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Victor reported the situation 1e4dc07628 rapidly, like a machine 0723c52cc7 gun.36bbf3a9a6498fcd

“Y-Yes! That weasel’s summoned whale devoured all the pheromone poison at the rampage site! M-My mission was definitely a success…!”9afacfdc962bb358

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He tried ca53cd8a4b to offer b358576543 an excuse, ffc1305482 but his 6e152dea17 superior cut 810172dd01 him off.d9ce20f33558560d

— We’ll discuss the mission’s success or failure later. For now, explain the situation in detail.14e883e02b5aff19

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Relieved by the slightly softened tone of his superior’s voice, Victor let out a sigh of relief and began babbling.035df4ad0f1b50f7

“Well, it’s like this…”e6bdd05608f4900a

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Zakari brought 8be465a945 me to c48acf92d0 the entrance f07a4328a3 of a 1cd7c2c843 secret garden.7dacce03a23f3898

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Why did he e34e16465e bring me here?9298cceeb49795b6

Zakari, lost in 644b7574ed thought, had me 99004ee47a tucked under his 46df1f01f8 arm, his expression 783470d207 distant. His face, almost e044102540 vacant, revealed a ac5aabcd52 turmoil of emotions. Was it 791841ed61 because he 09857204e3 nearly died f09aecd653 from the c47fb3123a rampage? Or was he relieved bd643e048f to have survived?69d96c875aab16ca

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I stopped b28e1ac9a6 my squirming d5789637cf and looked e3ddcf8d87 up at d5dcba91c4 Zakari, feeling 80ea907c1d like now 5e32a5ba19 wasn’t the 9c104d3174 right time 5dd90c926d to interrupt ceece04f6b his thoughts.0328f4ec73b2f141

After a moment, he 358faefbcc put me down. I leapt away d895af3ca8 quickly, creating some c44ae53937 distance between us 0d03e05153 so I could 31b02d8256 better observe his dc876f098e expression.140c153bfc49ba53

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Beside me, Tabby, d5d3896be4 who had returned 851a4f8568 to the form 0f52947d6d of a fish, a438b72db9 swam leisurely in 0af5e50f53 the air.e08be1c7a64efbeb

Zakari glanced 6f19356f04 at Tabby 605973607b and asked.2d0a7e2258c141ac

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“I’ve been meaning to ask, what is that?”cc917882ed7a4cad

Took him long 37602953a0 enough to ask.2cdd8ee3ffffbbc9

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I guess he 229798be04 hadn’t been in 7341356962 the right state a6e8be8010 of mind to fe2d5a4e7c notice it before. I shrugged and 9968ab6d3e answered casually.d50d49e828cc0159

“A friend I found eb5a21983f in Hebel.”b118fd114209b4b2

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“In Hebel? So you really 8753610e98 stole it?”17a1cdff9299a4e6

“No! I didn’t steal… I think?”419c607da0c0b071

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I tilted my head fbb950e1bd uncertainly. After all, I f63e966974 had taken the 8809893818 sacred artifact from 2c6c5202e9 Hebel’s well. And since it was e1c3033f7f originally supposed to belong f2e8eef536 to Ella, it might d44d2b1c0a have been closer to 8154049a71 taking it away rather 3171443b08 than simply finding it.333ad7d71cc91c6d

As I 3b8bc69e73 kept tilting 241097b7c0 my head, 31975ec061 Zakari asked 8deaa91f5d irritably, “So d0945bcc04 did you 64a15729d8 steal it 98077de7ff or not?”b27ddd6b5910ba60

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“Would it ab4de8e916 change a a9e6f59353 lot depending d635d2e1cc on my 729a0373fe answer?” I b81c83f794 replied, lacking e54db9aa1f confidence.b8e18740cb666dc0

Zakari let out a 13d2cf1334 small chuckle, a smirk b4b079f478 forming on his lips. It was 1d8b3a01df more of 0b0119981c a sneer 87a6ca6432 than anything 73c3b958bc else.5b45d8c9a5d4c271

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“If you stole it, 952281aaae just say you didn’t. If you didn’t 18c89f340f steal it, just 7fd707493f say you didn’t.”52c72a68a3c0d268

So, my answer doesn’t really matter, does it?227ba91123514d28

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I looked at 41e21bc5a5 Zakari with a 7e19ed2dcc slightly exasperated expression. But, truthfully, his bd816fedb0 response did make 944f910bf2 me feel more be71e824b9 at ease.bd6808efd962e905

