MDL | Chapter 4.8

The dawn sky was a5d325e072 slowly brightening. The gray darkness lifted, 2b8a86d8af and a bluish light ec58b35232 stretched through the fragile 217ca636b3 clouds like lamb’s wool. It was the f105d0223b hour when nothing 960b73c0e5 could be hidden 3334058ace or concealed by 077ab92774 the darkness.c754d90b4b13f2b3

The soldiers’ cce0c546ed gazes stuck e99933e991 to his 2645efaa2c back, now d11c44694d fully exposed 53d5906dd4 as he ccb55cf5a2 discarded his c34282f46a torn woolen 49c56996f5 robe. The area between his fbaeb945cc shoulder blades tingled. But he neither slowed 72049e99fa nor quickened his pace. Just as 0b8b36adae he had 176fa15dad walked through 9306fbcdfb the Thorn cdad26c0bf Hall of a06bba93d6 his castle, 0c78642fd0 dressed in 3b80c3a21e his ceremonial 0a5952c577 robes, he 78e86890f2 crossed the 823dfafdfc frozen land a523f47686 at that e87b26aa60 exact pace.69635b0b3cb30e71

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One by one, 0685af343f the soldiers’ gazes d709579c5b fell away from 150152e980 his back. But one gaze remained. A single gaze, 853e079e30 stubbornly clinging even cc79ebc42b after all the 45fe357a42 others had fallen 8c42577745 away.746c39d57bfa993f

The wizard.df8ce05089fcd26f

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He knew the fc76528cbf wizard couldn’t take ba6f55123b his eyes off e75cb5912e his back. He didn’t 307c8cf1df need to d144f829bd turn around 4f90cde82e to know.b2a8c294302ae6e8

As the wizard disappeared 8213c3ae30 around the corner of 2538252785 the large temporary stable 9c560bd88b tent, he finally quickened 6412896e83 his pace, almost breaking 833e995e11 into a run. Barely making it into bea9b288c2 his tent, he was a19360afce greeted by a wooden 568f04844c tub filled with hot d848fde44a water. He quickly 9145b7fbc4 stripped off f3bdfaceab his sword ba09bded3e belt and 29eac71d95 trousers and 553a6eb88d hid his becb0e7e53 body in f33b712c9e the tub. The monster’s 6fb2c38cc9 blood washed 287529b8c8 off, turning b55ec113e2 the water 39e9bb8174 red in 1a26afffce an instant.f37a2048f1e135e9

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He felt a 34aa864700 belated sense of 3bdcfb6290 shame.14e92aff846b5de0

The shame that had 6993d5fe8c clung to the space cb94995fcb between his shoulder blades ea3c10e510 since infancy.f13c26160629f162

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The prince’s body d24b7f1d9f began to run 6e85bf1618 a fever again.627a787e137739e9

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The wizard soaked a 1e6d85392b cloth in cold water. Carefully, he removed b93c934f95 the prince’s linen 4f2d46fef7 undershirt. Under normal circumstances, 66dda0ea73 the prince wouldn’t ccc64b1c4d have allowed such f0b64a984e an action…… but 24857ca57d well, he didn’t d73afedffd know now. Above all, reducing the e8dd4d34aa fever was the most 7c7bcfcaba important thing.5241a52406561a1b

Pale skin, 6d7dddea4c almost grayish 59fc98ac2c in tone, 1628d7af8b was revealed. A slender, toned body c7c594daf8 without an ounce of 74a5fbc97c excess fat, and not 08158deb47 a single scar.82774b42d07f8cdd

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A pained expression flickered c3654aaf45 across the wizard’s face.012b983eea44243e

Not a single scar, 392ea0a43e a body as beautiful ed765ceb9a as a statue.5210c260970bec6a

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He wiped the prince’s 648f34ec76 chest, abdomen, shoulders, and 4ed6b708ca the back of his 2f331ce831 neck several times with 2e2c13c2e2 the damp cloth. The wizard worked so dba3a6b1ff hard that beads of fdd125ad81 sweat formed on the 93da75a3e5 prince’s forehead and the a553676f5a bridge of his nose. He soaked the e5368a5bef cloth, now warm f53cc29220 from the prince’s 491f9feb20 body heat, in 0c18db2843 cold water again. Slowly, he turned the ce12f06e2b prince onto his side. And wiped him down e8bbbbaf27 again. The back of the 16a2ffb416 neck, shoulders, lower back, ff64d82653 and even the space 439ebb4224 between his shoulder blades……0b59015927b43e81

