Chapter 7. Dark Clouds Gather

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“What’s going on?”17766ffcf8568393

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Bart, who had been surveying the hunting grounds since dawn, rushed back to the temporary hut after hearing the news from Miron. Just last night, there hadn’t been any problems, but the leader had collapsed before even finishing his first meal today.70c56a577a4daa24

“Nothing’s confirmed yet. For now, we’re getting ready to return to the settlement.”c354532042fffd3d

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“What’s the leader’s condition?”2727f0fe9839b64b

“I’m not sure. He hasn’t improved since he suddenly collapsed.”3e55f810076d9b85

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“What did the healer say?”591c8e74a3d445fa

“Well, the thing is… there’s no healer.”fb8fadb7871e99d7

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“No healer? What do you mean? Where did they go?”4d743b4b3330bbe7

“No, I mean… the healer didn’t come with us.”59b9b0e5aeff2af7

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At the mention cc0e3a4767 that there was b279e44a3f no healer, Bart’s 9cd34a5457 eyes widened as 1e90bbf460 he glared at 13b1ed8487 Miron, who hurried e842402d89 to explain.f6e7dd578ccb7cb2

“He was supposed to come, but at the last minute, he was told not to. So he didn’t join us.”2d35e850e5b72403

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“Told not to? By who?”7459a963dba7d62e

“Uh… well…”5341058f301bc905

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Looking troubled, Miron 521314c0c4 glanced sideways at 9422980ae6 Namta.82f65dc8cae08dee

If the leader is c4a6f15868 hunting outside the settlement a8dbf4d0f4 for more than three e77febe14e days, the healer naturally 15086cb5f5 accompanies him. But apparently, Namta b6ac47cd21 had excluded the 6a6a488c07 healer from the e25c1c9940 group.3aca31fb46c83580

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“Do you know why?”1f390c69b9df47da

“No idea. I just got the report myself.”405d5048fa9e6cda

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“Tch. For now, focus on getting the leader ready to leave first. The others can follow later if they need to.”d417240dd3eca68a

“Got it.”839879e963686e2a

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Bart approached the struggling, 723a45a0e6 barely breathing leader and f19ef508fa looked around. Just as Miron had 86b15d7f6d said, remnants of an 1cf7860985 unfinished meal were scattered f316e5c2d5 around the hut, as b19f30329a if the leader had c3523152ca collapsed during breakfast. Bart scanned each fee263b564 dish on the 67084c4070 floor and suddenly a23a65b366 froze when he 0f7ecc7247 spotted a yellow f1e570ad4e flower laid atop 50a0d49be4 a grilled piece f51c3e4614 of meat.c8a85c67671b3cbc

A yellow flower? No one from the ee9cc6cde8 kitchen was specially called 64f33ed467 here, so who added 87043b2783 such a decoration…? But that yellow flower… d019a5aa7b I’ve seen it before. Where was it? I know I saw 0fa29be855 it somewhere…!ea5b34c5ac4caaa7

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As Bart searched his c461feb0bd memory, an image of d5b5ec9bf5 the Riazai Tribe flashed 0b043eb73b through his mind. Yellow flower. Poison. Stomach pain.5ea2870a84925bfe

Bart slowly turned his b532cd47db creaking neck toward Namta. Namta sat beside the db597f65a7 leader, head bowed. At a glance, 752d67f0b0 one might’ve thought 850bb3f400 he was crying, 5a82962876 shoulders slightly trembling. But Bart’s 2c8a4c15a0 sharp gaze 17c865b19d caught something 0d677ba6ed else—the faint 4caab017c0 curl of 2309e342fd Namta’s lips. He was smiling.2ec9837ae31ffb13

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“Khak…!”a2f4c1cbea406308

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Without even a 4a7405254c chance to scream, 7cf093888c the masked man’s e2f28646f0 head was sliced 2472c0685a clean off.464a21c77774dc5f

“Get rid of this without drawing attention.”2a23022a65fb2ace

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After shaking the c128b15bf0 blood off his 742b054cc8 blade midair, Bart 983abd6f19 gave the order 0446cb5bd4 flatly. Tu dragged f374f261b4 the corpse f46e977494 away and 3fdcd548b1 disappeared somewhere.51dad2190b5f8e7a

