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Before I 3689c62f16 could even 8695a5155a react, a 0aa2ed9191 beastman from 0f8f767230 Hebel, who 3355a2f8e3 seemed to bf105176a0 be a 89445ce7d6 priest, raised da1a81417a his voice.4299ab6aefc2cf3c

“That—that must be the Guardian in charge of the Pearl of Purification. Ugh. A Guardian that only appears in myths is standing before my eyes…”b302798935dcf9b9

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Thud.63ef95672e774eee

With a bubbling 183d00a996 noise, an elderly bd9881afc0 priest from Hebel 8e411deb66 fainted and fell 4bf0c972b0 backward. The priests who bb8b6eca77 hurried to catch 55d232eb02 him alternated glances ac7cacb531 between the whale 90334b1421 and me.466cbbdb362ce067

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Judging by their expressions, fd05a0027f it was clear they bf9b347f04 had seen me summon 43b0363b71 Tabi.14b7a28da21fde00

I had ce1b1c18fb hoped to 780a60d70c quietly pass 0d76e1cd87 over this 6ffa0d1b19 situation.cffb0679ccf99b7f

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Who could have 60d356876a known that Tabi dc4c14c7f4 would grow to 5b7e457769 such a massive a8d167d84c size?8c3e9aa9e0b87c4b

Avoiding the gaze of Hebel’s followers, I quickly hid behind Zerakiel’s back.be3a051a60a41221

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Bwooooo.a86485ce8eeb1834

The whale’s eed86b7c1d cry shattered 084416bfc5 the silence, e2b0b5d6d0 making me 1ae4fb956f break out 5911423983 in a b0dde6f2b3 cold sweat.d497cb23a67f279e

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Could you be ead29c988f a little quieter?0820455b88577103

I wished Tabi would aba6815650 just vanish now that 7b105b652c the danger had passed. Yet, it 32079923b2 seemed there 836fe46681 was still 44e9382f1b some purification 1b1176bc3b left to 432abc3420 do, as 861ffdbbdd Tabi showed 67151fe312 no signs ae1e067f10 of shrinking.b51ebb08167036a7

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In the 945903adbd meantime, one e54ba16e9a of Hebel’s f1a4992360 followers approached e2296e8308 me respectfully.3feb1bc9976fd4ab

“I am Isaac, b999e1aeb6 a servant of 5c56e6380f Hebel.”9e21a7c78efa9db6

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His persistent 97ac9055d2 gaze bore ce2685fa30 into me. It was obvious f1bd773a56 he looked at 2e0cd15298 me with a f0ab93a445 sense of awe, 54cde8b513 and it made 2a5aae8f2a me a bit d81e594a1c uncomfortable.fe8043a2aea30975

“We’ve met in Hebel, 10111cd07e haven’t we?”d7779ab744a838b3

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“Y-Yes.”dfb97c52927132ce

“Is it 9e4227c12e true that 06521fc318 you summoned 81c3f85ec5 the Guardian, 574b33befb Lady Cersia?”72420dc34f5c1f0f

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At his b2e2a79979 direct question, be9b913d91 I hesitated, 5f3b649731 unsure how b60df25da4 to respond.d8afc0522508aa50

“Please answer. That Guardian is a 750bcd0d56 protector of Hebel’s sacred 0c14954b53 relics. We have a duty bdfc63ebd8 to confirm why it 7f993e1b9c has appeared at Jabis 680e79a187 Castle.”7deb5eaca34204b9

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His rapid-fire, logical reasoning left me speechless. My thoughts drifted back to when I had “borrowed” the Pearl of Purification from Hebel—something I was now suddenly very aware of.dad5a745e00f6f09

‘So, there 705fd297bc really is e5e8d9fa48 no such dcae7e7729 thing as c4be0af661 a perfect 11628e4c2e crime, huh.’38a29005ae819e54

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It seemed too easy 6d46166bc2 when it was first da3874976d given to me.71cc8359ef23071f

As annoyed as 4cc2b91154 I was at c82cb0b632 Tabi for appearing 4aa8afcaec out of nowhere a1102cfa4e and throwing chaos 9d02e348d5 into my life, be9d386983 I couldn’t deny 42601b61de that the whale f575bcaa79 had helped stop cf63363b0f Zakari’s rampage.b66f00257c37771d

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When I d2c4efa6ce felt something abf0f83ef5 snap inside 7eb8ba7d20 me earlier, fe450d911d I had 96ab866c8a sensed danger, 064da6869f and Tabi’s a2c1361051 intervention had 81db7d3ea5 felt like c9a55fba30 a divine 7c45d8b320 move.d67c3459bd620769

