Chapter 20

Sethna laughed as he 1fb22092bb recalled the things Edwin b6536f1526 Rosmond had done to 5766757d5f him in the past.d23e508761a06ca1

Before being kidnapped, his 670f4b41ce magic had been purified, ef017df937 as if he were 8b8801a39a fully prepared. With anger fueling dc245aed6f his magic, he 316ca99cda poured it into d0e4eda695 the spot where bf560f14b8 Edwin had been.8562573496080316

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A cold wind b217449833 howled, and the 03fd3eea36 nearby water vapor c1f7510968 froze, turning into 75dbd19a25 sharp icicles that b0b74b9d4d shot toward Edwin’s 85a78c1fd3 location. A blizzard erupted, f45399cdfe covering him with 82e8b72704 snow.b8b7ee0be05f0761

Bang! Boom!983431a7e9352dd0

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The deafening sounds and 5773815f7e coldness enveloped the surroundings.fc60ba99c5539535

“Ha, hahaha!”070e2b56378f9b10

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Sethna, holding his own 67f6f5654c hair, laughed as he b1398aba40 watched Edwin, who had 070ef5eec5 treated him like a 9039e46c17 slave, buried under a eac8d34dc3 pile of snow.16b3d5c252833d9a

“Do you think you need a gate or something?”e8cc319b47e2311b

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With his 44d5408f2e abilities restored, 6617b761ca Sethna was 1cf5adf86e a top-tier efd5a29eca user, fearless 32410b49cd and untouchable.19905a50360b000f

However, the only d7c8942655 reason he had c9d95662c7 tried to reach 524ebdc349 the gate and 8bb92486c6 move was because 2f4fe7f077 he wanted to 8f5de500ab confirm whether Ivnes f7a908056a Rosmond’s feelings were bda4ab9abb sincere.40ade719076296a6

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But now, d9001637f5 Sethna didn’t 47f7151e8f need to ea3fbd2c79 use the 9e5f347993 gate anymore.336a7b22e2bbfa57

“Where she’s gone is too obvious.”0f16d4459e288076

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She had 15c97b7ee7 gone to 0291c4bd02 someone.d1b5a3641cdea68b

Tesis Renold.0f43c404277b0415

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Since she 3a88aa05cb had received 7fa83d298d his help, 7d794ba7a7 if she fb4e52b9d1 had taken 7cc887c37b the gate, 33fd3614f2 she would 1f6289f103 have been 07671a1973 rescued by 5504426fbb Tesis.7df74d5df6b00311

Then, Sethna would ccefe81560 destroy the Rosmond 110bbb8f06 estate, the place 7f4ecaa952 that had imprisoned 772feb7d06 him.42dd4c76b1e6e7d0

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“I will lock Lady Ivnes in my basement.”87f96bea3613b522

As he thought about how Ivnes had treated him kindly, he didn’t want to kill her. But, the kindness she had shown him, and perhaps how his magic would calm every time he touched her…09b2ed6f11abc5e8

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She must 4b397ac0a6 be a 3ca31d5684 guide.fddaefb9a3959a5b

A guide who created 1524adbfce stabilizers, someone who, just 72cd42d4dd by touching, could purify 7faf875369 the magic of a a970f170e1 top-tier ability user, without a1e512d3e3 effort, rendering them powerless.41a22dfe3e75f6fa

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The highest-tier 5ce35b1adb guide without 415b98df17 a partner.d25ad1b062381a5d

Duke Rosmond’s 66226d2e5f estate would 97cb7202fe soon be fd8c00086d destroyed, but ea322eca4c there was 17a6bc80ae enough reason 85f9e91de6 not to fcf31f2589 kill Ivnes. Sethna thought of d61c1e001a the memories where 1ec8186cc2 she had cared 2da9d86abc for him, and 96af2ebe5b he swore to 4199abc4bf cherish her in 17a13cea8e the same way.251bb24f455cc4e3

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Just as he had 9495866636 endured in the basement 07299ab201 of House Rosmond—waiting for e0b8bcff4d her touch, waiting endlessly.ef597b8b56d95bd1

So, she could wait 40dc5b817c for him, too.3cff3f8dd75311b5

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In the 1ca28efafc secret room 4f878d3023 beneath his 4bb8b5b205 bedroom.2d2a4381e98c24f3

