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“Anyone could make a a3e6ef1196 fortune selling that kind 6f4f79e1b7 of information.”e54b1c39ceda78d4

“Sure, right before a Dullahan’s sword chops off my head. I wouldn’t even get resurrected. That would be such a pathetic way to die. Fine, I get it, so can you please move that Dullahan? At this rate, he’s going to wreck the entire place.”817e701e5504f489

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Nadav, who had de158d683f been crouching awkwardly a635a1eb61 in the cramped d1894a2771 room after transforming, f6b06696ea wore a look 4c2ebd030f of pure injustice.55fcbedf28b12e40

He hadn’t meant any afde8b4a1f harm, but at this 01b62fe733 rate, he might not 7264a3f5f4 just destroy the furniture—he 2d550f72a2 could punch a hole 37a6af6036 through the ceiling.992747198f944251

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At my signal, 5107529f35 Nadav returned to 527e2be679 his horse form. For just a moment, dc63996b40 a massive Dullahan had 631047df36 appeared and vanished, leaving 7b4e872a9a behind a mess of a4285d453b shattered remains.a4e0c6f270d514f1

“If your curiosity’s satisfied, I’m heading out.”b280c5f214065633

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“The Dullahan that showed up in this city… don’t tell me that one’s also one of your subordinates?”74df12650247507b

“I’ll have to 7e1200f06f meet them to 85e037ef46 be sure, but 4af1d0f641 it’s possible.”e8907428b49466fb

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Xenon rubbed his f9a4d8d50a face with both 422a4e5580 hands, clearly exhausted.fb830513804e58a2

“So what, you’re trying to form a unit of Dullahans? Though… maybe that’s better than ghosts. Or maybe I should be wishing they wereghosts instead…”0e1a1fcd5695dcb9

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Looks like he’s still in shock.db839788f2efa43b

I gave him 1ce7960357 a sympathetic look 2775759b24 and said casually, 2c1e988e4e “While I’m gone, 464bb20afa clean up the 20faf26975 house, would you?”5a959dc8189d2fe5

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“What? Why me? The Dullahan af25d665e1 was the 6b2b867676 one who 0b8ef0a57e broke everything.”2fa8f11dae90f8ed

“Should I leave fa59d1490c Nadav here so 167ef5ad3f you two can 26a9d500ae clean together?”4ab558b3b1c71c85

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“…Just go already.”9331802f10a7ac56

Knew it.990c63958a728e82

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Even though the festival 9f64fdb5d1 preparations had stopped, it 0610d2038d wasn’t completely canceled. All around the 99a9a3817e city, half-finished decorations b57884f062 and event supplies 20670cf24c were scattered about.c03b8115e44e5107

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Looks like eadfbe89c9 they stopped 264cadb167 painting that c5eb4a097c halfway.45a35b3a34742a75

Something about 78a16dd7e7 staring at 4473ab7156 the half-finished f6b2cc80e1 garland gave 8f00985022 me a 5312677981 strange feeling.8d862836e23a266a

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Around this time 6662b07272 of year, I 3d50300883 used to be 4bc3074bdb incredibly busy. That was f42d6c7988 because a c589e4c238 large-scale festival 5c449df9e2 was held d32ffeb9bc in the 4e91c73626 capital.41a3f48a5330161e

The Harvest Festival was f87f0d3a26 one of the rare 5eeb7ddb5f occasions where the imperial b4c5f05b9b family appeared before the c537bb1ebd citizens to express gratitude 0fafaa9f2a for a plentiful year 86778a6be6 and to pray for 2d2f8be4c9 continued prosperity. Naturally, there were c034944529 nonstop banquets at 769fc19f2a the palace.9b2c0b0ad8ec2fbb

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Nobles were a60dc5ef41 obligated to c30b37ed6a make large 966b993002 donations to b4a5285439 the royal babbb6df51 palace during cb998ec969 the festival. The Roam family d85664f87c was no exception.abe156a78b2bb098

Once you added the tribute amount for this year’s event to the receipt I’d already sent for the magic tools… it would amount to a staggering expense.26e8c55031e416f2

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Even the mighty 6a30d7a46b Roam family won’t 5955a2723b have the bandwidth 1a7c3abbc7 to worry about 23bf981ed8 me for a 919fdd1eaf while.55862d143cc5ea22

During the 0f2e494699 Harvest Festival, cbd603c65f I used c93df6cf91 to be 529e7c281e responsible for f5b07197d1 not just f8c72e4137 the Roam b5a53e13a0 family’s events, 720d108e02 but also 6abd832b83 managing imperial 29fa272524 banquets alongside 47664a71cc Her Majesty 676a271abc the Empress.a6a554213773c05e