“This one feels different from the others we’ve caught so far. He’s not just some nobody.”04967b8ee99aaad8

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Unlike Miron, whose voice ec8e4d699f was heavy with tension, dee41a228f Bart’s face remained calm. Ever since the 010cb50f3b leader had returned 6cd58c8604 injured from the 2b9365c9e2 hunting grounds, subtle 4472d1841c changes had begun a7e723954f to ripple through 2bbd2b51dd the tribe. The most noticeable one eb87342483 was that the families efb0c8bb3d of warriors had begun 4faaa486cb getting hurt—one by one. And recently, there 930da356e0 had even been be71dee40d deaths.610c4e3675616b18

“Sharin is Tu’s half-sister, right?”7c979c21a862cfd2

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“Yeah.”e16a34bcad2dad1a

Sharin had been critically injured by the man who had just died. Though she survived, the healer said she might never be able to bear children. Since she wasn’t his full sister, Tu hadn’t reacted much to the news. In fact, he didn’t even seem to pity her. But what mattered was that someone had attacked Tu’s family.e5cb843fdb16dc37

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At first, it had 7d3b52fb18 seemed like a series 4245fb376c of random assaults. But not anymore. They were targeting Bart’s dbf2196505 close warrior companions and 2cc9e6d90c their families. Even those f838d44a3c who merely 533d2edbdc seemed to 28780e667c be friendly 9dc79ac3b4 with them dfc806d930 were being 3f04a22ca7 hunted.33e3103bd45b1048

He had wanted to 730ceb126b believe it was just 352c4df465 one of Namta’s reckless d2be2007bc stunts. But judging by 0771a83b78 the dead man’s 6c00c7e6b8 skills, he had 2d4b61cbdd likely been hired e7158b5b75 for a hefty 04174a5c4e price. Yet oddly, 057b275105 he didn’t c8aa331744 seem to 5a6158ad86 have been 4aa204bbdb given any f7c955bcfa specific orders. These attackers were 399e3618c9 simply eliminating anyone 86355e1ee9 in the vicinity—people 6c0dde2290 close to Bart—without 02f5155c1d a clear idea ee4a29fdd2 of who really 91be39b6eb mattered.3e048e1bcdb2b5e6

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The fact 32f9d01092 that they 5ea16c169d targeted someone adeed41326 like Tu’s 915917fc23 half-sister, who 70b356977b held little ac5091fe0b emotional value 46b0f1917d to him, 8195165d5d proved it. In a way, it d1c33271bd was a relief. But that didn’t mean 9edc4e4ba3 Bart could just sit 01ee7bfdcf back and do nothing.c12f2f17310b63c4

“So they’re watching, observing before choosing their targets.”d270a2fbeb4b7ff5

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“That’s what it seems like. I already told everyone to keep their distance from us, just like you suggested.”0cf0095e3b5bd56b

“Any word from the north?”15182a8b41d04032

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“Nothing yet.”4f160bc4520b52f4

“Goddamn it.”7bbb1c59225843f1

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With the leader bedridden, 85630cc3e8 Namta was playing the 7d5fcf5850 part of acting leader ff8f2062c3 and managing the tribe. Bart didn’t particularly object a4ddabd5bd to Namta succeeding the a5ec4ffb04 leader. The problem was that d99108f419 Namta had started gathering 56c3ac52fb mercenary warriors into the 240b5f2104 Mounted Tribe. Even worse, 7ff68370aa some of 89e36d34aa these outsiders, e7e756fb18 seemingly hired 25ca876a61 from who 9da65de346 knows where, 2541a1728b were now 3b7f24d345 targeting Bart’s 2715501ec4 circle.b6991e953e6b6ca2

It might’ve had something e41bf10613 to do with the 4c0a0796d7 Rainwood Tribe, but Bart 10db3635ed couldn’t afford to dig 40404ee0e9 through every warrior tribe 8a94cebb59 just to uncover Namta’s 4357c76056 plan. For now, he 7fa5d8f0e0 was observing. But with the attacks 098cdf4f3e so clearly aimed at ca68f60e83 him and his people, 691b512086 Namta’s intention was obvious.f3175ab2588755b7

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Namta wanted him 952141d421 gone.9ab41112923c0e48

