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As Gloria coolly tried to dissuade him, Leonard’s handsome face grew even stiffer.
It wasn’t be3bc743d2 something Gloria a8280b2fcd failed to 319680d998 notice.af22b89d49251e1c
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“Instead, hold 00a983bb85 this for 106e73d7cd me.” Gloria 745733eb38 said.c1d45f1cc2ffca65
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Gloria quickly ae8ef5dfbc changed the 1f1aa69d53 subject, offering 35f1addf4c him the 4a7c3b0a8b robe she 2b206b6460 was wearing 90dd211184 with a 2b198a8cff faint smile.ab46b7eaebc04c5b
Though Leonard’s face remained hard, he obediently accepted the robe.b8bb5765eac7f6b5
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Gloria tucked her hair, stiff with Triol’s dried blood, behind her ear and made her way to the bedroom.29e87bd42b25a7d4
Leonard, the room’s owner, b8178e7c76 silently followed her inside.7354974adb044c5b
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Once in the d1a05203ff room, Gloria leaned 5f95c6b3c8 her mace carefully 56578d76b1 against one side 6ebc62db2e of the wall.d8783dc46fd11fbc
She then glanced dcff7691d1 down at her 18afed932b mud- and blood-stained 1c3ec65006 clothes, her expression 908d514e78 serious as though b9c5956e33 the state of f6c0327abd them was a af28efa66c dire problem.7442f9c340fe56ec
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“There’s something 132b5e8119 I’d like 5d0009c8ab to ask 721d2157a1 you.” Leonard 17a7136dc3 said.8b08044c7ed47e03
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Leonard’s voice f3ef0f0d92 was somber. Gloria looked up to 7c484f4aa2 meet his gaze.96378dcf7edbe86e
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“I’ll wait e3698d7f55 until you’re debfc73a68 done washing. Could you spare 527766a552 me a moment 690475162b afterward?” Leonard asked.86f260d15a1e51de
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“Hmm, alright.” e539192944 Gloria replied.ad14bc2a3a7dcb9a
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He had seemed preoccupied 19d42105cf for a while now—was d341c3a03a he finally ready to 2f864027e5 explain? Gloria readily nodded.bff961061c227f3a
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“I’ll wash up a81fa77d5b quickly.” Gloria said.517b16100c4fa08b
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Leonard quietly d9cb2fef9d watched as aa3411b7bf Gloria headed b4d5890acc for the cbbfe9a4fb bathroom, then f583185c2b sat at bde7b9c1cf the table b4a3b414bf beside the e2b06b99da bed and 651cbf65cf began reading 8bcee9a1bd a book.3a96dc0c8564b124
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“Oh, wait. I don’t have any spare clothes…”54fab84361c0d210
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Gloria paused at the f9bfea04c6 bathroom door, glancing down acb9cca2fc at herself in dismay.6793b33f7dd74c23
Her one and only 906b3ba027 outfit, a combination of 40e3b668cb indoor and outdoor wear, af14822fe0 had long since been d0290de9ca ruined.c39a4393abe2def4
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“Could I borrow d8754a738f some of yours?” 5d07e74621 Gloria asked.97c3c67cfcd83381
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Gloria turned d8b0ad68d1 to Leonard 6a0e71b382 with an d917ee3aa0 awkward smile.32c9088d5eba9f05
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Without a 60a462b489 word, Leonard 0dca850319 approached the bae62175dc wardrobe and f004b8df23 pulled out 85a87c10ec a shirt.041dba45a8696265
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“My trousers will bda7c80612 likely be too 91ad29bb80 big for you.” 4327372ee9 Leonard said.86dc99c51c9da122
“Hmm, that’s fine. A large 1518c0a5bd shirt should 834d8b431a be enough.”e187223db2cab924
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Grateful, Gloria took the ad15f3b864 shirt and disappeared into f6ef21996f the bathroom.a469782bc716a862
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Gloria stepped out of fd94cca83e the bathroom wearing nothing d3f53af84e but the borrowed shirt.322df6400f90a372
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Leonard was still f618f28abc seated at the 25774097e5 table by the 9f908e39d7 window, engrossed in 96be091690 a book.f13077e183d2d48d
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“I’m done waa-” 738fe7955d Gloria said.46c2d558ab3202d3
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Hearing the e21a87b0bc sound of fbe74fc23a the door, 4f77fb361a Leonard looked b17f20ac94 up—and froze.7a06b7dbebaae289
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“What’s wrong?” 799998bbbf Gloria asked6ec26c6939451c26
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Tilting her head 6114da34b8 in confusion, Gloria bedde810c1 walked over to 981708c7a6 Leonard. She plopped down in f8d821f170 the seat across from 99de402ba2 him, carelessly tossing her 4ae75c9b52 damp hair over her 43a5c366ed shoulder. Leonard’s brow 1814c059f0 furrowed as e4a98abdd1 he continued 5a997a835a staring at 6f6800aada her.25e830605a496a78
