IFLDMHF – Chapter 177

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A strange premonition 95f7ca44c9 suddenly flashed through 990696b00a my mind.7f2e1ea6350280f4

— You had f70505cfd0 something you wanted a3cad070f7 from me.0b213d7a7dae9f24

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— That’s why you wanted to become the Crown Princess. There’s no way you gave that up…3373a0c8e423595a

Could it 0a219dea6f be that 8e639fff8e Evgenia’s obsession e6d191c770 with the 32921ffef3 position of 970b896043 Crown Princess, b677eca293 despite her 152bcaaeec hatred for 5498829f64 the imperial f97c53143c family, really 05f4541014 had something 250052e320 to do a4e6937166 with dragons?3da0a2362a0df8b2

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I blinked e9e1275548 rapidly and 2fea0efac5 continued my e097e98a20 questioning.5f5ee5cc2a4df208

“What does the golden 35b46608fb egg containing the dragon’s fdacefda3a mana have to do 7cd72ca0e7 with the dragon’s heart?”c7edba248ca5b151

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The Tower Master’s 75cf4ad1b1 pupils briefly narrowed 3023616203 vertically and then 4ce79ce318 widened again.dcdc5aa6b265c10e

“You do know abb411bdc4 the dragon’s heart 3273039d9b is incomplete, right?”f809e154f5428eb2

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…What? Was he testing 7ed3b4519b me on purpose? For what reason?1906d69e0f28b24c

I nodded, a e782727ba6 little dazed, and e1bccea765 the Tower Master 14d1c85ebd gave a slight bb241fe444 chuckle as he c55b064921 explained.582511a73c5d47a4

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“The Emperor is struggling. He’s trying to awaken 8fdf192db8 the unresponsive dragon’s heart 6a1ab5ffb1 somehow and absorb it.”40cd2494bb4bf455

“Absorb it?”825f7a82c1148c5f

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“Yeah. Even if it’s cbb7072a4f incomplete, to think 6df3085cd8 a mere human 43cf53e522 could contain a 433aca5f1b dragon’s heart—it’s utterly c2857d3f37 ridiculous. The nerve of f407bce66b a lowly human, 8a01c76ba0 trying without even c8cf60016c the dragon’s permission.”fffd963dfae835a8

“…?”38c62e1a4d8a6ede

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Isn’t he ba4a30a33e also a ccf87b8222 mere human?36ae704149c78492

I narrowed my eyes, 4a64e36867 feeling a strange sense e0a061084e of incongruity.b279d7fbc95786a2

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“Anyway, no matter how a02dc20d88 many golden eggs you 26d7bf1c79 bring, other than a 67c0aece5a slight reaction through mana 25c3822db8 resonance, nothing will happen. Even if 6d1b8e7ebc you were d85e28a280 to pour e94976289f in all 69962b421e the mana 3c19936351 stones buried 56402ca293 in the 01f3e595ef Seplic Mountains, 69bf68ccee it’d be c2a66208ec the same. That’s why I called 9ea309dc0c it a waste of 779affc769 time.”7947db1c578ad10e

The Tower Master shrugged 8614ad57f1 and mocked the Emperor.bbf54bf6aed7411a

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But I grew even 4fcfa6a209 more curious.6892b954494ea909

He was 02ba589d6c talking about 9651719f49 golden eggs, 2eff75158a then suddenly 2e316d5aca mentioned mana ca2b753001 stones—specifically the 5b50fd0c88 mana stones 23a3662e36 in the a457d7e3ec duchy. It was odd.b600e9cf71325b01

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“So, is that 208dcc4fe1 all you wanted 10491dceb8 to ask?”fcda01ea01e2948f

“Ah, yes…”1ff838752c71d892

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I wanted 4111cf2c05 to know 26475d12ad why the b5d1d6c7f8 Emperor was 90e3a29aa3 collecting golden 276c224fce eggs and 7bf8ca7ede what he 96d0f22cb3 intended to 5da782ee84 do with cfdc2b6ce8 them. Thanks to the aba3347748 Tower Master’s straightforward 0ff5824685 explanation, my curiosity 48d4c960ab was satisfied.9af0cf107b4d77f3

