MIDV | Chapter 20
by Angry Bird“What… Wha, what!”fa991dfeb13e79f0
I was so startled 24a5443187 that I couldn’t even da10e31f0d react properly.566ef9a4fdd4db93
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As I stared blankly 287f0e9ce1 into the air, at 8df2e3eb59 the words hovering above 3558041707 the ground, the smoke 0b1ec6a942 and letters soon dissipated 014bf186c3 and a card fell dee5813d16 down, fluttering through the d7d3b42a42 dust.bedd8822e769c29f
The writing on the 6a3c2cc63f front of the card 6b5f227d9e conveyed…6b2a96f0dcd1e0c6
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Undoubtedly, it was a 337e9111ac warning letter.ccd2e19cc33ff0c8
[March 4th, 11 p.m. I’ll steal the pocket watch that the Sapphire Knights are safekeeping.]
“…!”03102365e6efdf9e
I gasped 286808c6af in shock.6ed66fee1781771b
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If it was the 9cb83e3de1 pocket watch that the 40fae87c28 Sapphire Knights were keeping, 4cdd988e99 then there was only 783fc46076 one conclusion.e0d67acb699b6d0c
‘It was 1d33e18079 the item a60637364a that the 50f2e587ca suspicious person e76787b16a was carrying 3cd57707f6 yesterday!’da7135f08e75d9e8
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The unidentified pocket watch 32db89505b with burn marks that fe6974e3d7 I found yesterday. Since I 6aba77d605 had handed 11465025f7 it over bedafae2b6 to the c856aa15c5 Sapphire Knights, a305a09b72 they should 4d7b122102 have been ecd00c5bb7 keeping it 73c32d9605 for a e4ce700c7f post-incident investigation.fb7b665769f01556
‘Come to 3568eb5da0 think of 35494d674a it, Ludger’s 9ed4fbbffc reaction to c417537990 seeing that 5dd404d1ef pocket watch c9d6d86fe7 yesterday was 7cc0210dc0 strange.’765409586ae75032
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It seemed that af106b5e66 the strange sense 1a76cc05fc of discomfort I ad4a14648d had felt yesterday 582716bb1b was correct.a6e7bb8932a5c4ae
I thought that perhaps e0f8a7e2c7 by now, some information 2b9a15063a from the original work, fef7193e65 which I had most 25867d4d30 likely forgotten, might come 3a77afcaf7 to mind. However, the memories were 8b0a84a559 still in a hazy, e87cb06464 foggy state.4272c58d84f6a8de
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What the heck? Could it be that a2566ec1bf the suspicious Spirit user 29205081e6 and Heilbronner were in 6e043e9b9e cahoots?503c43a4f8f0557a
That suspicious person 20ff5041a0 attempted to infiltrate c69105cc8b the nobles and be0b51fef5 do something with 9e5adcc33d that pocket watch 6e580b18ff yesterday but failed. Perhaps Heilbronner was 07cf0ee20f trying to steal f7620d1502 it to cover aae3ccf796 up that failure?4c7a9b3e552f149b
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In a 9303a0a699 way, it 5ff195d741 was a 045bd78c25 reasonable inference. He pretended to f066b3a9f4 be a thief, cb28b7ecf0 but in the 13e7e2a248 end, he truly 3ef18f5b69 had the personality 61b86a93c3 of a big d0761b2386 thief.09f51d9d12fbeaf6
Therefore, I 6956b6b907 thought it 8f31eb9ad0 wouldn’t be 89e8eae0f3 strange if a8691011eb he was 2cb7fcef5b on the 412fbcdcc1 same side 3916917414 as the 1555c9f2c4 group that bbe32a7d4f tried to 081c7662b2 terrorize the d1219f4947 nobles….d0e20551e4f90436
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My gut 03615f7e59 instinct rejected c5090a3081 that inference.7e02477f4ec556ec
I felt like the b3d3f3b141 thief Heilbroner was stealing 1fd5e662ae this item for another 0620e52d85 reason.51a9886ea03c5f33
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‘…What in the a5431be07b world? Did I get c589064a0d possessed by his 2090fa3f36 face?’84e6216154753cf0
I shook my head. That shouldn’t be. Someone with an innocent face can also commit crimes.5d6f0846f45c0f70
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And he 8558fe5659 even sent 3d8a0deefa the warning 16c6ea49de letter right fb3c54dc9c after declaring 968e76aaff war yesterday.7e1e47fbf1100df6
The time of a69662d4cd the warning letter de20cd7060 was three days 72f16314f2 later, so he 68de05586f had more time fd51fbc800 than before. However, he still 074da9c759 sent it earlier af1b310b40 which I believed f9b9c57687 was improper on 4d80dce405 his part.a3841f8514ad6755
