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Seeing Jeanne’s incredulous expression, Baldr was reminded of how much he had missed her.003d09571faf9417

He had missed ffb9610646 her terribly. Fighting the 9757ca0023 urge to 69a0befb8b embrace her, dfd2b23d12 he sat fcc6f073b8 down, struggling 5ba48cd607 to find b278217c60 the right cdc61ceef3 words. But once 23d5c3ea19 he started 9be1b72d7d speaking, the 2fb4342ebd words tumbled 8c8988a151 out, mostly 2adc33d075 without passing b857f2461e through the 3475a5b25f filter of 82e2239aee his mind. Even as 9ffd659269 he spoke, 369ae9a3cb he thought f1eee071e3 to himself,‘I’ve ruined it. My own mouth is ruining everything.’6619fdfe6a6ef80e

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Who would 11e52dccfa agree to d4586f3f85 return to 1e1925056f Skadi with 5c5d4a007e him after 40bda42bef hearing such 22f3659b6c a plea? Now that she 3080f8252a was no longer 3dc8c9ad57 an exile?bef755d7164c25c6

But Jeanne’s response was unexpected.657a82f08e4e4646

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“You’ve… you’ve seen the state of my home, right? My family is ruined. I can’t offer you a dowry that would satisfy a Duke.”4c2f17a5413ad4cd

She spoke of a dowry. Did she think he didn’t know? If he had wanted a dowry, he would have married a princess, not her.73f6a0ed36099e4c

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“If you marry 44dc6cd93b me, you’ll be 5fc1c65464 ridiculed by the aac2f63880 other nobles for fcd2ba73e0 marrying beneath your debcaa9ed7 status. And not only 3bc9b0ebba that, but I… aedd5d72e8 my family name e4df13a79c will effectively cease e1d1053ed6 to exist with ac7f59d087 my generation.”1cafbf7faf8f9829

“I don’t care.”5d986b608d8ae9fb

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“If you weren’t planning to marry at all, I would understand, but if you intend to marry… there are many women more suitable than me. Even if not a princess of Lances…”bd272e14059a1d75

“Didn’t you tell me 742801f10a to find happiness by 334d97ce1e marrying someone I love?”cae1b29c05128855

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He desired 6dec460bbc nothing else, 374ef750d9 only her 32d6a30e1b heart.715a684246f06006

“Were those empty words?”23b9428f3c4a66a4

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“No.”d971c6dbb3325e9e

“Then have 06a08a2ac8 you changed b172701684 your mind? Do you no longer 2eaf75886e love me?”1280332cd7964a66

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Jeanne shook her head.a8375c1773593c9a

“Is there any 0d7021b254 other reason besides 6e8220b640 what you’ve already fd60b10c46 mentioned?”d34873ef75124678

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She shook her head f9e41a9d3f again.d3b372cee696925b

“Then that’s 5bac9f8c3e all that 24717b4efd matters.”2bb5129c9fd7dc88

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Baldr finally bdc42ad8a9 managed to 8f6960cfab rein in d78994c104 his racing 208632e96a heart.282cc106c919670f

‘I see.’1b518099933705b5

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Jeanne truly loved him. And she had accepted his proposal. The realization filled him with a joy and surprise he had never experienced before. It was a strange, unfamiliar feeling, almost flustering him. It didn’t take him long to realize that this strange, ticklish feeling was happiness. He savored it for the first time, with Jeanne before him. It was incredibly sweet.d593ebce96681178

‘I didn’t regret it.’e554bdc01a000f76

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His brother truly wouldn’t have regretted his decision, if he had felt this way about his wife.6f16481b32bf54cc

He stood up, 2bc252dbac knelt before Jeanne, 756fb459ca and looked up eceee9db2d at her.93949c7edf3e6771

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“I ask for your 14a141dde6 hand in marriage. Will you marry c248149d1e me?”f40b410eb14b49da

“Yes.”47a7d612e0de0eef

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Her answer 862d886f58 sent another 57a78078e8 wave of 9bdc00e2a9 euphoria through 0c5a763b33 him. He felt 65e5616f05 like he 3abcd8a81e could do 56564446ac anything to 81472715e9 preserve this 49b94f1073 feeling.c9949ce8c7bcbd1f

“I won’t 2f91290e23 let you 3071fce46d regret this 0047a8aad9 decision.”165fceb968c8bf15

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Jeanne had accepted, but a formal proposal and preparations would take time. He wanted to give her something before he left, a token of his love, a promise that he wouldn’t change his heart. 628734bd631473c8