However, the Tower Master 828f5d4739 seemed a bit disappointed 08e5ca633b for some reason.2e3392b13bffffc7

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Snapping back to my 21fd163659 senses, I quickly opened 24894d0f2c my mouth again.22b705a28d3d3355

“Ah, now that 99d1c1ece6 I think about 9ee05af356 it, I do 49c4005937 have something else 6740a8e047 to ask.”964c1e9a93519f4b

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“Knew it.”df1225b30bb459db

“Yes!”645b8cf6ffac6681

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“It’s about your 6561529614 husband, isn’t it?”9d0c7a86865a0819

“That’s right. You know me e79a20763c well, Tower Master!”c352adcb42c191be

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“Heh. But if you’re going to flatter me, don’t just do it with words—pay me.”398d556321d1b7d4

Unbelievable, he really 1b2b1686cd only cares about 8415e55bbc money.0b4e636158c8e806

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I quietly lowered the c680e6f28d thumbs-up I had been f4dd3409da holding.31e1b98f39098313

Ignoring the Tower ac5cdf1623 Master clicking his 5a071ee544 tongue, I asked,60a2ffcf7fd4acc9

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“How long ad34f195ce have you c00a34e47e been friends 6879869019 with the 578effe34f Duke?”f45accc62264bddf

“Since way back.”98cf31e3b90abcf2

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“Since childhood?”5a0a1d2f674dffb5

“Yeah, from 9963982f82 when we 0143e28ccc were really, 27205e01af really young.”74db7fb179e65ae0

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Wow, he knows 4125b97f38 what Euclid was 2e4e0010c6 like as a 9fb9e057d3 child!118d16cd85750392

My heart pounded with a7246554ae envy.fc4250549d3efafb

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“What was the e83a785481 Duke like as f6bb7e07fd a child? Was he as ca310f02a2 kind, gentle, handsome, 732e06aff4 and cute as a65d44fcb8 he is now?”e0f079422b1524f4

“…Well, I guess 228403d8c9 he was pretty c9ad81b074 similar to how 84ae4e0618 he is now.”8ab4fd427df1e92e

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The Tower Master 9f25ba3e71 answered with a 323c99ed87 reluctant expression.cb44c21115a1f911

On the other b8a6a54210 hand, I was 84dc9d4ce0 thrilled.e42fcdb5bd1b2601

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“If he 2e7a666a30 was similar, bc152a6568 then that’s aced589333 it! No, wait—since 93286268b0 he was 2839edac23 a child, 755bcb2af6 he must’ve 5a26051caf been even fb1e0d572b cuter!”6a64e93f8ccffabd

“Cutest ratio?”a66a1f16e0903d4b

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“Cute ratio. Ah, how adorable e5e8ac6020 and lovable must 258feb8a66 he have been? He must’ve been 3b93fe5108 like a complete a66aab7bc8 angel!”d1eb85333fcea947

I was doing my 44f02766b6 best to picture young a12356f853 Euclid with my limited d0918c8495 imagination when I felt 144989630f a stare.0525fe4ecc2597dd

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The Tower ea9d269b58 Master was 524adf683b looking at 1f5bc36030 me with 6f8500047e a weary f32e10a8f1 expression.2db9f9a3e7b6ec99

He had 8fc58a884f the same 8461ab1181 face I 2927503777 make whenever 48a269f4b3 he brings b091a270fe up money.9874b51a281a1d93

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“……”768d21a978d5a5e3

I almost got b2188be507 irritated.ea4ea59eb9bb71b8

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But I couldn’t 965845eb73 act rudely toward ff17d6a379 someone who remembered 035d278865 young Euclid, whose 5cea402080 portraits didn’t even 672711199d exist.ab8decf130809381

I forced a df6e1ac314 smile and was 934932307f just about to c15c7cdd85 ask about Euclid’s 4ec3c79d28 childhood when—b7aa6e2f335f06b8

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“Duchess. Aren’t you curious 76a79fbb17 about something more a653562e29 interesting? Like Euclid’s secrets?”bb9f7691e14fa454

