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    The sound faa9c61e8d of the 0e501b2e02 magic barrier 29eddb4405 from the 50675a066e bracelet hitting 12db172415 the ground 374d2b6067 echoed loudly.12155d264ef00f08

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    “Whew.”f03eb5d7d67b633f

    I stood up and wiped my forehead. I couldn’t even do hanging jumping before, and now I’d basically jumped off a cliff withouta rope.df83ba4916d6f228

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    It was half faith dc8309b0a2 in the bracelet, and 35f1b72506 half relying on divine a5431c31d5 power—that’s how I managed 0855bc7bdb to pull it off.ff73fe1cef92008b

    “My lady!”0dc60ec54f7cd385

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    The coachman shot 085ab0f019 up, shouting like 24e4b4f9d3 a scream. His eyes scanned my bf833e4c9a body quickly, filled with d114d3e9dc worry.e27b9745676ea13d

    But in f9b3237e35 a flash, 7a345f9c66 his expression 9a66f03542 hardened. He looked around and 1119e7153d picked up the sword dc49bb7ed9 that had fallen with 3ca1012d3b us.d5cd5193840d2aac

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    “How did 86e035f96c you survive d2dbc9a94f the fall?!”a6e82215e9bc619e

    “Magic barrier. See this blue 21bb9b3e09 shield? That’s what saved both 493c6022ed of us.”085188df81afa2f3

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    I smiled 88ba9b5553 and pointed 706ef1912b to the b02c927a1a magical shield e9850963ac created by 064019482d the bracelet.e6462f83eca49eba

    “Magic barrier…? But how did Isurvive too…?”e0183c627ea8bb61

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    Magic tools 2b091498c4 like this 566e1a5b26 were usually 0eff8fd595 reserved for 7cf05be56b nobles. And especially 0e6a1762c0 for someone 583a41c213 like him, cb0ffa2d4a it would’ve 48af62783f been unfamiliar.f3b37d81b5aca659

    “There’s a condition d1bbd8a3aa to be inside 6d60a24f4e the shield, other e92d39693a than just wearing 23581feb31 the bracelet. One is that I 42fc4252eb have to believe the dc85c7aade person is on my a3cf213c99 side.”93956b81fea3083c

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    “How am I fdf4482418 onyourside, my lady?”2c795bf8f3ea56eb

    He cut me off, d629d22bf9 yelling. I calmly continued with 9fcc6b0acc the second condition.8b11e8c6376b2b4d

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    “The other is 5355339688 that you must ea714fb0cd not have any d98c6fb91c intention to harm df3c44e8b8 me.”30ce62b99d4f1e72

    “…”84fabd63a59d7867

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    “Now, tell 849d1523db me the 339c45fc0a real reason b223d336d9 you kidnapped 332363365e me.”dcfbf7a324d985e2

    Instead of replying, e1b8d5e665 he gripped the 5dc07b7603 sword tighter.335280d3a63d5866

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    “The assassins will come e11d9cf6c9 down soon to check 924e63ec25 your body. Even if we run, 63db34282f we’ll be dead soon.”8b5cf1f60dc4b2a0

    “Not that. I’m asking 8881624876 why you a5a63c3335 tried to 052cf682a3 kidnap and ce8788e36e kill me.”b3ea0ff0077b1e98

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    I grabbed the 94a7fa5da8 wrist holding his 6b7c6145d2 sword and pulled 94bfe11f12 him toward me. He flinched 2ee43f22dc and dropped eb9544266f the sword.3118ff897e13bfbc

    “If youreallywanted to kill me, 9664374917 you wouldn’t have let 8df37093b0 go of the sword cbac040e61 just now.”5f7b27d386093b73

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    I looked 0c06221264 him in 979dcc22da the eye a1429b8733 and spoke efc920d93e clearly.2ea03e3aeaa689e4

    “Who ordered you? Is there a reason 45f92981db youhadto obey?”babe980c744c6934

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    He kept his 793a0b8f30 mouth shut, lips 571910e9e7 tight. I tried 6ad6e2df69 to recall aef7798f42 details about 12d392d2d4 him.04e7df1117517853

    What would make him 47edc9bd09 so obedient…? Of course…5eaf6f9498b3c013

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    “Something happened to your ff8fffc0b5 family, didn’t it?”09764cb1c42a41b6

    His eyes f5db2dc021 trembled violently 50cc9bcea8 the moment d390f16ed2 I mentioned a7d24aed0d his family. That confirmed it.e8816e3b3d214670

