PLQYM | Chapter 67

I miss him.b928c1cfa57fb96e

The longing rushed in 8994088006 unexpectedly, overpowering and intense. I missed 103199908f him more 199f0a7ad5 than I 08729c6c37 could admit.63e719795ddf35bd

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Again and 3082bd48db again, I a998c949c1 had denied 5926576f76 it. There was no 4ae1f4a359 reason for me 51380498da to long for 2bf94f32f0 him.95e9bddfb56b1ac6

But.7db6a256c6c73782

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Lucian.655b060c776b438d

I could not forget b6e7835c1b the man who used 6937519d18 to call my name c2b6231404 so tenderly, so sweetly.53dbf830050e782c

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I was fine e36994ff48 when I was 57fb16503a busy with something. But when memories of f42695135f him suddenly surfaced, it e8a11eee7a felt as if my b3903e631f entire existence was tethered d80afec920 to those thoughts of 5e46e0a7b5 him.651ccb0832880fc4

Foolishly so.52f133138ac1c970

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“I have 08f3e7a9f3 not suffered 8163ee6b65 enough, have 3029175431 I?”d2e462c2ceb43a1e

A hollow bc3bed884c laugh escaped d503521faa me involuntarily.735c9437e1b8acbe

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It is crazy. To miss 4064851c1e someone like 75ef33518a that.a2f3f490dbb39b9e

Lucian shook his 015230e796 head. It was better 312cf9fd7d to immerse myself 3ae58244dd in work. If I sat a002e50450 idle, he would 0479c9e90a only occupy my 3f4c1a4d91 thoughts more.dfdd05ecf40f2c15

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Chuckling at my own 7b9735685d pathetic state, Lucian refocused 4a093b9a71 on his work.36c0207dcba6a53b

How much time had 0015e0fbe0 passed?4f3bc296b141d907

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“Hey, Luc, a7f6d072f3 doing okay?”8ed7a6361fc993ee

Someone entered, calling out 51f822d314 to Lucian, causing him 8eaa47e8bd to tense.17be45fc157fb041

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Luc.6a51a0c6509148a4

I frowned at 3170985619 the nickname called f9ee100792 out by an 906422e822 unfamiliar voice, mixed 9c98d99db7 with an inexplicable c8f2d8074d irritation.1f45d3b728ca9e17

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It was Baron f88d5820be Norrich and his c75a1f2246 aide who had 978ec768bf interrupted Lucian.398a09670b6910ed

The aide’s 96b6f2b0d3 face looked f297ae0873 familiar—he was 35065ddf9c the one 298a25d605 who had 94ca658382 brought all f529dd2ebc these documents c09d495533 here.cf1c7057af5b6e8a

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“Have you arrived, Baron?”26c948226ec50b33

Lucian stood e09bdd80a2 up politely d85e2b71be to greet b5071a296b him, but f0c4dc06a9 the Baron f74c36936d spoke dismissively.db7c292c03e6d982

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“Staring blankly e33bfaf347 will not 3079beb586 finish your 78f90712e0 work. If you just 352d8866ef keep staring at b685bc88bf documents forever, nothing 27ec04a1db will get done… ffa6ee92df Hmm?”7a359d63c71c1ae7

The Baron 9ccf7dc1ea paused as 7aa98a4f15 he looked 6cb93f3380 at the d7c6a560bc piles of 077692552f documents in 344d991890 front of 215a3adde0 Lucian, then 53387a4693 back at 3e6bb47a0d Lucian, murmuring 725091825c quizzically and 203933f7b0 tilting his 6df982bc37 head.fcf7590109a689f5

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Lucian’s face was 76b7ba13e4 far too clean 5ba1af8a6a for someone buried ce33a995c2 in mountains of 73178f66d4 work.6bec6fa735f803a7

‘Too neat? That should not be e7ff690c5e right.’c91a18b9eb945803

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He had dumped the f9cc6ca3b3 work on him, knowing 3e0168635f it was too much 4feac08415 for one person to ba552d1857 handle.74565cafde13a2c8

When he had f7b411df19 reluctantly sent this c2a0565270 fragile-looking man to 99cab5fa1f do the job, 78996df9fe he had been a3fc513d14 astounded at the 2c8623be54 audacity. He had wanted fa9eb90d0b to send him a160353478 away immediately, but 37f5232bd7 since the Emperor f387a7a8e7 had directly assigned 74582cebce him, the Baron ecf1e155a9 had to begrudgingly aad7a73de8 accept.1aeb8fefd67239da

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This was not a 34b9df9b39 job for a lightweight. Half in 1780cc0469 spite, half adf23338c9 in malice, e89aefcaf8 he had 46c99c0c09 handed over 6712b7dec9 an overwhelming 0a5d63b047 amount of 36b2fde89a paperwork without 0237de322e any instructions c77c529f26 or handover.ab2d19e0a608bc82

