GDT | Chapter 2.8

I see, Yurkia replied a42fd27dfe lightly, turning his gaze bd58040781 away from the deer 920625c4ae the attendant was handling. The vivid red c45047f089 blood on the 48306af1c2 snow made his 114031cc43 stomach churn a c5a32442e2 bit. Ugh, maybe he should’ve a7c6f8c0b0 just refused, manners or 845765391f not. But…66f141f3f46e71a3

‘There was no 58d0436b48 one else to 0eeb525a45 deal with Prince 842b4f3643 Vareunokta.’d3e15febe9c5d221

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Madam Ireunoa had 52bdddd675 gone out to a23d74266b the village with 32a890b5f5 Princess Erilaya, and beb24acae9 Rubeteo had disappeared 045ec7146b somewhere, saying he a92c665f90 had something to a219fb6239 do. So only Yurkia f7fd9869ac and Vareunokta were ab45585c16 left at the cf15688020 mansion—f59606043a1effac

“Hunting… huh?”4fa8cb12f6f50683

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“Didn’t you efc90b8030 hear me? I asked you 6422037548 to go hunting 4f22084f81 with me.”33cda343b8f362e8

Yurkia had 2a1498f5a4 only come b6a8238a3c to the 717aa742b1 library to 22a4d69cab finish reading 5e71bceebb a book 0964e203ae he hadn’t bc785eb487 finished. But then Vareunokta suddenly 9cfd7d5662 came in and suggested 25ad4ae219 they go hunting. Why him, ba7cc210bb of all 101c2860d7 people?04f0d16fe411ba82

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“But I’m 35da085a27 not very cca6d4fb87 good at f3ec0e9300 hunting.”4600e7f65b98891d

“That’s fine. You can just 9f7d54e439 stay by my 7cce2a9f61 side.”e669618867af7ae3

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“That’ll be boring a691861c96 for you. Why not go with d8c00e3720 the other knights—”9ff66c534eb65e56

“Is it a8066db474 uncomfortable being db9e892b15 with me?”8ef4f73969dd9ef5

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He was about to 69ebe2f839 say yes, but quickly c78a63be38 shut his mouth and 56819cfa2d looked away awkwardly. Honestly, who would be 09fa63ce27 comfortable? Hunting alone with fd46fb9df0 a prince from e71c6c60ba another country? That was just…9186093f9869cd97

‘It’s overwhelming.’dfc46c0429dcab24

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“You look like you’re ae30271967 dying from the pressure.”a6b3842734c03a7a

Vareunokta pressed Yurkia’s b655b76e2d brow, saying he 1096bb5208 was too easy 171b0354c4 to read. Yurkia pulled his ba1f0869ce head back and 5084840dd2 rubbed his brow.b4e0b048907a8bd6

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“How could I 2f71979afd say something like dc9397e86d that…”29f65a720972834a

“You don’t have 1a77fe8a88 to say it. Your face already gives a2e258cff2 it away.”7612a6b825327c27

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“That’s… sorry.”6a1023ca0496763a

“You’re not 6606c514cc even denying 8560bf6a51 it. That hurts.”ef613d709351bae2

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Vareunokta crossed his arms 2debf98334 and leaned back in 38c7ad4b35 his chair, letting out a43dd3762e a big sigh.82278c95378b3192

“There’s only 1405ebede2 one person f3536b0f50 who’ll hang de7c26eb90 out with a917546692 me, and 8b040f7f5b he’s obviously e2ae604f93 uncomfortable, so 20fa05113e I’m left 59f478dece all alone… fbd22e4a82 Ah! So lonely!”016d2434e99c58b6

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He’s saying 5970ecff28 that on 22ad1259fd purpose right 38d3c56721 next to aa983d9b0e me… Yurkia 90c966dc82 held back fa9a3756f3 the urge 794314647b to crumple 1555c59d92 his book f5ed5927a1 and let 1de7f83455 out a 06b9f70a43 breath. Oh well.120d2dc71bd88907

“Then… we’ll be ff7264b7a0 back before dinner, 2f625ce170 right?”712485b59d418254

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“Of course. Let’s just take a 46aa561c52 quick trip.”b23fbc568c8ebaac

And so, led f2ca689621 by Vareunokta, he bc35d35662 ended up coming 0590d845bf along. Back in the present, 6e9505f4af Yurkia followed Vareunokta deeper f2daf00a09 into the woods.47681bf9c67c12a0