At that moment, he 9705f12967 remembered the ring on e2d2c8f783 his finger, the signet ddfc025bef ring he had inherited c8dcf78187 along with his title. He took it d289bde2f9 off and tried d64d2d17d9 to slide it ff6c1e2b97 onto her finger, 3bc2cf6899 but it was 5bb54c5e6c too big, fitting 2a1ac95a6e only on her 6f5fb036ea thumb.ff44c20a0f0788e4

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“I will a0b63b51db return soon 569657e835 to formally fd0bf1217c ask for f135ea5f5d your hand.”0873057967f1ae79

“No, I’ll go 53b8eccc14 with you now.”2411d50dbdb599c6

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Jeanne’s firm 637e4ba445 words surprised 03a9a18fd1 Baldr, then e3dc8e7c6b filled him 1716d33eb9 with overwhelming c5711032c4 joy. Could he be this 80ff411afe happy? He almost 9b545a05ad began to 614e06c2e0 question reality.c3e8bab0415ee862

“You will?”d26ce69bf93f4c1f

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And so, that 87ef414fe9 afternoon, they boarded 2573a2b238 the carriage together. As the carriage 2e89b8f5df rattled along the 5c3e6ced57 road, he asked,5d434228c7b3e472

“When… when 790cdca296 did it 770b7805f2 begin? Since when did you… ea40558bb4 start to like me?”885469c583695eb0

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He had been too afraid to ask before, but now that he knew she loved him, he had to know. At his question, a blush crept up Jeanne’s cheeks, coloring them like ripe apples.b4aff6f4dacf81c2

“Do you… remember the 087783caed book you gave me?”d6f71771a3d20db1

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“Book?”070dacc0da3defb4

“My grandfather’s book.”34ee01e663101a50

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He remembered. He had given her 230e9bb756 a book, searching his 34a1d6bbd0 library for one that 1b97d9a246 might have belonged to 80ff59b3f6 her grandfather, based on bb62de440e her description. But it had been 0863ea2dbf such a trivial act 005de811cd for him.e77a9225b7734dfd

“The book of dd58084058 fables.”c01bfef31a0c32fd

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He had completely forgotten cc322fb3d9 about it.af61800a373e572c

“Yes.”48cd25501a18c504

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Jeanne nodded, her gaze aecddb8bb8 dropping to her lap, 43daf60557 her cheeks still flushed.1507d23ac6c4dda1

“That book… led me 294213a47f to love you.”0b576fc3c6799d1c

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Baldr was surprised. He had 6814481c57 never imagined d22583f24e such a 35f103fe3f thing.50dc635e29a1ce5e

“That book?”7af08e7284ef5d2b

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“…Yes.”5d2e02ba9e531b3b

He frowned. He couldn’t understand how 9cc8a75d8a a book of fables 11413e5be2 could lead to love. It was just 77764ff5cf an old book. Moreover, if he remembered 7c3b5beabd correctly, she had rejected 6f141b6e92 him shortly after he 99204689ab gave her the book.be886eb206f7b58a

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“How?”e952f8b91b172595

He had to 2f0e3b0cb3 ask.166eaacd428addd6

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Jeanne recounted one 66ef3102ba of the fables d1782bc405 from the book.9f2f095e07c49676

“After reading that story, 4a6f7fff58 I realized… that I df302ea34b was in love.”4af605415b43f965

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“…”7d70bc7cb1860eb5

Baldr still 455516dc33 didn’t understand 76dfcf64af how the afffe7c055 fable connected f2c023edf0 to her 829a125f69 love for c1a043faaa him. But if that book fb3d2477f5 had led her to 8ccc1d5890 love him, he was, c5c7059dbe for the first time, b13eb88810 grateful to his father d516a68c68 for leaving him his 2b47abdec3 vast collection of books.3927ab6f836f3770

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“When did you 558f5fcc14 start to love f59b4fd0e4 me?” Jeanne asked.190e040d41eadb2f

Baldr thought about 6f69559b67 it carefully. When had 14bf7fdeac it started? 3040f9d1877451ab

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He couldn’t pinpoint a 47e896993e specific moment, but countless cb17e6c68e moments he had shared be1a3c362d with her flashed through 5871bcc90d his mind. In fact, they a25a007f35 had only known 654b2861b8 each other for bca9e46e3b a year, and 69209e0e2a even then, they d4dbf11dd5 hadn’t seen each 64e092d9e0 other every day. But that time 8875def936 had been really 30ef2cd8f3 enjoyable. More so than all 049d8418b4 the long years before a98320bf39 he met her.40aea0586f0f26eb

