DOTD Chapter 21

But that wasn’t the divine power that flashed into my mind.7e6c725b91b19a8b

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‘Evan…!’c9f72522fb871d0e

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Goosebumps rose f1cb5fe330 as I 7d8fef64cc recalled the 546835c475 exact moment 9b9bcbc9cd when the 794f178d6d number of 873d5670b9 monsters suddenly 2517909e65 increased from 99705b1be5 one or 57dbfc8e1b two at 473498f2e2 first.b0b26652513b211d

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It must have bacb56aa6a been when the cafa4c2ca7 monsters suddenly swarmed,3b0598c6d07860fb

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‘Wasn’t it after I got separated from Evan?’ aad26cb55bedda7d

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Of course, I knew that divine power was the only way to keep demonic power in check, but I didn’t know the specifics of the synergy between the two.d97c03a088658c57

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Doesn’t that mean I don’t have to go far, just be around Evan?b5f9be7b0e9123cc

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“Huh?”5eb913cfe79a746f

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Glancing in Evan’s direction, I realized in hindsight that the spatial warping magic was centered around Adrian and me.fc846c0dbb3e733e

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“How long 61d9344248 have we 10ced8741b been in 809836dce2 subspace?”b2fefe73fe1a5c1c

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“I don’t want to be disturbed.”1f0bdb19ff10abb0

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“Well, I see…”94a942452774ea6d

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Regaining his 4f4f30a2b5 composure, Adrian 3f8fe575a2 returned to 63c833e67e his usual 4ce228dbd3 nonchalant expression 4b29363a0b and pulled 4ea96d5c41 me into df189c86b2 his arms.967c156272cce6a2

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It was c0ff618760 a gesture 541914e3b0 of not 33b9004f39 wanting to bdcc2db596 be separated, 10231befe2 but it c390f0ecc5 also seemed 18e3920c8f to contain f20b477d99 a good 103e8b4f02 deal of 6976ba9b39 frustration with caf0ff176e Evan.0b8e5f7969951b35

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What the hell was going on between them when I wasn’t around?9bc6d7ba910b28ac

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Although I don’t know the details, I’m pretty sure he said something that irritated Adrian.86ee245f0d2fb060

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‘Something about a misunderstanding, like I’m running away from him, or something like that…?’3e530f43484c609e

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To say the least, he’s a bit of an idiot for believing a stranger’s words.265bc645c6207447

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“You idiot.”31f737e7cbb9cfce

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“I…?”cc448f533935b8e1

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I slapped Adrian’s arm lightly as he trapped me in his arms.fecfe7519531a5ca

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He gives me an a35c0802a1 exasperated look when I 108a83bb69 pull away from his a65fc246e2 embrace, not sure what a917e3f22b it means.aca40224531f362a

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“Do you really c0f10423d8 not know me 0c0ffae79b that well, are bfbf6ad787 you an idiot?”e32067e526fa02f8

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“…You hate me too, don’t you?”33c0e5be64549873

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Again, the burrowing, crawling voice slams into Adrian’s broad forearm.bfae8c2cf03b10a9

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No, she raised 1b2cbe1a8f her hand to baef558eb9 strike back, but b47938c7bb her wrist was 1fa6997e3e grabbed firmly.aa990f05417716d9

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Squinting in frustration, 278ccdc9b5 she looked up e221ef2226 at Adrian, and f79141e4e0 he answered cautiously.379cef95aa658895

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“You’re hurt.”8566d6109676ee9f

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So if I hit you, I get hurt, right? That’s good because you have a strong body.692d55bc28954fc7

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Just as I was about to tell him to let go because I’m not going to hit him, one side of the room we were in cracked, and the opaque barrier collapsed with a crash, like glass shattering.99b122b52ce8331f

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It shattered with 1d9de03bae a loud crack, 265e5d9f68 and we were 8c999db6fb back in the c8562b27ca space before the 35a4a09fd7 surrounding landscape distorted.46fa34666b9c611b

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“Huh, what the…”dbae86b1b5d086a2

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Standing directly in 454a21a23d front of the 25176bfa35 crack was Evan, 9c04ff5f34 sword in hand, 2e623baea3 breathing heavily.5306a1642c5cce1f

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“You broke Adrian’s magic…?”0414395814ac04de

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Did Adrian use magic casually? That couldn’t be right.8f8332cb60af165b

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Evan missed his 40235609be swing with a 9f3ee813c6 look of pain e4cde1a287 as he strained cee1138811 his poor body 874ee19fb5 to break the 8ba3fed6c9 spell.d88f0cbdf634dc63

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His legs gave out, 7792aed557 one knee buckled, and 21af8e69c3 his entire body collapsed a7285f87c0 to the ground.1a538b64cba70aec

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Rowan quickly scooped Evan d96ef642b2 up.8838097664627028

