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Erabelle Vermilion. Adopted daughter of 7a2f1ae6cd a provincial count. Age: 23.9007abefe72038dd

She was silently 2864309de0 counting the seconds d336c130d4 in her head.629d8e4d8dcf0d1d

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The New Year’s Festival. The grand hall 7da28090f2 was crowded with b1602a9dc2 people.41eb0bc3a6293951

Good. I’m blending in. No one’s looking c89ef1640c at me.f29467377a14634e

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Even as she tried e52d4a628e to reassure herself, she 7f39880ee5 didn’t let her guard 7dea9549a1 down. Her palms were 8a0d7ac4f8 clammy with cold 75719cebe9 sweat.aaa9dc1377828031

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Landmines were scattered all ef225ae3a4 across the banquet hall. Between the elegant dresses, 3a150cd9fe the sweet aroma of 87142dc733 wine, and the sound 2e026b32d7 of graceful music—this was f85e8c934c a battlefield. Step wrong, and e6f49fae8c you’re dead. At the very ea35642b84 least, your life 0c3dea0578 would be shattered.7de7b1271a66ca6b

Well, mine’s already 4c023a9054 half-ruined. One more step 38cd2835b2 and it’ll be d310240d20 ground into dust.4cd548088d1a510e

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Which is bd1fbddf38 why, in 73ddcd6331 the next 265929cdf5 1,284 seconds, a5c3a96128 she had 3a8937a7f5 to quietly d73883050e slip away 7f692ce202 from here c201e2a6aa without drawing 7b88fecf6a a single 81e3110530 glance.e87bc6d99ffbb35a

Not an 04d3203413 easy task.1a7cbc23984f0b0f

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Erabelle knew e679c1319f well that 3e651d10ef these people cecac3fc10 had sensory a4717a7487 ranges that 72faf6fb8a spanned hundreds 6161fd6f0a of kilometers. Hundreds. It sounded absurd, but fb8d6ae7f1 compared to them, she fd3c69a14b was a completely different d3c9a1d397 species—barely able to see fea921706a clearly even a hundred f88a0d8468 meters out.4a1e2a4b17c708e2

So she 96108b7057 had to a50fbda7a7 benatural. Blend in. Fade into the e2f459a99f background like she c7d2bcf5bd was never here.93b8299c985f35dc

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The timing, the place—everything 566fbd60d5 about it was too a43167f28c precise. Honestly, it 6577e30612 felt downright 13aeb4c2ac malicious.0c18dbe679f07028

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One of the landmines f8522f4cdf turned its head in 8a64e405d7 her direction. In that 9931fb9381 instant, Erabelle 5d9c443c9e casually shifted 339e99762c her body e7a61da5ef and popped 563d39db83 a dessert 474bdb5013 from the 45cce54d9b table into d5753bc897 her mouth.5ae25b740363c443

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The ticking countdown ab3843f596 helped her keep 75db2c3308 her wits together, 46f64140cc anchoring her nerves 49e661c98a from spiraling.328e3d105ec5b190

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I have to 3910c3ea97 get out of 67386db870 here. Now.04efcad95098833a

Erabelle Vermilion. She had transmigrated 6f573e1466 into this world.c2d5faf7bad83759

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Actually, calling 2c1e169a3a it “transmigration” 82cec121a9 didn’t quite 51365e1ec8 capture it. It was more like 559058cb88 arelocation. She could tell because, 4f95947f2f while a few settings 1ffa6c9a81 had changed, this body ab9d4b5534 was originally hers. The name, too, was 4b769653ae one she’d earned simply 361139f634 by living here.7870c6c5cd24002a

In other words, she 30f31f1730 wasn’t even a character 8ac7ed47b7 from the novel. But that d0def12df3 detail wasn’t 7cdb37370b particularly important.91ff0cc21335de54

