Chapter 20

Sethna laughed as e943355eb7 he recalled the 2fabd3cc32 things Edwin Rosmond c11aa0f874 had done to b2e839faf0 him in the a8a3b03622 past.d77a4747c1dd4ac3

Before being 98863016b1 kidnapped, his 780d6920fa magic had baaab6744d been purified, b60297b69a as if 4137933289 he were b431bd9eca fully prepared. With anger f96374c9ea fueling his c30c16fa10 magic, he e937513dfb poured it 40df9c7b45 into the 9022147344 spot where fa9d7695fc Edwin had eae84add46 been.7e0823400fb2471a

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A cold 372dca5bb0 wind howled, afe6e1cd8d and the c8b66c1dbb nearby water e663be39d2 vapor froze, b235351847 turning into d2825db12d sharp icicles ea219aed45 that shot 5bbde936d5 toward Edwin’s db93a5e423 location. A blizzard erupted, covering 07cb6284bf him with snow.2f7849a23947666a

Bang! Boom!02ebc4b5e8a3d24a

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The deafening sounds and 6d361c5dc1 coldness enveloped the surroundings.751f3a09d0cb90a6

“Ha, hahaha!”c5f15ffc5610fcb1

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Sethna, holding his 4bc4744095 own hair, laughed a3a571334c as he watched f32d92697b Edwin, who had a266d2b2b0 treated him like ea69039d79 a slave, buried d124eff6fc under a pile 79aa3bf9e9 of snow.d8927d93d296d74e

“Do you think you need a gate or something?”fc483520aea3fb2d

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With his eba83ce86f abilities restored, db7c1656dd Sethna was 1c032b813d a top-tier 03f80965f3 user, fearless eaa573d06a and untouchable.e111d232046a3897

However, the only 663795ee96 reason he had daa565a609 tried to reach e4c958aff7 the gate and 75f21170de move was because 5f27b23ef5 he wanted to f33e7606e5 confirm whether Ivnes 7761fbb241 Rosmond’s feelings were 687d046564 sincere.bcb7877e5ff8d122

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But now, Sethna 53b4807f61 didn’t need to eb8f8e0a74 use the gate e1ed6398d8 anymore.734f48df7f85bc75

“Where she’s gone is too obvious.”77397cf5041a1083

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She had gone f33adfa889 to someone.e890d8bf29283064

Tesis Renold.9db297e338b3a9d9

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Since she had received a46361174e his help, if she 8e54a701a3 had taken the gate, 87bc1e39a2 she would have been 727ea3669e rescued by Tesis.e1a42bedb96496b6

Then, Sethna would destroy ce1e2e61f3 the Rosmond estate, the a4683433fe place that had imprisoned a8537e1aaf him.e1d0e24861ce804c

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“I will lock Lady Ivnes in my basement.”95317b49d740520a

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…5ae68aa68d922089

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She must 3a364d7cf0 be a 957a952fa7 guide.390b91a4fa7a7a4c

A guide 1fefb702fb who created be8aea1b0a stabilizers, someone e0066cb3ea who, just 31fd13158b by touching, 91196df1a1 could purify 1bfa2cb2da the magic 303540c48f of a b33ec86c09 top-tier ability 45edb3ace5 user, without 3b2708b7fc effort, rendering 28a8a3177b them powerless.d45bd743594b72da

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The highest-tier guide 7ed7f39910 without a partner.cfc070d0a4d0b17b

Duke Rosmond’s estate would ef2c4327de soon be destroyed, but e1383bdfdc there was enough reason ff47322174 not to kill Ivnes. Sethna thought 56e146ca84 of the ccc815337a memories where 7a74323809 she had b42e257e7f cared for c0ddc975a0 him, and f23d499b67 he swore 3488401755 to cherish b2c69b820b her in de93808650 the same 8403368320 way.ec8f4e27fc723f63

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Just as he 0be5815e80 had endured in 0c26d384b4 the basement of bfd9c0a1d5 House Rosmond—waiting for 6bfb86d587 her touch, waiting 9ac0457724 endlessly.b57becb21d3f3a56

So, she c8585ccf16 could wait 2237e17804 for him, 56c6adc9d8 too.4094d058824bdaa8

