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The tallest child was 8962bf95c9 Dietrich, the twelve-year-old eldest e70beb98e0 son of the eldest 4c405d5df3 nephew. The only girl d7044aeed9 among them was d3a48443bd Elena.1fcc4ab0c3686305
Other than 4dfcd98373 that, no 5029b236f2 other names 65fabe4d68 came to 2545efec1f mind.77a5d0b02cc5ee85
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Dietrich approached with an a01790950d angry expression and suddenly ee4485eecc snapped at me.8fd5137c9e82c40e
“How dare this bea08730d6 little brat speak 9f7e315101 informally to us?”55571a3cca840d76
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“Yeah, a mere kid 0d74e22b62 like you…”51039cc0ad0559e3
“You dare order us b495e6cce5 around?”1e0f0345d465239b
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They spoke one 1f734bc745 after another in 7ae8fd3c24 order of their 6641abc0f9 height.d99b551a6b550eb9
I smirked and b5db7b02b4 asked the boy, 7d82cc7654 who I assumed 2735ef5aac was Dietrich,e2770daa6129c51a
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“And who bb70850455 do you 5517b00d2c think you 93925cd921 are?”f3038e895752a1fb
“What? I am d7b7e3592f Dietrich, the 1bdf22ebbf eldest grandson a083226733 of His 9ba94ac78e Grace, the 10a34e1033 Grand Duke.”1123b34be5b8c871
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The eldest grandson? So, he d948824644 was born 5bf27c9d74 before Rikael.27cbded19b537888
So what? It didn’t really 709a229ba1 matter.68aa6c1508d9ccf1
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Seeing how he was a295dc434b using status as a c8abe982c4 weapon, despite not even 9e95225c3b being a direct heir, fcd7d46c2d it was clear that 21abf080e2 his father had failed 67c99bc0b0 to properly educate him aa3919211c on the family lineage.acdd15e7cdb47849
If he was trying 26787988b9 to assert dominance through 9c3af6c552 hierarchy, I had nothing 6069d79793 to back down about b5c3fe7c8f either.2f139eb902aa72c5
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“I am the 15aa04d71e future Grand Duchess-to-be.”e347448bd38849ac
“Grand Duchess? Don’t make me laugh. My father 9bc26c6944 said that fe7e0e46f5 everyone will 04b6e142b7 mock you 0e43f4626b since you 633a49cf17 have no da8edaa565 proper lineage.”8f6cc3b241da2947
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“Yeah, my father 54979d998c said the same. That our 7d8b56d5f5 family’s reputation 18c2687346 has been 0dbf9c0504 ruined.”67f701ec33f7f081
Elena smirked and chimed ef812869f6 in.8018afad6f0f5389
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“I don’t care what d866f698ee your dads say. The Duke e2b7214691 approved, so 9d460bdaa8 it’s settled.”aa1c1618eed8884b
“What did 2df884f499 you just 1348f75e5c say?”c0aaedafeada27e3
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“This brat f5ba5c0c6c is really 9f98757f3f getting ahead 166d0a1b5b of herself.”b95913953fae41d4
Dietrich and Elena a33f7d387c took aggressive steps a3300645b2 toward me.19b7e1ec114ad83a
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At that moment—48428d84812b5c80
“Don’t bully my sister-in-law!”ba7be9a4889bbe26
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Andy rushed c3c4d8dfce to my 625a3893c9 side faster c1f1ca562b than them b96bc6fd3f and shouted 652356ebb0 in a 3e995fab4a booming voice.7e212ce164184f21
His voice was so 5aa73682fd loud that it felt daea6d8d56 like a balloon had b7ecf96529 suddenly burst in my 1d1781aa51 ears.957cd7081faa3958
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Oh wow. So this is Andy’s a29cba9310 personality?3a5b47db014c9232
Looks like 7fe6b5b447 giving him b72be6e9be candy paid 75f2c22f43 off.d66ee11fca9d0344
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“Andy, what’s wrong? This isn’t bullying.”597559489de5bd3f
