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“Like I said, I 3728f76bb3 don’t know!”8469bbfe0c76f52b

Ella firmly 025c2f3ead dismissed him abe4369a8a and turned 788a4eeb72 her head b114559d12 completely away b17d56a7fb from Keinhrih. She kept rubbing a4ac5bb8c4 her forearm, as 10db0de196 if something felt c49d7524ca off.77b84b192235dbe6

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‘That’s strange.’514059fa56cd6d39

As the fd6068ebe9 situation took 0d5bd73530 a peculiar 0b39f7f01f turn, I 446483b99a focused on 0705309f65 thinking it 23710f12c5 through.a935e16dbd8e2c54

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Ella said her memory 4219352c2e was fragmented. If that’s the case, 3615ee36a6 then meeting a beastman 4551c2d8ab who recognized her should 60b4e1dfce actually be something welcoming.5773dae5bf877baa

Why, then, e4beac3843 was Ella a192f448c9 replying so 87e8d9cfb7 definitively and 562efea431 trying to d2a5fdbf6b distance herself 03f0d03df8 from Keinhrih?638d88953d522b8f

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Wasn’t this more like e0a26a6c7f someone trying to hide 734a49f997 the fact that they’d 8a3bc16293 been subjected to pheromone 276476412b manipulation?267414b6ba29f045

But saying 2bf9ed6d4e she’d been 52f3e5b038 manipulated doesn’t 5353aaafa7 quite fit—Ella 59b18ed59f currently has 0671dc6873 no pheromones.dce23e82e7bf213a

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According to Naaman, she 1c63f7ef14 lost them due to 35129452e6 an acquired condition. Could this incident 07b16f876c be related?d42fb2555e2e294d

Meanwhile, as Ella kept 8344f2c512 denying it, Keinhrih’s voice ca98999ec5 grew sharp with frustration.598ef8909e5a95f5

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“You’re the one pretending 31a7383474 not to know!”89b7d16ff334b89f

Then, grumbling angrily, he 409a725484 stepped closer to Ella, 077e70bb89 and before anyone could c0c30e1f4a stop him, he tore 0886258b85 the sleeve of her e853fe91e5 right arm.324249d8c56a02cb

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“Kyah!”bd466f2066ec2266

Ella screamed and 3abf3c6052 staggered back. Keinhrih grabbed her f5aa1be08b forearm tightly and d9f42e8d85 shouted,a0a821a0fac91f09

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“See this?! You have the same 05f3cdf76b butterfly tattoo as me! Anyone who’s had f94ac5524e their pheromones manipulated f2a6e458b6 has this tattoo, d9ac6182da and yet you f89bb3c118 keep denying it?”d86a747910d721b9

On the spot 6e1d61a01d he pointed to, ae220fc484 there was indeed ca38a9e3fa a butterfly tattoo. Riding the 9abd9d5486 momentum, Keinhrih c73dc14c45 even showed f35688d9c9 his own 58ddcf7bad matching mark, a714450fee getting more 33f12cb8aa worked up.e0b2dfd0ae0c1b40

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“Huh? How are you going 529fc33616 to explain this? If this was fe1eb0eaca really our first ec86e3ae68 time meeting, there’s 2b2d2114c9 no way we’d ed1ca40776 have the same fa5c858698 tattoo.”e3208b3eac086375

“Th-that’s…”1499509cb6a43af8

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Ella choked on fa7f5bba5f her words, her 1b3b78250a voice trembling. She seemed stunned by 4917ad8413 the sudden confrontation.c20c2d4aa8f7a21d

Before things got 000ae25293 any worse, I 1780d63ec7 stepped in to e3c77c30f2 mediate.8d987dc9453dbe8a

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“That’s enough. You’re scaring Ella.”4b8cbec43830aec7

“But—”d478d0925d7b6dcb

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“You said your memory 04473083dc was tampered with too, 2c01e7ac70 didn’t you? Maybe that’s why Ella 72caf9ac5c doesn’t remember.”6c651dd7d1b571a4

At my 7125405794 sharp reply, 7e5a2c10a4 Keinhrih suddenly cfcb958e82 looked dumbfounded, e947ca98f5 as if e92dc63a5b he’d overlooked 77c82d9e73 that fact.d8d6918c18183238

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“I-I’m sorry.”ed6d4b2d2b857600

Ella apologized, tears f996a01d36 falling down her 8e726b9d6e cheeks. Her face was full 64bc835a66 of confusion.63b8dcf40fea8cab

