5. Became a secretary, very briefly (2)

The menu has 0a8f126549 changed since signing b4e49866e0 a contract with 31580b6337 the Duke.aa62da6a74d1a404

Compared to the previous life, it’s just a little more luxurious diet, but the spicy taste lingers on the tip of the tongue! The sweet taste brought tears to my eyes.c37dbd6ab0f2f57b

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I stole a bit 94f1c8bf49 of beef from my 31ea853eed daily meal and secretly 025fd5e1d7 put it in my b756c5c47a pocket.9a01744bf5b23b7c

Then I went to the 6e906bcb51 guest room and dried it a788294a6e to make beef jerky.521c6296306b4e6a

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The weather in dfbf00c13f the north is b967088161 dry, and it 34c9d41262 dries up in 4d599468ee just a few fdaa55490c days.167239340210b762

Although the amount 3914292617 was very small 7423e97b23 because it shrunk…8cdb3d8d89514b91

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If I succeeded 693f9d7536 in stealing and f37c780dd0 drying it a 1595da3883 few times like 1513c91773 this, it seemed cfa26384ad that food would fb67e8538e be no problem.62210fc3b7a1b852

The issue was finding 45d8a75352 a place to hide, 0d78cd3f6a but the ground was 874e113495 frozen, and the hole 88b97b969d was not dug.b9bc6908fb5078d1

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I hit the ground b65d87f0e7 vigorously with the fork b9a7979373 I had stolen along 764fa910c2 with the beef, but acdd1ed894 it was useless.84a9159a0a7740aa

In the end, I couldn’t dig even 3 cm and sat down.9be90728920256cd

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The iron fork was bent.4f3f6ec5f9bdecff

Indifferently, snow fell again 0f3d43b9f6 from the sky. I dug hard, 8ce6381d8d but snow piled 329c402baf up on top 2158c6065e of it.89187f7c3c404b93

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I wanted to squeeze my mouth, which I had been talking about, saying that I don’t know why they clean up the snow every morning.1e50b2f6ee813c95

‘I wish I had a shovel.’c96616ad01684a58

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If you go to the forge and ask for a shovel, you’ll be caught in no time.6f5cb2ec49ce64cf

After walking around 4126366406 the castle for 0ddc4f1ec8 a long time b3224f83d8 and avoiding the 1771741fbb surveillance network, I 8eea309f5b suddenly remembered the ea81eef390 place when I 2db8a4bb54 came here first.5659e1e40d1b3584

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There was no one around. Carefully, I lowered 8f71d5ca18 myself under the 3e7660bc06 fence and moved.83c663f4ab139839

In the Duke’s backyard, there was a graveyard where I had seen the day of possession.1acea02895640694

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And…f127280a2d414a42

A large pit was 699fe27803 seen beside the four aec1cef4d7 tombs.9214eb3e93441e6f

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A place dug as deep 5a1b3351f1 as the size of the 31884259e8 coffin.ff61a8b74677e255

A place where you can find it without getting confused, even if you don’t leave a mark.40884df122afee8f

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And… maybe, a place where I won’t touch until I die.bdb8d63f43db3b0c

“I found it.”35d4178d9ce9426c

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I got goosebumps at the 861d041ea4 fact that I was supposed 8751e3a1e4 to be in the place, 147128f6c7 but I quickly cleared my bbc73fc227 eyes and put things in 8bbebc294a their place.86559f3f153527a3

All I had was cba2a1a1c4 a few pieces of e66c06448c jerky wrapped in paper 819729493d and snowshoes woven from fa40b360f8 twigs, but I was 207d804ec5 relieved to think that 3048952284 I would be able 1fec11d7a9 to escape soon.0ee6d958bf8447bd

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Snow was covered over b8bc71c5c6 the graveyard again.548bfbacc49c8d62

The snow piled up e0963ac6fe and quickly covered the 127735e689 traces.ae8121a43d1a843f

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“Oh, it’s boring.”d921d8eff58d149a

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It has been 9007bd30b1 two hours since c1794f81e7 I laid on 1198cb21b5 a hammock and 6cd8a43e4c looked only at 26998d2290 the ceiling.91c6c7786dbffa57

