LDPL | Chapter 72

Episode 7224047f4d061b18d6

Murmur, murmur. From the 85bc36ae32 early morning, 0535ee062e the outside 7d742162f4 was extremely 842002d050 noisy. Unable to bear b836746d81 the sound of 5d13bd036a people whispering, Natasha cd8256b21f finally flung the 2e8af423b6 window open.aae2173a2448f312

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“Could you all be quiet?! It’s impossible to live with this noise!”3d445dacf5e5ad1e

“Huh? Look at that, isn’t that the lawyer lady?”e357b04b50d41606

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“Oh my, finally seeing your precious face. Have you been well?”298784ef86238b23

Despite Natasha’s deeply furrowed 4ee7a2671c brow, the people on d4e03c280f the first floor greeted 3c6ffd1e1f her warmly.d41b31c829e6a55d

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“Miss Lawyer, you should come down and have a taste! I was so shocked, thinking our town’s famous bakery was going to disappear!”c37c18b50e45bac8

“It’s a relief that it reopened~. How’s your health?”40b3daf86df4000b

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“Haha, yes. Thank you for your concern.”f6a35f6a48fc8641

Damn it.7c920a21f6822d07

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Leaning against f3011ea36f the window a647a84336 frame, Natasha 3e3f79a1e3 looked down 4346e68bad at the eb8c5511c3 people, who ec0b38bf32 were once be6b0b3c3f again lost cb755732ba in their c1b2aedf64 own world.47f78afa8d97ae10

Even if she 788d5732a7 shouted again, they e4147fc3e8 wouldn’t listen. Unless she went down 17eed6f9fb there and stuffed a 4b1bee1e7c piece of bread in 21a9298e85 their mouths, that was.afc9f6c2d5bb577c

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“Why are you just standing there like that?”9faf63dbe76cb073

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Just then, Ivan 7d19f53c44 entered the room, 76bbfcc7fe and at the 79b3e5625f same time, a 16679504b4 delicious aroma tickled 5bd5e4af58 Natasha’s nose.96976778d2586e14

Turning her 2bf062e9fd head swiftly, cbe9620442 she saw 7e6e74ca84 Ivan carrying 56ac4bbdaf an armful c535c6c92a of bread.ebb576382c063738

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“Oh, did you see the people downstairs? Today is the reopening day of Jeanette’s bakery. The whole town gathered because of the buy-one-get-one-free event.”dece654ff31b8992

“…I know.”d73528ffe5e00e21

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Natasha responded 766bf7ed4b in a e5600018c0 half-dead voice.3c7ceb5d40aaf052

“Still, since you live upstairs, she set aside some bread for you. Here. Jeanette sent this, saying you might have trouble going out for lunch today.”b76a3feee5ad79d8

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Ivan placed 0a24922caa the bread e112d1f666 on the 4d5200aebf table. The freshly baked ae8e79ad3b bread sat there, 0c28042ba6 proudly flaunting its 4dcec01f3f beauty, tempting Natasha.00aab012763c79da

“…Since she was kind enough to set it aside.”fddbe28c2a5b1846

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Giving in, 2ab5f2edd6 Natasha took 8490e08e53 a bite 6fc0116231 of the aba1501596 bread.c6e01e0d09e327d7

The nutty flavor 8ae5e9136f of the grains 0e8a6a19d6 spread through her 42371f2df9 mouth, followed by 3d2895a09e the sweet taste 5492d22b06 of red bean ad9404602e paste lingering on 9b508bfb92 her tongue.e0a9150b22111fe7

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Even Natasha, 6916fb318b who wasn’t 41467ffa6f picky about 2d89473c4e food, found fa0e1fee87 the taste 562323913a extraordinary.33976e4fdab74139

“Has she gotten even better…?”48316053a732f13c

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“Is it that good?”ca7ad98e809847f1

Ivan, removing his 05b3e4f895 outer coat, quickly 1cd3e59c86 grabbed a piece 52c79debf5 of bread. Taking a 52b48f94fd bite, he 718a6f6d93 was momentarily 47353592fc speechless.43f56b021f2998a5

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“Wow….”622411b82a9b1fd4

The noise bfda36a80d outside was 860972ccae no longer c8e1ad19e0 a problem. The two of d5d642eb43 them silently devoured fa868b3548 the bread.623cbf0b689b47e2

