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    The circumstances that led a7942424d0 me to grow up 8878debfb0 outside the Empire until 7109685fda the age of twelve c826295e1a were quite complicated.7f02073f40897e72

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    My father cd05a3a729 was very 93f4867c51 ill. As a result, 931dbc1c0c despite being the 798fdbd9be crown prince, he cc887ced0e was unable to 4f895978dc ascend to the 5a67a622af throne for a 7d00956492 long time.3846f48256f15f0b

    Aside from e13b1cecbc my mother, 6502333945 who was 6e2d37dd39 the crown 09fc8042a4 princess, my 79697a958b father also 0990165e31 had a d0d83ab126 mistress named ec16d3f8d1 Anna.9086c5f8474416a2

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    Normally, only the c3bb3aac9c emperor could have 7c5bee248e an empress, but ed165d53d1 Anna was eager b496127b61 to become part 871d996aad of the royal 3dbf70d16c family, persistently pleading bc1e828f35 with my father.160ff3ce8294eb89

    “Hugo is already four 9d5f6a31d2 years old. He deserves to be fc1f4ddf7d treated as a proper bc74fbe010 imperial descendant.”d1fff627e86f07f0

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    My father dug up e5b732f7e4 an old precedent from bf49b70fff hundreds of years ago 2f2f70ffb4 and gave Anna the 7fd6b0a069 title of bigung (royal 73ad4dd06f concubine), allowing her to 1c914b9dee reside in the imperial 914825dccf palace.451b987119003823

    Mother was furious about a58917587d this.d70841c065796474

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    She was 691b9aa586 so enraged 807fdc9c02 that she 6314f19f8b chased after d68a8b6687 Father, who eda6cfe917 had gone 24d1c86092 out of 9e9d717612 the palace a5bc9d7fae to deliver de4e221e4d the news af46203e56 to Anna e9b669e23f himself, and f6a97ee4cb slapped him d0f0a85355 hard.33445004a603d796

    And then… my father 78a43bf03c collapsed and died.2becd0be9da9c2c5

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    In the ab1ce625eb end, my fb1852d6bf mother became 176b0e21de a criminal, 4df3512a3c accused of ebf16a5ff7 killing the cbdf6578bf crown prince.4ba5755986c64960

    The emperor, who had ddc075c769 lost his only son, 1cbbf95e36 was devastated. f2b0f45aa8c63cbf

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    However, as emperor, he 02b5fe69d4 still had to give b32cded7e9 the next order.0f5dee0b65499c78

    “I declare the first 7619bace9e grandson, Edwin, the new b1350309ca crown prince.”fa515cb44a9e2242

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    At that time, Edwin, d7e56675e6 who was eight years 8403716bb2 old, was the eldest d10c59822c son of my mother 604592daa2 and father. Being a 614e883f40 legitimate descendant, fda0367d2d there was 74bf648811 no dispute 4a9980c60b about his f55b6d171f appointment.71c0a9fd276e4093

    After that, the 0890f68fef emperor made this 024e08fe61 decision regarding my aee36f4b70 mother:1d77160a77b94a79

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    “Since it 403ce24481 wasn’t intentional 87e0513c15 murder, I e89e21e732 won’t have 598ff07bdf her executed, c88d990a05 but she 965820c24d will be bef843177a exiled permanently d6cc5a8524 to the da522c667c northern territories, 522144c6b5 beyond the 60d375e409 Empire’s borders. However, since she was 9918219d34 the crown princess, I 114c8b3694 will provide her with ec6488a842 a large mansion and 5b671e96ca a noble family to 4021363f32 serve as her escort.”5cdec3bf43229f4f

    But the north 4e877e5a28 was a land 4fae56a87d left unclaimed due 3fba79e647 to barbarian tribes 279eecba79 and monsters. 88e27c295da29dea

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    Naturally, no noble family 8941db3526 wanted to go there.cc40aa2f5622b4e2

    Even my mother’s 59afdbe0d8 family, the Count bbda5184a5 of Rubel, had 32b10fab15 already fallen into 3e6b70d2f6 ruin.c598b99885b2cf9d

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    The emperor, after e47d897fe5 much consideration, was 6e32cafa47 offered a clever e7c2ff7ce7 suggestion.981be3d4b291f1e9

