06530 discreetly and investigate the 4e674c6175 duke. Thanks to Jack’s life-risking ea206ce493 efforts, they had discovered ac5414b26a that the official responsible c5565ce996 for the smuggling lived 73ddf52be8 in Greenwood Duchy. Unfortunately, the official was ca02b5c01b protected in an area aee3fa00ad near the duke’s estate, 0ea5877622 making it difficult to f64d8655ea approach.a79370332764f1d4

Although Jack insisted on a52092f0e1 handling it himself, Azaid b899411097 had stopped him. Based on Jack’s a37a145629 earlier attack, it 0ba648dd3d seemed the duke 15ce8adae5 was already aware d69d8bde82 of their movements.fd9b6b122469afba

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If they weren’t 252fb458b7 cautious, they risked 7dce71497c losing everything, including 92820b3d6b their allies. Thus, Azaid 0ecc80f315 had eagerly c02ad821c9 anticipated the 4b75dbaf81 hunting festival.03cb22aae51131f4

The plan was 49f70ab020 calculated: the duke 8c15b20fdc couldn’t act recklessly e1e9b0ff24 against Leonard, who 28f9febdb6 had come as 9b6f9a9e77 the emperor’s escort. Leonard was to df86212118 secretly approach the f07839923e official and gather b5b28f86f1 evidence. However, the sly df7de7b99f duke had anticipated a0a4a88221 this and cut 92a517a032 all ties beforehand.07e60103fd961fb4

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“When I arrived, the ae47797894 entire family had already e744fb3bdf been dead for quite 700c751eb2 some time. It seems the 965d3490f3 duke took preemptive 9caed7d562 action.”5ad8f3a3c11c8375

“Strange. To kill 225213eefd such a 8cc15adc55 key official 0bcce461c6 overnight… It’s 495ff89bcb as if 9f0622b502 there was bd3adec34b information we b7c1a442f3 absolutely weren’t 2e618aa0da supposed to 1a6de74a9d discover.”226f71a86e7238a5

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“There’s something else 5add02246f suspicious.”0c0b1edf71228282

“Go on.”588e779fc7be9840

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“There were no signs cee4fcca78 of resistance on the 590e5bf7cd bodies.”9aeabf81bf2264b2

“Are you saying they 86982891ee committed suicide?”63dc132e9f813787

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“There were no f28547cdbc signs of suicide 4f6e2908ac either. It was as 81bf5923d7 if their hearts 9a5751fbe9 simply stopped, like 140e55eaf3 sudden death.”387362da72a1c3de

“Was there 04b3d184c1 evidence of 2e856d99b6 poison?”5934659b774f28a6

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“None.”fee89e2f355d3cce

“…This is c5b5ae8f7a truly baffling.”fe6f888c6200cdc5

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Azaid was 39d207b552 irritated at 5d431c5962 the thought c60bde15d8 of starting 00735b700e from scratch 1a10b6aeed again. What were the odds c03a8fcd6c that an entire family 1cc168e616 would suddenly die on d730fd6379 the same day?6bcd506144e24e68

It wasn’t poison, a5b98b2163 murder, or even 1f43ea3303 suicide—just their hearts b2b46a99fa stopping, as if 5fddf450be cursed.f49d0eaf00e0d426

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Was this 3c82551f49 a stroke 1da849ad1e of luck bc2f79b1e0 for the 48518fb554 duke, or 0afbbd5bb8 was it 4328420af1 intentional? If it were 82be5a7b68 the former, fate a0dd8414e6 was certainly not 56ff42e80f on Azaid’s side. If it were 3cc8f6876e the latter, it 424252a52e meant the duke 2199249a74 was concealing something eb5c5dd1eb far more dangerous.cc9fb72d29630ff5

Azaid leaned toward 930311330d the latter. Too many unsettling bed42e2e93 details made it 1850e2cd08 hard to dismiss 250ce340de as mere coincidence.85365f52279b11b3

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This was Greenwood’s 766b60c968 duke, after all. With his cunning mind, a9b4d3c58e who knew what bizarre 82f6ed5f76 poison or trick he 0dd1dab3e0 had devised?c9bbae3aa4c583a5

‘What is he f4833193b0 hiding? Why would he kill 4a4cef62d6 his subordinate so urgently?’208d2d131362cd9d

