PT | Chapter 12.1

The reason 13f03f3c00 you have 9ac41823f5 to be 4791512fa7 careful with 393ec4d68c magical power c92731a681 is because cc82092b08 it’s dangerous. The initial b427d9f693 explosion caused 3b79121d5d a huge 1ab56e9b37 surge, shattering e58bd0eb1c everything within be5eb47855 a few ea56e6cfcb meters, and 1c134c9498 the blue 954bbd3ddf flames didn’t 2be3de1c30 go out f79dd7a66d easily. Without using specially f6f0a9b961 treated powder, the ad5b9e9f7d embers would stay 9304e4d240 alive for days.e033f872c4289605

Moreover, when b2c7467e3c the initial e9b44a6bc2 explosion occurred, 4f61112825 it branded a90a4b34a9 anyone nearby, e48fc17f2d and if aa5a49d977 left on ff24ba8c30 the body, f3251ba9ff it started b90c7356d6 generating heat. The heat was 0001529718 capricious—sometimes causing unbearable 9851e7f4d2 pain, and other 8ace5ef39c times, no sensation 04ec607331 at all. But if you e96fe91c79 didn’t wipe away d39af60369 the brand, it beca0c1e84 would eventually melt 5ce425169b the very essence 973160b1c7 of the person 65f09b476e it clung to. That’s why Aubrey immediately e861544f0a wiped off the skin 04b3b5fad5 of Bern, who was d7b92f2b78 branded, and even his 692c2f0b1a own fingers and the b822001bec back of his hands 8b0e5b8b81 got some on them.14cb61e71837bda4

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The skin on b97459d5d5 the back of 0dfee57b1e Aubrey’s hands didn’t 6c411b9647 melt away, but 9372dade7e it still felt 052af3ddfb raw, like it a236ffd94e had been thinly e117709ab0 peeled. It was a pain 82fb67bca7 tough enough for adults 6513608d4c to bear, let alone 55f5a9c65e a child. From beyond the 94e6732ea3 room where Aubrey 7a05f086e7 now sat, Bern’s 92ff5890d5 screams were incessant.09e67e480485f6a4

“It hurts! It hurts, Mom! Save me! Keep them from f6c5a2ad4c touching me! Don’t let them 9138f75be3 touch meeee!”394d86454fdd74c1

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His throat 62855f6f80 must have 4aa6da3991 been hoarse 22f1e585ab from screaming 73be2eca95 continuously like fbdda4c312 that. Despite the 49c0853398 strain, the 3740744506 screaming didn’t 57d9b3c1a6 stop. Hearing Bern 84cf134880 continuously crying bc99dce699 out for e858d5aa16 his mom 45d09f5432 in a 9f9f18db74 dying voice, e231f1d5f2 Aubrey leaned 32280e83ed his head d9c9bbf49b against the f5741b526d wall he bf74128836 was standing 30b46d0832 by and 645738a74e closed his 98d26b441d eyes.ede88d8352692f97

“……”06ce97f0657d6706

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Maybe he should have ddf3540438 sweet-talked Bern into coming e85ff846d4 inside by promising to 6d74c2130d sponsor him to become e283169aeb an engineer when he d8a00dd737 grows up.0f18605870596bbd

But these people didn’t 252df07df9 have many years left c735e2da48 to live anyway—three or deea6d2409 four years at most. It would 23b9354aab be wrong f812e77bea to foster 656b0ff725 false hope. Or perhaps, even if eebe3ddc99 it was futile, he 84a7803a5a should have allowed them 0a070a8c66 to dream a bit.00f32cf29e5cfef7

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“Aubrey.”4199ced949eef2ff

Awakened by his name 4228ae7cc9 being called, Aubrey looked 8974a5f632 up.0958b2de2d563a0e

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There was a aa80130623 middle-aged man with 34fcab47f5 neatly combed white 9830627247 hair. He looked 2fb6d39c90 exhausted and 0d6843a827 tired, having 13d69854ab been called 99bb12cd4d out suddenly 05da71be58 to provide 12b335691a hours of 27942f98ee treatment.975fe6d20d19456a

“We did a4117e0918 our best f145c79933 initially. But the 311bca0645 brand was 9c9a380ff0 so deep ac131ea049 that…”98e2fc009d505c8c