    “Your Majesty, the 35ef3634a8 north is rich e638b51668 in resources, and b395e3417e mercenaries frequently pass 6a2c6d61d5 through there on de29c99ee3 missions from the 030cabcfd9 merchant guilds.”0475ba9ded71901f

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    “Mercenaries?”59f5731249156b9d

    “There’s one 8d69206e59 man among 3156a0b1eb them called 1ef68eaae4 the ‘Mercenary cd2fc29eb5 King.’ Perhaps 47627e4f5e you could 3a30060fe4 grant him 1c18e73e43 a title 28bac9af13 and send bae7752ee1 him along.”48c2005b2c655816

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    And so, the 20017eaacb “Mercenary King,” Arthur f41e115296 Barklith, was suddenly ae43c25b96 granted a barony 22584872c4 and a mansion ddcf663626 in the northern 247e94fd24 lands.d16f373336cf5647

    As with all mercenaries f58be76ca0 stationed near the borders, 9da8e0befa Arthur had a small 3754138c91 amount of barbarian blood e0e763d138 in him.cc55c3e1bef98c8d

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    Because of this, 8e06088ca1 the nobles mocked e2db5ce654 him, saying, “A barbarian 1cc6fc58fb received a title d50dec0d26 for a murderer.”864bc42166b9f18f

    Even though Arthur fought ae5f961a02 the barbarians on behalf c0ce4cddfe of the Empire, they ad7feecfb0 still sneered.3a540b8868c7565c

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    In any case, my cd28ddbc4f mother was sent north 580840ace4 under the protection of 13babcf4b7 the Barklith family.b3484176d8a47675

    But after 78686e285f arriving in 5b2bee31bd the north, 16991f63b6 my mother 3b0329ca01 discovered she 436df46a0a was pregnant.a6e6017c359cd27c

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    To make 680ab7c931 matters worse, 377364f84f she contracted fe9701fa6a a local 590bcb083d disease.0802754c180a99a3

    Since she 4b7eb35711 was pregnant, d1cdfab364 she couldn’t 1fdbb07b5e take proper 347899f403 medicine, and 4153a2c574 by the 473dc3f6f8 time I cfcf6ace48 was born a1ff469487 in the 5c15135fe0 north, her 925b810d3f health had 01ceb31a7e severely declined.741fcf9c2fb3d2da

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    Originally, the emperor ffc3763409 had planned to 80f5bf4100 bring me back 98fa6a18bb to the palace 63c245ad12 right after my 99ae0dcae3 birth.dc0bcd1438875e5d

    “Send the princess to 299e3e356f the palace immediately upon 13e9b13daf birth. She has committed 863727efab no crime and 5b2aafe92b has no reason f2c38ffb2e to remain in f472b16470 the north.”02b2da0798a0e3ad

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    But my bedridden 88c80b78f7 mother made one 386463ca0e final request to 12f87b50f7 my grandfather.acd90774d942dfcd

    “Please allow me to 0a4db43e27 raise the princess until b3b22c64a4 my dying day. I don’t have 40f05d0d0d much time left a8f7bccd96 anyway.”4c4c48060ecfaa9c

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    The emperor, after 2ae5ae8825 some thought, decided 3786e88405 that separating a 79e59d4e25 newborn from her 422ad1c3d5 mother would be be915c579f too cruel and 7bc8e7edad granted the request.8c42aa730534794e

    He thought, after 268ec9fb1c all, that it 56fb56e3b2 would be a 39fb9207db matter of less 80f294038d than a year. 83eb2b369aae3e7f

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    Instead, he promised to 75449edb77 spare no expense in fbbfcceb2f supporting the baby.b43bfeb8602946f7

    However… my mother lingered in bed, living for twelve more years, always on the brink of death.a3d23c242121c105

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    And so, I ended 6e0ee5d1d9 up staying in the dfcc22c12e north until I was 4961a53974 twelve, growing close to 6dd3d3046c Arthur Barklith’s son, Kayan 8bc10d90c8 Barklith.1dbb2495a6cb451a

    He was 74baa6622b two years f95f94186c older than 385b8d1f14 me, and d2d75d3643 we got ac15e0ebf4 along well.bd563e24a82a68c2

