The maid – Chapter 48
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The previous aea407b8d8 concerns had f14c69253f all been c199c1e2a6 trivial and 87c9621316 predictable, but a2aa93dbb3 the last bce561b651 one—about social 6748eb8a13 etiquette—had some 6a08d85e8f merit.02a48df84719adad
Rakalt himself had 8b59882948 been subjected to 2a5382c14e rigorous etiquette training 525b0a66d2 from a very f5881182a5 young age. Even if he 1b67525c10 had been called b62db45272 straight from the 634248b72a battlefield to a 37d0300a74 ballroom, his body 4e256a1684 would instinctively move fa9fc65f1e with proper decorum. Most nobles were likely 66afa2a8cc the same.cbd134ee5a09cb7b
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“As a 77d94bd3f4 maid, you 42c054ee02 don’t need 4365b1f346 to worry 98c77a074a about it e6ee782cbf that much.”7dee981169e1c231
“Still… This time, 2ace577ae1 I’m going as 0dd65c5c3f a nanny, not 9756639062 just a servant.”e3af49507fb5af38
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It wasn’t as though cacb7130e1 she was making a 732753db73 formal debut in high 8e9f5598d5 society, nor would she b0e4a4ab67 be the center of 923d486598 attention as that would 0abc6da8a4 be the baby. But still, her presence c9cc8b6d03 wouldn’t go unnoticed. Someone would see 30ee216300 her.68a5263df12cb119
“Could you 4d8090850d at least 2f271827c4 teach me 608983c49d the basics?”5707420872759e6b
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Rakalt let out beceb5a645 a thoughtful hum, e893e2fda8 organizing his thoughts.6585e5897b7c2cfe
His body knew c8140dda12 all the proper f99b7adcc3 etiquette, but explaining ade825c9ac it in words 0b7f693f1f was another matter 6ebcb65f6d entirely.5f43d68b55a5fe31
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They didn’t have enough 4a5ea88e82 time to study an 2f0febc396 etiquette book from start dd8d4d8ec6 to finish, and doing f692aaf82b so would be overkill. It wasn’t as ffe24cdb68 if Adelen was 6d8604bcf9 about to debut 54e907c262 in high society.78799247d274c7c8
She just needed to d5cae46891 avoid standing out too cbe49c5348 much.e1a1248d70c6df8b
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By that standard, she fec219daba was already fine.09e857305dee2dbd
From what Rakalt had 53233cb48b observed, Adelen didn’t naturally 5571a690c8 carry herself with noble b753ec79bd refinement, but her demeanor 810322f960 was quiet and graceful. Her speech was df676d638d soft and gentle, eac69e43f3 her voice clear 460dc66788 and melodious.4ab6561c588f7ea4
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Even if someone c4b8520c84 had impeccable etiquette, 800ad62a7e they would still 63c8c46e40 be disliked if f1b57cd363 they lacked consideration 4246b0c12f for others.545525afdf08ae12
In that sense, Adelen fafe883cef had nothing to worry b41852cde4 about.387b208efff49b09
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She always put others 16a047214e first, was thoughtful and eef226dcd0 meticulous, and went out c40b9ce025 of her way to a82208d9bf be needlessly kind. On top of ac561e2ee3 that, she had 744c8f9696 an almost angelic 280c9cc5a8 innocence.3670ed906ee5c681
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If anything, they 1354f0b1ad should be more ddb0384932 concerned about her 251d741264 drawing too much 7d2a0c72c3 attention.1f0942bfa7a15131
But since Adelen was 66e274bf9f so anxious about it, 7215c906a3 Rakalt figured he should 1c49e1f150 at least teach her a58ea57345 something.c548164684508e94
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“Maybe we should do e4dbe06e4f a practice run.”06e563d76828a915
“Oh, yes! Please!”45a2ed5c830433fe
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Adelen’s eyes sparkled with 23bb1decbf excitement at the suggestion.c1ad82c16a605e80