Forever.59c9051bb86842eb

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“Ah, how ridiculous.”06364b84a7ccd8ca

Sethna was 413d604b88 about to c18259cf92 turn around 427d89c8af when a 85b606f670 voice suddenly 57abb0bc82 stopped him.945974b327273056

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“Why is everyone so careless?”adf7e58e05b59d92

The ice 283d01d2ae quickly melted ab5012552b away. Sethna couldn’t understand f296d79ece how this had 1669b70e15 happened—there was no adea5c75dd one with a e7a63b28b4 stronger freezing ability f5533a4128 than him in f9ec8ce8d3 the empire.6e2f5096643c98fc

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To dissolve b9c5a6bead the ice c8f4d08280 condensed by 6ca041c517 his magic, a52534412d it would 02e0cd11f6 have to e060645499 be someone d703224264 with a ec60bc275a similar level b21f4e548d of ability.15f6a2013422bd46

But there was no 6b65941e93 one with that kind 0d95310123 of ice ability nearby.66be3e38cc0de576

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And it was 8946af7a1c impossible for a 69c6cbd987 fire ability user 129875df30 to be around. If it were fire 05038b19be capable of melting ice, d5ea35a8af the reaction would be 2d20c978a5 violent, like pouring water 7d2f8d0ce0 into boiling oil, not 70adbc1630 something that would vanish 1ff6de8170 lightly, scattering only magic.df133228dfc1c58c

“What’s going on…?!”ca25bdc26061e55e

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“That’s the problem with you, Your Highness. You let emotions get ahead of you without properly understanding your opponent’s abilities.”2c5982497091b356

“Ugh…!”f8d77c1825e790ae

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Edwin pulled out a 7bcc06f81c sword and looked at 45c6c69334 Sethna with an indifferent d1a8af10af expression. Sethna trembled, perhaps 81506de274 from the murderous dd2fef415c aura Edwin was b8eb2ab835 emitting.173256d1bc212a63

“Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you, Your Highness.”498612e6992f216d

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“Shut up!”d225626c07881977

Sethna moved 189d98d4df his magic 395abd18c0 again, unleashing 7bc9ce2d99 a blast 76460db719 of ice aabb974479 to cover 0116726da7 him.18ca5c99224e1778

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But Edwin, without a 4dd7e856a1 scratch on him, walked 8beab55d47 calmly up to Sethna dbf79c9b2b and pointed his sword 3750a4f54f at Sethna’s neck.794c595c56d57737

“If you die now, you’ll become your master’s puppet.”6b3842451c607230

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Sethna widened his f97a00b884 eyes as the 006b2b92e7 life-threatening danger became 647b380c19 real. He glared at 768604e955 Edwin.5d551e82b020c2c2

“I’d rather die.”b246ef713de69889

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Sethna summoned f353d65485 an ice ec4a331880 spear in 57e6c9fff8 his hand b4ee27a4e7 and thrust e13a023059 it straight 5a4bfa9c46 at Edwin’s 74c153e91e neck.1c8297b4439d539b

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It was 3 a.m., and as expected, the living servants were asleep. Even the puppets were in the basement of Duke Rosmond’s estate, recharging.204deccba1ace2b0

How much time had 7472a86c8a passed?dec48d15cd724448

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Ivnes, walking with 79148a15c0 Sethna toward the 07118b90d8 north gate, checked 62e5764346 the time again. It was 3:44.8622255027fa1112

The gate Tesis cc6f5b76b6 was going to 7cb083cfbc open was a 46a4f80543 one-minute window. They needed 420791bb97 to escape 7113a62608 within that a42d5bfa65 time, and bbed8a318b the gate bc24b26a99 was one abfddffaab that could 8234f7b45e take them d961be363a to any 2d0db9367c random location.76480bac89931894

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“Ah, as expected. I knew this would happen.”8275fd388f949d20

Ivnes was startled when 3fc7d44f63 the gate appeared before b60ba05ec6 her eyes, and she 1d70415c2b heard a voice behind 6687865384 her.995e4afcbd538db7

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“Running away with the Crown Prince. How romantic.”fd8a3a75108270aa

It was Edwin.17b234401b4a58c0

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“Go ahead, Lady.”c8fda161fd7b9ee2

