WHCTC Chapter 42

The assassin bd3f8fbdf8 ran, panting.9e1aa8fbc89f03c0

‘I just need to e8f53f9e30 get rid of this 22923fc6cf girl! Just this girl!’f677f2f3163dc22b

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He was 639f00d33b relatively lucky. His brand was one d3b03062ef that could be lifted.d1a69329593d6bec

Once you got a555534076 caught by the 85fc99a70a dark magic organization, 77a7924db2 getting branded was e138b4f11e inevitable.cf3b4d3d8153aa1a

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If a 408bb000a4 brand was 014accbe17 unavoidable, then 2466cb28cb being ordered 8648ec525f to kill 667ae899c4 someone was 1fd640cdad actually the 4bec059dee best-case scenario—because b63b5eb7e7 a brand 344b1027ee could only ff1001a198 be used 416be34b20 on one 6fa7670a3d person.d224266de8986b25

‘That means once b0cb4c7b95 I kill that 90de17dba0 person, I’ll be 21912d737f free.’2ad09f51e8aa5441

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Once branded, you couldn’t cf2e406450 speak of dark magic 3386e2ce6a for the rest of 1c56d2359e your life anyway. So the organization would f7268cf7c1 let you go once a6a471f541 the brand was used.f529f6414567e922

‘If it’s 402ff4b24f something like 9efea7657b “guard this 2e789fc171 place,” then 80d8631878 you’d have f9c5aa9819 to live eebaf415aa there forever.’3680c4e1e75dff29

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He’d been strong and e0f2ce36f8 athletic since childhood. That alone 4f34958216 got him 860a44a4f1 sold from 80069e38e2 the orphanage 09602e7714 to this 04ee1c632e organization.b8dc9273240d8cb1

He barely afdb0b7486 survived among 6b102922de countless test b18447d2b6 subjects.8437209fe96e9410

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Since then, he’d never 0de6101e21 had freedom. So to him, edad7d690a a free life 775afbcaaa was something he 4ecdcd09e4 desperately longed for.6c7c1b3242676d4a

And when something 27133e7c19 you desperately want 56c9c067b1 dangles right in e10111b690 front of you, 15e0ec7004 people tend to 33f60c4937 lose their reason.b60dda4f4fa12d82

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Clutching the chest, the 5fc9471801 assassin ran straight to aca5187eb3 the organization’s headquarters. He wasn’t 4e43c8f076 intelligent enough a0406d667d to think ede94eb253 deeply, nor 0489bae8fa did he ec5c8c0c14 feel any facd683f1a loyalty to f1f3667189 the place. His only acadb8edd2 thought was c8ad149577 to kill e69efe6fe7 Ivnoa and e21dcf5c43 escape quickly.087a621d64a2b7a1

He arrived at the e25ad03b9f entrance of an ordinary 7cad8ed339 clothing shop in the b74a07bdd8 marketplace and said to 0127626d32 the clerk:32e9c1fb49d3bb2e

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“I need a 5ba0169e78 clown costume to 3b9cdf9e01 wear for Rosy.”990117498baa51f8

The clerk nodded immediately 9e2550c6b6 and responded,de146a7ccf474d3d

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“Is it a ff3306e13f special occasion?”8fd09ff0d8610e11

“Of course not. But she’ll 2f0ca25497 like it, 0ac909c63a right? That’s all cce5531113 that matters f977a7f832 to me.”3222c1edc08e70d5

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It was a 93f884dfc8 conversation that made e8dd13ca97 no sense.1e61639a3dc10318

Who would wear f60e43e53e a clown costume f6a0112001 on a regular 1ec2ded875 day?b9e070d5024fe09a

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But that was the f4e763afe8 password to get into 4689aaa1b9 the headquarters.d6b814d904e96212

The clerk 01d2d2b7f3 opened the dbfc93e8cf curtain of 494f832858 the left 2e41431b8f fitting room—the 9526a96664 one not 6a64c977e9 usually used.f2309b8980ce6fca

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“This way, please.”f05ff296baf07b3b