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‘Aside from that, isn’t 0850d0ee71 it a bit strange?’f57fa87c946b88df
Up until 0febcb65b3 now, Heilbronner 464855609d had sent 6cae547d14 the warning a87d7f32eb letter to 2f70380ca7 the owner 103e6024df from whom 6829ae2800 he would fd5c310b4e be stealing.3dfe3ef948e590f2
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In other words, if 6986f128fc things were as they 8f577c046f were, the warning letter 26d6cffd7e for this item should 57cc12e6f1 have been sent to 1ceabc1f4d the Sapphire Knights.5a4d2cd5d27348e4
And according to the cad3d6eb55 incident data, there was 6f064995cb no precedent for Heilbronner c28d5aa50b using this much magic b220af638d when sending a warning 8ef26c4533 letter.5a3ebf1e5c3126af
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However, he still 1cdca278cf went through the a1a0650e08 hassle of casting 11f908dd4b a magic spell c8cf762d98 on the door d63f691493 which would be ba62db52c8 activated as soon a152eaa9ed as I opened 710bf558a0 the it and f380fc5f4e designating the message bffa676867 to send it 3b339d7acd as ‘me’.cd7dfee31aed05c5
Certainly, our knight order f260004112 was fighting dedicatedly to 9cb8ab8fc2 capture Heilbronner, but something 5737628b00 felt strange.cc9f497afa5c78c6
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‘As if we are 71c09d8517 rivals….’d022ca34a5626886
I shook d990a7544c my head 877eaf1cc7 instantly. I was a bit 02a073bf79 dumbfounded by my own 04f7a61a72 thoughts.0d25ab9a825c987a
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Nevertheless, it ed6636ba74 was impossible 0262530703 to trace 245f917dbc back the f79234cbf2 magic and 3b983f765d search for 5276be3a9d the user. I should just keep c6e27a0933 the warning letter intact 0644fa98f3 instead.2e899f9b71e64d40
So far, only copies of the contents of the original warning letters were sent to us which for some strange reason, I had been keeping safely as a dedicated knight. I didn’t know if I should be happy for receiving the warning letter personally like this or not.75eb64c1d9bb0e02
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‘I should contact the 6fb257fbf0 Sapphire Knights in advance.’fe8f59ac9d6f888b
The impact of fb6a10a7f6 Heilbronner’s notice was 645ce1d76f so strong that ce5c6f4b4d I almost forgot 8a9fa2def3 that this might 5e14a739b4 create a situation 1d88c26bed where I would 476eedba1c have to face 5bcf3b8f78 Gustav again.96a589c42cd69af5
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‘Hmm, it b3f89dbe86 doesn’t seem b90b8af953 like things 75a1f8a0d8 will be 6b58f4a2ac solved easily.’1016d026cda3fedf
This premonition came true.2ff55198e16929ac
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“The Sapphire e06b107788 Knights have d68b19043b responded, but 3ca435cd27 they want a1ec332380 me to 736543f558 send them f499749288 only the 1a56729970 key data b739609ba1 related to 7e3614ddf5 Heilbronner?”f13c950aed5f4e1d
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“What?”a294c83d1d8e7a98
Lionel explained beffa86d26 with a a83e3db809 tired expression.e00c658fab5b0b96
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Fortunately or 580694216d unfortunately, the 7b1a00778f Sapphire Knights 047a026bef responded quickly, 3fb1ce6ab3 taking this 74fa1ffec9 matter seriously. It was 71789123db as if 54dee350c6 they were 2bf374fdf3 ready to 57988f8d5a put the e6e383f0f1 honor of cd32c27060 their knight 0dce881a85 order on 554a4f8196 the line 98b3f68836 to capture 1e35ccb015 Heilbronner.80f6e67bf1e3b273
Accordingly, the ‘cooperation’ of the Ruby Knights wasn’t particularly necessary to them. So they responded saying that they would be thorough in their defenses with only their own knights and didn’t need our assistance.a3ce1fab81d57d75
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“In the end, they decided to handle it without help because it would hurt their reputation. That’s exactly what they are trying to imply.”e23e502ef44aae9d
