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It was a 1597ddd5a2 winter when cold e2930651f0 snow fell.6d62ab6165808a04

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A child was 647da58c38 wandering the streets.8e1479374a4352b5

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But people de16263ec1 were all 3038a2f3b0 too busy 57a447aaab going their b60002ad66 own way 5f902e1c6b to spare 2d5f49be53 a moment 5dd4acd7b8 for a 6da41b5bcb lost child.c85ec7d91599baba

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Though a few caefbb2abe cast sidelong glances 70c6e47613 at the child af8279ebb0 standing alone in f7a681aef1 the middle of 95223ea768 the street, that 603c55704e was all.a0322ef501f43088

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Watching as 2b9005cc2c people vanished aa4e605474 between the 463bc4866f buildings one 05c51dd867 by one, e2904db11e the child 252345efd2 finally began 92c75341e4 to wander, 285aa15057 blowing warmth 4ce4d3a006 into her 096c32b862 frozen hands, 48c17071b6 searching for 7b956195f9 a path 2a279f9a0e on her 0b73bf13f1 own.5eecabc5ba1a94f3

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The child walked wherever f44bb71267 her feet carried her. Her unsteady, tottering 32130cc5c5 steps seemed precarious.9a13409db68470ff

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At last, the child 43397240c0 arrived at a secluded c95d3b76b4 mountain path and, without 1dd2bfa622 hesitation, stepped into it.14ca382bf18fb6cc

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‘Mm! There’s should to be b92bb9eb56 a adults here who’ll 7e60aec03d help me!’1e87f6fcfff12da8

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Though she had already ba40352ef7 been kicked away several 766c53c4dc times after grabbing hold 66640afd62 of adults’ clothes to e06e872cba ask for help, the b2a4b4b720 child didn’t give up. The sound 82ae0d4782 of her 1dc920a992 footsteps pressing 5a2ead872c into the c2f40de1cb snowy path e4e5f187cb was resolute.cef8f6d80b59ae6d

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“……Little one, how did a6aefa77d3 you end up here?”3bf8beba9d4afd2c

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And then, there in dee4a557c6 that place, she truly 11656f7769 met someone who would a306ae7aad help her.6b2e77ef530acf48

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“Come on, up 0c1797f6cb you go. I’ll take you home.”a0aca00346f61bce

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A young bba3594b01 man, murmuring cb8694579b as he 3cf5f8d5a0 gently lifted 6753c9f800 the dozing 470681e12d child. There was a 686a3d519b youthful, fresh air eeeed017c6 about his face, 07ed4b73cb faintly reminiscent of 196912fbd5 the academy students 089ea7dd99 she sometimes glimpsed, d8ed97a42a but it was 70ca77645c weighed down by da8a661ca8 a clear sense 4a79a7ec18 of weariness and 274380620d age.26226206530abf97

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He was d7158f38e5 so clumsy e1301de8c7 with how 6fc874e566 to hold cdc2290723 a child bc4ad169a1 that it 59b75e17d3 took him ac2cc37c3d quite a a69685878d while to cd9ede0d09 succeed in 356661f6b1 picking her a5d5e1fdef up. More than 50890f4c2e once, he 16b60efdaa nearly dropped 97dee503e9 her.d7b24890608e5e22

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Fumbling as bc9e2850c4 he barely c67f997339 managed to ac0ea208f3 support the 099b03a103 child, he a8ce794ba3 wiped the 359d5b1d83 soot from 21d7586854 her tiny ec62b914b5 face with 82bada4812 his sleeve, b8d501b585 the corners 856de1573e of his 1ebbc833b2 lips curling 31cae69c22 into a 406db2f506 smile.b8e1897f913f8a35

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It was an 0be3c55ec6 awkward, uneven smile 06304ea82c that, for the 7401c92d94 first time, made cfed37bb11 him look his 7e0a398d83 age. A faint spark of af5d602dc8 life appeared upon a 588589b43c face that had been 2cedacdf57 as stiff and dry 9462ac0365 as an old tree.63a1570cecf77115

