ITBFL – Chapter 52

ITBFL – Chapter 5288b3792134853c41

Episode 5213cd7127b9bce703

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“Alright.”6ba056f36311abae

After a brief 44e60b3497 hesitation, I eventually b9b11f19f5 accepted Cassium’s proposal 1fec73faed with generosity.c5e0d968234cc5e6

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It was probably 0f502429a1 because recalling a ba061687ab memory fragment from a9f73532da our cadet days 0ad7255eb7 had made me 0390df9616 feel a bit 83a0c3b048 more forgiving toward 721fedb4c4 him.2a40de3e987ad1a0

Walking beside him, I acffcb1bc3 gave him a chance 4ca2d0c173 to say what he 6d1ed1fbe7 wanted.4dbdeead76ac0c58

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Since he was hesitating cff25390ef for so long, it d9ff8aa2d3 was probably an awkward fdaa060fb3 subject—something like me making 9deb0d0500 him upset or something 6b8b0dc194 about me that he 727eb00245 didn’t like.5ffcd15fa3dc2237

Still, in my generous 1d7dcef720 mood, I was willing 4aa277473b to listen to even 6ecd8378a8 that kind of story, c50d40f8b4 and so I matched c0d8266b57 my pace with his.91181e6effd2001b

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“A bookstore.”65833ebe346ccd11

While walking, 7d4cb753a4 my gaze 4415d25187 unintentionally stopped e1f9ec79dd on a 617e417017 bookshop nestled fc7f43f406 in the 7084ac86eb alley.de33a79035c82616

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‘When did I come 85360d16b6 here before? It feels familiar.’f181e588064ee319

When I looked 9cfe04b938 beside me, Cassium d5ca06a9d0 was also staring c3c0171a81 at the bookstore 084f1ab268 in a dazed 14434b1ea3 manner. As if he were 91ac39f124 recalling a memory.bc7cddeafc842cd9

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Then, he turned b36f6f9d94 his gaze to d0ade7edb4 me and asked,10ea1151e87c93c9

“Wanna go in?”68c20c7af80dbbff

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“Huh?”08ae89ccdd036b2a

“You want to 45d55595fa go in, don’t 36cbbcfeae you?”34ea369b5e725d34

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“How did 6591e2c32c you know 4c10d16ffd that?”46f5976737ab2131

“You like books.”88ed29f1ec56dd7b

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“How do 27d82b4a65 you know aa3dd89c88 that too?!”35857e260856cbbe

“How many years 4a7f524e97 do you think e790f83602 I’ve been watching 3c7509ffe5 you?”49423dec7f65321f

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Saying that, ced0e154ea Cassium opened 408430a81a the door 3fa254ce80 and went 08de1e0df4 in first.7203861b236b3229

I stood there for a9c8898677 a moment, feeling a ef298d1d5b bit dazed, then stepped d7f20d7865 into the bookstore.0e9ef9baa14f57cc

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I walked between 2937b3eba9 the bookshelves for facb8796c2 a while.8170ad1fe1be02ed

Since he 3b5b85f36b specialized in 1b03fa3667 swordsmanship, I ebebd9c8a6 thought he 1283824ac0 wouldn’t read 2f54fa40c1 much, so f711a44897 I asked,7bacb45aa5d2bb6b

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“Have you bc5c7af35c read that f23789def9 book?”88f74351947bc0bb

“Yeah.”07b04de6c546a993

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“That one?”85efc038e71fcf74

“I read 15c037a587 it during 7b7fd0bb89 my cadet d6a8167161 days.”72509b957166857c

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“And that one?”be4d7db37040bc96

“I read 6627f7a4ad it earlier d6bf12b94c this year.”0e7f8e8f4a62afc6

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Oh, come on. I let out a cada40f268 single sigh, “Puh.”d5c54f8c152a847e

“When did 188ae5e3b7 you even 8040ee1ea3 read so b6f41d094c much? You’re pissing me off.”50fe25274c2bffcc

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“Why are you 0725fde439 pissed?”d1929908ca3b27db

