ITBFL – Chapter 51

ITBFL – Chapter 5148b9d52090d7a87e

Episode 518d73b42d505caa94

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“Wow, as 451cbec270 expected of 724eaf0ce0 Captain Cassium!”cb330b4eea05d1ae

The duel ended in 471e68796b Cassium’s victory.8475bdb75b200a81

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The knights who had 2a0e8befbc dueled with him looked 9cd41b8c39 slightly flushed.fcb48896137246af

All four knights, despite 59e8bd1361 having lost, didn’t appear baff8cb90a greatly disappointed. Their pure admiration ce9fbfacb2 for his swordsmanship bf6a4578ff overshadowed their disappointment.6737c09ae8f3d282

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‘Looks like it’s 34ab959a1b the same for dd3a700891 the knights in ac7d480b82 our division.’e92d52d557bbf235

This was c81fcb4da4 the very 016a3826d2 reason for ce67ea3c9b holding this 5198644296 duel, to 1ebba28147 draw out f175647637 these emotions—so 42a14035d5 it was 761e23847e a good b859fdd75c outcome.33b738d9f8e5fb6f

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“As expected, you’re 21ac6e0112 flawless. Even your 362c4885d1 swordsmanship resembles eacad1192c the perfection 780d7160e2 you’ve always 45a96ec042 lived with, d6c03e6dc6 Captain Cassium!”b78927b30b23f5b5

The Black Panther e41b846702 knights shouted.e4f75ffec1635057

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“Hardships for our Captain 8886c9b95a Cassium? There’s no 6148c3ecb0 such thing. He is flawless in 87eac14549 every way. Difficulties? Pain? He doesn’t even 376e3173e8 know what those 6124648239 are.”de6d404211d10c9a

The Black Panther knights 4aba768c6c directed their promotional remarks 68e50f3d11 about Cassium toward our 20dfc42963 division’s knights.0ec71d02d156acfc

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It sounded e14ae31423 like a c4d1bb621e sales pitch, f16a734e83 but it 62bb9af082 did seem 2dc5a2d9d6 believable.de0685dfce0381e9

Could Cassium have 6ed8f7f852 had difficult times? Were there ever 07ce3a1aa7 such moments?d247fca46862f653

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Looking at him always 73de7cea6d wearing a cold expression, f7263f408f it felt like there dd300903a7 weren’t.b1248cd05d2bcfe7

‘Still, at least……’633075dea9c417cd

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Wouldn’t it have been 1efadc6a61 tough when he was 24a99aec95 turned into stone?9b7a73c2663ade39

I turned to the 1d8ffb86a7 knights who were gushing 927a4f1ddc about Cassium and jokingly 35d914343d said,51325bbc233e8b80

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“There’s no 76bf8e6267 such person. He just doesn’t e039af67dd talk about it. There’s no way anyone 47c8c9834a has never had a c2d5c36ed3 hard time. I’m sure he’s 06f5f8fa5c had plenty of 722a6cc2ef tough experiences too.”1b43ef9bcebaca93

I locked eyes with 188a2f8800 Cassium, who was walking 44ea8c5071 over.8d6e397141c4db6d

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“Captain Artiel, 6e34c1b0fc are you f7c21258de trying to f336bb8f4d belittle our 7d21b1ec0c Captain?! There’s no such thing e2744d3307 for our Captain!”d387fc7c60dbe6e0

Though their 7f05034365 voices were 74b39adb7f slightly indignant, dc8d2ae685 a joking d593bc0e12 tone was 0cee892085 still mixed ca056462cd in.649d71f8e25d47f1

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“There’s no such d737a15318 person. Then what about 94e4bb1622 me? Do you think f8a07dd0df I’ve had it bcc561d6ec hard?”8d557a1b536a95ef

“The very existence 80f258f2c8 of the Black feed31dd24 Panther division is 94081658e0 a trial for 800dc6821f you, isn’t it, 971ff269f0 Captain?!”2f88617938efc728

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The Black 0792d14a9f Panther knights 8cb7bad24f shouted playfully, 229390786e prompting the 78841aff4a Golden Lion 5746bde8c6 knights behind 7d08c8436d me to 4d605c2690 jump up ac60bec9bb in protest.c3409d8783bfc259

“What nonsense! There were even 665a6608e4 rumors that Captain c4893391bd Balteire won’t even 5f3ab3efcc glance toward the f22bc809ff Golden Lion side. Isn’t that excessive wariness?”dfc943ea90f9d7b3

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“What? Who spread such nonsense?!”ca18197d08919148