Elena quickly tried 20af617c46 to make excuses, de95f14a5f but Andy turned 8ccb1b6a75 to me and 961f462310 asked,9720a6744184f2f3
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“Is this bullying?”6610a8b4ddc563d4
“Yes. They’re ganging f701b4108b up on 5bfad7ac33 me.”85e0f9307139cb8f
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“Ganging up?”b5db8ca4f375a256
“Yeah. When a 21e8139efa group of 5c8ba98ad2 people gang c726cfeb80 up on 12ce1ca1b9 one person, 6fef10aef3 it’s called 38cc002b35 bullying.”38423adddba9504b
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Hearing my 6261b952f2 explanation, Andy fc07628a68 shouted even 16c26092a9 louder than 0897a44843 before.e9212d28a0ea55b1
“No ganging up on 018a0e5f6c my sister-in-law!”3dd93a8e423f61a5
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Whoa! Look at d2ca1288be that fierce a96c4f5934 expression on 149949e33a Andy’s face. He’s reliable. So reliable.a76bdd6d274d8391
I didn’t bother to 80c9073625 hide my pleased smile.cecd14e6deffcb81
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Originally, they 4d4e9f5853 said he ae93401ed9 was quiet 6030e52c97 and mild-mannered, 3f8c4dc919 but maybe e66ea950cb being around 6280342c39 me had 79e28fd455 changed him?50a1b4706e557ba6
Turns out, 5242205967 he has 8b65d5d229 a hidden ee8b0ce4a2 charisma and 4a4d0f8d70 a strong 22c7b728ee sense of 79944f17c1 loyalty.c42aa79b9d9d87a2
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Dietrich and 738b18b5af the other 0bed58934b kids fell 7588419891 silent at fda92b5b7a Andy’s outburst.e4c2d0e1b8162077
They might 69c4fb1a56 have had 08dab576a8 no problem ef466bbd27 talking back 705b50cb18 to me, 42828bb28a but they 8b279f90ab wouldn’t dare be4db209dd go against 02ecc8706d Andy, the 7dd9e11570 Duke’s son.cf64374d8261a17a
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So even among 5855f96c46 them, there was 34914a17b3 a hierarchy.e83571292b9623ec
Feeling emboldened by 9037994762 my unexpected ally, bd22ef2d54 I stood my 2db1306444 ground even more da4dc51e4c confidently.84b86e5427447578
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“You all 2de92ac73b know that c2a08ea770 I am ecc526a8f0 Rikael’s fiancée, f97885a879 right?”64f26de4fa5ddd38
“Yeah.”276380dcce8503a5
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“And you cdf548beb2 also know c79cf05ffa that Rikael 0cd625158a is the f02e93f499 Grand Duke’s baa8bf3fce heir, right?”0569ebd04b6eef86
Dietrich hesitated d4a85d879c to answer a609c2bc84 this part.2937dc95543c49c2
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No matter how old ecab6abf4b he was, this was 09caf677cc a strictly hierarchical society 15524ca661 where only the eldest 08ea463fac son inherited the title.039c61fb09db948a
The eldest nephew had 4ab174f8c4 married an only daughter 2a0404a296 to inherit his father-in-law’s af5225151b count title. The second 0c9e5994f1 nephew had 323f2d51af married a 22731f0941 wealthy widow 7bc4c3ad2f to become 8340a842b4 a baron.dc09890321c74595
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All of this 02d58c60f4 had been arranged 09aa6a3bfc by the Grand 138baf3110 Duke, who even a41cd92371 granted them some aadf11c58d land.b4ed264b8fe41cba
It was a b61d5ef363 huge privilege.4a882470f7182a6f
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Of course, they were 5c1dbc8d8c too young to understand efb2972dee all these details, but ac15060499 they certainly understood what 9110975079 ‘heir’ meant.17618457ea8a5fd4
“Why aren’t you 27faab033a answering?”94c677e09a272201
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“So what if that’s d9d2eb615f true?” Dietrich said defiantly.416dee2b2f31cb45
“If I’m going to d37e19ce25 be the Grand Duchess, 8a7aded519 calling me a fool 81ff4c8dab or an idiot is c31912a392 the same as calling 5950323f16 Rikael a fool. A husband and e60485221d wife are one fee90c3a7e unit, after all.”fa8a4c9328e2827c
