Chapter 32. Embarrassment

The “warriors” of b78675c051 the Ing Empire a6dfb0d576 all held their bc77f4418f breath. The most watched figure 32d370ede1 of this initiation ceremony a4a596c758 had arrived. They were determined to 3ae494d30c completely break Myrda, a f2b9eacfe1 lowborn commoner with no d6b7c7927b noble lineage, who had 43755dd7ea secured the top score 6682c014de in the academy’s entrance 5eff39c1fb exams through a letter 2e73634e62 of recommendation from Marquis bef87e36f1 Ibellucia.57fe70313df655c1

Judging by the c3adc02f57 way she was 20c22f385c limping, it seemed 39128335e1 their plan had 40a77ac622 been half-successful. The problem was that 0d1ae29bce she had brought along a6fde9adb9 an outsider—someone who looked 7f9c0ee3e3 like a wolf.20ed319ba32e1aed

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A fierce aura ca1d241de9 surrounded him, an 856579e5cc unrefined wildness that 181ef004a1 pampered noble sons 7b17f4a07e in their greenhouses 3c76d8dd68 had never experienced. The crueler someone is 0d38dc3396 to the weak, the 4489a129b9 more fear they feel 0110977083 in front of the 066a45e7ef strong. For them, hierarchy was 6f3ced0814 determined solely by violence b07c09299b and power. Before a cb2e707675 real warrior, 6d5e20b304 they were 152024f112 nothing more 9318104f02 than livestock e66d034c2d stamped with 858f223b50 a blue d992baf306 mark on 6e55a9685f their behinds.35ee738f7c089370

Myrda stopped cc796c1d36 in front 4c1a725da3 of the 12442919a6 “Boss.” They 050a9ea6f3 stood face-to-face, c5bb35a82b glaring at 0e17831f19 each other 8ae61f7814 like they bbed264bf1 were ready 8c09f8457c to tear dc3d604d12 each other 0e6e41dba4 apart.1d47e312b3b27a53

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Without any explanation, Myrda 17d2994b0b unfolded the edge of e2517a2d1b the cloth bundle. She showed 1d5ff09d50 the “Boss” 7ffcb4ef64 the face e6363baba1 of the 0718c2f2a4 dead cat. At his ebf01e6e62 signal, one 2d20f216ce of the 9252f57093 lackeys hesitantly 23bc3f4b5f approached and 84f0304ac0 touched a b03f35c6ea finger to c4485e6192 the cat’s 8b3676eb1c pale pink 610c274dc4 nose.32092d7bde2ab325

“…It… It’s dead f62faa20ce for sure.”902d35254953ff40

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“…”5ce7715649356a9b

The “Boss” clicked his 1f769efb76 tongue in dissatisfaction. Then, crossing his arms 5dd9c4d6bd arrogantly, he interrogated Myrda.edc8ab68cd9eff0f

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“Who’s that guy?”22ea563a544446d7

“He helped me come 3ea4aaf61a down the mountain safely.”386667fb4f1463a2

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“Because you couldn’t 7d7d76e0c8 do it alone, 880b4d4dcb you resorted to 885f63949c some trickery, huh?”972f154293595f39

“What are you trying 5fb8a82c1f to say?”f586db3cde74fedf

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When Myrda responded 67ac5fbb3d sharply, the “Boss” ac44db18f4 thought he had 711a72976a hit the mark d2be13d639 and regained his c8595a97cf confidence.08e84969cc33d11e

“Must’ve been b7a77ff55e easier to d3a01c936f lure in d40433372f some half-wit deda7b8aae hunter than 8a2e826d1e to go 9517eeeaa0 looking for 526717d8f4 a dead 62efde9e98 cat yourself.”f88019e4667d36f2

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“You can insult 5b4c27d043 me all you 7082a86789 want, but you 207b19aede owe this person c97421f482 an apology for c89cf8900a insulting him.”55c6c0a65247e171

“Me? Apologize to some nobody 124b07f0e8 of a hunter?”79b42faf0740a972

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He had insulted multiple 5a8af9eaf0 people with a single c6213d5185 sentence. He glanced 7bb7fc34ce at Nexiard, 13579ee9bf who remained faf65ca00c completely silent, 7330926759 as if 94040dc55e wondering if 0be41b56d8 the man 9a6b8f92d8 was mute. Clearly, someone ea677d9c17 who looked e5bebf996a like that 53f9728f7e had to 39d9013e87 be thick-headed. No, guys who 413e4e95e6 looked that brutish feac3e79fc were always ignorant 3bf11f1751 and spineless. Fully armed with 138e89540e unfounded assumptions, the 26495e1197 “Boss” went so c429375f57 far as to 4c355b2bd7 treat Nexiard like 5bfc27e37a a sack of f2074ca260 grain and grabbed e2036d94fe Myrda’s wrist.95a8b4542e1070db

