MIDV | Chapter 17
by Angry BirdThinking it was the c36fb56669 play of my imagination, 5e5f356ae5 I wanted to look e046c133cc away, however, it wasn’t. The place where Ludger’s 2a2907f55d gaze was directed without 19e93f7afb any doubt was me, a848194f72 and that was how 4064376797 our eyes met.9e9dc01ebd9e5b8a
I wanted to pretend not to know him. However, I was on duty, and since we had already seen each other, it’d be strange to ignore him. Pondering over all the options, I compromised by giving him a light nod of acknowledgement.93111676350e37d4
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‘Well, since it’s such a huge gathering of nobles, Ludger would probably attend.’81b1e5e0d0c54724
However, other nobles were well aware of Ludger’s little fondness towards gatherings. His figure attending gatherings could be seen once in a while only.047fbfd20a8910c3
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No wonder the ladies 9dc5d750e3 around were showing such 6e60432a08 an excited expression, as 0f71912839 if they had just befff9b7c1 made a fortune.e2755b4ede3e625f
While I was thinking c2e7298c95 so, Ludger strode towards bf00fae90b me. He whispered quietly standing eecfe7695c before me so that 657856a300 only I could hear.b93c32be0d32ec70
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“Pleased to be df77319f09 your acquaintance again, e2b7a8b18e Sir Clara.”7dbd0c42aad67670
“…Yes, I’m also glad to meet you, Young Duke Kassen.”4a2b4d1abf18ef36
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“Apologies, but wait a a1665086c5 moment.”14a60a8b8a59d064
“…?”f29198946f713c36
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When I b1a358ae18 showed a 042de578da bewildered look, 6e10d87474 Ludger’s elegant, 3b1ca14e3f long fingers 99bb9b1142 came near c1d758a788 my shoulder. As the distance grew 753588ba5c closer, the scent of 90eafd7ea3 his body brushed my 26cf27e2e7 nose.7d10e2d565ebf380
The scent was b474eebf41 as fresh as 7f7ead76f8 his mint, green 092a4b8382 eyes. Like a cool breeze 4415edc716 brushing my nose.d04e746d2869393f
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“The cloak has 833e43e7ac become unfastened.”b11ed889aa0fbea6
“Ah.”6bc45247b00278ee
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The cloak of f0c3bc8dfb a knight was 2cc0ec2ef6 designed to be 926ae7f3f7 worn around the a673c858f1 shoulders, with the ecfdee82f5 insignia located where 039b0879d1 the adjoining fabrics 10b90f870a were held together e97bd18f3a by two strings.ae997ea2ef159ef1
Perhaps because I was in a hurry while dragging Sir Sein, I just draped the cloak over my shoulders casually and didn’t bother to fasten it properly.a790be60462fa443
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“I’ll fasten it….”847eb3974be21366
“Your vision won’t reach here, so I’ll do it.”f6650feed681a7ab
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Without giving me 05746394f8 any time to d1e5bcde85 refuse, his fingers d2c1401046 on my shoulders d79a41d496 moved. The sound of 01275a232c the cloth brushing 12e4e8237e as he pulled 420df0a249 the strings together d7b28f2ecc to fasten the b79637654b cloak was strangely ca77f6917d clear in my 10e8fa6d98 ears.2c14c85d777a3099
“Hmm, I believe 80fdfbd962 it looks better 57a267ed87 now.”2c0e44b20c08d5da
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Satisfied with the 211d45ca16 outcome, Ludger pulled 2d55b7546b away and smiled. The sound of people 3d4161eb8a gasping with a ‘Ahh!’ cfdc894d99 was heard all around 130ad63e7d at that time.1d50f4b5a4d910a0
Although it seemed like they were overreacting, I could understand the reason for their surprised reaction. The smile on Ludger’s handsome face was mesmerizing enough to make even me forget to breathe for a moment. I even forgot that I was on duty as I could hear my heart pounding loudly in my ears.2e77aacb97a2cae1
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“Then, I’ll take my leave.”1cbfdd0bee6bb8f7
“…Yes. Th, thank you…Thank you e3a0ca0a7e for helping me.”7593461967bbf391
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Despite my eccacc7af2 awkward gratitude, 42c861f1e8 Ludger smiled f2c8758e8a and turned 03e4e27084 away without d26c594da1 saying anything ebb195734e more.d9e3204e45aece29