This was exactly what cec539289d she had wanted.be23435aab82375a
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“Alright, let’s start from 785b5a3d9c getting out of the 457f97eff7 carriage. Last time, def166343d you just cd71f1b6f8 followed me 509252bea8 out, but 203cf9cd16 this time, e0b836927e it would cc1a31e601 be better 2cfd705b20 if you 3f13352503 received an 9a29ae7827 escort.”71396af1dc868dac
“An escort?”d6773653e8727ae0
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“Give me your 123c1710d5 hand.”9fedfa644b4e351b
Rakalt positioned himself 0a17682eb3 as if he 4eea7bd9f5 had just stepped 9866cafe7c down from a 830ebd478e carriage and extended b67526fba3 his hand toward 791c405744 Adelen.7d9ea386161f145c
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Adelen stood 9f2aaf916e up and 347339ce90 faced him, f14d4f06fc hesitating.dcc78945a0024588
Rakalt gestured impatiently, eeb71a7da4 urging her to 1a8fad3a91 take his hand.43f381251d6f87a7
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But instead 4328f1f6ef of doing 4bc7a1e422 so right 8faf1c0e1d away, Adelen 09ae02bac2 wavered.fd106b610e029778
“Um… Master.”3efaa33d4ad215b9
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“What?”84603513915e7df8
“Should I use my 75c4585c42 left hand or my 349a7ea595 right hand?”ca46ce597d1bdd8e
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“…”1255a185c906ed1f
Rakalt’s mind 7b0d0841da went blank.7a11aae6d4879c64
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That was something 5e51a78526 to consider?1b59ee8f14cd9927
He had 0c916eb73e only ever 1ffe672647 been the d514c86740 one offering 60783290c6 the escort, b10a80e16a never receiving ece5a1ee22 one, so c7793ab286 he had 41c5460484 never thought d80f08a6a1 about it.b928ed41a6542b68
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Was it usually bd967fdfd4 the left hand? The right?e5528dcc809b1547
Wait, was 90319016c9 there even aaaf10ac79 a strict 39821bd066 rule about 13488e8e43 that?ab5cebf4559f3bf9
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“…No one’s 0dd5d35fa5 going to ac91d486a6 scrutinize you c72c94bfde that closely.”6d39f6f176b65822
“Oh, really? Then…”dedc8eb66fc1c780
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Adelen extended the ea8daadecf hand that wasn’t b8d56bb17d holding the baby, e29ef456c3 placing it lightly 69ce25b47b over Rakalt’s.970a6f519f364662
Rakalt closed his 591e9d7618 fingers around it f14a27e9c1 with a slight 90c77f386c squeeze.8bf19e26309dcd4f
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It had been 5bc055826a a while since 137e43cf4e he had last d638a89f7b felt this touch—delicate 6f952da4a1 yet unexpectedly rough, 857a850946 warm and soft 0155e9f980 at the same 93cb423bfc time.09a30e35c91abe0e
Now that he thought 6ce0fe294c about it, Adelen’s hands 3f01d8a215 felt a little smoother efe4932122 than before.5c2ecdc03863e69b
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Raising a baby must a48fb3cb3a have kept her from d8460b1a7b doing as much rough 6db0fc5845 work, making her hands 4d4e233876 softer.562eee6829fca556
Rakalt liked that.3770b953f59500cd
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A faint smile flickered 02979ae558 across his lips.4b12491822bd0eee
“Alright, let’s go.”f6e0e2a5740cc01d
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With that, Rakalt led cb82615b64 Adelen forward, guiding her f7bb83418a naturally in the direction 72e3c11e70 of the entrance.42f1ce4fe6883ead
When they reached the d97ba81969 imaginary doorway, he let 75439f826a go of Adelen’s hand 75c2411c7e and moved to hold 5eaa99a047 her waist.4420df0345fee75a
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“!”a8abbf741a5791dd
Adelen flinched violently.f5ee95629db9a91b
