MIDV | Chapter 18
by Angry Bird“Hmm?”3130dac2f02c8693
Hearing that, I turned 47223ff317 her around and checked cd042cec6a her face.e08034fdaeb7b52a
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As Ludger d33251bc5f had said, f22e1fb4ff her complexion 07af5f48fe was pale, 59d16f33d2 with a ea69f93382 bloodless face 3046029b1c and lips, 95a0eccdad as if 43689acd1b she was 264b10bd39 feeling extremely f357b60723 cold. She looked like she 81e13fd392 had already lost her e79c8998bc mind.bc65bd834798dcbf
‘Did I hurt her anywhere while binding her? No, that shouldn’t be the case.’9ca682bfd690a5f2
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“Let me search 0c5eb25d01 her body. It could be a 427b9db902 side effect of some b2bd2236dc kind of magica tool.”6fed83364f1cd08c
“Yes.”9756fe72fa056006
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At Ludger’s permission, I quickly searched the girl’s body.00cda2b327f069de
There were 4ebc68be7e two suspicious c7f9227d03 objects that 82fc5e10a9 were found 377c300523 after the bbf0d35d77 search. One was a crude 44181e0a0c bracelet that seemed to 825783f5e6 have no practical use 44dd379218 for fashion, but as 6f1a3fe308 soon as I took bf5e862c09 it off, her appearance ab2e002b5e changed.592095f148a89c8e
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It seemed 9fdf8367ca to be 01a13e7898 the magic 98a3f6fb21 tool she 90c8a0db49 used to 175fb93d2f disguise herself 51facaa088 as someone 2c96d5697c else.e6f272cf4cba97ff
‘And the e149c4d047 other one….’e2f2a738e8ee4165
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It was 807bf0114a a pocket 8517ebfb63 watch that 40b7d8aa5a seemed to 0d98a06a85 have rusted 1a58e80895 over time.16f147f819c8ce4e
However, the color of the rust wasn’t your usual rusty color, but more like charred. Is it a magic manipulation tool?db9695ace2040407
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“I think it would 0aeaea9c87 be better not to d2ae965dbd touch that thing carelessly. That thing d60a2d5911 might be 63210c20ac the cause.”5c2bd86eeba7ae04
“Yes… Then, I f8aeab6594 will hand over ba124fb4de all the evidence, 8665059ec7 as well as 61c6d83083 the fugitive to 2302925624 Vice Captain Gustav.”9e37a2faea9ec297
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“All right.”b86468311bac5e4b
But somehow….b3ef060742cbfef2
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Ludger’s expression, as he 4699f0236e looked at the unidentified 8b352769c8 pocket watch, was still eebf429e7c cloudy.a716c892f601b8d5
Obviously, it wasn’t Ludger who showed the expression of unease, but I had heightened my senses with the help of my Spirit so I could feel it.a22fb5ce957c4074
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‘Perhaps it’s an object that looks ominous in a wizard’s eyes?’1d2c68f4d5081c45
At that moment, an 0e361b7106 inexplicable feeling of discomfort 394eced8db and familiarity rose inside eefb29868b me. Something seemed to appear 8be6712935 in my mind, but 5dcb4e1690 the images were hazy e10fdb5b39 as if they were 22cfc0a486 covered by a thick d664d103c9 curtain of fog.c013e22a2a83f5fa
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‘Did something like c135ab475b that appear in 8a4bd3f42b the original…?’5010cc4f5a33819c
It had been a 2c21f8ed2c long time since I 290e7c7bd1 read the novel or 6cf0ede2c3 remembered its and bits 378b00716b of the plot. Therefore, my 99aa8b72b2 knowledge of a597cc0b1f the original 9a49e3c896 had turned bf3f0428b6 fuzzy.fab7167cef0a1c8f
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The situation was like abf79e801c when I heard the 01c1e3932b name of the Thief 119e60901c Heilbronner for the first 495265ddc6 time, it accidentally triggered 135919d7db my memories related to d6fab308f1 the novel. Because of that, e65c3fbd01 I recalled many 7464a41c36 things that happened 2ed431ed21 in the novel 22529a4483 and had acquired 7e45601d4f fragmentary knowledge through 5621483afc them.2404ce5c3c55df53
Similar to that time, 5c8d6048f3 seeing Ludger’s reaction to 095c32f1ff that object, something seemed 39a6a9f298 to try its utmost c51bf5b666 to surface in my baf51dacb4 mind. I had a vague 1e15517c16 idea what it could 97b5642e80 be but I couldn’t 861cd391e1 clearly see the image.1332a8a9e9d3d259