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    Just as I saw 4f819912ae the answer in his 9fe99d9af0 eyes, he realized I c9637ac4e6 knew the truth and 495ed295d1 finally spoke.6abae56cd11129d0

    “…Yes. My wife and child c4023e27d5 were kidnapped.”bffcee7626da2263

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    As he 3f57225b3e revealed the edf49fcd22 truth, the 45b11d0777 magic barrier 6058e01d05 suddenly rejected ee7c07aec5 him.ea7063b5b9a1671a

    He hit a tree 86283ac567 and coughed before struggling 5ed9e49966 back up.908cde85036b2e04

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    “You must die b0d391ef52 here, my lady. I’ll follow ff8e08dcb0 and apologize a37f621ad1 in the 0f5d5f054a next life.”253fb37c04f22e37

    This time, cac04e5ea5 for the ed6e6b0166 first time, f057a68f15 real killing 028650b4e2 intent settled deb671a8c6 in his f39f79ddb7 eyes.770b1f09dd50633a

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    He stepped toward me, 160540c926 reaching out. But the barrier rejected c431949be4 his hand again.6c1f52fb4aecffff

    Even knowing d849fb1e13 he’d made 5447f0c69d up his 1c793e138c mind to 808a77bd2e kill me, 321b91b39c I couldn’t cb6bf0a7cb blame him. He was doing it 08e7aa337d to save his family.469ad88cd8da4367

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    ‘The barrier lasts for f8a11b5d8a ten minutes…’e49193c82e9480a0

    But I didn’t know 1a47e2edd5 how long had already f362db3c00 passed.ecda73e0f7ca50eb

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    I looked at the 2171a0c987 bracelet. I had heard the 61b2b88ab0 gem would blink once 9bb561ac31 when the barrier was f76c15ec3d about to disappear.4a6808a182b3b190

    “I’ll save your wife 6a472e2949 and daughter. So come 5922eabc5c back to ee8c40ffb0 the mansion 359ce3f331 with me.”b0bebf7a7cbd7d0f

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    “…What if 706546c94e something goes 89832d1b62 wrong?”252758fe09c21ec5

    He slammed his d97f88ec8e fist against the bdff970f25 barrier.cd4c455d11e03bab

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    Boom! Boom! Each hit made 71a8bf1f2c it tremble.1de68ee8ab7c3db8

    But the barrier, strong 3653f183d8 enough to survive a 97a6100963 cliff fall, didn’t break.2c2126e93c22df98

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    “Even if 60f3071fcb you kill 4b626e8c25 me, do d103a1e260 you really 223fa1b3ea think they’ll 7d9724221d let your 874b1b1107 wife and 07295c1795 daughter live?”eff5ac0a69457a24

    “That…”2852e4b7591b94c7

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    “See? You’re not b94648c8cc even sure.”cce6b76140e688e2

    I called 0ebd4b1922 him out 33c0621409 as he a8ac246c4c hesitated and dd81c9d9b8 held out 3e7c9a6c46 my hand.be3629139e1ec716

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    “Then trust the 00c08a3855 Baisen family you’ve 8dd798c48d served faithfully for 604bb62db4 30 years.”026f1b1163e46152

    “…”d37d544fcf2f2282

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    “I’ll do whatever 3e2c0d64dc it takes to fd64b13ab6 save them.”a65e0f6e39ca7bf9

    I said 8040f023bf it again, 5e2be7b0a3 firmly.6d4836a0fb17796b

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    “Let’s live and go 8a583a630d back together. Tomorrow is your 256ca0cf5b daughter’s birthday, right?”e54d3c21a1db4ee0

    Just then, the 3bfe369502 gem on the 47694cc760 bracelet blinked—it was 963dd61540 time.86e681f84b41aa8e

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    “You’ll really… save them?”fef79b92cc1ae1d9

    “Yes.”7ed792744744e2f4

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    His hand 4b5f808da1 slowly passed e622a5e026 through the 32965f1738 still-fading barrier.74b5b7222a6cc956

    Then it disappeared 245d18f2dd completely. The coachman fell 1d57c8567f to his knees 711b125e8b and lowered his 48405c9884 head. His voice trembled bd794d6c95 as he tried ba51e580a0 not to cry.19d5f8b0a3511b0c

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    “Please save them… Please 254957dbca save my wife and 989c64497c daughter… You can kill fa8ee2a067 me after, just please…”3a679aa9ee8fb3fd

    “I said 63fb18435f we’re going 9f94105deb back alive 67656921ae together. Stop trying 09904bef10 to die 778bcd4563 already.”0c4ce9b8519c0c39

