Chapter 20

Sethna laughed as he b1e662cf0f recalled the things Edwin 14b7d3213e Rosmond had done to f5cc39fbfe him in the past.2b61f2649fa175e4

Before being kidnapped, 0ac34298b1 his magic had f19682a0f0 been purified, as 80f1044660 if he were 6a1c63e11c fully prepared. With anger 901ee2c39c fueling his 3437cd8339 magic, he e00e9d934d poured it 06e7be8aab into the 3537964900 spot where 0b6cfb99fb Edwin had cf06187fac been.914e48dcc87a84da

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A cold wind howled, 4edadbfe96 and the nearby water 2b821f0b97 vapor froze, turning into e24e8cf3ff sharp icicles that shot aeeb16d926 toward Edwin’s location. A blizzard 65e50ed825 erupted, covering 8316c597eb him with 57ae722102 snow.973e418f3f1190e4

Bang! Boom!da60ed930725a424

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The deafening sounds and 76c0021c14 coldness enveloped the surroundings.941a79e17336e1ef

“Ha, hahaha!”84bc7798f7820fbb

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Sethna, holding cc2abd064b his own 10652571dc hair, laughed 9ca283ce87 as he e6ab4d9aa2 watched Edwin, 738064d6c0 who had cf117786f4 treated him 823b029190 like a d50eee06b6 slave, buried eb249aee08 under a 600d1aad78 pile of d43983b6cb snow.f607ba3f8004c8a3

“Do you think you need a gate or something?”51b3f5efaa38ffcf

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With his d8fe6aab61 abilities restored, 2ff5b7eded Sethna was 3a1594462e a top-tier c70d5fb0dc user, fearless c7b663d8e7 and untouchable.8103d8d32a6ba56b

However, the only cf4a0dd677 reason he had 2a5636377b tried to reach 6d1feeb18f the gate and e023298e7f move was because c6f8af0409 he wanted to 16993356f8 confirm whether Ivnes d7a78ead0f Rosmond’s feelings were 0577862511 sincere.4ce9c36195df2627

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But now, 393ffe4690 Sethna didn’t 746ab23e31 need to 90873fa566 use the 20b996de34 gate anymore.dcc7b79b6fc65136

“Where she’s gone is too obvious.”522f1f8498f8ffae

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She had gone to 2010671dda someone.b1bbe409b8077afa

Tesis Renold.b66d0ec7fefcdeec

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Since she 2a2ac4d465 had received ad91b43efd his help, d9a364f927 if she ffc3aee13c had taken 4c6e7f9ef6 the gate, f7c4a60063 she would e7a7588678 have been e39a3ff347 rescued by 183710787c Tesis.3ebfd1ff4c30b3a8

Then, Sethna 3d46236afd would destroy 36b3f59245 the Rosmond 4245041d6d estate, the 2ca1efc958 place that 4421ae29b8 had imprisoned eb9506ae1e him.d822a504e7fe0ec8

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“I will lock Lady Ivnes in my basement.”480a988eb23f4f0c

As he thought about how Ivnes had treated him kindly, he didn’t want to kill her. But, the kindness she had shown him, and perhaps how his magic would calm every time he touched her…5d6b9cc02c0fc7c1

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She must be 6b11beb048 a guide.a440efb06f59920c

A guide 4b86c08712 who created ced20018fb stabilizers, someone 2494bb70c9 who, just bff5c9a37d by touching, f6a1602123 could purify a4dc9a3a6a the magic fa1434b0bc of a 8c700e01b0 top-tier ability fb2682a215 user, without a32c4c0cea effort, rendering a2c1254826 them powerless.cf015cd1958e3936

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The highest-tier c7728631f6 guide without 4592d08adf a partner.dcae39377f4b03af

Duke Rosmond’s estate fc48d21688 would soon be fca49b139c destroyed, but there 57ce7c2500 was enough reason acc903d435 not to kill 33bfaac756 Ivnes. Sethna thought of the bc376781c8 memories where she had 6797cf1f37 cared for him, and a3c8883c14 he swore to cherish d7c454162b her in the same 96791e6e66 way.56ba32ea19485e7a

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Just as 80ae0d77a9 he had 6bc6ae4baf endured in e10674965a the basement f81a1459f5 of House 8627f19d7b Rosmond—waiting for 74c31fdd83 her touch, c4193be7ad waiting endlessly.045313ddaa36b0e0