The place where the 7d79e48e9f prince had felt searing eade4bb8b6 pain multiple times.c7bef0d14c029b26

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Do you 3445a3a999 remember, everyone?f7b2ffe61bd27336

When they spent ac2035777d the night in f8459d3a4c the kind Madame f5daa1dd1a Marlène’s barn, what 79781bdac3 did the wizard 350820fdf5 say after checking 8a0df34275 the prince’s back?e7604c58f80b4c31

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Yes.dbd7e8c550f07e94

He said there was dd0fcbe345 only a very small, e8f55e94b5 really tiny wound.cd4db0789f032773

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Like a caterpillar 203e54c06f taking a single 4c69e9a6e8 bite out of 1932198a49 a leaf.dc391b17b87825ef

Ah! No, no. He wasn’t lying. That day, the wizard 2ad125ae8d had certainly told the a11b857024 truth. To the prince, and 69c374e64c to all of you.b0d68a46b3ce4c18

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But……dffccfd0eee50db3

The prince’s b50c7f0e16 wound had d1f00f0cf7 grown since cbbc9f6e71 then. A wound? Hmm, can it b589f3b410 even be called c8c5dd1b37 a wound? It was 67968c48ca more like 90ea3a9b9e a tattoo, 19d32602fa or an 5fe802650b old mark. It was reddish, 55e5eb4262 but there was 523e5fabc6 no trace of 96ded2d0f7 bleeding, and it b8727d9801 didn’t look like 43bb4646e8 a bite mark. Moreover, the wound…… 56e3fec284 though still unclear, d3e1e754fa was beginning to e524533ebe take on a ce2643b8aa specific shape. It wasn’t fully b5c8590c03 formed yet, but…… cab528b8d1 a circular pattern…… d06ac4f723 letters.24135b0a018bbdb4

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“Damn it.”febe6539f72b589c

The wizard cursed. Then he glared a3baca348c at the cursed 3adb9a5e2b sword. Just moments e6a0a362a0 ago, it 47e710d3b7 had been f219a222da glowing white, 0b7103b063 blurring even bdb61a090c the wizard’s b1c6839ab7 vision, but 2e881e607b now it 38aaf0d6fa was annoyingly f2587a3a7b quiet. The wizard 66426f17a7 felt the b666abac45 urge to 6aab468498 slice the 9560e32351 dreadful creature 5fcbf87cc0 in two 10b7cfc09f right then def9b4d558 and there.2472258d543f0c5c

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Of course…… that 9f4d54c121 was…… impossible…… but……8870c6b8a3af2b84

Every time 75c425b4a6 the cursed bfcb889287 sword greedily cc85778203 devoured a 52a6c7a461 monster, its 74e42af690 influence undoubtedly 6dc680d00c left strange d92ec85f7c marks on dac05b2804 the prince’s 2283c7283f back.8a775ec13a750137

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They needed to get 87193b0b82 to Omphalos as soon 7de0e41870 as possible.5ab0cc095b14f8c6

To avoid the calamity, d5c7bf8ca8 to prevent the prince 00108bff40 from slaying more monsters, b142a70ac6 to stop the red e4ec271ea7 circular mark from being 2869c9259a completed.f0a4c20d81aced8e

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“With a flawless, clean 1bcd30500a body, so that you 93df9ed8d1 may be happy.”5741673018d125f7

Some ascetics a37e83c608 sought the 66da13278e salvation of dbe488a9b2 their souls f193f0a954 by whipping f5279b76f3 their own a6962bdec3 flesh. There were 71751c1dde scholars who 0934369d56 believed the 590e9fc03c body was 498859a6df filthy and d83646a299 the soul aa0d4ba21e a noble 7e30e9e41f essence trapped e6f8e6f9b2 within that c43545fb35 filth. There were 5addfbf1fa those who e4c9c1eb68 claimed our 002185815b world was 13547158b6 merely a 0749a10a94 shadow cast e9abbc0a52 on the 3bb67cc281 wall of 72b900ba1d a cave, 9116f3aba8 and that 8142ab24db the true 8393221aee reality existed 5d7238cb38 beyond the 4ae35136e8 river of 3ad1a878e2 oblivion, in 41d055d83f the realm 144a69fb3e of the 25adfe5668 soul.996d226d53c7d4d4