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When Ivan ae17ea7a18 got up, d461b169e0 saying that 391bea9c68 such great 7e65074d08 treats called 0622178cdd for tea, dd6545e254 Natasha firmly 61844b37dc commanded him.b4f91cea5ee0699d

“Sit down.”b80b5f69803171fd

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Fortunately, their 6b12a1031e peaceful tea bf7999abc9 time remained 94d46c8d02 undisturbed.f73170821149a082

The problem started 70b21b72f0 the next day. The morning 490ed32482 after successfully bb469d3913 reopening, Jeanette 43b3bde8ec didn’t open 2070518b2c the bakery.5f6f5de58bf6bda1

That wasn’t the only 6e97743103 strange thing. Most of the shops 26f9371444 in the area were 0b778e0aba closed. The streets, usually bb4ee63b3b bustling every morning, 01cb4b9d85 were eerily quiet.bbd26087f234f073

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Finding this 0a9a6dbadf phenomenon unusual, 8af6bed55d Natasha and 11d1f8eee6 Ivan headed edb300fdff downstairs.1d402580b0f6f5c7

Knock, knock, knock.33ad023b9de034cd

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“Jeanette! Are you inside?”8ccd72ea596ed8dc

But there e0ac33aa51 was no 8c428611f5 response. Pressing her a09218b463 ear against ba879d3b53 the door 8efa42984a to listen, 4ddef5ae29 Natasha subtly d6fc99df92 signaled Ivan a1db8e367c with a 654e44deb6 nod.d942f7c4fcd3aaad

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There was no c49052ce19 hesitation.306a4e634db19b09

Crack!f9860a33fa887803

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Ivan broke 66c3a23d2a down the a9a742b7c7 door. Through the shattered doorway, 86db69af7e they saw Janet collapsed f2d7e1924a on the floor.0b8e9074cb933e7e

“Jeanette!”196b75d4713ab8e5

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“Ugh… ugh….”3a308d2070f4c492

As Natasha held her, 5893572ac7 Jeanette’s body was shockingly e28485720f hot. Her face was 6db652fb2b flushed red, and 05bcfb713f she was drenched 42e95b8e98 in sweat.14392db2c13a71f9

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“What the hell is this…?”b3e72aa9d3a37186

“Natasha! Lowell is here too!”968c908ccf24fe6a

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From inside, 561f7056f9 Ivan hurriedly a06fdd952f carried out 545e894f53 Lowell in a8bfb1b349 his arms.aacd1d99028d55bf

The symptoms were 24c4253e43 the same. He was 0ce35cfe47 burning up 7d1314bb9f and barely 419c36141e conscious.bc0e9cb330d1821e

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“We need to get to a doctor!”06ec5bd03d9b2f13

Natasha headed d470741929 for the 78c343de69 nearest clinic.0acb6ea81d66c200

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However, when she arrived, 43c793fbfb she was stopped in 8bf545bc13 her tracks by the 1d389f7290 endless line of patients 6a14879ae1 stretching in front of 00e3a603da the doctor’s house.52833997a05362d6

“Ugh….”c89f4d4226233026

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“Oh dear, oh dear….”e1165f48447b6727

Groans echoed from all c0cf895bcb around. They were all familiar f135d08f18 faces. People Natasha had at 2238a82240 least seen once while 7a258c55ec living in this town. She hastily grabbed c60f054ed1 someone nearby and a6b0a9b2dc asked,d9dd7f797a556a7c

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“What on earth is going on?”6e523f6533e939e4

“Miss Lawyer, haven’t you heard? This all started suddenly last night!”f79bdc17011b7fe6

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“Is it some kind of epidemic?”630da6c08ac54a5e

“No, no. Look at me, I’m fine! This is all because of that Jeanette’s bakery! Everyone who ate her bread got sick!”7599ddd6fc2263c6

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The man grumbled 58de1c7a13 angrily.13ad9ae63194496f

“I don’t know what she did to that bread, but I won’t let it slide! Playing tricks with food—there’s a limit to that! I didn’t expect this from her, really….”77ad8c956dfd3f33

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People around him e042480ab2 nodded in agreement.2859691ae9785b94

