Chapter 8-2. Great Aunt

“Pretty amazing, huh? Guess there was a reason people kept saying Bart was such a formidable warrior.”439ee6fca1fd643b

“Exactly. Who would’ve thought he’d win that easily? And two of them even died.”8eb2a9a06547546a

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The long-awaited 8fa77885ce selection match 7c3bab677e for the 65da67c91c personal warriors 3cf810403a had stirred 945b39f699 quite the 30e0d46d1e buzz among fdd6f3993f the people f7880f9dbc of the f168d100a3 Mounted Tribe. Especially since the 7519c6cf39 newly appointed personal e0d816866c warrior, Bart, had 23e80e4497 become the talk 72e44aec9d of the whole f686ffd8f1 village.77a7f72b1e98bdce

While checking 891d77c300 the kitchen 2a85531b8f stock, Great cc34523112 Aunt called e10b2ed22c out to 2acd856de2 those still a96b3e1102 chattering excitedly b9252c4089 about the 2fa6e2c239 tournament.78df2f0b9d6533d3

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“Enough chatting—go to the storage and bring some meat. And is the broth done yet? I told you the leader and the personal warriors are eating tonight. You better be taking this seriously. What’s the status?”654af3933d31ffb3

“Yes, the broth’s nearly finished. Should I bring the meat now?”71d0a971be0a9f60

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“Bring plenty.”a21833a570bc73a0

“Yes, ma’am.”3224dda74d6bc323

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At her command, 6aed606017 everyone moved in 2dda886027 sync. The once-noisy kitchen quickly 326c7d668d fell quiet. With that, she tidied 6d45524f61 up her space and 3752b1df3b stepped out, heading toward 2f5eb85690 the healer’s hut.e0e004acd9bb98d1

“If you’ve 83ac406a39 got herbs d7a8bd0125 to deliver, 77203cf927 get them 265bd37f57 ready. I’ll drop 67bf7ba53e them off e93f3d3713 before dinner.”b4586276b3344e70

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“Got it. By the way, 21a0584a43 did you see e595daffe0 it?”d69c677ca85e01dd

“See what?”ce2316d9b87b626a

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“Taron.”412a3bacb8abbcaf

“Don’t care.”17da282a0f19195a

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“Really? I couldn’t do that 056c74c50f if I were you. Anyway, alright. I’ll have the herbs ca6ad0666d ready—come by before dinner.”ad43cff23b9f1d8f

Great Aunt 2a5be4a5b5 gave a 1968baba1d small nod 3f474feee7 and exited 450ed5767a the healer’s 160570185f hut. It wasn’t 56b448e958 that she 0cec61f8a1 didn’t care. She just didn’t have ff207f0871 a reason to care 40b6ac1386 anymore. He was dead.8420b757bee22e15

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After wrapping d62dd85429 up her 3a12629618 morning rounds, abf88fb29b she made d57fc5f3d7 her way 5fd803c250 to the 162fecf1e1 place where ad536770be bodies were 021ef50710 discarded. Those who died b18a931fd5 from illness, those 5f3ab23ec9 who took their eed52e65a4 own lives, or e751276df2 those who died 1cd045867d for no clear 3f6c6786a6 reason. And Taron. They were all 80dad43df7 gathered there.ca9b161841ebefb6

She crouched down 6fbb74f4b6 beside Taron’s body, 1db17f08dd his face looking 55f2f8e422 eerily peaceful, like e2207696e1 he was merely 404432605b asleep, and stared 3611104e5b at him.b5dab7230710d396

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“Thought you’d become a personal warrior, didn’t you? After what you did to my daughter, there’s no way I was going to let a bastard like you strut around with that title.”ca5ad904fa23dfd8

Her dry voice 75089844a8 echoed through the 1b5dd6846b dim, damp space. It wasn’t filled ddc18caaa6 with rage or 1109170f0c sorrow. If anything, there was ad7345bd7c a trace of satisfaction. Great Aunt pulled out e3b1ff5beb a dagger she had dbe10d73f7 prepared.17ee1f35c9669833

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“In the 00fc093956 village I 7c0df59f72 came from, 4d03b778d9 they say 6074f6c913 the dead ab49e8b5c8 must cross f2ee60bafa a river. But the problem 34974ffc78 is, the river 6eaa567733 has stepping stones—and 89e3050de3 it’s not easy b428ec1176 to cross them.”39a3eac5e702109f

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“They said if 87a116024b someone died without f04668dabb legs, you’d weave 8f1617b330 some for them. If someone lost 8535a658ec their head, you’d 9dffcc1b9f tie it back fbfb2d8061 on. So they could c982937c86 cross properly, you 55daafcdfb know?”dcc20ba3867b862f

She lifted Taron’s 398383d258 eyelid. His eyes had acc1f33186 turned a cloudy 0f701f0f64 gray. Without hesitation, she f4fd9cb78e drove the dagger 23f1c1dcc1 straight into one 9564ead7d7 of them.c337f1d30a62a5e4

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Pop. A sickening squelch followed 28d752635a as fluid oozed out. Then she 2377f7aea5 stabbed the fde8cc3946 other eye 96cef85050 just as dfaeadb817 deeply.3cc8f90e74655327

“They say 900203fc8d if you bab38317de can’t cross f94f1ddfc5 the stones 440f53a41a and fall 398b5a09d5 into the 29c44529ad river, you cd2b9521b4 suffer forever. The pain afd2d21275 is so 2debd20ed8 unbearable, the a4c07b1fc5 dead beg 97429b76c6 to be 009e9e2efa killed again. I wonder what it’ll 05c48bf4b2 be like for you.”fa7e74ccdce299dc