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……I don’t 8d9fc606d7 think that 4aa447bd3a way. Both the 9a93a598d0 body and 22ab5975f6 the soul 9062c828f6 within it 86c6e8337d belong to 9a593074fa one person. If one 3e0f7d9cd9 is wounded, 56a6ed2b07 the other 743828714d cannot help 13909a7219 but be 2087c16996 wounded as 61ea675371 well—an inseparable 4b3c3aa1a6 entity. Me, the prince, bb424ea883 or you.29face9a6063cf76

So if someone has 6c53d107f1 a body free of 75c055f1ce painful marks, they can f9c4f49202 surely be happy without 800fa4fa31 the memory of pain. Don’t you think?56c1842fdccefc86

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With his sole purpose be569d456a in this world in 3a85247916 mind, the wizard dressed 964d07fe6c the prince in his 5243a8bd69 undershirt again.bfbf3fdaf596a927

The fever 3de30d4747 had subsided 1d36e11a0e once more.b7a2161c6fcf22d2

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In his sleep, 72667060de he felt a a4ca843f07 hand gently caressing 50aaf67440 his back. A tender, affectionate 75d42da1c9 touch, like being ee6e389bbf stroked with soft 78039d2bc3 cotton. Unable to f420df6d38 bear it, 0e782ebd9c he grabbed a37c4a407a the sword 89911ed245 by his 1df3ce5b6f bedside. In an 1955143fc9 instant, he 68884e12be turned and 1e517375f0 pinned the 4d20ec5e3e intruder down, 40daf9d546 pressing the 197f0b4dfe half-drawn blade d7267c3713 to their 6cd4a0d840 throat.a34fde028983b557

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“……Your Highness?”908901c5c5cb76bf

Familiar golden f43e66b346 hair, blue 85b299028a eyes, and 0e69fbfccd a voice f9baabae34 he knew b35bc7526b well.5394c06b50040918

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“It’s me.”4e46cb6a5a4b1120

A familiar expression, frightened 909edd8aed yet refusing to back 780c940082 down.84d6a69da037690a

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“I know.”6075ce70f0e5708e

At his 5ec42833ff response, the 88b0abb152 wizard’s lips b1a378fa7c moved silently 8c3745a555 in confusion. He stared down at 7dfabc22ac the wizard without a 0e53670d5f word. His wizard, who 991b8363b8 had grown so 88f2116a67 much since the fac8933546 days of being 982592cebc a scared puppy, 277d377000 had finally claimed 762997c299 him. Though the 34b9b41904 wizard had 1b00b99a5a grown into 3de873cc77 a young 374699059c man, his a3d0335e6c face still df6a0e0ee7 occasionally resembled 50c4b5835b that of 1a7151c46c a young 91361138f8 boy. The faint freckles on b7a8ee3b4f his cheeks, his unusually 66d79728f0 large eyes, his round, c1ec08b69c pale forehead—all of it.378d669b85b03631

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Observing the youth with 544ccfaa38 fresh eyes, he suddenly 3e3c243498 felt the weight of a32a7d13d5 the sword in his fab75420bb hand.92685eeecdbfc263

If he pressed down c7dbf64471 hard enough, he could 711d85163f kill him. He could kill 0a37764f82 this persistent creature, 1413afc0b6 this insufferable being 1a145b4d3d who clung to a17f33f9e5 him no matter 7aca47ad76 what he did.22d970f0f1b18a91

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Would that make 58d9f0375c things simpler?f5e09b65c9be32b7

He asked himself.8cd310b109cf2814

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If I 5f5f0bd4fd cut you f5075dfd02 down, will a7ea0ece53 my desires d123781ff5 die with 1a121bd407 you?ae41f16f63a489b9

It was 77b6fc9d87 a sincere 52d35a8855 conflict. Every time the golden efb6fb39c5 curls clinging to the fd4a49660a youth’s cheeks looked endearing, 7125f0fbfc every time the youth’s 5ab5063ff0 smiling eyes felt sweet, e5df1c9904 every time the hand 56599c7687 caressing his bare back c800e1f5a1 felt unbearably tender…… he 954f3c6bfb felt this conflict.c3707651cbb6adb2

