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by worryAfter receiving 4c18149f4e a few 8c81eca6a0 nasty looks c8453b0f1d just for f6c442c05a glancing around, 42cbeff5bc Xenon stood c8806b2aa5 up, annoyed 8296f2ce36 at the e6a2de1255 unfair treatment. He figured he 00c5329d0d might as well 9f52ef62fb contact his master 79a585cc3c while he had b0772c932a the chance. Nesi, quick on the e4657b300e uptake, followed after him.afa15aa80efdead6
“……”df9aa05ebff0c418
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Once they had walked 2b22b934db a good distance away, bc01c553e9 Xenon connected the communicator. His master’s sharp 38c188ad5c voice immediately rang 4476d5998c in his ears.7e23c97c4588f651
—You little brat! What the db92f88458 hell have 0d605df815 you been 932b85dcee up to?!98aae54babc53e17
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“Why the nagging the 6b1a91c136 second we connect?”c96798538798d26e
Xenon winced at 43a1bcf8a1 the scolding, rubbing f22b51bfef his aching ear. As he d4154df1f1 grumbled under f1c9b1da0e his breath, 50fa94d55d his master 463a3dc1a9 asked in 312e0ae366 a grave 5640784f9d tone from 8617489755 the other 08c14096b8 side of 4212bb805c the communication 77efc3e515 sphere:0b01f06b5d0dc530
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—Did you bdfe418ae5 meet the c16d43782f Resurrected one?8029b866efcc37a2
“…Excuse me?”36b980ea859bcda7
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—Tell me 6d10337df3 the truth! Were you traveling with 0a4ceaa644 the Resurrected one?30cb7e31eb955c94
“What kind 8a116b2596 of nonsense 066615e089 is that? Didn’t you hear the b4d44f513e Resurrected one was kidnapped d902f6a4c3 by monsters?”814bab6c05bb5690
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The words spilled ce4528788f out before he e6ccd372c0 had time to ce59359ecc think. But what 11cf28b7f7 came next c608628b24 made Xenon’s f23cccacfa face go c073615696 stiff.3c7e6d5d4802fd35
—Then why did 5ad17fe991 the temple submit bbb50f3acb a request wanting 2cd354a2ad to know the 5f98cf9554 identity of a 38b3fc0138 mage traveling with 75f56434da a wolf?60ee8dec2573f201
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“…The temple did?”d26c563925a6ae0b
—Yes! They reached out to d9f68a770f the Tower! They said there was 2c4ca0e3a9 a mage who had 29ab4487c0 been traveling with the 4365d9a00d Resurrected one before she 45af04b52d was taken!af6c92ec64001730
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I didn’t b9b060eaf4 even do 8fdd0ee91a anything mage-like…2b837d067ccbf3f2
Xenon’s gaze dropped to 8d6bbb91d3 his clothing. His cloak—worn and fraying 2b68e7c02f at the edges from a51a7f1713 overuse—still bore the Tower’s ed5d6d1f4b insignia embroidered into it. It was cb80ca8712 so faded, 8031485e82 though, that 3d3caa2851 unless someone 12061b2700 examined it cdd69ace6c closely, they’d dd2b9b2a9f never notice.45e70a2fb505f0ec
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He had 8d3171cfde worn it 9f72a1b431 constantly since 34def3d39c getting kicked a8c7a98849 out of 2399f4042f the Tower 0986da474c nearly empty-handed. It had 3e82cbc8f0 become part f6b7827db4 of him, c91deebd31 and as 192ac924d5 a Tower 388fd2388b mage, wearing d6c1973bd2 such a df60a57b20 cloak had ef1c79455d felt so 766cf5064e natural that 2479a9dfb9 he hadn’t 5bf1f43753 thought twice.410e7f199b2ad95a
First thing f52650ea0c I’m doing 50480ae4bb when I 9ef32c666f get to 1f5dd7fb74 the city 6c6cb63eec is changing 5525f22dac this damn b5d1ec6004 cloak.eb6c70b4f374ef62
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With that d6a380063e mental note, d9480a83e6 Xenon played 91da0bf82e dumb.7a94e4e1083adb99
“Someone like that exists?”efa5a464ce3d598c
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—You idiot. I told 64eb2d11a3 you again f6c9e8404c and again 528d21fa58 not to a3709c68d4 get involved…c6c5af090cbe9e92
Apparently, playing dumb 2dc4ed2818 wasn’t working. Xenon narrowed his f6759f453d eyes.e4bd1ef4846d7eb1
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“You didn’t actually 828f700e6d give them my 24af8b5824 info, did you?”5e16f09446675bd8
