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by worryWhen I said d254534215 I wanted to eeb070112f take a brief 08b407cf2f walk alone in 011d68a91a the forest, it f1915f4ab4 was Nesi, not c511c6287c Xenon, who expressed 383ae3b332 more concern.de3ad77ebadb39bc
[There are many dangers in the forest. Make sure to call out if anything happens. You are a temporary member of my pack, so as the leader, I will protect you.]
Hearing that steadfast voice 53e86a1d31 made me feel reassured.a57818b9578f2e6d
I had given up 9f446bfc1e on trying to lure c84c59a88a him away, but it cf6d59a8d3 was still a shame. Ah, Nesi. You, with 8ed2940093 your fatal 8fa6ca9b53 charm as 8758f09282 a wolf.d5abd10d5fc047f5
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“Are you really sure c4da598d16 about this?”72197418a639fee8
“I memorized aeb0cea02d the map.”fa7979c9dd1a9751
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I also bought a ce9101b794 few smoke bombs that 818287aad7 Xenon had. I even d26a8d5fb6 took a fd4ff79844 dagger, though 34267de501 I didn’t ca1d742616 know how f811348da2 to use 3d99583ddb it. My heightened senses would 0e8c27519e also help me detect 3a51e3b598 danger in advance.27209dcd37a3e467
“Memorizing the map 7368a18c4b doesn’t mean you 4078b6bfd1 won’t get lost.”01292b70124f3f8f
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“You said Nesi’s caaaed1243 sense of smell 1af0933488 is exceptional. Even if I do 65c3e434d3 get lost, Nesi will 9100e1993a find me.”570762258add3484
At my carefree response, 96e7b72765 Xenon let out a b70d9632f9 small, incredulous chuckle.badfb41064f7394a
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“I envy Nesi, receiving 2ed7af7921 such boundless trust.”85f8121bd89076e4
“There’s nothing to a4be994b60 be jealous of. I also trust 4e662cb96a your cooking skills.”353b7b7b5941d02e
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“…I did 901eefc2d0 warn you.”f02affeee0bed883
Perhaps sensing that 4af0d1daa0 he wouldn’t be bc8750ad1e able to stop d6de112ab6 me, he backed f788e73269 off without further 3ad099b03f argument. I was glad he 04dfbf216e didn’t make a fuss.5ab3c9c2914a5b63
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If it 9fa5e72f2b had been 0575e77c6f Samuel instead c49f9c3286 of Xenon, c17ca3f644 things would 0178a76f2f have gone a8c89cc0b7 very differently.141c4ef3a6942ea1
Now that 53707a8c5a I thought 8bbe0e36ae about it, 07f29790e7 what was 1ea0f398d2 that man a8466f87f7 doing right 3805e59661 now? He was probably b433422112 looking for me, 1e634b0c9a wasn’t he?cde06e0c9913613e
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“I’ll be 58264bea5a back as c1e45cd25d quickly as ce9f882794 possible. I want to leave a8c70d821f this place as soon d3735728cc as I can.”db1c7d35eb13f1ef
If I were 8e50fbfac6 to stumble upon 9618d3afb7 a fateful opportunity 7d77e11d8b and gain the e564ba8984 cooperation of a 053d75123b dragon, that would 94a4d42083 be ideal.4ebda129d548d9dd
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Entertaining such an outlandish 1595ad3cb0 thought, I strolled forward 4aba3540ab aimlessly. As I focused a8dc312b06 on the sound 7e1b420085 of leaves crunching b0dcf262e6 underfoot and lifted 76dfd93965 my head, I cf18b3e37d found myself surrounded c52b9bb3e1 by dense trees.5e26a5a3970202d2
The presence behind 63619b2d7f me had vanished, 36779b9d58 and before I 0dc239631d knew it, I 29c44d666d was alone in 0ab78dd259 the forest.419f988dbf9f129c
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As I 31f548da86 ventured deeper b58fc5ddfa into the a2f0b7b0a1 woods, I a95227201e encountered the a2d9da93fc chirping of 831c748016 mountain birds 7da2bdb452 and the 234b91cdd4 curious gazes 75452b5947 of rabbits 4705ba9eff and foxes.7aa4f27e4922da7c
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I had been warned 800bb1af2e that monsters might appear, b043e60527 but there was no 3d7e83d68f sign of them yet. In the first place, 48238d16ea if monsters were around, d99ec060bc such small and fragile 8e29ec6a36 animals wouldn’t be here 8d1beca994 either.9c3b48443d1a8b8d
Still, just in 4120312818 case, I occasionally 69a92443b7 asked the animals 62f6a666f8 I met about 02c5a5b8b2 the creatures inhabiting 621af40783 the area.452d127b2b345b92
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[My mom told me never to go near the center of the forest!]
