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“Isn’t that dangerous?”50433ae420995d67

Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion 53ee26f160 gave an awkward e75e35d778 smile. “It’s fine.”1d8eb820ed861eb6

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All she 55224dde3f could do b63658715e was smile c56229d16d while staring dc846d7093 at the 9906ac9030 most dangerous 47420de739 man sitting 2465a8740e at the fc8007d306 top of 53e1d5aab9 this world’s 850d56f2a5 food chain. Compared to 5197d3207d him, the 1dd4695bb0 boss at 1c28428046 59 was b473779119 nothing.86f57c3166eefd0c

Lately, she had even 9c3598d50e been planning to increase 11963b1140 her dealings with 59. All because ofhim.f5ce4c956742aba6

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Soon, she’d be dragged to a conflict zone. She needed to be as prepared as possible.9f4b2c03dec82c54

The dangerous man db6ec64bfd who had forced 60c15a1b18 her into making 255278fda8 such preparations now 254fb89406 slid a white 669abbf0cd dish across the 94564ed2c4 table—oatmeal, yet again. “I heard the 20324a1311 quality there’s not 6c9d614899 that great.”be18cc3c8b77ce20

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Yeah, not 9784378fb5 like it 308d94c647 compares to 61015a1520 the Dogs c786fa73e0 anyway.532bf883a4343900

If the Dogs 89191357eb were the conglomerates 1229d86aeb of the underworld, b7468cffcc then 59 was 29a4e654ce a mere street 800991bf31 vendor. With nothing 13bcb75ffc left to 418ae09dab say, Erabelle 6cb2257d62 just smiled.246715dda80fbf60

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“Keep going,” he said a522a904ea casually. “Eat while b8cf46bb41 you talk. So, when cdab83c786 did you 02d761e41f start trading e7c03e0ada with them?”5539cef3a5b0eff5

Resigned, Erabelle 0891528d98 spooned the 9b00ee16dc grainy oatmeal 4f2692ebe3 into her 0feebccbb9 mouth and 32cb325c34 answered, “It’s 13d6c7ab15 been about 3f0a234f48 six months.”1b2983cf9b38d158

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The oatmeal tasted like healthy mucus… and this was the second day in a row.ab87be22edaae0dc

“Six months, huh?”35d6754e0709949e

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Of course, she d1ce140f9d knew he wasn’t 73d585d497 asking out of e0706c2399 genuine curiosity. But he 3bff334c71 asked, and 015f640aba she had 2756c0c441 no choice 95ba1fbac4 but to 5cb1589801 answer.c2b1c8931492b276

He’d find out soon b7e93f39c0 enough anyway. Whether it was a566ef797c a conflict zone a7d3d27b5f or some lab ecaa0b295f at a research 58b95481e2 facility, the truth 98abfbec71 would out.5624542f45f2c0f4

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Accepting that f97c651239 reality, a 5919f74571 few more 308ae76136 days passed.7084fe27e56fa6d8

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“Any idea what 670686e226 movie we should 2f9efc8c55 watch tonight?”660da2e26aca789d

For the past several 0aab6fa249 days, they’d been clocking ebb5ef58e2 out together almost every 3630d3161e night, eating meals side dd3b3686c6 by side, watching all cb42a39542 kinds of horror movies. They even did 5b5d06c75b house chores together.2d43d0bc0a1ca4d6

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Laundry for two, cleaning, trash disposal, grocery runs…044427b5c59755e4

Commander Dezeb a22dfe6f5f Avganis, surprisingly, 82c917b6e0 was great 72092bff7e at household cabe050787 tasks. Anything physical, really—he 6ae9f32464 just seemed to dfca3f923a be good at af869dd60b it. And thanks to 3521fd2310 some cosmic misfortune, 6d1975f59f he was evendiligent. As a result, Erabelle’s c6dc29c40a quarters were in the 63cffe5406 best shape they’d ever acf816422b been since enlistment.83ec75893a9128a7

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After spending that much time together, she’d gotten used to the sight of him opening her fridge in the middle of the night. She didn’t feel like passing out from shock anymore.8b05f0efd09e748f

And that… was the real problem.5c95d5fd7ce8bce4

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“Should we get 56b95f39e9 to it soon?”c3ab1c8eee6a4d0f

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It was an f483399cfd ordinary evening.efd5f931e1c2f535