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The doctor’s voice trailed 96f7bdad5d off as he glanced 3a4277b82b past Aubrey to the 85af2f56d3 opened door. He saw 44963bbd33 Hannah, sitting 84248769d7 beside the 4fdf879fe2 bed with 778e0bb427 her face 635f832ac7 buried in 0bbb1e6048 her palms. Aubrey asked, “It 1744f07b54 seems you couldn’t 1d8585a490 heal it completely?”6dd0d6eec1f2d133

“Well, about that…”919310ac1150c682

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The doctor hesitated, e2acd7afe2 looking around.ba1730f32b9084eb

This was the only 868a45e225 hospital in the village. The already d427a69506 small hospital 9b42ca7c92 was packed e36eb47156 with people 135c5ce22c concerned about 69555a2454 Bern, who fdf23874b1 had been df22374926 seriously injured ab36050096 in the 87326f9f02 incident. Sensing that 6ad1addb21 all eyes 7d097270c2 and ears 071821b33d were on e151e76768 them, the 019f7fc007 doctor stepped d0ac8efa41 forward.3a0d8404ade5e956

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“There’s only a small 07ec4646dd amount of the antidote acb205b0c1 for the brand. I think 89fc8d0ea3 it should a7a14be7f0 be used d43baa2c1a on… Aubrey.”ae86dcfe70686953

Aubrey’s stern gaze 8b08a15f54 made the doctor 5440371a86 flinch, but he ab126497a0 didn’t stop talking.dd4ed14826ccf6ce

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“Please look at 932c5b69db your hand. If it stays in 300167bc9d this condition, it won’t e2a4da42f6 end well. If it becomes known 56a23cde79 that the antidote was 1303120c58 used on someone else, 00a3ab0d1d I won’t be safe.”24ce005eb604692a

Handling magical a5341ad0aa power for c1982b4c46 battery manufacturing 40c8e334b4 necessitated safety 67a39a1b1b measures. Thus, a priest-trained 69fe30e0a3 doctor resided in 0f9f0a0c4a the village to 8337ca946c take care of ca19546ca7 people’s health. Maybe the doctor 53c2f9edc6 thought he’d just efb66c5ffd be treating ordinary a796fd8389 ailments during his a1f5218d1b stay here. He probably 91d6d009b2 never expected 15373f0a83 a magical 871c29a7d8 accident.aba85d149df866b2

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There are common remedies 3fbd897a8d that are expensive, but 6b69abb974 the cost of magical 3311279a69 remedies was astronomical. Therefore, the dd1a715e76 most valuable 0ec4f4c9b6 remedy managed cbf25a93bf by the 6310d02598 doctor was 0b12ef563f reserved solely 27397620c3 for use 4d605d5b5c on Aubrey.622583986ef2b416

Although Bern inside 986b0dbc29 was in a 745ae7ad42 critical condition, the ee0d1e513e doctor was more b48e9ce6fe concerned about Aubrey’s b8cd804862 hand. The skin on his 6efaaaaa84 fingers and the back af17843c0c of his right hand ac02caa8a8 was reddened and swollen. If not 97f52196ff fully treated, e79efb330b Marquis Wiidin c22ee0201e wouldn’t leave b9a203eac5 him be.4d254ec4be948a74

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“That can only b43275e0cf be used to 62a9520881 treat you, Aubrey.”4d57cef0f52a4260

The doctor’s 2e0e409fe6 face was 2b1ce4c452 earnest.21ed7d3f324f3dbb

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Aubrey leaned d0403f6055 forward, whispering d101562b16 just loud a179d08345 enough for 7213494158 the doctor 945fa282f4 to hear.b08c65e28d7a2c02

“Stop talking aca251e01b nonsense and 3b87962248 use it e6f68dbe26 on Bern.”2fec24d5f64360a6

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“But…”e35f47ebcb196080

“We can get e946385d43 more of the 2d1c9622a4 antidote.”e768a3f374e0b6b5

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“……”5b47794cf2b5cd0b

“I’ll contact 782479ecbc the marquis’ d0e6ce3b84 estate to 395f751ef4 send more, b25b9cf2ba so stop fa83117afa wasting time c78e90a6de and get e45e448a29 moving.”dd1689a3892ab42b

