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56. Seven carriages
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Seeing the guard drop to his knees, Dimitri was surprised. This was the first time somebody had evoked such a reaction from him. It was quite rare of him to be taken aback. Dimitri was a cold man and nothing could make him lose his coldness, nothing at all. However, for the first time, he was visibly stunned, especially after taking a closer look at what the case held.
The other people in the hall wanted to take a view of what the case held for they were stupefied to see such a reaction on their Lord's face. However, nobody dared to move away from their place in fear of losing their heads, in case their actions irked the Lord. They waited patiently, hoping for some to kill their curiosity.
All of a sudden. Dimitri, who was staring at the case intently, started laughing out loud and his sudden cha
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