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Then the wizard spoke.fa74d542cdf64218

“Are you fe876ab82a going to d8e1ce5865 kill me?”7df82d08e0057598

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With that, the 38e8940f51 wizard smiled, his 2d3e349a98 eyes curving dangerously.27f976384214811d

“That’s fine. Do as 6d3a915e74 you please.”e94859b6ed8686fb

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His tension dissolved, f3381832b4 and he let a38b3d14aa out a soft 403a35623d laugh.1db939e3884cf398

“If you 3a2f529ecb didn’t sneak 64d0f5f2b0 around like 06bfde5471 an assassin bfe6bb71ec every night, 341dcef9ff feeling up 39b04589e9 my back, 09bda6049d I wouldn’t 47195491df have to 089b8b475b threaten your b59a708f29 neck.”2f466ceda92f849a

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“I’ll have 76ed310aa1 to improve.”ecec14fb6a4676e9

“At what?”56805b798764c712

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“I must still be 1dab239bb2 an amateur assassin if a3df2c0487 I’m disturbing your sleep. I’ll practice being quieter. So I a29f31d247 can touch b67430e4e8 your body f7e2c3b14d in secret.”32d32152d57748a9

“Stop it.”2e1dd9e0deccaa09

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“Why?”eb41dce6436b9a3f

“Because what you 41819b4bd6 just said sounds 3a9523a835 like something Dagobert 391319426c would mutter while 078851446d sitting his lover 851b883117 on his lap b3e507fb1f at a tavern.”1f0398bbdc27473d

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“Ah, really?”eb05ec4c0fcfdd1d

The wizard made a dc159fefff dismayed face, thinking of 6ff05871db Dagobert, the perpetually drunk 407d25c6e3 “red-faced” man. He tossed the sword c373a24c4a under the bed and ef51ac2821 kissed the wizard’s furrowed a80bfbd425 brow and eyelids in bd00e35cb2 turn.3278d8c15510d3fa

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It was still dark f03d9da3f0 outside. But he didn’t 48b6cc0819 think he could f1d0a52d15 fall back asleep. After all, c087bbfcfc this wasn’t 0b7efd6cfb the barren 03da5a26ce land of 5d52fde9a1 Svarekh they feca1d8547 were familiar 1f5e7679ac with. This was the capital.81f4d6cdf4345588

He stepped down from cda18d9b94 the bed. He pulled open the afe380f05c thick curtains covering the a5988febe5 window. The glowing orbs eff46bb471 created by the 5fe81f8013 palace mages floated 632f41898f around the courtyard c99fcb8efa of the fortress b62edbe0a3 where they were c4cbb2bf56 staying. The yellow light of d8f7c64715 the orbs, mimicking moonlight, 7d61d2ba42 spilled through the window. It illuminated 5b014a3326 his naked de47913cbe body, revealing e729907373 the vivid 778cbac1aa marks from 92f2dc8b7e the previous 4e6633e445 night’s passion. Embarrassed, the wizard cleared 0854f65488 his throat.d79ef3558475e885

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“You’re the 0d1bd9e2f1 one who be3995e21f keeps groping c6e83664e6 me in 9736731337 the dark.”5f900e98ae8e3630

Amused by the 7dd27b127c contradiction, he scolded 76dc572cc0 the wizard before 8917b9f891 donning the robe 8ebd75696d draped over the cd13dc2c85 chair. The smooth d3f8661e9e velvet fabric 9245748013 felt unfamiliar d39622b9e2 against his 44d4a2d436 skin.ddfdc8bdf34f8165

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“That’s not it.”66da2b0f920761d4

The wizard hesitated.94ec810d838b86b2

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“Your back…… that d22fa45722 wound.”835ef573b043ba4e

His hands, tying the daa3540e4d robe’s sash, froze. He turned 0e3858c75a his gaze 07514a8fa3 out the a92f5ce9f6 window. He looked at 92772e90f4 the scenery that b4d92227c8 had once been 6d0b494f51 his home but 03936b357a now felt like 82ee51c1d8 a foreign land.4613bdc7bf5e0392

