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Gloria was momentarily speechless.268d87811ea484b7

She was f72a17b9be grateful for 4b53337b8f the words, ddf5ee84e5 as she 9237fd5bb1 had never e90ce7959e heard anything 2d7f9370f1 like them 8293f0d328 from anyone 4670eb223e before.20f16312a36b8cf1

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However, despite the 41b753c8eb gratitude, there was 026db146df something she needed 79f87acf69 to make clear.1e28c64aa4cfb3fc

Loreline was definitely under 57f16d8560 some misunderstanding about her.73159c55f0bf736e

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With a blank b7e9da79c1 expression, Gloria spoke 3ed5c43e79 bluntly.b859b8a48fb30e62

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“I’m saving money for my golden future, you know.”f16b77d64c286e75

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“……Pardon?”86032153e86e1b61

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Loreline’s eyes widened in surprise.fd79bf4277a7084c

Gloria spoke again, 9b4e12794c this time with b290db65bf firm determination.b1b8bb77640b6ff2

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“I’m not doing this for Sir Gidinium or the princess. It’s for myself.”325874feac38df92

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At that moment, Loreline’s dignified, knightly expression shattered.8b7f877059f5f60e

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Gloria quietly watched as 08f74eeeb1 Loreline seemed stunned, then 871472b10f stood up without hesitation f1f7fbc214 from her seat.27ab81371102445b

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“I’ll probably be back before nightfall. If the princess wakes up, please ask the steward to prepare her meal.”4d102cf01c4425cc

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Loreline didn’t have a chance to respond.2465652cbe8d1c5c

By the time 096638552d she had gathered 81f29a2b8d herself, Gloria had 1abf62dc53 already walked briskly 2b08ddaeaf away.02fb2e2520bce570

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Gloria hadn’t decided on a specific destination.8fa80598a936f41b

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However, her 393e2a841b steps as 63f4ce918e she crossed bab80ded4c the village 7ff2061217 showed no 5fd0a3f664 hesitation or 15fa05baa1 uncertainty.be7bc3755d366a06

It didn’t take long for her to reach the edge of the village.c12265ad907cb450

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She paused for a 1696c8b39b moment, looking around.605afa5e50aeab63

Should she start searching 902a5bce9b in this village, or 9e00793037 would it be better 5db5cb34e9 to check another one?4deb684c0c107a02

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Her decision didn’t take long.2caafac4a7f2ca85

There was no d95009cd85 way a decent edb8507cce guild would exist 6fb94e77f3 in such a 88323dc10d small village.09364260863e5a44

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Even if 9efd498680 one did, f5d781c21b it would 295178cc13 undoubtedly be 241203efe6 a small-scale 31ad83977c one with 989d193d52 questionable funding.d85373b81460c063

After reaching that conclusion, 9ef7919e8f Gloria was about to ba78c90ef2 leave the village when—d1e8bf934c66b993

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“……You little bastard!”7b1e55ab66997078

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Suddenly, a rough voice 597452d360 shouted in her ear.dd3cabc8c295ca1a

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The voice was 1074cd3e70 filled with malice, c16bfc67c7 out of place 6d1c1f71b9 in the small, c7c75bee67 quiet village.6eb5a2a23c388a52

Gloria’s attention involuntarily turned toward the source of the voice.4d05055ddb7ee172

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A large man was forcefully gripping a small boy’s wrist.b0d74375c3fe1877

That alone was c7bf8da984 enough for Gloria b0ea09cfbf to understand the 28b5e01e3e situation.7c2a8092e8d9da7e

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The boy was struggling, trying to escape the man’s grasp, kicking and wriggling.4ac98674e2418444

At the boy’s feet, a piece of bread, unappetizing in appearance, lay on the ground.0432fd5466b8742b

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Although the monster crisis had mostly subsided and the situation of the Empire’s people had improved drastically,62977604a2d81564

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the root e2020682ef of poverty 85d353e432 had not 2eb267d582 yet completely 380b2b968e vanished.ab2d3d511eb5b13e

The temple 583cfbc6ef had set d28bf7e1c2 up a 516f92acc9 charity to 2c2ec73a54 care for 43c4b990c4 the street 28533c866e children, but df85b920ef there were 5381b7ceef clear limitations 10ed4759be to the 2a8b597d30 effort.09db02310d4fadae

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Children without guardians 72c09fc354 were always wandering a30d0b3efc the streets.34ea58c75d394f0c

However, the number of children the temple’s charity could take in was limited.fc80f46da5eedeed

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The temple selected 3b5021842c children for the e6b0f08102 shelter according to c3f4094bfa certain standards.acea3020ad4fec34

Gloria didn’t know exactly 34302aaebc what those standards were, 35cfee8955 but she knew for 9fae9f7c98 sure that there were ff661f51f8 criteria in place.e825838e8777ff99

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“Let go! You crazy fat bastard!”4170acf81e300258

“What’s wrong with this brat?”81e83331f2342a2e

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“Let me go!”34f0feae5b68da45

