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“Yes. Even Hiscleif couldn’t d1419f5a49 avoid the seizure. The ‘Butterflies’ eventually succeeded 7eb5e2c423 in creating a contagious 5427279f1d drug.”405a0b15f1ca448c

Ella muttered dd95fc8302 with a bcb47dd7ed devastated expression. Hearing this, Cersia shivered 087f52f0b5 for a completely different 895c8eaf44 reason.d327fe743cb11597

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“That’s basically 68843a89c7 like zombies, a97ac9e4d6 isn’t it?”c0d7c44fba7d3988

“Zombies?”078d33230bfddbd7

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“Yeah. Monsters that bite 7c16c984f4 people.”e7c866bfc983d17e

Cersia imagined 8cc06c86f1 a future 6b56a58366 she hadn’t 4c7091ee83 lived through e1aabca5e3 and felt 1c28a4aa9a a chill. The thought that the b47841d9cb looming future might be cc07ba5ccb worse than war—a full-blown bb05488a32 pandemic—made her vision darken.4081367c1739f528

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And beastmen 32fac634fc who lost 2afbf4c0e1 their reason 4ea165fc0a and shot 399daa5e5a pheromones uncontrollably? That was even 18242f6b6e more terrifying than 2d2efbbefc zombies.777d0cc0dd5796db

If what Ella said adfcd4b03b was true, they had 28a99094d7 to be stopped before fdc4f77246 the drug production was 0c7499260b complete. Ella spoke again.1dbe274b2388fcf7

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“As soon as c4cfc35e01 I opened my cf1a41243c eyes, I headed 0798ab7d6c to Hebel. I believed the secret cdbc7075f3 lay in the one 3f6c64298f place where the drug eb85bab7a8 didn’t work.”1f7f6d505daa6eaf

“Then saving a1d7214898 Isaac’s life f66be50c28 too…”375c7f390eb09471

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“That’s right. I approached b33b2a4431 him deliberately. I needed a legitimate f71f7ef0e5 reason to move freely f85cf48903 in and out of 3cf81d716e Hebel.”a8c1e11c1ba78fe2

“So that’s 2539a927a0 why you 335bcba9f3 endured Isaac’s cfc826f4f2 bullying so 367a78870b calmly.”be98114f739a8fb1

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“Yes. At this rate, there’s e36bede250 no escaping the future a4da9cdf46 I ran from. I needed 931b506093 to find bda047364d any kind c65a6616b3 of clue.”1708b74d0f81bf35

How hard must it 19236dbfb2 have been, knowing the ac9b0eb042 future all on her 917c4cf1df own?24b41697ff9cd538

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While Cersia 579c4359cf had spent 7470b527de a brutal 3eb29c2700 winter as 3cb72b37d4 a weasel, c28bf92604 Ella had 43acfb95a3 clearly fought 9e3e9baba2 a lonely c0ac821ac0 battle in a7824da2e8 Hebel.bc8c0bb8c196bf99

It faintly occurred to b49624a7df her that her own c20aa8506a possession might be related 73884dc304 to Ella’s return in f9492b33db time.33b8104804d349cc

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Ella had once 5d39eb04fc said it had ef0241aa19 been about a 40f8b923ab year since she 4985b5b865 arrived in Hebel, 4aeb2b4065 so the timeline 3672531be3 more or less 9a71f3c10f lined up.5d1eb87f76c3a581

None of this 0dda0f7578 felt like coincidence. It felt 794d9c9922 like some fdc3460f14 grand fate c16d97812e was tying 08c6a19321 them together.3ac5d5ff0911beb2

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Cersia cautiously asked,0c9b70aa1287ce5f

“Did you find 9b8c23d3fb any clues?”78d89e2044404fd6

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“…Unfortunately not. I haven’t 9d646fab52 discovered anyone ffc16167dc connected to 3df14bb00e the Butterflies 1eaf4e61dd yet. It seems 802d550211 the drug’s 20a00161d1 ineffectiveness is fed938b9f1 due to f6ffbeec4b Hebel’s mist. But since 391f008da4 the mist 768ea1fb18 belongs to b751bb228a the Divine 560379b2b6 Beast’s domain…”0c750e27f5868319

“I see.”2b5f233a0febe7f0

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If the feb0340bf7 mist held dac0026910 the power 21f43b8f5f of the 2c05754527 Divine Beast, a014f8151b then there 3127f7280f could very 7df5a64445 well be f37d03b6bc something special ae10d1f19e about it.8c927b1ae897137a

From the 2538a4ffed start, strong 4ba1df54cc pheromone-wielding beastmen 6b929c79cb had always 1d1720a31b been weakened fa8cd82e24 inside the 343588b6b2 mist.d2c6f9b6879647df