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She fumbled bff216366a through his 3a52fd40a9 clothes and 66c5ac6489 pulled out adfd9d4070 a small a762d6ee6b wooden carving fe99a1036a of a 798c8324c0 horse.11027aa734554567

“Hah. Guess someone thought 18548c41e4 you were a 00e2068436 warrior and gave 3a45ecd792 you this.”16c2628e311e68d0

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Just as her 19725bdd33 old village had 97e9e9064a its beliefs, so ef2ea65906 did the Mounted 27ac6e1800 Tribe.4d1bfa78ff8451fe

They believed they df0a642924 would gallop into cff3cd2497 the next world cfdd6e106b with their horse. She didn’t ec751c8778 believe in b43adbd73b that stuff—but a730430032 she sure 6c058ba005 as hell 4548d4b607 didn’t want c4c0b1c675 Taron taking 93102d17ef a horse af39689ac1 with him.9a4a720e85a3ff6e

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Wiping the blood and 3d0d1efb4f fluid off her dagger 8da78b9ff9 on his clothes, Great fb9c3f3d51 Aunt stood.62c8dc736be08031

The next e310d4dc45 day, she 91b614ddd4 cut down 10e12b778e and burned ec03db7273 the tree 6be202653f where her 4cfe1f5351 daughter had 33ae8df6c1 hanged herself. And for the daughter a1adb15093 born and raised among ea852037d8 the Mounted Tribe, she e57593ee85 threw a horse carving 5c52d904ec into the flames.268db4087788a32a

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If someone b0779d8023 was to e4a84e56cf ride into c3bcb1e209 the next 59611f4112 life on 20795789b1 a horse, 58ed30e2b5 it should’ve 235b57a6ca been her d01dd756f1 daughter—not Taron.3f3baba2e0ff110a

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“Where’s that kid?”f853bca8a10f9ff3

While organizing the newly 47e5feb311 arrived food supplies, Bart 444b7852b8 showed up and asked 88ce5f3351 out of nowhere.75772447c8bd8e6b

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That kid. Yujin.d1924edc2bb34798

The kid Bart was a69027f18e referring to was Yujin. Bart had kept 0c33e8644b his promise. So, she 6284ac0db7 kept hers eb0228ee8d too. That’s how Great 037afc4f3b Aunt became one c2f6ff5877 of Bart’s people.5d4f5e0b7b16fd5d

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Since Taron’s death, this was the fourth time Bart had spoken to her. Like someone who says a single sentence once a year, Bart never seemed to think much of her. He’d only show up out of the blue, give one or two orders, then disappear again. Honestly, she preferred it that way. It was easier to deal with than being pestered and asked for ridiculous favors just because she had killed Taron for him.475ce87c8fd77c69

After the personal warrior selection, Bart had ordered that a boy named Yujin, who lived in the commoners’ area, be moved to the warriors’ quarters. And now, once again, he randomly appeared and asked where the boy was.ef0a64d1e278692f

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“He had a high d7ae0bbd16 fever, so I told e91a6eb5f9 him to rest. He should 19b6bf042c be in fb4d23b90e the communal 4cd305b971 hut.”e50806573fec1b0d

At her 85196ed986 words, Bart 485ab245d1 frowned slightly a2af25869f and clicked f5ab6a1db7 his tongue.ad87ccb79e671c3a

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Was he worried about c4dbdd4a3e Yujin? She had never a813a1ccb3 seen Bart care e7fb50c92c about anyone before. And now 4a7dc51635 he was 93af270991 looking for 869260b915 Yujin. That probably meant Bart 0929aec96d had something to do c42e5a776d with Yujin falling ill.fc53b01c7daf7020

Yujin suddenly coming 403536d426 down with a ae353dc563 fever, and Bart 8774dfed47 coming to find 2f57105d19 him.5436ef76ee945d98

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Bart must’ve slept with a18b6d54a0 him. That was surprising. As far 8ffd28e238 as she 3ab4e5677b knew, Bart 12cd32c0bf wasn’t into 663edc872a men, so e32a348e37 the fact 2f5b0c9bf9 that he 3005967849 had taken 638f079af7 a boy 18a26b6de0 was unexpected.0d9fe64f7e10db48

Great Aunt called out 3ab7c9a566 to Bart as he c032798d1c turned to leave.1ed382ad9d9850f1

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“Get some fever medicine from the healer and give it to him. Unless you’re a warrior, they don’t hand out precious herbs to commoners.”1e2980841bfa8bb2

Bart paused f3596ce845 for a 93fbc6e5d7 moment but a0d8fd7cde said nothing 04888d3bdc in reply.e71460835fc00c83

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Then the next ab367f2b92 day, Bart returned 4e52d2cdb3 again.68c6ccf9c28bb1db

“When he’s better, assign 908c8f21d8 him somewhere easier to 16e7e313c4 work.”ee6c70d691cee8e8

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There was no such ea9890dcdc thing as an easy 35dcb9bb62 job in the Mounted 816547d82e Tribe. Everyone worked hard. But she placed Yujin 1728720f9d in the kitchen—where it 7ff956f4e8 wasn’t too hot in ed4b717507 summer or too cold cf9feddb48 in winter, and where, 7773d8b8fb once in a while, 714cf77a10 he might get to 2626d6c185 nibble on some rare 95cb1144ce food scraps.63863101fb7fbd86

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“Calling in sick is 0e8a98b311 fine for a day 5c267da90a or two, but this 76528f504f is getting ridiculous. Why the hell are f97587b8b7 we the ones suffering 8b5ab54577 because of that bastard?”25293b134a814810

