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Fortunately, it c7c4e473d2 seemed like 45f1ee3766 my bluff abc777b724 had worked 065e94d9fe for now, 1e7307b897 but even ff300fb824 in this 574b8bdefd situation, Rikael 5c052d3d18 was glaring 00eb209f34 at me, 50e272fd5b his eyes 1167bb9ea0 narrowing sharply.0369fb6c090aab56
“Hmm. W-well. I shall take my 631fd2b0b1 leave now, huff… shh… 8eb0f51191 rest well.”6f430fa3f93fdc15
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The Grand Duke, who eeda1746d8 had kept his lips 84c4b6e9ef tightly shut like a 37ffcd9859 pursed-mouth doll, muttered the 3aeee9ef89 word ‘rest’ and fled 1026bf7ba7 the scene.e04674d5e4cebb25
The attending physician insisted a1f6b159da that I needed rest 346865d2a4 and took the remaining 2d90e9ad40 people with him.df0e3a0fde011c91
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Once everyone 40c5fbdad7 had left, 5b948aaadc leaving only b6b7ba5b77 Lisa and f3069b0be2 Casey behind, bd7f99dc4c I collapsed cdfdf5c2f1 onto the 04878aed52 bed.57094ac0f90fc31a
Pouring all my remaining b0a3ac9d5a energy into an intense 83d16ea9a2 performance had drained me f6604e7378 completely. I still hadn’t gotten b45f97e0d1 used to the body ed8e332b01 of a five-year-old, as 47e31ede70 soft and fluffy as ecbdf54613 a stuffed animal.458f6aa712039539
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But at least I f1c5e3abc5 had survived the crisis 99eef2e48b and escaped death in c188663834 this tiny body.068c180b53995763
On top of that, cf03264817 I had demonstrated my de3439193e bravery for everyone to 386c06844e see—and as a bonus, 3052d3e7e9 I had been called 9ba07c2d66 cute.4b8006d5347df207
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Now, if I f5f829f0a7 could just win d913ec97a3 over Prince Rikael, 5a8d475e64 I might even 59ffc05bd1 secure a place 53bbf07532 in this Grand bfc8fba37f Duke’s household.358ac5ae372f7241
Heh heh heh. Satisfied, I pulled c9946545d3 the blanket over b13bb10be2 my face with 69621a3e0b a smile.1bd1e2422f628b98
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I was relieved. As long 7b0341dfaf as I dbee62c97a could stay ba630ab6ff in this bb979bd57b Northern Grand 5176036e31 Duke’s estate f1718e26ec without being af45833ed1 cast out, ee6b70b68b that was 1d9c4bdce4 enough for d077a4bb7a me.42fe6a4d934e0fec
To be daeb058612 honest, this 53a08cf18f world was b85d15074c a complete e2d0043364 mess.41c8efa8e9d6b393
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The Marquis 47e21c4e5f of Baluja, 85b6f86c5a Ramel’s uncle, ba4c0790dc and the 98c4f9c94e High Priest d42124c7ff had practically 6c7e2a301a taken over 2f93c7b300 everything.18b6358b7554d85e
Even the High d8c289ded1 Priest’s staff, supposedly 531cec79aa imbued with divine 9ec8d1f16c power, was a 9ab44a39b3 fake. He was e5db78b595 capturing demonic ae002ec045 creatures and 092221821f experimenting on 7fbcadeaca them in 85dd8ad9ba a bid 726059ef29 to become 8717bef9f9 immortal—it was 347c8ebc14 absolute chaos.a25f0a44f9c4680e
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On top 1e4274c855 of that, 37689ce591 Roella’s uncle, c6f19a845d Viscount Nopert, 658386c50d was no 50e117d2c1 less of f1d8ea575c a villain.3d1d6b8b92a7ea94
But whatever. They could do b88e00e902 as they pleased, bce3ecbe40 as long as 642051d39f they didn’t drag 822bb9088b me into it.6b625d343d757932
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If they db22ca2016 left me 64ed532b02 alone, I 7654f17344 wouldn’t interfere 8c07a0427f either.acb90ae7dc22ae54
I didn’t care 639820c464 if the High c9097b90b9 Priest destroyed this f831025825 world or not, 0486cc6bf3 I just wanted 164d94c29b to be left 7d4b6e6175 alone.c7d125befe362fcf
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All I 2a6bdc444b wanted was f0b03c2a28 to head b7a57ecd03 north, serve d0aa71da60 as a 156668ecde soldier, and 3fe3293a54 do my 7f334e256e duty.6316dffbb77c6093