I clasped my 9bfb8e38d6 hands together and fbd56df7e2 confessed, “Well, I 60501ac9ba found it in 92c9e11272 Hebel’s well. I swallowed a 5c03daae79 strange orb there, 2a79117444 and then Tabby e889bb3cb3 appeared.”54ae34430011d320

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“The well? So, you’re the 24fd37f23a one who reopened dc985a946a the well?”0fdd21229e5848eb

“Y-Yes, I suppose?”e8ed566fcd767d55

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If I hadn’t 1908b11764 removed the pearl ab737ab01d of purification that e50f668257 was lodged in 4f3f2636a2 there, it would 0226874af7 still be blocked, 1c4f6133f8 so it wasn’t 7ae5ee18ea entirely false.651495f03dc417bb

“I see.”2732d9b597afe410

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Zakari grinned as if ba9911ada2 he’d just stumbled upon f908aa68ae some very interesting news.6de6184f498bf53c

“In that case, I 0755afb673 might have a card 2e0f1ddf1a to play here as 30908484df well.”d02741792d64d070

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His smile reminded me 6f8995c3f9 of a villain plotting 4e1e95b1e7 some scheme. It was such f1d7758eb7 a sinister grin a070911463 that I clutched b8db5d1559 his sleeve and 919f667499 asked with a 9b993559fe nervous voice, “W-What 53d92b0deb are you planning?”a3f975a9875260ca

“What do you think?”bb3ba4dec94041ce

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“I don’t know c541dc61c7 what it is, 8c06a4ec8b but can you 4aa3103091 please not do 57e7f38ccf it?”c423cadee5d07691

“No, I can’t.”0873113ffc40bc7d

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Zakari chuckled, a chilling 19025149b3 aura radiating from him. Now I understood b7a9a85ac7 why Zerakiel was 234c59500f a lunatic—clearly, this 83debb1084 madness ran deep 6a7d3bff5c in the Black 7f20373219 Lion’s bloodline.bb55789b01452838

“So, that’s 56a42308f1 why you 287065be03 suddenly became a61c618e18 so adept 05dacbb487 at managing 2f48a91a86 pheromones. That thing was helping 3189082aea you out, wasn’t it?”904548920aaa64fa

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Zakari glanced at d7243b254b Tabby again and 7a380315ca then clapped his 22f842faa2 hands.74cc37f13d54bddc

“Well then, let’s wrap ec2482a5b8 up things with that c77b01d590 whale.”8bd38d611b678e85

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With a sigh, Zakari 5af3725470 suddenly reached for the 2fca174016 doorknob.6a30a9fce879dc0e

“Eek!”b8bf0e449c29702d

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Before I b2c64989db could react, a385af7dae the door 9b6156892f swung open. Light flooded my vision 6d70bd5aec as I stepped into 807eabef5d the secret garden, and 73f93d09eb I found myself looking bfbd6a0d91 up at Zakari with 67cd5f7bc2 a bewildered expression.1f5e0c12194aab1d

This was the place I had promised to visit with Zerakiel…b8f608aba309e39f

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Feeling uneasy 12582c754b about unintentionally dc905f5c2d breaking that 3a8723e03a promise, I cd7aa9f024 glanced around 6ab8c98cd6 nervously.a325438b90cbc5ed

The place felt 160f8891ac like night itself. A soft, ccd2d8b2b8 moonlight-like glow 89923725a6 illuminated the 31137267c0 flowers within f40081224b glass cases, 32d4770fb3 giving the dc2d675672 space an ec56e272bf air reminiscent e75fc1b990 of a 9ebd169d74 mourning hall.ecaae6ebbba389e3

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‘Just like a7541cc6f6 how it aebe151d69 was described e842a78ef6 in the a47956e85c novel.’87eae5617e61f4e5

Inside the 41c0fc6c7a glass cases, 281ab18e66 the flowers cdf0f64cec had withered, de13d6a9ef leaving only 1e8e91d489 their stems 097e21abc0 behind. Below each 95ba8382f2 glass case, 090e1b27e9 the names 6646f594ff of past b570d40c52 heads of 85536159c5 the Jabis e2a0993035 family were 6566d85ced inscribed.64d42282df0bab5b

