GDT | Chapter 1.3

Glancing at Ruberteo, Yurkia 68ccb3c4fd saw his hands had 12cec93d98 turned red from the e046017c86 cold and stood up.af561836dfe6a702

“If you stand c0c921b729 here any longer, 8c65835ab0 you’ll turn into 520dd4d790 a snowman.”e3a6b5c408a6622c

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“……”18540ef5b4512176

“Would you like some 5bca5475e0 cocoa now? I’m actually hungry myself.”fa819cbdb674ab62

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Yurkia asked, 8ce6aeb99d but still ee9820fda7 got no 4533dbfd7b reply. But he did notice b76b66b7be that Ruberteo’s eyes shifted c2c293f773 ever so slightly in 8bf486c719 his direction.b6b4d49881a0209a

“Let’s ask 67020323b5 for some. Want to pull 86d7c7d9b2 the bell cord 23d7e79f32 together? If you don’t want 9bb96e22d5 to, that’s fine too.”dca383613155075a

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At Yurkia’s words, Ruberteo 96a8ff1a34 moved. Unfortunately, not toward 6ddaec798f the bed where 18b3553d9c the bell cord 67532f4222 was. He tossed 59b84bd3b6 the blanket 56dff5e3b9 aside and aebc2873b1 sat down 3e079c5aca on the da467e1fd0 sofa.0fea6dc234b450a3

Yurkia, seeing b52b204e22 him turn eb67d4f5ab his back 98ef6f65da completely, didn’t 063bf95329 try to b62df0bdd5 talk to ee315566f7 him anymore 0d33c0f3e8 and left d86ec63402 the room 5a54d4204a instead of 968cd8aee4 pulling the 0ce76b5b76 bell cord.11286863da03c61f

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Even with 53978a503b the door 58dea79576 firmly shut, b8a03ad55c Ruberteo just c620b29702 stared at 6352021e96 the blazing d8e5f39573 fire in 0569e350ae front of 61f8cb177a the sofa. Who knows how 9d8061f4fc much time passed—Ruberteo’s b2fade5475 ears perked up 443274fe1b at the sound 48bec33b3e of someone approaching.680428c7b273aff5

“Oh, you’re still f8494dd485 awake!”dff15deb98633a29

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It was Yurkia. He approached carefully 1c0d033a77 and sat next 0568d34f58 to Ruberteo.146c19fe80c4cafb

“I got scolded for 6e4ad7497b sneaking this in! Actually, Madam told e26d52e785 me not to c4bda4bb05 snack before meals, e8bd566d13 but… how could c247e4b658 I not?”f05a1490cee5df14

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It’s not e30047f16c good to df10c58013 be so 24b42856f9 strict from 1ee94055e7 a young 36ad5cbdc7 age. You’ll just end e151140ff4 up eating a 6f98eb5084 ton when you c0d23f34c3 grow up! Saying that, 7206829b10 Yurkia handed 58f181fdbc Ruberteo a db43ab4483 mug of 24ff51e7fb hot cocoa.22b5ab55f8caaaf8

Seeing the small ee303fced5 hands wrap around 78d42385f1 the mug, Yurkia 00a11e746a smiled and picked 7c983223bf up his own 8d51fcafcb mug.9f4beedbbb96d721

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“Try it. I think dc9a745de9 you’ll like 8945029090 it.”8364ad5a97960712

Yurkia didn’t expect d8280589fb to win the e4692498cc boy over with 9e41b3525e just a cup 61dd9974e3 of cocoa. He just wanted to 036e517248 show him the warmth abdc34b006 you feel after facing 8a035cd360 a freezing wind.1536944de5cd7bba

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Ruberteo touched his 348e2f9f48 tongue to the 50bb3f006f hot cocoa, then 49444bef1a flinched and scrunched 5fd97a6d32 up his eyes. Noticing the tiny change, 93f7fc777f Yurkia said,dc4a7ee20ec659a5

“You’ll burn your tongue 934ae6d5a7 like that. It’s better to blow 510bda6b81 on it like this—hooo—before a728a5f78c you drink.”6dd28c41921b2cc6

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Yurkia demonstrated, blowing on 8f228e49ac his own mug. Instead of copying, the eb5bd063b6 boy just wrinkled his 7d7fb67978 nose. They said 5460b0febf he was d1e4c5aaf6 found with c74abb3ee8 wolves. Maybe some habits b17c3423c3 stuck with him.3d30a628bda1c9ba

