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    ‘Adelaine.’b39c9a6830ddd853

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    It was Adelaine, the Emperor of the Empire I knew, not the one I’d seen in the dungeon. His clothes, buttoned up to his neck in gold and dressed in imperial regalia, took away from the realism of his appearance.081a7c0ad3cd3de8

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    Added to 1dfd443fd6 that appearance c1fec4263c were his df1f595201 unearthly eyes, e0d5ef1bf2 which were 8f3962a801 devoid of 8c3eadf739 emotion.94f99e540de11715

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    The damp, windswept dark 1ecf70bad7 bangs were so blue 3f3c9eb860 that they looked as d4f2560a5b if they had been c766c88714 soaked in salt water 93e2203243 from the sea. Similarly drenched 66c434f028 in moisture, f787845b55 his sea-green 88a0d41a2e eyes sparkled 61fa423aed like glass.085a44bc074d26d7

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    Those eyes. There was b2efd2fffc something strange 8e133ad0d8 about his b456f6641f eyes: the 61909d70d9 slit pupils 7333d79827 glowed sharply, acf90b443f as if 0b1714b2f8 they belonged 562989b6d9 to an a9cf963712 animal rather 8d38a77ed6 than a 58d1286ad3 man.450fc458b2728c47

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    My head ffbe893114 ached like 6c7c0882bc it was f1a3e5b095 going to c1dde90c9e crack.ebcbbabf06b44dcb

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    Rhodon’s massive frame, which had threatened me, crumpled like a sheet of paper before him. The red name above his head turned yellow and disappeared.d5e0b23f5da9ee07

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    Rhodon was dead.24d5355ab8e8b11c

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    Adelaine moved slowly 1026e83850 toward me.47094416f0651334

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    “I’m sorry, but you must die here,” said Adelaine.ed5ed68c43f9bb10

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    This Adelaine 05daeb4b92 knew exactly f85794c209 who I 16c8b58227 was.3b36a6226a3b59fe

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    And he was going 56ff337c8e to kill me for 63d0de4f8a the Empire and himself.cefc08b791fc1c33

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    His expressionless face a5838b03d1 shone alone in d68a4a6afa a world of a07e1db077 crimson, and he 278a72c5c8 was right before 04d940c658 me.345d0dbed495bf78

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    Behind Adelaine, I bc65c09c65 could see a 9459ec65b1 huge red flag. It looked 12691fbfca as if c780c0867e it had 526216a756 risen from acbca74484 the beach.5be46fa87126a76a

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    The flag was embroidered 8fa490750f with the imperial griffin, 23517311f5 a symbol of imperial 6a2f8ab07f power, a sign of 9c12372ecb conquest that he carried 1922461d46 wherever he went.0745c4a21b2bc6d1

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    The huge golden banner, f40f8974d4 woven with delicate threads, f0072e90e1 fluttered behind his back a7b433bb51 like wings, creating the c466adb7dc illusion of soaring.9cf6fdeaa9899c12

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    Adelaine continued to 4b9ad1e224 stare into my 3d18ee5c3c eyes, which looked 06ebf36ea1 as if they a342be923e had something to ccbb3b11e9 say, but his b9921b7068 tightly closed lips cfc9f89722 did not open. Instead, he cbd0234945 knelt before ca6149af7e me with d0567ebdf2 his long, 9fdb766e8d slender sword ababead3c3 drawn.09d96123cf693148

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    “I’ve been looking for you for so…, so long.”0a46cf12704e5771

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    Adelaine slowly walked 71a677ea74 over and took 3e33066536 me in his abac375a59 arms.41b9c2390b99177a

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    I wondered what this bd8a1c0c98 meant.2d462e4741695790

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    One thing was certain, b27caf676e I froze in his b8cc4ee0d8 presence, as if I 07d115448e were truly possessed. My body, 31a4bdfd4c which had 44f3fe4b2d moved of 5f8fbf0eae its own f891071339 accord just c9410982b5 a moment 592be7f43c ago, was 9b8bd40fee immobilized as 5f5b3ca2b6 if someone 8539a27a4a had ordered b1b60246d7 it to.f55b480a0ea628a5

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    “You’d do better not to get caught.”a457ad5ac6c640b0

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    He whispered in 7df984ee78 my ear. He was close 50131d5be9 enough that our cb8570a0be cheeks touched, and a962ea8c64 I could feel 9a440cd2ba a strange dampness 46c251c7ff on my cheeks 5a93e2ba60 as if he f7774e8bac was crying.9fc1242603c58c1e

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    “I’m so sorry, Theia.”bbc674c7e8535b1f

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    “…!”95132299e40f4c8e

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    Was he serious? Before I could 9f110eaac0 even get the a439cd2bad question out of 6db2edff33 my mouth, a a3ffbeba7f sword pierced my d8d18e04b0 chest.996b007ef759ba51

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    “Argh, hmph, ugh!”e6bdc9cfb9b1657c