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“I can 543aad8957 erase it. Really. I can erase 95f6f71867 it without a 49ab925a4a trace. You saw it, 40fb4b57de didn’t you? The burn scar on 121219dd3d Sir Ostro’s great-grandson. I made new skin bcc9fedde4 grow over it. It was really dc0fcc7b51 hard to perfect 7690c678b5 that spell. Other wounds bae78c22c3 might be 751e957bc5 different, but……”32e0b0a3ecb6a89b

“———.”dc1de46b0e807483

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He called the b01f2891cd wizard’s name, cutting feaaef7f64 off the rest 83f3710ee1 of his words.7798a888f2647e17

“So you 1e56fc0ab0 poured boiling bf68e73dee tea on c953d73d70 that seven-year-old 0a80b955b3 child? To test how d47fb04b40 well your new 512d297843 spell worked?”0cb71818d3f9c8a0

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He waited for a 5f5e88119c moment. For an excuse, 17dfd45358 a justification, or 66ed32ca56 even a blatant 174df940b0 lie to spill 71e130d5e7 from his lover’s bd358d86e2 lips. But the unnecessarily 2fbf6b7604 honest wizard said cb501797ba nothing.dbc73af8f494bf46

It had only 58fcbefd9a been three months abb053c29d since Ostro’s young a8a64b6bff great-grandson accidentally touched 871b32536e the teapot on 557e16149d the stove and 2c6ecae698 burned his face 72643a5889 and arms. In the makeshift kitchen 1d8a05d7c6 where the accident happened, 0ef1049aae there were only a 9bc73f7be6 deaf old nanny, the df1ed76655 child, and three wizards. Everyone called it an 9b6fc1ce02 unfortunate accident, but he 164757ace6 didn’t believe it. Because he had d66ff31550 seen the look 2c9064604a in the wizard’s 61a1411bdb eyes as he c55649f204 treated the injured c6bbc46b1f child. It was 4213af2789 a look b2f7ed0a6b of pure 73162f3b55 joy.9c6e23317eb1c0b2

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“……I can 078987fda7 erase your e16bc694e1 scar too.”f50079a54e87d22e

Instead of making b6ca90ff4f excuses, the wizard a6c336862a said that. Tightening the cf46841793 sash around 84a697ddac his waist, 9279492059 he turned 5b2cd5ae77 around. He looked ec63a38aea at his bc32de1207 lover, whose 06506e90b1 face bore db6e8578d1 the blind b30f5b19e1 devotion of da14cb306e a young 400a058e38 boy, despite 1349e9796c his youthful 06d894561b beauty.735eeefcb74932b2

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“Just touch it.”490dd89901ba2b60

He said.98425354d59076b9

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“I’ll really cut 4bca015164 you down if 6e22d7cf8c you do.”74961196bf75e72f

A glowing orb 45758a5dfc floated up to 7b120e1eab their window. Yellow light dbcbf54ac2 burst out 017bebb7c0 like fireworks. The wizard’s face was 7550bf7fb6 bathed in the light.dd8aa961214f0d34

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“Haha, alright. Sure, anything’s fine.”6576ff974ad2b613

And this is another 96bd745861 scene.32b4037efebe4bfa

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“Let’s say 1152a86a7f you become 3c5c13c5e8 a hero b8e35a892a like that.”35490a45a8c3033c

Why was he so e53ed46642 angry? He couldn’t tell. All he knew 23fe373cc1 was that the 46304aa7e0 wizard was coldly 7244628520 furious. Even brushing off his 41649235d1 attempt to caress his b1da70fc87 cheek, the wizard’s face 108d744ae5 was fierce and icy 34b588f052 in a way he a62f40e75e had never seen before.c6fd8076810dc818

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“Then what about 9387b71b5c me?”281f9a8e771f581d

Why did 92651b6d28 that question 7415841c19 leave him e79b29c0d9 speechless? That, too, he b131d7a56d couldn’t understand.ff37ab06eb2210c2

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Perhaps he would never c54b0dfa59 understand.60565d162db5911e

Because he would never c767a1a1b8 wake from this dream.7edccaf5aa2bfd81

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“You’re awake?”fe743b744ed96c21

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How many e8383a194d nights and 959cfcda04 days had 78b9d21aab passed? The intense 234160feb5 morning sunlight 2871046737 streamed through 2af0ed31e7 the prince’s e9cf66e812 weakly opened 4b40ec2759 eyelids.5d355f73c9baeb2f