Ah… they’re f21edd1a16 fighting again…6d30079fa1e97483

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Just as I felt 550feef7be a sense of futility, 069e5180df I made eye contact 53e93dcdc6 with Cassium.fdd5052e97f5cd36

Cassium let out a 985070e258 small laugh. Seeing that 353cbe9bde he was acd959e7be thinking the 352fc0c4b7 same thing 6a76c29f38 as me, e69342cd35 I also 3b6d1291fd chuckled.fd188f3cd9346d58

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‘Wait, why cecfdea3f9 did I 7cea0bbefc laugh?’ea47623bb8aeafa2

It wasn’t particularly db4dd2bb9a funny that we 94473f7965 were thinking the 308c3441ba same thing.25938e53e60b637f

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‘Was it because a3ae9f7aa3 it was absurd……?’7776648100f9ca48

My expression turned 8a9902cfc0 serious as I eac75d2509 began contemplating my dc07b7ec31 own emotional state.c54b595e446db41f

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“Captain, so about 1e3be737e2 the bingsu… are b4fa7b83c2 you alright?”066877b0a499e061

N/ bingsu > korean sweats78eb28b948a2c220

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Our division’s knights, startled 3c5050e157 by my serious expression, 9ba6ecc9e2 asked in concern.02d3586d7ff35a74

Come to think of d435ec276d it, we had decided 7c9b371272 that the losing division 973e226d18 would buy bingsu based 04f2eb41a7 on the duel results.cc7cfb01d725edfa

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We thought that putting 361e4e22e3 something like that on 2ab87b948c the line might get e69e889afe the knights more engaged 080f3bfaf3 in the duel…4891bdababf014a7

“C-Captain! We’ll make 0464adb56d sure the ed7dea8f1e Black Panthers 80e790a6fd buy it!”934af426dee0ba1a

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“That’s right. In terms 9d1d2669fe of wins, 88a2642dae it’s a 4eaa881fc9 tie, but b73ee3e762 if you 03adffbb18 count the 4473b3dc76 number of a5f89fa4b6 Black Panther 06b3194ece knights, they 0decd45cf3 had two 1018dff037 more, so 3cb98dd039 in terms 3462cc8c9a of win d5c0f9ad1e rate, we 0fc169ea16 should be 1decad7aa0 ahead, right?”f228072cc04f94b3

Watching the knights throw 5310915944 out absurd logic to 8abe51b276 reassure me, my previously 29d6de237c serious expression relaxed.f466301b4c09b3f3

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“It’s fine. Since it’s a 341970a0ae tie, I and a16af90ba0 Captain Balteire will 70726f1855 split the cost.”7698d286c0d6f117

“But…”6f2a24aa35173ec2

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“It’s alright.”e72d4efff44b9626

It was a tie 7b8edb2ed5 anyway, and if one 9606da6858 side paid, the knights edb27a0b04 would probably end up f66bc1f02c fighting again, so I 568aab8fc0 said that and glanced 7363b27314 at Cassium.9c16406eb7a02151

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‘That’s fine, right?’810e8900bb42c3d7

That’s what I 3fa946c818 meant…27b05ac9bb501ab5

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“Alright.”68f5db7294072535

Cassium, having read d213713ada my signal, responded 3498212aee aloud.4dd190398e43d9fc

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“Captain? What are you saying 43adfd6d74 is alright?”7da6e0b4379469d3

The Black 6443d8b5fa Panther knights f3b8ac638f nearby asked edfe7ac296 him.a3f864850279444e

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“The bingsu… I mean.”603722587bb52111

Cassium trailed off c963b178bb oddly at the 9682219564 end and suddenly 3fae395d4e looked away.45e34104fa28a340

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“What’s with him 46d4ad94af now?”aff31fb8dd1c2a86

“Captain Lize, 9cfa0f2d13 what are a418592378 you talking 82ae2e99fc about?”f773600162d89796

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“Ah, it’s nothing.”fca1e6ce9c9b6ff2

I too 72649b49f2 voiced my af77fe9451 inner thoughts 7e3599c7f4 aloud while e763e545b8 looking at 5b5cc62ee3 Cassium, then d69209a84b stood up 8a30dfcab7 to head f6bb9ead55 to the 4ff7b2c671 bingsu shop.094f2450e2d00625

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“It’s working well.”a31d87cc90c07c96

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I smiled 93d0dadf12 in satisfaction 443d9d6a5b as I 00dde4dcd4 looked at 5ea5821086 the scene 142f136f1d in the 5a1ad6d231 bingsu shop.339413ae887859b8