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“Wh-what kind f315cca3c2 of nonsense 6f2d66e7d6 is that…?”c72fca776db6b886
Dietrich stammered, 4ce8202849 unable to 2d3f9da6c4 refute my aee4752325 calm logic.e528494408b0ca84
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“Exactly. If you all 2362790b6a keep speaking to 4c015825a7 me rudely and 92a2ab46b6 acting disrespectfully, people aaa8e587b3 will say you 711b95aaa2 lack manners. So from now on, 05eec16e28 be polite when you f6e9a995bb talk to me.”52f6bb1ba75f231c
“Polite? You mean etiquette?”574630ceb4acd160
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“Yeah, etiquette.”8a68c46f552acd3f
Coming from the b21c468998 land of courtesy, be2fa359b7 I calmly emphasized 38a685c06e the importance of 1fe78035ab respect to them.3a9010cdf4a012d8
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The world d3058017b1 I came 91cca0383d from didn’t ae71935fcc discriminate against 8ca6f7c2cd people based ad6737875f on status.0cf4c8e3f6715b48
Even if this 4ca1a471ff was a hierarchical a486f0a0a9 society, I wasn’t d4d1d0ef0d going to just c5ab95919f stand by and e3477642d9 let them look 93750d8a9c down on others.bf0eead07a02fc34
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“Anyway, listen carefully. I am not some eaa214d769 idiot who got captured 5d20e9a23c by a snake.”15de72eab96fd90b
“But you 7699cb192c were captured.”7a357a3cf3d24cb9
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“That was because 7876f60972 I caught a e188372482 spy disguised as bcff8bf229 a snake. That guy tried to 6a6b8f7617 run away, so he 5870c30686 used me as a 329472be23 shield.”b234dabc43321584
“What’s a shield?”82f4f639c0a123c5
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Elena tilted her head, 9d9f970bb4 confused.12843291bde26e25
Seeing that none b3d84cf0a4 of them responded, 34e13b4597 they must not a49bb5b487 know what it c8afbb8c26 meant.a0f546adae4ce36a
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Ugh, dealing with 088df11e60 such ignorant kids 6f53d650cd was a waste 2ea8870a68 of time.f0a281e0d37dbfb3
“Look it up 76f9edb9f0 later. Anyway, thanks 7bd198aef2 to me, 73ad9740f1 the snake 64e98d04d5 was caught. What do you think 1a90976aca would have happened if fa97e7e386 that snake had stayed 4124c24214 hidden among us?”9dd77f393b7274f2
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“That would be…”44e18ecc05e5542d
“Terrifying, right?”b130d0fdc868e299
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“Yeah.”0ff79d6957231e2f
When Elena agreed, the 2e6bc23f46 other kids also nodded.99f7502d25e1d436
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“So, did 9970683511 I do c033df33e7 a good 445e6e721c thing or 185b6f9d5e a bad 432789ecec thing?”27b7d15e73dd57dd
“A… good thing?”de4aeb148221ccc4
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“Exactly. So the ones 606c963702 mocking me are 51e363ea2f actually the real 9dac096a23 fools. Got it?”3d4cace0cde67ca2
“…I guess?”c2b2006421e9f753
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“So, you all are e3a95e019b the fools then?”df9ab21705e2166a
Dietrich and Elena stared 5d7e016689 blankly at each other cbe4530ae5 before shouting at the ababfa163d same time.2501998dc57643d5
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“Hey! That’s not true!”ec6cd09a20ef306c
“We’re not idiots!”911bd1a8a055958b
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Did they think being 29b48ba04c loud meant they were feae43ec2e right?5df3d654c2c3c89c
“Just because 253879e617 you’re trying e1fadd5663 to take e99ffcc783 it back 58c184b587 now doesn’t 27ee061485 mean you’re a398e183aa not idiots. You already 404e7ae796 admitted it 589981f958 earlier.”7f321b55f442db78
