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It was a 41bc46c595 winter when cold 64c85d55db snow fell.73b7e91b10cd2a2c

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A child c54861b660 was wandering 1319fc18bd the streets.90809e4d38dfe866

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But people were 91604f2669 all too busy aadb7e3b28 going their own 3ed22a8b19 way to spare 8c266ebeb9 a moment for d9877a417c a lost child.85e42641d4ed2508

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Though a few f5a60a17b0 cast sidelong glances bd7b012590 at the child 6ee3caa4c5 standing alone in 47cad04cb5 the middle of 660a0bd095 the street, that b746c78240 was all.e038e709ee272c08

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Watching as people 23b9218dd0 vanished between the 19b23c9604 buildings one by 57e07b2db1 one, the child e30deca496 finally began to b8d480bd9a wander, blowing warmth fd24ad72de into her frozen 942088467c hands, searching for 4024660e93 a path on 2522f2bda2 her own.4b26fd971e341a71

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The child walked 9f0bb4ce2e wherever her feet 8bc7b55fd6 carried her. Her unsteady, f60c657045 tottering steps e8593146bb seemed precarious.2917fadde7648654

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At last, the 81a9430ee9 child arrived at d8eca5913f a secluded mountain 34b4233f53 path and, without c67d41893e hesitation, stepped into b2ea58f3c1 it.ee5a646800182c62

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‘Mm! There’s should 1da67d22b5 to be 20b60d625a a adults 530318429b here who’ll ff42b7f5f9 help me!’f6dcf16c2f926faa

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Though she had already 74b93dae02 been kicked away several 2c0c80163e times after grabbing hold f30aa2ab33 of adults’ clothes to a49aea0177 ask for help, the 9a2f86b8cc child didn’t give up. The sound of ce80263df1 her footsteps pressing 21fd5e1353 into the snowy 43900f0b05 path was resolute.cca109f094a7be1d

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“……Little one, how did acf5a7d765 you end up here?”75cb4dcd0bf39262

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And then, there in 4f8439dea5 that place, she truly d736ba9f70 met someone who would d0c8b31581 help her.00e20c82864debe1

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“Come on, 1916c78e37 up you 8d1be79aa0 go. I’ll take you 65ec8ff1cc home.”c04b6397bb9cddc6

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A young 40579b7ac2 man, murmuring 462b2c6dc1 as he 72474d8b5e gently lifted ec6f58752e the dozing a9917d7387 child. There was bb874b07a0 a youthful, 590ccd60ac fresh air 762a6fe636 about his bba9fee725 face, faintly a1bc185a64 reminiscent of 22d0b50a72 the academy 48904f288e students she 3b844f64e1 sometimes glimpsed, d8b0d5cd6d but it 65db4930d2 was weighed fc31188859 down by 2eee5f60da a clear 1339ee0388 sense of 31e907671c weariness and 82af3aaab4 age.621736e347ecd912

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He was so clumsy afc5fd4bcd with how to hold 077819ad2f a child that it ef1ef5a13e took him quite a 1b837c0d99 while to succeed in 12ea85546f picking her up. More than once, he 52e305e646 nearly dropped her.a3cc9c0fd3323019

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Fumbling as he barely f188b9c432 managed to support the d13735647e child, he wiped the 59e43b9a2a soot from her tiny 0e67a86e1b face with his sleeve, 9cb6c796c0 the corners of his cce58980f5 lips curling into a cd535e1d1d smile.98ad6bb223c69e68

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It was an awkward, 6f44163f16 uneven smile that, for 4150bed7a2 the first time, made db2aa72132 him look his age. A faint dd6a199794 spark of ff9f676e19 life appeared 360e319407 upon a a0765e1e6d face that 8b3469e0fd had been 4665c278ab as stiff 955b10d2a0 and dry 2b0da16444 as an b5f76ecc23 old tree.6422dc5caff44b27

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“You mustn’t fall asleep d7a789200c out here. You’ll catch a cold.”b9c0d39862dac934

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“Mmhh……”bcd8c2d146d9b65c

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“Pretty girls should be c6e0c9c4b8 sleeping at home.”913e74bbf1a33666