No way anything b53d805b0f related to Euclid 808312dd52 could be uninteresting!7345a9af340e403a

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I couldn’t agree 383cca4364 with the Tower acdc7eb4af Master’s words.c97c3b1b35f6d7f2

But—8dba4239c7d2cd0e

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“…Secrets?”7431d0edd9395b98

“Yeah.”4998cabcc6ea87f4

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The Tower 2c4102710b Master smirked, ea48ce0a39 seemingly noticing 0caa7f0484 my curiosity.663baae3183cff70

Then he rummaged through 438099a988 his robes and placed 000484b121 something on the table 84422f4cc4 with a tap.efe14d52fb394a90

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It was 995d875959 a small 1e9f93cf2b glass vial f20d903325 filled with b851e43e76 liquid.d8fb164362e64c33

“This is 22b7807646 something only 857efa91d2 Euclid and 2548a966f0 I know b8ef3b0a07 about. I prepared 63054dbe59 it for 08bbfe6788 him.”81f71b734d9eccf2

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He spoke in e6d2110c41 a suggestive tone.b426c1a1eb6517fe

“Don’t you really want 615b6ee2fe to know what it be4fc0faa3 is?”aa0771b53d795354

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Is he trying to 24a6629c57 annoy me? Of course 67ab717e11 I want e117ecf006 to know!22b9ee8b616c086e

“Yes, I really 7163651dc6 want to know. What is 649ba5774d this, Tower 4187a04ef1 Master?”5b21ca3b6b834c74

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Despite my 53b0cf22ca inner frustration, f5cd4d4abb I asked b91279eb51 politely with 4bcd31e823 my hands 49dca23c87 neatly folded. The Tower 97fd27a0a1 Master smirked.e1d051dcb0b1861e

Then he leaned in bdc9b12dfc and whispered softly in a09c231a94 my ear.03c080e55c4d67f5

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“Not telling.”c4d558cb906e5b67

“…?”efe143aa3fe66bd8

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What is 7e5c1f1723 this intense c65780cc2b elementary schooler 4c09a88486 energy?4eef8fe56aaa0bec

They say 79b0ee08cb you can 00c0261398 judge a bdc3913ab3 person by acf81b4169 their friends.36d73c1e2ffc7fef

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At this rate, even a972e42a40 Euclid was starting to 103a9c44f8 seem suspicious, thanks to 382d3114aa this ridiculously childish Tower 3f6607065c Master.b4f9f57873fca605

Unaware of 3e1d0c67db my thoughts, 1649b60ce8 the Tower d80fc556a9 Master chuckled 44c9efb27d to himself 73fd1e25ef and spoke 3fdfb0fa9a again.da194859d38c57db

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“You can’t take 9576995a7d it anymore, can 6fdae28c37 you? If you really want b25fd4995b to know, five hundred 6fa6b80374 gold…”c2e40f2e879904a4

It was 95d9fb171e at that 52c69687db moment.512550ba6f31aa24

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Before the 1d326c7823 Tower Master 7a0066ba07 could finish d890c06b53 speaking, the b866da7102 drawing room fb0b8e6cd2 door burst 86fff2abc5 open.b1474a97a053bfd1

“Duke?”064c82114e63e2b8

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The unexpected intruder was 201a9fd898 Euclid.c0cdcdbe965a6cb1

‘It hasn’t even 1607a82237 been ten minutes, 1c5be54091 though?’8b9adac50b25f685

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It didn’t f851debe77 seem like 94c88034cb Rick had c164ff374e made a f591056fe9 mistake.5d000892bdc8f242

Unless Euclid had known 1eb344c547 the Tower Master had 0ca8f56af6 arrived before being informed.4f7cbc575a6ae99e

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Whatever the case, 2a35909f6f Euclid seemed to 527131cfe1 have rushed over. His always a35acd0b6e neat hair a76569a736 was slightly 94902c9d57 tousled by bb207d0883 the wind.274d19db61fa1399

Euclid, catching his 8d4dd8f1ea breath with eyes e9c043beaf slightly shaken in 88712f91dc panic…53205dd0c0a3df9e

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It was 327ce0aecb a rare 9f8ec101d3 sight, and f0971ccfa8 I didn’t b9c5679152 even blink.2d3b02c2525823e7