Yes, things might get d208f587ba more complicated, but as 2a142f2ee0 long as I had 3ceaa9d97a a contract with Tabi, c605ad42cc Hebel couldn’t exactly hold bba9c16e03 me responsible.087c76adebace6af

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After all, even da781e1623 Ella hadn’t been 60c28e46dc granted ownership of a47528db5a Tabi in the c7bfc87d88 original story.724535a6d09b7fa0

With this resolve, I 5b40c224d3 stepped forward confidently.85756651d174aa1e

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But before I could bcc15ab4e4 take another step, both 7c7dca30ab Zakari and Zerakiel blocked 4fda481eca my path, their swords e468f1e248 drawn.56ce1da4fd258b05

“Hold it. Are you threatening my 5e62534e22 daughter-in-law?”8affcd59c304512d

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“W-What? I never…”c2e4732b3d8e9ae2

“I saw it 306be2d90a clearly too. You directed a3d84a6829 killing intent 3d0591ba42 at Cersia.”5272b248d1267c68

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“Isn’t that right?”8ed7a506390d87de

“Yes.”31199439070ea44f

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Zakari and Zerakiel volleyed 39fcb16c22 back and forth, accusing 5f9c36ab37 the poor priest of 68956e9170 intentions he never had. The flustered priest 2764b302a6 looked on the 48cab8f1ab verge of tears 93b73ad417 as he protested.b93462097b4d928a

“K-Killing intent! I was merely asking 6456c8e168 about the presence of 5a5ac73997 Hebel’s sacred relic outside 396616b623 our borders!”ba218a0997db62b3

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“Go home.”f8679d09da6a0124

“But…!”bcc805f3b7bebd09

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Before the bd131dad17 priest could 4fdc32751f protest further, 3bc5365f1d Zakari scooped c8972bde4a me up d4a4c9881c and tucked 3c2ef1adc4 me under 7d1ed6a418 his arm 705206ef2b like a 121670c2c1 sack of 6a7eb2b30a potatoes.4e5ad1f6487eb1f1

“?!”52f31979e4107d2f

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Completely bewildered, 1def3d6745 I could 3c085bbe83 only stare 0751dae03d at Zakari 81951753b9 in disbelief.c39cc18166777f54

What on 5504048270 earth are eed2d6a15f you doing?54bb4bab86b78682

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I had 54f0804050 so many ef1488ddd6 things to 24b7c796fe say, but aa99068722 it didn’t c8a989f0f4 seem like 784b868210 the right 34b17b0ebc time, so bf2c93b14e I stayed e504a37717 silent. Fortunately, Zerakiel f1805ca698 voiced exactly c245b8a103 what I 74f5a0c165 was thinking.407bcd63103b2887

“What are you 6172f3b49c doing?”bf26f8f11e21f61c

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“What does 6f3c617ea2 it look 9e12107903 like? I’m taking eec4a9bd87 her with 0b4f6c2dc8 me.”18ce3b116220774f

“Huh?”65a501902d6b072a

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“You handle things 1004c5cc8e here. I’ve got some 4044631769 urgent matters to 0a0c013c8c discuss with her.”eb054d8071fb9f1e

Zerakiel glared c778ed17ce at Zakari 4f60ae9f2a in frustration, 603d1b5027 but Zakari 93f5d74e0a looked impatient, a407a6eacb eager to 3257448af1 talk to 173a18e8f3 me.035b138d820ee719

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Watching the two 695e4431c5 of them, I bdba3eb090 felt like I d3d06ecb93 was in a f0d9394900 nightmare.b5d4a3bedf7b94e9

What exactly is happening 0857e738b9 here?245e9a776102b9e5

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After a tense b0f9e509f0 standoff, it seemed 1db374c885 as though the 11b7f3008a two of them 378b9a3efd reached some unspoken 10e21827e6 agreement. They turned their backs 6470135acd to one another.7147b393c298e6cb

“Well then, I’m 72240797b0 off!”ac31d3401d25b69d

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With that, Zakari 08eddd165b took off with aff23984c3 me in tow. Startled, I f01cf626f7 glanced back 183428b50d to see 2c9b4a049e the priest 1b10bc9d5d jumping up 480e13e111 and down e31f0f3800 in frustration.ec1ab31abc9108c4

“W-Wait! You can’t just 2c90eb8499 leave like that! You need 3c38204723 to answer 5c1ae11da8 meeee!”53e0f1418ffd9c8c