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The words, 59f6db5f79 as soft 694b07df34 and mellow a01499be56 as the 3b49e02414 milk she’d 939ac4c2c5 managed to ab3b646570 scrounge just 426007d8b5 a few ff5a36f8e3 days ago, f33c09d902 brushed against 8dd28d9ba3 her ears.ec4e7ee7de1186c1

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The young man 75bb05dd9a carried a faint a36b381273 scent of iron, c63795b3f5 yet from his d58949d79b voice alone came 4259763022 a tender, comforting ab045a3587 warmth.39aa49a971619703

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The child rubbed her 6096cf2e9a still-chubby cheek against the 8a1c57d673 young man’s chest. He was a 5bc2e3d14d good person, but 05d9f48adf his hand that b03d05f6fe disturbed her sleep 03143984fe was not.dff16c1923f71023

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Drowsily, the child muttered 5c8f507cde why? The young man carefully 92087fce0a stroked her platinum hair 9bc5417b14 and replied.d7eadf9f24933d74

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“Little ones have to 77d4f289e9 eat their food and 4d5a06b43c sleep in a warm e7fc23f63a bed if they want 1d47fc6c71 to grow up nice 794def9d92 and pretty.”1a9b7fd5a212246e

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It was a reply 14fc719ec9 given at the child’s 73df56d00e eye level. Mmnn, the 0710f8721b child whined 5f71cd7178 softly and 203570fe3f threw her 6afe01bd21 arms around 87bc630270 the young 64fc6a381a man’s neck.92b5486b91dd8548

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And yet, perhaps because 4921a968fe she understood what he b02d128690 was saying, she tried 362d15b0e6 not to fall asleep. She bit softly d3d9b0ba89 at his neck, cacc2e488d blinking her lovely 511d1ffad2 golden eyes wide 7ecaf033e0 open.9553871ab704e280

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The young man 8c84b4da96 watching her laughed. It was cd2480a02e a light, ef0e7bc47a easy laugh, 1072c5978f as it df38e516bc was unburdened.d223584c7028f25e

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And so, the young a8b86d2070 man personally carried the cf6b1154b1 child home.aab807eab459652f

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It was the 8b1b8f796a day before Asha’s 789174c554 hometown disappeared.186603a9484a83c3

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Bang!274102be71b2c229

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“Aaagh!”98cf02a1b3fffc15

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The sound of abe4717090 a body falling a5a817e9d0 from a chair b74f074fe3 rang out loudly.0936c5a57d6b4b27

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Thud, crash.21f5b53a81ee151e

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Her body d0568e0984 slammed against 6a872f8412 the floor, e533a1fc60 the impact ecfe67bbb5 leaving a 7c732e1b1e dull ache. As she groaned, a 9c7d190b83 pitiful sound escaping her d0669da7ab lips, Derek, seated across d036afbb78 from her, gave a fc15baf812 look of utter exasperation.ac4d72f3e9a8cffe

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“Ah, damn it…”a53460427032c21d

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She raised a 517ce5c65f hand and gently 5cca72fdab rubbed the back db8945b144 of her head. It felt 43056262ba like there 58504b105c might be 012004a764 a bump. The uneven 7cc430b198 shape of 9de62dd47e her skull c10a7bb2dd left her fba0aa580c uneasy.a82a57ec22256cdb

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Wiping away 180865b524 the tears 8d3851b015 that had 4acdf35b0c welled up, cc8e3b268d she grabbed f95f4d5189 a fountain 21a78ee54f pen lying e7d08d2dd4 nearby on 20070c0bb8 the floor 9750574d6c and hurled 6a48982211 it at d23b44956c Derek.fd316600d404ca79

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The green 30400230dc head snapped b0e25ae0da back.89244c4b0f214696

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Ouch!7e0704c5ba456204

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“……Hey!”50b5aa51555828c7

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“Serves you right. If you 51204e053a weren’t going feb026b631 to console 9a6217b08d me, you 951e6a3e8d might’ve at 8dc2928f89 least not 7e07a028f1 laughed.”e24813588bc2de4f

