CH 460

*Fidget, fidget*

Inside a chalk white palace, in its grandest hall──the throne room, there was a girl who was being very fidgety.

She had beautiful blonde hair that was tied into twintail and  chocolate skin, with jade colored eyes. She was the little queen──Koone  de Shelt Synclea.

She was sitting snugly on a luxurious throne made from carved chalk  white stone. She was wearing a beautiful pure white dress with golden  embroidery and sash. On her head was a crown that was modeled after  flowers.

Several streaks of light shined in from the skylight. The building  structure was set up so that the lights intersected orderly to prevent  easy access into the throne room.

Therefore, it was as though the small queen was being protected by  the sunlight. It was a beautiful scenery that would take anyone’s breath  away, like a single page that was drawn from myth.

However, that mysticism was,

「……Koone-sama. Please do stop swinging your feet back and forth like that. It is unseemly.」

「……uu」

Reduced by half because of the feet that were moving restlessly under the table that was placed in front of the throne, something that originally shouldn’t be there.

Koone let out a small whine awkwardly after being chided by the head  of civil official──Bruitt who was a grandfather so old he was constantly  trembling as though he was going to break into pieces anytime.

In exchange, it was her toe tips that were visible from her beautiful high laced sandals that were curling in and out next.

「Your hands are also frequently stopping since some time ago.」

「It’s just your imagination. Koone declared that it’s just Bruitt’s imagina──」

「You have not finished even half of the scheduled work though?」

「……」

Even the former mischievous princess who was feared (?) by the masses  as the “chaos princess” and “chaos in three seconds appearance”  couldn’t go against “everyone’s gramps” who had supported Synclea for  more than half a century.

Especially because he was now monitoring her harshly compared to when he was being lenient to her when she was still a princess.

「As I thought, this work should be returned back to the office if your majesty is unable to concentrate here.」

「K-Koone’ll do it! Just you watch! Koone’ll do it right here! With dignity! As befitting a queen!」

Koone hurriedly tensed up her expression and began to look over the paperwork before her.

Old Bruitt shrugged his shoulders seeing that, as though to say 「Good  grief……」. But, his eyes that normally always looked closed were faintly  opened right now. The eyes behind them were filled with gentle light.

That was because he understood why Koone went out of her way to bring  the table to the throne room to work here just for today while being  oddly restless.

Bruitt had interacted with the royal sisters like a grandfather ever  since they were still baby. He understood Koone’s feeling like the back  of his hand. That was why he couldn’t help but smile warmly.

「Koone-sama.」

「What is it Bruitt? Koone is doing her work properly and precisely  just as you can see. It’s truly a work ethic that made even Koone  fascinated with herself. Koone is truly a capable woman! The cool Koone!  Koone is singing her own praise that everybody won’t be able to help  themselves from feeling respect──」

「Surely you will be able to get along with them if you simply act normally rather than putting on appearance poorly like this.」

「!?」

Just as he said, Koone who was singing her own praises while twirling  around her feather pen to act out the Cool Koone froze still.

Her eyes wandered around. She was looking shaken like field commander  who noticed a hole in her plan just right before the mission began.

「Though it cannot be helped for your majesty to be so enthusiastic  when there is finally a prospect that you might be able to make some  friends your age who you can interact with as your equal.」

「K-, K-K-K-, Koone isn’t enthusiastic or anything though!? Because, Koone is cool after all!」

「I hope, this will not end up as simply fruitless effort.」

「I-it won’t mon!」

Her twintail was shaking wildly. Her tone was also going out of  order. It was keenly showing just how far away the inside of her heart  was from being calm.

In fact, Koone was terribly nervous.

It was to a degree that she couldn’t sleep ever since several days  ago. She was thinking too much that she even ran with some eccentric  behaviors.

For example, she suddenly wanted to change her attire with something  sexy that exposed a lot of skin before the maids stopped her──

She put on cosmetic on her own to make herself look far more mature, which caused the maids to scream──

She kept rearranging her room to look mature (in Koone’s standard),  cute (in Koone’s standard), or intellectual (in Koone’s standard),  before in the end she declared 「Let’s create all the rooms rather than  just one!」 which troubled the maids greatly──

「Flimsy coating like that will only get exposed right away.」

「Don’t call it flimsy!」

In any case, it seemed that Koone was anxious to show off her good side at the people who would come visiting today.