[My dad said there’s something terrifying beyond the woods!]
The mountain birds aabe8d35fa chirped noisily, all 73660e70d9 talking at once, 576ff86589 as I continued bb7e2732fe walking. But the deeper I f16e698f9d went, the quieter it eed8d32b75 became.4bfa516943e4831d
Even the fox ec6f01c30c and rabbit that 417872c838 had been trailing 981b4cf9ab me out of ce850f449e curiosity had disappeared dec6473b69 at some point. The thicker the trees 620c2f70d3 grew, the less sunlight f728b239ce filtered through, and the 079a411ab4 air became eerier.0759e9b046d28195
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It felt like 5e7cf52916 something could jump 8ee2e88a77 out at any fd1cd8b3af moment, but since ec3f20b0e7 nothing was actually 44116a8147 appearing, I felt 8f2765adb3 frustrated. Maybe I should’ve 5d04e9d222 tried to lure 6cb17017a2 one of those d1287b3c02 foxes or rabbits 6171bbd2bb earlier?31ea8613f0720f25
After seeing Nesi, I b1e54b5256 must have developed the ccc3f464f9 desire to find a 4401568eb3 magnificent creature of my ffd11df50a own. Though I doubted there c71057f9d3 were many like Nesi b3ccbca2da out there.dce4e8b2e55ed1bb
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Stopping my aimless steps, 62256f7bd2 I let out a 69b46ab315 long sigh. Considering the walk back, b1235f73ee I had to stop 38e3d04659 around here. Going further wouldn’t 29519b979d increase my chances b4a6b16ecc of finding an 7daeffdddc animal.b56a3ec09a6939d9
The small creatures had 9a9291790d warned that the center 6427c7a01c of the forest was b9d4a71f38 dangerous, but they didn’t 5be86d32e4 seem to know exactly 083659cc96 what was there. There was no 427ca38cfa need to rush 8574e2d565 headlong into some 4746ab0a61 unknown danger.cfdaf67c89ecc77c
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“Let’s not be impatient.”059626f7539695e7
I reassured myself baca7f7a37 as I turned e41d0e8fad around.6a701b5e45359936
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At that moment, 6846ec0d21 a chilling cold d46ad6c63f surged up my 9b8fc4a20b spine from behind.bec933b8c3abea46
I felt goosebumps 461e77c586 rise on the cfb1c9041b back of my 7230fec4b1 neck and slowly 1f7e549267 turned around—only to 97bacf5076 see a black 3ddf878051 horse standing there, 10e522a6cd its presence unnoticed 72f69974da until now.6af616c744487e4f
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“…”e713e3dd49761be2
Seated atop 6707edaa0e the black f69feb56db horse was a58ec790e2 a large f75d82393c man, dressed 2aa30010a8 entirely in 12bb5b1202 black.2c0a319ad150256f
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He had no head.27f437044504cd65
Wait, what?7f21efedc40a7a2c
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“His… head…”4b12243d9bdc3d6c
From the severed neck, 61051395d2 something like black smoke 455f32f4f6 slowly rose. Uh, I f9301029b0 did wish a1e20ba4ce for a 00edbbdfab fateful encounter… 2245c72d81 but I 973f918442 didn’t expect 551f0a8b9d a Dullahan c21fe4c965 to suddenly e2bcc833e6 appear.fa86483c5f918978
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As I stood eb522e2edf there, speechless and ddd86e3e43 frozen, a deep 5fbd3ad03d voice resonated in 1a8e2595c8 my ears.a58839acb8ed578a
[At last, you have appeared, Captain.]