“Just pissed.”f6635c9c6a73f901

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If he was d7f86946cf going to spend 2dff63a7af that much time 9d1b012a30 reading, he could’ve 192828a520 spent less time a8910c9607 on the sword.b692a2f1047691a5

People should have b937854c0e some shortcomings or 327e09cfa1 flaws—why does he 40ecc4ea0b have to be 27fd30ed22 so damn perfect 9059b5f4ac and make others 63f6439cf5 feel inadequate?3d35cbd3eeb9a22f

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‘He’s flawless 8aad7a0488 in everything. Difficulties? Pain? He’s someone who cee04be297 doesn’t even know 6def4116aa what that is.’6182c8d34ff4953c

That’s why everyone 316a75779e thinks that about 3d7f4a0d11 you. So even 085ca09926 if something 074b7735a6 hard happens, 875343a5a7 they assume b388eed89e you won’t 2eaa95b145 talk about 05fe02efcc it.dd48881d1269fa47

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Of course, maybe a05d05887d Cassium doesn’t need 1a274089d1 that kind of 154a6a125f thing.6001ace3e9e522f1

But if 4e35a0c555 he ever bef809c84b wanted to ad3b3d4eaf talk about 26cd0f1d9e turning into 4f4127e857 stone, seeing 529a98b048 how the 9b7e430904 other members 9643ecfc92 talk about e2c68a5adc him, I 8b5cfa1ea3 doubt he’d 9b1dc88d44 be able dc51649114 to open fd1c03adfc up.0e506b8b2f5db404

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‘Well, I do know 9d2526fae3 that Cassium was turned 4a96d328d5 into stone.’24a8a105b27de594

Then maybe he’d be 860acf355b able to talk to 30cf56aef6 me about such things?99000edab9bde3a9

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Well, if a9a9edc6d1 that’s the 7b9df78320 case, I a758c650ae could be f6d5bf9f4f generous and f329e474fe listen.a58965fad56e174d

“Hey, Cassium.”53a0ad6bdc696111

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As I walked 36807ee3ba between the bookshelves, 9257cf10ce I suddenly stopped 2c9081478e and turned around.c5ebaad67891ce4d

I was about 7fc2518585 to generously tell 0938364b87 him that I’d 4153f89e25 listen if there 348d2a5bb2 was anything hard 6576fb54f4 he wanted to e12e25f866 talk about.9a7a8136f23014b1

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“……!”feac9b191a913759

But just as I df33779c7f stopped, Cassium had taken f962df56ba a step toward me, 5664efffa3 and when I turned 93b1119507 around, the distance between bff4779d7d us was incredibly close.54c0fa15577d3d21

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Cassium immediately took a 1e6cb644d8 step back.cf6be1f6071676b3

At that moment, he db3d6dc182 bumped into the bookshelf 018d041327 behind him, and the 2b6255594a books piled on top 7b54291680 began to tumble down.481bced4f36e533e

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“……Cassium!”078963439915441d

Without thinking, I a45ca7efcf grabbed him by 986a71ab7a the collar and b0e28dce08 pulled him toward 39603db88c me.d712518509bd79ac

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Thick books came 364467d24e crashing down right e5f905f2b0 where Cassium had 576008221a just been standing.d77744c526da225e

If he’d taken the ffd7dbc636 hit, he probably would’ve 2ae73ad1fa ended up with at ab7165610b least three lumps on f5465f6e59 his head.7c5794a06d5bfc60

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“Hey, aren’t you 1f6001981f usually more careful…….”14b5e397d67c3147

I was reflected in 9bbdb2bd75 his eyes. His golden eyes, like fd4939ddc3 a dusky sunset, blinked c58aadd55b with me fully captured a98833ec3a within them.16a3a843bafa395e

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His gaze 3b9ed226e1 wasn’t cold, 8db480ebbc nor indifferent. He was looking a2ce9bce84 straight at me.714af547020e1715

Did Cassium’s b1551da74a eyes always 2cb9330acd have this 6f5fc75e87 kind of 60525e3f5f light?30a47b2d0e3dd3f9