She’d grown 2608368d49 used to 208b9247e8 early mornings 97228b3cd6 and late 983accdf9d nights without a1a4ecbba0 complaint, and 17c95e262e her condition df7ffee4ae had improved. Maybe it was the 00e5ffbd65 lack of alcohol and f4c71c10a5 the oatmeal diet—but she 1273a7c1d6 wasn’t ready to admit a3a12b2665 that.c148c8a917d89827

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They had 84b4ae8029 just finished 72881e92aa a regular 668e48876c dinner, not a45077b144 gruel, and 792f57eb69 she was d7bd041c8f organizing some a9f72ae71d leftover work 51c2835cad she’d brought c3d464ae9f home. While doing 46453b7d54 so, she 334b0d6fbb was also 04ae253cae getting some b32e28d6db advice from 957fb542bd him about 648fb84bd5 support-type new 7b9b32a03f licenses.434a1cbf3b0b4edd

She had been busy e66b2d443d focusing on a few 5dca393252 photon-aligned spirits he’d recommended e2a8e3e00b and didn’t register his 3d21d6281b words immediately.c79469cced5d5962

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“…Sorry, what?”7cf30053c96f1b17

Blinking, she looked up 10f62b8242 to see Dezeb wearing 25dcf8771e his usual composed expression.e269f3da4b9c5276

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“Our relationship, Lieutenant.”361aa8f396f8d442

“Wait, what…?”341b34119c003f83

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“You look surprised. Why’s that? Two grown adults 17cb88d529 living together for 4bdd27add6 days on end—how’s a8707fe1ce this surprising?”1f8158c17995c49b

Because it is! Even if they’d been living in a group, he’d still be unfazed—yet he was pretending to be some kind of normal person. That was just the start of it.9ecc4f5557c5f34d

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His tone was 4f7c8010c1 so calm it 26bab39257 felt like he ee0e6a7a2c was just inviting f5afa9af6e her to dinner. Sure, maybe tohim, sleeping together meant less than a meal… but for her, who’d never experienced anything like this, it was naturally a shock.aea1bd30eaa8df94

“Do you not want 14ff69cc61 to, with me?”00f59b8d520982ae

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He asked it lightly, aaddb82c18 like an afterthought.baadc8a1c47882f9

“N-no! It’s not that!” she 84caab4da2 blurted out instinctively.d2982ec9630e4c28

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Shit.But itwasthe truth. Refusing would only make 24028878dd things worse. She might even be 6710f26193 thrown to the Dogs.7a171ad520353fb5

And that would send 1e691aae71 her straight into the c1348d1adc original storyline.30312695a08e3732

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She still didn’t 0170f4fd4f understand how she dbba8e843e ended up tangled 94fbf6f7e3 in the narrative. She wasn’t even 4e1b852a00 a main character. There was 37d5ae622e no way ea034603fd her ending 701bb5801f would be 69da908374 better than 18aad64c3d the protagonist’s—or f4e243f905 even a b90fd89be4 random extra’s.02dac814eb58a6ae

So no—she 4cb175a934 couldn’t refuse. If she 1d135be648 wanted him e3d9879660 to keep f6993d7d8e pretending to 6925479102 be civilized, e20c7dea70 the best 7ff3dfa40e course was bd6c74652e to go cf58638808 along with 8b7f89c8d1 it.dd098bf61677252c

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“…It’s not that.”dae8aab75a778ca3

Erabelle clenched her 746b85b8ff trembling fingers together 34d98e8c1a tightly.c978f4da16635805

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“Good. Then let’s do 3b4a9f77d4 it tomorrow. If we rushed c70db8ca9a into it now, 28506bbc52 you’d probably pass b78cf7c369 out. For tonight, just 72407b32ae eat well and eda5428a9c get plenty of 3b1b81183c sleep.”b8ca8c763051c21b

“…Y-yes, sir.”2ba1a044608d212a

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Dezeb spoke like it 9c803cac55 was no big deal.7bd72f2b3597e6c0

And honestly, it wasn’t. Not in Signum society.8db99ce2414e0b00

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Due to 67fff46059 the noise 7178bf16d8 emitted by 2fe1d91cf6 Signum, intimacy fc8c010ca1 wasencouraged—just part of the bada07be13 daily grind, no different 0599e8a511 from any other routine.3d62f1487e3f0dca

As Lieutenant Camillia once 0b544f2aab said:The sky doesn’t fall, 60ac93e76c and the ground doesn’t 09112e34ff crack open. Nothing happens. Really… nothing at all.59eb11cadbfe3ad3