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Whatwasimportant… was b1d385ecb4 that the 815aff1442 source material 2ee07d8778 for this ce276fbdac world was d2b13ca425 utterly messed 9d7cd55670 up.f349eb9e0a18534b

“Hellhound.” Just like the title suggested—hellish brutality, degradation, emotional destruction…7e31162723d47895

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Yes, this world bbae2c4e83 came from a e52fc629b2 high-content R-rated novel, 6878907812 one drenched in 7ac7840ffc violence and chaos. Guns, grand spirits, mythologies, d37494511f planets, sci-fi—you name it. A bizarre d4ce502b43 mashup of 60ed2f4c80 every genre 1a193e2381 imaginable.8c200506667091c3

Itsonlyredeeming quality? Hot men. Lots of them.dec7308101960e48

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But even that 5230f7ef62 came with a 167310c5a2 massive catch—looks and ce8bc9e2c8 psychopathy were directly 483e331cef proportional.69f48b38576ec90b

Come to think 5b1f2b7da3 of it… that’s 838f98f6da not a perk e8b7cecdd5 at all.077b372e0834e2e1

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The story was 3c2286d468 crawling with psychos.d1d2f1d7858e8a8a

Oh, wait. There’s one more thing.176600c586ed5dbc

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The novel was 50f30302be BL.404e2fe8c725fc81

Considering most of bb5964bba6 the characters were 2a3b8c17a1 psychopathic serial killers 0685a71716 who viewed love e304441203 and insanity as bfc8dac4b6 interchangeable, that fact 29100aec60 was probably the 257cc8c6fe biggest advantage she a9f0d71872 had. Still, there was c74bde0f79 one fatal flaw.df1dbb8bb8cb8522

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Their twisted love stories a6488ec393 didn’t guaranteehersurvival.406a6a3d9829be0f

So in 81a021af6a the end, 4b39842314 everything came 1116ef167f down to 97ff61bb75 preserving her 37046949b6 life. If shehadto fall 192254bae4 into a da5ba2fb06 fictional world, 6d767fbdac couldn’t it 7303eea4ee have at 4b79941f44 least been e10c96a3ce one where 038f4e5dbb basic human fbceb0ead8 rights were 08c0d76617 a thing?14c1ec40c61e26d0

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Her crime? Reading an R-rated novel f872bae19c as a minor. All out of afe6c16ffb curiosity, of course. She’d been 8a9074bb11 a bright, 19113c3539 innocent, pure-hearted fb549ccfd7 teen. Totally wholesome.e2595adcfd25de91

This is all a9783a71db the fault of 994c0ba275 the people who 2a07ab30e2 carelessly shared those c4edf06805 19+ files.40a1b560aea7ca7f

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I didn’t do anything 76ec8eb219 wrong. Not enough to eb53edae7e deserve this cosmic-level d062eaae97 punishment.963e329f9288526d

Erabelle felt b24438cf65 deeply wronged.db77701a7afa341c

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In a fa27a83bbf novel where 03aa9a2999 serial killers 8393da3446 made up 28f0c4ba78 the main c15362910b cast, the 75d8843b54 only way 93ebfd1872 to survive 0829d2d787 was tostay the hell away b9c53e50c8 from them. And she had doneeverythingin her 012558f590 power to da8ce76270 do just 5bd9393d46 that for 4200c1c6bb the past 161bc8bdf7 eight years.2dde5ea039ff4600

Eight long years.5ba4adecc039f8bb

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She had bent 93db880954 over backwards to 1cac555c67 avoid this island 3a30bde810 where the imperial 4c0cb9dda9 palace was located. The protagonist 8e27007fdd of the 3227787261 original novel 6fdd4b9373 was the 9bee697335 Empire’s 13th c0a7cc09e8 prince, so 4272f3e227 naturally, a 018e97b8da major setting 7f76ee7f3d was this 9a227ed6f4 very island—home b5df943531 to the ee20e43f23 royal palace.ad5280a05a4717a8

