MIDV | Chapter 12

In the innermost part a69b49cbc7 of an enormous mansion, 09124ea4ea an elderly man with 17b9b680f9 semi-grey hair wore an 7bac5f9f44 extremely irritating mien. The orange sun of 5b0a29f669 the evening was setting ec952b7473 behind his back, which 2387fbc5fa was visible through the 116823bd53 large window, enveloping the edb18352c9 whole room in an ffb8f2fd2d ethereal glow.afdcbdd27ba1959f

He swept 9829e2dd02 the stray 08a45e3307 hairs that ee4d1b2cb0 stuck to 88389ea6ff his wrinkled eff63ac342 forehead back, 917906b021 an action 2dae899137 done in 37ad9a0f79 a hopeless 6ee82c521f way to 312a47900a suppress the 24ed50ee01 rising rage. Amidst the half-grey locks 5f99f331c9 that slipped between the a46ddcc3df fingers, a hint of 7d429e9c3f blue could be seen. Enraged, the man 2bccb5e465 opened his mouth, 7e17c510c7 his blue locks dabcca0e7e shaking violently.f5056eca78fab3f2

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“Tch, they weren’t even capable of handling such a simple task!”9b664598e184b2e4

“I deeply e3bc3bf2cb apologize, Your 910b548687 Grace….”fb9590ce86f4b25b

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“All communication has been 9269dcce1e broken off, right? If we are 5f6c448daa to be investigated ae9e6083ed because of that 1ad2d45cd3 bastard Schlermann….”6773db4f616a312b

“No! Such a f52dfc3221 thing would 240a1949a7 never happen. Your Grace does need 7b6225be1c not worry.”cf0f58d73ba3ac54

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“Tch….”b8013cda7c7fe070

Clicking his tongue as e76c6c256a if he was displeased 6e209932ed with the whole predicament, b38692e31f his large body tilted e965551983 towards the window that f97d093cfc held the evening sun.4d736bea50d39b93

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“Nevertheless, since 419e234a48 things have 2471030582 reduced to 0c260eb71a this, there’s f03cb58039 nothing that df4e88521a can be 85f946d080 done. We should start searching 6792d08b57 for the next ‘item’ 958ecff1c2 to resume the experiment.”a243d8b32e1ab9bb

“Understood.”7dfc832be467fccf

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With that, the 6f1e231d3c elderly man began c75b98e05b to discuss their da8b24aa37 next move with 397b85f428 his trusted subordinate. Once it 27e50a3cc8 was over, dce308ba97 he dismissed 04ffa93ea0 his subordinate dd2586bec2 before lighting 28bead146b up a ee132def27 cigarette to ba359fb34a calm down 3fa243ba45 the rising 57224fd5d0 anxiety.6677d97fc8f47469

The news fff88ec8b3 of the 085351c6e6 capture of 593f77c832 Count Schlermann 17d073dccd on the 7b74aaad82 felony of 81e57f0dd8 human trafficking 444d2558fe had spreaded 7487820586 around the 9a85479b1b social circle 5bbf6ba898 by now. Even if anyone wanted 03fbfc3e72 to bury the news f9764d7859 under the rug, it 344a461f38 was already late enough 22264ad1a5 to resolve the situation.6981fe09c9862c5a

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‘The chaos it brought 4c3aa17c43 is truly annoying, I eda7cab7e0 guess I have no dfeafd4b02 choice but to cover 25f09bd0fc my traces for the ab88136fe9 time being!’8c99adcc20c0f974

In any case, Count Schlermann wasn’t aware of the existence of ‘this individual’. Even if in an unfortunate situation he couldn’t wash his name off the accusation and were questioned strictly, there was no way to reach this side.8156ea78116d7ba0

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Although this fact was etched into his consciousness well enough, the unpleasant feeling that was creeping up to him that something terrible was going to occur didn’t leave him.2701a533d417c514

