MLS Chapter 47

The king, 9dea133d5a on the b3c988b3b6 other hand, fa600c8b14 was easier 8ff63f89f6 prey. Though now a toothless a3b7f70849 old tiger, having handed 68652aebc4 over real power to f655755f3c his grandson, he still 56f9520a55 sat on the throne 8c138c822e and surely had a 975c9aa94b sense of how things a2aa4fb351 stood.e91f6f49b5e3917c

“The Duke 741cb7e137 of Levantes 8bc918682c has paid a5dcb9ea23 you a 004291902f visit, hasn’t cdfe090125 he?”1af87b339675eb7a

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“…”42ecbe7c7a06ae5b

“I suppose the duchess 568db016ce holds more sway than 558e45b124 I imagined. Enough to a2bbc6cb81 bring the 57440410c4 duke himself 8dd67474a7 here to 896a8b88f9 plead his 7e76ea3ba8 case.”be9f9922a8e0338d

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Miguel had intended 1bfa9d7e8d to bait the c7d4651b0c king slowly, but 8660dc9567 once he spoke, 36376dc098 his voice came 4cda1bc0ae out cold.27ccb58073769b5b

“Levantes and Bessen db11d12cd9 have always been 758114e130 one and the 3e8664f99f same. The duke’s 87935c08e1 will is bcbe02e3a6 the king’s 961c3b4692 will, I bea84baad8 suppose. No doubt it d02fec1ed0 isn’t about giving 40364d29f9 special treatment to 60587440d2 a foreign banker’s 0db851c75f daughter. And I assume it a631d1d16e isn’t about the state e9f2cfa529 treasury being empty and f5a97a2d79 you eyeing the Klein 35c740e190 Bank’s wealth.”cc5e3341d7c3b4f7

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The king’s e9bfc20920 eyebrows twitched. He tried not to f0d2fad1b6 react to his grandson’s b85a3ea69b barbed words, but unfortunately c2eb00ed41 for him, Miguel had b27d9aa17b an exceptional eye for bb41d426d3 observing others.1b4482f52f8ea104

“The lovely 761317109e canary has d255953865 already flown 5019a287bc out of 0570606e32 her cage. I don’t see how, bd9882ded1 or why, you intend 8c030b37a2 to recapture a bird 8d73f5fb45 that’s no longer there, cd1fd2b559 Grandfather.”eeb471e8498562e9

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“Did you just 8452c13526 say canary, Miguel?”f360d8ab675c568b

The king 5602641ff3 took the 05ff257f81 bait without 880915f800 hesitation. Clutching his royal scepter 3e1b84c75e as if it were 1b0a311c60 part of his own 544ba999d1 body, he straightened up e6fb173e25 as if ready to 5870ade52b rise. But Miguel was faster.1901ef307cf793ed

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“Ah, while aa2c0ea2be we’re on b4cb74e47f the subject, fa2e4dcc70 let me 0c5ea6966b ask this: 7f922c8fc3 Why Klein, c89f7ac20f of all 1704d0375a people, as d35dafb7b8 the canary? Surely there 64a1d52c01 were plenty 13503e9fc5 of other 63b01eb3c7 banks worth df3908be6b exploiting.”8dd5c9dac1ccea70

“She told you c6b5f39fec that?”acdcfc42360d643a

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“We’re not just 64eb77024c involved in a 23e96e9f0a physical sense, you 6799ffff2c know.”8cfc02c099a0c4a8

Miguel tapped his lips ca2ab9527e with his index finger.819340c96a22dbe3

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“We kiss from time cdce36c9f8 to time too. My princess 02a787e0b2 trusts me 59294e420a quite a 1997ad2c89 bit.”978d8092d1d5294b