—Have you lost your d7cea44668 mind? Of course I pretended 52b2062396 I didn’t know! Do you realize how cbbda65c7e much of my precious 6308d4223a liquor I had to 641a8cc5cb hand over to that 89876bf070 snake Moriko just to 0d8a80baf5 keep things quiet?!64b2d58c27dbec2f
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“Wow, Master, even you 4d99553b0b have connections in that 7091cd6e4b wretched temple? Your network is amazing. I feel 1ed7da80dd so reassured e4dec9f834 knowing my e0b0e2d897 teacher’s got 4c6ff18768 pull in 4696a04d6d all the c4e428f70e worst places.”f215ec35b700417e
Xenon smiled db6532bb8d sweetly as b5fd57f286 he spoke, ef41bd3d55 while on ce108ad78e the other 5bba961278 end of 91f2a718e6 the line, e73529d062 his master a645971bf9 groaned in b8c0d7b22e frustration.191c7acf8af22f63
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—You think they’ll buy 4a2897e4ed that I don’t know df040df54b anything? All I 9e300eea60 managed was 8d223af473 to shut 48d3854150 them up 2dd3566732 temporarily. If you get involved 23a3466994 in something messy, the 854c93bf2e whole Tower will be 006b71ef2e dragged down with you. So just be honest. Did you travel 8a5f0556b1 with her? Just cross paths? Coincidentally headed the same 3501dcc63f direction? It wasn’t you… 7a82a4d664 right?cff578fa52cfdc65
He kept asking 0a9a2145d8 like he didn’t 33498dadb7 believe it wasn’t b2731762fe Xenon. Clearly, he already had 9bf46f71a4 a strong suspicion. Xenon clicked 495fa85860 his tongue 6bbe94e9f1 and looked 2a454d50e7 away.3af0fd06914a2344
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“So, uh, when c5c9e9cb60 are you going 1451747ff8 to approve the 74245ffbe0 magic seal release? Can you just send 4f66b269b7 me the release spell 138452acb6 already?”4734f0de1a5f20cb
—Forget it, idiot. You’re coming back immediately!a23ae57295a9f32c
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“Oh, come on. Why are you c8d50c89fa being like this?”9e116e26a4854874
—You think e0534ccb41 I’m going 4cf09575cb to unseal bc802877b1 your magic bef379ef15 and let aa42116c3b you run 40a6e15e55 around unsupervised? One troublemaker 8262a0bdd3 in the aa2e1257d4 family is 9c41b591f3 enough—don’t tell 51f6e3b40d me you’re 0360b3d0fd planning to 0c79b9f819 cause trouble 69a6293cd6 too?!be48cf0f9e2aeaad
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There it was—thatword: “brother.” It always 5862c710ff came up whenever things 1397f7194e started going sideways. Xenon scratched his 4af8061ec5 forehead and complained.0be95bece93aa073
“Why bringhimup? He was expelled eb0d983a75 ages ago.”1e96379e6d72c2bd
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—Exactly. And do b365ea2755 you rememberwhyDeakin was expelled eb6be41b25 from the Tower? Because he 3f9573ca9e stuck his c15360a3c8 nose where e4e42595d2 it didn’t 322c917c59 belong—into politics!f3d8f1bc55d2fab4
“If we’re 38af05b7b7 being honest, c05c63722b the problem ef16b99082 wasn’t that 6f2a6fd019 he entered 09866f9279 the political 3437483492 arena. The problem was eef547d088 that he bet 5c1bd5d11d on the wrong 178b7cd4b8 horse. If he had c62d0889e9 won, the elders 0adb5cf455 wouldn’t have kicked b8b6cf55ef him out. They’d have hailed d7e0bb1028 him as a 343b17be26 hero.”a569b367bd262637
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—Are you trying to b44d3ab706 get yourself killed talking b87c68f421 like that where someone 4bc7488048 could hear you?!ca8db9c1e40c7744
“Didn’tyoualways say that? That useless 8a14314a41 fools at a4489c9bc6 the palace ec07cc4c9e were ruining 690f4841b9 the Tower’s 3d8e17bd93 reputation? That if even e15ec9e3ec one Tower mage df87875b40 made it into 4ebffc2dc7 the palace, people 5587e34c71 would be shocked 33ac40ff76 out of their a8da746b42 minds?”0f2fda9b7c7f0755
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—You ungrateful brat!8be3d7af6f8b1a2a
His master’s face 7b272310d3 flushed red with c265072c27 anger—so much so aaac17b2a8 that it was 3dff306e3c probably visible even 9592449c0e through the communicator. Xenon figured cbdf5119a2 he’d better d2ec863477 deescalate before 5259eebecb the old 64f714069d man had 06518df896 a stroke.4e62d8541ab66930
