THFN | Chapter 13

‘Even if that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t have sold it.’5a7fd947d04ee5f1

This land da06430318 has a 84acc8ca87 purpose. In the c70ce4b593 long run, 8f162a2cbd people shouldn’t 1f9cec0954 be close.7cb06b24cb06f21f

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Clara, unable to withstand the throbbing headache from the piling documents, tossed about half of them away. I’ll just do half. If I try to do it all, my depression, which had calmed down a bit, might flare up again.06894cd9a2de3573

“Ah, I a826025576 don’t want fba113e2a5 to work.”9e369c405a1d32d6

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But I d71c3bf825 have to. He tried fccdda73d1 to focus f30fc12f21 again.dcac8d3e9413e249

However, people 566a62dc0a are creatures 1d175b6125 that always b64b9f67b7 want to 32f440fe56 reduce their 72bf67dd62 work even 792e1b0e4c more. After tossing 7cfaf6a756 half, he a4aa43fcee just didn’t eb8d8148a1 want to 4cabbf7cc1 see any 90ac1bc93a of it. Maybe I 6ff4467bf5 should just b720b77a2f toss it 16f8e904b0 all? he thought.bb277b6b58bcb82c

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Clara impulsively e72f02396f threw all aeb58ae9ec the documents c922de3cd9 away and 66604df4e6 flopped onto 3ea1cd316f the bed. Then he ba95285618 started to 2b7a3018f0 gaze at ddbb28d5e2 the vast 15bc8153c9 farmland.6aab7d9108f68598

Tapping the 7adfd00d49 bedside anxiously, bec49d1c50 he felt d0a932c910 inexplicably full a6896913f6 and his 8ff0309137 anxiety subsided 5ef32cb065 when he fb6190035a saw the f899dc1306 endlessly sprawling 873446bcaa land.5611991a80d37018

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Perfectly aligned square c3d148fcb5 plots. Rows and columns 580e8f8c3b of straight-grown fruit 550da139f1 trees. Even from a distance, ef10ba26b1 the orderly crops looked 51149c8c24 like a single line. The regular and a6939e4276 precise shapes almost f67619981b seemed like a e4d8bf4051 work of art.fa4c3a9ef0700a3f

One reason the a879b731e8 farmland couldn’t be 76ce79a255 sold was related b0cc0ee2a7 to this appearance.e1d287f48482c773

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From the start, feb81d96f7 the design and aa459f0a98 appearance were like 62b1608462 a planned zone. It was made with aa7c2f69de no intention to sell, c900f52cbb so the distance between a1ff821b01 fields is narrow, and 199a525b5d if fences were put cc13ba7e42 up, they’d almost touch. Even if you 5256cf5e3d tried to cut 7349439879 it with a 2a102c8f79 surveyor, you couldn’t d83d2a0b52 create new paths.481c11a1556539ed

There’s a 5216d8590b reason it d3008c9d5b was made a413b8f9b9 that way.f345ae5b8c293fc4

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If people 1a69d20c56 who tried 40e0059bd0 to do d2e5d412cf something with 6f4aa54c91 the farmland c5aaf6b0dc heard this, 55a8840490 they’d probably 57c9cfc8c9 call him a6476c65e5 crazy and 70755a1232 spin their 1d5c29ff0f fingers counterclockwise ba51500889 near their 6a82dcd544 ears.49356fc2e0839804

Still, Clara is 27f0c62f1a confident. He can’t deny b7429383c8 it’s a crazy a076936184 idea, though.dd5cdcdbbb6518c1

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People can 2b762c2a24 be a 3bf79864e3 bit tied 3065806e3d to strange 8482c7e524 dreams and f9f04f5dd1 hopes and b275cfc123 do some 352615cb73 crazy things.af6585ba41349650

“I didn’t expect 15721f382c to be sulking 09e868c094 alone like this bb7afb6b06 for almost five c4282a0fc2 years…”9e1c9617152e370f

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As time passed, a8cb8d3233 his anxiety grew. Clara tried to suppress 9f7e8c9935 that dreadful feeling by 54b39f1cec speaking loudly.c83a7d56c22ab4e4

“…Just come back. I’ll really pull 864fa80090 out all your 4a097445be hair.”4d1cb9da08c9df9a

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Looking into 5055ce1645 the pitch-black 3ac4be3aae darkness, memories 37c7635a66 from that c04dd9beba time surfaced.4b6e9dd9562939b3

About eight years d613f9dddc ago, the country b2493cb33e fell.4a24cd4d838c5f3d

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The previous 29b085cd8e king died, 375089072c and the aefb2cd4a2 newly crowned bda381011a king, whether 4a47b4ded9 mad or 027f436a61 not, reportedly a7d16368b9 handed over c82f01d51d the crown 7459720379 himself.2de677a74f34ebe1