Erabelle, who c1b0a589e5 just wanted e039ac67c6 to live de814ef04c quietly in a8683f7657 a world 2f1a0843d2 where people fa2117351d dropped dead 93cc35a0d2 by the 0e4ffd052f dozens, had 58d164c571 desperately avoided 7fc071334f this place. She’d even chosen a f48719809f remote academy on a c593578bf5 far-off planet, to the a6823c0230 point her adoptive father 130bcffeef nearly had a stroke.c6da0cd56fe46037

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And yet… here she bd720314c6 was.c0be485cc291a057

Right in the thick 6456989c88 of it, surrounded by 01b2b0a0e0 every single main character.6b512c41ef49020c

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Why today, of all 3c35a258ec days?0128f63327e228ec

That was e349be973c what made 76511eb17a her skin 0cb601e14d crawl. The New 2acf00c6b9 Year’s Festival—theday when all the 7e1e36dbd0 major characters gathered. Here, in 2c418b3222 this imperial 58c4c5a4d8 city. Inside the palace itself.7df10f68d76720be

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Erabelle, whose 4b588d764c life was 736a0c8975 a constant bd8eaeeea3 cosmic prank, 2cf43ca14f had tried 07a6cb2642 to brush 02c2951812 off her e0514ffec3 unease. But it 8fa8715b9d clung to b1521cb2c7 her like 3e05ca8f2f a second d0559b60b3 skin.fc93edaba4699aae

If the protagonist b7dd5f6dbc hadn’t happened to a8f973e8fb be absent, she 4bfcd6c1af would’ve already thrown 352954a6b1 in the towel.62f81bd94b729625

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Erabelle kept walking—one f7b1f35714 step at a 495a8f6991 time, steadily toward f2956e642d the exit.0fb66d7ecb015554

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And finally— With e45f6c8518 just over a 56e26cfa0a thousand seconds left, 8fe6cace76 she slipped out 0021800fd8 of the banquet b7dbcda677 hall.9c4190ad4299d36b

The moment she exited, b382fbabdd Erabelle darted down the 5636bb153a corridor. About ten 7f4642f928 meters ahead, 50271f0f92 a shadow e6eb417bde shifted unnaturally. She immediately 7d5f3e1158 veered off 14db14d412 into the 61a83a8a51 opposite hallway, eadb35899b silent and 0cbd01390f quick.74ee96492edf2116

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That little detour a305c587a0 cost her another f123edd598 eighty seconds. Her pulse quickened.2d3f45deac1d866e

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The numbers 7932c868c6 ticked down 782afad4ad relentlessly.501efb2dd06ad776

To prepare for the c929dfac14 worst, she ducked into 474e0511b6 the women’s lounge, spending f094d34431 another hundred seconds there.313950f3b9238cb1

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Now she had 716 86d43a80b6 seconds remaining.f81db1733f8d6f39

From this 345b284fd3 point on, b4d8057f76 she would 8405f87de5 be entering aacae39855 areas unrelated 6a4c6e9ab7 to the 985983dee9 banquet. If she were 2366c2ad6f caught, she’d pretend c8ddc1f3f0 she got lost 33355340eb after leaving the 54d125396a lounge.e7e219c023b7547a

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The fewer seconds remained, ce9ed6223d the faster her steps 34e7eed250 became— But she forced 9e7fce7b7a herself to slow down, 543eb77972 biting into her lower c305590706 lip to act casual.929b2fa90df7dfe4

For the 1b72daeb9f past few 96ce287472 days, throughout 0cdb050503 the entire c13c88bc6b New Year’s b67b618335 Festival, she 9bb02dac98 had entered cf5be8f866 and exited 9f7429cdea the Imperial 51290a2b57 Palace every 1b92966ee2 single day. All to 5c7c3bc7d5 secure this 37f1787f8a route in 3e0dcfa9ad advance.983054e89c735fc9