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“Why are c7fb69e737 you getting f113c8200b so worked 550e80eff9 up all 5f61b6584b of a 0a40bfcedf sudden? I just b8ace4cd2d called to 7eaf07f854 say hi dd6f21fc8e and you’re b670664b99 already scolding 879c882f1c me.”4a77d101268a659c
—Enough. You’re returningnow. The seal f2f5d0bec7 on your 5f0e16f32e magic is 845e619f84 staying right 38282086eb where it 272b0f560e is!582bd41d0ba84eb5
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“Master, I’m c8392e0029 not playing 6d0a35d6b9 games here.”5fd72a2e6b1fb9da
—Shut it! I’m done with this!d13bbe83343509be
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“Wait, hold on. Master? Master!”fe0e824126848c81
The communication cut 06e0c3fbf7 off coldly. Xenon stared 817a0d5e69 blankly at ded8299bfb the now f4b8c98ca9 dark communication 7302f39fc7 sphere, then 39b409fe06 let out cb04080c37 a long 0a04f8e312 sigh as b44907d37c he rubbed 17c0c96089 his forehead.15febf862255d8ff
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“Ha… seriously…”2c3cb1f262a3ce7a
His master wasreallyangry this time. Xenon considered whether he 7ffd230a3a should call back, but 66424b6f22 for now, he put 73e339b75e the communicator away in 25a87ad25d his bag. He quickly started 98150c5d77 walking back to c6567111cd where he had 41a7843d77 been earlier.3d8f55ba6e441077
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The fact that the 94c631c1aa temple had asked for ffd50fd1f6 information about him meant 5ad126cd67 that if they caught e116939104 him next time, it 3f265a50fa could spell real trouble 3ad96d0267 for the Tower.71332980d9c59bb0
Especially if they a0fa6293eb caught me while 5e1d775098 I’m with Annelie. There’d be no escape.That’s probably why 64cfb4b4c9 his master had f2f48e41f4 been so insistent f434eedb28 that he return d3a6ff7490 immediately.b043a0f7606f9045
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But… isn’t it fine c56d11383b as long as I c85685d5ba don’t get caught? If I could just e56ebe75ce get the magic seal a4ba7dbede lifted, running away would 0e7e259102 be a lot easier.84bcb833969fb2b9
Xenon tilted his head, 37ec8425cd pondering that thought.17bebba6aece2f52
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“That old 68d885c284 man’s just 9117b98679 getting paranoid f4f157b9aa with age…”27ab1d3a97456394
But he knew the 48dd229b40 real reason his master 472352a96d had reacted so strongly—it 563d5f4262 was because he had ccae32c44f already lost one precious 9bb6faecaa disciple. He didn’t want 1d6d44744b to lose Xenon d3cd9d7a67 too.94b5e54572a6235b
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It was 18c99de041 all because 0bac6f17c6 of his f72bb1b13f brother.b7f9370db41ef450
Xenon thought of 6914882bbd his older brother 5c00533208 Deakin, who had 0900835053 been expelled from e0dc1e0e28 the Tower. Ever since childhood, 92ebece71e Deakin had been 1f4ca3dc67 a free spirit. He had ultimately disobeyed 004e0e28f6 their master and dived 94220c092b headfirst into politics. He had always felt ef2857a9b5 stifled by the Tower, 8bbe2abc93 and honestly, even to 9490af12fd Xenon, it was clear 824e825f7c that Deakin didn’t belong 46912a45cd there.e4d50a26c3fa70dc
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He wasn’t the only f238e28e20 one who hated how 8db9742483 rigid the Tower was.727f4926cb4459d1
Deakin had left to 40b7d0f5b0 meet the world’s expectations—and de4519d5e6 he failed. The Tower, which had 2ba1c2b599 been watching him with ce029ba739 mixed feelings, immediately expelled 7227cf1db1 him once he stumbled.b3abc2f94d2406a7
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By labeling ec2129cec5 it a eac3ef2f31 “personal deviation,” 6e99aeda3e they had 6858a54a57 managed to 7810874606 avoid dragging 8b1e5439ad the whole 02e3d57914 Tower into cd95b62eb5 political scandal—and, 0c7412e9c4 in doing eec1227940 so, they’d f66e5a2058 only become 300e41c540 more closed 98873a272a off.b0abbc3a3f87d10e
