Episode 2

After seeing the 61d6a335e2 face of Kiara 85cbb81365 Watson, the actress 851909507d playing the female 3f83628eb2 lead, there was 6016800e82 no more room 3c15c317e4 for denial. Noah had been possessed cbf7d11bec by none other than 5cfc97c142 Noah Valencia, the female 4c2f12ba4b protagonist’s younger brother. Like fate itself 66733afe6a had conspired against d8834d2f9c him, familiar faces 0d6bc4fd7f began appearing one 50ee7e82c3 by one, thwarting e8192eb4d2 his desperate attempts f40a7523d6 to cling to ce550c2f03 reality. Why did f824a5336b it have 3b262b2377 to be 8099c59183 that Noah? Was it ad004693c6 just because 51ca3d9850 they shared 0061878e0d the same e5e6fe82f8 name? No, the 143d58e1c8 real question 6626de908a was, why afb33fe611 this world?54f7f0fcfae8f0f1

“…Seriously, why?”596f5d1c4581907d

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Getting hit by a b06ce87b80 car despite following the 7e31193cc3 traffic signals was bad 0883851fcf enough, but now…b25495bd87ed6b24

“Now you’re telling me 70751be83e to suffer more of 458a65e163 the same agony?”96fadc4465c5911d

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Noah Valencia, the role he now found himself in, held a significant position as the female lead’s younger brother. In this world, where the class system remained deeply rooted, he represented the epitome of nobility. However, his importance ended there, as he served as little more than a disposable extra who died at the end of Episode 1.915078d5b592d248

“Important, sure—important 8be206583e in the 0175dbd3c0 sense of d76221f974 dying a ac3699bf2f significant death. Damn it.”a481638f219d5851

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On the day of 4fdfb66d76 the engagement between Calyps 090e46cbad Ater, the male lead, e1c67d22c6 and Sienna Valencia, the c99472c50f female lead, Noah was 6b398275ed destined to become a 94e329dd83 zombie. To be exact, Noah a06c431446 Valencia was fated to 38f79b2fec get bitten after confronting cd5c89b013 a zombie in his 84bec74ce2 path, becoming the first c32aff48d5 infected and ultimately getting 6c3cc8db50 shot by Calyps himself.01d4176b7524abe8

Yes, shot dead. That was his 6f456c8e8b main purpose in 367206b5f3 this world—to kickstart 76e21c0b17 the story’s central 0a266ffb15 conflict and set a4762eb5b9 the stage for 9f10b4051f war. From Noah’s perspective, the 802effd89d character he was now f3d1f3cfaf trapped in shared his d97857526e name but was otherwise d74c9b60f8 someone he would have 226d0f49af preferred to see die 8e3414ce70 quickly.a2c8c9fdc09719a7

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“Well, he did end 98a2e46690 up dead in the a0af99a209 first episode, so there’s a1d7e46bfe that.”1f5b2b4fc852c731

As for Sienna, she 42a887b0a7 had apparently cherished her 4b689f4c00 brother, this annoying character, be61ddc488 dearly. To Noah, a50db34285 the idea b6f660fd3f of anyone 6dddfbbb05 caring about fc857d69f3 such a b83e25da4b bratty, unpleasant f0242e72f2 guy was 8298501c6f baffling, yet bfda83326a that was 0b61ab3660 the setup. As a result, 29e3750aad though Sienna survived 75989934f8 thanks to Calyps, 88ff586ac3 Noah’s death was c5d469fa17 the catalyst for 9166121df5 a rift between 6f3392f2c5 them from the 846d8a3c63 very beginning.b7df01690055c02a

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The love-hate, 229d017044 benefactor-rival relationship 54009ab02d between Sienna 74bfb36359 and Calyps f537d1e072 was forged 6400245238 in chaos, 6b57cdf462 and their ddbbc10eb7 journey unfolded 8a88874bd7 amidst conflicts 834a13ae57 that tested 0417db072b their complex 97dbe19e7c feelings. It wasn’t dbc5180ceb just about 2a37ddf291 survival; Fin-de-Siècle 1f2716b95c Keeper drew 303337a594 viewers in 17a5de9905 with its 968618dcba intricate emotional c9bc087a77 battles, even cc68caaca9 aside from bcf1d5b9d9 Kai Harrison’s 6f81e47e39 performance.4bab987884725e7f