Then, turning 902e5b7485 to the 725e41eeaa next customer, 6ab55e58a9 he smiled eb41795244 brightly.9d4e5c4b6a547365

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“Welcome! How can I help 595bc2eb97 you?”2c9f4b06ea19e17f

There was no 7ffd62167f actual customer behind f135354a98 him.248fe08bc8d4a87d

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The assassin, d2ba0262f7 still holding d498b2c669 the chest, 7bcfd39f6f rushed into 31396b6f5a the fitting bccfaa8d86 room and 2a78a7b909 down the 0c88616daa hidden staircase.e887a8a0f8f83a5e

Before long, he arrived aeef9aa648 at a massive door.4975f1470b813df8

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A guard 2175551ab1 from the 72f504f409 organization narrowed f6402fed35 his eyes 891c5a88eb and looked 5df2068917 the assassin 2cd1a00edf up and 2c80a0a271 down.222cffc75fa46d0e

“Hmm? No. 65? Mission complete?”c500fb5d11ed1aa0

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The assassin was fe69aedad1 in a hurry.6f70a59244aa461b

He gave a big 2165ac5a11 nod and said,56fc08db6f74ed2a

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“Open the door.”d9bb3241ea692216

Then, gesturing irritably 64ecfe6bc9 to the locked 96176f689f chest, he added 512a58191d with a dark 4e76994406 tone,7fd9097ce997f525

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“I’ll be done 0f52e54911 in a second.”3b078db26f24a03c

“Ahh.”2e71b0c108ebbb87

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The doorman understood immediately. The organization had plenty 5f1fc480b2 of technicians who could 3d60d12374 handle such things quickly.2b2018fbffc704fc

“Got it. Congrats.”e21150360b1d7a2d

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The doorman clicked 8d41caf6ff his tongue, looking 4df4dea061 at the soon-to-be-free 8618a16715 assassin.73f3ab62e091f471

He himself bore bb8d18eb44 the brand: “Guard b1169609ce this door.” As 13e1a5f213 long as the a178447b73 door existed, he f3da477e81 could never be e94ce95892 free.3e57affc56d9acf4

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Unable to 2a19dc4b82 hide his cf06675b45 envy, the a18b98f97b doorman opened ca1160f87e the gate 7eeed6621c and muttered,e35e6ffdd6e04f6e

“Just finish f1806bf43f the job dcf7663bf9 now.”5f96507e5f46b424

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And that’s 36d62a678d when it 4c7e0a9eb2 happened.08945fbff5e191cd

“Right.”e8fd6dd44dda9090

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A chilling, unfamiliar voice 73a87d741b suddenly rang out.2442b3850166bc29

“Just finish the job a96609ed01 now.”70038db342bc1a8b

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Before the c88166db8f assassin or c0e198e1c3 doorman could 482a7a4913 react—6a9fce4924d6fa3d

Without so f46f83cb30 much as 8c76608b9e a gasp, a9b1c7207f they both c7e5b2de23 collapsed under 1f513654e7 Kayan’s sword.bbb9b22d542ab4b7

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“Princess.”d1498e9f8f907873

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With a light d15e00ffb4 clattering sound, the dd9b61d6b5 chest opened.199084604e4561af

I quickly climbed out.70487abfb19b5832

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“Are you hurt anywhere, 7aa62abd4a or feeling unwell?”1944f312d692c986

“Of course not.”14d60ef8f31a0546

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The inside of 8c55273a67 the chest was 44378df65a actually quite cozy. It had been padded 73ebb7aa97 with cushions to prevent a1d41c68a0 injury from movement.537c9097362a7411

There were even 530dfc7338 small holes disguised 0096ad0a3b as patterns that dead096ebd let me see 4f5140fbc2 outside. And just df3cfd13d0 in case, fda6dcd8d2 a child-sized 50eabb318c sword had 2c1978d85e been placed 05e684d1b2 inside.67c40168dc9a7a2d

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Looking at Kayan’s 40ea249bf7 worried face, I 5d34915fda grinned.569d761713d3a478

