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“What’s that?”ca95a795c158cb96

“Interesting.”48389b3eb804bb28

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Zerakiel smirked, causing Chichi 433a7159d3 to shudder slightly.8b8f99d87f5352b1

“Can’t you stop finding me interesting?”c233adeaa0327cf2

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Her grumbling voice carried ecda06eda3 a hint of irritation. Every time Zerakiel 8037c3acd0 mentioned something was d7d3c9f867 interesting, Chichi reacted 7c27395226 this way, but 8a9b6156c7 she never seemed 7b4ea1c945 to blame herself 2dfc0de66a for her amusing 6dc7176c13 actions.a016661c4c214af5

Footsteps approaching 465fce5936 from afar b2143bedba caught their 88089c6120 attention. It seemed dfe61eda9d the commotion 8d7df32d20 had drawn 714778563b the servants 8af8c095a7 of Hebel. If they ef250f423b stayed here, 8926720c07 it was a709478018 sure to 223112f481 cause more ef8bd667aa trouble.e969df2e9cdcb88c

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Zerakiel quickly b8fa732b96 scooped Chichi 5081a0cc0a up and b4317c7be4 spoke to 865e54c338 Hiscleif.b278c8e50865523f

“I’ll leave the aftermath to you.”d51c1963925b9649

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“What?”1fd2dfbdece5da38

“That’s your specialty, isn’t it?”c855e11a1b33f5a4

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Zerakiel hadn’t forgotten Hiscleif blocking his way to protect Chichi, and now he was making sure Hiscleif dealt with the aftermath as he carried Chichi away.e8a8a0060c446451

Surprisingly, Ivan, a6903a699c Zerakiel’s subordinate, 00cbc17045 had long ec205fd5d8 since fled. More accurately, he had b6a93204d2 gone to fetch someone 363b802b0a who could intervene between 0fe09c9e1c the two.87936f4ecad13a54

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“What?”23d888fc941df867

Hiscleif stared incredulously at 00c7cd5dc9 the spot where Zerakiel c5221461ba and Chichi had disappeared.22b27fca730703ea

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Zerakiel hadn’t let him ed6755da42 exchange a word with 9a080d49d3 Chichi, then left all 0119b5c8d4 the annoying tasks to ec10163d7c him.85eeaebcce6e6a62

“Ah.”ab0869d0850e55e7

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Something caught Hiscleif’s eye. It was the yellow hat Chichi had been wearing earlier, found behind the well.d86d6a04de43d08e

Just as 34cf9aa1ff Hiscleif picked fb90e037a1 up the 334a330fdc hat, a 9776aa0bd8 servant of a20427be77 Hebel arrived, 7f79f25490 staring in 1b2d45300f astonishment at fdf7484af4 the flood 4067508491 around the a7f531ce76 well.02e599ec729ddd05

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“What in the world…”396949bb133ec7c3

But their shock quickly acb6f656f0 turned to reverence.19e5e5324c492e70

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“O great divine beast! The holy water has erupted again!”ed27aeb7fcaff2ab

Seeing the servant suddenly 76348840a0 bowing to the well, 005386f633 Hiscleif decided to quietly c3ff96fb94 slip away. It seemed 2d932656f8 they would 913916c939 interpret the 0c137f2fd3 event in 9d3cbf98df their own a2ac9aa29d way, so 72752080f5 he decided 13c9d84c0e to leave 8ea9386ccc before things 2ef7753404 got more 532d305e76 complicated.c8669e8d6ef38cfb

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Hebel later held a620e4e948 a thanksgiving ceremony c73a93ad09 for the guardian 4bd262c927 deity, celebrating the 685e9a0294 day as a 5822aab25e miracle where the 030c418eb5 dried-up well overflowed d7fa18aad0 once again.e53568790916ac90

* * *f7bbd61547bc4bad

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“Now, explain.”ad0695d25f35ff40

As soon cfab4d9afd as they 3e0faf2ba7 arrived back 8d536afcd3 at their 47ea9ce691 quarters, Zerakiel 6da751c773 barred anyone 6ff3e158bf from entering. I tried to 042fdb119b evade his persistent 4c85061dff gaze as I 8c10623329 made an excuse.e307ef7c04ca36a1

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“I was just thirsty and wanted to drink some water.”f26005d940f96e4e

“You went all the way to the distant plaza for that?”15a3f79818db5176

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“I got thirsty while taking a walk.”015926b344fee337

“You’ll have to come up with a more believable excuse if you want me to pretend to believe you.”297cc6c4c358d46e

