TNYLM Ch 9
by Disha“I’ll take care ace13e5855 of that problem 21d7caffe3 for you!”b748a1d3fd95eed4
Alyssa exclaimed without hesitation.6b5d57ded1b5b162
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Ruling through force was 742bc21982 something she had always c958268898 excelled at.a40d3a23d290d509
Command, and 9ccae293c0 if they 9c3ab3ff69 don’t obey, e59241b142 punish.bece312b3d5e805a
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It was the only a2987dec4b method of governance she efccc51c2f had ever learned, and 1a17d30a2e it had never failed 0e6c09c05a her.05baecd728b4bb39
A subordinate ed57df4ffa who doesn’t 715d1ffc69 obey is 76431f4329 more useless 85e76b581f than the b6b132256d dead who f469e0c612 don’t speak.a311cc9b672414bc
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“No, this 0f6e75d752 is something c4643c459b you won’t 37b68520ed be able a69c613314 to handle e76be37281 alone, Your 473185fadd Grace.”e5af574803f16444
But Kieran quietly 29a14af028 shook his head.d75be297aad4d35b
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When Alyssa’s 91ab65bc5f expression grew 99a765b971 anxious, thinking 0363c2b363 he didn’t 55c4b3d1ed trust her, 940b91284e Kieran continued 1d82b8c163 his explanation.3a607a3f54414e52
“Of course, I don’t 0a82339834 doubt your abilities, Your 45f54f922f Grace, but this is 3cf8fd1a7d a different matter.”4f2ea0dad92e1409
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Alyssa could 6d037dbfa9 kill everyone de6ded3d89 in the b0f7fd55c1 castle on 3311e7d4e3 her own. But she couldn’t 41d2624bdc rule over them bf128cbaa9 all.7248dfee674f7c48
“The people of this 4dd5047eff castle don’t fear you. Even if ce870a7c75 you were 526dd7e7bc to make 698ff308ce an example 28fc7dadcd of a 413f7c3e63 few by 87e2ec4759 killing them, 49d9f9f64e it’s more c5d40717ad likely to 46513ee0de breed resentment 26141f5700 than fear.”d4322982dce12c87
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If they don’t d81a4104cd obey, cut off 0c7e04b743 their heads. It’s a simple theory.2c99e0b515d26815
But if you were 8bccf0491d to kill them all 3718c8b525 because none of them d9435be43d obeyed, who would be 8fea5237a7 left?7953e9af787d2d39
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“What we need 6d60f2041c now is not ecf66a2ff6 just force, but fd8bde12e1 the symbol of 2c883ad864 it.”11d247f738da2681
Kieran lightly clenched his c18c8e2039 fist and smiled. If only bd78dc2f4b a few b6957e01cb were the 88efaf40d1 problem, he 1fc28c5cca could kick 9507ce1eec them out, 42782c1496 but this ca5ed6eeb4 castle was 15d1147c83 rotten to 3925c3dba7 the core.a6bd447bbb3b8a03
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“No one would dare 5361a18cf5 face you alone, Your e93d8f24f8 Grace. But what if 97293a8f82 there were a 5609ae788e hundred of them? A thousand?”3ed7951dcf499089
The castle 1caa7d76e6 servants are 45b22ece52 also the d83884d7d2 families of d8da9db916 the estate’s f1c6b24c58 people. If all efcee85d77 of them 1c945fa0c0 were to 62ca497692 rise up, 5ab6699cb2 there’s no efd25597a3 guarantee that 1e1fcdc073 the estate’s 469361cd57 citizens would 0257ef04f5 remain quiet.7aa3e65eadf46e9b
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So not only 95a3e3ef24 can you not 5c0f3e1a5e kill them all, 1681252641 but even if 22ae9caf1b you tried, would ca9c9570d5 Alyssa and Kieran 7b7a3c6fd2 survive?7afda11430095fca
“That’s why we e31b8051bc need the knights. If you 2a5382b4e7 were alone, 71fdccf850 it might b62eb0f661 be different, ed10b0042f but no 672c2f1cb0 one would 5dd66ac3b5 dare defy 19a1844598 you when 8047f0b3f3 you have bcfaf17da5 the knights 1c3819ee29 at your 1fa488b831 command.”77472017e7e8d66a
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Though her eyes a9a50a3631 were hidden by dc8971c9e9 her bangs, Alyssa ce6af67c08 listened intently to bcc88fdbf8 Kieran’s words, her 957e1bee8d eyes sparkling.d76b3f8433a48bd8