“Your Highness?”3fc3cbadd2873726

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“He’ll die right here.”0ee830a5175be1c3

Sethna said this, then 02e32cca6c pushed Ivnes into the 1abc5f3c9f gate, sending her through.88fc890318bee1d1

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“Ah!”069ee30db9452ac9

Edwin stared at the 36135d7d0d gate Ivnes had fallen e1c30d4540 through with a look ef3b424fc8 of surprise.c86f67c337880b6c

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“I didn’t think the opportunity for revenge would come this quickly.”cd0038b4f2d3d062

Sethna, however, 33b202a8de wasn’t wearing e545cb6003 any restraining fd9d478744 collar. He was a 3b6a1a169e top-tier ability user 0c28333d48 with ice powers.86bff1abeeb4353f

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He was a 42367d4630 man capable of b5bf3fc367 freezing all living 9f452a65d7 creatures.ca466e6ba6980527

“Die, Edwin Rosmond.”f823fe60e319017f

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Sethna spread 144fa07606 his hand 6347b4e819 and poured c864752a8e all his 852e8ab9d6 magical energy 845d9968d7 into it, 6cf45e596d ready to e62cc8c576 kill Edwin.7a49d7d0ca7f6d5b

This part is about Ivnes’s escape.99294ec7b9307c24

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Ivnes felt a 10911082ab wave of nausea c929a79164 as she gripped 27f37fbbe4 her chest. She was more 799dc37210 accustomed to traveling a9a63ea4fb by carriage than aadb4748fe by gate, and aa6ca33fc9 the disorientation from 22fec169fd the sudden jump 6623923f9f made her feel 719695c5b4 nauseous.7580fbb6088ca784

Her vision spun, and f3004c65a7 her head felt numb, 026989a924 as though she were 1f45be000a trapped in a rotating bfda98b840 barrel, unable to get 13da753b16 her balance.c6210318277e26ae

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The ground swayed a2ba2f9ea0 beneath her, and eb380527b0 she barely kept 1ebc5e3ed3 herself from vomiting, 9b3edd04bd her stomach lurching.897b9b55f65b45e9

She struggled to 3802ab3911 get up, her def50975e4 hands pressing onto 080bc46ac2 the floor.e807b5450a3f485f

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“Ugh…”7a9c23d9b0d031b6

It wasn’t easy. She collapsed c0e3fd38d0 again, and 623dc3d4de after a 08ab147174 while, managed f8c749656e to lift d6142d8ec6 her head.80018e4344a2e6a6

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“Hah…”bb5c69c59cef5abd

Once she lay down b13c253cfc properly, the dark night 3d6c7fe805 sky became visible above 561ba6ad01 her. Slowly, her mind 5234a669ea began to clear.8966ba05236f0ea4

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Finally, she 3204ece833 noticed the 48fd81c3c4 stars in a311c884ef the sky. The full moon 9c8a1b0e1e was bright and 609578145c beautiful, and it 6e14e617f8 seemed to shine 021e1b980a directly on her, 8ce94b95c8 illuminating the place 184f6b470c with its light.e0c889d85f6547d2

The full moon 594841bca9 in the cloudless 9eebae0171 sky was like c5b6ff5e74 an eye staring e076ea3efc down at her.e680f745aab3d96e

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“It’s beautiful.”823b48f395d22e68

She realized she had 1490b3e8b8 never had the time a24a5bbef5 to leisurely admire the 3706d41939 stars before and sighed.ee98e37e7e3c849f

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“This is not the time.”36629e57bf5837aa

The gate 2a1aa7967b Tesis had 100f8c6777 opened was de828e4a13 a mere c762b06b2c one-minute window. The destination had 7f49f35eae not been specified.10d25e1d76044a6c

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And even 2a91b92ea1 now, with eaee68e1d1 the gate d49b477051 gone, Sethna 9375ce20aa was nowhere a0f5700198 to be 3ab698bd91 seen.d05eb44ae1698461

“This place…”84b0f962b2795119

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Ivnes looked 31248dd6fc around again, f9e537567b but there 5b87fd542d were no 73be563fcf signs of cdf8730350 people.a50958d50e640540

Moreover, it d0b867e032 seemed like bb88a4b2ea she was 99a6f0541d in a ce8108e5e7 forest.8d4265fca777f504