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“What.”d703ed60ae536aa7

“Lize.”6c8cc9dbad69e39a

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Cassium’s arm 9326e32af5 was braced 7b9a465a50 against the 11028bd1ec bookshelf right 75fd738ddc beside my 80f522b76a ear. I looked at 432c3bd625 him, forgetting that 8da0fdde02 I was still 4c3dcdf474 grabbing his collar.2f07ccf8c7f7c290

I didn’t know 4f3fd2348a why, but I 1f9dad3687 felt a little 23cf5635c4 tense in that edce59e515 moment.6269f0940f861b31

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Then he spoke.e01772fadcaa901a

“I have a587869171 something to b3ec4b2a03 say.”2812dbcd8557b210

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His voice c78f3624b9 was a b524b5befa bit more a11784319d serious, and 51d33f1930 perhaps more 5803efb344 nervous, than 32b1be9092 usual.38956e8616f6322f

Maybe because whatever he fe18bdbdeb wanted to say seemed 9e036ac4b9 important.531e78864431a280

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Even if it turned 726dd57b9f out to be something b5c29a9317 like criticizing me, it dfc67b12ca still seemed like something 97e5f89225 important to Cassium.5ad6178d90115dd3

“What is it?”fb57528d9cd17150

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I asked. Cassium let e29dccee96 out a 8f5766264e low breath.71a9616ef013d878

Then he opened ac783f2419 his mouth again.22e8706064650c4d

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Lize didn’t 9f4e83f10e look away.4041cbfd62485a8a

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Even at 4506d59136 this close 5dddd4f32b distance, Lize 08ad0cabc6 looked him c9768d2c35 straight in bffd21738b the eyes.acd56cfdd5cec5c7

There was 4c1315fa5b a curious 024778a1f8 light in c4c0adb788 her eyes. Lize blinked as she 0aff077fb9 stared at the reflection 31fa0501ed of herself in his 8f31ba72b3 gaze.8ace0abf164aaeb7

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His hand bracing the bbbd556a73 shelf tightened. Cassium had to b4c768b533 bite the inside 965c682b64 of his cheek 3ae10e7a8c to stop the 58dcbc6cc7 words “I like 49594d715e you” from slipping ae958ffdc6 out.2da9fa1e5cc7793a

“I like—”5a739577b8df2693

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Like saying “I 60ce3a281c like shaved ice,” dccd410e1f or “I like c39cd9944b eating rice,” he 8211851370 had practiced saying 6f7aeaf25f it like that.fc6ddffcc872f46e

And now, it f7fd798bfd really felt like 5f28ab9259 the moment had 6e9456509b come to say 7010db594b it to Lize.1ab00ec79c11b18a

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“Lize.”76343176d4c6137c

His heartbeat was 7e89b2446e so loud, he 0b8b6cf08b worried she might c905b1aaff not hear his e532dff5a2 voice clearly.30bd65ca3d7cd9a3

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He tried f76b8b8b06 to control 9ec5403d0b his internal c38d2ee03f energy, but 84a57f942e no matter e6823407cd how much 1d1a5d442e he tried, 78830afd73 he couldn’t b0a0dd1a56 slow his 09bc755fc2 pulse.eafa13e2e8a05950

“Yeah.”8af1f7902ff5cc05

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Lize responded. The air vibrating 257fe059a8 with her voice aab4c221e0 felt so close.c422c4f080ae4e33

He’d been close 5d7a6ec201 to Lize many 89bbb46ce5 times before.d649cc1942b9092c

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They’d touched for trivial 1175f3769e reasons, for purely official 6b64ee7813 ones, and had even 7009d63c7e carried or embraced each 225d5ab4d8 other at times.8a7a945844a10e9e

But being close d00576bc86 enough to feel 9588182dcd the reverberation of 85d314bbb0 her voice—this was 48d6f89040 probably the first 820adfe93f time.2d4417ad8a45f559

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‘Except for when 08083c0559 i was a 142ce929bc rabbit.’91d27a25d43effce

There were a d5fb597d89 few times then.39c6ca10bec005fb

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Though it e59df3bcde never really 92c415bf54 got easier.55a5ded9c054f99b