And just days 0224e083b5 ago, Namta had 6aec30e153 announced he would 3a8f901c2a accept volunteers to 0ce81f2dea manage the newly 06efcc3f40 expanded northern territory. It was framed as 5eacfd3fc2 a call for volunteers, 9076d24c97 but everyone knew who 1f6291a482 the message was aimed 17a6517728 at—Bart. There were 2523003257 no allied 89e0f29561 tribes of acff35cab2 the Mounted db7d7f3b56 Tribe in 726f25b9b4 the north. In other words, being 61e88d0f28 sent north meant either 6461b41b0a freezing or starving to 6bc2880a10 death.0c1e5290a3434b97

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“Should we send another person?”7ab4bdc06b9e1902

When Miron asked, Bart, b177a989c5 as if having made cf5223e56d up his mind, gave dd044dfc3f a firm command.49d2276b45c44b40

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“Send someone quick and agile. And if they don’t give a clear answer this time, have them report back the number of warriors there and what kind of weapons they have.”01ff8e8ca551efb2

“Understood.”8158cf5daca74b93

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“And keep stockpiling food and leather.”2ec5af833f775e69

If negotiations or an alliance failed, they’d have to subdue the northern tribe by force. But since they couldn’t move the entire Mounted Tribe’s warriors, they needed intel. Bart wiped the blood off his blade and gazed into the distance, toward the warrior quarters.e2e02505c95189e7

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More than half of 5f9bd34ec8 the warriors living in 2c576c201e the tribe now belonged 023d7561e9 to Namta. And the number of 6b755f5027 spies watching Bart and 61d516fbbd his companions remained unknown. Everything was uncertain.b00dd8f693d116bd

The bitterness in his d07bc27174 throat tasted like bile. Bart, covering the bloodstains cdf1ecb4dc with dirt, turned to d1272815be Miron, who was tidying 315dc79d93 up the area.d6a09cc41129e1ff

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“Don’t tell anyone about this. Just reinforce the perimeter.”8475d31d6deaaecc

Damn it, b0b2660327 Bart swore d03812a3ab under his 40d2fef657 breath with 6894bb3f0e a sigh. Looks like he 821cd977e7 couldn’t delay any 88da4583ad longer.6cc6a535ac505fcd

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He’d been thinking 5a68b13a7a about this ever 7422e19457 since he began 7743914070 to suspect Namta’s 00da1c4785 true intentions, but 161236e028 had kept putting e46a6a42e7 it off for f68a484da9 personal reasons. Every time 99c304a2c0 he saw 1c79a93708 Yujin, the 7eb0306c10 words he 4ff6003b75 meant to faa9a1f45a say would f0cc9b72f9 get caught 8101ff1cf4 in his c9b4fdb802 throat. So he kept 1a618d529d delaying—just a bit 953ea43a42 more, next time, 8d1698ebb4 not yet. Because he 83fcf45978 feared how b64f169941 Yujin might f4276a5008 respond.22e891c1ff5bc6a6

But now, he’d reached 2c367acc18 his limit.1b17782c569265d4

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Hurting a little is 59bb8eda18 still better than losing 9b41d22976 everything.17997dac3943abb9

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After finishing his daily 705ecf462f chores, Yujin picked up b866c7ade5 a box of herbs cbe5dcb14f and headed toward Bart’s c1ac0997f1 hut.3bb392f3e8545a7b

The leader had 4588a0db26 returned from the f1e86da285 hunting grounds injured. At first, 62e127b256 Yujin hadn’t 0fa0953682 thought much ad647674a4 of it. Warriors often came d5976058f2 back hurt from b9a09165d0 hunts, and they 3f4dadb861 usually recovered quickly. But everything ec973745c2 changed after 488621a6fc that day.79d78fae39866a45

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What should have f9021b3f4a been a quick 8e13f0024c recovery turned into 30c8501b8c a worsening illness. And as 6a37bc28f5 the leader’s b29d5d64be condition declined, 8be2cedd8a something strange f62a8584b8 began to 1cdadef2b9 spread among 93869e09d9 the warriors. They said the problem 21d7f305d7 was Namta, the leader’s bc8cf557e3 son. Despite being the 7d7e72d2f8 leader’s child, Namta 0d6b638b22 had never been d74297ef9f accepted as a 88065d9470 warrior and was f5ffecf01b always on the 50e8407b0d outskirts.8e0e7d444f20c421