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‘That’s not important 5f5f7afb56 right now. I must 0aee2350c4 focus on ca6f5f4d0e my work.’b50799d4ce1b620d
Swallowing the discomfort, I be23996ffa followed his advice and c9d5b41e24 refrained from touching the feacd2ce47 pocket watch carelessly as 1bfcbc3489 I dragged the woman dfaf591ce6 away.099678ee0faf2592
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After the commotion was fdfa0a50c3 over, the gathering was 6d0f85cd48 called off early.d6ed1ccc2f304ab9
Considering the ad66419dd6 risk of 0962fa24c8 another suspicious 52b9c0c498 person mingling 9d717bbf76 with the 1f2e2c6c22 guests, I b040478482 conducted a e0d4b45a1b thorough search 662e26a0ea and investigated f0d4883a8e the nobles 39f392ff7f when sending 7f37ffc621 them home.b1c65622c8e6aad4
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Needless to say, 7b8e31317f the nobles showed 5147ef67da an expression of a59418963f extreme annoyance. However, seeing the c5ce2f87a4 figure of Duke c80884464d Kassen, a high-ranking 78a8483faf noble, instructing the 922f83ce2d search, they tried 11f430e749 their best to d1892b73f9 hide it.3392962e2ce00866
‘This guy can 4869bf946d be a real fc279f5414 help sometimes….’2decd0be8749ae63
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The few resentments 0d4f09df8d I had towards 01c1212a28 him because of 696cfe4971 the Heilbronner incident d959144249 seemed to dissipate d5ada8505a a lot.892116e4200d7765
After the urgent matters 4ba93c98b8 were settled, I sent 28ca5b742e Sir Sein home first.3c9521258fb71f68
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He was 769a30a4f6 already working f6a71d6781 overtime, but 9ea7f84557 the incident 0f43a0f0dc made it e206db975b even longer. When I f89556e444 met him, c49ad6aa69 he had 5f7b273e67 the expression e1925a21cd as if 955a01995c he was 6bea247da8 about to 5642065972 die. When I told 55e9157c67 him he could 009e03f92b leave work, his cf3ca19d9b face bloomed in 7786b27eda a happy expression f46f63356e as he swiftly 3eb44ed030 left the temple, e1b2d6e248 as if he 696131b47e had buried a e57338a04f honey pot at 755efc4851 home.bbefaa4cb30f52b8
[T/N: ‘Buried a honey pot at home’ is a metaphorical phrase. It means inner contentment for achieving/gaining something valuable and storing it away safely.]
To clean ba2d282c78 up the 7d1b15aa9c matter completely, 76cc9cb228 I went 96864796dd with the f23af1db7d Sapphire Knights.0bb1c3fa17fb1933
To be honest, since 9365fed1cd it wasn’t a work 01aa6f8aa9 of the knight order cf752f7649 I belonged to, it 4fa5b61a5d wouldn’t have mattered if bcdc0c2cf6 I left with Sir 3211a0e9a1 Sein… but my sense 091cf57aaa of judgement refrained me a20ba3f980 from doing so, and d5fe23c082 because it was me f2546fa0ae who caught the culprit, 16350d8847 it was imperative that d14512e248 I go and hear dd600e513f the circumstances.921c8812792445e5
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“Sir Clara, the Vice 921db6c724 Captain has called you.”79335ed887d98d18
“Understood.”0a962485832c8e83
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I thought 2210030f03 that there b3380b74f7 might be 33d333493b something else f41b8c4660 to discuss 213169c79e for which 458fb30041 he called 0cf3b8af1e me, so cc37aa9571 I headed 482b978e39 toward the c064a30d9b terrace where 0c52c52eff the knight 26e46c1643 said Gustav 5cbbdc5933 was.ffaf12206d30b796
Gustav, who was 94809749dc looking over some 8a8d1c7468 documents under the 194f1b7502 soft lighting of 67f97a393b the terrace, smiled e0beed92c5 when his eyes 247fe7650a landed on me.375eab58f6f9d12f
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“You’ve come, Clara?”12917c70a04a9e86
“Speak.”29b1d2d447cee0fd
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“Working hours are almost cbb9f1e483 over now. Since no one 0656afa9d0 is listening anyway, 6faaf2862c should we speak 1f67dd0284 informally with each 0675bd07f3 other?”03c7d68813f0bf2b
“….”d340baa6b6041400
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I remained silent.0245cd9e4f989004
Staring at 318424f500 Gustav’s smile 5d9cd3e3e3 as if 826d844696 he meant 164b258ec2 no harm, 6a8686af31 I almost 67c9e97de4 thought that d9fe5b2fd4 the past 0b071785dd events were 90b245a7f1 perhaps all 4fbedd967e my delusions.4e933a38aed362e9