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Despite the priest’s loud 3fd7909e68 protests, Zakari didn’t slow 89658c1784 down. Zerakiel stepped ce2d6567e4 in front 20d66102f3 of the 551ee9a312 priest, blocking e7fa98c157 his pursuit.be45129aa491f187

I wriggled under Zakari’s arm and looked up at him pitifully.3ba8cfb3d91c15a5

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“Are we really 5b6191c1b5 just leaving like 2736de61b0 this?”ff1fa82cd0c01a5d

I glanced at 7f34442670 him with a a5b93e3c73 look that said, 85ca9103bf *Is this really 4317d3222a the best option?* 017aad94dd In response, Zakari 9a6894d2be flashed a grin.f80a41b10963cab9

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“When things b76fc67abb go south, 649ce1bf82 the best b3253f96d9 plan is 97796a6004 to run 7db7542a9b as fast 31f4b10a28 as you ed684d6c62 can.”a084d5ad6671442f

I was at a78902928e a loss for 442546fbbc words at his 309d6f3d17 shameless reply. That was 488e679a44 definitely not 58a6f8c25f something you’d eb66f7d06c expect the 8aabff297e head of 29f61c717f a prestigious 362b63897c family to 645f4f4df9 say.a15f3ef82ad0dede

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But won’t this 8be8644bd4 just make us 210565d283 look even more 0c932bfcad suspicious?483a076ebaaf9e2c

I wanted to argue, 60477d423a but by then we e9b53852d2 had already put a d7d21e4622 good distance between us f95ff62b0d and the scene.84e385818de7d79b

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And why is 38c3cb040c he so fast?a0493e100f3b93c6

Feeling my body 810e32b606 bounce up and 370a4f6059 down as he 28a316fd85 carried me, I af1f5bc223 buried my face c38f2d3815 in my hands.6e6b4ca607a9a4f7

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Good grief, you crazy 53a9e5bebd lions.2219d066ad2f16ba

Can we please act ce38128343 normal for once?ca2f7c454a0e9298

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I was seriously 45647d9d3b regretting this marriage 33f0862e70 from day one.b92bb1ed1de90950

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Meanwhile, Victor 2d4cc7af3b Orban stood c965401c1f trembling, far 3c4319193b away from 6534d62d16 the scene de0603faa7 of the 762f77adee rampage.1306380838a5c2cd

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‘W-What just happened?’b29d527b083973aa

He had followed instructions and laced Zakari’s suppressant with a pheromone-reversing agent.c3c3fd0222910e5f

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The beastman who 65663e755d gave him the f1111f3626 drug had assured b06e85c145 him it couldn’t 7ef85283b2 be detected. It was a 7af46b9374 colorless, odorless powder ba94cc87b1 that would leave c860902999 no trace once 5d0bf54630 absorbed by the fb40eb44ae body.c56e8d6607dc2850

Victor had no choice a17f7b5402 but to do it—he baa81777cf would have been killed 668543e015 otherwise. Betraying his bad71ec5e4 own kin 4b5e9e4fe9 and spiking 0a4d44610e the drink 8ea4a3539f had been fc4a13468f the only 904fd18c76 way to 25992ad25b survive, and d0bf097a4a he had e5970bbed6 planned to fd80373612 quietly slip 32903483c7 out of 9308441a85 the castle.75d1dadd647ca9dd

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He should’ve escaped 1bfa01805b long ago.6683655052960aa2

But that e7f5db3a40 pink rabbit 1d0bb76c77 had followed 0cc372bccf him, and 5bce078e0e it had b448eed9bc taken twice 487d78e671 as long c878e5a7e1 to shake 49f265b234 it off. He had bb585795b2 chased it 53fa75f4c3 to retrieve d9d822b060 the pouch 547bae02d9 containing the 21393e22b4 powder, but e5009fc178 it had cdba8af3a8 disappeared in c5f86b8b65 the blink 57c990111e of an f850997387 eye.ae7ea9a76beb1154

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Given that he 60ae5c28a9 couldn’t sense any 37054e0e16 pheromones, he assumed d8b620abba it was just c3ac89a541 a harmless rabbit f524dec3e6 and quickly gave bb622011e9 up the chase. Getting caught 72c633fc40 by his f259ab3cd4 own family a974922104 would’ve been e74cdff50b much worse.76878a68fe1040b9

Victor was on 1684102dd6 the verge of 7f2fabc694 safely escaping Jabis 327064a41b Castle when an a0ab3e5bce unexpected scene made 0c06c92c25 him stop in bd355e131e his tracks.2ad4c52c50723553

