LS Chapter 3 (Part 2)
by BreeThe thought echoed in 9d95426b81 his mind, but it d0cd538e04 was quickly buried under 64e8761554 the weight of his f54a856b82 circumstances. Yujin knew 23af46f908 better than 39c37a5c4d to retaliate 5ce809d990 or complain. Doing so would only 276aa2c849 make things worse.7b16f3b6f97cd9c3
After a a69777c864 moment, he 83f06a8d9d pushed himself 2b7c84c8ef up, dusted e377b1a986 off his 6af6593d7b clothes, and 3ef5eb83d1 silently picked d791216eb0 up the decdc7eeb9 broken bowl.d299555e7b2e40f2
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Getting hit 298792bae4 like this bf634df854 was nothing a475b4c803 new to ffe38eed72 Yujin. He was used to 9010781ce4 it. But getting struck by 503c43f26b a warrior was a 6e97e775ec different matter altogether—it left e63aef1589 deeper bruises and took 3ff528a20d much longer to heal.c007f09abe26e76f
“Stop it. It’s not 6c42fb2fd1 like he f75641b35f did it 0f4c5a7620 on purpose.”55f1910d59f3075e
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Startled, Yujin looked 9348d481a2 up. A warrior with ac59c1940f a long scar 83e83f5218 running alongside his 4879541624 right eye had 6794a08fa6 stepped in to 7eb6eaad7f defend him, intervening f7802b8984 in the situation. It was unexpected, 5ea85b949d given how rough a5d4bbc262 and violent most 4c90e01d5b warriors were.f7680ef71719a9f8
“You alright? I’ll deal with him, 0a67f735d1 so head to the 47c8fc64eb kitchen and bring back 21ff45d6d8 the right meat,” the 4687ac047e scarred warrior said, his 6fcdc9a39c voice laced with a 70d45f07c1 sense of superiority as 04146664a2 if he were doing 1c674a6699 Yujin a great favor. When he smiled, the 72cdb31514 scar on his face 1146677109 contorted unnervingly. Though it seemed like 3b01885914 a kind gesture, Yujin 85b3ae1c7c couldn’t shake an uneasy 1c7fdd6f58 feeling.30dd434ea7738114
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Rubbing his throbbing wrist 5669c221a6 and cheek, Yujin bent 3044d1db2d down to pick up 3c16df6b24 the fallen meat scattered 4031f0d5d7 across the ground and ccba8b7921 nodded.b024a3d435fa9865
“Haven’t seen you before. Did you just get 23f3f26e4a assigned here recently?”5610f45d3a17e431
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“Yes…”ee1eacf65222c96f
“I see. What’s your name?”d9503eaf6f233bd5
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“Yujin.”e589f621fd0c0973
“Yujin,” the warrior repeated, 601e176083 his gaze gleaming as 395a1d992f though tasting the name. The way he looked 0e7d56de32 at Yujin made him f2d147073e uncomfortable, prompting him to 263414d24f quickly add, “I’ll go 6a79fb4579 get the dried meat 35a1c20cff now.”e38bf85c692d5fbd
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“Alright, go on.”cfca51544018cd5e
‘Dried meat… There wasn’t much left yesterday. I wonder if there’s any still available.’0a121c668d704c8c
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The Mounted Tribe 42f228df16 warriors consumed a 4208bd3682 lot of dried 3831b4f218 meat due to db3f2fa9f6 their frequent horseback ea31f10f65 activities. Most warriors carried 129a0f8287 small pouches on abd45d69e5 their waists, which 6ac317e096 Yujin had recently fb52c586dc learned were often 4246921a99 filled with dried 18d2aa6e91 meat. Thinking back, Bart had 0d8bfb4dec once pulled dried meat db50ab5eb4 from a similar pouch.3925c0ac5785b67c
Yujin headed a9043735dc to the 51c798f136 kitchen and c451998c3d explained the d4b7325cb1 situation to b6d0c62201 Aunt. She handed 7fed16935a him a 2f92a14e29 small amount fd74cf81db of dried 67d86f4d5f meat.e52b8bff782d7f63