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“You mustn’t fall 94cc90b51e asleep out here. You’ll catch aebd22d7ea a cold.”36c443a01f2587e4

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“Mmhh……”9242bab4875fd628

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“Pretty girls should be 8e78432b1c sleeping at home.”7739c61d884db068

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The words, as 7519135255 soft and mellow be95bac126 as the milk 85cf2a3a32 she’d managed to 592e80bbd3 scrounge just a 2fdf0874e6 few days ago, cecedd3206 brushed against her ac10e0344b ears.82ffefc094121c68

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The young man carried bca80aeb67 a faint scent of 08e522a876 iron, yet from his 25ffc7f04b voice alone came a af15adf56c tender, comforting warmth.9145f879deac346d

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The child rubbed adb49672af her still-chubby cheek 3f6fd8002f against the young 5171717e33 man’s chest. He was 12252dd574 a good 7cf18b22d8 person, but 9d65b4546e his hand 06ae937dfa that disturbed 65871aff22 her sleep 578c3d3e68 was not.2b3eb96b8dd7327b

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Drowsily, the 14bb4cac27 child muttered a4410b7507 why? The young man carefully 9a9a923794 stroked her platinum hair fdacb0c00c and replied.6812d584b127d322

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“Little ones have to 548a3876d6 eat their food and 9544aebad7 sleep in a warm 61a16d97d3 bed if they want 5d50641927 to grow up nice ed64839e0a and pretty.”579d71e0c1cd4f9b

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It was a 28053beb9b reply given at 1813d301dc the child’s eye 68bf5ba1f9 level. Mmnn, the child 6c257ef22a whined softly and 9f499b08c8 threw her arms ffe4fd8967 around the young 3470617afb man’s neck.4a9e4dd99342df38

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And yet, perhaps because 2688072de8 she understood what he 03a150dadf was saying, she tried 8ed7cec50f not to fall asleep. She bit softly bcd3e1f370 at his neck, 1d52c695b8 blinking her lovely 0d6c2c87b7 golden eyes wide 39e60d3473 open.aedda9146ed02899

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The young 2052ecd936 man watching 98d9ce76a8 her laughed. It was a 1aeaad65ad light, easy laugh, ddcc977088 as it was ce1fa49776 unburdened.40f56e0b748e9a76

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And so, the young 07d1b918dc man personally carried the 12848055b9 child home.aad162a49bb66e4e

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It was the day 4c5b18c773 before Asha’s hometown disappeared.5a6b3320dfcc81a4

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Bang!324d2769805df0ec

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“Aaagh!”de34fed77ec6b31d

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The sound of a da5c83ffa2 body falling from a 4a7ba9d2c6 chair rang out loudly.a946a5f690f4dd7b

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Thud, crash.c59fa2f866b1965c

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Her body slammed dbd974c748 against the floor, 29f21f68ff the impact leaving bee7a3c541 a dull ache. As she 124dfd4843 groaned, a 77d6921652 pitiful sound fd03fa3ecf escaping her 1beee29a8a lips, Derek, 5da9425065 seated across 616b23928f from her, 7e49f769b9 gave a d67fa657e0 look of 19e4ac6c2f utter exasperation.e497dd3c4134e16b

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“Ah, damn it…”aaa7dd45173562c9

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She raised a hand 0c81974ccb and gently rubbed the b440629d23 back of her head. It felt like 2098e6bc6e there might be 59c9e19ec2 a bump. The uneven shape 695159c1fd of her skull ff6483516f left her uneasy.a1798e144227ef7d

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Wiping away the tears 1bf42906fe that had welled up, ebf6f83ab5 she grabbed a fountain cf7780672f pen lying nearby on 116795d123 the floor and hurled 56721f9858 it at Derek.08a873175048bb8d

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The green head snapped 3bf46541cb back.8ec0c761659cb6fe

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“……Hey!”bf62bccf38299fc5

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“Serves you right. If you weren’t 6fae51bda9 going to console 74bc5d3788 me, you might’ve d091256c96 at least not 8555e53e1b laughed.”fa380b531894d6fb