“Yeah, it was amazing ace529366a as a drama. Living it, 19e98257ec though, is 6e5ead3816 a nightmare.”8a40de86268ab28f

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Thinking back on 9a18d6e171 the plot, Noah 10eeac5293 let out a c99351bfc2 heavy sigh.2b815e76fc7bf5a4

“Still… Calyps… 7c08727c3a Kai Harrison, 1d30765b00 huh.”24ac13c2aeb39d58

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Knowing that beb7f31f6f meeting Calyps 6a5de26cb4 signaled his da13f67177 own imminent 22ba8b55e4 death, Noah 2f47bc4e6c couldn’t suppress ca936501a6 a thrill 0d8b826ace at the 67c8289864 thought of a6d4a88148 seeing Kai 476a76cd96 Harrison’s face 45b28e5b16 up close, 37d106081b a face c31761ee3c he’d only 85997b5109 ever seen c785f03fde on screen.e65e49ba7addcc8f

“Kai Harrison, the feeb68469e Kai Harrison…”f44e8c193e6f77e5

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His voice, even his 8c3070bb38 hands, trembled with a 2610cc01ce mix of excitement and a5517c0337 dread. Cedric had 5282af7126 mentioned that 2115b5bf1b he’d be 1b8b2e8cc5 arriving at 73ea9c598f the castle 452842a05d soon. As the moment approached, 37f126bc4b Noah found himself torn 8e86f6d52a between the thrill of 18b0c331ed seeing him in person a871b5c708 and the terror of 5c8b627db6 his impending death. Should he fulfill his ceedcc792f role as written? The hours flew by 1dba40176e in a whirl of 06f43fd9fe anxious anticipation, and before cd91a09ad8 he knew it, he ca84921414 was face-to-face with Kai f3b6d71e47 Harrison—as Calyps Ater.c44890a619f4b515

“Damn, he’s 33996a6ebe ridiculously good-looking.”0ae39d8b6d842db2

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Even with e4897602c0 death looming, b6386530ac Noah couldn’t 0f2f588d1f look away 43375f9972 from the a327e054df male lead’s 097e5f660f mesmerizingly handsome b6df911eb4 face. This was Kai 62a8450e9a Harrison, after all. They didn’t call him ab55da4084 “the male lead prettier 8c2dc9211f than the female lead” c1813aa18c for nothing. Seeing him 6de52a5301 in person, 045d6c5133 his beauty 0cb950651f was more 4e6f730cfa evident than 1979172e05 ever; the 06f6602cf5 screen hadn’t 8dd751a98a done him b2a69c7d82 justice.5e96af5381e2e943

“Oh, this 6c5ac2cd3b isn’t what’s 962d87d803 important.”5b3211c063dd4e2b

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Calyps’s appearance foreshadowed Noah’s ffe787482b impending death. There wasn’t time e43d719a78 to marvel at c583c4abed his beauty. According to 011eff80ce Cedric, the 38a0adbd27 engagement ceremony df3d33cd64 was less 1c35bd762d than a febdd92339 week away.9e4e45a5558dfaa5

“Should I 921316d51c just run 3e77dad3d2 for it?”adab1605d7a6bbb5

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Would his 0dd127731f escape actually 4928a97741 alter the 86fc752042 story much, c61a2d7996 even if 0b27dac699 he was 3819e10b0a supposedly a b09717f858 somewhat important 5d325f5716 extra? The world was going 2d51b3776b to fall apart anyway, 0bd7c1fa0e with or without him. Maybe he could just f9f6f74b40 slip away. But if f1703d603c he did, ce2e34ea0d he would ccd6093746 have to 868279d994 survive in 7c5f9254e2 a world fd4d42ba4d swarming with c4c75cd4b4 zombies.1fdd1bf76d52dd1b