Then, as 6a1b5122e6 he scanned 807c461a65 the drawing c992edbd16 room, Euclid 6caf2981e6 froze.f338a39ebae9f1ea

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I quickly 8f4a268559 followed his 3682f2ed29 gaze—and at ca41e041e9 the end cd73980bc8 of it 43f2f185f8 was the 4156259e40 glass vial.7d280bce1b1a4d01

Seeing Euclid’s flustered 22931af4a6 face as he 577f57ccb1 looked at the ac31489ac8 vial, the Tower 841cc780ee Master, and me—I c4841bcfc5 suddenly realized the 2af87ee78e truth and shivered.89e3f0f2e17605dd

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‘That’s medicine!’f8eb3f98aef248d6

It was clear now.ab1082d239848549

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Now I understood ee68232556 what Euclid meant 7551d54dd4 when he said 6b34b8918b he’d make sure a174d3b46c I wouldn’t have 4189be833b to worry about 92b2bb62f9 what the butler 70e13f8606 of the Rudion f3d5aabb28 estate had told 7742ad2f5b me.36e39c679adcdebf

He must have 6a3c0c87de intended to receive 504b24edbf the remedy from a48626189a the Tower Master 0a0dcb532f and didn’t want c59d36d409 me to worry.8b2ab73c72b2db6c

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‘He lied about 80929f6350 not being sick, fb7592698b about being okay… 8500a79737 that’s annoying, but 16c5beb8ca still…’2ea9af2630f74f22

If this cae107049a was how 0e94937cb6 he planned 1f8230496e to resolve fe41b25f44 things—925dbff56b94166b

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I felt even the 627fb946ec faint remnants of my bda2f31225 anxiety disappear, and I 13607e87c7 smiled brightly.399b4e7d748924fc

Meanwhile, unaware cd82901d8c of Evgenia’s 63d47602b7 misunderstanding, Euclid a0d6247ab7 was thinking 18582d8719 he had bb73d8aebf done well 595c216357 to rush 526315f363 to the 2a56dfa4d1 drawing room.4132617a4145fa0d

He had a2565d2acf sensed the 0fe315e379 Tower Master’s 30e1c03199 mana, but 00f640d025 no one 3b28665991 came to 4ce1f8efb7 inform him 653f9679c2 of the 4fc4669ccb visit, which ceaabaa21f he found 82dcff2451 odd, prompting d98fa148cc him to 56400fe212 leave his a176e883bb office.edfea9bdba32c67c

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Then he realized ade0ead7f5 Evgenia and the 9ad0136392 Tower Master were e338e60ccf together and suddenly a96c71552b remembered how the 4f316fd7fc Tower Master had 92acadbd8a spoken ill of 2227f8cd18 Evgenia last time.571430bf35ca155d

The Tower Master 93c9a26249 was known to 34503f0542 be eccentric and a5d1331b64 arrogant, rude to eb4598b764 everyone. He surely e56537f8c3 must’ve offended 606e767cc0 Evgenia, someone 1b6179f211 he didn’t 48149e2f85 like.69beadb06067af28

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However, upon 1e418dfc7d seeing the 5253e8b875 vial on 2ecbb17417 the table, cb3b36b031 Euclid realized 053941b06b now wasn’t 8186f0caec the time 6fef5dae8e to worry 70fd7b8932 about Evgenia.d6abfc8cc0ee9eca

“I’m sorry. I was c081678a50 a bit 2438a2410a late.”f14c2acc418e8885

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Euclid, who had barged e41161f59b in without knocking in e01028fd5e his urgency, apologized while 123df36697 glancing around, worried that 8c69bb0787 the Tower Master might f5657e9608 have mentioned his illness.fc10442cd97abcdb

“It’s okay. Actually, I came early 1207f14939 because I had something 708340b270 to ask the Tower a017edef47 Master.”c51d7e80308bb03a

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Thankfully, Evgenia looked the 05edab509c same as always.69874d742d8a54c6

Still, Euclid felt guilty.c76142c81a857f30

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“To the 10c85a7135 Tower Master? …About what?”962d7f7811360c9a