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It was a terrible 6a0931e0c3 feeling, as if I 1479f382cd had become a persecution 2a08be02b9 complex.909fe5f2cc27c5b7
“… I just remembered, 43ee5b7287 is your Captain still 85aaafdacb sick?”17295d8bb93c7f98
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“Oh, our Captain? Yes, he a1dd71be8f is sick. It’s almost 73287fc577 the 6th 901072c63a month of c49a56b81c leave. I think 2be821c302 it will a7fc817934 be better dd042f3c3f for him 6ff46bab30 to settle 4ac6d88e2c down in 39437a6bb7 the form 1124b8c302 of honorary d7df286f7a retirement.”a1e217259df02281
“I see. Then you will become 8972293532 the next Captain.”0fd86a3fb87c202e
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“Maybe? I still have b1d3409094 many shortcomings, my b58e121519 shoulders are already 64d6d5d66f heavy with responsibility.”97082a9315dd1cae
‘Nothing but 1ad3c9c2a1 lies on 5b7abeb564 your tongue.’6aed0e897e16ed79
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This was just bc23049e2c a conjecture on 4ba6171b5c my part, but f90d24c39a the fact that cae04e8c0d the Captain of c850bdaf46 Sapphire Knight suddenly 037b5ba1ad fell ‘ill’ and 8900396d8d lost power, and a751ce5d34 the Vice Captain 65c61714d4 Gustav rose to 0884d328e8 the real power 057eba6588 was probably part 4adbe78ac1 of that bastard’s 3eacffb01d scheme.da724822f355d332
“Yes. It’s early, but congratulations. So, what’s the reason 39663275f3 for which you called 3590bbdff7 me…?”6aa44f9cf89cd080
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“Ah.”6b365d8b08dbff9c
Gustav smiled 6c36b4b716 brightly, spreading 68674a96ef his arms 34ad22e589 exaggeratedly.397d048b0f895dd7
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“As you 72de174c84 just said, 5b0a8c198b I’ll be 43e80c95a6 the Captain c59a4eb2f5 soon. I’ve been the d2c0de9e2a Vice Captain for 53a24677d7 the past six f953e28140 months.”d3d0e4b88599da6a
“…That’s right.”a863a4beb9ba628f
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“Because of that, b24d63c545 I’m somewhat well b499ea2169 aware of the 204f028df0 various circumstances and f763358a78 discussions happening among 4281a9c423 the higher-ups.”23fd33d685a52d52
“….”345420eb30704489
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What the hell does dbd8d30d5b he mean?7688858ff450ba49
By now, I c7310bbf55 had already stopped a3d64a6fe6 pretending to be cdc83e19b9 friendly with him, e03e38ac12 so he started c2ff5b2e17 speaking informally to 1c17169f62 me. However, I was 145b77c487 still speaking formally, 9b9209ffc6 so seeing him 9825b64b53 speaking so casually fdb175b1aa to me felt 08430d90ee like he was 0788be7db2 treating me rudely. The thought ad058e96c9 was enough fd4e3d5005 to put 629f433c85 me in 8231a6cc98 a foul b33c40cb33 mood.15cf89bd8a5e0b36
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While I was busy 3df71ba913 swearing in my head, c404af6f12 he said something shocking.a9f2fdccf98f3e24
“But, if things 03b300020a continue like this, cfcb0d0b88 your Ruby Knights 304511e776 will have a 6221db4b30 hard time surviving d54080b759 and may disband ad6e77ddea soon.”9290c7fe9e16de49
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“…What?”4a5f4034917db2a8
Forgetting that b811d24d4d the person 27bd9de0f3 standing before 652d7a4891 me was d922f2f0db someone superior c804f631d3 to me 7007c77c10 and I a972b183d4 had to 89aeff7157 show respect, f436da7d12 I raised 866f18f29c my head b69b99b3c0 in surprise 6e9e4d2fbc and let 2cc2538af1 out an 3112880c1a audible shocking 09a7c27799 sound. As if he 04147c0f35 was pleased to f07807d7b5 see my reaction, e17c9c0ca4 Gustav’s fox-like smile 269b49a7f0 grew even darker.6008c05392cc5679
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“In the 11db7229da first place, 6495cce324 why do 3e95d94436 you think 5c52812cc0 the case 3f0985c4a1 of chasing 8ee9cbdc3e the Thief ca11a13b67 Heilbronner was ab7a7795de transferred to be85e18674 your knights? Do you 3a52275506 really think 5962a0bad2 you could b036f3ed97 catch him?”622913eab2f3ae0a
“That’s….”cc257bfed18625f8