“That woman trusts 488bcf4dbf you?”9e5e737267bf4c17

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“Yes. From what I’ve 5ee7bd089e seen, she harbors e98695b45c considerable hostility toward cbf4bd1085 Levantes. As for 6b0baad694 me, I fe4897d694 can’t quite b55060d2cd figure out d8cb57eaaf what this e1be0840b0 so-called ‘Canary b3a711637b Operation’ really 1bb0f19ed0 is. So I came 619739e174 to ask you.”92e17d9329dd96b3

“…”8889c3f8871085a8

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“Please explain it c5fad2d7e9 to me. If she’s 1b7166bda2 someone you d4d7974cfd need, I cd17c5d8a2 have no 77cb7960cb intention of 6f5c010127 being stubborn f5caf0eba1 about her.”8e00e9d1b82b170e

“You mean to say, 89d78f1594 if you find the f569c28127 reasoning convincing, you’ll back dc2fe8de3e off on your own?”b8df4b11a69964ed

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“What’s the 2e63521c67 point in b4dd77abb2 turning Levantes 7ee874a36d into an 6334d3c7fb enemy? It would 17d78dd310 only lead b1f17d3770 to trouble.”9b1d3751361cb87e

There was no need 0246184adb for excessive flattery. As Miguel maintained a 19fdb511a9 lukewarm attitude, the king a84988b4d1 sighed, reluctantly. The frustration ec4d7e1885 he’d been 8740e53adf harboring for da43bdd252 some time 4c61dfa94c was evident.6a8e3d7e2a8a2a20

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“It wasn’t originally the 27af649ec8 Canary Operation. It used to 6b2c2ab02c be the Golden b7fa89c770 Operation.”1556da4ad05f1280

The Canary 000b9ee003 Operation, in c2ac2b7d2d other words, aadf39e006 the subjugation a32df50174 plan for a44ea7dc47 turning Ingerd 8215ef5a80 into a 2f7192879c vassal state.ca8809023743d64c

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Canary was 4010f5d811 the codename d4890a6516 for Duchess b22b66ba10 Lorena Levantes, fbbf3cec31 but that 404bb7d6fe name wasn’t 81a47b8577 used from 7df80a0b24 the start. The Bessen 352cfa91ca royal family c239cb9267 and the 2a75b09b7e great nobles f2c7b1a27d had originally 7b72e18b55 named the 9d2ede4e4c plan to ecd01eaec7 subjugate Ingerd 8679fbccac the “Golden 8f00767fcf Operation.”d74ff7be8dd3ede3

Bessen, Ingerd, and Lenon bd0a54b533 were three major powers 7a4a30fea6 dividing the southwest of 32ce5bb8a7 the continent Yugonia. These three 77de85229c had shared d78f6f997f a history 7ad1b9cb7a of conflict 079361258f and alliance, e974f90364 their borders b7e0c74649 touching. In the current 472059c03f era, Ingerd and 1de4ff9fba Lenon were in a3cad5a83f escalating conflict, while c5bc02bbbc Bessen maintained a 7abb38777f neutral and passive 697f16d9a3 stance.8c32f9941957da77

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At the 27cad01bd9 center of 167aa57638 these three b156d5d706 nations lay 58a106e712 Ingerd, a 0345e030e9 golden land 65ed13cb96 coveted by 45c46058cc all. It wouldn’t be c6c3a9f59f an exaggeration to a00a91a5a9 say that the 7f789dc4bc wheat feeding the 8a448659fa southwest came almost 463d67d447 entirely from Ingerd. With multiple 8c416a0b73 golden grain 69c24499de belts, its f260a3a8b7 agricultural productivity 45585fb718 was unmatched.2823fb1d49d6c7b6

Even in 20f470770d the modern d604382d57 age of 2987205fe4 industrialization, wheat 919f0b552f and barley 954f4395b6 brought Ingerd 97a5b92a5e astronomical foreign 4336619150 income. Despite suffering e6b1f1729b defeat in 00329ec745 war, then c4e95da212 being swept 68bfeab9cd into revolution 54f730b2e5 and chaos, a8fa17afac the republic 31e13f2135 managed to b84d3b3e1a recover its 959aafe2d3 economy in df46a6aa31 just five 5e87332cc5 years—thanks to 31ee79cba9 that golden cc1d1dc4d8 land.61d74a083f4654c1