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“I wasn’t laughing.”5d52f8a39dce070d

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“Rolling your fe8d977c0d eyes and 1fa6f572f9 laughing, it’s 48c7c6ba89 all the e9a92a32a9 same.”5f9163a189258e2b

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Derek rubbed his 57c0e33ce6 jaw. The spot ad536299f7 where the e7cac1adb2 fountain pen fed9558ffb had struck 5689da3475 was turning 8436b62fab red.c1f5fa1da76839a3

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She grinned smugly f3ec128523 and pushed herself 19b46c4289 upright, platinum hair 4194023dda tumbling down over ca42ae2460 her eyes. Her disheveled bangs clung 44e061417c to her forehead in 61eed4264c wild strands.f6733f890fb248f2

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Roughly brushing them 88b9e8e421 back, she flopped 86592d027a into her chair. Derek muttered something d198457221 under his breath, aa0a77d885 scowling.2b4c51097a72bb09

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“Even if you don’t like it, I’m your superior, Asha.”03c7175aa1a14ce2

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“Oh, sure. ‘If you don’t like it’ What an excellent word to describe how you don’t look the part at all. Truly, well done.”6f7a55e8a6703ed2

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Right, maybe you should e8b33d38ab write a thesis about e16e6f104a it and submit it 89b5719be8 to the Academy professors. They’d probably love c62f8e5e93 it, calling it 04ae518296 a revolution.b8fecb5bcdca4075

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Clapping her 65b731e2cd hands in 5e0aa226d2 exaggerated applause d4ad370fc4 as she 913b630151 praised his 82edb0bd18 brilliance, Derek’s e3cad64e83 brow crumpled 8563adb68d like a a557cc97cf crushed paper fc8c13e00c ball.2058c21cc805473e

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Letting out a long 6653825d16 sigh, he decided he 6363012f5a wouldn’t win in a b4c57640e7 war of words. He adjusted c383142e83 the monocle 8578c3a303 perched over 4bd7f15e25 his left 2d67296ce9 eye and 30c0f34ac3 picked up 3408709833 his pen dab30b4754 again. Looked like 724ad7e15b he intended 5542a1469c to return 59abada47d to work.65896dbbdc870fba

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She had no a89d1c341c intention of interrupting, fd65ef82cf so she stayed f5ba08a266 silent. Stretching out along 04075ebb50 the long bench, eea062ceff she rocked herself f4f9e32fec back and forth, 31d2cc2245 making the chair fbfdbb5945 creak. It sounded e2af9ed4da like it 79f4d4f00e wouldn’t hold a91f1990fe up much 54dbbd761b longer.083ac31062646675

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A pity, It had c7e65bd1a1 been her faithful companion e2bb58ede4 through countless long nights.b6f3f95788562691

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She tilted 18b95b49e3 her head 6471fda2e5 back and f40cb1964e stared at 97b4f80620 the ceiling. Her body still felt 8e36fa417b heavy with sleep.50cff8761208463d

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The way it 0771fc989c creaked and ached d0b0c4c120 made her think a0a35538b9 she might be b2b8eead72 rusting over, just 3604238d02 like that broken 6953f4505f chair.c2077459f66b0157

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Could people rust 586112ae5a too? She yawned lazily 6f87d7ce44 as the thought 824ba15c14 passed.53b055297d9bb582

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Her hazy 09bc610ea3 mind begged 330319c0db for sleep ff1447d149 again, but 3ca016f56c she wasn’t cf10caeda4 in the 9010e4b215 mood to d19a4e0df7 give in. That was because of cfb3c6d814 the dream she’d had c7429fd696 just a little while 94e509eb53 ago.12123fef0b4822df

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‘Of all things, why did it have to be a dream about the past?”04b4306bcf640207

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Not that a3a69e89d7 it was be8a4ddc89 a bad 80ec4ed222 dream, but 9270ceeaaf still, waking 7ffdd166e3 from it 007fc86086 left an 763a9ec0a5 odd, uncomfortable 0b7aa37138 feeling behind.6e3143f2109b0c44

