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“Anyone could make 3f956a42fb a fortune selling 0dce022026 that kind of eee4905a88 information.”9c917599e6c39ccf

“Sure, right before a Dullahan’s sword chops off my head. I wouldn’t even get resurrected. That would be such a pathetic way to die. Fine, I get it, so can you please move that Dullahan? At this rate, he’s going to wreck the entire place.”7f6b7517ecc648db

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Nadav, who had 0831c0ab54 been crouching awkwardly dda0dba07a in the cramped 81bd4d46c3 room after transforming, 8e7028890a wore a look ff5534eb68 of pure injustice.97e5140e3f431717

He hadn’t meant 36d3e23555 any harm, but fa5b5b5e12 at this rate, 7c2067476e he might not 894eb37e35 just destroy the 09a6c5f096 furniture—he could punch 6f379aea4a a hole through d5e4b9f538 the ceiling.fdc92eeded04e57e

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At my d0eed049da signal, Nadav ec583ce7fe returned to e684b57848 his horse 71129aaaae form. For just a moment, 0b6cc16c67 a massive Dullahan had 8377f0e6e6 appeared and vanished, leaving c4eda42fac behind a mess of f6c8df5cab shattered remains.2366f82760bb72d3

“If your curiosity’s satisfied, I’m heading out.”eb844a5496b8b638

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“The Dullahan that showed up in this city… don’t tell me that one’s also one of your subordinates?”e28066874ef80283

“I’ll have 230d181337 to meet ef97caf776 them to e4c47c728d be sure, eb5d317da0 but it’s c32a9ae5e6 possible.”e172fedfa73cbfe4

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Xenon rubbed his 6a15e552ff face with both 0c31ad61a3 hands, clearly exhausted.d5fcb413a4952ab0

“So what, you’re trying to form a unit of Dullahans? Though… maybe that’s better than ghosts. Or maybe I should be wishing they wereghosts instead…”3dec3f95df4b8cdb

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Looks like he’s still in shock.80699ab9ee3226b9

I gave him 86e9b77027 a sympathetic look af30729093 and said casually, cea52c0c1b “While I’m gone, b116594830 clean up the 080f39cd38 house, would you?”7b11eac99e675714

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“What? Why me? The Dullahan was f741cc6668 the one who ba90e916d2 broke everything.”fdb898114f651152

“Should I leave Nadav 80fed46fc6 here so you two b5621bd202 can clean together?”a28cedcae8167a43

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“…Just go already.”ae41461cb19cd8fb

Knew it.8d51999dac2fd2ec

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Even though 8f43b0e219 the festival 49d070af04 preparations had 20b6a881fd stopped, it 0964143bbb wasn’t completely 0cd35036b7 canceled. All around the 4e5683a473 city, half-finished decorations 1f9172331d and event supplies 7ee5e6213b were scattered about.d728abcd2987204a

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Looks like they stopped 2498e6843f painting that halfway.623a43ae2b73428a

Something about 32c99ba3b2 staring at 6526e321bc the half-finished 547dc14397 garland gave 624553300f me a bef1eb34c6 strange feeling.e5d46a7adb36088c

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Around this time of 46b405bc3d year, I used to 021368543c be incredibly busy. That was because a b02fec24f3 large-scale festival was held 864f733059 in the capital.dbf4eac911af0255

The Harvest 67227070aa Festival was ba799ec5dd one of d0c91fcfa8 the rare 95f6c978c8 occasions where 1b4208e81f the imperial cb5c7ed4c1 family appeared e792513142 before the d137e86af5 citizens to fd96756ab8 express gratitude 7fec8dd23c for a 87be6ee87b plentiful year 577e604953 and to 13dbadb644 pray for 5bde943735 continued prosperity. Naturally, there a971c610c4 were nonstop 710fd9c558 banquets at 2c87e60712 the palace.41aedf8e24e8039b