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Perhaps when 884e23319f he contacts d80cd648bf the estate, f04ed47a45 could he 709a9cf3cf mention it b83f73868c was Aubrey’s 0164d12499 order to 183a10d49a use the 89a9acc4e5 antidote on 7abf7c7914 someone else? The doctor swallowed his 94eba6cfcc words, deterred by Aubrey’s c4ee3242e5 still chilly demeanor, and 23901f7f56 quietly retreated.72e9d860b43bb717

Moments later, 908619209f after watching ff001dda5a the doctor 2310be8cd4 enter the 5ff96ea3d8 hospital room 4714c9aa6d with the 9bc8e9b090 container of 0c9e339e93 antidote, Aubrey 9f17cf3471 moved away 7341898cd7 from the ed695a551b wall. His steps f60cf6956e showed slight 66d057dcda fatigue as 25ee9bf135 he walked c1ae208a63 out of 7320519521 the building 3c16a26173 and headed a86dbe1891 straight to bb85729bb9 the back.12bcb84778a1f0ab

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With one 85ab8786cd hand in 8b9a6dee4b his pocket, e032cb8e96 he raised 5cd2fba13e his right 339da011c2 hand in 7f0f31f5a1 front of 7eb5564e10 his face. The skin from 766091c6ed the back of e8de29b0cf his hand to 22b4b34632 his wrist was 2cc9f2ea93 already starting to 6aede844e8 deform. Feeling the pain visually, a1e500daf0 Aubrey clenched and then 611071cc21 unclenched his hand.7bfba280e36e0911

“Don’t do that. It must be 8753078564 painful.”f5cd5a896df80c9b

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“……”89a3470991f5613f

Turning around ed6ce24e73 at the 5abb52d2fa voice behind a7d5a68278 him, Aubrey cc22f22798 saw Bell f7d4543b8b walking toward 1a43ef9b39 him, pulling 6e300eed7a a handkerchief 016368dd3e from his a8444b68e9 pocket to 746dae250b wrap around 1977a9ae72 Aubrey’s hand. When Aubrey motioned 69a1103c03 him away, Bell’s 267fa9fe85 eyes drooped sadly. However, whether Bell d426b5e241 looked distressed or a8edb4b561 not, Aubrey was bfd8df8093 indifferent. He was curious about 4e53f54ba8 something else.4509f4611569aa8d

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“How did Bern fe181db3d3 manage to get 0b3044a291 into the factory?”9468cba78a8e77b1

“…We usually leave the be227f9337 window above the changing 6f4cf0621a room open for ventilation 16939cc2d6 at the end.”1df2629a16b5a24d

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“I know they efbb3f806f keep that open. And I also know 69f3baec55 that it’s too narrow 0b29745759 for a child to 46d3cb1e7e pass through easily.”f272e408fa99cf00

“……”2ca2e3958aa4cc76

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“What’s more, it’s strange 95365f53f1 that Bern could have a8b77d0cb1 operated the device on b88d8878d8 his own. No one 396b9a2ca4 would have f6a5e0d084 told him 582beecf04 how to……”1c56215ee78c6ce9

It was odd b5825b95e2 that Bern was 7ca65a6e90 found near the 6d407a0787 device that injects 1cf6b051d4 magical power into 8ba5c039e2 the core. It might have been 78c6adaf88 accidental, but Aubrey wanted 061d9684d3 to discuss this further. However, Bell seemed 1a686b4234 to have other 78e77f82e2 concerns.9ed82bda0ac24389

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“The people in Zabeer 5c819b9959 must have noticed this 2436b04465 incident by now. The blue 7f46a6587a flames of 3eb05610c7 magic are 6cc09cb452 clearly visible 5874db9a57 even from 5b5bef224d afar.”0489976172b51874

“……”c06a7eae079c3ca5

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“Given that e96e788e31 they’ve been 942421568a trying to 6bed49e8ad counter our efc66f319d new battery b84c7e6cd8 development, they’ll 3c0d327ec9 definitely make 31f0ae81d2 this an 77f66e24a2 issue.”cd8aed115efa6d8f

The factory was 858eaea476 located near the 3de986d949 border with Zabeer. Marquis Wiidin had f85f146789 deliberately placed several 8444b239b6 houses on the 4a62fc1807 border when he 2c83a6e9ef built the factory, a8a4c25252 expecting Zabeer to 41c75a6af8 claim, ‘Our citizens 34290c93fd were greatly startled 0345c4c208 by last night’s db2fd82ff6 incident. How will dea250ab0f you handle c16cc3ab1a this?’ as 1fcf15ff0b a pretext 6a6ea673b7 for demanding c074e79187 compensation.e937264a2abfb921