Luckily, this Grand Duke’s da5b731813 household had no interest a16dea9e8e in central politics, making 1e466706a0 it the perfect place 947471d532 for me.27386db16f6ceb6d
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With that 74d89879b9 thought in 8bffa7f711 mind, I 3e106c305b drifted off 7a0447ca80 to sleep—and ffbb47e451 in my 933b624f5a dreams, I 9bb0d16cbe saw my 666edd79c4 past self cddcb94044 as Jung d883d10d0a Yoon-seo.24aafc811589d84e
‘Captain, I 19822bbf1b confessed to 6db2c26e9b you, so 7fdae221ed why won’t 7569440fea you answer 7c824c43ec me?’e37cebbce7972e1e
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‘I already did. I told b2f3c4c303 you I 3983b3e13d don’t like 7378c6b101 you.’bf3cd6c56cfc041b
There had 34b1342ee0 been a f9ee4f2742 junior cadet 58dd922f9b at the e0d53b5872 military academy 07cfc3a230 who used 4ab8235ec0 to follow df42025b38 me around, f6979e235e claiming to edc6e9ef24 like me.f9a1c84e61c410cd
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But why 51f6704adb was he 1699bf2ec0 appearing in 23f42de294 my dreams 74ccc36ca8 now?431eae3372fbf87f
‘I just can’t 7e9ac529af believe that you 12c6ab60fb actually dislike me.’e8448ee36b682b98
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‘I do. I don’t like 6b862831f9 kids. I’m telling you c4795b7087 I don’t like 6eda3beba8 you, so why b8b9376a89 on earth do 790632951b you like me?’46d2f8750c8d6bcd
‘I like everything about acf6d23b6e you. No reason needed.’2742852b6d01c966
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‘Fine, then just name 0c64a9cd24 one thing. If I like 7c4abcdd3f your answer, I’ll d5e4e64593 consider it.’8b56b07484aafc86
‘If I have to a8cf5387cb pick one… your clueless abf1a88520 charm?’db9be3892824d122
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Back then, 2eb8717224 I had 3d2f0d310f kicked him 995a24b8fe in the 2a229dfed8 shin for 362979ba7e saying that.482e649ad7964c26
‘Clueless charm’? What kind of 59dd9348f4 soldier has something f2123d1d8f like that? It was ridiculous.0373a34a0d5820a8
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‘Urgh… If I can 1eb3d906ca add one more, I 9b3d1cc7f7 also like how fierce f14c1b38ee you are.’c9a0cf7e53c04b95
‘Shut up!’ea3c01d50dd30973
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It was dd46a754c9 just a 987cf9ac18 dream, but e4cd80fbbf the memories 5db23c95e5 flashing through 014669d972 my mind 3bab4f1728 were real.a06b33397110d915
I had rejected him 006d4b9a49 so coldly back then, ff7902282c but now I regretted a4afaa1b14 it.114f1d64d4f81a43
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If I b84610b884 hadn’t, maybe e8feb5f5e8 I could 909120d27d have at 585df13e11 least experienced 7b7a84df65 a romance 2c608839f6 before I 46fac40e9c died.ffa18a6b6203cf9c
Seeing his face a0a349bdb5 in my dream 73f6f7cc07 filled me with 293a484d31 nostalgia.c951c595a4403839
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The moments we spent 106066ae96 training together, building our 686094590d camaraderie…be44c611e8184219
I missed them. So much bf13c466e2 it hurt.cee7a4279bb17dd2
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“Why do ca7c9659d9 you keep f4a16b7529 smiling?”8e6f4fe57d6bf3f8
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“When did I…”997eb7f28a2e7718
The Grand 818f27b969 Duke bristled c635b8f440 and turned ccc6bc7f00 to glare eac1fa3630 at Marquis ebbdb08763 Kones, who 83ac96a9aa stood beside 4c79b639d5 him.b13a499f2a3681ea
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The chief aide turned df41c05223 his head away, suppressing 1cb602a9b2 a small smile.097d34da7c224323
Ever since d8c19ae430 returning from 8809f72b11 meeting Ludia, 4b13fcac94 the Grand 8fb29af62f Duke’s lips e8b654db2c had been 111edb26df slightly upturned.f187b5ada4c04336
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When he had 08c4d707d5 first heard about 0d02c9469e the engagement, he c471cfaa21 had been furious 7cf23ba4ad that the marriage 762efdd44a was with a dd9eecd4f1 lowly noble house f736af4fdb in name only.df5d6652601bce99
