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Chapter 75: Echoes Beneath the Library

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-07-27 09:28:46

The training session ended with Mira proudly declaring she'd defeat everyone in the palace before her sixteenth birthday.

Evren ruffled her hair as they walked back inside. "You've already planned the next ten years of our suffering."

She brushed his hand away. "It's called ambition."

"It's called confidence."

"It's called being realistic."

"I admire your optimism," Lucien said, laughing quietly.

"You'll admire it more once I beat you."

"I'll prepare myself."

As everyone scattered back to their
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