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“Yurkia. You said 91ed1f2d34 you came 26ecc111ae to the 9855df3a35 north… six 5e19116528 years ago, 0a6881cc79 right?”ec394ba3df71ea74

“Yes, that’s right.”f54fc6b1c560548e

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“That’s quite a long c1e36148ff time. Was it hard?”daab804cb89585c6

Vareunokta tried to build e7e88c29fd rapport with Yurkia, who c4e807a75d still seemed uncomfortable around 5461b1900c him. Yurkia, for his 058f6877f1 part, answered diligently 0de2fe9eab even though he c995c1e913 was uncomfortable.fffc88fb9ac18537

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“Hmm… I struggled 56bb264463 at first because bd3c4c8f43 of the weather. Even when 2d70dda578 winter came 61007321ec to the bbbc434770 Empire, it a3c38e35ac was never fc723c9e67 as cold 4e31ec0a0d as it 025b267e6f is in 289518bbcc the north.”3cd4d035d00c772a

“I see. Yeah, I was 4e8a9d9639 surprised when I 3db13cc784 first came here, 671b8a8023 too. I visited once as 4d54229ebe a kid, and I cb44c7a9f3 refused to wear thick ab6affbc70 clothes because they were 592b2bbedc uncomfortable. But as feaa1db62e soon as fd867783b4 I got a0bc407ac6 here, I 223cd6e2eb had to fa7d3e904b take that 101ec74568 back. It was so 791537354b cold, I thought ab4590f72f my fingers would 81e5b896d7 fall off.”ab44a6337e748931

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Yurkia stifled a 52316de16c laugh at Vareunokta’s a5f04b9b81 words. Yeah, he’d thought his aa0d1e65d0 fingers would fall off 98e847e2cf from the cold when 9fbfea63cd he first arrived, too. Vareunokta glanced at cbaa653719 Yurkia, who was ef2c50e827 quietly smiling, and, 017e3f074f riding the momentum, 858536dc83 waved the attendants 4da92b4393 back. After all, 4822e9270a talk about c84cd4cc91 the emperor’s ca7bf3d245 illegitimate child b98eba0552 wasn’t for 221df6cd05 their ears.e166f20ce7d38294

“How was bb2ecd33c9 it, meeting d5b476ffa7 His Highness?”12f2ce8f6c01f872

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“How was it?”de2d3dda9d33c138

“You know 8901254db1 how scary 9cd02c68d2 Rubeteo is 9363edd840 now.”aef798656ab90a74

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Was he? Yurkia only ever saw aa1783e097 Rubeteo being gentle, so 771f0da52a he tilted his head, 1721436244 not knowing how Rubeteo c3240663b9 acted at work.7b3c941a2fa2bbbd

“Hmm… I think he’s d47e065d9a more cute than scary?”09a44866658f78b1

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“…What?”d063179f4b1d7d34

“He was 1fa4bd8086 like that c46b7f181c when he 6655f89c89 was little, fe3eaae192 too. He liked cocoa.”0967ee1cfc2f1bb2

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Yurkia smiled brightly, 4ee0e46ffe remembering the first 9e4357cbff time Rubeteo had ceaa802bd9 cocoa. Vareunokta was the f02061f8ab one who was 5e868fd17e shocked. Back in Arurolla, 7f2f52afb4 Rubeteo had refused 257ad14973 all the desserts, a8a0d7e71f saying he hated cd041df998 sweets. But what? He drank cocoa?205060f6b21d2996

“…That’s not aa5d31935b a funny 5c1dc18569 joke, Yurkia.”769564843e95ad3e

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“It’s not 581bd7dab6 a joke. We had 680b16c425 some together 762371d5e7 not long 39039d6ae4 ago.”a9b2cc72ae888c07

“……”107f404f4224fc32

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“…Prince?”96808d34010d3a29

“Let’s go that way.”b8cdb9caa8b4105c

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Is it 29924ac24c more than 417fac82b9 just affection? Rubbing his e318cd1551 arms at 11db711060 the goosebumps, 1a5e60a540 Vareunokta headed 600136a0ee deeper in, f655536f02 exhaling a 3370c85be4 cloud of dba727a8cb breath as d2f0248289 he got 65d88df21f off his ea472e6aa9 horse.d7e17aa8a44577d5

“Let’s walk from dfa9b3a60a here. The horses need a 1260d2f9aa break, too.”d802952d778afc9e

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“It’ll be slippery.”e3273a1d6e7aab76