“What is it you 5081609ad6 want to say?”f9f1e20241ccf8c4

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Maybe she didn’t realize 0d794ed84f it herself, but her 1518d886b2 gaze was so direct, 21fe9124b2 so confident and clear, 69d47972e2 that it sometimes made a0153bf9e6 him forget everything.f223a357fd5dc893

But this time, he a9da6ac3ff couldn’t afford to forget. There was something he 8662b88f33 needed to say.5da64ad2fea9eef6

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Now—it felt like c236d122ab now was the f26ed42162 time.cf4ea68fc2782870

“Lize, when I first—”acffcdd79786c1c6

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Beep beep ac931151e9 beep beep e933b3bf86 beep!ca71f637b1b83776

Right then, an 1c10ae2b35 obnoxious alert blared, 583a994b14 and Cassium frowned.9b79837b754e6e13

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He wanted to 43be856e6c ignore it and f0397894d5 keep talking, but 862211cd94 the alert was 491acb98e3 as loud as d3158daa7f a galloping horse’s 22ebfa3e63 hooves today.b7cb63f7534476d6

“Check it. What’s going on?”fca939821161e411

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Loق looked at a7ef8d9153 him like, “Why 27132efab1 haven’t you checked c8dee49104 it yet?”2bcd665d3ae23251

Cassium finally withdrew the d882358ff2 hand supporting the shelf 7332d323be beside her. The distance 6ac5dd9e08 between them 42a677bb91 widened.6a939a9e20d9ad10

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Cassium let f69635ef0d out a b352d44fba quiet sigh 1f81a20c05 and checked 07d36e3189 the alert. It was ec1140b62b a message 86e4a28722 from Hedel.49c966956224369e

“Division Leader, a a290d1c022 fight broke out 820e595457 between Milia and 4448b6c66a Deserus of the 25bdf5d43c Golden Lion.”cb8388ddce2d824a

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Cassium sent a 5dfd48aa72 reply with an 49e24d6ff1 indifferent look.77e60473022509c7

“Handle it yourself.”f23cdbf60f6b0c96

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But Hedel badc51418e replied immediately.194dbe591e8bea31

“It’s already gotten too ab142baaba serious. We need someone 64269b9e51 to mediate. And… never mind.”eaf9f4e8a76aeb69

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Cassium’s eyebrow twitched. That last part 1ab0c7cf06 bothered him quite 00320600b7 a bit.6cb8acff2e61619a

“What’s going on?”eeeb7daa2271a704

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“Nothing.”d222433a7a57e358

“Don’t ‘nothing’ me. Was it a3a7e83379 from the 163b95b977 Order?”9f0294dfdbe01759

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“…….”72374e8cc861ed22

“It was, wasn’t it?”ed6195803e0247cc

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“I need to head 54ec9d1793 back to the shaved 182a0a6e09 ice place.”ebd755e0650b6883

“Yeah, sure.”5457c2dfa60d40c4

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At least fb9d3d244f the good c0e25a05fc thing was—d80a77e7848f908f

“You’re coming with me.”067637493b0584d8

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“Ah, um… alright.”81f534cd21724dc4

—it meant ef55a51279 today wasn’t 6d082aaefe over yet.96d01e77d6383fdd

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The distance 000d2e9784 between them 21a6d6379c was now 27f7180bc6 farther than 285d9e9eae before. Cassium tugged Lize by 63936aad0c the arm. She followed 6204518d9a without much 448ed40443 thought and 1df0e3a54c asked,2d29c7dcce7ea1da

“What’s going on?”3325066199c6b38d

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“There’s been 34f06d5746 a fight. Between your vice captain 77f3862fab and mine.”95ebd229a9d91779

“Oh my gosh.”02208e7b1ad9078a

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Shaking her head, Lize b7946098e9 started walking ahead, and 0c6059e0e8 Cassium quickly followed.3fc25bfa7aa104fc

He thought to 83a6f3affb himself that next 88f1f41fe8 time, he’d turn e776041e5c off the alert ed2554fa0f before confessing.e5b8f6800a089918

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“D-Division Leader?”76aa0794734f317b