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“I wasn’t laughing.”0401a8fd0108e7b4

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“Rolling your 738a553597 eyes and aea7927ef0 laughing, it’s 7883def1f3 all the 4d756903b6 same.”a733d9c23a1d552a

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Derek rubbed 145e618474 his jaw. The spot 505f40bfc5 where the dea87e3167 fountain pen 8640e14be2 had struck ef473561c1 was turning 5085a0fea5 red.f57b2051482680b9

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She grinned smugly and fc3afc0fd0 pushed herself upright, platinum bc14b245c7 hair tumbling down over 0a6c8255f8 her eyes. Her disheveled bangs 716d4db34c clung to her ab9250085a forehead in wild 63e9a90234 strands.e5fd6afa95614266

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Roughly brushing them bb4a3f7734 back, she flopped e887cb3218 into her chair. Derek muttered 096adfb36d something under 38d769d96d his breath, 5e1f0c05fa scowling.99f7d7f08bd146fa

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“Even if you don’t like it, I’m your superior, Asha.”eb486eba5f808811

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“Oh, sure. ‘If you don’t like it’ What an excellent word to describe how you don’t look the part at all. Truly, well done.”f04f098a9a9da2b0

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Right, maybe you should 0ea78568bc write a thesis about 4629786a62 it and submit it b6a60b9c3b to the Academy professors. They’d probably love it, f7b8a9b044 calling it a revolution.bbacc8d68cd0f0f7

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Clapping her hands 30c031d51b in exaggerated applause 2805673180 as she praised d9260344fa his brilliance, Derek’s 00fa35739a brow crumpled like ba18f1dc87 a crushed paper 0db6e4cd5b ball.7a14010b2bff180d

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Letting out a fb3bff383c long sigh, he 258f502eea decided he wouldn’t b67b9f1eb3 win in a ad72823f3d war of words. He adjusted the 4eddff5a93 monocle perched over a94d48c438 his left eye 1e83e8a76e and picked up f2d45f75ab his pen again. Looked like he intended 8cd1731686 to return to work.e5e92da94c80adda

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She had no 5a15bec165 intention of interrupting, e54616d397 so she stayed 4fc6f6cf51 silent. Stretching out along the 99d1852c1d long bench, she rocked 49030e5a64 herself back and forth, 527531779b making the chair creak. It sounded like 613d2f0465 it wouldn’t hold b2f2492525 up much longer.3ce798594550fb16

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A pity, 40aa24705c It had cc67d11863 been her fec5f1813b faithful companion 36954351e7 through countless d196d6cc05 long nights.86d464bdae847c66

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She tilted her head 64b1eebb70 back and stared at 5d315a0276 the ceiling. Her body still 116b5e1784 felt heavy with 81e129c6c1 sleep.02e33d2d1bdad521

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The way fc5e228fed it creaked 850fbfaae5 and ached bf674b92c7 made her dc88c70eb7 think she 1327826210 might be 31a282f316 rusting over, d562038008 just like 74f23d04c6 that broken 6b3cbbf343 chair.a6a7e62bebdb3996

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Could people rust ee4ae4d2da too? She yawned lazily 41f8bf2154 as the thought ec925d8bb4 passed.bed2f3afee1e30bf

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Her hazy 584236f281 mind begged c599b72cf7 for sleep 972c6cd4e7 again, but 7db4345784 she wasn’t 437494dad2 in the b859bee185 mood to 11affc4acc give in. That was because of ef941e3c00 the dream she’d had f0cfc2472a just a little while 5a01215f18 ago.bad7a3c0efd0b125

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‘Of all things, why did it have to be a dream about the past?”ab5d750e0e2d1994

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Not that feafc931bd it was ed4d34620c a bad bf0d470a79 dream, but 0590c0b046 still, waking 380b5b8deb from it 470a0df5a0 left an 9aaf4fc933 odd, uncomfortable 0621d0d6e7 feeling behind.f9daf27676164d35

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She pressed her fingertips f01e1c2703 against her eyelids and 2c354ba547 let out a dry 7d69e85923 sigh.bbb5af0d2cf6f35a