“Good thing I didn’t eat the bread my mom brought home yesterday! If I had, I’d be stuck in bed just like everyone else!”e555b5f286c95e42

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“I’m never going there again!”b275c1a19a2bd518

If they 259190ffc1 had brought 3770a31a89 Jeanette out, 825a48490c she might eb82218109 have been 19e41445b8 stoned.a3c074c9a767e1b9

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‘What the hell 87bb80a5cb is going on?’cd2b6a7839d6bacf

Natasha couldn’t believe Jeanette e32dc63750 would do such a f0b4c61efa thing. There had to be 88fb971e6a some kind of mistake.3caab504ee659654

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In the end, Natasha 67a904c9c1 and Ivan managed to c62f739b41 push through the crowd 03f4a9d4b2 and buy a few 3278434859 bundles of medicinal herbs e65f4b0797 with fever-reducing properties before 25a947a387 heading back.b8148f79c3daf4b6

“Ugh….”b9d01298466ab536

“Jeanette. Are you awake?”fdc61e9ab46c46a1

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“…Natasha?”7f2f0e00de657451

Janet murmured in a 6ef8abd895 dazed tone. Fortunately, the medicinal d13e5c3287 herbs had worked. Lowell’s fever had c2aa3babfe also gone down 771cf363ee significantly, and he eea4acdbea was sleeping more 57fa040931 comfortably.801832728e905b45

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“Did I… collapse?”ecf6db86ed0ff2ce

“Yes. What exactly happened?”62796fd5b4bfc8cf

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“Ah….”07bc89b2f69c6c30

Jeanette slowly 989363dbe4 retraced her e196513f42 memories. There was 5a3eb12983 nothing out 42d9189055 of the b0b8100706 ordinary. She had 61ae448258 simply baked 1340ce8071 bread all 33259f35d0 day long.ac63c5f9c61e4631

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“Did you eat or touch anything unusual?”f6a5ad41a522043d

“No… I was so busy all day… I just kept baking….”126d0a8c3dba8572

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Could the bread 3fe8a8f412 really be the 2b3a5cb96c problem, as the b5b06e246e townspeople said?8cdeaf214453c8da

Natasha narrowed 90f3088bcf her eyes.39e844e823bcca82

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“…Did you add any new ingredients to the bread?”a53d62254e0c7614

“Huh? The bread? Uh… I did switch to grains from the Riette Trading Company….”7889f80f46d778ee

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Natasha immediately df0a847293 grabbed a be238f4620 handful of b60b8cfd63 the grain a917be02bb piled in fdad47ad70 the corner ff9ba2176b of the cf7db0b134 room. At first 96d13fc604 glance, it 1ccb8ec77c looked like 07e1170632 ordinary grain.69c20c9a6d67faee

Crunch.fbdcc58ab0ef7e0e

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Chewing a 6928806ce8 piece whole, 756b6ba98a she noticed 5b61e3adc2 a faint, f8c75c2724 peculiar scent 583bbef072 at the f42a413d4c end. Without a word, she 0b7b41041d handed some to Ivan.4d4daee4268499ca

He also chewed c24ea9c29a a little, swallowed, 4ee3bffe20 and nodded.df9cd0b440ee5c32

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“…Is something wrong with it?”903d8aed3d0f50eb

Jeanette’s voice trembled 8e11d4c829 with unease. Even she d2b1b9fe43 could tell 974c4f6f00 something was ee3abacf25 seriously wrong.f76b4ddb22b54c52

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“…Listen carefully and don’t be alarmed,” Natasha said calmly.52f265acf972ff87

“This grain is toxic.”374866b124739416

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“What?!”ab05ebfb9f536cc7

“I told you not to be alarmed.”e0feb380be4afa91

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Natasha gently pressed c62498634c down on Jeanette’s 828f029c76 shoulders as she b4a855f14b tried to sit 9607580d7e up abruptly.9bdb12337d206ddd

“It seems to be a type of poison that distorts the body’s natural magic flow. It blocks part of the magical pathways that circulate like blood, causing magic to accumulate in one spot. The body then reacts by attacking itself, leading to a fever.”dcccb21866f6cd09

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“Then my bread… hurt people….”a1caa79b16db6ea4

Ivan quickly tried to f4f7f79639 reassure her.3e51bb6e707409b2

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“Fortunately, since it was baked, the heat probably weakened the poison. Otherwise, it could have been much worse.”dac05cfe9cef1e9a