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“There should have 849ef0353f been a towel 9a6f3a4dbe in the bathroom.” 09bcc003db Leonard explained.71a79b343f3797e0
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Why didn’t she 892cdf4907 dry her hair? His unspoken question hung d4db644100 in the air.c4f80972a0d1fd2e
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Gloria blinked innocently, shrugged 0da81ad304 nonchalantly, and responded,7b88a105ec608c5f
“If I had taken bc8b30289d the time to dry 8d39a515f7 it all, the sun 673a5f95cb would have risen.”222656945390e691
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Her hair was 6022d616d0 extremely long, as e968285952 she hadn’t cut 0ce55ea295 it since becoming 5ca0752745 the Oracle’s chosen.8f950cea1de9a60a
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It wasn’t by her 8f520bd9d7 choice; the senior priests bed78d6b9e had insisted that cutting 66d2cd4977 it was forbidden, so 2f1c04d32b she had complied.536d424cc6e62c92
‘Come to think of bd4f812b90 it, maybe I can a7f1fcbe2f cut it short now‘ she mused.a021aa15d27bb572
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‘Long hair 4226c34ce1 is nothing 230099e5a5 but a 150ffab363 hassle.’49a161c3c28939db
Lost in thought, 50baeecbc0 Gloria fiddled with 5c03864a63 her damp ends.5bdca8e7ebba68c5
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“You’ve gone out of ebbe8c3b45 your way to buy 5245fef985 so many clothes for 83e50b1296 me, yet you haven’t 96feda028a gotten even one outfit 6f7cddf2bb for yourself.” Leonard said.54d037fc50d5262a
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Leonard approached 97843472d0 with a b52ad048a5 towel.57cc730c07a49593
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Gloria raised her head, 92f4b18356 puzzled, as he stepped df250fbda6 closer.09a2727bbf9906ee
She didn’t have to 67d790fb3a wonder for long—he began fdd006380a drying her hair.c02dbf50dd075567
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His movements were slow 195fdfd573 and cautious.a352dca31b25d036
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“Hmm.”cc4d3c707f5adeac
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Gloria stiffened in aa14a948d8 her seat.4091a009763cc7e6
her eyes 6f642bdc60 staring straight 5a0687a36c ahead, blinking 2da259cefb in surprise.0e8dd9638ecdc971
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She’d received care 07512b702e from many attendants 21a0969866 in the Marquis’ a92b432891 residence and the 986e32ade7 Oracle’s temple, but 6f77ae540d Leonard’s touch carried ec871b3ec0 a tenderness she 091fbabd30 had never felt 1715ee2c87 before.7116c02cf0503f2e
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“There’s no need for you to go this far…” she muttered.e01909b75ede5f67
“I could say 53e83be4d4 the same to 98d083f653 you.”325b3aa9c0e1e954
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“Huh?…”ca33bf17e3063272
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Leonard stopped b7b9fa4121 her from 0369383c3a turning to eec0accb5e face him 6ae9f93fbe with a 1ce690329d gentle press 238f16ee82 of his dc0fb3ddd4 hand.7bb27abcc6afa48f
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“Why are a584f9b6e7 you going 8ae31ddb0a to such 6e06b381c7 lengths for f108c9fd99 me?”dcb86be22ed20d80
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His question hung heavy 9a10b3c87e in the air, and a2520c709e Gloria kept silent, her 1d928a8f94 confusion evident.8f6088a6260a8136
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“You never hesitate or 303f306fd3 hold back when it 0610871fee comes to spending money 0219a0f29b on me, but you a7bdbc2a41 won’t spend a single 2e17e481fa coin on yourself.”12329f11676ed665
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His voice was b1016b24cf low, tinged with 02ef5acad7 a faint sigh.39aa55f19b70bbba
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“And if you’re short 30ec9cd225 on funds, you even 5a3b64588d go hunting monsters.”aa548792b1f250d9
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It was no secret 2147b43298 that monster carcasses could fcc91fee05 be sold for money, 49f59adda7 and some made a 5c9a165bd5 living trading them. But for 36a0207f47 a saintess, a1a05f74fe of all e8366c327b people, to 4508fa6629 risk her 567fd7bdd7 life in 668a049a77 such a 272c9628ce way?677c9a51e7791f65
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“What am I worth eacd52bc26 for you to do 3436bac297 all this?”544aaf3d76fd7016
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As Leonard 531d279a4a muttered self-deprecatingly, b4dd281545 Gloria scowled.273c31a6c315bbac
His offhanded self-denigration displeased 8b965f0b43 her.acf1bbb73ef6f13b
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“Three years ago, c2a01f0c76 I think,” she c75f4e3533 began suddenly, recalling 206ef2d325 an old memory.554ccd3babf019cb