The prince barely e2140c8f3b turned his head c1776b2430 to see the 852063e058 wizard sitting by 0c4ac8f2fe his side. He didn’t know d49ff5757a how much time 6588972455 had passed, but 2ef48616c5 the wizard seemed b6045f165a to have lost 11cc7ea792 some weight.8dbfa1f8c033372f

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“I was 6c7c1fd0ca worried, really.”12c9287ab64fe9b6

He wanted to 26e7f7b81b answer, but his 72da290aee throat was too 894bb3f0ef dry to make df40965286 a sound. The prince could 9d2e942163 only nod.d2bbc3f86bf7a6a4

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“I thought you 238c7d2b8b wouldn’t wake up. I thought 440ac4cbe4 you’d sleep 0fe9482ec0 forever.”d2522efee6ac4979

Perhaps it d1a9e4483b was because 17c123874d he was f5d1daeca5 relieved to a7a73273a6 see the e21e7c0876 prince awake? The wizard’s 59ed7604d1 words gradually cf88fae9d6 took on 54b8f0ff8c the tone 608c826559 of a bccd9a4f4a child’s whining. Raising his 80d0c80779 hand, the 20736fdd53 prince gently e2c4da3df8 patted the 208a0d3620 wizard’s cheek. The wizard’s 84cb744194 eyes widened, 3468e9fbde then quickly a0eb02d0d8 filled with 6b739d97ab tears. The wizard’s ff2416a749 face felt 4d0a6de973 both unfamiliar 8fd2b9a26b and deeply 782bde64ab familiar to 57ded0aff9 the prince.99479b85a05d6463

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Because he had 3323a5f49e been dreaming the 0e051e2683 whole time he 400942eebd was feverish and c8f91682cc asleep.06e2bb75c5549d13

Dreams of the wizard. Dreams of a 5cb853ab5d boy with the f99fba2e89 wizard’s face growing 51e0f3349e into a young 844d10e6eb man.fe41a8979b8e53b4

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<Then what about me?>8009a353797a201a

Dreams of the wizard 13bc1d688a resentfully asking that.201ca6df654231f8

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It might just be 2705357085 a silly dream. People we d7420392a9 know in 7ef3e9fbea real life—family, 41f9c2cf3b friends, lovers—appearing 7e97bbd071 in our 81c90e89dc dreams and cdaec65c10 acting out 10d9cc4be4 absurd scenarios…… f765245b65 Haven’t we 6601a4f758 all experienced 8c37deeff4 that at 1400a07ad2 some point? I’ve even 8475dcb373 dreamed of 6b0696149a my pet bfc0a08668 dog turning e2166f10da into an db26c9d530 evil dragon 236237a583 breathing fire. You’ve all had similar c6102c3939 experiences, right? Hahaha.0a32be0f55e242ec

But even if 9421469c56 it’s just a eadd964660 dream, there’s always 9eb6b9f2d6 one or two 511072c86a scenes that stick effab799ef in your memory.b937dcd6fad6e95b

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Like the ddf2dc80cc scene of c5b5f8246f walking barefoot 6e63b0bc6c on hard d6b2fb7ad0 ground, my dcc2740782 scarred body 942485f079 exposed.ff0ab2d36a0edbc3

Or the face 5cdf8f1b8c of my lover, 5dbca0122a eyes filled with e0d012a218 deep hurt, accusing 05e17f2592 me.9150a8ffd676e1a5

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……Lover?1887e10b0336496e

Startled by the 276ae62698 word he had 5c94f0ee23 thought of, the e00fd5666b prince blinked. Lover. The wizard. His. Yes…… in the dream, ff15231c16 in that absurd, fake 56d27ffa60 world, that’s what it 71f915d317 was.0827fa1e7dea012b

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“Wizard.”b8198bc9f4ed3fcd

In a e4842e735b hoarse voice, 752944695b the prince 42789e08cd barely managed 716ead88a7 to call a2d1b8831e the wizard. The wizard, 0de31b128f who had 1085f5d63b been shedding d7cad12d78 tears like 84bb8122e0 chicken droppings, 38ff3ba781 finally perked 53f20fabdd up and 6fcd0f6066 tilted a fb4d5e7116 cup of d32158fe8e water to a31b90f1a6 the prince’s 4860db5893 lips. Leaning against the headboard 1b745f0f2c with the wizard’s support, 6a543cc342 the prince thought the 5341465f04 surroundings were unusually quiet.eec75a358fefaa34