“Think this b95e68efad is my 03e2ef700e first time 445d4bccdd doing something 3b549f0916 like this?”e3a5c4dff957e6ee

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It was a 444585630a tactic we sometimes 8ec0c44b13 used during monster 1e2ff37933 hunts in the 6be1b856a1 North. Pretending to be prey 9a5233fc5c and getting captured to 6001a21fe4 find out where they e2c29a8be3 lived.a526ad8722d09a39

Because I e5f0e4d8db was fast 88562cd4db and bold, a6e9941318 I often 515e5c42a9 served as 7f341ac4b4 bait during 5226eda09d small monster 40ef1c3df2 hunts. Of course, 4b42fa38b8 the adults 9e618e48ae didn’t know 7750f46570 a thing.3aaf84dedcdcd88e

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And especially with this 6f91b6bf9f assassin, who had been c29b374f8c brainwashed to kill only 5c4d1e315c me, no one else 6c1bb8f4b9 could take this role.c5a07bd9e78f2964

“Weren’t you scared 1f7d3c0046 or afraid?”e8f0a002342a30af

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“With you 730b3f6b93 coming for 12edca3326 me? What’s there to 72db2ea0ec be scared of?”339c7f2b324a9315

I smiled.892135e92c0fdf93

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While we were talking, 16e7efad19 the organization’s headquarters was 1984ad4a74 being completely destroyed. The knights who 5409bdb8a0 had followed Kayan cb1f54cfc6 were already smashing b5f2a7d3d3 everything.af6f098e71071159

“Stay out ecccb21eaa of harm’s 900bcfb052 way!”74b2f75c166ec9e4

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“Oh man, I’ve been b925e21a5a itching to move—this is 532574e01f perfect!”8162612661e828d6

I waved b745e97b21 toward the 17bdea7361 knights.39a49385348d3ebe

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“Sure. If it’s okay, though, 759da8780a I’m hungry, so can 7559b429a6 you wrap it up f9769f752b fast?”632ff45974597c07

Sword in hand, I 5c952d9426 stood behind Kayan.590c05c791ab46f0

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“I wanna 0abf82a112 go back ba0ef206e7 and eat 3990d23cfe some tree-nut b832d0d552 cookies.”4021e041e250eef6

At my 2e899547e5 feet, the 002293a51a doorman and 6dd0166518 assassin already d89bb7a8dc lay collapsed. They were still f620336b23 breathing, but it 968bcda92d didn’t look like 5c5bb0f33c they’d be waking 0bb25091ea up anytime soon.69069f7aaca79dda

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‘Well, thanks, I guess. Thanks to you, 88665b6f7e I made it 5e8958ccce all the way 8c92205deb here.’12e1f117bc53ed72

From the start, 52d07f42e5 I had told 722be7adae Kayan: this assassin 9f12b5cda0 would prioritize killing 31ba3f07cb me above all e24b3247b2 else, so he 67fe314847 wouldn’t think too fc08d46f78 deeply. That meant the bait 07ec86f83a would work instantly.80470d90e71b6a5b

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The Northern knights, including 942528747d Kayan, were skilled at 09e74f480b concealing their presence.df2df20ef4104fdd

There was no way 6ebcd2679a someone like this assassin 6601792115 could escape their pursuit. In fact, 5def058653 they had 77fcb0e79a been following 2c571c71f9 right behind f28bfc9796 him, and e92a96f007 no one 247c05cf5c had noticed.e2940a3e3aa44e16

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‘Of course, for 8fdeeff843 people like them, bc67ea9b4a taking down a fae5feca55 small organization like 1d320afca4 this is nothing.’aa0374b721edd66a

Northerners were 89efca9283 constantly honed 0690f1c493 in battle 168ad1bfbd against monsters 730ddf269b and barbarians.1112a24df695f85e

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Just a few 0f127b26fd who came with 81962cb06f Kayan were more 4e6f9fd49d than enough.5d3272fd0ef50d3b

