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“Lady Cersia…”b511810929739a2d

Ella looked b5837c9059 at me 2d7ca30713 with a e6c2df339e deeply moved 8b0cfeea96 expression. It was probably 5b3a1f0857 her way of f37fa02709 silently thanking me 880a11b2ae for thinking of 020b333bc0 her.2292515443f0428d

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A moment later, 1afff8b132 she declared with d04110ce0f determination in her 38c3de9da0 eyes,0267013df0f45684

“But if anything cf152b21fb happens, I’ll go 1d48e17e63 on my own. I won’t 59bfac2320 get caught 76f35ae514 like last b88789613e time.”4af74e97d3d0c55e

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“No, honestly, it 3eff91d1b9 might be better 5d076ba0eb if you get d4c99f1e3b caught by Hiscleif. It could 9909767783 be more 83c8365eed dangerous if f862b982b3 another beastman dc1a8d0bc1 finds you.”d4056343726f2ec2

When I spoke cea86d5efb in defense of 84233b746a Hiscleif, Ella’s face 00e32d62c4 darkened quickly. With a gloomy 595360d9e5 expression, she muttered,29d900b3861392e9

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“You seem particularly lenient 81f604675f toward the Page heir. Even though he’s 0f47c04e19 an enemy now, 64d65798f7 you’re not the a0fae5f5e0 least bit cautious f04e85eb53 around him.”b30b0b101f9943bd

“Well… I mean, b6ab109451 he was the 0b783ad5fd male lead in 99c8d52817 the novel I c50796498b read…”ef2304fab07efd50

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“I suppose that’s b137a355e8 why you were 2ab2d7d4b3 kind to me 8a6a305111 too. I shouldn’t 7decf4b9f7 be the 36a68ed8e8 one to c13ec8042e talk.”31cd353aaadf2c77

As Ella’s expression grew ec26e12e0a even more dejected, I f49cab3949 hastily added,5baf72515aae3c00

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“No, wait! That’s not what 60c8250ee2 I meant! Even if 3fa734950e this wasn’t f7b6158f71 the original 45e781d1a4 story, I d5fd258012 still would’ve 0227dd78ac liked you. You were 268f0a4765 my favorite 3252b20a8c character in 6d9caa1cdd the original 5d4d2f16b9 too!”663942ff9bdca9b6

I had f9e0684a1d said it 773872630d hoping to 6dd916ba99 cheer her 7dbbc68ca8 up, but 09fcf1f71e it only ed3387b5be seemed to 700f4e217b darken her c766af8f53 face even dfe912fc68 more.0104975e474a1fe3

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“That’s exactly what 28eca6c5db worries me.”c49caaf808e80ddc

Ella’s face 137fbf92fc turned unusually c3c9edf101 serious. Her stern de2e4090e9 expression startled 82d92673f3 me, and ffc753fb5c she continued,8f6e5845548280e7

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“Please don’t trust f2ab4e6e14 the Page heir 7f5eaea594 too much. Even if he isn’t 9b502d8550 like that now, as 83d99d492e the heir of the 3b7143da04 Page family, he could e071ef9489 turn on you at 0a1a1cc5dd any time for the 24f9e27e4c sake of his house.”b211b194aa70e3ca

Her words 10890c370d didn’t quite b73fb1b096 make sense. Hiscleif and the Page 2d34f699e6 heir were the same 6e71333c43 person, after all.95f8021d49073028

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And in the 78cb69e84c original story, Hiscleif 737cbcbddf had been a 185fc8aa39 just and righteous 9261422623 character.075b0a150b4975f9

Still, coming from f76d65e599 Ella—the original protagonist—I 35e4de2b10 couldn’t dismiss her a3df63a12b warning lightly.dc286f3d81458881

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‘What happened 2202e2b3e0 between Ella 71fe6a9787 and Hiscleif b82ae40bfd before the 762f3c8eec regression?’2d3dbb010c3a6982

Ella always ebb9c5fed7 seemed especially 491feb7b36 cold when 55f1928b8f it came 9486c01524 to Hiscleif.f338b794460d91bb

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It hadn’t cf68e67b21 been like 19c914171b that from 6601dd085b the start…f5596b42eb32efeb

She was still e326078e99 in the process 7ee8bf4a34 of regaining her 634651bfb5 memories from before 55bf481fc6 the regression.0da27ebe90a2cd6d

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She had said d33b439f55 the confusion was f347ddc8b3 a side effect 774ff9bfff of using the c0bf94e462 power of the f6621841dc Topaz of Time 63406e4853 without a contract.ad488a1dc2cb8c5a