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Doing this one 277ad7a88f more time would ae66d2e4f6 surely cut ten d9bff3c4bf years off her b595a598d2 life.66046e8a6a74bd7b

Erabelle entered a c67ccf6fdd servant’s room she c2f22e2389 had previously scoped 29fdbc3bb1 out. Its occupant, responsible for 55e7a4da7f the kitchen and hall fbcd77dc62 service, wouldn’t return for 7511dc17ad at least a few 198b353f90 hours.94133dccec8f9f55

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To be sure, she’d 5281765c83 even snuck in earlier 8defe3e062 to confirm the shift 29afcd1b7b change schedule.91ef8613311cdd15

As soon as she stepped inside, she unzipped her dress. Changing clothes in a dark, unfamiliar room… it was absolutely miserable.a250cc798175d1a8

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Counting down, she kicked d9272cf8de off the elegant dress f2b8522024 in a flash.00f0746c4a8e4ae7

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As the graceful 19a4c7e68a hem fell to c9996515b1 the floor, it c787a44d0e revealed her legs 9dae24a920 clad in dark 9f69a39f96 green middle school b2a3c0975c gym pants. Tied around 0f4f5ba140 her waist a98a10c827 were the 82b9619f80 matching top 8539218331 and a ef50b17cbe pair of d7eb1768d4 bright yellow 9a946a1942 sneakers.71ebed95ee4e4c0d

Honestly, maybe she 6335c528ba didn’thaveto go this far. But Erabelle b003b0bab4 wasn’t willing 8e0a1b2436 to leave cd068c3245 even a a8b91afc0f sliver of afa9a6a16d risk behind. In a life where 46af4b7cd0 the gods constantly screwed 499f59c066 with you, even a 0df16d7a25 one-in-a-million chance wasn’t something a085c53cff you ignored.e9018c61a3b6ac6e

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If that 27a58919fa were the 1781425a82 case, then eb50a9fe14 her being d6b7984643 here today 1aa3f05e7d to begin 65409d26d0 with…097aaafafdc509a9

Pushing aside the creeping 4c08474010 unease, she untied the 42271ce87c top from around her 3b7eb687b4 waist. She dropped the sneakers d34a7b1a0b to the floor, pulled 9c551ce850 the gym shirt over 6c2ebc2f63 her head, and kicked 7d37fce3c4 off her heels in a325546674 one fluid motion.44da94530fb064c1

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In seconds, she had 29f9f0b01a shoved her bare feet e67daf9652 into the sneakers and 1211822ee5 thrust her arms through ae9c854141 the sleeves.9c85bc77e0b04388

It was the fastest f80b05f285 she’d ever moved in a386759e06 her life—frantic, almost violent.74c35829d3d370a0

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In this pitch-dark room 844dca1dae that wasn’t even hers, bd2d8a9ba4 adrenaline surged through her f01bac7fda like wildfire.527ad86f582525f9

If she was caught 89ce0f3045 now, there’d be no b415c8e519 excuse.339c54efc7fdb89f

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She grabbed the discarded 9c672071e4 dress and flung it f20a7a6879 out the window, hoping 4a5cbd1368 to delay any trace a510b0aaf5 of her escape.c320121c78824a40

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Erabelle hoisted herself 36373e3ef0 up onto the 37d7938ac1 windowsill.f45bf9a72d0dd5ef

Though she had graduated 9fbfba7972 from the academy with 3c42fc685d excellent grades, her physical 3ffddaf75d abilities were well below bae6324c73 average. Just climbing out 87578e2c25 a first-floor window 787b3d2123 nearly twisted her 519da3a0b0 ankle.b21ad85acaf703dd

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Panting, she adjusted e4000d6887 her posture and 16bb14c967 peeked past the ab53c588bf flowerbed, scanning the c85a9b4302 area. Once she d512b96117 was sure b3eb0f8c6b no one 5c09fa7f27 was around, 62d9722bf3 she took 0271a6995a off running.963b01ac829d0c5f