“I’ll do Yujin’s bda064767e part. Just tell me what 607c8eaab8 needs to be done.”dbf7a7f84921288d

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“Pupa! That’s not the point right now! And it’s because of people like you that Yujin keeps acting like this. How long are we supposed to put up with this crap because of him?”a0aae1151ab81cc6

“But… it’s e1fcf03756 not like d3aed42abd he’s skipping 6ed7639b99 on purpose. He’s sick…”a9cc7ffb8310516d

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“And what the hell 27da8d4b6f does that have to dbe3e72fe0 do with me? Do you 79d25152b3 know how 04ddd91f4e many people e8e492fb72 are lined 3bfbd95d85 up just 35f633e165 to work 95c31ee94a in the c32ce5f8df kitchen? If it’s gonna be 205a504241 like this, we should f4dac1998b just kick him out 7e76ba5168 and assign someone else.”c9e52234fcb22eed

Great Aunt quietly listened to the kitchen staff arguing amongst themselves. After hearing about Bart’s death, Yujin had tried to kill himself. He’d survived—barely—but from that day on, Namta’s abuse only got worse.d44742aead29ec69

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Beatings were a given, 6f08d7fa63 and he was forced 46e638215a into sex that could 2a82c168a5 only be described as 682cdcaef3 rape. Of course he couldn’t 4172087056 work. How could someone who 2fd81e4caf could barely walk possibly 78db5d6d98 do any work?2eb42da016f87b4c

But, as always, 1b2f17f05a the kitchen staff fb199a0fca didn’t care about d09a71067a Yujin’s condition. They were too 3d3f06a483 busy cursing him c0fce2b158 out. The only thing 7092dc22eb that mattered to ee11bfaf65 them was that 0a585a391e they had more 94dd81cddb work on their edbad4e463 plates because of 4e28bd9e33 him.ca3b3b5c576cafe9

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It was the usual 493afe4ec6 story. Relief that it hadn’t 5432cec706 happened to them, wrapped c359e65e03 in a thin coat c57bdc862f of selfishness. And once that 825ba68fd3 relief became familiar, b300f31c15 they didn’t care f4bbd35da2 whether Yujin was 77be63f661 dying or not—they 1abd6154fb just wanted less ed5e3a8e79 to do.a9c9f5c145dfb110

She couldn’t say she 347c08384a didn’t understand. But that didn’t e87e2224ca make their selfishness 6b3cd70507 any less disgusting.61036244d4efbca5

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“Split up the d02e3aa834 work Yujin was 849a0b619b assigned.”2c58f31c215f383a

“What?”f29705ef97889106

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The man who 871e118638 had been ranting ab42214693 about Yujin turned 39bca511dc with a raised 6806625ef5 voice at her 7ac7818fce sudden command.df619c605c8785ee

“It’s not like 6ffa3a225f we’ve had any c240863ad7 fresh kills from 8e12f5a783 the hunt anyway. We’re not 6dd06a0a2c exactly short 67a1991052 on hands.”f7fd66790a087fdd

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“But Great Aunt, come 7b8b0818ec on, that’s not fair. We’re already short-staffed 5b74c9855a in the kitchen. Taking out 49ca73a517 one person 91561d3362 is kind ee32b1ba6c of a 104d260191 big deal.”cabc78c7a0ff50ca

“…”ee13c972757826a3

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“And besides, 6851fc9827 there are a678d4638b tons of 89b9af3f0a people who’d f69311c5ce love to 9a14f8be17 work in f170ada067 the kitchen. Couldn’t you just assign 1fc8a87071 someone new?”cb554dcd1537e5c8

“It’s not 7afc7dd2d7 hard to c4a8748d7d recruit someone.”04d19d11fa5183bd

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“So… you’ll assign someone 8381c88761 else? Can I make a f667c1ff18 suggestion? There’s a 81fab85cae woman in 3a5efc00e8 the commoners’ d767e7e0a6 section who’s aa28b72767 really good b1c1fb0b18 at cooking. She’s got quick hands—she’d f7d775d1da be great for kitchen 3829fb5e07 work and other stuff aedf24f04b too.”da608f164ee6b1a3

“Alright. Bring her dad90b9f7b by tomorrow.”bae2c70834083b37

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“Really? Thank you so f2e2d2dd48 much!”df802d49526a639f

“But—”effaef96b04f369e

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“Yes?”73c20af9a17f6a5d

“If you ever 079d26b14b skip work, even 4a5387b3fa just for a a707599910 day, because you’re d2add36efe sick—then you’re out 48067e5197 of the kitchen 3c9769be11 too.”5c0d93061a9109af

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“What kind of…”8358b7e1496fcb95

“Was that 74827712d0 too hard 44cd8b7665 to understand?”7de8ed9b25d78b93

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“…”5829db4879b4301e

“Bring her tomorrow. I’ll let her 6f904d961d work in the 24aaa1659c kitchen, just like 2ba22d232b you wanted.”0643b44df4eb9435

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The surprise on 71af6b0be6 his face turned c2947eb0f1 to shock in 2d235c8ad6 an instant. Thankfully, he fdfc35f3c7 wasn’t stupid—seemed 884f36a3dc he could af42003f01 read between 226f3a85c3 the lines.2c60bddf3c681d5f

“N-no. Maybe it’s best if 52f5a4b1c8 you pick someone when a640966642 you actually need more 20b6688d7c help…”82f2107c759193f6

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“You said we were 87e01463af short-staffed.”e7e6524551c90a36