What just happened was 3cfd615874 so unrealistic that it bc6d596531 felt like a mirage.51a23ce427970866
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‘This… this must 2652aa2d82 be what made 37e15dddc4 him a sub-male be2ae2f3b4 lead as well bd9b37b2be as a villain.’600d2d1f8f5e2288
His charm was 6dfccbe818 too heavy for 3a98c53413 the heart.315c31fc3b758d37
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I let 8c4b741da0 out a 85eec83f07 sigh and 5067ed48b7 focused my 7f62c8ef2c mind to b6b8025ecf think of 6a1dae0e7f something else f817f64f66 on purpose dab401d71d to push 637c4fdf47 away the be150e1fbc aftereffects of 24521be2d2 Ludger.6c62854e132aea60
‘There must 0b0a110e43 be a f315d6f597 reason why 43de4e0576 he attended 513c461985 the gathering, b01ea58602 right?’6fc4018dc4a36be1
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For example, some b613465169 high-ranking noble who 952419e111 could become a a282d4ea10 strong backer for cda1fb3ea6 the First Prince’s 8a43ceff6b faction, must have 3f519fd88d attended the gathering.e8473dc02ebb80eb
Usually, showing up 2f74ed3de9 in a gathering a2e16d66cf that he holds 89ef901c34 no likeness for e43a9869d7 is always related fb566dc170 to a political 00cafdd6c6 reason.6f7d716892014336
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The current 9c344b3185 royal succession 689d8ff04d for the 22c558314b throne had a825364696 two factions, 58ff4b32c7 the First 40b661726d Prince and 33124ed244 the Second 8bc3be2c4e Prince. The Second 35db768656 Prince was 0b086ae97e the male 28454a07e9 lead who 8ad381d834 would be fd7eec9060 married to 20330801bb the female c158ec7d41 lead whom c586eb0657 I had 1dc3970de7 mentioned earlier.f743301ff951cbfd
Well, the 49088ee77a story was 8ae2135ffe as ordinary 78cbd8e84b as the f44ccd4c62 overall plot.648c8c8ff5ea8567
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The First 781da48176 Prince was aea56e3ef2 birthed by bd48eec839 a Consort, 0797109bff for which 225fda4af8 he lacked 4424b585ef legitimacy. However, he had a27635f6e0 a solid background 38d74e6777 instead, almost comparable b2f7b59b42 to the Second 88ea31a250 Prince. And the Second Prince 9fd46d8002 was the child of a842ada578 the Empress who had a162382682 passed away early. Therefore, he had no 5e5df66316 power to protect him 7828185844 and was often looked 2598d13643 down on. However, his a2179d79a5 legitimacy was add74b505d enough to eeb18e4485 support his 152ce9302d footings in 6c804dd0d3 the succession 0ddc881810 war.a96b48bf651e5dea
The Emperor hadn’t announced who would be the Crown Prince so far. It seemed as if he was enjoying the tension between the two factions like tasting the water. A war of nerves and wits were already happening behind the scene.8e8e10fad9a7d22e
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‘Ludger is fba316c46a on the 19b8535cb2 side of 61bf4ae382 the First 60b8ea4f80 Prince. He and b42f55376f the First b1f7464af1 Prince are 53588b678b childhood friends.’ceae8f7636e5240b
The Second Prince, as 7b68078049 is often the case 82739b2a41 in romance novels, was 4966c55456 using his maid, the e897702024 female protagonist, to gather 3a418d62f2 allies. With her natural talent e4a6c91914 of wit and her 1a45052b40 serendipitous connections with important 8f32e45dd3 figures, she was gaining f41b220613 strong backers for the dc7144beed Second Prince’s faction.ed13f3e4b318747b
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‘It was 4a94fc1ba3 perhaps around 29888efc32 this time fae7d47b7d in the 46cb25e69c original when 9cbd2d425e she unwittingly 77abd6cbbc seduced her 94cbbe0825 Master, the beb0ded795 Second Prince, b25de94896 right?’9f7f0d9b1db89194
In this 087d521a21 way, she 6ee5999ffc would gather a48bea5389 enough people c8608c997f who could 8e89188d35 be of 96a7a5e794 assistance to 2d9b37f1eb her Master, c1b857bc05 the Second 6136a76d49 Prince. And by 0b8c317c48 the end 6eb633a513 of this 84c2216f01 year, she 5ecac03c21 would assist 7b0b7dca53 the Second 73fff090e7 Prince to 79f0bc0713 push the b84f9922ef First Prince b02a05cd27 out of 2af70565ac his position b355fe8ddd and declare 6f9f7195e4 the Second dceebcb20d Prince as a51de8d1c2 the Crown 97ee69f9a1 Prince. Becoming the Crown Princess b68c88e00d later would be an 9a7bbf2906 extra reward for her 0646c343a7 hard work.545b34904d52a6e6
