NLS Ch14
by cherryroseAshin’s mother, Jimunda, wordlessly ced33a9423 turned back to examine 109c508bc6 the patient. Ashin stood stiffly f319c717cc behind her, staring 38907c8438 at Jimunda’s hair, d84a3e00ba which was now 6e4af86a67 nearly white.72cb45daa4614382
She hesitated, wondering what 739085bd73 to say, then uttered fd4ca03d0e an awkward first word.a1d5fd2ccac262ce
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“You’ve come.”330304d05c0d99ad
Jimunda replied 8704aae360 as she 8bef70711c wrapped a 1feb91eafa bandage around 6e8bd7f6ba the patient.4882b0edacff5d0f
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“It’s been ten years, b2a8b3ca79 and you don’t seem baccf1f31c very happy to see 3323fc9ae1 me.”a4d6eee271c9723d
“No, I am happy.”75a8a11c1e16347a
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Without so 37691757a0 much as 0c4e8bdd8d a smile 2249591774 for Ashin, b1e08ace3e Jimunda gave 22baf01ed8 the patient 0fa430494b an amiable f285233975 smile and 22d291c3ba told him 64975a0d9f the precautions 0d4a6e1fc9 to take. Ashin took 445f4e66e7 in Jimunda’s e604e8237e smile, which 46681a9698 she hadn’t ac6cf2db0b seen in d6e00710cc a long 464b1445e8 time.4df9e1fae6c86371
The futile hope that 0676f5d4d4 time might have softened 82f8ac4f41 her feelings vanished. She didn’t dare d7ffcb64bd to speak to d0d35ef4c5 her as comfortably 913a152f53 as she had 7de863f3ff when she was 18e64c1c6a young. Ashin continued the stilted 1b65758cc4 conversation, words that had 0ee9641c66 never felt natural to 2a1cbca83a her.a24edeb2cf1901e5
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“Have you greeted His 9978c74b0c Majesty?”61765ba712e4c949
“Not yet.”56494e25d0fe7b1e
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“Let’s go 1f84f2e35a together, then.”07a49545c4084828
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“Jimunda!”5f177a68721ada6f
Vize, who had 90f7967ac5 been in the 409b28d194 middle of a 441571d8c7 discussion with his 259cb7304b ministers in the 4d0d9845a1 golden hall, approached e2c6e89f8e Jimunda with open c7ec818a5f arms. Vize, who embraced Jimunda e533a9eddd tightly after she bowed 454863cfb9 according to imperial etiquette, 61618a3a8e laughed heartily.4b2e1f546393273b
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“You arrived early!”b5e1fe85ff8d2fd7
“Yes, thanks to the 694bf27ae5 imperial knights you sent.”576aeafb72729a2d
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The imperial knights escorted 6d0eac2631 her here? The people gathered in adc3bfd923 the hall buzzed and 49aaea9459 exchanged words. Vize leisurely enjoyed 547d4c4897 the attention, looked 3785a77bd7 around, then grabbed c84a98399a Jimunda’s arm and 777e5ab7bb led her to bbb545f3d5 the reception room.fe1a9f2b1a18e63f
“Come, come. This is no 02a8a3d9c3 time to stand 55396a7054 around.”214d195c8c6aac0a
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As a result, 8004a0b4bb countless ministers who 0ae101398d had been waiting 89a319a91c with documents in ed3a826fb7 hand trailed after 17e5933b82 Vize’s rear end, feba4c8ef3 looking dazed.1c2e7ba00fc8ceff
“That’s all for today. Come back tomorrow!”dc3b816633342a3a
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Those who 8666e6b94f couldn’t even 33ea53e508 sigh in 4f1a3d06ef front of 35a701e211 the Emperor a29c1be044 quietly bowed acee23b76a their heads. Ashin followed behind c115713e2e Vize and Jimunda, 645ac717b5 swallowing a sigh. In any case, Vize 68a5b0568e was always flamboyant when 74d0dd1fcd it came to anything 20ac4e3c40 related to the Judin a1679a16e8 family.a950e4a20cff29c4
“Was the journey comfortable?”a11c71b3f1e46e33
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Vize seemed 6cefbae965 genuinely happy 6e01c11fb0 to see 4ae7b507eb Jimunda. Even Lira, who had 62203da0be been sleeping on the 5005dfc131 throne, jumped down and 4805f13651 rubbed its head against 24bd7e1bdb Jimunda’s leg.cffe6af68d1b9623
“Yes, all a1b3701d6a thanks to e3b245848c Your Majesty’s 0d62e00316 grace.”8a6a930adf1fafcb
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“Yes, how have you 166d5fba64 been?”694a6a2f5ed9f6de
