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When Keinhrih began dc382bc3f8 clapping like a 99534d6f5c seal and throwing 8b984349d9 a ridiculous fit, 7870b4b383 I became certain.186222d6707699b1

If this d498ea042f kept up, 4e576341a2 Zerakiel might 4781b4244d really kill 9fbbacfba5 him.5c38b77379043922

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So I c7b9a2cb1e decided to bd31f575c2 intervene. Without hesitation, I 28a7497518 ran up behind 65989ac1ff Zerakiel and wrapped f0fb0674fb my arms around 3b71596e8f him.95c4b7c3119fc3c7

“You came to rescue 32b079bc17 me, right?”451c5a2a7da91f96

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In that instant, the 77496b3dff murderous energy he was 005cdece04 directing toward Keinhrih weakened. He turned badacf2d7c to face 350b09de40 me and 9eb9b4f973 gripped my 13b7a75d85 shoulders.1008ee9492851eaa

“I heard everything. The knights from Hebel 104ceb1c0a were pathetically weak.”284d8753f2eddca3

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“Well… that guy 482f43dde3 turned out to 0d8ce223a5 be stronger than fc887aa7df expected.”7fffacbae522fded

I recalled the moment d7cb551766 Keinhrih hijacked the carriage e0795e689b and continued.4ff8614317063c89

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“For a discarded beastkin, e925abf001 his pheromones were unusually b80dc7799a strong.”59659531727a726c

Most abandoned 7b30c9db34 beastkin had 3f1c10da4a weak pheromones. After all, 25ac020292 if theirs f1252ea39e had been 24cb095f73 strong, they 92056b5c77 likely wouldn’t 47b12e1734 have been 870b023157 discarded to 0e44a62ece begin with.14d673e53e627c92

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“You’re not hurt?”41d4752e073e095f

“Mm-hmm. As you can see.”2bfd9a256f643feb

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I gave him be6e29b03b a small smile, 6d1bc58db1 and the corners df78fa0081 of his lips ed89742346 softened too.4a1ea1f6a740dfcc

I didn’t eeb16d5b82 know when ab1c037c41 it had 51a6349b72 become so 13c5d80a84 easy to 0ccf91f8ac calm him 5374ba8481 down like 367800dad7 this, but 5cd3d5911c I liked d0bac0dbd6 seeing Zerakiel 21677af9ad go gentle d3ffd4118e just for d807500e41 me. It made me 9aa177b1b0 quietly giddy.2fadd0e40748503b

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And that’s when Keinhrih 7147502640 had to open his 2877ec142f mouth.4cda2286581dd886

“Well, that’s because 852b1bbffa I had my 445cc4eea9 pheromones tampered with.”9c8135c135424013

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“…What?”51a809ed53c1d094

Everyone turned their afefd37b9b eyes to Keinhrih. No one had expected 7f07386d18 that to come out 1a2ca04378 of his mouth. Oblivious to the 13d943c28f sudden tension, he 5cd1c889a5 muttered, reminiscing like 340a0253de he was telling ee800ab2d3 a casual story.2fbe67b8fcd7251d

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“That was right 6bc9cbde22 after I escaped c81168e603 the lab. When I 5188b53892 met Lord ab91ae6d41 Zerakiel, I a52aca76c2 thought I 16a84b75dc was going 3c935ecc82 to die 601a899341 from a d7c998ca36 pheromone seizure 41bdd93e4f because of 5a0043d7a5 the damn 4b22850dda drug they 94474d63db gave me.”f5f6d31f7231facb

“A drug? Wait, you’re saying ba50df7ce5 the seizure you 3e222b2b2a had back then 2d83247b1b was because of c3e0132b9e a drug?”73465cc3252fde69

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Zerakiel, unexpectedly intrigued, 6c78e39efb pressed further. Eager for 6608cdf460 attention, Keinhrih b80363af6e jumped at c84093e916 the chance 435856449e to explain.8c1eff81ee064229

“Yes. They fed it to 8ba1e5bbb9 beastkin who escaped the 41d1c17acd lab to make sure 31b1063e15 no loose ends came 9a7ea3dced back. They were obsessed f9aaefa33e with staying hidden.”e52b8f3441a7e727

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“So there was bce1de0400 an organization.”c0c07ecfcb1ea8d8