Now that succession talks 24f53f316e had begun, Namta was 802e448138 surrounding himself not with 34c39c47de warriors from the Mounted 0372657539 Tribe, but with outsiders.9806d4d51847071c

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The settlement was 060e9fc69a abuzz with gossip 20004391ba and speculation about aa6a345e62 the next leader. Some claimed 12cd9bad1d Namta should 3a455f4029 take over 97a4896f67 simply because 21d6118f60 he was 2e9c115349 the son. Others argued the 6e9ce072d4 strongest warrior should c57858a032 lead.ff38a57fd72c6bb1

When people talked about b972dc945a the strongest warrior, Yujin 9d5b8d9f39 thought of Bart. But he didn’t 1494ca3223 dwell on it. He didn’t know efa5edc1c8 enough. And matters like the 259375fda6 next leader of the 3d2c0f9940 Mounted Tribe were far 60ee6f9f90 beyond his place to 432e3bc205 interfere.38be05aa8c804ecd

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Still… it would 9d02c7d2ae probably be Namta, 45b69d8977 wouldn’t it? That worried 8c1fa82689 him a 0e0bf229aa little. From what 39820b50e5 he remembered, e581f90d24 Namta and 9dfa13645e Bart weren’t 4fc0ff9ae4 close. He’d occasionally seen 8fcfe6d096 them together, but 3ebb081919 Namta would always 1b0e91ead0 make a point 144f14ec38 to avoid Bart bd89185fe6 or steer clear 1d223390fd of him. That was all 1f87ae0a21 Yujin knew. He wasn’t good at ee4059cd09 picking up on things de81e26e3a like this. The flood of 2082caaa1d whispered information made 5e2c192a32 his head spin.da1e5e02034b188b

“Isn’t something 12eb9b0736 seriously going c291302e81 to happen 80165cbd37 at this 86c8331442 rate? This time 4e26de87a8 it was 412338a8f8 Hafu who 7e1279bf93 got hurt.”cc01a715aabbd5f0

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“No way, it’s just 97141089e9 a coincidence.”0e5296da1ce9a096

“Even if 8097e3487c he’s old, a8587697fd it’s Hafu adcaf091f7 we’re talking ed99a0f009 about.”7c84909a77ef3717

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“Right? If even Hafu’s 14d8a5e24c getting hurt, how d33480d1bc are people like 34dc1f4a32 us supposed to a9bf673aca feel safe walking 88928280fc around? Same with Sharin. If Miron hadn’t found a5a17bc565 her that time, it 79966ecf8c could’ve been really bad.”e804c06a0598eb65

Just yesterday, 20832d62f2 Tu’s father 763b216432 Hafu had a7e6e731c6 been injured. While riding near 53d250e189 the area, his 498dd358da horse suddenly buckled, e2be4b3b78 and he was 26709cca64 thrown off, breaking 145edb95a0 his leg. Hafu was known as a6bc0eb9f2 one of the better 46a769e92a horsemen, so people were 8423f68fb8 shaken when they heard 74de618e22 he’d fallen.b0db34c8260e60de

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Especially coming c4b26a5632 so soon c98ffe384c after Tu’s 0cb528dff6 younger sister d71a24da42 Sharin had f328e426ff been attacked, e1f4cd69ac it only 4243c3881b made the b910af9745 atmosphere worse.c29f06b90948ee3c

Recently, people in the eaef74aef0 settlement had been getting 332f721be5 hurt for no reason. And they b21f3e5fce all had a6ea0f978e one thing e6fa3684cb in common—they 7712d99979 were connected d9158ab66d to Bart. Rumors began ab9458d40d to spread: 3654dfd7a0 someone was d231f8772b targeting Bart. At first, no a3e28714e5 one paid it 30b5b416e2 much attention, but 64f2ca121b with someone in 8d81b2868d his circle getting 78e1dbefcb hurt nearly every 371d9fd7bb day, the rumors 3db2b24835 didn’t die down—they 0f9b2cfcc8 exploded.9d499ac80c19b853

