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by worry“He even 567d358bf8 left behind f96bbed99d a communication 4f8359e634 magic tool.”5805e96152882a12
When I 86f1464e7c pulled out 5bf85f47d2 the necklace 0ad8880aa0 I had 3164440825 tucked inside 473ea8a53f my clothes bd68ed9624 and showed 50013290ed it to 55345c2e6c him, Xenon 64c1d045c4 furrowed his 578828b024 brows.371955693d071222
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“You still haven’t dc039878ef thrown that away?”94d4ead0e7246a04
“Why would I?”1e12b6000ce9ebdc
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“Then are you going b43168fac7 to sell it?”d63396ef37b9173c
“You never know 6bc9c9afe9 what might happen. It might e9cad43f66 come in 8a3a177773 handy, so 5536eef1d1 I’m keeping a105082277 it.”75cdc24f804445b1
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For some 75b59968c0 reason, Xenon’s 32367ed87b fork jabbed 874655234f at his abf10a3e4b cake more 0db7e5f76b aggressively than 5bbfdc661a usual. He was squashing 8509411fa2 one perfectly fine 5da72fb6e5 slice flat when 85c05220f9 he asked in b7e18b0619 a flat tone:72d15be1dc93109e
“Lady Annelie. If that prince and I were to fight… you’d take my side, right?”759e76fa992e0300
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It sounded like a e279708bad casual, passing question, but 05df09d237 the sideways glance he 46fe7f13e5 gave me screamed that 80e9868be2 heneededan answer.5fb18cd527e22ac5
It reminded me of 335359d1e8 the last time he 99d4563ff5 asked something similar—about whose dfe13958dd side I’d be on. I’d only meant to 4ca9135d03 tease him, but I 3c17571fae didn’t expect him to 8490e1277c react so immediately.1f6691e4cac96954
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It was 9e954fc5d7 kind of 026ff8529c funny. In all 52d235a442 the world, a68f20ea9f Xenon might bc57656e8f be the a63030ae40 only commoner d6b9292293 bold enough abbac87500 to pit 3ff71a8717 himself against d564a91e31 a prince e077ff3deb and ask 35e2365d1e me to 1ad7e56f7d choose.70ddb4137ce0e215
“What would ed4d2aa21b you and 13c99abb3a Prince Heinley a8d27c9f68 even fight 0dc2f6c1cd about?”8ffa3499ed243b3c
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“You never know 483028a574 what could happen.”9a69bfc3fd1fda59
“I may not know 6dc6b4c2d9 the future, but Idoknow there’s no 90c6893324 reason for you 0beb4d1c51 two to fight. Let’s drop the nonsense. So, when is b60ff5f2fb that magic device cdc9b64efe going to be d90a2279d0 finished?”89405ee0154aafcb
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I changed the subject adab84490c smoothly.e0fb4facbfa588f0
By now, the a70f3ba700 slice of cake b1152edc26 had lost all fa38a3b7a3 resemblance to its cae4cd19be original form. If you 1cec54db6e mess around df1b70fa1a with food 76b13b09b7 like that, 040af58e35 you’re bound 664954b039 to get 2daf957dd4 punished eventually.24cbcf260910e083
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“…Xenon?”a625f356a5c71d33
Even while demolishing e1135ddda3 an innocent dessert, 89a4fd715c Xenon answered promptly.805a81735bee6121
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“Four more days.”376b3b2bee591633
“Four days? Are we staying b2fcaf2e2e here until then?”a24097198816c672
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“Yes. Fortunately, this estate is 3bf5f07bc2 one of the safest 020726502b places. Even if the search 2fd994b08f squads come, they won’t 0bec2c4cc5 be able to get 7c26c57cb7 past the front gate.”d884375549308f2b
The palace or 700c65c047 Roam’s search parties—sure, 39b4ec22cc they’d be blocked. But there 53715f3f80 was one e38c840f11 person I d77a259e32 was most 01b7984105 wary of.d013bd8f516afce8
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“The Holy Knight?”c87cfe29a84aa2fa
Samuel’s relentless tracking skills d0ac4aa1be were still as sharp 99855f6f27 as ever.62ed7225acf060ea