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She pressed her fingertips e37e1b383a against her eyelids and 74708a6802 let out a dry 9bdde68cfb sigh.29626f1a62d2348c

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She couldn’t 9047ba9a5b understand why feaf706652 sleeping for b4dbe9fa75 the first 233f2ee6de time in f3a727a883 a while 7a7610f1ab only left 20c8ecb975 her more d9ec9a63ec exhausted.6812f3b534281d2b

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Her hand brushed the 0b884589cd skin beneath her eyes. The faint darkness there deb1edacc4 caught on her fingertips.1f087838a0e2a3c8

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“Your complexion eea3fdcdc5 is bad.”c1e5d18db82f47dd

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Derek spoke aeb6aa3128 up while 19f7876b93 rifling through f7ea27fc1a his documents. She cracked open 59fee54b97 an eye to 1c71d7957e glance at him.abc262a2399b58f8

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As always, he was 024ba04afd carefully reviewing the papers 6b88ebc5a6 in front of him. Signing and correcting a 565efe6271 sentence there, his hands f69661ad3a moved swiftly.52291c34b33ac5bd

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“Did you b7d0866aea have a 88c201731b bad dream?”d3d1e87b4cd924bf

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Derek asked. She tilted her 1973cc4671 head and denied 65b2977fa4 it.cd04f81c9b9299d3

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“No, not exactly. …Just a 4fba7c3293 dream I db86acbf44 sometimes have.”6acb7f4acb423ab7

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“Oh, the one db5db74e2a with that old e209ff447c man?”4bc13720749b1005

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“Mm.”7f276ac913430834

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Strictly speaking, the young 8885e2484b man who appeared in b9945efc26 her dreams didn’t quite e527adda34 suit the title ‘old edc1b4b52a man,’ but it didn’t 78bbe15337 really matter. To children, anyone tall 3bd66fe9e8 enough was either ‘old 862da11e5c man’ or ‘old lady.’e91637bcf0fa4e36

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By that same rule, de3e6f24bd back then she had 847cac2682 shamelessly called that young fa53134789 man ‘mister’ over and 7ca04ab5b4 over.1104e987c67c6e6a

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“Mister, what were you doing here? Are you lost too? I am… I want to go home….”49fd227909bc1a45

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She cut 39e7d0eda4 off the c93411eca2 memory there, 258a55e5bb deliberately. Chances were high that 0d7f3a637a man had died that be08d2e9d6 day too.72b40d9a19b9d1d8

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She had no 4b7444b671 intention of dwelling bf6ceda3c0 on the fate 690442cfd8 of someone likely 0a634b236c long dead.7d9a07cb3c594de5

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When she b819e4155f fell silent, 1c824133a4 Derek, perceptive 372b97fff0 as ever, 10b364ddac quickly changed ad69f0186d the subject.d85e612c065bbbac

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“Anyway, how’s Lord Joachim? Things going any f9e262c3b9 better?”7330d7db29525c4d

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“Ah, that….”779a50f4d52b1954

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Unfortunately, the topic 615afe7546 he’d steered them c102146566 toward wasn’t exactly b4ac81e672 ideal.f00de611045b9ae5

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She let 705848319d out a d67742c197 sigh loud 16933bed7b enough to 29decc69b9 rattle the 69f8740ecf air around 682a3c0ff6 them. The life 14047b265e that had 8feb0b6036 briefly returned 6bae57b73d to her c36a0e3eff face drained 5c53c391ee out at deeae34fe7 once, and 92993d373a Derek, catching a56d91f224 the shift, 75c3547011 asked with 9126a1d890 a serious 0440f6871f look.85f62cbd70080dbd

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“What, is it that cc257b3a49 bad?”670448669d171b4b

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“No, I mean, I 5d9566f051 did manage to get 88156c1b71 close. It’s just… 63d38e6b3e that guy.”f8772a165ad541ea

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She gave up 94ab5ee70f entirely and slumped bca2092362 into the chair, 098437d003 curling up and a5b9d5bd9f pressing her cheek c8df51e491 against the cool ca8ef7c804 sheet.670eab5c76165f1b