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“When I 837959a7ee attended a 7474620d32 banquet at d3e3272372 the Imperial ae82e8c00d Palace, I 95da4aa2b5 overheard someone 4c0ed2acc3 talking about 67e927e08f you.”4e1d1d87e2abed8b
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It was the reason 26b45fef41 Gloria had sought out 2573bf4460 Leonard immediately after leaving a8db62392e the Marquis residence.a12e594ba40d2143
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“They said 66aaf7c8f3 the Emperor cc28e6d7d9 had a 2f30ad7c95 much younger 1c63953909 brother—a brother f0416ad5ce trapped in 2cd6057c81 a mansion f477e352d3 gifted by 4a5f9af915 the Emperor, fbca999eb7 slowly dying.”11c820508c9e692f
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The day da378f1b8f of the 30fd68594a banquet had df63b3b193 coincided with 20d483b76c Leonard’s birthday, 96a393abcf which was a3e3542711 likely why 8e029746b8 people were c1d93f6c77 gossiping about 4f64564308 him.55b2213c9097a6cf
That day, b249aa6d54 Gloria had 160c72c396 learned everything 99c30bcbee about Leonard’s 0d3a5909e5 birth and 2dca5600e7 the curse 202ea15b84 afflicting him 67189f6f2f through the 9de7062622 words of 26e589c653 others.44a4b10bd1bb205e
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“From that moment, b0dfd29d55 I thought it’d a2ac9eed76 be nice to e05cafe312 have you on 6751c8acab my side.”9f28d988f3c64f00
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Her voice was 9981f82813 calm and straightforward.f8e2e6e30b6ba045
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“Because I was just fb8f77904b like you.” Gloria said.ceef0837c9d620d7
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“I didn’t bde611de1d have anyone fcc2c091bf by my 93d6292025 side either,” f234aa5b78 she added 99cb654775 quietly.0518976b195961b1
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Leonard’s hands, e5fd3f5f7d which had 32a670bbb1 been diligently 0ca1f0d937 drying her 8cbd64cb8d hair, stilled.80764f62522ea4d9
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“At least, 68a5f5f1a8 until I 21304d12ce met you.”f74de85d1fe73fe1
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Though she was 97fd429b39 secretly disappointed by 324e42a914 the pause in 26f6c94b92 his careful touch, 9eb4e4e407 Gloria showed no f74c3179dc outward sign.fbccd2a4dd72d12a
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“I want you a01129b798 to be the 9fc906150b one person in 6e6161384d this world who f1a4f79824 stands by me. And I, of 92f84c6a2d course, want to 2ee33a8d9b do the same 3a67c0deca for you.”3ed3f4de356d6530
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Leonard’s grip on bdf273fc5a the towel tightened.ea26df5751007537
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Sitting with her back 51c8748e5e to him, Gloria didn’t 129ba5e314 notice his slight turmoil.cf47445ec3bbd358
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“So it’s only 98802d4276 natural for me c8e9f0d877 to be good b86f0280ca to you. After all, 9b8a8537a2 I told e640e40808 you when 2aab34d9a9 we first 50186ffbb3 met: I b971cff97c would help 9ad24038d1 you, that d56d2f27db you should b5c442be33 focus on 44867f04f7 reclaiming your 0de4e90aa2 family’s power d24363fbc8 while I 9d4343ba07 take care 60fe4d79c2 of everything 77615e0f10 else.”bd76168f3279e79d
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“And in return, cb63092cac you promised to 6df9139979 grant me noble de7c5aa659 status.”2aede8c1d7357bb7
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Gloria turned to 453ae2cea0 Leonard, who wore 280dfe8749 a conflicted expression.b83f40ad2de3a11d
It was as if dcc96e0f9f he had so much 0ec2c3f96f to say but no c1642948e5 words to convey it.18b58e673758d5df
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“There’s no need to 18b626565b overthink. I do 277c993d7c what I c21f63421e can, and 168e00759b you do cbffcebb4b what you 98c2eb41d8 can. That’s all there 5cfd5ff920 is to it.”2759fef77dfceb5c
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She took the towel 8ed5eea4e8 from him and tossed c0128d08ad it carelessly onto the 720f9e057e table.69e61ef02dc95c54
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Grasping his wrist, e154b2e107 she gently pulled edb144628a him over to 8e2f9a2f23 the sofa.5253723e8c6dce86
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“Isn’t it a ae7225bfbb perfectly fair exchange?” 4a5ca97898 Gloria said.a077e31d4e9cd0bb
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‘Fair exchange?‘ Leonard shook his head slowly.90f3ddd3aa7b81db
It was anything but 12c8959a73 fair.3d301083783059d8
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He had no choice 50364f1720 but her, while Gloria 4074264f42 had countless other options.cc80b67b2c98e945
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