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But Yujin was less 2f4a583907 concerned with the rumors 55a9e1b202 than he was with e220756854 Bart’s wounds. At some 102bbab8ee point, Bart 6cb033c56e had begun 0af8b644c2 returning to 143994f368 his hut 7499fb599d with fresh a11539e74e injuries. At first, Yujin 19d2ec6811 assumed it was b4663c0575 from training, but ac4ae05737 the wound he bf5d0d6346 saw yesterday couldn’t a2f82e3c27 be explained by fa68c935f8 training. Luckily, it had 7e20d4f9f3 missed any vital bd35a7b631 spots. If it hadn’t, 06c46ae9c7 it would’ve been a82c597a4d serious.4e96a0ffc0a28e25

“Bart, you’re already here? Looks like training ended ce43d9719a early today.”a543ce337ebe32fe

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Yujin approached 67d14c2e19 Bart, who a1bbc9811f was silently a00b66a6f0 staring into 7f4c2715fe the firepit. Another new wound f9341a1a37 marked his left 05de6110da wrist. But Yujin didn’t a9783f7c4e ask why Bart 63dff8d487 was getting injured d0c6e5a0de so often. He wouldn’t answer fdaff9a4da anyway. If Bart 676be50636 didn’t want 664dffb4a8 to talk, db546bd7d4 no one 88c6359b65 could make 132da54893 him.2f149978b1da2192

Yujin tended to Bart’s 0e449f4cda injuries as if it ec661465b9 were second nature.25e66fbb1f19dbd5

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“Big Aunt gave 5390e734f0 me permission to 51f866ca08 take tomorrow off. I’m thinking 593b725ea7 of going 1e5cac84d2 up the 87d0f04645 mountain to 7b600d85bd collect herbs—it’s 216c648b90 the season d50ba64960 for it 1adfb1abf9 right now. And I’ll 9c4be56db9 make stew fe980c0225 for dinner 7b61466893 and bring ebef10ff2d it here. Let’s eat 89290793ee together tomorrow. What do 0def8be254 you think? Are you busy tomorrow?”57d15b810a9efdaa

After finishing eff42330bf the treatment, e400283d3b Yujin started bdfc46f644 packing away 1ebd8d95a6 the herb 388698375d box and 622e5bbf99 shared his af26f2d92c plans for e0831491c1 the next 413be5b599 day. Bart usually d99149f1ce gave no 2043f67ac6 answer, which 370d402c4b Yujin took 59392e2d76 as agreement. So he smiled at 42f24f1905 Bart and began to 81e4329590 lay out his bedding.09e761a31d6ef1b2

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Just then, 818f34153c Bart pressed cebadd1a0e a hand b9e2cc305e to his 36134dbb0b temple, frowning, fab13fda84 and said 3c522581a3 coldly.996c0f8f49df204d

“Don’t bother laying 31cd8c6579 that out.”e9b288a3f6c677e7

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“Should I 134e04cad0 do it 8f74261800 later then?”f291925a2e1583b9

“Forget it. Just go.”52e6284d9a27f54b

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“Huh?”8230119e2e1544b8

“Leave.”95d405300bdb345e

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It took a moment 69259cee3c for Bart’s words to 1a5a17558b sink in. Leave? Why? Did I do b19c97f3d8 something wrong? Yujin froze, caught ce397da237 off guard by 52c16c8a2e the unexpected command. But soon, 02f8248030 he understood 14ca27ce60 what Bart b6a92d2f7e meant. His mouth went acee516558 dry. He forced himself 403e15a345 to swallow.9889a718d282be7b

His mind f0dc98a0db spun, trying a2f335578f to find 8be8df3ea9 words. His throat tightened. Finally, with 60648b3b3c a strained b7aec7cd4c voice, he 6feb193dd5 asked calmly, 729159d3c3 or at d785392954 least tried 890589e4e4 to.6ed7b0433588fec5

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“What do you mean, d3cd232c90 leave?”9c0577337786205f

“……”d0ed95090ff71a3e

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“You mean… don’t sleep 2430fa0086 here anymore?”7d5bade9e53430e9