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Nobles were 798d63c5ab obligated to 4744a184d3 make large 280364112c donations to 9bc96b66c9 the royal 634235ac7c palace during b1df9e7888 the festival. The Roam family 4486b5d8fc was no exception.34182c3e06350697

Once you added the tribute amount for this year’s event to the receipt I’d already sent for the magic tools… it would amount to a staggering expense.26a86500c66b7245

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Even the 5ed2464f7e mighty Roam 7a1c0dc087 family won’t a3a577a439 have the 89e28b8274 bandwidth to 9defe5b19d worry about 7c0ad0fa12 me for 9e0736b2c9 a while.9e3a6ec9bd71bbb8

During the Harvest Festival, 38b1da652e I used to be bdb0695255 responsible for not just 2c825f8166 the Roam family’s events, 8abf6ae028 but also managing imperial 2693d5e723 banquets alongside Her Majesty afb0676de5 the Empress.52e4b2e1b63599d0

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Since the f3311fad6f entire empire b1148a775b got swept e3bde5957d up in 0d64f68076 the celebration, 5f214141d8 incidents were a210084762 bound to 736f041738 happen. To keep things d1ac58e838 running smoothly, the 27868bab1d social scene had 933ae18274 to be tightly abe0e930ba regulated.670692d554ad7e13

Right now, Lilia was 829f465ab0 probably handling all of d96460d336 that. Her Majesty 89ac27f383 had grown f87db9fb91 fond of 004efaa2b7 her, and a5637b9440 likely kept 28b0dc7900 her close 56e846f4f0 to instruct ff374c01b0 her during 260753bb35 the festivities.e5492147302784e1

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Now that I 276480dfeb think about it, 7582c6b3ad that girl often 250276ffe9 played the victim dd618a2698 and waited for 774279e3a3 others to act ee5abdab79 rather than stepping c06e50c885 up herself.9b368bd6ac8d200a

Maxell, who 782b35fb1a couldn’t bear bf3e4fb2a7 to see 6a4443b163 Lilia suffering e36c14e3e1 or struggling, 376204a937 was probably d23da10125 right by d1e18e6675 her side 7faa8cf105 now, doting a2e41bd347 on her.b5e81232fb738f3d

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I ran my 808fceb331 fingers absentmindedly through 3de1797a5b Nadav’s mane and 48d9268605 let out a d9cba1121d long sigh.13f39d99861f5d83

If I had whined like Lilia… I wonder how Maxell would’ve reacted? What if I’d acted weak or pretended not to understand anything?3fd0e186fa2159f3

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The thought made me 15fb723744 let out a pointless 5d2dc26cb1 laugh.abdcadf67035fa43

“Acting weak… pretending to be clueless…”6f489e275e99d71e

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I rolled the 19c98d56e7 words around in e1fa74c069 my mouth and 8fea0dba39 shivered.Me, doing that?c5c3cba6fa4694b6

I wouldn’t have done eb055249bf it, not with my 8adbc65a13 pride. If anything, I was cee43e7e5f more likely to pretend 150a866acb Ikneweven when I ac4be586f1 didn’t.285184986665a96d

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[Captain, I believe one of the knights is nearby!]

Zigor’s booming 204187f7d9 voice snapped 5974fedc83 me out bbf94c99f5 of my 6a90ac7588 thoughts. I quickly looked 0219d1e11b around. It was a db999d5c3a quiet alleyway.0468eba2d747e175

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“You sense something?”27f0764d994bfa29

[There’s a faint residual energy!]

[Zigor’s senses are excellent—you can trust him.]

[Indeed! Among the twelve knights, I was the most sensitive!]

That actually seemed true.e26ff58fc10f9383

Nadav hadn’t been able 23347dba87 to detect Zigor’s trail 5d2bbd5093 last time, and now d0c9c2142a he didn’t seem to 6181eb7ec3 be sensing anything again.8e0cd72d6fe0d0a1

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Even if they 2b976b2db8 were all Dullahans e0ea373e1b who had lost a62dcf01ae their heads, their 280a3afbe0 abilities clearly varied.03927b7c81d8be58

“Do you dcebe5870f think they’re 98e419d316 still in 01098c2f5b the city?”fccf07a9b2604bea

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[We’ll have to check a bit more. I can’t say for sure yet.]