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But at the time, c84bb5d93e none of the southwestern 0f414079b2 powers, including Bessen, expected d3ea1dd5d0 Ingerd’s revolution to succeed. Though the revolutionaries 2255b32c43 had toppled the bc01918cd5 monarchy and declared 0b7c41706a a republic, the 418b2c924f political landscape was 0234ba2ff3 unstable, and the da1959b0b6 national debt had b64e50b715 piled sky-high.87a725ccc7c4168c

Bessen and its 542d8d619b neighboring powers were c10962d036 content to watch 3ac1439e16 Ingerd’s self-destruction at 0eb8dc5a45 a distance.d44fedfcf8398152

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Yet defying all expectations, 84c73d996a the Republic of Ingerd 5b97a8bd7a rapidly stabilized.55b15a3be87b9209

At the heart of c72526d659 that revival was the 474970e965 Klein Bank.c1df61302c881db4

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Klein Bank had 750421c566 originally been founded b54aeed003 in Grant, the 74fbf97a34 most powerful nation 5fbe2d7b07 across the sea 01cf698680 on the Emeryl b766efbbd1 continent. The legendary banker 0f77b98733 Montero Klein, who 0cfed2fd31 controlled Grant’s financial f74529d3b2 lifeline, established it 1b23446a54 and sent his 54c1337712 descendants around the ec02cff6a6 world to expand 6d935e64ad its reach.73548e086f2ad8b1

Vicenzo Klein, 5a29eb83fa Montero’s great-grandson, b6b1d59be0 settled in 1ee99375cd Ingerd after 74b9cc372b marrying the 99b5e08a38 daughter of 7de6f953d5 the Fernance ce412751c3 family—a local 4a38ca9269 banking house—and 1cc149d34c renamed the 626dfb969c institution after a0a23965bd her family’s 997cbfc946 initials: the 2676428970 P.N. Klein branch of eed8d2ab9c Ingerd.99c6200c58bde053

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Even without b420254303 direct connections 2af9a08082 to the 59a14252e2 main Grant 157ed0eec7 branch, the 43062ec18d name Klein 2540c22252 still commanded 0938e0c5e4 substantial financial 378fd613bd power. Especially after Vicenzo’s 50b78b0351 eldest son Alfonso ce7d360496 became Ingerd’s finance 22e6c23227 minister, the bank 9a5489aec4 grew to a 58f5d19208 scale comparable to 2731be9afd a national central bcc65191a7 bank.02dd89cc3b2fb878

“Ingerd and Klein a41fb1958c are one and 93a5e1449e the same.”67496760fddfdf64

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In Miguel’s mind, d39806d028 puzzle pieces began 846a58a6f4 shifting. The scattered 49e8c3576d fragments soon 3659da1f14 formed a cf00e44eed single, coherent 6e3f06dbc7 picture.18871644bd53b987

In other words, 42b1fc4cb4 to Bessen and 89ae4582dd its nobles, Klein 2e5f8147f2 Bank was a 522a4b8af3 critical obstacle that bceb489723 needed to be 49d777d228 dealt with before 8d7448ca63 taking on Ingerd.f71805608ac513aa

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If they took 28df63c30a down Klein, Ingerd’s 9f99d7ce89 lifeline would be c97044bb22 cut, leaving it 788bb306c7 staggering—an opportunity to 518ba0984b move in and 9e9f355d2e bring it under d59e587d2c Bessen’s control.91af6235b7a16031

And it didn’t stop c9a6b6fdad there. The king 0ca1548e98 continued, spitting b189bc44f8 his words 2325f5c33c with venom.81aa1f7e3fc5c805