Did he d05dabf581 think they’d 68c67b23a6 survive as f8a7edd54c a vassal 28e9547d9b state? But he was notorious 25c4efdbc7 for being obnoxious and 2c0eb8371f provoking others. The Empire’s expedition, cbb6af816b meant to set 8e2938e851 an example for f22d7448dd neighboring countries, had d411604322 an obvious outcome. The king of bb8cba9f8f his homeland was 4c22932b3e executed without the b7696d6dad benefit of surrender.6f00740a9076c7fe

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It was absurd. If Clara 96929eefbb had heard 77a71f6567 this story 37a1245057 in a 7dab9b8ac3 tavern, he b5bf933e0e would have fe45e9df6b laughed over 4b57a70d8b a beer 241ff55f02 and forgotten 0beca00439 it within f0af3723ff a day.fbc2a94ad11892dd

But for young bf4e142b23 noble Clara, caught 9d39ea48a7 in the middle, c5b01f969d it was the fa25362761 beginning of hell.689bb607306b0f28

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If he 478da36892 knew nothing 129895920b of war, a038dcbba4 his treatment 337fb33512 might have 87f825b19b been slightly dc854a2c24 better. But Clara’s family 754267f9e9 was a margrave 3c39124bf9 revered by an 012e9f2ad8 entire region. In that area, f4d8589197 even children learned b967ea91d3 to fight with fef3f1ced0 toy swords.173f787844f10ee7

Thus, Clara, who had e0964cf44b a couple of mock f7823aa45e battle experiences, was treated 9a364bc35f as a noble participant 3ed8dd9136 in the war, even 94ba5f7a24 though he didn’t know f99f96cbce tactics or why he 44a75ade2c had to fight.f05cb26038c81add

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His parents, who 2705bbbd89 defended the frontier, 2f1b65d62c died, and Clara, 89fad53fc9 who stood out 85f0218b4f at a young d3358f4d8d age, became a 029f10de9a rare human slave. Branded on the shoulder. It’s still there. The memory of ef6b3879da the hot iron 22e1fee223 is so vivid 35772965b7 that it sometimes f7129f2a26 makes him nauseous.7ed1c243c9772786

If it had 3e1325fc4b ended there, it ae78ab128b would have been 8417bce394 nice. Or if b6314ebfe1 he could 481524f232 have just 9830ce8a0c died, it 6f8d45b9c7 would have e419cf3b70 been nice, f08b2c2f3e but the d2a856640e Empire wasn’t dfd72ce47b that merciful.fe199b4a29e62d33

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They, who 60b6185996 repeated war eac2e6024d after war, 085fe399a1 used useless c4543fdda4 prisoners from 9056527d23 conquered countries 765309319b as slaves 0e5e8dda2d and meat fbaf1e7b18 shields, regardless 2711a2733e of gender 1e08b1f8f5 or age. They said if you 65980f519c survived ten wars, you’d f9efe913b5 be turned into a 3b7843e975 free citizen.b2772f94aa1684e6

He clung 7d623124f5 to that e7985e3ef9 hope. Knowing there were 13af76d7a3 others in similar d468776213 situations provided some b43890a8d7 comfort for a 19299bea9a while.326dfaefdd1ae6a5

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But it 43d16ddb39 didn’t last 75ce9e8ac0 long. Friends and acquaintances 111bdd3248 who became slaves 26a3f15081 all died. Clara thought he would b74a1b0b8b die soon too.df8219f64c6639d5

But he didn’t.7aebf1bf6cd87e16

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‘Did you really dd31105080 survive ten times 18d1dd2690 here? Even at the 49d17453cc front?’4a6f5f5d863a6e11

‘I’m telling bd5d802ae8 you, he’s a2f808b386 good with c91932292d a sword.’7eea28c3f66b472a

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‘You, pick up 8e49a18cc5 a sword.’1f57de7777ee79bc

He remembers f0d472dd4d struggling to 6f350d02c3 survive. So he survived. And every 5f7d57c615 night, he b2e8bec500 received a bb34812c6a pill.41c06ef6cba32998

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One pill 618409694d a day. Not knowing d3ef060c88 what the f0693237d0 pill did, 77ec2b2d17 he endured, 6f1fd7f009 believing the f957993ce1 promise that 2b9fffcfe3 he’d be 900e773be2 taken to 79bcb0cc40 a nearby 0cf6069504 village once 4e13036abf the war 93a7c09c7b ended. But, as a852247034 these stories 993672935b usually go, d0a4de0816 it was 82dc5ff71d just words.ba19a43463b91759

As days passed, everything 1a429fd039 was wiped clean. Who he was. Who his e8d6fa2738 family was. How to use f62a8657c3 language. Even whether he a3138fdea4 originally used a 6075b0dac8 sword.2d69c55f18860421