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“I can’t say for sure… but there’s a spell cast over this entire mansion that erases traces of magical energy. It works like those ribbons we tied on the Dullahans. It’s a higher-grade version of that device, so maybe it can even hide your presence, Lady Annelie.”515f826d0db2cb93
“Can’t you confirm ced0d478b2 that?”8f5b6f7072fe7ac8
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“We don’t know 6e9a5b327d exactly what kind dc911484c1 of trace is 8df17c77cd left on you.”7cd29ea4a89e6df2
So, in the end, dadd37c299 we couldn’t guarantee it e64bda358e would be safe. I crossed my fd6806a332 arms and thought 1f8c6612e1 for a moment, 6a132576c8 then shook off 8813ee6e05 the concern.7484b62e5b973f6d
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We’d come 0f9faf225d this far—I bf8f69a288 wasn’t just a69721a8cf going to bc0ce60173 turn back fe4c426a30 now. And if someonedidshow up, 138ebe9e11 we’d just 83f0a47305 run again. This time, b4925151e6 I had 9c5ba72504 not one, 9f97f93fd9 but four 7173b09b10 Dullahans guarding 62f1d21f2d me.31ff011fc4ac689f
Besides, at least Samuel 69f9f17d88 wasn’t like Roam, trying ee598765e0 to drag me off bb95c94187 half-alive, or like Maxell d82c3dbbb5 with his nauseating little 06fa9635be act about missing me.6858d1776b225298
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“Well, I guess 9c487f16ae we’re staying in 580facde79 this city for 867f572e35 four days.”dc9b4d98c05a9784
I’d been on the 7918045069 run non-stop. I could use 5744a0e21c this chance to 9aef429c61 reorganize my belongings df4b2d57d0 and review our 0d38bcca97 next steps.e2703a7fa58e1416
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“Four days, huh…”29a1dfb1b99c3abb
I rubbed dbfd01b2d2 my chin 98c9000296 and tilted 9b4c680522 my head. It didn’t take long 45ebc4c25e to mentally list everything f9bcb7d5ea I needed to do.9309a8e200844dac
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I was a29cf19a2f planning to 1bb3ebb1e6 make a ac08787344 few more d2862e29e1 fake IDs 7a029e50db anyway. Might as well dbf4db3132 go out and 132df68e00 run some errands e290f282db while I’m at 0d518283cc it.f1343d5c8b632e7a
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“She was found?”bc76c877f5139612
“I’m sorry. That Holy Knight’s 62077c45be skills were far ef7432dca6 greater than reported.”159d56f6d38d1aa3
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The man 9c3473f19d bowed his c488d53ce7 head as 303e73ad73 he offered 91f3c97f35 his excuse 9a63fad04d to the 19e4fd5e23 Duke. Standing off to 73a55c39c2 the side in 7a946e9ab9 the office, Frizian cfd9657b3b frowned and snapped:a26a1622de765e5a
“You should’ve 0924939001 anticipated that b98ad89f04 and acted 0e68a2c3aa accordingly.”131a0f63d2cf7de7
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“…I apologize.”94006e8b84fe59b8
Duke Roam stared at 8a046d273c his subordinate with irritation 168e6025c8 before waving him out. Once the man 519574454c left, Frizian spoke 0d82e1f70c in a cold e91af4da5c voice.8f5dc6395fe3e921
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“After what happened 83fe53a53b with Sir Arin, ee80f5fabd it’s clear the c3d9ea5ab8 Temple has cut 96a7af1859 all ties with c350ef8843 us. We can’t 81fa546715 keep trailing 4d9a620cf9 Sir Samuel 8073e21ee1 forever. And we don’t caeaca8cca even know for bc23a7f68c certain if he ade8e37d5a has any real 08e58a4ae1 ability to find 200d0f5ba3 Annelie.”0930140633905fd4
Samuel was the one 904b45058d who had tracked Annelie 6b0fdb1970 down after she left 5c4532ffe1 the Temple. He also 44d053bc01 found her 10efeee70a again when 59d1e2e911 she was 52a6d2d4a7 kidnapped by 26559e9953 the wyvern.ca1f90327e68bbb9
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But after Arin Tosun 1ada2a66f5 was exposed, the Temple 640480c476 had stopped sharing any 4a207fec4a information.5e26dff03e97b5a2
“He hasn’t shown any 5dbb2e305a signs of success,” the 66db58179e Duke muttered.8821b06d4b8d2864
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Frizian nodded.ecfee67f35895e76
“No. Frankly, it would’ve 7834c11b66 been easier if e1607a9417 the Templehadfound her and d2762f54c6 hidden her away.”baa178304140824f