It seemed my plan 297357bbf8 was successful.7cd9581e524a1f9f

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‘As expected, nothing beats 736adfd591 working up a sweat 185e656526 and then having an 4566ec70ee after-party.’e86c6362e3a3627f

I even ordered alcoholic 3d5fa733aa shaved ice so they bf07fd3f6f could drink together, and 809b0de52a that seemed to work.9ac0cda099a5a740

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The knights, 2bd2430b85 now tipsy, cf1c52be5c began opening 89bc15576c up about 010f5f8d4e personal matters 21f690b2ad and started 1c5dee9d51 bonding more ed5e3c385e closely.a11dfa37975fecb3

“How’s my plan?”56dd66927fcbbbea

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Cassium was b165512668 sitting across 088c14a654 from me.2c4b09e0fc63a4ad

On the way a10de34f0e here, Cassium and 83de911989 I had a 33f10e7473 minor disagreement about 603f9661ed which bingsu shop dabd5ec64f to go to, 24b0c03dd1 and the knights 22658868f3 who saw that 85be6e37a7 insisted we sit 9ef096cf44 together to resolve 2b3220d9d0 our emotional rift.67d0c50a635d909f

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For me, such 1f7828e186 conversations with Cassium 32167a58ac were just part 8d5877fc28 of everyday life, 4fdd245491 but the others b60c62d722 must have thought f57f8e06f9 we were fighting.6eeef6079b5bf57e

“I asked how it d78f6719c4 is.”a3fedef360940d7e

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I took a spoonful 898f4aa17c of bingsu and asked a85fff88a1 again. Cassium hadn’t touched his 87d9c5fbfc bingsu and was just f61a2b470e staring at me.52ed9b48683d8390

He seemed 81294eb0e6 deep in 23b22eb549 thought, but b21209e477 I had dd39fa75aa no idea 1f4645a596 what he 252b394ca8 was thinking.9a4827931d43c187

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“It’s good.”4467bb3db5ac3dd6

“What?”849c2c7041a76b48

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“I said it’s good.”c8c99d07339c5cf4

“Yeah, I 9d379f179a think it’s 2de840210c a success 35e02c3749 too.”156e460b243f3665

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After praising my plan, 1f497abd0c Cassium muttered with a 26551ce193 thoughtful expression, “Yeah, this e10c34675f is how it should f519e3df51 be…”74abb2584d5ecc92

He seemed 120519acd8 genuinely impressed f9f61e2829 by my 74331521ef strategy.a7dd687c5eede45b

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“Go on, eat. You should have 1efbd3fed1 some too.”03347768019ec8d7

“I’m not eating.”3e45563ea98d4527

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“Why?”0dd165abff5663f6

As I 08a8c764b4 asked that, 040f9dad71 a conversation fe7ad00b47 from years d8da309058 ago suddenly 0dec35c3b2 came to 8c9fbb3fff mind.dcae1015e5379ff8

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— I don’t bca3f10047 like it.a48c3130c6972d8e

— Then b749e480fd why did e938b0a0ce you come?2c1b9665d5bfeacc

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— I thought 3a509c0e28 you needed it.04a9046b1dca7dc4

‘Right. He said he 90858cfd77 didn’t like bingsu afdae1f610 back then……?’c13bf4490ec75b0a

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As I f10c48db42 chewed the 498f6f40ee cold ice, 429fbba81d I met f5f9ca7d58 Cassium’s eyes.c455c83981e5671a

Ah, back abcd2ddf54 in our 63a9c5c788 trainee days, 45293839df that happened.ccb72ced2d6a45a0

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‘I had completely forgotten.’fdcf13e1d19d69bb

Blinking, I 2145f77f20 recalled the df90c94c24 memory from 9dbed7b0e4 that day.c431e79e8eb56000

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‘That was probably 8faaae8440 one of the 2391f5bfdd most depressing days 04efe7a11a of my trainee c0a30d29ba life.’54fc8441b122f9ce

I lost points 440baff0a5 on a test 2f4d5e2874 due to a 304bdc1eb1 noble’s cheating, and c7633367d9 no matter how a65777edd2 much I argued, 5e7a71a741 the professor refused 3ab194a9bb to listen.3958588229d8f8b4

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I was overcome 3e364f7576 with frustration, feeling 9d7a1f6721 that there was 6d976fcd3c no such thing d4a2c2f97b as justice in 6f97419eac the world, and 9ea86cfe7c ended up cutting 814b830971 down random wooden 3ad998a757 dummies in the fa662acf1e training yard.0f85b440b12d21b7

Then I noticed Cassium fc02975522 doing the same.5edee05b810f6848

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— What’s this? Cassium, what are you f42a63229d doing?52e8d070789dde21