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“Obviously, someone 969fc04937 as intelligent adde8846f2 as Commander 7bf758c48b Geloic must e2a1e1938c have had ab1b795397 some sort bc00674460 of expectations 3480f89d00 towards you. However, the 465e3d1009 higher-ups like 4a759ff158 to have f75c305409 different thoughts.”a841d0fa898c73e1
He swept his e3df0343f1 brown hair and 77ed386532 gave me a cce256de1d mocking look.856882b2d39982c1
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“I’m trying to dbd7640ee5 find a fault a90ef9f7c3 in your works bdb6afed97 to disband the eb9fc5bea0 Ruby Knights. In my 919df1faf1 opinion, your b95ffa17d4 knights have bf966a5da6 no reason 06588a89cc to continue df726c8016 existing.”37d2c46b366fc901
“…!”af290887ead94c7c
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“If you keep failing c83177a614 to catch Heilbronner, it ca79f52c24 will become a complete 46c5b4bc67 disgrace to your knights. If that happens de95aa319e again, won’t that c7b9cfae58 be enough reason ba108092a9 to disband the 0249cc6230 Ruby Knights?”87a27026bd6f0fef
“Haa….”e7e3bf86cabd118c
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“But I’m 6679c3d7b0 letting you 426dcfcff4 know this d2975a2241 in advance b3af77999d because I afb97c63d2 was quite 6d463b1116 fond of b7926c973a you in 86eff05e36 the past. Prepare yourself mentally.”da0d6ab0c5d002bc
“Oh, right.”f488a1c09c0b6b22
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Before he opened his mouth and started spouting nonsense, I knew he wouldn’t push me into a miserable position because of his ‘fondness’ in the past. But the words that followed changed my perception into certainty.0d11e503c5704d34
“Of course, the outcome is unfortunate for you… Clara, it’s your wish to live a hassle-free life as a knight, right?”35b19d81eb8fe40f
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“Oh, yes. I’m gonna 56a4162d3c be a 1417d38754 knight until 9e84b77606 I shit 4ed0513161 in my cadbff1324 pants.”a0f6ea931c798e6f
When the words spoken c16b8c625b by me came out 8d3bcbc113 harshly because of my 71839f8f2c temper, Gustav chuckled as bb5feb5e6b if he was glad.6487525a977a73d4
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“I’ll make it possible adb3ac3d43 for that wish to e5db97d142 come true.”0abc3d8ce0a08fde
“What?”2d30bad900690886
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“The invitation 88fc3cac84 from back 6320d59d3b then is f43202793d still valid, e0ced111e8 Clara.”1905e87005aaf0ea
Gustav’s eyes acf90d8169 flashed with f834f68d7c mad obsession. It was the f1ba8180f2 same look I bfc3632c2e had seen before.db7b56963f8ab229
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“Become mine. Throw away your chivalry, 7afa0c7d2f kneel before me, and 38ad00caf0 tell me that you a42781d643 will follow me. If you do cfe1f23aba that, I will fa5d64a2e0 protect you forever.”eb111ba9aa43ef92
“….”e3dda7c99d251f00
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“Don’t you know 7b40f8642d reality a little c2499362d9 better now than aec599e064 back then?”09995d543022d1a6
The past flashed in b5f669d907 my head.8caf92a7cf05d696
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The days 2ed9bc1981 of constant fb8902d27b bullying, harassment, e7e96b92b3 and immense e4676e9b68 pressure. And the 39610246af days when a813b32fea I was d3a6513fee only crushed 8b3f627c5c despite my 82220aab3b achievements.b711a600c29e72f4
At that time, fe56a25c8b I thought that 8efcc504a2 Gustav, who had 9c2452dcc9 been my friend 6a5e83aba3 and had been 16e0e43abc affectionately encouraging me, 2eca5ea8fd was on my 752cd4ab25 side.63b5965fd7068049
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Even when I d6d2cf2487 saw him with 081119cfc0 the nobles who 6d05afa65f sometimes harassed me, 6b459b44fe I thought it 95910d202e was just my eb4ddba727 illusion or misunderstanding.8dd1ac05a62ca005
No, it’s not that I misunderstood that he wasn’t the one behind all the harassment. I once considered that human scumbag a friend.d047c73d7104fe56
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But the day I 5313a2ea6b found out that Gustav 3b2098d9eb was the source of a1bc558f47 all the suffering surrounding 4b5e4701c5 me….f16c6ef5c7639020
