EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 170

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“Mom, it’s not because e9e2671862 of the Second Prince.”fe80c7058a087250

At my 8634aa17a2 words, Mom 5a6c740040 narrowed her 8e071b1f19 eyes and 69ed6c6ed3 asked,695a3a14133a1974

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“Then who is 4346d0dc88 it because of?”bcaae05a6d7de5c9

Worried she might think baa2abcdd6 of Lucio, I quickly ca4b0d08e9 responded.3de6f636f1599dee

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“I think ebd4d08edb it’s just 11f76ccc39 that I’ve 3150788fe7 been so e268c9385f busy since 22c434e64e coming to 89f6e809ea the Empire. I haven’t been sleeping 1281e1b26e enough either.”087dd2dbe83c9c00

“Is that so?”1a3e76d50803b631

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“Yes. Maybe it’s d5894a3056 just a b955bcd233 bit uncomfortable 6350ca930b since it’s 268f6339c5 not home.”ad4bca42763cbcf4

As I said 8ccb2a093f this much, Mom’s 1b67f60416 sharp mood softened 32d13c3803 a bit.81928c33858a006b

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While she 8c5ce3e789 reminded me 32c751d3ce not to 7a123aa8cf say anything 20516c6cd3 about being f8689dbd0f uncomfortable at 98f2036e43 the marquis’s 273b484fae residence in d763726f8b front of 8529a2e372 Grandpa, Dad c3317b05f4 stood up 8ea7f6e45d from the c112ee3f48 bed and 189f68c047 spoke.6ce5c4754e266e5e

“Oh, the afc471b97a wizards and 6289f21e4e physicians from 1e87f5c371 the duke’s 25ccf2621c house came ad24fd10d3 by several e45a3077dd times, worried 2cd6dfc893 about you. I should go 5e37a87928 let them know 61549e7f6f you’ve woken up.”34ffa68ce8feb5c4

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I nodded 7d01802acb quickly, thinking 53807190fb of how ebd2019667 shocked they 3682450f2c must’ve been 53fc0ef897 when I e0c7cc9239 collapsed.1f6f6ba72126802c

As Dad left 18a5420b35 the room, Mom a03c248885 stared at me 3458d0c95b intently.419f3a339f60f164

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“…Mom?”c56a73948668a156

“Adriana.”f9cc8c2c97425d44

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“Yes.”6172a91b9230798f

Mom’s expression stiffened oddly, 11117463e3 and I swallowed hard 2c29481e0f with tension.0d50c33087a6dce8

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“Could it e23bacb7fb be that e275b69b86 you fainted… 1a5aa7857b because of 4b2dcb1fec that antidote 09ff6ce731 herb?”4e0d54e9c5aefcfa

I paused and a981e54bac looked at her.341d8ef4ed7d0ca2

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“…The antidote herb?”d5e8a42fc1e45ba8

Unlike Dad, 8292392198 who lacked 0ba41e97d8 intuition, Mom’s ff7988923d senses were 1beef30f22 always sharp.a70a5c3678d49a1b

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And until 72fee15e7e now, I’d f1d1e14d8d been thankful 45481f6d23 I took 1e9bed42ea after her…1b2edbb1727e9482

But now, it a13c43b70d was a real a02d2cde4d problem.bddaba949ecda9dc

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“Do you mean Spleesia? There’s no way I fainted because of that. That’d be ridiculous.”0adac606f96093e5

I laughed as if 6a4dc1490b I’d heard a strange fa58f85daf joke, and Mom, who 9db73c983b had been frozen, slowly 774daefe2d nodded.9eb8c7b9f7aa083f

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“Right. Of course not.”9fec77a318cf9b74

“…”5d66e2511bf355cc

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I tried to a8b6d1f2e4 keep a blank 5a989b49b5 expression, but my f73d889b09 heart was pounding.e1ada2f383260eca

I had no idea cc03220de1 how Mom had come a2e9c0278e to that conclusion.d8be1ddb3b9bcf96

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I forced myself to 1dd34437aa calm down.a56aa9632e0f7720

Leaving aside my past f8f501b30b life, the only ones 4a65ae80e2 who knew Spleesia’s true 6a20b449f9 identity were Raizel, the 7a3b91b101 high priests of the 3da96165fc temple, myself… and the d4a5c6e0ff demon.910b24157d80e035