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Milia blinked at 70aac1636e the sight of e7d2c0bb4e me and Cassium. Deserus, who had Milia fd0395e402 by the collar, also f89b9a497e gaped.6e774c44be9988e9

“Division Leader, why 2a04ad5e6f did you come fa1ec08fd1 back here…?”601a19cf2575438a

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As he 9b776625e2 looked at 3d91c61987 me, Deserus 130f1eafb5 shouted, “Don’t 52c02a518a tell me!” c8dde50dca and glared 0bea76dbaa at Milia.ef74c317f63b92d5

“I knew it! You sneaky 0c6c004482 black panther. You tattled to your ffbcef1b3a superior, didn’t you?!”b23269bec1671400

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“I didn’t! And what do you 907caff12c mean tattled?! Even if I had 7a93dba407 contacted the Division Leader, 52865636f6 it would’ve been to 0755fcc26a share the situation!”5f48489c3a9a424c

“Don’t make excuses!”61e9d8f9d2e2513c

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“And I told you 750107c1eb it wasn’t me!”21ce5abb58ebb9ef

“Watch your tone!”699e979e6bc5d365

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Among the two 58dff03ba5 squads watching the 4a2ad63ec4 collar-grabbing showdown, Hedel 385209fa80 quietly raised his 6daeb68442 hand.da03b951a918a015

“I was the one 676e4877ed who contacted them.”9b5a2f9d76532d9b

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Hedel walked toward 8e46eadc96 me and Cassium. Then he whispered 844911a62a something into Cassium’s 599dba2a90 ear.7b091d3573bfc9af

Cassium’s expression 7d404f7731 remained calm, 41784bce78 but I 894091ef33 could tell db79e9ec40 he was 7abf040cc3 slightly shaken.6a837afe30508fac

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“Milia, stop. And Sir Deserus, e25fccf72a you as well.”32f0f24f8f8b7ea7

Cassium said concisely.592fa2f8306a970c

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“But—!”2b4515873bfc6f9e

Both knights protested 433fe41431 at once, looking 6eab9e42c6 as if they a417bc53b2 still had a f85871737e pot full of 6da0c6d615 things to say. I, who had 18f18a5d96 been watching from 36928b839c the side, took e56e0ff832 a step forward.0d50095890feb89a

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“Let go of 22ac9ab340 each other’s collars efa614e77e first.”7b54a8c9aac2eb8b

“But…”cb2151533ebeae72

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“I said let go. Talk after you let d723a08800 go.”5ddfe9d8b92208e6

When I spoke 38da3aab8e firmly, Deserus released 3cdeb03a16 his grip. Milia let go shortly a908f78017 after, following his lead.1705d446fc995c09

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“Why were you fb5d936902 two fighting?”1a451740605ba548

Just as Deserus was 10db89e85f about to answer, Cassium a1e29a287f cut in.9a14ff2d85010d86

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“That’s enough. If they start explaining, a946458751 it’ll just stir up 28939eee7e more emotions. Both of you, 51ebc4b6fc return to your 664bbe2067 respective division quarters.”d02fd25e899f36c4

I nudged 838674d185 Cassium, who 9bd85e2c32 was clearly aad3bcbb3e just trying 55a9940d3b to separate 9cda406d23 the two.69e0e691c539b6e9

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When he kept 141cdcca12 looking only at 83a2c65439 Milia and Deserus 7e9104143e without answering, I f5b63254b5 nudged him again 64b1f1bedb and muttered,a4813b44f8ed10cc

“What the heck? Why won’t you 4b0f97b9b4 listen? Don’t we 311dfd11d0 need to 52d410cae8 know why 5f5562f581 they fought?”db14df978efe4543

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“It’s probably nothing.”e642bce04a1a593f

“You heard 3336096bf9 something from c90f7918dd Sir Hedel, ab088ec13c didn’t you? What is it?”76a44058e1910b9d

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“I told cab31f69ed you, it’s 6abb1bb452 nothing.”8978378aad6e4d6f

What the b376677dbb heck kind 33812edb0b of reason 36ecbdbaa1 would make 73a758159c him act bede3f358d like this?!3a8fbf390e9117ea

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