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The cold 8e77c613b1 sensation against d7fdb7f2e0 her skin a4cd76c085 seemed to 2936e04e9b bring her 07e3e4c50d back to 04ffb7e93c herself a f2c07c9109 little.36bcee7b466c9870

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“He’s an even worse f6fe14d820 bastard than I expected….”69db86a8f231a95b

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“Ah.”b29ef869c14e71ec

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“There are way 20f7dbe680 too many leeches 187ec9bc2f hanging off him. And their qualities are 5ffd773a8e even worse than I 0e6bda3ad1 thought. I braced 8327f7283e myself for 6159e4bccc it, but ba67c0b79a it’s exhausting a9210f1755 pretending I 46731a0972 don’t see 669f046e01 anything while b5cd32e379 smiling along 4dc81cdc10 with them….”f07699dc69325cae

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Her voice, dried 3d86aa0df2 and brittle, slipped af67470836 from her throat.c2cdaa699064211b

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The moment she 7cef1f1a9d thought of him 080d493f3e again, a fresh f8e790a0ff wave of fatigue e8a1b8b923 crashed over her.e8ff0fac28002987

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“So what do you 4f7a039f18 want to do, then?”6ef756477bd28f16

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“Huh? Well, I mean.”e19001c7cf82766b

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She rolled 5aba224a39 her eyes b81bf4734d once before 6be7287bd8 answering.73de6d0b00dca89b

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“If I could just 0010fe61ac smack him on the a345d32c06 head once, I’d die f619b2d642 happily.”9cf106da154d34a4

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Derek fell silent. It wasn’t a wish d0cda6da43 he could grant.8221daf43ef5dea3

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But she a4ce8c0d9c hadn’t expected e89aafa818 him to 09c5411e8b anyway. She waved a hand 557a3d4a8a lightly, as if to 0ef22772c4 say it was fine.54082b20923ba9ca

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Her limp body 193cf04b1b sagged like a fcc122671c rag, even a bafd22d541 beggar on the c54fb39414 street probably had 3879b63089 more spirit in b5cd56e581 them than she faec400084 did now.205f11f78a973618

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Running a hand roughly c3ed2d93d9 through her hair, she 12f222f363 reflected on the mission e48b1cfe8b she’d been assigned.9d511a3c2a92a0c1

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Her current 3a142c8884 task was d9c6b99978 to infiltrate 5c64383510 the Academy b17d0abf99 and approach 631267d4a0 a certain 28d49f67e6 Young Lord.af462a92a21d945e

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That Young Lord was 84ddcecf51 none other than the 6827801ec7 second son of House f1645996b1 Joachim, word had it ea7e2fee91 even his own family 4a02311868 had all but given 69766f6758 up on him.d1a173c8cff7de5c

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Despite enrolling fbfce801d3 in the c7878eadef Academy, he 7cea324c1b apparently did 355abd8cf6 nothing but fecb0745dc fool around eb1185da0b every day.2c275ba5d6edc613

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They said he 84415202e9 squandered his wealth 514b6f863f and influence like 2e9f03b225 water, reigning over 050cad5b27 the Academy like 0d38d226fb a king.604d7e50dbd3c1c8

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Well, with nothing but 19aeda52a2 money and a decent a4ee0ab6f8 face to his name, befcde039b there wasn’t much else 46f98b6cf8 for him to do.c422cfda907de95b

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If only he’d confined cec38e788c himself to being a b98a9fdb37 frivolous good-for-nothing, it would’ve 4ac7a2d88d been fine.64fbca91003f5f38

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But the d5c25e7cad real problem 2d982bf1f9 was that 217002e3e4 he didn’t 61ad31c4d8 hesitate to b0f0fe05db get up 31e9c8cbbf to all 93a41accd4 manner of d3a0f4d87e filthy, sordid f1df8ed761 things.8ff23ac75c3133f3

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And that was f54539c6cf precisely why she 7332a930c7 had to get 0ee8f93cc1 close to him. There were suspicions that cc33e8bfcf he might be involved f455e0bdee with Yergef.7c79a99652b8d97b