“Should I do it 887240fff6 for you?”2f7180ffe2774bf8

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Yurkia leaned in 3f108bd578 toward the mug 543808fd72 in the child’s d7336b9a29 hands. His loosely tied hair 4bd3c8772e slipped forward, and the c805c3f488 firelight cast a glow 500b169e0e on his face. The boy stared 20d1b84a65 blankly, and Yurkia 7d0d5a106e pursed his lips 48d84c0f86 and gently blew 181a1545ef away the steam.717bdcd25857ba40

“If you blow on c206cf6911 it like this, it’ll ba863f1634 be easier to drink.”8b2294efc1613f29

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A few more 09abc7cfb5 times, Yurkia blew 0b73a3357c on Ruberteo’s cocoa, 506d077dbf cooling it down, d75ff5c800 then nudged the 6934af24ce bottom of the 2dfe03a24c mug with his c485dc781c fingertips as if dc19ba37d0 to say, “Try 876f6d74f0 it now.”191d57c54b0e9354

“……”c6280ae663dcc7ad

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A tiny tongue 07bf4eca4b peeked out, touched 864ee7d689 the sweet cocoa, 5cb2caea75 then quickly retreated. It was c93b6e5623 a defensive 15bb9c7cd5 move, afraid 7b9a7e3a1e of getting cbf6a20f9e burned again. But the cooled 3155461114 cocoa wasn’t hot, 74aceaabe9 and the lingering faea6bad52 sweetness made Ruberteo 536af23c3e stick his tongue 3a989a87b0 out again.13ff7b103937a098

“Young master, could b53c3f7c9b you look at a07f72a6fa me for a 354c3404ad second?”7e5fe6917971b609

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At Yurkia’s call, Ruberteo, 6987978dd1 who’d been sipping noisily, 0e48c69201 looked up. His gaze followed the 678f1873e9 slowly tilting mug and e2438f72cd even Yurkia’s Adam’s apple 107629b5bf as he swallowed. Ruberteo watched 749d536a2f every move, 107e5b2a0c mouth slightly 2c87d32fb1 open in b6bfb7811e a daze.0f185edecca39e6f

“If you 2e6c2044fb drink it fa397b5b94 like this, 97646cf6fc you can 27306723e1 have a e4b54c0c46 little more. What do you edbd28c0a5 think?”2afc8bb540570eda

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To show d693f92760 him again, b055d23ccf Yurkia took 3a32c2678e another sip, aecc24caaa and after d793d49451 a moment, c2174ec18b seeing Ruberteo 9fdb64dddc tilt his 859d6f8740 mug, he 26acb8b554 grinned.fbd76af1f768d870

The way he 13cbc44140 gulped it down 18ca374fe5 was just too cb38ec78f5 adorable. The cocoa 66d6f24c02 brought color abb5ed4bc6 to the b876cc3bfb boy’s cheeks. Maybe it was just 2ae80f7176 the firelight, but Yurkia a9ee5e663c didn’t care. For now, he 32d9c8edda just wanted to 6475928e51 praise the boy ca638dc5c2 for managing it.6be0bf47b4d4cf83

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“Well done! You didn’t 1cbf892171 spill a ab88792cf6 drop—amazing!”0d6ce1f7bce36a40

Yurkia praised him c60407789a like he’d done 7fed5bc99c something huge. Of course, Ruberteo 4b38bdebcd didn’t react, just 84bdfa483b kept drinking his 3c4176a34e cocoa.3c028d78572be63e

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“Oh, did 4e1a6a5edd you finish?”2c557c0ba0d3e835

Seeing Ruberteo fiddling with 35e3feb690 the empty mug, Yurkia d2a7966512 stood up and reached 1fef0d6477 out his hand.b925bc41fc076828

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“It’s late, so 7f325d21ab you should wash 857dc4dbf3 up and get 0337a27d87 some sleep. Lessons will 32c8e7d96f start tomorrow!”e3ab7a381d09632b

Ruberteo looked bbc4d287f6 at Yurkia, 202ce51573 who was 7b6a88422b holding his da69169edd hand. He waited for 41c84b61cf Ruberteo to get 951fa31377 up on his cf7e28f88d own. Remembering someone he’d c838a63994 seen not long c525375e97 ago, Ruberteo got 59393c6fa9 down from the 69829a148d sofa, and together a01c8c30e7 they headed to 55d4585029 the bathroom.0850375fd245c8b0