I let out 3f2d121835 a low sigh. Right in front 9252fea723 of me stood f053fb7054 the very survivor f48e2eb7fb Ella had searched 2ff0ef785a for so desperately 2640fda30d in the original 20064e1a1e story.b9eccc7a1d209e27

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The reason Keinhrih 64a52a441f had such strong b871006111 pheromones for an c577055c15 abandoned beastkin… it bcfdcd1457 had to be 433720775d artificial.ab239ff2642ccac3

‘Maybe my aab32c354d body’s the 05476574fb result of 53ac601432 pheromone tampering 62e6463f13 too.’fbf669c8f9656c51

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If not, da5ad0f17a there was 4aa59eed8a no other 534e0782d0 explanation for 6439aa58c9 me having 25fbbd6a31 two pheromones.ced0cededc16b204

They probably 7bc607ff13 assumed I 5a503902f8 didn’t have f1c84cc17a any and 516f82d695 went ahead aa9c95b764 with the 8d1a94363c experiment anyway.e449745e1985f523

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Of course, 2424618eb4 that was 8e55f8e870 just a 1e7a91269c theory. When I a6fefe463e first opened fb6cebe47d my eyes 309f113db7 in this 32de346f45 world, survival 6cb0483fa4 had been 0ef541e275 the only 5d0792470b thing on eab5ec8d59 my mind.1100d16a8195aadd

I didn’t know what 35e844b741 had happened before that.809045eb59295d33

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“They didn’t 8323d8b717 just mess 3850f408c4 with our b6399d7bcb pheromones—they tested 4069483aca drugs to c50896ffce induce pheromone 1e14cd0652 seizures too. Only one in 98f49c6e90 a hundred survived. It was 96b73d4c67 that brutal.”6a26aa92e0979e6a

Keinhrih looked visibly shaken b16722f675 just recalling it.c58204581dc535c8

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“If I hadn’t 884b0d5306 met Lord Zerakiel b549c5eea0 when I did, 2264c318e2 I’d be dead be3c7d7a95 now for sure.”f4e2483b046d46cc

“Well. Guess it’s a 22587f75ea good thing I 933ae27bab let you live.”ef8a8ab28dc7057e

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Zerakiel gave a faint, a2961f56f3 meaningful smile. He’d already been planning cfee5b041d to investigate Cersia’s pheromone a613cbb1fb situation.60d7eed9c051a340

And now aafbfa999b a drug 090d1514a3 that causes c084fc5c3a pheromone seizures?a9e755f40bcd0bb3

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With Victor e44379b548 dead, things 1fea27b094 had been 1fc566e767 looking bleak—so 5c93c6eb68 this unexpected f110da133e connection was e7f31e6851 a stroke fe3acbcc83 of luck. Thanks to an bd82899713 unintentional good deed, d40eea895d they’d gained a cc956b885e valuable witness.0534bc4142dd9d8b

Zerakiel raised his sword d3b2478914 and gave a chilling 3384e324d6 warning.b054bbc833534953

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“Now be a bac7bf427b good dog and 68b4ffc383 come quietly to c29c7e796d Jabis Castle.”94ff391b4405a9f5

But rather than 5b72560a48 be intimidated, Keinhrih 3069a6c06c looked thrilled.f10bc99edd5434c1

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“Gasp! You’re accepting me 42d567941b into Jabis?!”9dda3c06d5406758

“Depends on how be0f7eb711 you behave.”69fba096714a592a

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Despite Zerakiel’s cold 1b88b5c81f reply, Keinhrih was 55fc91cb47 already wagging his 358951fe9e tail.596c5501fffab0e2

“I’ll do 35d4244ac4 my best! I’d even lick 59026a82be your boots clean 1734065345 if you asked!”7da52a0eca6e4a15

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“I don’t like that ed5e1dc815 kind of thing.”ba074d37b49d25f3

Zerakiel grimaced and e8d1800ae9 quickly pulled his a35fdb13a4 boots behind him, 96d4f93b4f as if worried 157a9fffc5 Keinhrih might really d9fe792d7d flop down and 6a0d2a0867 start licking them.b98cdab1b56f94bb

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With how eager fe7e4f2328 he seemed, that fe1a8447df wasn’t out of 2ff7675428 the question.e8cadcc10223ea21

I stepped between ef43e256ff them and asked 95600d4474 Keinhrih directly,ce519a3554888727