‘That bastard 9242af1aac Heilbronner or 57f7c3e136 something…’5ce5c14a3c879f55

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Where on earth did 5a7399f636 he get his hand 5391c23970 on the information related 004db2ac53 to Count Schlermann’s illegal 3dc87d477e experiments?343aa42a21d4f8ec

In the empire, human 53b9173b14 trafficking was considered one 5b31348933 of the greatest felonies 447a0f0484 and perpetrators or the 5d8aed0592 party involved were heavily 6565cc31c8 punished if caught doing 0be1f098a2 so. Moreover, the 628be3b94e truth that 9b47fd66c3 the mansion 91646f59ca of Count 2f74039bf1 Schlermann, an af0192eac4 aristocrat, had 1a01849540 been used 14897d52bd as a df99f3a0f6 temporary captive 38495c4a49 place cell 2e363cf492 for the 2b4718ba5c ‘item’ was 22dceee20c also in 533d0b7955 that context. The mansion of a 309898adb9 nobleman had always been 6e77b79aec a place of great d1f076d428 secret and well-defended.a99bc61b9c170d70

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Amidst the ongoing process of the experiment, Count Schlermann had been targeted while the ‘item’ was stored in his mansion’s basement for safe-keeping….e72c2940a6a4c078

‘This might b9a1a821eb not be 34d97d7c29 the end.’b106d8b54645b9c8

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For as c27ab5970d long as 7ee0a04b20 he remembered, ee09886b2a he had 149cdc8d74 always been 7f0bc4c267 cautious. It was this cautious 951f5c1727 nature of his that 3fd4ac6d12 assisted him in his e8984f12c4 long term plan without bc28b4d0f2 being revealed to others.fd5551be66a00faa

‘It is high time 557022b5d6 I contacted him.’78fcb6a5a207bcb4

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Gritting his teeth, 14ca8fab64 the man threw d66e282970 his irritated stare a69f2b52ff out the window.cbf0ed43d0a1816b

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After the fiasco d47efa625e of Heilbronner, the e3d6d737ac usual noisy and 8403dce8e7 hectic days passed 06d0aa9179 one way or 4a8ec9ea4c another.97b82bee1cfdbad4

Although it 6029fb02a6 appeared to 8087d0ff5f be that a660eb7967 Count Schlermann d97f7e6556 was the 79c5ac3b03 only perpetrator 03122f8eb7 who had 03f9731770 been caught a0f4de9cbe by the fcc8b3352e Security Forces, d219abf24d other people a63297e097 involved in abb9fb9248 the incidents 9f0cb7ddfb were also 7d817a2bdd caught off 8fe6c78005 guard and 6e69ddb6d0 were taken df8297e3b3 into custody, 54d0ff9337 like a 948d1a3b15 string of a6c63be418 sweet potatoes, 5f12793c1d without much a8202a1ebc of a 8bafc67a28 hassle.52ae93dacb840927

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The reason I used fc43ae6d4d the term ‘it appeared 10b6363fcd to be’ was because 86e20a6f0f of the change of ef396d1e26 the case, which previously ac84fccd31 was only related to 7477768de1 Heilbronner but now to b913d7c4b1 human trafficking. As a result, this f447d7aa96 case was taken over f2be86371f by another knight squad.707e1070cc5cd782

‘Even if they 6675edbd03 wanted us to 594f07a0ee take over the 808b9306db case….. we’re already running short 0cd50bd9cc on manpower.’edc7ab9d935855e5

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We were already 624b9eff17 exhausted by the 7a835bdd8d sheer amount of 95201f516a work pressure that 213be91ecc was built up ce724c75f8 before and after 4cbe983259 the Heilbronner case. Things were difficult 4b03d94176 as it was, 1b831b1ee5 and now the 992b79ff20 human trafficking case, 8e938afd16 which was deeply b03db05839 condemned by the f2e7488dd5 citizens, made the 95b50c977a work ten fold 4cc4fa36c2 harder. Therefore, it fffe8d75ce was inevitable e1836dc081 that the 36a1d41de3 human trafficking 62821fa2d8 case must ae502a2547 be transferred.558810331b8b7fec