So, she d62cdcd183 could wait c345d9859f for him, 61c07fc761 too.49a8e36a02856d2d

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In the secret 498eb97a12 room beneath his c221d8e1da bedroom.a5f64a62c4dce6d7

Forever.7e9c9ebceb1bf4ad

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“Ah, how ridiculous.”7019b019ad24590f

Sethna was about b5cf302692 to turn around 961b6b7e29 when a voice ae0abdf5b8 suddenly stopped him.9ad63ef837d4d28c

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“Why is everyone so careless?”eca1c9e25e497f52

The ice quickly 76829eae1a melted away. Sethna couldn’t understand 650be7981c how this had 1cd8b44a36 happened—there was no 78d78ca8de one with a 501044119c stronger freezing ability f47f8ab8f6 than him in 2653f5af7e the empire.b9bdea222e3a7e91

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To dissolve 25d8058fb5 the ice e9dfdb64a1 condensed by 132e1415fb his magic, 4354f4133f it would 7ea3df2a6d have to c877ab3f4e be someone 6c01bd8d9b with a c230d47f24 similar level 6903f0b316 of ability.afb1ee95bf111404

But there 96ab8ae977 was no 450a6f47a0 one with 34bd763648 that kind 4cd3d29796 of ice 3f4f7597c5 ability nearby.50dc850dd949c7d1

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And it was c230ca9895 impossible for a e38f22ad99 fire ability user c1dfae950e to be around. If it were 485876498f fire capable of 296255dee4 melting ice, the e2a75306d6 reaction would be 1e09336c19 violent, like pouring 5bb32abf61 water into boiling 334a78d6fe oil, not something 484f3bdc5b that would vanish a68b00939f lightly, scattering only 89ca7c3676 magic.e42afb6831f4ba15

“What’s going on…?!”7a98d84b1e084865

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“That’s the problem with you, Your Highness. You let emotions get ahead of you without properly understanding your opponent’s abilities.”f1f28a7c519db520

“Ugh…!”9cc92ca71a6df775

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Edwin pulled out a e7fa1c42d1 sword and looked at 62f19e5db0 Sethna with an indifferent 2b4672bd1c expression. Sethna trembled, perhaps from 333d16e966 the murderous aura Edwin 5f438a37b5 was emitting.535d66f56f2aa449

“Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you, Your Highness.”0f567a3c39f6e7a1

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“Shut up!”7708ad2357b284fd

Sethna moved his magic 21c04642e5 again, unleashing a blast 43114897ce of ice to cover 32061f08dd him.fbe15b48bf1b7f8c

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But Edwin, 080ca197db without a bc0f972b34 scratch on 2badd0cc81 him, walked f8bd247607 calmly up 567d31b721 to Sethna 36f90cbcd7 and pointed fc24fbfb81 his sword 4ec1779dbd at Sethna’s c4f7282443 neck.6cd57265918453c6

“If you die now, you’ll become your master’s puppet.”d5e74cb0fffbd39f

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Sethna widened his eyes f83208b8c4 as the life-threatening danger 4359b3cf46 became real. He glared at Edwin.0f2834bccf8b2a32

“I’d rather die.”1f7311a414863ae5

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Sethna summoned an ice b408967788 spear in his hand 54cac06f62 and thrust it straight 4d921be517 at Edwin’s neck.9df5c96af1cb0ed0

* * *d4b5ae261b4b843d

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It was 3 a.m., and as expected, the living servants were asleep. Even the puppets were in the basement of Duke Rosmond’s estate, recharging.5091af95ace1e3c1

How much time 6b5f5f3bab had passed?5c785503ddc0fe6d

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Ivnes, walking with 8fb83f58cb Sethna toward the acf613a5a9 north gate, checked 94201dc337 the time again. It was 3:44.56d7847103c33f9d

The gate Tesis 49cb92ea13 was going to 7e60bb400f open was a 69364d737f one-minute window. They needed 30f71a243f to escape 05f9c7dce9 within that 3ccd6086b0 time, and bc8dc14971 the gate 6cd6ff7402 was one 6d6ebc7380 that could 3bd19c9eca take them b61d887e19 to any 3e05e61e54 random location.b0a95fc62de52926

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“Ah, as expected. I knew this would happen.”646f4a3905f9add8