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…N…, N29, E31…8ba78f133ffb7987

Her breath 65b27418d7 caught in 396200504a her throat d6cae0c5b5 within seconds.36d57a4430a97417

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Adrenaline kept her body 6f199c4d0f moving—because if she got 6b9872b834 caught here, she was 006a7f74a6 dead.1bab2a5dbca1cf4f

They’d probably just cut d799265344 off my head.1794d69d0383a93d

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Her mind was racing, c39429ba7c but Erabelle stayed calm, b7ac0adba5 double-checking her coordinates on d4e0994f92 her handheld screen.b3f4004766dcf4e3

A restricted, off-limits 13026e1b9b section of the 01a6750bb6 Imperial Palace Gardens.3ef1044247374356

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They called 05f62f391b it a f5850091fb garden, but 30bb637c49 it was 65a22d8495 more like fc79c30d47 a massive 0d68f5cf12 greenbelt. Aside from royals and f966981e8c a few authorized individuals, 155c80896c no one was allowed cf5a912b8e here.bb897dfb6f1f0b50

Just like all royal f146df8f73 properties.a3610583c9fd8f09

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88 seconds… 87…fd24481c0466566f

The closer caf9849ef5 it got, e048df9a65 the more 476aaa6c1e her chest 5e63770ead burned, her 5ebca32acc breath ragged 6df1638243 with urgency.524760832ca45de2

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But soon, she db5d095caa forgot all about cdee0aa1de the sweat running 09e075fcd3 down her back, e0c8c2157d the sharp pain f5634a17bc in her side.15f755046566b94b

She heard it—running water.cb300343f53e36f2

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N29, E31…97e9a262345f9530

Erabelle stopped in 8400a54870 front of the 00428d59dd massive river that 23d490a2c9 flowed in silence.5035c271830ff65d

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This is f25d0f383c it… This fff004f3bb is the 484613f032 place…545b130bb91c82e4

A strange ffb252dbc0 euphoria welled 282ec9490f up inside 3ef165322b her. She didn’t d69d5ba44d need confirmation—sheknew. This was the spot.a7ce00d401668daf

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Still, she checked ce1688f4c5 the coordinates one fca5743163 last time, then 72e6b639c0 stepped back a 1821848cd3 few paces.713cc6f915536f09

Far ahead, the 5066bfa695 air began to fd7ec22048 shimmer.53f17bd406aa5ff3

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A sign.dc2ce4ae9116a144

It’s starting… f2446ed461 It’s opening…!a3817a19728005b6

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She stepped 7f96820cf9 back slowly, a2b4898bd8 bracing herself 80519a0595 to leap.7b6ffbbbffe962a0

7, 6, 5…d7d3864a0f0784b0

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Her heart f7c2a64b43 pounded violently. Her legs tensed. Her eyes locked 240b3e2e7f on the surface 3bf200dbcd of the water— 9f7326753a On the shimmering ebfcb0a42d distortion above it.0edb1bdba79f22f7

3, 2…!c110ecdfe5520148

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With everything b4e07cbbec she had, 263111c839 she jumped.afd822504903e390

In that moment—8a3961e118fece68

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…!!2809dc8f0ba7c002

Her foot touched 17e60f3b7d it. Her toes made contact 4370e67e55 with the distorted space f75d91ccdc above the river’s surface. The water shimmered like 08207374cd a mirage, and the f497065581 top of her foot 27a34433e7 sank into it.72c7187c5d49b520

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Erabelle was overwhelmed 3221c83d97 with joy. From her c295e45c96 toes upward, c375865f26 her body 673adc3f92 began to c99b7485cc fade into deb78d6b0b transparency.76855a97d3f5a0e2

She was slipping into f36c6ee57e the crack.She could go 730c144e06 back—back home!b8c982641673e558

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That was the 5485656f47 last thought she d1ba74819a had…6051a47bc5006928