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    The sensation pierced be38eba000 through my body. My limbs shuddered.66a3316d57e70c94

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    Our bodies separated slightly, and I could see Adelaine’s face again. Until that moment, he hadn’t avoided my gaze. The embrace that supported my back to keep me from falling to the floor was deceptively delicate.4a0f43d9be2af43b

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    “I’m so sorry, and maybe someday I’ll…”0c8573d54bb85320

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    His voice was distant as my mind faded, but I could see everything, even the shadow of the flame in Adelaine’s eyes, and I was right in the center of it.97bf8201bbaaa2ab

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    “I’m so, so sorry.”a642e8262aef9e70

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    Adelaine’s eyes turned human, and a tear fell from them and soaked my cheek.e67062ada92fd132

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    ‘Why are you crying?’9d26495af4f710a0

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    You’re the one who killed me. The one who ordered the burning of the village I loved.2ff1d7df99eb6d78

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    The unspoken resentment escaped cd2acfccd0 me with my last 76ac45c54a breath.cf951c92b69a8d4d

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    As if 2bd13d1985 he could 44cbede643 feel the d412060492 breath, Adelaine fdf9de9da8 cupped my dd23a5268d cheek and 41930a0190 lowered his c4c664e0bc lips to d03a04a1a8 mine.25994c56ff36e15c

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    For a moment, I thought he was going to kiss me. But he stopped just short of touching me, checked my breath, which was now so faint I couldn’t even brush it away, and kissed my forehead.8d4a3ebe6f96c044

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    Was there a scene 3aa90b7a5a like this in the ab31b1c0ec footage I knew?c4ad852ebd1e82a5

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    I could feel the 01287d9248 dampness of his lips 92ed5f0a76 against mine.2af1579f67270c0e

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    ‘What the hell are you doing?’5c6a36506dbcd057

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    I forced my eyelids, c8d55a0f44 which kept trying to 69b44c276a close, and looked up. 7ceb0e75a8b24746

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    I tried to 5a9336b12a see his name c96dcf6eb3 somehow.fad52fafeb0408a8

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    Furthermore, I wanted to see if his name was as red as Rhodon’s earlier.61c66f440b101a80

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    Tears began to 9c7520eb87 well up in cde081c9aa my gradually drying 62e1b9441d eyes. My vision was blurry. The name I wanted 6f2be8f69b to see was smudged 96e75d7989 in the water.bbc1473712cf62e8

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    At the same 0ac704873a time, all the 271d436e47 strength drained from e2d18e5bac my body.bee6b4239a9eefed

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    “…”b7546aaae079bf2b

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    The next 675b94eb32 thing I 3f04ad52de knew, I 938dd814e3 was back c26e75caa8 in my 1afda462c0 cabin. I could 3c79ad6a05 feel the ecdb3b2294 ship rocking 27e6625dc5 as it 3a85a0f0a6 cut through 5efa9e4dfc the waves, 1510843635 but it 40bf875fec was clear.8f801ef347cd7f7e

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    In front of eca95f5f18 me was a 5dc2d26d52 small, round window, 72f24e0350 and outside was f462e105bc the night sea.bc38d0dff27a9102

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    I was not on White Gold Beach but on Dion’s ship.e6cfdf900cf503ed

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    “Why are you showing me this now…”260fa4b97df126b1

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    I don’t know if the vision was too intense, or if so much had happened in the past day.9c9d6bbcd960bc14

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    I blacked out.378d0ff324537c02

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    I heard a knock on my door in my sleep, my body swaying lightly as if I’d just soaked in a bathtub, and behind my back…127bbc010288b75a

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    “Anthele, it’s Dion. I’m coming in.”a37bf81d797614c8

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    “Ack!”819cca1207a85265

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    Someone opened the cabin d0b5b60df0 door. I fainted in ba6537d312 front of the 5481e0a2a7 door and got 9ea3a68ab4 smacked right into 05bba41e96 it. Thankfully, I managed 9fe85899a8 to snap out ceb2340566 of it.b7e66b78edede83b

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    “Anthele? Why are you down here…, are you okay?”643429f7f133eb30

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    “Yes, yes. I’m fine.”2ca827725e394012

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    Unable to ee6c98f8a9 overcome my 8e63386ce0 embarrassment, I ab348b7851 scrambled to f58b6f5457 my feet a9e50b84b2 and dusted 598a911643 myself off. My shoulders 7787fe02a0 and back 0a53d68565 were a f2ce009f15 little sore, 1dffd87fda but not c534042eb0 too bad d7bce49d0f for having e2773b5bf0 fallen asleep 14f1663d76 on the 845150c877 floor.2bb62dd1080e3998

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    “I thought you were still asleep when I called out to you, but you’re awake.”23e5e41e71d40e2c

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    “I work at an inn, it’s not hard to get up early,”I replied with an 932b03f6f4 awkwardly cheerful tone.019731856a274e4f