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A massive, ruthless ca4c464f0a organization that had b8d9654378 infiltrated not only fadafb77cf the Empire of 7684b8ad56 Theodor but even 09e2ffbe62 the weaker nations 3f80040073 surrounding it.61ef674ccef0b943

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She belonged to an e2ffced20f organization that hunted down ee917619cc Yergef, and the ones 1845ef5439 who tore apart their 0e3c3f0c5b operations, piece by piece.dcd9a7f099815eea

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In the midst 768ba3e44d of running themselves de825dbb75 ragged to stop b0aed1db84 Yergef’s schemes, word 219a58fe86 came in that 5b62546127 none other than bdbd37d3b2 the second son bbb1dd7fda of House Joachim 82151ae58b was up to 8f867a63c0 foul business… and 6eb942abeb that it seemed 71043940d9 connected to Yergef.03337c2b2d47abbd

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It was b43db7215f more than b9005bc89f enough reason cd486c75e5 to get af09c9c582 close.8be61bb0e7e30a0d

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And with a046297c1e him currently 96ff2cf4f1 enrolled in b24bda96f3 the Academy, 10abe2ba39 this was 1b43bf3fd6 the perfect a1d8cd616c time.0714002b850a6560

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Her mission 31d8ad2601 was to 94c567c1d7 uncover the afb66e3060 connection between 557b8cb83e the Young 1fd5aefa09 Lord and c01618c157 Yergef.83803c7dfc066824

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To do that, 3841d523f4 she’d even bought bf868f69da herself the title a064c2ae0c of a baron’s 8d95ca3b11 young lady.abb854c604d5100f

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The Academy, stuck in a681be51ee its old ways, still 78d7e5d816 only admitted nobles, so 5fb5314922 for the sake of 3ea6c669dc the mission, there’d been ea6f7d46c7 no other choice.3e52c5bae2b732f8

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The only flaw in 89372c7258 the operation was the 3655e7aaf6 fact that she couldn’t 5784f0dc6a act for her life.2c49fa570ba34b35

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“Ugh, my face f60cd3d929 feels like it’s ea6906c37a going to cramp 1f14a65abc from forcing so 2fe1a25ebf many smiles.”90b71f0f591b071b

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She pressed the f62c4d2bed corners of her 270cb9a15b mouth with her f8be3a962f fingertips. The muscles there ached 5459614f74 and stiffened.e6c9d02bf25c31bc

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“Did you b19c5d1e3e see a 415c2ca223 mark on 7bf6834f00 his body?”ceed6e3e634d9d5e

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Derek asked, She e38735c337 immediately shook her 4ab7aecbfa head.0c518556a466c3cc

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“As far as a2f5f151f0 I know, he 70f0d04fd8 doesn’t have one. And I doubt 688bd4e1b2 he actually would. I mean, he’s still c95dac7dbf from a ducal house. Even he wouldn’t ce5d079292 be reckless enough 3b4afce7df to go that ae5f978577 far.”083a7b0c19445a89

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Derek seemed 6e115cb679 to agree, 35fc564076 giving a edaf3d44c6 short nod. Even as 5b174b676e they spoke, 13a45b5319 his eyes 98c32519dd moved swiftly 41aef22c82 over the 4b9c5417cf documents in 46c54e3721 front of ae8c6b7c54 him.ddb711d11154bf24

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Wow, she could fdfe4f931e never manage two 8a2d672fe6 things at once ea40a9458e like that. Typical Derek, Honestly 98f50d6a00 impressive.86109791ec4721bf

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Oh, the 02b77e7f4c mark Derek 1d724eb6d0 was talking 9a531ce76e about referred 02feae4984 to the 9fea2beb6c tattoo borne 0c12dbce72 by members 21aa1fa447 of Yergef.10f672203d7a9c19

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It was usually fe68282b01 inked onto the 0103417c00 back of the c8c70880a7 hand, though she’d eebadb53fb seen it on 3ba2630e42 forearms a few 840231acc9 times too.792c7c2f12649aab

