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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b68a05f0081fd464eb4d7f85c0d9737a""I am sorry about him, he normally hates people. I'm surprised he let you mount him. Let me introduce myself, I am Price Hajime of the neighboring kingdom," Prince Hajime Iwaizumi, apparently, greeted Tooru. /p
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