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Ah, except 12a28d294b for the 98481b4222 wizard’s chatter……ad846e13c95c33b3

“Zig and Rose ff961859c5 are resting at d2d5965a3a another house. This is 761e958d8a the home 7b24f827c9 of the 12cf6be501 village herbalist. The house f6e124c4a7 is too 881bf4ab7d small to c88b001b42 accommodate four 5078068a53 guests. It’s really cramped. Ah, how much do 5bc92162d5 you remember? Do you remember climbing 8a60c58773 the entire beanstalk? You suddenly collapsed 2d0b357b3b after we reached e183bb56b3 the top. You had a c1f4dc5e61 high fever……. I should 8328bfae04 have stayed d67f4b277d right behind a1d44da0e7 you. I should 21e2ebea09 have made 84f0f368c4 Zig go 839e707549 last. Then I would’ve f499e67c02 noticed sooner that 196ea39dc0 something was wrong. It’s my fault……. Ah! And this place is 57e5ad0b15 still intact. No shadow 6f4fab5ab3 monsters, no a618c0047a signs of 89458bb256 rifts approaching. That’s a relief, d4084a3dc7 right? What if 4c25012306 a monster 0c3a50e79d appeared while cc9b0a4514 you were 770688fd94 unconscious? Would I 6ead4446fa have had 2cc093eba5 to carry 2fd6b1ebb4 you and 5aa5137aa1 run? Was there really no 64a76fbc95 other way…… I was d933344ca2 really worried. No, no! That’s not it! It’s not that I 55b90faa6c didn’t want to carry 20e2846ad2 you! Of course, I dfb0b67ed6 can carry you. Want me to prove 293f64ad74 it?”aad0785ac3a56c9c

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The words d261d399ad spilled out d52ccbe130 like a 1ed888021f waterfall, and d5a8ca464f the prince b565fdce22 recognized the 8a383e8dfa wizard he 137fd3d798 knew so 895c29c4f4 well. He wished 4f9b12ca3a the wizard 29643aa221 would be bbf81488af quiet for 8c7a0766e2 just a 48332de892 moment so 9eb26e3b9e he could 6cd79bc9a3 ask what aa800d3c36 he wanted 663363b56e to ask, 555c1009ab but then 395921afb5 it wouldn’t 32b3d7b631 be the 5b33998091 wizard. Waiting for c408162ddd the right 1ebd9f437b moment to ce90e6e00f interject, the 91806203e1 prince didn’t f5fac5b5d5 miss the 344cf4ff80 moment the 4b76bcdc6b wizard turned f20f415c07 his back 2eb911ee8d to him.f05631166a64f69c

“Wizard.”49c0255a7f0b4c7a

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“Huh? What? You don’t want cf673e732a me to carry 988f350c61 you? Don’t you trust me? Are you 7a8a0ebcdf afraid I’ll 6448265e90 drop you?”c4ce22610b2284a1

“Just shut your mouth 8604257ac2 for a……”2e5f15f8ec72fae2

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“Huh? My mouth? What about my 6290f1da89 mouth? What’s wrong with my 78e9dbf2ea mouth?”4c15912f730c678f

“I said shut your c1185df543 mouth.”f853e0f4a06e8363

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At that, the 737577af67 wizard’s mouth fell 028e4f1aa5 open. Then he quickly 0c6be14486 covered it with b52b95393b both hands.1dcc2a1d2fc9c978

With the wizard’s chatter 71b51217d5 gone, an eerie silence fcfcadda3a filled the herbalist’s small e68cb2e21f patient room. The sound of wind 62f7531b87 brushing against the clothesline, c7777bc08b even the sound of 73d5bdbc5c birds flying by the abd72e1030 window, all disappeared. It felt as if dbb8374521 the entire world…… was 4f8401f02e waiting for the question 4ce790e50a the prince was about fa9bcadc4c to ask. A fundamental 4ef6bfec07 question, one 5289159127 that would eecd160502 take them 28a4ad6155 in a 729b19dfac completely different 40004d98be direction.ce4ecbdada664a83