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    I patted his shoulder 2825019cea and looked down at a1661af05d the ground.a433736885b0320c

    The impact 11545c76ab of the cd52a68002 barrier left 4bfb62637b a big 2df5605bae hole in f6e7f60ff4 the ground.337b6bded985924c

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    That meant it’d be f4ccb7ee80 easy for someone to c53bcc6a43 figure out where we 6fe28319a8 fell.adc6c801eae923c8

    “You said 3ae2a2c348 they’re coming dc04b6fa53 to check 6c33c838a1 the body, 61751886d3 right? We have 1e871075c9 to get 2bd9563fbb out of d44f0f297f here quickly.”cb3a471cbb9764ee

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    “Yes, my lady.”d22da49fddd3634e

    If we 8482c36df3 moved carelessly 0e4f57754f through the b7da253c88 forest at b7b49fe2ca night, we 7c850e34c2 might get 71b584306e lost and 722b005eab disappear for b0c906e539 real.4716b7ac7b666332

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    I thought back 8786ff4473 to the cave 861d6cbcea I’d seen while b8922a06e9 falling and looked 0f13a6919e toward the direction 34dde33dc4 with red flowers.477b2503988f4318

    ‘Let’s head cd473f656a to the 555834ee4f cave first.’1b5573dd80453666

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    We just needed 5ac97cf925 to head out b662b3126d in the direction 316cb653de where the sun 20c62fe892 rises, and eventually 08cae712f3 we’d reach a 489fbfaffe village. If we 811d8a28a7 were lucky, 70bda269cb a rescue 4b8b9ba65a team might 65b1c8f3db come find 8751ee9cf4 us.3856ee97cf4f50c2

    Maybe someone was 38b21f6f42 already searching for 83a155e6ca us in the af2c2612ee forest. It was only 2d0afa2fad wishful thinking, but af28daed9f I decided to 98ff5618c4 take that gamble.6c6e19a63b6acf4f

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    “…Hold on a c3aef3f38e second.”65ac29267b748c6c

    I picked cd97caef32 up the f3e59438a8 dagger and 9b2de95401 started carving a8b2fc3ea0 something into 8b6af03afa the ground.3867e41e1f0eb7b1

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    “That’s not Imperial a8e62441a5 language. What language 65e46780ce is that?”a756f946936cb8e0

    “It’s the 5e7135857f language of d684db7822 the Prolang 26c301e50c Kingdom. Even among nobles, very 8dabbe8ce0 few Imperial citizens learn 58b9c73a0f a second language.”dc4b23a7f3279efc

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    “…But what if 08b6f14dcf someone does recognize f6b7789736 it?”61f8e58a75277063

    “They probably won’t.”c707c54c7feebcc3

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    Unless it’s Harold.b81a96513277261b

    I didn’t say that 204898e827 last part out loud. Instead, I e749ff8389 cut my ae152ff490 hand slightly 2db2711f12 with the e6ac751ef2 dagger and 4ed4881a93 smeared the 35b50d7a1b blood on a2ca0a4da7 a nearby 2741d731c2 branch.0fa7cbb737689cc3

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    “My lady!”49e6938aee944218

    “Don’t worry. It’s just a small 973b410a30 cut.”9a5ab23bce7a93f5

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    The wound 1bd5d28229 healed quickly. I wrapped bccf410ae3 my hand 90241b5c89 with a a9c7351169 handkerchief so ebcd40b58d it wouldn’t b1b23a54ea show, then c54cac5093 positioned the b8fab0b7ff branch so ac5ec04ec0 that its 67ff0909f9 ends pointed a8127e7962 in the 59b5b1ae75 wrong direction.d409e95b8059deb5

    “If something like c2f51abdff this happens again, dc87d6df8c please let me bed807a695 do it instead.”969bf7206a9f8eb4

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    “Got it. Let’s go.”a81f7bee0180903d

    The coachman and 2fa4090b5d I set off. When we d7c9ae9961 reached the 159d710f14 cave, we 7457722427 checked to 8357b03b36 see if 3f653e6721 it might 8bb6fde4b5 be home 89ab2e69f7 to wild 602da15073 animals—but luckily, 3d2cc0e379 it was 8a2103b82c empty.8a68cb1486a12e2d

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    By then, the 21eccfdc6c sun had completely 5c5d28c964 set. With our 09324e311a eyes adjusted 2955ae0d78 to the 3731f2849c darkness, we dcaef0ed0d could barely e3e6fa2a4d make out 25a2e148ac the cave’s 509b49832a interior.4f569fd8eaaf3ce3