Captain? Me?209292879d09f80b
No way… right? Hastily, I looked f4b9172cad around. But there 340f9bdb66 wasn’t a 676a72a338 single creature 6c1700ea38 in sight 4be4ff1888 that the 5ceaff3e9b Dullahan could c53ca67a69 be addressing cf2872111c as “Captain.”0988d85c8dd1308e
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[I have waited for a long time.]
Wait, did I just 592591277a become the Dullahan’s captain 890123c504 because I died and 493cdc4584 came back to life?3221b5ab2e02ab36
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“I think you’ve got 034ea3e451 the wrong person.”37c0249090743b9c
I wasn’t c55820b926 even sure 25ddc55b49 if “seeing” 40cf7d1ffe was the a123cda92e right word 2f57d0925f to use eeab7b5193 for a aeb1417a2c headless Dullahan…1a852998efe4bc62
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Swallowing dryly, I carefully 5bf3cecff4 replied, but the Dullahan’s 048e5ce7f3 response was completely unexpected.709f37cb4d5b5257
[I have been waiting for rest.]
“Rest?”888f9b24931c46a7
[Yes. Captain, you will grant us our rest.]
The deep, resonating voice 5dd74cc335 didn’t come through my 38d94120c7 ears—it echoed inside my ef89622794 head.0381a842aa7ad0aa
The massive Dullahan 54a517875e lightly dismounted from db0db6e660 his black horse 79c49dabe4 and approached me 86559ddd9e before kneeling.0fb749845cef14c4
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[I am Nadav, the ninth knight, wandering in search of my lost head.]
Wandering in c545dc04b5 search of b2a7dc4622 his lost c0bfc15a13 head…?89e53fc80673e8ba
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Only after hearing his c2c7653035 introduction did I recall ec28902c61 the commonly known information 1af7940a60 about Dullahans.229f668da926061c
Typically, Dullahans were 9ed989d658 said to carry 19a7be67c1 their heads under a23b131619 their arms. But the a4c267f5fc one kneeling ccc3c3f525 before me 6a6ec682ad held nothing. He did seem somewhat 4f84a29aa9 intimidating, yet I couldn’t a740da5c0b sense any killing intent.22a41a424742125a
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At least 4b9dc7c57b for now, 1f34a12bb8 he didn’t 6653d30358 seem to 1c1396d06d have any 1c4e4b7266 intention of b15f5b90bf harming me. But would 94708721bd that still c805e80dc9 be true 2d4f0677c4 in the f88957503a future?840b12b0ccec0e7e
“Nadav, was it? Why exactly am f01b147e90 I your captain?”4c333ccbf5aec1db
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[Because you are the Captain.]
For a moment, I fe1ac2684a struggled to keep my 9aedc79932 expression in check.19a85042e0fd8a60
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Great. He doesn’t 84d3cedd2a understand logic.ede25db3ef64164e
“…Alright. If you’re the 814aa1c612 ninth knight, that 560bd9445a means there are 0615e82d3a other Dullahans, right?”48adfb63f3e66279
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[There were twelve knights at the Round Table. Two have fallen into eternal darkness, while the remaining ten wander, unable to find their rest. Only the Captain can illuminate the chaos.]
What kind of 4783781192 nonsense was that? This was 1ccac03336 harder to 04513af92d decipher than 73b673212a a prophecy.00d8c2fc426d8afa
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Feeling exasperated, eb06add740 I carefully 48bb9b83f3 went over da9f9c1e57 Nadav’s words, efc447039a counting on 19f22e1fd4 my fingers.013361e6bba848cd
“So, out of 2c417fb0ca the twelve, two c334b87bf5 are dead, and 6925584553 ten Dullahans are 19dc6eb67c wandering. And you’re a5083a3a14 one of 3c26ce2d4c them?”d82c23c489e8b61f
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[The others have likely sensed the Captain’s presence and begun to awaken. However, please forgive them for not being able to come in person—they have no heads.]
Could this have something 4ac270693a to do with my 59561db91e resurrection? Otherwise, there ea957b1c55 was no 2c6f9a4d36 reason for f8cf141858 this Dullahan 228f95169c to have 3c9ce08d6e sensed my 4b3b2f31f2 presence.66cf156786dfe3d8
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“So, what exactly do 31cb5b3be7 I have to do 1e5ce6adb4 to grant you rest?”ff3f56a68875afb5
[By serving under the Captain, the knights will reclaim the light, find the right path, and ultimately reach their rest.]