It was only natural.

It went without saying who those visitors were.

「The child called Myuu and also the child called Hinata aren’t anyone normal!」

One person was the beloved daughter of that demon king. The other one  was the sole daughter of a prestigious clan in the home country of the  hero who saved the desert world and also the strongest caster.

「Rather it might be Koone who aren’t equal with them-」

「You too are the queen of a nation you know?」

「Just that might not be enough! My, you want to become our friend  with just this much, do you know what is your place? If they said  something like that, Koone’ll dive into the oasis! Koone is convinced  that Koone’ll dive and won’t go back up ever again!」

「I think that someone who say such thing will not be able to build a  relationship of equal friendship in the first place though.」

Bruitt sighed deeply while saying 「I’m very worried」, even so  Koone-chan only screamed 「Aa, in the end, will Koone be able to match  such amazing girlsss!」 without listening to him at all.

It seemed that she was too fixated with being “equal” that she became all twisted like this instead.

The “Cool Koone” that she herself proclaimed couldn’t be found anywhere anymore.

There was only the figure of eight years old there, being extremely  nervous while facing the prospect of being able to make an equal friend  for the first time in her life and plunged into a stream of unpleasant  delusion instead.

「Well, more importantly──」

「More importantly!? Even though this is the crossroads that will  decide whether Koone will become a loner queen or not, to say that  there’s something more important──」

「Be quiet. Friend is also important, but please do not forget that  this is also an auspicious day where the hero and the previous queen are  returning home.」

The hero of salvation who took down the Dark King──Amanogawa Kouki.

The people of the capital who knew of his great feat naturally  already knew that the foreigners who came to the rescue of various  places in the country were his friends.

Naturally the number of people who wanted to offer their thanks en masse to such saviors was beyond counting.

However, the people in question went off to other world, GO! Right after saving this country.

Kouki returned to the desert world once after that together with  Hajime and Kousuke, but from the start Hajime and co also came here in a  hurry after receiving Liliana’s notification. In addition, the three  took one week until they returned to this desert world.

Because of that, Hajime and co wanted to go back quickly. Kouki also  took advantage of that to go back with them, so he could only  participate in the simple victory celebration.

For many people, especially the people in other regions, far from  being able to offer their thanks, they were unable to even take a  glimpse of the group of saviors before they returned to their original  world.

In addition, there was also the knowledge of the world in general that the hero had taken Moana as his wife.

The people who couldn’t offer their thanks and blessing to the savior  could only feel murky inside. It didn’t matter that they had just  obtained a historical victory when the main star wasn’t present. It was  like a masterpiece painting that lacked its highlight, or like a feeling  of hesitation whether it would be alright for them to honestly  celebrate their heart out in such situation.

「Perhaps that person dislike standing out, but that is exactly why,  we have to prepare a welcoming ceremony that will not put burden on him  as much as we can. Not to mention that at this occasion, it is the trip  of your majesty’s friend candidates that is their original objective. We  must prevent any impediment from hindering their plan to sightsee all  over our nation.」

*Blab blab, blab blab* Old Bruitt’s lecture (?) continued on.

Koone pouted her lips.

「In a sense, this will be Koone-sama’s first grand event since your  coronation. This is a good chance for the new queen to display that her  capability shall be sufficient to lead the new era no matter how young  she is. Conversely if any screw up happen, it will only worry Moana-sama  unnecessarily, and even more than that the people who Koone-sama is  most concerned about will become disillusion──」

「Aaa geez, my bad! Yes, it’s Koone’s fault for not focusing, Koone acknowledge it!」

Hand over the paperwork about the welcoming ceremony! Koone said with a puffed up cheeks while holding up her right hand.

Bruitt nodded in satisfaction and handed the related documents while  opening his mouth to give additional explanation about the content──but  right before he could.

「BAAAAAAAAMMM I’m home, Koone-sama!」

「Hii!? What is ittt!?」

The magnificent double door of the throne room was pulled wide open.

Just in case, the door was set so it opened toward the aisle to make  it harder for intruder to barge in. And so it couldn’t be kicked open  like with Kouki’s room some time ago.

Even so, when a three meter door got pulled wide open with a force  that caused a gust of wind to be created, even Koone who tended to  destroy door to open it (actually it was Synclea royalty’s bad habit  that they had tendency to destroy door) got surprised.

