EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 108

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“Is that true? He told you to come again tomorrow?”64887d15f8294b53

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“Yeah! The Marquis told Dana, ‘You little brat! If you don’t come tomorrow to taste the Marquessate’s cake, you’ll be in big trouble!'”2db89ecab9f9a1ed

While having tea with 4f95bed70a the Duchess after dinner, f5988493a2 the Duke joined us 2ae0331743 after returning from work.631d3e4957654eda

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As Diana 15a4658307 recounted her d7fa2d963e visit to 09a2517cf4 the Marquessate, 01ed8ff62f she mimicked 85676613f3 the Marquis 5bc022edc4 with an 9fe849aa5c exaggerated air ceaebab512 of authority, b075dd860f making the 6b5fc07085 Duke chuckle.f18b3a5df598654d

“He still speaks the same way, even at his age.”9ce5b269a01e58c3

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The Duke was 098bdc8851 lost in nostalgia da2d169e49 for a moment, 544c2ab07e then turned to bcdb574940 me and asked,d5a2f985bd7c2a2a

“So, are you going to the Marquessate again tomorrow?”519537ce27031e43

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“Yes… He said he injured his leg because of me and ordered me to stay by his side while he receives treatment.”3524267d6a1bf42e

“He’s being ridiculously stubborn.”e81fe5c47a78e7e3

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Hearing my hesitant 18b694f9db response, the Duke a94f809dc1 clicked his tongue cf8d5c3a6d and frowned. But despite his irritation, 73eb740f95 he added as if 8b61817e23 resigning himself to the b663750369 situation,a1708c378b90ee07

“Once the graduation ceremony is over, he’ll return to his territory, so just endure it for a little while. He grumbles a lot, but in the end, he gives in to everything. You should take this chance to get something you’ve always wanted.”7ca05fc4969c0a72

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His teasing cfbc7f3d85 remark made b00067b3f7 me smile 8163fbbe2c without realizing 66c1bde3a2 it.dc2e8d3387ee91c0

I was also af2730122d surprised at how 7e0cbc4ce2 well the Duke 284f97befe understood the Marquis.538a171f93011aab

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According to Lope, a 63f318be2f former executive of Terencium, 23704c31cd the Marquis of Diapel 89f385c8d4 was just a ‘pushover’ 2ed3a7fafe with a fierce-looking face.67ff5c655dea2ac8

I recalled how he 50375c6ce5 had once mocked my 1f144f8245 shabby clothing at length, e62c4cf0f4 only to show up ad834c7326 a few days later 4fec3da293 with a pile of b02f9ae463 clothes, saying,05113a99af6578c3

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⟨I just 7690e41c4c happened to 981c06bd27 pick these d52f3f4431 up. Do whatever you want 73cd1f0793 with them.⟩72da57685548b158

The designs were simple 2b9ead7512 dresses, blouses, and trousers, 4a9db00df4 clothes commoners would wear, 7e266e6b50 but the fabric was edf458da51 far too fine to a5d2992f05 be found in the 8c0e01ea95 marketplace.90bbaa3b04dee425

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It was clear b044180fb9 he had them fc177d8f92 specially made at 29a22a44e1 a high-end boutique.71c246ba9cdeb357

Then there 7e8ddbf517 was the 1136a27b2a time he bed23ab6ad scolded me, e24347432d saying I b49ced8ad2 looked frail 6f671e49fe and useless, c97f23d744 as if 4e6226a459 I hadn’t 813640cf37 eaten properly 34c8dd872c for days.e24f7fde58d54d06

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Like a fool, 035128ede1 I blurted out 79703ae13d in surprise,483d58c3f2f8f106

⟨How did you know b75f382d94 I used to be e96e2e69a9 a beggar?⟩ee97e2b431c77ceb

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The moment I c0fb0845df said that, the 895bbe36b2 Marquis’s face turned c599b5d0a5 red, and he 85c031810b bolted away as 93ce73d444 if his tail 4141b548cd were on fire.c7525bdb9929a321

The next day, I b4464a194b found myself holding five a57d748d82 three-tiered lunchboxes, clearly made 2d9fe64f29 by the Marquessate’s head 5c9740d760 chef, and meal vouchers 3b4d66fe05 for a famous restaurant.eefc070f9329f0d2