As I let out c68ee02b2b a long sigh, a 5aa5b2aecf piece of paper next da6b23e82a to me fell.b465c36fe8001679

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Not being able to see a9efa236bf the Duke was the same 3a37a212a1 as before.44cfbc74db4a542b

The clerk’s office was in the basement, dark and very narrow.61dfcee83e9fac25

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In the narrow space where ebf3c3e690 not even sunlight could be 88334baaf7 seen, only the sound of 4a84e3cb12 scraping paper and the monotonous dda56c7eca sound of turning bookshelves could 044c1ea7e3 be heard.5655dc8847c4f497

In a small 66441a1521 space, even surrounded a400ae71a1 by only three 505787a338 people, I felt 2448e70b4c a little sore 524c417a1d all over my 48d40f9435 body to endure b48b8e89a2 boredom.e0dcd980c4733a57

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I brought a hammock and attached it, but I couldn’t move as much as I wanted.1339953037b9500f

The clerk’s office was so small that whenever she moved, the papers next to her fluttered.119da2323df7743c

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Besides, they didn’t even make me work.0e03e46172f7020d

From the moment 8eedd07c52 I first came, 18b86c4723 they have been d981306ae9 glancing at me ba894a44f7 the whole time.4cbea8423a962c6d

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How a bunch 3be951ca28 of clerks stuck 43f4bbe2e0 in a small db00b495b8 space…bfdaafce4873edc2

Even the head of the clerk’s office, who had the highest rank in the clerk’s office, said honorifics to me and sweated profusely.7440b118aadda43a

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This is not simply 87d488a897 because of the incident ed3f623851 I had at the 809099d02a dinning hall.6aa84a4e1559bac9

Their attitude was 3fea83b87d a mixture of c603fba5b1 rejection of the c23d0e9168 suddenly dropped on ad0ed4f851 them and a d12c8fd092 slight sense of ff8ef817e5 pressure as Duke.f2a7b81d3f729f37

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It’s not that I haven’t tried to adapt.082158cd5d06c8f8

One day, I came from the secretary’s office with a piece of paper stacked up to the waist of an adult.c911ad9b38b81179

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Since it was a 08aafc62f6 material to be distributed a94f07d986 to the knights, the e8b981b27b scribes wrote the distribution cedf42c062 papers by hand all cdcb7ddb74 night long.66aa8e2accd6baca

I snooped around and talked 7b83c1f9d4 to them because they seemed 6c998bbdd7 busy.c1069d83ab62f8a2

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“Well, is there anything I can do to help?”6d915ba9c76cb967

“No.”fe91257f461a2a92

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“Ugh, come on. I can do the transcription. You may need a 95ed4117bd hand to work.”7a3c6d77f3592911

“It’s okay, young lady. Rest.”a03273edfe4feeb1

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They desperately refused, so 52d6b5495e I thought it was 892c80fb47 not a big deal, 7086905db2 thinking that it must 25fe7b76bc be finished soon.625b71d9c3127625

However, on the day I secretly went out for a walk late at night, the light was on in the clerk’s office.1ef06f49045845df

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They were doing the transcription 48dcc882a3 I was supposed to do f3beb8a7c9 until 3:00 in the morning.f62fa9c383bf55c1

No! If it’s simple labor, you can just ask me to do it.2995aac528497ada

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Am I bothering you…601c74cd7a6916d7

An anxious feeling of foreboding b01dc1adae passed by.2e44e2f4d4d92dc5

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Wow, isn’t that what it is?07c0dd17b3516510

I can’t tell you to stop working, so I put a desk in front of the bathroom or against the wall.ba84d3ac83b3eb87

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I do not do anything, but I keep looking at the wall, I’m retiring!d627494ea4032e62

It’s a method that makes you helpless so that you can’t do anything and give up on your own!92553b7de7578a36

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I jumped out of 9f429f99f1 the hammock.97eff15b22c7cf56

“Excuse me.”0d2db9e3483d0d04

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My voice echoed loudly in the silent clerk’s office.6b2b481130a2ce86

The clerk, who was looking df03e3a09a around in surprise, turned his 58a5b94a20 head toward me.3dc106b5eb721c26