Koone skillfully jumped up on her throne. The person who made such  flashy entrance that might be perceived as attack if they were unlucky  entered inside the throne room with imposing, no, rather it should be  called as impudent gait despite being in the presence of the queen.

「Lilin! How many times I need to tell you to knock first before you  understand! Or rather, what is the guards in front of the door doing!?」

「They let me in when they saw it’s me.」

Guardsss! Koone glared at the two royal guards who were looking anywhere else but at her while quietly closing the door.

「Or rather, for Koone-sama of all people to tell me something like 『Knock first』……fuh」

「Why did you laughhh!? Indignation! Koone is feeling furious seeing that look of contempt!」

Koone’s face turned red and she jumped on the table and protested in a bad manner.

Ahead of her gaze was a beautiful girl with brown hair that was tied  into twintail and almond-shaped eyes that were filled with unyielding  spirit──Lilin Stohl.

She went into an audience with the queen wearing slightly dirty  battle attire which was an unthinkable attitude. She was also carrying a  jute bag on her shoulder with some strange specks of stain on it.

How to put it, she really had this presence on her. The presence of a  warrior. Even though only half a year had passed since that final  battle, she had become like a veteran warrior who had continued to fight  for decades.

「Once again, I have returned back. I’m glad that I make it in time for the ceremony. Also I have two reports for her majesty.」

「A-acting like nothing happened-」

「Ah, here, a souvenir.」

Old Bruitt was massaging his forehead while sighing. Meanwhile the  jute bag was placed right under the feet of Koone who was still  continuing to stand imposingly on the table with a bad manner. The bag  made a heavy sound when it touched the floor.

Right after that, the string was untied and rolling out from the bag was──

「Hyoe!?」

「Whoops, that was dangerous, Koone-sama.」

A severed ox head with strange shape. Its eyes were hollow and the one of the horns on its head was broken.

It was undoubtedly a “Dark Being”. This young female warrior who only  had her beautiful appearance going for her apparently went out of her  way to bring the head of the remnant “Dark Being” she hunted as proof of  subjugation.

Koone was so surprised that she stumbled down from the table and  fell. Lilin caught her with wind blessing art that she casually executed  chantlessly. She was also skilled despite her age before this but, it  seemed that her skill in blessing art had also been rising dramatically  even further.

She moved Koone back to the throne with unexpected gentleness while  continuing her report still with a tone like nothing had happened.

「One of the leaders of the ox-head type, “The Embers Amid” has been  taken down as you can see. Their force has already been destroyed too.  Though just in case, I have ordered the regiment to continue patrolling  the region in question.」

「I-is that so. Or rather, you don’t need to go out of your way to  bring its head here……Koone won’t doubt Lilin’s report even without that  you know?」

「A warrior’s worth is decided by the head that they manage to take.」

「That, is more the thinking of a savage rather than a warrior──」

Lilin leaned her upper body forward for quite far. Her eyes snapped  wide open. Scary. She was staring fiercely at something. Koone swallowed  back her words.

「Restrain yourself, Lilin. You are in the presence of the queen herself.」

「Sir-. My apologies.」

Lilin-san straightened her posture with an enchantingly sharp  movement after Old Bruitt chided her. 「Why is her attitude this  different compared to with Koone……」 Koone’s gaze became a fixed staring.

「Lilin, aren’t you working a bit too much? It was Koone who listened  to your wish to go to the frontline and released you from the duty of  royal guard to participate in the mopping up of the enemy remnants  but……you don’t need to stay in the battlefield until the last moment  like this……」

「I’ve been given the great chance to become the regiment commander.  Banzai for having a lot of subordinates. I’m extremely motivated, desu.」

Yes, actually Lilin had accomplished a great success in her career if  one only considered the promotion in rank that she had been given.

It was already amazing just being able to join the royal guards when  she was still so young, just 16 years old, but then she got promoted to  be a regiment commander. In the kingdom’s army, a regiment consisted of  the most number of warriors after a division and a brigade.

But, there was nobody who objected to that exceptional promotion.

When Lilin was given permission to participate in the battle to mop  up the enemy remnants as a mere foot soldier because of her burning  desire, it was said that she performed spectacularly.