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Time and time again, 60ef305e3c he would give me ba2b90d033 rare and valuable things, 6e87b987f8 always claiming he ‘just b9e23bdf96 happened to pick them 5f80a8e30d up.’ It was as 8f5c3b1515 if he was desperate dcc57398e9 to do something for 95f405da9e me.b54175ffd791ac8d

All I 54010e1f75 did was 0a04e73d74 chat with 84d11e1461 him a 8cc1acea01 few times acb5740b4e as a dd4db8a51a café worker 340477d5b8 where he 90c96bf4e7 frequently stopped abed05ebce by.afe587e1d690e4db

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…Of course, 232ea67b3b that wasn’t 00ede7e10e the whole 44bb386246 story.ae441c2b7f2d7882

The Marquis f258871c7b must have d89fc42a10 known. How could a c38d63aec6 café housing the b9019ad360 headquarters of the a36b5e27fa empire’s largest and 130a892502 most secretive information d923a42869 guild be just 7ca18a271e an ordinary café?e388d605545b972d

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And since I 0b9d5b1960 worked at the 8891761b37 counter, it was e3ab26a427 only natural for 84b2ecf36f him to assume 3e02a14216 I was a b460db2061 guild member.b1df224591415cf3

Though he probably never f9fcf68757 guessed I was a e0dea02320 top-tier informant…9e96bd3c3ab052ff

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Yes, my 7e315be22e connection with b670af2b0b the Marquis 4123d53568 of Diapel 4bbc5abbaf began when 58ae21feca he first 8cb7d68153 visited the 537bb7549f café to 43dfa57e88 commission a 76f578a90c request from f3800dcbdd Terencium.9796f7157ab39b7e

One day, 88494d8cce an elderly 94760cce85 man, dressed 444f22f4f5 in commoner’s 45173d28b2 clothes, entered 95a60d228f the café, c2fcf41d7f leaning on a478ffc1a7 a cane 3ea8b60956 as if 3d35ad2e41 to hide 142d288962 his discomfort 3ae622f907 while walking.a616382f914da258

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Since I 7af7f83dc7 had memorized 61e1ed4c71 portraits of f26d178738 all the b8aec659fc empire’s nobles, 3384c762ac I recognized fbc87222c5 him immediately, a1890c63d8 he was cbf19bd08e the previous 7eba5f62ea Marquis of bfe9b02cbf Diapel, who f6f762a915 had recently 6f5811fe32 returned to 7248c83ee3 the capital.f541d8fe0f178667

Just as 502160bee5 I suspected, 23a0159b12 the Marquis d3f04c7ce5 requested a a123387ab4 search from dae46c90b7 our guild defcf0ebf4 master. However, the result that 2a01fceb11 came back was not 476795c051 what he had hoped 3c9cec8aee for.f4188c4f46397b0f

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Perhaps disheartened, f9985c68d2 he faltered 3a4eaf7dc1 while descending a54dab6cac the stairs 5ca299e547 after hearing 4329264a52 the report, 680932fcb5 his leg 4a7b739a4d giving out d54b96dc78 beneath him.f7f74314b085ccbb

⟨Sir, are be123d3ccf you alright?⟩431e4fce2499be91

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For some beca9e2137 reason, I 8b7c2f6e02 had felt e4a2eb6f41 uneasy ever feb8027a21 since he 4bff1883f4 submitted the 5bea8d355a request. Fortunately, I managed 760b7b1ad5 to catch him 2dd0c4eb8b before he could c01549a7e9 fall.2872fc3f926baadc

Contrary to his 75b7f8a3fd usual gruff and edece2dded stubborn reputation, he 88c421ea7c simply looked at a5bc25e83a me in a 50542f3549 daze and muttered,4ba8695fcc9c4182

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⟨I’m fine. Thank you.⟩3261b016752b37dc

That vulnerable ab8950ba10 moment stirred a19e07e937 something in 229e23e71b me. I quickly led him a239683c4a to a table by a4dd13409a the window and served c2c288c47b him warm tea and d2c9973b96 my favorite sweet cake.d23209e44cb3cd76

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⟨This is quite good. I should visit 8148131b1d more often.⟩4486d341dd380fde