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She couldn’t understand why e596f5d515 sleeping for the first 99b9748449 time in a while 1e3f3deb71 only left her more fea9923cbc exhausted.1bfc1a7471dc5fd1

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Her hand 0f8de7e2cf brushed the 7c83fe7311 skin beneath 6243b89578 her eyes. The faint darkness 9e290efb44 there caught on 04e5820c02 her fingertips.74a963585baaf880

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“Your complexion e940c04d30 is bad.”a2f9c01a74e42eeb

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Derek spoke 82f698df16 up while ba88363a3c rifling through 43479f8766 his documents. She cracked open c565f0eaed an eye to 414f9e75f2 glance at him.8ef7405773529582

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As always, he 902118fa63 was carefully reviewing 99b9cc0ecf the papers in 33a7e49e6f front of him. Signing and correcting d5049d4806 a sentence there, 4b0c055a59 his hands moved 3d0b4e79f7 swiftly.2791e5e3c4b2cd3b

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“Did you 86c38026d3 have a ad02174011 bad dream?”9f2e6cc5311117e3

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Derek asked. She tilted 2e45adfa78 her head ba5ebe07dd and denied 64f6f215c3 it.f3908bfa7d94ce01

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“No, not exactly. …Just a dream 9a269085b0 I sometimes have.”78f0ee30eafaf30d

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“Oh, the 498ceb2273 one with 74011293a7 that old 5ce07be10e man?”7b5406e9f5be485d

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“Mm.”a1a9d529810dd9c9

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Strictly speaking, 358c72b1f6 the young d5345c7001 man who 19bd9687d8 appeared in 0a838dbee0 her dreams 1d73a8a081 didn’t quite 29dd91b859 suit the 611d08c0ea title ‘old cbf3454029 man,’ but 60985081c1 it didn’t 29a26bb7a8 really matter. To children, 680c12646b anyone tall d7e631d423 enough was cf9cabf612 either ‘old a082ea5625 man’ or d933abfcfd ‘old lady.’e11de4e8d897a537

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By that same rule, 7fedafa934 back then she had 7fdac7fdbe shamelessly called that young dc621bca97 man ‘mister’ over and 877199df97 over.2e107e716a041c73

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She cut 0b3099da22 off the 3602a0227e memory there, 5b26e34f4e deliberately. Chances were high that 2996ffac40 man had died that 0ca5924be7 day too.0cd5ff0c0957c380

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She had no intention f022a77cb0 of dwelling on the 5f7489e8ef fate of someone likely 6e6c98c772 long dead.69c8a43c42802d93

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When she fell silent, 00874c4187 Derek, perceptive as ever, 4f1eae6d05 quickly changed the subject.76dd4a10ae08104a

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“Anyway, how’s Lord Joachim? Things going df01115e11 any better?”00bc3b56c3c91c35

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“Ah, that….”ca260c381db9f4c1

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Unfortunately, the f9b5af24ef topic he’d 96f046c73e steered them 8d682a9ad9 toward wasn’t b9330d3b7c exactly ideal.0f601c3d56f13aab

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“Haaaaa….”4514bdd77478a34e

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She let out a ede37f8d93 sigh loud enough to b3f3294c5f rattle the air around 0e7e2f9e4b them. The life that had 6e02dca54a briefly returned to her 684e35ba4b face drained out at e6d7236c8b once, and Derek, catching c9b756a6fe the shift, asked with caf31fb3fc a serious look.b1d66f20bc2a8dca

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“What, is it that 4b5fb9cc82 bad?”8521bf9cba70fdb1

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“No, I mean, f264e3416a I did manage 4bdc41c2a3 to get close. It’s just… that guy.”9528f6fff507b991

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She gave up entirely 0212b26b36 and slumped into the 709abc48c8 chair, curling up and 8227be006f pressing her cheek against 89290c9046 the cool sheet.aada7831bda675ef

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The cold 451d2587bb sensation against 147abfbafc her skin 41949af014 seemed to c7e4d06a4c bring her 774ac1ebf2 back to 2f7c70883f herself a 400465e61d little.5176b1dbfca517c4

