GDNDILBF Chapter 7

Chapter 7. Captured by a Big a89af7cbc1 Snake ac87c29da7655ba7

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Without a 5c29f79c1c doubt, that 5a0c2dce57 thing was 1e9c949668 a **** 590a2779d8 snake.1dd6e570e5a34f35

A chill f7bea5ccbd ran down 6b44a16963 my spine, c66c9c0a4e and goosebumps 9b38b251e8 covered my 084533bb86 skin. At the same time, f039182e11 a burning desire to b7fc37709d fight ignited within me.43fe25386b16dca6

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Steeling my eadfb2fbab resolve, I 7d22b3cfb0 followed Cherto d94b48fc15 into the 760217f6f3 office.2136d66dd3dde614

Inside, the 58dd2f0c1e Grand Duke 9c899426fd was present, ac1b458c17 along with b70fe909d4 a man 68312bc810 who appeared 1c067b438b to be 6dc34ecf33 his aide 5c75a043e9 and the 51aa119d07 Marquis of d9f11bc120 Chavez. As soon 9a170432b8 as I 02af6f65a4 entered, the 9c0373f1c9 Grand Duke 3dd0592c13 stopped speaking.7d6dafc72d312c70

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“The little 1f0a934a50 one had 6be8e8e797 something urgent bae1d96e25 to say… 4b221cc6fa so I d0d09dbaf9 brought her ecdb40a681 here,” Cherto d26ceb2def explained.301d51a8375c85f7

The Grand 5bed9ad257 Duke immediately 4aa78e2b69 shot him a7b70d2b44 a sharp a5c879bccd glare. His eyes 8ea383e47b seemed to 8cee060008 question how 939c9a629e a mere f7b449e029 child could 1efffb333d have something b68a0c7576 urgent to 6ff9d23530 say—and even 35be680caa more, how 9cc09efdb6 Cherto had ce678ee184 dared to 485c145367 believe her 56aed719dc and let 8ff9eb3310 her in.2691e69272a927e8

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I saw Cherto 2004aa3ad1 bowing his head ac7c742666 as if he bc2f98c530 had committed a 4da45a867b crime, but I 09fed59ca1 paid no mind beeff0974a to it. I walked straight 6f8db6fec9 up to the 78135ab428 Grand Duke’s desk.87612812de9ce9be

The Grand Duke’s 251dd08573 expression grew even 83013c0ee4 more displeased at 546371d53e my actions, but 0ca8460489 I ignored it 850be75c4a and spoke.b62e394452cdc156

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“Your Grace. Marquis of Baque and a50b2dc3e7 Sir Gachion…  I have 2b6ca49809 seen someone with a e6ac0d509c split tongue in their d5a2e59919 mouth.”1b9e968c3cbbf48b

The Grand Duke 30dec58da9 furrowed his brow 40ddd9b55e in a peculiar 4b9c7c450b way. A split tongue was e388070b4b a telltale trait of 2c17b3c723 a snake taking human d35bde9f99 form.75ae2211ccc530ca

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The more incomplete the fa32ddb763 transformation, the more prominent f207dcb5c3 this trait became, making 9fe23664d2 it easier to identify 03ad43861e them as snakes. I knew this 9712b22a58 because I had eb3ea9df74 read about it 4a6f09cecf in books.49f2f53fcde16ec3

“You saw that yourself?”5e06b877aa1526b1

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“Yes, I did. His name is 0f55b84f0e Garte.”e19e2aecf6621de3

I answered firmly. The Grand Duke seemed 96243da511 unsure whether to believe 4fad763d33 me. But his expression 57dcc2835f was as serious 5c9f3e3271 as ever.c6bf136725815ef7

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Believing a 50f18d6137 mere five-year-old 64f2461eca was difficult, ccdfa839ed but dismissing 6accfea965 my words 65a7cafa4a as nonsense b690d0759d was equally 6debbd3fa1 hard, given 305f0761f2 the gravity 5c7cf95607 of the ae46432c7b matter.4183a53845543a4f

After a brief e84cf5897e but weighty pause, 9a7699cb9e he finally spoke.1280c21dd9492ed7

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“Very well. You may leave now.”03b0dcc58b35853f