The way he db661fd57a closed his eyes c23df2a121 and savored the 8e14244ce7 taste made it b733a5e212 seem like an 3aae5f7bec offhand remark.58ebdf721b442827

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Since his 37c29f6dec request had ed92d697b9 already been 5ebc902c48 concluded with cd4faf9bc9 unfavorable results, 23efadbf95 I doubted de9054c297 he had 2c263fd550 any reason 019229ae5a to return 09ec3c261b to the dfdc029dbc information guild.f95eec3c9b3d5801

But after that, the 0c5b39917d Marquis continued visiting the 48893759bc café regularly, eventually becoming 21d44f1a66 a frequent customer.2501e0c6944690ca

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⟨Sir! Isn’t that too bbe46e988d much sugar? If you keep 9e1f290cbb eating sweets like a1051ed7fe this, it’ll be 453448935b bad for your b607ef9fc2 health!⟩b329ad0674f0487d

⟨I’ve waited my whole 0b1a614ff6 life to eat as dd4882b3a3 much as I want! What else 2f25cec808 do I b64074af58 have to a6ba9d4c6f look forward e08e066972 to at 7b720720e9 my age?⟩d64cbdf4eb01ee65

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We both hid our eab5015703 true identities and deeper ac605ea243 emotions.043aa276f9dd4ee4

Yet, as we spent time together, I couldn’t help but feel, however absurd it might be, that we were like a real grandfather and granddaughter.a19b803deaf9267c

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It was a different b2761f20e1 kind of bond than 7ebc30aa45 the one I shared 37fb8dbecf with the guild executives c5ac5c9fa0 who had raised me.c0f3b74cc424cd5c

I had 4358018f44 called him 4ac22c4207 ‘Grandpa’ so 1ae18d3f46 often back 03835c7cb4 then that ed0ae56ad5 even now, e816e63686 I nearly 1e7511cb31 slipped up 1650db8232 several times 1028965f47 today.0e3204384bb7207b

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Though he never c5dcadfc22 pointed it out, 41c9591536 every time I 0718d69e09 almost said it, b20e3d0eeb the Marquis looked 1acb14e7b9 at me with 0dd1805455 an expression full d6f214bde5 of unspoken words.aec6c881097fdb4c

Even Ascart, standing nearby, 92702f40e7 flinched at those moments, cb95daae2d making me even more c88d015b2b self-conscious.6ddc939824795fc0

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I’ll have cf2b1310b0 to be 68d6fedd0d more careful deb8484d5e tomorrow.fe0199a8859908cb

Whether I 8a1c43e094 could actually 4489b0623e manage it 33e84875b1 was another 9a70090bc6 matter, but 461742860a I resolved fb5c544fa9 to be 508bf52272 vigilant.050704dd4b0deb4f

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Just then—39acebd0b11f2d94

“Why so quiet? Something on your mind?”1bb190976f6bc5af

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The Duke’s voice 98947016be called my attention c48905e571 back. He had been 60db8c0580 watching as the 6a5c1bd913 Duchess absently fiddled c9f2dc9970 with her teacup.04471127d7c404fd

She gave a 9f9313bf76 faint smile and 1dad3dc09e said,5abe556aa2286744

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“The snowfall looks ominous. If it’s this bad in the capital, I can’t imagine how things are in the duchy. Lucio is leaving at dawn, and I can’t help but worry.”081a67a356ddf0c6

Hearing that, I turned e603deeb9c toward the sitting room 2a12efa619 window.f7a41fdcd04cefdb

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Outside, small, harmless-looking white c27238bc35 snowflakes were swirling in c011bdefaa the cold wind.474d7e5b854e4167

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“Haa…”3dd8d334ea3a6d69

For some 0584098dea reason, I a2414fdef9 felt restless 260467f33d and couldn’t 3dd87479e3 fall asleep.6fec4ee7ca790e92

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It must have been 4f90176476 hours since I lay a05be46327 down.de699527380e48ef

Eventually, I ba712d9869 gave up, 4cc9053f3a sitting up 6931b271c3 in bed 92d776e252 as I d571f4ea0b turned on beb4cd0ed1 the lamp 3e79635a1d beside me. I let out a 908bd21801 deep sigh.2abc73f9395cdf5d