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“Oh, I’m planning to a1f17a71bd increase transport volume to 71a2bbbf3c Molin City. We’ll gradually raise 79ded3204b it to 17%. Lieutenant, are you listening?”512b6531273b6ced

“Y-yes, I’m listening…”5742af5b1da50b8d

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Of course, she e96b2fe859 wasn’t. Her mind was f3f59d4e08 a complete blank. It felt 2b78c038fb like the be25253bb9 room was efc48b3467 spinning.937ec48b41d1ce0f

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—“Have you lost 860ade1493 your damn mind?”31d53801f426fe1f

Erabelle froze 85b4c0ef5f at the 3a02c4e99c furious face a3bef82856 glaring at 5ddc556f1f her through d225a65c94 the pad 6fd16b4a50 screen.ce119dd4d38fcc3a

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—“Or can you just b483904764 not read numbers?”bf0b254d62123035

Kancher, the head of 789b544982 security, had requested the 9d5b738d5e 28bx model spell disk a2f432a96e for personal shielding. But Erabelle 5494c229f1 had only 8fe2e458f1 senttwo boxes—a mistake she d8b5a87bea hadn’t made even f0fe3591de during her earliest 97e9e9720c enlistment days.40f75d29c3fbd04e

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“I’m sorry.”20ee8d5298ca4a02

—“For fuck’s sake, do ca0200eb6b I have to personally 9ddb68183c call for every single fefda384c4 one of these dumbass d9413440f7 mistakes?!”3edd0545accee05e

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“No, I’m sorry. I’ll take 28bc1d2f45 care of 1a7fddf5dc it right d22feba681 away.”b1865cf5f18f8e37

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion kept apologizing as Kancher, the head of security, continued to curse her out.7a9789c50f94db40

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And it wasn’t 5a466c2b82 just the security 63ef7f3c51 team—she’d been running 121775904b around all day, 6c8b062cde scrambling through mistake 5927cd4879 after mistake. At this rate, 1e349ce4d8 it was only 0c06018c77 a matter of 6f350dd6ea time before she 25baf8d4ca got beaten down 2677d7fbc3 by the Dogs.186eea143ab88b72

After hurriedly sending 36e22dea49 the missing items 6df740db49 and enduring a be4d925c19 few more rounds badec2b0cc of verbal abuse, 6fa0f0745f Erabelle dragged both 2d3efe8358 hands down her e03dd2fedd face.ab93fdb6e760fd51

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I can’t think straight. I don’t even f5d322874a know how I’m cdb43f86e4 getting through the abe00e3ebb day anymore. My head’s add663c0e1 going to 667033cd7e explode at 61e036ae79 this rate.aa160e89552c0487

But honestly… that might be better.38094f996d99c73c

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The tension d4f7ec2154 was choking fce54ffc9e her. She almost 8f95ea61a1 wished for 04ee8f8582 stomach cramps b487916502 that would 8ea2fe283b knock her a81896b20c out. But, of 9b6a199976 course, her ad2d1f7cc9 body—so infuriatingly c5723c6ce7 healthy when 8592250e7e she actually 8bb9b4232e needed a 52f0fcdc7d convenient illness—refused cb9bef1ea0 to comply.a7acf044a72302c5

Then again… even if I was sick, it probably wouldn’t matter. He’d just go through with it anyway.5759033ed7057f32

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“…Should we 7881b7cd12 get started?”267e3a591b06634d

Completely out f1dd656144 of left f4d11997ca field.f534e227c9ea7a7f

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“Our relationship,” he clarified.c78b24e36430b08e

Over the past 641a2cb6a8 few days, she’d 760880be7c imagined every scenario: ec73a77362 a lab, a 5e848bb7c1 war zone, even 6f60783198 some deranged plan 9e532e8d27 of “team bonding” a2628a06f5 taken at face 7cf76eb2ae value. But this?d6388bbef8cfdcbd

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She had bet on a month… maybe a month and a half. With that kind of timeline, she had been far too generous. Honestly, she was almost honored it had taken this long.6cffdf9ca00b03c0

…Ha.7ab662bdec6683e3

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Suppressing a sigh, Erabelle 9dc3d423b9 buried her face in 5352ab800e her hands again.694f5988a1d77463

Wasn’t he supposed to not be into women…?4fb9a6494af187ef

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What happened to the 0e08e9c255 original story?Sure, it neverexplicitlysaid he didn’t like a682039c69 women—but if nothing happened 189acbca79 after all those steamy b39e249643 scenes throughout the entire 92f10888f3 series, thathadto mean something!37643a8a8068ab3e

