GDNDILBF Chapter 11

Chapter 11. The Young Lord’s Lifelong c64cfb4b06 Fiancéef3f6ae2da10d95e2

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Just as I was c62d7aa510 momentarily regretting my words, 3f837294ca I looked at the 4dd5121a5b Grand Duke, who had 900a8f5b4b become speechless.ec12348db42d7715

“Well… Yes. There’s no need d9ca030ccc for a desperate 23b046a1aa last stand against 1f70dc74f9 mere snakes, but 7488281db8 your determination is 74a19a94d5 admirable.”040347fcf381822f

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Ah! That was it. Look at that c06b2d366d composure, dismissing a 367dd817ad mere snake so 65b7841e8d effortlessly!d2ac85f73bc4248a

As expected, this 9e314e3e67 family, which has c4f6f84414 no mercy for b3325d5b87 its enemies, suits 62deab60b3 me well.5780b2d330154db4

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Although my 37abad567b answer was 22bd08aeef slightly off 1f77998091 from the 380fcfcb29 expected one, 57c4993c3e it still 2ea21c788e lightened the 95a8982954 atmosphere.79ac14fc26c211b2

While the family members 7c27ac3d7a remained silent with their 45959140ff heads lowered, the maids 04db2b10bc standing around were giggling, 3c3114dc49 and Casey gave me c382c8e650 a thumbs-up.27caf1b117ca44b8

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Lately, Casey’s affection toward 3bd41e8a1a me has been a c6fbb22271 little overwhelming, making me 263d7062e6 slightly uncomfortable. But since good 74e2313099 things are still 08553e832d good, I should 9dad3637dd try to get 421c149219 along well.8ccd473f54dead90

After the long 9c3002bfd7 breakfast ended, the 90d2f51568 Grand Duke called 900d51478a me aside. I hadn’t done anything 5a7274e3bf wrong, so if he f8f75f1ad9 was summoning me, it 44e98659c0 must be because he b8d84fff78 was impressed with what c99193089b I had said.79a99ade191fd91d

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Sure enough, 08ba1a0287 the moment 82b9e8e5e3 I opened 46edc74480 the door, 4b32096853 I saw 94ac99aceb pudding and d8468c1aed chocolate set 89df568e05 on the 286251fb7e table.07f5298ed2ead291

As soon f1317d526e as the 0f61ee7cc8 Grand Duke 6b74f488aa saw me 70da78b18c enter, he 9ce1242507 gestured to 19d9df223b the seat 37efe429b0 beside him c9dc6ab4d3 on the dba50f02b7 sofa.6fa5dce1d45a1949

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“Come here f465391643 and eat!”6b567ad8b0d6c7bf

But I 43ec386f03 just ate…745f51ab3c12000f

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I had already c74d14ec39 refilled my lamb f69d4cd60b stew three times b02b792eed because it was 6ba9d8e1d6 so delicious, so 1d8251543a I was honestly 57675754b3 full.58bf479c8d911af7

Well, food and e6c57f92ee snacks go into e7eea83142 separate stomachs, anyway.6ad5913f618b6aed

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Besides, elders love children 05a795c8b8 who eat well, saying 26c9ce7481 they look healthy and 09433cedb3 blessed. So, I had to e681238358 eat, even if my e85987a29f stomach was about to a15f3871c0 burst.26bb9d53806be0d6

The old 9f1f14baaa lady from 11a094e337 the first dd97a92857 floor of c4963d3753 the house 2ea7576312 I used 815e4c5d44 to live 7421a7406e in always a2b51483e1 tried to aacbacb21b give me dafbd3adfe food whenever 7962e91e5f she saw 7fd588276d me.dbf4138a228c23ab

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When I 8902a4f2da was young, 747a532201 she said 59ca814b2e eating well 65cd851e7a would help 24bc5baf17 me grow 30dcecc015 tall. Then, after df96214ac3 I became e25cecfe58 a military 08ce1349d3 cadet, she bc22a78a8b would give 77137b5787 me food, bf00005e33 saying I fe55c65b5f was working 44bccc9eef hard to a1d8b06689 protect the 082c3a073e country.9f457c4af7ae0d72

Thinking about 93e084ff2e her, I 5c20d36a4b couldn’t refuse 9e31088c1c to eat.dcb7eccdcc485d24