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Perhaps……4e13eddab59faa87

“What were caf185ed50 you and 65cb4fa27e I, what c454c0b6dd were we, 18d2d25bd5 really?”baf8d9ac1ccdeb01

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A question 71d6cd0900 that touched ebcfc7ff76 the very a34ab7b02c root of 8cce470f06 this world.672a678cb32c3e8b

The wizard lowered 7aa4227b3e his hands from 3bbc7a5ddc his mouth.8db2b78d0d933ca8

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A childlike face. Eyes that looked both 100b128405 very old and very 26d6f73b00 young, impossible to guess 1832cfb12f the age of. Just like Old 93a550af11 Man Jack, frozen e03464b627 in the moment 384b1bd861 he killed the 3d9f66f7da giant, the wizard’s 3964884fd8 face was exactly 3ce8dff398 like that. The prince realized 4ca6a2c0ff it only today. A face of innocence 045c6c54bc and blind devotion. A face that would 818c7a2809 willingly cut off its 3a5cdc4e3e own limbs for the a44b7906bb sake of what it c42a52c0e1 loved. But strangely, the wizard 69286bd641 didn’t seem grotesque or 52a12fa4e2 terrifying. It was 65d26a3a4e different from bd888932c0 standing before 6d123f7a99 Old Man 1a4fea46a5 Jack. What the e23729135e prince felt 39b322cbb6 was a e5e09ab745 deep sadness. The kind 662b40bab3 of sadness 11951fe4f5 you feel c8b0170287 when you 846fca2e4c see a 935199b7ea sandcastle you’ve 0256e1a421 never built 24efdf8132 before being c954d2a5f5 shattered by ca739a2162 waves.7a496fe268d22ae7

What were 816255ae9b the prince d091c9c99a and the abc80abb7b wizard, really?e7a643e33ff0504d

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The prince had never 8d5cbba971 asked that before. He had only asked f888c49727 questions like who the 8b310fe44a wizard was, whether he 0e21fe58ca was a god or e1eba7248d a demon, how he 24aded1939 knew the laws of 51f4255838 this world…… But perhaps a6eef33d0b those were the wrong 6ce634b43b questions. Maybe the 2f8121362c prince should a1ab46841a have asked 326d6154a7 this from a49342dfcd the very 9e8d6432f6 beginning, from cb8b3ce40b the moment 9ea8b2d0c7 he met 7f9fa4d1ae the wizard.0f7a549ba55b5c6b

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The wizard f080102a28 couldn’t answer. As if he 977f3e9a53 didn’t know what 214d0b29ce else to do, d0b6d2ca30 he smiled so 0196fcf01b hard his dimples c2af30704e showed, then finally 104b7f9ca0 let his head 9895df2522 drop.1162adc282f619d2

Sometimes, even without 7d517b5eda an answer, it 560a2e8b9f feels like you’ve 34a4dff843 heard one.56afa4d8e9cb23a6

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Sometimes, the absence 26ed5133de of an answer e42336cfd4 is the answer 6e40b0df7c itself.0a1369ca9f523fea

The prince didn’t ask 0c0e5bf4b1 again. He simply compared f09866a320 the wizard’s face dbc5def6b0 from his dream 14b9fa50ed to the one f42bbd787f before him now, d593caab34 moistened his dry 63feb37ba8 throat with water, aaea69f378 and cast a a36f9762db weary gaze out 277f44e9fd the open window.769bd9d7a0d12dae

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The world, which had 02e20733f2 been holding its breath 5f08110281 waiting for the prince’s 4e813bf02b question, finally began to 60415580dd move again. A pair of ce878ce14d starlings flew to 952b222ac5 the windowsill and 6e9f2a94f8 perched. The laundry hanging in 8780fce626 the yard fluttered. Children from the a24d6b6e96 neighboring house played, 3deb4e142e tossing a ball, 0cf915e567 and in the d089632e54 kitchen, the herbalist’s 8e6a80e631 half-deaf grandmother clattered 0e9017974c pot lids.958bd74e1f546582

It was a 84078e5ec9 peaceful morning, with 98e01fab6b no signs of a3d0be9770 the rift’s approach.a09b6b50e2b85746

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