For people 6c3c9f3d39 who had 0b351c0ebe just chewed 12f8d29f71 raw grains 8f8c22e895 filled with c66dc82622 poison, Natasha eece99b9eb and Ivan 05c1915e75 looked strangely 3dbb97327a unaffected.dd0bf190d28c32fc

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“Then you both should go… see a doctor….”cf6ebc5e6b7a73f9

At her words, 799611de5d Natasha and Ivan 153a13aa8b briefly looked at eda5c53305 each other before 923b576bce smirking.bd627aa4a1116da7

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“We’re fine, Jeanette.”ff85d49ea39dae18

“Huh?”87557ada0aa0359e

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“A lawyer 61409f46aa should at b78fff519e least have 9a1f5fa357 some resistance 1903dd5fea to poison.”00aed7dfc9c93424

Ivan grumbled that 55189f1a9d he wasn’t a f8b9e2f06b lawyer, but Natasha c0708a3b68 brushed it off 58603958ef lightly.a89d81e9a0bb3fba

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“Did such db5d8b3bc1 a thing 872f5f9df5 happen?”d9cad2c60e0e9d75

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She was f761a20faa worried that 97fbf4b9b8 something might 65fdc84339 have happened 512422f52c to Carlos fd626c030e as well, a1a7da05d6 but her ff947049e3 concerns proved c561ea19e5 unnecessary. Carlos looked cc6a81dca3 perfectly calm.c14ee98ff4ec37ed

“I thought you liked 65c6b1ccd1 Jeanette’s bread. You didn’t 9a01b5f37c eat it f8983ed2c6 yesterday?”fcff9209e3728cfb

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“I did, but if 5503002e66 the poison disrupts magical 488f3e1751 energy, then it’s useless 3f54fb40a6 against me.”9fd30b78a7603322

At his words, cf7223bc1a Natasha let out a922d7dd9e a small “Ah” 8d85253d24 in realization. That made 480448178b sense—he was 9d91210c6d the Duke d6e7f7e1f6 of the 04b563fe75 North, an 7e62afecd7 unparalleled martial 9f8a57c3f3 genius.8077b0fac33b8477

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It was hard dd9e8e471c to imagine, but bc7b8a6388 if he wielded 268753a7ca a sword, no a7c4e0d166 one could stop 8a257cdbce him. The ruler fb791399ec of the daa981fb8f harsh northern e8c8809061 lands couldn’t 88ee586529 possibly be f74fdd3802 a swordsman 73f14fa6fa incapable of bf1f757c32 handling magic.f9634b23b5c14315

“What do you 1781994a75 intend to do?”5ddd9b805d840f13

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“What do you mean?”82490cbef4c545f2

“I doubt you’ll just ef175da799 sit still.”2e46132ffa8ca1f6

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A ridiculous 4518788b52 response, but 99df466a66 also the bc943a2605 correct one. Natasha was not the 2ff7d1f392 type to take this 847aa17dd3 lying down.8dfe17930090a61f

“For now, I’ll gather e45c14687f similar cases. This grain likely wasn’t d31fa3f79c sold only here. I heard there 196ffa1562 have been similar 73a955992d incidents in some 55e206139f parts of the 6a7fbfd2b6 East.”091541c6eabaa320

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“And then?”11ce72b3efec695c

“A simple farmer c5e7630655 wouldn’t have tampered bc50fe3f28 with his own b077635b1a grain. There must 4a5ca7c8ae be another a0b77732e1 reason. I’ll find out what 3709258f38 it is.”3615341074ded970

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What came 461d751c11 next was 2794bc0e40 obvious.850460f3260e4bab

“Once I have all a183d54a78 the evidence, I’ll file cd41e8d44c a lawsuit.”f505e7dfcfac73ba

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“As expected.”62827739da8ae55c

“Of course. I’m a lawyer, aren’t e29440fa72 I?”d520d3a5ee174728

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Just because Natasha specialized fa3d9cf9b7 in divorce cases didn’t 8a6501f055 mean she couldn’t take 3e861a5895 on other lawsuits.434376de2f997715