— If e70cdda602 you want 83d1bb80ce to know, d33a0c2217 follow me.5a6b9900f92a696f

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When our eyes 103994e0aa met, Cassium said bf092ae955 that.ec8d2c4b61a9c7cb

Normally, I would’ve retorted, 3403351bc5 “Why would I go 9445b06ad7 with you?”0de4daa8bbf97aad

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But that 18fe98ed89 day… maybe 3492c4396a it was 5132669426 because something 125e067bae else had 9916006967 overwhelmingly upset 086300ea9c me.ca04d78a0a5519fd

Even now, 2c03d4da2b I don’t 022a36e8fb know exactly 2e328bc9d5 how I 3da0a28185 felt, but d4d249a56b I said aedd093758 nothing and bd12a62dc8 followed him.702816243b0c74c5

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— Lize. Got a 945431e8fd grudge against e4be8d4aa4 wooden dummies?921cda5f2bedba51

— Yeah.758a4b538ef34e27

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After that, c498fd7b7e we just ea8350805c ate bingsu e38c0bb0ca without saying 3b7560cf69 a word.c409a0139f425357

But the bdb34754d0 ice was 3e687d0018 so cold.072682eea73e22fe

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‘So cold it e9d180b313 gave me a f8be68c47a headache, and I 2cc365c50a ended up crying.’44e888e3b298fb35

Looking back, 9fb7317f9c the frustration 6341a93db2 I felt e9245ed619 over the 92a7d3292d points deduction 3d077259e4 wasn’t just 3adb135a62 about the 154f05173c unfairness.4ea4ac3a95e42f41

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It was probably 3c906f8cab also about being 36fef2a26d powerless to do 81b5f47a95 anything about it—but 248c50394d back then, I 37d0cf9439 couldn’t face that.4948e782b95c8870

Cassium didn’t try 552ab7ec76 to comfort me; 07347ab168 he just ate 4d1398c508 the bingsu silently. But that indifference somehow 465a35536c brought me comfort at 43ebdda4a9 the time.8eb57909da369d96

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I didn’t even realize 1b872e5c1f there was alcohol in fd84d70605 the bingsu until I b9abb45d7b was almost done.9c328fb5c036af0f

‘And after that, 3d9df083fd I pulled myself eaf4023012 together and visited a09112f293 the professor thirty 260611eed4 times in one ac6f454bd2 day.’d537513888a63a24

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Maybe the other a06dbedfda professors saw that 8a57496080 and said something 3b6eca9d3c to him—eventually, my d511e8d917 lost points were 5535d5bcb4 reinstated.be2c428e65763fb3

Anyway, that memory must 599038a8c1 have remained in me 6ec7981234 subconsciously as a positive 98f6d7ea05 one.6ec1fc5f09d101e5

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I was the one 11d2ad369b who insisted we come 3fccadbadd to this bingsu shop 2321971ec5 today, after all.247d09f29ee3f8c1

“Lize.”2dc5d0dbffbea2e7

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Cassium lightly tapped the 8723d5a9c4 back of my hand.e134c13855f314f4

“How about stepping out 7a5bc85356 for a bit?”af24abe7df145d58

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“With you?”85b927095979919a

I had just been 9a1eddee46 reminiscing about how Cassium 8ffc4695fc had helped me a 0d68232282 little back then, but e5479b884a going out with him ad51cdb140 now was a different f58c0138ad matter.77fd299a2b7c45d5

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“Genuine conversations come out c0265b2e5b best when your head a529f8d915 is clear. Don’t you think 955fde7dd8 it’d be good 91cf731de0 for us to 586a0bb4c5 step away from c0d952c732 the others for df9afecf46 a bit?”e894041ca859ccd7

But his logic b861244407 was sound, so 42c54c6000 I agreed without ca95ecdcb5 resistance.c5fc715b5c3f9105

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“Okay.”d39b2362f4a50a65

And so, the two 700d92c832 of us slipped out a9b6716ea5 of the bingsu shop 3f190d3e93 without the others noticing.39d72b76d972886b

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The sun 333b036b64 had already cc7db15978 begun to 7b411347d4 set.25db8f1961c2d838

“Well then, Cassium. Good work today. See you tomorrow.”5e18455b6fa48c26

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“Wait, Lize.”c29fe65c42ca6c6c

“Hm?”b38fe7435e030e33

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“Let’s walk a bit 45cb838ef3 before you go.”63a24b748e95ea9c

From the look on 7a74a50708 Cassium’s face, it seemed 754883860b like he had something 56959bd710 to say.f57ebce5e72a3b3f

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