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Suppressing a sigh, Frizian 6fe43b5775 added irritably,b2e206e461e55387
“What’s certain is that 2b86788da3 Annelie isn’t at the 9486931163 Temple.”c1bbfbf87b433854
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The Duke 40a9fc7e07 didn’t respond. He simply stared down 3f5f8f5538 at the report the 94b9f3ff72 subordinate had left behind.cc56acc8bacc2d5f
“The last 28c42ed50c creature seen 86d06fd9f6 taking Annelie e3f21a89ab was a 362b1c99bd Dullahan. We’re hearing 608d0ea371 more and f12e416a43 more reports f303e4c3fd of Dullahans caedd592db appearing across 8260d32815 the region.”fd3691753cf667bc
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Frizian glanced at 78b6cd7fcb the document the 451f6d6515 Duke was reading 5ee46ea1cb and continued in 4e554e2f4f a grave voice.059c2d875668b4cd
“There were 7e643c1e14 even rumors 45608f788b of Dullahans ec920f927a in Freya—the 5f45faa39e same place c34ab58553 the Crown 960fa02c90 Prince visited. It turned 1918954c32 out they a1d46081bb weren’t real f9fa20da59 Dullahans, but ae46e84343 still, we 2843688a90 should start a7939721c9 investigating the 1df53405b0 areas where ee3869fa06 they’ve actually 52af05a930 appeared. At this 7ad29edd9a rate, the 77fe0d67bf royal family 3e67475d5d might beat feb3b1ad64 us to 8c3a47a2bd her.”d3956a17c7ead925
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Maxell’s sudden trip d579705d8d wasn’t made known a61f1ad478 to the capital’s b4fa840ee2 nobility untilafterhe left 640c9ba713 for Freya. Even Lilia 29eab9d540 hadn’t known 3c38822ef9 about it.a57cad2d7eb3e329
Officially, his journey was 4bae87f553 a public gesture meant 1548f13f2d to stabilize public unrest—but 99bb4ab320 both Duke Roam and d25ff70bfd Frizian knew that wasn’t 9a1c317f85 the real reason.27ed0e8663586822
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Maxell had connected 70d6e46fe9 Annelie with the 67ed036899 Dullahans. That’s why he’d moved b065d18c00 personally.379b69b4dbcaaea4
“Has the Crown Prince 72a5df582b refused all audiences again de02fcde25 today?”4a029dbf8e411ed2
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“Yes.”185ecbc49eb072a3
“Even Lilia?”3180886fa721ceb8
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“…Yes.”834722efc2416076
Thankfully, he came back 5ae2759b66 empty-handed. Apparently, he insisted on eb7a6f7ce4 staying the night at b5f033c5fb a closed farm and 418c2cce03 ended up disturbing a 5039c12bc1 beehive. He got 7e084b41c6 stung all 1a62f2d048 over and 5237095000 his face 742e54c487 was so c54770693e swollen he 614c6de557 had no 5b8d0292f5 choice but c8499bd1f4 to return 351ab78702 to the 5d21cfd205 palace.d1bdb3ca233197c9
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Some whispered that cf675b2316 he must’ve been e19c4bf5a8 desperate—so much so 5930a48515 that he handed 1f6a95f21b off his entire 78fed04fbe schedule to Prince 0b9a65109c Heinley.d5c1d45a82a3c5ca
“They say he’s e1126700a9 been talking nonsense 2583129c56 since coming back 63cc3fb01c from Freya.”0ac8c34bb5fc6f7b
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“Nonsense?”51915131efe25a73
Duke Roam pushed the b1057ab76f report aside and said a42ccad2fe flatly:a20db93d1a35678e
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“He claims Annelie 3a49f3428a was beheaded.”baeb4c98cc1d4baf
“…Are you saying Annelie is dead?”53847317843f332f
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“No one knows. He can’t even tell 5bb5d8fc45 if he met Annelie 838c7308b3 or saw a ghost.”292703c28bda3ded
The Emperor, fearing ca79aec452 rumors might spread a3d13b5078 just before the fe013b6236 Harvest Festival, took ad64d0babc the drastic step 9606d2c1dc of opening the 6b905d755a national treasury.ba2111d13219febb