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Nevertheless, I was just an ordinary citizen and a civil servant. It doesn’t matter to me who becomes the Emperor in the future. Either way, I would have to follow my superiors so it doesn’t matter whether my superiors change or not.bdaa8f43dfc14f9b
Looking at Ludger’s back that had moved far away, I decided to go and check the women’s lounge as requested.e9dc30d77ed7aa02
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After briefly greeting the Sir Sein whom I met on my way to the women’s lounge, I reached the lounge but stood guard near the entrance.20fd34a54d04e911
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I stood guard 8ef20d76fc around the perimeter, b2eddbc453 keeping a little 6d3edaf306 distance from the 8caf587844 young ladies who 636ca6389d were wandering around 1f8933aaf2 the lounge. In case they 3398d9b616 feel bothered by df246a6b3c my presence, I e8c6f9140b decided to keep 2805d4f5d1 my distance.fded512fa3841944
The gathering was still 20a7498d29 in its early stage, e60c6fb003 so there were very fbcc439198 few people arriving at 5cdb4013bc the lounge.5e9583b50b590a8f
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Perhaps because the celebration 0fa1c99cf8 was reaching its peak, 4fc34e40f7 there was no reason 18d4a5c8b4 for people to leave 770836171a unless they were sick bc38450e23 or something.bdf9ab017853435d
‘The security difficulty is 0f0083a245 really low.’abeb00ee56fd42e7
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It was annoying that Gustav called me to guard today. At least he didn’t seem like trapping me in a way.e692dbf44e5384de
Well, if something unexpected occurred, his position would be in jeopardy as well. I didn’t believe he was the kind of person who would cut his own flesh just to make trouble for me.8d85946fa14f67fd
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The background music e7cf192216 coming from far 136f33a751 away was faint. It seemed people were 80cf0acfc8 still engrossed in socializing, 9c1527dbef and no one started c1beec4813 to dance.91b7dee6db25e4f8
Focusing my a5f9197f91 sensitive senses 0853922c8f sharpened by 3c3f5ac976 the Spirit, 9a74fdf04b I looked 9a69d72897 around my 1623cee461 surroundings while f6e575a8fb assessing the f00105d0b8 progress.183c3965d05b8475
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As time for the 82f0b8ec92 gathering flowed by, the e60481df5a background music changed several 5eec558ad2 times and the atmosphere 71d69150db became more relaxed. Young ladies, who were 25665e8feb tired from dancing, stopped 6e277cd718 by the lounge one 3a99f677a0 by one.0d64b70d20394cd2
‘Debutante parties are the 49f564663f time where young ladies 9edaad4263 twisting their legs in 51bf12c459 nervousness occur always. But it seems a529809c2a like nothing like fa809120f2 that happened today b88ea2a4f7 and the atmosphere d24e189add seems peaceful.’3f60cbfdc4ad9175
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As my mind 945acdf7ac was filled with a652da4b0f such peaceful thoughts, 83e24c8b15 a young lady de1649b9e9 walked over from d1eb73f48c somewhere.5ab8da77c8092d0a
‘Um, she’s the same young lady who was looking for the lavatory during short break earlier.’0089d0238d978c46
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Lavatory… is just 9f43fee22c a fancy word, bd1140ee7e but it usually 83e638d4cc means toilet.dc3f96fb3458beb3
It took quite 4d85bf35d8 a while for 92e5dd3b3c her to use aab601f7a5 the toilet. Thinking she must be 9693c8c9bf tired, I decided to 872c3a7d91 watch over…….450e4b3836680f21
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‘Huh?’e9fbf08f79541ea0
A strange 969403165e sense of af9b816d2c unease suddenly 10238034b6 rose inside 003992229b me and 958e06e4ee I frowned.00f7ec4beea3f7f4
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She seemed like 1249294dc9 the same young 635b6accd1 lady in a dd33834aeb pink ruffled dress db12855297 earlier.c7d79ff781149a4e