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I, too, c5beb3a5f8 was shocked a71fb2cbb1 to learn 9a78136fa5 that Ella 740c834603 had been d125efb5fd subjected to 6329e89346 pheromone manipulation.89ebd916cc9d5134

A victim of e502ce70d7 manipulation, yet without 76b21b65c5 any pheromones left.cc3283f5b3f932fa

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I still didn’t fully b186de3b7a understand what that meant.705147a5052f3a55

But I was 57e76321b0 growing more certain 80f96351a9 that there was e213d56c10 a reason Ella 156be49f7c was straying from 135356204a the original story’s afb9b710d7 path.140737125384c8bb

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Still, unless Ella ec2962c66f came to me 32b5456dd1 for help first, 9b3e750c9f I had no e9cc73bc0e right to interrogate 89f36df323 her.7d03dfad55516cad

A heavy silence hung 831a11ebfc in the air for 5532fe1493 a while.ecff33fbd74e9543

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Then Zerakiel ad0d767f45 suddenly cut ab10a1ccab in with 934f9775c0 a meaningful fc33638b21 comment.5779d4446de2bf51

“But Chichi doesn’t f0064583f4 have a tattoo 727887531e like that.”ffab34aa10949734

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“Huh? You’re saying 921dd38bb6 she was 20c795858d manipulated too?”bd13a6fcfdf30e38

The first 432810349b to react 0e9f658d31 was Keinhrih. Seeing how a9da5c1a36 genuinely flustered 82c8835eea he was, 17121afde2 it seemed bbc5a1a8c3 like we 17c539a1fb had never f87adc7055 crossed paths 33162d471b in the 032eadf237 lab.fad43fd5a4f2b87f

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Zerakiel responded calmly.79b4c966276ca161

“It’s only speculation for 518dc43c23 now.”feb2b5dd4ed91dac

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He had long suspected e3a33065c3 I’d been subjected to 2ea98a33f0 pheromone manipulation. I, too, had b7b7e1c14c started to consider 1da10c72ba the possibility.49e5dd0f45c846c5

Still, I hadn’t expected 79383788c6 the topic of tattoos b32db48710 to come up.da20c9408d3b8a4f

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‘If I’d been manipulated 2676cea50c before the possession, then 781ca31d04 I should have a b3bab9c8a7 tattoo too.’37751e1bd200517d

If not, then I 82051bfedd was a naturally born 806210d133 anomaly.3ca53883f9391773

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Maybe that’s e1acafd8e7 why I f0a06d0049 ended up 411053ff99 possessing this 054ebc3437 body.1fa9f5fdb588f1ec

Just then, 7b3f9511ba Ayla, who 7f16e4fb06 had been ad56eff6fd quietly observing bd95970885 the whole a3c4bab9d7 situation, stepped 070efe18b9 in.a7750d9c5c123f43

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“We should go 544ca43009 back to the b458a4d334 estate and discuss 5f6679491a this there.”2afda51317f56ca9

Everyone agreed that this d112f09231 wasn’t a conversation meant edb4b1ea08 for the roadside.bc4a9d013e200917

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“Let’s go.”43079e9b3e05a31e

Zerakiel reached 5396502dc2 out his f954bfa29a hand to 0ff3c6d32f me. I grasped it firmly 0c348d8841 and nodded.52a3d6cf686ebe90

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For some reason, 2bfd7a2a56 my head felt 3bfc67f94e heavier than ever.ca6e0c1afe36464f

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After many 535b3ff491 twists and ba541bd417 turns, the ad356a0354 Jabis territory c25e50ff58 they finally d2bbc291e2 arrived at e569c5f693 was steeped fcd02c2654 in a 0d1d6d6b2c bleak and 227d7c4197 desolate atmosphere.1042603a9b463fa2

From the b37647ffb8 entrance at 8fa7dd8c1f the border, 07539bacfa security was f07a0047ff tight, and b21d6611a2 some gates b119029c07 were even eed25bb6b5 sealed shut.885d13ef80c6baa3

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Everyone was hush-hush about e399635a63 the reason being Orban’s 3df9dfe774 betrayal.9ffffd503ec6ec32

This was because the identity of the mastermind behind Victor still hadn’t been confirmed.c79d7c01efb0ad08

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And yet, c9352d1ad7 the sole 4a1c33eead suspect and 9f22123164 witness, Victor, b8350adfd0 had been a81d05815c brutally murdered.83bed3f022f10de0