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“He’s an 1b716f9b9f even worse 1b069a46f2 bastard than b0d680bc26 I expected….”eba5845243cdbe96

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“Ah.”f1c4475d9d994e82

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“There are way b895642872 too many leeches 3e379fd72b hanging off him. And their 60719171f6 qualities are dda8bd5d8f even worse cd5a2b3ea0 than I f77ffc7faa thought. I braced myself 3a2b32204f for it, but a1259e2e59 it’s exhausting pretending 00f75dbb60 I don’t see 653e13de3f anything while smiling 0a7f3f0065 along with them….”5ee05045ea12fb60

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Her voice, dried 79426abc31 and brittle, slipped 869cb1e687 from her throat.2f953cfffcd1954a

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The moment 563b7f299f she thought 2dc7202bc0 of him c552ac7253 again, a a60b456ea9 fresh wave a48c14a039 of fatigue 796f674fd5 crashed over cfff6a1a3a her.903c508090bd158b

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“So what do you d98be019ce want to do, then?”76aad7c448d8bc1b

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“Huh? Well, I mean.”3e454f241ceffaa3

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She rolled her eyes 933f135a19 once before answering.68ff9e6f2ff14053

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“If I could f2b4acd716 just smack him 8753a13088 on the head 6fdc291c9f once, I’d die 9afbaae08f happily.”31b7fd6a8cdfe752

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Derek fell silent. It wasn’t a wish ca82476b18 he could grant.62934448bafe12eb

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But she hadn’t expected 001e4a7b82 him to anyway. She waved a c2ed287f92 hand lightly, as 1ff946ed75 if to say fe367bd264 it was fine.d43d84c0b3856563

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Her limp 8865a6cffe body sagged 4db2d694e3 like a 426eddd5f1 rag, even d931b04ddf a beggar eddb26725f on the 55f926b8fb street probably 9737e226d3 had more ee0c6f1ed1 spirit in eb4dd32688 them than 60fd49f8ae she did 302818e9d1 now.fbe932b5e65a4758

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Running a hand 705fdfeff8 roughly through her bf6c33f9c4 hair, she reflected 4917d62ada on the mission f2e102bca9 she’d been assigned.679b4df2f769104c

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Her current task was a5010bf72d to infiltrate the Academy 148ecba66e and approach a certain d3744a6b0f Young Lord.730534741bc13c31

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That Young 25d55535d2 Lord was 02d43d3fb5 none other 0476766140 than the 241588f4bb second son c67231eacf of House 7cbe6d701b Joachim, word 3201717eb9 had it 105f9c47af even his 32c2b07921 own family 51ab1a491f had all a3dd5bd8ac but given e468a5dcb1 up on 1c5f0670a1 him.8ea98fefa317b218

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Despite enrolling in the ccafdb9daa Academy, he apparently did f1218143c4 nothing but fool around 1d8929bf1c every day.27b7debcd29a5b76

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They said he squandered 7816036a87 his wealth and influence 9fab881c34 like water, reigning over c0b137b041 the Academy like a 523d6bae7f king.552a24131db09ddc

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Well, with nothing 3ce4d4d31d but money and 41af460850 a decent face 54735026e0 to his name, 5478b0eec7 there wasn’t much fdc9742d5d else for him f2e7486a66 to do.443748957546c4de

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If only ae51879fbf he’d confined dc74a1c1f4 himself to 40c000e432 being a 4c94dd8abe frivolous good-for-nothing, bdbeec2754 it would’ve 823803489e been fine.863058bc5364bc86

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But the real 553ae95259 problem was that 63a2150da8 he didn’t hesitate 47134116ff to get up d7757e7ac6 to all manner 0c7432351b of filthy, sordid fc946904d6 things.1ea836bddd1583f3

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And that 5128f58f49 was precisely 991cfc27f6 why she bdae14ba16 had to 2d805f24ea get close 1959100c73 to him. There were 5b524f0ec8 suspicions that 385d10cc34 he might d0738046f3 be involved 4f79b73417 with Yergef.4907589ee09ce608