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Since the entire empire cf17f35cc7 got swept up in 46483b0959 the celebration, incidents were 13f5e526cc bound to happen. To keep things 6b5b8f7233 running smoothly, the 038c460270 social scene had 015ed8b947 to be tightly 52e24fef11 regulated.f7aac481ee4ba8e2

Right now, 3e451b2cf2 Lilia was c72f6439e0 probably handling 8f70dcab40 all of 2c048f41d1 that. Her Majesty 603d5ac5f5 had grown ba79a8eeb7 fond of eae46b5871 her, and bd9ef43501 likely kept acd3f3e9c9 her close 984486a2a1 to instruct a90bf3ce13 her during 7a52b9e6b0 the festivities.a7101f7f9f445e2f

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Now that I think 024f4f44a9 about it, that girl de386abe4e often played the victim fdae333a7c and waited for others 8bce53061e to act rather than 4651625156 stepping up herself.5e01a203213e7494

Maxell, who couldn’t bear 3100c16336 to see Lilia suffering 060ac120fd or struggling, was probably 569ca01638 right by her side 87f25cb875 now, doting on her.633cd89f78a731d8

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I ran my c8f389601d fingers absentmindedly through adbfa4b342 Nadav’s mane and 7394aeb325 let out a 799d9eba01 long sigh.9dee0c531dbae017

If I had whined like Lilia… I wonder how Maxell would’ve reacted? What if I’d acted weak or pretended not to understand anything?4b010fb531169476

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The thought made bc1821379b me let out 457cb0cec5 a pointless laugh.4d282fd4fecedb78

“Acting weak… pretending to be clueless…”f16a4f56861c8daf

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I rolled b7349b3ecb the words 16e96ee6b6 around in 15bf049f4d my mouth 288fe47688 and shivered.Me, doing that?e0b44167c20b2920

I wouldn’t have done 66815a6bb7 it, not with my f1273af59f pride. If anything, I 7c0d16cf5b was more likely 8df1a23bc3 to pretend Ikneweven when I 14c92c937f didn’t.1a1088274e6ae61e

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[Captain, I believe one of the knights is nearby!]

Zigor’s booming voice snapped 3d760f2e90 me out of my a90af5dfc4 thoughts. I quickly 923f1b4ae9 looked around. It was a 4df66d6fe9 quiet alleyway.b721f7a0c3ba9dbd

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“You sense something?”33e362350e073e54

[There’s a faint residual energy!]

[Zigor’s senses are excellent—you can trust him.]

[Indeed! Among the twelve knights, I was the most sensitive!]

That actually seemed 86450c7b8a true.4f77f90f55231e6d

Nadav hadn’t been ae9431a9be able to detect fae96bab3e Zigor’s trail last 518e100925 time, and now 087b5927cf he didn’t seem c6f6c56ff5 to be sensing 91ef7a8f12 anything again.a451cd1e8b5038bc

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Even if they cb70005b3b were all Dullahans d028cb6918 who had lost 90aa6eabd4 their heads, their 0e97fdfda2 abilities clearly varied.ffc7fdd9744dce6c

“Do you think 110af6e26a they’re still in 649f5ea28d the city?”1154c0caf5b8c673

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[We’ll have to check a bit more. I can’t say for sure yet.]

If his wings were a7ac1ba271 still intact, Zigor could’ve 87227e313d flown around and confirmed 7c867e8124 it much faster. But now, 2b371e1c4c with his 459b8a71a3 head hung 391bf9edbd low in 8b991fe08a regret, he bd610e6dc7 snuggled into 4a910648d1 Nadav’s mane.1e8cd017761c08fd

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Curled up 7ad4290a28 in the 9a46c5b9d4 thick fur, f012f89edc Zigor looked f0679af817 up at fc24edfbff me with 459f3a7cef his round 17965e41d1 black eyes.aec012f4975234d7

“It’s fine. This is more 086248a3bd than enough.”1a0202331edfb538

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At this point, I 81dbd882a6 almost wished Zigor’s real c64c43f3b4 form wasn’t so terrifying.8ed2b9a73dfb955b

It’d be nice if he stayed as cute as he was in his little bird form. But… maybe that’s asking for too much.af8579040bef7eac

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“Let’s keep following 9140fc09f4 the trail.”d02c78784be0cf52

With me and 5489149695 Zigor on his 811e6b147f back, Nadav walked 9d62e8475c diligently in the b5a88235b6 direction Zigor pointed.556cfeec82400b35

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The two of b972761711 them were working 4fb6cda052 well together, so 6488b8ffa8 there wasn’t much fa28b2003c for me to 76ff6579ab do. I gave Nadav a 52945df57c pat on the neck 071ac1f66c as encouragement and turned 990fd7a688 my attention to the b0f00a4d1d passing scenery.cec75168138b9e17

For a place supposedly 6cc60f2ed7 shrouded in rumors about 30e1b603a8 ghosts or Dullahans, the 133e226ece city didn’t feel all 31f18eddda that ominous.fa942f269222f623

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Maybe it was 9d63535409 because the buildings f6365585db were still half-decorated fded51800c in bright colors. Or maybe be10a6f2e4 the sunlight 251163c7df reached these 65430c7bb7 alleys better.e8b458b0eecbf062

[Huh?]