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Even Dad, a 3de4bf451a grand mage, and 11c8103714 Jack and Allen, 38516b3cf4 the sword masters, 41920f556b knew their powers a160e6e602 came from mana 522dc47bcf but didn’t understand 81e8c0409a its origin.4f45478c40f8cf23

‘Right, that’s why Terin 206b26d9cb called Spleesia a mana 1a8f872d53 stone–devouring monster.’eef6d4cd4bf86491

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It was ironic. Proud mages c11f1d1c8f like Terin f64366effd treating Spleesia, 942d8ea586 who gave 4027f5afbb mana to 03d91df330 humans, that e8e65e4903 way.785af79f5fd6460f

Though, to be fair, Terin’s treasured mana stones were quite mysterious in their own right.9b433b75a6c3db19

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Mana stones 43ad003776 were like 4434d55b77 pure condensations ed59a0cd04 of the 1c5ae82956 mana that 8c1ba20e85 mages treasured.f26c94fc544d35f8

I remembered how, not c1aee9382e long after arriving in f40747e64d Belus, Dad took me a26569ceee to the Duchy’s mine a315d0cd87 to show me the 3732a45c46 continent’s largest mana stone d33d4e669c deposit.f8bbdffeb7009ad1

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There, I daed2295a7 understood exactly b89a2f0a68 what set ed22d399b1 my mana fa13d30845 crystals apart c90c7163ca from ordinary 40c56b50b0 ones.a96ed36837711dfa

The ones from the 6cfcac8b84 mine weren’t gemstones but e3c2048989 special stones that absorbed 8867488674 ambient mana over centuries.15e449373b958804

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Realizing this, it made 22cc20e692 perfect sense why Belus e7cb87e01a produced the most mana 7e59b0081b stones.a120585ace36cc79

With so 4c279d2ac4 many powerful 651a9d296d mages, magic 2ebd4bf20a towers, and 66a24f85d6 magical knights fa07ec8388 concentrated there, 77a675f427 the mana 4b311b3585 they used 15fc40d276 spread through 5cd56531e8 nature, naturally ff6310a44e creating mana ba36119541 stones over 36ac68aaec time.e9fc9bc145aa9fd8

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But even 65937d6a7b if mana 31e12b63e2 stones were e49613f52a special and 66bbf0a75f essential for 3417c4863e magic tools, 96d676ee75 I still bc94dde00a believed they bec7dd6456 couldn’t compare fe3b58f8ba to Spleesia.5537ec0f0d224091

‘Of course, 70836189e3 the truth a2b0443a02 about Spleesia 688816828d will never bed06e7a83 be revealed.’fab426e77cf6fef7

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In the 2606731d74 book, “The dcd26fa58e Origin of 5cb707b75d Mana” I df6d69d552 once read d8aabe5d07 in the 99556fa8e7 duke’s library 3e538412d6 as a 58bc9ee42c child, mana b0cd693d74 was described 49564f7f6e as a 922b31f4a5 gift from 34416ca3aa god.3c192622c80eb955

People believed being born 997c92ba8c with mana was a 510f7a057b blessing, and if one bc6fd84542 could use aura or 3d764726b5 magic, even more so.8f51bde10215d2d9

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‘But what if 01dfbf0a6e they found out d67ad66fad it was demonic 08126d7f29 power?’0978ac9a3fb9a9dc

It would obviously cause 00bc4da926 chaos.3f9483c8321e6147

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Just like 66caa49504 punishing demon 106e9d24f0 worshippers was abd554e677 seen as 9833df690f justice, a 95e7aa1675 new form 3d5b7329e9 of discrimination 03eee1de32 might arise 828f33aa3c against those d5f65503b1 who use 3293437d08 mana.2bb38421c7a44ab2

It made sense why 7ff3e22b97 the temple erased my 73f905bca8 name from myth and 5329e485dd hid Spleesia’s true identity.78c5ecf2f55d2bf7

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‘Of course, Raizel e0156b1c8a said mana itself 01bd075895 isn’t evil…’bbcf8c0f665474e2