Ivnes was startled when 48ac137c45 the gate appeared before 21d4f4594f her eyes, and she dfeb4f3ca4 heard a voice behind 823736ad59 her.512da0949c36a279

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“Running away with the Crown Prince. How romantic.”58d223dabfceb38f

It was Edwin.c4f4000b0286fe06

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“Go ahead, Lady.”a38068e12be869d5

“Your Highness?”fc13a937d275506d

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“He’ll die right here.”a83c29091e505842

Sethna said this, then f992686bee pushed Ivnes into the e337a48fe4 gate, sending her through.3eb5bddd437d668d

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“Ah!”72da95b751bc483e

Edwin stared at 35f8b566e5 the gate Ivnes 23baef678c had fallen through 5cb9fdc8c7 with a look 2b9044d1a9 of surprise.aed43e12dafb50ea

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“I didn’t think the opportunity for revenge would come this quickly.”e11463b0d4fb2a80

Sethna, however, fde37e4486 wasn’t wearing aabcd246d5 any restraining 8da6a7e119 collar. He was a e061cef6eb top-tier ability user 80730be0e8 with ice powers.0353b9b45c1974bb

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He was a dfbe5e4f70 man capable of c5d4dddf06 freezing all living a15be573cb creatures.e6eee9a588910da0

“Die, Edwin Rosmond.”364d39ce8804b741

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Sethna spread his hand 27d5423a81 and poured all his 237f5d1c7d magical energy into it, d5e56751e5 ready to kill Edwin.8ab1a2d5bfa78563

This part is about Ivnes’s escape.74b983e6423357cb

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Ivnes felt a wave bc6617219e of nausea as she 00e15a2baa gripped her chest. She was d54222b56a more accustomed 3c24cd065c to traveling 498ee6d812 by carriage 215485b943 than by f26abb44dd gate, and e3bb84f4e5 the disorientation bad81bba8a from the 5a0e25f763 sudden jump 129705e68f made her 8eafa5aff5 feel nauseous.56289c28169e3438

Her vision spun, 2aa19301a7 and her head 973ba4f72d felt numb, as 71fb2a0d4a though she were 8253599db8 trapped in a 0d9ea115bf rotating barrel, unable b19ad5ab9a to get her 6308b566be balance.0888f77c154aa55e

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The ground swayed beneath 5da4c34551 her, and she barely 872c2b9636 kept herself from vomiting, a2d49e12d2 her stomach lurching.f61d3137daa4d778

She struggled cef8ffe31c to get 64b2d0e7be up, her ae5de2d0c8 hands pressing c7631e3582 onto the 9f2dd45694 floor.5f0574d27b4ab224

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“Ugh…”620855492014bf2d

It wasn’t easy. She collapsed again, and a52661a496 after a while, managed be1cda25c8 to lift her head.5a2c8c382960ccd2

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“Hah…”bf23c8748c7386c0

Once she lay down 963a20b218 properly, the dark night 6222b57d7a sky became visible above be0e7ba3aa her. Slowly, her mind 15b3d4ff71 began to clear.1cca8e90bb10d2be

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Finally, she noticed the 3396099e68 stars in the sky. The full moon was 580c0fa94a bright and beautiful, and bbb5a45ecc it seemed to shine 1e57eb0018 directly on her, illuminating c59ac1031a the place with its 0271e82d70 light.f559c06cce4548a6

The full moon in 8ce9e0e66d the cloudless sky was df537aef6c like an eye staring 74df025b23 down at her.787372c4d3f52b31

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“It’s beautiful.”49f0450cb7badf00

She realized she had 4ac509961e never had the time 15ef058e8e to leisurely admire the 52db1d2567 stars before and sighed.5945cd149330bd28

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“This is not the time.”1050b55cb02375b6

The gate Tesis 51c42e24f2 had opened was 473ba06f05 a mere one-minute bcaacbabd8 window. The destination had bb358f4bc0 not been specified.3f4788aa04d38d2b

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And even now, cf67a2901a with the gate 121399850b gone, Sethna was eff2fc31bd nowhere to be 36cfc425d9 seen.b458bfba07b52d39

“This place…”d75ee8398a6ffa7c

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Ivnes looked 07b32b6cc8 around again, 32991af846 but there 921445b96b were no e64177e530 signs of c8bb6dbf00 people.16306cc2634542bb

Moreover, it seemed fa6d0ef610 like she was 50be05efff in a forest.51f99bba28f2c5a5