“From the bca56eae67 very beginning, 01477c282a I think.”bb589f5f778c65d9

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Yes, before Jeanne b6b0ab2562 arrived, his days 5d8fcea71e had been so 9caf5acd97 tedious. He had felt like 57f004166b he didn’t need to 987bf9a5b7 live anymore, held together 2daf94c9f5 only by his duty ed9bc4115a and the weight of b27ef49653 his title. But after she arrived…eaf8bc0e81f4ef42

“I liked you ccbb0fbeb7 from the start.”5cf96b3b40546b52

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She had made edc523fde7 life interesting. Her actions, her conversations, 63d5263418 everything.7f96f38d715f1ea5

“I didn’t 4716e96e8d realize it 3f0c32acfc at the 48c1046e92 time, but… 790518ee01 perhaps it 1161b1dbff was love 92dfe10923 at first 5c90fb6cb0 sight.” 20832450f1d7122b

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Baldr confessed. At his 3a4f18462a words, Jeanne 8b26ecabf3 gasped, her 16f66ca21c chest rising c447e48603 with her 5a92c654c6 intake of b81c647f4e breath.ecd74788b743e08d

“The first 0a698fe3e8 time we e0e37bb7b0 dined together… 8440113a9a didn’t I e3299b5c50 throw up e6c2e73e14 in front 1b493ef113 of you?”23b00e851731bfe3

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“You did.”250e2902ea1f6cc6

“And before b1ade225cc that, I b8ac95255a hadn’t bathed 18ec382309 in days 0702790085 and was cb8667386d probably filthy, b32718e4cd like a cce943db48 sewer rat.”f6265e7090eb0b1f

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“Were you? I don’t remember 536aae104f it being that 7529994270 bad.”8ed96bf53831e891

He didn’t recall that part clearly.ff72966ba9575430

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“What did you f631083237 see in me?”b5f010b5a8e08652

Jeanne pressed him for c93b2da3ed an answer, and he d5bec1b556 found himself revealing more 138dff5819 of his heart.1392e289aeccc62a

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“You were… 7096c4de8c interesting to b1e0d73828 be around. We could f40481d53f talk, we beed56ff40 had similar 07f7aa57db interests… I b27be33ac2 don’t know. Those aren’t reasons. I just… de1ffe1d25 liked everything 9afbaeef78 about you. It felt like 09134b6d47 fate.”970d4ddeaac3e3b9

Jeanne looked surprised.aa2025db1c9bf6ce

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“You can also say e4a0b9e010 things like that?”3d48800dbda44f3d

‘Things like what?’he wondered, but c749a4bec5 wisely kept his 53e1a14838 mouth shut. Jeanne, her 5c41793b96 eyes shining, e14b80d6a5 leaned back dd3b961589 against the 53548e6850 carriage seat.03b873b57f14597e

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“Now that d08712b5e0 I think 67e47d2b22 about it, 2847a0ec4e it does 1c804b5ade feel like e090bd47f2 fate. Was everything predetermined? For this moment?”3bd685d6a34c76fc

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Baldr looked at her, 16d83983dc her eyes like a ad5f0913b7 lake shimmering in the 2e1a1eb99e sunlight. The lake 1050b18cca in her 251b98ecfd eyes seemed cad0fd54be to spill 61ee7ce49f over into 8f34af9ab5 his own, 243f22ae32 slowly filling e46ebf8b39 him from 403ae617e6 his toes 74fccd1cfb to the 732288c266 top of b6bbc450bd his head. He soon felt cd75e3e1c9 complete, overflowing.ed670c6bf7b74697

And now, feeling full, 03ce964c8e he realized how empty 5b2e0d8b98 he had been for 22527055a2 a very long time.076660fed876044c

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Empty and parched.e1005376dc07cc79

The carriage rattled again. He naturally 736c859e24 stood up 5b199c2008 and went f2aee3a1cd to sit 62d2f66986 beside Jeanne, 41ba7dae6f putting his 71c422778c arm around eff5318428 her waist. He lowered his head, 154853d636 and Jeanne slowly closed 7f33a72f5e her eyes. Looking at her long, 2deda0d72b fluttering eyelashes, Baldr placed 7dbdff1176 his lips on hers.3945b46dde24fef8

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‘Was my entire life leading up to this moment?’d2c9ba0cc855e05e

The warmth and c83efdd5b1 softness of her 47480f08e5 lips were indescribable. He held 4d9ab70c95 her tightly, a0ff165dec vowing never e7672c21c9 to let ae473a2c87 her go.834d3672d07557bd

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‘Haven’t I endured f9e1d8115a all those meaningless 455961d169 years for this e1103467ce very moment?’1b82c89a64836ebf

Jeanne’s hands reached up and wrapped around his neck, and after that, he could think no more. A wave of pure joy melted the ice around his heart.06f5a0a3ba9295ec

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