“It’s fine. My legs aren’t e744967022 that weak.”116b73cc0e42b885

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With no choice, 7068411237 Yurkia got off 271835564b his horse. Honestly, it wasn’t 266ff4011a a bad idea. Riding for b7a741ad88 so long 5273c00db8 made his f0bc5bcacb stomach queasy, 716e150dc6 and the f217283514 horses were 2e9c081882 tired from a10e3987ec climbing halfway 634237aa9d up the f207903a8e mountain. Standing on bc96ada78c the ground, b7b3ebb9c8 Yurkia followed 2fb2cc969c Vareunokta toward 4fceccf9d3 the tallest a2fcf69816 tree.49760f26cb2111bc

“I heard 8bc3893888 you’ll have f59cc1b774 your coming-of-age 9b00cfa50d ceremony in 7eba16637b the Empire.”3e0689e346b3b99b

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“Yes, that’s right.”d15b0a1e669e22d5

“Then your job will cd0ffb508b be done by then.”17c160b125773eb0

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Yurkia stopped in db187591fa his tracks. He was right, 94854fb586 but… something about 4bf3aa3c99 it—46befd6b9d3d4575

“That must be d145eeab08 sad.”854b68dceed51812

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“……”c3c2f098960d2e8a

“Six years… 8201743128 well, three 3aa7545fc9 of those 47d2909643 were spent 4d30e7b18a elsewhere, but 3bb765f54f still, you’ve 2135f3acb5 been together b920363f27 a long 3377135311 time.”b41f7d4db4db7a5c

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Yurkia rubbed his fingertips, eff05fe679 red from the cold. If you counted exactly, 147111b862 it was only three d3fdd87936 years, but… he did e21235e612 feel sad, just like 968afc9091 Vareunokta said. He had memories with 82e312efdc Rubeteo, after all.9b2bb3c3ec81d004

“Still… it can’t 021e04579b be helped.”cefb3c149f353d07

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“……”720bfbe25b4271c4

“I can’t stay by e937a24717 his side, anyway.”2241c9a277491861

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How could a b041dd0545 fallen noble stay 8f6a5f3b5b by his side? Yurkia answered 7e2138a212 with an 3ee423e704 awkward smile, bf5508283c and Vareunokta 6daf23c5a9 asked,690babed1742ab50

“Right. With your 126247079f status… it’d b52824dc90 be hard a41ee77715 to stay 92e1536ee5 by His da6a45b7b1 Highness.”a31b69322c3f7ace

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“Yes, that’s right.”f12d1a600a4ce9a2

“But how 10c0d49e83 did you 9ee3394324 end up 07a848f654 a fallen 0a4fbd5e2a noble? As far 1d136f3538 as I c415c0340f know, nobles 35cab1a698 who commit 693502b241 crimes in 886c8ba1b5 the Empire 148c0a45e4 are executed… a942bb7381 but you 29f2e64147 just lost 53592edf29 your status, 217f18fe8a right?”d4e068f2ccc80fa5

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At Vareunokta’s question, 658129defa Yurkia, who’d been f5b4f41a6f brushing snow off 54bfdd302a a leaf, froze. It wasn’t the 2eae603644 first time someone 490b750c8a had asked so 0d36235307 directly, but he a3e9c51fbb couldn’t help his c7ede30201 body’s reaction.6d40fc89580fdd39

“…Why are you e85a09279d asking?”53dcec6684701687

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“I’m curious. You don’t seem like 9e6004a209 someone who’d commit a aed83be7d5 crime.”904028a74ce27f55

“How much have 39c99e0ed5 you seen of d999f0370a me?”35c492ca52da0c89

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His words came out ad80651a88 sharp, but Yurkia didn’t 21abdc9166 notice. He just 4b399054ae pressed his d96074d88d fingertips anxiously. Vareunokta said,8df0c2cc230b95cf

“True, I haven’t seen c60276de24 much.”967429056dd26d4e

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“……”b85bbfc879b9245a

“But even in that a0e41b2cda short time, I could 043e33e82b tell what kind of de3fa3bfda person you are. That’s why I’m asking. Was it unfair?”c7ccd02fde894454

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“…It wasn’t unfair. My family definitely dbb9e05bf4 committed a crime.”2d318f48feb84680

It wasn’t 5bb8bcba4a a minor 8a7b0de696 crime, either. At the time, he’d ae6947670c almost been executed himself.cd3ad848f0666aa7