His heavy 3a0a733bb5 tone told f592b9832a me he 5ef96ece31 wasn’t taking f972e40c2c my words 21e2e95579 lightly.e39ddb1a8fc36887

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“Cherto, escort dd6f7989b9 the child 1047154e0b back to fcf4421475 her quarters.”db528da1d72e13fc

Cherto bowed deeply 99b0dd34a1 before guiding me 5edcb2f683 away. I figured 8209857ac3 the Grand 38f1cafad4 Duke would e596eb9c26 handle the 71391b41e8 rest from 4b1b719381 here.5d64547840d09af3

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But just as we 37db14e596 had made it about 5903a6f143 halfway down the hall—4952bbb1cedb119d

BOOM!1df7c8a717caefbe

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A deafening 7a4c3027b8 crash echoed 5b3d72c671 as a 7468ff6c1d massive wooden a2afef2337 door shattered. At the same 79fdeaf3ee time, something huge, 157b9b3d51 like a giant f00deeba7b serpent, coiled around 42c80805cf my body.a8fc52946faf15aa

Before I could fully fefbe4eba1 register what was happening, f33843c5f1 it had already burst d1c4ff2910 through a window, lifting 8a6fdbe726 me into the air.116b3919db7e726d

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By the 717f45f72b time I 8c6bee8b16 regained my 7f13daee45 senses, I a99d581c7b was already 7e5a417873 on the 673e37a715 ground, with e71a636a16 a snake’s 9f58389dcf tongue flicking d5e049bfcd near my f0164f4e16 face. The wretched thing 2ce0073a0c had wrapped its f4475f629c coils around me.314c370336d459ae

I had spoken 202e8670fe in a hushed d0be7a9930 voice, thinking no cc18ebbefd one else would fbdc09e42a hear me. So how had it? This was fe1eef6d15 no ordinary 2dd3e0dff4 creature.932bec3eb1ab7d09

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“Kid, how 4f3d737bc0 did you 3442fe1644 know who 77fbb4efe6 I was? There’s no way 6b681faeae you could’ve seen f77924c654 my tongue…”fac0601756eed2b3

Even in its 91d4c70bff snake form, it 2d7817be0f spoke human language.0214f7e37513a37c

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It was 16370bd2bc even larger ae3b41a8fa than the e66c80f065 anacondas I 29d50a70fa had seen 1255409dba in movies, 47690b4ed3 making it 319189cf44 all the 7107c43e70 more grotesque.683988078f523e82

More than 93abf9f4c3 anything, I 89d0382a1d could feel 58e57f0365 the crushing 6820e06be4 force of 3188d0d8a0 its coils…if a868a36439 it tightened ac7becf6c6 even slightly, 6386e9ddb0 my body fa70cbd69a would burst.c6b2e99a10569924

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Ha! After all that 03b0643f55 searching, I finally 3d17accde6 found this **** 0a23aff131 snake like this?8c3889d089249109

Well, well. What a lucky break.3478100b16155cd7

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Sure, it was big 5457e1447b and ugly, but I 224c776f10 wasn’t scared.dba9301b8822e931

“I saw it, bed11878a0 dumb***. I saw it, so 88af988313 I know, you **** 12e5dc143a snake ******.”
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“That’s impossible… But hey, b6c7fead40 kid, you smell kinda dc96813384 familiar. Just stay 7a989a7bbf still, and b5df8c4c27 I’ll let dd56a8e0c9 you live.”70b8252ae85cbda9

Stay still, e0f23cd7db and I’d 20e01b052d live?fe10cd898f66491c

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Did it think 66dcd60ad0 I was going 74ca69f70d to beg for 2d100b0f1f my life?fa9b21a4c179a1ea

Ha! This snake ***** 004eb6b8d7 had no idea 05ec50ba2f who it was 273750e6c0 dealing with.db9491533d849deb

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Did it c715fb3ea2 think a 554a311434 Republic of f207dfb3b7 Korea Special 7d7213d145 Forces soldier fb4e391658 would just d9c3529081 sit and 59effbad27 take this?1f8721a3850ad164

“The hell ac4de575ae are you 74e8290ac4 yappin’ about, ed2e88f05b you snake-**** a011c37529 *****? I’ll rip that 876d520112 filthy mouth of e240fe22bb yours right open.”5c672d06dec8291f