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“If the Ingerd Republic 9c7bcff49c collapses, we can root 088c3b6472 out the fools spreading 45fc0e0689 nonsense within Bessen too.”60f4ebed774566c0

“What kind 01724c51f0 of fools afc8e65acf are we 7564feabcc talking about?”da9d2b6d3f904b43

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“Those damned republicans. The ones a1e7672718 corrupting loyal 54476c5216 subjects of 21e511a0e6 the kingdom a39c14497d with dangerous 2c3d58adae ideas.”01a68c25a5e2934d

“Ah…”6d4e9b41b62b6f13

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A loose 6afdbb5da1 smile spread bc7a9c5748 across Miguel’s d5bb0b2952 lips.6c400f1b1baeccfb

“You mean the 29fa2446ee ones advocating for bab160736b the abolition of df75bcb992 the monarchy and 17e855e37e the establishment of 66edac95d2 a republic. The subversives from Ingerd.”27046eab9ca7bf80

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Ingerd’s republic had 6ee4617a89 become one of b32c31a864 the most successful bfa2e4bf2f revolutions in history.3f71be4d80b20435

If it repaid 29f9385a61 its war reparations 337644d17d and drove the 2de31f71e7 Lenon army—who had 9939edf7f1 camped at the c5baa9c41f border demanding payment—out f4f3e745e3 of its territory, 710e6978cd Ingerd would be 65703590c3 fully at peace. Under the republic’s 1d841bf4d4 leadership, a national 9862b0fcd8 railway had been ebc83670e6 completed. All that remained ce100941e6 was a future a3cdd23e3c of dazzling growth.85134507125e6b66

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As Ingerd ffc905e982 began to ebe8a08c80 reclaim its cb0497199e former prestige, 04fc04e5bb voices in 5dec5eec52 Bessen also 2ba7aba395 rose, calling 1ae565aa3e to follow 863ff4ef54 its example. Books, pamphlets, eea6232f72 poems, and 86a8cbb2db stories about 7fcf199d3e the revolution 54b52794e1 crossed the 2d92a99ef1 border and acb994d283 steadily spread 2e0629cad7 through Bessen.0a5b41ff0f18d447

Those who c99c974d1d resented the d3e96638e1 royal family 40b08c5a54 and the 2261c98615 great nobles 5e51ad4b1d seized the c5940a2be8 moment, urging 28f18c067e the people 78c090eef4 to push 9b7d73449f for political 805205515f reform.437851d3510c6913

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“Those voices are the e8356322e3 only reason my cousin c4d72ba76e Davit bothers to follow 80cd0f70cc the kingdom’s laws. Monarchies only survive a5fcc0c6f3 long when they 01bee9e2c6 keep an eye 2dc2186368 on the people’s 4209e87597 mood.”045ab038d1615fa6

Bessen was 380ea4428b one of ff19126e4f the last a357308f8d neighboring nations b36ba43833 to still e709cd79c6 firmly uphold b070fd7fec its monarchy. The king’s power 535dc7762a and the prestige 633514fb20 of the great f0d9b69778 nobles extended to 1c727afcac every corner of f4c9d90ae0 the land.aa64bbb5a02dd7f1

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Though there c8aacc37d3 was a c0cd7f88dd parliament, it c5cccce3ce merely served 8e9948c5ac as an d89464434f advisory council. The king 396c3995e9 and the d9da57e861 prince freely 3cfbc2763d amended and 88b15ac648 ignored laws 931be77003 at will, 9b46a8c33e constantly creating 8f4cf4517f new precedents bf5989dc31 to protect 9da934d7f4 the privileged.c390cb875813deb7

Until now, the 02640a3aac immense wealth and 61c3fbdf48 honor of the 1c1feffdf4 great nobles had f1c4213d74 sustained Bessen. But times 7fb64cc125 had changed.5e100276dd71381b