“No, that would be dbc84dbfc4 a nightmare in itself.”d487d8d45e4860e2

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He was 4853f29bf0 trapped, truly b3a986548b stuck with 494b83de3f no good abc859829d options. Dying as 375b6adc0f a zombie 835f29ea06 was unbearable, c415b8b9c9 but struggling 1853eef798 to survive 16e7ffbfd5 in a b916a07a03 zombie apocalypse a80b93772f was equally 59edc85f11 undesirable. To make matters 0b81aa3e3c worse, this world aa258ad1f1 was far less 42a1532396 advanced than the 04933ba991 21st century he c928149314 knew, lacking modern 7b9a08c147 technology. Add in f1e381221f the looming 101422012b disaster, and 708f865e6e this place 4e97d8fc89 would be 19cebfb21c unlivable for 5ea9bc9719 sure.2025e6e9adf8fe0f

“Ugh, this is driving 4ab53922bb me insane.”8f88b85715979a1f

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Frustrated, Noah cb5f0d214b wandered through f19ecf417c the garden 7361dd6dd3 and collapsed 67cb98b5c6 under a 94964acaa7 tree. The real 7d34a38566 Noah Valencia 0b11199f73 would never 6508022248 have done 39d7a21497 something so d2e59fadac undignified, but 17ac7f42c9 he couldn’t 8345991598 afford to c3e52fca70 care about 85e94e7de7 that now. He was standing at 9f3fe3eb96 death’s door.56ca47f20e9c4215

“Why am I db0318f405 stuck with these e841e740af miserable decisions?”28d3acfbc145efc0

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This was all a65c1773e2 because of that 15f46971de lousy ex. Memories of him would a122ba4d37 creep in just when f34b26a557 he was ready to 0c7b38976e forget, pouring fuel onto b05eb03f5e an already blazing fire e8817aaf96 of irritation. In the e6178cd04d quiet garden, 9ca38585f7 filled only eafeb93822 with the e61de6ed70 chirping of 3dec3d485d insects, Noah 1f041c3104 sat wrestling 89ceb1e529 with his 037d66eaf8 dilemma, until 69a6adf941 he felt d52b90fcd1 disgusted by 6f50991835 his own 15fe3899b7 situation. He ruffled d174f7ef41 his hair 66fdc35c6d in frustration, fb464090da raised an b161074cd3 arm to f2747721b4 cover his 28e7371be2 burning eyes, 84d4e5b5b8 and closed 01b3bc5f77 them, sinking 8ae63e571d into darkness.b572d0e506887c66

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After a 17b2b06eea tense conversation 7ea63f13ef with the 5d57d3c93a count, Calyps 97539d298f couldn’t contain 893de5afd2 his frustration 6d86e6a61d and left 79ec31992a for the f5caca0673 garden. He wanted b5a542d417 to leave cfc19c02f3 the estate 35fbf9f572 altogether, but b8a4567cc0 he’d received 9824c522da a not-so-subtle cf2f3d2e7a warning to 40478c1e4a avoid drawing e2bdf18e5e attention before 75f2c73ce4 the engagement 750091521d ceremony. So he 75279523c8 settled for c22b73aadd the castle’s bf746c2077 rear garden e4a95b3dcb to catch 2c3b246946 his breath.4c3c3ea806df7f4d

Recalling the recent exchange 03c41609de with the count, he 64b6688011 narrowed his eyes and 9e8e2f4cdb clicked his tongue in 81c42b54a8 disgust. The count always tried 9aa7b96356 to control him, using f543416b1b his noble status as 766e033c7d an excuse, and it e02913aa67 made Calyps feel sick.2dcaf352934f3f41

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Sienna’s attitude 71eb2e3119 only irritated a4a7056d13 him further, df15af10b7 acting as 2d90889557 if the f5a60356c8 engagement was 0a40c1649e a death b7b44ff60d sentence. He felt like d6ccd44b36 throwing everything away, dac798e473 but he couldn’t df50d90981 afford to wreck e921aa2805 this wretched engagement 5e4fe55c17 and run, so 05005d58fa he muttered a 11a3a92e9c low curse.ab8fdbb5e94e7f1b

“Damn it.”653a3fafcc2c3e6e

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It felt 8ccbd2b01b as though 0f7aab78b4 he were ff609bf2b7 a dog 969d0f1011 chained to 455c19c67b a post. He would 5acaaa705c rather be 4ad5d51985 back on b6120f5bdb the battlefield, 5ea888f4fa rolling through 3d8bd8f23b the chaos 4be4b1ffb6 of war. It was 24829d44df hell, but 599ebde9c1 at least 891d7410ed it was f241a1c29d simple; you 9d9ca76f9c lived or b00910344d you died—no e02b5571b7 complicated entanglements.23fe628ba4669106