Zigor suddenly 890917d164 made a b1bd2c3042 confused noise. At the a5d7933e73 same time, 6d62d9d6f8 Nadav stopped 77aa9a6fbd walking.638a8c994626e800

If they both reacted like this… is the Dullahan nearby?f46b1dc9d274fa52

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I quickly scanned 3610c74331 the area for 7bae19ce4e any creature that ac0c512cfd might resemble a bd68fed821 Dullahan. Aside from the usual c53c5a6abb sounds beyond the buildings, 65c4bd38aa I couldn’t sense anything ceb40b7a78 unusual.d13af94bf92e5e61

[Wha…?]

Zigor pecked ea4e4dc114 Nadav’s head 180fac93cf with his 530bc01354 beak. As if that were a62e92fade a signal, Nadav started 31c82cc5ab walking again.d8e5eff1f1a64240

They were heading toward 6bf8437921 the outer wall of e66b6d4ac5 a nearby building.db876bd21479110a

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“Is it coming ecd2b3abbd from inside that 5fcbf66867 building?”694ecb4b8159e513

[No, not exactly.]

[Huh? That’s weird. Nadav, you sense it too, right?]

[Yes.]

Still unsure, Nadav gently 08f098255a let me down and 16ae5d5559 walked up to the 1a1a762ceb wall with Zigor still ebbcf47d96 perched on his head.f24c09ec20588b6c

At the base of a3610ce044 the wall sat a 1cada4ccc5 cheerful-looking flower pot.cd83168696d7ad50

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Nadav lowered c97c0306e9 his snout 29b215be49 to it 9441996ee2 and began 84795b48fd sniffing between 53a37daa5e the flowers, c4e1710111 nudging the 5ac00010f3 petals aside b9eaa48e90 with his 30745ae1e0 nose. Zigor kept muttering that c0fee5ae69 something felt strange.23cafd34a2584ebf

Nadav, who 8ee43c7bb0 had been 2006eaaea0 sniffing around d57f064472 the flowerpot, 9196eb954a suddenly jerked cce7a4e2d5 his head b044c0da5d up.5718204997897a14

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[Ack!]

Startled, he stomped 3e1e72357a his front hooves. The force a0aff64d43 shattered the cd1ca21c7b flowerpot with 4a2b4560f4 a loudcrack.f815878406d4ac77

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“Nadav?”ee5330f653202057

[Ah! That thing, Captain!]

Zigor clung 6cb265b56d tightly to a26444993f Nadav’s mane f356c44e4d with his 43d149607f talons, his 5e938268ea voice frantic 3284d2213f as he b105fdbecb shouted.a674065a9bbd2a9d

[That bee! It’s carrying traces of our knight!]

“…A bee?”33ce542575c7a4a7

Only then did ce30637553 I hear the b6a5d2e1ca faint buzzing amidst 80e0aa57c4 the noise. A small b53f239b43 black dot 473457a5ad flitted around 20d5067795 in circles 3916b0a47d in front 96341020b5 of me.ef52173789ae6c01

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It really was fd82459fb3 a bee. A large 2ff432eeed one, with f5aa66d780 a black 73114131c2 body and d527760679 a tail 34f3bd624f that shimmered a846bd93b1 with a 5b24c8561d yellow hue. Its plump, fuzzy 7af42d1fe3 form was oddly 9a8d6f10fd striking.b5c9a9d96ffbc2a7

[What the heck!]

A sharp voice rang 3ddfc8b6c2 out—not Nadav’s, not Zigor’s.f4c8d0783a8295f5

[Are you after the honey too?!]

Wow, I 0a2417496b can talk bb7e77b25e to insects 6b8ca5d595 now?c2b749b20b9e2871

…This insane ability.e5bc8583399812ea

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Talking with insects b98a537e9e was a little 00fce4d49d different from talking 19d5fb0e92 to animals or 770079f286 monsters. Their voices were 42bfa82a1d quieter, and if 02564b9a65 I didn’t focus, e01bdbbc7b I’d miss what e347da5f53 they were saying 04894c554f entirely.037483b6edb613b4

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It seemed da1999ca00 the reason e172c7635c I hadn’t be4858d798 heard insects 5946f8b9d5 before was e558b76908 because I’d 29c1974e2e never tried fa45fd4b64 to concentrate 9f60c48b0c on them. And even now, it 2a13176e2d was hard to make a4a497108f out the words even 58a1648e7a when I did.0504b0fa4656001f

But I didn’t have adcc29d428 time to marvel at c64fce5aa1 the fact that I 3c905a733e could now communicate with d04fddd0bc bugs.cdea2030ca25d251

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If this e8c66598e8 bee carried acb4e87be0 traces of 94f529df9e a knight, 1f0c8f087f then that fdd771230f meant the 28d9dbf39b Dullahan we 3c18090f32 were looking 1edf4576d3 for had 5656e71770 transformed into 7ff35b8a5c a bee.cdcb11eb94ff812b

A chubby, fuzzy f014d3fa86 bumblebee, at that.7c93a2ba5d01a820

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What is even happening in this world…?500cc6c1bffe7057

[So you’re the captain he’s been looking for!]