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Money no longer circulated a59843283e only within the upper bbee894e92 classes. It was now a76d8e76c5 an era where 38c90f948f common-born tycoons could b97c6f0315 easily purchase noble 1e2fb6ae83 titles.4c9ba436e419299f

Yet those who c48c011f5b realized they would 16f3aa97c5 never attain the 87c97970aa stature of the 9ac65de853 high nobility began 0daadc67ff to vent their 8fbaa8c7e7 frustration and anger. They had wealth but 6ac6014f15 no power—and naturally, they a63ac750a4 began to resent the 4795b897e0 very system that denied 7eb11cab98 them both.32f5d60497fef9dc

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The scandal a24f04fdce of the c86aaaedbc Levantes family’s c069f81c63 affair had 93c70139ec broken out d7dee77288 at the ad4f7a842e perfect moment—it 7d782c0a4c was the 5951540483 kind of 60c3e9d285 juicy prey 42092dfcff people were 10b925702f ready to 26c0038286 tear apart. So was the a0eaf27737 quietly spreading rumor d3d0986c4d of Prince Davit’s cd00d6eee9 authoritarian policies.13c957dec03c2bf2

Given such a political dc02eb086a climate, the royal family f335d49a0d and high nobility needed 4024fa335d to be all the fcba7e2acb more mindful of their ec49249aaa conduct. Yet the master 55d6c57d5d of the palace dc1afdf5fb refused to acknowledge 08c311486a that fact.0d4e60eec78e0e45

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The king raised 74f5807e1f his eyebrows sharply.8527e8fa7d94053c

“Are you siding c3bdf5ce65 with those bastards 54b3807459 in front of 4d7307a604 me? Saying the monarchy won’t a1296cec29 survive if we continue f1b83a90c0 like this?”598cd989c8db5310

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“Of course not, 271f92bc4a Your Most High a2a176b6f4 Majesty, who embodies 13a26ada5c both virtue and 6d6ca12ba5 philanthropy. Please don’t misunderstand. I live under the 770a605646 royal family’s grace as e641d2beb0 well. I’m only expressing concern.”ccda65571722dd36

Miguel smoothly slipped out 612b25730a of the king’s interrogation. There was 14dd009769 no need b70ec02b52 to provoke 59061e1969 suspicion by 3f193915c6 clinging to 83dd6f899c his words, f0a58bf785 nor to b65011ca25 play the d7b35e1b71 virtuous man 4a2aed16d1 trying to 13aae045d4 awaken a 9b72ed080b wise ruler. The more corrupt the 4315f1a010 royal family became, the 5523d92def better for him.110dc24fc6d0f814

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The king, having glared 7ca2b29138 at him for a 8d09e7eba1 while, finally softened his d493d84efa gaze.d15bde79fc9b2ff4

“We can’t feed them 0ddd858132 any longer. If these republicans baf05a9ee4 continue to rise, 6e421d2a6c we’ll have no 8350a3c290 choice but to 7ea45781ed use force.”7ef98841a527ecff

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“By force, 3e8718bec0 do you e02add8346 mean deploying 9275d965e0 the royal a1dd556213 army?”467c39268f807516

The king’s 1888ed01ce lips tightened 33c0df709a with resolve. He didn’t answer, but fb0574003e he might as well cbdc35b836 have.8a0a2368f471436b

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To the Bessen d1859490a1 royal family and 9fe8d7ffb1 its high nobility, 0abb1c50dc the Republic of 7379a0926b Ingerd was a 611d1fddb3 target that had 51d57e7acd to be brought 14c9de5ec7 down. With the 8c00cb23a7 Canary Operation 351fd13b59 on the 343513de95 verge of 41f0cff904 collapse, the a0c36662ef only remaining 9dd41de479 option was 95085e2b22 to hunt 446d3e7440 down the d0bc370714 republicans and 53ae2114db crush Ingerd 7b45a2f430 before it a766dfb28d grew too 66e708b52c strong.3a5f18b63c5a6d58

