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by worryI had no intention 54c7a49c98 of confronting Maxell. I planned to leave 2647ef45d6 everything to Palides and 227290455f Tristan, watch from the 3ba90d7e89 shadows, and make a be0cdbd4ed swift escape.9a224f752d48c873
But that f03ac38e92 resolve crumbled 8d2772b7b0 the moment 426a89158f I heard b1ce1ebc2f Maxell murmuring df683d4d98 my name.d0d0e51b0dc717aa
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It was f4d4e5c8bb strange—him wandering ce814b0efc out to baf38dc335 breathe in 5e5e3fb55a the night 9fe7938aa3 air and e65677f5ce suddenly thinking 78ad4f8aac of me. Without realizing it, 3f50cde00e I moved.083c5984ba2b0cca
I still 61ea9f10b2 can’t forget f45ae4380f the expression 735c031609 on his 180c5851bc face when 6194c0615d he saw a028231121 me. It was the e2a0a102d3 first time I’d c4fe5a9d76 ever seen him d868ccc79a so shaken… because 0250ca24d5 of me.252c787912975ec7
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“I missed you, 697c7e61f2 Annelie Roam.”38fdcd59e0425aa4
That’s what he f2a44c1c4e said.e96700413c7a938a
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He dared to say 9ef1b767a5 he missed me.You… dared?7d17500428ab9ce9
How can a1d1370b62 he spout 66c6c9972d such nonsense addd8d6e93 with no c2537093c2 hint of 5eb8e33e20 respect or 3ebaf07c3a remorse?94f8c054b5148ad9
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“Insane bastard.”a223cbc8bd059ce1
“…Excuse me?”1a66d9c792ec6611
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“Not you.”06692be92c77db99
Just remembering it made 4b341b2175 my skin crawl.72cbaa42442dac85
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“My ex-fiancé.”13e2aff044218f3e
“The ex-fiancé 890bdbe366 I know?”fa2c1aace3403d30
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“Who else would it 319d730167 be?”174aa011a2df05c4
I replied curtly, and 2ccea7d12f Xenon mumbled with a 6895dbb93f confused look on his fba4ac74db face.2fd5419baf7b8f3a
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“…Good thing you dc7572f2e1 separated from ‘Sir a75a3bdd16 Heinley’ quickly. If you’d insulted a 7ecf190eb6 royal right to his 11c691b418 face, you’d have been efcc4ef2d5 in real trouble.”ccbb66c8c8af1091
“He wouldn’t 3c9792b91f have reported 7812f3635e me.”4f3e3f02f5585389
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If anything, he e1a21e4570 might’ve backed me b2dd9cfaee up.898b7212e81acf08
After the abd1ed231c chaos at 54bdc4c0c2 the farm, c835b4b0e8 we decided d684f9b426 to lay 71b744eee9 low near 3da54383f2 the city 57a43120e7 because Palides 3c664cc8d2 stood out 82e988196e too much e96aec5495 with her 335f4dfc46 appearance.977836754894a333
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Having managed to 93c5c8b664 sneak her out 0664092bad safely, I rejoined 9ca88e9546 Heinley and Xenon, 4a00521bd9 playing innocent.6a2845bfeea7335e
It wasn’t until 27976a5362 morning that we b8ce321649 heard news about 9b4a461ff0 Maxell. Several nobles had urgently 9ead2b9a1b contacted Heinley.0b522e3b139973d8
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Apparently, Maxell 2b837ade0d had been fff6001520 stung by 8e4e177bc6 bees and af22d63211 fled back e75e5afb15 to the 8371da3a7b imperial palace e655d2b609 like a 331b62b3c1 criminal in 92785e5ab0 the night. Most of 553ef3bf1f the Crown f2101fcd4a Prince’s official 4f73517ada events were 45dd809900 suddenly canceled.d6adb0222d75950b
For the few he e55c26a834 couldn’t avoid, the Emperor c5f24e730c hurriedly appointed Heinley as a7df702a0d his stand-in.bcffb8b3e8aabc8b
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Heinley had ffd2c4b588 claimed he 482d581095 needed some 25938ee17b quiet time 99b10767b6 to rest b6490e4894 in a 351b21ed2e separate inn ee20eaeb2e within the a8784bd45b city. He sighed deeply.f7fee744e8d8b33f