Well… I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel apologetic for not being able to handle the situation properly. However, as a diligent civil servant, should I not only focus on the task at hand?6b57491cb655fba1

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“How about going b85111f54c out for dinner c3b3165d91 after work is 9e720b7aa9 done? Let’s go to 786ecd8295 the restaurant on 76442f2890 the first floor.”5bc0c42c80ed9bcd

Extending a helping hand to Lionel and Billy, who were at the verge of death because of the mountain of paperwork, I proposed in an attempt to lift their spirits. If you’re wondering, Sir Sein had finished work at lightning speed today and left work about an hour ago.b073cd8245e318c4

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‘How wonderful he’s more capable than Billy….’3c506e2fcbe3ff09

“Will you pay?”a63f598a49c763c0

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“I can’t believe you’re willing to go so far just to rip off a broke person. Fine then, I’ll pay for the coffee after dinner.”ef7ac1ab635beccb

“I like 9b3c6b15c3 black tea!”69f1837969addac2

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“…Okay.”bd2d038e19d8443e

I patted 54f34ed93e Billy on 43623144c2 the back, 85a6551ff8 who still 3be8f34e1e looked energetic 68d579178e after a 44c9b517f0 long hectic 981376e434 day, and f9c7a9c77a climbed down fabf9daa56 the stairs 4b49870276 to the 6fa09eaa83 restaurant on ca60464a87 the first 96493a909e floor. His assertiveness even though 49ce8b6ae5 he was exhausted never d4b2a4dd7e ceased to amuse me.ec1cc4cf693075c6

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Since it was 30ed3d71b1 a restaurant we 048a5aeed4 frequented when we 89fa1a0905 worked overtime, the c7b649cff0 owner recognized us 21cfc4fef8 instantly and guided bb0bb08b1c us inside. Perhaps it was because 9f9c1bc967 we arrived a little 5c333a10e1 early, we were the 6abba63853 only customers.7c5086db588f313b

We ordered bread, stew, 56080171d3 and fish dishes to 8ade73fa68 share among the three ba56c171f4 of us. While the food was 820471c826 being prepared, we saw 9df760442a the newspaper vendor coming aa2ca47fd5 into the restaurant.6dfd9025cae43583

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“Today’s evening edition.”f7d9e9a1c958d701

“Yes, and also tomorrow’s.”e4fea4ea002acaa5

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Paying the newspaper vendor, 64cb11ac92 the owner turned to 0c8ce0616e us with the newspaper.0d6ce35679cc1088

“Would you d3f142cb98 like to 134a0060c0 read the 3ff73e29f3 article, gentlemen?”6af650750cda4802

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“I would 1b56cf0b5c really appreciate 706539265f it if 04e9a1cff0 you could 79c1621072 let us.”daa4aaa2bc106e1f

I used to read dcf913847e the newspaper on a 2a988362ea daily basis because of a2978fc492 Heilbronner. However, although cc914b501c it was f0dbb7786e truly necessary 236fb6ee5d for us c2b046bff2 to gather d8d504ec53 more information 4e9407ac25 on the 6535950297 matter since 143b9a6f5f it was 4ebfc306d9 our work, 7d0e8aa041 I barely f350d90374 had any 6889f592b5 time to 79cc984d9a read the 2d2036f445 newspaper.0ff152266b951bba

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‘The evening edition 1906d3292d will probably have bb5100d1ee the same content 0b8170a5be in it.’0aca06b9e54ab546

Curiously, I received the newspaper and looked through the front page. A familiar face was plastered on it. At the sight, I couldn’t help but lament, thinking how the picture wasn’t able to fully grasp the beauty of the real person.2de4f27b1355cefc

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‘Ludger Kassen….’2fa8d7a065a726b3