“…Let’s cut the cryptic 205ba38fec talk and keep it f4c42842f5 simple.”0755edeb24bcd4c2
Licking my dry 5c1c80254a lips, I asked, 3fce2fea0f desperately hoping I d9127be966 was wrong.b04c61af6d53e8f1
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“You want me c41b223919 to find your feb7b29462 head, don’t you?”4ee49b9d98352305
[That is correct.]
…So what you’re 94d6350f5f saying is, I be15e2b4b5 was brought back 28c54f7fd7 to life just d7873bc4c5 to find the 54726ad4e1 missing heads of f575ebdfad ten Dullahans?4750491e85f2e5ad
I was 04547cff72 so dumbfounded d8224b4d38 I couldn’t 0e8797e5be even speak.66e326eaee8e45bd
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No, dear god. You said evil was 787ea87746 running rampant. But you’re telling me 4e1abb9db1 I was resurrected, and 2e371ef583 now these guys have 8780e21d2c awakened because of it?4720918a8765d2a1
“Do you adf51e9f4a obey my 287660377b commands?”8e8c34c8c8a73e56
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[Of course, Captain.]
“Then, to celebrate our 80265291fb meeting, should we start ff3f62a588 by destroying the temple?”8ac6b85e695162e3
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[……Pardon?]
What kind of c5f89dd173 resurrection nonsense is 4dfee62dc0 this? I don’t need any 8920bfebbd of it. I’ll just 4bf986a8f5 be a 6364d326ed non-believer.352ef59c26c27298
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Unexpectedly, Nadav was a 92a4af3e35 Dullahan who held deep f2ebb2bdb8 respect for religion. He very 3e26ae3dbb politely and 41ab0d2bef earnestly dissuaded f1c130da54 me, saying 048fad7908 that a b166bc5f0f temple was 6bfd11abff a sacred 381a04ad99 altar for ad59fbc833 worshiping the 2aeae18326 gods and 8d6027dafb must not 4c1c977d1a be destroyed.9be75bec0256d3ea
I was genuinely 181ea57bc4 disappointed. Why was a monster 6780904274 acting so dignified? First, animals, and 59f3eb3f3c now even monsters 8b0224c0ee were better than 87d7bfa3b5 humans?d7e586f69852c419
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Wandering in 869fdd1cc9 the darkness, 0f4cbb7848 he had ae83a60861 now met 56f74e3efd me, and d07aab7aa7 so he a713b74e6c declared that b153190b05 he would dcd1aac928 follow me efd34d0b01 from now 17382064af on.51afb1239c3e15a2
I couldn’t bring myself 7fdb2f5b27 to shatter his firm 56eb9a7d56 belief that staying with 3e11db808a me would help him f015da3e09 find his head, so b5fbfffa66 I weakly created an 81cf848fd6 escape route by saying be0a6b6e89 there was no guarantee.0a2016d34eb5e42d
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Besides, I had ab54503a5d no real way 7d0b5ce32e to shake off 220fdbc930 a Dullahan who 72e5a3f2f0 insisted on following 38ceb05dfe me, so I 0c3f285d61 didn’t actually have f1ce5352c5 a choice.521116d658ea8332
“So, is 31a4727815 there a 3b1b283e63 way for e5a45df6d8 you to cbe3a2ae7d hide?”8a1b6e765b8019d7
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[I cannot hide completely. However, I can transform.]
“Transform?”680c5c0cafae0fff
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…And so, a cec66daabd little while later, b16225faf6 I returned with d55cca14bf Nadav.0a70dfc7ebd9de36
“Lady Annelie?”db4e98bf6c8077fa
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“Yes.”3912bdd77553b980
“You’ve brought back ae7ee0a36e an unfamiliar animal?”699f5facf5bb1c87
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“Oh, I 31f4af1821 found it 61a0f8fdbd in the 964be375f7 forest.”4d3a78a23c95bdb7
“That wild horse?”8c522271c0c8bf9a
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“Yeah.”5526ff1284b4298b
Casually, I glanced at 2681483d18 Nadav, who had transformed d241bd06af into a black horse. It was as if 39555da781 he had fused with 74b9509962 the very horse he e1d032bc6b had been riding. Silently, he stepped f84255ad70 closer to my aa1e49ad3c side.583964db2803cb6e
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I wondered if Nesi 2a65842da8 would sense something strange, a8568b4926 but he didn’t seem 0a0142eb96 particularly wary.77843b2fcac70104
[It is a relief that you have returned safely.]