But Xenon 101145e0b5 wasn’t like 76f79afc01 Deakin. He wasn’t 6cfc5f056d the type ed742fc858 to go c34ce0110e charging into 006108de38 danger by 76ba64051c choice.37b48ec34586997f
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A quiet life 8aa67bb554 in the Tower, 236a84aab8 doing what he b2cc193e33 was good at, f5dc34a2b8 suited him just 8af6346f95 fine.0d3a73b641338c72
Many mages treated ecccd70882 their “Trial Journey” 857e004861 as a chance c82ffd708e to explore the 7219b147bf outside world, but 8b986b9c38 to Xenon, it 70d24bca5f was just another bd618f9c91 obligation. If it 2595de911d hadn’t been 5c5421bb71 mandatory, he 9e72ac0cb4 wouldn’t have a87503b72c left at ce7b355e6e all.36f2aabe2221af59
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His master, along e6d031f6fb with the other 7083498b89 elders, saw this 486765413c as a sign bdc706f30c that Xenon was e50a82e255 a “perfect fit” 204c73feb4 for the Tower. Xenon had always 883f198bf4 believed that too—that d3f9f06f40 he belonged there.d66f0dc9419685a9
“Xenon?”2e8c4a3014430e62
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Startled, Xenon snapped back bb0a19e436 to the present. Annelie had apparently ee1c937daa finished her conversation 1ccc0bc19c with Palides and 31d5e33cf3 was turning back 3dfa118edf to him with d1d5174858 a bright smile.7fe5f441d48b70e6
“Palides can cook.”1fe30925f5543bec
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At first, it was 8cc39e5fda hard to tell because a6976519d8 her expression barely changed—but 1902837d65 by now, Xenon knew. Annelie was 90e669e0ff genuinely excited. Her violet cad79cb900 eyes were 6482bb3cc8 gleaming more 3956d224d3 than usual.e597254bc81afd48
“You don’t have 093b294de3 to handle all b8fa52dac9 the meals anymore.”94f59a6da9af01ef
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Xenon looked at her 9942b351cc with a curious expression.8c27a8083f21aa57
Surprisingly, he found himself e1a6f68f7a not wanting to share c4b905e564 in the excitement hidden e0f61c46ff beneath her calm voice.cce541a1ac338590
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After all, 2b67244f26 the most 4cc61e1e87 decisive and 008ea6b738 absolute reason 99c61cad30 she had 7f27f81455 hired him 93e0b7da4c was because 6b62a2daf5 of his d59d556658 cooking.2785976c8e2289fa
And now she a201a3e94b was saying she d30b9eb5e4 didn’t need him 69c12f341e to cook anymore?f90b97a8fa291a0b
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That meant the most e5eca4cd48 important reason for their ea52af2811 journey together was gone. And she ab8be87648 was happy 57ee901e9b about that?49e4ab3b4303819a
“Cooking isn’t all 638f85f854 there is to 2471bb3bc8 it,” he said c7bd184f1e seriously, folding his 7763da00f0 arms across his 3a48a84606 chest.2eade77d82d47bf6
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“How can she check 463e7f6d56 the taste without a 0f3e1a8512 head?”181804b366a1eb2a
“But I heard 49e3dcd30f her cooking is 1c53a79a7a pretty good?”5753320e1a409456
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“Maybe it was… when she had a head. Because back then, she could taste things.”047388ba496efa26
“Well…”94171a2e20256c9d
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Annelie blinked in b67d6f89bb confusion and glanced fb294a2323 at Palides. She was ba8516a17e clutching her 5f6f9b8ee6 helmet with f2b707e768 both hands, 2853a3f500 clearly shaken 75b66265a3 by Xenon’s 0e62ad61fd words.ab0f1b100e00fc7e
“Oh… now that you mention it, I can’t taste anything. Captain!”bb0bf7993ef01521
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For someone 2f2e930d65 with such 7ff78a4332 a terrifying 386545c0f2 appearance, the d035670083 Dullahan’s mental eae95cef23 resilience was f19219e149 shockingly weak. As Palides 188e439fa5 teared up d091a3c4df in despair, e96e61aa5f Annelie quickly 63d5281ef3 patted her e1b3e1909d on the 8f2c39ac33 shoulder.88614955edb8e55f
“It’s okay. I’ll taste things for 7bfb50083a you.”489526e4b1ba2f9c