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In the secret room d15d856b0d beneath his bedroom.1e99116595583c78

Forever.b01f0c6b65289e2d

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“Ah, how ridiculous.”53cc2fb141fd0547

Sethna was about to d501b8dfb1 turn around when a 38f455ccf4 voice suddenly stopped him.6c190c3ccc7c6fa7

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“Why is everyone so careless?”c3a3a789a8f9b6f5

The ice quickly melted a8f48db91a away. Sethna couldn’t 13d3da8d42 understand how 8cba367fa7 this had 3fef0f5c4c happened—there was 356c66e79d no one 304c8cfe33 with a 7ee69d3499 stronger freezing 6a30f091e6 ability than a1dba87850 him in 54eafca07d the empire.21a7346de4422b73

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To dissolve 2c5bbaf3eb the ice dc82d5384d condensed by 558e39fe3c his magic, a0eb281a8b it would 160d3b7d74 have to 183f9ea320 be someone 542e7731ae with a 1ee962cc49 similar level def80dc7c2 of ability.b48367bde43ced50

But there was no 97dab35439 one with that kind 7779861a54 of ice ability nearby.8b3f065c1d2e330e

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And it 740570332c was impossible cd47500409 for a 0ad0f5a84c fire ability 99bea26fcb user to 32278fe2e2 be around. If it 1ad4511cac were fire 1c7f9203f8 capable of 6bcc6634a6 melting ice, 4cf4c225aa the reaction 65e38c10be would be 3d570a669e violent, like e774eba3ce pouring water ca2b26a859 into boiling a41e095bb4 oil, not 4376f29b4d something that 55751d9e4e would vanish 3d508f848a lightly, scattering 235dbc71f1 only magic.08da81510a839cb6

“What’s going on…?!”2c55ac9cb1f9c656

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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.”5808714d60ddd252

“Ugh…!”9987b06eaeb6f560

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Edwin pulled out c5ef7e9b50 a sword and 8f80c5120a looked at Sethna 6fd1cf565b with an indifferent 9bec3daabf expression. Sethna trembled, perhaps from f05a180c84 the murderous aura Edwin 85a612704d was emitting.ab4d5195e6c0c4e6

“Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you, Your Highness.”140c44cc0d5fa627

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“Shut up!”5a4c47cb252dc13d

Sethna moved 8e0b0d70d2 his magic a12f33c16b again, unleashing 86d7accea0 a blast ce316f59e0 of ice db09c37b7c to cover 9d23a39c87 him.15982e9fe95f9b1f

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But Edwin, without 4e575787c4 a scratch on 0c65080b6e him, walked calmly 1c6620d350 up to Sethna b7179398a9 and pointed his eb3490834a sword at Sethna’s b77fa59ef2 neck.60f4373d21acb778

“If you die now, you’ll become your master’s puppet.”6b0dfaf1b568444c

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Sethna widened 0acf3b2910 his eyes a9d25bcbc5 as the 57a51a0b2b life-threatening danger 338fd51c14 became real. He glared cf0480e473 at Edwin.1757f62b4501a7bb

“I’d rather die.”c3f782d45688fed0

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Sethna summoned an ice 1a9963b27e spear in his hand a04acddeb5 and thrust it straight a020c30547 at Edwin’s neck.709682d82ac9a914

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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.9edea08f6779208c

How much time ce004f0af4 had passed?bf0305396d7c0f48

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Ivnes, walking with 5cbb143389 Sethna toward the 72274544c9 north gate, checked 1ebe0d2dec the time again. It was 3:44.117fa48948da32cf

The gate Tesis e33e7cd1a6 was going to 897553596d open was a 1a7867b193 one-minute window. They needed to 9bd0ef7653 escape within that 198fc30450 time, and the 7b6ce1189b gate was one cccc9a993e that could take a759e74b82 them to any bc2db3feca random location.3a76a212e1b7dc0d

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“Ah, as expected. I knew this would happen.”1a5f28c72b9dc1bf

Ivnes was startled 143dabd953 when the gate 20de1a3c42 appeared before her e282d1e2e1 eyes, and she d244a1a750 heard a voice 9b8b120be4 behind her.c44c8bd630777632

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“Running away with the Crown Prince. How romantic.”4ff50ca9c0f9069d

