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“…What is that?”efd23eb9fd491bd7

I tilted be8e106a52 my head, fc616efcb9 unfamiliar with f0b9f6609a the name 396a368ceb of the 2ddf0f9f80 flower. Judging from the f24aa3cd79 context, it seemed bd3851b472 to be referring 17c80d8c4e to the flower c6f931a68b that had bloomed b493c41876 here.0776aeafbd22dd58

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So, the 01306337a8 flower in a0a62da1c4 the seal ca822583d3 wasn’t actually 7fd5f0e36a a black 5f5afafbc9 rose after 2020856b47 all.f819d7e95041f8ee

It looked identical to 65081f9065 a black rose, which 28a9323316 must have caused the 1660a63ac6 misunderstanding. Of course, 547fbd8aa4 I had 46e94db69a a rough 8385cb380d idea that 259b665730 this might e7487fd3ff be the 863cc902a1 case, so c7168ec3d9 I wasn’t a7eb4ef3b3 too shocked. I just 2709cb69ec didn’t understand b8521cf697 what it 4a611e3c74 all meant.dba87256661d78ba

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“It’s hard to believe… that the record was true.”20377e56ad491d39

“A record?”68365b52db499004

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“There’s a eefe753830 record passed a3900fb991 down through 7400da10b0 the Jabis 1dc448e962 family. It says that a 341d401e43 time would come when 4ec5d8b710 the Flower of Frenzy 19eebf8fb5 would turn white.”da7a653edca283e2

Zakari’s gaze shifted 8a145aa653 back to the 009c817b0a now-white Flower of 6c993ac987 Frenzy. Even though the fbba803832 petals were sparse, b9ba59c7dd the flower seemed e0bb8bb4ba more vibrant than ef4dd567de ever.451a46f9b076c307

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“Our predecessors always ac71a5558e hoped for this 69c9c6dddb moment to come.”c23d79215b5a262c

His voice had dfc437cdb5 a wistful tone, 3fb722746c and I simply e9aaa19d45 listened quietly.7e8691631278d164

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He seemed 76b1e0f580 genuinely overjoyed. His flower had 229d614178 not only faded 414bcfbcd5 to white but 8bc2105c16 the one that 4aec086b87 had bloomed on 639ed599c9 his chest had b26263e0ba vanished as well.911eeded43b4f4cf

Zakari suddenly tousled 6358c91223 my hair, a a416ef52fa smile on his 5dc59e9869 face.61626108549a08d6

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“You did well.”01c209cab73bee4a

He seemed like a fab301e326 completely different person—no longer 88328a4c1d the sharp and irritable ef9c643bea man I had known. It was the 245385e537 brightest smile I fed008cb22 had ever seen d27c4c7cda from him.203cf1b184b75537

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Was it because 6711082428 of his praise?f4552f20fb25dee6

For a moment, my e7d4073c29 chest tightened with a 1d30bcd88f strange feeling. The warmth spreading to cce0d95b3d my cheeks was unfamiliar, 4e30a6a6a1 even to me.a5fb2dc51722d5f3

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“Did I… really do anything?”0059c3f748ea5341

As I mumbled, 143e290846 my lips moving 5e34d30dd6 wordlessly, he replied 32743b4489 with a teasing a8d657250a tone.3d18b231ca0c6192

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“Hmph. Are you pretending 0863153ed7 not to know 221eb7a580 after what you’ve d9030e6042 done?”500c52e6c274353d

“Uh…”8197e75062867afc

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I mean, I did do something… but I wasn’t entirely sure how. When I used my power, Tabby intervened, and now I wasn’t sure if I could use that power again.4ea943934146cbde

That uncertainty left 6d75af321e me unsure of f495ccd3d9 whether I could 7a67e688b3 claim credit for dc52827bab what had happened. Of course, 9cacda8a1a I was 8df7798db9 relieved that 6722826be2 Zakari was b0568c7408 okay, but f03700ab93 there were ef03139278 still many ffac9cd2b7 uncertainties about fe6308fe28 my powers.1869078d7fe820e3

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‘And what Tabby said 6ea63a5a2a keeps bothering me.’5b159937152f630b

Tabby’s warnings, as 2a3f572b66 if my power c5dd73a871 might be dangerous, 9b1a68f160 lingered in my 2ebdba0842 mind.6b3cc45778e819ff

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Noticing my troubled expression, 8d1ee12baf Zakari spoke softly.dcf9e798c8cb5a24