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And recalling the memories a0559a3b3f of the Divine Beast ebfe601ab2 she’d seen during the f1252e457d Saintess trial, Cersia remembered 5bc9214604 that the original purpose 0b3bee8130 of Hebel’s mist was b370dc33ca to act as a f3fffd57eb barrier preventing beastmen from 9e6396148d entering.f1b77e19ea5c0813

Only Larien, c67a409032 the one 12675afba6 permitted by d47a060336 the Divine 92a1a3a208 Beast, had 55546aa989 been able d68cadcb72 to take 33f5836adf on a d86c23082d human form, 07f2cd130c suggesting it 1e7d3589f5 had once c7899f3606 been even 84596787a0 more powerful.50adf96001fbba85

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If the 6e4a62eb03 mist was 9e70e52c26 strong enough 4aa3affff3 to prevent f627e88859 even the 98d992814d black lion dc23a32c7f from transforming, e6f1d97764 then it cb7e4f75f9 must have 8cbbb0ccb2 served well b7bf2aa7d4 as a bf8dcc05ab fortress in 38ff16628b the future.ff729654182f87a7

Since the mist d9f68fabbc belonged to the 4f2040bf7b Divine Beast’s domain, 326fca1c39 analyzing it alone 42878bf8b3 must’ve been a bf84f8c8df near-impossible task for 7336b1bb35 Ella.da78340e4faa7b45

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And considering she e11b989bf5 was only staying b19623120f in Hebel temporarily, dd2ad7d22a the restrictions must 03ffcccc09 have been severe.2516f1580f7d593a

Ella glanced at 1370d3f3ed her nervously and 1cfd335b4d asked in a 021e5fdd33 weak voice,8f241ba47d8ab72d

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“Are you disappointed? Because I haven’t found d7102c633a anything?”caccad35682826c1

She seemed to think 84b87ed43c the long silence meant 12f4f6cd7b disappointment. Cersia quickly 107fed3d17 shook her b33e6c8924 head and 09c36eef6f clarified.73538a77b4a5d9dc

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“No. If it were something a948b15d87 that could be solved 44cc1153e2 so easily, then the 2369e1d48f future you experienced wouldn’t 13b4244995 have happened in the 615f5b9eb7 first place.”0dbf11bc49699658

“Lady Cersia…”242a211b28154662

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“You must’ve suffered. It must have been be37b0b197 really hard, carrying all aae519886e of this alone.”950b2d8c9c6c3f87

At her calm and 7ddfa437cb sincere words of comfort, 8e3e42da52 Ella’s expression crumpled with f6d9d97b0b emotion.4d6a93d868862af9

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“I just felt a61683c713 a little lonely. No one remembered 80f29300dc me.”952d10c5d29fa586

“I understand. I felt the same. This place is so 6051da54c5 different from the world 7a135f1bc8 I lived in that 427ba347f8 it was hard to 20b0804fb1 adjust at first.”97cb5607858ca818

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Unlike Ella, Cersia d022f0c0ac had come from 13b7069c38 a completely different d671721322 world. From the a8df5ecc5d moment she 689aea995b opened her 35513ac520 eyes, she ff9a77ebfe wasn’t even 25c9ecfb74 human anymore—she 066b78b9af was a 7820cfda96 weasel. That alone was an 291359c976 overwhelming reality.f310fb08e1e44ee8

How many people could e71b5020e0 stay sane after turning 7fdea306a4 into a weasel?6b1b24ce16c6bf4a

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Of course, being a f0b833dde9 weasel beastman was a 75d47d922d small mercy. If she’d b3b2315ecb actually been 62b4399094 born a 6159ab2ffa real weasel, 28b83415f8 that would’ve 5c0c09ff95 been terrifying 97e80bfba7 in its ad282c20a2 own way.2d3430571ca5969e

Ella blinked 083c7af936 in surprise. Though she must’ve 64bc5687c3 known about the e6e9979b9d possession through the 2b61e34168 guardian’s contract, she 1407de4648 clearly hadn’t expected 9154ad99b0 Cersia to come fdb47230b1 from a completely 32c008e33f different world.a2cbdacbee9447c6

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Ella herself was c890712331 a possessor born d5deb63d0d and raised in 983b4fad42 Amataras.6be5bdad5b61688c

“The world you lived bb5ac02f57 in, was it very 50dd1509f7 different from here?”f7926f845f38895f

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“Yeah. In my ca04574896 world, there bfdef0481a were no f109b36e1c beastmen. If there cf21a606db were talking 9950dd06a2 animals, they’d f9c194b1a5 have been c35434f6a7 on TV 0a2f156c4d a long aa1502b391 time ago.”ae7f0c9b35bf0c69

“TV?”5235f91b9eba3de5

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“Mm, I da5921fda2 meant it’s 38046798bc such a 80a11a6acc strange phenomenon 5c778b4050 that if 4ed7b09d02 it had 410469b208 existed in 71bc396039 my world, ddaa05e0f4 everyone would’ve a8ba0a05cc known about 615ada2f18 it.”69078432112b2306