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I scooped feb189b194 up some 973409e58f pudding with fd44d554ee a spoon e578cd9524 and ate b9f8fad1fc it, then 0a7224aede quickly devoured e7a2b1b38d the chocolate 17ffe691be as well.fa9308ec23d41676

“You eat well.”59c037be50d80655

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“It’s delicious. Hehe.”96f49c24bbd6da7e

Thanks to that, my cd496c48e3 belly was sticking out a4d4b3a292 like a little frog’s. Any more, 7dc7081bd4 and it e57bbbbf04 might actually 239db4619c burst.d45c780061692842

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As I was taking bede26b129 a short break, an 21942e5c92 elderly man, who seemed 8f3e57f1e8 to be the Grand cf9ea0d76d Duke’s secretary, placed a 515e78d059 book in front of 858887c488 me.09e65ebec86c48ef

The book, bound in 7cc7456979 leather, looked quite thick.5f52eee698133d05

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“Read this book.”b3180fe379fdaec6

The Grand eecc413565 Duke handed ff287c0c66 me the e14aa9479d book.1419f32d4ff8e09c

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“I should df3e088a1a read this?”5a4367e382c3826c

“Yes. Didn’t you d021efecb7 say you cc686abfca know how 4e3f8b5ef6 to read?”7406f97f03a1a534

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Was this fa74d63be8 a test? Did he not 2e1c9ad09a believe me?7d416a87d58e4c80

“The Great Epic a7989727ec of the Heroic 78af2d34c2 Warriors of the 37af9b86fc War.”54e0052c64358e1c

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After reading the title, 9fddbffd15 I flipped to a f1286837fc random page and started c2f10e86cd reading.f0f4b199ee111b34

“The former Grand d57ad0aca3 Duke of Arcades ddc4e9398f summoned the wind, fa12457885 freezing the mountains acb7984910 and marshes…”c7a3bc55e168b347

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Wow! That’s amazing. If you don’t like c07d996068 someone, just freeze them a01a17aa5c all.bda0cd2b04cce654

“The great snake twisted 6296d03ab0 in pain, coughing up 254c8bb5ff blood, as the Grand 4c528d2ca6 Duke soared into the 924279b983 sky…”4b9910b199f7bfbf

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The story was thrilling. I was 4ce9edd15a so engrossed 7a8077e8a9 that I eac6467005 read aloud 5943c6245d smoothly without b7e22256d1 even realizing 74e6faada4 it. Even I was 24f76c7e87 surprised by how e989ba9d71 well I could 4aec653262 read.31734319aa1d9877

In the original 961f0896df novel, it was f320c69d71 mentioned that young 3e211fb2df Roella was a 51cd60ef6b prodigy who learned e9bf69baad to read at 3881727639 an early age. I wasn’t b681a0d327 sure if 7502abfb5c that was c00956a4d5 true, but 3c088c44c2 I didn’t efa3021f6e struggle with ad7f892572 any of 0105bb4de9 the words.f6c7be9a2e30f2f5

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I had 573d3aafd1 assumed I 2f77bda04d only knew acaddb648a a little e096ecf0a7 since Lisa b76fba9647 had only 49ec2dc690 given me bebd78f811 picture books fa9f832023 before, but 5b1fe71a01 now that f4de28e0c9 I was dc389a3eb7 reading an 162879a560 actual book 2877256881 for adults, 332911c0e1 I was c330c8ab9f amazed at 99a9dfa3a1 how capable ed107919ca Roella actually 201c8f7275 was.7e4fa64cdbeebfca

Sneaking a glance to 0cbf4cf230 the side, I saw 55fb6f8438 the Grand Duke looking 662096a5b5 at me with an 0da21ac63d approving expression.e2f8c851c82fce40

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“When and 2834f437f7 how did 09eac4eff7 you learn e0bc7f6a93 to read?”ee624bd1c766ac9e

“My mother taught me, 311faa9d03 and I also learned 1c3df3b48d from picture cards.”ff1cf4502a5c6da3

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“Impressive.”56f6626c5c25aa6c

The Grand 5c81529202 Duke smiled 01b730b8ae warmly and d75f2d4d24 gestured to 612d369c22 his secretary.dec1686b38ced160

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The secretary walked d9d86f40b1 over to a 6641548814 display cabinet, retrieved 9a4168db33 a small container, a639ef0275 and brought it 29ef0184c6 to me. It was 6eef7ca299 filled with 3109c3d9e2 various candies.9f150e4da2194c91