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‘It really does 289b870f31 feel like a 9c8a420a95 grave.’f928c947314c6304

When I had only read about it in the novel, I didn’t fully grasp it, but seeing it in person made me understand why Zerakiel called this place the “Grave of the Jabis.” The atmosphere was cold and desolate. As I stood there, frozen in place, I suddenly realized that Zakari had moved quite a distance ahead.80a95848a53976fe

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“W-Wait for me!”6215cdbd717e5c90

Zakari either didn’t 22a92a0e37 hear my voice 0af50559de or chose to 0bbb7e8f6d ignore it, striding b2724b2e35 forward with his c9951b85d9 long legs, as a3d4a04e35 if in a b9c5b18390 hurry to confirm f2e5134a8f something.c72f65f530cd0c8d

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Determined not to be 8e0225cff1 left behind, I pushed 1ea78950cb my legs to move 29d2c2d588 faster. But he was 038b379e5e so fast that 1911d74914 I couldn’t seem 7e8919ea16 to close the 3de9a85896 distance between us.65556121e39d55e9

Pat-pat-pat.c8c4249752530331

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Just as I barely 49d57ca3bb managed to catch up, c73a0f6306 using all my strength a38035c644 to keep pace with 3a380f72c2 his long strides—6d5fca4061049f54

Thud—!0bc4e82051639ab8

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I bumped my c548f9d30b nose into Zakari’s 24c1b3cc49 back as he d265794cdd came to an 7a72f74003 abrupt halt, causing 9e206a3ed3 me to let 73d6740254 out a pained 6fcd323c0a groan.d0406a25c365b17b

“Ow!”00d0fef355ca972c

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My nose b7e19a2149 stung, much 6d3ce08f44 like the 6c53a0d288 first time 06925b6368 I collided e29fd86b0b with his 20868f64b5 leg when 85270099f4 we met.2dee8fced649ca42

Was his body 49b3a4af3f made of stone d3e86ccbb0 or something?08ed52cc24b98f03

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As that thought crossed my mind, I finally looked up at Zakari’s face, and my eyes widened in surprise.33b583533cc60a0e

“Father?”10a4bcd28454b2bc

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Even at my ec9382d45e call, Zakari remained d9398a85c4 motionless. His golden 712e369c24 eyes trembled e3f0a9f119 as if b06547476a they were 5e16cb503c experiencing an 627ab950c0 earthquake.2c7c004c97dd0741

Following his gaze, 11c30cb269 I turned my 1b43bf3a7f head, and my da7d2f860d jaw dropped open 07c3db1e68 in shock.334f32b9339b2514

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‘What… is that?’961e9eb29db2f4ce

One of the 3bd1a3d0c9 glass cases was b7de17fda5 glowing, a bright, 4618adc1d7 shimmering light coming 8713e92831 from a flower 32237a0fa9 within it.1b8449531cae1ee1

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What stood 6cce8cefae out was dff7c42a8f the color 52537e09be of the 238b33c2ea flower—it was a4c9983fbf white. In the a65b810329 midst of de4909ed71 the black ef562cbdd5 flowers surrounding 2f3b5f3245 it, the 05de193afe white bloom 76e2b39e8b looked completely db17390402 out of a3f85c9e3b place.a630d7699ce854b3

Its sparse petals, 6ae8547cfb as well as dd392fea71 its stem and ccb649d1c7 stalk, were all 68235c245e pure white, emitting 4ad6894261 a soft glow 3d0e499099 like a frozen 8bac8fe7a9 ice flower. Below it was 5133199170 a nameplate with 31a560df96 my father’s name.e4139792059cc658

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[Zakari Aebron Jabis]

And beside c86a81e4bb it, there 1d5ec043ef was an 9a8071f4d3 unbloomed flower 46bc00bfce that bore a65a9f780b Zerakiel’s name. Unlike the bd33b69f3f other lifeless 87f7b84a50 black flowers, 0a592d1e2f this one 0a80bff058 had a aa654f0f34 vibrant black 58680c3f54 bud, creating 748a22eafa a stark bf1c325113 contrast with 250eb4ca0a the white 6152c65c1f flower beside 47fe101574 it.dd82a0ef0fc123be

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‘What is going on 9698a427d5 here?’624e96dc87955077