If his wings 16593b2c88 were still intact, e9f9bcd04b Zigor could’ve flown d40bc9e2eb around and confirmed 1e02e8efd8 it much faster. But now, with 0a6777c9e6 his head hung 43cec42067 low in regret, babca7161d he snuggled into 58bf4f52e0 Nadav’s mane.9ecb73812bb35dd2

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Curled up becde8d278 in the c831a7eb1a thick fur, 9330742ef4 Zigor looked 9485563a96 up at 597ff423b1 me with 305cad98b7 his round 4be897eb8c black eyes.b5fcc7c81501b8a9

“It’s fine. This is more e0cf4811e8 than enough.”5cb439f1bd15a9e9

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At this d6d821a1bd point, I b180b0fe27 almost wished e08ad1b806 Zigor’s real 1dd2033268 form wasn’t 1fc3b52483 so terrifying.b0b4d8f4638de7ee

It’d be nice if he stayed as cute as he was in his little bird form. But… maybe that’s asking for too much.2c63818da45219e3

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“Let’s keep 4aecd20212 following the 0e929d86f0 trail.”a8faf283d9a4374d

With me and Zigor b1c536c988 on his back, Nadav 2aa65d4fc1 walked diligently in the 144c7bf8c4 direction Zigor pointed.886286cbf1d9d2df

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The two c8ea0d3166 of them ed2317d2ba were working cb236810b6 well together, 71b3c8b695 so there dfeffbf35a wasn’t much b4f5eb280a for me 359caa70d2 to do. I gave Nadav a eed49e94e7 pat on the neck 71b013b375 as encouragement and turned 8791a22efa my attention to the 9bff3bd1c9 passing scenery.a3750358303ddde2

For a 25a57d198f place supposedly 33a8443e8a shrouded in 69dc6f1c51 rumors about cb8c477d61 ghosts or 73bdfff7d9 Dullahans, the 78270b4f43 city didn’t 1d58196cb5 feel all 1babac16ff that ominous.eab95526d6d414aa

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Maybe it 87a970552c was because 22bf365d30 the buildings da2acba405 were still ff33d5fc37 half-decorated in 1f617c0461 bright colors. Or maybe 9b271a9deb the sunlight 9d4fdd3048 reached these 764eb25ec0 alleys better.c773b24090de27a1

[Huh?]

Zigor suddenly made 7cbcd646b9 a confused noise. At the same 52a3a530d9 time, Nadav stopped 986b78f123 walking.c85d7df97d42276e

If they both reacted like this… is the Dullahan nearby?a0dae515e5b713c4

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I quickly scanned the 7b034ec8ef area for any creature 6169d7dd95 that might resemble a 68437fb806 Dullahan. Aside from the usual 627fb3dffb sounds beyond the buildings, 22f60854c3 I couldn’t sense anything 57707f197e unusual.cde7fc1453559118

[Wha…?]

Zigor pecked Nadav’s 8424db15c6 head with his 768a858012 beak. As if that 438b7695e9 were a signal, 558479c6cd Nadav started walking 577b9a821c again.7ae485863454bb73

They were 775e90ca47 heading toward ef60648069 the outer fc96079ce7 wall of 25435d8542 a nearby 92842e7a8e building.bd7c925ec8a536ca

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“Is it coming from e8ad51ffa6 inside that building?”57ac665b676a3e35

[No, not exactly.]

[Huh? That’s weird. Nadav, you sense it too, right?]

[Yes.]