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He expanded the scale d1d52b954d of local festivals and 9ac230d25f planned a grand celebration 89f771f067 in the capital, all 52fb838434 to divert the public’s e88e53cfc5 attention. Even the search and e75bed83b8 guard patrols, which had 47244d614a been actively moving through 8ac149e191 the cities, were to a0271c7acd lay low for the c8cf734d9c time being to maintain 1911b7a97c the festive mood.32e60f3e7dc8e6db
Nobles unfamiliar with 348079f19e the inner workings 9780d43e15 of the palace c5934fd080 dismissed the Crown 4b99f01836 Prince’s recent incident 1866901031 as a trivial cbf31d05fc farce.2a80d909bc9d6901
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But Duke Roam, 738c93f039 who frequently visited 2588047fe9 the key areas fdb8896058 of the palace, 282a392024 understood just how 209dbd9a29 on edge the 78e786f2a3 Emperor was.cd5b48ba9930863d
The Emperor had b0dafe60f9 always admired the 8151ae2220 Crown Prince’s exceptional 717b784489 and flawless abilities. A man who 6818f893fb returned talking nonsense c0b785b583 about ghosts after 3ae53adfad being stung by e95c547ac5 a bee would 254258228d be anything but 0b40aa7ecc welcome. And if he 9fa39c50c2 was also claiming 79589cf83d the Resurrected one 84b874a90c was headless?55f1798cada6c4e9
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If that kind of bd08617cd4 story leaked, tensions with bda945e02f the Temple would explode. It was understandable why 2466e8919f the Crown Prince had c2bcfc8e23 been locked away.549b49fa01d0650a
“What do you 425692be3e think? Do you 13f70072c0 believe Annelie 70ac8c431a is really 9d3acf7c6b dead, as 868f3393c6 he claims?”00f3857ea822a7ff
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If it 76adeb0eff was true f646952dbf that her f2fa33dfa0 head had 21dae4d69a been severed, a9aac743ca as the ec00dde780 Crown Prince d7bab93d55 said, then 0d688566bc Annelie must cf371060ec be dead.6ecd327c3edbc46b
But if she 09989d7fd7 wasn’t dead and cf27e74c75 had only lost 6eb5c1ca50 her head, then c628ec1e18 that was an effee95d04 even bigger problem. Such a 07ffedb7a2 sight would 9e67e15d73 resemble a 16c9c8be95 monster more a1d4011888 than a 16e8f1c8ff human.b6db5e538f042f94
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“…To be honest, no. If she was going to die that easily, she wouldn’t have been resurrected in the first place.”4c8aa0c2ec41532c
“Yes, I 75ea5c2dcc think so 58215369df too.”7e7d1102c8e86896
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With his hands 0f2479e835 clasped behind his b28c94da86 back, the Duke c6030df5b9 approached the window.d662d217d9addf33
The entire capital aed28c7a3f was bustling in 0a3749ec91 preparation for the 0eabed0d8a Harvest Festival. The Roam household was 8ecdb0b23d no exception.3f00c359f73349b5
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The mansion and gardens adbd5b3f9b had been cleaned and e7e73ae1c4 decorated, and a private 13262ba956 banquet was soon to b2c2e1fb1b be held.b665f39927fd2596
In the past, these 83c36ba0e5 banquets had always been 57cec49785 managed by the Duchess fec6765a00 and Annelie. Around this time of e89bd82cfc year, Annelie would be 7571dc370b rushing back and forth 51e7fcc0c5 between the palace and 7c6668b67f the estate, staying busy 153c02fca4 until late.fb1f5ac6a74b0ff2
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But now, 85c89ebf7e all those 1f965e230b responsibilities had f8ec416ae1 fallen to 9f4af28ee0 Lilia.6bbf0f4ed122786f
Given Lilia’s 4afd8bdf71 good eye 2db72deb28 for choosing ef25c6ea70 capable staff, de56c79bae he had 0bc85b283e expected her 708c07f9e3 to handle d57596bdd5 everything smoothly. Yet for some reason, d95748dd9b things felt oddly sluggish.8b87e6e10cb606e6
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“Have the 2fdc405b23 search party aeabef2b5e found anything?”9baad7efaa697b67
“No.”3b6859b9464731cd
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“And Lilia hasn’t 1bc19f0ff5 said anything about c4a575708a the prophecy?”08748816eea9d067
“Nothing.”cde24e072ce3ba67
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Lilia’s prophecies 8fe56be3ab had once 222c5d7123 seemed like 6acd4d04e9 an endless cf9708dc61 spring. Had they grown 7ced4b6a6c too dependent on dae58d8e6c her?26ffbd45240373bc