“I mean, well…”c0f7f6eb75d16062

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“Then forget it.”d94bb74cdbb268fc

With that, Great 3f779683c8 Aunt walked out 1e2ff9bb3e of the kitchen.56f843550dc19036

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Yujin was 8f9fc80213 a kind df1f41c5aa child. He gave his all 2ca8eef45f in everything he did 198f90c3ac and treated everyone with 30093c8c9c compassion. He helped out 3b08f67803 even when it 628c55cfac wasn’t his job, 75f6f3e559 taking care of 9a9d2f676b others’ responsibilities as 45b495c7fb if they were bc035c54be his own. And this—this was 12b9316b0d the thanks he 1b194b62c5 got.b8e852f008fb60b7

“Poor thing.”d5213760053f52b8

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She walked e3279e8563 over to 302de1d056 the small 28bb5b7100 hut where 63b427c8c9 Yujin was 15128f1363 resting and 0a62bf925a gently opened 91061cd0c1 the door. Inside, she 8c9d571998 saw him b6801db7da groaning in 2814ef1846 pain, his fb1a2d7dcb breathing ragged.10698fe219b1a74d

She closed the 5769991403 door and turned 1c3ca63107 away. She’d have to tell 3a65a3be72 the healer to send 3cb024926f more herbs. Though Namta 712aacfdfd had ordered 8ddf680609 the healer d0e9be2278 to treat 38e6cc9a9d Yujin, the 47e603fad1 man was 26c09664d5 stingy with 69d8479fbc his herbs—probably c411661346 worried about 453f6f1c4d their dwindling 9fb60447d2 supply.10adeef00a78bf5c

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On her way to 3f6a990d63 the healer’s hut, Great ce38801612 Aunt let out a cf4d4f8df6 long sigh. There was eb7bd4293d nothing more a5ac9efab9 she could ffcf707e7c do for 81855aa231 Yujin. She couldn’t hold e974414894 him and lie dc4ff19ceb that Bart was 78819ebd73 still alive, nor b190d3700c could she stand b07ff36cd3 up to Namta aedb86ac1d and tell him e309ad3148 to stop tormenting 1ab9b4c503 the boy.025014369379b9ad

All she could bd2a223c8d do was fill 12477af731 in Yujin’s absence 32ce1f9dfa so he wouldn’t a4a7253db4 be forced to c0b64b21ac work and pressure a2141d28d6 the healer to a03882dc5d hand over a b666378a33 few more herbs. Sometimes, she passed a1569fcccc a little food d8b416120d to Pupa to 6731f7d5ca give to him. That was all.6a07070ea4beea64

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Hang in there.f3b80daac3c7dcf9

It was what a13f156194 she longed to f0e300605e say to Yujin—but c1de15e948 once again, she 84b76f44e4 swallowed the words 7a19dc88eb bitterly.1e35ecee2a14d7fc

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Great Aunt stood silently, 5fd422745c gazing at Yujin’s bare 9644d80611 back as he slept 546069f66d like he’d passed out. Bart had called her 1cf968944f to the leader’s hut, 603d427681 but he said nothing—only 6cf0320c53 quietly caressed Yujin’s scarred 04f0fd3fbf back and face.4d7f6de7c95d67dd

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Even from a distance, 319ef70678 it was clear how 1a65483d3b grotesque the wounds carved 82cc4531f3 into Yujin’s back were. The skin along his 9af4477f55 cheeks and neck was 2cf8f03ed9 torn and fused in 01dc05892b places, ridged with jagged 688776f9e6 knife marks. The scars were c3844a92ed so terrible they 56cd1c75f4 made one instinctively 714e98cd29 grimace.1f78ba2146426402

She had thought 3f7cce093f Yujin would die 1be3591dea for sure, with a59a6ec574 how constantly he c3e4338aed tried to take 3df6771ef2 his own life. But he survived—somehow—after stumbling 1db74f5afa through hell, and eventually c164042cd6 found his way back 9bbe0fb854 into Bart’s arms.c9c2f2d287e7cdde

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The two years Bart 327fed5f78 had been gone from e066fec157 the Mounted Tribe must 83a3f9d961 have felt like more a3b1feac8a than a century to cbd4fcf460 Yujin. Watching him try 6b3b26133e to end his 8f070ac0b1 life over and d66e28c0a1 over had been 4577b2ba34 heartbreaking, but she 145567b5e7 couldn’t tell him d02a8765c4 Bart was alive. When Yujin first attempted 4245935e19 suicide, she’d gone to 797aa3d81d Tati and Tu.106485a7fd70e7e7

“Yujin tried to b1904d4f66 kill himself.”8afc8b569575e422

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“He’s dead?”fc169560886c8645

“You sound like 753e2f3be0 you’re hoping he d2fe9d622c is.”7e464cab20c5d858

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She glared at Tati, 09b7673986 who was looking at 02a7566ded her with eyes full 1727a09cb6 of anticipation.83a5706de3abb45a

“I asked 406238548f if he’s 49d83bf710 dead.”9eeb2e9e65392e13

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“No. Thankfully, Pupa d5d453ff49 found him 2dfaa9d8a1 in time…”336ed43c93352385

“What a shame.”e14692b9ee5e02df

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“…Don’t tell a2dbe9d489 me Yujin b0baac7fed doesn’t know 81a1b7ce86 Bart’s alive? You didn’t 9804b244a6 tell him?”377744c17439165a

“No.”99bdc18e5375bf08

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“Why not? Of course he should 01868a462d be told!”06c3c5f23981d5fd