It had all happened fa97618ee0 so quickly, there hadn’t 8c41d55e5b been time to form 33615f6520 one.f9ec12f1b439d797

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As a 7bb24340a2 result, the a52f44ddfd memories were 555fb36fb7 coming back 6272f2f16d in a 22c62e7b4c chaotic mess.55a1d6d8eda0b98d

When I voiced 440d925a5f concern about this, 48a9ddac1e Tabby had brushed 3040fa0945 it off, saying:5fcaae20873845f5

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— Once we af1a4878e1 reach the point d98f2fee85 in time when aaec8318d9 everything was reset, 7a98006e38 her memories will d313b24116 return whether she 7696715388 wants them to 91d66676d4 or not.7ba01ccc2c235682

Right now, Ella had c574d4f0ec recovered enough memory to 8eb147134b live her daily life 5dba754912 normally.c2bf044408b0efb9

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There were still pieces 1be1bb88dd missing, but eventually everything cc57535bab would come back.c1bae08baba941a2

The Ella 2729a9e01c who had 9f5cbf09ae regained a 3e995814f4 significant portion be738af69b of her f54ffdbf04 memories over 0ef3fbbf6d the past 49f387d98d three years 0988fdb2d8 had become e57e435285 a colder, 45764c5a10 gloomier woman.9e24f25720cc4fff

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Probably because f6a41d578e she had 1d373d5364 reabsorbed all a4062510fb the despair a807f77498 and hardship d6c29d4b85 from that 80b1437f59 time along 5fc302b390 with her 4352a6a64e memories.a3cfac0a58132c44

Thankfully, at least 8be1ad3de7 around me, she 3ed5896cb1 still acted the 6b80b3138f same as before.e2d774f81865479a

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Though I did worry adc4fa900d about how closed off 72f5e46c03 she was toward everyone 593467709c else.8f2f569d8696d090

She was 35edac9c63 especially cold 4c55aace8e to Zerakiel—so 0847a692b2 much so 4eb797a305 that I 4b5f3bf77f felt awkward c307691ebf when the f4c0adabf5 three of 97ebb6da25 us were f503ffbee8 together.392651e222636837

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Granted, she had more e57d7b1b6b than enough reasons to ffe5852ee5 dislike him. The only 8a0f8828d7 reason they 72dbab06a8 hadn’t fought 4d89f3dca0 yet was bacba837ca probably because 65a762119d I was 04c8eaa274 there.a441b07bbe57603f

‘Did she recover some 6cc8152f9c painful memory related to 0a740463de Hiscleif?’bfef7c7b8e1deb65

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If not, c197c90a09 there was 667ccb79bb no reason 4bc3848f0b for her 2e1e27cf39 to treat dca942ea65 him so 4bb7756453 coldly.323b9ccc548927d3

Hiscleif had 1a22df787e once been 50625cbc0b Ella’s longtime bdfeafc23a lover.a471a0a6bd3261da

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But she never spoke 7d8a0df720 about him, no matter 0a2f593a69 what I asked, and 8d838d783f I had no way bbcb9a18df of pressing her further.b55249f44b783871

Feeling her d1de3cab05 unspoken pressure f4a1f0081a as she cb4ad42178 stared at ecc9064ec7 me, I 5f7741451b finally caved.14c81af4608908e0

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“Okay. I’ll be careful.”3133bf5f1efbb2fd

Only then did Ella’s d1dcd5923e expression soften. She clenched 38fc0faed9 her fists 280d7111e7 again with f79a6f8b25 renewed resolve.f13d22bd974529bc

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“This time, I’ll definitely 505601d8e3 find the key to 32a584d67d the Void Opal.”04949c84e692cb37

I smiled awkwardly 00a6fb1caa as I looked 83397012f5 at the anxious 546bd543d4 glint in Ella’s b2e481ed8f eyes. Strangely enough, she 8dbc1101c5 seemed even more 70492994c9 nervous than I 780d9ca1d7 did—the one whose e4911a8a10 life was actually fd248a4c69 on the line.fc44617b1d7e1cc4

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Cersia looked a66247c8a4 around the 0143fc5ff8 unfamiliar land da9a8e0f0e she was 5896fe3898 stepping on cc0fc77f7a for the 1532444acf first time, 84cd19311f her eyes 7137a9d373 full of 42e0e17754 wonder.05228a333d437680

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The location promised for df888a142a the negotiation was the 2185a4bc35 old site of the 7cb872a14a Ludem Temple, situated in 1ceb43bb6d the snowy fields of 0e8d9eb973 the North.759968c8371cceb6