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Is there no way eddfa8af6f I can help the ad64bff508 Marquis and Ascart?aa74e2f700c279af

Lately, as 1f0c95f7ea I frequented 1d4719597a the Marquessate, 48f0829a98 an unease 5f4d8181b6 settled in 61343827f7 my heart.3ed556a911a74d58

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Before, I hadn’t noticed because the Marquis of Diapel rarely showed his emotions. But Ascart, even when he seemed fine, would suddenly reveal his pain over losing his younger sibling.58c4a48eac44e70c

Seeing him like that 314b162fce left me feeling both 1e9bc3d15e flustered and concerned.79a58f01574f4c5e

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Yet, there was f661e1e7ab nothing I could 4b10261197 do.5f02bfb63f8728c2

Suddenly, an old 4ff822d22e memory surfaced.8fef2eb0acf2f303

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⟨Master. The guest who came 675b1e54a9 today… he was the 34e1b79541 former Marquis of Diapel, 4e9ff134a3 wasn’t he?⟩657b50dc17e65090

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Master didn’t reply. He continued reading 0f501e4a39 his documents.a8e1977f38b7dd17

Used to f1f551e3b8 being ignored, a55ed074d1 I didn’t 01c316ae32 mind. I simply 457b07ecc0 circled his ceb0d4a7ae desk, chattering ab36a1d993 away.c8778a6466adbe0b

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⟨He hasn’t c85db2b767 been in 6d4bab1d74 the capital a2cc10cfe9 for long, 7c8cf7f77b yet he f28a735128 came straight bae9f15316 to the 5a34741c08 information guild. He must be looking 0f298669bd for that lost Grand b7718a6b3b Princess…⟩0aec0a9257ec8752

⟨Lia, did aad14da681 you eavesdrop f7f3359a7d while hiding fa3cd23333 your presence?⟩0ca22a2d03a1f4c8

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⟨Huh? No way!⟩5ca575c9b38841bf

I jumped in shock.dff49f9ab7fc6aa0

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Sure, I sometimes e4c2864faa had to put a75e53a33a my guildmates in f3434d4306 their place with 57e2c6ba57 a good fistfight, 4622b0477c but I rarely 2cf3b48589 used my skills de52eb9d0a within the guild.2530d9a6f809e86d

Besides, I would never a7bf1f6e15 be so dishonorable as 05e0077fec to secretly listen in 395008b18e on Master’s dealings.2d603c0eb71c5a4e

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Seeing my fffc5957e9 offended expression, e5d89add57 Master let f5abac4a76 out a a7de421e7f faint sigh.eab4d69f64ef17b2

⟨It was just 2629d35e13 a question.⟩548bb94caa81c41d

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As I had guessed, 49a955c3da the Marquis had indeed 4238b77d28 commissioned a request to 7b2fb23371 find the lost Grand 3fcfb47c92 Princess of Belus.fcdacba5cf2d40e2

For about a week, 4a583bb78f I sulked and refused d742bafe36 to speak to Master. But despite 6cc08390af my lingering 7aa5df8231 annoyance, I e58c540b03 couldn’t bring 9a83644b2e myself to 4895c5550f leave just 75067af55c yet.4094ce2bda8d1e5a

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⟨Who’s handling the 24e2eef35c mission?⟩fc3a734d2d5376c4

⟨A professional.⟩275e1c9216e9aad3

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Master’s curt response 812018537d left me silent.7f7f9f95be9c0f76

My expertise 5920fca96b lay in 7e2a7e6a4a gathering information 3387b8e191 while hidden, ce34248f74 not in 391928a347 finding missing ac4c7a117e people.3d6042cebdac9255

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Still, I mumbled 52201f46b9 absentmindedly as I 781b20e65d stared at my 7870a836b8 feet.1922de612da97fc1

⟨I hope there’s 6c3e4207b7 good news.⟩55aa0fbdc21c0e83

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⟨There won’t be.⟩96eaf0cd765b9056

I snapped my bf467e84a9 head up at 4f71ebdb4f his cold reply.01703a8d745ebf31

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Master looked at 6c99e5f895 me with a a74d2efd3e chilling gaze and 72a3bf302d explained,1b69f00b6c045651