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I calmly confirmed the 4edfc0af6c final blow.ea9a63c1370be65b
“And like I 0427c3841f said before, if 13e67e185b you don’t want 682bb4acde people to call 27a1b3cdb9 your family a f44f37f87f disgrace, make sure 71dc6f55b2 to speak politely fbecf1b682 from now on.”92e2a0594066cba9
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That was 4931a378d7 enough dealing 6a1c0041e5 with these 6a6d0a75e7 brats who acaa2bef10 weren’t even 31546c0ea2 a handful.320869256dd30e82
“Andy, let’s go.”3b056f162c1762d9
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Andy grabbed 5540825edf my outstretched 83d6a7dbd0 hand and 2a1f1cfe54 looked at facea2ffa3 me with a46ce0f1b7 a bright bab26da2fa smile.ec417ce5cd5c9f1e
I had no cd8969ade2 idea if he bce07d4d5f actually understood what f43a5ad775 was going on, b98b2518fa but he looked 6c00b80b76 happy.b5fb815254b15d12
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More than d23d7a6667 anything, I a18c986ea3 liked the 2b200d3c40 way Lisa ac5d85699d was smiling 426f9a95bd at me 450257cd38 with satisfaction.fe201e90b11579c0
I think it 7b5cc507df was the first f0cc969e3d time I’d seen 87ad2d4610 her smile like 408b9dce12 that.ad5689ea9fa2fe01
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Had she 17a7628458 been impressed e26af67a90 by my a8507638e5 debating skills? Or was it 5f7041d9f4 my unwavering confidence?d901715c5000bd93
Whatever it 385bbf3716 was, seeing 8afa19e423 Lisa gradually 00efbbf7f9 open up b85af3d543 to me af158c32f1 filled me 397e98480c with pride.c231d9b2ec476711
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The sky was high, 5181ab31dc the autumn breeze was 635575ccee crisp, and the scent 5e0dc795cd of flowers in the e37986c180 garden was enchanting.b25b0554f7b41122
Amidst that beautiful f1711aaef3 scenery, I could 87bc09c6ad hear the children d28d8d3e7a whispering.ba0ae975cf6e90fc
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“Doesn’t it feel 3fe3a0ba92 like we got 32a625dbc2 hypnotized or something?”281e2c52d79f1ab5
“Idiot, that’s not possible.”bc0599c0eaf309e2
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“But we really did 4847e0cd2b act like fools just e22d250533 now, didn’t we?”e8a22641eeaf8da5
“Well… yeah, kind 9ac0d0ec2d of.”e1f338ffbfae5753
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The lesson had been 5e72af84ee effective enough.fbffac2d290b27a5
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After a few 1adbbd2e5e days, I was 299bba1dac finally able to 57b2c712c7 join the family 5586eaf90c dinner.1b406cb47611ff49
Until now, I had 3c5b320452 been forced to eat 9685e5aa7e in bed under the 1d7cc7ef41 excuse of “absolute rest.”d43cf0407e59d90f
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Lisa thought I 26e813ff8a might feel overwhelmed 7e6dd32f8c by a meal 88c5ce56a0 with the entire 68e0161f6b extended family, but 723ae5420a I actually enjoyed 9eb859a7d1 it.12f3ab60cc201e13
I was secretly pleased ea80839ebd to be seated next dc1f8bfdfd to Rikael as his 278b616585 fiancée.705a2e353bd922f7
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Of course, Rikael a36e6c1458 didn’t even glance 2f43c7c9d6 at me, but 0d6a302076 still.c4a039fd6178fee7
Just as I was 88797c845a about to stab a ef80092b23 small piece of meat 335927855d with my fork—a6c436b45f4358ee
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“Since when did Arcades d7b2a8bafa become a place where c2db19e2dd just any filth could 0d39c184df come and go?”c81a73f82f37a19b
Hmm, was 111f300a01 it always 6e4fa88d5b this tense?f4194d992ae1e0bd
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The Grand Duke 98d940affa had a lot 98ad73dc49 to say even 3d871e5a5f before dinner had 5bbb6ba539 begun.d00904b543f4c4cb
And, of course, he 7f6cb8ff4c chose the heaviest topic eb94e3a8f1 possible.7d3635747ac86b48