Everyone else filled with great happiness from witnessing the end of  the historic war. But not Lilin, it was as though she had completely  forgotten such happiness and sniffed around the locations of the “Dark  Beings” who attempted to scatter to the wind and hide themselves. Like a  hunting dog, she went hunting for the head of the enemy leaders like  mad.

Lilin practiced 「You, are the boss of this pack aren’t you? You’re the boss right? Then leave behind your head-」 in real life, to a degree that made the veteran warriors to regard her 「T-this girl is a battle maniac-!」 in fear.

She had continued fighting almost without any rest ever since that  day of final battle. Her combat strength also continued to increase in  proportion to that. With that she astonishingly performed distinguished  military service, received conferral of honors, climbed in rank, and  finally there was no other choice but to appoint her as a regiment  commander.

Koone who was the one appointing her was the one who was the most  creeped out. Perhaps the position as royal guard was serving as her  collar? She wondered. It felt like it was her who released this mad dog  to the wild.

「Certainly, remnants of the “Dark Beings” are still numerous out  there. There is no guarantee that a new Dark King won’t be born from  among them. However, the fact is that the power structure is heavily  leaning toward mankind right now.」

Therefore, she wished that Lilin wouldn’t be too reckless. Everything  would be lost if Lilin collapsed from working too hard. Koone  unspokenly appealed like so to Lilin.

「Just why in the world are you in such a hurry? Or perhaps, you are  still feeling concerned that you couldn’t participate in the final  battle except at the last stage?」

She corrected her posture on the throne and stared straight toward Lilin.

The figure of the eight years old who was alternating between  happiness and anxiety about making new friend not long ago wasn’t there.  Although it had still only started to bud, there was definitely the  dignity of a queen there. The dignity of a kind queen who was worried  for her object.

In respond to Koone’s worry, Lilin closed her eyes for a moment──then she began to start talking quietly.

「Even now, I’m still seeing that day in my dream.」

「That day?」

「That day we rushed to reinforce Arquette while resolving ourselves  to find only rubbles there. Where we found the figure of Kouki-san who  still continued to fight even while unconscious, standing on top of the  underground storehouse in front of thousands of Dark Beings.」

「Lilin……」

That day, Lilin saw the figure that should be called as the true warrior in Kouki.

The true warrior wouldn’t let even a single finger touch the people who had to be protected.

No matter who the opponent was, no matter how many of them were closing in──a true warrior was immovable.

Koone made a troubled expression after guessing what Lilin was trying to say.

「In other words, you want to be strong like Kouki-sama──」

「To be honest, it made me wet.」

「………………………………….Hm?」

「Even now, I got wet every time I remember that time.」

「…………………………..Hmm?」

「Even that time when I was nursing Kouki-san who was confined to his bed, I almost couldn’t hold back my desire to assault him.」

「……」

「I’m a warrior, so I have no intention to leave this country. The  frontline is where I belong, nowhere else. But, that’s exactly why! The  day I can be reunited with him like this is the day where I need to have  him embrace me no matter what! With my head held high like this!」

「Bruiittt~, Koone, can’t understand what is this girl is saying~」

「Please do not worry. It is simply a drivel that Koone-sama has no need to understand.」

Lilin-san clenched her fist tightly while stressing that she wanted  to say that she had climbed to reach the height of warrior as high as  she could, gather achievements, climbed to a suitable position, so that  she would be able to be reunited with her loved one confidently and  declared I’m worthy for you, I have worked really hard, that’s why make love to me as reward!

She was polishing herself with warrior-like thinking. She increased  her status and strength to obtain the opposite sex who she desired!  Something like that, it was already far manlier than even some random  men wasn’t it……Koone and Bruitt wanted to make such retort.

A sigh escaped.

「Koone got the feeling that it’ll be dangerous to let the current  Lilin meet with Kouki-sama. ……Koone think that there will be bloodbath  with Onee-chan like this.」

「True that.」

「Eh? Koone-sama? Bruitt-sama?」

「Rather, appointing her to a new post and immediately banishing her to far away right now is……」

「Preposterous! Just what had I done to deserve such treatment!?」

「I’m talking about what you might do after this and how scary it’ll be!」

Koone said that with a fixed stare. Lilin’s expression turned into a  look of aghast. She staggered backward before her shoulders dropped in  dejection.