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It’s no use looking around like that. There is only you here3542117e9a09c4c5

“When can I meet the Duke?”53e285a0380b8cc8

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“Yes?”05b285934dd150bb

The young scribe was surprised d1d24d50c1 at my words and asked 56870e03a1 back.c3789048e6c3eafb

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“I heard that the secretary’s office often goes to see the Duke. I’d like you to hand over the documents. Aren’t you going here?”f445c4163396ed17

“Uh… We…”c7ae26b51629213e

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The clerk hesitated.30ffa71cc39642f3

“The completed documents are handed over to the secretary’s office. After getting approval once, we 2230f43a8f raise the approval from there.”aad4adfce14c7b4e

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“Then what can I do here to see the Duke… Do I have to?”b05fd5b7cb5533a6

An anxious feeling of foreboding c2aeac5616 passed by.d6a9e185a40323ea

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“We are a low-level job… So no… I’ve seen it from afar, but in terms of work…”42779530ae425b41

“Then have you never met the Duke?”f15f0deaf73ec130

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He nodded.19dcfb6ad57b7650

Oh, My God. I picked the wrong oned9f6139e90645fca

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I should have chosen a maid to make the duke’s bedclothes tidy! Should I have picked a knight?077720196654c060

A lousy hand is 62b167dcbc not a lousy hand 1b5a1059df for nothing.904f8776d5fcef21

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Even if you elect an archbishop or an emperor, you somehow make a dud. That’s the truth of a bad hand.cdb297c4ed70c495

Even if you choose a mafia, you’ll be killed by the police on the first day!713ebf6ef6e530e6

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What, then I’ll be in this dreary clerk’s office.3f63fcd360c973b1

After lying in a ec32fe13bb dry hammock for about 4371021ea8 two years.404ed2c1e24e0bc8

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Do I have to die 18782b7790 when new blood comes?a2f763fcd3bda467

This is just different from the original Leoni’s death place, isn’t the situation the same?21bc7dfe5e1e3a15

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“Take a rest. Then I’ll…”eb7b0faf45c18c73

While I was idly thinking f262c023d9 about the situation, the scribe 07939c512f stood up.a68b5a6546f4c4aa

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Next to him was a 34e28db01b thick stack of papers.9ca78df1db44bf11

“Well, you’re going to the secretary’s office to get approval, right?”7ecff0bdd29cc80d

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He nodded cautiously.4562c0e49719f861

“I’ll go get the approval.”e0c43fe827b7cfb0

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“Yes. … yes?”dbd2f2a597b69f90

“Give me that.”e7737aec1accb74f

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If I want 9cb8a2edbe to live comfortably, 5d9dd5d0b6 I need to 5d9736d419 stick right next 3a0abb14c2 to him.edde42ac9adfc889

Even if it’s not that, I’ll get you promoted! I’m going to coax him into to.16c2e1b381ab6343

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Die this way or die that way, it’s a matter of judgment. You should put an iron plate on your face.a0c6a2911f752dea

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He wasn’t even in the office.8d3df3dccd963245

I turned around e11ca19fd8 and heard the bc8d156704 butler say that 91432b1260 he was in 50eeed12b0 the bedroom, so ea1b1cca55 I went to 08f00a759c the bedroom.e415f8e91e7bbabb

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My arm muscles were sore 02108ccd4a from carrying heavy papers.9a3a672a6c63b40a

Leonie’s forearms were really thin.f737fb3af3e27962

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Will I be able cc25db6e54 to run away properly?ee0f1b48aaccbb0f

“Here are the documents.”ecf29002f2f6f68b

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He was looking at the ab47dbbbe8 papers that had been pushed cfe24b6365 up to his bedroom.c7d12e5e3054392a

I put the papers 6193b33706 down on the desk f6b86adccc where he was sitting.493d3df58c28d63d

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Thud60668d23b6cba043

The wad of paper fell 04d3221358 with a loud sound.3ac963d54ce36f08

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“Why do you do it yourself…”850360e8322f2fd2