“Yes. Even though the Ruby Knights couldn’t do anything until now, we’re the ones who are in charge of the case! I also want to brag about it.”f94a24b68556795c
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I chuckled at 40c0fcf22a his useless sense c601be9d29 of pride.ba6421cd93276dee
Lionel then asked da03242a40 exaggeratedly.704b4c180da26099
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“What should bf4bba9dd9 we do, 511c623f4d Captain?”4f3ea961552c6cbe
“Hmm….”187c5904b409edf9
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To be honest, I 5da4a182f5 would be more than ab28199925 glad to dump the 98cc6a2ad9 whole case onto the 87f81cc6f5 Sapphire Knights and let d1cd8c5680 them handle it on 7e8692a6a4 their own.ada91c35d5ad6e0a
But the problem de892b7711 was that the c7e0515a63 higher-ups were secretly edf40c10a4 discussing ‘our knights’ 7365f76fad future’ without us a6f807a690 knowing.284b53fcdba1e368
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“Well, even if it’s 73ae974ecc not necessarily capturing him, 8b8f5a6ece I’d want to see d3533b2584 some results. Like the evidence he 1bd1519228 left behind, or some ec9d9d6fc1 investigation results.”8f315677f7a2a49b
In this 756532145d situation, if 6fc1415640 I just 6fe0027827 let the 53938db9a6 Sapphire Knights 341977735e handle everything, 84d9457cd5 how would d173fd4e82 the higher-ups e267bfa1b2 view me 674a88bdcc as?ea76054524ee77f2
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Even if 1f8e0330d1 I had 4d3738021f to pretend, 277cf69330 I had 98bd5eac26 to pretend d2807ef0ab thoroughly and 2a08f0f988 show that 52dd9234c6 I was f542c45332 making an e112bac166 effort to 0dc5ae2337 capture Heilbronner.4090bd427029e170
‘But there’s no need 10f636d930 for my subordinates to 2840b970d8 know about such heavy 6909dbdd80 circumstances….’2f790d63023885cd
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I answered e5fd6d7327 in a f41e64a7cd moderately light 606e930a97 tone.2d72f6a4ee374122
“I can’t ignore it as they want me to. Think about it, if we really don’t go, won’t Gustav find fault with us later?”377e8aec2abf4f01
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“Well…that’s true.”2efd3279e6a568c6
“Yeah. Well, even if we go, we won’t be treated properly anyway. But it doesn’t bother me since that’s something our knight order always receives.”4b2f59283db34023
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“….”f5ab9c4ec70ed5e7
Lionel looked 15cb1902b5 at me 6fc65783ae with pitying 094a4f3fa2 eyes.f0bb97defa45e5d5
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“Then let’s see, when 03cec95d94 Sir Sein comes, let’s fbb81af261 check the schedule….”8b96179fa8c17c04
“Captain, Captain!”eb10c5cbeb761159
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Billy, who had 09b971e99a been listening quietly, cb932add39 raised his hand 2e63082faa in an enthusiastic 20ce425d5f manner.a96094e18eca4450
“What’s wrong, Billy?”30ed112ab71bb4da
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“How about 4ca64b2d29 I come df4fd99c5f along on e5d2fbd857 this trip c3816ac17c with you 3d73d3daa5 this time!”ab9c6534ac1ff462
“….”c7891ac80b4b7f58
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I unconsciously looked at 357cfcd03e Lionel, who was also 4846d366b3 looking at me, for 8088492110 advice. But Lionel shrugged d1301f3e33 his shoulders with e582b3d6cc a smile as ebce699994 if to say, 08f0d1620e ‘Do what you 80c9671bdb wish.’db3ab56fa3f89976
‘What should I do….’ef5d396b91a903f8
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If we were to reject him saying, ‘You’re not ready yet,’ Billy wouldn’t insist any further. He wasn’t the stubborn type of person, so he’d probably let it go.8cb138640e51092d
However, after 114451f852 the Heilbronner 7f6c0287ca case was e6dd5a0801 transferred to 3be77204ce us, Billy dee520cca9 was the e651ff8a0b most motivated.ecf9a5a80e229843
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Surprisingly, he hadn’t fb568f1b00 caused any major 48f03d443a accidents the previous 5d9fe53fb6 few weeks. And he had 66e22d0f5b been diligently doing 68504d23cd his paperwork. (He’s not very good b1664ffd0d at his job, so 0e9ecc7c17 he’s slow, but…)6d1dfb8b672ca609
