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... s, Ludwig was not allowed to forge blades.

Instead, he was given identical billets and was ordered to heat them under different temperatures, then ruin them on purpose to understand what ruin looked like when it was earned.

"Overheat one, underheat one, let one cool in the air, and bury one in ash." Andre tasked and Ludwig obliged.

The work was repetitive in a way that stripped ego clean.

Heat control first, then metal understanding second, and when Andre told him ...

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Years later, when the blackened Lin Xia finally fell for another woman, the special memories of the moonlight which was buried deep within her blackened heart began to fade, replaced by the light of the true soulmate.

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