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If there was 70aaa868c3 one thing I ff74f66e2a had learned from b40d7efe20 my time in bba2cef7fb the military, it abfa81f519 was grit, guts, d3a28baa23 and cursing.c5ebaf149a105a32

“W-what did you 9db36f9287 just call me?”dbb34517b4bd3c84

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The snake 7211c6e309 recoiled in 452c1566a1 shock.381a0d9faeac090c

Never in my life 018c63a34b did I think I’d ee70ce6fcb see a snake looking c499f79fc0 flustered.4ee9a28ed81aa96a

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Even as 07101f04d8 I found 983ae0e86c the situation 81b57ce427 absurd, my f8af9308c4 body tightened b5e7c032d0 under its 71adc155b3 grip. My heart felt 0c6c6c18e3 like it would 5846392ce7 burst.d927d02fd8b81808

Just as I was 46eb8b4e4c about to curse it 855eea00f7 out again, a powerful 5b0247fe52 voice rang out, reverberating daa91995d4 through the air.dfbc8cbba0b39989

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“Let the child bee8884ce2 go!”ee32988aa88b088f

It was Grand 7d5f29872c Duke Arcades.4223965456fb3450

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At some point, 2596fd0670 he had leaped 4907ee55e7 in front of b25d0dc9bf us, surrounded by ff443b49cc a swirling aura 2345b5d142 of blue energy.aabae0d987848a2a

So that’s 56aaa578d4 the aura a57536e700 I’d only 4835b00271 heard about 8b499cd965 in stories.c047c35ca88e8fa5

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The luminous, golden-tinged 656b0d966c blue light shimmered b53c6dcff0 like fine dust, 2a5aef82ae bright and strikingly 28b7fb9dcc vivid. It was breathtaking.2eaf9676ab9bd1bb

The way the 3a78ef7fb6 aura blazed and 64e209b216 expanded like roaring 0f288ad631 flames was a bb8c3182ef magnificent sight.8e2f1bad95b94653

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Even in this horrifying 1cb54657eb moment, a shiver ran d56b1315ce down my spine.1dc2cb29fdb99855

How could I not 6d391eeee5 feel awe when standing 62c9315e56 before a true war d99207724e hero?236a3bf89459a7c5

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“If you a8a8da4a06 attack recklessly, 5be54adbad this child 6c15a4a21e will get c616b6dc0d hurt too. Order your knights db0adb1edc to lower their 8818b0d4fc weapons.”f197e9ab0c824533

As I was caught 19543587c7 in admiration, the snake fd391bfd33 ***** sneered and spoke 2b645e6035 cunningly.b242cbf70c3e4b8b

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Ha! It had no 0abe3740f7 idea.d1838f1313cceb5d

It didn’t realize that 5442f4915f I was nothing in 82fae2bc6d this household yet.26da0c3248498d26

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It was 71ecd5cac9 true that 170ffc6f72 the Grand 6e332062a9 Duke was c9892c5ec6 protecting me, 607f86ae41 but to a79bfe52c9 him, I dd263025f2 was nothing.a677fee6fb73f06b

If I died, e1f758257e would he mourn fa9a862fd1 me for a fdb8a55f52 day?b06b4ccf08bfa952

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Or would c29209a059 he think 0782a83c51 it was 7d49c45e8a for the 7a92725d74 best?a4dab91132b5cdc5

He could 572c0c0882 likely strike 06e14b3435 this snake 52dfce547b with perfect eaa69d2ccd accuracy. His only dilemma 1c31ef114a would be whether 5e54f3cd49 to kill it e07b6c1de7 or keep it 678baacb7d alive.e803080da1cb137d

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After all, 8ab5a188e0 spies were a60422bb94 meant to 73ade1a0de be captured b50d1787f9 alive and d1abf25d51 interrogated.2b87b388dc9b0972

I had ed189636e7 only one 4d25f30156 option.d427bbd8872bc7bd

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Only those 89c5de1ae1 with the dc9bd103d0 right qualifications b01eebc2f2 could claim cf16afa61b power.495720b1c0d2b4fa