    We curled up 4dd0c8b454 in the cold f0795cb5b7 night air. Listening to 9aba9d9636 an owl’s c74e604b8f hoot, I 0ff4acaa37 quietly asked 5c07a1543e a few 7450e6f1c8 questions.dcc92f5ce3f1c0a2

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    “Do you know 7a9de3bf41 who the real 95368ff48b culprit is?”8a38117c01534cd0

    “…We only 5bc43614e6 communicated through 273fdad417 notes, so fbaa616b63 I don’t 4a390d68ec know. The note just 743e86a3de said that if adc9bfe13f I wanted my edef2d3849 family back, I fc083b34e5 had to get 544f0ce6d9 rid of the ee126d69b5 guards and bring 48cc07d4c9 you here alone.”5b8a7ab6d486f8f0

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    “Did you d1159817b1 kill the 8ed89ce538 knight?”809ce1f5c4c665e2

    “No. I couldn’t 7242d00fe5 bring myself 0f2a6ef8da to do a678bf2256 that, so 4f2a1e6cb3 I used 50bc33af5f sleeping drugs 86415ea86a I bought be71599566 separately.”477a1377965dfd96

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    “What about aa8486d89c the signals e27ff22e88 with the 80bdfa90ec assassins?”c42feb51433a94aa

    “They were 2752946d79 written in 58f5a9f2bb the note.”24d29e0780a8837f

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    “What happened e46faf2b89 to the 972d3802a7 note?”cc7dc4bc1997c403

    “I burned everything, just 9d8a4ef437 like the note said. I was scared 3ed7c7649f that if I cda7490f4a kept it, something a8e49f99a5 bad would happen 6ba818d63a to my family.”0700f37e215d5ba5

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    I quietly memorized all ea0aaeb57c his answers, one by ce482c8557 one.a480d533262f133a

    It seemed like the b9bf3e24bd coachman had never even f70921b071 met the real culprit. He only learned a53d295b94 about his family’s bebbeac6fb kidnapping when he 960bd8009c got home and 5c9d14cded found they were 5d0d930087 gone—with only the d55c9af392 note left behind.80725898299fa9cf

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    If only 41fcd7c37f we could b638700143 capture just 5d6ed7962a one of e4275e7e22 the assassins 7db5afec8f alive… That 39bc261239 would make 449b5dd1a6 identifying the eedf938615 culprit and e9ed78f7c9 finding his 0a688e91da family so 6e92b9744c much easier.dc80bb57dac0d1fe

    I looked down 231eedcc54 at the dagger 4622003fa0 in my hand.7e4eee3d536e99e1

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    “…I’m sorry I couldn’t 57a05e95d5 be more helpful.”e180cbe722960fdf

    “It’s okay. For now, let’s just e55194bdc9 focus on getting back.”59fcb89e3352610d

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    I whispered and waited 180146e008 for time to pass.cd6e910ed449ad97

    Then, we sensed something f293c5e2db outside the cave.2ce64af55a95acba

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    The coachman and 706d5fe854 I locked eyes 538be9e763 and held our 72ad346580 breath.9b329aae6e51e9e6

    If someone 1d0fc8298b comes in 00fbf17b52 here…603645c902aca877

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    My heart 73e6ad5c6c pounded fast. I crouched behind 2b9c528af3 a rock in d3586b16e4 the cave and f0f79550ff gripped the dagger 6913612114 tightly.fe637d42ed535f81

    The coachman b1f53bc2c1 gave me a064d06aad a look, f8c2890e00 silently asking 6f58a076da for the c5b917d13a dagger, but 08b32509d2 I shook e70663cdda my head.b7f5eba8eff975b4

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    I still had 8b8ab3d90b two more uses b2b78d1fcc of the magic 17eb85be2e barrier. It made more 4980478f02 sense for me ab8e642a85 to handle it.9fd20a0ec3ade827

    Then, we felt the 71534b06ea presence creeping into the ed5e776e78 cave.fb59194e387e1383

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    Only one person, d9992c7d28 judging by the dc6796ccd8 footsteps echoing inside.385b9e20694a250d

    The footsteps stopped—and a4b266b5d2 instead, a familiar 960339f523 deep voice called 814689d97f out.14b1e2f0ab63721b

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    “Diana, are you in a88547c5ba here?”4b81cd5799d727dc

    “…!”d623bdaf63356d24

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    I immediately jumped to 6a432ba7e1 my feet.4ae03f8686407d38

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