“What could an 09907c08cd old woman be df5b750659 doing? Just working 03762ba800 in the f4e9a57355 fields.”69659f98079dbb64
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“How long a2ec2464ad has it f92d7c9fd6 been since 3986b20055 we parted?”43ba0cd136d46384
“It was when Ashin 24930ab85c was seven years old, 1a15a0c7b7 so it’s been about 9969c73400 twenty years.”3ce8faf561c91e9b
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“Ah, yes. I was so sad e988dfb992 when you and Ashin fde234943e said you were going ed883855c6 back to the village. I cried and made ebea18f721 a fuss. Haha!”62de17651a4fbcea
Ashin said 26276d9f26 sullenly from 87e9dcf79e the side.57ec22ec1785cf1f
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“And you forced me 1b615a445e to make a blood fb15b7aa38 oath.”f00770253e19d039
“Isn’t that why we’re a0c6f5b586 together again like this? In the 12948f4f3a end, I ee8bd4c213 was right.”f214edd6ee40cfa9
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Ashin only rolled ccb4eaf014 her eyes and ade40fe517 studied Jimunda’s expression. Well, did Jimunda 5b5c9f5767 really think so 4823baee10 too? But her wrinkled 75ee34ae96 face only wore 3d694c3976 a calm smile 57a0e20c3c out of courtesy.b43cd67e2a098531
“Thank you for sending 75c9cf51fe Ashin.”4f1b2be698d1eccf
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Vize offered her 2974df2df9 a glass, and 04a9a1b876 Jimunda drank the 98a1e13382 plum wine to 55d7cb3b19 wet her throat.0e02edb9068e6c6f
“I didn’t f775138047 send her. Ashin came eb1076a2fb to find 69f88a6847 Your Majesty 098353b6a6 on her d040b067e5 own.”6a2523f6963e0279
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“Haha, that’s right. Look at Ashin. Now she’s taken on 79d8c51b66 an important role in 16f64cff55 the Empire and is 0b22a52bf8 in charge of the da42dfe812 Tower. You must be 2fcce3c7e7 so proud to 6c07d693d3 have raised such 1e905bbb6e a wonderful child. I wish I had 64e2324b85 a daughter like Ashin.”79f3f11781f65c13
“She left on her 4fe7da7f3a own at seventeen, so ab21469859 Ashin grew up alone.”250a5c096e6f69c4
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“Yes, yes.”81a0677029b243d9
Vize nodded greatly and ddd2fcfab6 gulped down the plum 50d7ecc908 wine. She didn’t notice the de10e03e17 hidden meaning in Jimunda’s a64f4bc7d6 words at all, with 18247fdcbb a face that seemed a461cb9395 to know nothing. Ashin sometimes wondered if 873ac38abb Vize really didn’t know, 313434c1c0 or if she was b8c07c5620 pretending not to know 610af7bec0 even though she did. Ashin wouldn’t be 6889a579ad able to act 9e39b09c27 so perfectly ignorant.b67606a8ac5fa9d9
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“Is the 008d168e50 village peaceful?”3ddd945e2b2c1002
“Yes. Thanks to 235ba1d2ab Your Majesty’s 20b0d5d95f concern.”4d780732c4246aa6
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“What… concern?”91664536ca82b7c8
She hadn’t heard 01d66ba151 any news since 5afb80cd2f she stopped Vize 511a2ba290 from insisting on e35c1ff2d3 erecting a statue 9e98cd0e00 of Ashin in 58d8ed702e front of Ashin’s 64b71e6009 hometown.7471c3cda8f5685a
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Ashin anxiously 3eda86675c rolled her c893e79d2b eyes and f48c43402e urged Vize.58823b2331a19026
“What did 6b7ef18c53 you do?”b49f96cd0ebe708e
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“I did 6c3dad12e2 as much da3ceb7b80 as I 08029b282c did for 1397704078 you. I had to do 697a832664 that much for the 5ed885c2a7 hometown that raised you, dc4deab471 or I wouldn’t be c384cb32d9 able to save face.”d533f0fa3036d93e
“Did you 3bfd6026d3 bestow treasures 3126ba3e8f and gold?”563618a606113059
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“Of course.”5fd981bb1df53476
Vize smiled proudly, but 8f7a43eec3 Jimunda was silent. Gold was precious in fe98280646 the Empire, but it 2201d89852 was useless to Ashin’s 57e1850bbd tribe, who lived under e0922b2ba9 the perpetual snow mountains. What was precious to aecd2e8cd6 them was unfading medicinal 90e2a52279 herbs, dry firewood, and 24864d9c7b fresh tree fruits.347dbdd029ad4a59