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“Phew—”207d3549a8637264

After quite 93b44f5f2e some time, 63e6ce8e7c Yurkia only 5511e8bebc returned to c332886d27 his room ef5afd59bd in the 4221ef0fd9 late hours 6f59e0dd0c of the fef78af987 night, having d5bbd51a8d stayed by dfb48ca786 Ruberteo’s side 83f595a862 until he 23587e5dd8 fell asleep 4df7b17ec4 after washing c8f14fa7d1 up.614eaa580570421a

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“Ugh… I 57f2d1e8b7 want to c78858dd63 sleep right deed814e70 away, but…”cfed345ca41f3354

But I 92e20c113b can’t… he a6a4958734 muttered softly, 65bbe1a044 dragging his 4cf804e35b tired body 5f2decc5b1 as he 7246155d3f pulled out 7322ba9b8d his notebook. Skipping over Madam Ireunoa’s 18ec3f4cdf warnings, he opened a 0a78fdf15c blank page and picked 925af98d6a up his short pencil.9f641fc3439005a4

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Scratch, scratch—the sound 2457b311de of pencil on ee01a47a12 paper. As Yurkia wrote d730ce660b down the day’s 3ffbe0e589 events, he pressed f31b0373fa his aching brow d299b5870f with a sigh. Only after e38658cfe8 filling three 2ff95111ce more pages 9dda7d8add did he 368447fc34 finally put 3d088b1bf2 down the a41911aec5 pencil and c9d25cced0 run a 4f0d4b2d19 dry hand fa18495090 over his 7e4bb3a7ef face.7fbb22b7ff22fa83

“It might not e399cc46de be as hard 77d99620a5 as I thought.”d812a7a331b072cd

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The child he met 958014cb4a today was quieter than ab4178a617 he’d expected. He’d met kids bf77908ee8 before who’d learned d909652b08 animal habits after 3b44664f69 living with wild 5398c510d5 beasts.458a4ac2c6c5063f

There was that 28fba630f5 time a noble fe447c37ee lost their child 63ce03541e while traveling, and a4ce925c33 half a year 9ef6ba5349 later, they found b4232760aa the kid living 904a146dfe in the woods. That child didn’t recognize 282354b7c7 their parents and howled cbd8d9183c and barked like an db6748e93b animal.67f76c501059b889

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‘But the e59f9e9b61 young master… c2df3d25e4 he’s different.’e9ef1340a24a4f36

He was calm. So calm, it a3fbfebb30 was hard to e8e9a735df believe he’d lived 2e968b2ed2 with wolves. He seemed human. Sure, he mimicked e70e575655 animals, but it cd1f59b1a1 was like he 0f5a5f246a still had human 82a6ce0bc1 instincts.ec20c1e412bf2f9c

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“…There must have 3d17e6caaf been other teachers.”bdad21cffa1bd0bf

I should find 0e783b2522 out what kind 891bd1aae5 of education those 3b621c77d7 teachers gave him.d4e9292a4dfe7582

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“Abuse… What do bdbe1ef0bb you mean by 55be62ae27 that?”93b9f7c816eb4a1f

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“Just what I 4c4904a8b6 said.”2c276a6829c34f03

Early in fcd0c92dce the morning, 3fbe00474c Yurkia had 30a35f74b2 gone to 1ff4406b45 see Madam 11920b0bf9 Ireunoa, but a558a0ef53 even with 0da2544a4b a table 97495923c0 full of aefcf6aab2 delicious food 84c53175f4 in front ff1a576ab8 of him, ab615bf05b he couldn’t 8ad6a18dab bring himself fe9e0e409d to pick 085f98887e up his 03eda6393d utensils. The words she spoke 0d88723dd1 as she cut her 756947a2b6 meat and brought it 2e1857a000 to her mouth were 5ec4406cd3 just too horrifying.557b3e8bc1bbc22a

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“They said, ‘How 2fe73ee1f2 could you fix db14d24410 habits formed from 51b500c64f living with wolves? You should just a3e905299f raise a beast 29ee2b9193 like a beast.’ 02362d5ffa That’s what they 312dd85953 said.”f05692561961e582

“Ha, those 495b76590a bastards are 93f70d2c84 insane…”bc185fe599041148

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“My, teacher, you c918a96434 have quite the 8b434d4abb mouth.”2cd4ad806c491763

“…Sorry. But this is d396cf5607 just unacceptable.”48ea434e09be0c7d

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They’d only found d493a57409 Ruberteo six months 3f27c882a0 ago. That meant, for those c60af8f813 six months, he’d been b1828b9409 abused by some trash c5325c402d masquerading as a teacher…a54df3ef4ba97700

