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Chapter 21: The Boy Who Might Lead
Author: The ConciergeTime went by and the frozen lakes thawed. They watched the snow melt and the green grass flourish as they labored under the training of the priests, their bruises ever growing alongside their skills. In the fourth month of their third year in the seminary a new training was added to the already tasking ones they had: climbing.
They accessed an upper room to have lessons with Father Antuas every morning before training, and after mass. The building that housed the room sto
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