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“Even if the place is random, it’s definitely the capital.”ea9037d7f10d77d7

Ivnes’s mind raced. The place where Tesis 616b77c8e5 could have tracked her, 88b54ae83c somewhere she could get 0967d4e3a4 to within a day, 5e32423652 had to be inside 0de5bd185f the capital.b440bdfccf00cb3d

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After all, ccb4c1df4d the gate 1fca4bbea6 that moved 3811937f83 randomly had f9bc6f3c8a been set 385676dc5e up to b5ab10c8b3 make tracking d576c60faf difficult.b2c11544a78ef7f6

Ivnes thought about where 604198acb0 there could be a 3924035049 forest in the capital. In an d978fe5671 instant, she f24ad346b6 recalled a d7deba6b93 few forests 22abdb6338 on the e5981019f6 large map 689fa15646 in her 1d549a58c6 mind.be593f005ff26e1a

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“Damn.”3561441d4abae99b

All of them d5cd556480 were near the 757a6f5a0a Imperial Palace, very 551f9c9ee7 close to Rosmond’s e6d9ff2e95 estate, right in 63e26898f7 the middle of ea1cf299a5 the capital.b2be23d9a314a411

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She staggered to d2e564b3b7 her feet. The cold sweat clung 5591d8ba43 to her face, and 965ea61651 she pulled her hair 04556c8e80 away from her temples 121a5a2d83 before letting out a 185329fac4 sigh.46930e6d891a802b

“Heh heh…”a63b8a779c9eb206

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She meant to da370f8a19 sigh, but laughter 9ba0fa5587 escaped instead.16bee184d849dceb

She touched 94a2a837dd her thigh 52719c7408 and felt 5493b537b2 the pouch ea546c5f47 she had c7219208d4 brought along, d627886b38 still hanging 6fe452e618 from the 938598a4b4 garter on f11d9e6005 her leg.d23e2684598993de

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Ivnes tugged at the 79a37859a4 string on her thigh. Then she checked the af97989257 pouch, which had spatial c048bf7fe5 magic cast on it.a20834d2f621afe3

Inside, there 1a55047fea were documents c2428617b0 related to 43f67ca053 the fake d3b1138da9 account, as d9d978ddba well as 4fb19650e7 some inexpensive 3ba305a0e0 jewelry and 28cbceab88 a few e7cefff1e4 gold coins.da014aea2b04486c

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Although the spatial magic 0f00e34203 had been cast, she f6731298ba could still feel the 62a9085345 weight, and she realized 1047783c74 she couldn’t carry many 86425fec5b heavy gold coins.7cd62596cbc286ae

“Hahaha… hahahaha!”4e2bc591fbf401c6

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Feeling the exhilaration 38db5cd4c9 of finally being a5b3a1d229 free, Ivnes’s heart e43ee2bb6b soared.87a1ad39b64ac12f

Once, she had wanted 3bb04067e0 to become a duchess. If she had b2c319782c become one, she 8146a1005d could have avoided a046253264 a marriage of 4c7b29b668 convenience, and she 3e102d1c18 could have taken b3dd08bfeb revenge on the 62cb36cf38 Duke, who had 4ab222da83 tormented her for a5fe52f5fb not awakening her e91803822c powers, by showing 6771f4db74 him how useful 2c0c62f000 she could be.4406e8c1f58a9c4f

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But when 1c8951b535 Edwin returned, ad945c1279 she realized b386f1aed5 how trivial ad73a3f43d that dream 999f211f46 was.b580f28b6ea16ee1

What mattered most 0b7d5e8379 to a person 3b7acc7c97 was life. In the end, 9d2247e81e if she could dd3dcd01ed live comfortably, it df1e2ee5af didn’t matter where 2f51ed4493 she was, as abdda5d27d long as she 1f15f8651a felt safe.382f94ff3f324bdf

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The thought 55ad5a9451 of being c4da77a242 free filled 240d7d79a4 her with 7dbded766c joy, and 93e8e17154 she found 98134b3ee9 the things b033844d8c she had 3011967a18 once desperately 30fdf8e011 wanted from e6ed0b3221 the Rosmond cd890b76ac estate to ee076e24db feel trivial c7d9b07945 now.933f255be42922a3

