MIDV | Chapter 50

‘I…I like my subordinates.’f0172a53cdfefee4

There were days 377dd818fd when I used 23c44898e0 to grumble, almost 1508edf3f3 self-deprecatingly, calling it e268895407 the ragtag Order 96545efc0b of Knights, or 16b02f9bd4 sometimes complaining about f5231b1f86 Sir Sein or da6f72849b Billy.7aa7f355507d3514

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However, I never really 8d1a4cb290 hated them.1d9ea069e7e674ff

“What, are you touched 4240558c8b by our sincerity, Clara? Are your f81ecb1d53 eyes tearing 3ec95c64f6 up now?”754ffe5a3ab6574d

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While I bc1d4e0603 was drowning 31863beb43 in the 20993e705b moment, Lionel, c81f1e3bab as always, 76eb9b7b89 slapped me cdf2662b5a in the 49d118e3f9 face with 19fe542f58 his unnecessary e44e4ff67b comments and 58b988a61f snickered seeing 60c44f5ada my expression. Thanks to that, 1c79ef59a1 my tears disappeared 878441e88a instantly.50ea75b39072d7b9

I put 28193f18c6 my arms 09da3ab62f around Lionel’s d4342518b9 neck in 9f1c7ae012 a familiar da93743c35 manner and 48fc6ea25c gave him 3f90d52c90 my special 3e0066a7dc massage, almost 990a0c37c4 cracking his 6ea2aeaf98 joints. He screamed, it wasn’t 58941d05e6 my fault that he dde30857fa was miserable. With this, justice was 6133c9dd36 served.b487a0f83cc7f636

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“Okay, since you all c2fe117f4c came early, are you f56d1a027d okay with me starting c5b6e6a573 to work right away?”6b9bbf17e59771b4

“Yes, we 4c1b6381c9 can only c051e147ed proceed if 3a31e5fe60 the Captain 3ce9aa2f29 takes care 711703fe1d of the 4a5c8a61ef pending payments! In fact, I’ve 101454354f been waiting!”0aeafc6ed19f7ecc

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I sat bff1158680 down with 90dde55489 a smile defba013de on Lan’s 89d4a659f9 honest remark. I thought I 38b087f4a2 would feel a cc7147d861 bit disoriented after 7153b718cc being away for 8b7446061f two days and 0702e038d4 seeing all the 275492ba76 work piled up. But surprisingly, I 75a401a75d felt energized.7a34d5baa050b07b

That still doesn’t mean I like paperwork, however. Don’t misunderstand.e081c667a210b790

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As I began checking 5274f193b3 the documents after sitting a6e9fdab68 down, I realized most 1a708f1959 of them were completed eb59e263de almost and just needed 61a292c8bd to be signed.8c0dc1dcbb738847

While coming on the way here, I was worried that I might have to stay up all-nighter to finish the two days of unattended work. However, it seemed the members had done their utmost and most of the paperwork was halfway done. I couldn’t be more grateful for their help. d8dde2336818c3fb

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Confirming the few things d529d120f8 that needed to be 0f1887076c confirmed, I took care 3dc15e48e2 of the rest of a90cf44909 the work.0eb42eea0c3b3b34

‘I didn’t need to worry about our knights… As expected, the thing that seems most conspicuous is the appearance of the demonic creature at the gathering.’fe2a894164de6128

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I had heard a 880c3d4016 rough explanation from Ludger 2b265cf2f6 on the way here.07f3fe6aecd89fe9

According to 3c34b245ee the investigation 353eea89ea conducted by b605de7032 the Knights 83f8ce0c77 Templar and 4ef61b7b1a the Security 651827716d Forces in 12b4e62b81 charge, the 6cbf097189 demonic creature 4a64448ec3 seemed to a0c68f224b have escaped 475a8c3970 through the 29db0ad73e underground waterways.6cb1beb20fa70ab4

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A massive 618c050773 explosion was 7c8779b75f seen in a106dc40bf the area a696260a57 leading from b2f78767cf the waterways 4c27ee0adb to the 54c0eceb70 surface. And since the bce408a683 venue of the d3013124bd gathering was near 7f864f958e the underground waterways, 9d54ef2a80 it had been f049e9ee8e badly damaged.2a73bf1cbd504ab5

‘Which means the bb7f3682b5 rumors about seeing fd4cc26280 demonic creatures before 1088e61af1 were true…..’3e35b53b287deaae