“That’s the 2c5797bb3a extent of 779dfe2303 my plan. What do you think?”51bff7daca2f643e
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As he finished 8cfe2b0cb4 speaking, Alyssa clenched f05cbbb71b her hands tightly 8d29ceb444 to stop herself 8e3430841c from clapping like 2081396c74 a fool.8f4ef8ef613d9da2
“You’re really smart…”a4099048b69599ef
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But she couldn’t hide f98eee7b74 the admiration that slipped db2e0f48b9 out like a sigh.65d88afb5e26038b
Alyssa didn’t 0a7ef89699 even try e16902eb2b to excuse f7bf3c1da2 herself for 511359a91b not being c723bce72f educated. Did Kieran truly come 6c69bd9222 up with such a a9d830de90 plan because he was 5272db9ad4 properly educated?363879c47c47f2c1
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“Cough, cough!”0f9eda2f603a4e75
Caught off 39c4d68829 guard by ecdd0821b3 the unexpected 4411583141 compliment, Kieran a3ad968ad5 inhaled sharply fd282adea9 and started ed56a25119 coughing. At the sound, a2cd930fea Alyssa quickly looked bae1e22338 up, startled.16711d7cd1dc2349
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“Are you alright?”e424c0e33a3d1d65
“I’m fine,” he 265bd73240 replied, slightly embarrassed b3dcbea784 by her genuine 768bda16f6 concern.c5ee1d9829afe9ea
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At the same 7f7c5e1648 time, he couldn’t d4b118e50b bring himself to 52638690f9 voice the question 40f5072665 he had been 2d87788603 meaning to ask.72562ef948b388cd
‘I was going to 8211dde59f ask if the knights bc5db48748 are truly loyal to e7e03af77d her.’349051d5b832c38f
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It was a valid a72a73f44d question. After all, 40ad46be4b if even fa81ffd4e5 the castle a1c4d718b1 servants didn’t 79713da31f fully follow 18156e823d her, there 77effe07c6 was no b580c7a97f guarantee the 1769ab0597 knights would 77131c5b7e be any 50610c0341 different.20467a85dbd9c4aa
He knew he 9b93e86e5d needed to ask, 7096277451 but he also 42873b8ac3 knew it was d95fd2ee43 a rude question, e2515cdeea so he was c46f5762a5 carefully considering the 9b21a2a685 right moment.b0440a0056c8854a
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Normally, now 2012881d8f would have 1d4bfb37e2 been the 2acd390185 perfect time c9acd725ba to cautiously 51e38e41d0 bring it c82e210b51 up, but d8162c3c40 after hearing 869c636de6 such an 725401ffe3 embarrassing compliment, d76c021ff7 he couldn’t 57e4db66ed bring himself b33f2b0f7c to do 513d1f8c12 it.0f440dccb48f30e8
“Is there bb45fa4f0d any issue 927ce39e48 with proceeding?” ad3a495858 he asked, 17c881464e still trying 97803b33f3 to broach 9395ceca5d the subject 2cdae54082 indirectly.0bc604bf98b1b325
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“No. I’ll contact the 02a2fee162 knights right away 7986e27b79 today.”6fe179c191296333
Her quick reply came 754ed256ff before he could even 156712ebb0 finish his roundabout question. Kieran watched her for 5379b311be a moment, then nodded.c4824486d1fc855d
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Though a bit f0cf7ce98a clueless at times, cceae87a42 Alyssa never lied e8cb93d9b8 or spoke empty bed8a719ba words. He could tell that bd97595922 much from the way ae1eccab0e she had treated him 9a519aa580 so far.fa2632cfc9e275a1
‘…It should be fine.’ce971d6ac787921d
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He forced down 33a14148f3 the growing unease 1fe21be996 in his throat.83b0eeb42a629d5e
But the next 7188b4be6a day, unfortunately, Kieran 6927231177 found his anxieties e011de4096 had become reality.8cd4a2e162eb3e42
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‘—What the hell 4e8a6cdfcc is this…?’2e8b84a5a8336cd5
“Damn it! I said f4dae280c8 I need d93519ce7d to see 69d69ccf56 Her Grace!”32f31905dae87c9d