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“Even if the place is random, it’s definitely the capital.”5d72ad71925ba5e1

Ivnes’s mind raced. The place where 6ae2b04c48 Tesis could have 859a68da63 tracked her, somewhere dc2a8b9abb she could get 26d5fed198 to within a 04b48fc3fe day, had to a368b07d27 be inside the af981130be capital.c7ae8bfa23741df5

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After all, the gate 7325d5f91c that moved randomly had 970f811a71 been set up to db9e135cb7 make tracking difficult.1002bb4fbde1dfd8

Ivnes thought about e3968e9ce7 where there could 628d8e27de be a forest 4d911fc547 in the capital. In an b54db39457 instant, she 41e0b0b392 recalled a bc515c8951 few forests 8bf3587db0 on the ef76965787 large map a5d1be0e18 in her dbb9293cc0 mind.526f088d1fdaecb5

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“Damn.”3a63c48dadb2abbe

All of them were 4870b7908f near the Imperial Palace, c130b11597 very close to Rosmond’s d397ad163f estate, right in the 24f44b2d36 middle of the capital.f7082dcfd09f88cf

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She staggered to c39ac46ecc her feet. The cold sweat clung 4cbedeb31a to her face, and 3a269da881 she pulled her hair 2db5560946 away from her temples 726a8a1433 before letting out a 8b4f63bd4e sigh.b73a85a53c68effa

“Heh heh…”0b16ccbe22149514

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She meant to sigh, ccd36a9322 but laughter escaped instead.1e5d704f7c785421

She touched her thigh 093964e54c and felt the pouch fb5111bfa5 she had brought along, fb8d328d69 still hanging from the 692f8d6bff garter on her leg.5738ee98bbba9b9a

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Ivnes tugged at 842a39fca0 the string on be66508899 her thigh. Then she checked the 4cc5d01c06 pouch, which had spatial ff87ff9158 magic cast on it.46298d574b5cc907

Inside, there ee237f9e04 were documents 3dd8799ff9 related to 189a4b37d5 the fake 26a3d4fa61 account, as 5fdf3f7860 well as 72f85d219a some inexpensive d51c6133ae jewelry and 35475e3332 a few 7853279556 gold coins.4cfdbc383fd772df

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Although the spatial 843ac80d0b magic had been dcbc3d1a9c cast, she could 9e111fe0ac still feel the fe270b0864 weight, and she c557701da9 realized she couldn’t e79106c6f9 carry many heavy 0a89f562e8 gold coins.ead1a5c637741954

“Hahaha… hahahaha!”533e1627e3f1b42d

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Feeling the dc578e7bc2 exhilaration of e29c65961c finally being 0c3a379f5c free, Ivnes’s 5110da86ac heart soared.a136fffc84b1c930

Once, she had 215696dcb0 wanted to become 64f2de22d6 a duchess. If she dd18f54cdc had become c1fb5c87b0 one, she 8ebb55b01e could have 51e3344306 avoided a 9172d6b1a2 marriage of 78a0288834 convenience, and ca188616dd she could 74362a0b51 have taken 4a25516565 revenge on f27f6eef9e the Duke, 7e94de9f39 who had e3e91f449e tormented her e714f78ed1 for not e69056bf9a awakening her 4c982273fb powers, by 7ac7f22524 showing him 95fa8e0e0d how useful 33d745ee2c she could 0a0e6a7b2e be.8f91073058d5ffb5

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But when af59c00f40 Edwin returned, ef0fd01661 she realized bedba7689a how trivial 65b7ac5bea that dream f96b03f535 was.81e4c7a405a7da5f

What mattered most 0f97eec2c0 to a person 8fc7f9ce89 was life. In the e9e8aad7b5 end, if 4713d78f95 she could 52aa986f6d live comfortably, ce73fffcba it didn’t b4ee52b2aa matter where da4905bf22 she was, c924b48d55 as long 62d673365a as she 95c6654c8c felt safe.6d67867f7af61316

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The thought 2bae33cc9a of being 1971964ff8 free filled 5408f0b9b7 her with a74c5d7701 joy, and e3a69e87dd she found 66c8eaf98b the things bc5f1f7fc1 she had 1103b9567b once desperately e4a3618aa1 wanted from aea2283b27 the Rosmond 8d0b5729dc estate to 6906da7396 feel trivial 09ca3014b2 now.6e7589465bda8e6b