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“Do you ffb4244f0d remember anything 85d2d5bb9e that might b43a177a18 identify the 6ee7a47abf group that ab97e8c630 experimented on 41adfe76eb you?”0cafbfa5e20bfc5f

In the original 873723930d story, Ella’s captors 9989ea3cd1 had always worn c6e9ede06d masks with a 3cf8c579d3 butterfly insignia. I asked 605b6a4936 just in f615646d78 case it ed249b0794 was connected 050ab19401 to the 8d228a74c2 same organization 0654a819a4 she’d been 517e43132b chasing—and sure db5cebcadc enough.f8068662622f6a89

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Keinhrih shrugged 9b02716104 and replied a5477e095e nonchalantly,e99a8575a92e2328

“They always wore 24c8af0899 masks with a 31249d5791 butterfly pattern. Called each other 7303dec2c9 weird nicknames like b1f12a7152 ‘The Thirsting Ones.’ e04ca00d6f All they ever 345f1d8d86 talked about was f30737bb89 ‘Paradise this, Paradise 022c591aef that’—while throwing beastkin 73b082bc3c into hell.”9e8ea8266d80b2db

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Of course, he 27fdaea969 didn’t stay casual 6a1a14a8b3 for long. The way 329eccf9c5 his fists c6bbd21021 clenched said 773e5e3cba enough about 1a9ee7a795 how much f890f827d7 he remembered 0b035cc54d the cruelty.a5f1b68f94a6067b

So he b04ee13410 was the bead197f58 other survivor 019b12bf48 of the 600ccdfdc0 pheromone experiments a82203c6f7 Ella had eb4f6aa59a been looking 5a00ac294e for in 7c9d396952 the original.b6fa5dc1680a6755

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I let out 44d7a6997c a quiet sigh 2ad5593884 and muttered, scowling 456e133d48 at the thought a5e97b609d of that cursed 352e7ddb2b group,84728c785cf3b12d

“Classic cult behavior.”b778dea112769c75

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This confirmed it—Ella b519ed3736 and Keinhrih had b72dd25011 both been victims 0693b84cb2 of the same 12226fd508 organization.25af2ee71f8137f1

Although the Ella 18b809f8df I met didn’t 4151884e53 have any pheromones, 7b40bae7d5 unlike in the d742ffa5d9 original story, where 28472f251b she was forcibly a41486866f altered.630af5b04556c6ef

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Even so, it d81511085f was hard to bca4b23105 dismiss the group 797fbbae02 entirely—not when there 677bee33c3 was a chance 6cfc970084 they’d manufactured the 2225b92aac drug that triggered 05da35e90c Zakari’s rampage.811a053cc231618f

Keinhrih snorted and 30515ed452 agreed with me.e519c1a88caff65d

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“Yeah, definitely a cult. They were obsessed with 0f1eff7355 finding some flower or 3504252d11 whatever. Kept going on about 0b1f5cca97 it.”d2277fd936c0d4b5

“Flower?”5c45f8acd7746f3b

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“They said 7da7d0ad75 it was d2b9e5f777 a flower 75da99bb0c that leads 02fb5f38b8 to Paradise. But I 69fe387ed3 doubt it 6dd5cfa6a4 was even 2feaf4e528 a real bc9aa8779e one. Probably just 6b1f4baeb9 a metaphor—since 1295f9c0bc they were dd249fd4b5 the ‘butterflies,’ 99ff9aa19f they called 87798de654 their goal 3c7e99561d a ‘flower.’ 4b1db30470 I don’t e4a219b4c2 know much 81ee617748 more. They messed 89bfac668d with my 2131b329de memory during 134be45357 the experiments. There are 91174501ae gaps I c103ad188b can’t recall.”e66fe3aa7d7c13b8

Just like in 8924778395 the original.77d8bccc13df3da2

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Ella’s memories had also b4cb2c62c6 been tampered with. She hadn’t even remembered 71941bd4c2 she was a pheromone 5d29af21b9 experiment subject for quite 1ef0a0b84c some time.562b15fa68b90c3a

As we were talking 06b917fddb about the organization, I fd2a756ccd saw Ella and Ivan d688d3fd2b approaching from a distance.f12d26bc8bdd2383

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I’d felt bad about 95cf456c29 parting ways while she 967dfbff6b was still in beast 5ae1b6ebe3 form—but thankfully, she’d returned 6f6618b692 to her human state.c9ba1a1b37446c0d