“Father, since we’re on the topic… there’s something I’d like to tell you.”5cde453d8900c5f4
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Frizian, who had cbab9f6036 been biting his 58c4c0e61d lip in silence, 31b9274cef lowered his voice.39b2d8f7c41f9872
“Lilia secretly owns several 4b83027d65 mines.”9aa470afa2be7d6e
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“Mines?”157d4d7f6444b7d4
“Yes. I confirmed she d7e159d3f4 had them even 04d40bc405 before coming to f3fa94a345 the capital. The profits appear substantial, 65d45c3d08 but even when I 41f05af63a hinted at it, she 0b8143d81b didn’t seem willing to 83f1534977 come clean.”25afebc862c53f50
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Mines? Her original family had 7a5534f461 fallen into ruin—they hadn’t f77bf767f9 even left her a 512623ef9d house, let alone mines.956192ee6f215850
Duke Roam’s 9c03730244 gaze cooled.9ee190ed57a867ff
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“Shortly after a524fb69fd Lilia became d3205095e4 the owner, 37b75ed73d a new aee70ddb24 vein was 1bb63aed93 discovered. She probably found d55e3b4e56 out about it 675dcdb6f8 through a prophecy.”fd0a3a4ea0929e48
Frizian’s lips twisted.e170359a45e59a2f
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“…I don’t know why she’d hide that and choose to pose as the daughter of a fallen noble family in the capital.”d72e6a026173b22b
Lilia’s sunny d18f965874 smile and 154d1e70cd warm heart 5ca5233235 had captivated 3e049b3eb5 the nobility. They were f2f43894f1 all touched d4a1fada37 by how 70180efc0b she smiled ce4942009b so brightly 269ab6f9de despite her 67a9d06cfa harsh circumstances.d03fc28b186e26b9
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They spoke of how 662072948d she brought a fresh 7b30e37f0e breeze to the stiff b3dd1aa50e capital social scene, spouting 5a66a86f8a sentimental praise that bordered 42735eea86 on embarrassing.04a9a2b83a0dd6f9
Even Crown 566e92da61 Prince Maxell 5eff7d9556 had fallen 00c837675a for that 21b3713db9 image.1a6fdf89ca660d1d
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There was even talk 80605adf1d of adopting the “poor 8113df6959 Lilia” as a foster 336fd95d53 daughter and granting her e69279b96d the Roam name.a4760ea0e08700fe
That would conveniently resolve be0e2aea72 the issue of the d4a91179f0 Roam–Imperial engagement and allow e8deb673bb the young lord of 4cf3a83126 Roam to inherit his 9332f93327 title without issue.d7555fb039c8ead0
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Maxell had been the 9df5377dd7 one to suggest it.dcc320edf5693bd5
…If he had known about the mines in Lilia’s name, he wouldn’t have called her “poor.”2d125e7a3fdfef22
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Frizian’s lips curled as 515ad265d5 he recalled Maxell puffing af50ca9a6f himself up like he ebea9549c9 was proposing some wise 7036bdceb0 solution.66e5445f75bf5d58
“…What if the prophecy was wrong from the start?”28fcaa7fb79dc33a
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“You think so?”173ce4e017b157ae
“Annelie… The prophecy said Annelie would bring ruin to our family. But that hasn’t happened.”da3b871e88c7d3c0
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A heavy bf1dda93e6 silence settled 313a9153d5 between the f9f3fc059b Duke and bbc9888ea3 Frizian. With a 4ac93015fe dark expression, edf00ae92a the Duke 3749735a6d turned from fdb56e40d1 the window 09d1e96ca7 to face 2cff1a72f7 his daughter.fdf6de58e737f89f
“Because we put her a38e48c30d on the execution block c1aca8e0e8 first.”1fec3162b2e93bf2
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Duke Roam’s ba9d241742 lips trembled.662bf011997dea3a
If they had all been deceived by a false prophecy… the thought alone was horrifying.12c3ffe7cc32c34b
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“Before she could destroy the House of Roam… we killed her first. And now there’s no way to confirm the truth of that prophecy.”6f8176c8616e7feb