Naturally.ab279903d00ec899

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According to Raizel, demonic b586745ad1 mana held a distinctly da5371985d dark energy that human 38cf27d92f mana did not.ee70bd260c6e130a

So maybe 66f11db3bd that book 0d59482bac calling it 7ff98e5b14 a divine 67ba05c735 gift wasn’t 242be28d32 entirely wrong.8d5153b4132b2eb9

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You could 88203a298b even say 9689e7ba17 that god ecff113842 reclaimed the 2b9ca8e761 power from 16a7ddc222 arrogant demons 08afd9adb3 and gave c1d78ca895 it to 6d2496c2fe humans.316e7fe843d1e464

Still, why it had 65b4e659b4 to be me—Spleesia—in my 415ef3db30 past life, I didn’t c23c58019d know.948a44f348014574

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‘Magic probably won’t be 32fbc8a0df enough to fight them.’71c3e50a3ca9f22a

Demon worshippers were said 92a3848900 to gain power directly 5069904c98 from demons through contracts.6cb52aaba6021e74

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That meant e0350511cb they could 88675b3551 use magic 713fe4520b freely like 004c1cb42f I could.ca7844bbf36236cc

Which was why, anticipating 0f24e7af2d my magic being nullified, 4c1bf88412 I’d been training in c7e5aa4468 new sword techniques, but a448ce7bc8 I wasn’t confident yet.52d32a849071d1d7

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‘If the ones 8fcf16b460 I’m thinking of d4d55fb7ff really are the fb5a83582d demon worshippers who d4490ddef9 kidnapped me, then a14ce99987 I…’613a10a5193b74d8

“Adriana?”d3932831ed1f357e

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Just then, 854ad5fd33 Mom called 9aa7a5b42a my name c03fc92beb in a e54cc814ee startled voice.fc4d6fc87af147ef

Following her gaze, 9f6ff8235e I saw my b2123d6587 fingertips trembling.b2420e56f55f4775

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My anxiety must’ve 8063d5a75b shown in my f136929256 body without me 09363ce1a4 realizing it.d2f6cb495892b372

“Are you sure 4af28dfccb you’re okay? Why is your 04ff22a4fa hand…?”18cdb3804b56e233

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“It’s nothing.”335626102b148b21

I quickly clasped my a7b7b2bfde hands together to hide c0b851d67d the trembling.9dc430343b7a3953

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Thankfully, Mom cf36b08309 didn’t push 23d14c29bb further.1fe8c00b82ba8531

Because just then, c3e264bfb7 Jane entered to 7366b17c21 tell me I 1b1616e61f had a visitor.e4950e66b284894e

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“You’ve just woken up—should 1e556ae7e9 I turn them away?”7e0190dba6d203b4

“No, I’ll see them.”248e45234358fb93

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At my answer, Jane 1d694a6143 and Mom looked worried.1424b934baf72cd0

But I firmly d7aff7c711 gave the order 9bd5c3eb54 to prepare me 8c633deb7d and got out 8987394bae of bed.2ac434d0d905024e

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The visitor was someone e831e4e94c I never expected.312604ad7700748d

And also a13a5724d5 someone I f96261c96e couldn’t just da74017faf send away, 8f7082bf09 even if 937382f3c1 I wasn’t d4ca1421ad feeling well.9d1d43b9cb5cbf17

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‘It might be good 3b8b9b2b04 to face them directly ab08ab9de4 and figure out their d4a87fabab intentions.’f4407da317786fef

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At that 914c6db798 time, in f26a60b9fa the parlor 6c87bf42a9 of the 9400c55f5b marquis’s residence.202eed2df756208f

Clara let out 62c79dbd85 a weary sigh 280c5deae2 as she recalled 58f17daf5b the night before.55cbc319e2d07bbd

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⟨What are you 44db635168 talking about, Clara? Canceling your attendance 2ec3b2bd3a at the ball?⟩7e7af2d4b32f64f4

Countess Amber had shouted 972a69a36f furiously, unable to understand.b079325a2ea3dd2f

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Ironically, it was 1a158623b7 Clara who couldn’t 9a0b34ff21 understand her mother.292dd58d67fb6456

