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"How can this face be thirty years old?" Roderick turned his head to Erica and whispered. "Thank you." "I only stated facts, so don't get the wrong idea." "I love you too." "Do you want to taste my axe before those guys do?" While they bickered, the leader had reached the last line of the wanted poster. "According to eyewitness accounts from two years ago, those two were raising fraternal twins." He gestured toward Eric and Elodie, then stood with his arms crossed and head held…-
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"Congratulations on getting your own room, Elodie." On the way to the forest, after Elodie mentioned getting her own room, Erica had told Eric when they were alone: "Eric, when a friend has something to be happy about, you shouldn't shout 'Give me that too!' but congratulate them first." Eric held out the messy bouquet again to Elodie, whose puzzled expression was turning bright. "Take whatever you like." Since he didn't know what she liked, he had brought everything. "This one is pretty.…
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"...I must have done it...?" "But you've already forgotten about it?" Erica couldn't help but laugh hollowly, but Roderick didn't laugh. "I was working without time to think." "Anyway, thank you." Whatever grudges existed between them, she was the one putting him to work now, so she should express gratitude. Erica always hated being indebted to others more than others being indebted to her, and she always kept accounts straight. As Erica grabbed an empty bag and returned to where she had…
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"......" "St. Gabriel's grass is abundant in the forest, not something difficult to find?" "Then you should go pick it yourself." Erica sensed immediately from the herb merchant's suspicious attitude. It was interference from competing pharmacies. Success always attracts jealousy. Erica's intuition was correct. Not far from Erica's pharmacy in the city center was the largest and most renowned pharmacy in the city. This 'large and renowned' pharmacy started becoming merely 'large'…
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Erica was struck speechless. Women she had never seen before were filing into the shop behind Roderick. Like children following the Pied Piper. "This is the pharmacy I told you about." "My, how quaint." The middle-aged woman who entered first used a polite expression for "tiny as a booger." The pharmacy was so cramped that not all the customers could enter. Seeing people standing outside peering in, Erica became anxious. "There's room. Come in. Come in." Afraid of losing these rare…
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"Eek!" At that moment, unfortunately, her eyes met with the child who was also peeking through the gap. After the shriek came the sound of startled footsteps running away. 'I didn't mean to scare her!' Feeling uncomfortable, Erica flung the door open and stuck her head outside. "Excuse me......" She couldn't quite bring herself to say the name. Still, as if knowing she was being called, the child who had been running up the stairs hesitantly turned around. "What is…
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'You know it well? And you still act like this?' This is truly maddening.... It's a curse.... 'Why? Do you have some playboy gene? Is that why you can't live without a woman and are acting like this with me?' Erica, trust me. You're the only woman I love. 'Even if you love me. What good is that? It doesn't change the fact that you made a child with another woman and chose her.' I swear I've never made love to another woman. 'That child is yours, but you've never made love to another…
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It was a childish resolution, as if she had returned to being seven years old. It made her feel as if her wounds would shrink to the size they were back then. * * * She hadn't expected that to be the end of it. But she hadn't known he would be this persistent either. "Erica, what I said last night......" Slam. The next morning, at her home. "Erica, I sincerely......" Slam. During the day, at her shop. "I came to return the toy Eric left behind…
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* * * That night, Erica’s worries continued as she pulled the blanket back over Eric's stomach after he had kicked it off in his sleep. Should I stay put here for a few days? But then I'd have to close the shop. What would we live on? Ah, then I have to keep the shop open. If he comes again, I can sprinkle salt or throw filth at him. "Aish!" Suddenly overcome with anger, she jerked upright. "Mmm......" Erica was so blinded by rage that she didn't even notice Eric tossing in his…
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It was when they reached the door— Thud. Roderick closed the door right in front of her face. He leaned against the door and looked down at Erica. With desperate eyes. Those unforgettable eyes resembled the moment at the inn when he had begged that the woman must be saved, making Erica even more furious. "What do you think you're doing?" "Erica, don't be like this. Listen to me." "Open this door." "It will only take a moment." "Do I need to scream and have everyone in this…
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