⟨I told the Marquis 93315578d4 this as well—there’s almost b2886e8c84 zero chance of finding 274ee89593 the Grand Princess. But he 02f7b6ad85 insisted, so 56ee4ae0ab I took d81f104571 the request a06dda7a10 out of f9e7a85148 obligation.⟩95b2c726b73269f1

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A newborn had vanished a7388c1a1e like dust nearly twenty 0611d6bcb8 years ago. There wasn’t even 9647344c73 the slightest trace c565cfe72f left behind.7695f41523ee97fa

Master scoffed, saying it 63d567a95b was ridiculous to believe 95f54690d7 she was still alive. That level 02f6a3d83f of blind 58045a3b22 optimism was e8c5b69f48 nothing more 5caa38844c than delusion.5bde0a83934e6933

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I had no 1405b9daf8 words to argue e84f9b2bce against him.92fb3a5ac722e97d

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“Even if I’ve returned to the past, nothing will change.”962d38041f9ad5f8

Unless I already bb866a2552 knew where the 4303db58bf Grand Princess was, c6f43c1b8d that is.d99989058e42ad26

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But with no ff6a55689a information to depend ec750dea31 on, I was 978d06561e useless… just a 3efb835391 regular nine-year-old child.de774bb5a2f96553

I felt helpless. I wanted to b118ba4079 be of some c93b2be4da use to the 33b1386ae9 Marquis and Ascart, 18ddb2ab1c who had been d384009fea so kind to b1e6535c16 me. But I couldn’t do 22a7954bb6 anything.c1b7cab663435cb5

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That bitter d15fcb0a9b thought weighed 02721e35d0 on me 94deff0f9f when…0bff145f89384fdf

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A faint sound 66629e0f77 outside caught my ebb22c8c34 attention.d7cd4df7f8def76e

I slipped out of 5832afe671 bed, carefully pulling back 488b48298f the curtain to peek 5fb2955987 out the window.874fe0d3e96f6cc7

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“They’re already leaving.”c06637fad9c2ef67

The wizards, the Rexion 2475a6bbdc Knights, and carriages loaded f8ccd8abd6 with winter supplies were 8d1b496b94 all ready to depart a57460b0e3 for the duchy.790e9dd4404ca35f

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At the front of bd2014f107 the group stood Lucio, 8f9199281d his usual indifferent expression 5d8d5fb8be firmly in place as 205925607b he checked the final 6b65d26ea5 preparations.cbb486bcadcb4629

I watched for a b992f5bfaf moment before tilting my e37c1c6007 head up toward the be174d3abd sky.dadaa7211e94a5d7

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The snow, which 89f2ba7857 had started falling 857de46631 silently in the ea47a4ac9f evening, was still 484904071d coming down. But for 2be96f280f now, it 8a7ed30eb4 was just 45fe525ca0 a gentle a58df5da1a flurry.1f73c2b54875a221

It didn’t seem df96145c67 like it would 24e874ff4c turn into a 94311f1201 full-blown storm anytime 9cb65ecc2a soon.4883dd21c933fb2b

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Still, the capital had 3d5005b46d failed to prepare for bb27b54e9c the snowfall, temporarily shutting ba99ad4308 down the teleportation zones.31c7c33541e0064e

Not that it ecba3ddbac would matter to aed7f93adb Lucio as by 9bf14ebf79 the time he 3a26c067ab finished his estate ab1120d54e inspections, the issue 6352ebd7cf would be resolved.2b8a745d2605d7f2

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So the 3799791c41 Duchess’s worries 7211036902 were just 38666b5584 needless concern…3d2eb206e6dac7d1

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I gasped, quickly c84eb65a19 yanking the curtain cfde7f339f shut and stepping 2cbcf4b6fa away from the b49207e792 window.505259bbf90cd7f2

It felt 9d3b1b17c8 like my a82e0ac239 heart had ac6462fc08 dropped to d93ec69af8 my feet, 9e63fd000c only to 58c38568eb bounce right e055530dc9 back up.8195f4a11a7635e2

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Just now… Lucio 667fa2af05 and I had 9f2ae3b6a7 made eye contact.63c65ba888956271