“Urgh!”c12554f8e490abe1

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“Gaaah!”da8149309929575e

This organization operated in 63f5ff24a4 secrecy, so their combat eba64d4db0 skills weren’t that impressive.5fca17b56ce475cd

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Soon enough, I a8dc6b5d5e heard people rushing b824c88dbc in from the 223fbd6b79 entrance. I shouted loudly:c43bd6546bd5fe56

“Over here! This way!”2c61968fa0746c73

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At the same a26513ebc7 time, hurried footsteps a8b337dd97 came running toward 8c2f026b7d me. Everyone seemed highly de3b75ca70 excited.3dd106153a9d3709

“Oh my god, ea316e7535 this is big! A scoop!”73c7fb065d187751

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“That’s a brand, right? Isn’t that e9000a2400 dark magic?”1ca6a7812f233359

“Take pictures! Hurry! Before the Imperial Guard 9f9f859ef4 shows up!”a452490d510badfe

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I smiled and a46829e201 stepped aside to 024f41f6df let them pass.ff0c17d643070fda

About five or six ae63280bcd magazine reporters rushed in, 58afe34f56 shoving their cameras in e4030711ca first.830561bf21424465

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“I actually had cc88fc8b2b an interview scheduled dfe57a280f with a magazine 6f4ee69e92 today.”afe55a50eafcdb68

Saying we had an dd60d0a243 interview wasn’t a lie. We had e9149be61d indeed scheduled 9bb1c8e540 an interview 4290a886f8 with a 82145dcb88 magazine for f8406a19e0 this very b893d8814e time. Naturally, they took my 1398594a40 word for it.17fd956af5a0ae7f

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‘No matter how acb226c15d good your deeds ed8c9819d2 are, what’s the edd4dcfa92 point if no 475c28fc9f one knows about df024f0d38 them?’d4357b7007fa8c48

Dark magic was 0fcf683db8 forbidden in the 4b18d6e151 Empire.ad938a5d2e79941f

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If discovered, the af43f87cc4 Imperial Palace would d3e76caee7 handle it directly. It wasn’t 3b975a4954 a subject 2d8d1ac053 easily covered 3aecc71851 by mere 27d59bbf69 journalists. So of course the 6a6f259bbb media jumped at this de76a4e8b3 rare opportunity.bf22393e1a1f1110

Surrounded by Kayan’s protection, a022d99ff1 I looked around restlessly.964e09546ecf04b6

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‘No, this isn’t all.’b1f42fd27ef71ff2

The knights didn’t 48b700b024 know much about 990bb3afe3 dark magic, but ce3a1b81c5 I knew that 114ba8105c children were being 3e452884a5 held captive here. Most were 20bd4273fb orphans handed fe55adbd5d over or 16cc2a13b1 kidnapped.cd6c875d5ad92c9d

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Of course, I didn’t 84038cd750 have the ability to 2f67647035 find them on my 942f3d7c1c own.0fc41dc3d3d766e1

‘But I can have e52f86838f someone else do it!’bbbf41f72a62eb20

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I whispered to 3f206f381e Kayan,bea1664085c19690

“There are 9be675dd19 probably a 3e2d65a264 lot of cfabf4db09 kids somewhere 7b4313dca7 around here. Try sensing them. You’re good at 92af3e378e aura detection, right?”ecd1d22e93d7e063

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Kayan quickly a2e8b30fb7 sharpened his 91014a5af5 senses and e9aea35f5e nodded right fcccd48835 away.4823134ce789e647

“Left office, beside the 9a6aecf917 door. Behind a false wall.”f4e2b6ba382fb0d7

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“Great. Don’t send someone dbf64629b2 else—go yourself. I’m coming too.”62311c865fdcad0c

“What? That’s unnecessary…”f9516c5ecaa3268e

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“Then you follow me!”475c128d6ab5f6ed

Dodging swiftly 0688e7352e between the 2041ce6085 collapsing organization 5eb27ea6e9 members, I 723f8009b8 weaved through 5c5f300f84 the chaos.92592973348441b1