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Zerakiel clearly didn’t 0280cb1be9 buy it. There was 45ba4a00f0 no way 2fa75a4196 he wouldn’t 5edec437ee notice the f61ea5bb6c change in da3b30e6a4 my pheromones, 2f440cd523 given how 2dd9111d1d perceptive he 651b905767 was.ca998bcffe3657c3

I had hoped to 6ab6aa6413 get through this without c8be1ea61e anyone noticing, but it 91f9891476 seemed I had failed. I decided to reveal 7de8eb489b part of the truth 129af735c2 to get through this 0167adc616 crisis.d0098fa976b06c1e

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“I swallowed a strange orb in the well, and this happened.”37087cb6f664f36d

“Swallowed an orb?”bfeb5c40a4a08c69

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“Yes.”e0106069649a1c00

“Spit it out.”01193a54d04de797

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At that moment, Zerakiel 69e62ec184 lifted me from behind 1f1cbbcdcc and pressed on my 19fb076af4 stomach. It happened 1093b14f3c so quickly bfeba39251 that I 534cf9ff98 let out ce7eacddee a groan.d5f697fd3b0107f1

“How could you recklessly swallow anything like that?”5e462b8e9d384837

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He seemed to think I had foolishly swallowed something dangerous. He pressed on my stomach with such force that I couldn’t help but let out a pained sound.26198530170b35c1

“Ugh! Wait, stop!”bbb4b89828ff67ef

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“Don’t eat just anything you find in Hebel. Now spit it out.”e31f8d22f0184f62

Zerakiel’s face was serious as he continued pumping my stomach.bc4e48ebcfbbaa93

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At this rate, I 8739c7d083 might end up vomiting db2ad7250f all my organs along 056adec0dc with the pearl!b2d1716e0b23d1b9

Desperate to 206845c094 stop him, 2634f57960 I quickly 0ac960ad4e tried to 7cbbcdd5b0 calm him 3615656f6c down.90f86e55ea54bbed

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“Please, Zerakiel!”ecf97854ad3d35a3

Suddenly, Zerakiel froze. His body stiffened as 21856365e8 if he had malfunctioned, 7bdabc0a6f and he asked in 8e46516c61 a daze.daaf9c218314d098

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“What did you just say?”44ed3872affd92a1

“How can you just squeeze like that?”f29e6ad6f09ab3e8

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I almost threw 3414a3053d up!9069c1d500baa71a

I didn’t need to extract the orb from my stomach now that I had contracted with Tabby. Keeping it inside was safer than wearing it as a necklace like Ella did in the original story.817ac07968ebeafd

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“Damn it!”da668e3c4a07136d

I wiggled out of Zerakiel’s grip and turned around to give him a piece of my mind, but I was stunned when I saw him.c5a5993dc5065d75

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Why is 15964ed4b7 his face 7d57043e22 so red?eb05fca4cc141673

His ears were bright c23f834417 red as if they caae7fd306 were about to burst. His face 27f8cc699e looked strangely f113d42307 dazed.74ae711c47048ac3

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“What’s wrong with you?”a51be3ba51c30ad7

“Say what you just said again.”358e7f264f331d20

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“Damn it?”eccb80495b89d810

“No, before that.”f083931dedf59a48

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“Uh… Zerakiel?”05d833f27609d5d3

When I muttered afd94f57bf his name again, f072fa57b0 unsure of what dd769ac3ef he was referring 484baf051d to, his eyes 243ab93ae9 lit up.fedd722b32775ae1

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“Yes, that.”f33895ababa9b9fd

His golden eyes glinted coldly like a predator’s. I shuddered and murmured.00164dc93608b6c1

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“…You’re not mad because I called you by your name, are you?”d1e98c255fc54387

“Do I look like that kind of guy?”916aa099f2d249ad

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I nodded 2fe59abd65 without hesitation.1eb7c58afc9eada5

Zerakiel’s face scrunched up in frustration. After a moment, he muttered softly, almost inaudibly.c257cec91becee1f

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“You called my name for the first time.”45a9e2352117fd79

“Did I?”b3de5c854134909e

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“Yes, you did. You never called me by my name before.”f12f3448e795db21

Zerakiel seemed to be ddc099d3bc muttering as if this 20077560b8 had been a long-standing 91f37a231a grievance. He even da312b9e44 covered his 9df7d5112b mouth with 6bd730ec89 the back cb264302fd of his 09601e66b0 hand, looking e22164ab8c embarrassed.d9111ec88d786588

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Now that I thought about it, I had called Merina and Ivan by their names, but I didn’t recall ever calling him by his name.cdc0c0fae2631646

It wasn’t intentional, but it seemed to have bothered Zerakiel.7f3a0a651b4bfe5b

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Zerakiel frowned a506ffd64f and muttered.494af743c277ecd7