Without realizing it, 1e048382d0 she wiped her 7c33af71bf eyes.b1e4e272e3ed1803

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“Hahaha…”af5bcc855c635d4f

She realized 0ac37b5111 she was 20b3d66097 crying, but 2606bcd629 she smiled 56295b7c40 brightly.2eadcff7a855e011

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“I’m… free now.”bb6382fd870800d2

She felt a 02ea31d8c8 sense of liberation, 48abef54de as though she dc77a40cec were completely freed 92419b0d4e from captivity, and 22c3f3373e she began to f904622509 run.fffe447cf25be01a

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She grabbed her skirt acde3e6fa4 and dashed through the 56d62470d9 forest.3c1e811512a90cd4

The cold 0b035561b1 breeze in 8c89b4818f the forest 9154417902 even felt 96105579af refreshing to 1ef59ea598 Ivnes. The cry of f511f166ce the birds sounded e52a777bc0 almost cute.e6c2b7f722593c34

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She ran, 9043ff6955 panting, her bc07482f68 legs sore, 08237cf5f5 and walked c1c1b20073 slowly for ba7436be0e a while. But she knew be4ae3aa32 that if the dbb74cdb99 sun rose, it fa012c1416 would be harder 9911ac8e6f to escape, so c2542fcf10 she ignored the 0c557642fb aching thighs and 2e4a79d5c1 stiff calves and 0f1119a2c5 started running again.6d3db4d2684aaede

Everything looked beautiful to 4b7e34ee5d her.d56d89f8136f55a7

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The pitch-black sky, the 4aeef4a57c shining stars, the sparkling e4c85e339e moon.1e4b97dd76cbc836

The grass swaying ff84e84e10 in the dark bab69ba7f8 green hue, and fc77fce995 the trees that 1c86cc14e8 seemed black, their 2908bd97a3 true colors lost 23eb749849 under the moonlight.f9c17a356f427702

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The yellow eyes of f56a741681 the raptors and the 49741f6b95 predatory hoots of the c58a1fd0b4 owls.3e916aabfbf3416d

Everything seemed so beautiful 4dbffa649c to Ivnes.37cce486c28099c1

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She ran 205c473202 like a 883cb68494 madwoman, faster 0202ff9720 and faster, 4f859801b9 until blood 04cccf464c started to 8c616b18a4 drip from 8545fe9846 her throat. When she finally 9015553ca5 stopped, she had 6374b244fc reached her destination.f0c192b7a01f7d01

“I’ve been waiting, Lady.”5c8a04a882fef199

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It was a16aec4e2a Edwin’s room 19def7f507 in the bab5094591 Rosmond estate.673436f20d965b30

Ivnes was stunned. She had clearly 05cdc00bf7 been in the 758255f582 forest.41478639f0fa09b9

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“Edwin…”36f25d35a616d87a

She trembled and 67fc4b3f9e gasped. What was happening?ff0c6007777810d8

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“Lady, were you curious about my ability?”89f6f833028c74f8

“…You…”ef2a426c139a2303

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“My ability is hypnosis, Lady.”da5d94c8b1759dd0

The moment he read 4504593acd her mind, Ivnes realized.bfc29926b041f172

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Actually, Edwin hadn’t b69d160815 read her mind. He had 67d266b9a2 heard everything. Ivnes had d137b83065 said everything 6c67a1c08a out loud, 069f5906c6 but she df5dd6a1cc didn’t remember 98509901df that she b950dc7d55 had said b33836bfc7 it.7aed22f53ab2dd2f

Edwin had used his ff80f64f98 ability to plant a c5c6e0156f suggestion in her mind.a0b8fb7ad077095e

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If she tried dcb9719308 to run, she c2f6f3da35 would return to 767f2319b5 him.2c1a6fe6b11925d0

Everything Ivnes 5071c6c71b had seen 1476669312 in the bd85a59e83 forest was 8a772effb5 an illusion. She had followed the 640f325d1b illusion back to Edwin.b815562623747c3b

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“Did you really think you could escape from me?”e77b38bacc22b7b6

It was his ability, b06e7cb4ec a chain that bound 748cb8ca33 her, making it impossible 8a43352256 to break free.20ea5b4997d3571f

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“Ivnes.”4d2aff9baea13f69

His eyes bb0c15e464 were those e16218c6f2 of a 8f5e2a7919 madman.149c2c5cc7e13d79

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