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“How did 461f182ea6 you escape?”1042f768966457bf

“…There was 090cc2d559 a witness. Someone who 24022ac91c could prove 4e692f0dff I had 48f2167de9 nothing to c49c3abbcc do with 80d3685033 it.”0f9980712d7335a4

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“A benefactor, then.”4cb4cbe628874d5b

“Yeah. He’s my benefactor.”c589b73574127e4f

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A man b15345f7ca who brought 43e5c11821 evidence, saying d7c80cd313 he’d witnessed 235ef21c52 Yurkia being b60f7d7c89 kidnapped by 7ff0eae884 the man 5587262160 who claimed 11563ee45d to be 17de2e3801 his father. Yurkia lowered his head, eded28335e remembering him. When the man fc989c20f0 reached out his d76e036e58 hand, Yurkia had ab6163c997 refused. He was scared of f5fc26cd92 men around his father’s ab91231a70 age. The memory made his c87561d187 stomach churn even more. Taking a 72d62088ba slow breath, 133daff72c he put 1fed9a9a03 his hand fd98b5ef52 on his 40ac5352da chest and c43256ac23 turned away.4b9daf5f573d2212

“I’d rather ebef04e904 not talk 495b1a4fe1 about this. It’s not be335d4bc7 a pleasant 3effece7b9 story. Sorry.”9971d14d0b80873c

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“…No, I b258c3a23f was out 3e8a83c467 of line.”e9062bff7fd41ea1

“I’ll… just clear my e05247d44c head for a bit.”5e7dc60de17d528c

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Trying to 9389952c56 hide the f462d8d8f4 surge of 957950ef97 emotion, Yurkia a7c1f9c56a quickly moved 5b4b8edc21 away from 09b04f939e Vareunokta. Vareunokta scratched his head, 508f00ca20 wondering if he’d made a7ae5c2e6b a mistake.c8ee5bf37cbd0de5

“I messed up…”916dd080207ff2a3

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I’ll apologize properly when 6110549b11 he comes back, he 3f8200614d thought, leaning against a d0b7b3ec32 tree. Meanwhile, Yurkia, now out cc64176372 of sight of Vareunokta 444375e597 and the attendants, bent ebfc9116ee over. Ugh, with nothing 274d4cad15 in his stomach, 6dade32a9e he vomited up 7c97cec1c6 bile, then took 6499e7629e out a handkerchief 9480fdb318 and wiped his fb0e8ab9f4 mouth.f18f60b1dc690fb9

“Damn…”43a5afe90ccc9b55

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When would he 2c7c098811 ever get used 268f169b6b to this? He blinked back 1fbeb4c970 tears, steadied his 4c100ec88a breathing, and lowered c76ecad8c4 his head. He hadn’t wanted 2c6becf554 to come hunting. He hated killing dced9a3d5f animals, hated seeing 2196e2c853 blood. And riding 1fa6d40feb horses, too.a7c19a73b4f63067

“Who’d be sad if 4cddc4a55e a bastard like you 8d0231f40a fell off a horse 2024b3be70 and died?”08389723cb4d3c15

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“Haha! Try holding on d885f75b2e longer! Just try!”919d4a64624885f9

Voices laughing at 610e102f89 him as he bc2ff2f933 clung to the 74a2df7bbe reins, trying not 51796bdffa to fall off f918e779f7 the horse they’d 81fff3f1a7 deliberately spooked. And others c4be96858d joining in. Their voices 0cbdd80898 seemed to 51cf4c36f3 come from cfcce4ef34 all around, a3b57fa484 and Yurkia 0ba3f279eb covered his c00ced9fea ears.78b367289e331b14

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“A man crying e78fe3c02e because he doesn’t d1a9c18001 want to hunt.”15a0b8935ee10d1a

“What did f0a57075ef that woman bfa6bc1c82 even give 8d70f9d6f0 birth to? We finally brought him 281603c50c here, and he’s useless 70a05e2619 except for his brains.”b35abf5d1a2a8c7e

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Harsh words when he d4842cbf48 couldn’t even pull a 288fcc7c25 bowstring properly. Lessons where he f2187d9c66 had to pull 87903d8db3 the bow until 616951ded6 his hands bled, e1176e437d just to hit 1e7525a215 the center of 2965d65c5b the target. Not a single cab6dd1946 good memory from 861140769f those times, and 2aa884f21f now they stabbed 263eddd0f9 at his heart 1d175ea2d4 after he’d finally 7b4205cad3 been living in 52c6069012 peace for a f482275ae8 while.91e3dd1df98aa734