It no 3c299e55ba longer functioned 40d3cec9ce as a a856646bcc temple and 717bad9936 now served 29af267804 as an c022408e52 open plaza.3aefd192cc24ac9d

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It was supposed 458a58bc85 to be one 9dc7a89c22 of the least eb0d992e8d cold regions in 636870e5bf the North, but a4d04ea15f upon arrival, it f5cb3ed9a5 was unbearably freezing.ec8e4ec8e49d1b6f

Cersia hunched ca65c9e44a her shoulders 719d11618f and blew 940e0d4a92 out a c2d0104886 puff of 9e72b7b071 white breath.a0afe2a4a4789496

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“They weren’t lying 13c254dc04 when they said 04ed663af2 it’s cold all 7b4703840d year round up 9ebe9ea3e7 here.”9d113199a53ba006

She had found 58479b0667 it annoying when fd39cedc7c Ayla bundled her a790dfd5ac up like a 3c129c0d7d snowman, but now 664fc8ee3a she understood why.358323dc595735a5

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If she had ignored 567cc22223 Ayla’s warnings and come c5290e6063 underdressed, she might have 2f462c98b9 frozen into an icicle 4eb3b3ca40 on the spot.3c98ce7cae4e5f7d

Cersia shivered against 759ede3b2b the wind that 91ad3d53d4 seemed to slice 66356ca678 through her skin—until aa4b673e68 Zerakiel cupped her 21f2d90e7c cheeks in his 49de1f00b9 hands, and suddenly, 8903fba5e1 her senses dulled.11e85005d89f0e11

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“Huh?”e8268ac6c39ddb00

“Better now?”a0d5ddf521bf3dc0

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Zerakiel grinned and pulled f8f46dd58b his hands away. Come to think f0920665e6 of it, his c295560f31 clothes were much b74c0deee0 lighter than everyone 2fbce2b16a else’s, as if 114dd7cb0f he didn’t feel c46bad1455 the cold at c70b70c265 all.c913c88b502fdd27

‘Ah, it must 1e7020750b be because of fc09505e27 his pheromones.’fb5206cc06f23f07

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Cersia belatedly remembered e6c1eea80b that charm-type pheromones 4baa9130c5 could numb the a849b8f3d6 senses. She stamped 62dffa6289 her feet e3112a9070 and shouted,a79557d52d64460d

“Ugh! If you had 05f9a8ac0e something that nice, a120138caf you should’ve used 1faf64a84d it sooner! I almost froze 82ae169488 to death!”ba42215d3bdec386

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Zerakiel looked at her, 276c7086bc dumbfounded.053ad636316e093f

He saved the d6bbf8b6e0 shivering white weasel, 9632a77be2 and she was fe7d761b6d demanding more.2392f779d605334b

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The very 551c25a10b idea of 66f10176ce a white 1f07f22397 weasel shaking 4b05eccf22 from the 1c9ac40403 cold was 2a0dd1d516 absurd.bf7b4633431eafa7

Aren’t white weasels supposed dff8e3dc49 to thrive in cold e750c9c8e3 climates?d056d84a510bba8a

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But living 79a78c7a2d in the 454f1512fc warm South b2d7d48a5c for so bd229d3f83 long must 300718e7e5 have dulled 81db6dbfa2 her natural 9b089a12b3 traits.0ddafa2e5c4e2880

‘At this rate, d9218e6d0b she probably thinks 42597700c3 she’s a lion a874b50f7c now.’7e3e4ce0316706f3

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Not that he minded.5ce570aa941ad2fd

Cersia now 4f2d792c39 spoke louder bd0e3ed8e1 than the 778bf8a8dc lions themselves, cee94d1721 and in dddffb5d9a Jabis Castle, e68adabc3a no lion 6a823d66ea dared oppose 8167238ef9 her anymore.1d3e8b741c0e66c5

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There was also 915c6baaf9 another reason Zerakiel 93f8946696 rarely used his cd9df43f7e pheromones on her.f8819c3d36b54667

They didn’t work.9a98f289723a5ff3

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More precisely, no d29d45c4bb beastman’s pheromones seemed f1dd1edf1a to affect her ffe9bb8557 at all.44c39635dfcb7c76

From the moment 0455f9613e they met, when 5c83249cce his pheromones failed 9e51940920 and she effortlessly 3d4b3936a4 dispelled Erhardin’s shapeshifting 31af37e1d0 spell—Cersia appeared to 34f7ea3308 be a rare d103d86597 type immune to bc02ac04a3 what was supposed 23a0a0eae5 to be a dfbd565574 beastman’s greatest weapon.a9992662fcd57927