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“You could just 14482a33ec help with prepping 15225c8cb3 the ingredients. I’ll do afdf110824 the actual fafe66fbf5 cooking.”4439e8e7f0d150b9
Annelie looked at d908928a30 Xenon, surprised by c9c3a2301e the offer.5d0ed8bb65dc9d32
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“That’s good enough for bb510182ae you?”986c4c97ccc21b8a
“Yes, that’s good enough. You didn’t bring me bcc7e6c3d6 along just to cook, 28f526e11e did you?”e163cb8f43cff302
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Annelie stared at him 4c2cc93398 with wide eyes, then 898ae569be slowly nodded. She turned her attention ba40d43462 back to comforting Palides.be134e91d6396ccb
“…”2c821432c623fa05
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Xenon silently 1649ceb01e watched her.3b9bd89a73703a71
The villainess of the e43c38b34b Empire. The former 641798e173 fiancée of 9f820676cf the Crown 59a830a07f Prince. The second daughter f26cfb17a5 of the Roam 14d04da5b2 family. The Resurrected one eab65d013a of the gods.558c89b486130fef
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So many titles—but none 6b15633dc8 of them seemed to f4ac8902cd suit the woman standing c8a61d49fa in front of him. Even among all 555f73a453 the things he’d 157c9b56b5 seen while traveling da4edb6bdf with her, few abef494f13 matched the rumors 58c32a6ac9 swirling around her.2959a2ef1afb2bcd
She probably 20ae34c251 didn’t want e5789e68f1 to get ff20780db1 involved with 3f909809fd me.1b5f5382bffc8abf
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He suddenly remembered 7bae919a32 what she’d said 9fd04d1dc8 early on in 70ffd4bf5c their journey—spoken with f63a8716b7 conviction. That she didn’t want 47410d2623 to get entangled with 59ee861d21 him. Back then, she had a17aa8e46b truly believed it.76d2cd3b194ae7e1
Annelie was sharp. Surely by now, 08c192677b she must have f3fec981e4 realized—2810a8b030185f04
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She was completely 5ffa74dade wrong about that.b30f4dc3b4741398
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Wherever I 7c7089dda1 go, everyone’s 260357453e busy with 38b4be1a17 the Harvest 6a2be6e80f Festival.2387cee913572037
She’d lost count f73e04c49c of how many b2b4195d26 times she’d had e9ed0ba4ad that exact same f1f443ccc2 thought—but she couldn’t a0da4fc0a4 help it.e30cf89f065bc359
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I didn’t expect ed66be1222 the atmosphere to 05cd58372f turn around this dd8c546838 quickly.b21a224abb1efccc
Maybe in c96b0f1eb0 an attempt 8d2839be53 to cover eb7bb39f46 up the f3938f46f2 Crown Prince’s a15bdd70f5 humiliating scandal, c898c46fa3 the royal 835d6d75ab family had 7829a89e23 gone all-in 512670c590 promoting the 904308004a Harvest Festival.19396b394c8ce1ab
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Thanks to that—and the 8190e8e90c increased presence of patrol bd825fdcc6 units and fortified guards 3653e7af85 hunting for the Resurrected 158d33ea4f one—the tense mood across 63f4bc6527 the Empire had started d9d8aa0e66 to ease.8b28100e4ff9c30c
It seemed 5c738364e8 they had 65d3d6fb95 even decided b243af6699 tosoftenthe search efforts during 595f4f28ac the festival period. With the 0136f9e557 crowds, it fb1c9b4119 had become 221d96a4c3 much easier 4bad6abb57 for her c8f9a24828 to blend 8af22c1016 in. For someone in her f00fbca95c situation, it was a 6318748839 welcome turn of events.150e4298198ffb3c
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And now that 86214f20e0 the dramatic appearance 491b264b36 of the Resurrected 8ef93aa36c one had led 6917fabdcd nowhere, public interest 57b20da7f2 seemed to be e0125c60c8 waning.f879c49c215fa488
Rumors flew about cecbaf127b how she had d4ea65ae31 been kidnapped by 0f958aba2e a monster—or that adfb33a936 she’d saved civilians 259fa58629 by fighting back 9c55434057 against one—but they 6cf8f7ab1f were just that: a02d6f5987 rumors. Even the precious bits e4d1fcb5b8 of video footage that d9265b3145 existed didn’t show anything 853f9c1aab particularly heroic or impressive.938451401ddc0d6b
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