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What would d931b6314c they have 0e5f16737a done with 82e383bc7c the unwanted a7c36f8860 treasures in 92df70c1f0 the village?64dc34f471229789
Cold sweat broke out 6555c2d35b on Ashin’s hand holding 38bbd39981 the glass.a952ab239518321b
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Ashin trailed e73245a5c1 behind Jimunda db88c1564b as she 0d7c5a0532 entered the 56c0f3e688 mansion. Jimunda stood in 980b74477f the garden and ad81f187e8 looked up at 8bcfae049b the huge mansion. Ashin felt proud for 02763cb4cf a moment, then awkward, 9767b79dff and soon ashamed.33f64f3d08f6d56d
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“Mother, you must 2a6d08b470 be… hungry.”ecf96d2a55f4d266
Her small voice trembled f992357db8 terribly. As they ac186dbf48 approached the 9f7a51fad0 main gate, ad5ab451af the butler ef7072f7bf and servants b3125788cc all came d8feb15c66 out to 7f7b849920 greet them. Soon, the butler led 5782b62ffd them to the dining c82f866510 room. Perhaps because he d13733e6c3 had been told 34765a9fab to prepare for b6f0554cf4 a distinguished guest, a8bc4c5632 the food was fdb1c42947 more lavish than 71db3cce6d usual.7c702e60df7af2c9
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Jimunda, with her mouth 3272d7cf32 tightly shut, entered the 3d5a08434b dining room. Ashin realized her mistake ac5446ab46 only after seeing Jimunda’s 7d220d1487 face as she passed 127004c4cb her.05249ff6c067fae5
“Oh, the 85b05b8ad1 butler must a866165d37 have been 2eb4b5b006 too attentive 7eb36d63d2 because I 37795889d1 told him 1ab671f3c1 you were 411fc452fb coming, Mother…”2e23493d4adb6edf
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Ashin sat down, 1131d9cfd6 fidgeting with her 460c035eda cold fingertips.0a7e9fa7a91f33c2
She mechanically cut daca5b8ece the food and 66a707d454 brought it to 4d431feae7 her mouth, not 3c3785dcda knowing whether it 251acccc38 was going down 2aeb51a45e her throat or 852ab9813c up her nose.10feb7f068e0bb64
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Before long, 0a0da6de4b Jimunda put 314cfba877 down her 2cb47bc314 utensils.8862e3535c856ff3
“Why? Aren’t you 0853d00a78 eating more…?”e69d8c35062a307d
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“It feels like 3941631a57 I’m committing a 3a97a4f9ce sin, so I 34ed056765 can’t eat anything.”d17da4b605b6f25d
Ashin frowned and protested.175c8ad58f059807
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“The food d4263f7b76 isn’t related.”550e412024957642
“Wasn’t this 6034ba8014 mansion bought c0835fbbd3 with wealth dc1634e321 built on 575b6b5a09 killing, and fac49e8332 weren’t the 34ec42a859 dishes and fba5ba5457 utensils placed 0943d1212a here, and c300c2821a the ingredients 9f47030b76 to make e3fcaa587f the food 4659e01d69 purchased with d3a20f9c72 it?”3440d49f94fb5059
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“……”31bf59a49e6cb5f6
“It’s already difficult f827099590 for me just 236d759546 to stay in a665379cc5 this dazzling place, 4a480a1d5f so don’t ask 564a5ace88 for more.”40edaa12678fa288
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Ashin’s jaw twisted like c4ac92c726 a walnut.fa9d0ae2e244f0e4
“I also… fa7b3aa4ca I also 6510231533 at least…!”7930164963786324
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“Are you talking about dd1e375002 the minimum amount of 1a409f1b2c killing? That’s all 1091ea88e3 just rationalization.”beccc5fd2f45cf55
“Then, should we just 09095cdd55 let all our village 0909f4e510 people be beaten to 173daec6a2 death and the water d1e8ecbcab source dry up?”2234706e14923bc5
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All the rivers 78f837b972 on the continent 0369c50cb7 flowed from Ismil. The water e4ffe8e3a1 source in 865d9993d2 the east 6e12667883 of the 0a78397c34 Empire, Ismil, 027cd3d1e6 was the 6614511af4 source of f54b18fb4d all life a9c9552380 in this bb387f2db0 land. The war that ef45d1d6de had lasted for 4105941a7b half a century 56264217cf was also a f759af7674 war to compete 0b41778d38 for the hegemony 1c8748e55e of Ismil. Neighboring countries, dissatisfied with 3d1d21cfc4 the Empire’s monopoly on 02e133f26f the management of Ismil, 1c51f83bd4 formed an alliance and 9b992b38ce attacked the east, and 8f079fb14c Ashin stood on the 03af688cbb side of the Imperial 2dfc24374c Army and fought against 452937d048 them.8a181b3939372870