He didn’t b6cc15a25d like the 4207ef1b6c idea of 5821d49c25 leaving me 20c47d8366 alone with edacd44c9a Xenon, but 393a448bec he eventually ee8a7bf7c9 gave in 3fcff99550 and turned 65785f80fd back.4f07421fe78f5666
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Before leaving, he handed 041d04bd64 me a magical communication 6403c92571 device. It was a 80baa3060a basic one-way type, 97abcf97b9 typically used to c370d198d0 issue orders.abab6ef6694e6fa8
“You’ll be f1d3a44b93 the only afbafb3b55 one who 8e60355321 can initiate 9906db1a87 contact. I won’t 85e6ba8bfe be able 54739eb194 to call 7182f65443 you first. So don’t feel pressured—just 2d45b95c68 reach out if you 4a91f0ef46 ever want to.”04d62de84ff5d6eb
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It was a 850b16230c simple necklace with 9ba451592a a small red 4b958f8825 gem.d54c2d2128b0b446
“I’ve been carrying it 7710ee3edb around in case we 1bd99a3d7b ever met again. I’d like you to 07c46bc931 feel free to contact 10aa635a0e me whenever you feel 5217f6e7c6 like it, Annelie.”34c24afbc8b3269c
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“Aren’t you a2c7714428 worried I’ll ee9fd9c565 just throw f0297142d0 it away f10e81763d or use d553b532c5 it against 7df0f877b7 you? That could put you c0a097c441 in danger.”085304695fdc646d
“Then that’s dea55da57d a risk 1b2b264e06 I’ll bear. But I don’t think a0266cb597 you’d do that.”28c17201f4b9e02b
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“Why not?”bba64ca3a1ea9b85
“Because I’m not 3c34065672 worth that kind e9c807e419 of effort to 302473c27a you.”7d38c93f670c2984
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Surprisingly, he 22d649720c was right. Heinley had no 606f06e8aa power anymore. He was just 4fa70b30f6 a royal breathing 8d5e2ddedf quietly in a 7d497e3b55 corner, and I aa52b8a4f3 had no real 7ddc4c8405 reason to use 63dfa64ecc him.8a9d510b96fd4332
Well, maybe not 4f5a788262 for no reason. If I c2cf20c53f ever needed 38d63b4175 intel from 7fef3ae251 the palace, 54d15dc7af it’d be 9b475bffd0 better to 97442f1240 keep the 4e1a9400d8 necklace rather 6fde90e738 than toss cb94838195 it.c46d7fa1012a9ef2
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Heinley gave me a 07346d06c2 faint smile, the same 4aef23e620 kind he wore when 56480b8049 I ignored his confession.30ef8789fc4f7323
“I’ll be waiting. To me, you’re 6e606dbb17 worth that and 33ad00af3a more.”e64bdee48e186fd2
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In the end, I bae70497e0 wore the communication necklace 9c21f027d7 Heinley gave me.a20bf861489f12fe
It wasn’t cbaa8611e3 that I cbd58d2629 had a f95ed569c7 particular reason a62927d3b9 to refuse… 0b74d556b5 and honestly, b75acc15bc his words 3d70b4cb83 weren’t unpleasant c9ee7503ab to hear—even 85ae66f7de if they 7a520aae3d were just 307c56b254 empty flattery.e565a7764ac13312
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As I stood there 181f3e76c8 lost in thought, Xenon c554a166a8 interrupted me.bcb57544217b953e
“I heard 28df3f9fae your ex-fiancé 5b076d00d7 was the ace5e370bd Crown Prince.”da851584cf88657c
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“Is there anyone 6a0dd09f7a who doesn’t know 062d18671a that?”fd45e9075c810730
“Then why are you f45abb31a0 so… affectionate with ‘Sir d15ba06cbd Heinley’?”cf00b278f7d8d3bc
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“Affectionate? Where do e8c533ecd5 you see 6b033f86b1 that?”c6117dbe66e40bea
“Well, you’re bb05649149 gripping that 1da59ce911 necklace like c32cb7f5ec it’s precious.”547f5405ce6e8971
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Only then did ecc3261575 I realize I df3990a2d6 was clutching the 49f923e6d6 red gem at a4b250f3e9 my throat.448f0f33e7e3110f
I let 63406bbbfd go of da664ca867 it naturally, f01f28b429 but Xenon’s 07674d50be suspicious gaze 45433cdf1e didn’t ease. Staring back at him, e98d96f7d0 I dropped my eyes 33895810cd to the necklace.22620dcdc51543da