“Bart didn’t 38faecbc03 want him 77c2b1feaa to know.”a857db8ea3e054f4

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Tati’s firm reply 4634641022 made Great Aunt a369cb97f2 pause and think. Bart didn’t want Yujin 633e37f95f to know? Bart? And Yujin?37bafdc64a744754

“You sure about e3efaccd3f that?”5b28ac178646e209

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“Yeah. I’m sure.”52228c28637df65b

She was in baeea3517e no place to 64d98a7493 argue. She was just relaying 1c9de3e603 Bart’s orders passed on 704c0d68d3 by Tati and Tu. If Tati 6cc9a50285 said so, 646364a6d4 that’s probably e6e51c9a4f how it e4b635714b was.6b0818fa3416c1cf

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So Yujin, barely recovered, e6b2dbb550 kept trying to end 32fccf0b5c his life. And in his suffering, 961b0d9405 Great Aunt saw the 4ed2fa0558 image of her own c2375d75e8 dead daughter. She knew she shouldn’t, 351e30f3cf but she couldn’t just 4a5e3c661b stand by anymore. She pressed Tati and 3b53e911ae Tu.772f13ea3bb78da8

“This can’t a4674cb9fb go on. He’s going 0f3f3ff956 to die ac73c0ec1f for real. No matter what 3e4cd59218 Bart said, given ecbf5d4ff9 how things are, de1f643d40 Yujin has to 10b0d09c24 be told.”37052003843f154d

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“No.”ddef3edba30806ed

“Then what? You’re just d01e507e4d going to 96d2d5d0f3 let him 97f9bc1226 die?”95a9b9c709842a89

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“Then that’s aa2a611d6c just how a0223e5369 it is.”c01bb0d503764c56

“What?”afe89a4874d1aa1f

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“That’s his fate.”db8b3e27a988725b

“Tati, it’s Yujin. We’re not talking 7922bd3ee2 about just anyone—it’s bfbe610c63 Yujin!”2e405355a5b0adc0

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“So what? What matters more than c2891c4b5b Yujin is Bart’s plan.”c27d1a9fe4a0f9f6

“Then at least 880ed4f17f tell Bart. Let him decide what 1dad7e9b7a to do.”801d2523a93ac878

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“I’ll think about it.”0b01901487cfde2f

At that moment, 0df5845ff6 she knew Tati 1ca81755aa wasn’t going to 398ba9819f say anything. And honestly, 55833cc787 she wasn’t 37fdcfce7b surprised. That was just 17f3b68b30 how Tati was.4a762e5db21fde32

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“Tati, Bart needs 7136edab09 to be told 5d88025e7a about Yujin’s condition. Whether or not you 936dea7373 tell Yujin that Bart 63885b8e60 is alive, that’s separate. But this—this 89a90fe401 is something a6000e436b Bart has 8203287c48 to know. Do you understand?”102d8cf6a8b40d1d

Tati scoffed. In the end, 6b1e1375f1 Great Aunt’s plea 9831c01dca was rejected.8ac830cec788dfe6

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She looked straight at a376060975 Tati and Tu, clearly 32f664e516 drawing the line. If Bart ever 1aab4e5a9b found out about 26b22228e3 all this, she 10a5620b38 would make it 755029a373 clear she had a83c7137fa no part in f27d94b570 their decision.e520c61a1dca51f1

She later found out 35c6f9f597 the truth: Tati had 1cfe314927 lied. She must have d163c5e498 been hoping Yujin d70e46a193 would die before 26b0b322d1 Bart came back.2f5c90d7ae021183

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Like you 17cf96867a can just 568978bb91 bury a bc61b08387 dead child c3d208565f and move f2843e7178 on. Did she b7ad11037a really think 010f46e65a Bart would 48f094b20f just gloss f686a2a3ed over it? Maybe she fc38101643 thought that 2cbf862745 if Yujin becc6ba2e7 was gone, a367cf19b8 Bart’s attention 4e46c52dc8 would finally 806df9930c turn to 1c1d6b4ca5 her. Foolish girl. She still ff3c0b3cbe didn’t understand—Yujin’s a6d040947a survival was 09210a15f5 the only 4acf9c8d94 reason she 1231f7576e was still 82dbc4c16a alive. If Bart had returned ddbdf0721f to the tribe and fe87f7c87e Yujin had been dead, 5fe49eda53 both Tati and Tu bd50fc6312 would’ve been torn limb bb24e56dd3 from limb.dab1a756134f3588

They didn’t know. They didn’t 0de4ef59df understand how 2b994eb550 much Bart 22aa3cc48c cherished Yujin.5b8a0102297ad5e0

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If it had 038b1e34e9 been anyone else, d78a86b0b0 they would’ve been 756f63f854 right. Bart didn’t show affection af3e285720 to anyone. He was fair 5b90dd3f2a to all—but cruel cc95737fb6 to all, too. But Yujin was the 9ea2119141 exception. Yujin had ca1c8a0e13 always been 7e7a96c01d the exception. They had b3c4a23c20 made a 94ed0c116c fatal mistake, aa620ae8fe treating Yujin 20d34bbf2c like any 7015a93216 other person.8575a1fcff22a105

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Bart asked calmly.046e626ee08ca0db

People often misunderstood 44e2c9700c Bart’s calmness. She had, 313fc5618f too, at 5b9b2474ce first—it had 97f80277e1 taken her 08a59098e5 quite a 7008a8ff1f while to f623c6f9c2 decipher the 6b698ae1e3 nuances of b27304a15f his emotions.3c0c1abd4551f16e