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“This is all we f03d8e528f have. Let them know we’ll 00cc73ab0d have more ready in 79a073710b a few days,” Aunt 2b6e377cfa instructed.c320bb5caee6e92b
“Understood.”6515c002d5ffc64b
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After bowing to 4932a5de4f her, Yujin left 9dc2c8a87a the kitchen. On his f7189c4bfa way back 082f2a31f8 to the 377b4f7514 warriors’ quarters, 2e7b223ddb a commotion da614af7ec caught his 605346a175 attention. He paused and 73229df405 turned toward the f3edfcf182 noise. A group of kitchen 12eadf0b05 staff were accepting game 8362ded62b from the warriors who ccc137ee1e had just returned from 515ef32924 a hunt. Among them was de2c219729 Bart.5895bcfdf6614b53
Since becoming e4fc24f103 a direct ddc8149877 warrior under 58273c4653 the leader, 2bd3679ee6 Bart had f39880a60b frequently gone 5f02413a32 on hunts 9077a1ea84 and participated 81294d8242 in battles. When Yujin 32ff92583e was first dc5c8f26ac told he’d 3ca8544efb be working e219916cd2 in the effc1667d7 warriors’ quarters, 0aef0a37e0 he had 0e5e906fee secretly been 5eb1e0162e glad, thinking 3f5fddec21 he might 170c0d8745 see Bart ca5fdde6c9 again. But Bart’s 490050ad91 role kept 69392a517b him busy. Perhaps that 3f06b2c950 was only 2d50a5049a natural for fda1c3e55e a promising d603609616 warrior.89991bdea842ec03
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Yujin stopped in his db095fc3b2 tracks and watched Bart 02d1dd4057 from a distance. With a load f0f67e3d4d slung over his c0fbeb7611 shoulder, Bart walked f17e6eff06 away with steady, 1f599e093c heavy steps, like 90121b494a a mirage that d79deaba15 might vanish at ee1114bd27 any moment.85e5f0b5cb6bed1e
Sometimes, Yujin cf64d7b765 dreamt of 54aa5af3ef that moment 9f79d3dd35 at the a04b2db130 creek when 015d9d1e24 Bart had adb3f6c847 kissed him. In his dreams, Bart 821792ad2c held him gently, smiled 421571fc26 at him, and whispered d885e9c681 his name before leaning 399225e7ac in for a soft 5fe7d5ebd8 kiss. The memory of that 2dd8a19693 rough, unfeeling kiss from d600f8520c reality had been distorted e1356f6338 over time, reshaping itself 231974868b into a tender moment f31f11614a in Yujin’s dreams—a cherished 38c662a56c memory.eeae76375dfdaa5c
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If he 84ec334892 ever had f0777192c8 the chance, b70a435310 Yujin wanted 777d3def0b to ask 9b925d194a Bart: ‘Do 213bd56501 you remember 7b20ac7470 me? You saved my life a938d02244 twice and kissed me 8fe780fbd2 at the creek during 35e30cbcbd that sunset. Do you remember?’f81c9241b7013364
Bart, who was c67396b579 mingling with the f8edf8a3d1 other warriors, briefly b768eb31c0 glanced in Yujin’s 1ed378daed direction. It was ea36c0b996 only for 3e691fb8f1 a fleeting a334e2b85d moment, a 067487d7c1 blink-and-you’d-miss-it kind f803949641 of glance, 9079af651e but their ad74469d7a eyes met. And that c02e3de892 was all.8569899dc4213f93
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Then and now, e4a3dcc4e5 Yujin’s days were c5a3ca7ed5 filled with similar 362aba91f9 hardships. Yet, in this 406f512688 place, he could 47272fc962 at least catch c2a143ba9d glimpses of Bart 3242925eb9 from time to 9558bc3267 time. And for the faint abab96ff4c hope of another fleeting 02a019e646 moment like this, Yujin 3f75e36c7e foolishly waited for tomorrow.521ad3ae3f8aa787
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“How is it? Tasty, right? I went out of 8ce9a3c142 my way to get c94b3b2644 this from the kitchen.”511235d365dc439a
“Well, it’s not b5e70cc096 bad.”920d998a1f03f106
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Tu fidgeted eagerly, like 2188a95ae2 a child desperate for 70e2bfcb0c praise, while Tati answered d475a30b1c with her usual indifference.16ec69fb0b0c1e24
