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    But Nina wasn’t giving up. She grabbed his hand, her eyes wide and pleading. “Please, Jesse? Just a little while, I promise I’ll study seriously after—we can pinky swear!”


    “You promise?” Jesse’s voice softened. He was always a softie when it came to his sister.


    Nina bobbed her head vigorously. “Cross my heart.” He hesitated, but eventually agreed.


    But to keep the story from getting weird, he suggested a role switch.


    He’d y the viin, and n could be the king.


    “Release my daughter now!” n got straight into character, standing tall with that righteous, fatherly tone. “Or I’ll kill you!”<fn65ec> This text is hosted at f?ndnovel</fn65ec>


    Jesse, keeping a straight face, gently lifted Nina by the cor and stared n down. “You and what army?”


    “Me alone,” n replied, dropping his voice into something deep and dramatic. Jesse’s other hand hovered over Nina’s neck, his little face cool and deadly.


    “Then let’s see who moves first—you killing me, or me snapping her neck.”


    “Daddy, help meee!” Nina immediatelyunched into dramatic sobs, looking absolutely terrified.


    n froze, his expression full of inner conflict. Should he safeguard his kingdom, or save his daughter? Give up the antidote and doom everyone… or keep it and lose her?


    Nina and Jesse waited and waited for n’s next line, but it never came. They both stopped and looked at him expectantly.


    Nina finally asked, dead serious, “Did you forget your line?”


    “No,” n said quickly. “I’m just thinking. Should I give in or not? What’s more important—the fate of my people and my kingdom, or my daughter’s life?”


    Nina blinked.


    Jesse just stared at him.


    n furrowed his brows like this was the hardest decision he’d ever made. Nina sighed, let her arms drop, and turned to Jesse. “Let’s just go do homework.”


    “dly,” Jesse muttered, visibly relieved.


    Acting wasn’t exactly his thing.


    As the two kids walked off, n looked stunned. “Wait—why are you leaving? Aren’t we finishing the scene?”


    “Nope,” Nina said without looking back.


    “Why not?”


    “I have homework.”


    n looked crushed. “Homework can wait! It’s all the same stuff anyway!” He wasn’t giving up. “Let’s switch it up. Maybe a part of some action movie.”


    Jesse stopped and gave him a look. “Uncle n.”


    n blinked. “What?”


    “Nina needs to study,” Jesse said tly.


    n paused, finally realizing… maybe dragging two kids into roley while they were trying to study wasn’t exactly the most adult move. And just with that, the vi suddenly fell quiet.


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