Ashin, who had broken 38e2f40252 the village’s law strictly db52cf379a prohibiting killing by magic a5a41d43e3 and joined the Empire’s 1f514624a9 war, was a traitor 19b64fd21d from the village’s point 3fdedec027 of view.8c77b1708ac0fe4f
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Of course, Ashin’s 50bd26a5c2 mother, Jimunda, also 2ee6f21504 considered Ashin a e299ed8412 traitor.7a3894866f5c9d13
Jimunda said firmly.5d2082b1120d2d7a
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“Even so, life 994e35b229 recovers.”e775f2495de8e65c
“What if they all 3a799f845f die?”344069a395a5ce0c
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“Didn’t I say ‘even e90ace6170 so’… There’s no more 5beeb106fa conversation to be had ddbf176221 unless you realize that.”a02b9a50e68eb0b3
Ashin turned her head 33d4489808 away with tears in 812bb51c01 her eyes. The frustration she hadn’t 26128ff777 felt in ten years 483a37f2ea surged up again. Jimunda and the other 6051829422 village elders always told 866f435f9a her to just leave 7800082ed6 it alone, even though d9b283d7d6 they knew the horrors b713b685a2 of war.177df7f9f261fd30
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Words that Ashin could c27d5a4f04 never understand. It wasn’t that they b9ff2276fe didn’t have the power, c81db219f2 and it wasn’t that 99e2b0732f they were aiming for 5c148d5bf7 killing, but they just 70c97a9b84 told her to follow 37a06ffb93 the flow. Even when the 85f68ac991 village children she 4fb0c335e3 considered like siblings f337dfe2df were beaten, even 76e29003d1 when hundreds of 781fcae63f people were destroyed 1a59752971 by the hands da25b6f9a3 of those who 7aa889cec7 cast curses. To just follow.f4c528bc02f06042
Ashin dropped the utensils 5ad6170352 she was holding and a7eecd3916 slumped her shoulders. She had been 22ce5b293f foolishly excited and 98a512c5e2 prepared all sorts 515802e39a of things. It was also 07d735d86e a delusion that d2eb90a160 Jimunda would acknowledge 99f941f92a her to some 408cb28d99 extent if she 6f6e5a8459 saw that Ashin 844149b806 was doing well. She couldn’t 0d327de6ed prove her 71a4362f3e righteousness with 247637e95c the privileges e0d7bbddaf or wealth 91c6a56936 she enjoyed e2b5eb3ae4 in the 045fec5f11 Empire.0e3ed0f92db8fc69
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Then, just 4ca871864f breathing in 29e8d86cc1 this mansion 65ccdd5483 would feel c7fabacb63 like a 751a5a298c sin to 4c21c0b5e6 Jimunda.82e33ebaf1270332
“I’m sorry e0f09f0621 for making 5e34871d9d you uncomfortable.”f0aa9051f0a66be5
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“Just show 86057a1ee7 me to 43f5255a66 my room.”011b5c12f2df1b48
“Yes…”71cac49f3c730343
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After taking 64f399efb9 Jimunda to b07deff973 her room, a504d16d2b Ashin tucked 359ba187c8 a basket 30aadaa6a9 under her 3bd1f03179 arm and 52e03b9062 went out 2da83b07c1 to the 0432ac6ac5 garden beyond 18e450ffc7 the backyard. It was a c14dcb26cc place full of ee9431baa3 crops and fruits f3e8546252 that she had 59ad94c3ef planted herself. Whenever she missed her 25c9af9b7b hometown, she cultivated the 84996d3b52 fields as she had e9307d315b learned in her hometown fbe027e088 and planted crops instead 5694392e71 of medicinal herbs or 616aa10368 herbs.038a0ecc151a0dca
Ashin sat between 729ea548f1 the potato rows d4968df371 and the carrot e57b4cf492 rows and picked 72e7b9846c up a hoe. A single tear 9611b4e884 that she had 701bccb6fe been trying to 1f721b6915 hold back fell daeac61393 into the furrow. What was she 56c8f4b24a expecting, being a 5745fe4754 traitor? Jimunda coming here 71e06aee01 didn’t necessarily mean f533083a8d forgiveness.ead5ac20ce52cf28