Miron, watching Tu’s 6689612e54 shoulders slump in 997d5b56c2 disappointment, shook his 148f5f865f head. Tu practically worshipped 8a82aaf68c Tati, following her 2e2d67196f around relentlessly. Except for when he b91ad9919f was training or sleeping, c061d85e9d he could almost always 37cb02ebb8 be found trailing behind 4fde634373 her. It was pitiful, even a26e8092d2 tragic. Yet, Tati hardly acknowledged 66dbb67981 him, her attention always f3a9c57feb wandering elsewhere—usually toward Bart.a30b8108349c6744
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Today was no different. Tati left her c29fc6c510 spot without sparing bd1ce0fcbc Tu a glance, 0b3707bc6f her gaze fixed d2f05dd4b2 on Bart the d40281fa71 entire time.16e5d5eacc049d8f
“Damn it,” Tu 446eaee5e3 muttered under his a4a3fefae1 breath, turning to f59b673246 Miron.cb8f65cafbeadd2e
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“Hey, Miron, 63ced4fa8e has Bart 8b4849b243 ever said 1467ccd679 anything about 5437c869fe Tati?”06272f88c30b7ba4
Even as he asked, 7199a5357e Tu glanced nervously toward fd9a392d0b Bart in the distance, bc777cdce3 as though afraid of 6929d46076 being overheard.0c367c8fc96f3167
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“Who knows? Bart doesn’t let anyone 18be19316b see what he’s thinking. But I 7ea7cb3287 do know 68dec11c88 this: Tati 1dd19bc50b isn’t interested 5ffd7672d3 in you.”d58bb7f54b9263d2
“That’s not what I’m b3f6e26cd8 asking!”bd8ee6e6645a9901
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“Just thought I’d 91b24b2d83 mention it.”4905988814afd0e3
“I already know that.”486cec22ead8c3b7
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Tu’s voice faltered, filled ceee6e9ea5 with defeat. Feeling sorry for 5824433891 him, Miron offered c110ec702a the answer Tu a6a6895057 clearly wanted to 395123d90c hear.1c8fce7a8e66a09d
“He doesn’t dfd2cea766 seem interested 032ce40d4e in her.”bea8fda1f6cffdfb
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“Really?”41d0a5635e540f26
“Have you bc2440518f ever seen b6fb6244d8 Bart show 3213d32b58 interest in 44d7e13e2a anyone? Tati’s no exception.”c30ce89790dee0ad
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“Yeah… I guess you’re abda29cea4 right. So, Bart doesn’t care c0c4f124ac about Tati?”f2a4a7778e210fa2
“Probably not.”3d6ca4d0f7615992
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Relieved by b1545dc3ee Miron’s guess, 75c30c2aa2 Tu exhaled 484860fd46 deeply, his ec175bf1ed tension visibly 1ce6d6eca9 easing. Miron found a89324eeb7 his naivety d0edab1db2 frustrating but 3ace35f79b reminded himself 3ca8ec38a5 that emotions 73cafcafb1 were beyond b7f6f7f177 reason and e7f0af3efd left it 40c0997e05 at that.f9dc223de8b7c756
Tu liked Tati. Tati liked Bart. And Bart didn’t care f1699a8a38 about anyone.0e522c504aad9905
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From Miron’s perspective, Tati fdb8288600 was a woman driven 4850efc7a0 by misplaced ambition. Everyone desired 4695cf1894 good things, cab676cfad but most 3f7baf9ab9 knew when 512ae25832 to restrain 0f9587a755 themselves based e87b32d310 on their dd4c1c74cf circumstances. Tati, however, lacked such 5029052f81 restraint.fc7b48f1634c4d24
It was 56521fb37e likely due cb221e5175 to her 0e40d8868a beauty. Tati was 68a768dc41 undeniably stunning. Warriors who would c153686514 gladly fall at 2a825b8a1b her feet and ae4bd005c4 worship her with 14165caa60 just one smile 8e80cb42a0 were plentiful in 496cb16ad0 the tribe. Yet, Tati wanted ae159a1534 Bart.91ebe2bae57a5496