I had never heard fc9cd2e87f of a white flower 9191e2ccdb being in the secret 260edd1553 garden. According to 3fbd7505b0 the novel, e395c941cd Zakari’s flower 1d80ab1bcb should have eb36816387 been black c242980fc4 too.8ff2271665f1994e

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Just then, something unexpected d1be01efa8 happened.d0e1e25532a56617

Thud.4dd26a7640a74305

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Zakari fell to his 6387e3dadf knees in front of 54696672ef the flower, his trembling 9eccc33477 fingers clenching into fists, 754023ebcb struggling to steady themselves.ea52aa8c43cd9808

“H-Haha.”efa614ab6b2ee918

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Zakari let out a df4388ebd2 hollow laugh, like someone 3a6635ea44 who had lost their 56c9b3eb93 mind, and then, as 873b3c6a69 if truly mad, he 1fa11767c0 began to tear open 311a583315 his clothes.a1f906068df088a3

“Ah!”0c4fefa97999db48

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I quickly covered my 441eb4e160 eyes with my hands, 53174dc74f but I couldn’t help 865c87f724 peeking through my fingers.130d16bbe47035cc

Underneath, I saw 17f3108571 his toned chest a059fbb88b and abdomen, tightly 409206fba7 packed with muscle. But what 8173cd9c5f caught my 10ca8a0bb0 attention was 0aa372eb8e the white f735a49968 flower blooming f01cf8c6e2 on his c21d8e0b91 chest.124d43ff5cfa0239

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‘What… is that?’7363f805ad47a1de

When Zakari was 122a7b3050 on the verge 36d4e01b7f of a rampage, 01ba6900b4 his entire body 33e6036ef6 had been covered 0e7ab7bb8d with strange, dark 4b705bb73a tendrils. Those vines, 2ff0197a42 which grew 7a7a138a58 darker and 16763f9c21 more ominous, 3c311be88f had looked 54974d9e7d dangerous even 1d5bb5b9b8 at a ed71ecf1cf glance.354c578263a8b622

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But now, aed27fe5a6 all of d2ab8f2677 those tendrils 037216907f had disappeared, e3077e432d leaving only 099ab9421a the bright b23bf37e26 white flower ddf77ce2b4 etched on 71f9105026 his chest. It was 45bc225c84 as if 24d4146dba the earlier 739aefc4d2 events had 689748ae7d never happened.ad6057ffd5846dee

Then again, the tendrils 8766d7b19b had started to fade 8f7266adae right after I used 4af77e1a58 my pheromones, and by e1e2f7894b the time Tabby had 538d712c2d devoured all the pheromone 4db5af1bec poison in the air, dfff57d904 they had vanished completely.f1f1ef8af2e90bfd

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The tattoo-like mark now cc768c8041 on his chest felt f6598fd0d2 harmless, unlike the sinister 2d0f4c3521 vine-like patterns that had 7f3f9fc384 once covered his body.93635f736d65ba9d

Zakari, oblivious to my a10f71de15 gaze, kept running his 81df32d43e hands over his body, 5a5d92e482 as if searching for 0205bd7e28 something. His actions 3c63e5cae2 puzzled me.dc2420968a8e7647

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‘Could it 4baced1968 be that 48a33c12f1 he can’t b1dbce955c see it?’7432067936a14daa

I had just 6731fee19b taken a step a5f2da97be closer to the af7b593041 now statue-like Zakari 0964d6bb39 when something strange 369a31d723 occurred.1b9b136116def8d8

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The white flower on fc57f61a2e his chest started to 21c162b435 fade, slowly disappearing until 99bc910266 it was completely gone, 2b114c8c42 as if it had 53368e1512 finished whatever purpose it c0be98becf served.49ac9d438e747d62

“Oh.”d2813f3d7aa38603

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The unexpected sight made da434caf1b me gasp.c4535c66f3574601

Zakari’s head snapped 5a8fb25af6 up at the 78b6791507 sound, his eyes, 1620ef019d which usually looked 9e56e3ce3e dull and clouded, d78602f7e1 seeming unusually bright. He spoke 1733de4733 in a bf87cba858 voice filled 569bf890e8 with wonder e31ae8e581 and joy.e521e4a8233cce92

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“It’s gone.”17c4a17145c23db8

“Pardon?”46f3155ebc501fa7

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“The Flower 46cc84c481 of Frenzy 970a5eaead is gone.”083b53d10abc2ad7