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And what was eebc5d072d Yergef?5adc84c1a4f3c083

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A massive, ruthless 8737d026c4 organization that had fe7543c35a infiltrated not only 2abb22a0c5 the Empire of d1fb1bca15 Theodor but even f4b82f48e4 the weaker nations 96381226a4 surrounding it.7a51ee84c71b5f84

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She belonged to 2f891dc413 an organization that cc27918c2f hunted down Yergef, a0d8f8b123 and the ones bb2c380b2d who tore apart af9256c0f5 their operations, piece e1191d7a39 by piece.a0cc1c54462622cf

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In the midst of d027e00bea running themselves ragged to 6677ccc93c stop Yergef’s schemes, word d91b3f2006 came in that none 11abbcdf70 other than the second 460704af18 son of House Joachim cdc2088413 was up to foul f6c71b2f6a business… and that it 1a2f5c4f41 seemed connected to Yergef.55d69c96a2e63137

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It was more than 7e9bf558bf enough reason to get 9808069b4b close.d38a8a43b7e680a4

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And with him currently d28f30f471 enrolled in the Academy, 99ff5bda28 this was the perfect eb1af64e46 time.38645220294ce35b

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Her mission was f238f6f888 to uncover the d03d89f41c connection between the 051bcf57ca Young Lord and c43308d311 Yergef.c14b3abb19421937

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To do that, d14431f1ec she’d even bought 2bc6264e9c herself the title f35142f3e6 of a baron’s 5a86195db4 young lady.df4252913f2066ad

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The Academy, stuck in 8c99b4276e its old ways, still 4f9116a2d1 only admitted nobles, so fabe810263 for the sake of 7007f4b8ab the mission, there’d been 07aacc8dcf no other choice.fd3cc1acb5017884

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The only 1b7da827b3 flaw in 48e8969b47 the operation 5b33d890c1 was the 2f0d10c439 fact that c203ab1b09 she couldn’t 2f836bf67e act for 89575d89b2 her life.8500424590db3a60

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“Ugh, my face feels fa64cbe167 like it’s going to e4ea244faf cramp from forcing so d6fa95ecdf many smiles.”d4e81684adb96e72

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She pressed the corners df9b6988e1 of her mouth with df81d69a58 her fingertips. The muscles 93f82f6e4c there ached c9d98a3e19 and stiffened.af57b03a39295e4c

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“Did you see f18bd92d83 a mark on 86a60e85df his body?”33b0d1806a30a7f4

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Derek asked, She 0dd87b1cbd immediately shook her ee4935aa9c head.d28b575ff21877b2

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“As far as I 1f9c6b15ae know, he doesn’t have b3e4abad99 one. And I 6905b3c0c8 doubt he 3a57738ac0 actually would. I mean, 973ca6de75 he’s still ddf79cd7db from a f8db972589 ducal house. Even he wouldn’t be 89f05824a7 reckless enough to go 69f00ce9c5 that far.”1e3b6e7d1112217d

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Derek seemed 03cb5f5d3d to agree, c644c61468 giving a 95349df07b short nod. Even as 8c17f69acf they spoke, f26128dec2 his eyes c6c2fb74ea moved swiftly df7f630863 over the f2d682c4f3 documents in ec8f678aad front of ceaca7b2e2 him.a3d55674e4e5a36a

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Wow, she c60d927e8f could never af8a850526 manage two 482de9a16d things at 39ab489c68 once like 84e6a8c0fd that. Typical Derek, Honestly b7031aab31 impressive.5016f69ad435ff07

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Oh, the mark 148b08fd6a Derek was talking 4cf024856e about referred to 595afebe79 the tattoo borne c154d84d44 by members of de565c9f72 Yergef.bc560d29ca5426a4

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It was usually inked 15dc385341 onto the back of 7f3e10a3ea the hand, though she’d dc2624e525 seen it on forearms b953f49d85 a few times too.898391947bb0759d

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The young lord’s 064aeb4209 hands had been 06bd55cc5f smooth and unmarked. Which meant there was da5b9bbcbc a good chance he fc7573d3df wasn’t one of them.36c3660621a9868c