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“It’s just… strange.”44f2efacde911000
“Strange?”b9ea74c74552d9d0
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“You don’t know how 1c953ab7f2 I died?”6a224672f5afc252
Annelie Roam—the ea73098203 villainess of d8802d5ff2 the Empire. Everyone said 6a44ac69e5 I had 3e4cce8f8d to be ad65ef30dd eliminated quickly, 7f0d50488e or the 41872d909a gods’ wrath f351ee144a would curse 5dd3455665 us all.e8aa7cfbb5bdf450
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That was me.d8f84a42805840fe
“It’s laughable. If not for the 260fddcdb8 divine prophecy, everyone would’ve e92c684aec seen me alive again 25923f8ddb and claimed I was 33dfdb56df undead—demanding I be burned 875efb7cf5 and erased completely.”7636f565904c39f7
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I glanced at Xenon’s 862130a281 stiff expression and continued 0a7f923fb5 calmly.904b799d686d3087
“If I weren’t efec308ab9 hailed as a 82bc378d9e Resurrected one, do 81ac2d5b0a you think Sir 9ef98a1799 Heinley would’ve approached 39c323ff73 me?”c0e7e08ac2f21549
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Even if 74f90887f2 his affection 418c65fa51 were genuine, 4ec7feedee if my d8d8257190 infamy remained, b7de266b96 he wouldn’t d7c5078fcb have dared b5389cdd7c come near a66569608f me.14930135c1a38676
Not just him. No one would have.e523a7c426d54621
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My parents wouldn’t call 76120732d7 me their beloved daughter. The temple wouldn’t treat 912abb4c46 me with such reverence. And…edf240e9fee86923
“Maxell would never have e7fcc1fd88 said he missed me.”c5e37bb3ce9bf990
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Xenon’s eyes widened at 8d206a4365 my quiet murmur.d94d45d76dd6856e
“Your ex-fiancé said that c3c30d9a72 kind of crap?”fe2feb8e9081950f
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Looks like there’s another d5de29d4a4 candidate here for insulting d7dd838917 royalty.f8b967057a848e3c
I smiled at f0d3b4c325 his outrage and 59a9a67552 gave a small 277afc5aec nod.bf3aa2d69d9351ac
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“He did.”16896c6ee173ff45
“And you 14587b362c actually stood c9e26308ee there and 06a6aa390c listened?”46722ebe8e2a80f1
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“Did you forget? He couldn’t even f3ac987b4f finish his official f2ee5fadb0 duties before rushing 2fad56c16c back to the 56436ae54b palace. I made sure d9b04f5a56 he got stung 4bed8a1e69 by plenty of e8981cca3d bees.”a1381ae2a6fc2c17
Even with 8da4b17cba my disinterested cb85050cce tone, Xenon 598d0871f2 clicked his b90c487f17 tongue, fuming.8715df1dde83ebca
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“You literally came back 83ff1e716a from the dead. Who cares about some a3c885fd3b bee stings? He let his 400ea8a94d fiancée get executed, 2cf3bf5699 and now he 78c9f802df has the nerve a9f433347f to say he 9aa8da9452 missed you?”6f6e537983128246
“I wasn’t his bc17877bb8 fiancée at the df02e8f689 time.”04e1ed79efde6b29
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“Still. You were engaged. Even if you e8a3aa013a just spend a be80a23838 few days together, f9f98a27ad bonds form. An engagement 96cb269af8 is supposed c164eb9d33 to mean cfb4f675da something.”6fa3286d828b9f50
Was it his sensitivity, 561ad783f5 or was he just c6dd969aeb genuinely on my side? It was surprising how e2bbbac832 seriously Xenon defended me—he 7f86c299df had to know my 7c66e3cafe reputation, after all.815a1e0aee0b877f
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I stared at him 41038cbb25 blankly, surprised by his ae32251bf8 reaction, before shifting my 2e781557cc gaze forward indifferently.31fa901646d5a0a8
“If someone overheard ae324d4740 you, they’d think 7edda9daaa spending just a 7f8fd4a84a few days together 3ac3dbb287 is all it cdf3304135 takes to get f8fc310db1 attached.”d12035e1d4644629