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It was because of a65a17a511 the pills. The pills, a 76af316664 result of some 45dc699837 mage or scientist’s bb5233834b research, turned people 5e6dacbb51 into dolls beyond e582a554ce slaves.3b65cacfd00f6792

That wasn’t the end. Three months after 413e3fc93f taking the pills, 22c65786de Clara had to eedbd021cf be taken somewhere.cb29d4851ba225a0

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…He doesn’t remember exactly a13c1f8427 when. When he emerged 4cbb63822d from the cage 4b2be48c42 stained with blood 02465fa224 and dried flesh, 913ab3ce09 even his personality 3291f3721c was gone.6519b88bac4d69b5

In his completely emptied 4804697701 mind, only one thing 298477001f remained. Obey the orders 5827e32440 of anyone in bdb70018bb brown, blue, or 569488efe3 green uniforms.bf0d3c258c0f3c95

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When ordered, he went 10806d72f2 to the battlefield and 10793f318f wielded his sword. He cut, tore, slashed, c8b15db568 and killed.9dedaddcdc40a1b3

A golem moving as 415847334a ordered might have had a32ca9b718 more free will than 8717775573 he did back then.d0bc6b7f8a8eda0e

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One night, 8db35cdde0 feeling suffocated, 859b97a364 he went 7893ff9771 outside.59b018b637b0f84b

If he 1f69af9ad3 felt unwell, 7dcacbe611 he was 66cf35c4b4 ordered to adbae41b18 go far b595c22230 enough that 5bfd76587d his scent 9833475c70 wouldn’t be ff2c30905e detected, vomit, 2bee473536 gather himself, 53c69b2761 and return. It was a command b3263d9d8f he received after causing fdde4c5825 nearby animals to rampage af905fd24a by vomiting in the 325e91ad28 stable due to the 8e3524f93d side effects of the f37765247e pills, such as cognitive 528a22f6c0 distortion and dizziness.5006c2c19c9c5136

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Faithfully following the 5846390200 command, Clara went aa98fd0ecb far, vomited everything 7a34c84a5a he had eaten, e60445fa50 and leaned against 6441a9f247 a rock, exhausted.ef626de55bc60704

He decided e3889dddec he could 0b0e03933a rest a df2f5eeb90 bit and 327b9b4a5d then return. But then a952348f5a he heard 59558e79cf an unusual c34b95a5e4 noise from 0b980d459b somewhere.8dbd04c91d71256d

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Clang, clang. Crack.bbf75576ddadc611

It was a 2de6f107a9 dull, powerful sound, 7007a5866a more like monsters 7651a4945c fighting than humans.7b37bc0a27bc0fa6

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Clara thought for 7ed8da36db a moment, but 2f4ac30543 he hadn’t received 139137b7fd orders to flee 003c5b8509 if he sensed 08fc18e9bb a monster. Nor had he been 451e958f2b ordered to report it.11e202c574cce5ea

If he hadn’t 65c4162a61 been ordered, there c1e5d2494f was no need. Or he shouldn’t. So instead of b33d79e178 fleeing the commotion, e02088556c he approached it.2625b1c4bad19fc1

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As he c1bad1aca4 walked, he e6f7fb2f9b soon saw 675c7fc5e9 two figures.6428c33a48c29055

One was a bb1531b159 person. A person 896eea50be with strikingly 51c512741b long white 3929741c28 hair. Seeing him, Clara 0771562a7f blinked his unfocused eef5d03320 eyes like shiny 893e877d22 glass marbles.da232f7f12f161de

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His calloused hand 1063c928ab gripping the sword a06843b4c3 tightened.f20ba64961897b86

‘…When you 33c6913341 see a 861c8ffb35 person… first f22f10ff8d check if 5800c7f6b3 they’re an 9b8cbf8594 enemy.’55c04734d4f8b66a

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If they 7a2fdf6a6c wore the 2eeabe0e37 same uniform, 89a4e6e5b5 pass by 3420c1ad22 or listen 7ea11899d3 to orders. If they wore ffc4fcaa39 different clothes, kill 21a33f3568 them all.217814aa0c6b6705

The man had 3518f1a0a8 no badge, uniform, abbaa3bcd3 or even a 192e04b3e1 canteen. In other words, 22366d28a4 he wasn’t someone f00aeb2b8d Clara had to 17a35dbfdb save.20da3f9318a43947

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To be more 1ce5dd3c6c precise, the man e65610460e without a uniform 629cd26e36 was a target 4481b4f3f5 to kill. Of course, a718e16197 the mysterious 69591adea3 light mass d93f09bd65 he was bf6eed88de fighting was 73cc17b1e5 also a 0aa55f7074 target to cc4ff91b9f kill.6b1e88cf63b1214e