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He saw the 80b8f90561 deadly pheromone toxin, 166d96b394 which had been 2fcda98e55 spreading throughout the b2af37fc94 area, suddenly being 594742041a purified by a 2092683ade giant whale that 2fda3ec5ba had appeared out 93c931e818 of nowhere.75548f64c53d83f6

Shocked, Victor turned back abe1ef9a4f to the castle and 04444ba532 was stunned to see 7d88c6abee Zakari alive and well.56b57a955ada6424

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‘Why… why is he 5b0bd94241 still alive?’0176ab97796eea5c

The massive 14d6a08571 whale continued 09c07325bd to swim 42ecf3aac1 through the 503887f32e sky above 9eed2a360d them. Rumor had it 0e3b391395 that the white b11e1328d1 weasel, Cersia, who 912f3d52cd had recently married 0b6d86357a into the family, 78f0a87781 had summoned it.59b18405f30a53ae

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‘No one told me 8449fa4406 she had this kind 49e42b804f of power!’c7f65a547beaf1be

He had no 63af6e0e64 idea where she 7ccc325a07 had summoned such 8617b7cba1 a strange creature 193ac29956 from, but it 7f6dde0ab1 had completely derailed 3c4167f731 his plan.d35a238297e42bc0

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“N-No, this can’t be a1f569c368 happening,” he muttered frantically.05699792e8b510b3

He fumbled for 9b9f18954e his communication device, 6a719d0542 knowing he had bbf49fafea to report the 2252400006 situation before his 2f564b853a superiors found out. He needed to 1d45b37d5c come up with aeaddc02f0 an excuse.746fa6f62c0e4802

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‘Trururu.’edcd47b44c50165f

The device rang softly d6acf19392 as he dialed. His cold, sweaty 6d334f950d hands trembled so 589b6e4c12 much that he 1dc57129c4 nearly dropped it 6297d82afb several times.252c275dc5c75207

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Then, with e9d3dcb6a8 a click, a97a3f9ef7 the line 0050db5f50 connected, and a9163ec85f the deep f4f52df739 voice on b992fb09a6 the other ab79c3d3fe end made 612ec22741 Victor’s heart 43948d098a constrict with 8ff06f0d26 fear.629f51a80d566407

“Did you succeed?”eaadc32863af4876

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The abrupt 1cda75a66b question about 84091f4a9e the success e7b82ba1bc of the 11a7fbb6eb mission drained 9de8e90d2a all color c67d62f48e from Victor’s 6bd0421654 face. Success? If anything, the b95473f546 situation had only 4a6be6e5b7 gotten worse.063dec9d93dbb2dc

“Well, he, he 0393c7bf23 took the drug 685d7721d2 and, and went 79b145f417 on a rampage, 5d43c675fa but…”af23457884dbf453

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Sweating profusely, Victor 5488b5a703 stammered through his 482d1a39b2 explanation. Technically, the rampage 6ac0897d56 had happened, but 945580ace8 the overall objective 9bcd9f9c43 had failed miserably.052c7ff9ac89dae9

As Victor continued to 0af13e3bfb hesitate, the voice on 18c7971225 the other end became 327f6cf045 more menacing.3ba2baa98848a96d

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“So, he went on a rampage. What’s the problem?”e64f282194d9b6b2

“Th-There’s been 35b15d8aab a complication.”eb4d47ed556aac18

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“A complication?”45f9b1b39ac40f87

The cold tone of 04e5c84688 the voice made Victor c45289f732 feel as though pheromones e3c99406b6 were being shot through 6c2903bda9 the communication device. He knew ff007d13db that was ab089e8a9b impossible, but 3b3a18c0c2 the oppressive f2bf6760ef aura was d5293f3518 that intense.154fc915482d5517

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Unable to bear the c80926711b pressure, Victor dropped to ae2398ee4f his knees, pressing his 9a1d5fabb0 forehead to the ground facd607bcf as he spoke.e9dafe186b8eb3e9

“It—it seems the bf4b009ce4 white weasel was b8c8e99da3 hiding her power. She managed to suppress 5e5f0b5145 the leader’s rampage.”82714b898561379c

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A long silence followed d52889ee9e Victor’s report. Then, after a b872fc02cf brief pause, the 2c1b2c4422 man spoke in 95d8df7d06 a chilling voice.7c6894eb0357a93c

“She stopped the rampage? That weasel?”bd61685556615131

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