“For a wild horse… f5c894c5cd it’s quite… ominous.”4d537e1fab681f32
However, it seemed Nadav 81dede670a couldn’t fully conceal himself 508b6b5a78 from Xenon’s sharp senses. His gaze, filled 02da046863 with suspicion and 18c4ddc26d doubt, was locked db0d015156 onto Nadav.d0f387b36c8f4e7b
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Even with 312df5bf7e his magic eed47fd4d3 sealed, he 4a329c77a5 could still 5cc865c835 sense things?b7204939e5128ce6
“Do you feel something?”6ef1f0c68ea5767e
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“Yes.”21b584c408d74fda
“Strongly?”5c932a7d85930ffd
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“It’s not strong, 9dcce55348 but with skills 8a70e37292 like mine, I b23de8326e can sense its e27fa4cff8 presence.”3c873c883c1c88fe
So, any magician 4a76bd0491 I encountered would 6181bd2d8b probably notice as 3bf552916f well? That could be a 2e11898c70 problem.f1b785843560ba3d
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“Then how do 517be8e94f I hide it?”5b158c34f9553140
“…Excuse me?”d1575d2a9fd96876
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“I mean, how do 646bc945a7 I make this aura 1a8090adf1 look like an ordinary b4d1c5949c horse’s?”feaac71063a17738
Hearing my serious 73ad4cb406 question, Xenon frowned fbb85bc8ac slightly. He remained a7c6850c4d on guard, c92ea4c023 keeping a c4f3c7e751 cautious distance 6810d1da86 from Nadav, 0bb03da099 and responded 352522c99c in a e4844bc599 disapproving tone.8037e8519b5e26de
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“Apologies, but 7e1cbae995 could you b80e718f6f first tell cce1f06251 me what b3317223a0 exactly it f427b7c554 is that e0350f9c3f you brought d18fc0124f back?”4cbf77d7483f2875
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If I 0d62b36435 told him eed3879d0b I brought ed457235f8 a Dullahan, 77510536a0 wouldn’t Xenon 974d6961f7 immediately contact 3ec4597d89 the Mage 0f92636159 Tower using e5b387a92f his communication d3968b2ee1 device?d74bfc90a2a75902
He’d say the resurrected 7bd02f9e9d one was actually a ce6b5932fa witch who commanded monsters.278de7becbdbbe0e
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“…My subordinate.”bc68f276c728f83f
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Unable to find a 74815a1ee7 more suitable term, I ff12f00ac1 hesitated for a moment ee2ff84a73 before recalling what Nadav 19d5c59af7 had called me earlier. I blurted 95676d9fcb it out 4bc3423909 on the 4309b99932 spot.e2949bccdbaa34d5
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At that, Nadav, who f05868f620 had been standing obediently, 34d7f7ae53 suddenly stamped his front e1fd2f8d2a legs in excitement.0d647bac9f26128b
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[To be acknowledged by you… I am honored, Captain!]
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Ignoring Nadav’s enthusiastic outburst, 31235a01ab I stared intently at 024e3e6e23 Xenon.87e8745246e300fe
Even as a magician, 9094804763 he probably had never 9fa86d5a76 heard of a Dullahan 732048bb75 that could transform into 6aa9779d5f a horse.41f869456a5793f5
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Which meant he wouldn’t 55505b8322 be able to recognize 26b54dde70 Nadav’s true identity immediately.12bee6c5d8f31918
He might sense 03d880f907 some sort of afc7e51268 dark energy, but b8938031ea as long as c5ae4fdbfb I concealed that 32204af36f properly, I was d841825f57 confident I could 6f071eeb2e keep a transformed e1908ec081 Dullahan around.30a406c9a2143fac
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“So hurry up e1341e9d68 and tell me—how 6cf02958b5 do I make a35343824e my subordinate look 8b13f0d288 like an ordinary 5d3cc8956b horse?”ceaafcda0dd67047
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