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The peace 0d899ea182 of the 5cc3f4f7df morning dining 615cca989c hall was 391c740835 broken by 48bdea4f54 the sound b674f42780 of approaching f54fb9a92c boots, followed ea49c1eda9 by booming 8c14bdd782 shouts that f42b362a5e echoed through 3525e179fb the room.661f68b64eebabfe
Alyssa had 1e9fbad8af only mentioned bfef63f822 contacting the bd46eafb6c knights yesterday 7d1a95fd12 evening. So it was unlikely 78a7bc7070 that the people shouting af1a997320 down the hallway had dc46af747c come in response to 2128d4f42b her message.d2cea3f3cad79ee7
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‘Unless… it’s 9adbb12be8 not the 5e373758de Benoit knights a941b295c2 after all.’8c48e52ecccad821
Just as bedf35cd96 Kieran held cd1abdce62 onto a 4020cb1457 sliver of e13b09b1d2 hope, another be2f95d627 shout rang 5e424ae98d out.4f181ab1050518cb
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“Is she here? No, she’s not. Damn, this castle ba4ba82c58 is unnecessarily huge. Tch.”65d0c9404cca50bf
“Commander! Where are you? Show yourself already!”03530bc67d8e18bb
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“I need 96642cbef3 to see fd541c93e6 you right 841a5738bc now, so 2627661bf1 come out 09f608fb7b already!”85be1c8311ec4d73
Who among the 5f3dd3c209 castle’s servants would aa63dca546 dare call Alyssa 1b746511cd “Commander”? Kieran quickly let go d5b18c8ab4 of any lingering hope.890689168746f1c2
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‘…Why is 3b59d20be6 the knights’ 16bd26c6f0 order here a64617636b at the 757af2ec33 castle?’77d9711934f60f49
There was no way 738e08f1d7 Alyssa hadn’t heard the b7f3f55a89 same racket Kieran had. Frowning, she stood 26403a3949 up from her 18b0c0e47d seat and began 67eefa130f walking toward the 7f8a229314 door.a9d93e59d6a2154b
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As soon 7bfa41e3b7 as the 495f29b035 sound of 5558709fa2 boots halted b999d5e6ba in front efc31ab0ac of the 075894882d door, Kieran, 8d5cab39d9 startled, stood 6be1ff9994 up just 8680fe96b4 in time 81b4ec1dc7 to see c91a0b5c92 Alyssa opening 4495d2418a the door.688e37baabc006ff
‘What is she c2233cd976 planning…!’1c20987dac09195d
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The door swung open, 607d796fb0 revealing three men with f2ed171c5f fearsome appearances standing outside.fba3c1907e2e0413
All three dd3de1635a looked intimidating, 5e775605a7 but the 2c0c9e1ee2 man in 0d0840ce9e the center 37b1dad4b4 stood out c40ebd6852 the most. His face, marred 4479ff4514 by a long 6fa81901d7 scar, and his b13a8ae53b wild red hair, 5e9d7e0067 like a lion’s f7ddf2344a mane, gave him e99dabe359 the appearance of 896bc37421 someone who would 65ca278261 surely lead a 6e50c44cdc rebellion.4199bdcf2f4b17aa
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Thunk!52a79db6ac268b27
“We greet the 5611b6ed10 Commander!”577a9a9ad36859bf
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…Wait, what?5525cc27311f5484
Kieran froze awkwardly d4249f2994 in place. The first thing 054c199844 the knight order 6ec1163b70 did upon meeting 4baa80ad86 Alyssa, after barging bc838de82b in like rioters, 544561ac7a was kneel in d690038658 deep respect.e54b606c2e08029b
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“What’s going on?” he 8302e077c3 muttered in confusion.48809e699f9c660c
Kieran felt bewildered a37e25c753 as he watched 2c774240f7 Alyssa calmly accept 3017330ec4 their bow. Was this really alright?4950cf424bd81b59
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“I did not order 03a4b4cfd7 your return to the 477d497798 main castle. Go back,” d7124273ce she commanded 114456a35c coldly. While she 531dd385ff had planned fc88d292f7 to summon 3c17cd3ff6 them eventually, 5cada496a9 there was c57ed59672 a vast d82559825a difference between 529c2c7a18 being called f9297ca621 by order 2b36a4e5ca and abandoning d30f7756b9 their post 747d48055f without permission.812f2c4bd09dc920