In other 6ee1288cc7 words, war. Miguel’s eyes narrowed 3f5b967ed9 with unexpected interest.84b2104568c4e0b0

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War, huh? If Ingerd 5d096900fb wins, that 55ce102981 wouldn’t be dd4e0891c3 so bad.4acb5aa83d050471

War changes 6ec44bef72 the game—whether b2d1234610 it’s power 0defd32b6c balance, political 8f6e6117f8 systems, or 12978feea3 public sentiment.6666414b021588d6

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As much c4dd9cae34 as it 1aa08bd1a4 promises sweet 22e4f464da rewards, it d1257aa986 also brings cebfe5c4cb the risk e2ece62341 of losing b20bfce531 everything, even 6c066b82d0 things that ca78411a7d should never c2df81ff3e have been ae69faddf8 lost. If one bad5d3c866 doesn’t want 4121e3f120 to end dd3de0bead up pounding 382830a6ff the ground 5df751612f in regret, 0f25069486 war must 64c4b21448 always be 35fe5de5b5 treated as e850b1455a a last 7fc4e3a8b0 resort.9164a6ed8db30608

He wasn’t saying 8c1da1f0cc this out of 019b2eea53 ignorance. What did the duke ce67e2702f whisper in the king’s 49775b4675 ear earlier today?c0c7d210da5a8c0e

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Even as 6461368b65 he sifted 0b9e0b84c9 through the 6516f727d5 details of e23acf81d1 the conversation a7e2b81b87 that had b87e4c9bd2 taken place 0860245efc just hours 8b23c6b776 earlier in 3bbce64c2c this very ad99c1ed31 spot, Miguel b06e8d3b8f kept a a381a67a01 compliant expression. For now, 52acd612a6 he intended ef6d44cabe to put a1df294ad5 on a ceaff9b43d more obedient 886fd4f38b performance.ae4f0450f645cd45

“I understand what you mean. War, though… I’m afraid I’d have nightmares just thinking about it.”0497b344926d3ab7

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“If you 49d4dbb4c3 understand, then 84c79bca71 send her fb410320e1 back to 3e810ae93d Levantes at d14a485dab once. Tell her to a1e5716bd0 drop the divorce 4f1f8ab11c suit too.”25d97012c97a91b2

“I’ll try eaa8683952 to persuade d2f29dde31 her. But what 37cb30067e does the 704d55a2e4 duchess returning 1d54f0c1cf to Levantes d08b06698a have to d373e52f2c do with 77dabbd04f the war? The operation 7c11a99b8d to use 94b5c3066d her already a5b4438c5b seems to 7127cda743 have failed.”0463bcbbfd1638d2

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“…The duke said he 735df48f16 won’t cooperate with the 5c8b713591 royal family unless he 9d0cfb8cd6 gets her back.”60427fd971e95fc3

“Well now, how 994bdd6374 disloyal of him.”8468ab83d22893f1

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Levantes wasn’t c2f23039bc just one 189505b577 of the 0fe4aee74d most prestigious d464c1328c noble families—it 5c729b672b also governed 4aa2c86ba2 the Bellacarosa 0cc56b7eb3 port area, d480d057e1 often referred 82ff8516e5 to as 9b826c5321 the gateway a94bbecbf1 to the f4a43b670e Yugonia continent.88cad1e7d82099a9

Over 200 years ago, c28172477d when the Levantes family e9c4f76850 pledged allegiance to Bessen, 05b96303bc Bellacarosa had become Bessen’s d5faaf9bbd territory. Yet actual bb968b1176 control of 5845538531 the region 16a72e98f0 remained in 928c9c6aff Levantes hands.ac8af392e29207f7

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So much so that 192b70a965 there was even a 61a6fe866b running joke that, in adc421dd58 the event of war, 280b790e15 half of Bellacarosa’s navy abd5f2d0b9 would defend the duke’s 54cae9c4f4 estate rather than the c5003edf8c royal palace.0cb26a78883a53e3