The Sheen of Love Alzarin
Chapter 27
𝙿𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑. 𝙸𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝚂𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚞𝚗.
"𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊! 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞?"
𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞.
"𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚊?"
"𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊! 𝙳𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊?"
𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑.
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞, 𝙽𝚊𝚔."
"𝙶𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐? 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚐𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚞𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚊, 𝙼𝚊?"
𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜.
"𝙱𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚑, 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗. 𝚃𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞 𝚢𝚊!"
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗.
"𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗-𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗."
𝙹𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚔. "𝙰𝚙𝚊?! 𝙹𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗-𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗? 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊?"
"𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒."
"𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗?" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚠𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚜.
"𝙼𝚊𝚊𝚏, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊..."
"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗? 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐, 𝙼𝚊! 𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊? 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊? 𝙹𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋, 𝙼𝚊!"
𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛-𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐.
"𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚊𝚏, 𝙽𝚊𝚔. 𝙲𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊? 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊."
"𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊?! 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊? 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛? 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚞, 𝙼𝚊! 𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚙 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊.
"𝙰𝚛𝚛𝚐𝚐𝚑𝚑!" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞 𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊.
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚑! 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚐𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊..."
𝚃𝚒𝚋𝚊-𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔. 𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜.
𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚓𝚞 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜.
"𝙺𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚞𝚊! 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚞?"
𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐."
"𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛?" 𝙹𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑𝚖𝚞? 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖-𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚞?" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚖.
"𝙹𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋, 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊!" 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚔 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚖𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗! 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗, 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊!" 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙺𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚒! 𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔. 𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔..." 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔, 𝚊𝚙𝚊?!" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗.
"𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔... 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔." 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗-𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗.
𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚖, 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛. 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚜. 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚜. 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝.
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𝚂𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚕.
"𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗!" 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊. 𝙷𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚢𝚊.
"𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊? 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚐𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚞 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊-𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊. 𝙰𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚔 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚔𝚞."
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𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗.
"𝘑𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘪 𝘵𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘛𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘶?"
𝙷𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜. 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙼𝚊, 𝚔𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊. 𝙱𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐-𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝙼𝚊."
"𝙾𝚑 𝚢𝚊? 𝙲𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚜𝚊!" 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝙸𝚢𝚊, 𝚔𝚘𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚓𝚊?" 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒 𝚓𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔.
"𝙱𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚞 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚒, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗, 𝙰𝚕. 𝙰𝚍𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊? 𝙺𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚔𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊?"
"𝙷𝚖𝚖, 𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊-𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞, 𝙼𝚊."
"𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚔𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊, 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊. 𝙰𝚢𝚘! 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞!"
"𝚃𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝙼𝚊... 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚞 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊?"
"𝙲𝚔, 𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚊. 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞."
𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚔. 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊. 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙱𝚊𝚒𝚔, 𝙼𝚊. 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙-𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞 𝚢𝚊, 𝙼𝚊."
𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚓𝚞 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚓𝚞. 𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚋 𝚓𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝘠𝘢 𝘛𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘬𝘶. 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘬, 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘫𝘢, 𝘕𝘢𝘬? 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢?"
𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚙 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙰𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊.
"𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊! 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙, 𝙽𝚊𝚔?" 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞.
"𝙸𝚢𝚊, 𝙼𝚊." 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙.
"𝙰𝚢𝚘!" 𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜.
𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝, 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜. 𝚂𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊.
"𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚊! 𝙰𝚍𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒."
𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛-𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜. 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊.
𝚃𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝, 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚔𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊. 𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊!" 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊.
"𝙳𝚘𝚔𝚝𝚎𝚛! 𝙲𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚜𝚊, 𝙳𝚘𝚔! 𝚂𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔. 𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚞 𝚍𝚒 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚒𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔?"
𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊. 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚓𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚄𝚂𝙶.
𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞 𝚍𝚒 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚊-𝚍𝚘𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊. 𝙷𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗.
𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞.
"𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚘, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗."
"𝘐𝘺𝘢, 𝘔𝘢. 𝘈𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘢?"
"𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝."
"𝘈𝘱𝘢?! 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵? 𝘒𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢?"
"𝚂𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚢𝚊!"
𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚓𝚞 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝.
"𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊, 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊."
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𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜. 𝚁𝚊𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚑 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚔.
"𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚊, 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊! 𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊!" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚔.
"𝙽𝚊𝚔, 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚞!" 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗.
"𝙶𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐? 𝙲𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚔𝚞!"
𝙿𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊.
"𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚖𝚊𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚔𝚞..." 𝚆𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚊𝚏.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚔 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚖𝚞..."