Her voice 088fa1756d was chillingly a86c3f3521 stern, and 65cc59acd8 the man 6a8716555a with ash-blonde e0137a18e3 hair on 1e2ce16175 the left 37f7f61c00 abruptly raised 6a43342f3d his head.790d6ccc19f8296b
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“We can’t 6c7589fcf0 do that!”f8e50dd4ed338cfc
His booming d60c0ef6a7 voice echoed cce686d6fe through the 477dbdea1c space, and 438997eeed the red-haired 4b11eabf0c man in 41c0581cee the middle, 196490ba84 who had 76654bc4ae been bowing, e22ac1f45f snapped his 70b46be282 gaze upward, f05add322a eyes gleaming b91a587c07 dangerously.27d9a21b87db1ab1
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“He’s right,” 91f1dcb8db the red-haired 80fcaa6b9b man growled 5d10a79199 in agreement.08603753fc6e4746
Even from a d320dc8583 distance, Kieran felt 0ad89f5d9e a shiver down a1a90d79a7 his spine. The man’s growling 0cd12bdc45 voice had an 5f0ceecf23 ominous edge.b3cff49df92f38f0
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“Look, I 1e49e714c7 told you 7e6130cad2 before, didn’t e90e9e0926 I? I can put bde7d9fe82 up with a d200e3c468 lot, but letting 1358b2ef68 my family starve? That’s something 2e5b9fc4af I won’t 38fc5366dd stand for.”ad26b2ef47b31951
The tension escalated as 3d7990a62e his voice grew more ee994411fa heated. The man 895371b13d suddenly stood 554ced6c87 up, stepping 18cd52f90e forward in b94621d8c2 a threatening b0393d8cec manner.a60a477ddfc967ac
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“And now I hear 943360966b that the food supplies 69901b44b1 inside the castle have e526fd7208 been cut off?”77a73cf56a949f6b
With those words, Kieran f43ac79f07 began to grasp the 4e3795ae9a situation.486bb60f72eba9a9
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It wasn’t ace9229015 him who 82f10b5009 had cut d0300b96da off the ddaae5c011 food supply. The servants, holding a 4e3db0a20e grudge, had refused to de8c496a2e carry out his orders. The very thing 1c1a41edb8 he feared had 97309cae0b happened. Watching Alyssa’s back, Kieran 46c4faadf8 felt a growing unease.f9b772a79ab869b2
Though the situation b47117aa9e had been confusing 17b62e5441 for a moment, fbfb0b97d4 this was clearly bcef849b99 happening due to dc0a34f49c an act of 982eff6ec1 insubordination.4c347fa735beacf7
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Kieran realized he a7ec6f6598 couldn’t just stand 49c129db81 by any longer. They had to 880578055a be calmed down 853084a991 and sent back, 1c6479f103 or else…1499955165d07a6a
“Is that it? Were you 563b73a953 planning to ae340a8de7 threaten me, 22c2b006fa storm the 082da65714 castle, and 68e410c350 raid the 3acec49c91 storerooms?”31c754aff960ef5d
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Just like 756b16bed5 that, Alyssa’s 34a48f8cb8 words came adfca7a189 out before f970bcac78 he could c577c94665 even try 7adab158c3 to stop 7952f999de her. Kieran shut 28f849fa4e his eyes 24afdc8e30 tightly.dceba80f1d64fc5f
The expressions on the 5154e7418a knights’ faces grew even 2260098dad more vicious, and Alyssa’s d0dd91eefe hand had already moved 62e6457f4d to the sword hanging 84a597e495 at her waist.3df7051492aebcc4
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“Your Grace, please—”2557524409236a25
“I’ve had 7e4a7e9297 enough of 49df51ece3 this!” one 3350ff1932 of the f942f09966 knights bellowed.d644ad5f5eea6606
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Though Alyssa intended to 980de4c156 intervene, her words were 8270a4c038 drowned out by the 89aa5eea57 booming voice of the bbf690ce65 man. The situation was 9b81375067 on the brink ef77c3e569 of exploding.b6c79cb254a88b8b
“Do I look 7e0ba4c282 like some dumb 79908cd062 idiot to you? Huh?”53b23066c8a7bb4d
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The mood e514aa7cfd became awkward bc2f0329b1 with his 0de9f09699 follow-up words.bee26832ca5161ca
‘Then what else is c13367bcfa it?’b10cc78f67362167