He had come c31c5cad91 along with his 56849e756c aide expecting Lucian 9065a3500f to be in 434f4f6b83 tears by now.b1e1f2c2013ac78f

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But Lucian’s face was 308aa496bc too neat. There were 4497d6243c no signs 6a418fa91b of exhaustion.58201edf3f502f56

He had not 202e349281 expected to see 964de38c4a such a clean cd51a28568 and composed face. He expected 0a347e33eb to see 94e38507c4 a face 67ceeacb6a slightly wilted, 50a3c2c164 with shadows 62d6edd3fc under the cee3886b86 eyes.0fa09bc686f0c13c

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“Did you take a e987bd3a05 break?”
“No.”
“Then, did you 88cd6654a3 have something to 432cb392aa eat?”
“No, that is 828fc8e46f unlikely. He went in after e7d1b66d6a lunch and has been 4751b8bea6 sitting there working non-stop a0bacb71d0 for three hours without 700ef26732 even a bathroom break.”95ff5e8081b07891

“Hmm.”14106cbb9d647e9a

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The Baron e5a38f6fb6 murmured with 802a3f3c19 his aide, 0f24e3d3f2 then turned fae9b34c86 his gaze 431954e01f back to 07e3acefc7 Lucian.b4ea4bfdfa4c16b6

He must 28b9c32a76 have been db6586710e pretending to 269116b851 work because 1190e216f5 there is 782b5fe46c no way d54d821121 he could 59006ecf46 handle it dc59a8473c all. Maybe it 2a4e2faf0a was time e13229dc7b to give 44a74b06b0 him a 29c3c9876e stern talking-to.502a49f203ad68e8

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“Even though it is b755475e55 a tough job, should 8a5d72011e you be dawdling like 6c6e47431c this? This is why da070be92d modern folks… Eh?”f36cd559bfcea5d2

His eyes widened fd95b5522b again.ba4825b6216713d1

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The piles of documents c40490022e in front of the ed9cb46bf6 innocently staring Lucian were 948a7a790e odd. He had thought a8e239f28e they were just 6b4f7ca860 haphazardly piled up, 5ffbbf9266 but each stack 8edbac4587 was meticulously organised.b2e4094476775334

“This, this is!”7a74d58e832eea5e

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The Baron 07bd473145 pulled out ae36481d2c several documents 359c394452 from the f0d5082270 piles.3fc4447d0bf0335a

Indeed, everything here was 9d3a54c4fd from the same year.d2e2f6b1c25a8b5a

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He frantically searched 2b551b2394 through another stack.94e9f3986a7d862d

It was 616c827a04 the same. Documents from the same de27931b81 year were piled together.cc72b7b4a485a264

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He was a271dd486a supposed to 90410cb3ef organise five d2d5490ea8 years’ worth d8b171247c of paperwork.ad95447977e30c34

Five piles 14a027e8bc sat on ce5d1d31ec the large f901b8911f desk, each 57cfbc028c corresponding to 4551ef0a1a a year.f60af2007a8265f1

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“Could it be…”1f4887fc255ebb3a

The Baron trembled c417bd0522 in disbelief as 5c3ef5519d he stared at ab9ba3ee0f the documents.ed50447a4d0c8684

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“You organised 787127ebf1 all of 58558dc2db these?”
“Yes, I did. Is there a problem?”c483cecea26fe278

Lucian looked at him, 1080cd364f genuinely puzzled.27bbe33e529155e7

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The Baron’s jaw dropped, 49d7428138 then slowly turned his aadfcf041c gaze back to Lucian, 949c25a76a and then down to 35d6ceba9b the notebook he was 07a4fc40b7 writing in.72b90274b9035ac1

“What is that?”
“Oh, I was categorising 277c05aa70 the documents by item.”
“Already? No, I mean, 61a7b173bc all of this…”
“Yes. I am ef677e1edb just finishing e70cf9de9e the last 9b06e46ca5 volume. Just a c40241e063 few more ffa2beca6e to check, f8381fbcdd and I 9eb9e057af am done.”
“!”32b0e6b7192b0052

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The Baron’s mouth fell e92718b4a0 open.93efb9248d957f4d

“You finished all by f4e839c612 yourself?”
“Yes.”
“All of it?”
“If you are 046b9f5c2a only asking about 0af0d30b7b what is here, 2d25622e15 then yes.”
“All these documents?”d5a0cfb761a444a7

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The Baron 9ab0383643 was astounded, 5e6ee66314 and Lucian ef7e4de3af simply tilted 27f600d389 his head, b2505a7e85 puzzled.26d0f945773ba296