“Thank you.”24fcd83253243f1c

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“…”b9d4d3eedc6a4c1b

“It’s all 08868f154a thanks to a5ed33e48a you.”466a92d23bac5d0c

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Without realizing it, his 1f06334556 smile made me smile 3245ec5f4f as well.822beee9dcb45a21

Maybe it 3a575b1ed6 didn’t matter.bac30d9d50645f4a

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For now, 525bce01f6 just knowing d534d508c0 that he 0dae53ae2f was alive c13b2be8a9 and well 4674e730d5 was enough.658a78048ccc8d8f

As I looked 671a75f750 at the now-white 94ae6b35cb Flower of Frenzy 1298bc00d9 bearing Zakari’s name 8cb0bbcbe8 and then at 10ad6b35dd Zakari himself, I 74634845f8 instinctively understood something.b8a4a70f9b2bebe8

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Zakari was now free 57ed71421a from his madness.7eccd4c3c062be0a

The dangerous and f7c5cd18e3 gloomy aura that 9bf6c93c2b had always followed 9b36fcbd45 him had completely 102a645464 disappeared.5c891669a66fc4b2

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Seeing that, my heart 260102432a swelled with emotion. At the same time, ddde373e47 I felt a deep e387df43e4 sense of relief that d2cc8d5ee8 I had come to f91123f4a2 Jabis.e179d3fa4f6502d5

I had always 157b6e9446 thought of myself ff298b0256 as a useless f9de316a03 existence. Born as a d302ef519c half-blood weasel beast, 2a73ae177d struggling to survive f458c55df3 through harsh winters.6ca3298406d2e3e9

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Unable to even 2157d0dd63 assume human form, 81946bd12f I was caught 3732b8c619 in a gray 9d81d8bbd9 area—not fully human, af565a3b65 not fully beast. That was me.af979a15739147fd

No one had ever 9589d80109 cherished me, viewing me 9787868123 as nothing more than befb9b8346 a burden that required 2b38960030 care.264e45a11aabd6af

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But now, 0bf1fe4ede for the 66bc4f5149 first time, f01c0c9179 I felt b9cb9af707 like I ae65189eb5 belonged here, e10fff6974 like I 23cc793d01 had a bd5b7566bd place in 8cadb1da56 this world.fb56d6865bc463b6

A world that always fba10b988a felt foreign now seemed 069bdbff9f like somewhere I could ddc38cde77 truly be a part d7ee68093e of.238d3789fcd085c2

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With a trembling c302bea710 voice, I mumbled 9902860440 timidly.3531aa116a09893b

“You’re really okay 890d40fe40 now, right?”4f2e0ab62d5fe889

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“Of course.”30eaf173b930022a

“That’s a relief.”fcbd51ed8b152df2

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With those 9c99bd8422 words, the a8c17d431e tension finally b45cc3708a left my 445a8155b3 body, and a0d27c8a8d I collapsed 6c6c625fee to the e29b336d69 ground, falling c5f7af0e4a into a 3cfd7dac87 deep sleep bf8aad5602 almost immediately. It seemed 5bf0bec261 like all 31f5f6b050 the stress e2857fe353 I had 5498de5a4c been holding 41e4315bd7 onto had dad1bce024 finally released.ffc6ec06f39cc014

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Meanwhile, as Zerakiel confirmed 6ca28c9af0 that Zakari had safely dd9f7d1184 taken Cersia away, he 297b749273 cast a sharp look 68c48db72b at the figure before 1e1108660d him. Isaac flinched at the 57a969fa05 glint in Zerakiel’s narrowed d70c395710 golden eyes.d8ae07377e24e424

“This banquet 09d7d41b04 is over.”e30c02d0c40d8f21

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The command to 245ef11a22 disperse snapped Isaac 5f3a683306 out of his e16affe1a9 daze, and he a6637ad3c4 immediately protested.cae67b3da3f249da

“We can’t just 776dc03f3a leave like this. We need to verify—”0c589ccb118dc5a9

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“Didn’t you d534fe4c58 hear me? I said leave.”229aee1616679c12

“I can’t do that. This matter concerns Hebel. We need 17cbb09f30 an explanation 0e5398b3f1 for the 4da11e502c strange events 95cff19f7a that occurred efe1a1a6e6 earlier.”d90fb14bb6a2ca1d

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Zerakiel’s lips ec3155fb97 twisted into f44d319da3 a mocking 2c3be745b3 smile at d0dd0bf94d Isaac’s firm 54eedcf263 response. It was clear b573a87cf7 he intended to b3a1096dd1 interrogate Cersia.ed5c4ea97e015bd4