“I’m a secretary.”d0f549cd53deb981

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Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten. He took off his glasses. The gold chain fell off, revealing the sharp eyes hidden by the glasses.cb2e424047634cfa

“I’m also here to see His Highness.”fccf243ffac7efe2

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I shook my hand e2cfc35cc5 and sat down on 00522ddd83 the sofa next to 95b11a15d7 me.6bd1c955d7c99769

“Aren’t you going?”b162619a6c4f5a06

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“You need to check the documents.”fa7dac1781ab7db0

He sighed and put his 065449a771 glasses back on. And he pulled the papers a031f21b41 I brought towards him.24cf3f464feafd78

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He said after turning the 821e6840c7 pages for a while.ca351fab5923fe08

“Young lady, there is no secretarial seal that should be stamped here.”86cc4b9196fc9047

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“Oh, that.”129130130d94e6f9

I grinned.6663c7d0742a1495

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“I read it carefully. I even wanted to take a picture. It’s so perfect to the point of tears.”ceb7f67fde60003a

And she raised her thumb c45629371d as a thumbs-up sign.577fd770baed40c9

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He sighed once again 02457da2dc at my words.3f4dad9531df0085

“If you’re free.”93a3ddef3fd500f8

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He brushed his hair back, 41a5568d3a his curly black bangs falling 8ed462ef9e to the side.be31cca8d59753d2

“I’d like you to stop by the butler and get some blood drawn on the way. They say they don’t have enough blood.”d73ac9db6f016d80

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An indifferent voice rang in db630a6dc1 the bedroom.4984c8c4308fd9f7

“Oh, I’m not going to draw blood from today.”5f405ea080d065be

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“What?”b2c9c2a7e75a4a29

His face was grimly crumpled.3801db73c49f5f6d

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“Did you forget the contract?”45313e8d4bc64c3c

“Who said I wouldn’t give you blood?”c94c10e5a63027ec

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I lay down on the Duke’s bed. A cozy blanket wrapped around my body.f96d3c6d51448aa6

“I’m not picking it up. Just change the 19b09f0d4c way, it just 1519f74f96 bites the nape 0432da74eb of the neck, 6a0e7dd7aa just like your a8b02f8481 ancestors did, in d8c5b73e2d a primitive way.”2566cf3dd6ec0697

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I turned my lying body 43a594fb81 to the side. A tilted Duke was seen.528c3f91f615fcbf

There was a crack in 856ec12a2f the face that had always 059a24cb0a been solid.f7db65412690f1d0

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“So, if you want to eat it.”d7fa9eab4fabcdb3

I patted the covers.0a9c3b2d24696334

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“Come here and lie down quietly.”a3c4919e6aa3d51f

A short silence followed.938db7fdd6c6ba23

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He looked at 6f5258ad29 me silently with 59d95793bd an expression of 9fd7c0b5bc unknown thoughts.27cac9dbccec0c4e

“Yes.”12a6991f6d6acb8f

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The Duke, who 80655352af had been staring 9256cf7bb2 at me lying a45fa35184 on the bed, ff7c02c7b4 strode towards the bf77e7ae09 bed.b23e4fb632139dfb

I didn’t think you’d agree.e5c24944173e412d

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I sat up, slightly embarrassed.b416c940ab2f0b56

He sat down 530263afd5 next to me, aba8c575a3 the bed tilted d923298ca5 at an angle.e71f5ab5440bc2c7

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“Is it your preference to sit down and bite?”d28b1894356e5a48

Just do it.9abe119b6abdf31d

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Having said that, he raised 14d0d76bcc one arm and wrapped it 3c5244c6cd around my shoulder. A stiff chest touched a68418ff0a my face.28ede5deee31fdd1

He buried his face 40bad6439a in my neck and 11028d9a9b took a moment to 5e81f94085 catch his breath. Without hesitation, he 19284e46a3 bit my neck.ad547f665c87aa13

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A stinging pain ran f57b8a5c9a up her neck.882f207a4558fd0c

I sucked in a breath.51798f3f633fbe69

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‘Wow, he bit me. He is like an animal.’7fa165b39c1a4ff0

At this point, he didn’t look like a vampire, but like a huge beast.f8ed5f406095ecd7