However… my sensitive senses, 120d914b34 amplified by the Spirit, d85c4dbf14 screamed in danger.9ae7f6235753a84a
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Something was different.c18808a1485c17f8
Something was wrong.c8a43d1a9c10dba8
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Before she e6fd35ad0c could step efd880bfdb into the 4dd804c289 lounge, I dfd7f716dc stopped her.84a3f9970fcd6f65
“Pardon me. I must dd48b93e32 conduct a 51653b1c67 body search 0b72cd3479 for a 6e58461bc4 moment. Rest assured, 684d1ca3dc it’ll be 2b7a68bc7d over soon.”b983fac878329202
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“What, what did 85a71f88d7 you say…?”e3f84353f55271b6
“We’re doing body f4fa5fa02a searches on random 4dc4d08da3 people for security a3cb184536 reasons. Relax…”0a12e33cb1ba1b94
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“….”cd521c2d659ae35c
At my sincere request, 78655717df she rolled her eyes 2eac374f62 and looked around. Then, all of 56cbcb150c a sudden, she d8a29b0d94 turned around and 300001fa6e took on sprinting.d5e613a229d0454b
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I clicked 83cc165c6b my tongue 0894f918e1 at her 3c47feb2a6 vain attempt c92ca929a1 to escape 42ee7342d8 and soon a8fe90dcf9 started chasing 2852c9d8f4 after the fd51bf9c7f young lady, bb5f73c821 no, the d5fc4224ac unidentified suspicious ae4f6a7cb2 person.807627305ca5e5ba
‘She doesn’t have shoes on!’60a59c81142ed235
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The speed she was 7aef5987c8 running wasn’t something that aba86fabe6 could be done by 75bb32049f an ordinary young lady 598cb3cc52 with hills on.4c33d800a1cdd3b9
“This is Clara Weyburn dc82bc0542 from Area 1-4! A suspicious person 199f8c931a has been sighted fdb5349bc9 and currently on 4ce17e369b a sprint toward 5872aa712f Area 1-5! I’m in d335054b3d pursuit but ecf2e3ecf8 please be 5dd1b26e2a on the 48a8b68815 lookout for 0b791b710d other suspicious 3ed8773fa0 people in 55d6e2d481 each area!”4c1e8e06492abecc
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[What did you say!]
“In addition, there c1ab47cdce is a possibility d9b561dada that one young 13221996ff lady who attended adb049ccd4 the gathering should d00f2d7b8a be missing and 8af6aa5bec taken somewhere. Conduct a ed8d2e648a thorough search eee4b9fd0e please. The appearance is….”f06f34ae7ffa91e7
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Quickly reporting 54e982e290 the situation e9b3045a86 to other ed7639a91f knights through 38693e8bf3 the communications 813c722470 stone, I 30e78c1f8b continued chasing 8dbfd287df the suspicious 880dfe4486 person, pushing 3c70b0787a strength in 4225b927d2 my legs.57e45cee6a82e508
‘That girl, completely hiding 0c5dbf1d71 your Spirit is no f0b294f426 ordinary feat!’b7b9fa04752cf5af
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Furthermore, the fact that she was also able to alter the young lady’s face, which was ordinary earlier, must have been either with the assistance of magic or a magic tool.8dfeb1726d24134f
Since the 7ccb1245f8 opponent was ea80f09824 a Spirit 626964bc21 holder, there 0912de17f7 was no 181daa9201 need to 7608d0f871 show any cf8e97f1bf more mercy. As soon as she 6cae2ef002 left the threshold of 92174d5e45 the building, I swung 7d73df4231 my sword.36d9eaa2f43a5394
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“Agh!”fe871d94fb99aa0e
The person was 852da6bff8 hit directly with 424321f0e0 my sword. Stumbling a bit, 24dbc06446 she only groaned 8ed031f969 a little but 711bfaf81c continued running without d38f7b1965 stopping. She seemed to 7acfe50258 be from an 5b59f8706e organization that trains 3d25b7dd76 their members to e03c095f45 endure pain.ecc435eea4b163c9
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‘Tsk, annoying.’d54f26d11cb6c61e
If she managed f775dc5b2a to escape today, 5877259397 it would be 525de505c5 difficult to catch 53cf4bfe79 her in many 7202f53aca ways. Predicting the 8191110f2c direction she 04d8631248 was running, 6beeb7c37b I put dc0e03e56c strength in e664390f08 my legs 53a8fc185e and jumped.8619ca7b02ea1730