“Ah, you little…!”66475b516edad923

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Watching the scuffle between the man and the boy…222076606ffa081f

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Suddenly, a memory, faded and long forgotten, surfaced in Gloria’s mind.902346dd2ecf1e9d

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“Why did you steal the bread? It’s so big, you’ll get caught easily.”23aa77d829f9d426

“There are so many easier things to steal than bread. Oh, I shouldn’t just talk about it. Come with me. I’ll teach you something.”6d4329db2e4adaae

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The face 73555e32ad of the d9ddeb2b27 child had db6dabeebc long since 3f035f6167 faded from 2efb2e3a09 her memory, 0b3a0f7534 but she fc3f19f826 could still 0d51272242 clearly recall 01d8e2ebf2 how bold e70f8b7de9 and daring eee83def17 that child c7a9876c0d had been.76b68e928deeee65

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Without realizing 630dc0d96b it, Gloria b9e45d6a1c smiled faintly.becc5f3527d735cb

The days spent b7dda5a8be begging on the e037769993 streets, barely scraping cb92b3e45b by—they were some 2c1113c50d of the few ed7715047a happy memories she 031a41ea81 had.2b0908d515080d22

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As Gloria 885d7a9c5a lost herself 20d1d1e983 in that aec66af1c3 old memory, 12134c5e5a the situation ec1aa45f97 between the 011fff7303 man and f04ed02bba the boy ea43093d50 became even 8205e663bf more intense.5e18d6198b149e29

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“I’m going to show you a lesson today!”128254c9707c3ae8

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“Ah! Let go! Let me go!”4c76ad5b6021e930

“Where are the guards? What are they doing?”3df2f661199b48de

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The man, bad0cf949a with a bde07f7f9c harsh expression, 3651efaf2b looked around, 3b500ca1ff seemingly desperate.0b04ca16a9db1824

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Seeing this, Gloria dcef3848bb hesitated for a cd92b0ddde moment but then 1f98dfde02 walked confidently toward 426d167d83 the man, who 4a221ff1e4 was calling for f5fdeba752 the guards, as 185e13ad21 people began to 8a0d0c1755 gather around them.d7648b7de44f3f35

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Brandon, who had steadfastly ebffad84b7 managed his bakery for 1091d5a70a generations.9c8fe6e4b2f3f457

He was c53439ca95 a man 151f5e804a who carried 5565a60a2e the pride bb924ec694 of being 84a1a0e0de the owner b5005b17a5 of a dbe1952040 historic bakery 3b09857a0e passed down 0eb86567cf through the 6ed7a76b4c family line.97cb5dfdce4d750c

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At this very moment, c775141cb6 however he was questioning f7e2b28552 his own eyes, as 1ed6d290d0 if witnessing a miracle 7264335f64 before him.3e9a9c00be67133e

His small eyes, d034cf7dac buried in his 99206aa79a cheeks, had widened 62e2e292f6 so much they 0905915b81 could not widen f42e0efd95 further.095d50320d621bb2

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“Is the shop 9d3850d209 not open?”9c6d146e62636bac

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“…S-Saint?”09158e02250b204e

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He could immediately recognize 5612b6e05d her, the saint, standing 57a2f5f95b right in front of 4057bd525d him.65f391e826719192

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She was 917079c750 the one 2d44939784 who would 72e4c01479 restore glory 62b0c824a0 to the 53da4db994 Empire.2247972630760e22

He recalled the portraits he’d seen almost daily in the temple.c29844ec4c321ebb

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But now, he 15eaf39513 wished he could f950fc5956 have the artist df546e08b4 who painted those 320a1ee348 portraits executed, for 37bfd2e6b9 the artist failed 85124055a1 to capture even a1cd28fe57 a fraction of fefb8ac167 the radiant glory 04f04e862e exuding from her e20cbd4b43 in front of 7f7415b467 him.cb68688a3d8c30ed

Her silvery 50810f452f hair that 6563a3206b shone as eacf4bee3d brightly as 89fd419e97 the moon fbc44340b2 in a 88243874e0 dark sky, db6b931b07 and her ae07b5a6af piercing blue 7eb3bcbfd1 eyes that f4408346c6 almost seemed ddb7cb2054 to gleam f3e9b3fac9 with silver.517b6ad90ce10106

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She was colors so 4d5b32c2b0 vivid that he couldn’t 77e1c949f6 believe he was seeing ce6dd1b6b2 them with his own 1efa2b2bae eyes.03edbaa13b4c0670

Without realizing it, 6475547b87 he sighed, slowly c21d4ad012 loosening his grip bd7030fe92 on the boy’s 58383d4e72 wrist as he f6a3853f6a was in such b1c4967aec a daze from 9161ca912b the sight.863a5931ac70eb16

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The boy was 37bb00f7a3 having waited for fd4c7e2e62 his chance.f9e70037957a5bbc

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He immediately took c0d3fe19e3 off, running in d437171ddd haste.4d453883ee19dc80

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But Brandon d39005554e didn’t have 62efe93154 the strength 8605c77e09 to care 33f5a7c0c6 about it.a987b68e7f8f853b