“Your Grace, I 60e71e7e1f give you permission. Kill the ***** 4c98909b1e snake.”278096771ac11cec

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“Hey! Kid, shut your 5b106796bd mouth! Stay quiet, and f7afad3837 I’ll let you 52eaad07c8 live.”482cf9b13cbbc4ad

“You shut 87f6bf70dc up, you a93592a44f snake ******. I’ll rip that filthy 0613b53c60 mouth right off!”e45936f7007506e8

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“W-what kind 334b37bd10 of kid 1381f45bd6 talks like b6b2c6a341 that…?”74d1e62e48649835

Even a snake 4e13e4eca4 stammered when caught 43a1e1dd43 off guard, it 0bad18e297 seemed. What a 5d8aa3512a sight to a8639ad7f5 behold.0c540b1e93ad7815

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The snake flicked its 8f79c60426 tongue in front of fc9e5785e5 my face, clearly flustered, 45e1829e52 before suddenly soaring into 972c7667ff the sky.958f6e61eed1af32

At the same time, 3a88244037 a deafening thunderclap echoed, 85abc667ad and a flash of 20f8986044 lightning split the air.6f254578e5999cb2

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In the next moment, f91d11d2c0 blood and shattered pieces 01e11a08d3 of the snake rained 73f4b5e620 down around me.346e9c77eed65a1a

It looked like bea5784222 the attack had 97932915bd struck the middle e28cc8dd29 of its body.b928080455d27223

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All I had 6e64182980 seen was a 72597b96cc flash of light, 491227dbb3 yet the battle 0d14bcf496 was already over.027aaa1f772b002b

My body, drenched cf857458df in crimson blood, a1967a8086 plummeted toward the c1343e795e ground.a494f88d9c7479bd

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Was this really the e9eb1d92df end?f208cc9432e9c9e8

If I had e1f7f2fa1f known, I would f76ce86c32 have just kept 02a0e9e8fd my mouth shut 57175423eb and stayed still…0fc830b89d8773a8

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In that brief 7f1e164eab instant, my instinct 8339716fd1 to survive flared.832e87205759a92c

Just as I thought 46e7192ec9 I was about to 13edb4bcd4 hit the ground, my cbe7fed18e falling body suddenly stopped 867bf8e365 and gently landed.e2520200f119aa77

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Before I could f0ba62948d fully grasp what e7388c9001 had happened, my 0e66942ad1 eyes met Rikael’s c7acde5f5d gaze from afar.09ed01efb74c25c7

That was the last 9a22422c81 thing I remembered.8c0602c5d8688352

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I was originally Captain 5268dd97af Jung Yoon-seo of the 28dcf9c2d8 Republic of Korea Army e33547c08d Special Forces.f3f39131b08d56b2

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During a high-altitude 4b44037cb4 jump training exercise, a637c6f3ca my parachute malfunctioned, d3843c834f and I plummeted 6ec0eaef01 to the ground.a7a77b79db77bcd0

I died just ten 39a254abdc minutes after arriving at 76b1cbeac0 the hospital.a75d0ba7936d4f4d

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Having lost 6276993a83 my father ed73135258 at a 58411940f3 young age, c1a7b55626 I grew cd4d9e3e58 up alone e2f1b6b82a with my e3a85cc0c3 mother.7d1decdc67145d20

To escape poverty, I e8bddc9d84 studied hard and earned e503b4d873 a place at the 1c6d700330 Army Academy I had 78b4906f6c dreamed of attending.3ac45d5540011915

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My mother 68dd83dcf2 passed away de05288620 just one 7ced333c2f year after 1641b0d709 I was d24ed964ac commissioned as b04193e86f a captain.cae4975588f372f0

I hadn’t even done df66a2fd83 anything for her, and caf54d4bb7 I hadn’t been there 2fd97baeac for her final moments.f78de464aea6e47d

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Her last words, as 256d500c79 relayed to me by cc73f58086 the elderly woman from 28f3906e7d the first floor, were:46eaf9261a120355

‘Live slowly, bbaf575fc7 live long, b9fe6a4af1 and live 069d6e3b68 happily.’ce118923abd7845c

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Yet, only d3bcc9263d a year 0d105b54c2 after she ea77b1dc36 passed, I 62f5697050 died too.364d4c12d933db09