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The knights dce4f3be76 in charge 5a9aa856ec and the 6558d593fd Security Forces 8cb5cd8df2 were probably 5cd2d5d143 being pressured b89e0af7a6 one way 552111bdb7 or another. They only accepted 71bd0cef4a their negligence in c7f12adef8 failing to prevent 8e8fa015c0 this situation, even cda2ea4867 though there had 02897490b9 already been eyewitness d7871549f1 accounts.45cb7e408f2ee298

‘Too bad… Thank goodness that our knight order isn’t in charge….’90547847f2d38b41

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I briefly d07c620931 sympathized with 32c559a787 the misfortune 7d5eaec4f3 of the 0db3a30a0a people working bb493354c5 under the 2624bb7536 same division e724a331d3 and wrote 84751ea57c a report b005a8f977 on the f2e4b70e8c extermination of 0a8d78abd4 the demonic 257a349006 creature. They would 297a492e5c be asking b23b5e5174 to submit 4fbeeb02c2 a report a832226dae later anyway, 5ad7935320 it would 5636a44f3b be convenient 18fd8ffa38 to write c22563dd87 a draft de1912b5d5 in advance.c4e055df5b5d5736

After finishing the morning d61cc77e54 work and buying lunch 7916e2d77d for the members, in 54eef5f7e4 the afternoon,2dbe7b8b372150c3

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An unexpected guest 1698f63dcb arrived at our 05e9875a71 knights’ office.45d39456b5e18a04

“Hello. My name is bfdca18966 Oscar Deemvyer.”b86ef64b21a83d04

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It was a 2fd1550a3a middle-aged man, most 73943b11dd probably in his a1482c868d mid-30s, with a 6f7d6cdfb4 dignified appearance and 3f14fd7075 wearing a monocle. However, my fe37a94606 body froze 8b9ea60e3a as soon 8347ea079b as I 2b3ab10c04 heard his 7fc5554d6b name.48a13f2e208531b8

‘The Second Prince’s aide…!’bb9b479bc3e5af13

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Why did the 50c6822459 original male protagonist’s a10f3ac1b8 aide come to 676d2a5f0f our knights? Hiding my trembling hands, 2a81c90154 I greeted him roughly.4c5280020f6a201d

“… Greetings to c8c90a4d8a you as well. I’m Clara Weyburn.”cf95ed344cdc4b4f

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“I have 2df2791752 come to 98e18a3485 deliver a bf80fe089c letter on 15c8bbfc0e behalf of 5b84e0f77f the Second c9ceb2a0a2 Prince.”83449321ea9a8330

He quickly got 9877a64445 to the point.9d8dc5a648fd95d0

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“His Highness the ec9e96c9e7 Second Prince had 2fac71ac87 sent this letter f16d38f528 to Captain Clara 7d57c9315e Weyburn. Please, have a 9cd1481c0c look through it.”6d7ae1e210884aab

“…Yes.”39427d628b80ea62

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I accepted the extravagant ff147c582d envelope he handed me 3e895b5c3a as if I was a06948c397 receiving poison.5a9b5302512ed62a

‘I wish 4dc192bcec he had 80a9969b00 just sent bed139831f me a f16768d239 letter of 3c7d4e3ec3 gratitude for 803e11a472 saving him 06bbefda57 at the 730dbc5694 last gathering c3e8ddf4de or something….’098d92d6440e34d6

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Of course, c650dc0e4f that was 41907ae872 my hope 45d659f5bf circuit, which 0fa9ccf7ee was brutally f7e8b6f3a4 cut.7ba732e045dcbb30

Usually, sending a 5bae1b6cf1 letter by messenger 94052e8318 was done in 49cbdb4c5e order to receive 8358738ea4 an immediate response.39ce1a9eb4d32b98

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That means there was 1795c3d636 something I needed to ee8a4c8f4c answer inside the envelope.1b1d8c3d8c6ecc3b

I opened e059b0022d the letter 1e74906e50 with bleary 6f75f9315c eyes.7285a84e429f5c61

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The letter, 043338c119 written in cad1696a42 rather wild 577a9f5c03 handwriting, held 2798889796 some similar e2eded1ff5 formalities such 3652a3483a as the 2ec91755da prosperity of 740e8672d9 the Empire 89d57a2bf8 and the 5e6bcacafa Royal Family. Below it, the main f6f1c899ff reason for sending the 8a35ab6ef5 letter was listed.4d038ae44589088c