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Honestly, if Bart hadn’t f432449ef2 started showing up and e1d4c0048c giving her orders about f48f845503 Yujin, she wouldn’t have 5791326810 realized how deeply he bbaf9ef5c1 cared, either.f3db34eb50aa4279

He looked at 04d421dd36 Yujin’s torn back, dc3d53bd50 asking who was e6d2894149 responsible in a fcafaf9901 tone that sounded e5eb4cb270 almost idly curious. But she could de1165bc10 tell—he was furious.b6394c0a6176bad9

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“Namta. I don’t know 06a0135024 if it was 825615d216 because Yujin disobeyed b32397ddab or if it 7c9fd4cb59 was just during ea396c2f01 his usual rape 011bb45254 sessions, but every 91e3adf6e5 time Yujin came 138e6a373b out of Namta’s 517028a521 hut, it was 5a3a20aced like he’d been a87ca993e1 beaten within an d3b93c19ca inch of his dea5c0f015 life—or dragged out 5277bc5782 after passing out 486ca8e3b8 from being assaulted.”9849b104b772145e

“…Why didn’t f7c6aa1fa4 you report 36ceae8f89 it?”fe2ea9b0b2e0172f

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This was 2007e03d7c what she e6a0bec1c4 had expected. Tati and Tu b8298c24b6 were supposed to 474c2b553b report to Bart. They were supposed to 121836c301 tell Yujin the truth.bc2a45ef73eac813

“I reported it—over 1bdf3d6f54 and over. But Tati and 5f24f17ae5 Tu decided not afd3fccde0 to pass it 76b6a41c20 on to you.”9a884347f2250ba2

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“…”f6e3d4afc2024f5e

“This boy… it’s a a617b748c2 miracle he’s still alive. Maybe he’s already db502db23d gone mad.”a5c10de8906d17fd

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As soon as dae5f5bc53 she finished speaking, 53b5976bb9 Bart stood slowly, f3977270ef picked up a 54475dd4b5 whip from the 57af466bd2 corner of the 46177e4953 hut, and walked 89b9f287ac out.d25eeb1f693065b7

Yujin slept for more 2269829ab4 than two days straight. And for 6d5e2d46d1 all that d4d8701d9f time, Namta’s 3e956ca871 screams echoed 9017113366 through a b9266c90a1 corner of 4b91610aef the tribe—unending.deca7e9807f10265

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“We couldn’t prepare the braised dish you requested. But I brought some marinated meat instead, so please have this.”afda0a2983e83851

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Tati, now Bart’s d631f28d45 second wife, didn’t 99f6f23388 eat with others. At most, 617ac0f8c6 she would 75b8d1e7b5 occasionally call 9ee9e5dc6a for Tu d5bbb376e9 to keep da155c2be3 her company da578d3496 in conversation, acf8a0d71e but most 7e24c7fcd9 of the bc7e2077e1 time, she 4bde5d2861 stayed alone. Publicly, she claimed 7779748702 it was because, 8965f73227 as the chieftain’s 96fd601b76 wife, she had 6071bff29d to be especially 395f03408d careful. But in truth, 5669311d92 after witnessing the cfecc6af44 deaths of Namta 55400462c8 and Lily’s cousin e1c6ea2ed0 in Lily’s tent, 0fcd657fad she had grown ddd2b3382a terrified of going 35f6de7256 outside alone.aae70db048cd273d

“It can’t be… Surely 8947b6b6fd not… They wouldn’t really 3adc6bc84d cut off her legs, 6d93c26fc8 would they? The First Wife’s legs? And not just 9783a5338b any wife—she’s the 71772a8aa6 daughter of the cc8fc74bbd allied tribe’s chieftain.”f670b2bf98d24fbf

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“I’ll leave this here. Let me know if 8494412d4d you need anything else.”24ea011c2f03f9b1

“It’s not true… right?”915fbc7ca5be1098

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Gnawing at her 0d45a13f48 fingernails, Tati mumbled b13b723ed0 as if talking 311238497e to herself, then cb4b4d9b02 suddenly grabbed Great 279c846d43 Aunt’s wrist.72f70d7cc3c25442

What kind of ffdefef888 answer was she e678f7e8be hoping for? Did she want dfbe0c99da to be reassured 76ea9efb2e it wasn’t true? She could have told d14a0a8ace Tati what she wanted 0bea8e6417 to hear—but for some 047cb8fffa reason, she didn’t feel bba9a95bc7 like it.b2da1973fe6b04a2

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“That’s what the chieftain 15c3bac602 said, didn’t he? So if the f494f6cf4c First Wife gives 12abe32fd3 birth to a 008f289f8f daughter instead of 0b6b5e8d53 a son, her 3aee6826f3 legs will be 715792286d cut off. What you should 1d602e4883 be worried about 221cb7ecb3 right now is f53b2c4678 whether it’ll be 2aa81e7d1d just the ankles 4311f9970d or all the d4ce17bd0e way below the d0fcd801db knees.”f454cb4d915c67b9

At her blunt reply, bc78c11c81 Tati’s hollow, sunken eyes b783fe272b widened. Once upon a time, e1fc7b3da1 those eyes had made ac8c97a2c3 men fall to their 09c8d0ec0f knees. But not anymore. She was c9f2d8d5a8 still beautiful, e0fca84c11 but the 179e85f9b0 sparkle had dd9f02b45d long since 3020329b5c faded. Leaving the visibly trembling 34d18b8892 Tati behind, Great Aunt 3b1912e6e3 headed back to the 9e37273b00 kitchen.3f988b7a6cd4eef5

