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CH1249: Brotherly Advice
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{A.Q: When you get to the top, hold out your hand to pull others up.}
{Enjoy the chapter!}
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Korede smiled as he reminisced about the early days of his friendship with Iwatomi as he looked through the pictures.
A wry chuckle escaped his lips when he reached the set of the many 'fake dates' Iwatomi dragged him on in order to 'make their relationship believable'.
In retrospect, he couldn't believe how dense he was when he was younger.
Thankfully, one of the unintended consequences of his time with Iwatomi was that he was able to develop his EQ by watching closely at the side of the Queen who was a master of it.
Unfortunately, by the time he realised how she felt, and perhaps how he felt, they had already become separated.
After an incident which changed both their lives, Iwatomi disappeared without a word more than a decade ago.