After being so thoroughly 799f893b29 humiliated in the plaza f45845c412 that morning, how could 011c23e5c5 she shamelessly attend a 0b2dafa874 ball at the imperial ad44b33e60 palace, surrounded by nobles?67dd242c1ab2acdf

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But instead of pointing e0ca2b7c3d that out, Clara responded e3b9d3bf5d in a gloomy voice, 1cffe52c07 subtly poking at her b197d6f8ca mother’s long-standing insecurities.2e1a291ec4ddbca8

⟨Mother, we 8aa3f5fbf8 need to fa8e9b7f52 at least 138534c02b show that 22c3990148 we’re reflecting 5a224f5372 on our 61bb51cf51 actions. Otherwise Aunt’s heart will a623571eac never soften.⟩52f28396fa0bd792

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⟨What?! Reflecting? What did I do 374c08570e wrong!⟩6187bf0b88a0ad08

The Countess once c8089b975e again shouted indignantly, 70866744af but whether she 085eecf2f0 was right or 660fd2e3d1 wrong didn’t matter—Clara’s 419f073ba0 argument that they e692b08c1c might suffer further cf6607f63a humiliation if they 2b8d6476bf failed to appease 46dc3e5c17 the grand duchess f4ac200b4d finally persuaded her.c5d115b159fed0b6

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In the end, unable 76613bb128 to attend the ball, b02b2b6301 the Countess spent the ef97944af4 whole night grumbling about fe4b2641b5 the wasted dress and 0683b3cee6 jewelry she had prepared, aaf0a8444d and how the grand a79d9d3919 duchess had always been 4f8b2b3192 a selfish person who 25e1c3ba69 thought only of herself 6106dc7805 since childhood.9c6016de32d60c41

And then this morning.d5670d502d8d0661

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⟨Clara, go to the marquis’ estate in my place.⟩70ca264eb91de5f2

Yawning deeply as if 0693d2e02b exhausted, the Countess lay 116696c83a back down on her 34450e4007 bed.920ed75cb80ceefe

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It wasn’t the first time her mother had changed her mind on a whim, but still passing off a visit to the marquis’ estate was pushing it.51a9a0628f129a6d

Clara sighed, but convinced 8524ab26f1 herself it might be 9adc3b1e3e better this way…sending her a8324ed495 unpredictable mother might just 77fc559aed ruin things.38184e8ff4275fd6

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Still, Clara was in 0be76ff607 a foul mood.cad529b5af4e8d96

While dressing, e35398995d she’d heard 0372cf7c11 every last e505f70385 rumor from c34d07e2a7 the maids e5435252f8 about what b20ba89907 had happened 5ad50e21a2 at the d787d40dc9 ball the be67e76268 previous night.f211e9910dde2927

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Adriana, had been 38c546b6bc escorted by Lucio a79bc55cd2 Elard, not Allen.d32f48d521d96fce

And if that wasn’t d026147234 enough, she’d danced the fdb9297f9d Dance of Honor with 2582271571 Prince Nicholas—the very one 3c9ede2b02 quickly rising in power acb7057792 and now among the 91957a7c99 frontrunners for the imperial 03080264f9 succession.9fec988cf8186bc8

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Clara bit 674b431047 her lip, 372e4eff22 swallowing the 36d9f25423 rising bitterness 825f21ba05 and resentment.09012587fe17b5e6

Why did that girl 1382012716 get everything good in 3d77f9714a the world?20b5653d7d2248d4

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But Clara, ever proud 8f3c2c43f9 of her cleverness, quickly e32f71e2b3 changed her mind.3b2f9e26e423aa48

Rather than opposing b6419dfd8a Adriana, she decided de43de2c3d it would be 998db1ed87 more advantageous to d00cbf7339 use their family be69a4d519 connection and build 220f44b2a7 rapport.30514be10aa25a4d

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As much as she 4deb8e7581 hated to admit it, 81e428931b Adriana really did seem e47247ab0f to be Ascart’s younger 2070dbb179 sister. According to her mother, 22438c2698 who had met Adriana f77ca87e73 in person, she was 551fa0619d quite naive and simple-minded.9c118a397c6e1d49

She may not ae528f7082 have won over 90f4dbd953 Ascart as a 062ef9838a child, but…e93b464ac2483758