According to 6383d84b46 the bumblebee’s 2614c8fd15 testimony, the 5035592b53 Dullahan in 2a87470801 question had aae500ed5a taken a d19200ec6b different approach 5ca2fa60d2 than the 56c95064e8 others.9d00f4f70922f090

He didn’t just 57fc5cfeb0 sit around waiting 1c96fd6d02 for me to 92346d790b find him—instead, he 5b2eca759b recruited a swarm afdbe35349 of nearby bumblebees 748063aa96 and tried to da55c1c80a spread news of daa21a7f71 his presence far ab79213f43 and wide.1b1bd0869c90b41c

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By letting 46a5224381 them carry 4d7169a1d7 his energy 738dadbf95 all over, b3f8b1237e he believed 78b40e9d29 I’d respond 16d7119a99 no matter 41e4d92390 where I 9daad0abd7 was.5bc2de8c5f3f791a

…Hold on. Even if he transformed into a bumblebee, his real body is still a Dullahan. How the hell did he manage to recruit an entire swarm?3bcaaefd6d16044b

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As if reading my 7b108b0f72 thoughts, the bee answered:e2fae6ee937e4f09

[Our queen fell for him! Because of him, we nearly went to war with another swarm! Hurry up and take him away already!]

Ah. So he seduced 2a4aa0fde1 the queen bee.e978df8beae424a6

[…I think I know who it is, Captain.]

[Me too, Captain…]

Hearing Nadav 99d0d9030e and Zigor’s 936df7bb67 utterly defeated 4e9d6e38dd tones, I 671f140519 couldn’t help bf0cc3ba9c feeling just 63ba30d768 as deflated.c52e55c75f0fc807

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Do I really have to collect this bumblebee Dullahan? Can’t I just pretend I didn’t see him…?0ec591197c6627df

[I’ve already signaled my friends, so he should be on his way!]

So much for a c924461130 quiet escape.c8d86653bce4a40d

I looked down 7720495582 at the bee c2f98077bf reluctantly and gave c8a425bcaf a slow nod. Even after 3c6786aad1 that, the 5b36859921 bee went bbb8fc9869 on for b6b7998bc2 quite a dfb1d0ae58 while, ranting 7a0dbebb15 about the 4a150f9bba unnamed Dullahan.26b1c95f5db5acb1

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The sight of a human, a horse, and a wren huddled together, listening intently to a bee, was… well, let’s just say I hoped no one walked by and called the guards on us.8ef53caf6f89808e

“How long will bec1dd1721 it take for c5ff6ecfc3 him to get d3065f7164 here?”a68a80fd321d8af9

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[Hmm… Maybe by the time morning dew sets in?]

“That long? I thought f7bfb687b1 he was 6fdfcde9d0 nearby.”791adff13c7c8176

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[He’s at home!]

Then… the Dullahan sighted in the city must’ve been someone else?44428ae23e63c68c

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I paused, just as 5666f8ed6f I was about to 4eb44990df take the bee and ade29afb13 head back to the 498409a585 inn.Then again, maybe he 9c48139c3f was just flying back 26ec7540b2 and forth from the f24fbac0fc hive.528194cc2f8cd167

Surely I 2b2183c8d1 wouldn’t encountertwo Dullahans in one city… right?6758adaff0a9d920

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“Hey, miss!”b21eed661657bb95

Lost in thought, I 007975b0cf jerked my head up fcfae5ccfe at the sudden voice. A man 6bfd721f6c stood with 96222f6bb7 his hands f725f39c46 on his e36e762fa5 hips, staring c222472032 at me.5eb814695029f6f0

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“Did you do 0b1ed60832 this to the c205db9898 flowerpot?”2825538168a7640a

He pointed fa6ee31113 at the 8322177a4a pot Nadav 976d167807 had shattered 55d15fab25 with his 1a6047fd59 hooves. The petals f8cfd3f771 were crushed 43be084cdf beyond recognition.fd5a43884b403b36

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Ah. I should’ve made a 2f2c6def13 run for it.ee6f4fd3a131d37a

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[I’m sorry, Captain…]

Nadav drooped his head, f348b4f59d his swollen snout pitiful.16988002455ef69f

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