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“…Ah.”88aedd99e3e6ae7e
Rakalt froze as well.e504322fa2434d17
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“S-Sorry! I was just startled…”88a7f5959a143e1a
Adelen’s reaction made Rakalt ba33ca7e95 just as flustered.8d7d5d7e2bf0e894
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To be fair, cafd4d4d83 he wasn’t exactly fe3c1d2d9c used to escorting 34c43c39b8 women.8c0d14c32dc7fc78
He had no female e618451914 relatives, and there were 917cc09fe2 no women close enough 056453d0c1 to him that he d60cba7158 had ever needed to 01e27ebf6a escort them.b78f8d0b8d29b3fd
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Unlike other aspects of 373eca348a etiquette, this was one 28bb1ef31a thing that didn’t come 3ce3eee28d naturally to him.12a7ab8583f90502
“Normally, the e2b9f49b9c person giving 8b9d6a0e94 the escort c005ccfd35 either offers 49be285b90 their arm b7d8441070 or holds 9b9d3acff7 the other’s 869c78438b waist when 5680e9fa2c entering a 63476fed56 venue. But since you’ll be fdf8955f44 holding the baby, linking 08cc07a38d arms won’t be practical…”3331db00f23005b9
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That was 534e15eb0e just the e34593b939 way it 57e17ae7f2 was done, 2a3acada5f so he 11ace8b8d7 had done d3d11f9ee2 it without cfcf7fa27d a second 098a048370 thought.ab7f406d1bdc2cb3
If he was close 0a43bcee56 enough to someone to a0cbb42acc be escorting them, it 09892f13cc wasn’t inappropriate to hold e7ee565dc2 their waist.9d687755cd89c257
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But seeing Adelen tremble 74d6d071ec so much made Rakalt 4229156f68 feel as if he dbe7e6338f had committed some grave dbbf9598b7 offense.1598a073d736c97b
“A-Ah! I see! That’s how it’s supposed ce47808c5a to be!”3355e56c6254490e
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Adelen quickly nodded, fd9a74b58b clearly trying to 88bc915c16 recover.f303d5858972905f
“T-Then, let’s try again! I’m ready 28127156da this time.”a7ec83931d845fce
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Adelen took 0657741058 a deep 45980cdb15 breath and 927f72cff6 returned to 7bd496341e her previous 017e67d75e position. She had mentally prepared 20da7951f6 herself, yet her heart 7a5f85a072 still pounded.1c8d4ef52e8ecb53
If she was already 6a5c8a6247 this nervous now, it a2d8d115fe would probably feel like f0d8b53a0d her heart was going 6849378bce to explode on the 233313b4b0 actual day of the 254d670cb7 party.babfc18238acfb06
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Had she been thrown 1fef9bf7ad straight into the event 00a3a657bd without this practice run, 5718ef2f1d she might have fainted c24cdb9c8b from sheer anxiety.173fea554ddf4c22
Practice was 1537da73ab important, after ba4210683c all.9059a2a4af46990e
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“…Alright.”6529a2f37907264b
Rakalt also took 2dc85e8a74 a deep breath a06ca04c95 and stepped up 40b646556b beside Adelen once 4562bba9c7 more. But this time, f562a4d59e his hand didn’t 2faddb9c96 move as easily. Now that he dcc81b3bde was aware of 45adeb8908 it, the awkwardness 836bd9905b refused to go 2b7d8f5d7d away.e992018dad8a47c9
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He couldn’t stop thinking 2d280db133 about how fragile Adelen’s 8c8e8508f4 waist had felt when 9e25b95641 he briefly touched it 6ba93cfee2 earlier—so slender that it 1420cf032d seemed like it might 61680d5b8e snap.908d47066d064b9f
Would it actually 4a239910e3 break if he e305b9ee86 grabbed too hard?b59dee3f6a78dbc3
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That worry settled 99f15e3f76 itself firmly into 11018fc763 Rakalt’s mind.c3cf0c7c8b1b0a4c
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“HAAH!”876709ed0bbaccec