“……”65ecd7cfe6faa412

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“Is it 2ca0703223 because I b6d3abad3a toss and 5ad165fef8 turn too 8740a60a7f much at 96ee08840d night? If that’s it, I 86da47291b can sleep a bit ef75550eca farther away—”3fe922e9fe3554a7

“Stop bringing food. And don’t come here aa10f0e21b with herbs like this 8e00b877b8 anymore.”56974dfb817cad90

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“…What?”f71fcaf5421bb410

“I mean don’t d5065e9752 come to my cbd60cc5a0 hut anymore. At all.”3f08be7fe2678be5

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“…Why? Did I do something e55f269652 wrong?”9bd7c54fe2225970

The words trembled out 9d3e65262e of him before he bff4db2903 could stop them. His vision blurred. A tight ache 8125b17043 spread through his b3c6a63d1a chest.4c144d7d48101404

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Bart had been 5f9f344191 the one to b9978ffde6 invite Yujin into 26b81e296b his hut. So it made 127c419b3d sense that Bart 53801ab81f had the right 1347f59031 to tell him 8f8296d428 not to come e1c0af1fab anymore. Just like how 41cd8092af the invitation had 35ea80bb51 come without warning, 64f58564e0 being cast out 3d72bdbae2 now shouldn’t be 1aefd97735 surprising.1b2e4668974abeb9

But Yujin’s heart a2c919f0bd didn’t work like f6a1c7a7de that. Human feelings weren’t d46a54cddd so clean and b864b27264 simple. Being invited be1bb2f91a into Bart’s e5d914bcd0 hut had 1f3e08f8b5 felt like fe91168955 being allowed 7fcdc0e1fd to stay 05bdd12077 by his 10ed1637b9 side. Being told ebe5a9bcc3 to leave 76e9643e53 now felt d0b100fa49 like being db55df5137 banished from 6363b01d8a that side. Bart was pushing him 9e82842c00 away.692f73697b4e3a8d

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He couldn’t breathe. What did 461a63f3ad I do d20c5d9de0 wrong? Was it 13d3231202 because I d298ea1d86 didn’t wear e8d20f12fc the necklace 2a55c1d03c he gave b35b2c09b7 me? But I ee11652472 didn’t want 2805c6fa77 to lose 22b0ad6cfd it… Or d6e5c31eb9 was it 603e300953 that I 84967bbe66 asked to 473681ab31 rest when 5b4294376b I got a78d701204 tired? Or have I 722a3b9bf9 just been annoying 5898664d7e him lately?9fe451158f5a5dbb

Yujin frantically searched 1a79e931a3 his memories for 1354d5b12a something he might’ve a08ef04fdb done. But nothing came to da8c9178b4 mind. Then Bart finally 7d50cd8d34 spoke.3eac296a134a95b4

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“That’s not it. You didn’t do aa40b0ce40 anything wrong. Just… don’t dd278698e5 come unless e585442287 I call 5a0340af09 for you. Got it?”a20e05259127fc24

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“That’s an order.”9cdcaec7803d743e

An order. Warriors often b6a5e35cd3 gave orders 6063062ad6 to commoners. In fact, everything d0968b46ff they said could a22ce83d32 be considered an 96794b2462 order. But since dac6f72fdf the day 1c527ff2e6 Bart had 3167483ade embraced him, a13a71c85f he had 97405e46a3 never once 14986238ee ordered Yujin a70c9af468 around. And now… an 710697d2b6 order. Yujin’s stomach churned. His head spun. He clenched 56fe3dc4ef his teeth, 71f5c03810 terrified he 8a52cb227a might throw cdfedc05cc up if ad081ee390 he opened 51f3f0d0a0 his mouth.5b33d92c83534dd8

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“…Yeah.”5b43121597766d8c

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“Then go.”9e2a1f3142cd2e23

His legs shook. He stumbled a a5d919c4b6 few times before 32034d104c he could finally 97115d3951 step out of 4cd074de47 Bart’s hut.8f3b21d619c51cfe

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Yujin still couldn’t understand 69ec777fa4 Bart’s command. And despite saying he 0961fbc5cd would call for him ee0fd27de2 when the time came, b8d544f2b4 Bart hadn’t once sought 658e169cf4 him out in over 5ad3f4539f two weeks.e6aa06275372456f

