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06 It was early morning. Aris, who had fallen into a deep sleep last night right after sending a letter to her patron, was startled awake by a sound of something frantically tapping on the window. "What's that sound...?" With disheveled hair, she got up from bed and turned her head toward the source of the sound. A white bird was eagerly pecking at the large window connected to the terrace. "A messenger bird?" Now fully awake, Aris hurriedly went to open the window wide. The well-trained…-
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Kalaian spoke worriedly to the stumbling Aris. "You seem a bit drunk, are you alright?" "I'm not that drunk." Kalaian looked at Aris's flushed cheeks. Her pronunciation was still clear despite being a bit slow, and her gait wasn't too unsteady, so her words didn't seem to be a lie. Seeing her keep smiling brightly, apparently in a good mood, Kalaian couldn't help but smile a little too. "I'll escort you." "I'm fine... Ah." As Aris was refusing his offer while holding onto the stair…
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"That's impossible... If that's the case, couldn't there be things like this under all the rifts we've eliminated so far? Even just counting roughly, that would be dozens... no, hundreds!" Mishuan spoke heatedly, unwilling to believe it. Meanwhile, Kalaian, who had been seriously thinking while looking at the bead, spoke calmly. "This must be what caused the monster to appear last time." "Yes, there wasn't any other medium that could have caused a monster to appear." Kalaian slightly narrowed…
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"I won't decline. Is that alright?" "That's why I offered. And if your injury starts hurting again, please tell me right away." "I will. Thank you for your concern." Maintaining a refined atmosphere in their conversation, they soon arrived at the location where the rift had appeared. The area was even more of a mess than before, as the previous monster had thrashed the surrounding bushes with its large, long body. Though slightly worried, fortunately there seemed to be no signs of monsters…
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"You seemed to be doing something earlier... Did I interrupt you by saying I wanted to take a walk?" Aris stopped walking with an apologetic look. Mishuan tilted his head sideways, then eventually let out a short sigh and smirked. "It was nothing. I just received a letter from one of the inn's staff earlier." "Was it a love letter?" Aris asked with sparkling eyes like a young girl. Mishuan nodded his head. "That's right." "What happened?" With her cheeks turning peach-colored, she…
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"Indeed. Looking only at familiar situations and excluding other possibilities could lead to misjudgment. After all, even those conditions for rifts disappearing were determined by us, weren't they?" Mishuan pondered their words carefully before suddenly raising his voice. "...Wait. Come to think of it, hasn't something like this happened before? When Doctor Aristena encountered a monster that appeared alone without any warning at the Magic Department..." Mishuan, who had been voicing out his…
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It was an impulsive action, done without much thought, just from watching him sleeping peacefully. She felt that if she could touch him, this strange feeling she'd been having might be resolved. Just as she absently decided to reach for him, her hand was suddenly caught. Her eyes widened in surprise. Soon, the man's curtain-like eyelids that had been firmly closed lifted, revealing his violet eyes. With sleep-laden gaze, he looked at Aris's face and her hand caught in his. Aris showed a slightly…
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Though her voice was still trembling, Aris seemed to have regained her composure. Mishuan checked her condition and then shifted his gaze. "Your Highness..." Even with Mishuan's arrival, Kalaian remained motionless, holding Aris tightly. Peeking her head out from his embrace, Aris looked at Mishuan with an awkward expression. She had been able to regain her composure because there was someone right beside her who seemed even more shocked than herself. "Um, Your Highness. Sir Mishuan is…
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05 As her clothes began to stick to her body from getting wet, Aris let out a sigh. Not checking the weather properly had been a mistake. However, when she was at the foot of the mountain, the sky had been clear. It was such perfect weather that the thought of rain hadn't even crossed her mind. 'Let's wait until Sir Mishuan arrives.' If the rain became too heavy, she planned to track him with her magical device and meet him directly. Taking out a hair tie and pulling her bothersome hair into…
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"Hmm... I suppose so?" Mishuan answered after pondering with his arms crossed. His words were vague, as if he was trying to recall an already blurred old memory. "You still don't remember clearly even after coming back here?" Aris said, sounding a bit disappointed. If his memory had been clear, it would have been very helpful. Still, thinking that he might remember other things, Aris decided to ask a bit more. After all, it shouldn't be easy to forget the moment when one actually fought on the…
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