“Where is that 86950ca884 person now?”e0ac323fd9cc3b48

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“And what fd84315f49 would you 359bbcd08b do if d3c4babbbf you found c07a0dad2e them?”8ec900b46cf468a2

“Didn’t you say he’s a610fa7f0e going to be the 62001e4cc6 future of the Empire? And you’re 3b17643552 just going e5947430cd to let bcb031cbcd this go?”33db2d5edd9123ad

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“You say the cc81bccb4a funniest things.”729689ae7005b1af

She quietly dabbed 2b3ccb069a her lips and deba702832 took a sip dc0e9c9553 of wine before c7be431c85 answering.499fa28aeedfa1e1

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“Who said I c9c4af6e8f let it go?”ff81948e2fc43c8e

“……”efd79719da662a2d

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“I had him torn 762a3e9e00 limb from limb and b639381d07 thrown to the wild 7b5bfab326 beasts. His family too.”ef8cb899698e1d82

Yurkia, mouth 526a5259e6 agape in 534357d104 shock, finally ebda00ad51 let out 45853b99c5 a long d1eeb53ced sigh and 8c900cee21 bowed his 2db6453422 head. I’m sorry.2c04cf3150f81e8c

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“I let my emotions 787999e941 get the better of aa3be27019 me and raised my 7a9d97d8a7 voice to you, Madam.”c195b4e8b6054c75

“It’s fine. You did it 4f7f232836 out of concern 73f08af339 for him.”fa690ed3e29f76eb

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Even after hearing bf27bd247c that she’d dealt 17513620c2 with the person 24ee35e9ea who dared lay a25e4b8634 a hand on 60fdfd8e4a someone so precious, 22d9fdda72 Yurkia’s expression didn’t 66c49fac55 ease. Seeing this, Madam Ireunoa 2b73e05a54 tilted her head and 6890ddf4a6 asked,04e3aafc57c034db

“What’s still bothering 37a93e0976 you?”2f664199a115b6c2

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“…His heart. Was he f79d9306c7 properly treated c98c599e26 afterward?”b6ffdbabff32eb6b

“All his wounds were aa6332e49f treated. Not a da417a131f single scar e4dc7d5312 left—”0e43ec4435e0e394

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“I mean his 19162cf277 heart.”6ffa50f1d73f6a4f

“…Emotionally, you mean.”cea02770b9fb49fa

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She shook her 74f246ae99 head, as if f5f5274981 she didn’t understand.4ffcd133c35871a4

“He’s going to be 0989036f65 the Crown Prince. Maybe even 148e2f0417 the Emperor 8ca8b76484 someday.”326879e4a29f61e9

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“…Why are you aa195e9d34 telling me this?”15edcda52861fd5d

“I mean he needs 0713516afe to be able to 9a74c07c19 handle that kind of 1953924326 pain.”b8297eb6c5adb9e1

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Yurkia let out 97ea77fc1d a hollow laugh. Madam Ireunoa’s brow furrowed, 1d2049dd6e as if she found 4dc1828e10 his reaction strange.dae084e506d0123d

“Teacher. This Empire doesn’t need 0a1f33c0e8 a weak Emperor.”feca82d67bc17c88

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“No one 9df3f998dd becomes weak 12d3ebd58e just because 051b7e0aa7 they heal 6a80246488 from abuse.”9edd29ef6a525093

“It’s strange to make e5d199ac9d such a fuss over 6c7bccd99a a single wound. Have you ever seen 3cd3831f1d His Majesty the Emperor 4baddf0899 show pain?”6e193a14c382256f

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At her question, c441b5dd46 Yurkia took off ce664ffc7b his glasses. He was so 38ac1da80a frustrated he couldn’t b16c7ae1b6 stand it. He knew 19f1b502a1 the Emperor 91b298147e was the 94b66b4b07 Empire itself. But—3527db5a63d7a9d4

“He’s only thirteen.”e63f69f477fa6a82

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His voice was heavy 7fe5577c86 with sorrow at the 046b72affa tragedy of it all. Madam Ireunoa 549b37e08c quietly lifted 0e118f001d her glass e3370d7d01 as she 98068fd721 watched Yurkia, ca32816793 head bowed efdfd43110 and glasses ccdaf3992d in hand.4b4e6cdbc6f672af

“Why do you 0be925f1be insist that comforting d6eedd61de the heart of 796ec7fd7d a thirteen-year-old is b2023c153a the same as 3470bbbef6 making the future 203d6ddbb6 Emperor weak?”4d085c0a0a950c6b