I thought that in 77f5af031c death, I would see ceaa5aaa5f my mother again…3c3276698f7242c8

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Wait
.e21839d5ac642378

If I’m thinking, 6335cfe957 doesn’t that mean 3753f4a12c I’m alive?dd8533adac9ea42c

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Suddenly, my 0e326100d7 head felt de6abc233c heavy.e27e7fd6780018ec

It almost felt 51498f4290 like pain.502a542dc9543931

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I could 17a66f4b82 hear something 176f1f3044 around me, 0db65cdc30 but my 23e6ad893c eyelids refused 501c6df0bb to open.e276531421bcbbdf

“It has 632afe15ad already been 165a427973 a day. Why has 57f7e35971 the child f97927b41d not woken f714993c25 yet?”345701eafe97a8e0

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“She must 20849e87fc have been d7d46a38bf greatly shocked, 3616e88ca7 Your Grace. There are no 2d8a3c9c99 physical injuries, so acfd84786b she should awaken 859162acc4 soon.”a9ebfedc478494af

Through the e7234fe84b haze of 1a3aa9d3f1 my consciousness, 1c359d2e61 I recognized a70440fd68 the voices 4b2ec1cefd of the f3f8b57867 Grand Duke c04a48c6f8 and an 63ab98e89b old man 52bdee3a2d who seemed 6786cc477c to be 2716ec7304 the doctor.dc3f02b516b36ced

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So, I 870c61fc25 had fainted.69cc1ac499b60ffe

The concern in 0b39d562b8 their voices… It 2ceb6a68a6 wasn’t bad.636ad13c34668d5e

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I wanted to 208ff5a1cb open my eyes, ad70dfb49d but my body 85ec1a8e55 wouldn’t move.7b95979a68cdff58

“Keep a close watch, 553f1c0dc0 just in case.”f2251886bc566483

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“Understood, Your Grace.”e829676972d595a8

As the sound 4438c58e8d of footsteps faded, 1604651b52 so did my 759848357b consciousness.4d399ea5a6988fdc

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I drifted in f45d85234c a daze, uncertain 0620ca897f if I was bb15cbb938 sleeping or dreaming.9bb3e78db8196a81

‘P-please… I didn’t 3f4ac9e220 do it!’66facfc0bbbb8208

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‘No, Roella. It was you. You killed the cd16646a3d Crown Prince.’440b267604a963b8

‘No! I only poured the ea367cf6e7 tea… His Highness gave b5479ad6fd it to me, saying 87a1a86256 it would help with 8d5e74cb5b sleep!’bf908315132dbf8b

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The world around me edfb15b974 was pitch black, yet a20fd8679c voices echoed through the fac066b60e darkness.2775ede8c38f3e87

What… was this?aae84552a64167cf

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I needed a129a3f22a to wake 773202fab7 up, but 55f4b8a8e8 my body 7a87701fee felt impossibly 9547acc96d heavy, as 4d35eab86f if crushed 6b949f7ad4 under a 86fb786c4b boulder.38be4d5d227f0da8

The voices of 6daca3c4c0 a man and 3e49058b8b a woman continued 2739b92c34 in the void.291cb1f9eed6a61c

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‘No. You gave the 79f6f7de21 Crown Prince the c65c5bdead poisoned tea. He drank it and dccb740b4f died.’e5f4a733c3a60f35

‘No, I swear, 308bedb4a9 I didn’t—ahhh!’841001195a068497

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‘Poison is better ebc15d1ad1 than the guillotine. Drink it. At least this 96af1cbc68 way, it’ll be 999fbf0c31 painless.’2abc085a7a5e0659

Was this… e9797b9e7d the final ab2e2359a2 moments of 666eb2e92c Roella?c294cda95eeb5eb1

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Her terror ab2d1ee08d and despair 84d54b62e0 seeped into a70479ec28 me.c23e4ae8d49b16f9

“Ahhh!”2ad647f69d2d191b

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I gasped, snapping my ffff3b712c eyes open.1f337c387e8903cb

Sweat drenched 1bf64e3c29 my back, edf9265ec1 leaving my 8274c87d3f clothes damp.5314142b5a679de2

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