It was Edwin.cfca3dd9b742d919

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“Go ahead, Lady.”a7e969888feac299

“Your Highness?”b76ffeb2df856d96

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“He’ll die right here.”e5531599b8584f45

Sethna said this, then a629c16bea pushed Ivnes into the f9d1c90552 gate, sending her through.34764a5c02795f39

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“Ah!”eb28e369ecc4d15d

Edwin stared 49b9e0cfb4 at the 969fdfc911 gate Ivnes cfe4652fba had fallen f975500e0f through with 770d0f7fbd a look b2245701df of surprise.cccc0bb655a18b25

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“I didn’t think the opportunity for revenge would come this quickly.”18ba176f73cda132

Sethna, however, wasn’t wearing b5565a7e7a any restraining collar. He was a abea23440b top-tier ability user aab73eddf6 with ice powers.45c05cb80b480e06

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He was a man 3f3dcb7d0e capable of freezing all 70c74c9390 living creatures.43497dfaa5ce9a22

“Die, Edwin Rosmond.”3273e42587b87949

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Sethna spread his hand b8ee832e2d and poured all his cbfd048e86 magical energy into it, 4997c36e71 ready to kill Edwin.7f887c49df0a2b3e

This part is about Ivnes’s escape.84b092c18fc98f03

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Ivnes felt 8f154666ff a wave 88e92fa1de of nausea fc33961980 as she fed79123f7 gripped her d97600e44d chest. She was 56d5dce45a more accustomed fc667f580a to traveling 7a9950aefe by carriage 0c63c765d4 than by c903f067ca gate, and 8ed76d094a the disorientation 1916ea897a from the 982d3d3092 sudden jump dd508b3fac made her 336c8ef598 feel nauseous.0566c6a3d7676bd2

Her vision 4427ca68c0 spun, and 85bb1f3c45 her head 1c221b1b79 felt numb, 19736beca6 as though eb8fe294be she were 6f32ac8ea2 trapped in fa361784db a rotating 6f91b561b6 barrel, unable 9a6c473878 to get a9a5fad6e7 her balance.0e06917a4b4f820f

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The ground swayed f03cfcd054 beneath her, and 4af4c2adbc she barely kept 4660fcad0d herself from vomiting, a090849a1a her stomach lurching.aeb508a6b54ef295

She struggled to get 5e6954fab4 up, her hands pressing 0d643be631 onto the floor.3b97bad24d20d774

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“Ugh…”6ddf6aa0dff03fba

It wasn’t easy. She collapsed again, and 8a2fa2a1c8 after a while, managed b20b05bed6 to lift her head.1f2436345274bfd8

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“Hah…”0752d0f248892431

Once she lay down 28f2756ef5 properly, the dark night 5d491b8659 sky became visible above abfdf0f58f her. Slowly, her mind began aea9b1064d to clear.2584298c4c44de1e

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Finally, she noticed 80813ffa4d the stars in e62b09c570 the sky. The full moon was b3b0b3105a bright and beautiful, and c1fee61142 it seemed to shine e607cab0b0 directly on her, illuminating 2a5926aed3 the place with its 679810ffba light.be78213776a42f51

The full moon in e52ca73efc the cloudless sky was d82dcd176e like an eye staring b975ab3bb1 down at her.f490309f3e923a11

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“It’s beautiful.”2faef409d0ec7824

She realized she 40d55c3f81 had never had e092b494f5 the time to c9cd83b3bc leisurely admire the baa54a42da stars before and 862f66f696 sighed.c7342cf7c94005de

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“This is not the time.”b3ba91ba8912a404

The gate Tesis had 656c31d7d2 opened was a mere 02fdf42102 one-minute window. The destination f45a0a6dff had not 64dd0d2822 been specified.13ffc3b0415dc231

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And even now, with e9f5caf703 the gate gone, Sethna 34e71d149b was nowhere to be 02ece7d84d seen.d4fe08f6cdd461d4

“This place…”60dec9586dfb7c3b

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Ivnes looked around again, 16f6fd82ee but there were no ee8df82a22 signs of people.efc315b75b5bab70

Moreover, it d158226e24 seemed like ffae2adb0b she was 2cec4c78d1 in a a84fcc2953 forest.b4a716b7e8961a14