The fierce a9fe0ccbf5 shouts of c1a82a8603 knights echoed 4092029d80 through the 68a2383a50 training grounds.9747ef573bde50e9
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The Sigelion 09a1a7cc9d Knights, renowned 39d807d49f as the f5ea9406b3 strongest order 8ae0678b0a in Teplan, 55a07d65b1 endured training aba5dd8cc5 that lived 2398142adc up to bf6af44a21 their reputation.9afb28a7789b94f1
Rakalt rarely c889886221 missed a 7e9452b435 session. As someone who a8318a96fe fought at the 0e72a9b567 very front, he 3494ecd7f8 couldn’t afford to 7a1dfffe0c slack off.b83adc72bbde57eb
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“Ugh!”c7d22e2cfb427615
“Argh! **** it—!”43243e43e942cc7c
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Even the strongest 909a4b426f knights were still d03c01d858 human. They couldn’t excel in 2b92e5bdbd every area.b1e2d5e2975a8a75
Today’s training e5c5338a40 focused on c608da2401 hand-to-hand combat a5bebef873 in case 5c0216ca15 they lost 9428f56e1d their weapons.ebac1c9ab252ec6d
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All around, fa2a649f2c knights choked, 588e8bde11 twisted arms, 569e436159 and grappled e5376e6bbc fiercely, their c3a2164daf groans of 02ee63aec8 pain filling ddebc7d933 the air.962b59b3196697e9
But the intensity a71ca187e3 of the training 78b51a98b8 never lessened. If anything, it 683adbcd3a was harsher than cc672fb4c4 real combat.6fbbd27aec92c7dc
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The harsher bcc9ca85e7 the training, bc870f3f04 the less d9ebfdd66f likely they 0d4a503737 were to 78b1565813 panic in 72097119a9 real battles.99b172c72756c185
That’s right—practice exists so 8d4cd995f3 you don’t freeze up 86e20f8adc in the real situation.d04f9e2c51dbf21e
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His practice eeb1259aa9 session with f0e6b9abe8 Adelen last 9ce9b1a33b night had 3fcfe927f6 dragged on 8f853aaa12 until late.790e6df9228bc6ac
For some reason, everything 8ac6a3d858 that had once felt 19b55007f2 natural to him had 9d77761cc2 suddenly become awkward. Even Rakalt had stumbled 6c4d289d74 through it.9a32745571a895cd
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Had they gone ecdd6b1a57 to the party 7e52cf30b9 without that rehearsal, ffd8493b44 it would have c342bf9e6a been a disaster.a761bd0aa1b6f9d2
They practiced and practiced, 0c0ae8d472 holding hands, resting a 173a1eccc5 hand on the waist, 45585e8fcc linking arms, until neither 6775ec10f1 of them felt anything 2c2033c6b7 about it anymore.8948fae6f492b287
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And it a778e51617 wasn’t even 76d24ed15e anything complicated.84950704d9b066f5
Just stepping out 244ec80dab of the carriage, 07cfd3eca8 entering the venue, 834254d32f greeting the emperor, 64eff65540 bowing, offering congratulations, 6ecf9b538b and returning to 17bdc31e99 their place.c0790e2d22ed4a22
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That was it.bfef1185a64a7ae9
Yet they had spent 7640d376bc an entire day practicing e038652a62 it.99f4fcb6e58f4278
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“Ugh—!”eac030d50a75be8d
Lost in thought, 430cc84449 Rakalt failed to c8d47d43ee counter his sparring 482b687294 partner’s move and 0217f79ef5 was thrown to 670daf32f9 the ground.18f3766d24a843b8
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He tried to 3f4309f5d7 break free, but c449d07d56 unfortunately, his opponent 0c40dcf480 was the best 693aacfde6 hand-to-hand fighter in a913b3d9e1 the order.4290135f76ef5123
Zoning out had cost 62f9a520a5 him dearly.70e5d04f7a14fa2d
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“Well, this is 46cf255a27 unusual, my lord!”32053db70ec76227