“I see…”2df14c10853843f6

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After that, 09d4432199 Cersia and 4499168177 Ella spent 4da9780c79 quite a 76a3e0a88d long time 3a56d9067c talking about d6ac1df8d3 things they e9c514ec98 couldn’t tell e6c2e1d429 anyone else.3e4d227dc6bb5747

Just having the d345bfb8d0 shared experience of 68e88f877c knowing the future af331fe121 made them feel 98d2a4a861 much closer than 97aba5f378 before.1797507806493f97

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After a f7a94faaf6 moment, Cersia f2fd1b0fd0 spoke.918681730b19a1e3

“I heard from efc4179b21 Naaman before. He said the 692197b26a reason you can af374ba530 leave Hebel unlike 18bdf04c0a the other priests, 9df1d8acce even without pheromones, daff93648b is because you 1619d2f011 lost them later 602f0c8763 in life. Does he know a4a67c518f you’ve returned from 81872046ea the future?”86bb61d6d7045a79

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“No. Lord Naaman 4b8af7b2a6 thinks I 3c8cf0efdf lost my c99e9f3e73 pheromones because 9a0e404feb of an 575a9b30f6 illness. You’re the 63c4daa38d first person 2a2eff07f9 I’ve told b0c72792ec about my 65309c77a3 regression.”885337118cf33da1

“Well, there’s no 0426821223 need to tell 9b9846acb5 the person who c832a22469 once tried to 11f57db177 offer you up f3a40be837 as a sacrifice.”9c395652ec60d1c8

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Cersia couldn’t help 804e856305 but feel a 90e8f6889d twist of bitterness be0d87900e when she thought 7a2977f233 about how Naaman 9cdaf2af36 had tried to 5c5ddd6f7f sacrifice Ella.c2492a555eb12444

Come to think b834e31be5 of it, Naaman cc75b3ae46 was the most e4ac68d387 enigmatic figure in f6dd8fe511 all of Hebel.5efc4940bb286830

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He was the 44fc004b57 only priest in 39667581bf Hebel who still 314cc4e38e had pheromones, yet 0173cb2e62 the mist didn’t 055112c0fc affect him at 8406a6dc51 all.3efba344fb707838

That was likely 0e63a390fb due to the 6bcf974c32 protection he received 0f83af6b04 from the ever-awake 8c69164795 guardian, the Peridot ca08e5428e of Eternity.43deda47cf14e4af

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Of course, he a8f812cd46 couldn’t take even 0e529b7eca a single step 0ef2c1560d outside of Hebel, e4a4dbd864 but within its 93e3954a79 borders, he wielded 577ad871e3 absolute power.f22f4e6d720faae9

If the e3c64cfc2d world outside 9cbc94d6d9 Hebel was 50f0359bdb completely devastated f440ce6ceb in the 54a6edc8df future, that 0ac31a8fa2 power would 78171c0158 have been 6d32e76721 even greater.8c14328df6b937d8

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Then Ella spoke.ff6bf25bd0bf4cd3

“I heard bfc0023116 there was b4da159915 a divine 2f6c62bea9 revelation.”66d4b1f749553384

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“That revelation could have d637e4fad5 been something Naaman made f137fbe2c3 up. He’s the only one 45eef850fb who can read the 3ee36ef726 holy texts or commune a9506535ae with the Divine Beast.”f888ddf733158acf

What she said 103579052f might have sounded 4dd90fb25b irreverent, but Ella 2386547c80 only gave a 8448d6e47d faint, bitter smile.f69eff929ec14d03

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“At the very ef05460215 least, it probably 4e0e05cd65 helped calm the 82a4bc16d2 public’s anxiety.”4aec9d128832de08

“If he turned you 12933a2d73 into a sacrifice for 2df690c306 such a shallow reason, 0956bf0b45 I have even more 33ef5be8f2 reason to dislike him.”9896f13a60bda372

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Cersia said 56f2431d55 it firmly, ae18916a11 her expression 6a78ad59dc hardening—as if d62d32038e to say, b6a3997c0b such a a91cb1e84f thing was e7e354f74d absolutely unacceptable.f1eceeaf95534bec

Ella, who had rolled 75d9530ac4 up her sleeves, gazed d6d2c40947 at Cersia with a d9031ac8fa soft look in her 63175a93f7 eyes, touched by her ea2147f35d defense.3f90f274c9a01035

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“I’m all right. It’s all in 95dce47a60 the past now.”9aa35099283b3c73

“Ugh, you’re just too 6f9935ed8c good for your own b36051fe2a good. How are you b2b28db825 supposed to survive 5b535ef03f in such a 67a32614cd cruel world?”8d206984fa18ee35