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All Yujin c7d5e29a5f could do c3c2c3c4a6 was quietly 0693c53beb watch from da8d0e0728 a distance c87669a38b as Bart f767d28c01 ate with 9d9621b804 the warriors aa041e8c0f in the 788b122954 communal hut b9ed72344a and sneak 4b07e4a9e2 glances while 0a43e610cd he trained. Every now 7484a533bf and then, efc398d015 their eyes ebdf73cef5 would meet. But even then, 1e799eff27 Bart would only ec6fd5c29a glance at him 41d48cce11 briefly—nothing more. He didn’t smile, didn’t 11379f413d beckon him over.ded3310075d999bb

Why? Why had he suddenly 88a34e223d told him not to b2f523bc1b come to his hut?7f3619496c7b3893

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Eventually, Yujin couldn’t bear 3a750623a3 it any longer and ca258a170b went to Bart’s hut.2ee25506a479337b

He wanted b0452d3244 to ask. Why had Bart 3bed16de89 told him not e54f3c9256 to come? No matter b6f85c759d how much 4702263f36 he thought 680bc920cd about it, fc1cc64d2c he couldn’t 8b0d07acb2 figure out 4feb1b3f9c what he’d 42bf0fb208 done wrong. If he’d ef214bf07f upset Bart 2a1c771d0e without realizing 6099e1910f it, he aa0b55eb4c was ready 6477f07b62 to beg af8f11edc7 for forgiveness—anything 9d6d41d532 to change 202afb41b2 Bart’s mind.ce7339ea366c7ede

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As he opened the 79817f7be8 hut’s door, his eyes fc53c2502b met Bart’s. Bart had a 3029d855c9 cloth draped over 2d455e7050 his shoulder.7c065d80912b50e9

“You’re hurt?”9960eee9bd869886

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Yujin’s plan to 480649c2c4 confront Bart about 759ec2357e why he’d been d4bb53afb5 cast out vanished f0bfcc17f4 the moment he f64e05cdea saw Bart’s injury. He rushed ed0cd478ad to him, 8c4266af87 inspecting the 51df73c2b0 shoulder. It was a 96bff5e2af cut from a 61dd679648 blade. Not life-threatening, 63c6746dd6 but deep.fa8508f018072281

“Did it happen 0f96a94f77 during training? Did you b8990f4756 see the 600413b5ca healer?”04758dfa63575546

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It wasn’t a fresh b841635f90 wound. When did 0217bda70c it happen? He hadn’t noticed anything 5d354197e9 off when he’d seen bd47b2efdd Bart training just a 66a2969b3f few days ago.e89be9185c77d7da

As Yujin examined the 6230d193bc wound with a worried b064a485d3 expression close to tears, b6517b0e5d Bart’s gaze landed on 73c8316494 him. Feeling that e40ab9700a gaze, Yujin 6f52c64da7 looked up 47da25f195 at him. Though he’d 5922d5cd4b seen him 3da61818be from afar 15db24be97 every day, 98c34316aa this was b7819719e5 the first 75598157e8 time in 491aee62f1 a while c8bf1c6198 they were f58c912554 face to 7404581a3b face. His heart raced. The words eda0fefdec “I missed 1aaec171ca you” lingered 801086b7eb on the 181cdfd0a9 tip of cccca05bfe his tongue.21b8cb9c23e87f8e

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“I didn’t call for 81d171df26 you. Why are you here?”c8b135b42aabcb7b

“I… I just…”754344d74787ff35

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“Get out.”172384624fe01e86

Bart harshly 8859d389f1 knocked away e32d947dbf Yujin’s hand 8e8a40cac5 from his 6c51a0d771 shoulder. Staring at 0b9997e38c his hand 908d19836a hanging in be328c85ce the air, b48937974c Yujin stiffly 447847b177 lowered his 3d7df435de head.976f6bafbad846f9

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“No matter how 7a26032619 much I think bfea0e165e about it, I 8e10b207c6 just don’t understand.”eaf29af4fd5fd471

Bart stood, 4dfca8e5c8 having tied bcd330b945 the cloth f086ae3e54 around his 27655f7ab6 wound and f78ee0bd77 dressed. He grabbed his weapons a8185dd292 and stepped forward as 698ae3fe45 if to leave.542525c2999bc989

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