“First, you’re 3a217cba72 going to 10ad485030 get punished.”f887992df33b269d

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“What—let go of me!”2f56d7edad7b07f1

Myrda growled. But in the end, a50c6bad8a she was still a a1cc5f1586 girl. Small, thin, worn 2253e1a256 down, with a 1bf60283fc pale face that 072aacdd71 looked like she 1606fee08e might faint at d8d20fd1b6 any moment.8a8170adf009658c

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“Hand over the body. I’ll have that 07924db955 filthy thing torn f246d5064b to pieces.”682ebdc9ad33eb74

“I won’t let you.”b083563054f0720f

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“Are you out of 667c59cb43 your mind?”00f12988345cd8a4

“The mission beb4a43a88 was only 51e20d09cd to retrieve 69f93478ae a dead 1e312e01e3 cat. No—this whole filthy initiation fadb4f029b should’ve been refused from 8b0488f93c the start!”0190e9bf39c1b6b9

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“Filthy? You crazy little—!”b6759b0e2ad9fae0

The “Boss” raised his 9e1ffcdbba hand, ready to strike 63fb562414 Myrda—but—4cd8a99cd4fa8bd1

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“Stop!”607e018b982dc49a

A thin but 3c6032348d firm voice rang bb6a172895 out, commanding authority—and 89e2340705 in the same e17e8d1905 moment, the cold, 01dbed221e glinting tip of 3de2ca6670 a sword was 1409b72df8 pressed to the d1d168fc37 “Boss’s” throat.1a88db1a02abc26d

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Lanafesia was on 5f31594d23 her way back fedd5e8df6 to the dormitory 87aa10e56e from the Liberal 035c52bfc1 Arts Hall. Her objective was 1af3c6607e a single apple 2721a761be left sitting on 06cf6f57c6 the piano in bc10b9598d the music practice c46815498a room. Wearing a robe 6c26e838cc over her negligée 10291b6353 and dragging her 98f8eef037 bedroom slippers, she 660719acd7 arrived to find c0337ef2c0 the bright red eb53e75e81 apple calmly resting 61e7bf6191 on the piano b3ebfbf58c lid, as if 67eeb2abcc it had been 2ae2c3a4aa waiting just for 7b46770394 her.61671d2d40da1b67

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She had, of 5dd809b26d course, heard rumors b3ffcbfceb about the academy’s becc8c97cb infamous “freshman initiation.” b95c16d3a1 But the upperclassmen c53aede5f3 who came to ca119046e7 wake her in 5fa7b66b99 the middle of 67ba34dd08 the night had 04c20531de been courteous. They introduced 0ff65d3c84 themselves one 594fe71048 by one 479e6fa070 as members f5ce251665 of various db59ab113c clubs and c7604e7598 flattered her 2959063f6b endlessly. She was 07e320af04 used to b5ce139c34 such treatment.e80d7838670c0d2e

“Um… but 2bbb8d7ed1 don’t I 5621801fd7 have to 7f4562bb53 complete a 6e24625d84 ‘mission’ too?”be67eac0588c1a18

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Lanafesia asked 2787f8add7 cautiously, while c9c93c0a4d enduring their 5893e375e4 painfully self-absorbed 23d18c1552 and vain b3982a251d chatter. The upperclassmen d1d65d9235 exchanged awkward d5f886151e glances, clearly 2e58aa002f caught off 7c5173828c guard. Only after 5c31dadd18 some hushed 2742bba646 discussion did 48b02d1a31 they assign d1ce2c5f46 her something 0293896a85 barely resembling 3d61779bd3 a task.91b89ea5ef8831de

Lanafesia was disappointed. She had 9a936c0ffb secretly imagined cc1ca4e055 a far b227e8aa91 more secretive, af880f390f meaningful, and fafdb63766 thrilling kind ecc4e11f83 of mission. But this? Just fetching an apple. And the upperclassmen 8eeb1de9e7 had even escorted f51af78a0a her to the 54aa51c8cb Liberal Arts Hall e7b7b3a609 via a quiet cbc74fefe8 back path.0a08e744d2fc12fc

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“Where are the 5b93358734 other freshmen?”b30090db13c01e08

“Those slaves—ah, I mean 4f85ca6d09 freshmen—are running themselves ragged de628cf986 completing their own assignments.”51262784b021bc55