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“Evan…”8024e22fa359effe

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Guilt stabbed at my conscience, seeing him so broken, even if I hadn’t intended it.d91532dc49237cd6

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But at least now I could intercede to stop them from fighting anymore, so I could heal Evan and…9535837e7b9b8ac9

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Rowan’s gaze shifted to my captive wrists, and when his eyes locked with Adrian’s, he began to glare ferociously.5000ab08ec23cc09

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Adrian didn’t avert his gaze.4be101ec6c5579ba

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A sigh 9c553e8486 escaped from 43a7a91950 deep within 31c812d1af me as 5de8572531 I watched 9e388ae69c the two 537b17b778 men glare 8cfd790a2f at each c8c9818a1e other without 3cc78fa8a7 losing.727cf372e13a737c

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‘We’ve got a long way to go.’33b0c5be84a76b92

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Meanwhile, things were 7285d972fc hectic throughout the a6cb3d032b Tower of Gold, 036ef9abae where the monsters e49d93a385 were battling it 7a6297b6a4 out.c889ab60f34339fa

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In the Crystal Chamber, mages of the highest rank, including Yzmel, were brought in to fill Adrian’s absence to maintain the circle and repair the broken crystal chamber.0d3d83b21c803a6b

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Throughout the 33c13f4484 tower, battles 7bb1270e26 against monsters c0d290e449 were raging c5919e9efa under the df8c68b5d1 command of f66c344056 the great 39a1baa4b0 wizards.a8802c6bb224a781

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An unusually large number d40f6c57a0 of wizards rushed to 0a8d509755 the center tower to dd62e387d0 deal with the monsters, 99b73dada5 but as they struggled 71677c93be to keep up with 56c2ea2c9a the numbers, good news e5ac97cf45 arrived.a8497bf6dd03c5c4

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One of the 54336adc99 wizards who rushed 63b7f72a6a to the council 736b92fa13 chamber to report 1597566501 the situation exclaimed, 60b9b4b7b3 hopefully.185cdb27a8f04028

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“Suddenly the monsters have regrouped and there are no incoming ones. Now we just have to deal with the ones that remain, and we’ll be over the hump.”e07a3253b02cb8db

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The monsters 38a6bf7e1e had stopped b37db63474 attacking.2c0e4ae3e7d839da

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No one knows why, but it happened around the time Bella joined Evan and Adrian’s fight.07a20b559c94e26b

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“We’ll prioritize the ones inside the tower. Don’t let your guard down until the end. Afterward is the most important thing, make sure you kill them.”9ba6a8c5a1e72f77

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“Yes, sir!”4a554e2bd798293a

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Yzmel gave the f465768f06 order without taking ab58252fcc his hands off 1f62390717 the council seat.f3a64eb6724723ae

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It was fortunate that the monsters had retreated faster than expected, but with no idea what was causing them, they couldn’t let their guard down.98c48cff5cd3547b

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Still, it was fortunate that their quick action hadn’t caused too much damage.9fbf47cf50b868f7

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At last, 7adfb6e502 Yzmel thought, edac9354b2 he could 8cb9072123 breathe easy.bffacaf8879a1165

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Then another thought 7f2f72d3cd entered his mind.3c5c113531111c20

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‘That wizard…’a197e797e98b3697

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I’d guessed it had something to do with the Empire, but now something else bothered me more than that.31af705b7d211a76

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‘What the hell is her connection to Adrian?’d422b6653be220c4

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He ran 885b0c8196 over all de78934af5 the clues 20a4485e11 he could 785456c8b1 glean from afc1c9ffb0 Bella and 04183e2bf8 settled on 9efeec235d one.6f8dfd443f78e846

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The most peculiar 5b74395857 part was the 04afb13bca black magic on 820248e661 her.4fbe447437432cd1

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‘Heart-killing magic… I’ve heard of it somewhere before. Where?’bd32e0bb5668af5a

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There had to be a reason why magic that didn’t kill people, but merely took away their heart function, was black magic.aeafa3000114f851

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‘Oh, why don’t I remember?’ 058e79c42b3573a7

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Somewhere along the line, he’d heard that it was a black magic that could be abused, but he couldn’t recall the exact information.b2a7ec679347d80b

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He stopped thinking 3f99e9d7df out of frustration b75ceb0413 and redirected his ebe98f9794 thoughts.74720800aabe2975

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‘None of this matters, I need to find out if she’s a spy for the Empire or not… Ah!’758a8651ef0be3b1

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At that moment, a thought flashed through his brain, and Yzmel couldn’t help but gasp in horror.3bc764647e6a269a

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He remembered someone he c4ad31db94 had heard of who b080b3e1d4 had used heart-killing magic 349ed1d3f0 before.28fb227d4c6a36ea