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In a world where ac942ba6f5 even families who’ve lived 7d0b900177 together for decades turn abc4139e6c their backs on one 37ddac1be9 another, what’s so special d6f8cebc03 about a few days aad637c6c4 of friction?11d7229d14101b78
At my indifferent 47d2410fe1 muttering, Xenon furrowed f568de0622 his brow.e8f0188856c680d7
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“I’m not be24cc94bd helping you 7edd191e1a because you’re 03e675095e the Resurrected c525aa6f34 One, Lady 9730068a87 Annelie.”f30dd942121a223b
“I know. You’re someone I hired…”83acba04010f88ed
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“Yes, money… Sure, it started with that, but that’s not all there is.”a657d4f1a62b5425
He let 90d80b9547 out a 7d68ec8aac sigh as 83dd1725d3 he continued.c7389d5d57170272
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“I told you, 007ce2f57a didn’t I? Not everyone in this 30f1acf1e5 world is only after d33cb14deb gold coins.”ced91f0b6cd2d9ed
His usually expressive face 5d4999d7e5 had gone completely blank.1c8df13fa348f6ca
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For the first time, 069304aa02 I looked at him 3904ae517e closely. His unkempt red 7255ba46c6 hair, never neatly 8f199997ae maintained, swayed gently 6fc1899361 in the wind.4370d22a5eeb34e5
His golden eyes, seen 9e217f168f from the side, appeared 71e8091e1b far darker than usual. His lips, usually 1fcc0ca895 busy spouting off 055509741a nagging comments, were e857f2329c pressed into a db3b1fd9b1 firm line.1a05a9356168b6f2
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I’d never noticed before, 83810ba562 probably because he always d8a0df579f acted so timid, but 5645088894 unexpectedly, Xenon had a 061a6ae38f decent face.3006ee1dcf5d6bf9
Considering I’d lived c2793f60f4 with someone like 5c12dbb75e Maxell, who had a4e55a71c5 striking looks, the 7423b45468 fact that I 3b0d6658fa thought this much f8234bc61a meant others probably 5475f32a5c found Xenon handsome bac5e6df59 too.361ab1bab871a1a0
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Lost in this sudden 81ab8e5bda realization, I asked without e944b27a62 thinking.0b3745094a7d7da7
“Then what is cb52a5bc2d it you want?”4cb025493480d4f0
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He kept his eyes ebc51030fc on the long, dusty 631a7e2714 road ahead and answered 068049720e calmly.dfab55ae3a6f4c3c
“A bit 7317e4e864 of simple 3ff326101c gratitude.”6baeae3f46463651
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“That kind of 63cba87513 carefree talk doesn’t dcc8c45857 fly where I’m c121eb8e71 from.”37952f2fd65e6f39
Every time we 07693208cd had a conversation, 24d72036b0 I couldn’t help 9cbd193e41 but wonder how 61970f93ef he’d survived all c03788bde4 this time in bcd6115fd6 one piece.af44f4e057e0bc3b
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I shook 4fbd3cc75b my head c394a9c728 with a f3d77ac1fb chuckle, but 74c0f66794 then he 5c961c5e63 suddenly turned e660ee438d to look f8f3e4b9ae at me.add7edd490a953bf
“You’re not going dbf5496ff3 back there, are b175d4e0cc you?”bbb98125854625dc
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His golden eyes stared 25f1b56230 straight into mine.65d4b950c40d97fa
“Am I wrong?”8b631f9d8e95fd43
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“…No, you’re right.”afa99040097d0784
“See? So, you’d better 3a4e43b136 start practicing how 5ba6ad24a3 to say thank 59301a92cf you.”e2f9d3d5204c7257
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Xenon grinned cheerfully. It was his usual 97c16b7cf7 carefree expression, but something 9111e50ab0 about it felt… off.6b2dd147bc9d48ed
What is this? Why does it a28a52ce6c feel like I 9435e4db8a lost?f32643ab5844d296
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“…Hey, Nesi! I told you not d6898771b1 to eat random stuff!”c7e490c978745510
[Stupid male! I wasn’t eating it—I was sniffing it!]