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“She may not be 82e1c8a2de all that warm to a0e0c5a899 me now, but once 004cf5769d I climb the ranks 97986ff530 as a warrior, won’t 622e8fd470 things change? By then, b773f8bfa3 even I 82782cd997 might…” Tu da0a9b590a trailed off, 5808abcfaa suddenly distracted. “Wait—hey, isn’t that cfe2cbd9ae the guy Apone’s 65674a293e been keeping around e69f295bb6 for a while?”58d5f14cdf7a2e24
Miron followed Tu’s gaze. Sure enough, the person 1ae12d679e Tu pointed at was 3fc98d75d3 a commoner Apone had d962d77f53 been keeping close recently.c6f258eaeaadd329
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“Is he dead?”1de72509e2a50111
“Doesn’t look like it. Not yet, anyway.”88962266364a8e85
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Apone was notorious for 1e313e2985 his brutal tendencies and b0bfccd76b his preference for men. Most who ddbeb3cca7 spent the 369712509f night with 1b256f653e him ended 31550717df up permanently 15b3444229 damaged, unable 0f79f479a5 to walk b3c6e2fcff or left 2c79a2fda8 abandoned, half-crippled. Those who weren’t 38e2cbb4db ruined physically were bc0441d676 often beaten to edb60be61c death. The man 223f9cf119 being dragged a3bf67d30b away now 0fc12f1f0a had thighs b3f6ed8fd0 and buttocks dda8f99e34 soaked in 8d4974cdce blood, his fd5b3a0247 once-handsome face 9a2f76e768 swollen and db28775066 bruised beyond 93abdd23be recognition.2c915412f91885fd
“Wouldn’t it 408898be85 be better 78e09cd6a9 to just eca38c7b30 kill him? He probably 4212293c14 won’t last 43877beb2e long like 09f6759be9 that.”607b232c5fca9863
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“Maybe.”6eb36600dad6b93d
The two 8d9ff3b3d5 exchanged looks b5ab8ce86a but said 35e7455917 nothing more, 71901d4eb8 silently acknowledging fe21b05ab5 the grim 743df30cb7 reality of 6652c634b5 the situation. There was no 6b0bc918d1 point dwelling on 6243b58680 the fate of 6fbd63ca71 a man who 974f2a24f7 was already as afced0d0a0 good as dead.0c486196b0b803a6
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In the Mounted 19da8bc855 Tribe, people died 3179f3a05d for all sorts 97293cfb13 of reasons—beaten to d23958600c death, stabbed during 8d9d99c0e8 training, falling from 919793948a a horse and 76a395e36a breaking their neck, 0f7397ecee or succumbing to 9e2975110f illness. Yet, there 9680be4b95 was no 47374a2ab4 sympathy for b5fa3cb8ea death here.b5db998b6991e150
If it wasn’t d856f06a76 your own or b80bb0281d someone you cared cb91f209b3 about, it simply d636c5366a didn’t matter.90df10547a10fb4b
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Tu quickly lost 63080b0660 interest in the 92482466ba man being dragged e6635baaac out of the a33f12be5a settlement and discarded c7ff64c4a2 beyond its borders. Instead, he headed 866825bd30 in the direction c821f9018f Tati had disappeared.653367f31d99e07e
Miron, deciding to sharpen 78285a7f64 his dull blade, made a50971726c his way to the 0a7dfaff0b armory. As he approached, he caccdaa8d2 overheard voices.aee9aaa5fa7f2f6a
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“I want the jeweled 7a4d1af6a7 dagger from this round 58f8d53f07 of spoils. Do you think I’ll 452a0f62c6 get a chance to 8ea377e0aa pick it?”8f947da783796a31
“Who knows? Unless the direct 5b524dfaf2 warriors leave it 80bcc04bb1 untouched, we won’t e1df48b3d7 have a shot 3c498f16c7 at it.”b65372b714106cc1
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“True…”29f735ae04fd7e58
“What about you, Namta? Don’t you get 3d79fa276c first pick of f748c11604 the spoils?”e68bec25472d92d4