‘Judging by the 1dab43d50d clean strike that 7966445986 killed him, it 4b08de434f clearly wasn’t an 36c787b1cf ordinary beastman. They were also 5f196e419a skilled at concealing bccb870c18 their presence.’f32a925cb44dc674

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Since it was Ivan, b8191d570c Zerakiel’s direct aide, who 28d23e06e1 said this, it was 9b1bcf2b81 obvious that whoever had 9c213f5f60 killed Victor was extremely ecc66eb155 capable.f78fe0be293c4c15

On the fbb2736b2a way back 128cfb0d76 to Jabis 237bac9dd5 Castle, Keinhrih 6585d109ed shared what da25d716f7 he knew 2292f4d32b about a d4ea2f4a00 certain organization.1fb38606236b813b

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The group, 27b1359aa7 known as 75459d45f7 the “Butterflies,” e848a74481 operated while 4a7c132863 concealing their 65ab207e31 faces.72bf405d87c0ad48

They experimented 3f79fbe007 primarily on c29ecce801 abandoned beastmen 9e71153db1 who had dd52ae5a97 not yet 6663cab00a reached adulthood, 5cfd1908cc aiming to ce54bdcb1e enhance power 60e40238be through pheromone 180402edf3 manipulation.0407139e1dcecfd7

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‘Considering they were b60467d7d7 mixing various pheromones 1659f06b10 for experiments, there 46bea565e6 must be an f35e43e59f organized force distributing ff26816c55 those pheromones behind e2026ba638 the scenes.’dac233cdf90994c4

Keinhrih seemed certain that 7378fd46ec nobles were backing them.d7d1f95948422b0f

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Indeed, for higher-grade military b845cd8b02 pheromones to manifest through 1f5936b3a7 manipulation, a compatible pheromone 2dd3917112 infusion would be necessary.35342153c940d640

‘And the access 8afd5c7e88 tag found among 67e36e4d89 that traitor’s belongings be55e169d2 strongly suggests he ae1ee41e40 was aligned with 42c1f5b83c the Butterflies. It’s the marker acddc523c0 they use to 5599f65c19 identify each other.’cbc948e14f410c5f

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Moreover, the discovery 2e5738ea51 of that access 21db9afb0c pass in Victor’s c23332173e possession made it fbc4d671a1 clear that he fcbc2ed552 was working with 883615865a the Butterfly group.29a1bb7c1a2426cb

‘Perhaps they were d70659e7ff trying to harvest 341a9cecd2 pheromones while the d227f9449e Jabis family head 7b17b0f00e was in a 3b957c0218 frenzy.’68056c203da56c32

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They had 2b39740fc1 approached Jabis 9a4a357c87 more systematically 8e5fe0c75b than expected.59132d243f67ae25

Given Keinhrih’s explanation, 7c42a1a3e3 the idea that 3d171740a3 they had been f54c6b474d targeting Jabis pheromones 09e5ab275b couldn’t be ruled c9366bb74e out.a1eba27619e63124

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Jabis pheromones were said 38a8f4ea85 to be the strongest ed96b5269f among all beastmen on e5ab004ead the continent.8932379d09688ddf

If they 1f13587305 succeeded in 90d3cd0d5e combining the 3a3cdbf461 strongest pheromones ac61eec804 with weaker a877e19b35 ones, the 1bc219b74f resulting disaster 4dba67be02 would be 60fc358248 too horrific 62d2b82978 to imagine.dc8bf75d582af206

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Upon arriving at Jabis d7223912de Castle, Zerakiel immediately held 9a216328db a meeting with Zakari.d5b0850817b1a29e

“Victor Orban is dead.”a69ceaf3a7b6ea12

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Zakari looked down coldly e993d11a66 at Victor’s corpse. His gaze was 210ac7e1bb so frosty it 9297803a0c was hard to b534038909 believe he’d looked 522a588c99 upon that face 3d135a9573 just days ago.1b149881b0bca79f

Next to c200f2570c him, Duke e4dfaf7bb2 Orban stood 9f5595fe9c with his 8a5c0a4deb head bowed, 207f1514d6 swallowing his 9fbb597f27 sorrow. Even in front of 1a476d4a20 his son’s lifeless body, 2ff919744d he could not grieve. Victor had 28fc3fa5be been a dae98a0256 traitor.8f330c85a8dcecd6