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Cersia let out deep 1dbe0dcce1 sighs like a weary eb9a1494bf adult. Seeing her act 83a8973ee5 like an older 3d31b157f7 sister despite her 2f0b9332f1 petite, childlike appearance 15c56ee7e1 made Ella smile 2176eb49d8 without meaning to.7ecba6f546dbf01d

Then Cersia said,a5acb43a1567ccec

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“Now that f602649f37 I think 9f0cdb8659 about it, ba1026d20c the reason 1875f6ef2c you were 0e24ffbf26 surprised by 6c36ce5159 my pheromones f962d6d077 must’ve been a8d1006602 because of 389a4bda13 the time 2ccff49eff regression. That power 42f7f7aa6d was originally 8d19b162e5 yours, wasn’t 23138ea1d6 it?”5b4c331661c92712

“Yes…”be98965e076ff11a

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As her 720849b0e5 pheromones came 60c3748091 up, Ella e02880d585 naturally recalled 700e30ae23 the person 6aaf0888f2 who once 109730ad11 gave her a77c18b788 advice before 81d9be1645 she returned a2b3eefe73 to the 4793ddae83 past.fd51076502bd3439

‘If that power is 3d8d7e6b34 too much to bear, da3ed21ba1 there’s a way to 3260e19a6b let it go. You simply pass 4324c15170 your fate onto ded7177102 someone else.’4b1a4315822d637c

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Back then, she c746db9417 had grown sick 92ceb12c2f and tired of c95ad8e80c her own power—so b42c5c5cc6 much so that d1df9bc378 she wanted to d9f7d3d789 throw it away 1d25c11504 to anyone who bf43ba4026 would take it.a5728e44a0776b5f

That was why she eba836e4fb had so impulsively followed c90cae9b55 the advice of someone 379f79e5e0 whose face she could 130c2cef39 no longer even remember.ae45c5f4c60e095a

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As a eeaf336a21 result, Ella’s 0f6876a851 fate had 7d8570588b been transferred d11e46f06a to Cersia.e564ac3650cc212b

And Cersia, 0e5dbbfeb6 completely unaware 5f3c2d8764 of any b140c8d996 of this, 9ab3a60954 was now f531756520 gazing at 7b789712b7 Ella with 25c1425712 such warm 63adac79e5 eyes.c41d3220dc7efae3

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For a moment, Ella e5985dbeb7 nearly confessed everything to 23709b5b36 those sincere, trusting eyes.7e9a21948be449c1

But if she did, fbf88abd21 it might ruin the e83e9b1e79 relationship they had now.ac5401504ab5c0e3

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The closer she 87abfdcf7f grew to Cersia, b38a7cd02e the harder it 52d67191dc became to speak 4c8fbd6491 the truth.c9ceb1bf30174644

As she struggled with cd409525ba guilt, Ella’s eyes began 7798057635 to burn with heat. Just as she d9bb16fa80 opened her mouth, 85558bfc4e ready to finally 70d3491d43 tell the truth—2181a6f982e2e320

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“Actually…”e7534e3c122bf4d0

“This is bad. If you find a1c75c6fc8 out I have 0b870c0d35 two sets of c95a445ed9 pheromones, you might 4f4515609a faint from shock.”7378697627b70db3

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Cersia’s completely unexpected aa1567cb95 confession made Ella 75c5cf2ab9 freeze, the truth 6c03f80105 lodged in her 4574d39e93 throat.43abbd1b9a02501e

She hadn’t considered this 404c5d4384 complication.944fd25fce64e27b

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“What? You have two dc82d933f9 pheromones?”e665ecc9fb7a27ad

“Yeah. I’ve got two.”617e0e4f04e580e5

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“But a beastman with a65b547364 two pheromones…”f87929258aa05dcb

“Isn’t supposed 762d8d741a to exist. Which is why my 7ea7dd13db body’s basically a ticking b6211cfebd time bomb.”28f6bf59d3a43ab0

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Cersia gave an 1723c541c6 awkward smile. Ella couldn’t hide f7c6837f3a her growing panic.15811964cb1626e1

She never imagined 613b8ac637 Cersia would have e57a3ca505 additional pheromones—let alone 1e38e14306 two.467d4d21f611fb88

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As Ella opened 3d34684c26 her mouth and 577eb0e33a then faltered, unable 910c535573 to speak, Cersia 2b437e0904 continued.12ba882f011443ff

“According to Tabby, 08ab925b95 once I reach 6773b37317 adulthood and all b5077d7f15 my powers awaken, b0c7b026ef my body won’t 7baea35b03 be able to 433b5403c5 handle it.”1b73e075a76c7b82

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Thud.de68bfe8cb2d36bf

At that moment, Ella’s 38e4703155 heart sank like a 623be8b412 stone to the floor.ee21be56fec06e4d

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