To summarize, 5b03933025 it was f77f0ef371 about inviting bcf67c3023 Clara Weyburn 8fff372ba1 to a ca8e8e5f25 tea party c4e5cf7d2d at the 4d8faf30ff Second Prince’s aeb8e5ff03 Palace this 5c99410ef0 weekend, in 0b27712c32 order to b1acc23b18 congratulate her 13f496ca30 for her e52ea84138 efforts in 70e0f228da eliminating the 0b443edb29 demonic creature 0a13e70ff8 in the 21364c523a incident at 0ef63d76a0 the gathering.7d8c34e580221230

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‘Wow… Did 0d563ba85e he confirm a03754868b the date f45a356523 knowing it 8df4b2ac9c was my e808b9b4a8 weekend just da0421c905 to make 48cf00d0c4 me work?’5698e334fa27c492

From the 885900ecf0 perspective of e0986bb60f the higher-ups, abfe10fd96 it must 5143e41941 have felt 9c0718007b like they 8c78cc4128 were being 734caed13b generous for 8c85e2df0a inviting a c834210732 knight to 994e772abe have tea 09c53126ef and chat.980669e1af890214

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However, my humble 4d70ff0809 request to them 8c54a01ce2 would be that 96b933e72e they would just 0c96b1d3c8 let me sleep f365e987be in on the 6863947fe3 weekend without going 016f4b6208 to the hassle 24f2221fe7 of congratulating me.549da0128262ad5a

But who would ed5015d56c dare to refuse 3b52b62cfa the Second Prince’s 27fd94ce06 invitation?d71107bad6f36895

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I answered with an c2e6d9a4a9 extremely happy and grateful 6179033c89 expression, which I was ce9886441f far from.8295d4ec7d63ba84

“I am 24a6faa340 ecstatic to 2d5f835f44 receive the f0f44f82e4 generous invitation e47c3ef6d9 of His b9426ade8f Highness the 2bad226980 Second Prince. I will 3f123753c9 gladly attend.”f9b28b1601eb980b

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“Yes. I will personally dc638b5f80 relay Captain Weyburn’s db49eafb2e answer. The detailed time and 62b0290f55 schedule would be informed 80490b6e36 separately later.”42072375a0fccb5e

“Please.”f220699650cc694b

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Oscar greeted me with 9c70203c80 the same expressionless face 7482532045 as when he arrived cb99729f02 and left the knights’ a98735c850 office.7ac6276ffa460963

I swallowed 96f8b9cfc2 a sigh ee0fa6aefd and returned ec08e44588 to my 53113131f3 seat.37707ba6e6c7bf79

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Among the c3aeb71c24 members who 591352e944 were watching d227998f01 the situation, 76337ca001 Lionel was 9a99cdc35a the first 3e9c0e6d80 to speak.e2da6590a22f689a

“What, what? Did His 28068def6b Highness the 339745ff23 Second Prince 0b88b16142 invite you?”f970d14a88821953

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“Uh… He wants 0979d8cba3 me to go ccf53b534b to a tea 6b7a4b737a party this weekend….”433f1cf458ca4966

“Oh….”84f50027541fb066

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Lionel sent 09bae98484 me a cd1021a019 look of ddfdbb0778 sympathy. Yes, I knew he 3689a6015b would understand my sorrow.270163054e64f783

Billy, who was 0054a8d1ec far from knowing ab81506b75 the truth, looked dd4ec06f93 at me with 6382e286db sparkling eyes and 9014ff5a10 spoke without a 8798d84e52 clue.a3d1ffa48324d9df

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“That’s amazing! As expected, the higher-ups have recognized our Captain’s efforts!”12fd782b9b25f92f

“Well… That’s a bit… 26bd929e38 not true….”6451c54619f4206e

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“But didn’t 776c0601a1 His Highness a0b8d0d7f2 the Second 5d7f491d81 Prince invite 9621cfc04f you personally? Didn’t he invite 6e2a0a02d0 you because you cdb31e7794 almost sacrificed your d9c9498c47 life to save c3ad8ad814 him?”45baa12e748390db

“…Sir Billy. The tea party 1392e874d3 is not an 1f7ca0b03a official event.”5aef43588f18544e