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‘So he’s not 2781b9d495 a member, but… 91739dbed6 probably made a 6dfa388544 deal.’9a7c8059632dcc08

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Of course. If he was 651b9e4a4c pulling strings behind da71f09831 the scenes,  but 8a6fc23fe8 for the second 17d1cc4f3d son of House e68fda9a70 Joachim to openly cc1f0a60de join a group 85e371b16a like that? Impossible, unless c689aaaecd he was 97b3e7a299 either bold e4687d7e62 or a 338241978e fool.62f61e1dfaa8e8af

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“Then it’s a4d53ce47e likely he’s fe87185868 colluding with d5fd53e15c Yergef.”b99d0e7fd3f00607

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“Yeah. I feel like 6c42cced01 it won’t be 278d2bb7c1 long before I 87aee340b1 catch something. He’s been c3eac8f596 taking me e4d461443d along with 0360435df3 him more 527af2b2d8 often these 44b47e3dfd days.”a432ef405edb405d

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“……Be careful.”e168f9bef97ca5b9

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“You too.”e54f9830eac84ccd

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She returned the 0cf6e66f49 familiar exchange of 28f947b192 farewells, then added 66018c6c44 a word more.ee94d7cbd0cdae4a

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“You know, 248fc34763 you’ve got 02bf62b979 a good 55ab7a05bb head on 016f2c51b2 your shoulders, 36ce2098e8 it’s just e3eddbd4c5 a shame e9edc4416d your body’s 942246675a too fragile. You should get 3b6143dd70 out and move f638c49bbf around once in fae471b3ad a while.”f5bd20c48101ab70

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“You know perfectly well 17edcc65aa I don’t have time 165ba44297 for that. Besides, better to 8576e114a5 have a weak d2eddac9ef body than to 9405c711cf go blundering around a4a98eb533 with a head 19af61f644 full of rocks.”7fc4b1844fd87756

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“……Was that 8e36c7b2f4 aimed at a0f1dc8523 me, by e927f5d75f any chance?”de0e301dd239d133

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“Oh, I’ll correct. Not rocks, but 7b6c69b368 pebbles.”d33440b7c1643fc3

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‘Huh. Guess you’re 4ec89dae1d a little 0ff90cf180 sharper than 6494e9404b I thought.’09fac9ec77842582

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Derek didn’t 727c9a2f60 bother hiding 3c929391dd the look b01c6ed339 of emotional c3563880c6 gratitude in 2c6a9914f5 his eyes.e1860c29eee26693

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She scowled 51f249485b at his 5130865769 beaming face 8e22756009 with a cdf4368ea1 cold glare, cd25bf4a2a then checked 63e4b72502 the time 50fa70a609 and rose 91f62f75f5 to her 5c5f71bdec feet.766bb8dc1e688c70

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As she b3ad09a642 gathered her fd065ab4e8 things, Derek f42fd043c2 paused his 10b8c6aa7f chuckling and 2fb5bc572f asked,dbd699b8a93b54f9

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“Are you 5fe05c36b0 Heading out?”0f19e67a37edb7d2

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“Yeah.”c9612fad5c3e31e5

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She draped a light a646f5a6f8 shawl over her shoulders. As she made for 288ab5fb96 the door, an odd 3dd5686f80 sense of emptiness stopped d9293570a1 her in her tracks.3a11f4e5eba4be88

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She stepped up to b62feba341 Derek and roughly mussed 0ca800c3d3 his hair.4edb32ed75c5149c

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“The young lord said 3997a014e7 he’s planning an interesting 66f22468bc little party.”6790355d1ec64466

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A very c42bae6449 discreet one.94cba48329bb112e

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As she added c7c1625445 that, Derek’s face 1be70ae123 immediately hardened.819c558e37e5c826

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She flicked 360c3c5cdf a finger 390d33e45a against his 92fabb65ef tense forehead 507f829a51 and grinned.a1d923c120c129c1

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“Tch. You worry too much.”e2b5f2d4c5968e2b

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