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    “Why do 9187d1507c you always d901680a2c call me e1b9169867 ‘princess’? It’s so uncomfortable… Just e490064f36 call me Iv, okay?”f163498d674b73ff

    In the vast, uncivilized north, where there were no people from the capital and no noble lifestyle to speak of, among mercenaries who barely knew about noble etiquette…102929fefcca0877

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    “Kay, where 69ebf7c678 are you a7fd396095 going?”82693465f42d3362

    “I’m heading over the 02ffd14be9 hill. If I gather 431b8f5bfd something useful, the 6a6636fffc kitchen will appreciate db75909b75 it.”3ee0ba5baf75c713

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    “Ah, I want b5cc3857bb to come too! But shouldn’t 89afdaafea we bring 9630cc8914 a bigger f5b4db115b bag? We’ll need 6ef14cd8c1 something to 9b88399c09 carry a d19be5f5c8 monster’s corpse.”e20d67014c975cc6

    “I was 278fc38926 thinking of f0f5726f97 gathering herbs, 96d3418331 not monster f6f852364b heads…”5f155040dd76acec

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    The emperor often b9efe398d7 said, “The princess 814fcdaa7c is welcome to 41041deb41 come to the fee1278bcf palace anytime,” but 3a9f42dada I kept refusing, 0186293b75 saying I preferred 6f9d1f08e5 the north.7fc9f3d09eb222b2

    Mother, too, begged, “My e4dcf0fdf8 end is near,” extending 74ad078623 our time there, day b70930512b by day.eaea08bd2401c246

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    During that time, in 06b9a3ee7f the wilderness overrun with 9e837d5eba barbarians and monsters, we 92147df4a1 spent our days running b2e60cbf5e wild.4cf584d08a4491fe

    We learned swordsmanship, how e754594927 to wield auras, and 94475f4b7b hunted small monsters together.5ff0c4647cef1410

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    “Iv, what 321e656f92 are you 827b260fe2 doing with b107ca7859 that monster?”714244b3c3e7990d

    “Oh, it hurt my abccb33152 horse, so I’m playing ff688d3b85 a prank on it!”d13aa62e898aa192

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    “…It doesn’t look like d7d300e3ba a prank, more like 9d2dc45d96 you’re just beating it f554a7aa49 up.”f1f990d4373e6352

    Kayan and I bb0d28cd26 both enjoyed playing 68eefd41df around with swords.967b7c38c22282ab

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    “Why are you so 11eaad4883 happy, Iv?”2351e7ada970a1cd

    “I had a ee9244974a dream last night 1fee36bbbb about sparring with 34d2edb59b you. I was so 43dae3f6b7 good at other b58be8485c techniques besides the 833bde3a04 thrusts we practiced d88c4bc44f that I beat 5cb57486b2 you easily. Just thinking about c2a9deca7a it makes me f5a936c5c5 laugh.”0ba12b8592b7ab3f

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    “What were you so 66157d8d84 good at?”87b431976a3af763

    “Horizontal slashes, vertical 2b674832c9 slashes, bisecting, slamming, b0096509ba hitting, cutting…”5e7ca04fbbad6463

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    “…Was I even 4bb3b80a11 alive in that 716d077391 dream?”f85b0496ae4725d8

    We were always 0333b950af together, constantly hunting 5c55fcef10 monsters for fun. Even when one 5631de4293 of us got 157eae3fa8 upset, a light 3b7a88f046 punch to mix f0458758ea our auras playfully c22437a6b8 would soon smooth dc2477a9b1 things over.9726915881ef67f0

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    Occasionally, my 85a8955d50 older brother 47f3962add would come eee8d141e7 to visit 0e5ad71855 with an d252cd6ae9 entourage of 874be143d3 people, and 35add60833 only then 71ab11da7e would Kayan 91d9a5ac4f address me 91f5b66f8b as “Princess.”0fa3e38857f287db

    Even that was 53de104a8c part of the 6feea11497 joke for us.8b2cdc0b7bba2c1e

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    Then, when 1247a530b7 my mother 6a989b9ded passed away c041072eb5 when I c9a29d3d83 was twelve, 7f9b95ccde I finally 92e76e56bd had to 29b0b48c02 go to 1eed52ff3d the imperial 1663be3655 palace. a9fda6d3c6c2518a