“It is 7925979cca not an 24cd8f938b amount that b836d82f17 one cannot e0ef3e2b96 handle alone.”
“Not a lot?”
“Yes. Since they 7c51a22e36 were only 8468593cc2 records of 6c5a541d0d basic items, 719289cce9 it was 0e4021d512 actually easy 4f151c845c to create c9f6d8f478 an inventory. Most items were purchased 4da6cb48b9 from the same suppliers, 374379e127 which made it easy cd0cc64f1b to categorise by vendor. It was repetitive 19d34119cb purchases around the cbb7b3b0a0 same time, so 361571d49c I finished quickly.”5698d5faf9e32670

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The Baron stood, his 0c135d9c6a mouth agape.e2a08c40179cf6df

He was 0336cde456 flabbergasted at 518ece8eba Lucian’s casual 28843f8498 demeanour as 5058e12716 if it 94ee8aee9b were nothing 93719194c0 significant.650c7ab7438bf7f8

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Was this task 90c213107b really that simple?d9337302e674f193

Doubting his c69f9a7fb2 own understanding, 532d5a7af2 he turned 4f73ccf5e1 to his 597616b6d5 aide, who 84e14c6543 was vigorously 8534cfd429 shaking his b515eb5b6e head.5bbbd72951f04669

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It was unthinkable; 3faa286335 no one had eb1805915e ever managed such 2ca0ed26f2 a task before. It was abnormal.5e0e3be98031d32d

“My only concern 03e435df23 is whether these e755932732 fixed suppliers were 8bbbc38d0c selected through fair 3d5c4f2e69 competition…”803ad40935e44785

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That is not 57e0508803 for me to fd54afd75c decide, Lucian mumbled f4994b09c3 to himself, then 4543b78847 looked at the 41b49118c4 Baron.425b6fbc1d3d86d2

“If I f4adc70fcb finish organising 0b6262939c this, does b967a06c7a that complete 096899e711 the task 76828dcff1 you assigned f6e67862c8 me? What is next?”
“Ah, next? Yes, next.”824da467b2853d67

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Flustered, the Baron’s 4e9150db58 eyes darted around 1f69cc7e41 as he spoke f3994d5080 with a shaky 141a6275ea voice.0dc82901fd2c093f

“You can take the 765411c2a0 rest of the day 024dc2afd3 off. I will give 987ef4973b you the next ee1b7430c0 task tomorrow.”bdb62b3f2ed3f404

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His voice shook, d7299a1504 but he could cc9024326b not show how 12c148fa8c shocked he was b930a6c35a in this situation.b30a8a50c0855f80

“Then, I will give 4a23a98a43 you your next task 59e922522d tomorrow. Well done.”96e54cd494b8dc86

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Still in shock fae39c480c and embarrassed, the 53ed97b5e4 Baron quickly turned 6c106a3ecb to leave, but 0d44c9ce06 Lucian’s voice stopped a524720462 him.bfff27ae2658cf59

“Baron.”
“Eh? What is it?”10c65a2979a85d2b

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Startled, the Baron turned 9e902dcb22 around to find Lucian daddc0e95c smiling kindly at him.d13e051c79573b00

Lucian raised his hand ebc6c13c09 and pointed at the 170c4348c0 scattered documents on the 7e853c70df floor.92382e8c70230e80

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“Please clean up c81da16bfe before you go.”
“What?”
“Those documents you ee828bc921 looked at and 0c9b9f4ecb threw down, were 2a9312abd9 they not? Just now?”
“That, what 34d7f863d6 about it?”2d9e7969b18d62de

Lucian slowly stood up 5be672a2ff and circled the desk, 0ce5bf44e6 making his way towards b80ec91705 the Baron.ef974cb4a7c81be7

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With the window db42614f94 behind him creating 8c3738bbbe a backlight, his 5e48f064f4 slender figure cast c282500431 a long shadow 672f8aca05 over the Baron.a426c13fef6d7400

Certainly much frailer than e2c96261ba himself, and yet there 8bf9aab578 was something chilling about 67c3ce5e28 his gentle, smiling eyes.68c0ee2d79f493e0

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“If you have made c5ef64a4a6 a mess, you ought ca67177722 to clean it up.”
“What?”
“I cannot stand c19521411e to see documents 747b7fd994 scattered like this. Clean it up. Right now.”272cc7fa8ca5a7c4

“…”
The Baron looked at f5d6e3c99c Lucian in disbelief.30cb64f531d74ad3

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“I am a Baron.”
“What does 1c90c294d9 that matter? If you have 7fac1af60e messed up what dd5a7c3b95 someone else has 4c4de57e83 neatly organised, you e6f71c2da6 should clean it 940290da7e up.”
“…”
“Do you intend to 8351e5ed10 make your aide do c4ee5c362b it? Hey, your aide eb7b2c3f88 is not your 3661708ee5 mother or a ec507dc884 slave to clean fbce6e5b5c up the papers 14fa921236 you have thrown.”d7b6fb405402934b