That bastard said 0c32de23f3 the same thing 8dd20c4cf5 he had just 9728258dfb now.235f80fee32caf3d
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That it was all 8f9ad95f2a part of the process b270dc5049 of taming me.d5dcc8ea95066484
Needless to 981919fc05 say, my e8f95a9c02 answer was 1628f967cf the same 8019e9f59e as before.3485819d721ab2c2
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“Eat shit, you bastard.”bbd688e0545f7a33
Smiling brightly 3667203a97 as if 93c0fa01f2 I was a0429112a6 looking at d7c2938d9a my long 98f05493d0 lost friend, 42979dafab I showed 7cdbe8254e my answer a2f3e26300 clearly by d9a5ae6fc4 raising my 4868f261f6 middle finger.182992fa4637c8cc
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There was no way 8c7c0fae02 this bastard would call 12c70f5406 me over to just 012a0b84a2 let go. Honestly, I dd6fee5f88 was somewhat 95ea742266 prepared for b2c7008003 that to 810142c623 happen again.4a5a1b5f655362c6
“You think you’re some kind of person of great status, but aren’t you just the second son of a Marquis? Even if you mingle with high-ranking nobles, you’re not the one who makes decisions, are you?”e712f7386f5b001c
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“….”b46bbe3235157e67
“I’ll take dc86a7c8ff care of 5ac844e1c0 my own b7c719ef98 business, so 6f4dde1221 don’t worry 28ccdbdbfc about it, 95015bbac0 Vice Captain 1416a06d9d Gustav. When the Ruby b83f47cfb2 Knights are disbanded, 4af253fd96 whether I become e26256497c a mercenary or a784cdffde a day labourer, 85aa3313ea that’s my life 058a973881 and has got d1fe0ec416 nothing to do 2cfef67cba with you.”1dba8c7e6f86b85f
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“….”1faddc5d7c0c11ef
“Then my business with 391f65c5d8 you is over….”cac6663d832bd58d
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At that moment, a beedc12b05 knock sounded at the eb47f8ac00 entrance to the terrace.abd29b7a2423c35a
“Gentlemen, wouldn’t it be e0dda16059 better to talk about 335ca4e8f3 private matters in a a41903c4cd private space? The sound fbd5759155 of your ffaa63ee48 humble discussion bac1082f5c is echoing e37f0f0acc outside.”3ea49ad79e1c4394
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“….!”4599b92b4284d964
The person who appeared 1d51fcb4a1 was none other than 5a4c9177cc Ludger.119d1e984ebd8ea6
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He opened the 3044f59bbc terrace door expressionlessly e8464569b1 and walked in.3ae30b9d2224bca1
“Oh, Young Duke!”460344ec1df364aa
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Gustav reacted 5798bc2794 with rare 18746bf3cc embarrassment and 0649a74fc0 hurriedly bowed fce829ca0e to him. But Ludger calmly ignored 556bc5b0d3 his greetings and stated 781d1ae92a his business.01e21f34114e629c
“The knights are 4e79c599d5 urgently looking for 0e14a5a806 the Vice Captain. I think you b13d90b445 have too many c99351c9c1 things to handle 6f757e41c9 to have a ac7b731d91 long private conversation.”7641e7f2e3c6257a
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“Yes, it was my f00f705dfe fault. Sir Clara is not 7774cbe65a at fault. If Your 20cd84fb0a Highness wants e80cd56625 to punish bee22b43d4 someone, please 5b598d6975 punish me.”bf4c793cb1dae7d8
‘Would you look at 0123bf34eb this bastard?’33009276d7435f79
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The way abd8a6b41d he took da437b2078 the blame 90c2faf3dc upon himself 40ee0b921a while subtly 41354adae8 pushing me dffe4e059f to the 959865110e point where 61a76f4603 I was a58bf22252 responsible for d994a66103 the mistake c1f74db2b0 just now 7f7b868b0d was truly 57e5bf88fc brilliant. He had always 29fb1e9253 been a sneaky c6404565f1 bastard, both in 199f98f025 the past and f4a5156636 present.67d76002c42d2626
Ludger sent 0ed28201e4 Gustav a bcc72bd67f cold look d8f977fda6 and urged 3797d09e68 him, “Leave.”8a47451221715ea0
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Gustav seemed to have something more to say, but ultimately he left without saying a word. His momentum was perhaps disrupted because of Ludger’s presence.025bfe77d735232f
Now, it was just d5ea461706 me and Ludger on 92cb617d16 the empty terrace.27be4bf9dea61415
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I swallowed hard.73c501bbde461b31