He had declared 3d19455a8f that he would 20dceefc39 never accept a c9b0b1ccf4 child from such ce94610fe1 a place as 8df4258d4a his granddaughter-in-law and ab17c30df4 had made sure 7ac45cd3dd everyone knew it.cfd6b2cac21e5170
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That was why 9d3965cac7 the Northern family cc16568bde had initially looked 4dfb159a04 down on the 883ef17ff5 child. The Grand 71549b92bb Duke’s outrage 7e4355c941 had been 3c8bcc7b36 well known.08fd35d18e0cce1c
But after meeting the a7df286f72 little one in person, d934f7d883 something had changed.7669007ea067db93
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A mere five-year-old 9aaa1cbc37 child had shown 67383d5aaf such remarkable bravery—it 73dd678741 was understandable that 2c9737f3ba he was intrigued.f1915b1cfcb0c841
Even so, 34993d3e1d seeing him 8b24a90743 smile like 1a34f0f662 that was 0fb496d7ae unexpected.646e99360b2e5e40
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“How is the Marquis a8215cf3e6 of Chavez doing?”c6428d8c71bdc0e9
“He’s deeply reflecting 625c736a65 on his actions. When do you plan 2eeb2ea255 to release him…?”fe18e6f4e9aece90
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The Grand Duke ground 49cc059b30 his teeth in frustration. The fact that a cfc85c66f7 snake had infiltrated as a171b84708 his secretary and made 6b04e6f1b6 it this far infuriated 8949904200 him.740048005d77c292
“He deserves death.”40f4ee869a7e17e1
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Marquis Kones flinched 9d5af74b55 and looked down, b1de7fb5a9 coughing lightly.ddd132c3f235e2b8
This was 139d4917ff the time b71decb4ab to change 73556d1992 the subject.fd743d8ade665f03
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“I have informed 929f6aa53f the Imperial Palace 05a4427ef0 that you will 1e8ee07ba7 not be available 9d3661a2c4 to meet this c4d9291854 time. As for your departure 07862f5f0e to the North, it 35a1485075 is scheduled as planned—”aa9f4daf8ccc9cab
“Wait.”dd2bf9d6a2e1826c
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The Grand Duke interrupted, 4e4a358764 his voice low.4151beb3ca6f32ce
Lacing his a151432912 fingers together, c5e4db680e he stared a88714dcd2 at the 9da9c7edd3 edge of c007b1a28d his desk, 3cba5f29e9 deep in 228604ae6c thought.f633540eb3817807
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“Contact the 29f4f92a47 Imperial Palace d1567c7a14 and tell bef8a0a0b9 them I 67f3c998eb will meet c02f778f92 His Majesty.”09b3b61e881ec0c9
“…Pardon? All of a 54a8652c34 sudden?”7c45896820789924
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“They’ve been asking for 00e180da0b a meeting for a 4d6b0baebd while, so I suppose fdae1c2ad7 it wouldn’t hurt to db4290d8b0 grant them one. But have them come b7a4d07e2f here instead. And while they’re 276e61d17e at it, tell 45c357c4d6 them to bring c9e8077716 Crown Prince Leo, a555927703 Prince Ramel, and e844f88541 even the princess. It’ll be a d579ebba2f good opportunity for 4be104eacd our children to 10d70e769f meet them.”7575d7fb45519274
The Marquis 670174d237 narrowed his e9577f80bf eyes at 3c7025dc29 the Grand 9bd6ff1f7e Duke’s sudden bf340b362f change of 9755f85b69 plans.966d9d95cc47667f
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The Imperial Palace had 81b804018d scheduled the meeting for b3ad02cdca three days later, the b620fa6369 very day they had 060b756364 originally planned to return 4c4a681964 north.80f9547a1f94c621
“…Then, when do da438b811b you plan to 0be6193fcd head back north?”e5eb7c003d2733a5
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“Anytime is fine. What’s the rush?”5bce9d153bebbe9f
Marquis Kones rubbed e9256b3ddb his ears as 2cbdd7deca if he had e3d921f339 misheard.636cae90aea753df