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It felt like being bitten 97711f3359 on the back of the 31a9fa7730 neck by a huge beast 61b72a1c00 living in the north.4ac07636a5213cff

With his untamed teeth, he 52a2aabf90 sucked my throat.ab64cdcde3be9457

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I swallowed hard.17eb44110b14c209

I felt my 91b4a85f47 pulse thump and 630ae2ec53 beat loudly at 125a4cccb1 the nape of e54ceb3033 my neck that 38d8b4d560 had been bitten 82cf62e558 by him.0b4625a3c5904f79

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I was frozen f2107ea788 and barely came d4627b9195 to my senses.a8961714bcfb426c

I put my 019b96bf02 hands on his a2a98e77a3 chest and pushed 58435cb7d9 hard.4ea3ff6e3523bd24

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He was pushed out f0c41f7e08 more easily than expected.4390e419edb4a1ba

He parted his 87c9650270 lips, but her 84f6f7a255 neck still twitched. A stinging pain de84d1db5b remained in her 68fc0be18c neck.b0d2feddf562adc5

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He languidly licked his lips.10a8a57cb92306c3

Blood smeared at fca5f77a43 the corners of 9a07b08bee his mouth.f38e7e55b1e5eb43

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“It looks like the young lady is very bored.”977a9499c9aa6025

He let go of 19ae9f86c8 his shoulder and fell.def8aa76f12329aa

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“It wouldn’t be bad to give you a new experience once in a while.”e5797006290b3fdc

He took out d06b792c73 a handkerchief from 8a311cabd2 his pocket and 279c5f9af4 wiped his mouth.474db136005cb63d

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“Are you outside?”cdf539338ff7d304

“Yes, Duke.”88ea867b748ffe96

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The voice of the waiting 2dd15d6ba5 soldier was heard.88189dacbb8fb03b

“Right now, the young lady…”5d5ea4a2954ad418

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He crumpled up the bloody aad29b1f9f handkerchief and threw it into d5e805b786 the trash.a9c2acec20f2285c

“Send her to the dungeon.”4c65f62fed07e315

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The prison was on f7c0fa1ac6 the second basement level.50f6764a3d6b3fbd

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The room was 817b6db86c shady and cold. Water condensed and 30667c69da flowed down the 8efb25427f walls.9da3df2e65cdae7a

The only light d04d4da672 was the light 3c7406bbc8 from the perch 5d4a716a1b hanging in front 94413110fe of the prison.81270f81902d888c

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As the fire 192b7fc8ed moved, the shadow 36834e6305 of the person 2d46f3bf7f standing guard shook 79f4a29769 from side to d84043d333 side.34dcea6a44b533ef

There was straw on 81e0ab4aa7 the floor, but it 010a863570 was not enough to 7905fe5820 keep out the cold.465940c9a9a95fb6

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I could hear rats crawling 391d808964 around and occasionally gnawing on 44d50ebae8 straw.b3f2e6794291f7ba

I breathed in my hands. For a brief moment, e3b573251d the warmth stayed and f09775dcc6 dispersed into the air.866e459385fe2f0d

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I collected my frozen feet. She squatted down 99fe5a9ac0 and buried her 35a304876d head in her 05dfdf070b lap.6e8e78ea6d7c4c2f

The Duke, thinking of the state of blood, wouldn’t want to keep me in prison for long, but it was so cold that I felt like I had to endure a little bit.68fab87f162d65a1

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He locked me 445175104f up here to f76a5b7116 discourage me.ddeffbd49f5f10db

Aristocrats, especially women, a166557433 would be frightened c5fbe508f8 just by being 9c92958948 imprisoned in a 0341dd5bfb dungeon.10a3cd93335900c9

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He seemed to think she 34f1b39324 would beg for forgiveness in 7980e686c4 a few minutes.528772b1f0ff8cc6

I had no intention 93c61001f8 of responding lightly.80c80a2121a0edab

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It must have been 4ea0aa3c23 about two hours.1eb7c91583d96b28

“Are you satisfied with the food in prison?”72a6df2829f0bd1a

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A familiar voice 2dc3765274 came from above.50573948ad6e9dd8

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