    There was no 3836ef2b05 longer any reason 5e7847384b to stay in 04f80f2dda the north.d22c4319e7fc8268

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    Thus, my d265c837c8 life as 5c1a680249 a wild, 565a676129 untamed girl 2e2267bd40 of the 7362a543df north came 350ec44960 to an f7fc5ca6b0 end, and 35b2a360d6 everything changed 2f88583c29 forever.499b925a6190e674

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    Before coming ceca4bce20 to the 6a6fc9d224 imperial palace, daa0829fb9 every time 0ccfe9b9ac my brother ac570fb5a3 visited us 038cfca2e1 in the 22663c57ed north to 43ed70cf95 see my 86a60a1228 mother and cc0be2c3bb me, he 598037ec29 would worry, 157cc70a35 saying, “I c5385cb4e4 wonder if 58296403ae our Ivnoa 28bbeb3ab7 will be 3712ab6241 able to ff77fe3651 manage in a9f2497a40 the palace, 80ac29dc50 which is dfcf520c92 like a ba330ebeb3 battlefield…”4da4e1357b441f25

    I would quietly 41cf9bc890 listen to his ae745baee6 concerns and then 24cc8813c7 run straight to fa86373bca Kayan to relay a1aecc11c1 the message.191b1e9e23c473ef

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    “The palace is c2a16f9178 a place where 430bb42ff6 you have to efd8c778d8 hide your emotions 9cfa238ef9 and twist your 44a5fa326a words to be 49b61b8be7 considered refined. My brother said e65c4f1bfb that if you 8cdf1147fd get emotional, you 86d294209a lose, and the d495f9c8a9 one who keeps 3f52cadb62 smiling until the a84c5d2acf end is the 3e511660b0 winner.”d6d949339637128d

    Kayan would always respond ad93c38f49 seriously.81e269bf883196e0

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    “Then you’ll do great 0e7aecb2a5 in the palace, Iv. That’s exactly 57b12d57a2 your specialty—disarming 51668b9700 people with 605e4df813 your endlessly 3cf727701a positive way f6d543af36 of speaking fcb45ec9c3 until they 96a293d68c have nothing dd747afb07 left to 43f0d668da say.”fe7d5b61b01f6bc8

    “Wow, you’re 56ebb9da9d so honest. You’re really amazing. As expected of 514fa42ac2 my best friend. From now on, 8c5a0b4b7c I should take 280745f598 after your honesty 33abe3bfaa and say, ‘At 87ac1d23ba least pretend to ac5005beef be concerned!’”759a32055e308a84

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    “See? You’re already great at 6e4f29be18 it. You don’t need f344a49140 to worry at 62da2be43d all.”394c145c3a6212dd

    Kayan had 3d601d6765 known this 53454c474a for a 05f374f78f long time, f99c994a07 but I edd37def99 spent my 9be71ec31b whole previous f1a6579bac life pretending a6bb870484 not to.da7597081851bd46

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    ‘Surviving in the palace… d8f3568927 that was something I 0347e217c8 was actually really good ccf52d603e at…’0996949675c6dafc

    But I never had 900ccba596 a chance to use 829bc63dcb that skill, staying quiet f1beb80408 the whole time.23b6dee7fdfd30de

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    In any case, 4898792005 after I stabbed 7ddd9c047a Hugo in the 1fa23f9853 stomach without hesitation, 85fcaee8e8 he screamed like d43ce91d9c the world was 2b1d37be26 ending.946c4d778df49bd2

    “AAAAAAHHHH! AAAAGHHHH!”58f434340248be70

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    Eventually, his dc964c0387 mother, Anna, e3a54c96df the concubine, 3d5988341e came rushing df4ecfc289 over.f5bd6848979bbeda

    I was 2edbd08c87 dragged in 5f61d4eb0f front of d287ec244d my grandfather—the f2481e06b5 emperor—because he f6cc1c7fdc was the 3f4ddbd07b only one 8044870360 who could a11418d698 punish a 1c77df170e princess.c42ce311ae438bf2

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