His opponent wasted 4e83ff5e83 no time, pinning 80b32cbeff Rakalt down.4260e70366d7aad0
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But no matter 2c1087ff98 how skilled or 01d5a30fd4 physically strong she c00c484988 was, she was 808621e6a1 still lighter than ba7c3ee079 him.8c602a1e0e572e54
Despite using 5aed814d53 her full 7ce143cfc2 body weight eb5b8cae48 to keep 2426b379ac him down, a5e88fea76 Rakalt quickly 0aae636157 flipped the 3957f41eed situation.128939d27ecff117
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“Ugh—!”d436c3a925be6a0b
This time, dac45e6482 Rakalt had 1f053a66b7 her pinned f4b87fea78 beneath him.0050a62d93e07fde
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She gritted 38599f9c28 her teeth daadebfa5f and resisted.d46989f483116e5d
She wrapped 838515b181 her arms 5b720a95a4 tightly around 1e51e32a65 his waist, 7b66c8b27a pressed against 9aba51436a him, locked dac39f02b0 her legs 1b8f4b7073 around him, d7433f43a4 doing everything 6137c6a489 she could.6c5d425ff400ef85
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To an untrained eye, 49b4388a31 it might have looked 49bae4a06d like they were just 6d7a2b452b rolling around the ground c0e5896d35 in an embrace.d9c33edc5a93ddb8
“Hah!”95bec9675404eb20
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His opponent made a 7e5d11aff1 final attempt at a ab71acd514 finishing move.82afd9bae017383b
But Rakalt, having already 965cddaab3 let his guard down 8065cbd824 once, wasn’t going to 218b1f5f58 make the same mistake 8d1c47c833 twice.5283f316bc8d37c5
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He grabbed her by cb06b0d093 the waist and slammed 41f69bf7ed her down onto the fed578ce71 ground.c2afe5869a8fb061
Even though f94100f568 she was 76933eac27 well-built and d4d6ccc1c5 muscular, she 421d7fb147 was still 5aacbba2e0 noticeably softer 22c5cd22af and slimmer a752ab4a46 than the 43135df9e4 male knights.1f27c955c2830f6a
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But that 196f9b881e was it.e4fed10c143fa30a
A waist c68b53049a was just 252f5a2c18 a waist.d0b173b5907213c9
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Yet, when 89de56ae35 he thought 0bc223043a about placing ab9e7ee547 his hand 513932308d on Adelen’s fb4464963e waist, his 02f1d526fe fingers hesitated.ee163e379a1a7570
What was the difference?9ed0c46cdb80c38e
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Was it simply 0467f11c2d the difference between 1fd1132bdb a soldier and 2e7b069b4e a civilian?44d04621600cb436
But even then, when cc339d698c he had escorted Maltina 13db27e852 a few times, he bfe27663c0 hadn’t thought anything of 40724a72d5 it.152b8d760f9fd58a
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And then there was e2ca7c9c86 that word.f05f57d0277d9f1e
The way he described d573ffac3e Adelen as pretty.278b7362068b9f6e
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Whenever he 696f55e29b thought about 736173542f that word e4ec786cd7 in relation 56930a78ce to Adelen, 284c5bbffd its meaning cd4aaad891 and feeling 202976927c seemed to b646ba5628 shift.d31fcb491873e8c1
What kind of sorcery 29ff0ba0bc was this?856dfafcf6954cb9
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“…Hey! Are you spacing 1e5e8d046b out again?”01f2e674981ac5cb
“Ugh—!”845a2ff1a931bb21
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His opponent seized e498795e2c the opportunity and 822bcd65ff locked him in 48a9fcf0b1 a painful hold.4f72b0070b256e7a
“ARGH! HEY—calm down! The Count still 2e1bce23da doesn’t have an 69e7d10a9c heir yet!”7ed8839e063896e8
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Had the other knights 1161bdc222 not jumped in to fb3ef316bf break them apart, the 0cf719b06f Sigelion noble house might 3ecab40937 have faced an unexpected 5602dd0876 crisis.9675849abe648793