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“Even if the place is random, it’s definitely the capital.”be42612d895a43e6

Ivnes’s mind raced. The place where Tesis ff54382f6c could have tracked her, e599a85935 somewhere she could get 5051d52303 to within a day, 2b50857883 had to be inside ed2ddfa6b2 the capital.ab18ae59b098ad10

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After all, 01486f1a6d the gate b368db241c that moved cf7203a88e randomly had 014f8b5185 been set 263ad82361 up to 4b2b473fec make tracking 60d44afcdc difficult.75b2847320e7af13

Ivnes thought about 86db17abc8 where there could 5daca6a0ca be a forest ae0f48ebbd in the capital. In an instant, 215005cb5e she recalled a 4fbca792f1 few forests on 134c0e40b8 the large map e714d223dd in her mind.8e3fa47e4ca7376e

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“Damn.”377a43bc83c98da6

All of them 16d83b29e1 were near the 1c89f12900 Imperial Palace, very 72a4722156 close to Rosmond’s c779323576 estate, right in 8f8368fcc3 the middle of cd80ada1dc the capital.26c095d4cfad8f2d

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She staggered to 952760e197 her feet. The cold sweat clung 61bbe48fc8 to her face, and 07046e1731 she pulled her hair be04335dc5 away from her temples 101ecfe221 before letting out a 3154e2398b sigh.79748030b7c52803

“Heh heh…”4adb814c78a89cdd

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She meant to 6e2b8e6883 sigh, but laughter 8780bdfb39 escaped instead.0b95467d7b9dfc91

She touched her 8eafce102f thigh and felt 1226956555 the pouch she 25e1a6e152 had brought along, 92ad7bf8b9 still hanging from c8bae3a402 the garter on 31254edd6e her leg.165ba27e1b06d7ab

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Ivnes tugged at c07aa6ef37 the string on d2ad9db023 her thigh. Then she checked d1130d61e6 the pouch, which 465ae64adf had spatial magic dda9a37a57 cast on it.d49c05be92ec9a94

Inside, there 65fc6f5eaa were documents 22d331e6d5 related to 9f1d3d7bc3 the fake f58b9ae576 account, as 564f3351c3 well as 2236a4c7a6 some inexpensive e144d2f1ac jewelry and a8acc4b68a a few 8d83cb9669 gold coins.a4f506d18cf5d1fe

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Although the spatial 7d1f101396 magic had been eb2a655498 cast, she could f2134f1156 still feel the fe1301cdd3 weight, and she 2d122fd534 realized she couldn’t da5bf1b0c7 carry many heavy 25613166fc gold coins.f07bc4a1528eec21

“Hahaha… hahahaha!”ce9d0d47b1d08cc8

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Feeling the exhilaration of 7d72e75ced finally being free, Ivnes’s 82cbdfa3ab heart soared.a1ec54c98a9c3145

Once, she had 5af1c3acc1 wanted to become 83f6010c16 a duchess. If she had become 65504fe037 one, she could have e62d82ba0e avoided a marriage of 0aa30107b0 convenience, and she could e51c94fe69 have taken revenge on e7e0d10851 the Duke, who had f960f98896 tormented her for not 99869c772d awakening her powers, by b4b3e2eaf0 showing him how useful 51d1e05f6a she could be.1a71313641e7d222

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But when Edwin 5bc9589939 returned, she realized 94c8b5b432 how trivial that c4ec68b1a4 dream was.2d260a5b500d498c

What mattered most to f1a51356a8 a person was life. In the 26d41d5f0d end, if 5ee5c2a57f she could 5e53021ad6 live comfortably, 5e6ef8f466 it didn’t e06db217f4 matter where 6fb30dbe6e she was, 8fe27627b1 as long aa5f9436de as she 4fe2399198 felt safe.b8954e75953fa4e8

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The thought of being fb44fa5baa free filled her with 91175973fb joy, and she found 5838315519 the things she had bf84d13b86 once desperately wanted from f780af6b62 the Rosmond estate to 1d92916105 feel trivial now.7798bdca14088193

Without realizing 2db4b6faa4 it, she c778344b6e wiped her c8bda5b79f eyes.527478fd0d7a2022