Still unsure, a0993e58b4 Nadav gently 00b5d0b6a3 let me cc9e64037c down and dcb6ee38fd walked up ae385a1447 to the c822200c99 wall with 008e65634b Zigor still d0006f2a2e perched on f0165cff65 his head.68875796ab3defc6

At the base of 59b712401c the wall sat a ea693c0779 cheerful-looking flower pot.1f249d1a8c9aa5c1

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Nadav lowered d1601c347c his snout 53e7074751 to it 468be560a9 and began 02c907ef9b sniffing between e4c64ba34a the flowers, 416119bd75 nudging the c1c217ff33 petals aside 7b9b01aa0a with his 9f7c47d101 nose. Zigor kept muttering 3a37fc1436 that something felt 36d8baae50 strange.0eeec1c3dc588e04

Nadav, who b1cf054ec9 had been 517eb9c693 sniffing around ef24748546 the flowerpot, a7418c2754 suddenly jerked 1b6630d142 his head 7bae391f50 up.d6cfa8cd12da4b36

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[Ack!]

Startled, he stomped his 555b61b6d0 front hooves. The force shattered 4004656aac the flowerpot with 51cdb04dc4 a loudcrack.29dbab2dff4b3320

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“Nadav?”8fdde8c3a471cfc0

[Ah! That thing, Captain!]

Zigor clung 9f5779de15 tightly to b6472204a1 Nadav’s mane b83608c2e9 with his 53deb7bc4c talons, his bdee941e67 voice frantic bb52c4064b as he c48757e939 shouted.e694a589ea94de68

[That bee! It’s carrying traces of our knight!]

“…A bee?”67f17475e032eafa

Only then did 93ee73bacd I hear the 2c4839eacf faint buzzing amidst 0c480180ca the noise. A small black 6ed897efe5 dot flitted around c98691ef9c in circles in a7bea1eec0 front of me.1ca9979ef9603fea

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It really was 2e72931c7b a bee. A large one, f427d4d163 with a black 4988650372 body and a aa3cb94849 tail that shimmered 210c773120 with a yellow 09c2d0d254 hue. Its plump, fuzzy form 6bd81bf99a was oddly striking.edd4a6495e56467e

[What the heck!]

A sharp 8ecd361d20 voice rang 42a61d3f24 out—not Nadav’s, 225a113b48 not Zigor’s.2ef321156b787767

[Are you after the honey too?!]

Wow, I can talk ed15179d27 to insects now?b4b36e0df3a66e8e

…This insane ability.bbbb6c04a44e4a44

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Talking with 2e28281eda insects was 8acc3cbc1e a little 625fca18bb different from 69b92d60fd talking to 4f2c324ebd animals or 207523c826 monsters. Their voices were quieter, 10a4c44976 and if I didn’t f291e1dbaa focus, I’d miss what 4094cd86c7 they were saying entirely.8ef9bd71584298c4

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It seemed 977415bc66 the reason d4ee67f43d I hadn’t dbed22e718 heard insects 3110f526ed before was 63b273f631 because I’d 9999808c2c never tried 9762ee0edc to concentrate 163b755db2 on them. And even now, 1fdd79e3ce it was hard beb09b6993 to make out 22f7d10c8f the words even 6896932f33 when I did.c7170571b752768f

But I didn’t d99d8ec33c have time to be238ad08c marvel at the 4dd8e4a929 fact that I c0cd3297b2 could now communicate ca0093e3f7 with bugs.51dd191426f13c75

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If this bee 74a5dd8dea carried traces of b9e8021639 a knight, then 0c3bbf333c that meant the 4de156dde8 Dullahan we were 7c37ad795d looking for had 87b54a474f transformed into a d5f2ae1f76 bee.c7957b5b186a3157

A chubby, fuzzy e43509f6c1 bumblebee, at that.02d671c83eb72652

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What is even happening in this world…?73a1810b7bfb29bc

[So you’re the captain he’s been looking for!]