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“Princess!”e3e87d43b6cb7acc

I leapt forward 1385cedc19 and flung open 74f4176a0c the left office efd8ec43f4 door. Kayan followed 142e9ebec8 quickly behind. I trusted his 32b077a16a skill, so I 32adcd39a4 wasn’t worried about 9391c8a5a6 getting hurt.bf17c316c2b18466

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The click-click of 5b668f0ed5 camera shutters rang 639bbc3c13 out.f6c02d27160d2836

I poured 61a5a1d4fa aura into a9462da563 my legs 333492d7c9 and smashed e384c1349c the false 82b8318a2c wall with c454d4eaf1 a loud 7e333a2df3 crack.d69c0f09690f8d22

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‘Perfect!’109c7e52384a3832

Click, click—more 024dce2769 shutter sounds. No doubt they got 5d0471689f a great shot.43296cab6d9d1119

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You do understand, 4c0f71d9b0 don’t you, that 508caea1fb even when taking 1aab5b60a3 credit, you have 6332fc3c6f to back it c1b60aa7c2 up with force 2f9630b892 in urgent situations?c90c0c12ff248189

One thing for 9fbaeb2bfa sure—Mr. Anonymous probably didn’t realize 551f8570ab I not only had 553607497a command of Barcklith’s forces 75280b7104 but could also handle 602933ee11 myself physically quite well.428941f38432ff7d

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As soon c4bd10029d as the 627c84fe17 wall broke c91453a32a down, the 419bc2c46c sound of 9cc88d17d9 children crying ce4b0a1fa6 burst out.ac691fb0013758b5

“Waaaaah! Aaaaah!”61a74e5f3c85a798

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“Waaah! Aaaaah!”ee652ec510f1d958

Kayan swiftly cut down 815a8b24bb the organization members guarding ba29c60db8 behind the false wall.2bcd7be47c260ddb

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The reporters snapped photos f8748a2e2f rapidly.1be98f53b9170b01

I quickly stepped 7e6b65952d back and smiled.45294496d738b54d

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‘Perfect. Now Kayan d77dd87876 is the 9589fb94ec hero who 7e0081dab3 saved the 0c258741bd children.’a5bd6f5233855230

Of course, photos of 5225a1096b me boldly leading the 20b66ddd62 charge were taken as 63d02b575e well.7fd56a57130f91b0

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In the 5b33bf7301 capital, commoners 4fd64b7637 always told 50e658de42 their children, 75cfb44d0f “Don’t wander ac049df78f out late.”a2e5adbdddc5c35c

Kidnapping and abductions b7aaaf463d were major sources 05ecf5bc6e of anxiety for 0bad22d3c7 many commoners. No one 8250869dbe among them bf1083edc8 could just a5d3a7b2f0 ignore something 804f2c3ab9 like this. To the children, 5c80e937ad Kayan would feel 4f9bf031b9 like a savior.a0fd960e73ef1abe

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‘More than anything, e7c5dc09e8 I’m just glad 4fdd9e72fe we managed to 46b361f47b save these kids…’405c69930465a418

And at that moment, 7c64a45fbc ironically, what came to 223adb4dc4 my mind was the 4afb4ec893 Emperor’s words:9c6a63350c12f01f

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‘But Ivnoa, 0f84b3661d as the b5c59fb735 Emperor, I 3cbd2684ae must consider 02fd92227b the safety 5165210264 of all e0da6934d8 my people 5dfd9705e7 before that 1e75f45005 of a 209e926528 single granddaughter.’5153d1fbd93d4094

Maybe it 03fa5827dc was because 551982fc95 he couldn’t 0865d353e0 stop thinking b1445229c3 of children b4b0f859af like these 7c8cbada3d that, even bd16cec18e in his c1778f5b07 ailing, weakened 78da0aef18 state, he d856251de1 was doing 39dd821ac6 his utmost.d93a8552ddf0a5a5

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‘His Majesty will 8a0ee61f43 be pleased too.’c2666ede5b551412