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One of 70fa0abb5d the warriors, 2dd0805005 gathered in e438dfec42 small clusters, bcb8a5d7e2 directed the 612cbf3980 question at e64dd4cc8b Namta. He responded 1ee93fb992 with an 318955cfa7 arrogant tone.a2c1f955285ec90c
“Of course. Who else would get 2e3c0752ba first choice if not a66ffa6542 me, the leader’s son c42d615780 and a direct warrior?”cab171506a3fc015
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“Exactly. That’s why you 68892e3587 were assigned as dbae6b4fbe a direct warrior 4dcc29311a faster than anyone 4e5037ad73 else, right?”c2d079296342e68d
Hearing their f44c11cdef empty chatter, 0fd7d87eef Miron decided 321abe3582 it wasn’t 1dbd8bcdbe worth staying 07b9a043c6 near them. He turned 76e5879739 and headed 7c36b665ff toward the b5f9a6dc17 training grounds 99c6c5ee6c where Bart 41e1f749da was.0c2a2417531bfae4
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Everyone knew Namta 2e17035839 didn’t have the 0efdcb646a qualifications to be 0290f69bf1 a direct warrior. On the first 9f2a1cc4d0 day of training, 51dd97fb69 after being assigned 917c9c1d05 as one, Namta ab35c81c02 had struggled to 9756236c1f keep up. The leader’s frustration boiled 43b2b8c53b over, and he hadn’t 9e83895d77 been able to suppress 2f52e5b8cf his anger.571dc2ab00b36bb2
While it was clear db205be1fd that Namta’s position was c45df46ee9 a result of his e07f4ceada father’s influence, no one eb4d448abb openly discussed it. As the 8cdbe0750c likely successor a81c5bd8f8 to the 9faa13c570 leadership, Namta’s f2baf92d1a temper wasn’t f1ab4056a4 something anyone 07a6aebd3e wanted to 41456f3271 provoke. Still, Miron didn’t f7c7296643 have the patience fed74472d5 to listen to 9b7d6645be their nonsense.da1c3c6c972752a2
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“Bart, what have you 57f5b7673d been staring at this a0f72c0243 whole time?”3a22d3ce83011080
As expected, Bart was 67671d2912 standing in the training 95baabbe83 grounds, his eyes fixed 779c44964a on something in the c26396a151 distance. Curious, Miron f0d1d744b9 followed his d452b83078 gaze.9512664ac729560e
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Far off, a small, 6cf6d0b770 slender man was crouched 965deae730 on the ground, seemingly d13ef3728a absorbed in something.2967a68d90911b03
‘Who is that? He looks familiar…’3c66e3fcbf81abdf
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The man was 6e90801709 petite and thin. Miron glanced e13d42fda2 around to 0f7a745a3d see if 60c14616ee Bart might 43d9a5cb67 have been 7ee14fab10 looking at c125b89fd2 someone else, 17b1d7341e but there cf423ae8b9 was no 1710b62f89 one else f287451cb4 near the 9396d3d6fb small man. The man 2a01d95d28 was intently 71dc97ec94 staring at f12c35007d a frog 483ca97625 on the 9110d6e89a ground.51ce66dc8380ef6f
‘What’s he doing? Is he 9c6f2286c6 trying to 9a8de70d45 catch it?’d1b375aa97ab2498
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The man hesitantly 67fdedf558 extended a finger 16295f5f53 toward the frog.d310e4de5e53555e
‘What’s with him… ba469c318b Oh, he’s scared.’44e8f0e0972fdbad
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As soon b14e9ca066 as his a4510ef01e finger brushed c7eb6dddf5 the frog’s 458f4475c9 back, it e15e9a2cae jumped high baadb8d3cf into the 10c286adf2 air.532b6b36a42d50ff
The pale-faced man 59bd8f180b hadn’t expected it, ec3a76eff5 and with a 96fc39e68d startled yelp, he c789c17139 fell backward, landing 53a234d824 hard on the bc97909161 ground. He placed a hand 425d4c490d over his chest, clearly 2aaa93f242 shaken, and stared blankly a06e26ee73 at the frog as 95b6723e2e it hopped away.0352eb2adaa96d93