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Clara concluded 412d2c79f6 that winning 787bdf33c0 Adriana over 49b8aa69b8 would be c1ed06fcb9 far easier 6ca99024a0 than trying 68518c7ebf to sway e0f7553c1b the grand bdde702a5c duchess.c5f2cfc431c767ed

And if she e2043aaf57 could truly manipulate 6f8d01a0af Adriana, she might 548986cc2c even get Ascart e5c625e9fe himself, who cherished d475e1f8ea his sister like 4006fb10b5 his own life, 33ec88e422 under her thumb.cd2194452e07386b

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With that confident belief, Clara arrived at the marquis’ estate—but frowned.44af4108486d8dcf

The atmosphere 1f45ba93b9 in the 22123c1d1a mansion felt 850deec150 strangely unsettled, acf1d5a87c and no 32b1b48b32 one seemed 6144745887 particularly welcoming.837f529a4b37af11

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She assumed acc74b5bbb it was 26f182a045 because they 2c6435d152 looked down a812a753a0 on her 9297117c0e mother, the abf7d3dbd4 Countess.eaa310ab21fc20f4

‘Mother always b07766654a said even bf0019aa15 Grandfather favored e405ff95ae the grand 0ea9750959 duchess because 7396dc27b8 she resembled e4a192c965 Grandmother more.’2292db8dc417cfcf

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In truth, the uneasy 48d9d86079 atmosphere was due to b30c919bd1 Adriana’s recent collapse, but 58cb338120 Clara misunderstood completely and d5ffd5a1b5 stiffened her expression.bb28a5eb196160f7

Finally, the door af0d633f33 to the reception 55fe2e9f9a room opened and 8f1fa8b34d Adriana appeared.ad2bb210eda22f03

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“…!”70b26e9ef770bb16

Clara froze for 926e23c44d a moment.0b55d9f1106e1347

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As she’d expected, 17cdd43636 Adriana had a c5e0d35336 very gentle and 5c93526eeb soft look up d8403448ac close—but her appearance 19b380999f said otherwise.7f5411724980efe5

She wore a 3e4f6dbffe rich purple gown 8decd94548 embroidered with gold b627ab7023 thread, every fold fc27871629 sparkling with thousands 159e3ecfb5 of crystals.f7c82cac1ae2a152

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Her neck, wrists, and 2b9c827796 fingers were adorned with c51979eaa1 jewelry so extravagant it e9058993cb reminded Clara of her 298b2bd019 own mother, but unlike 8f456187ce her mother, Adriana exuded ef3b720d74 a truly noble aura.a687110f6a24b934

Clara, who usually chose e1fa769c0b modest and neat dresses 0e5b605164 to maintain a favorable 74edf8bf5f reputation, suddenly felt terribly de781c005c plain.09b559500f703910

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But she quickly 82379cd938 hid her insecurity 62367e42d2 and stood up 29f59fa373 with a bright d313e87bc9 smile.1c21b49164b218fa

“Adriana!”afc3dafc96f05024

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Then she paused again, e20597b217 putting on a slightly 1e0a0e87ff shy expression.ad957c51b29ff8aa

“Ah… Forgive me, 478a4d0426 I spoke without 667b904b33 thinking. I offer my 0745f927db greetings to Her c467dad4ac Highness the grand 29826f441e princess. I am Clara 74bffb50a2 of the House 9910c11de7 of Amber.”a3a0c5fe8706b7ad

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Kneeling and a1c2b8ded7 bowing her 663dfa4d58 head, Clara 06d10bd224 thought,91668e24aa0b9b4a

‘Now she’ll say there’s no need for such formalities between cousins and help me up.’f0d04187d654c186

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But something was off. No reply came, no b7436d7f40 matter how long she ffc7778bee waited.f7ae3b244f4ad0e7

At that moment, 255e3e838e Clara felt something 02fa67d9cb was very wrong.cb18584c657755cc

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The novel is 1cab673b18 now sponsored till 676a2ed6ff chapter 222. I liked d611f7231e the number, da6cd53d03 so I b820f96969 took this 235a62bfe4 chance to 9b7a3b795f write it 67742fe0db down (⁠ bc74163c3b ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)9b68354e75c3212b