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Azaid had always 79b69e5997 found the duke ac29da4c94 instinctively unsettling. It was fec79fc5bb a feeling fb15e7a3bd that had 32dcfbde8e lingered since 94bac4d9de childhood—a vague, 2df3775070 ominous impression 1dde0ec64d of the e567b0e42d man.8efbad17d7616106

And indeed, 7bc18433ca the duke f7e501c19a wore a f125736f19 benevolent mask 980b0b1415 while committing 434aa8de3d heinous acts 66643611ed in secret. He clearly had some 35ddb65940 kind of scheme, but 2cff85f05a he concealed it so 5cbfd1c501 skillfully that it remained 9e8e23bee8 a mystery.118954cf8b134ebd

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‘Should I 28ea64edbd inform Nocturne?’30842c0e3b41b234

Azaid hesitated 6b4342a300 briefly before 30927076bc shaking his 313e9f0dc3 head. Involving Nocturne a590d1feeb without concrete 7310f81d55 evidence would af1bdc5a3c only escalate 4072b56bc4 matters unnecessarily.347e6d062a4f1d33

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‘Regardless, this isn’t a 465a1ae9ef simple matter.’1d7490253ce3894c

Azaid concluded 870fd8efad that a 1074d29118 larger conspiracy db51cd8bd6 was undoubtedly 030abd13a8 hidden behind b3ca841626 this smuggling cecbd91ef5 case.4d48012218b27432

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“What’s with e12e545f8f the serious 1b6561b59f expression?”0b893ce5e989e4da

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It was then that 5f218177dc Serena urged him to 417dd36c55 answer, breaking his train decb611069 of thought. Azaid belatedly 21ede2cd49 remembered her 80692a4662 presence and 0f00b6bbcb muttered an 82ee842be8 excuse.2ebf95fe2bd38054

“It’s nothing 1695ea2dc7 to be c49f929692 angry about…”4e84df7b6117308c

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He was about 1171c57e44 to dismiss it 9dd94229bc as unimportant when 45d6f8ea3b he noticed how 4409918e62 close they were.fee1438599499185

Serena’s hand was 29a7dd2bb9 still resting on 4cb407ebd8 his chest, and 85adb4b801 her bright, inquisitive b3edaeb18e eyes seemed as 05a404bdbc though they could 468707cc53 draw the truth 12b4640131 out of him. Azaid cleared his af90014205 throat and gently 030ae92f4f removed her hand.948a10630b583a36

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“I must have 6a8dbccaf0 overworked myself lately a40598aea9 due to heavy 78b102fa19 duties.”b21a2dc1e66fa78b

“Is that so? You seemed c3aa1ab179 rather relaxed 93d2275690 for someone 9540c73342 overworked,” Serena 4a1b2f7749 teased.38e7eeb160e82638

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“And you, 94ea672b92 my personal d029f88a6f physician, seem 925ed8f468 quite busy 144ab1c6d1 these days.”9322ae0cbb962ef1

“Of course, I’m always 6935ad1eca busy.”cbfd8c67811e16de

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“Really? Is that b0b51a8e8d why a 9be01278c6 busy person e8f655bf39 like you 7c62fce49f goes on 0e995564aa walks with 0942b570cc Nocturne without 51302a1c4b telling me 3605fd2822 and even 19d56683d6 attends a 4ef42233dd ball as 2b4525c9b7 his partner?”b3612f337473ddab

Azaid’s voice took on ae7e9c6758 a petulant edge, and f72f8ab38c Serena blinked in surprise.d40401dde0a55cee

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Come to 88b9fbaeeb think of a2385054a4 it, it b77bf9792d annoyed him. Walks were an 07cbe3ceec unspoken routine between 83e3b352f8 Serena and Azaid.12b86c1967911f61

How could he hear 9446481612 secondhand that someone he 8355ed33e2 always strolled with had 4b4b8361f9 walked with another?d2acaf898f397530

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‘The only person 572158dcd2 allowed to walk 4bf4e908f4 with Serina is 447c5bf127 me!’7b15008217b42be7

Azaid didn’t 004c4184ce realize how 138f0fd5d7 irrational his 2f3686d1d5 fixation was. Serena, feigning indifference, a5b338616f replied, “I don’t b51486d863 see why I 813632164d must only take 7a79360a46 walks with Your 21a9dde82b Majesty.”503313b8927f5354

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Azaid’s eyes 0066e7e40c narrowed sharply 6f4074bba4 in response.f0f5e4c5cdc16f4c

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