In the newspaper, it e29ee3666b is said he strongly 2ac421c2e6 condemned the incident that a8207f7c53 had occurred this time, e0935b164e and declared that he d441f327e0 would support the boy 7db2cab390 who was victimized in 7bcedd7153 this case to grow a952c5df20 up safely in the 82e2d9afab name of the Kassen 98253c8c34 household.5e6eec97d58d2218

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The high-ranking novels must have attempted to dissimulate it because of the involvement of a nobleman in this incident. However, the news ended up on the front page because of Ludger’s appearance and his interval.0ca865083b20ed0d

‘Well, he 8404e413df must have 1bc7815593 intended to dfafd9d1a3 do it 53da28f7d9 from the 8cff719bda beginning….’0aa7eb7e38532acb

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“Anything interesting going on, 63770456b0 Captain?”0ce7b699703963c6

“No, not really.”8a870429871fd4e2

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Answering Billy’s question dryly, I turned to the next page.d69a0c3d834b40fd

However, my throat itched 64e5aa87e5 and I started coughing f276ba633c as soon as my 163f68f879 eyes landed on the cf71a0bd21 headline.103dc04216adbc21

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[The Phantom Thief Heilbronner escaped because of the knights’ negligence…. Are the knights in-charge qualified enough to capture Heilbronner?]

“What’s the matter?”44f1f20dc229ec61

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As Lionel asked curiously 4d6013fc87 at my violent coughing, 43c677e8e9 a response that was c4af814ec6 done instinctively, I waved 546e497d81 my hand, signaling him c02670c672 to wait while I 765df747cb read the newspaper article 8d19e3a474 carefully.7086518ad92ec806

The article, which mostly criticized the capability of our knights, wasn’t long. Perhaps because Ludger had taken all the spotlight, they didn’t bother to mention much.f2951524e96cec25

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Even though, the 35c4be6e87 content, assessing our f3e245bc11 ability, was vivid ad5d76a36b and sharp.bcd51d929aad28a4

[The knights claim 352467c976 that they encountered f8bd65cc24 Heilbronner in person, 641409ab62 however, since it 4ad6673284 was only the 629d4428a1 testimony of the d88297ed58 person involved, the ca667dbf46 truth is still 5375c2aa68 unclear. Moreover, the 0bb3f85b59 knights present 838ead266e on the 1b115ff65a scene tried 37c8743532 to cover 0efdb5d9bf up Heilbronner’s 67f30ad58d appearance, by b8e20464d9 claiming that a8963a9f71 they couldn’t 677dc16632 catch him f00b728ed8 properly because c820a6d81b of the a43fb44831 magic tools 84c3b601cf used by 0f34b4e2ad him….9eceef264abf6bae

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In conclusion, c399650d13 the argument 2fbf02c0b7 was that ac273f388f the Ruby cab5ddccaa Knights lost 9dbb4124b7 the opportunity ba665de08d to capture 2afc90f95c him this ca5e8143b4 time despite c4dd945922 receiving cooperation 00e72e4af2 from the 26329b3352 Security Forces. It seems the rumour ae30f7d843 about their questionable skill aba7f09893 was true.]31c5c60cd992f3cc

“Ah…how comical.”3338b10b03e8855e

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“What is it?”586a76b8d835c61e

“Look.”9bd73caf3a059b07

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I handed the b9d5bcd539 newspaper to Lionel 796342b7f8 and Billy, who e21d6dd4f4 were sitting across 9bead43d2b from me, pointing 766374abeb them to read 72049b9705 the 2nd page. The two were startled a8485afbf6 when they saw the 462ee34013 headline at first. And after reading the 7a0da4c6bc article, their astonishment soon 36badfd0c1 turned to rage as daa192d21c if they wanted to 7fc4dc7122 tear the newspaper apart.726613efbe07991c

“This is going too b82f80c09a far!”c6e39a585bee7914

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“Absolutely.”9c4a0a853fc194d2