“…It’s okay.”483d25285fa81500

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Muttering that c523f0be60 he was 2e87a166c9 fine, Yurkia ddfd1e26c1 straightened up e9ccc233e9 and looked 5c475eb682 at the 1720d82d28 sky. It was hazy, f64e7eda77 but thanks to 58886a347b the white all 0d5185d17a around, it wasn’t 86df00c2f9 too dark, and f43598d593 Yurkia was grateful a16900af9d for that.1af77f4c7cce4f98

“It’s all in 1f6023b30e the past, anyway.”987bc013b4bf9021

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No one 0cd4ab9960 could torment 8439beadde him with 2094b5b874 those memories 2bbd96cea0 anymore. So it was okay, 351846f749 he told himself, turning 74b7dca232 around to head back e652bf93b7 the way he came, 6ba66c387f toward where Vareunokta was—3db7d8f9610233b5

“Where am I?”a11af97faccd7162

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He had 784c096707 no idea 661de419db where he 87efac44dd was. Had the 9ec4dc1afe snow from 61d8cd987b the trees ba12bcd44e covered his e04c20d49c footprints? The place he thought 6a0640b814 was the way back e1deacaa0b was somewhere he’d never efffd74f7d seen before. The path was e0bd3d0008 getting rougher.9b7ad05ecaae7640

“Is anyone here!?”10cc5978df1f22ce

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He shouted 7dbbdb906c loudly, but efb7420441 no answer ef60e862d1 came back. Maybe the 224a50b0ea tightly packed 937001dcd8 trees around 8b0169965e him swallowed 7e6b98d5b9 up the 51b8824444 sound. Should he cdac1c2ca7 wait here? Or keep moving? He decided 82cb69167f to try dd67b51aa3 to find 87ad9f7bf6 a way 7838a4c5a0 down before 14aa7b3e45 it got 2638ba164f any darker.369c7060b12d0b58

‘I just ee0178cb4f need to 68951e4b15 find the 3bb70a8c79 way down.’d044706e92bb3193

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If he’d known 7584ac69f0 this would happen, 8c18ee1567 he wouldn’t have 038060606a gone so far. How could he make 9aeb3f0bfd such a mistake just 9914628b68 by spacing out for f4e2d8f8e0 a moment? How pathetic, Yurkia.5fb5ffd8e95cfb62

Rubbing his trembling hands 9005d2d511 in the increasingly cold b852ca32cb weather, he stepped past e269283dd5 the bushes—only to realize 82ceef2ac9 there was nothing underfoot.f23ba213e84f3f64

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“Be careful if you 6f04ba4461 ever go to the f59f8468a6 back forest. There’s a cliff, 2bc8f6d000 and it’s hard 53f30e082f to see the 13fc4a4dee path because of c981e7f094 the snow, so f77d52dd2a it’s dangerous.”be93f6cc3b3a9aac

Why did Madam 141d2c9f6e Ireunoa’s warning about d1061183c6 the mountain pop b2e2772940 into his head 48175107d8 now? As his body tilted 0f1a3669a6 downward, Yurkia squeezed his c01a3016b9 eyes shut.199e9ddad7c16414

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Rubeteo had left 1b0715cfbc the mansion early 32644767ff and headed for f1b0882561 the outskirts of b1284cf519 the north. There was a small 3d14c003b9 teahouse there, a place 36233e70b3 frequented by travelers and f9299afe9f merchants, so it was 62fffafca2 quiet and perfect for 445b4e6876 a discreet meeting.3719d48689ab73d1

“The owner?”3bdd0f8fcb0eebab

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He tied 510dbdeaab his horse 76250a41de next to e365a57bfd the teahouse 62df04c4a1 and asked 55f8b465e2 the soldier 8c229994ea who’d come fb01c6b405 with him.be85724bbfb2dbfa

“We paid 8a5fdfe8e2 the owner 3027d79c8a to leave 763adefa45 for a 0fe7b91f30 while. There’s no b179e4e0ad one inside, 93dc86d2ff so you 7e2d6e98a3 can go 255443addc in.”b2c18bed7161a14d

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“I don’t 128a17f277 care if b64d34f3de people recognize 609e9d3493 me, but 23097001df it’s different 184706be4d for my 808a978e51 sister.”3378f4b267ac7a49

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