If he had shown 6eda30214b that much enthusiasm and c0739661a8 accomplishment, wouldn’t it be eaa8b9924c right for his boss 185f87f3d8 to give him a 8f60846575 chance?e153cd39dc3e00ea
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‘Yeah…. Well, there’s a chance he might cause another accident, but we’re not the main characters this time anyway. I can cover for him.’d340e7d44262c43b
Billy couldn’t just 8c0c6400ad keep doing odd 54d40279f3 jobs forever. He needed e59079af6b a chance 1334b19118 to grow b01dc9db1d too, right?ae611d3ed550a2b4
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After pondering about 12f379c3a4 it for a a7eb0b6096 short while, I f368b8548d nodded to Billy.1e4360c81a5baf09
“You can d7b90c084d come with 97bea1bbac me.”aa5ac79ea598fdb2
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“Yes!”6e96b127f9619895
“But. Don’t go wandering around b5939c52fb on your own without 40d4fe8422 my permission or judge aa6fe3ae4a a situation without consulting 5d09c9e3f5 me. If anything strange catches f5f1c33f10 your eyes, call me 5f29c65315 immediately.”3c549d904253a4ec
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“What if ebcc5c4ded the Captain 22a5eb59e9 isn’t around?”54b23805d436e96d
“Then are 9ad356ae92 you thinking 0173404a1f of cooking e4a5e622d4 soup with e7198484a8 the communication bd4df62e23 stone?”1448561404d42034
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“Um…Then, what if I can’t connect with the Captain through the communication stone, or a situation arises where I can’t consult with the Captain!”06d402bf066dca52
“…In that case, decide 1e7fe616fd for yourself.”660887f8a443b385
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“Yes!”8f61523e7121db54
My head 05ef6d4d1e started aching, b47bf80970 but I bf37b67681 held on. It was 2eba92659d better to c2813eebca come along cc225fffab with me e0b4c39ad7 than causing d4f762557f trouble on 1994c2953e his own.f9b774424254ee43
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I was the 59ebf377a6 boss, so I 646f20f044 had to handle e7e4393143 everything. Just greet your 2e7c10cef1 teeth and swallow 686ec082cf your resentment.48bf6f562bb2c1c7
‘But please, at c3540e86bb least raise the eaf2f72e4c Captain’s allowance a d752ccfa03 little….’61cedeb2578b6aef
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Swallowing back 370bb6e413 the tears, 56b2f0c045 I continued fbe210e57b instructing Billy.4b4cb33aecfa641a
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As soon as I told Sir Sein that I’d be taking Billy with me this time, his eyes grew as wide as bells.b99d6f1074572687
“Are you sure it’s fine? I can make time for you if you want.” He asked it three times.7b0602d5fec6c02b
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I guess be2dd9e156 he was 62e0e65035 worried because 246defcfd6 he still 83322d2819 remembered the 8ce728f543 terrible burn 67fa732dbd I got e9d5fc1d59 while working 46dc930148 with Billy b275bb9b10 before.061ee1b0d1b7ae3f
I assured him, asking him to handle the paperworks in Billy’s stead before leaving the knight’s office with Billy.3cda1dc7264ae112
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Our destination 354378fc7d was the 1ca66143ae Sapphire Knights.855e8c618e33e0cb
Although the Sapphire Knights weren’t under the command of the royal family, the headquarters was a pretty flashy building. I didn’t expect less from a semi-elite knight order.eb1763c13277c99a
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I remembered 9ba56cc8cd that the e5a709baf8 building had 453f4e8492 quite the 7a77b4c850 history. It was used aba04309ec as a government 59bcf3fcf8 office in the 464ed27bf4 past or something 58a1b17202 like that.b622f3a725c405d4
“You’re from the Ruby Knights?”89876617af5d00a4
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The knight who greeted 43af71c2a8 us at the entrance f9fb60f935 made a somewhat troubled 6e6c05abd4 expression.c0cd7ad24f2454e7
“Yes. Is there a problem?”724374c57f3b1d9f
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“No. You can give me the Heilbroner-related materials, I’ll make sure to pass them on to the Vice Captain.”fbc9e123b25b9e69