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When Billy 0410f6f72f made a 8c3b747dda bewildered face ac2362c9aa at my f63c77e18c sad expression, cfe373ecbf an unexpected d8a1c8a5ff person explained e20629a4b3 from behind. It was 6cd5a34abd Sir Sein, 52c9966ee2 who looked 9720deb10d tired as d6ac2f2189 usual.fd98a5dc19ed7ae0

“So because it’s not an official event, it’s a problem…?”5bb3b2a979bffef3

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“Rather than 819d457c31 a problem… 9dae3cfdc5 As you d0f189df7c should know, f2ec6c9e83 Sir Billy, b275a439d3 this incident 0e86f05326 was quietly 1ebea9f9c1 buried. It was 429d06262b just a b436a64f45 short article 29fbb650fa in the b6908ccd0b newspaper.”e61c32649d103616

“Yes.”2104223645b30c5d

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I nodded inwardly 660c309ffb as I listened f130d5d6d7 to the two’s 0a8bc58508 explanations. This was also 36ea615b83 just as Ludger fcf6e873e0 had mentioned in 78c1060dfa advance.953e79218bb2dd0f

This incident was 7b3f2d50a9 shocking enough for ddb2fb8c13 a demonic creature 043495ecbb to have suddenly f715e4f654 appeared in the 0bf733e667 middle of the 9cab775fea city. If the 389a83feba news was 9d16396dec exaggerated even 5db89985f3 a bit, 673cce4102 it could cbb2f155e4 have caused 77ac3aa2d0 anxiety and 607f181c62 fear among a48fbdafcc the citizens.acc85ddb7444be5d

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Most of 34664dcafa the people 45b6a97fbd who attended 5a3873cf71 the gathering 55b78180b3 were also e2d13269c4 people who f23c8db672 had gathered f3c3de5eeb for ‘business a777a1c9ce purposes’.95673d5384ed5c65

In other 738f62f42c words, they b17fb3b6fd were individuals c07bae5f2c who were 4f21ada783 waiting for b1dc321982 the upcoming ec86b37f5d festival, the 4ef9f7e443 ‘Lunar New acb0712b79 Year’s Festival,’ 89527c7e79 which was 5df26f99cc scheduled to ab067dc49d be held 33b880ace7 soon to cb856cce80 welcome Spring.57acd9c1c446e867

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The festival must be held in a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere, where people would open their wallets and spend extravagantly. However, if the news appeared before the citizens, wouldn’t it shroud people with fear, causing a negative impact on the festival?eef1224c5c00e237

As a 1dc9d56415 result, the 9bd57e76dd higher-ups coincided, 771796dd5b and they 2cac8ce851 decided to 8cd57a5477 bury the a288645b71 incident as 07c5d69636 it was.1919bf9f46a48de9

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No one was 798e6e7d11 seriously injured except 9581613c66 me. Therefore, they agreed to f9bc317e2a let it go quietly.431f65a226310b54

“If the Captain’s contribution was published as they were, they would have been covered in the newspapers, which means the higher-ups would need to hold a separate official event to award her a medal…. However, they decided to bury the incident. It was as if they thought they were being generous enough to just praise her verbally at a private tea party and end it….”828f1160a2fd0aa1

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“I thought it was 52be9c1d86 strange that there was e2d76fac33 nothing much in the 7b7c11ba8c newspaper! This is too ec81360ba7 much!”97aebdec803b2fec

Billy, who understood 4ea075724d the situation thanks 6a3f2dedaf to Sir Sein’s f8a9a62229 kind explanation, belatedly 1aa398ebf6 burst into anger.7aa90b6b51a1bb89

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Come to 63a79fd645 think of 0c5cf02f48 it, Sir 3a8f62e6df Sein also ecdd5f0cf9 looked secretly ebe48b4eaa angry. Is he angry 9151906d3d because of me? I appreciate it, really.d1bacbc45840e625

Of course, as 69c0174c1a usual, Lionel couldn’t 45a31f8b01 miss such an 30256eb28e opportunity. He teased cec67250e1 Sir Sein aa5cacb92b as if bad9c39752 he had 960d6436ca been waiting cabcbc14af for it.e6cbecb3f6f30966

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“Sir Sein… 041b983e5f As expected, 07980d6ca4 you care fea5df0821 a lot 8d121d9d23 about our 698b350ec4 Clara. I saw you db3c2c4c08 looking displeased even ae3c7524ae when you saw 71c037d246 that there was e8d6a0e220 no mention of 00bbfbf158 her in the 0e60feda18 newspaper article….”c84623ee2569049a