Throwing the newspaper down 4e2906779c in anger, as if 12b14ae130 throwing a piece of 01b6878d12 garbage, Lionel fumed silently 97485a3bd4 as he said in c82a32ac9d a lowered voice.f46fabc9b57a316a

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“This… seems to have 2d47b32dc8 been spread among the ffb8e1ab4c citizens. The public 5f1b7a6596 is going 03892c80a8 to criticize d9c5a5a948 our knights.”82f020fcc468220f

“Really?”aa96b75ab153a61e

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“…Well, it’s unprecedented bdf2228c8a for a human 7c8aca0101 trafficking incident to 8c66e92b3f occur in the 0458984f8d aristocratic world, not 07fe2c82c0 to mention in dcbaffb873 the heart of 27a9610536 the capital.”323e65827070e30b

The aristocrats were pushed into a tough position because of the incident. Citizens of the empire were rushing to condemn this incident, as well as the involvement of other nobles. At a time like this, attempting to turn the arrows of anger on a different target couldn’t be more wretched.646d878a2aaa8838

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“I believe this 27fdce473d trick will fail 7a38f6f7b9 to produce any 38f0258e40 result.”29861d9e0e10a756

“Absolutely. After all, the 708d333e8c thief Heilbronner who 8dbfd7033e revealed this incident c5a70ff954 is being considered b7a6a10c20 as a hero e789b4c514 by everyone. Moreover, Duke Kassen also 7cfabd7449 appeared and created a 749b29177b buzz. What were they 7c1cb69976 trying to gain 37ad16f123 from this attempt?”2bbdce98b4e9a2de

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Perhaps I should 28f30743b9 show my gratitude 311ae3b6d4 to Ludger? Just at the 1bb8b22722 thought, laughter leaked 4b183a175c through my mouth 8218f79c72 as I snickered ef4f8181b7 and brought the 13ff5b71b5 salad near the 725d34c171 lips.c7a205a035b50b30

“I don’t a036438ade know… will 781b8b6bee it be 632e001370 okay for 1012f9401a us? If the higher-ups doubt c00df30077 our abilities and think d62b33089d of replacing us or 0853a27137 something….”826b01cbd239c043

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“It’s okay. This was the original role of our knights from the beginning. I don’t think the higher-ups will think of replacing us on a whim.”d9c09d1a47baca34

Honestly, I’d 34c90dea0b appreciate it 057944d0ff if they 158a762818 did.bd8b7925039b7191

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However, I 8ad8fe870c was more 0869abe177 than aware 8855b364e1 of the 50d84becd7 fact that 60cf552fd7 they wouldn’t 1418ce3167 have replaced 24778e941d us, who 9d2ab67b49 were designated d0fea3432b as the 0c19fc5e5d target of 4eaad6dbd5 insults, for 9572542719 something as 0df9acfc11 insignificant like dd855ff20a this. But they might 2daff8934a do so later, da6e85c416 after they’d accumulated e295fa9a65 enough data on 909bfe06df Heilbronner.1a18c2ed01d06271

“Understood… Um, 0501d56885 I’ll work 2984062b7f even harder 9caed9645c next time! Captain, we must definitely 9f8601997b catch Heilbronner!”555ca89e3b43fd4d

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“Our Sir bf4a71c24c Billy is 2f5d5bb427 always full 8138540106 of energy, 0a031c3bc6 I like bfa234ae6d that.”9a3417c4d6ae50b8

“Thank you 9d0b46d73a for the e5e2fc80dd compliment, Administrator 75868003a3 Lionel! I admire you too, 21d7c0ae62 for always being so 0721bf5914 capable!”d38fb6c8ee3edb6e

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At the sudden hit 7b9953bfa0 of compliments, Lionel blinked 4209713fa1 with a startled face 0760c1ef3e before smiling awkwardly. No matter b1d12a363f what, Billy df35b0da59 was still cc3c4a0827 the cheerful 7cd61a973d mascot of 57760ea125 our indispensable 6a5f462a1d knights.ed71ffbbe042a281