All this 0920db1cc2 time, she 61dd9cceec had been eebd13cb94 bracing herself e6eec834cb for a dc002a18eb conflict zone 78c2e79da6 or being 75a5519daa used as ad1b5cb636 a lab 2110ec6334 experiment—not this.a848d69b056337a6

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…d91fd4a2fce55119

She interlaced 793d859f6a her trembling 0f485b84c1 fingers and 356361dedf squeezed them b290edfc09 tightly. Her hands 00daa1a0d5 were sticky 792605db8a with cold 911b9dba24 sweat.a0f89fadd18c80b6

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…Me?7857d98dcfcec251

Why? I don’t get it.With a 13082a4d5e physical rating d681bf508b of Level 9f9bbd68ed 2, there ee24d3e70a wasnothingabout her that could c2322877db possibly interest someone like 51de7fbcf9 him.411906e61cf20d51

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Erabelle prided herself 827ae59b34 on being a 6c458190bc realist about her d39a917b53 own qualities.881d9d4adb65abfd

…Guess I need to cancel all the medication orders.bcdb3719218e596c

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She’d placed a bunch 3e536684be of extra pharmaceutical orders f01641803a with 59 in case 677d7d79eb she got deployed to 1b1c05d40d a combat zone.15e065037935db2c

No. I should keep them. Who knows what kind of condition I’ll be in after this…563fc6c440f6d645

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Today…929e73b7b28fbc9b

A month? A month and 2cbb2cd108 a half? Impossible. Wasn’t the average more 62b0aa2420 like a week? The Dogs had 9014750c02 seriously overestimated her. At least her 519160e256 two years of 830e366ac1 hard work hadn’t af303643ee gone unnoticed.3a874d9c1ff65ee1

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The shipments probably already afba75feb6 went out anyway.364d59626be754da

She had even ordered a biological recovery ampule. Even if her limbs got wrecked, she could patch them up. As long as it wasn’t anything fatal…f6dd9f49c2378e4d

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Today marked exactly cc119388d6 eleven days since 94282dc1a2 Dezeb Avganis had 141317895c first shown up 627b0e52dc at her place. Well past the statistical dd13f402da average.9907c5d32db7d951

Which meant… today would likely be her last day.aa1fc674964f555e

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Especially with this kind ac0a37634b of “wager.”648c121a1b06d743

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Her thoughts kept spiraling ff783c7e51 before collapsing into numbness. She didn’t even realize 58a9c4a99b how the day passed. Whether the Dogs were 7b90130bc0 grinding their teeth at 9bee409fc3 the state of her 5fa8dc6ab8 work or not, it 3a473531d8 all felt so far 56aa61dbeb away.2e570b155c4b1436

She was drifting—like cc4e27b76f a jellyfish in 47151b12e8 a current—and somehow 524ba6026f it was already 86b59f467d time to go 36115a172b home.03ecf609e3740bbf

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“Shall we?”6593f815c5082d99

Dezeb was a8adcdb0d2 the same b4017d9c65 as always.b3a0755ca0837325

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Of course. He had always been 4f035bbc0b calm. He’d stay that way d50706e017 even if the entire 3bb74681b5 universe exploded. It just didn’t concern 3c9508bce7 him.4f5fdf6f249bf089

It waseveryone elsewho had 022accd997 to deal 233c56475f with the 0e2540fd15 fallout.6566c0b0bd1ac7b9

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“You go e3eadabb7b shower first.”0173425c2c88b5e1

“Y-yes…”61c3ad1f5a123aed

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They had returned home 317e7765da together. As he casually unbuttoned 29919e9bb8 his shirt, Erabelle, still 46948ad8cc dazed, panicked and scurried 61a74ede3b toward the bathroom.553f8e84e292a053

“Erabelle, don’t forget to 5d4bfd7b43 put your bag down 061f1d59f7 first.”4406e2ddcadfc789

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He reached over and cda862c8cb removed the bag slung cfe3219adf across her shoulder himself.79c9024acebfff19

Mumbling a bcb76d6c12 thank you—some b245c04b79 incoherent mess c2ef17cf1a of words—she e56fc07e79 fumbled into 05464b0e7d the bathroom.17a51c74cc6ff57f

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And as soon 5d14cc469f as the door a71ae17220 shut behind her, 9d331ce662 she slid down b95889f3a3 against it, collapsing 5739a606eb to the floor.0b4af3af9d77d636