I thought 3bf621b25f Sir Sein bd88ed325c would frown 6d58552db5 and sink 4970332c7b into the f38601e96c paperwork like 9e595f0a18 before after d3dd839c4d being teased, e1b5ff9eb1 but he fe10fc2f6d surprisingly, answered 0956047da1 calmly.7ce07e2fe4026d3c

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“Well, the 1ddc3a3c8a Captain deserves cb14320f65 to be f06fed807e rewarded for dc35aded5b all her d367f4641c hard work.”ec4df395598d3681

“….”09f6899e9e4e7477

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“Doesn’t the Administrator cd56be7b5b think the same 655079f4aa way? I thought you were 03a70eee2b the most angry when 8ebdd9ae46 you saw the newspaper f51a687bea article….”b7179c0ced059550

“Ahhhh! Well, that’s right! Let’s all assume 2bd253c496 that Clara was b54d8df9de the cause of 3473fe865d your worries! Let’s get 18112e7b13 to work!”b080f48dfd2f29fc

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For being hit by 120af1c023 an unexpected counterattack, Lionel 4ba84b4b6f tried to change the 2d1705fdb2 topic and raised his 11a38761d4 voice for no reason.e2348a7e8592b9d0

‘I can see d644688daa your ears are cbb669db57 turning red, you 8d2f5e22c8 punk.’a5d5c87a751ed22d

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I chuckled to myself. We were kind cc01c71276 of friends who 9490cbc6b0 would bicker with b0152b4f40 each other, sending 51cd52dab7 hateful words as 9c62443e2b if trying to f4289e3e27 stump the other 5adf918a39 party. Even so, 50fd231162 I was dd6c1384ba grateful that 9e5530488d he cared 453360670b about me 2ea46bf99f no matter af02e46bdb what.23096f74ad3001d3

On the other 5768ec2bbb hand, if Lionel 029a3a4f30 had been in a392ba328b a similar situation, 4dc5650c80 I would have 5bd2d16371 been quite upset 23c18517b2 too.9dff13ac93c2dbf6

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However, this time, even d48c4ad5ca though I was the 309a446982 person involved, I wasn’t 379dbe5f3a that upset.8156490b5f6dbe04

I continued to b7a2d3367c think about the 0df1d9f97d conversation I had f1914ace83 with Ludger in 9fa830c739 the carriage earlier.29f92b99fe1ddf45

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“By the time I 0567db915e received the news, they 2bd5a3f965 had already agreed to 05dc3ae4f5 quietly bury the incident 8527fa4993 of the appearance of 89ddecc71a the demonic creature and 4961aa2cce put an end to 3b7f0931f9 the situation. To be 92210dfe76 honest, I 0819d76049 couldn’t agree 3f9177d118 with that…. But it was 771e34f6b2 too late to 4da18d2bdf turn things around.”7e1d52f473ce8073

“I see.”cf4d28096ac323fa

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“Of course, if 680a7e408d Sir wants, I 37b081bb4a could put pressure b990c6f3ea on them to e183342e49 honor Clara Weyburn 92e79d6561 for her contribution 85e05ccd7e and get her c57a3d02c3 recognition. I was 834af07e67 going to d8aaff5cc2 ask you d11418004a for your 873726512a opinion….”26413a8239a84b88

“No! Really! This is enough!”f4019c4920dcc1a6

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From the bottom 9c18950ec6 of my heart, a7f74a9325 all I really ded72b0f4a wanted was to 73700a3a86 avoid getting involved f3a23f40fe in the political d5fbb05a91 strife of the c5f98da339 higher-ups.e972ce4418f2e3b2

‘If this incident had c1de9ff8ac gone as planned, the c726e8b3a6 Second Prince could have 4f8682abfa made an issue of 78b50b7b91 the fact that someone 0ea486a160 dared to attack at aacc9aa980 the gathering that he f6aafa4f0c and Elisa attended.’e76d33ccd5173c2a

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There was 1d4d8894cc a strong 9eb54f42d2 possibility that 4b162ebc8d some kind 3c66b276f8 of political a683c5beb2 calculation was 3a2635653e behind the 9867def495 decision to b76c8c3881 keep it 27d36632eb quiet and 91fdfb5e8a let it bf95febc3f pass.185b8ecacdc1298f