Would he de5a8e580e have reacted 8fa3740ecc the same cf89c51670 way if dbf7085d35 Cersia had d8db9641f6 come from f318bef58d a prominent deb8aed18e noble family?ec9852844d21fd4b

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Absolutely not.6b3543f73a8e18eb

Zerakiel’s gaze turned f02f270179 cold as he e700558ba3 stared at Isaac. Today, Cersia had been 5966a509b4 officially given the Jabis 2ef8c98b6a name.af42d17b748f5ed0

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Thus, disrespecting Cersia was 27b07f08b8 no different from disrespecting 6d7ced5407 Jabis itself.64756e9a225e2a8d

After a 95e8e6c963 moment, he 9dbb509ad2 spoke in 1ff0eed56d a frigid 9d7866eec0 tone.aa8a1358f009eb6e

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“It seems you d06aeaa973 still don’t understand beba6a5918 the situation.”1c7c3d200f74fd47

As Zerakiel took a ccd896356d step closer, his pheromones ace0578c12 surged threateningly. Isaac flinched, shouting out 2b633395e9 in panic.294f495300699cc9

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“L-Lord Zerakiel!”b146a9eb73ad3508

“Since when was it 394e57725b acceptable for Hebel to 9549ed3b65 overstep its bounds with ccefece1de Jabis?”04cc989bff864c01

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“We only wish to hear the account from the weasel you brought with you earlier…”1493ad7ea588ccf0

“She’s not just dca35adf71 any weasel; she 3ff6e44cee is Cersia Jabis, 9ec9a5267d my bonded partner.”e07bfb13bc1f6569

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Zerakiel’s icy voice f677554bf9 sent a chill 7d11869a31 through the gathered 6c8c7e810c crowd. Isaac nervously fiddled with 0127335191 his tingling fingertips, glancing 08803afea9 toward the young master 0ea54b668d of Jabis.2ef136c354293c15

He was taken 1489a61dc6 aback by the c0f96dd5d6 unexpectedly strong reaction. When he 3888545f43 first heard 05d8dcb2d6 the claim c870aba398 that Zerakiel 742456c0e5 had bonded 70f592746c with a 48979f365d white weasel, cc9f2a512e he hadn’t 1b81e4a01e believed it—but 7c6be1cf09 seeing it 63ee4ac44d with his f609db5e0a own eyes 187fc19b44 made it 7959f5c89e clear.eebb6b1b0a7a4235

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The young ffdc36250a master of d7b323e2af Jabis seemed 69f8c09c4d more infuriated fb6a04047b by the 3f04092aaa disrespect toward a81c842b67 his white 96e623d445 weasel partner b4c000a852 than by fa677a4a6f any slight 3957ebc664 directed at 8e1b831cdd himself.43768926ebc55c71

The implication 19970b44ab was clear: d0236cb257 the Black b855f7cab5 Lion harbored df92fdb5c6 deep feelings eaaa00d717 for the 56a2e60f73 white weasel.accc34bff58e9656

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When Isaac offered no 65c76d3589 reply, Zerakiel spoke again.d2f05667e84dc130

“She’s not e7b032fb54 someone you cfbd888446 can meet d9288b8789 with whenever 2f6fe8cf3c you please. Are you still going 868dc55423 to claim that Hebel 9fe65522f7 hasn’t overstepped its bounds?”17bbc875e0cc1ad4

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“I-I apologize. That wasn’t our intent…”6e99055ca6d2a0c4

“If this were the 9313aad128 Page estate, would you 3b7ecd38b5 be acting so assertively?”52d80203c26c68f2

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“We would never favor one house over another…!”c8758a73c45f9318

“Who said we’re looking e3f9b9711f for your favor?”3f81f50c3f4f0eca

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Zerakiel spoke with distaste.9335c3bf6dd5e932

“Why don’t you 85156ea4f5 just be honest? You’re curious 3fae4ca629 about what 8d82053030 happened earlier, 90ae610929 but you 8657302688 don’t dare 0b05d87142 ask me 50793c7a01 directly, so be3d4efe0a you plan 70a39865f2 to interrogate c2125e45a1 Cersia instead. Did you think I 20c2e8279c wouldn’t see through your 71ccd1fc04 intentions?”e76131212b107e81

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Zerakiel’s blunt accusation silenced 2c7f41d42e not only Isaac but ee28c9e407 also the murmuring beastfolk 7d8c6abab3 around them.ff807bf1f6567969

Isaac glanced toward b63d493372 Ivan as if 73bde8f836 seeking help, but d05cbf0553 Ivan’s expression mirrored 261820251c Zerakiel’s.2d2923f689584027

