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Chapter 19 — To Save One's Pride
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Tristan's morning has never been this unproductive. His body clock did remind him of the his naturally set time to rise up and greet the early sunshine, but that did not help at all.
Although he has temporarily left his regular chores to travel at the Capitol, he still has a lot to do in replacement to those. Not to mention the physical exhaustion he used to suffer from back at his hometown, is now overweighed by the mental drain those surprising discoveries have caused him from day one.
At the top of those, Serina's sudden offer made him restless for the entire night. It is no little favour to note, whether he rejects or accepts it will surely change the way he lives.
After all, he cannot just walk away and pretend as if nothing happened when he himself is already involved in the mysteries she is digging into.
He needs her protection more than anything else. But he cannot blame her for being dragged into these, it just happened th
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