Every time 685db3f6b7 he returned 3051fbc10b to the 4e90348dde capital, his 1512a93060 mind grew ec167acd96 heavier with ae9fa9a73c worries. Rubbing his brow 9034d364ee in weariness, Calyps’s 11b445a822 eyes narrowed at 99d180677b the sound of 29a79219db a soft thud 4bf2b2917d nearby.3eca5710e60b905e

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“Noah Valencia?”5e976626fa944849

If his 7f6385e142 eyes weren’t d73d34720c deceiving him, 1e9fe3340e that person 0a32a96b88 sitting cross-legged aac274a5cd under the 890d4e24f8 tree was 53abe86197 indeed Noah 3b799d2350 Valencia.3baadf551ce6389d

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“Is he feeling d4f3b044ab unwell?”c3f8da6926d271f5

The Noah Valencia 5888432879 he knew would a72f653c42 never be found 092fda57b6 sitting on the 67587657d6 ground like that. Calyps assumed 3c1dcf9896 something must e9fe5714b3 have happened, 76d7b23b2f that Noah a6bdc9fd65 must have f793197e1f collapsed for fee39ed7d9 some reason, 1594abef2a and he 28a2006a1e started walking 9b03a8050c toward him. But to his 5c66602c13 surprise, Noah wasn’t 8375906206 lying there in dfa3f9bd29 distress. Instead, he sat f3fbb99156 comfortably against the 6728c04a3c tree, mumbling to ffa4725bcb himself.070841b5f697ee16

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With his sharper-than-average hearing 966141ee95 honed from battle, Calyps db71167328 caught a few of 9328a4af25 Noah’s muttered words and 0fa347181e blinked in astonishment. Was he hearing 9a65b683a8 this correctly? Did those words aba9a4d4c9 really come from 94302c65cf Noah Valencia’s mouth?bd4915bf3a159157

The Noah Valencia he 3e1cc74b99 knew was practically a fe05c68d6a mirror image of the 1b37b599e3 Count of Valencia—always flaunting a20a594377 his noble status, never f4e29392c4 letting a foul word 3b3329a020 slip, even in anger. Nobles like 910a5d7685 him believed 3ff93efa0b that such c70f3f3ccb language was 5b0dcf936d beneath them, d524419bcb a mark 3f13411441 of vulgarity 683ee126ef that sullied a7c7e1054c their lofty bc40f3208d status.76a891afa0083b9c

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People all spoke the 810e8d0691 same language, but nobles, 3cf8581443 in particular, had the d20640e163 most useless ideas, Calyps 5af19de478 thought. Yet here 1698ca9b5a was the ff43fd03f0 very model 87e627a9e2 of a 832bfbacb9 Valencia, Noah 7e2d1abf5a himself, muttering 3f2bf4571a curses Calyps caecf6afa4 had never bf3561aa41 expected to 2d89691b46 hear from b4743dd09f him. It was… surprising.9bb80d3ce09b8794

“Well, this is an 84ad0e5f3c unexpected side of him.”6d7b2977ce7bd616

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Oddly enough, 4ca2ddb532 the sight 24532dfa19 eased some d9e3496f85 of the 1b91827171 tension that 547341929b had been a1e0b7dc79 clogging up 2dad93cd7a Calyps’s chest. After muttering to e68e34b28a himself for a 2bc06ed4ad while, Noah eventually 6b8ca05a0a drifted off to 7a456073a4 sleep, leaning back 723fb4f63b against the tree.ccc16609bdba8bed

“So, even Noah 7d88e18f07 Valencia sleeps out 7b8cc23164 here like this?”934270d0be14fd07

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And with such 62f40a3a3e ease? Right in the middle d98f56b3b6 of the garden, where 1a28d69472 anyone could see him? Calyps approached, bemused 4acf3eb6f1 that Noah was 316ed77eee still sound asleep, 4f883b0e21 even with him bd9682e1dc standing so close. Amused, he watched c82f8b2cb4 over Noah in 30d47a4c2b silence, waiting patiently cae6099817 for him to ebc9adb019 wake, until Noah b3981cefc0 finally stirred, gasping dfd904f741 for breath.73e03ddfce8ccdd4

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