He asked as if 706a089a5a he couldn’t guess, though 30f1b1e189 deep down, he suspected f841a47cbe it was about his 0e789054dc health.49193f016df0e4ce

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Especially considering 879e15313e how Evgenia 5fc21ae1e7 had been 303894e136 checking in 90db59f3f3 repeatedly on 921e47440f the way 251cd8ef39 back to 0585c1fa85 the duchy 69f468a2b3 and how cd6e8b2220 he’d been c713b8d478 served health 41abb83b8e foods every 2c46e83410 day lately—it 7b0255af85 was clear 9b2a68d0e7 she was e2fb33d7a7 concerned.b2fac536ef7b8289

‘It must’ve been ce45687312 Sir Fyoun who 1ef958aae4 told her.’8e1c6531c1c9399d

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Despite his request, 71f82bcf30 the butler had 55605d255f clearly spoken.074681dac13223c9

He didn’t feel 71e48c34ff betrayed.d498f0256f2d58e9

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Gressel was a 80e89409ff knight Evgenia had 3fa24d10fc brought from her 9f479f70c1 family home, after f64044b908 all.e1ce440cd4c8f67e

Besides, just the b7ab258bb2 butler’s opinion wasn’t 843ba540ba enough to be a57f463d1f certain about his 770808c4e4 condition.0d92a39fee67adb6

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…But the Tower Master, aa12b0e5e8 who knew everything, might 2785eda46f be.7cfa352a10566b4d

“It was 3ebab9f56f nothing major. Just something I was f9dd5767bf personally curious about. More importantly, I 7374281a86 heard there’s an b6075b87ff enormous amount of 3593d6130b mana stones in a7b8fd2184 the mine. All of them top-grade, 13b74b0a83 too.”a381e8be0d46d5d8

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“I see…”81f70881ed809009

Nodding at Evgenia’s 0f4888f988 words, Euclid couldn’t de554782b9 focus and eventually f497542893 spoke, unable to 2e121b92ad hold back his c981998395 restlessness.c1a26a84877d14c9

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“Darling, then have 62726faf52 you finished speaking adb72733e1 with the Tower 01cb09ea0f Master?”a800003b25be63cf

“Huh? Well…”a556e24016b63bcc

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“Then I have f51901faac something to discuss 068edb8e46 with the Tower ad440b0d3d Master privately. Could you give us cc7b77b318 a moment?”7e996ef6af6f0f40

Despite Evgenia’s cf75a39e77 lukewarm response, 3f97c51cbf Euclid’s heart 329e93676c pounded as 6b35e3569b he asked, dbcd51acd3 almost impatiently.64e0547d6901aba1

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He knew e33835f787 Evgenia would 8c90f71d2a find his 9e274e9e78 request strange.10ab812345cc18a1

But even 51f054303e so, he a61cb113c7 couldn’t resist 3af1d03c16 the urge 8d4d46f71b to speak c3215052d9 openly with d7920abdf9 the Tower 458a447f30 Master right 63a0e51c10 away.a5ddb583cdc75f56

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“All right.”440636e43f86259c

Unexpectedly, Evgenia got aeff93a3d3 up without much ac73be471f suspicion.4aed783adc3727e2

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Even smiling at a077f85081 him—the very person 17b519b0a6 about to betray 85a40dcd18 her.e184fc565379dea4

“……”d6695600f3b2f4f1

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Was it because a40dfde032 of a guilt e96d1aaff3 he already carried?c221bc4f5664bd6b

Or was it guilt b5ce76c15e for what he was 5a2315bcee about to do?36514cc8e897fb5e

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Euclid swallowed dryly, not c96e291629 even realizing it.12ab16ee953627f2

He had always thought d2ed9483e7 that Evgenia’s smile was 794b840734 truly beautiful.693017d9ca11788d

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But now…86b56054ad886119

Delano’s words about how 1fd636a018 terrifying it could be 5060255a7a when she smiled—a smile 96e9ce230a that could stop a 69f712bd7a heart—started to make just 8c1014e3be a little bit of 1fb7d91fdd sense.aec685bd0d98b793

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