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Chapter 121
"Woof! Woof!"
Lick!
The moment the carriage door opened, the puppy lunged at [Temperance].@@novelbin@@
"Ugh!"
Warm, wet licks smeared across her face, and she instinctively scrunched up her nose in displeasure.
"You little—!"
Her attendant, startled, immediately moved to pull the dog away from her.
"Stop. Leave it be."
"…Understood."
[Temperance] restrained her assistant and held the puppy up, gripping its small belly with both hands as she examined it.
A scruffy little mutt.
On any other day, she would have never allowed something so filthy near her.
Keeping something weak and unsightly by her side would make her look vulnerable.
And vulnerability went against everything she had sworn never to be again.
"Master of the trade guild, this is a stray dog. It could be carrying diseases. It’s highly unsanitary."
"…I’m aware."
And yet…
She couldn’t stop thinking about it.
Something about its pitiful, abandoned state reminded her of herself—of her friends.
"This one. I’m taking it with me."
She couldn’t leave it behind.
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Did I… just succeed?
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