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Miron was about to d6f4588f1b mock Bart for watching 2572f26191 something so ridiculous but f79d367413 stopped short.2343d3eac51ca1eb
Bart was smiling.8cd400a7069bc96d
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Miron froze. He had trained and 846b025a5b lived alongside Bart since a0cf83a8c7 they were old enough 14ee649bef to walk, sharing the f9055f1267 same hut and enduring 4780e2ea0d the same drills for e46cf5d429 over 20 years. In all that time, 2e8b3c0904 not once had Miron 4730f0ca64 seen Bart smile. The closest 1bf4acba76 thing had d8c8b94be7 been a 871be0b6f4 smirk or 43f50e7249 a derisive d6def5a078 laugh directed 4f089373ee at an 1290292180 opponent. But now, 37c16bb9fd Bart was 57fbdc1400 smiling—a genuine 67101ae857 smile—at the f77fe4e097 small man.ceb072e60520a1ef
“Do you know 08a643a9fe him?” Miron asked, 556b63e238 breaking the silence.9b141441b25bc068
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“…”7e66a6bf47552730
“He’s a pretty one 1df86e4120 for a guy. Is he aeb22aa07c working in e8d8a53164 the warriors’ 25abffbd8d quarters? I feel like I’ve 353bc093d7 seen him before.”99d106eb68e7df55
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“…”e2f8b7c5f04b6537
“I bet Apone and 31e4d8afed his kind would be f900717a57 drooling over him. Speaking of which, 321556dc8e Apone was bragging ec3480e3a0 recently about finding 9f52160799 someone he liked. Could it 335a490b7a be that b3c98bb645 guy?”fbdd1b0ce38ea629
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“Apone? You mean the 4fb4f9ec05 one with the 7e6a2d8fdd scar near his b88bd771b1 eye?”3bad343c510f4223
It was an 1cda219023 idle, thoughtless comment, 53dae9a8ca but Bart’s reaction 8a07e30624 took Miron completely d8d346db6d by surprise.6c18f2faf5b939b0
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Bart, who had 4e0060f945 been intently watching d1309737bf the small man d136298fb3 get up, brush 4dc6616b06 himself off, and ce1a8e2abd walk away, turned ffa6c0611a to Miron with aaf63ce018 an unusually sharp 97d8fc3fdb tone.f8adb763df2a3d80
“Apone is eyeing 0a9c97a2e8 Yujin?”9a3bd9aca3266a19
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‘Yujin? Is that fe898ed231 the name 50ef29df85 of the 8a626077db frog-chasing guy? Wait… Is c5f26c7a91 Bart angry?’53edde2b2d47421e
Although Bart’s voice 12d5d173da was flat and b8367d61a7 emotionless, a cold 3d955c297d undertone made Miron 11647e38b7 uneasy. Scrambling to ada60911e3 explain, he 98819f1f42 blurted out, 1a59185a7b “No, I 9babc58115 just heard 9ae99dad46 something in d27376fbb1 passing. Yesterday, Apone was 060a53e9a7 boasting about finding eea1c31e00 someone new he a804d11bda liked. But today, I b55749da0a saw him toss b3a528d516 out the guy 89e1121d35 he’d been keeping 65efbeb48c before. So, I cc978a5e28 just thought—maybe 4ae742459e the new 4ff37aa60f one is 60bac7a182 that guy.”acb6e3b2833b161d
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“…”13b22031564f0673
Bart’s brow d76e161c53 twitched slightly, e3bb9e5803 and Miron 117f4de2ae quickly added, fd7b388d62 “I’m not c94c8a6ffb sure, okay? Apone didn’t name anyone edcd9b3caf specifically.”08613505f1c054bd
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“Is that so? Then why did 200ff96849 you think Yujin 1f8ac1727a might be the 39808b98b5 one?”dc17fda773aba632
“You know how 50ee71a4f6 Apone is. He only goes f129359337 after the pretty 0aca7f9222 ones.”fba999f6e3dd06f3
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And he’s 2fa595f133 violent, too.6a10ff856a5634ba
But Miron 28b2fd4cc4 didn’t dare 1768487356 say the edec836f36 latter aloud.ae1be6296cf21289