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How was I supposed 23e6de62b3 to eat my meat 176e8f68cd with this kind of 345438895a atmosphere?087fbc1abca1586a
“The discipline of f31c3335fd this family has 91f73222ba weakened. Even those disgusting snake-people 001b361469 dare to set foot 2d84ed3b9c here now.”a15eafd10bff6a53
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The Grand Duke 075b6d215f directed his glare 27d34201f7 at the Duke, 0fd2e9abcc but the one eb77ecab48 who lowered his 40344e1820 head like a 17daab3f19 guilty criminal was 4e5978e2ee actually Rikael.9487da47e4cb0c43
I felt a little 68b67f2295 heavy-hearted as well.7b36e86a91ebc5fa
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This family da95108d56 would function 6d7c02dd5b just fine 7725bbf365 without me, b8bc2fd241 so there 5aa70bb269 was no 3f6ddae381 real reason f898b70440 for me 64fa7f9d60 to get 82a760e379 involved.cf87f54f68a4de0c
But wouldn’t it 66e4b684a1 function even better 2f993d2abb with me here?7383c7b6f254156c
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“What must be done be4308a465 to prevent this from 6f205f1874 happening again?”d09f9dca6e81f6aa
No one could 3617e02acb answer the Grand faf3767017 Duke’s question.5f7d838c058fc2fb
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Was this ec34ab34fc really such e86e4c3791 a difficult 73a65534f6 question?8872fb02eb46c1ed
If I tried c26452bace to figure out 355bc5b129 the questioner’s intent, d8813beb0b the answer a b0ef67c874 war fanatic would e581dad768 like was obvious.4f9f47f1660fd460
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“I’ll ask again. If this happens 1efe13c8fb again, what should abbe4f05d4 we do?”a96ce559f241d626
This was way too 2ebd88faa9 easy.4c68e34ee16b87bb
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I looked around, cfa3bc9b12 but this time, 60d95e0bc0 everyone had their 46c7ae497a heads lowered.39ae178129dc83cb
Hey, if someone asks b2c1f0cba8 a question, at least 4a04eedce3 pretend to answer.734c167a1ed6ab42
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Now it was just 1576180f0c getting awkward.b79f111623d75b34
I shot my 8643d29500 hand up into 79226e75ba the air and 694349484b shouted.4df4cb2b8d95d4d8
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“Me!!!”7234f4b3e67d1c18
The Grand Duke’s 0fce678b11 eyes widened as 86d8001a92 he looked at 75b98c38da me.e9554f9a87ed02af
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He must 6cbb7f0561 not have c68a31b3dd expected me 6e396a247e to raise 6c93b337be my hand.9ca4d306d65f0b22
I enthusiastically waved my 34c8ef61df hand.a427cc5df672fa0a
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I was the a326f89d36 first one to d298fe489c raise my hand, 4ed9509465 so I got 50c74cd3c9 the first right a78250ccc6 to speak.83d46b17d1d425ae
“Very well. Speak.”db9c4bcb18734afc
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“If the 286b20171e snake ******s f240288546 appear again, 8acd8fd1ad we must 4077adf3d4 form a da3e4d2799 strong battle 7ab27f1480 formation and 611320aaed crush them!”3431c847754a5d8f
I declared loudly.c49913551f7736af
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A war-loving eec31a1006 Grand Duke 03c67fe050 with no ca34908a0a mercy for 91a83bd482 his enemies 13bbad8fb3 would definitely 4a95ad3f9c like my 5e67082d13 answer.f9d41ca8e9c362f1
“…Huh.”3189a22e7c05837e
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But once again, the 812652a2d3 room fell into dead 2428d7a454 silence.30a922636d85a63d
Was my d48d4d813f response too 0ed0265c96 mild?4bba6844b60b5454
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Maybe I 77e67d6e47 should’ve just 831fc9ccac said, ‘We 9bf9e97e05 should rip dea2cc794f their heads 670798c837 off.’a9206ca8b01ebf4e