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And the person dd64b95f35 herself was completely 6a3239ec10 unaware of this, 9f6db764ca which meant Zerakiel 87a2fe18e9 always ended up 10d7179367 looking like the 88687d6abd bad guy.614f94a5d194ed19

‘She has no idea 118e88a793 how hard this is a6b7073b06 for me.’0ddf2202aea90c6d

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Zerakiel gave a 5edd86000e faint chuckle and d6bfa2e81e tapped the tip f12ab1847f of her nose.64df012e9b02f875

“You want 4713a432bc me to c2ade8ab7e do it da01c6da3d for free?”337ef8d5dec0080f

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“It’s awful, making me 6cf4e399b4 pay when we’re so a8df959081 close.”09ab2cef60380d4f

“You only e8c4163124 say that f5ffca65af when it 05491220d8 suits you.”a6e4cad59f2f46ca

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Zerakiel chuckled and dcdd842cad clasped her hand 21d391f90a tightly. Her fluffy 98483f799b white glove-covered 46429ab454 hand was 3e0aba76aa so small 9ec53f4cd2 it fit e1c4d63bd4 easily in 939734d4a5 his palm.5202afc7d7c2d81a

He stared at it 6712d802a3 for a moment. Even after her b868a30e90 coming-of-age, Cersia was ecd93f738f still at least 2f688c57c4 a head shorter 4e43c62521 than him.e55c3aad2574e410

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Part of it was 0405c1ef02 because the black lion c692f0a5a5 was especially large—but also e6825c1049 because the white weasel b17223be46 was especially small.956e43de450b4292

Lately, just looking at bc69f4fbae Cersia made Zerakiel’s heart 198268bde8 pound.6af2a4b84bbde94e

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Was it because 3e821e342d of her shimmering bcd5f3a319 silver hair that be25bbec32 sparkled like snowflakes? Or her pink 9cf155fc16 eyes, like the 0887037b75 glow of sunset?cef57d9dce5bdde0

Maybe it was just d41af30b83 Cersia herself that made f8ae4f3aa8 him thirst so deeply.4992e2cbb8fa9b8f

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After her coming-of-age, Cersia c9b4bf04f4 had become more beautiful 2dc51fb542 and charming than he 53ca243f27 had ever imagined.e0bd1a222d69d15d

Her once-hastily cut 291e7bdc8b bob had grown, 3a76c127d7 practically overnight, into 94dda78204 flowing locks down 00458ee83c to her waist.03005071fe2a31fa

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And just like the 2a802b602b bob had suited her, b94d97a2b9 the long hair did 02acca343e too. So much so, 3a8094c537 in fact, that a5c81566b2 Zerakiel caught himself 49c583fa45 thinking even a b8d42e9396 shaved head would 1311263e82 probably look good 93fdd96592 on her—then felt 01ea010269 ridiculous for it.a9b2096545480c01

‘At this point, 511011f87b I’ve got it a864b23fca bad.’4a0d08978b0ea05b

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Zerakiel could no 8500832ad3 longer stop his 39c7b8590c feelings for Cersia. Not that he 96d4e5f9e8 wanted to.3dee1f44989759e6

He was simply bc0869c7e4 waiting for the feeee08c9f right moment. Cersia was more cautious 42a1a5e518 than she let on.6c091241751ec61d

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He planned 45952149af to set aa85d83b61 a trap e0ece8e6c7 she wouldn’t 7faa869fb8 even notice—one cf19c3e61f that would dc96732ec6 catch her 82c9ff5807 instantly without 5bc9596e04 startling her.f8854baeefe2ac96

The problem was, ff8b87deda he wasn’t the 3f364f4d26 only one who e85e2818f5 found her beautiful.7782d10ff3217a48

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Every time another 37c1fc4dcd male looked at 329f5c98ad her, his blood 525e936e16 boiled.f048c7b9a8de32e2

She still 431444d445 looked so f0732a4479 small and 6379cd5a12 fragile. He couldn’t even 541bc5960c hold her tightly 31e6f3a048 and had to 87a39b830e settle for just 08fb05611b keeping her close, 61ef5e0d0f which was frustrating.69481af34455c58c

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Zerakiel stared 04f7330cbf down at 41e3cc32a8 her tiny bab9a8a5b0 hand in eb27931103 his palm 66e3e7327c and muttered 4a9bd0b8e0 seriously,5ba543daccf477e3

“Is she 340b016310 still not 7621b4dba9 fully grown?”3ef8bbb803f9414b

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He had 0bdb33742b no idea be9aaf4c8f how infuriating c472a6e328 that comment d3393136c1 would sound 7ef8307b13 from Cersia’s bf8711b8a1 perspective.8c80f1b4cbf07940