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“Hahaha…”511fd704617b6220

She realized 49513c2728 she was 74bb9368b6 crying, but fe3828dcf1 she smiled 7de9ecc1a0 brightly.08d551a7ba344ef8

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“I’m… free now.”7eeb31e235eb23d1

She felt a d2241d8ec7 sense of liberation, 9c9e7cdb33 as though she 055283311e were completely freed 7f2bc2434b from captivity, and 32996c7b6c she began to 386bc90666 run.52a4b42163ade7d4

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She grabbed her 9cd9ca9062 skirt and dashed 063bef7ee4 through the forest.9a20fc9799e4c3bc

The cold breeze in 6c28c18800 the forest even felt 0344651108 refreshing to Ivnes. The cry 44fd1a2a4f of the 0f306198c4 birds sounded a8c7ad14e0 almost cute.11f972a907fad58f

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She ran, panting, her f81495b8c1 legs sore, and walked 71c8f93070 slowly for a while. But she knew that 8f76240935 if the sun rose, 5ff023a42c it would be harder b258764534 to escape, so she ff51d71bf6 ignored the aching thighs 92d4ec0bc0 and stiff calves and 4033e4ec86 started running again.cd7de851f3f2f6ac

Everything looked beautiful to 7058f84fac her.58274b0027dc2d24

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The pitch-black sky, 5c7e24b15f the shining stars, e1d3e2bda5 the sparkling moon.4c53d8aef880429c

The grass 75ba99124c swaying in 4b3a47b464 the dark 9a5344f2fb green hue, 7c9e444259 and the 5b5365092e trees that 0ccf9dbfc2 seemed black, e91484b184 their true 70c9a97f04 colors lost 750ee72695 under the 7bcccf5828 moonlight.a7fa96fff562af59

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The yellow eyes of 21ec2f361a the raptors and the d18afca191 predatory hoots of the e9205c093e owls.1a1c54ffdac27e87

Everything seemed so beautiful 7738167235 to Ivnes.56aa3a9f7b575322

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She ran 3b739091c6 like a 2e639e4716 madwoman, faster 4c542536b6 and faster, 6d2bbd3282 until blood a871770bef started to a1426dcac7 drip from b078213d79 her throat. When she finally stopped, 53d7ae78d0 she had reached her 65e0dfbc04 destination.986891b7b02c2cde

“I’ve been waiting, Lady.”4d776cf9c288a7ed

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It was Edwin’s room a7d21d9ab5 in the Rosmond estate.be1d2a670627a27c

Ivnes was stunned. She had 63d44280be clearly been cba2cc2fbf in the f85d1adac3 forest.ecfa51ff2d22bb27

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“Edwin…”23575dc80d2f6da2

She trembled and 6fde4444d9 gasped. What was happening?a5a1ad8d80ecc63a

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“Lady, were you curious about my ability?”68a19fae606a2b3e

“…You…”b823ac57f39e865f

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“My ability is hypnosis, Lady.”0361bfd825a5269d

The moment he 49a32869c0 read her mind, fcc623a7c1 Ivnes realized.1ad25b5e1d200305

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Actually, Edwin 614d560bd2 hadn’t read e48de02332 her mind. He had heard 897d820665 everything. Ivnes had d3a39aaf34 said everything 0810590b04 out loud, 73f8d16ca0 but she fd139e2799 didn’t remember c53f97ac36 that she 250b4db279 had said a76d439922 it.2a97650b48f69672

Edwin had used 4a2dcb5f35 his ability to 0f73544869 plant a suggestion e5c2a9e173 in her mind.5842c6998c9feb59

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If she c74b63aa42 tried to e10823e3e9 run, she 2196ab7e4a would return 3702862db7 to him.cdce851f063fa42b

Everything Ivnes had 954874db5c seen in the 3882bdaeb9 forest was an e020610b24 illusion. She had followed the 37dcb5bccb illusion back to Edwin.2ec3a0c08e1884a5

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“Did you really think you could escape from me?”909a712f84047e9c

It was his 683443d398 ability, a chain fe8cb3307d that bound her, d4cd20e3c7 making it impossible 773eeec0ec to break free.d0940469a19162fa

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“Ivnes.”1fb9ee0dad470494

His eyes were those 48da1a62b9 of a madman.e790cad86691dda3

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