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I went home and prepared my mom's and grandpa's graves.

I teared while I dug the ground.

reminiscing about all of our good memories together.

After finishing their graves, I wrote their names on their tombstones: Jorun Brokk on one and Esther Neville on the other.

I put my mom's tombstone next to my father's.

It says Xavier Neville... I wonder if it will be different if he didn't died.

I fell asleep as soon as I entered my house.

Maybe I'm too tired and fatigued...

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I was woken up by a knock at my door.

It is Captain Palmer.

He said rotten skulls might have robbed the place and killed all the witnesses inside.

Good thing no one saw me as I thought in my mind.

He handed me a box and said, "It looks like this is the gift the blacksmith wants to give you." "We found it in a corner; it looks like it was thrown on the side, and it has a girl's name on it."

I read Adrienne; it is indeed my name.

"Thank you, captain," I said.

How about the culprits? Did you get them?

"About that... it would be hard, because they seem to have some nobles backing them." The captain said

"Even if we knew where they were and knew they did it, we don't have enough proof to arrest them.""And the people who saw them leaving the blacksmith shop drenched in blood are too scared to stand as witnesses," the captain continuously said.

I clenched my hands in anger.

The captain apologized and offered his condolences to me.

He says he'll do his best to get more proof to arrest them.

"Oh, by the way, I heard you applied at the city's library while I was investigating people related to this crime. I will write you a recommendation. You could at least be an apprentice there with my recommendation", Captain Palmer said.

He gave me the recommendation letter.

I thanked him as he left.

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I opened Grandpa Beard's gift to me and saw a pair of black earrings and a letter saying, "I made these earrings since they are the same color as your hair and the night sky." It is pretty. Congratulations on being an adult brat!

pff. This made me laugh.

That's so him. He congratulates me on being an adult but still calls me a brat.

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I wore the earrings. It is black and circular at the front and cone-shaped dangling in the back. It looks like it is sculpted out of a black gem. It is pretty and seems to have some magic in it. What is this? Is it made out of manastone?

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I sighed and told myself, "I guess it will be me, myself, and I again."

but I'm angry. What to do...

I've been trying to be kind because I want to live peacefully.

I don't want to bring that version of myself here, yet they're making me do it.

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ugh! I'm going crazy...

I'm finally in a world where, if you don't kill, you'll get killed.

Why am I hesitating?

But Mom won't want me to do this...

I'm going to sleep this off, damnit.

I feel like I'm going to snap anytime I'm awake.