「I-if that is-, your majesty’s-, command then–」

「You don’t need to look like it’s the end of the world like that.」

It seemed that she was still a loyal subject deep down like before.

Lilin’s way of speaking had become really casual compared to before  the final battle, but in actually, that too was for Koone’s sake.

Koone and Lilin couldn’t possibly have a completely equal  relationship with their position as king and retainer. But, at the day  of the coronation, when she saw the resolute expression of the little  queen who had to shoulder the country this early, she naturally pledged  her allegiance to her. Along with that, sensing the small loneliness  deep inside those eyes like when she sent off her big sister, Lilin  resolved herself that she would become a retainer who Koone wouldn’t  need to hold back as much as she could.

That was why, if it was Koone’s order than she would even discard the  reunion with her loved one that she had been awaiting all this time  where each day felt like an eternity. She would try to obey even while  looking like she was going to vomit blood.

Koone somehow sensed Lilin’s feeling about that, but as expected she  still couldn’t hold back from looking exasperated seeing Lilin looking  like she would shed tears of blood anytime now.

「Lilin. It’s scary when your eyes are bloodshot like that. Koone is just joking so calm down.」

「……Koone-sama, in this world, there is joke that is alright to say and joke that isn’t alright to say you know?」

「Y-you’re exaggerating. Koone think that you’re too exaggerating! That’s why, don’t approach while glaring fierily like that……」

「This isn’t an exaggeration. Even Koone-sama should be able to understand my feeling.」

「Eh, no, feeling?」

「That’s right! Koone-sama is also in love with Kouki-san right?」

「That’s, well……even Koone is idolizing him you know? Koone also have a debt that Koone can’t possibly pay back to him.」

「Right, right, that’s right isn’t it. Koone-sama should be filled  with lewd dream every night, wanting to be embraced by him right at that  moment.」

「Koone isn’t thought!? Just what are you saying so suddenly!? Lilin you pervert! Koone isn’t someone indecent like that!」

「Lies! Koone-sama is lying!」

「Nya, nya-nya-nya, nyath’s your basis saying htat-」

Old Bruitt checked the time in his pocket watch before he started  tidying up the paperwork quietly. It seemed that he was completely  shutting out the vivid girls’ talk of the two girls.

At the side was the heavily shaken Koone-chan. Lilin knew that Koone  was a girl with only superficial knowledge about sex but, the way Koone  was shaken, guess she hit the bull’s eye……then, this was the time to  attack! Lilin pointed her finger sharply like a detective who was  determining the culprit.

「It’s obvious from seeing at your expression! It’s woman’s instinct!」

「That’s not a real basis at all! In the first place Koone sent out  Kouki-sama and Onee-chan while wishing for their happiness you know?  That time, when Kouki-sama decided to go back, Koone was even resolved  that it might be impossible to meet them again for decades──」

「That is that, this is this. After all people are free to dream.  Koone-sama’s expression when I talked about Kouki-sama is indecent. It’s  oozing out.」

「Whose face you’re calling indecent! Quit it already or Koone will take this as lese majesty──」

「I heard that recently, Koone-sama listened to lewd stories from the  maids in order to increase your superficial knowledge in that area or  something. The head maid(Anneal) got angry and interrogated her subordinates you know? An eight year old  girls know things that she doesn’t need to know. Who told herrr! Like  that.」

Because, even though she had been resolved to not be able to meet  them for long, after that, things like “Fairy Key & Ring” to form  gate for moving between worlds were created after their return from the  summoning incident, and now they could meet normally anytime they wanted  to meet……

In that case, it could be said that it couldn’t be helped wasn’t it,  she was also in the age where she was getting interested with real  romance, not just with the story in book……

Koone was lining up excuses in high speed like that inside her heart,  however, she saw that she was in disadvantage and instantly decided to  retreat.

「……Bruitt. As expected, let’s do the work today in the office! Koone  cannot concentrate here! There’re also the guards who simply allow rude  person to pass through!」

Koone jumped down from her throne while huffing angrily to cover up her embarrassment.

She immediately headed toward the door to escape, but then she turned around when her hand was on the door’s handle.

And then, with a bright red face,

「K-Koone, really never have anything like indecent──」

「My beloooved-, Koone-taa~~~nn!!! Onee-chan come to meet youuu-!!」

The throne room’s door was pulled wide open once more. It really did  well enduring all the abuses it received. Its endurance was though it  was claiming, I’ll be troubled if you group me up together with the run-of-the-mill door yeah.