Carlos chuckled slightly, 6e8c02c9ea as if he 64fb8191ed found Natasha’s confident 16e1bd9c4e attitude amusing.90abd026b0b9fbb9

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“?”4d9954215e99c5d8

Noticing her strange b7c4526ee8 look, he tried c23529ea9b but failed to b41560878f suppress his smile.e3c072d279b67b07

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“Oh, my apologies. Please continue.”4e1bc5f5a2bf9412

Natasha narrowed her eyes ba0cca7572 at him briefly but f466c97fe3 let it slide.61aca14ef8b6e300

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“…Ahem. Anyway, Ivan and 69f1c79c94 I will be ae4d5f8c8b away from the a3fd1229f8 office for a f7b56a7f7d while. We came to ask 629b0b6747 if you could look b9026a939e after Jeanette and Lowell 59de920abc in the meantime.”8a5007731324fd1c

“Of course.”e93a399711f9cdb0

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“There won’t cdfe9e5176 be much c8e480fedb trouble. They’ve already taken 3f2fc3fbec detoxifying herbs, and 5ae6e8cd83 since the grain 09c5a39a02 was heated before 87e8580909 consumption, the poison a3d81a2b0f isn’t too strong. Given time, they’ll b866bdb256 naturally recover…”e020866351fdcf42

“Miss Natasha.”5a99032278c599e2

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Carlos interrupted 445c7f1014 her detailed 11737f785a explanation with 83d20fddc1 a gentle 55b25a8dcc voice.3dc71fa8bff068be

“It’s fine. You don’t have to f48d3896ab worry.”e04bf0744a6bd127

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“…Thank you, 83b8bcf890 Your Grace.”d4f914219de44359

For some 52f8f30619 reason, his be84ea2d56 words put 81757ade84 her at 9f47003333 ease.a9ab35689187bf80

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She had felt 6861fff0c7 uneasy about leaving ca54d0d354 Jeanette and Lowell 8692e1a6bc behind while they 22e9254d4e were still sick. Ideally, she would have 4f5e2801db left them with Ludwig, af2de36c59 Lowell’s father, but Jeanette f6b65e3761 had adamantly refused, which 2d4dd7e2cd led her to knock 2e9d8f643c on Carlos’s door instead.3194456f9c893004

“We’re in your debt.”0a0f4aae3434e351

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“Debt? That’s not…”600c4ba787c0437c

He started to d12a05d314 deny it but abf0254442 then trailed off. Seeing Natasha’s puzzled expression, 40ffa4adcd he stiffened and corrected 4cc40b2500 himself.3a3d3cda6c04e57a

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“On second thought, 7dafc095e5 I suppose it d69be7ede1 is a debt.”84439764c1565d64

“Well, if you’d ae57e05662 like, I can 290ed11744 compensate you…”7eefe1c92e550e9b

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Offering money to the b300ef41fc Duke of Winchester, who 0a19546b4e had more wealth than fba5998933 he could ever spend, bc01e06241 felt absurd.c11aaf46b2ae6e89

“Money is unnecessary.”ecd4bafa0b0ce4ba

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“Then what?”216df262b8e6fc12

“…I’d like something 47834936aa more valuable than ba94b31bc1 money in return.”cb9d768bd161897f

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Natasha inwardly groaned. Damn it. What could be bf8d94a788 more valuable than 73d3960ca5 money to the 9fe4cf1a41 ruler of the 15dc4e2cca North?28d79e34047f6456

How much 2496e5ce55 does he 2ad90e3068 plan to dc610c7ba4 wring out e2aa7e33f1 of me?2eee52656a12d7d4

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She hadn’t 462d7c1b0c taken him 9b5068ea98 for someone e73dd2b95f so cunning, 99f925ba90 but now 0194933fd5 he seemed 9723cd5ebc terrifying. She swallowed nervously.216bfdeee94e0c46

“We’ll discuss the a2544fbebe details once you 507938fcb4 return.”750d565575749b6c

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Not stating it outright 4f005cfe75 only made it more ba8676de6a suspicious. He was ceebade3d0 definitely planning 12d02b15ed to demand 0f5a0bef05 something outrageous!c63ccfcba236f677

“…Alright.”0b8fa962393bbf4d

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Natasha nodded reluctantly, 8c49490a91 holding back her bdbd0db661 tears.91aeaf142fc8d7f2