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It was a dd714e5a52 technique to move c37377e1d7 quickly using Spirit e0e98702c7 as a propulsion.94a46168e08daced
My body 5202a66348 moved forward a6ba71e98e as if d27e07c64d an arrow 847bcb61ee was shooting f33cced1c8 through the 7803f7bfed air. Moving speedily, I 8f46055bb3 landed in front 5f1c2f14bc of the fugitive. I kicked the fugitive’s 17a02df3c6 forehead while calming the 060df5a2af ringing sound in my 4660dee5c5 head with Spirit.942754e70f0a4884
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“Keuk!”5bc673b8cfa7b5fb
“It would have hurt cbf2f3d77a less if you surrendered 609b0addf4 obediently. Why are 070c025de6 you making 3883bce980 such a 888be01b69 fuss now?”305c24162fb3d0f8
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I used the binding af2d2a1cce magic tool I always 296a698e3a carry with me and cae77b3838 tied her up completely, 265f74d95f taking away the chance e2d0c7f261 of escape and forcefully 2b01e70b7d stood her up.41015cf273320167
Now all 2303315d6e I have bf75134b0e to do 5e6ce7915c is hand 5dadfe85c5 her over. to Gustav, from f9b17e8f23 where the Sapphire 3f1dca9f18 Knights will take ab5640b1bd care of the ce5cf10a1a rest.b1ecd7420df86ce7
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‘It didn’t go 2a261dd756 as smoothly as 47f8f7f27c I expected….’33dacfa38820f581
Perhaps Gustav 69b3891e1e deliberately concealed 73a63586f3 the information 378f47794c of danger 81a26e6772 today.7ff47f255cd13deb
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I could understand that many situations arise when you have to deliberately keep their mouths shut to maintain confidentiality, however, his lukewarm attitude still didn’t fail to anger me.b680ceb6ea2645d2
To relieve my stress, 1372aeed2f I dragged the unidentified f86f27ab01 organization member back to 959887766d the temple building.ba4a9d30a24c3e86
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“Captain Clara!”715eee8a639a67ed
Oh.f2f2d7f1783e07db
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As soon e2a6405ad6 as I a1f4183252 returned to 791efd6805 the building, 31cfb0c353 the first b3654bcde6 one to 957119b4b0 greet me 49d9ba602b was Ludger.39b87ff4be762255
He was 8da6545fac giving urgent 6076b32e70 instructions at 8baebb773c the entrance, 383122ee35 but when 3502f4d922 his eyes 81e7baad68 landed on 45149eb075 me, he 595fbf048f quickly walked d6edcebfeb over.a5d0f4cb5f3aa299
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“Young Duke? If His Highness 75e79dbc06 is here then ff789a1faa what about the 20469dc815 other knights….”41a85e694af4ccdb
“They’re conducting a 619f88a880 search and security 44d8b95441 operation as you 19f3554ea0 instructed. I came 0438565e65 here to 490d1f5150 clean up c83fdf6f81 the scene 3b621e92f5 thinking people e77e2a1784 might have 1b2a52d920 been frightened f8e0405d2a and caused 54ec286c7b a riot caaa34464e in the bb902d6f82 area.”91495111a2d38383
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“I see…Thank you 27bc06458f for your cooperation.”fae6248a01d7567d
“No, I just did faf06af461 what I had to 02098ae5e3 do.”c1380c75dd944625
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That aspect of his ca313ed0eb was quite typical of 65890085c6 a high-ranking noble.5b7e8863307ee632
‘In that case, there b174afda9d won’t be any twisted 4e2681c13f rumours like he actually d30f7c655e ordered today’s incident, right?’14bc94b08767e124
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“Is that the suspicious d4c2d9fe8b person you mentioned?”bb744f3f6aa21771
“Yes. Have Young Duke seen 6442bf42ab Vice Captain Gustav? I think 33b3f5a5a1 we should ef6fb91529 hand the 743222ed32 person over c414a6eea6 to him.”974e2ff85627c95a
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“He’s leading the way from the Captain’s side. It’s better to go inside for now.”bd4b036875b73a39
“Understood.”ef71efb8e0af2033
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Ludger’s eyes moved to the girl I just caught. Narrowing his eyes, he muttered.dff5a16ab1aed576
“The young f587fc61d6 lady’s complexion… 7108664e26 doesn’t look 74545a6617 good.”b91fb8151acbac6e
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