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I adore how Lord Tonemura dislikes things his subjects dislike, and how utterly kind he is—Lord Tonemura and his retainer had been together for seven years since middle school, so much so that acquaintances dubbed them ‘Lord and Retainer’. Yet, in truth, the retainer harboured romantic feelings for Lord Tonemura, maintaining the pretence of being just a close friend. Whilst their friends teased them about ‘fate’ for being together constantly, the retainer, who had acted solely to stay by Tonemura's side, knew full well it wasn't fate... Then one day, out of the blue, Tonemura said, ‘If I were a woman, I'd date a loyal bloke like you.’ Realising once more that, as a man, no matter how hard he tried, he could never be the one Tonemura truly wanted, the retainer...
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