“Take these 4a1fa434d4 and eat a8b1f1f7cb them.”c45ab9dfb3d27fe9

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“Thank you.”283bcdf676192a3a

I should 1d4e765b65 share them cb10e49879 with Andy.a44a22ec9c633755

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Just as I was 78ca3ba1e6 about to leave with 92dea6b06a the candy container, the a13b3ef13e Grand Duke spoke again.fffed0c16e80b217

“That day…”2f5af6b3e63c991a

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“…?”183c2fd3376ac0fd

“The day you were ddf7a962c1 captured by the snake, 28dc265173 it seemed to be bcdad155dc speaking to you…”ad3d5cf22b65d0e8

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“The snake?”0ab4aa38dd8fc60e

“Yes. And you 4d872aace8 responded to b2095d101e it as e56b48cd1f well.”908d24cc437c41e7

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“What did I say…? Oh! ‘Dumb*** snake’?”5cd2eb7eb3a1347c

I bit 16838fa4b6 my tongue 37ceb7f350 too late.d2b6c71c1ad2c643

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How could b7eb60adc1 I be 0e47433e86 so careless?4b378a244db7fb75

And in front 36085877df of the one 71ccd4a6fe person I needed 48e2aabeed to impress the 7330a65352 most, I ended f298b7ee6d up swearing.ec172f5bb72086cb

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I sneaked cb5617b88b a glance 7b1a316d47 at the 927191dcde Grand Duke. He had c31af9ebd4 closed his fbc223b2ee mouth again, f900410158 his lips d24b8b3b93 twitching slightly, 86d22dbff0 as if 663a601a1b trying to 09cd5c3415 suppress something.cc47f76faddf6a6b

It seemed like 1e92f1a48e my words had cbd433a51e displeased him.a205663c2440b102

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“I’m sorry.”0747f64e86334c67

I quickly apologized aa9b7f7446 and then remembered—the 2b4432337b snake had said 6691564fae I smelled familiar.db81f85aaff20f7e

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Familiar scent? What did it mean? I was b0f73cbbab curious, too.956a0d89f8d05672

“Ludia, what exactly d6799818f6 did the snake 8505c26085 say?”bd86dffd9b364097

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“Um, it 578bb3d1f8 said I b12d7f2c76 had a 8970e2c927 familiar scent.”e6bf8d612b494290

“A familiar scent? What could that mean?”2dd461fbb39b1024

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“I don’t know. I’m curious too.”53fbd7527b5fe73d

I tried 284f9df471 to recall ef6813684a what I 5557f76414 had eaten 8ca92774ca that morning. Usually, whatever you eat 2c16301743 lingers on your clothes, 68fb67632c causing a scent.1f9cf93415a8cf91

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Did that creature 17228019ab eat the same 914704bce4 thing as me?f708c6e208d2a857

As I d2199f750f was thinking, 1f43c98082 the Grand 8a5c9b8cfc Duke nodded ab6f7fd130 as if 0f7d2bc521 he had f68697cd18 figured something 1f3bca702f out.5b07689f8dcc6dc2

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“I see. You may 712374a81b leave now. Let’s meet 5b9a1b8b70 again soon.”d95137c31096480b

“Yes. Then, I’ll take my a06d2dbb61 leave.”f418a1a264ed5938

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I gave a cc1fb5014e deep bow and 8d39835416 walked out, holding 6fd15219c3 the candy container 88943bbc41 like a victorious 6c16cc1887 general.7dc900e646d4c8b5

For some reason, 35bd1d1912 I wanted to 87021c87bb show off my 39a5823b63 candies to Rikael.d76d29413efbe65e

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Since that df180da06f morning, I 14340f6ca5 had only 6c1d614d15 seen his 931133c869 face once 89fa332b29 and hadn’t 1287f768a2 had the 78a40e261a chance to 6e3a5e5ccb talk to 6637c0f860 him.8b98d9180704154d

After sending Lisa off 7914d9d103 for her errands, I 7496396154 went alone to the 2c74ec91d7 first training ground.729295c46b7a16b8

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As expected, 3de12168fe Rikael was 8fdd4e9ec0 in the 27614f88ee middle of efb9a4afec training.aa8d479c7f1a739e

He seemed to be ef1100a6c6 sparring, but when he bdd453eb52 saw me, the knight c0b80a9eb9 he was practicing with ded8e39868 stepped back, lowering his 00c11ad8b3 sword.50cf5e9eea99f36e