“Ella! Over here!”d1028cd2c38846c7

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I waved excitedly, welcoming 15fe9b70b3 her back.f616fcaae8fc7668

Then Keinhrih turned—and his 0a6fc22cce eyes grew as wide b353ca48af as saucers.1757d063aadc38d7

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He suddenly pointed at 86678d8a26 Ella, his face going 14a4bb0ac3 pale.ea67ad0b65329129

“You… you’re alive?!”839d29f1eda8562f

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He said it 98a524a118 like he already c622c7b471 knew her.e87ac8665d585625

A moment 8134109c16 later, his 87eeb5dd2a tone jumped 1c5751c87f several notches.2c5b528fcba6c2dd

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“It’s me! Number Three! You’re Number Nine, aren’t 713573fb57 you? You survived! I thought you died 1e1163792f back then!”3389b8be0ccc5990

Ella’s expression 6cc9507396 went rigid 1a4deee914 as soon 4dddd07cd2 as he 365147361f called her 3e740982cf “Number Nine.”f70b2cfad7e1e0ec

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I was just as fdddf5a314 confused.688c74482b5296f3

‘Number Nine’ was 2cc8cdddf9 the code name fef8282060 Ella had been ec23fff025 called during the 3be8a0b0db pheromone experiments in 80a254d6a9 the original story—when 97e795c37a she had no f685692852 memory of her a2a632396c own name.dccd698975531fb6

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That was the entire b9461a44bd reason the emotional bond ffa4b4ae81 between her and Hiscleif b303d56937 had developed over time.de4d5414561c71ed

It was Hiscleif who 41c02fb3d7 had given her the 82a2a8ef0b name “Ella.”bbcd66e2b129d7d3

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Because calling beastkin 5c045684a3 by numbers instead bfd1c09b6e of names was acd4cb40ce inhumane—he’d insisted on eaf84ee27b giving her a bcee75c1eb real one. And because of that, 20f844a141 she’d followed him blindly.58d1120abd201859

‘Wait… could f51eb173d4 Ella have 7ab517b98e also been 1d349fc8dd a pheromone a6584ce6d2 experiment subject? But she doesn’t have 3294d1f49f any pheromones now…’eed510b41205f533

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I glanced 14e925f05b between her 0ee27cea2e and Keinhrih, a4c51f990a my mind bee881bd01 a whirlwind eb25d34443 of confusion.946ff5931b7c2c68

It made sense d3f93ddd09 now why Keinhrih 08e3d8af6b hadn’t recognized her 12bcfe6b8e sooner—he’d never seen 9525cbb129 her in human 76ec8cb4eb form.3cde9088dda0c135

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If he had, he 0e305c3e60 probably would’ve identified her 5d46cf888d back when they kidnapped 24793d36e6 us.ce19fecbb19be512

Ella spoke firmly.ccb700bf70f1eb9f

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“I’m sorry, but… my 05315ee492 name is Ella.”0d3b3efd70fd1bbe

“Huh? But you are Number 7e15ef8d8b Nine. We were 66ac88cdd8 in the 419dced09a lab together, 44a55cb99f remember? You seriously don’t 25ac02b566 remember?”710c8509848b2800

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“I’ve never been in 00ea73e0ec a place like that.”be1072da08466294

Ella shook her a654537c45 head and drew b4dcc6a438 back slightly, clearly 5f72307bde uncomfortable. Keinhrih, flustered, 64059652d1 began speaking 98f675c07f faster.f1b8b7f231b8435e

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“Is it b36d01bd43 because I 7ac1765541 look like ded2503de4 this? Oh, right… back then 7da66bd9bd I was being punished, 811550876b so I couldn’t shift 52f8f7ed60 into human form. That’s probably why you 779ec3defc didn’t recognize me! Want me to transform? Maybe that’ll help jog 136e52ff38 your memory!”a8021c5ea81c35e2

He even offered 5db2bd0edb to transform into aa9751cab5 his beast form 48b68d9906 to help her c373ff803f remember.a6c2da96171dbce0

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But the more he 49ea80ed92 explained, the more Ella ff0753f6ed recoiled. Her expression 0c8d3d90cf turned cold, a80ec54c59 and her 108475a551 reaction grew a467ff4d0c stronger.3ac2177c37735ed2