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The young lord’s hands 9317e311c7 had been smooth and 920e15d67a unmarked. Which meant f044cac0ca there was 7bf6ef7e83 a good 7ebf34aab4 chance he eb945d5133 wasn’t one ccea336baf of them.6307f23480dde041

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‘So he’s not 068ec35915 a member, but… e3308cf599 probably made a 28a7c35b25 deal.’4ce9d95a20d71e3e

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Of course. If he was pulling 3dfde1e0b1 strings behind the scenes,  b7641ad06e but for the second 90e9308982 son of House Joachim 0a3554468c to openly join a ea4ee83171 group like that? Impossible, unless he c9b0d5d73b was either bold dd8a1a9cd4 or a fool.6fb8c45a0834deb2

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“Then it’s likely he’s 0aa36d5d28 colluding with Yergef.”4574f19934f7ce98

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“Yeah. I feel 1ae3b2fcaa like it 02050c365a won’t be 2eadb864d2 long before 0516d97297 I catch 2e10a86ed6 something. He’s been taking a5871845b6 me along with fca77a13fb him more often 8bad90b0ca these days.”9768f4b642144e16

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“……Be careful.”f609ad4310a9c8b8

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“You too.”57a1b75e2ed7eb6f

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She returned the a72e3fc556 familiar exchange of fd779156b7 farewells, then added e048413b8f a word more.b99d7c5a454c8f14

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“You know, ace6571a4d you’ve got 773602f356 a good 4365e20322 head on 1470d863ef your shoulders, 8c854ec951 it’s just c7d5afaa4d a shame dc9edc57f1 your body’s b2ec67bfcf too fragile. You should get 0f8a263980 out and move 111049a83c around once in f6d4e499a2 a while.”89d2bdd97bef71c2

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“You know perfectly well e35e17b97b I don’t have time b20d1f7072 for that. Besides, better 226affebbb to have 9267d517b6 a weak 7a1cd218f9 body than 9352639672 to go ed420e239d blundering around 429bc56903 with a e06a20c4a9 head full 4d20f354e1 of rocks.”e39aaf23252d5acc

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“……Was that aimed at 56dcad0a92 me, by any chance?”bb92ff54b89d9061

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“Oh, I’ll correct. Not rocks, but 66f0a6f87e pebbles.”5984496a80c29949

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‘Huh. Guess you’re a little 09f1ca309e sharper than I thought.’73b8e57f16c5c6be

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Derek didn’t 0a366971b3 bother hiding 3882f944a4 the look 7aa343228c of emotional 09696598d9 gratitude in f49f1373a8 his eyes.2279e5e2aadfdb95

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She scowled at 1f3460bdd1 his beaming face f4f76560e0 with a cold d129b62a47 glare, then checked e4f7da15ba the time and e2be9f91c4 rose to her 7c1f196c89 feet.9f390fbe491175a2

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As she gathered her 3142e8038d things, Derek paused his 3ab4906225 chuckling and asked,5a00317b31d0f3b3

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“Are you Heading out?”94f81a9fa1abfe91

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She draped a 53038cf0eb light shawl over fe51cbba6e her shoulders. As she made for 36bed3c19e the door, an odd 2fd9645280 sense of emptiness stopped a76b6ac82c her in her tracks.0f63aeaf9dce35be

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She stepped up to d69ae78b81 Derek and roughly mussed df2eb13ae6 his hair.d28ec48437ec15cc

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“The young 90f83fcb52 lord said 3c9946b998 he’s planning 1e8197e512 an interesting 5d00821cd4 little party.”b7a01439e774ba4d

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A very ac0dbd3648 discreet one.1177bcbb380a5d81

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As she added a6fc17d865 that, Derek’s face 17989affbd immediately hardened.3872b3034717fb30

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She flicked f962b43c23 a finger 7fc25fec27 against his c0b6bf6c1c tense forehead eaf10350d0 and grinned.b5ba793eb1eed6ec

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“Tch. You worry 49a8df0ba1 too much.”948d061d648f6ce5

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