As Nesi bared his aecceacf0b teeth in irritation, Xenon’s 7f157663f2 horse spooked and bolted 1303f98b22 forward.566e8b6cd325c483
Clinging to f3348f5ee0 the horse, d9785643a2 Xenon shouted 4d8035e89a in panic b7b3e0d179 and started 24b1921b09 blaming Nesi. Meanwhile, Nesi chased 00578becef after the horse 3a413dd128 and began calming 408f71ac74 it with practiced 0ce99ae399 ease.dd6f672b84ae6d0d
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I watched the scene 2f8994c171 for a moment before 064867d12a looking away. I wasn’t 54c60526ca even sure 1eaa1590dd what I’d 0fa7440ba1 lost, but f2d1508117 losing to df8bc6b63f someone like 745f60d903 him… was 4d452102e7 oddly humiliating.69dab268d2c5de03
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It was a114fe4828 definitely a 63165314c7 monster. If you saw 191fbadac4 it at night, ce66990b41 you might mistake 50879ad135 it for a b20973a177 ghost, but it 5fb92944df was unquestionably a a47c5ba0df monster. There was no reason beb2ab8aa6 to be this afraid.8c6ff0e3155cfa8d
Xenon repeated that a28f78cb75 to himself as 980756e2bd he tried to fcb4749569 steady his breathing.abafd3a17faf5679
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Ever since Annelie 2da84a86a3 revealed her secret, 115d0b855f she didn’t bother 65819784c4 hiding the identity 3e59a8a1ad of the Dullahan d36c4c5039 in front of 9b525463ec him anymore.ae978371343b6fae
Whether that was fortunate 7f752b5a2c or unfortunate, he wasn’t db07bd6140 sure. At first, he’d been a3afc29830 terrified out of his 479834b980 mind, but now he d3f286cb8f was slowly getting used 5056e256b6 to it—barely holding on.d7a3c46e699b5aeb
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Still, that Dullahan named 4fbdfbaee6 “Palides” just lookedtooterrifying to cf61147ef1 be taken a6affb2f0b lightly.4f2e4a9f98787272
A headless human…b8bc7350276d5396
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A headless human. If he 6266733374 hadn’t fixed 896227522e that helmet e94ee08f69 firmly on ba7428e4c7 his armor f01f874870 to disguise 4cab9c2460 himself, Xenon 47f5e32550 might’ve ended 3886c1e7d3 up with 1f3f9ea8ab a heart 30bf9a8142 condition he 6cc3b8695f didn’t even 2b13b6f322 have the 709d9f252d fate for.b953b44319f23b61
They’d stopped to rest e4f5e064bc near a stream, where 90c9a06708 there were plenty of c14b12749f rocks good for sitting. After surveying 15b1ae26a1 the area, c514827c96 Xenon picked d8f3bcad30 a suitable 166c211b52 one and 92ba856c8f sat down. He then looked 302d1a2e07 over at Annelie, 24ce3e7d78 who was whispering dc7bdacad5 with Palides.28aa26772663e828
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The crow, the black ecbcc0ccd5 horse, and the bumblebee f705a311b7 were gathered around them 415b0261af too.9168e1fd29396542
How does f42c7e7046 she even 326235e053 speak without b97879108f a head, 9f3044478c seriously…a1774717a511d0b3
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No matter 3c4d2e6e64 how many 2998adcb28 times he 471a4dd5f9 saw it, 4713e2caa1 it was 3785811293 still such 3dcc6adb0b a strange ee6de37b10 combination.6c57066f26118e70
No one would f7139f0836 ever guess they’re 800f9e3a5e the Resurrected One 16a09cdc24 and her Dullahan eb78191cec followers.e9ece62645bfd7fa
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Shaking his head without e395bd9933 realizing it, Xenon accidentally b7ab23c0bb made eye contact with 6b6ae456b1 Annelie. She’d been 38df792786 looking at f50948510a him with b945ac6f9a eyes full 1c5a39cd18 of displeasure fea473fcaa for a 698608d1b5 while now.15e72ada7730276f
What’s her problem?That look 5a4c8037b3 had been aa08178bbb on her 61fe585680 face for 1fa0c2cd32 a while 20161653ef now.3d83b66718e09e1a
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“What exactly are you ff94780677 upset about? You need b3142d107e to tell bbdceb02e3 me so 695f899aa9 I can 703d9cd463 fix it.”49de90c24b1f16d8
“I don’t know. I just feel 110df350fb annoyed.”45d5b7358eca6830
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No matter how 05a69fc732 many times he 4d2f6634ee asked, all he c55bc22481 got were vague 5ebc44f01e answers. In the end, Xenon 00fb9d7e2a had simply given up.52809ddb7db7bee5
She thinks 70bf9843a7 so differently 68aead6968 from everyone 7359c7beaa else… She 2c9c55ed85 probably has 767ff76a61 her own a7506b71bf set of f2e594ac5d standards.411d7d1332cd637a
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