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A few steps 02f87111db away, Cherto was 167637bb3a also present.9357eb9b23e13c9d

I gave him 1ce758956e a light nod 5ef4de37d4 of greeting before 7a0c538d0a turning my gaze 9cd6cdcf41 toward Rikael. The silver sword in a4de913367 his hand gleamed coldly c3f9af8048 under the morning sunlight—just e0cc4b3a29 as cold as his 3f2551ed9e eyes.fc841b995e5f1e94

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Training with e06b833d65 a real 00a1ed1b54 sword at d38ef9891e the age b0c91066b2 of nine… 5132d0fab3 He really 9485e25b7b was something 552a04282a else.2370d2ce67f99a9e

“Why are you here?”e5dd5441e6c766ad

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“I came to 5076b7ab88 see you, Young a29c81b3e4 Lord.”e03dc6881b40c3dc

“Why my face?!”f88517235ef30ca5

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“Because I’m your c1fc1d4417 fiancée.”46258393b9a32c4f

What? Did I say 8a715a48fd something wrong? And what’s with c8e2db6c7e that disgusted expression?d5612db553f47c6a

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Even though d95f6e1e58 we were 0946eb999d only a 1477293de0 few steps 4904694dfc apart, there 032ba46e66 was still a94cb7b1b2 an unbridgeable ec11c88b18 gap between 0bfd0e4fed us.f9e1a03e84cfad06

He scolded ebb9a2eaaa me the efdb1cd599 moment he 55549bcef4 saw me, d51762682f but I cc3245bad5 wasn’t discouraged.b7c2c1278021c27e

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Rikael wasn’t 924c6457d2 just some 5edde9425a war maniac, 2af2cb3582 after all, a5bba25bd3 he had cfa9bda9c4 overthrown the 5a859af53d Marquis of 638f193002 Baluja and 1ddc031dbb helped make 55fc53195d Chris emperor 9c733faa44 for the 55ed71196b sake of 0d3471a5cf the empire.3dd57b2d282dbc73

That was proof that 836bea4ea3 he understood justice.2ce8213849d15257

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For that reason, 8bd0d2197e aside from being 10d5db776e my fiancé, he 6d6008d915 was someone I f413696858 had to respect c627dd91c5 as my superior.88153a2a91db8597

“Salute!”57308db4b2833e4e

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I raised 581f607168 my hand ab2a09c7b4 to my f8fb5c137e temple in f1f7fa729b a formal 35a23eb644 gesture.feb2776bc1fafbc2

He had seen 186d0c7b32 how fearless I 5895c24d8d was in front ca95e810bb of the snake, 7812ea7574 so I hoped bea1d346ad he would at 93a65df383 least look at 015a1d857e me a little e751bf955a more favorably.4325590cab4e415e

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“What the hell are 9e9060e616 you doing?”7cc22d2f8312f42d

“This is f7c3ec258c how soldiers 7046addbc5 salute their 6d70ddc7d0 superiors. A salute!”a96b3bfad22e5a26

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Watch closely. This kind e452edcb15 of greeting c3951ee2e6 doesn’t exist 6882cf8816 in this ad4d02a15f world yet, 1e15548761 but I’m a3adf100b1 going to 5e81945e9f make it 014808bca4 a trend.55760a8522d5c31b

And, come d806ebdd83 on, be 98af78f949 nice to 7e17b9c705 me. I was pretty 6318af7d50 brave back there.c1bc9f2a8516ef02

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If you train 0d2e09f136 me well, I b2866e966b could actually become 2564bcf71e a useful subordinate.131e380177dcd900

I really wanted to c3056f2772 get along with him b094f5ddea and learn the swordsmanship 555f2c4ae9 of this world.d97d97ea9a072a1d

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But despite my 28e0c6a619 earnest hopes, his d57bdb32a3 eyes remained as 5006ed05db cold as ever.5965ecdeaae9966f

“Were you 7b4b64b7d4 really not e6c8cf472d scared of 5a92c1e949 the snake?”4fe1054e98306b34

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After staring at 7e74b9f19b me with a 35bf5bf275 chilly gaze for 705950d4a1 a while, Rikael 252359c60b finally spoke.0c8da66a3e98944c

“Nope, not scared at 6defcfe1fe all.”a2d7ed0f5868b137

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“Hey, kid. What are you?”3339e525ab0fae80