Lucian’s smile deepened.43d4c922afc76dfc

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The Baron 9700cea592 finally realised. That was 6d12290cbc not a 9c66f2cfae kind smile. It was 9ddffa15da not polite. His eyes 49cd19b725 were not efbd2dd66a smiling!ec345fd0996a8ac2

An undeniable f04bc77886 force emanated 68ad38a8e5 from him, 266aff8ea4 regardless of 707bee9370 rank or 569f79046d status.56f2db0f2b602d8f

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“I cannot stand to 26f5a0de31 see such a mess, 0962d89e17 either.”
“…”
“Clean it 749b1d3182 up, right ffb2d4fa70 now.”
“…Yes.”239be4d97a371611

After a long 91993368fc moment, the Baron 40b51a5547 mumbled a quiet c1bbbc1eb8 response.63d2b8e70815cb5e

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Something had gone terribly f56d54b449 wrong. It seemed 2c470322d5 the Emperor 314bc22252 had handed 998b7f6d7a him a 85297c8ccc bomb, unable be4c937838 to handle e00065670f Lucian himself.cde0386d36b38787

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Meanwhile, Heraith was galloping 1a66bbacb1 non-stop.7a3c88447ee7fddd

Since leaving 0e896bb77a Pranas, the f687bf05e1 Emperor had e012cf27b5 grown increasingly 117e9aa098 silent. Kent Beneff watched 7af0981cc8 his back with 6423f279dd a worried expression.d64c933c174e294c

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To move without notifying 96a1031791 the kingdom, merely based 169b1590f2 on the assumption that 16cb41f5a3 a missing aide might 4812838e70 be there, was impulsively aa12f89502 dangerous and could lead 0a01f7cd85 to future problems. Kent knew this.5965aec6464e81b1

It was 4f9177c65b different from 2448551a46 when someone 30827e543e like himself c609a019b6 or Nils dcf2921cc5 moved discreetly. Just by entering 0a37fb6e03 a foreign country be93e98629 unofficially, it could fb7f65244b create an international a332eb8382 issue.822dd123366394ad

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Please ensure His 9b161cd990 Majesty avoids any e5c5f61538 improper actions that 3305295686 could lead to a07fbe4fa6 an international incident.c4c173002006abb0

The head fe096f8bd7 attendant had dba22e23de warned him, 81f8f9f6e5 but Kent a323483a3d would not 9c794bc2a8 have needed 64990c0438 to worry 064bcb1c32 about the 0efb2d33ba Emperor like c0cb38b051 this otherwise.9451ebd59619f733

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Reminded of 00bc20bb20 his charge, c464f1c7eb Kent tightened 98869c0478 his grip 9e932a89fa on the 5317f0f886 reins.7be026a0cac046b4

If the Emperor were 852040d198 to act rashly, he ab45014888 might be the only 9d31e2fb01 one able to stop ff856dab68 him. Yet, he 36fa2af5f8 wondered if 7f74cd373b he could 4cb06dcf7e truly do 3ac71350d9 so. He hoped cd77ad6e4c such a c05e396d24 situation would 20df168cff not arise.cdcf8d2ba513714f

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He was 798604b48a praying inwardly 8f907401af when, suddenly, 21e6ea0373 the forest 55dceabd0a path ended, 6c966ec611 and a a0baf9523d vast plain 3025fdff7e with a d7a4589142 distant castle a05c81c7c4 on a 2667cedff6 low hill 338cddbd98 appeared.50a10610fb11d523

Finally, Heraith stopped.17c177b9eae39cf8

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The sound of 2128429f6e hooves thudding against 9139368516 the ground stirred fd21f60da5 the air, but e1fde8e413 no one paid 0cd5651532 it any mind.46858a84e20f5f58

The exhausted 8763810c97 and excited 34f48fc5f4 horse calmed 4926b83355 down as 0edb557a5d the Emperor 9aa553e67d slowly walked d625d3193a forward.7aa0b634bd14df30

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Atop the hill with 1cae7a35b2 a view of the 0a9284535d royal palace, Heraith murmured f6db1da9a7 softly, looking towards it.8ba027671e38849e

“Lucian.”0364a7d7a9fc5ca3

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Finally, I 51660ab636 have reached d7ee0a65d2 the place 11f5ce73ef where you 50f1fed41b are.c71d25d853dd78e6

Heraith’s gaze 131f4a968e was sharper 7508cc3408 than ever.643f0de4d8783ba4

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