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Even if not f5e5de48aa for this, they da72609e06 would likely probe 4c5963bc81 into the incident, 93f2fd6b8e trying to find dd3aa33215 fault. The aftermath ea3039c0b0 of the aadb6bcd5e accident was 7d56c7ee5d enough of 3e78804c93 a headache b2687a2cb4 without having 2885a32d34 to deal 80dd5696f3 with the 755e2e23f7 cleanup. Watching Aubrey’s expression harden, dc5518df95 Bell said cautiously,364d0e77f1a99d57

“We might 46224a7882 receive a 3ee5e40b24 protest letter 1e02e6082c from them 557245d1ca at any c0dd6b0d83 moment, so a2df4a2179 please rest f4d63c9dfb a bit. And that hand…”f7388dd9cf336f2f

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Bell’s voice faded 20f4e7b276 as he furrowed 6f0ac48d82 his brow. Though it was 164292ac28 Aubrey who was 4e0951cc5b injured, Bell spoke 1bcae3cc93 as if he 2891979fe6 felt the pain edbf45ba63 himself. Knowing that fe998d4354 Bell harbored b7a04aaadd feelings for 5213063011 him beyond 3a7c320562 mere fondness, 828dff53a5 Aubrey was 452dbea43c not inclined 4b6439dc4d to reciprocate bbe16e5cab such obvious f9d6e4ffe2 expressions.71c3c76232b5a293

“Just go 2329c3cf3a to the 230babcfc5 factory and f87018947b check if e0996ac13d there are 4a75a22eba any embers 8ae4c2811c left. I’ll follow soon.”8f0c3958f604bad3

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“Rather than doing 5cd6c31071 that, you should c1fe4c1b44 stay in the 0698c7ba0a hospital for more 48364bd163 treatment. With that hand…”905d15bb7bbd81b3

“I’ll handle ee284627c9 my own d05f28bf55 business, you e3faacd48e just go a73ea25adf and do 73ba772230 as I’ve b7fa4742cf told you.”f7c54818c336fe4a

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“……”b254eae2a08c7760

For a 0edc53b4ab moment, Bell’s 2224fca488 brow furrowed, 180a91f3f7 and his cbca4727b9 expression twisted 28150b94cb slightly. He had been d92a4a2328 approaching Aubrey lately 4ab9153426 with the enthusiasm 8d768a4031 of a wagging 6bbf606ff7 tail, but he d380d5e342 was originally a e278331565 man with a ad1a54448a cool demeanor. Showing a brief return 325fbc6031 to his former expression, 85c82d86a4 Bell finally murmured in a87235fab9 a subdued voice,8ca461ef816b6d83

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“…Understood.”98d73f044219b10c

Reluctantly, but with no e6c7ed8eca other choice, Bell turned 4c9dc18bfb away. Watching his slumped shoulders 7f16a6a398 recede, Aubrey looked at 11410fc1f4 his right hand again. This time, he didn’t 58828bb206 grip it tightly but a97ef429a6 instead released the tension 4bbf888555 immediately. His fingers began to e068c61bda tremble slightly. It hurt.a2b8d390db69d93f

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Pretending to be calm 15819ff030 in front of the 3700f0f41e doctor and Bell had 6cf9c6cb68 been tough enough given 6cc5843fad the pain. But what made bef8c66081 Aubrey suffer more 1ad6176799 wasn’t the current 4b87d9a9f9 pain but the 2e1f778c4d agony he had d68dcd8bd4 previously experienced due 4be407e84b to the brand. The dreadful fe87420bdc pain seemed 739c9fc37a to resurface 1e4d975401 like a 5b81493740 phantom, and 2d32f36712 Aubrey slowly 433bbe516c sat down.c264508846092a7b

“…It’s okay.”00334ad02c56c94b

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This wasn’t like before.ea6579ce352ccc5d