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    I didn’t tell him I’d passed out. If it weren’t for Dion, I probably would have stayed on the floor for a while longer.335e0085d8f864f1

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    Outside the window, I a6b6dd18f0 caught a glimpse of 1b629a3605 the first light of ee727ee364 dawn on the palest 7bd279f68c of shimmering waters. The night 5cd7367ad1 had passed 402e7c6a78 and morning 1fc453dfd2 was coming.ae0e5d79b1517cd5

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    “…I see you have a bruise because of me.”904c92ab932adb4a

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    “What?”ca3eebd26bd722d8

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    I scratched my head, wondering what he meant. Dion’s brow wrinkled.c916e5371c57407c

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    “Oh, these…”090eb18eb90c0451

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    He was looking 898f1c6998 at the raw adcf3f5656 marks on my 7e63a453c6 forearm. The scabs must db676144fb have settled overnight, 2b8329cb22 and now they a8ff504dcb were bleeding again, dd75a8692a fresh from being 6c4c7cd7dc pushed against the 52c7fd1c5a door.9db91d2605649d02

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    “Ouch.”3e5b80a0ab4cdf9e

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    I couldn’t say that I didn’t hurt myself because of it. Besides, it was only after I realized it was a wound, so it was hurting like hell.58a4110078a707d8

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    “Come with me, I’ll take care of it.”7185b80e43d3d0a3

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    “Oh, no. That’s not necessary.”51b6d802fe7b6ca1

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    I gestured, 7725e3a5fc but Dion 3eb2a3ea10 was stubborn.b850ad7aadc7c01c

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    “My room is right next door, and I have medical supplies. I also have some words to share, so let’s go there.”7abd5c7f4e963443

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    As he spoke, Dion turned away. He didn’t want to hear any objections. Once again, I realized how little experience I had in persuading someone.c868cd543b231ceb

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    “What are you waiting 6b21205edc for instead of following 84ce9c88ef me?”8c853a922bfd66a1

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    “Yes, yes. I’m coming.”8b6c0effa7d25fda

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    As soon as we got to Dion’s room, I crossed the threshold for a moment, seeing that it was nothing like the cabin I had been given.14603d66eaafa593

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    ‘Surely the master of the ship is something else.’cdcd28a3d80c58f5

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    If it weren’t for the gently creaking wooden floors and walls, I could have sworn it was the private cabin of a small mansion or cottage.9c3218fc908d61e6

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    I thought my cabin wasn’t bad, with a window and a bed, but seeing the captain’s private cabin was humbling. I could feel that this ship was not a ship of no means.6b1db3331d1fa69e

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    At the befa6a9982 same time, ececbb13b4 I realized ab5706c852 something.bfc6ad7d713a64fd

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    ‘It’s too flashy.’765509d7f091ba41

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    The room was 404f17d414 more decorative than fcc1489b29 practical. New, unused a63ea37d98 decorations that e12f91e7a9 felt out 11f252a8bf of place.0e14a162b2085a9a

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    An ornate picture 275f21631f frame on the 3c979614ea desk seemed to cfdb051c77 have a story.a663c9f8591412fd

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    “What are you doing? Come over here 0c2a3ff48c and sit down.”27f246bf102ede1d

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    Still in polite command, dfd7d16fa3 he led me to aebb93fb61 the bed. It even had ad0fb4001b a canopy.40b69c3e0dd9f835

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    ‘A bed with a working table and chair…’dbfe5ef92156ae2b

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    I was puzzled, but I didn’t argue.92e2bb99dad5d17d

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    “Huh!”2cc31ef8aaa3877d

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    Even the bed was exceptionally fluffy. I couldn’t help but be impressed.13f05fb9f02a0617

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    It was so comfortable that I felt like I could experience the previous life I had lived. It was so high that my feet didn’t even touch the floor.7f3ea828404cb302

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    “Ah…”425d0fbfcd0f309c

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    When he turned 489c8ca22b around with the be823f9405 medical box and 2bb8684cbd saw me sitting 5fd99d0313 on the bed, 279ed6d5ea he made a e4d5c00ee4 puzzled sound as d86724d149 if he realized c3ef1ab1e5 something.1c143b3377a730d1

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    “I’m sorry, it’s just a habit.”3f538af3ecd4402d

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    Sitting on 5af24bf06b the bed e4ad1cc345 was a 9127a816be habit? It sounded indecent 65429c3fa9 at first glance.f49b523c272ddda5

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    “No, no, I didn’t mean it like that…”e40ab7357f87a50b

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    Dion seemed to realize that what he said was strange. His stuttering almost made him seem friendlier. This was the closest he’d ever come to looking like someone my age.8ac52c8bbcb1610c

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    “Habit is just the positioning of this furniture…”5e5142317d01a514

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    Dion began to babble something I couldn’t understand.e8b8dbb7b402c574

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