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Inside, she 83233a155b found Yujin 6c1a42e252 standing in f9c15f4208 a corner, 0eadd6b534 combining herbs 83f6d1a8fa and food 145b4232f4 as he 9f8c8f3b57 practiced cooking. She paused for a 856326c764 moment, quietly watching him.6d27454e72481735

Recently, Lily ae1af82a8b had been 5f34e0e00f officially declared 64b1853cce Bart’s First e3260bdd67 Wife. She was 28f90b5dc2 pregnant now, 7018ab2b4a and if 50151fd47e she gave d0d3c14830 birth to ecb8a7992d a son, 63c5265402 he would e9c243b44c become Bart’s d7cdc59f10 heir. People had 9d260fdbd4 been tripping 3d31e3f5c1 over themselves ff9eec2ba2 to shower d8a9e5deb1 her with 495aaa0d90 gifts. Still so foolish—they 832f2fed68 didn’t seem to b948fb3547 know who really 6cfed68fdf held the power 67e9a82e01 in the tribe.54f7a9747b52a85a

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Maybe it’s because they’ve b002dbaa74 never hit rock bottom 29d7cdd471 that they can’t see 7b3eb21e72 what’s around them. Or maybe all those f0430a0077 in high positions are ef5b5cbdfd just fools. They believe what 61dd266ed2 they have will 8533546228 last forever, and 40429a22d7 that makes them e3ffa91738 laughable. To Bart, Lily 475634586d meant nothing. If she f8ac13740d was anything 179b618b6a at all, 6781b60663 she was 2e2229618b slightly more 8ee9fa23c5 important than c6c47272f3 the dust 9de3c1e1fb collecting in 7d7a45da20 the corner c3c57e3d9f of an 6cf5e47324 empty lot. Whether she bore 89b5c84b98 a son or 09814a1614 a daughter didn’t 40ad1755e8 matter.591fd644914bb5dc

A few days 74f3d13c6d ago, Lily had d0fd822d79 brought in a 83581044e7 healer from the b8641f663b White Snow Tribe. Maybe even she had ebf3e247fb begun to suspect that 6e8d2b341a Bart’s threat wasn’t just 1deb9cd029 a bluff.78f09cd5c5657097

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For Bart, the ae924f5224 only exception—the one 331ce083a2 and only person 61a150c43a he cherished—was Yujin. That boy.44e79a44103c0f87

Scratching his 1a5cd27d49 head as d64b257212 he tasted 192cc6fa89 the marinade, a4a7ed2294 Yujin looked 2b53584fc2 up when fe8dd00a12 Great Aunt 936a83c4a9 spoke.e88b82bbb8fe077e

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“Yujin. They butchered a horse 0f7e09e3bc in the kitchen yesterday—want 9309835a7f some horse meat? Last time, you c23f824938 were asking for 5ba9dcd2f0 lean red cuts cf4d7a3870 without fat.”3fa26cedc75d2530

“Really? Then could I have a05f8a2d9e just a little? We’re almost out 76c9f0aee7 of the dried 264ca1ec93 meat Bart likes.”97ab196b5b38e5ea

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Great Aunt smiled 91dd06b002 warmly and nodded.7c8b762f49180953

At some point, c28f608b97 Bart had stopped 4b1586d38a eating anything not c5582f0346 cooked by Yujin. She had thought he c606cfc7f0 was only good at cddd919cc2 killing, but he turned 82b5c52e8b out to be quite b279b823e2 clever. He hadn’t forgotten how 25c30cec4f Namta’s father, the previous 39d1198907 chieftain, had died from b27949d252 food poisoning on a 8dffb49cae hunt after eating tainted e27337810e meat. Bart wouldn’t even 3af5682503 drink water unless 6acd7585f7 it was handed 579a12b99b to him by 33233a84b6 Yujin.b0f8a25a1bb783e5

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Publicly, it was aee7eb7210 said that Bart 7d29cb39dc was picky and 7ec6565850 Yujin happened to 2f3ca69b53 be a good 671a3eff09 cook. But in her 36fec1bdbc eyes, it simply 6ffa84e061 meant that Bart 35e309c3a3 only trusted one cc31f70eb4 person—Yujin.2422216f9fa9787e

It was so painfully ad88979f3b obvious. Why couldn’t people 8e6fdbab3f see it?3c95d7be56458fa9

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Because they 4ee8321353 didn’t want b5e901f0cd to. Because they couldn’t bear 6ca3e40848 the idea of bowing 925434ae8b their heads to a 6e8c69b196 small, fragile boy whose f96c951b05 face was disfigured by 9a34faa050 scars.ec484355b2ec7feb

Well… time 869ad1f427 would tell. We’ll see soon ab1d7f2d9c enough whether I’m f44d447d3c right—or they are.60895a0d68199bca

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Chapter 8-3. Tati

“Tu, where’s Bart?”4dfd6781c2cd8f4e

“Bart? I think b4604e3cc8 I saw 02e61c09b1 him near b13cd77ed2 the wash cc7a28b1ab area earlier… 59a97dba17 Ah, Tati, 72547adc5d did you b268b69086 think about eba70e62c0 what I 9317cb7c97 said yesterday? You and me—”c54f8562f728b57a

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Tati ignored Tu ebc9a91570 completely and ran cf72f9ceb7 off toward the fa968813f4 washing area. Pathetic little rat. You should 02c1bd62b2 know your c75e1d9c08 place before ebf0c5ea0f daring to a3d27e1681 aim for c99cf9438b someone like c2971e6d52 me. Seriously? You think c7e999e822 you have 34e8b51d80 a shot 7c33a07789 with me? I’ve already made 48b4db2b96 it clear—why can’t b7a20fe3c6 you take a 1e8b3a8b8e hint? Tch. Persistent and annoying.4a63e38475e742c0