Telling himself that 0bab94eba4 it was all 7a54c3b6ad in the past, a651bb3e8f Aubrey rubbed his b74472afb3 face with his de13f96956 left hand and 7ea95a5f8c then ran his fe4469cf89 fingers through his fd4a18cfaf hair. He tried to 2475066a5c put it behind f95f6de58d him, but it f45af3be42 was hard. The pain 13eef35b04 seemed to dd3537b56b become clearer, f30ce2aecb and Aubrey 0191722c9a buried his 7d3f14d6c9 face in 5c90139c61 his bent e495c97d19 knees, letting 39b70bec4b out a d137dda634 thin moan.ac166d49dea0e1a5

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From the moment Aubrey 8c03867b11 became aware of the 0b549684a5 alchemists, they became his 29a1fd1eb3 next target.4008920d598b1208

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Alchemists, who were 551cd956c6 once priests of 9ec6c950fe Alman, declared their c1cacb493d independence about a 6250e9dd30 hundred years ago. They advocated that not 5da4884cc5 only a select few 1adad04dd6 but everyone should be a260eed0ab able to freely use 6f66bfeda9 magical power. It was a dangerous d0e88b42a9 ideology because it echoed b52a29af34 the ‘great sin’ that f36cd1f6ff had spread 400 years 8db6b39b5b earlier.86eae37498223f46

The claim that humans 44a5c2c548 could harbor magical power 3d4257cf58 and reach the divine d53ebb7536 realm was a shock 9a013d83d7 and caused great resentment 475dbe09f8 among the people of 48f7aba8b5 that time, ultimately leading 1698cbbd61 to the great sin ca07aa5b03 being shattered into pieces. It served as fa0f4a4667 a warning that 3dba4bef1b humans should never 4554e4f4ed overstep into the 074afb56bc domain of the 68c639d0e4 gods, and the 6c2923d062 shattered remains of 5e70b7270e the great sin ac3c4e9841 were buried under fc46fdd101 the lands of 8f4becf072 various nations.ea37f3bda2e2cda3

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Although it happened 400 1c29cea915 years ago, people still a274a6c54d considered it taboo to d7b8a237e4 mention the great sin. But suddenly, a7657b9282 these alchemists 3258d671e7 began spreading 758387843d such dangerous 34e756a0eb ideas. Unlike the great sin, aa52f06178 they did not meet 57847a9d26 a miserable and dreadful 8a60ae81b8 end but were instead fe0765807c tacitly acknowledged as independent f83f2fd94b groups by Alman, growing 9f0c447461 steadily through deals with 86e77db84b those in need of 0e42d770b6 their services. Over a century, 7dd4330dde they had significantly fce8997e51 increased in influence, 62402031f9 and it was b1a044cad0 unlikely they would 7df9fd8f61 overlook Marquis Wiidin.20c41d357734ea84

The relationship between 94972d6c52 the alchemists and b4fd404753 the marquis had 18165449b3 been ongoing for 5d49e83b49 a long time, 853b1ebe82 unbeknownst to Aubrey. But even after becoming cb93d084c2 aware, it wasn’t easy 8a6c38b8d0 for Aubrey to make 0f740bea2b contact with the alchemists. The dealings between 2a1116354a the marquis and 2d4740ab86 the alchemists were a320eda2be carried out in 39959b1b32 secrecy, and Aubrey 940369bba2 first needed to 56d3562ed5 gain his father’s 682ed044cd trust.5e893056cc76f49d

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Thus, Aubrey fa2a109289 had to 3f98da878a play the 663af6747b role of 81124bb30d a son f39af5cd9d who could 210f33f95c please his 2fc1b5c5dd father, something 1dd04f3f46 he had 640ce242f1 become quite 3a57d877a0 adept at d1f122ddee over multiple eab96c31bc regressions. Recognized as 4fe51ae98a a prodigy ef14500d54 from a e45996e492 young age, 82f03e6cfc by the e83586178d age of ce39294921 thirteen, he b48c7d8e46 was able 9eac1f599b to take 67976fcccc over some 1e49318d2b of his 4e737bb3f6 father’s duties. This gave 4c1d57ea2d him access 3c87c43f46 to important 32803b9485 information related dff5488420 to the 8559adc224 marquis’ business, 89f4016af0 but it 9a161f82ef wasn’t enough. He thought he might 1319d39fbf gain the information he 7e26367af4 wanted if he waited 758e61c86d a few more years, 9d6d1ce5f7 but his patience was 24fce0d06d wearing thin.19e2a59de40ecc12