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“I told fca72471f1 you not cb102189a4 to get 4b00bb3b27 attached. You’re breaking 055eba9c62 your promise.”dd09a5992a8c0bc8

“I don’t b579eccd1a understand why 6722c75410 this conversation 21b991e3d8 is going e4316617e0 in that 2d2ebead97 direction. Actually, this whole conversation c9b947f69d feels wrong.”18a64b79556acfad

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Yurkia slowly stood up. Was this man 7ec884d603 always this tall? Madam Ireunoa 3d65f90092 spoke up, 4e29bb8d2b looking up 8b7817648a at him.63de4b9e536f91ff

“Don’t do anything you’ll 2dfbe1be68 regret. If you 7575f71d4e get attached, c4335c1a91 you’re the ae5f9caeef one who’ll 3baca7aa62 get hurt.”3552dc8110604f7a

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“I’m the teacher. No one can interfere 63a3908e5d with my lessons, and 4474335c21 you can’t dictate my e3c3ef6b96 methods.”a481cf1780eb62bb

He looked at 0c220a8413 Madam Ireunoa with 56bdbd6496 a cold, hard 225f9039fd gaze, adjusted his 0af63c9ba1 glasses, and placed 65d7f8c2f1 a hand over a40b1b2301 his heart. I’ll take e358481580 my leave 957fd14126 now. He gave 480cdefb72 a slight 8d73cce0cd bow and d986f95c3b walked out.1a72fd8b0afffb18

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“…Honestly…”9559129f81c1cd3a

Left alone, Madam ded8ab197e Ireunoa downed the d9143c1eb7 rest of her 2761efbf5f wine, rolling it 691666e1ed around in her 8dbdc2c9ce mouth to savor c01b23a04f the flavor. When she swallowed 13758637e4 the bittersweet wine, 33ff393712 she let out 3bd435ca36 a small laugh.954aefd0a45742c5

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“Comfort his 86ab78428d heart, huh…”fe9456848cd48f2b

If he ever found 5771c9fe56 out that Ruberteo was aa8f1a7c44 the one who stabbed ee5c0b078b his abusive teacher in 8d27a71b79 the throat, would he f531303cc2 still say things like 11b0281961 that? She hid her d56b8c27ba laughter behind her 3415fbf471 glass as the 55b18b0a60 maid refilled her 0e5e0d1a8f wine.42f0f99d525c9deb

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‘Well, letting him 64e742bbca misunderstand isn’t so 9213481081 bad.’109a4da3c353633c

If he runs feec8cee37 away, well, there’s 35a4d39166 nothing she can 88f843f254 do then.0afdabbd9086762a

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“They’re all crazy. Seriously, everyone’s insane.”8f27040c4d274415

Unaware of Madam 9863c30cad Ireunoa’s thoughts, Yurkia 6fd0897b2b wandered aimlessly through 59c7624c96 the cold garden, 919a33255d trying to cool 7c156ea615 his burning frustration c8e993c0ce after hearing such e17bd0b48a an unexpected story. He felt like he’d 30fb9dac36 collapse from the heat 4292cce278 of his anger if c759e3ff2e he didn’t face the ffe28e92b9 icy wind, so he 0553a68f4b trudged through the deep 09fbd1d4c7 snow.58a62627e4e0b671

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“No matter a88e201490 if they’re f90ce11a71 royal blood, a154cf34a5 how can f2c72641c7 they react c74a7948b1 like that? Are they c2affe5aa5 not even f8c153f9f2 human? He’s just c4ba8de5bd a kid.”a41d864b4d71164c

A kid ten b221950b46 years younger than 0ba2d9f172 me. Yurkia rubbed his 97b98878e8 chest, unable to 6f8ea411fe calm down. Maybe he 3674a27355 should see fab8df4a75 a doctor 1855eb66c6 for some 628ef5934e digestive medicine 03b955ae83 before meeting 082f2847dc Ruberteo.92624f33d2b6b08b

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“Hoo…”9bd8c82412646336

As he 4016386aa3 crunched through 13539f3e74 the snow, 6b4a1e1452 he suddenly 52146929ef felt someone d54877f696 watching him 387bd0f31a and looked 684e193336 up. There was Ruberteo, bb574e47c6 looking out the 34f7e37af8 window.324371decaf2ce69

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‘When did he 5c59cf5dcb get all the 4482efb1ee way to the 2ccc5dde59 annex?’ba5dffcef4f70272