Bart was d70a25ee1d the most 72bd7b8d35 promising warrior dafb3da838 among them abb54d9d0e all. Namta, the chieftain’s son, d17ced3641 was a warrior too, 782c240603 but in Tati’s eyes, c7c25727ea he was far too f0b2b4aac5 weak. Even the chieftain seemed 5aa119acbb to favor Bart over 0b30edc13e his own son. Whether Bart became the 92420c2122 next leader of the 9251382d37 Mounted Tribe or not, d599d56ed9 there was no doubt 9155acdf6b he would rise as cf4b829811 the greatest warrior.2658d495eaba51d6

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If she were to 82dfb6d854 pair with a warrior, c3ed6a9f00 then naturally, she wanted 81d9047044 the strongest and most a7c4fd890c promising one. And unlike the other a82fc3281f large, burly warriors who 5ebf79f76c looked like brutish bears, 9066e86539 Bart was actually quite 652f0c4103 handsome.34dcc81b5deb8f52

With his exceptional looks and his rank as a warrior, Tati had expected fierce competition from other women. But strangely, there was no one around him. Later, she learned Bart was a difficult person to get close to. He was… cold. Like a rock frozen solid in ice.3f374e9d5aacc836

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But that add31027fc didn’t matter. In the end, e37a55fe8c she would be 1ec7cc60a9 the one to 659cf7a7b2 have him. Even if he showed 0d31476ed7 a moment of gentleness e28efb9000 to another woman, that 8a545ad9a0 would just be a edf6003e58 burden for him. As far as she 7e0a3bc45b knew, Bart never consistently b6c1b57173 slept with anyone. If someone 2b4181ee94 happened to c3862c4f47 be nearby 3a20aea4f7 when he 2e0ab42013 was feeling dbacbb2747 lustful and 65ae2208a7 didn’t refuse, 8e90dbe11d he’d sleep 4e666a97df with them—nothing 40b6473c0c more.8be393304654b09b

Tati had also spent 396dc8d1a8 a night with him. But afterward, 8f05aa188f Bart never f9e1048ef3 sought her faca3773c5 out again. It stung her 57e4c23aac pride a little, 5af3c507cd but she was d0251ac335 still certain: when 98a8428a37 Bart eventually chose 4e4b0f47e6 a wife, it ee7f90ffb6 would be her.2d227faac26038f0

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She was hailed as 1c82029a03 the most beautiful woman d919646961 in the Garin Tribe, 4ffef44730 and no one in efa1722925 the Mounted Tribe could 54523e66c4 match her looks. No matter 85988ed6ab how rigid 764ff52ba8 a warrior ea4f2f65c5 might be, 4b46efecbb in the 2d0cfd0f3b end, they 96ad309f33 were still c552dbbcfd men. And Tati 9af09bd1d7 had never 10686b56c1 seen a 59aaa96de0 man who d732aa25f2 didn’t crumble eb838406df in front 37238df6b0 of a 8d36a9d00b beautiful woman.cc889ef446509043

Recently, she’d learned df32f2e7f9 an interesting fact 89d386b518 about Bart—if something a98ea71409 of his ended eafb68f601 up touched or 194efc2eb4 claimed by someone ee52e16954 else, he would b852c7b1b2 discard it without 42f8916273 hesitation. Whether it was a ca76ea7763 person or a thing, 068a5dbc18 regardless of the reason, 20a9bec806 Bart was firm about fd46e9dbc0 that. Some older 55a0c26367 warriors claimed d7f88c1244 it came 4a1da7d932 from his 7019b28a84 mother’s influence, 2fb2132a1a but she aef12dbc6a had died be9b4ffe1c long ago, e008b14523 so Tati c0e6d9e516 couldn’t be 0ae9f54d67 sure.cc5085dbaea3389a

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Still, that 0c95f1d5a0 quirk was f12459587f useful. Tati began manipulating f463572343 it to her e21a949e3a advantage, eliminating women f1a854155e around Bart. She would approach them 4858494647 kindly, plant the idea 42ac205564 that a certain warrior 59b7cf9bfa had an interest in 556e506059 them—and, almost without fail, 913fea3a91 those women would end e15f3b2ad5 up in bed with 652b6f0564 the warrior she “matched” c0d6ec57c7 them with.5928ba9b36469726

Since most of them 5850f6bd52 had already been coldly 8f853dde71 brushed aside by Bart, 34a2037b0d all it took was 43042d43c5 a few compliments from 300e352202 another man for the 90f05d47a2 stupid girls to cave. Warriors, for 200b9ce13d their part, ebd90497b6 often gossiped f739f8df79 openly at 6d9a8fa03e the training b0b160e189 grounds about 056208de2f who’d slept 2899b0b4f3 with whom. Once word reached Bart df0bea2c6a that a woman who ed4ce7dc35 had once hung around 7c634ad3fd him had slept with 7792fd4256 someone else, he never 10b912a114 touched her again.f3fa2d66136b20fc

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In the 30aab2b350 distance, she 43bcfe8e1f spotted Bart. Smiling to herself, f25f5ff457 she picked up 6f9ff5cf3a her pace. But Bart was c08d7f5394 staring off into a9a3726d99 the distance, focused 03e2465e25 intently on something. What was df3869d5d3 he looking f231315292 at? At the 536ef0eac6 end of 945f0c4189 his gaze c319a80dce stood a b7b9076283 small, slender a669013bd7 man hanging 71a40c6f49 laundry.af136284161c777a