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"You are a genius, Riyan! To think all that!" Serben exclaimed excitedly. Then she kicked him in the shin again.
"Lower your voice before anyone hears."
"No, sir, ah, it hurts... ha, who listens? There is not a single person around."
"It's not all about the people around. It is said that birds listen to daytime talk."
Serben gripped his shins and groaned, then raised his eyebrows in amazement.
"If a bird hears it, what will happen?"
"It's going to tell Her Majesty the Empress, well. Then, sooner or later, the evil and insidious plan I concocted will go to nothing."
Serben let go of his shin and touched Riyan's shoulder. And he asked with a very serious face.
"Riyan. Are you not feeling well? I am very worried about you."
"I'm very fine and smart, so there's no need for that."
"No, it might be your mistake. There is no bird in the world that can understand human speech and even gossip, you know that?"
Riyan laughed.
"Brother. You seem to have a problem. Did you say that even after seeing the Duke of Shryden?"
"No, that is an exception. So didn't Duke Brennan intend to inherit the title in the first place?"
"I thought that was very strange."
"What?"
Riyan pulled on Serben's ear lobe. Serben made a face of him, but obediently leaned over and held his ear close to her.
"I keep getting caught by birds."
"Huh?"
"Remember when I said I stole something from Her Majesty's bedroom?"
"That red stone?"
"Huh."
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