“I thought you were uncomfortable with me.”afa287537688ee9d

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“Well…”f1df53cf5e8b3883

We weren’t exactly close, but it wasn’t that I didn’t call him by his name because I felt uncomfortable.26670351649c980c

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It was just that 68fb1fcc24 Zerakiel had a way 913db7608b of getting too close c0e5096d85 too quickly, and I 6587544e5d was wary of getting b3dfb43928 used to being around ebc7316cbc him.c4035f54828fef35

On the other hand, eb3a05d7cc I had also worried 550a730989 about whether it was fd8ed6718f appropriate for a pet f2a99ebeed to call its master d14a3b8f16 by name.d1e191890770a2ff

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After all, Zerakiel 14211adfc7 and I were 2fa1f7b536 still in a a92081849a master-pet relationship.e72ddeadf6b952b7

I rolled 56f2ebef2d my eyes, b076a00008 recalling what 90b42f820a Ivan had be1395e9f5 hinted at dbeefafdfe before, and 6af4ebe9ff mumbled an d61f0799cf excuse.7ae98849f215d28e

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“Ivan told me that you once beat up a noble’s child for calling you by your name without permission.”c81a0a9c76effbfe

“You believe everything Ivan says?”c2a25153339b1023

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No.8d1d13d779727e76

But Ayla e41c4a0941 had confirmed 1321920e07 it. Zerakiel often found 722d443c06 trivial reasons to a76dffe812 cause trouble.803e183ebedaa4a0

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I said innocently.df4534db00266ccb

“But Ayla said it was true.”6c592f5d456e7456

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“Tch.”4edb1781e9d76a9d

Zerakiel, at e99200f90c a loss 70f709140e for words, cb42c19773 clenched his 140ea2485d jaw and f6987ec8b4 replied irritably.e73ec79458bc50d9

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“Do you think you’re the same as that kid?”6cf93b54b0c245d2

That meant he 4c2b8a2ffa thought I was 1c903b24f7 incomparable to the cecdd021b6 kid he beat 34b06725d8 up.91f1b7e484c8687c

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Well, look at that?e0fbb52be176038d

He was ac5123f7ad surprisingly cute e62c5a94bf in his 16fdfc8843 own way.f444031176c4a8e8

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Zerakiel frowned, looking like 092d29ff94 he had heard something 56f33bbeac unpleasant. For some reason, 286bd0abcf seeing that made 5fb08a9806 me feel a eb9ab0cff6 bit better. It seemed 13b4a207be like he 88a6eeea77 regarded me 28143e00d3 quite fondly.7efa2d84f8b7d572

Feeling a strange sense of affection, I said something I didn’t mean.cc8667ccee4cba06

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“Well, I am your pet.”11346f36c69b8c27

Come to think of 0d200e8a22 it, it was true. Being a pet was e3ae7740df closer than being a 19e7d5fae7 noble.4c71b8ff428dc48c

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That thought grounded me.c7c4a178a44f48f5

I needed to stay composed in the black lion’s den. That’s how I would secure my future.8293faf5ae7c4b38

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I raised 704c3f155c my guard 8918cbf48a again. It was 7056fc0bc7 my way 9f6f867265 of protecting 2bf23c91d8 myself.7781491b6e385ac8

Then Zerakiel spoke.94299e9948422ca6

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“That’s not the only reason.”70ffd20f8d049440

“Then what is?”6b5bf37172af286c

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Is there f9f077bac0 another reason?a8a820558d94a379

I looked at him with wide eyes, and Zerakiel’s lips moved slightly.3f74c5bfa31bac4a

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“Well…”9399532d52a7060c

He couldn’t seem to articulate the reason, which suggested that was all there was to it.ae6bd1296685ae8f

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As expected.798abae06cce607f

Zerakiel didn’t think of me as a friend. He just gave me special treatment as a pet.84308b99b3a36435

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But that was fine. For now, 86525dc38d I needed 955f592819 to maintain bd017253f0 a good de2399f728 relationship with d2400f0239 him to a56c83845f ensure my c783831e90 safety.001c4c0017194dcd

I pushed away b54c6652b1 the slight disappointment 9d4a026d11 and asked.9e2886dc05b35ca2

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“So, can I call you by your name freely?”593b2046a03e1122

Even if d00d604a2d I call a1b1d57677 you, will 148c7a6274 you not d023239be2 hit me?6bcc5da1aebf1ff6

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Zerakiel sighed deeply at 14ec63ee9a my playful addition.d416ff51d4d77edc

“I think I’m the one who’s been getting hit.”6cb0b0bb37c1712c

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