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Sob, sob, the 77db7d89ae sound of holding b232128b8c back her breath 85a71308a7 and the sound 2498d5d365 of hoeing continued 4d5856543c to mix for 5950d3f89e a while.ef8d18fe949b9727
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Carrying a 8d5173a820 tray with 1be6648370 steamed potatoes, 5f4d9db6ac tomatoes, and 40c394d91e egg dishes, 98ec3abd2e carrot rapé, 41455b047f and berries, 093623539c Ashin carefully 3b1e16cc1d pushed open edeb778183 the door a8afd39c6a to the 7ac5cd4d2c guest room 68beb6a485 with her c191cb8eaf shoulder.dd78c1217d44900e
Standing in the 4861e7c741 dark doorway, she d5cb96c6ea was reminded of 2b42fab993 the time when 90489068fe she was young f41db15de0 and had nightmares 968e18bff1 and burst into 4269d4a162 Jimunda’s room crying.de58554a5baa2260
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But the 0cd2af5f1a fleeting smile 61f5df12b7 was only 58b06762d5 for a f15aa17487 moment, and 725274c504 the room d5fd74853a was chilly, 876f12bcbd unlike then. After placing aa2b6f206f the tray dd09ee8dae on the 00b03ba6ba table next 9fd32a13ef to the 10c76b219d bed, Ashin 71b3ead6c7 quietly called 4f7f9f2b0b out to a408e6844f Jimunda.b73c4c042367dc86
“Mother.”f2254678af0d8afe
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The blanket, pulled 75de3fe4c0 up to her 9d22bf91c3 shoulders, rose and 480acaac3e fell evenly.7d3faa51c2c1636a
“Mother, are you 4ddda89029 asleep?”82fd6e794b174848
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Jimunda’s back gave cd23af9f8a no answer.04ff5437a4562ea1
Ashin carefully turned to 1f841bcac2 look at Jimunda’s sleeping f74f0b794b face. The moonlight coming in 315f2cf4f1 through the window illuminated 3e86149866 her face, which was 18f670236b much more wrinkled than 11c058bd0b it had been ten 1cab0d4faf years ago.5dc1e74245f598bc
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Her eyes 08373facf3 stung and 37a4202e06 her eyes 90bf19acfe grew hot.5821ba2e9d564eed
Ashin knelt on c10b82106b the floor, gently 5db4549148 placed her hand 1767c0c228 on the bed, 663816fbf1 and rested her bde31375dd chin on it, 0ab4de558c getting closer to 8babb9337d Jimunda.c368056276019d62
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Her mother, who e0e346820c no longer smiled b9d9d3b4a2 at her.41189ab1ba322611
For several years ad89c3c108 after coming to 6cdfdbfea4 the Empire, she b80092d324 continued to send aa901e0efb letters to the a410aecbec village. But Jimunda never 23cc8c3426 replied. So Ashin eventually 050ef26069 got tired and ad5eeddc02 stopped, but after b3909f51e5 the war ended, cee9fa787b she started sending f14d47a763 letters again.f7c2d0cecf3b504e
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Her daughter was on 808f3a8872 the battlefield for 10 68462595c2 years. And she d452d23423 didn’t even 4ebb1591e6 reply once.f0480dc31732f31a
Did she want Ashin 70f26e5419 to die on the f564af9585 battlefield?ef4326756220520a
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Ashin couldn’t forget Jimunda’s 8c03f93ced shocked expression as she bca99f082d looked at her as 7f4a0de616 if she were a c56008f13e traitor when Ashin left bbf20d5e64 the village. When she was 2bb77ce958 young, when she b3cf185820 thought of Jimunda, f393a5720b she remembered her dfac62d9b4 face that smiled 049954be13 brightly at her c4dc30a3a4 or the way 30b7be7414 she hugged Ashin bdb4af4f4c even while looking 55741889b3 at her mischievously 090900af5e for causing trouble. But now, 62d7804c89 all Ashin 5dffcc2a76 could see 0d01d54a72 was…a10146ae3b4b5252
Was she going to e82cd194d3 have to live like 4ef5086e80 this for the rest fd9395c1fe of her life?976022a17e5bd792
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Was this the price 49c0f2ff4c I had to pay?84874a71be213349
Ashin tilted 9b3f053ffd her head 686999ed69 like the 519c2bb24e sleeping Jimunda 41841eb54c and thought.dfed0f712a6aa518
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A tear that had 07dfe61873 welled up in her 474d853936 eyes slowly fell.a3b5ced5a838ebb4