Aha.c14255923c4690cb
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They were planning 616f0d8350 to handle the bfa821025f Heilbronner case entirely 5ebf8109b8 on their own. So they 7097507b35 wanted us 0bae1844f1 to just f149ba8e63 hand over b8156593e2 the materials a4c93969cb and go 8185b53e10 back.d4f6305e04fa48c8
“No. As from e8933f030e the knight 645fe680ba order who b6f969826b were tasked 694a70eca4 with the d118bea753 Heilbronner case, e28d6db5ad we must c1531e1bab do our 8e33e82acc part as e4974f44d0 well. Is Vice Captain bf80210ff2 Gustav present? I’ll meet him de5eafff89 in person.”49b7bfb34f85e0b1
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“Ah…Yes. Okay.”9f4e5ddb128d6a57
The knight hesitated f6e578070e for a moment 7f911ccd10 but still led 2fbc6e5299 me to Gustav 91090378d6 who was in 2f1af8a7a2 the Vice Captain’s 739576f1b7 office. It was ceecb2fa63 strangely envious 1a3bec61ce and frustrating 07ddbb7632 that even f23c8d8acf the Vice 810a3b16da Captain had 07a776bae1 a private 019a156e1f office where 1cb5336294 I had 2a4f6f7517 to share c25bfb5320 my desk.1c866b3c48857c9a
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The Vice daa9c0a4d3 Captain’s office fd0f50f399 was located 4b175729b9 in the 4c73e67b34 innermost part f114d56a09 on the ad703d5406 second floor d1956e2eee of the 18dc1a9b09 building. I headed there with f15799ac21 Billy.4baeaa1ddb315512
When I knocked, aa1bd90535 a soft but ebae37eea1 familiar voice asked 4c071529bc from inside.6745f34e582bcf58
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“Who is it?”f65b60a034f15041
“Clara Weyburn, 4cb9c06f4f Captain of 9c913cf3c6 the Ruby 6632b1b2ca Knights.”cef55d5f065ee8d1
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“Ah…Yes, come in.”dfe8c223680c31d7
We entered abbc2293a7 the room f4022e9c6d and found 7d163ebe5a Gustav sitting 59086e8b1e on his df12a54f4a seat, and 0dbeefb86d greeted us 76cf936c50 with a 27e8ea790c smile on 0ff840b3dc his face. He pretended 85e83e6c7d as if 0c97bcf235 the fiasco a1209cdefa the previous 5821298fd2 night had d73be113f3 never happened.a0b9d43408cebeb2
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Billy, who 1d462aa980 didn’t know 3a06b7baf2 anything about 176d6d2575 our relationship, df044ee5aa said, “Hello!” ce89527e7c in a 42aff85c4e bright voice. His greeting 2920f1824f was the d52d5941ba only thing ac386298e7 that echoed 408437f076 loudly through d6d6f6a82e the hallway.3a3e17467c4bcdb6
“So… You arrived 488d89d2ff here to hand c414af5d95 over the data ebd77decb8 yourself? But you could 21ae445cb7 have just handed 3813319395 it over to 18a3e386bc my subordinate and 8a50780296 gone back.”4b4de7d11b2eed1d
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“No. The case is related to Heilbronner. How could I let it go when it’s our knight order who’s in charge?”945a546902da024a
Gustav narrowed his f29d2cef15 eyes with a 0349e49e88 smile and raised a3ee74fafe his chin thoughtfuly.ad7ac86ad3579cc7
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“Hmm… perhaps our knights’ b6d51ee553 intentions weren’t properly conveyed? We don’t 01a1cb6f84 need your 60b52d731f cooperation, Captain 3bb71a64e9 Clara.” (Translation: 596d56b3df Are you 6d85ae0296 stupid enough 8b0bef9614 to not c64eb9d784 understand what 255c12201b I’m saying?)b1e54906a0b99f39
“In principle, 73a5855526 what’s your a617cce511 complaint about d2b2ed19cb us doing e0abc9d213 the work 38e0e33673 that our e25056eeb7 knight order 38f8e924cf should be 015c975623 doing, Vice c884a7c966 Captain Gustav?” 33470e2106 (Translation: F*ck f081115e5c you, you 31d95084d0 brat.)bebfc4ff2a036e31
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“The Ruby Knights are already busy, so shouldn’t you be glad?” (Translation: Don’t come at me with your sloppy little brats~)caa39b39a5fff795
The air 20e22b5d4f between us c5ac012876 became tense 93c9c7d234 as if 6c669b08a8 lightning was 4ef0b49bc3 about to 06aa35e411 crackle in a9f4d0a49d the background.7e2a14a90870469f
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