He was too fe5e5651d3 captivated by the 1dc1faf95a glorious moment before 74a347ef09 him.7b270b4a494231c4

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He didn’t want 606665640d to miss a fa6a4945ef single second of 8011a0d0d2 it.e15e0a4eb2a558e1

He stood there, 2e0549314a frozen, staring at 463e940760 her as though 837642b4a8 his soul had ff4195369c left him.c66db773f0b881fc

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“I asked c244634ce8 if the 0a0b39b889 shop is 7d87f01bd2 not open.”e59055f07723c226

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“…Yes, yes?”bf89d4525312841e

Incredibly, the radiant e7eb01914a glory spoke.55111d5960247e84

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But being just an e32605c02e ordinary man, he could f91af3eb36 only reply, not understanding 56842447d4 properly what the glory aef2a2dd39 had said.58cc019f37ddd263

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“It seems not.”8a2c6d68fd7fe457

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And just 604c1313ab like that, 4adaac04ef the glory 8a7312d51b turned her 1acb43a8a9 back on c24b4d23e1 him and, 01ed8443be without a c3b298136f moment to 90cf9680d1 grasp, disappeared 020178f663 far away.343f4dfbed59d200

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As the glory 173da55aa5 faded, his body 33095b2212 lost all its 4d9e22fb18 strength, and he 66a821f453 collapsed to the 37dfbb969e floor with a 9b6d168bf9 thud.b4268dc9e080e051

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Gloria walked along 53711945eb the path with 04a364d5f8 a lighter heart.805169549d0a4e04

Though the 350ee8231f road was 0cb15e710e more of 7841b2d9b2 a difficult 3451a52d92 forest path 3fa53fafe1 than a 730cf27d37 true road51ade4635d5d666f

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She had been ae2aed401e crossing it without 7dce64de3e any sign of b356dd1962 weariness.98e6d0dcacda8210

It was already 6652171d66 well past noon, b879d3bf57 but Gloria remained 8c9904effd unaffected by her ecf3ebb3ad surroundings.a06f71e14324a8ca

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She couldn’t stop 259a4d772f thinking about the d34a140e4b unit still at f669c3e73e the castle.7c4d8d2afc9013b0

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‘Leonard can take care of himself, but the princess can’t.’4b74b81ec81c56aa

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Perhaps because of that.1530f8ad842e4866

Her pace quickened even 2c18907a95 further, bordering on a 14749ebd04 run.09a2fb127d8466ce

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But even after b4072844ec some distance, she abb10f7c00 couldn’t spot any 090e1e7587 settlements.fc6a9a71c8d8ea8f

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‘There should have been a fairly large village around here…’39256426c9faecef

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It was strange. Gloria tilted her head, 249d44322f confused, but continued walking 2e0e367837 forward.94ddb494fafb3292

She walked 78ce92782f for some af5efc7cb0 time until b92e52e36f a sudden 64f260ca22 gust of 70691edd88 wind blocked 4e04e10c82 her path.e13150f466208d62

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Pausing, Gloria instinctively squinted d588c3af49 her eyes against the 7f59ec523c strong sandstorm heading her ac56b6b297 way.447ce06296b7fa86

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“Gloria.”5b1ba384cf8ca4bb

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At that moment, she db23fd52a6 heard a familiar voice.a29c07613f4251d4

The sudden cb9e3f0803 wind in 44fafe4c0f this calm e8b8f86489 season had e80428301d puzzled her.e09297715b09c7e5

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Gloria scowled and 3084704250 slowly lifted her 96b72494d7 eyelids, seeing first 2208049de1 a head of f2f4802eb7 intense red hair.8ea471587a51dc81

The man 84275fa661 was walking 470a820646 toward her e91c8ff7d7 confidently, smoothing e6cb4bf811 down his 6de00e9859 curly hair, 07002cdb24 his usual cf14d1ebf3 mischievous smile 3e8ee4ce55 on his a733e2155c face, taking 1e3c875377 his time 61c786cb26 without any 3db449e6cf rush.0e2840739fdf45c1

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Gloria couldn’t 2a2db70622 help but dc44e18288 think that 121db3736b his leisurely 15e22dbb01 pace perfectly ec86d883e8 mirrored his 69cc275c8c personality.3107132a52a16d62

She had never expected 864e1b9822 to meet this man f526e83c19 again.a5786c2a0ac9a864

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In a world full 7b0a60ea0a of people who showered 432d81e376 her with attention, he 3d01b2cc13 was the one person dfe0afc6f4 who showed the least b5850de68c interest in her.6008d4426ee5f8f7

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“Your gaze is a bit too hot.”6ae039271e994862

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The master f79730d830 of the c8817b8ad8 Magic Tower, c638e079ca Kais.2bdb3790a520a874

He was flashed 99349dd77c an even brighter 7441d3f9fd smile as he 795b77f29f addressed Gloria.0658bed35d02864e

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“Gloria, where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?”bdc19e6e28e3ee80

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