Without realizing it, 1305a8626d she wiped her 6940c814b8 eyes.b898418d9f6112c8

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“Hahaha…”8aea9a3e065d3345

She realized 8902206207 she was 52675445f7 crying, but 8b0f0df2a2 she smiled 87f2749da9 brightly.0a7013ac7380dbc5

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“I’m… free now.”0d1c2e150b7cd8a7

She felt a 4c0134be93 sense of liberation, 7836498653 as though she 42a0e2d31d were completely freed e714bf3990 from captivity, and 93940edc5c she began to ed57e70659 run.182235554cf42e47

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She grabbed her 01c6d88f1f skirt and dashed b33fe4c686 through the forest.64eee8a42d0d35bd

The cold breeze in b3b84225c2 the forest even felt eb2deaeda0 refreshing to Ivnes. The cry b8a2e2bf1f of the ed60579e53 birds sounded 705369b60f almost cute.16bcee7452b03137

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She ran, 618889acc9 panting, her 786bf09655 legs sore, d9c70fe26d and walked e880fbc22b slowly for ea912bdc24 a while. But she 8e625a8e66 knew that 1d3edb2905 if the 7af642825f sun rose, f7da4ccd71 it would d074621ad2 be harder d6e0fc42a3 to escape, 538b9c543e so she 4bad6736ed ignored the 7e4851c1b4 aching thighs dea5d85536 and stiff f6aff7449c calves and c6bf536a6c started running 016fb4e62b again.16cbbc6a400fb487

Everything looked beautiful 9552617d3d to her.0b9ae060f3d7f6a8

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The pitch-black sky, the 7241e7e756 shining stars, the sparkling 79622aa668 moon.4691deb208f895eb

The grass swaying c692153613 in the dark 137b89fa8a green hue, and cd93628f89 the trees that 12de6863e4 seemed black, their 6d2d27ef6a true colors lost a3b53f1887 under the moonlight.754f44287e6af3e7

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The yellow eyes of 0cb8dd8162 the raptors and the 2f5e5c6ab5 predatory hoots of the 374ba47436 owls.da446d5bcb6f3a82

Everything seemed so f582c0e246 beautiful to Ivnes.b902c4c053015109

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She ran like b2dc543c6e a madwoman, faster 384b401647 and faster, until 2ac5159589 blood started to ec0f31a03a drip from her 74b25259d4 throat. When she finally stopped, 8fab323074 she had reached her 297ee4914e destination.2de31021ec4cafca

“I’ve been waiting, Lady.”08bcad9b0403783c

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It was Edwin’s c3c22673b1 room in the 69ea616ec9 Rosmond estate.9ac3edd8dcef8ab8

Ivnes was stunned. She had clearly 57f8ae84c2 been in the f445b6c254 forest.b8ae33cc8a5f79b3

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“Edwin…”c80b25c23c172f46

She trembled and gasped. What was happening?0469f0e80778a753

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“Lady, were you curious about my ability?”efff31e4e4e182c5

“…You…”68cfefccb38e1206

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“My ability is hypnosis, Lady.”416250c7cb527cb4

The moment he read 650df7374c her mind, Ivnes realized.a402bfdee7a234d8

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Actually, Edwin hadn’t ab6258f47a read her mind. He had heard everything. Ivnes had d4ab62a9db said everything 90cb04d777 out loud, 497978c9f1 but she 29ed1e60d3 didn’t remember 8a2f235141 that she 99e94e4c8a had said ed37ef6fa7 it.d1e066bb68b5d0b2

Edwin had used 4fcdc44b77 his ability to 9b5cb347db plant a suggestion a7aecc745f in her mind.b4c6690a6e7f96b5

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If she tried to b76cd6796b run, she would return 0074927fab to him.ee8f1f0d4cdc4a0a

Everything Ivnes had 9a4994afed seen in the 491ea2d5a7 forest was an 7ca703ed4f illusion. She had followed the 70cd7cd617 illusion back to Edwin.b53f465e8b0dfb1c

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“Did you really think you could escape from me?”852fed3ea86cfe8c

It was his 1b9570b9ee ability, a chain 54b0e6904e that bound her, d14c25c67a making it impossible 29073040be to break free.23068829a2309f92

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“Ivnes.”29968952dc192bce

His eyes 3f0ed34c76 were those 97cb4e51fc of a c95db7fbdd madman.6862c20a0b1fda37

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