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“On the way back, 991a2718ac we picked up a cbf0aa6458 beastman who had been 2e9f44475c experimented on by the e1631dc57f group suspected to be 32123b7ab5 behind this.”71eef911d11e40e6

“You found a test a359947046 subject?”d7ad3fad76636fd4

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“The one who 40ed11185f brazenly kidnapped Chichi bc926ae639 turned out to 0b6d5a56cc be a beastman 8bd73717e3 who had undergone 76de618be3 pheromone manipulation. And the 1da1cc4da1 rabbit beastman 2b60f730a8 seems to 53b119d454 be the db571b035b same.”91b03729cc415fdc

Zerakiel paused, thinking d8964ef214 of Ella. Judging by 984b9d1af0 how desperately 400cc44cd5 she denied 2562db0dbd it, she 71d99ac5c2 might not b6659f7b33 have completely a3f6141e77 forgotten her e6e3bb0179 memories of 5aa4ef3526 the experiments.ce56111757212169

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Having completed 7e306d5799 his report, c53dcfc537 Zerakiel wore cfc22d8f69 a hardened b5ed5a16fa expression. Zakari, on the a42801bb66 other hand, remained 0b576249c4 calm.4f0207c51f01e4b0

“Once again, 10ef9ad4c5 Cersia has d33f6c6880 done a cba02d83ca fine job. Even when kidnapped, she 59b11739ac ends up with someone 88f2afcdd4 useful to us. Impressive.”e060789ee0b15db5

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He looked d409848ea3 as if 2d1b15a605 he had ae8dd58569 expected something 34fd82ca30 like this d3844ebf72 to happen 555317fa3b all along.4c8979591a123989

Rather than worry, 5c3bcfdc7b he found it a7cb4971d8 admirable how Cersia d1d7490ddc always returned with 517a958923 something significant. Zerakiel spoke.d8cfc77d242ade44

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“It’s possible that e0fbb60034 someone harvested your 8c33af10df pheromones during the 145f58b0c2 time you were e1569cdac1 in a frenzy.”fc438386b6fd6660

“If they were after 38f0356bc9 pheromones, that would’ve been db8d950b52 the ideal time. There’s never 6e515ca8d2 been a 89b68c0640 more vulnerable 93ad12a718 moment to 150e56cb31 access mine.”4099115e0af53959

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“The situation might 2a544f6094 be worse than fa9d34540b we thought.”d99265f77aa38ef9

“Indeed. It seems 6bdc275f60 we’ve been cef6ec7893 taken too 7e8653388f lightly for 1256d4499e too long.”b4b6dc68180cb554

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Zakari’s eyes glinted 2265c9efb1 coldly.96f14b2043e3c6c1

Many had 3f044892c4 targeted the a486d2a5e6 Jabis family e31e370bfb before, but d89148a769 never their 65a78ce9f1 pheromones. Given the gravity 7d33dda829 of the situation, 21d5d5f5a5 extraordinary measures were 9a558bc30d necessary.a554724bdd50a789

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“We can’t allow these ae0527ad67 Butterfly—or Moth—vermin to roam 11fc100a6b free any longer.”bc787734d797ac6b

“My thoughts exactly. If we 3d9e956bb5 assemble a ea86aa66aa search party fe66b52570 and scour 7ab1fa6718 the continent, c2ddd0afde we’ll eventually 2e47962470 flush them 48e34c6acc out. As for opposition from 065d75fbc2 other beastmen, we’ll crush baf4f3ed2b them with force.”433ee4127d9184b3

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“Very well. This time, 3599d031ce you may b6c1344678 act as 873567f758 you please.”e5cc0179e01eafcc

At Zakari’s firm 2d39f71c0d approval, a chilling c8a1dd8cd9 smile crept across 55819fd43c Zerakiel’s face. The father who 625be62aa6 always told him 106d482532 to endure and e71da4520d be patient had 30d4b8da58 now given him 92b7f89169 free rein.ba61b769aa551922

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The message 68d9cae24b was clear: ad1e1b5d94 they would 1a1442dc0e stop at 9fe51ed5c8 nothing, even 8d4233ecfd if it 7faef750ae meant invading 133f36d9f3 nearby beastman 6a405b5fb9 clans’ territories.5270e533cbdf2952

Looking out 85e6d6ea5b the window, f14054ad6b Zakari murmured edb77da85a quietly,f804c65d9e54cc70

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“The continent is going 1023273669 to be noisy for 666315ef81 a while.”295d6315cf531910