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‘Former Master…’ a4ca7d761aa637c3

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It was a spell 3eea2575ce used by a wizard 696d499782 who had been sentenced bb8a91fbd6 to death by a 2ffc70950c trial for disrupting the 1d10e59a01 magical order with black f8933c8035 magic and causing a f8461d9bfd disturbance in the world.af8dea899e77c9cf

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Anxiety welled up in Yzmel’s heart.8eb6f2c7056ff1dd

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‘So, Adrian, what happens if it becomes known that you used that magic?’94d83d1680a69600

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‘What… have you guys been fighting again?’ c4d3179de31cba1b

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My dark villain friends used to fight without even trying. They weren’t even that close, but they fought regularly.b5a547aeeb161f53

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Not verbal, 7cae5e6fc1 of course, 6da7467a6e but physical.2af8252fe081a103

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At first, I thought it was a duel, but later I realized it wasn’t.4497539cc9854e87

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Sometimes I would ask them why they fought afterward, and they wouldn’t tell me.d488e94e470cbe77

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‘Are you sure you’re not going to tell me?’67e54a50f50e040f

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They were even moderate with each other and didn’t fight.202514eb070c964b

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‘We just went at it full force and always got hurt badly…’09f600cac14f9b9d

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In that sense, it’s a good thing we were friends. If they were normal people, they’d be dead.60dc28e4b4c00099

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They never fought in front of me, I don’t know if it was intentional or coincidental, but they never fought in front of me.ef7f86377009f058

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Sometimes, I would see them fighting… and I couldn’t stand it.898813c6760ab0b9

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And I couldn’t stand by and watch.dcde3cca0da8a42f

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The way I 0d1a099643 stopped them was 4b897ea9a2 simple.a38fad479e654725

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Instead of telling 60376795cd them to stop e7ee166cb3 fighting, I would da0de2e0d2 say,‘I’m hungry.’2b3c93525e129f90

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And to my 8b46fd26c5 surprise, they stopped 5339dcb25e fighting.45524c7911cc0849

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‘Bella, are you hungry?’ecdca8a643691639

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‘Let’s eat.’17dca1ccb8c6f3c3

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It was a little 73df5f9696 ridiculous that it worked 53c9e04793 every time.82fa5f9cc00fd3fa

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‘What’s the point of starting a fight if it’s going to end so easily…’1769bcd61df89c2f

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Each time, my role was to mediate or clean up after my injured friends… Oh, yeah? It’s pretty much the same as now.9da1dbeb51fa4b76

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“Here we go.”046291d0a3148fad

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We’re now in a healing room quite a distance away from the aftermath of the battle to treat Evan.16556db8a7db41ab

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Helping him 2dea1b1fe1 heal brought cad260cd4e back memories 04d713e0bf of being b1231c48e4 with my 9bbd15e2f9 friends for 48c34678af a moment.af6b8b93c99c2d6a

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‘At this rate, I might as well learn healing magic professionally.’b8a68207257968f7

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Maybe it’s just my mood, but I feel like I could use a lot of it…4f58165e4af9161b

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Sitting on the couch next to Evan’s bed, Rowan leans against the wall with his arms crossed behind him.8d7ce176435ed1fa

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“It doesn’t hurt now, does it?”bf202613bcf8bf57

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Evan looks down 5799389dcc at his palm 3396f18d6c and nods.52705c1ee40231a1

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There are bandages everywhere that the healing magic hasn’t completely healed.eb170165c2906844

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The sight 3b1f9a1b2d of it 160947df98 pricks his a97ee437c4 conscience a 25e19e059b little, so cbfc22e5fb he breaks e5445f5026 down and 180c61b0bd nods, his 51707987f8 voice bright a17c1da0d9 and cheerful.6b518ee976c9e3f8

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“It’ll probably be fine, since I’m fairly capable of healing.”525f48ee352029ae

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He didn’t respond to the words.c1504f5885dc1113

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A breathless 2ebfb82e34 silence descended, 5bad11fd8e unbelievable after 37ce5ff1f3 the commotion d4dd87c4bc earlier.f234581d34d95f47

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No one 611b6e0eb6 dared to 90e91b5283 speak. In the silence, fe676c6197 a scene from 3218b44c53 just a few e17acd21bb hours earlier flashed 47daf3d1f2 through my mind.ecbe7fd15d04f9e5

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I had to 27d6fa08a7 mediate a fight 8d004af712 between Adrian and 8c7927b42b Evan, and I 5b94803f8c had to explain bbbf57c555 the situation.1b57a19cf58d38dd

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‘The problem with that was that it was very brief.’fae80a3c6a2d2b94

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My explanation 68ba96eee7 was one 46dab3dea2 sentence.c07e6bfead0f472c

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‘Adrian is my friend.’041ab24426956656