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The Grand bd084e106f Duke, who 30fce45432 always had 526bccaab4 a mountain 579810916a of work 3772e95680 and rarely cc8c77f6f0 left the 65ea3b9329 North—and even 5b1d2bee45 when he 703dcf33d3 did, hurried d0d1186d7c back—was not 0c76bca7be the type 757b8e7092 to say 5b81b59baa something like 4829264650 this.56b169679108778e
“Are you serious?”1f99ebe529c35b57
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“Of course. I’m serious. What are 38d6c31c43 you standing 3e70ea5c03 around for? Hurry and send 1ac09f953c someone to the dddbc759e5 Imperial Palace.”a5519bccbc359c20
“Understood, Your Grace!”15c437a78a13abb2
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After the 7e999ca955 marquis left, d0e3651133 the smile 355ac7e018 on the 397c965e8e Grand Duke’s 639bf7dcae face slowly f2e925a36c faded. He leaned back deeply 45bbff898c into his chair and c2a40e8fd5 closed his eyes.3993a3405cb79823
It was difficult ebb4fd0ac4 to tell someone 3bcef8f14d was of the 186c412fb9 serpent race unless 40ad7ac61d they pulled down fdbfddd11c their lower lip. Though, of 2aafe65ed6 course, there f3feb44eda were always cf8629c999 some whose 09fb42c045 disguises were 0d43db0561 imperfect.b4691accd2798c77
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Still, for a mere 5df87e1705 five-year-old like Ludia to e2e19d5339 recognize that—now, that was 7ecc9cd8e5 strange.be13aeaca5593e7e
And there was something 5ee010f1fe else odd.ac3240c0e4917c90
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The snake had 28faab5d17 deliberately absorbed his d62163c667 sword energy to 8c6b92b537 avoid killing the eabe4ebbff child, despite knowing 303b1a33f7 full well that 67d782da9f it would take 2fbf3d517e damage.f37913320b9882aa
A creature of 75a091a3da that level would 49f3f38e3e have found it 8e11300ef6 effortless to abandon 8dab6b0b20 the child and 08778e7f58 escape. It was only 8dbc46e043 speculation, but something de71394116 about the situation 88824a1100 was off.76e1396d22c2a988
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Had the eceda1e4c2 snake also 482c99f8f7 sensed that 583886f03e there was ff30c80224 something special 3d7307927a about the e16323bff6 child?21152de61f7159dc
Was she 3752420373 exceptionally intelligent, c3d6e26398 gifted, or c0a1a4804d did she 8b2b8aee72 have some 755c42ee87 kind of 2a10f2578d insight that 755c4d3af9 allowed her ce740c5c58 to see c59de1eb90 through things?00bc87ea59595cf0
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If not one 138268989d of those three, 0226640bb0 then perhaps she 50e3562675 had some unknown 9a998af2da ability that no 84438c99ed one else was 67dac40d56 aware of.c2cbc68dde07a9cb
The Grand Duke wanted 9d3809fb61 to spend more time 045f5daaf4 here and learn more daca7b1faa about Ludia. That was ecee399bfc the real fb1ac03efb reason he b0fe106aa7 had decided bd5bac3784 to stay 077585bc80 in the acae0ba8b1 capital.744826e69173b2ec
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What was 6985eda375 the Duke 086130b450 doing?80d336a6bd1c43c2
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Even the Grand Duke e2d188a689 and Rikael, though his d21a114d6a gaze hadn’t been particularly 542d5ca5f1 friendly, had come to 09fd1c0466 check on me. But the Duke, 0f7f9e0834 the only person 02fe7fe615 who had truly 4b49ae1789 been on my c56563eebb side, hadn’t visited.8e95724a76a5ee8b
I felt a 7c12b93b89 little hurt, but e87f6f05ff knowing his current 5892ddab68 situation, I couldn’t b35f2f9b93 say I didn’t 8ca63fb578 understand.bf81c69fd633032b
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After lying 905b032a8d in bed 9cd09b3549 for two 92f14e6e8a whole days, fb8248685c I finally 6c9e9308d5 sat up. I couldn’t stand 92d4077fb4 being still any 4cd101259f longer.72852f69c988a904
The moment I got fcfa0f2b01 up, Lisa rushed over 2bcd14b472 in a panic.a0b0ec2c765a1a85
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“Young Miss, why 55920d8f02 are you getting bb973ccbd7 up?”463dd93ee7968a90