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Kieran nearly asked 38a16993e1 out loud in 70384a311b his confusion.f981250de5a9d906
But it 397621f44a was just e6942d5e41 his own f306ca4146 bewilderment; everyone eeb66f36d5 else seemed 28270c9471 to remain b3fc4ae165 calm, aside 6428e64d14 from him.7b48fba565cc3278
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“Wow, ten bede97e451 years of 3217627249 camaraderie down 39541a238a the drain. Do I look like 4fe195e3b5 a pathetic fool begging 4651855133 the commander for food c7e96e2482 for our kids?”64cdbbc33644a844
“The vice commander can 0895a74019 be a bit much, 5583bf0033 though.”0923249ce86f725d
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“Damn it, will 498ce87998 you shut up?”8a701268707dcaa3
The red-haired man, who d4985efa60 had been speaking, slammed 4947bbb3ea his fist down on 2879fcd4d4 the head of the f801e796a1 ash-blonde haired man standing b2ea24ffc5 next to him, continuing 4cda8a942a his tirade.5c651d3a367a8c6b
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“It’s not e1258e8502 that we’re 617b3310bf asking for 05db690c93 money; we 9e4467eb08 came to c40cc6c601 earn it. As men, we ccfb56795f can’t just sit 4d264472a8 around whining!”6b9c0535507b0640
The atmosphere, which d354cefaa3 had been on d1fc5bc495 the verge of 67bb7bdde3 exploding, suddenly became 63f299fb2e ambiguous, as if 5b1e25c2e0 cold water had e0ed41db48 been poured on 1e56a1556a it. Alyssa let out a e6a8d4fa50 small sigh and gestured 14dec46951 to the man with 22f9552b2d the pale hair.e012b5fdb58ef397
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“Anton.”7aeb4ddadfa6c3b4
“This time, 309f9bbf76 I agree 06c75ccee0 with the 2feb9d3c42 vice commander.”90548bc8330951de
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The man 68a99a4976 named Anton 5632f4e87f hesitated for 1735b03853 a moment 10e470a0c4 before kneeling. The black-haired man 9a4517bf51 who was with d7a3eff395 him also knelt 6e68a4d77d in the same 212fbe61ed manner.6a700cbddd59933d
“It’s not just 19e1df0881 the vice commander. I, and 5a01128b62 all the 3b180afed1 families of ebf9c24e74 the knights, 74932c2ca7 live within 3198cc878a the castle. If the 443081ed14 situation here dda33cc6cb is bad 1ecc9b4fb3 and they 9c997da5b5 are starving, 1bf08f769f we can’t f2e1a45199 just stand 2acf4037cf by.”db2c484fced6ba53
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The red-haired man 5d64e95dde nodded in agreement, 42a9f1982e as if to f634049183 say that this 35b48d7e34 was exactly what a886a9cacb he meant.314b02906b8bebac
“Please issue the deployment 6d445f677a orders, Commander. Surely there 18ff855d21 are places 492a170034 where the 523bd28cd4 monsters are 2d4aebac99 rampant.”a6ae2673e38b2c44
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Kieran stared ffe159df8a blankly at 5e3354b6ce the scene. So, they weren’t here 1b98fbd065 to start a rebellion 1c8c1a96e8 over the food shortage, 8670fdfdf2 but to go earn c382a8cc62 money…7897000c99d49396
The knights 485c380cba had barged cc67ff9d8f in like 36ab70d0e2 street thugs, 4d448ada37 and the 5420102699 red-haired man’s 122dc0c412 shouting mixed 959490d93d with the 3d410b9519 kneeling knights’ 6b1e694f38 etiquette created b208cc8668 a tangled 367a813278 mess in d4730dd624 Kieran’s mind.039e3017436f8b12
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“…What is this?”89b097b1c1cff4cc
So, is this 70f6f5aa77 a case of 8f43e39f70 rebellion or not?a91d0c84838fc71e
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As Kieran muttered 8a232e0c4f in disbelief, his 268c659714 voice echoed through 9af9dfae10 the large space, 469715050f drawing everyone’s attention bb882c95c0 to him.69d73ea8de226441
After a moment b102ca71ca of silence, the 6af5d30893 red-haired man spoke.e7d825166ffef740
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“And who are you?”27380e062008e1ef