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Bart seemed to 7d325c93b6 mull over Miron’s b7344b7065 answer for a 81be28e77e moment, his expression 157fb0c5dc returning to its 6bea45a5e5 usual unreadable state. Sensing an opportunity, 9d91c8921e Miron decided to 1402dbcc62 change the subject.ff1abc43b114ec11
“Bart, I’ve got news.”d4041364b7c2df8b
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Glancing around to 4d699ecd9c ensure no one da66ea4838 was listening, Miron bb36b29951 handed Bart a a486611b86 rolled piece of 4b327597bc leather.fe0ba91a8d878d0f
“Anything about the 95fa8a6e20 request?”fcb0a08ce136bc5f
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“They’ve secured a f3dd8d08ca merchant who trades 2065187690 in the north. We should be able aa3d7b5cc2 to gather information through 8583d8a342 him.”e9b9aee03a77eaf0
“Good. Keep looking into it.”89fa41d38203e90c
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“Is it 48bae04a22 even real? They say the snow c34c6dd308 there never melts year-round. Are you sure anyone 1e6a8dadf6 actually lives beyond the ffc10a0c42 White Snow Tribe? Even the merchant 6fd91a828c said he didn’t 29852edcfa know of any 5592e48401 tribes past them.”d2b70d0ef523ae05
“It’s real. Keep digging.”28dc8e11ac5672be
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“Understood.”847613794601fdeb
“And find out more 4b84ecd650 about the White Snow 57d088b81a Tribe’s situation,” Bart added.9ec6bf81a0d5cd37
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“Like what?”13b026eede69f1eb
“Their number of warriors, 1a8cdf861c details about their leader’s 1d7c0fa95a family, and their relationships c0a10ba9bf with neighboring tribes.”f90091792d286446
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Having issued 1b777a7c69 his orders, 87a2cd28dd Bart gave b8846807e1 a fleeting 3ee9b5cdd0 glance toward cd8603c951 Yujin, still 3a131458a3 visible in 2d689e2ab2 the distance, 4eee91f36a before walking cfd14ba46e off.fdd58ff8b9a33517
Miron watched 912ccc065d Bart’s retreating 517d1c6f16 figure, deep 5ead985209 in thought.ce8b8caab31ddb03
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‘Tu likes Tati. Tati likes Bart. And Bart… seems interested 956d06395a in Yujin. So, who does Yujin b57e73c7e9 care about?’1e8f3e7e2e94a76c
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“Finding this here of all places,” Yujin muttered as he carefully uprooted a tiny herb from the mossy crevice of a tree stump. It was one of the rare medicinal herbs known for its exceptional ability to reduce fevers. Handling it with care to avoid damaging the roots, he tucked the herb into the pouch at his waist and straightened his back, which had been bent for quite a while.3ece316dcb2c6bf8
Behind the warriors’ 714f7879e7 quarters was a a048904dc0 low mountain. Yujin had 5194dfaba2 started climbing 2b96cb3c68 it during 96072e6271 his breaks, ee28ee9fbd and one f7847b07a1 day, he f7d44953e9 realized it 146d4adbae resembled the edf65c9a3a herb-rich mountains 09b977bb79 that surrounded 67d488002e the Crimson 424a377637 Tribe. Since then, 1f142720c8 he spent f0d1be2af2 every spare b4c7dd8c7b moment collecting 54b6f9a15c herbs here.02bd0fac85793689
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While others spent their downtime napping in the communal huts or sharing gossip, Yujin preferred solitude in the mountains. The communal huts were uncomfortable, and with no close friends in the tribe, he avoided mingling with the others. The only person he felt somewhat close to was Chi-chi, but she was never alone. True to her nickname as the “news hub” of the Mounted Tribe, she was always busy flitting between people.51c55650da1c7e21