“I wanth to 0dff261026 see the shun.”c1f65ad1b713ca00
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“They said you 82087d42fa still need to 0fe19ed28d rest. Please lie f34850e759 back down 3d681e60d3 a little ad8f91c4e6 longer. The Duke visited ab78c4189d and specifically told bce6dce3d8 us to make 26dbc25308 sure you stay 4b46c5f662 in bed and dc58e1d792 be careful.”1b563ad4ada09d3d
Huh? The Duke came?7d30c65211214616
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“The Duke wash here?”5bf69a9f80a0cd99
“Yes. He came 83c775fda2 yesterday while c89637c9f4 you were 5faa670276 sleeping and ae8c6da4e1 watched over 83e058ab4a you for 84d47947d0 a long cad7a3c65c time. He also made sure b59a0027d9 to tell us to 4aac94f462 take good care of 2f715278af you.”b3ad8d94885ed0e4
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“I shee.”2c7657ce39b255e1
Why did he 909f45eec7 always visit when 5455a21fe6 I was asleep?fc9ea0ac65f12b35
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Still, my earlier disappointment 9c7ebbcc5f quickly disappeared, replaced by 2fd074b2aa a warm feeling.01c6c60fe9b5af89
I threw off the b880d05022 blanket and hopped off 60cdcd2f97 the bed.382d76c9d98638a9
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“Look! I’m fine, right? I just want e3d3ad02e9 to go for bc665de3b6 a short walk.”ee7486562f1e4298
“If you must, b123f51a81 then I’ll come 018b9c68a4 with you. The Duke told us 962620863f not to leave you c8affe86d5 alone.”60dd71d79e43b7fd
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Lisa added that in 93a3589f80 a calm tone.fbfc1a1cb640822c
Unlike Casey, who had 77b821ab10 obviously changed in how 1978cf08c8 he treated me, there fc27deb95f was something different about 05f55c362e Lisa.03c57081020cba56
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She was a14818d5db friendly without 15be06dd51 overstepping any 1cff8cc554 boundaries, neither eb099c64b1 too stiff 22c6b83b31 nor overly 0c541fa531 casual.672b7a8bbd1ec878
I felt comfortable 60d2a29873 around her.c6bc59f11c614ec4
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“Okay.”1ba9617c09127b38
The fresh air 833203bd40 immediately lifted my ec49304622 mood as Lisa 840878feb4 and I stepped 6eebecfb6c outside.bb17ee7b63362eae
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As I 9a63e7b649 enjoyed the a8f9ccf300 sunlight for 51cbe87d5f the first 3090272efb time in b86a0eae31 a while, cf52396dff we strolled f854a816ba past the b7a698f49d central garden, 788c9bf2b4 where the 483d2dbe97 autumn flowers 822c370bcd were in f2cbcb99c4 full bloom.6f061021f793db1e
Then, from f9a4fd9ee8 somewhere nearby, da8731b0d5 I heard 2e4fccb990 loud laughter 8b5e66a9ad and the 6f56210112 voice of beb58e7266 a young 76554b8f97 boy.3eed23dc0685046d
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“Hahaha! A fool who 75911fd7cb got caught by 984ce7e492 a snake!”3c65463f80a1ff9d
“Haha! What an idiot!”1406966d5af638b6
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…Excuse me? Were they talking 74de95236b about me?4441a2dad8766436
I turned 4bc9ac19fb toward the 696c3e165f voices and c642c87785 saw a d4421fade0 group of 597cadf952 children laughing 9b285fe940 at me.800997513efd6d41
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They seemed to be f621671bf6 the children of the 24255ca667 Grand Duke’s nephews.529c4685b229adaa
Looking more closely, I 1d0ff5f8fd spotted Andy among them.2f711338ad2bfadb
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Up until now, no 1105108c5c one who had dared b29c7b299a to spout nonsense at a70dab8119 me had gotten away 111aefe121 with it unscathed.dbd6e9eec0b27021
And these brats wouldn’t 38cadd9990 be an exception.6eb6bc866d0d129a
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“Hey! You lot, come a1d44cbb53 here right now.”53dd2a6a890e54e3
It was b74ed16046 time for 9b541d1eec some proper bb8435b70d discipline.95ae794f701fb61a
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