Well, putting that aside, if the door was opened heartily like that  while someone was putting their hand on the knob behind it, it didn’t  need much imagination to picture what would happen to the small  Koone-tan.

「Abaraah!?」

She got strongly pulled toward the corridor and pitched forward. Her  face dived toward the floor. *Slam-* A painful sound resounded.

Next an atmosphere that was silent like a grave was spreading.

The queen of the nation had just tumbled down face first on the floor  artistically. Her posture that had her hands stretched out straight in  banzai stance looked a bit beautiful. Her twintail was spread out with  miraculous symmetry, to a shape like a golden stag beetle.

A second passed.

「KYAAAAAAAAAH, KOOOOOOOONEE-TAA~~~~~~NN!!」

「Mugya!?」

The culprit who dealt such blow to the nation’s queen screamed while  falling on her knees. Then she pulled Koone-tan to her voluptuous chest  and hugged her with all her strength. Koone-tan’s face was completely  buried and a small scream leaked out.

「Who dares do something like this! Unforgivable! Onee-chan will render judgment to the culprit!」

To repeat, that Onee-chan was the culprit.

「E-enoouggghhh-, playing around!!」

「Haguuh!?」

Koone clenched her right hand with only the second joint of her index  finger protruding out. She then hit her sister’s side like that.

As expected from the queen of this warrior country despite being a  non-combatant herself. The former queen was sweating rivers while  crouching down and muttering 「A-amazing, Koone-tan. You have, improved」.

Koone who was released from the restrain was crouching on all fours  while breathing roughly. She glared at her big sister who hadn’t changed  from before, even so she was going to greet her with 「Welcome  home」──but she realized.

Good gracious, why was her sister here again?

Naturally, because she was scheduled to return home today.

By herself?

Of course not. She was with others. Yes, she was together with the  people who Koone wanted to look good for and gave as much good  impressions to as she could.

「Aa~, Koone. Long time no see?」

「……」

Sure enough, when she looked up she saw Kouki there. He was looking a  bit awkward, perhaps because Kouki who had the great specs of the hero  which included great hearing might have also heard the conversation that  happened behind the door just now.

In addition, a mature woman with only beautiful appearance but seemed  to be sick somewhat was sending her a gaze of sympathy. Anneal who must  be the one who showed Kouki and others the way here from the room where  the “Fairy Ring” was set up was covering her face with both her hands.  She couldn’t bear to see the happening right now.

Koone’s cheeks were twitching uncontrollably.

When her gaze lowered down slo~wly, there were the two people who she had been eagerly awaiting right there.

Myuu and Hinata.

They were blinking in surprise. But, a second later the two looked  and nodded at each other as though to pull themselves together.

And then, they approached Koone who was starting to wordlessly open  and close her mouth with who knew what kind of emotion. The two kneeled  so that their gazes were in the same level and each of them take a hand  of hers.

「Nice to meet you, Koone-chan! Myuu is Myuu! Myuu have been looking forward to meet you all this time nano!」

「Nice to meet you, Koone-chan. My name is Fujiwara Hinata. It brings me much joy to be able to meet you!」

Myuu’s expression burst into a radiant smile, just like the sun.

While Hinata was graceful, as though to say that this was the model of being ladylike.

The two of them together greeted her with deep affection and great happiness.

As though to pretend that they hadn’t seen anything.

Even though she had thought up a lot of ways so they could see her as  a friend that they could be proud of, when the time actually came, she  made her entrance with face dive & crawling on all fours. And then,  the two girls in question treated her with concern like this.

Painful. Their kindness was so painful that she couldn’t bear to stay in this place.

*Kyuu~~~~~~~* It was obvious how blood rushed into her face from shame. Her mind was already becoming completely blank.

And so,

「……ple」

「「Ple?」」

Koone yelled the honest feeling inside her heart without even being aware of it herself.

「Please restart from beginning one more timeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-!!」

The small queen of the desert country and, the demon king’s beloved daughter and, the strongest onmyou girl’s meeting ──

TAKE 2.

Of course, everyone firmly pushed down the retort of 「There’s no  point isn’t it?」 back to the bottom of their stomach seeing that.

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