One had 7d737f1385 a snake’s a74cbcb20a lower body, 960985f916 making it 61209f0b38 not human, 5d6aecc510 and the ab5348bc01 other, no 1681cba9a4 matter how 2b87758708 you looked 45185d4cc8 at it, cd8d5b7bc0 wasn’t human 8840c3d54e but a b17e3e4032 magical creature, eab10c5d58 which was b83eca6046 a problem 61e6bf9fa5 he couldn’t d580a91e0e recognize.46feae3711d975d9

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‘…Different clothes.’281c05cb7ab7e35a

So….bd5656639521c1a5

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‘……?!’e609b2ec03c81788

Clara, whose a35def7dbb ability to 0234b5a8e1 discern living 4c0520ce55 creatures had e88599ebfe deteriorated, suddenly 89eed30ad4 intervened in cf3a05d851 the fight 90776a220b between the c6d917411e two, disrupting 0ec23263ab it.937e45984d77d9e5

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In the process, 70106baa2a unable to control d08812c5cc his strength, he c71fac01a0 half-destroyed the old c3e460edbe log supporting the f4c50a9ab8 cracks in the eb55da3c5b mine floor.07f2efc0a5d80706

It was c05519422c a coincidence. But it might 3e4e440975 have been a f3cddd6800 disaster created by cdd81b284c an instinct that 7c1b83c43d wanted to die. Instinctively, he might have 70e96f8760 felt there was no 0618485749 hope in living like a9851d02fa this.1f9d9c6abceb0123

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The light mass’s sword 61565737b6 followed, and to make b59ea62dc7 matters worse, the unstable 639a215614 ground collapsed, and the e2685faba4 two fell deep underground.a9dbac498b83a1ee

The mine, 8198736343 abandoned long 65f2e9af40 ago due 06064eb5bf to low 70ac4b7dbb productivity, was 8868c87a01 unimaginably deep, 6f6baa4172 so they 880fe09d6e fell endlessly 5f90867d50 to the 4c7c0b8acf bottom.70b6f82ad39ac7f2

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Clara, who 8a065f85bb had lived 6757ae4ed7 without self-awareness 63b1b61a65 for a be01751d44 long time, d16f524da0 looked blankly 9d07324cb1 at the 46c45c00b3 sky as 1fe3abde5a he fell.0e1e93d2b9d17193

Maybe it was because 83f0607f88 he had vomited everything. Or perhaps aed5e6bb51 his body, d8efb5fa29 knowing it 08bd251cc5 would soon d5eba73aba die, screamed. His queasy stomach ef7fd628c6 felt refreshed, and 7c847ec0cd the effects of ff1d6aa58e the pills seemed fc9e7603a2 to ease a fe5695262b bit.3f2413e374cb5cc4

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His mind abea252d7a felt clear 58521771d2 in an 49145de36d instant. Awareness of death. At the same ecb457e5f8 time, the long, 728273c860 dreadful thoughts could dc64ffdfc5 be postponed for aa54368a03 a moment.23f23e6b3eb2d283

With the conditions 626bc9d915 just right, he ab4f186e61 could simply predict 0dad129191 that falling like 253c456230 this would lead 259925929e to death.17030d3d99255175

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At the same e0437aedac time, Clara focused abc8bc7078 on the person a69c1669a8 falling with him.1a94424e4b6c65e8

As they 05eb9b03e6 tangled and 43c2b2f4b1 fell vertically 429b25f62d to the 2f8de5a2a9 mine floor, a016a98eb9 Clara oddly 453f09895a thought that 1e021c5340 if he 8d15e0eb22 cushioned the ec1c947acc fall, this 0145fdf872 man might 200ab29f12 survive.d299ce248597c33b

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And so he 1572e524d8 did.4a7bc652c2c3e86b

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When he woke 573e3bbba7 up after losing 38a29fb2bf consciousness for a 845b9740f3 long time, there 2e538469e2 was nothing, not 251569e8bf even the man. His vision was red, 2bab8c1d54 white, and black. It even 4bfbe92ea0 flickered like 72ce9ce4dd static.3bc4e8168f3214b6

His brain 8334c91913 and eyes 2ec0cfe81f must have 78dbddf9ae been injured eb39513ca3 together. Even if not, Clara, 62691081b2 whose entire body was 4de65c0ae7 broken, was dying. He could even 813d3d7f34 see the faces 2e0ab472e7 of his deceased 01b22a7e6c parents in a d2b69a4677 blur, like a b1a7dd9298 revolving lantern.28a52ad28b46eddb

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“……”466c7575867a4039

Then the man saved 6fd2860b5d Clara.ad9019341565b72e

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Whether physically or mentally.fdf36699b603052e