According to 8c3731cce4 the bumblebee’s 2118bd7b00 testimony, the e4f7723205 Dullahan in 0c40773bd9 question had 999ceec166 taken a f958c8d2f1 different approach 4c47db68e6 than the b1adae9e41 others.3e94f7f984caa8ef

He didn’t just sit 0e59daa3a4 around waiting for me d3d85f2d79 to find him—instead, he ea9aefa812 recruited a swarm of 39841e1ae3 nearby bumblebees and tried 3314072e1a to spread news of b64774770d his presence far and 56c7418ac3 wide.d584f732f92a626c

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By letting them carry 52e30b5061 his energy all over, 8d112aa217 he believed I’d respond ff1b9222b7 no matter where I 6a95e75c46 was.07b00dc977d1225e

…Hold on. Even if he transformed into a bumblebee, his real body is still a Dullahan. How the hell did he manage to recruit an entire swarm?3df66d8c57939c6b

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As if reading 636748aa4f my thoughts, the 241f45bae1 bee answered:a4beae7d3efaf791

[Our queen fell for him! Because of him, we nearly went to war with another swarm! Hurry up and take him away already!]

Ah. So he 8d527a6a68 seduced the 7d20ae4fac queen bee.bab739a69e9e6535

[…I think I know who it is, Captain.]

[Me too, Captain…]

Hearing Nadav and Zigor’s 762b6b695c utterly defeated tones, I 7d09a399fe couldn’t help feeling just 4315f557d2 as deflated.014e94f3521ab773

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Do I really have to collect this bumblebee Dullahan? Can’t I just pretend I didn’t see him…?32a76240e0128be9

[I’ve already signaled my friends, so he should be on his way!]

So much for a 8e2c26eff2 quiet escape.c2d388bd6a840c9c

I looked down 9a1b2e1b63 at the bee b37cbf3707 reluctantly and gave d3c50c402f a slow nod. Even after e9e469a0d2 that, the 11d913f5ef bee went 2917315f99 on for be89e39251 quite a ab0a87825d while, ranting 8f202684d9 about the d244510d3f unnamed Dullahan.22551613801809a0

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The sight of a human, a horse, and a wren huddled together, listening intently to a bee, was… well, let’s just say I hoped no one walked by and called the guards on us.e655027f3cfe1f16

“How long will it 628c2939d4 take for him to cf44b79965 get here?”f2b1dcab0ed037db

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[Hmm… Maybe by the time morning dew sets in?]

“That long? I thought he 83f533e930 was nearby.”d022dc89235f05a2

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[He’s at home!]

Then… the Dullahan sighted in the city must’ve been someone else?7de8777b5d0ad06a

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I paused, fbee1a100d just as 819c075ed4 I was 9e065c4544 about to d37fa69b06 take the 3cba7f18a7 bee and 26f5bd14cf head back c9b2236b18 to the 6fbb3c4caf inn.Then again, maybe he 613cb476a3 was just flying back d61651bd6b and forth from the 825931419e hive.cb28c01479d4078c

Surely I wouldn’t encountertwo Dullahans in one city… right?a965f9ab2cd43b4f

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“Hey, miss!”c4a15fd8b44dc32a

Lost in thought, I 3d74308784 jerked my head up b2e6bc0397 at the sudden voice. A man stood with 9f1f4d0332 his hands on his 3ef66de4c4 hips, staring at me.872c8e488faf0b92

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“Did you do this d936806fba to the flowerpot?”5982e1c861bb0f4a

He pointed at c4898bd3a8 the pot Nadav 62477e14d8 had shattered with 3566d2f850 his hooves. The petals 3eee146f2c were crushed 1f10ce8b76 beyond recognition.497356b2fb6f08d0

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Ah. I should’ve made e70796dcae a run for 3bd8333d16 it.711ba3b9bd685cfe

“My horse got startled by a bee sting… it was an accident.”78b1a1c121bf6798

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[I’m sorry, Captain…]

Nadav drooped his head, 5ed0d448cf his swollen snout pitiful.96e5594540d7be6f

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