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Chapter 248: The Divine Providence
The letter bore the royal seal of Kaltharion, the mark of the Bear, pressed deep into crimson wax. The emperor broke it open, half expecting another hollow plea for leniency or grain. Instead, the neat, deliberate script bled arrogance between every stroke.
It began innocently enough: a request for a physician. Gaston, the prince of Kaltharion, is gravely ill, it said. We beg the Emperor’s grace to send a healer of Vaeloria’s renown. The emperor might have granted it, had it ended there. But it didn’t.
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