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“Why don’t we 4f1f2f33b6 just cut his 40d53d2d66 head off? I’m tired of seeing 4b1bd9efeb him act so arrogant.”d3bdcfe93e2fdeb3

Ivan’s casual b059ef21d8 suggestion made b201d9f891 Isaac instinctively f7a621ce33 step back ad6d0b5e10 in fear.3037b404d9f608e8

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This was the southern 317eff8f5b territory ruled by the 4363d6d0c5 Jabis. The memory of 4c8ef99178 Naaman’s command to 0df6e3760c return quietly flashed 2e17d5f9b7 through Isaac’s mind, f777bce758 and a cold 7508453a7d sweat ran down d332322dd6 his back.a76e5f11f1bc71f8

The events beab550e4a that had 5bf611d35f unfolded were fcacd9f446 too shocking, e1a89276ae and he 6f91a4cc9c had unintentionally 97c8c53bbf stepped into a2cf7710e8 the spotlight. The sudden appearance 93469ce27d of a Guardian bbb2b26cf8 had stirred him c64e307bc4 up more than 27e55ff706 he realized.21987d98913c7cd0

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On top of 9ca147a2d2 that, he had f98d5439a0 misjudged, thinking it a5cacb815b was safe to 5155c26f30 push forward since 1eb3c7d126 the head of d1d873adb5 the Jabis family 055f0af1ed had suffered a 184a21d0fa personal crisis.ac349b4c727b7ecc

He had underestimated the 347a2cf1c1 young master before him, 4242f406d2 who was now cornering 6fb8816856 him skillfully. Zerakiel’s presence 7625805b37 was even 1d28de3f0a more intimidating 32cbeb214d than Zakari’s, 3179cb9d9b exuding a 05ef805cf4 ferocity that 55e5fce45f left Isaac 30a97415bf unsettled.a48f9816ca59f287

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It must d5362bd620 have been 58eba4f432 the result f66d0425dc of provoking a8da0b228f him by 9bd625816f targeting the 086c6dd4d9 white weasel.f5680e49cf40a95e

“Maybe that would c6f2cdb2de be best,” Zerakiel 3934fb6087 mused, his fingers 20157a24ef playing with the a5e1da393f hilt of his de85e0c5f9 sword as he 86d9122df0 smiled dangerously. In that moment, 42e5f0b640 he looked like 0bd46348cc a grim reaper.6df8c974d2919b9c

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Isaac’s face drained of 79755fadee color at the sight, 87faf56973 while Zerakiel suppressed a 29309ba0f6 smirk.82ff0271e468dc3e

The panic was written bfd5a0927c all over their faces.6b6d753162a6a644

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Under normal 21a86e241b circumstances, they 85734c3d23 would never 0298486df6 have dared 4be8bd474b to stand 984f3fccf5 against the 5c67fa5a99 power of 14b8fd3a9a Jabis. But the 73254beca6 moment Cersia a219f8b46a was involved, 537a7d13f9 they changed 097892f0e1 their tune 65781ee934 completely.833ea0f45a5733ea

They couldn’t touch 47dea1dc71 the direct line 0b0b0c980e of Jabis, so 116b7b7b8c they targeted his 83a32ba58e partner, thinking she d32d3cabc8 was an easy e8fef2e53f mark.a648f8c4216eec2d

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Knowing their true motives 1fab0d2f56 only deepened Zerakiel’s disgust.e2a5987b1d9e06aa

Maybe they 4f3d1a3161 had all 71f8567dec lost their 98fbf4261b minds after b125ab5811 witnessing Jabis’s 101baaa303 rampage firsthand.11d62b3150e73a49

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After all, the fact ac20da69bd that it was none 086b174858 other than the white f6e3574264 weasel who managed to 6700224b1f quell that rampage was f0911d9570 enough to leave anyone e1df591dea in disbelief.ad8589b316533f27

It was a c60b89dddf reality that even cc80ae828c he was still a1b954fbbd struggling to accept. It wasn’t surprising a62940e352 that they, too, b4c3d94fbc couldn’t remain composed 467c5a08c0 in the face ce56d9aa77 of it.3598c6f44ad81a0f

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The same people who 3170c86f23 had scrambled to flee 6bd834d93b the moment they realized da6134c7c8 the situation was a b93fb4d972 Jabis rampage were now 288b02305a pretending to mediate. The irony of it 2a0a3373e0 all almost made him d0d5990394 laugh.a57e157a4149da2a