“What do you mean, 049c7d1255 what? I’m the 1b8b9cc52f young lord’s 4c7f6ff08d fiancée.”7c101e321f52ca71

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Ugh, why do 88fed790cf I have to 18d18295f1 keep repeating myself?0d643a0b5174c4f1

“Let’s break the ceb96baba2 engagement.”99c2d41e87524af1

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“Nope. I’m your e80c1fa470 lifelong fiancée.”e5cdb66af305b94e

“Lifelong, my *ss.”10401b6cb57e5e3d

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He let out d249b68e34 a small laugh, 3c58ef949f shaking his head 875aa96a01 as if I 1230a26bb4 were pathetic.acadfc73c50801ef

I had only come 2c582be6b4 here to brag about d27d6201d1 my candy stash, and 9a6d86754a now look at this 1801c4f262 mess.94f141525e107b8f

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Even a worm 14e04d2462 will squirm when 2beb453eac stepped on, and 06d504fcf3 I could feel 77601bc48e a sense of a6b9bc161d frustration bubbling up f49e9b6a0c inside me.c267429ebe9970ff

“I’m your lifelong fiancée. So don’t 4858552709 even dream 7e8e009e9c of breaking 82e4a919c2 off the 01cb0bb732 engagement.”214d8590caa15bc0

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“You will, eventually. This isn’t the 3646d3e60a place for you.”f12ad3044606c70d

“No, I like a2f2049948 it here. And isn’t bfe77936a7 it kind 3c7d4023f2 of unfair 6f726d5502 for a df3d3d3c24 nine-year-old to 6564ff808b judge a 4fa1217670 five-year-old like a93ae77417 this? Have you ever d4738a0edc considered that maybe 537447401e you are the c6400827d5 one being unreasonable c1b611f41a here?”de275c9ac3cd644d

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“No, I haven’t.”cc43b901b7cd4f21

Yeah. Figures. If he 854d617086 had, he fbb22f1ce7 wouldn’t be 7b7762f6bd so eager 289b984113 to get 6ad7a8b1c9 rid of b5eb5ba061 me.b9c19973defcf198

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“The old 67d4d8ed36 lady on 59c9fdb7a3 the first 9ffc2d72e7 floor once 209f86d40e told me, 3cb7106820 ‘Even twelve a368e243a1 jars of cfed8cff70 Gochujang
1
aren’t enough to please 8c22778c81 a husband,’ and you’re 0e263f66df just like that.”dd750a9b050f82a1

“What kind 2109203352 of nonsense df56652326 are you c8c5ae3eb4 talking about? Where do 7d9d07bbea you even f5f6a6beec learn this 5ad6a0eeda stuff? You’re seriously weird.”d650d3677aef6022

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My body 2785910f96 stiffened for ff86458147 a moment.67923fa064a29c81

Did I say 6ca5a90e71 too much?305ee35793e339fd

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I had 2e2bd8ed8d been trying 662323f22e to act ab7cc94915 and speak 0c93579ae6 like a decd33bb9a five-year-old, but 85f4ac3020 I let cc0203e596 my guard 853160d3e9 down for c2949a37c2 just a 42e1ccf6aa second.0013f1dc2e9d7322

“W-What?”93cdd21c99c89c73

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“You don’t d9c2335b34 talk like 26ea4c490f a five-year-old ae9669dad5 at all.”750104b0d41c8183

Crap!5f0e8b7272092e18

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I shut my mouth 98895748a2 tight, like someone who de81bea38b had just been caught c69a8bd232 red-handed.87a75038274dbdfe

“You sound 2c60f71a62 like you 2acf43bea8 came from b30bb6bf98 another world 083f92042e or something.”552f14f7bac68d68

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…What?4da2668a2459421a

How did he 5dcad9897f figure that out?!25f0c7f95de89ed4

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**** it. What kind of 78d64d9b78 nine-year-old is this 00e519dff9 sharp?2a88c97d8bc0cf25

Wait—don’t tell me you e94906869f got possessed, too?!eb02ba11b5445074

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His violet eyes ad03758073 gleamed with an 9f06b076ef unusual light, growing 265343c7b1 even more vivid.666328a21164096e

I had always known 64e4f6fb90 he wasn’t an ordinary df76f7cb04 kid, but now even 86cb543069 his eye color was 25af5e7bdf changing?2ca7b30fb621e109

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Was I seriously about e022d94f5f to get exposed by 79a919cf52 a nine-year-old boy?!2fcba0676cfe6e68