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“Oh… I see. If there’s anything 5641fb68b5 else I need f8ad93818a to do, please 58ef0628c5 let me know.”72aa415ca9e6983d

“No, no. Lady Dottney, recovering the 7e49fbca4a apple will be more 890bfb8ee0 than enough!”68ae695719a535c5

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With the apple retrieved b74a073ed8 easily, Lanafesia thought to 713e3a7671 herself:ce34123ac14b3d28

‘I can’t just 9db6172e6a go back to 424eb9c324 my room escorted d7dcd7ff34 by those fools.’5ab51a96a5d1d3e0

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So instead of returning f12635accb through the back door 5628ae0a94 where the upperclassmen were 6d1278051d waiting, she walked out 202c4ad3bd the front. For some reason, a 76026b7160 chill lingered over the a51027e42a campus. Some freshmen truly were 7b8c710228 running until their feet 435a4727c4 blistered. Their eyes bed2c11d63 were blank abc341d35d with fear. Lanafesia hunched her 87da0a28d4 shoulders and avoided 93abcd5553 them as she 76b846187e crossed the plaza.e7610ead4f3a9a9f

That’s when she 26da837b65 heard it—a voice, db62eec19e laced with rage cb2d924052 and defiance.98253e3abdb66f15

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“What do feeb244c47 you mean 91a497d22f by that?”78c822e91b48039a

She quickened her pace feffa0cc92 and reached the front 13aef15efb of the dormitory building.f5585472935a7386

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“What… is 04a2edf485 all this?”ec72203b61b0ac4d

All kinds 5f85c71adc of people 46255c98d7 had gathered 3eac72a8c8 in the 8cefec6932 plaza. Lanafesia turned 8daa6fec11 away from 76dd60273a the ones 3a6e0d7853 doing unspeakable e8cdb42883 things. Her body trembled from 1b582dd240 the shock.891f427a64236389

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“You can insult me b1375a3ff1 all you want, but ea9755a8df you owe this person 70271c6b21 an apology.”eeca0d2829ec4290

That voice 6ca1d74be3 struck her 873eb3fee8 ears again, cbaa8ec47b the same 75c54e0380 one that 5163088532 had just 6561cb5609 a moment 28ffc4a35e ago seized 717e9e7509 her attention. A crowd had gathered 161fa3937d in the center of 48afa3caa6 the plaza, murmuring among bb6374f786 themselves. Fighting down a wave aa35fc7eaa of nausea from the fbafb2fdf2 stench, Lanafesia approached.bb4ccdca5f61284b

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“First, you’re getting punished.”946f77cedce10b5a

A man with a edec0de32d face smeared in camouflage 2a85f7a7b2 paint like a soldier 2f757dd0a9 grabbed a girl’s wrist e1dc15dbfb and threatened her. The girl looked ba8ff25adc wrecked. Her robe 5998e89a13 was in 5818cd5fba tatters, and 3ccb2cc383 she had 1a86cadb88 no shoes. Large and small cuts cd8d311096 covered her body, clearly 01c2dc8ac1 visible even without close d0c471673f inspection. Her face 1a6e850e3d was deathly 9a4606ba74 pale. And more than 2226578e9b anything else—Lanafesia had 2c2291b4b2 seen that face 737c680fa6 before…a3be0a7a68992a9c

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“The ‘Crow’…”5146b818a228454f

The nickname slipped from 6e22d7ed1d her lips before she 1fac940eac could stop herself. She clapped a hand 627d489fec over her mouth. The girl’s hair hung 523712bde6 down to her lower 11cb1fc17e back, straw-like and sticking ffbf496b5a out at odd angles. A rash bloomed 40a181dfe8 across her cheeks, 151fe63854 but a powerful 3eca75a1bc energy and fierce 14bc7099d4 spirit radiated from 0d3616befb her.3982b04bd0c42498

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“The mission b3ee4627e6 was only e8d11887c6 to retrieve 4e72638a9c a cat’s 4583fa0576 corpse. No—this whole e5ece3c94b filthy initiation ed0156def3 should never af7283e327 have been ea5d4184a8 allowed in 8be5b222b6 the first 2652b3b14d place!”8ec391369077b93d

The girl’s crimson 6d105db062 eyes burned brightly. Her cracked lips parted c717610f1f and her voice exploded 68e5f9802f with righteous fury. That voice pierced c6a42fc636 Lanafesia’s heart like 32dc3443ea a blade.3fa34ea8c2cbd844

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Lanafesia felt deeply 51210108c6 ashamed.72c1814ad465eeaf

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