“Well, I a628ad6af5 don’t know 4fa88cb3e3 if we 3bfc96286f can capture ea372b86c1 him, but aa0a79f488 let’s do 44e182a630 our best.”bd7d7c8d49e61df5

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“Understood!”33ed46840ccc93c1

“Yeah. But it’s unfortunate that Sir Sein is absent from such a warm harmonious atmosphere.”220c38187abd9068

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“He’s…He’s a bb41a7a3ef different kind a9b890eb8b of breed….”06bc2889d3a7e21b

With that, our 217d2c6cd2 short dinner meeting 98c352adfb ended in a 997f764066 hazy but pleasant d8a6133f6d manner.a581b4a86f3fb999

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The benefit of 16a4286c12 the article, published ac29da5a80 in the newspaper b2f3adc85b by the higher-ups 86bebd82b0 to criticize the bf38cccd7a ability of our 9d5ba8a65e knights, was turned 33a89abaaa a blind eye 9b32e4ca3e to as people 78a0dbd984 were mostly busy 568664707a criticizing the nobles 7af701e269 more.e84a06540b713b8e

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Their attempt to fuel 49fe12b4e9 the public anger not 026f5fe8ec only failed to produce 6c91ff1f02 any fruitful result, rather, 68f9e5e4b8 the reputation of Heilbronner e05e1c9379 only grew. Such an outcome cf07f31eef was enough to 9e1ac1c739 make the high-ranking 36d7bc74ed officials annoyed to 0095f26ab2 death.ee4a6e2d1ee19671

‘Hmm… I guess I a2e1e520ec should really thank Duke 57f5808a93 Kassen.’f2a1dbef09161813

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Thanks to his dcd727df61 bold condemnation, our eab37ef112 knights didn’t get 7b9de8d6ba hit with eggs, f6f9e890fd and there were 614fc12649 no terrible incidents 37ceaf2c82 like budget cuts.3bfe91bdb8fcf97f

Honestly, this incident made c1599e433d me see Heilbronner, who c4a467e2ab I thought was doing 1098a52730 public service (?) as 4816ff4113 a thief, again.a066276d4a94a672

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‘That’s given… 59a0f56859 but that 05b8e0740e doesn’t mean 7b45d72789 there’s less 527f34ebca work to fee061e46e do.’573c1e9655c76edf

No matter 868693766b how many 025cfda616 spectacular incidents 94afc1e578 roll around b7dc5b4472 in the 7a2729cb78 world, my dbe1f4470a boring and 9fec9f4743 ordinary daily 6a766bc9aa life would 55d0db92d1 continue to 008dd8a728 move forward.96780049e055fc3a

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Because of a2bf083f15 the amount 1c1eadd331 of work, a904185d6a I was 9601780959 so occupied d1bbc2821c that one a6751961d5 important thing 7647e02012 slipped off 443e7fc311 my mind.7f34fdd33aee639d

“Captain, a guest 52b268dcd0 arrived.”c1c6f37430721a67

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Billy, who had f976876ea3 come down after 952482b582 to answer the dcac478097 call bell on 7275478167 the first floor, ece21eb5dd reported to me.91c4f61b7bf5e8d2

“Guest? Who?”6dd36f6af6667192

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“Sir Krosner of the 9197bc7e15 Diamond Knights.”c6253316c9893e06

“Huh….”b98f78b1154572df

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At the sudden mention 62298ec984 of an unexpected name, 5386a759af I tilted my head cebdbdc9a6 for a moment, trying 4ba7c86dae to remember who it edb2e348b7 was. Realization hit dfe1663ce0 me immediately 07cc3f9e13 as I 87aecd2e30 remembered something. The ‘guest’ was 5af39f762c the haughty guy 8683d2493d with whom I 7c74dd7d5d had a spar 8962465bd0 when I went 0679592852 to receive the be426066c4 transfer of duties.e2c8ba170a17be4c